Chapter 275: The Rondo of Light and Darkness (2) |
Chapter 275 The Rondo of Light and Darkness Part 2
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"Tick!" It was now the eighth round!
Although DemiDevimon was summoned, it was just flapping its wings in front of the player's platform, silently waiting for the moment of evolution.
It wanted to evolve into [Devimon] rather than [Black Gatomon], but its master seemed to prefer the latter.
Oh well, I, DemiDevimon, am the most loyal servant of my master and the record holder of the magical spirit that received the most little red flowers after all; so if it's going to be [Black Gatomon], so be it.
But can you hurry up?
I can't wait any longer!
Seeing the magical spirits glowing one by one, DemiDevimon couldn't wait any longer, so it winked at Dark from time to time.
But Dark ignored it and continued to draw cards.
As of this round, he had drawn 17 cards, and there were not many cards left in the deck, but the probability of drawing the desired magic card was even greater now.
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[Fusion]
[Silence Potion]
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Dark's eyes instantly lit up! "I finally got it!"
The moment he got [Fusion], he couldn't help but look somewhere in the ring belt, which happened to meet Pandora-senpai's gaze.
After meeting Dark's gaze, Pandora immediately understood that he had drawn [Fusion]!
"Interesting, does he want to use [Fusion] in this duel?" Dark had withdrawn his gaze when Pandora murmured.
He looked at his hand.
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[Fusion]
[Silence Potion]
[Pride Ⅰ]
[Pride Ⅱ·New]
[Pride Ⅱ·Old]
[Pride Ⅲ]
[Lust Ⅲ·Moon]
[Miltank]
[Blinking Spell]
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"All the cards that I need are here. Next... it's a matter of how to summon."
The exclamations from outside the field could no longer affect him, Dark thought quickly and took out [Miltank] first!
Shuckle's [Power Split] and [Power Trick] had entered long CDs, leaving only [Sturdy] and [Guard Split], which could be said to be of little use now.
"Then sacrifice it!"
"With [Shuckle] and [Trash Slime] as tributes, I summon [Miltank]!"
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In the red player's summoning area, Trash Slime poked its head out of Shuckle's shell, knowing that it was about to be sacrificed again!
Every time, it could only serve as a lowly sacrifice!
In its memory, the only time that it was used other than a sacrifice in combat was when it was used as a "facial" mask...
It was fine before it gained any intelligence. But now, although it was still inferior to other magical spirits in terms of intelligence, it already had self-awareness.
It would also feel depressed and sad for being useless...
"Am I going to be a sacrifice for life?" The Trash Slime couldn't help thinking at the moment when its body was gradually dissipating into the light.
It looked at Shuckle under it with some envy.
Shuckle, who was glowing brightly, was holding its head high, happily accepting the fate of being sacrificed.
"Shuckle!"
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"The third sacrifice! Since the start of the competition, Player Dark Demon has carried out three tribute summonings! This time, what kind of magical spirit will it be? What surprises will he bring us?" Wilson said excitedly, almost forgetting his position.
The president of the Aristocratic History Research Society inside the ring belt gave him a stern look.
But he didn't notice it.
Instead, the light from the blue player's summoning area caught his attention.
"Oh! Elvis Kevin is also preparing for tribute summoning! The magical spirit he wants to sacrifice is... 5-star Cyborg Werewolf!"
"As expected of the previous Crimson Star winner, he actually crafted this many 5-star magical spirits in the second year."
"This is truly amazing. I wonder how powerful the 5-star magical spirit he is going to summon with Cyborg Werewolf as a tribute is, and it is worth it."
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The tribute summoning of magical spirits was always so eye-catching.
The enthusiasm of the audience was aroused again.
The red player's tribute summoning magic circle lit up first.
"Moo~♥" The cute pink cow that emerged from the summoning magic circle immediately attracted the attention of many women.
Perhaps for the first time, they felt that cows could be so cute!
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[Card name: Miltank]
[Type: spirit card]
[Level: ✪✪✪✪]
[Race: Bird & Beast-type]
[Attribute: normal]
[magic energy: 2000]
[Attack: 1000]
[Defense: 2000]
[Ultimate: Sap Sipper, Milk Drink, Defense Curl, Rollout.]
