Chapter 4

Depression is one thing, but there's nothing to complain about, as it was expected.

Who asked him to play a pure hero deck?

"Is it really helpless just because you can only summon a weak monster?"

Pandora even added a mocking remark. Then he chuckled and drew the next card.

"It's my turn!" He glanced at the card he drew and, without hesitation, placed it on the field, "Summon Killer Doll of Resentment!"

A monster card appeared on the field with a projection effect, the interplay of light and shadow outlining a sinister toy doll. Its jaw was dislocated, and it held a small axe in its hand, emitting a creepy laugh upon being summoned.

[Killer Doll of Resentment, Attack: 1600]

"First, let's get rid of your weak monster used for defense." Pandora's arm under the black robe waved, revealing the red robe of a magician, "Killer Tomato! Crush that weak monster!"

The large red tomato let out a cry, leaped high into the air, and pounced on the Winged Hero.

A bouncing, screaming tomato made the scene look somewhat comical.

Poor Winged Hero, despite being a hero, was helpless against the tomato with its 1000 defense points.

The Elemental Hero gritted his teeth, seemingly tensing his muscles and increasing his strength, but was still knocked off the ground by the small tomato. The tomato opened its mouth and bit the hero's arm viciously, and the hero shattered like broken glass, disappearing from the field.

"Now you have no monsters to protect you." Pandora sneered and waved his hand again, "Killer Doll, direct attack!"

The small doll, energized by the command, charged forward with its axe, yelling.

To be honest, the realistic 3D images in the Link World were quite visually impactful. The doll charging forward like a possessed toy in a horror movie was quite unsettling.

You Yu instinctively raised his arm to block. The small axe cut through his arm—though the image passed through, it still brought a sensation of impact and pain.

According to the explanation in the DM anime, this is the damage simulated by the Duel Disk... but how the Duel Disk on his wrist simulates impact damage is a mystery. Perhaps it's just Kaiba Corp's advanced technology.

[You Yu, LP 4000 → LP 2400]

Fortunately, this was a duel from the DM era, where duels were more straightforward, without the flashy tricks of later periods.

If it were later, You Yu would have been finished this turn against any mainstream deck.

"Hmph, just a third-rate duelist, huh?" Pandora sneered, waving his arm again, his cloak fluttering.

"End turn!"

"It's my turn."

You Yu drew another card, his expression slightly changing.

"Ho? Did you draw a rare card?" Pandora chuckled, noticing the change in his expression, "Let me see your rare card!"

You Yu rolled his eyes.

"Fine, let me show you the strongest monster in my deck!"

He drew a card from his hand.

"Come on! Elemental Hero Sparkman!"

Numerous electric currents burst forth, and a bright light emerged from the ground. A tall hero with a deep blue mask leaped out, his body wrapped in countless blue electric currents that danced like sprites.

[Elemental Hero Sparkman, Attack: 1600]

Pandora was stunned. He adjusted his mask under his hood, blinking to confirm he wasn't mistaken.

"This monster... is your ace?"

"Yep, yep." You Yu nodded seriously.

You Yu was being honest and hadn't lied at all. Elemental Hero Sparkman had the highest attack power among the four weak heroes, with a terrifying 1600 attack points, making him the strongest monster in the deck.

The Sparkman on the field seemed to understand that his master called him the ace, and his demeanor changed. He stood tall, his body crackling with electricity, exuding an aura of invincibility.

"Go, Sparkman!" You Yu pointed at the Killer Tomato, "Attack the Killer Tomato!"

The small tomato's face changed, and the green leaves on its head almost fell off. Sparkman leaped high, and with a right palm strike, a blue lightning bolt pierced the tomato, causing it to vanish into ashes.

[Pandora, LP 4000 → LP 3800]

Pandora remained expressionless, pulling out his deck from the Duel Disk and flipping through the cards while explaining darkly, "Killer Tomato's monster effect. When this monster is destroyed in battle, I can special summon a Level 4 or lower DARK attribute monster from my deck with 1500 or less attack points.

I will summon another Killer Tomato."

He found the second Killer Tomato in his deck, placed it on the Duel Disk, shuffled, and reinserted the deck.

[Killer Tomato, Attack: 1400]

"My turn ends."

You Yu declared the end of his turn, but Pandora didn't rush to draw a card. Instead, he glared at him sinisterly.

"You brat... don't you have any rare cards?"

You Yu shrugged, "I never said I did."

It's just that you assumed I had rare cards when you saw my Duel Disk, but I'm just a poor guy, what can I do?

Can't afford rare cards, blame me?

"Since that's the case, don't blame me." Pandora's finger rested on the next card in his deck, his tone dark, "New rule, if you lose, I take your entire deck... and your Duel Disk! My turn, draw!"

He added the new card to his hand and glared at You Yu.

"Let me show you, the top-tier magician in the world of Duel Monsters, a monster you, a third-rate duelist, might never see in your life!"

He dramatically raised a card in his hand.

"Come forth! My strongest servant—Dark Magician!"

The Killer Tomato and the Killer Doll of Resentment disappeared in beams of light, and a blood-red mist swirled like a whirlwind.

A red hat, armor-like robes, and a deep green staff, the top-tier magician appeared with the swirling blood mist, floating in front of Pandora, crossing his arms and holding his staff, with a cold, confident smile, sizing up the enemy.

[Dark Magician, Attack: 2500]

This was Pandora's ace monster, the legendary Dark Magician of the Duel Monsters world.

Unlike the Dark Magician held by Yugi Muto, Pandora's Dark Magician was dressed in dark red, with dark skin.

You Yu even idly thought that if Yugi's Dark Magician was the reincarnation of an Egyptian priest, then Pandora's Dark Magician might have been a tribal chief in Africa in a past life...

"Dark Magician!" Pandora shouted, "Crush that weak monster!"