I Was Summoned to the Duel Monster World

010. The Invasion of the Undead

Zombie apocalypse.

A disaster of death that started from various factors such as plague, human experimentation, curse, and so on.

A seed of disaster that would create a hellish scene even if only one was mixed in the crowd.

Surrounded by such dreadful things, I….

“Finish with finesse!”

“Krrr…!!”

I was in the middle of a duel with a zombie at night.

“I lo…st…!”

“The revival combo in the mid-game was definitely impactful, but it would have been more efficient to use it after accumulating more graveyard resources. Keep that in mind for the next duel.”

“Uh…ahh…!!”

After finishing the duel and lecturing him, the last zombie crawled back into the ground.

With this, I had defeated all the zombies that threatened me.

“I somehow won them all.”

“Congratulations on your victory! But, master, there is something I want to ask you.”

“What is it?”

“Do you really need to give feedback to your opponent after the duel?”

“Ahahahaha…. It’s like a habit, I do it without realizing it.”

Before I came to this world, the main content of my broadcast was spectator feedback for the viewers.

I watched the viewers’ duels and judged and analyzed them coldly, teaching them better decisions and choices.

That’s why I got used to giving duel feedback.

My duel feedback, others’ duel feedback.

Duel is a relative fight, so feedback may be meaningless.

But I value feedback as a means to broaden my situational judgment and strategic perspective.

“Isn’t it better than calculating a duel with something like a math formula?”

“I think there was actually a monster that dueled with a math formula…”

Why is that a true story when I just blurted it out?

Could this be a world where quantum mechanics is also solved with cards?

I decided to keep my mouth shut quietly, lest I hear a yes from Phineas if I asked.

“By the way, what are you going to do now?”

“Hmm.”

I was too busy dueling to pay any attention, but the current elf village was in a chaotic state due to the invasion of zombies.

Trees were falling everywhere and screams of elves and sounds of drawing cards were heard everywhere.

Strange, wasn’t this a world where everyone duels peacefully?

Maybe this world was deeper than I thought.

“First of all, I have to go and help.”

“The elves have been rude to you, doing all kinds of harm. Do you really intend to lend them a hand?”

“Well, I owe them a favor for staying in the elf village, right? And more than anything, the zombies never surrender, so the DP earning is quite good.”

“…Pfft! The latter is the main reason, huh?”

“Right.”

[DP: 127300]

My wallet had grown considerably after dueling with the elves, Arteia, and the zombies.

I had enough money to buy 12 of the most expensive 10,000DP packs.

Financial comfort brings peace of mind, but I rather became greedy.

It was greed that made me want to squeeze more money out of them.

“I understand. As your loyal servant, I will follow your will.”

“Then let’s go.”

“Yes!”

The elf village shrouded in darkness.

The zombie hunting of me and Phineas began.

***

The northern part of the elf village.

Artea, who heard the news of the undead invasion, was the first to rush to the scene, where the battle had just ended by her hand.

“Artea, the eastern front has been breached!”

“The western front is in fierce combat! But we are slowly losing ground!”

“Please send all the remaining forces to the eastern front. I will hold the western front. How is the southern front doing?”

“Well… for some reason, there are no undead appearing in the south. So the south is currently in a static state.”

“Is that true?”

“Yes! What should we do? Should we leave some reserve forces in case it’s a trap…”

“No. Please deploy all the forces in the south to the east.”

“Bu, but what if the undead launch a surprise attack in the south? That would be disastrous!”

“Don’t worry. That won’t happen.”

Artea was confident that the south was safe.

And for good reason. There was a special visitor staying in the south right now.

The abnormal strength of the visitor and the situation in the quiet south.

Artea’s lips curled into a smile at the strangely well-timed news.

‘You’re going to help us…’

If she thought a little differently, it wasn’t such a happy news.

It meant that she had one more debt to pay him back.

But Artea didn’t lose her smile.

She was so grateful for his kindness, who stood up for her even though he was scorned by the elves.

