Yu-Gi-Oh!: I've Been Kidnapped by the Spirits and Taken to Duel City

Chapter 22 Underworld Blood-Draining Deck

Kagura Kiryu really wanted to stop the attack, but unfortunately, the attack that had already been declared could not be reversed.

The magic warrior cleaved the fleshy, warm worm in two with a single sword strike. The seemingly weak worm was destroyed and disappeared from the dueling arena.

"Hehehehe! You've fallen for my trap!"

The man in black let out a strange laugh, stretching out his palm as if grasping something forcefully, veins bulging: "When the Warm Worm is destroyed, its effect activates, sending three cards from the opponent's deck to the Graveyard!"

"Next, I chain this effect to activate a face-down card, a continuous trap, the Demon's Temptation!"

The card at the man in black flipped over, and a terrifying demon with horns appeared in the dueling arena.

"As long as this card is on the field, its owner continues to take 300 damage for each card sent to the Graveyard by either player!"

Kagura Kiryu drew the top three cards from his deck, glanced at them, and sent them to the graveyard: "I sent three cards to the graveyard."

Man in black: "That's right! Therefore, you will suffer 900 damage!"

[Kagura Kiryu: LP4000→LP3100]

"Um......"

Kagura Kiryu gritted his teeth. This pain was indeed a dark game, and it even gave him the illusion that he had one foot in death.

No wonder dark games can cause such immense psychological stress!

"Owner!"

The dark magician girl quickly used her spirit powers to help her master resist the corruption brought by the dark game.

"Kagura!" Kyoko called out with concern.

"900 HP was lost in the first round..."

Kyoko Masaki gripped the edge of her leotard tightly, sweating nervously.

"Hahahaha, this is my tactic! The card-draining, blood-burning tactic! Are you ready to fall into the hell of despair?"

The smiling man in black pressed the button on the Duel Disk: "Now I'll reveal my second face-down card! Continuous Trap, Blood Sacrifice!"

Kiryu Kagura stared at the bloody card illustration, feeling a bit envious.

Another banned card.

"Blood Compensation's effect! During your Main Phase or your opponent's Battle Phase! Pay 500 Life Points to Normal Summon a monster from your hand!"

[Mysterious man in black: LP4000 → LP3500]

The man in black places a card face down in the monster zone.

Kiryu Kagura: "Then my Battle Phase ends. I set two cards face down, and my turn ends."

Kagura Kiryu drew two cards from his hand and inserted them into the Duel Disk, immediately creating two face-down cards at his feet.

It's just a face card, as if nobody doesn't have one.

"Hmph, hmph, hmph, that's it. Keep struggling futilely, and then fall into the abyss!"

"My turn, draw a card!"

The man in black glanced at the card he had drawn, grinned maliciously, and inserted it into the Duel Disk: "I activate this card, Goblin Walker!"

"For every 500 damage dealt to the opponent, I recover 500!"

"Of course, since this card is also sent to the graveyard after activation, I take 300 damage."

[Kagura Kiryu: LP3100→LP2600]

[Mysterious man in black: LP3500→LP4000→LP3700]

"Forehead......"

Kagura Kiryu gasped for breath: "You idiot, don't you feel pain?"

"Hahahaha, I've long been accustomed to the pain of the Dark Game! For the Lord's grand plan, mere suffering is nothing..."

"My lord?"

Kagura Kiryu interrupted, "Your master isn't some thousand masters, is it?"

I only meant to make a joke, but I didn't expect the man in black to react so strongly.

He immediately broke out in a cold sweat, staring at Kagura Kiryu with astonishment and disbelief: "Masaka! How is this possible? How do you know the name of the great god?"

"No one in this era could possibly know of that person's existence!"

Kagura Kiryu: "...Holy crap."

Isn't this supposed to be a dueling city? How come thousands of masters have suddenly appeared?! That unknown darkness is those thousands of masters?!

Thousand Lords, the final villain of Yu-Gi-Oh! Part 4, uses a deck called "Original Numbers". His most famous special ability is to change other players' cards during battle and reprint them into different cards.

What's the point of him fighting then? He's tired of saving the world, let's just destroy it.

