Time Flower Witch, summon!
[Time Flower Witch, Attack Power 2900]
"Oh, summoning an upper-level monster by destroying cards in hand?" Judai's eyes lit up, "Whoa, that's impressive."
"I told you, with the power bestowed by Lord Overlord, there's no situation I can't overcome!" Hades shouted, "The effect of Time Flower Witch!
When this card is summoned, you can special summon a monster from the opponent's graveyard to your field!"
He laughed maniacally, pointing at Yugen's duel disc.
"I'll borrow your Chaos Wizard for a moment!"
Time Flower Witch's magic power took effect, targeting the wizard in Yugen's graveyard, poised to turn Chaos Wizard against him.
If that happens, Yugen's field would have the opponent's Demon Summon, while the opponent's field has Yugen's Chaos Wizard, with a somewhat ironic setup.
Yugen rested his chin on his hand, smiling at the witch.
A witch who can summon cattle from the opponent's graveyard, quite a good card...
"Now you'll taste the feeling of being betrayed by your own servant!" Hades laughed.
"Then Continuous Trap 'Demon Race's Chain'." Yugen snapped his fingers.
Several green demon lock chains shot out with a clamor, unexpectedly binding the witch tightly. She was bound in a turtle shell tie, initially struggling fiercely with gritted teeth, but quickly found that the more she struggled, the tighter the binding, eventually accepting reality and ceasing to resist.
Hades was startled: "What did you do to my witch?!"
"Nothing, just letting her relax for a bit. Monsters bound by chains can't attack, and their effects become nullified." Yugen chuckled, "You see, she might even find it quite comfortable."
Hades' green face turned red with anger: "Bast... bastard..."
Such a perfect divine draw, cleverly utilizing the virus's destructive effect to summon a top ace, and yet it's still blocked like this...
Hades felt like the entire duel was clouded over. The demon chains didn't seem to bind just the witch, but more like they were binding him himself, he simply hadn't realized it yet.
He thought he was still in the duel, still had the right to operate. But in reality, he had long been bound by chains, and any struggle would only tighten the chains further.
But he hasn't given up yet.
"Set a card, end turn."
It's not over yet. His power, Lord Overlord's expectations of him, are never just that.
He needs to prove himself. He's just a traveler passing through from the Otherworld...
"My turn, draw."
Yugen drew a card, speaking casually.
"Though bound, with 2900 attack power, it seems I can't break through it. Then I'll set a monster in face-down defense position and cover two cards, turn ended."
"My turn!"
Hades yelled, as if the louder he shouted, the better he'd draw.
The witch could still block for a while, but this isn't a solution.
And when he glimpsed the card he drew, his eyes suddenly lit up, as if he saw dawn breaking.
Revive the Dead!
The most crucial card in this situation! All his monsters had been decimated to the graveyard by a virus, turning it into a massive arsenal, and this card was the critical key to deploying the armaments.
Thinking of this, Hades couldn't help but tilt his head back in laugh.
He felt it, he could already feel it! The power of Overlord flowing through his bloodstream, the domineering force that can carve paths even in the most desperate situations!
"You're quite a cheerful elf... well, keeping a smile is good."
Yugen smiled faintly.
"But don't rush. In your preparation phase, I'm activating this cover card.
Trap card 'Virus of Darkness Card Deck Destruction.'"
Hades laughed boisterously, "Virus? What can a mere virus do to me? In the face of Overlord's power..."
But as he began to boast, remaining sanity pulled him back.
Wait, what virus is this again?
"Virus of Darkness Card Deck Destruction sacrifices an on-field Dark Attribute monster with over 2500 attack power, and declares either magic or trap cards." Yugen explained, "All declared type cards on the opponent's field, hand, and within the next three drawn turns are destroyed!"
Hades: "?"
His smile froze, his brain suddenly in overload.
Wait a moment, let me digest.
Destroying all declared cards within three turns means...
"I'll sacrifice the Dark Attribute 'Demon's Summon' with over 2500 attack power." Yugen said casually, "I declare magic cards.
Your hand, field, and magic cards drawn in the next three turns, all destroyed."
Hades stared in disbelief. Until the turned-against Demon's Summon returned as the medium carrying the virus, sweeping like a pitch-black storm across his entire field and into his hand, shattering the drawn revival card and even collapsing the majestic Imperial Tomb of the Dead Emperor alongside it.
