Who Let Him Play Yu-Gi-Oh! novel Chapter 581

Chương 581: Chapter 581: The Vampire Ace

"Lastly, I play Shield Crush—destroy a Defense Position monster," Snake River said. "Destroy Vampire Grace!" 1

Green light lanced through the noble; she screamed and burst apart.

"And the Vampire Duke Special Summoned by Awakening self-destructs in the End Phase."

The duke dissipated in a blood mist. In Snake River's turn, two Vampire Tributes had appeared and then vanished; he'd cleared three monsters and left Kira with an empty board. He swelled with confidence.

"I set one. Turn end," he snorted. "Clearing the chaff this turn—next turn, my snakes will bury you."

"I suppose I should be nervous, then."

Kira smiled.

"My turn. Draw.

I activate Graceful Charity—draw three, discard two." 1

He cycled the hand.

"Then I activate Monster Reborn to revive a monster from my GY." 1

Snake River grunted. "Another Vampire Tribute?"

"Haha—not this time," Kira said. "Snake monsters… such gloomy fellows. Every one of them looks creepy and sinister. Not a ray of sunshine."

Snake River blinked, not following.

"What's your point?"

"Nothing—just that too much darkness is bad."

Kira took a card from the GY and showed it.

"The monster I'm reviving is—

—Vampire Hunter!"

[Vampire Hunter ATK 1600] 2

Snake River realized it was one Kingdom had tossed earlier, but still puzzled.

A 1600-ATK Level 4. He had Vampire Duke and Grace in the grave—both Tributes.

And as shown last turn, Duke's on-summon mills the opponent, triggering Kingdom to pop a card.

Why pass on that for a ho-hum Level 4…?

What came next baffled him more.

"Battle," Kira said. "Vampire Hunter attacks Urubonus, the Avatar of Malice."

Snake River: "!"

Attacking up into higher ATK?

"I don't know what you're trying—" he snapped. "Urubonus's effect: the battling monster loses 300 ATK during damage calculation!"

[Vampire Hunter ATK 1600 → 1300]

"No problem," Kira said evenly. "Vampire Hunter: when battling a DARK monster, negate damage calculation and destroy that opponent's monster."

Snake River: "???"

Say that again!?

DARK destruction… which meant—

His entire deck.

Yes—every Snake in his list was DARK.

Which made that whip-wielding hunter nearly invincible against his snake horde!

Watching Urubonus shatter under a strike from a monster 700 ATK lower made Snake River's soul leave his body.

Aren't Vampires DARK? Why do you have this!?

Oh—Vampire "Hunter," right. Hunts Vampires, huh?

An anti-Vampire slayer that actually has "Vampire" in the name, searchable in the Vampire engine—what a cruel joke…

"I set one. Turn end."

Kira smiled at him.

"So I said—too much darkness is unhealthy."

Snake River: "…"

He almost asked how Kira had the face to say that.

Then it hit him: that "upright" Vampire Hunter, while preying on DARK… was itself DARK.

Somehow the card and its master had the same two-faced vibe. A match made in hell…

Snake River gritted his teeth.

He needed a plan.

"My turn. Draw!"

"I activate Shuffle Reborn! If I control no monsters: Special Summon a monster from my GY with its effects negated. It's banished at the End Phase." 1

He pulled a card from the GY.

"Rise again—Urubonus, the Avatar of Malice!"

[Urubonus ATK 2000]

Even revived, as long as it was DARK, it couldn't beat the Hunter.

"You spotted my deck's DARK weakness? Tch. If you think that alone will stop my serpent legion, you're naive.

I activate my set trap, Offering to the Snake Deity! Choose one Reptile I control and two cards you control; destroy all three!" 2

"So Urubonus was ammo for the shot," Kira said.

"I choose the Reptile Urubonus, your Vampire Hunter, and your set backrow—destroy all three!"

Urubonus howled as the trap's energy consumed it, transforming into a guided serpent missile. It blasted the Hunter and the set card to ash.

Snake River laughed.

"Now your field is empty, and my Snake deck is just getting started.

I Normal Summon Lamia!"

[Lamia ATK 1300] 1

"On Normal Summon, add an 8-star Snake monster from deck to hand. I search my deck's trump—

—Evil Dragon Ananta—appear!"

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