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Chapter 401: ’s Puzzle Piece of Victory

This wasn't the first time Dark Demon had triggered []’s holy trait in the .

For , whose goal from the beginning was to be the final winner, it was certain that he had carefully observed Dark's matches.

It was precisely because of his observation that Tom Nixon was wary of [Honedge] and used []’s [Corpse Decay Curse] to weaken it from the start.

But at present, it seemed obvious that [Corpse Decay Curse] had been dispelled.

And the sword had also been restored to its prime.

If he looked into it carefully, he might discover the reason.

But Tom Nixon did not have the time for it now.

He only reckoned that there was most likely a special linking skill between the and Honedge, which could trigger a certain trait of Honedge.

And it was this trait that broke the [Corpse Decay Curse].

In addition, equipped with [Honedge], the 5-star magical spirit [Leomon] might now have the power to fight against his [].

However, he still had to give it a try to see how it would play out.

If he really couldn't take it down, then he could only use that move!

……

Tom Nixon actually failed to notice the trace of pain [Blood Moon Werewolf] had on its face when it was illuminated by the holy light.

But even if he noticed it, he wouldn’t change his approach.

"Blood Moon Werewolf, charge!"

Upon receiving the order, [Blood Moon Werewolf], who stood in the middle of the field, stomped and bolted out in an instant!

Seeing [Blood Moon Werewolf]'s action, Leomon simply swung down [Honedge] and rushed out from the front.

Accelerated by [Wings of the Evil Spirit], [Blood Moon Werewolf]’s speed was extremely fast.

Although Leomon was also fast, it was still a little slower.

The two sides fiercely collided in a position close to the red side's summoning zone.

Leomon raised its sword and vigorously slashed out, but [Blood Moon Werewolf] suddenly flapped its wings, flew up, and avoided the slash, its two sets of steel-like wolf claws ferociously lunging at Leomon's head!

"Rawr!"

At that moment, Leomon let out a roar, and holy light flowed from [Honedge]’s blade to its body, abruptly erupting!

Illuminated by the light at an extremely close distance, [Blood Moon Werewolf]'s hands promptly burned, its blade-like claws turning soft as if about to be smelted.

Its body even froze in midair because of this.

Without a moment of pause, Leomon swung up its sword with a backhand slash, hacking at [Blood Moon Werewolf]'s torso.

But almost instinctively, [Blood Moon Werewolf] swatted the sword with its hand. Before [Honedge] could exert any force, it took off and hurriedly fled to the air.

With a light snort, Leomon put away its sword and looked up, watching [Blood Moon Werewolf] rapidly flapping its wings in midair with a righteous look.

If [Blood Moon Werewolf] hadn’t reacted quick enough, it would’ve been instantly killed by its slash.

Leomon had a feeling that this demon wolf, who seemed very powerful at first glance, would most likely be unable to withstand its slash.

With its holy trait activated, the [Holy Sword] was able to exert incredibly terrifying restraint on the shadow-attributed demon-type [Blood Moon Werewolf].

Therefore, one slash was all it would take!

……

"What's going on?"

On the blue side's contestant platform, Tom Nixon's pupils shrank, a look of disbelief flashing across his face.

He wasn’t shocked by Leomon's strength, but was confounded by [Blood Moon Werewolf]’s retreat.

Although [Blood Moon Werewolf] who underwent transformation under [Omnipresent Moon] wouldn't lose its rationality like how it did in the state of [Blood Rage], the transformation would also arouse its savagery and make it erupt with bloodthirsty instinct.

Upon facing an enemy, it would absolutely fight to the death.

But just now, [Blood Moon Werewolf] had actually retreated out of fear. Moreover, it was obviously cowering as it flew in the air.

"Is it the sword? Or is there something up with the lion?"

As his eyes flickered, Tom Nixon made a decision the moment he reached out to draw his cards.

"Use !"

……

The duel entered the ninth round.

