"Duel!" x2
[Yugen, LP 4000]
[Akiza Izinski, LP 4000]
"You've failed."
Yugen looked at Akiza with a playful smile and said.
"I said, if you can come all the way up from the Lucky Cup, defeat the king, and become the new duel pinnacle of this city, then perhaps it would be worth having
another battle with me.
But unfortunately, it seems that the flames of revenge you spoke of are just this...."
"Shut up! Shut up!"
At this moment, Akiza had just finished a duel with Yusei, and the restraining headband had already been blown off in a full power explosion in the previous duel, leaving her long hair in a mess.
"The match doesn't matter anymore. As long as I kill you and avenge Diwein, everything else doesn't matter.
I go first, draw a card!"
Akiza drew a card first.
"I summon 'Evil Thorn' in attack mode!"
The ground on her field surged with soil, and a small green plant stubbornly broke through the ground to grow, sprouting a listless flower.
[Evil Thorn, Attack Power 100]
"Activate the monster effect of Evil Thorn!" Akiza said, "Release this card to deal 300 points of damage to the opponent!
Take the attack!"
Although it's only 300 points of damage, Akiza unleashed her full telekinesis, causing her already messy long hair to dance wildly in the tornado. Evil Thorn itself dissipated into light particles, and a tentacle lashed towards Yugen, who nonchalantly raised his Duel Disc as if holding a shield to block it.
[Yugen, LP4000 → LP3700]
"And after activating this effect of Evil Thorn, you can Special Summon up to two more 'Evil Thorn' in attack mode from the deck."
Two cards automatically popped out from Akiza's deck.
"Come onto my field, two Evil Thorns!"
Again, two clumps of soil emerged, and two new twisted evil plants grew erratically on Akiza's field.
[Evil Thorn, Attack Power 100] x2
"Evil Thorns Special Summoned by this effect cannot activate their own effects again."
Akiza then revealed a Magic Card from her hand.
"But I then activate the Magic Card 'Locked Plant Gate' from my hand!" (Original Card)
The projection of the magic appeared in her backfield, resonating with the two Evil Thorns on the field. Swirling leaves revolved around her field like a closed gate blocking the front.
"Locked Plant Gate can only be activated when there are two or more Plant race monsters with the same name on one's field.
The opponent player cannot declare an attack next turn!"
"Opening with a burn effect plus attack lock, huh? Akiza is really such a reclusive child, not cute at all," Yugen shrugged.
"Shut up!" Akiza snapped, "I set two cards, ending my turn."
She set the cards and pointed directly at Yugen.
"I'll use everything in this duel, even if I have to stake my life, I will never lose to you again..."
"Oh?" Yugen said, "For Diwein?"
"Don't mention his name!"
"Alright, alright, I won't mention it," Yugen laughed, "But just a friendly reminder, people's memories can be biased. Sometimes people only believe what they want to believe. For instance, Diwein, have you never doubted him at all?"
"I said shut up!"
"Alright then. My turn, draw." Yugen said, "With Special Summoned Monsters on the opponent's field and no monsters on my own, I activate the Magic Card 'Adversity's
Treasure Scroll'.
Draw two cards from the deck."
Yugen drew two cards.
"Effect of Mecha Team - Fortress in my hand." Yugen said, "Fortress can be Special Summoned from the hand or graveyard by discarding Machine Race monsters from the hand with combined levels of eight or more.
I discard the Level 8 Mechanical Race, Planet Series 'Great Saturn'.
Special Summon 'Mecha Team - Fortress' from the hand!"
The heavy mecha fortress landed, rapidly transforming. The long heavy cannon locked onto the front, and the heavy tracks hit the ground, with the armed-to-the-teeth fortress ready to fire like a chambered firearm.
[Mecha Team - Fortress, Attack Power 2500]
Akiza slightly frowned.
Mecha, Mechanical Race Deck. Not using the Plant Race this time... is he using his own deck this time?
Does that mean he's serious this time?
Akiza gritted her teeth. Even knowing that the opponent was possibly stronger than herself, she had no other choice because her life had lost direction, and the only thing she had left to do was to seek revenge on this person.
Yes, it was all she could do. Only by doing this could she temporarily ignore the sadness and the confusion about her future.
"Summoned an upper-level monster right away..." Akiza said, "But! Because of the effect of 'Locked Plant Gate', you can't attack this turn, making even the strongest monster meaningless..."
"Seems like it, Akiza really posed a big problem for me,"
Yugen feigned a troubled expression.
"Well, no choice but to do this for now...
Activate the Magic Card 'Prototype Replacement' from my hand!" (Original Card)
The original holder of this 'Great Saturn' card in the GX Manga, the David whom Yugen picked it up from, paired it with the Saturn cards.
"Prototype Replacement can release a Machine Race monster on your field to Special Summon a Machine Race from the graveyard."
Yugen pointed to his Fortress on the field.
"I release 'Mecha Team - Fortress' and revive the card sent to the graveyard for Fortress's summon..."
The massive alloy fortress was engulfed in a pillar of light, its metallic components seemingly melting in the light and gradually disintegrating. A dazzling beam of light burst out, releasing enormous and astonishing energy into the sky.
"Come forth! Planet Series——
——The Big SATURN!!!"
The colossal shadow of steel emerged from the beam of light, its golden-brown halo slicing through space with furious speed, unleashing blinding arcs and roars. The ground trembled violently, rubble floated upwards, swirling like planetary dust around the vortex's center.
The golden halo collapsed into a blazing white ring, countless gears and energy lines extended and intertwined from within, forming a steel fortress. The Great Saturn crashed to the ground, standing in ruins with overwhelming menace like a cosmic tyrant.
[Great Saturn, Attack Power 2800]
Being a Telekinesis Duelist, Akiza felt the unique elf aura of the "Planet Series" from this Steel Giant, becoming slightly moved: "The power of this monster..."
But she shook her head, resolute: "But no matter how powerful the monster, you cannot attack..."
"True, but Saturn's power doesn't require attacking to be unleashed," Yugen said, "Firstly, the effect of 'Great Saturn'.
Once per turn, pay 1000 Life Points to increase Saturn's attack power by 1000 until the end of the turn!"
[Yugen, LP 3700 → LP 2700]
[Great Saturn, Attack Power 2800 → Attack Power 3800]
The Physical Card requirement for Saturn's effect also needed to discard an additional card from the hand, which the original version didn't require.
Akiza was astonished: "Even knowing you can't attack, you spent life points to increase power?"
"Don't blink," Yugen chuckled, "If you're not careful, it will end in an instant."