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[Miltank] was a golden card that was once dubbed the "Divine Card", but it was not used much in Dark's card system because its role more or less coincided with another golden card - [Shuckle].
With 2000 points in both magic energy and defense, Miltank, who had the skills of [Defense Curl] and [Milk Drink], could be called a super meat shield that couldn't be defeated.
One of Dark's purposes for summoning it was to use it as a shield to protect the magic ball.
The second purpose was to heal Gatomon!
The chubby Miltank, who revealed a cute expression, slowly moved to the magic ball and sat down, then rubbed its hands together, conjuring a bottle of milk out of thin air!
"Moo." It beckoned to Gatomon, then handed it its milk bottle.
Although Gatomon had a disdainful expression as if it didn't like to drink other people's milk, it still reached out its hand to get the milk bottle very quickly.
As soon as it got the milk, it opened the lid and drank it empty in a few gulps!
"Ha!" Gatomon almost uttered words uncontrollably because of the extreme comfort and warmth flowing through its body.
It stretched out its pink and tender tongue to lick the remaining milk stains on the corner of its mouth, and casually threw the milk bottle on the ground, its aura quickly becoming stronger again!
Its magic energy, which rose up to 1900 points under the enhancement of the Holy Ring was instantly restored by half, returning to the safety line of more than 1000 points.
It could still fight!
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"It's actually a healing-type magical spirit!" Wilson's exclamation was late but arrived.
The audience was also abuzz with discussions about the appearance of the new magical spirit.
Alvette looked at the pink little cow and asked unconsciously, "It should be very delicious, right?"
The princess, "???"
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While Gatomon regained its strength, Elvis Kevin's tribute summoning was also finally completed. "Come out, my ace!"
His voice was very soft, but since he didn't say it silently, he wanted to be heard.
So everyone knew that the 5-star magical spirit he just summoned… was his trump card!
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Dark couldn't help looking over involuntarily.
But what he saw was a turret rising from the ground in the blue player's summoning area!
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[Card name: Mechanical Cannon]
[Type: spirit card]
[Level: ✪✪✪✪✪]
[Race: mech-type]
[Attribute: Steel-type]
[Magic energy: 1000]
[Attack: 2600]
[Defense:2000]
[Ultimate: Mechanical Cannon Blast]
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The all-metal-cased turret was nearly three meters high, with a round chassis, and metal arms on both sides.
In the middle of its body, there was a super gun barrel with a diameter of one meter!
It was hard to imagine how terrifying the cannon fired from such a huge barrel would be!
Normally, the 5-star magical spirit's top stats value was 2500, but this Mechanical Cannon's attack value actually exceeded 2500 points.
Even though it was just over 100 points, it was still a sign of its power.
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"It turns out to be a giant cannon from a super ancient civilization! Just how many surprises will Player Elvis Kevin bring us!" Wilson's exclamation rang out, speaking the feelings of most of the audience.
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And at this time, Elvis Kevin, who had not said much since the beginning of the duel, suddenly raised his head and said, "Dark Demon."
Dark: "Mhm?"
Kevin: "You're very talented."
Dark: "???"
Kevin: "I knew before the game that it wouldn't be easy to defeat you, but I didn't expect it to be so difficult. I have to say that even in the past few years, there are very few first-year students like you."
Dark: "There were still some."
Kevin: "But you have only studied for half a year, and my study time is three times of yours!"
Dark: "Yes, that's correct."
Kevin: "Although being talented can determine a lot of things, only with enough time can one bring out the most of one's talent."
Dark: "..."
Elvis Kevin spoke slowly as if he was giving Dark a lecture, and also as if he was making a declaration.
In the end, he ended the conversation with another confident statement: "My Mechanical Cannon can only fire once, but it's enough to turn you into ashes!"
As soon as his voice fell, the body of the [Mechanical Cannon] suddenly made a "rumbling" sound. Its huge gun barrel was slowly rotating, gathering energy at a high speed!
Dark only had time to say, "Defense Curl!" before a terrifying beam of light burst out from the barrel!
