029. The Night Before the Storm
A desperate situation.
After checking the cards drawn from the deck, I quickly calculated the number of cases.
If you make even one mistake, you cannot be guaranteed victory.
I closed my eyes and ran the simulation continuously in my head, and finally found the possibility.
“I will activate the magic card ‘Space-Time Magic’ from my hand.”
[Future Magic Circle]
General magic
Select 1 magic card from the deck and exclude it. After activating this card, activate the excluded magic card during the next standby phase.
“The card to be excluded from the deck is ‘Force Position Converter.'”
[Force position converter]
General magic
Both players must select one monster on the field and transfer control of the selected monster to the opponent. Monsters whose controllers have been changed cannot attack until the end phase, and their effects cannot be used.
“Kekeke! I’m thinking of taking my Harbors… ! But will you be able to last until the next four rounds?”
“I’m sorry, but I don’t plan on holding on until the next turn.”
“What?”
“I will activate the magic card ‘Reaper’s Horn’ from my hand.”
“Well, that card…” ?!”
The necromancer also seemed to know what card I activated.
A magic card that returns both players’ graveyards and all excluded cards to the deck.
The player could even decide the order in which things were returned to the deck.
I placed ‘Force Position Converter’, which was excluded due to the effect of the space-time magic circle, on the top of the deck.
I added it because it was a good card against undead, which uses a lot of graveyard resources, but I didn’t know how to use it this way.
“Next, I will summon the Priestess of Anubis from my hand and activate her effect.”
When the summoning is successful, an Anubis token is summoned onto the field, and she can be normal summoned one more time by sending 3 cards from the top of her deck to the graveyard.
The important point here is that the effect sends a card from the deck to the graveyard, so I sent Force Position Converter to the graveyard again.
You have to be in a graveyard to use it.
“The Priestess’s second effect allows you to Normal Summon ‘Magic Restorer’ from your hand once more.”
[Magic Restorer]
Level: 2 / Attribute: Earth / Race: Wizard
Attack / Defense: 900 / 500
The effect of this card name can only be used once per turn.
Can be activated when there are 3 or more magic cards in your graveyard. Designate 3 magic cards, add 1 of them to your hand, and exclude the remaining 2.
Due to Havers’ effect, 3 cards of Holy Sanctuary were put into the graveyard and returned to the deck.
And since 2 Sanctuary and Forced Position Converter were discarded again due to the priestess’s effect, there were exactly 3 magic cards.
The conditions for effect activation have been met.
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“Restorer’s effect brings a forced location converter from the graveyard to your hand.”
“Is that what you meant when you said you had no intention of holding on until the next turn?”
“That’s right.”
Magic Restorer is a card inserted in case the Sacred Sanctuary is destroyed or Name Fusion is discarded from the deck.
I thought it was a good idea to add it as a stepping stone to victory.
“Activate ‘Force Position Converter’!”
Tap!
I forcefully threw the last remaining card onto the field.
A huge cylindrical machine rose from the ground and appeared on both sides of the field.
There were cross arrows engraved on the top of the machine, so it seems that if you put a monster inside the machine, it will be exchanged.
“Come on! “Would you like to choose a card to hand over to me?”
“Kkekeke! “It’s like getting your nose cut with your eyes completely open!”
I told him to choose, but there was only one on his field: ‘Apostle of Justice, Overlord Havers’.
In effect, it was an act of taking his ace monster and throwing it away, telling him to give it to the necromancer.
“Okay, I’ll hand over Havers.”
“Then I will hand over the magic restorer.”
The necromancer’s eyebrows furrowed.
I had no choice but to hand over my best power, but I actually handed over the weakest monster, so it was natural to feel bad.
However, the world of dueling is not kind enough to please others.
Furthermore, when you take someone else’s card, the other person has to be in a more upset mood for you to take it away.
He should be thankful that he didn’t lick the card he took.
In fact, if Havers was a female monster, he might have stuck out his tongue at least once.