More than anything, she felt more reassured than ever by the fact that he was on the same side.

An ally who she could trust and rely on.

Artea turned her steps to the western front with a rising morale.

*

Meanwhile, Han Se-yoon, who had become the support of the girl in a place he didn’t know, was in trouble.

“Where is this?”

Han Se-yoon, who had challenged every zombie he met to a duel, was lost at some point.

He didn’t know the geography of the forest, and to make matters worse, it was night and he couldn’t see an inch ahead.

Only after he eliminated the zombies in the vicinity did Han Se-yoon realize that he was screwed.

The only consolation was that he had Phineas by his side.

“I can’t tell where I came from because it’s too dark.”

“Should we light a fire?”

“No. We might start a forest fire if we do that. That would be a disaster.”

“But what if we keep wandering around the forest endlessly like this?”

“I have a good idea. Can you watch out for the beasts for a while?”

“Okay.”

Han Se-yoon summoned the menu window and went straight to the store page. He browsed the modern goods category.

He didn’t know why, but there was a special store that sold items from the world he used to live in.

Se-yoon put the most needed flashlight in the cart and proceeded to pay.

Then, a flashlight of a suitable size appeared out of thin air and fell on his palm.

‘A flashlight like this costs 100,000 DP…! That’s a rip-off!’

He wanted to use modern items to escape the crisis, but he bit his lips hard at the bigger expense than he expected.

He couldn’t help but feel miserable as the money he had earned through hard work vanished into thin air.

‘And when the battery runs out, I have to buy a new one and replace it….’

Se-yoon sighed deeply and slowly turned the end of the flashlight.

He wanted to check the size of the battery in advance to prevent any confusion later.

He opened the end of the flashlight and took out the battery.

“Huh?”

The battery that came out of the flashlight suddenly spread out and revealed its appearance.

[Battery Man]

Level: 3 / Attribute: Light (光) / Race: Lightning Tribe

Attack / Defense: 200 / 200

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What he thought was a battery turned out to be none other than a monster card.

‘How am I supposed to accept this……’

Se-yoon smiled incredulously as he witnessed the technology that surpassed the times.

At least he didn’t have to worry about the battery cost anymore.

Next, it was time to test the performance of the flashlight.

Would the thing work properly with a card instead of a battery?

With such doubts in his mind, Han Se-yoon reassembled the flashlight and lifted it up.

He aimed the flashlight at the opposite side of the forest where nothing was visible and pressed the ON button hard.

“Oh?”

Contrary to his worries, the direct beam of light from the flashlight stretched out towards the front.

The beam of light that drove away the darkness and brightly illuminated the way ahead.

At the end of that brilliant beam of light was…

“Kuaaak!!”

A huge one-eyed zombie wearing a bone armor was being burned by the light.

[Commander Balor]

Level: 8 / Attribute: Darkness (暗) / Race: Undead

Attack / Defense: 2700 / 1500

This card name’s ⑵ effect can only be used once per turn.

⑴: When an effect of an Undead-type monster other than “Emperor of the Dead, Valore” is activated, you can activate this effect. Choose and apply one of the following effects.

●Negate that effect and destroy it.

●You can move the effect target to another card on the field.

⑵: If there is a face-up Undead-type monster card on the field, you can activate this effect during your/opponent’s standby phase. Special summon this card from the graveyard.

“What? Why is Valore here?”

“It seems that he is the source of this zombie outbreak.”

“Really? Then if we just defeat this guy, the situation is over?”

“Probably that’s the case.”

“Good. He seems weak to light, so let’s finish him off with a flashlight.”

As Se-yoon tried to end it quickly, he heard the desperate voice of Valore, who felt his life was in danger.

“Kuoooooo!! A, at least let’s duel…!!”

“No thanks?”

“You coward…!! How can you call yourself a duelist!!”

“I’m a realist!”

After that, Valore barely managed to arrange a duel with Se-yoon under the condition of offering him a rare card.