Otaku Translation: The villain only wants to live a Buddhist life Chapter 395 Part 1

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Instead of dissipating, the smoke grew even thicker after [] plunged in. It spread rapidly, covering half of the blue side's area in the blink of an eye.

Shrouded in the smoke, both and lost their vision.

"Mi!"

Sylveon decisively ran towards where it remembered the red side's area to be.

"Shuckle Shuckle..."

Shuckle, however, could only retract itself into its shell and pitifully wait for the smoke to dissipate.

With no way to escape, it could only rely on its defense power of 2200 to brace itself.

But after it retracted into its shell, it didn't hear any movement.

After Jester Ninja plunged into the smoke, it immediately dove into the shadow before quickly slipping through the shadow created by the smoke to catch up with Sylveon!

It quietly hid inside Sylveon's shadow with a snicker etched on its face.

……

As this unfolded, both sides' contestants didn’t halt their actions.

had already begun to summon [], taking the opportunity to summon it while Jester Ninja’s attention was diverted by the .

On the other side, certainly also wouldn't stop.

After all, among the five magical spirits on the field, only one belonged to him.

He had to find a way to summon more and stronger magical spirits in order to fix the situation.

The two sides thus kicked off another wave of summoning.

It wasn't until the tenth second of the fifth round did Dark, whose summoning was delayed because he was watching [Jester Ninja], finally finished summoning [Misdreavus].

Although [Misdreavus] was a ghost-type magical spirit, its appearance was so adorable that one couldn't help but want to cuddle it.

Naturally, Dark wouldn't summon it amidst the smoke.

Misdreavus, who materialized within the light of summoning, floated not far in front of the contestant platform, directly above the blue side's summoning area.

Misdreavus zestfully opened its eyes and curiously observed the surroundings.

Upon discovering that its owner was behind it, it wanted to turn around and hug him (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ.

However, it was blocked off by the invisible shield protecting the contestant platform.

While feeling thankful for the existence of the protective shield, Dark seized the interval to issue a command, ", attack the magic ball!"

Then, he promptly began to summon [Lust III·Moon].

"Espeon!"

Espeon, who originally wanted to help Sylveon, immediately looked up at the red side's magic ball. The red light on its forehead gem once again glowed as [] was activated!

Although the skill [Mindpower] had no CD time, it would continuously consume magic energy.

Moreover, the greater the output and the more precise the control, the more magic energy would be consumed.

Even though it could recharge its energy with sunlight, Espeon’s continuous use of [Mindpower] had long since consumed more than it could replenish, putting its magic energy in short supply.

Its basic magic energy value, which was as high as 2000 points, had already dropped to about 1000 points.

This meant that it was actually very vulnerable right now.

But the master’s order was absolute!

The overwhelming Mindpower once again condensed and charged like an arrow towards the red side's magic ball in the sky.

Having just completed a summon, Stuart Fawn’s expression abruptly changed as he hastily suspended his second summoning of the round to continue controlling the magic ball.

However, Mindpower's first attack was hard to dodge, striking the magic ball head-on.

[Magic energy: 5070→4065]

The magic energy value of the life barrier dropped by another notch.

The magic ball was also blasted away.

Stuart Fawn hurriedly exerted his magic energy, caught the magic ball, and used all his strength to control the magic ball away from Espeon.

Although Espeon could in fact no longer unleash decent Mindpower attacks due to insufficient magic energy, Stuart Fawn had no idea about this…

Bluffed by this, his summoning was thus delayed.

But the magic card he successfully summoned beforehand had already come into play.

A jet-black ghost-like entity emerged from the magic card. In the blink of an eye, it darted into the on the ground.

Thereupon, unknown changes rapidly took place within the Shadow Cave.

……

In the first place, Stuart Fawn's deck was composed with "shadow" as the core element.

Once [Shadow Cave] was successfully constructed, there were various summoning methods he could use.

……

On the other side, when Sylveon escaped from the smoke while hauling the blue side's magic ball, it suddenly found that its shadow was actually smiling!

Sylveon was so frightened by this horrific scene that its fur stood on end. As it subconsciously opened its mouth, fragments of brilliance akin to moonlight trickled out, and a blazing ball of light condensed in its mouth!

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　　[: Attack the target with the power borrowed from the moon. When under the moonlight, its power will be doubled!]

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Then, it screamed and spat out the ball of light at its own shadow.