……

Under Tom Nixon's compulsory order, [Blood Moon Werewolf] charged at Leomon.

And Tom Nixon, who had realized that something was wrong, was urgently doing a summon.

The cards drawn in the ninth round made him feel even more anxious.

……

"Parasitic Demon Seed?"

Upon hearing the name of the ultimate, Dark suddenly had an ominous premonition. Putting his hand above the deck, he immediately gave a warning before drawing the cards, "Leomon, be careful!"

However, [Blood Moon Werewolf] had already swooped down.

As Leomon raised its head, its gaze directly clashed with [Blood Moon Werewolf]’s blood-red eyes.

[Blood Moon Werewolf]'s previous performance gave Leomon the illusion that it similarly possessed wisdom.

But now that it looked into the depth of [Blood Moon Werewolf]’s eyes, it only saw the madness and savagery that came from instinct, as well as... a trace of fear!

As Leomon briefly pondered, it flawlessly wielded [Honedge] to slash at [Blood Moon Werewolf]'s wolf hand.

But [Blood Moon Werewolf] suddenly stretched out its left hand. Finally showing its fortitude this time, it withstood the holy light's corrosion and grabbed Honedge’s blade. Then, its right hand shot out like lightning to claw at Leomon's face.

Eyes focused and lips tightly pursed, Leomon swerved Honedge's blade at an angle with a sudden twist of its right wrist. Then, putting in more force, it cleaved [Blood Moon Werewolf]'s left hand from the center of its palm and followed up with a diagonal slash. When [Blood Moon Werewolf]'s claws were one reach away from Leomon, it cut off its right arm from the elbow.

The exchange of blows happened very quickly.

In just the blink of an eye, both of [Blood Moon Werewolf]'s hands had been crippled by Leomon.

With a calm expression, Leomon continued to slash at [Blood Moon Werewolf]'s torso.

As a flash of white light burst out, [Blood Moon Werewolf] was instantly cut from the waist down without a halt.

[Blood Moon Werewolf], whose basic stats were comparable to a 7-star magical spirit, was shockingly obliterated by this sword slash.

But Leomon suddenly felt something cold on its left cheek and subconsciously raised its hand to grab it—only to come up with a puddle of blood!

It spread its bloodstained left hand in front of its face and frowned: When did this get on it?

……

"Is that one of the candidates, Leomon?"

' face gradually turned solemn.

Leomon's firsthand demonstration of the resonance between "the Brave One" and the "holy sword" finally convinced him of such an existence.

Furthermore, the temperament displayed by this magical spirit was indeed very similar to "the Brave One".

The only problem probably lay in its attribute.

Leomon was a fighting-type, not a light-type.

This infinitely reduced the probability of it becoming the real Brave One.

Moreover, the eldest prince really couldn't fathom it—how would a magical spirit progressively supplement its bloodline through the holy sword and become the real Brave One?

Delving to the bottom of it, why was it possible to craft a magical spirit with the qualification of the Brave One?

If the blond boy on the field wasn't 's only son, he would definitely go to any length to find out the reason.

But he just had to be Valkyrie's son!

Since this was the case, there would be much fewer means he could use.

……

On the other side, the eldest princess' thought on this matter was actually not much different from that of the eldest prince.

It was just that her way of doing things was different, and the means she used would also be different.

But be it a soft approach or a hard approach, none of it could be employed due to the existence of the wall that was Valkyrie.

With her position, it was even more impossible to attempt anything.

In contrast, Eldest Prince Charles might still be able to employ some "harmless" means.

Eliza fixedly started at Leomon on the field, her mind constantly spinning.

……

At this moment, the two heirs of the royal family seemed to have forgotten that there was a direct descendant of the Brave One in Saint Marian Academy.

……

Beside Eliza, Alvette was looking at the blood on Leomon's face with a nervous expression.

Years of combat experience allowed her to detect its danger at a glance, making her inevitably worry about her baby.

