NOVEL NEXT WORLD chapter 7
007. I love you, my deck!
When Arteia activated the Field Magic, trees suddenly grew from the ground and filled the field.
A forest within a forest, a miraculous sight that I couldn’t take my eyes off.
But when green-masked archers landed on the sturdy branches and surrounded me, I had to look away.
Did they see me as prey? Their eyes were not friendly and I felt uncomfortable staring at them.
“You didn’t expect a Forest Keeper deck, did you?”
“You seem to know something about my deck.”
Of course, how could I not know that deck?
In the offline mode where multiple rounds were the rule, it was a weak deck, but in the single-game mode, I met someone who used that deck at least once a day.
A second-turn OTK specialized deck.
A conscienceless deck that could kill with a single Field Magic card.
The drawback was that it became powerless if the Field Magic effect was destroyed before it was activated.
“I activate the first effect of Phineas! I’ll destroy the monster card set on my field and ‘Forest Keeper’s Network’!”
“Then I’ll also activate the Quick-Play Magic, ‘Forbidden Fruit’ from my hand.”
[Forbidden Fruit]
Quick Attack Magic
⒧: You can activate this by discarding 1 card from your hand. Target 1 face-up monster on the field and activate this. The monster is changed to defense position, and its effect is negated until the end of the turn.
Phineas is a brilliant card, but it is ultimately vulnerable to effect negation.
If it enters the immune state with its second effect, it can avoid effect negation, but if it receives effect negation before that, it becomes powerless.
“With this, your ace card cannot destroy my field magic. What are you going to do now?”
“I have nothing else to do. Do whatever you want.”
“Then I activate the effect of my field magic! I discard ‘Forest Keeper’s Rally’ from my deck to get the effect of that card!”
[Forest Keeper’s Rally]
Normal Magic
You can activate this if “Forest Keeper’s Network” exists in your field zone, and you have no monsters on your field. Special summon up to 4 “Forest Keeper Elite” monsters from your deck. The monsters special summoned by this effect are returned to the bottom of the deck. After this effect is activated, you cannot activate card effects in phases other than the battle phase.
“I summon ‘Forest Keeper Elite, Aine’, ‘Forest Keeper Elite, Tsubai’, ‘Forest Keeper Elite, Dre’, and ‘Forest Keeper Elite, Vue’ from my deck!”
The masked archers who were waiting on the trees jumped down one by one and landed on the field.
A four-member group that looked so similar that they could be quadruplets.
If it weren’t for the number badges on their chests, they could have been the same person.
“You know the effect of Forest Keeper Elite, right?”
“Yeah. I know it very well.”
Forest Keeper Elite.
All four of them are warrior-type monsters with 500 attack and 500 defense.
Their effect is battle destruction immunity.
And after the battle, the monsters with the name ‘Forest Keeper Elite Force’ gained 2000 attack power.
It was the epitome of disgust, including the nullification of the field magic ‘Forest Keeper’s Information Network’.
“Then let’s move on to the battle phase without delay. Attack the face-down defense position monster with Ain!”
“Block it.”
Clang!
The black shield blocks the forest keeper’s axe that flies in drawing a curve.
The card that was placed face-down flips over, revealing the hideous zombie that blocked it.
My face-down monster is ‘Undead Soldier’, with 1500 defense power.
On the other hand, ‘Forest Keeper Elite Force, Ain’ has 500 attack power.
Not only does the attack fail, but Artea takes 1000 damage.
“I’ll take 1000 damage gladly. Activate the effect of Ain who finished the battle! All forest keepers gain 2000 attack power. Next, I’ll attack ‘Undead Soldier’ with Tsubai who became 2500!”
This time, the forest keeper who holds a red-glowing dagger in reverse grip charges at the undead soldier.
The zombie raises its shield to block the attack, but the forest keeper appears behind the zombie and stabs its heart.
The zombie that successfully blocked the first attack falls to the ground and disappears into the earth.
“Activate the effect of Tsubai to increase the attack power again. Attack Pines with Drei!”
“…No chain.”
The masked forest keeper aims his bow at Pines who is floating in the air.
He shoots a red-burning arrow that pierces through Pines’ heart.
“Augh!”
Pines spits out a short death cry and falls into the graveyard.
I wanted to end this without any damage if possible……
I felt sorry for Phineas, who seemed to suffer because of my lack.
“Phineas is also defeated. Now only the final direct attack remains. Do you have any last words you want to say?”
“Your tongue is sharp. Stop the nonsense and come in.”
“Very well. Buer Direct Attack!”
“At that moment, I activated the effect of ‘Undead Solder’ that went to the graveyard!”
[Undead Solder]
Level: 3 / Attribute: Dark (暗) / Race: Undead
Attack / Defense: 400 / 1500
When this card is attacked by an opponent’s monster, you can exclude this card to negate the attack of the opponent’s monster once.
The forest keeper who ran towards me with a sword.
In the middle of it, a zombie popped out of the ground and grabbed his body.
After a fierce resistance, the zombie was stabbed by the sword and disappeared, but the red sword became a normal iron sword.
The forest keeper, who felt his strength drained, clicked his tongue and returned to his place.
“Your direct attack is nullified by the effect of Undead Solder.”
“You somehow endured my finishing move.”
“Barely, that is.”
“But don’t relax yet. The real finale starts from now on. Main Phase 2! I will fusion summon using the four forest keepers on the field!”
Finally, that moment came.
The forest keepers who finished their attack returned to the deck at the end phase.
There is a more efficient way to use it than sending it back to the deck.
This turn, Arteia cannot activate any card effects, but she can summon.
That is, with four monsters right now. Arteia has met the condition to summon herself.