"Boom!"
Only until the deafening sound of the cannon resounded through the venue did Dark realize suddenly that Senior Kevin's words were actually part of the tactics!
More than half of the audience outside the venue covered their ears subconsciously.
In the blink of an eye, the Mechanical Cannon's attack had already crossed a distance of 100 meters, and the beam of light with a diameter of one meter had completely slammed into Miltank!
Once Miltank couldn't block this terrifying attack, the magic ball behind it would face the impact!
But at the moment when the beam of light swallowed Miltank, Dark finally saw that it successfully curled up into a ball, surrounded by a mirror-like energy shell.
Part of the beam of light hitting the ball scattered out.
Gatomon turned sideways to dodge the scattered light beam with great dexterity.
But one of Demidevimon's wings was injured by the scattered light beam in the air, causing it to scream in pain.
Dark looked nervously at the [Miltank] magic card in his hand, the magic energy value that recorded its life was rapidly decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
After turning into a ball, Miltank, whose defense reached 3000 points, was not able to completely prevent this terrifying [Mechanical Cannon Blast]!
This magical spirit truly deserved to be called Elvis Kevin's trump card. However, if Kevin thought that such a cannon attack could take out Miltank in one shot, then he underestimated Miltank's ability.
A defense value of 3,000 points was not a decoration.
The magic energy value of Miltank eventually dropped to about 800 points, and then it completely stabilized.
This meant that this attack of [Mechanical Cannon] had caused about 4200 points of damage!
If it was other 4-star magical spirits, even if it was the perfect magical spirit like Devimon, it may not be able to withstand this shot directly.
But no, it was not other magical spirits. The magical spirit that took this attack head-on was Miltank!
"Moo!" As the beam of light disappeared, Miltank lifted the [Defense Curl] and sat on the ground.
It subconsciously rubbed both hands, as if trying to conjure a bottle of milk, but although the CD of [Drinking Milk] was not long, it could probably only be used once in a duel.
Therefore, naturally, it was impossible to make another milk bottle.
[Miltank], who failed to use its skill, scratched its head and sat there dumbfounded for a while.
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The entire venue was deadly silent at this moment.
Dark looked up and found that Senior Kevin was shocked. It was as if he couldn't believe what just happened from the bottom of his heart.
And in the summoning area below him, the [Mechanical Cannon] that fired the [Mechanical Cannon Blast] was gradually turning into the light!
This meant that it took a full 1,000 magic energy points to fire just one shot!
However, before it could take out its target, it turned into ashes first!
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When the light formed by [Mechanical Cannon] returned to the magic card, Elvis Kevin finally came to his senses.
As a more experienced dueler, he quickly made the best decision at this moment.
He raised his finger suddenly, lifting the blue player's magic ball, which was protected by the silver eggshell, up into the sky with his magic energy!
"Tsk!" Gatomon, who was just about to take its revenge, put down its raised front foot.
At this time, the red player had Miltank, Gatomon, and DemiDevimon, three magical spirits in the dueling arena; whereas the blue player only left with a 2-star Mechanical Component wreckage and an Eggshell Armor!
It was already the eighth round since the beginning of the duel.
As it was about to reach the ninth round, the situation in the dueling arena gradually became clear.
At this point, unless Elvis Kevin could turn the tables, his defeat was assured!
Dark calmed down and silently prepared to summon [Devimon]. Devimon with wings and the ability to teleport could be described as a magic ball killer.
Even if his opponent had the Eggshell Armor to protect the magic ball, all it would take was another punch from Devimon.
As for [Fusion] and [Bastemon]...
This was a duel, not a showroom!
But just as he was about to start summoning, he heard a "tick" in his ear.
Switching to a new round meant the generation of unknown variables.
The scene of a desperate dueler relying on just one key card to make a comeback to was the most fun to watch!
But it would not be that fun for the dueler who thought they were going to win.
Dark turned his finger, pointed at [Lust III·Moon], and prepared [Pride I].
Less than ten seconds in total, DemiDevimon evolved into [Black Gatomon] under the light of [Lust], and then its mind regained clarity with the help of [Pride]!