……

The blood on Leomon's face actually spurted out from [Blood Moon Werewolf]’s palm after its right hand was chopped off.

At that time, Leomon had no idea that [Blood Moon Werewolf] had this trick up its sleeve. Even though Dark had warned it, it still fell into the trap.

On the blue side's contestant platform, Tom Nixon couldn't help sneering in the midst of his summoning.

"It landed!"

Once [Blood Moon Werewolf]’s Parasitic Demon Seed was sowed, it could drill into the target’s body and cause it to demonize and lose control.

If [Blood Moon Werewolf] was still alive, it could even control the target to a certain extent.

Unfortunately, [Blood Moon Werewolf] couldn't survive Leomon's slash to its torso, otherwise...

But being able to successfully sow the demon seed was a victory.

The only thing Tom Nixon was worried about was the possibility of Leomon once again activating the sword’s holy power to force out the shadow-attributed [Parasitic Demon Seed].

But at present, it seemed that there was no such threat.

This made him feel relieved after completing his summoning.

……

Above the field, the dark red sky quickly dissipated. [Omnipresent Moon] lost its color after [Blood Moon Werewolf]’s death, and the field regained its light.

However, there was something wrong with the incarnation of justice—Leomon.

Its left eye turned crimson at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if blood was oozing from its depth, dyeing the entire eyeball red.

Bulging veins protruded around the corners of its eye, and its expression suddenly turned ferocious.

Clang!

Honedge abruptly let out a light cry.

But without the spiritual cooperation of "the Brave One", it couldn't activate the holy trait in its weapon form.

"Leomon?"

Noticing Leomon's abnormality, Dark reflexively called out to it softly.

But the ferocious look on Leomon's face became more and more intense. It suddenly roared, pressed its left eye hard, lost control of its body, and knelt down on one knee, barely supporting itself by bracing Honedge against the ground.

Counting from the moment it was sowed, it took less than ten seconds for [Parasitic Demon Seed] to take effect.

But the madness shown on its face was even more severe than what Tom Nixon had expected!

"Rawrr!"

As it let out another roar, roots abruptly emerged from underneath the palm that was covering its left eye, digging deep into the skin around its left eye before rapidly spreading and crawling all over its face.

In the blink of an eye, its face was fully riddled with dense roots. A surge of blood energy rose up and tightly wrapped it up.

"Great!"

Suddenly witnessing this scene, Tom Nixon couldn't help cheering loudly.

Dark fiercely glared at him, and then commanded, "Black Gatomon, go check it out."

And thus, Black Gatomon swiftly stepped forward.

In the previous battle between Leomon and [Blood Moon Werewolf], it had been completely unable to play a part.

But once [Blood Moon Werewolf] was killed, its mind became active again.

"Meow."

Having walked to Leomon's side, Black Gatomon began poking its head with its paw.

However, Leomon was obviously fighting against [Parasitic Demon Seed]'s "demonization" and had no time to pay attention to it.

"Meow?"

Black Gatomon poked Leomon's head again.

Seeing that Leomon still didn't react, it raised its head, turned to Dark, spread out its arms, and shrugged: Sorry.

Watching its antics left Dark feeling speechless. Putting the two magic cards drawn this round into his hand, he forced himself to be mentally prepared to temporarily "give up" on Leomon.

If it weren't for the rule that forbid a magister from recalling their magical spirit back into its card in the midst of a duel, he would've probably chosen to immediately recall it at this time.

Because there was obviously something wrong with Leomon's condition.

He reckoned this was the effect of one of [Blood Moon Werewolf]’s ultimates, but he didn't know the particulars.

The only thing he could tell from Leomon's current state was that it should be an ultimate that could make the target go crazy, similar to [Blood Rage], [Berserker(狂化)], and the likes.

And this conjecture stirred up the worry that had always remained in his heart.

After all, [Leomon] was crafted from a special [Pride Fruit]. It was very likely that the [Pride Fruit] cultivated using the lion grass contained the madness trait of the lion grass.

