Otaku Translation: The villain only wants to live a Buddhist life Chapter 393

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"[Shadow Loom(暗影重重)]!"

At the critical moment, activated the third magic card in his hand.

Under the engulfment of [Shadow Loom], the entire field turned into an arena shrouded in shadow.

Looking down from the contestant platform, it was as if there were layers upon layers of gauze covering the field, making it extremely dark and difficult to see anything.

One could only vaguely see shadows moving underneath the dark curtain.

On the surface, Stuart Fawn's magic spell card already had the foundation of a [field spell card], but he wondered, would it also buff his magical spirits?

After briefly pondering, immediately noticed that 's magic energy value had stopped rising!

But despite [Shadow Loom] sweeping over, Espeon in fact didn't stop attacking.

The overwhelming clamped down one of the [Shadow Bug]s, forcibly dragged it out of the [Shadow Cave], and then mercilessly smashed it to the ground.

Boom!

The loud crash of body hitting the ground and the pained howl of the [Shadow Bug] echoed in succession.

This indicated that [Mindpower] had at least successfully landed its blow.

But what to do next?

Dark pondered for a moment, and then magic energy surged at his fingertips.

The magic ball in the blue side's summoning area instantly shot up, breaking through the curtain of shadow at lightning speed and rising high to an altitude visible to the field of vision.

Tick-tock!

The sound indicating the start of a new round reached the ears.

Dark immediately reached out to draw his cards.

Merely thirty seconds of the first round had changed the situation of the field.

A fierce fight between the two sides was beginning to take shape.

Stuart Fawn also promptly drew his cards. The moment he clearly saw the two magic cards, he started laughing again.

The second round of summoning immediately began without any interruption.

After Dark had a clear look at his magic cards, he briefly contemplated before starting to summon [].

As for the two newly drawn magic cards, they were temporarily added to his hand.

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　　[]

　　[Fusion]

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To summon the 4-star Sylveon, the total stars of the sacrificed magical spirits needed to add up to four.

But the only magical spirits in Dark's hands were the 3-star [Meowth], the 2-star [Magical Scribe] and the 4-star [Espeon].

At this time, it was definitely impossible to sacrifice [Espeon].

Therefore, he couldn't immediately summon [Sylveon].

As for the [Fusion] card...

In the situation where he had yet to gather the materials for the fusion, it could only be temporarily shelved.

To be honest, his luck for this draw could only be considered mediocre.

……

Three seconds later, both sides simultaneously completed their summoning of the fourth magic card.

Right in front of the blue side's contestant platform, less than half a meter away from it, a thick black grimoire materialized upon being summoned.

As his eyes glinted, Dark injected a wisp of magic energy into the magic card. Subsequently, [Magical Scribe] opened, and a melodious chant akin to the sound of piano softly chimed.

It was the incantation of [Normal Summoning Spell], the summoning spell Dark had recorded beforehand.

Just as it was difficult to immediately recognize [Honedge] as a magical spirit, the same was true for [Magical Scribe].

It looked just like an ordinary book, giving off the impression that it was an [equipment card].

People would subconsciously ignore it and not direct their attack towards it.

So the moment it first appeared, it would be in a relatively safe position.

But once someone discovered and studied it...

In order to prevent Stuart Fawn from paying too much attention to [Magical Scribe], after Dark commanded it to start chanting, he immediately issued Meowth and Espeon an order to attack.

Meanwhile, he himself was controlling the magic ball with all his strength to avoid the incoming attack.

Because after this round of summoning, Stuart Fawn finally launched an offensive!

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The new magical spirit summoned in the red side's summoning area was a giant vessel nearly two meters tall—(鬼藤之壶), another core magical spirit of Stuart Fawn!

Ghost Vessel was ashen in color, with black ghost totems engraved on its porcelain-like body and two vipers twisted in the shape of vines forming the ears of the vessel.

Despite only being a 3-star, this magical spirit was like a gigantic abyssal mouth, exuding a terrifying aura.

In Stuart Fawn's previous duel, Dark saw with his own eyes how he used this Ghost Vessel to summon a 5-star magical spirit——[Shadow Ghost]!

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　　[Card name: Ghost Vessel]

　　[Type: Spirit card]

　　[Level: ✪✪✪]

　　[Race: Undead-type]

　　[Attribute: Ghost-type/shadow-type]

　　[Magic energy: 1600]

　　[Attack: 0]

　　[Defense: 100]

　　[Ultimate: (壶中鬼)]

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With the ultimate [Ghostly Summon], it could swallow up magical spirits of the ghost-type and shadow-type energy, thereby summoning a magical spirit of the same race and attribute not more than one tier higher than itself.