“They somehow managed to steal my Harbor. However, due to the effect of the position shifter, he cannot attack this turn. “What are you going to do now?”
“Whatever. If you can’t attack it, of course you have to use it as material!”
“What…?” ?!”
Combined summon using Anubis Priestess and Havers as materials.
The monster that appeared as a precocious woman and a dignified warrior merged into one was a mite pit viper with an attack power of 300.
But don’t be fooled by appearances.
Even though it looks like this, the effect is so disgusting that you can’t help but scream “Snake!”
“If you discard Place Name Fusion from the graveyard with the effect of Viper and banish 2 cards with the effect of Place Name Fusion….”
Finesse, who I nicknamed Bull Dragoon, pops out.
Destroy traps and restorers set on my field with the effect of Finesse.
On my field, there are still Finesse with 2800 attack power, Anubis Token with 1500 attack power, and Viper with 300 attack power.
The necromancer’s field was empty, so he lowered his hands.
He accepted his defeat meekly.
“Everyone, direct attack on the necromancer!!”
***
Urus, one of the first apostles of justice, died while fighting a great evil and was born as a necromancer.
He spoke to me quietly, with his characteristic laughter gone.
“So, what request did you come to see me for?”
“Will you do me a favor?”
“It’s okay as long as it doesn’t tell you to return as an apostle of justice. Since I lost in the first place, I don’t have the right to veto, so I have to follow orders to return.”
“Don’t worry. “I have no intention of asking you to come back.”
“Then why did you come to see me?”
“Necromancy.”
When I briefly explained my purpose, Urus’ eyes looked bright.
Is it because the answer is unexpected?
It is natural that necromancy is considered taboo in the world.
“Are you saying you want to learn my necromancy? Or did you just come to see it as a spectacle?”
“Neither.”
“Then what is it?”
“I want to talk to the souls of people who may have died.”
“That’s a fairly ambiguous statement.”
“I don’t know if he is dead or alive. “He was alive and well until yesterday, but his whereabouts have disappeared.”
“So you want to find out whether he is alive or not using my necromancy?”
“Yes. If he is dead he would like to talk to his soul. It’s important. “How could it not?”
Seeing Urus’s expression darken in real time, it seems like it was a difficult request.
Or maybe it was a request that undermined the pride of necromancy.
I should have just asked to talk to the dead.
Then, if it turns out that Chardel is alive, he can just sneak out.
“Losers just follow. “First, let’s listen to the name of the soul we want to call.”
“This is a young man named Shardel.”
“There are many people in the world with the name Shardel. “If there are any more specific features, please tell me now.”
“Hmm, unfortunately I don’t know him in detail… ah! Come to think of it, he was an apostle of justice.”
“An apostle of justice?”
Urus is interested in the idea that the one who will bring souls to this land is the apostle of justice.
He was looking at me intently, as if asking me to explain the situation.
It was up to me whether or not to inform him of the current situation, but considering that he was the first apostle, I tended to tell the truth.
I told Urus everything about the executioner, starting with the reason why I was trying to meet Shardel’s spirit.
Then he fell asleep and fell into contemplation.
It would be natural for me to think a lot since my former colleague was making the wrong choice.
However, he was also transformed into a necromancer who was far from justice, so he was in a position where he couldn’t say much.
“When I became a necromancer, that friend was on the path to corruption.”
“Are you planning on protecting him?”
“No. Even though I have become undead, my faith as an apostle of justice resides within me. On the other hand, that friend has given up on his beliefs as an apostle and only dreams of revenge. He is different from me.”
I thought he was saying he wouldn’t help out of the affection of an old colleague.
But fortunately, that didn’t happen, and Urus was steadily preparing for necromancy.
He said that in order to summon a spirit and even communicate with it, procedures and rituals are necessary.
“For your information, let me ask you one thing in advance.”
“What is it?”
“No matter what spirit is summoned through necromancy, there is no case in which they will want to communicate peacefully.”
“Then surely… ?”