This might make [Leomon] less resistant to the kind of ability that could drive the target crazy.

Otherwise, with its [Heart of Justice], Leomon's resistance to this type of ability should’ve been stronger than that of ordinary folks.

This was a very tricky situation for Dark.

He didn't possess any means that could dispel this kind of abnormal status. Even if he summoned Gatomon or activated Honedge’s Spirit Transformation at this time, the holy sword’s holy trait could only effectively apply the abnormal status dispelling effect on its own self.

After all, holy light wasn't a real ultimate.

Another way to deal with this was to offer Leomon as a tribute to summon a 5-star or higher-ranked magical spirit—but unfortunately, he couldn't do this.

Because Leomon was the highest-ranked magical spirit card in his possession.

"Let's make it quick!"

Looking at the cards in his hand, Dark's eyes flashed with a sharp glint.

　　▼

　　[Gatomon]

　　[Misdreavus]

　　▲

In the ninth round, he finally drew the other "Brave One"——[Gatomon]!

In addition, the appearance of [Misdreavus] also gave him more room for maneuver in the next round.

Even if [Gatomon] was targeted and restrained, he could still pin his hopes on drawing [Lust III·Moon] in later rounds.

But currently, there were only a few seconds left before the end of the ninth round.

Dark had spent so much attention on Leomon that he didn't make the next move in time.

On the contrary, Tom Nixon had already summoned a new magical spirit on the "blood platform".

It was a magical spirit that strongly resembled the [Corpse Decay Slime] that had appeared before——[Scavenger Slime(食腐史莱姆)].

　　▼

　　[Card name: Scavenger Slime]

　　[Type: Spirit card]

　　[Level: ✪✪✪]

　　[Race: Undead-type]

　　[Attribute: Ghost-type/poison-type]

　　[Magic energy: 1200]

　　[Attack: 1600]

　　[Defense: 800]

　　[Ultimate: Ghoul(食尸鬼), Fake Death]

　　▲

[Scavenger Slime], who had a closely related name to [Corpse Decay Slime], also had the exact same level, race, attributes, and magic energy value. However, their attack and defense values were swapped, and in addition to the same ultimate [Fake Death], in place of [Corpse Decay Curse] was the ultimate [Ghoul].

The [Scavenger Slime] with the ultimate [Ghoul] could prey on the opponent's corpse to recover and strengthen itself.

In a magic duel, it would absorb the magic energy left behind after the death of the magical spirit.

Although this effect might seem unremarkable, it could cut off the effect of various resurrection magic—even [Fake Death] and [Zombification(僵尸化])] wouldn't work in the face of it. It could be said to be the absolute nemesis of that type of magic cards.

But other than that, there was nothing more to it.

When using [Ghoul], the amount of magic energy [Scavenger Slime] could absorb was the dead magical spirit’s star level x10, and its attack power would also simultaneously increase by star level x10. Furthermore, there was an upper limit that capped its effect at no more than 100 stars at the same time.

In other words, it could increase its attack power and magic energy by 1000 points at most, and had to absorb a large number of corpses in order to do that.

It could be said that the effect was very poor.

Tom Nixon didn’t regard it as a core magical spirit, and his purpose of summoning it was just to offer it up as sacrifice.

But as a 3-star magical spirit, [Scavenger Slime]’s stats were actually already very strong.

After absorbing the remnants of [Blood Moon Werewolf]’s magic energy, its stats had also been slightly improved.

Afterwards, Tom Nixon followed up by activating an arcana force card——[Predator's Gift(捕食者的赠礼)].

Although this arcana force card didn't have a very powerful effect, its trigger condition was easy to achieve, and it had a very good compatibility with Tom Nixon's deck.

In a sense, it could even be regarded as a semi-core magic card.

Because its trigger condition was to successfully predate in battle!

And this so-called "predation" had a great variety of forms—including "bloodsucking", "scavenging", "magic energy absorption"...

