Chapter 50
Translator: True Detective
## Chapter 50
**10. You May Cry (7)**
As Duelists who play TCG know, there are largely three ways to win in a duel.
First of all, the first.
Attacking the opponent with monsters you summoned, or using Mystery cards or Surprise cards that affect the opponent's life points, to somehow reduce the opponent's life points to 0.
It was no exaggeration to say that almost 99% of wins and losses in duels fall under this case, so it was a method close to the standard.
Second.
Making it so the opponent has no cards left to draw from their deck.
As a strategy commonly called ‘Deck Destruction’ (Deck Out), although a very irregular method, since this is also a victory by the rules, it could be called a kind of tactic.
However, because inducing the opponent to have no cards to draw from their deck was extremely difficult in itself, unless it was a specific type of deck specialized for this, it was something extremely hard to see.
And lastly.
A victory in the duel by the card's own effect, not by the rules.
Commonly called ‘Special Victory’, surprisingly, it was a historic winning method that any fan watching the anime knew.
Because right from episode 1 of 「King of Duels」, the scene where the protagonist gathers all 5 pieces of 「The Slumbering One」 and wins the duel comes out.
However.
“Special Victory.... Can this seriously be used in an actual battle?”
“When watching the anime, winning through 「The Slumbering One」 was so cool, but it seems impossible in reality?”
“That's why the protagonist doesn't use it anymore after episode 1. It has no practicality.”
“It can't be helped. If such a special victory card even had practicality, the dueling environment would immediately become a mess.”
“I guess... we should just be satisfied with 「The Slumbering One」 showing a cool appearance in the anime.”
People who tried using cards that trigger special victories ended up concluding that using them in actual battles has almost no practicality.
Well, actually looking at it in a way, that was a matter of course.
Because if a special victory could be realized too easily, the balance of the game would immediately collapse.
Therefore, people were thinking that special victory cards including 「The Slumbering One」 were something similar to a kind of concept but-
It seems that was too hasty of a judgment.
Dimension Petra.
The Imperial Palace where the one and only ruler of the Empire, the Empress, stays.
Fitting for a place where the Empress who loves art stays, it was a place that gave a feeling of being elegant yet solemn to those who saw it, but.
“Aack! Aaaaaaaack!!!”
The Empress, who could actually be called the owner of that place, was currently in agony tearing at her hair.
The reason was extremely simple.
FORUM POST
Title: Legendary video of the Duel Tournament Cup Noodle-Zwa held a while ago...aviA post currently sitting at the very top of 'Real-time Popular Posts' in the Dimensional Gallery.
Upon clicking the post, a video capturing the entire content of the duel that took place between her and Cup Noodle-Zwa a while ago was uploaded there.
*Click.*
As the Empress pressed the button with trembling hands, the nightmare-like event from a while ago began to replay again.
“Equipping 「Butterfly Dagger - Elma」 to 「Knight of Steel」.”
*Kwazing-!*
“By the effect of 「Knight of Steel」, the equipped 「Butterfly Dagger - Elma」 is destroyed. However, by the inherent effect of 「Butterfly Dagger - Elma」, it returns to the hand again.”
Cup Noodle-Zwa's actions in the video were meaningless acts that seemed to have no meaning at a glance.
Because even after taking an action, everything ended up resetting to the beginning.
However.
“And the effect of 「Library」 on the field activates. Since the Mystery card activation count has reached 3, I can draw one card from the deck.”
That meaningless act ended up turning into a meaningful act because of a single monster called 「Library」.
The 「Library」 that Seo-jin revived through a card called 「Resurrection」 was a card that allowed drawing one card as a cost if a Mystery card was activated 3 times on the field.
In other words, Seo-jin had established a loop where he could draw infinitely through a combination of just 3 cards!
“This is...! Don't tell me an infinite loop...!”
The Empress in the video screamed as she realized that fact, and this was the same for the viewers watching the duel in real-time.
CHAT LOG
Viewer: No crazy... Does this make sense...?
Viewer: I thought 「Knight of Steel」 was just a trash card...
Viewer: I thought 「Butterfly Dagger - Elma」 was an ordinary card that only increases attack power by 300, but it was possible to utilize it in that way?
Viewer: I'm just amazed that a card like 「Nightmare's Choice」 is used like that... Wow...
Viewer: Look at Earthlings' creativity... Fuck how is it possible for a human brain to come up with such a card combination???
Viewer: Was saying there are no strong cards or weak cards really true lololol
Viewer: Absolutely must not duel with Earthlings... Memo...
Viewer: ↳ Fr if you duel carelessly you'll get crushed without even being able to breathe lololol
Naturally, the comment section attached under the video was literally in an uproar.
Using the infinite activation of Mystery cards, infinite drawing of 「Library」.
They had never even imagined that a combo that could literally shake the foundation of the game called TCG would originate from a combination of seemingly useless cards like 「Knight of Steel」 or 「Library」!
“...Ah.”
And the Empress instinctively ended up realizing.
The fact that one can draw cards from the deck infinitely.
What that means, is exactly-
*Kugugugu-*
CHAT LOG
Viewer: Wh-What???
Viewer: The screen is shaking wildly, is this a bug???
Viewer: Fuck is this really a hologram??? Isn't it actually a Shadow Game like the anime???