But its shadow suddenly twisted and shockingly dodged the frontal attack of the ball of light.

A somewhat flustered [Jester Ninja] emerged halfway out from the shadow and slashed forward with the kunai in its hand, trying to cut Sylveon's neck!

"Mi!"

As Sylveon screamed, one of its feelers that was wrapped around the blue side's magic ball swiftly broke away and swatted at [Jester Ninja] like a whip.

But with quick reflexes, [Jester Ninja] cut off its feeler with a backhand slash of its kunai.

However, this exchange of blows gave Sylveon the time to retreat.

It jumped back at once and distanced itself from [Jester Ninja].

, who came to its aid, promptly put itself between the two magical spirits. With great dexterity, its stretched out paw touched [Jester Ninja]'s body, brushing past it.

Right at that instant, before [Jester Ninja] could react, the wings on its back suddenly melted and turned back into a puddle of ink. Then, as if being sucked away, it gathered in a certain direction and abruptly disappeared without a trace.

"Meow!"

Meowth's cry was filled with surprise.

The disappearing ink had now reappeared in its palm.

It actually turned out to be an "item"!

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　　[Thief: When the caster’s hand is empty, they can simultaneously steal an item while launching an attack, but when there's already an item in their possession, they won't be able to steal anything.]

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As long as it was an item, it wouldn’t be able to escape Meowth's theft.

But just as a look of joy bloomed on its face, it suddenly frowned again.

Because the puddle of ink in its hand clearly had an "equipment restriction". It couldn't be equipped on itself.

Meowth shifted its gaze and looked at [Mismagius] floating in the air.

Yes—Dark's [Misdreavus] had already evolved into [Mismagius] under the effect of [Lust III·Moon].

Although [Mismagius], due to the side effect of [Lust III·Moon], was currently sticking hard to the wall of barrier around the contestant platform, looking very funny with its entire face plastered flat against it, Meowth had always found it to be quite reliable.

"Meow meow meow!"

Meowth urgently cried out to it.

But Mismagius completely ignored it.

"Rrahh!"

A terrifying roar suddenly came.

Meowth sharply turned its head.

[Jester Ninja], whose "item" was stolen by Meowth, completely emerged from Sylveon's shadow. Then, without even looking at the blue side's magic ball that was nearby, it angrily pounced towards Meowth.

Meowth only had the time to toss away the "item" in its hand before it was instantly knocked down by [Jester Ninja].

The gauze ejected from [Jester Ninja]'s palm turned into a large net, firmly trapping the gray cat.

The agility Meowth took great pride in was instantly negated.

Glancing at the "ink prop" that was thrown back, [Jester Ninja] twirled a kunai on its fingertips, and then stabbed Meowth's body with a strong thrust!

……

[Jester Ninja] was ultimately a 5-star magical spirit. Its basic attack power was as high as 2300 points, whereas Meowth's defense was a mere 900 points. Moreover, Meowth’s basic magic energy value of 1500 points had also been significantly consumed after unleashing three ultimates, and thus, it was instantly killed by this angry stab.

Ultimately, every action, whether good or evil, had its repercussions; it wasn't a question of if, but when the reckoning arrived.

After successively commiting three evil deeds of "throwing money", "foul play" and "theft", Meowth had finally met its end.

……

"Misdreavus~♥"

But on top of Meowth's grave, [Mismagius], who had regained its awareness due to the effect of [Pride I], let out an extremely joyful cry.

It abruptly stretched out its ribbon-like appendage and grabbed the ink prop.

Then, just by giving it a light squeeze, it successfully activated the item!

The ink whose ownership had changed due to the ultimate [Thief] was thus equipped by Mismagius on itself, spreading out into pitch-black wings behind its body.

Frowning, Dark Demon immediately picked up [Mismagius]'s magic card only to find that its magic energy and defense had increased by a full 300 points each!

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　　[Card name: Mismagius]

　　[Type: Spirit card]

　　[Level: ✪✪✪✪✪]

　　[Race: Undead-type]

　　[Attribute: Ghost-type]

　　[Magic energy: 2700]+300

　　[Attack: 2500]

　　[Defense: 1600]+300

　　[Ultimate: Dread Gem, Pain Split, Destiny Bond, Nightmare Space]

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There was no doubt that the ink was an equipment prop that could grant ghost-type magical spirits the additional ability to fly.