“The moment I summon you to this life, I have to do a duel first to prevent the soul from running away.”
“I’m sick… !!”
Take it in moderation, you idiots who are crazy about this duel!!
***
The back alleys of a dirty and dark slum.
Three boys were dueling with a demon girl pinned against the wall.
“This dirty persistent b*tch… !!”
“Is this the end? “Then it’s my turn, drow!”
Not long ago, Lilith was crouching down and trembling as she was being beaten.
But now, I was confidently competing with them at cards.
I was shaking slightly, but at least I didn’t give up.
The girl had already vowed to fight until the end, even for the sake of her teacher who saved her and taught her how to fight.
“Activate the continuous trap card ‘Devil’s Contract’!”
Once per turn, if there are no monsters on the field, it is a card that reduces the attack power of one of the opponent’s monsters by half and allows you to summon a level 3 or lower demon-type monster from your hand.
The special summoned monster brought out by Lilith is an apprentice demon.
Even if the opponent’s monster’s attack power was reduced, it was a monster so weak that it could not be defeated.
However, Lilith had no intention of ending it with just summoning her apprentice demon.
“After sacrificing the apprentice demon, I Advanced Summon ‘Demonra’ from my hand!”
For a moment, the small apprentice demon turned into a round sphere.
A demon in the form of a large skeleton appeared and chewed the sphere.
The boys around him began to tremble at the force of the skeleton demon, which was not only grotesque from its appearance but also had a terrifying appearance.
Meanwhile, Lilith, who had gained momentum, rushed forward.
“Attack the ‘pickpocket cleaner’ with ‘Demonra’! At this time, damage is inflicted to you equal to the attack power of the monster destroyed by the effect of ‘Demon Ra’.”
“No, that’s ridiculous…” !!”
“This is the end!!”
The devil pierced and destroyed the body of the ugly-looking young man with his sharp claws.
At the same time, she lunged at her boy behind her and stabbed him in the solar plexus with her fist.
Just like that, the boy’s life suddenly turned to zero.
“Ugh!!”
“Oh no! “What on earth did I see?”
“Kelvin… “Did you lose?”
“Yay! “I won!!”
The stark difference in emotional temperature.
While the boys were disheartened by their defeat, Lilith was enjoying the joy of her victory.
In the midst of her long persecution, she was able to overcome her adversity through her own strength.
At that fact, Lilith opened her chest and felt proud of herself.
‘hehehe, I hope Master comes back soon… !’
Her facts, her past, and her overcoming were not the only things that made her happy.
Lilith smiled brightly at the thought of seeing her first victory and being praised.
The girl’s lips were twitching as she wanted to quickly tell Han Se-yoon this fact.
“Two, we’ll see!!”
On the other hand, she blushed as if she was resentful of her boys, who were taking Lilith’s laughter as her sneer.
Then she quickly got up from her seat and ran to the other side of Lilith.
The boys swear that they will never lose next time.
It was just youth.
Lilith is just a youth who hopes to never come back again.
‘Anyway, when will Master come back? Shall we contact you using the magic tool that Master gave you? ‘You’re so busy, do you think this is a nuisance?’
Lilith was deep in thought as she spun around in her place.
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I wanted to see Han Se-yoon’s face as soon as possible, but the time without him coming back felt too long.
Although she thought about it for a while, Lilith stopped in her place as Han Se-yoon’s words, who said she could be as foolish as she wanted, came to mind.
Since this is a commemorative first victory, it might be better to come and report it in person.
Only then did Lilith take her steps and try to leave for the guild where Han Se-yoon was, but she collided with someone who suddenly appeared and fell behind her.
“Ugh… !! “S-sorry!”
“…… It’s okay.”
A voice I have heard somewhere before.
Lilith raised her head with her eyes wide open at the sound of her voice that seemed like she had heard it many times, not just once.
At the end of the girl’s gaze…….
“It’s been a while, Lilith.”
There was a man in her mask who killed her own parents.