Meanwhile, on the other side of the arena, the magic ball floating in the sky, surrounded by [Eggshell Armor], burst out with an extremely strong light!
No one expected that the [Eggshell Armor] summoned by Elvis Kevin in the first round turned out to be a deeply hidden foreshadowing!
Elvis Kevin, who was about to be defeated just now, was holding one of the magic cards high at this time.
The light on the magic card illuminated his face.
At this point, he no longer had the calmness he had when he first came to the arena.
The hope of surviving in a desperate situation made him fall into a state of ecstasy!
The so-called "godly draw" was nothing more than this.
"Hatch! Mechanical Dragon!"
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"Ritual Summon!" Thinking quickly in his mind, Dark suddenly remembered this special summoning method.
The so-called "Ritual Summon" was to summon a special magical spirit through the "arcana force card".
This summoning method originated from various complicated and cumbersome prayer rituals in ancient times.
To put it simply, it was to praise God and ask for the coming of God.
But nowadays, as long as the conditions required by the special arcana force card were met, the special magical spirit could be summoned.
But it wouldn't be easier than a tribute summon.
So there were not many duelers using "Ritual Summon".
Elvis Kevin's [Eggshell Armor] seemed to be the basic card for the Ritual Summon to be executed.
The conditions that it needed to meet were likely to be "taking 0 damage", "protecting the target for at least a few turns", and so on.
Of course, a special [arcana force card] for starting the ritual was definitely one of the necessary conditions.
In short, there must be many hidden conditions required.
But since it had already started, it meant that the conditions had been met.
Dark no longer hesitated and held [Fusion] high at the same time!
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There were only a few clouds floating in the sky at half past nine.
Looking up from below, the sky was as clear as the blue sea.
Wilson on the commentary platform tapped his forehead, feeling mentally exhausted from just merely five minutes of commentary. He could only imagine how exhausting it must be for the two people who were fighting fiercely in the arena.
It was already very surprising that Elvis Kevin, a second-year student, had such strength. But the fact that the strength of Dark Demon, a first-year student, was not inferior to his was even more startling.
At this time, the president of the Aristocratic History Research Society may have already started to doubt if he was hallucinating.
Those people who specially chose to come here today were very lucky, because what they were about to witness was the rise of a new star!
But who exactly was going to be this new star?
Wilson cleared his throat and shouted loudly: "It's time to witness the miracle! Elvis Kevin used Ritual Summon and successfully hatched Mechanical Dragon! And Dark... If I'm not wrong, it's [Fusion]!"
After Wilson's shout, the cascade of sound began to radiate out from the outside of the ring, bit by bit, spreading faster and wider.
The entire venue was quickly filled with endless cheers.
In this sea of noises, the Archbishop stared at the [Black Gatomon] who had just been summoned, and murmured quietly: "What a pure dark aura!"
Holy white cat!
Evil black cat!
The archbishop realized that his previous "Holy Child" plan had failed before it even started.
The eldest prince beside him seemed to have been attracted by the duel. He stretched his neck, attempting to watch closely: "Archbishop, who do you think will win in the end?"
"The winner will win." The archbishop answered after a moment of silence, making the eldest prince speechless for a while.
Alvette in the front row became excited again, and the corners of the eldest princess' mouth twitched uncontrollably.
Inside the ring belt, Rose and Dianna shook the sign together.
The Noble House first-year students, led by Doron, shouted "Fight!" loudly.
A little further, Pandora had stood up.
Dark was able to craft [Fusion], she certainly deserved some of the credit.
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"Crack" The silver eggshell that wrapped the magic ball suddenly cracked, and the magic ball's life barrier suddenly became dim without anyone noticing it.
A ray of light entered through the cracks of the shell, reflecting from the first eggshell fragment, spreading through almost all eggshells, forming an extremely complex summoning magic circle that was radiating the light of galaxies!
Then a Mechanical Dragon popped its head out of it!
The silver-white Mechanical Dragon fluttered its wings and flew out of the summoning circle!
It had a smooth body and a slender neck. Its silver wings were as sharp as blades, and its two claws were gleaming brightly.