The magic energy value consumed for each summon must be greater than the magic energy value of the summoning target.

When Stuart Fawn summoned Ghost Vessel, Dark realized his main purpose in using [Shadow Loom]—it was obviously not merely to obstruct the view!

Sure enough, the next moment, Stuart Fawn murmured, "Devour, cry out, and then be born! O ghost who dwells in the vessel!"

As Ghost Vessel violently trembled, its lid opened on its own, revealing an interior as dark as an abyss.

A suction force emerged from thin air, and the shadow all over the sky was sucked in amidst the sound of whistling, gradually forming a huge vortex!

After a horrifying wail blared from within Ghost Vessel, a sinister and ghastly aura followingly spread out.

Espeon and Meowth, who had just rushed past half the arena under Dark's order, were instantly frightened to a halt.

Being on the contestant platform, Dark could see that the shadow curtain under his field of vision was thinning at an incredibly fast rate, with more and more area becoming visible.

"Sure enough, blocking the vision was just a smokescreen. Espeon, Future Sight!"

"Espeon!"

Upon hearing the command, Espeon swiftly raised up its head. The red gem on its forehead released light akin to sunrays, instantly dispelling the surrounding shadow.

Then, a terrifying Mindpower wave was unleashed—but nothing happened.

Having stopped its movement, Espeon quickened its dash towards Ghost Vessel at Dark's prompting.

"Meow!"

Not to be outdone, Meowth put its paws onto the ground and galloped on all fours.

"Destroy that ghost vessel!"

For Ghost Vessel's ultimate, [Ghostly Summon], although there was a CD time between each summon, as long as the CD time had passed, it could continuously summon magical spirits that met the criteria.

In order to stop its summons, it was necessary to destroy it!

But at this moment, Stuart Fawn's two [Shadow Bug]s had successfully dug all six shadow caves in the red side’s area.

When Espeon and Meowth were about to close in on Ghost Vessel, a [Shadow Bug] suddenly emerged from one of the [Shadow Cave]s. Its stout body rapidly elongated, and its spindle-shaped head slammed hard into Meowth's body!

"Meow!"

Meowth furiously turned around and swung its paw.

But that [Shadow Bug] immediately retreated after landing a hit, plunging into another [Shadow Cave] in the blink of an eye.

Although [Shadow Bug] who had an attack power of only 1000 couldn't inflict much damage to Meowth who had a defense power of 900, this scratch-like attack still greatly annoyed it.

Due to this, Meowth halted its steps.

Espeon, however, continued to move forward.

After the other [Shadow Bug] was hit by its Mindpower, it didn't go out again to court death.

In the blink of an eye, Espeon arrived in front of Ghost Vessel. Without hesitation, it leaped up and firmly slammed into Ghost Vessel!

Bang!

Unexpectedly, Ghost Vessel was smashed apart without any defense.

Zach Wilson's commentary even stagnated because of this.

And yet, Stuart Fawn sneered, "It's too late."

His words echoed loud and clear.

The sound was amplified by the loudspeaker, spreading throughout the venue.

Stuart Fawn’s confidence made the audience couldn't help but pay rapt attention.

Ghost Vessel abruptly shattered. As porcelain-like shards scattered in the air, the remaining thin layer of shadow curtain was sucked into the mouth of the vessel with a final scream.

The pitch-black vortex was still rapidly spinning.

A magic card in Stuart Fawn's hand thereby emitted a bright glow.

This was an obvious proof of the successful linkage between the ultimate [Ghostly Summon] and the magic card.

It indicated that the summoning was already in progress!

"Come out, !"

Stuart Fawn promptly raised up the magic card and roared as if the outcome of the match had been decided!

……

In an instant, a horrifying shriek came from the vortex within Ghost Vessel, and an entirely pitch-black ghost-type magical spirit charged out from it. Its python-like enormous body rushed up to the sky in a flash, shockingly reaching the height of the contestant platform!

Eyes gleaming with excitement, Stuart Fawn reached out to stroke the giant snake’s nape and grimly said, "Ghost King Serpent, it's time to let the prey know what real terror is!"

"Hsst!"

