"It's my turn now."
Jonouchi, with a prominent Duel Disk on his left arm, looked at the bound Sakura Kyoko and spoke.
He drew a card from his thick deck with his right hand.
"Come on!"
"Tiger Axe Wielder!"
The strange card slammed onto the Duel Disk and materialized a monster.
It was a tiger standing upright, wielding a giant axe.
"Hmph!"
"!"
With her hands immobilized, Sakura Kyoko tried to make the spear she was holding extend and change.
But realizing it wasn't working, she could only quickly retreat.
"Bang!"
The giant axe struck the ground, creating small cracks.
"Oh!!!"
The tiger roared and chased after her, continuing to swing its giant axe.
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!"
Even though she was bound by the strange hexagram, Sakura Kyoko's agility was not significantly affected, and she deftly dodged every attack.
"Lancer! Why aren't you counterattacking?"
Kenneth, watching the passively dodging Sakura Kyoko through his familiar, questioned.
"Of course, I can't. This strange magic circle has sealed my attacking abilities."
As if hearing his doubt, Sakura Kyoko responded indignantly.
If she could counterattack normally, she would have done so long ago.
It was precisely because she couldn't that she appeared so disheveled.
"Lancer's Magic Resistance should be quite high."
"Even so, is she still constrained by Caster's magic?"
"It seems the opponent is not as simple as we imagined."
..."Tsk, normal attacks aren't working?"
No matter how many times she tried, there was no sign of breaking free. In desperation, she used another ability.
"Crack!"
Chains, like thorns, shot through the air and then pierced the tiger in front.
"It only sealed normal attacking abilities."
Having determined this, Sakura Kyoko's gaze then fell upon the prominent machine on Jonouchi's left arm.
"That's the source of your magic, isn't it?!"
Without any hesitation, she aimed her attack at that point.
"Whoosh!"
Like an iron chain, red thorny vines rushed forward.
"That won't do."
Facing the attack calmly, Jonouchi quickly slapped another card onto the Duel Disk.
"Oh!"
This time, a warrior appeared, wearing a helmet and holding a heavy axe in one hand.
He swung his axe, deflecting the incoming thorny chain.
"Now! Attack!"
Giving the command, the warrior leaped up and approached Sakura Kyoko.
"Hmph, who would be hit by such a slow attack!"
Sakura Kyoko disdainfully watched the axe cleave down from above and dodged to the side.
"Bang!"
The giant axe struck the ground, causing a tremor.
"!"
But before Sakura Kyoko could say anything, she suddenly noticed a sound coming from another direction.
"Whoosh!"
In an emergency, she dragged herself away from her original position with the thorny vines, avoiding the surprise attack.
"He can summon more than one familiar?"
Sakura Kyoko frowned, looking at the identical warrior holding a heavy axe.
Theoretically, Caster himself didn't seem like a troublesome individual, but the magic and familiars he could use were quite special.
It was something people had never witnessed before.
"Her movements are really agile."
"It seems it won't be easy to get you to hand over the dragon ball."
Jonouchi was a bit surprised that the pincer attack from both monsters hadn't been effective.
Compared to the rigid attack and defense of a duel, actual combat offered more possibilities for evasion.
"Bang!!!"
"Clang!"
He couldn't hit her at all.
(I still can't treat this entirely as a duel.)
Although the form adopted was very similar, it wasn't a duel in the true sense.
3001
3000
2999
(It's not a solution to just keep this up.)
Glancing at his Life Points on the Duel Disk, Jonouchi felt a headache coming on.
Because he lacked a so-called "Master," his source of magical power became an issue. To avoid being eliminated, he needed to continuously maintain his "LP."
Without a Master, his Life Points would continuously decrease, and he couldn't take too great a risk in battle.
Judging by the girl's ability to defeat "Gearfried the Iron Knight" in one blow, her attack power was at least 1800 or more.
If he got hit, he would be in great danger.
(I'll take a gamble.)
Looking at his Set Cards and hand, Jonouchi made a decision.
He reached out to draw a card from the top of his deck.
(Here it comes again, another card not in my deck.)
He couldn't check what cards were in his deck at all, and the cards he drew were always unknown.
This was precisely what troubled Jonouchi.
It was fine if he recognized some cards, but if he didn't, it would easily lead to a cognitive short circuit.
[Change of Heart]
(This should be Ryou's card, right?)
(Control? According to previous situations, it should be able to control this girl as well.)
(But merely controlling her wouldn't make her commit suicide.)
Inserting the green Spell Card into the Spell & Trap Zone, Jonouchi hesitated.
He had come to seize the dragon ball, not with such extreme intentions in battle.
"That's right."
"Come on!"
Thinking of a very useful method, Jonouchi then activated that card.
"What?!"
As a girl in white and a girl in black appeared on the scene, Sakura Kyoko suddenly had a bad premonition.
An invisible Ripple spread, and for a moment, her eyes lost their luster.
"Now, go and bring me your Master's dragon ball!"
Although he didn't know how long it would last, Jonouchi believed it shouldn't be too short.
So he immediately gave this command.
"Whoosh!"
Watching the opponent disappear, Jonouchi suddenly remembered something.
"Shouldn't I be lifting her restrictions right now?"
Realizing that her normal attacking abilities were sealed by "Hexagram of the Evil Seal," Jonouchi belatedly said...
"Caster seems to have controlled Lancer?"
"This is too strong, isn't it?"
Hiding somewhere, Waver, who had witnessed the entire scene, was a bit flustered.
Neither the summoned familiars nor the mysterious magic
were anything he had ever seen. Now, he could even control an enemy Servant.
"The opponent with the most unstable factors?"
Lelouch remained silent for a moment before giving a very high evaluation.
If it were him, he would definitely make Lancer commit suicide immediately, and then he would go find the Master to seize the dragon ball.
That would reduce a lot of risks, as he still didn't know what Noble Phantasm and trump cards Lancer possessed.
He, who had been very confident in his Geass ability before, now felt a bit reluctant to face Caster.
Because he couldn't figure out how many hidden trump cards this Caster had.
Judging by the machine on his arm, the opponent had already inserted numerous unknown cards, which meant that "traps" could exist at any time.
Attacking and confronting him would trigger his magic, so meeting this person would be quite dangerous.
The best way would be to snipe him from a long distance.
The mecha he held in his hand seemed to be the best method.
But the problem arose. Would ultra-long-range attacks and area-of-effect attacks trigger Caster's magic?
PS:
[Change of Heart]: Can only be activated by targeting 1 monster on your opponent's field. You gain control of that monster until the End Phase.
As the effect description states, it is to control the opponent, but there is a time limit. However, high resistance can also shorten the control duration.
It can only be said that it was fortunate he encountered Jonouchi; if it had been someone else without a conscience, the Lancer class would have once again embarked on its well-known "tradition."