"Royal Decree, activate!" said the local Nora Tatsu, "With this effect, all the Magic Cards on the field are negated! Your Card Destruction is also negated!"
Vampire Fraulein lowered her head, a card slowly emerged from the graveyard.
"I will banish the Trap Card 'Breakthrough Skill' from the game." she said, "Until the end of the turn, I can negate the effects of an Effect Monster on the field."
Just a Punching Bag x Local Nora Tatsu: "!"
The two quickly realized that only at the moment of last turn's "Hand Destruction" did she have the chance to discard this card!
Nora Tatsu quickly looked at Just a Punching Bag with annoyance.
Damn! It's because you wanted to use some hand destruction, now look what happened! Free grave pit for her!
Just a Punching Bag rolled his eyes, indicating, blame me, right? If I hadn't used that Hand Destruction, where do you think our Archlord Kristya on the field would have come from?
"Royal Decree" claims itself to be the nemesis of traps, the ultimate ban on all trap effects, but it's limited to traps existing on the field. If it's a trap card effective from the graveyard, its power is helpless.
"The monster I want to negate is," Vampire Fraulein slowly raised her slender white finger, "Splendid Venus from the Planet Series."
The invisible restraint seemed like shackles, binding the angel without any argument. The immense angel surrounded by sacred golden light dimmed, and the electric snakes on her body seemed to form ropes binding her tightly.
"We're doomed!" Nora Tatsu muttered, "If Venus's effect is negated..."
"When 'Splendid Venus' exists on the field, your Magic and Trap effects cannot be negated. But now that Venus has been negated, this protection is gone."
The young lady said, then pointed towards their backfield.
"Royal Decree's effect; all Trap Card effects on the field are negated, including your own traps. So according to this effect, the Continuous Trap 'Royal Decree' is negated."
Therefore, Magic Cards can now be used.
Thus, the effect of 'Card Destruction' continues to process; all players discard their entire hand and draw the same number of cards."
The two tycoons' faces didn't look too good.
With just one card, their invincible blockade was broken. Not only that, this card's hand destruction effect also meant that the 'Kiteroid' searched into hand last turn by Nora Tatsu had to be discarded too.
Although even if 'Kiteroid' reaches the graveyard, it can still negate one attack, but this means one less chance to block an attack.
Royal Decree was negated, now Magic Cards can be used without restraint. Vampire Fraulein continued: "Activate the Magic Card 'Akashic Records', and draw two cards from the card deck. However, if a card used in the duel appears, it must be banished from the game." (Animation Card)
The two tycoons took a deep breath simultaneously.
The magic restriction was broken, but the trap and monster blockade still existed. Archlord Kristya is not an easy character to deal with, and under pressure of being unable to special summon, no card deck can...
"Quick-Play Magic 'Forbidden Chalice'." Fraulein gently said, "Increase 'Archlord Kristya's' attack points by 400, nullifying its effect."
Just a Punching Bag x Nora Tatsu: "..."
Monster blockade, released.
"Activate the Field Magic 'Vampire Kingdom' from the hand!"
The field card was pushed into the side of the Duel Disc, a surging dark force instantly exploded centered on Fraulein's petite body.
Droid City collapsed and crumbled instantly, steel-constructed skyscrapers and bridges swiftly came tumbling down. Darkness took over, a pitch-black castle towering in the deep darkness of the night, a blood-red scarlet moon hanging in the sky.
This is the Vampire Kingdom, the domain of the blood race.
"The covered monster on the field, flip summon." Vampire Fraulein said, "Vampire Retainer."
It was a reptile-like creature resembling a wolf and dog, with snow-white fur on its left side, while the other side formed a ferocious shape like mist, resembling a ruthless demon.
[Vampire Retainer, Attack 1200]
"Activate the effect of 'Vampire's Familiar' in the graveyard." Fraulein said, "By sending a 'Vampire' card from the hand or face-up position on the field to the graveyard, Familiar can special summon from the graveyard.
Appear, Vampire's Familiar."
The retainer transformed into golden dots and dissipated, replaced by a little black bat with its mouth wide open, seemingly mocking silently.
[Vampire's Familiar, Attack 500]
"'Vampire's Familiar', activate another effect. When special summoned, pay 500 Life Points to add a 'Vampire' monster to the hand from the card deck."
[Vampire Fraulein, LP 8000 → LP 7500]
Her slender fingers gently picked out the two cards popped from the card deck.
"I add 'Vampire Scarlet Scourge' to the hand."
Immediately, the card she had just sent to the graveyard returned again.
"Next, the effect of 'Vampire Retainer' sent to the graveyard is activated." Fraulein said, "'Vampire Retainer' can send a 'Vampire' card from the hand or field to the graveyard when existing in the graveyard to special summon itself.
I send 'Vampire Grace' from hand to the graveyard, special summon 'Vampire Retainer' from the graveyard."
A wave of bloody mist swept over, and the half snow-white half pitch-black creature dropped back onto the field again.
[Vampire Retainer, Attack 1200]
"Retainer's effect, special summon successful, pay 500 Life Points to add a 'Vampire' Magic Trap Card from the deck to hand."
[Vampire Fraulein, LP 7500 → LP 7000]
Blood-red energy released from the slender body of the young lady, as if blood was drawn by an invisible force, becoming mist and dispersing in the air.
But the young lady seemed not to feel the pain of life force loss, or perhaps she was long accustomed to such pain.
She pulled another card automatically ejected from the card deck.
"Add the Continuous Magic 'Vampire's Domain' to the hand." she said, not even looking as she directly slotted it into the Duel Disc, "Then directly activate 'Vampire's Domain'."
The dark domain expanded, merging with that jagged castle. The blood moon seemed brighter than before, its moonlight cold and eerie.
"Vampire's Domain allows me, once per turn, to pay 500 Life Points to gain an additional Normal Summon for a 'Vampire' monster besides the standard Normal Summon."
With this, the basic setup was complete.
But the terror of the vampires is only about to begin.