The giant python named [Ghost King Serpent] promptly opened its monstrous jaws and let out an ear-piercing shriek.

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　　[Card name: Ghost King Serpent]

　　[Type: Spirit card]

　　[Level: ✪✪✪✪✪✪]

　　[Race: Undead-type]

　　[Attribute: Ghost-type/shadow-type]

　　[Magic energy: 2600]

　　[Attack: 2800]

　　[Defense: 1700]

　　[Ultimate: (壶中印), Sealing Vessel(封印之壶), Ghost Snake Carnival(鬼蛇狂欢)]

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Despite having three ultimates, it wasn’t an orange card, but a purple card!

On the commentator's tribune, the appearance of [Ghost King Serpent] made Wilson's pupils spontaneously shrink.

"It's surprisingly not [Shadow Ghost]!"

As the duel entered the second round, Wilson couldn't help but proactively cut out his initial—as if perfunctory—shady attitude and plunged into a state of serious commentary.

Stuart Fawn had done the maneuver of using Ghost Vessel to summon [Shadow Ghost] many times in dueling competitions.

But this was the first time he summoned [Ghost King Serpent].

It could even be said that this was the first time [Ghost King Serpent] made its appearance!

"Goodness, when did he successfully craft [Ghost King Serpent]?" , the president of the , couldn't help letting out a chuckle.

[Ghost King Serpent] and Ghost Vessel were closely related magical spirits.

Hence, any magister who had studied Ghost Vessel would know about [Ghost King Serpent].

[Ghost King Serpent] might seem to have three ultimates, but one of them, called [Vessel’s Seal], was actually a "self-imposed" seal.

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[Vessel's Seal: Any magical spirit who has the "Vessel's Seal" can only be summoned by the ultimate [Ghostly Summon]. However, the magic energy required for summoning it will be reduced.]

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Therefore, although it had three ultimates, it was only a purple card.

But this didn't mean that its strength was lower than that of an orange card.

……

"Ghost King Serpent, tear it apart!"

Black as ink, with huge skin wrinkles on the back of its neck and a tail tip as illusory as a phantom—[Ghost King Serpent] followed its master's order and swooped down at the nearest Espeon. As it opened its monstrous jaws, its bright red tongue rapidly flickered, its two fangs emitting a thick ghost energy.

But Espeon merely took a step back and charged at [Ghost King Serpent]’s tail without warning.

"Haa!"

[Ghost King Serpent]’s wide open mouth ferociously bit towards Espeon.

The petite Espeon couldn't even fill up its mouth.

But just when nearly everyone thought Espeon was going to be swallowed into the snake's belly, Espeon's forehead gem burst out with a golden light.

Due to the dissipation of the shadow curtain, the direct exposure to sunlight once again increased the power of Espeon's [Mindpower].

Blocked by its force, [Ghost King Serpent]’s huge mouth couldn’t clamp shut.

Espeon swiftly sped up and escaped from the snake's mouth. Then, it ran to [Ghost King Serpent]’s phantom-like tail tip, raised its paw, and ferociously smacked it!

Compared to its body that was covered with snake scales, the tail was a glaringly obvious weak point.

Espeon didn’t hesitate to attack this weak point.

"Ouww!"

Sure enough, once the smack landed, [Ghost King Serpent] yelled out a strange squawk as though it had been struck in its most vulnerable spot.

The audience who were originally cheering at the ferocity of [Ghost King Serpent] suddenly shut their mouths.

To put this into perspective, it would be like getting kicked right in the crotch.

Although it didn't actually cause much drop in [Ghost King Serpent]'s magic energy value, the pain and humiliation sent it flying into a rage.

"Ghost Snake Carnival!"

Seeing this, Stuart Fawn seized the momentum to issue a command.

Thereupon, amidst [Ghost King Serpent]’s fury, "ghost snakes" emerged from its shadow one after another.

The "ghost snake" was about one to two meters in length and had no skin wrinkles on its neck. Other than that, it looked as though it was cast from the same mold as [Ghost King Serpent].

In just a few seconds, tens of ghost snakes emerged and tightly besieged Espeon.

But Espeon merely looked at the retracted phantom tail with a little regret, thinking rapidly as its eyes shifted around.

Meanwhile on the other side, Meowth, who finally managed to dig out a [Shadow Bug] from the [Shadow Cave], had also been targeted by some of the ghost snakes.

But as it grinned, the gold coin on its forehead glinted with a golden light.

Tick-tock!

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