Equipped with these [Ghost Wings(幽灵之翼)], [Jester Ninja] would have its might redoubled, able to control the battlefield.

"But now, it's mine!"

Dark raised his head and looked ahead.

On the red side's contestant platform, Stuart Fawn was currently struggling, still controlling the magic ball to avoid Espeon's [Mindpower] attack.

"Mismagius."

"Misdreavus~"

"Attack!"

"Misdreavus!"

After this brief exchange, the [Ghost Wings] behind Mismagius suddenly opened up, making its speed, which was already pretty fast, become even faster.

Like a gust of wind, it instantly flew towards the red side's magic ball.

Right at this moment, the timer switched to another round.

Tick-tock.

The countdown of the sixth round had kicked off.

But both contestants, and even the commentators and the audience, had no time to pay attention to this round’s card draw.

In the sky, [Mismagius] who had equipped the [Ghost Wings] was pursuing the red side's magic ball.

On the ground, [Jester Ninja], who had lost the [Ghost Wings] and learned its lesson, turned around to charge at the blue side's magic ball dragged by Sylveon.

On the other side, Espeon, whose magic energy had plummeted to its limit, was forced to stop its output of [Mindpower].

It stood there desperately panting, the gem on its forehead having lost its luster.

At the same time, large-sized horned black ants were marching out from the Shadow Caves!

……

On the commentator's tribune, Zach Wilson was providing an urgent explanation on this, "It seems that Stuart Fawn's [Shadow Ant Eggs(影蚁之卵)] has successfully hatched in the [Shadow Caves]. Normally, the number of [Shadow Ants(影蚁)] that can hatch from a single [Shadow Ant Egg] is directly proportional to the number of [Shadow Caves]. With six [Shadow Caves], there should be eighteen [Shadow Ants] that have successfully hatched."

……

Among the gigantic, more than one meter long black ants that crawled out of the [Shadow Caves], only three [Shadow Ants] that were nearest to Espeon closed in on it.

The remaining fifteen [Shadow Ants] that crawled out from the other five [Shadow Caves] had instead surrounded [Sylveon]!

Sylveon, who was already at its wit's end with no way to fight against [Jester Ninja], fell into an even more precarious situation due to the emergence of these fifteen [Shadow Ants].

"Mi!"

As it suddenly let out a strangled cry, its feeler that was wrapped around the blue side's magic ball was cut off.

[Jester Ninja] once again turned around and launched a charged up strike at the magic ball.

Swish!

With a flash of black light, the kunai's blade carved a long and narrow gash on the life barrier.

[Magic energy (blue): 8000→5991]

Seeing the magic energy of the magic ball plummeting, Sylveon, who was originally rather fearful, instantly saw red and mustered up the courage to slam into Jester Ninja.

But [Jester Ninja] swiftly reached out its hand and blocked its head with its palm, preventing it from moving forward.

In the absence of ultimate, the gap in stats between the two magical spirits had become the decisive factor that determined who had the upper hand.

After grabbing hold of its head, [Jester Ninja] didn't beat up Sylveon. Instead, it raised its kunai and continued to stab at the magic ball.

……

In the sky, the flying speed of the red side's magic ball was much slower than that of Mismagius equipped with [Ghost Wings].

Although Stuart Fawn was practically exerting all of his magic energy, the property of the magic ball had capped its speed limit. Ultimately, it failed to evade Mismagius' charged attack.

[Magic energy (red): 4065→1667]

Relative to its full value of 8000 points, the red side's magic ball with only 1667 points of magic energy left could be said to have fallen into a perilous situation.

Stuart Fawn was sweating from his forehead, his eyes red and his fingers clenched tight.

It had only been less than a minute since he ordered [Jester Ninja] to attack the blue side's magic ball, and yet his nerves had since completely ramped up.

"One more blow, just one more blow and it's over for me!"

Stuart Fawn had no time to think about how the [Ghost Wings] were stolen away, nor how Dark was able to summon such a powerful 5-star magical spirit as [Mismagius] in such a short period of time.

He broke out in a cold sweat, desperately seeking out a chance to survive.

Continuing to use magic energy to control the magic ball in escaping was doomed to end in failure.

Desperately fight for a while more and bet on who would win to see whose magic ball's magic energy value would first drop to zero?

The blue side's magic ball still had nearly 6000 points of magic energy left!

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