Any action of "hunting and consuming the prey" would be considered to have triggered the ritual and could activate the effect.

And the effect of [Predator's Gift] was to extract half of what had been consumed, and then convert it into a "gift"—which was a magical spirit named [Gift] with a star level of 1, N magic energy, 0 attack value, 0 defense value, and no ultimate.

The number of [Gift] was based on the star level of the prey.

……

In fact, Tom Nixon had already drawn [Predator's Gift] a while ago, but his magical spirits with the [Bloodthirst] ability couldn’t kill even one prey, making him unable to activate this arcana force card.

Even the current [Scavenger Slime] was barely able to meet the condition of the ritual by using the dodgy method of "snatching and scavenging from a corpse".

The condition being barely met had also greatly reduced the effect of the arcana force card.

The ritual that could originally produce six [Gift]s ended up producing only three.

With three 1-star [Gift]s and one 3-star [Scavenger Slime], the materials for summoning a 6-star were complete.

And Tom Nixon had more than one 6-star magical spirit card in his hand!

The fact that he chose [Bloodmoon Demon Wolf] in the previous tribute summoning didn’t mean that he only had one 6-star magical spirit card at that time.

Therefore, for him, the duel was far from over.

……

In this situation, the ninth round passed by in a flash.

Tick-tock.

The tenth round began.

Both sides simultaneously drew their cards.

Tom Nixon looked at his newly acquired 6-star magical spirit card and instantly changed his plan.

On the red side's contestant platform, Dark had also taken two more cards in his hand.

　　▼

　　[Fusion]

　　[Lust Ⅲ·Moon]

　　▲

Because there was too much information to process in an instant, he was briefly stunned for two seconds.

Then, he immediately issued a new command to the magical spirits below.

"Black Gatomon..."

"Meow?"

Just as Dark issued the command, Black Gatomon, who had taken out [Honedge] from the hand of Leomon who was fighting to hold back its madness, looked up in doubt, an innocent expression plastered across its face.

Dark, his eyebrow twitching, proceeded to give out the other orders, "Miltank, Milk Drink! Espeon, Mindpower attack!"

Afterwards, he quickly took out [Gatomon] and cast tribute summoning.

The puzzle piece of victory was already in hand. All that was left was to freely bring it into play.

Upon hearing Dark's order, Miltank immediately cancelled [Defense Curl] and began to conjure milk bottles.

It thoroughly understood Dark's brief order.

Asking it to use [Milk Drink] was equivalent to canceling its order to protect the magic ball.

This meant that its mission had been completed, and the next step was to become a sacrifice.

But before that, it could still make some more contributions to the team.

For instance, for Black Gatomon whose magic energy had actually been significantly consumed in the previous battle, this bottle of milk that could restore half of its magic energy was very crucial.

Of course, the milk could also be saved for the magical spirit who would appear next.

Miltank’s expression was very gentle.

……

After receiving the order, Espeon also immediately took action.

The disappearance of the "dark red sky" had once again strengthened its Mindpower, especially in terms of attack range, which had been greatly increased.

Dark’s purpose in telling it to use Mindpower was for it to disturb Tom Nixon's summoning as much as possible.

Both of them needed to cast tribute summoning.

Dark had started a beat slower, and his tribute summoning casting speed was also not as quick.

If Espeon could disrupt Tom Nixon's summoning, he might still be able to beat him to it.

……

Dark's idea was undoubtedly correct.

Unfortunately, he was still a beat too late.

Tom Nixon was truly decisive in this aspect.

[Scavenger Slime] used its body to envelop the three [Gift]s, leaving Espeon's Mindpower with nowhere to attack.

As such, Espeon could only attack the blue side's magic ball.

But Tom Nixon completely ignored it.

[Magic energy (blue): 4521→3444]

It wasn't until he finished casting tribute summoning that he finally controlled the blue side's magic ball to avoid Espeon's further pull with a thrust of his fingers.

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