It had strong lower limbs, an extremely long tail, and two antenna-like feelers at the tip of its tail.
It flew into the sky in the eyes of everyone, showing its beautiful dragon head and silver-white scales with sharp edges.
It was beautiful as stars, making many people envious.
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[Card name: Mechanical Dragon]
[Type: spirit card]
[Level: ✪✪✪✪✪✪]
[Race: mech-type]
[Attribute: Dragon/Steel-type]
[Magic energy: 2500]
[Attack: 3000]
[Defense:2500]
[Ultimate: Steel Charge, Metal Storm]
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After summoning [Mechanical Dragon], Elvis Kevin's eyes became bright. With his emotions running high, he turned his head violently and looked at Dark Demon, who was directly opposite him!
And the [Fusion] in Dark's hand also shone with a radiance that was not inferior to his.
A large amount of magic energy was poured into [Fusion].
The black and white fish above the card surface shook their tails suddenly and swam out of the card surface, growing to more than two meters long.
Then the white fish flew towards Gatomon, who was standing with its arms folded before its chest.
The black fish flew towards Black Gatomon who was standing with its head raised in a haughty manner.
The black and white fish revolved around the two magical spirits, turning them into black and white lights, and then swam upward toward the sky.
When the two fish met in the air, they merged into one like the Tai Chi symbol, forming a huge and mysterious magic circle!
Afterward, the magical spirit based on [Egyptian Cat Goddess] danced out from the magic circle.
Her smooth long hair, delicate face, slender waist, and graceful movement, all perfectly interpreted feminine beauty. Whether it was the internal or external charm, people couldn't help being attracted by her.
The pearls, gems, and gold rings all over her body were slightly ostentatious, but mesmerizing.
Money and wealth; women and beauty.
A magical spirit that gathered two lethal factors.
Bastemon!
Cat Goddess!
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Although she didn't have the majestic aura of the Mechanical Dragon, her feminine beauty and infinite charm still took a great deal of attention away from the Mechanical Dragon in a heartbeat!
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"What's the matter, Archbishop?" The eldest prince Charles had also been captivated by the charm of Bastemon, but he suddenly noticed that the archbishop sitting next to him had stood up silently.
But after he asked, the archbishop slowly sat down again. "It's nothing." His old, senile face twitched slightly as he uttered the words that no one would believe.
He had just sensed the aura of "God", that was all!
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[Card name: Bastemon]
[Type: spirit card]
[Level: ✪✪✪✪✪✪✪]
[Race: Demi-human-type]
[Attribute: Dark]
[Magic energy: 3500]
[Attack: 3400]
[Defense:2700]
[Ultimate: Helter Skelter, Vampire Dance]
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Valkyrie looked at the magical spirit summoned by her son with [Fusion] in astonishment, and asked in surprise, "Claire, what's going on?"
Claire shook her head, indicating that she also didn't know.
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Pandora's eyes flickered. There was a complicated expression on her face, and she suddenly regretted teaching Dark [Fusion].
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The professors who had been watching the battle in silence were somewhat unable to sit still at this time.
Not to mention other magical spirits, this magical spirit summoned by Dark Demon using [Fusion] was clearly a 7-star magical spirit, right?
7-star magical spirit of the third tier, right!?
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The [Mechanical Commander] was also a 7-star magical spirit, but it was completely pieced together using other magical spirits.
It was fundamentally different from Bastemon.
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"Steel Charge!" Elvis Kevin's growl interrupted the professors' thoughts.
The Mechanical Dragon above the sky suddenly dived down, its body shining with bright silver light!
Its body was very smooth and streamlined, and its wings were very sharp.
When it launched a charge, it instantly turned into a silver arrow, splitting the air apart, and creating an ear-piercing sound.
At this moment, everyone couldn't help turning their attention back to the Mechanical Dragon, watching this incredible scene in the arena.
Dark, who was on the red player's platform, had a calm expression and was not worried at all.
From the time he made the decision to the time he summoned Bastemon, he had already secured victory.
As if responding to his trust, Bastemon, who was standing in the red player's summoning area, smiled charmingly, then slightly raised her huge cat claws that did not match her body, aiming at the Mechanical Dragon in the sky.