My Revive the Dead... the gift of Overlord's power...
Bang bang.
Two more cards in Hades' hand were blasted away.
Hades was stunned.
Too much!
Not sparing even Magic!?
Monsters with Attack Power over 1500, monsters with Attack Power under 1500, and now magic...
So damn, doesn't this mean I can only rely on traps?
Hades was laughing out of frustration.
Only use traps... only use traps to win a game? Can such a thing really be achieved?
But he had no other choice now: "Damn it, then I'll set two more cards, end my turn."
He just had to endure through these three turns.
As long as he could hold on till the fourth turn...
"Then during your end phase, I activate the set card," Yugen said, "Trap Card - Trap in the Darkness."
An inexplicable chill ran down Hades' spine.
Trap in the Darkness?
"Trap in the Darkness, when your Life Points are below 3000, pay 1000 Life Points to remove one Normal Trap Card from the game from the Graveyard and gain that card's effect."
Yugen smiled, drawing a card removed from the Graveyard.
"I pay 1000 Life Points to remove the Trap Card 'Dark Card Deck Destruction Virus' from the game from the Graveyard, and gain its effect."
[Yugen, LP 1500→LP 500]
Dark Card Deck Destruction...
Hades' face turned pale, as if he had realized something terrifying.
"But... but that virus requires a Dark Attribute monster with Attack Power of 2500 or more as a sacrifice to activate," he said with difficulty, "You don't have a monster you can use as a sacrifice..."
"Not necessary," Yugen explained with a smile, "The activation cost for 'Trap in the Darkness' only requires paying 1000 Life Points.
And it imitates the trap from the Graveyard, only copying the trap effect, not its cost. In other words, I don't need to pay the cost of 'sacrificing a monster' to directly gain the target trap's effect."
Hades' face was filled with despair.
"How can this be..."
"Therefore, by paying 1000 Life Points, this time I declare, of course, it's a Trap Card," Yugen said, "All trap cards in the opponent's hand, on the field, and drawn in the next three turns are destroyed."
As the words fell, the storm of the virus swept mightily over Hades' field. His three rear set cards were all infected by the virus.
Bottomless Trap Hole. When the opponent summons a monster with Attack Power of 1500 or more, destroy and banish it from the game.
Divine Life Shield. Discard a card from your hand to make yourself immune to any form of damage for one turn, a divine artifact providing an extra turn of life.
And finally, the heaviest hitter, Blast Armor. A powerful trap that destroys the attacking monster when the opponent attacks.
It was supposed to be an impenetrable formation, a perfect defense...
The Netherworld Demon King was almost in tears watching the traps explode one after another.
Monsters with Attack Power over 1500, monsters with Attack Power under 1500, then magic, and finally traps...
Now simply any card he held would have to be unconditionally blown up.
Hades really felt like crying.
You might as well just blow me up along with them...
"My turn, draw,"
Yugen languidly raised his hand.
"Flip summon the monster 'Tomb Guard' covered on the field."
[Tomb Guard, Attack Power 1000]
"When Tomb Guard is flipped, one monster on the opponent's field returns to the hand. 'Time Flower Witch' returns to the hand."
The long halberd in the guard's hand struck the ground fiercely, and the unleashed energy roared like sea waves. The witch was swept by the tide, turning into a beam of light and flew back to Hades' hand.
Hades: "..."
"Then use 'Tomb Guard' of the Mage Race as a sacrifice!
Entrusted with hope's silent wings, Light Magician, appear now—
—True Silent Magician, summon!"
The white holy magic array spun, the Silent Magician with silver hair descended swirling in the holy light.
[True Silent Magician, Attack Power 1000]
"The Attack Power of True Silent Magician rises with the number of cards in my hand," Yugen explained, "With four cards left in my hand, each card increases Silent's Attack Power by 500.
Thus Silent Magician's Attack Power increases by 2000."
[True Silent Magician, Attack Power 1000→Attack Power 3000]
"Direct attack from Silent Magician!" Yugen gave the final command, "Silent Magic Burst!"
The silver-haired mage, with an icy calm face, took a step forward without expression. Her magic staff spun lightly, gathering white light at the tip, concentrating into a spiral vortex, and blasted out like a cannonball!
Hades exhaled heavily.
Lord Overlord, I'm sorry.
But I really have done my best...
[Hades, LP 3000→LP 0]