Okay, that was just said in anger. We still have to play our cards. We can't let ourselves be defeated by such a small fry.

"Searchable! You mere existence from the past! Kagura Kiryu! No matter where you got this information from, I will silence you!"

The man in black waved his hand: "I'll summon this monster on the field in a flip summon! Needle Worm!"

A purple caterpillar covered in sharp spiky worm appears as the card flips over, the entire worm exuding an aura of the underworld.

[Needlebug, Level 2, Earth type, Insect type, Attack 750, Reverse Monster.]

"When Needlebug is Flip Summoned, activate its effect to send the top five cards of your opponent's Deck to the Graveyard!"

Kagura Kiryu drew cards from his deck, examined them one by one, and sent them to the graveyard!

"Then comes the Temptation of the Demon effect! For each card sent to the Graveyard, deal 300 damage to you!"

"Give me 1500 points of damage!"

[Kagura Kiryu: LP2600→LP1100]

"Ouch, that hurts, you bastard!"

Even with the protection of the dark magician girl, Kagura Kiryu still grimaced in pain.

"Hmph! Then let me bury you as soon as possible! That way you won't feel any pain!"

The man in black drew a card: "I activate the Spell Card! Hatch!"

"Tribute one monster on your field! Special Summon an Insect-Type monster from your Deck that has a Level 1 higher than the tribute monster!"

The needle-like worm vanished in specks of light. The man in black drew his deck, pulled out a card, and slammed it onto the duel disk: "I summon the second Warm Worm!"

[Warm Worm, Attack Power 600]

Man in black: "My needleworms and hatchlings were sent to the graveyard, so I'm going to take 600 damage."

[Mysterious man in black: LP3700 → LP3100]

"Kagura..."

Kyoko Masaki looked at the pained Kiryu Kagura with concern.

"Then the effect of Extra Shadows in my hand has also activated!"

Kiryu Kagura drew a card from his hand and placed it in the Monster Zone with a smile: "When your opponent Special Summons a monster, you can Special Summon this card from your hand."

"I defend to summon, Extra Shroud."

An elegant swordsman, holding a red flag, stood confidently in the dueling arena, a dashing figure on his lips.

[Extra Shelter, Level 2, Light Attribute, Mage Race, Defense 200]

This card is a hand trap used by Jack in Yu-Gi-Oh! Part 3.

"Tch, an unfamiliar card? A weak barrier monster?"

He said viciously, "This card wasn't even needed, but you got lucky! Magic Card, Heavenly Treasure Card activated!"

Both players have drawn six cards from their hands!

Kagura Kiryu drew cards with him; he drew five cards, and Kagura drew four.

"Then a precious scroll fell from the sky and landed in the graveyard, dealing me 300 damage!"

[Mysterious man in black: LP3100 → LP2800]

The man in black looked at his fully replenished hand and burst into laughter again: "As expected, Lady Luck is still on my side!"

"Hehe, although the conditions for the kill have been met, I'll still cover two cards just to be on the safe side."

Two trap cards were placed face down on the field.

"I haven't performed a normal summon this turn, so I'm summoning my third Warm Worm!"

[Warm Worm, Attack Power 600]

"Hahaha, now you're dead beyond any doubt! I activate my magic card, Thunder Strike!"

He laughed loudly: "Destroy all monsters on my field, inflict damage to your opponent equal to the number of destroyed monsters x 300!"

With the two Warm Worms destroyed, he excitedly shouted, "Chain this effect! With two Warm Worms destroyed, you must send six cards to the Graveyard!"

"Plus, the Temptation of the Demon effect! For each card sent to the Graveyard, you must take 300 damage!"

"So in total, you'll take 2400 damage! Die!"

The man in black laughed loudly, trying to see despair on Kagura Kiryu's face, but found that Kagura Kiryu was also laughing, even more exaggeratedly than him!

"Hehehehe! Do you know how hard it is to hold back your laughter so you don't notice?"

With a sunny smile, Kagura Kiryu pointed to Extra Obscured: "After Extra Obscured is summoned by its own effect, this turn, the opponent's card activation inflicts effect damage on me..."

"The other party will bear all the costs."