From her body, swarms of bats suddenly emerged. They flew around her arm and gradually melted into a dark slimy liquid.
The dark slimy liquid contained pure dark power continued to gather until it formed a giant hand.
It was not Helter Skelter, nor Vampire Dance.
She just simply used her pure power!
"Woosh—" The silver arrow whistled towards her.
The huge Mechanical Dragon and the petite Cat Goddess were in stark contrast.
The distance between the two sides kept getting closer.
Finally, there was no escape, no retreat.
Bastemon's giant dark hand tightened sharply, grabbing the Mechanical Dragon's head!
The Mechanical Dragon stopped abruptly, and [Steel Charge] failed to inflict any damage.
The Cat Goddess caught the dragon with just one hand!
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The face of Elvis Kevin contorted in shock on the blue player's platform.
But a moment later, he suddenly roared in unprecedented anger: "Mechanical Dragon, use Metal Storm!"
The Mechanical Dragon who received the order suddenly flapped its wings.
A powerful jet of air was instantly ejected from under its wings.
With its head as the fulcrum and its spine as the axis, its entire body began to spin at a high speed.
Silver gleams flickered like the reflections of countless sharp knives.
Before the storm was formed, its momentum was already terrifying.
But Bastemon suddenly smiled slightly, and many tentacles formed by the power of darkness poured out from her right arm, wrapped around the Mechanical Dragon's head, and bound it from its head to its toe!
"Crack!" The Mechanical Dragon's spin stopped abruptly.
Bastemon stood on tiptoe and began to dance. When she dropped her arm, the huge Mechanical Dragon was suddenly pulled down and smashed to the ground!
"Bang!"
Fortunately, it was the arena inside Saint Marian. It was very solid to the extent that it could last for thousands of years.
Otherwise, it would've been already broken.
But the Mechanical Dragon that was smashed down was not in a good state. Its magic energy value almost disappeared by half!
This was something that Elvis Kevin, who was holding the [Mechanical Dragon] magic card in his hand, knew best.
The moment he saw the disappearance of the magic energy value, his fingers trembled violently, and the magic card of [Mechanical Dragon] accidentally dropped from his hand.
He quickly stretched out his hand, trying to grab it.
But more magic cards slipped away from his trembling left hand and fell to the ground one after another.
"Bang!" Another loud noise rang out.
"Bang!" The third loud noise closely followed!
"Bang!" Then the fourth loud noise!
Then there was no movement after that.
Countless light dots flew into the sky like stars and flew back to the magic card of [Mechanical Dragon].
Bastemon on the ground stood on tiptoe, stepping on dance steps, the two cat tails behind her hips waving rhythmically.
Then she flicked at the blue player's magic ball in the air, sending out a bat from her fingertip. The bat turned into a projectile when it approached the magic ball, hitting the life barrier around the magic ball.
The life barrier, whose magic energy had been sucked away by the [Mechanical Dragon], suddenly shattered like glass.
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"Beep—"
"The winner has been decided!"
"Winner: Dark Demon!"
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The referee whistled, and then announced the winner with excitement in his voice.
This duel was so interesting that it was hard for people to imagine it was a match between first and second-year students.
Many people didn't wake up from the shock until just now.
Then, deafening cheers surged like a tidal wave.
Angus Jeffrey, president of the Aristocratic History Research Society, raised his hand sharply, only to find that there was no glass he could smash.
Mike Irving's eyes flashed beside him, but there was no anger within his eyes.
The first-year students of Noble House, jumping around excitedly, couldn't wait to rush out of the ring belt to give their most enthusiastic hug to the winner of this duel!
Dark Demon was their pride!
Although the reactions of the first-year students from other houses weren't as exaggerated as the Noble House students, they were also very excited. Even Robert was also rejoicing at Dark's victory.
Emma and Sara gritted their teeth silently.
Eudora blushed with excitement.
Rose and Dianna tried very hard to see Dark who was on the red player's platform clearly.
Pandora showed a bright smile.
Valkyrie, who wanted to jump up excitedly, was pulled down by Princess Eliza.
Claire gently stroked "Galileo" in her arms.
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