“I am ‘Dawn’s Palace, Arteia’. I will summon myself.”
[Dawn’s Palace, Arteia]
Fusion Material: 4 / Attribute: Light (光) / Type: Warrior
ATK / DEF: ? / ?
2 or more monsters with different names other than tokens
⑴: The original ATK and DEF of this card are the number of monsters used as fusion material for this card × 1000.
⑵: You can activate this when your opponent activates a monster effect. Lower the ATK and DEF of this card by 1000 and negate that activation.
⑶: At the end of the turn when this card’s ATK was lowered, recover half of the lowered ATK and DEF.
Arteia, who was dueling on the opposite side, suddenly walked out of the duel field.
She took out the bow that she had been carrying on her back with a brisk walk.
I always felt this way since I came to this world, but it was impressive to see the monsters that I had only seen through cards in person.
Arteia was the same, she looked like a duelist when she was dueling.
But when I saw Arteia coming forward in person, I thought she was a duel monster herself.
“Why are you staring at me so intently?”
“It’s amazing that you’re not summoning, but coming out yourself.”
“You’re an odd one. There’s no reason to use a clone card when the original is here.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes. It would be a pity to miss the opportunity to cut off your opponent’s breath by yourself.”
Artea, who was on the field, aimed her bow at me and pretended to pull the string.
A blatant provocation, anger welled up in me and my eyes narrowed.
But I had to swallow my anger for a cold judgment.
‘I must win this duel…!!’
I took my eyes off Artea and looked at my hand and her field alternately.
The fact that there was no magic or trap set on her field was good news, but the problem was her itself.
A powerful effect that nullifies all monster effects.
No matter where they are, whether in the hand, field, graveyard, banished zone, etc., she blocks them all as soon as the monster effects are activated.
Fortunately, the more she blocks the effects, the weaker she becomes.
But the problem is that if I can’t break through Artea and finish her off this turn, the forest keepers will come out again next turn.
‘There’s no way with this hand…’
My ace, Phineas, is in the graveyard and can’t be revived by Artea’s effect.
In the end, I have to bet everything on the draw card next turn.
“This is the end of my turn.”
“My turn…!”
I put my hand on the deck.
Can I draw it?
I have to draw the card I need from a deck of more than 30 cards, not even 2.
I have no confidence that I can do it this time, after failing at a 50% chance.
‘I have no other choice.’
This is the dual world.
Isn’t this a worldview where you can win if you trust your deck, and fight without giving up until the end?
I have no choice but to trust my deck too.
I love you, my deck!!
“Draw!”
I draw a card as if pulling out a sword from a sheath.
A moment of anticipation rose as the card sparkled, but I decided not to count my chickens before they hatch.
I got scolded badly last time for doing that.
“Hoo…!”
I take a deep breath and bring the card between my fingers to my eyes.
As I carefully read the name of the card I drew, I unconsciously smirked.
“I activate the magic card, ‘Mind Control’ from my hand!”
[Mind Control]
Normal Magic
You can activate this card by sending one card each from your hand / field / top of your deck to the graveyard. Choose one face-up monster on your opponent’s field and gain control of it until the end phase. Your opponent cannot negate the activation of this card’s effect.
“I send the card I set on the field and the Orc Giant from my hand, and the card on top of my deck to the graveyard. I target the Dawn Palace, Artea.”
“What?! Wait a minute!!”
Artea looks full of panic.
But the magic card that has been activated cannot be stopped.
Her invalidation target only applied to monsters anyway.
“Go!!”
Numerous wires sprang out of the magic card and rushed towards Arteia.
Arteia quickly drew out arrows and intercepted the wires, but it was useless.
More than twenty wires were attacking at the same time, and it was hard to block them all.
Eventually, her arms and legs were caught by the wires, and the wires penetrated her ears.
“Hgiiit!!”
A scream that was the opposite of her previous elegant attitude was heard.
Whether the wires were sending out current or not, Arteia’s body started to shake like she was electrocuted.
The process of bringing her to my field was scary.
It was the first rare card I got by spending 5000DP yesterday, and I tried it out, but if I have to see this scene again, I might hesitate to use it.
Electric torture is an inhumane act.
‘But the effect is so good that it has a precedent of being banned…’
As I was weighing the efficiency and morality, I realized that the torture was over and Arteia was being dragged by the wires.
A sense of guilt that I had done something wrong stabbed my conscience.
I guess I have to apologize to her first.
“Um, excuse me, Miss Arteia?”
“……”
“Hello?”
No matter how much I called her, she showed no response.
He was just lying on the floor.
He looked like a corpse.
‘What should I do in this situation?’
As I scratched my cheek and felt embarrassed, Arteya suddenly got up and turned her body towards me.
I was startled by Arteya’s unexpected action and stepped back.
But there was no escape space during the duel and I was cornered.
Meanwhile, she freely left the field and started walking towards me with big strides.
Was she going to beat me up?
“I’m sorry! I didn’t know there was such a scenario!”
“……”
“I’m really reflecting on it! If you want, you can take the duel as my loss. Let’s calm down and talk it out, okay?”
But Arteya’s momentum didn’t stop and she finally grabbed my shoulder.
“Eek!!”
I curled up my body to defend myself from the impending retaliation.
Even if she didn’t mean it, she electrocuted me, so I should take a hit or two to ease her mind a bit, right?
As I clenched my teeth and tried to endure the attack.
“Master, please give me an order.”
I heard a completely incomprehensible word from Arteya.
“Wh, what did you just say?”
“Master, please command this humble servant. I will do anything!”
“Ooh….”
I was speechless with surprise for a moment, but I quickly grabbed the zipper of my pants and prepared to pull it down.
I wanted to equip her with the magic that happened to be between my legs.