Heroic Spirit Deck in Yu-Gi-Oh!

Chapter 164 - 164

"And now, I activate my final Spell Card [Raigeki]!" Akasha declared, a small yet triumphant smile curling on her lips.

The collapsing scenery and the suddenly cloud-filled sky startled the Lilies on Hoshino's field.

"What's happening, what's happening..." Still somewhat excited amidst the chaos, Nursery Rhyme started running around on her little legs.

On the other hand, Saber Lily appeared much more dejected. "This is divine retribution cast upon me for continuously failing and putting Master in a dire situation!"

"Don't be so pessimistic! Master will find a way to win." Although she looked much younger than Saber Lily, Jeanne d'Arc Lily, pretending to be mature, comforted the downcast girl.

"That's right! No matter what crisis she faces, Mommy never gives up! Compared to this lightning, Mom is the light of hope for Jack~" Jack moved her little face closer to the downcast Artoria and comforted her in her way.

"Don't be down, Saber Lily! You're still a trainee knight! There's still much to learn and grow from~" Thanks to her well-read nature, Nursery Rhyme's comforting words carried more weight.

"Don't worry, everyone. Leave the rest to me..."

[Raigeki Effect: Destroy all monsters your opponent controls.]

"But this card's effect is even more brutal than the last one!" Hoshino clicked her tongue in frustration, looking up at the clouds filled with lightning.

As the dense clouds collided and condensed, a bolt of lightning as thick as a pillar was hurled down in an instant.

"I swear I'll never say 'slim as a lightning bolt' again..." Hoshino's eye twitched as the enormous bolt, thicker than a door frame, struck down. Its sheer visual power was overwhelming. (What she means is that she no longer wants to use exaggerations or unrealistic statements.)

Boom—!

The lightning that blasted Hoshino's field had a force far exceeding a typical explosion, showing how powerless humans were against natural disasters.

With the blast of the lightning, the four Lily monster cards on Hoshino's duel disk began to dim one by one.

"Hoshino-nee, all the monsters you worked so hard to summon were wiped out by just one of Akasha's cards." Akasha flashed an innocent smile, clearly pleased with the effect of her Raigeki.

"Is this girl secretly evil on the inside?" Mokuba, shocked by Akasha, muttered. Though he had seen decks like this before, Akasha was the first he had seen play it with such mastery, finishing the duel with an innocent smile on her face.

"Akasha-chan, do you enjoy dueling like this?" Hoshino asked seriously, despite Akasha's bright smile.

"Enjoy? Isn't dueling all about winning? Akasha duels only to claim victory in the end."

"If that's how you see it, you'll never beat me, Akasha-chan!" Even though Hoshino now had no monsters on her field, she spoke with full confidence.

"Hoshino-nee, you're about to lose. All of your cards rely on monsters working together, right? Without any monsters for synergy, your cards are worse than fake ones; they have no soul."

Raising her small arm, Akasha declared an attack with her Dark Magician Girl. "I bet you're thinking, 'I wish I had a Magic Cylinder,' right now, aren't you?"

"But it's too late! Dark Magician Girl, unleash the final blow!"

The lively figure of Dark Magician Girl, which looked nothing like a mere card, waved her staff, launching a purple-black magic spell straight at the defenseless Hoshino.

"Draw!" Despite Akasha's attack, Hoshino inexplicably drew a card from her deck.

"Huh? Why are you drawing now?" Akasha and Mokuba were both dumbfounded...

"Akasha-chan, dueling is so much fun! Every time I draw a card, I can feel the connection between me and my deck. So every draw excites me, just like a child receiving a new toy."

"So... why exactly are you drawing?" Akasha still looked completely puzzled.

"Because when Jeanne d'Arc Lily was destroyed, her effect was triggered!" Hoshino raised her duel disk, and the graveyard area began to glow with a holy light.

[③: When this card is destroyed by battle or effect, you can activate its effect. Add one [Heroic Spirit] monster from your deck to your hand.]

"This light will guide the young girl in the graveyard, who refuses to accept defeat, into the blooming voyage, uniting her soul as she grows and leading to the final victory!"

With a swirl of her slender fingers, Hoshino revealed the card she had just drawn to Akasha.

"This is the monster I just added to my hand!"

"But you didn't

"All right! I'll go, and Akasha will create a deck for my Silent Magician that I love!"

"Hehe, Akasha-chan, don't forget about Battle City's rules. That Silent Magician already belongs to me~" Hoshino said with a mischievous grin.

"Eh!?" Akasha's mouth dropped open in shock, not expecting to lose the only monster that truly belonged to her right after making her resolve.

"How about this? I'll lend you that Silent Magician for now. Once you complete a deck worthy of it, I'll return the card to you."

"I really can't figure out whether you're kind or mean, Hoshino..." Mokuba shrugged helplessly.

Beep, beep, beep~

"Why is my brother calling all of a sudden?" Mokuba pulled out his phone as the ringtone sounded, looking at the picture of Seto Kaiba on the screen.

So, that thing of yours really is a smartphone!

"Mokuba! KaibaCorp headquarters has been breached! Get back here, now..."

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