The 'Subspace Shop' made based on the transcendent technological power of the Point Shop shook entirely, and a huge monster materialized behind Seo-jin.
「The Slumbering One」.
The monster the protagonist showed off in episode 1 of 「King of Duels」.
The strongest card possessing the effect of handing victory to its owner just by gathering five pieces in the hand!
It was so.
After drawing cards infinitely from the deck, Cup Noodle-Zwa had eventually succeeded in gathering all 5 pieces of 「The Slumbering One」 in his hand!
And-
*Kwaaaaang-!*
“Kyaaaaaaack!”
CHAT LOG
Viewer: Uh... Surely Yoplait that guy isn't dead right????
Viewer: ↳ Since her life points became 0, she's dead indeed... yeah
Viewer: ↳ Defeat in a duel means death right???
Viewer: ↳ Fr lolololol
Viewer: No fuck they said holograms have a slight destructive power lololol
Viewer: Don't tell me this is why he made them sign a memo before starting the tournament lololol
With a terrifying explosion sound, the surroundings were devastated, and the video ended with the Empress losing consciousness and being sent flying far away.
*Tremble tremble.*
And watching this video containing her defeat, the Empress felt her hands and feet trembling once again.
I lost.
She, who prided herself as the strongest across all dimensions beyond the salon, no, the Empire, lost.
She didn't just lose, but was miserably defeated.
And to a deck that didn't have a single rare card in it, a deck no different from cheap trash compared to the deck she constructed!
However, right at this moment, the fact that made her the most miserable was none other than-
FORUM POST
Title: Collection of Yoplait-Zwa's famous quotes from this Duel Tournament...zip- ??? : I will yield the first turn. If I take the first turn it will be too advantageous...
‘The 「Black Magician」 deck I constructed is the strongest in the dimensions... I can't possibly lose.’
‘No matter how much they are Earthlings, they should be a bit nervous in front of the deck I constructed.’
Would you believe it if all these were words 'someone' actually said????
Upvotes: 12913 / Downvotes: 1
COMMENTS
User: Lolololol
User: Words actually said <---- Important lololol
User: Single downvote of bitter grief!!! Lololol
User: Kya Yoplait-Zwa succeeded in life becoming a dimensional-level celebrity like this lololol
User: Isn't being a super named user in the Dimensional Gallery a much more rewarding life than being named user 1 on a streamer channel???? Lololol
User: Wow she made those remarks and then got hit by an infinite loop, beaten like a dog without even being able to breathe, and lost??? If it were me I would have immediately offed myself lolol
“Kaaaaaaaack!!!”
Shame x500!
It was so.
A collection of famous quotes the Empress said right before the duel was circulating throughout the entire gallery!
She couldn't even spit out excuses.
Because they were words she spat out with her own mouth during the live broadcast!
“I want to kill, I want to kill my past self...!”
But she couldn't alter the past now, so currently she couldn't do anything but stamp her feet and cough up blood.
“T-This makes no sense...! For Us, for Us to suffer such a miserable defeat...! To think Us's 「Black Magician」 deck was nothing more than pathetic compared to the strategy Earthlings came up with...!”
Self-reflection occurring at a rapid pace.
And at the end of that, the Empress ended up arriving at one realization.
“...Power.”
“Yes. The cause of all problems was none other than power.”
“The reason Us was defeated by Cup Noodle-Zwa, and getting mocked and humiliated across the entire gallery...! It was all because power was lacking!”
“Power alone is everything in this world...! If Us had power, We wouldn't have fallen for a mere infinite loop like that...!”
“I need power! A powerful strength that can overwhelm a mere infinite loop head-on...!”
And it just so happens the Empress had already discovered what the answer to that question was.
None other than while appreciating 「King of Duels」 currently airing to great acclaim.
「...Foolish. Are you daring to challenge a God?」
「I will show you clearly. The power of a God...!」
「Nonsense! Monster effects are negated...!」
「It is not a monster. It is a God!」
It was so.
The answer the Empress derived to counter Seo-jin's infinite loop was none other than Gods!
「Sun God」, 「God of Heavenly Thunder」, 「God of Destruction」.
The strongest cards in the work that started appearing from the 'Duel City' arc in 「King of Duels」!
Their power was so strong that they exhibited enough power to simultaneously crush 3 of 「White-Eyed Blue Dragon」, which was called the strongest in TCG until then!
And the moment she took the majestic appearance of the Gods into her eyes while watching the anime, the Empress was convinced.
That if she could only handle the God cards, she would possess the power to defeat Cup Noodle-Zwa head-on!
“Jin had said it. In the new pack to be released soon, the God cards are scheduled to be officially released....”
For the Empress who was already living the life of eating-shitting-dueling, that could not help but be words she looked forward to very much.
The power possessed by all three God cards was something even the Empress couldn't help but drool over, but.
Among them, the card that caught the Empress's heart the most was absolutely 「Sun God」.
The strongest card reigning at the very peak even among the three God cards!
Wasn't that power to endlessly revive from the graveyard and burn all creation in the world exactly the card most fitting for herself who reigns at the peak of the Empire?
With that power, the next time they duel, she would be able to smash head-on Cup Noodle-Zwa who said he would show off a mixed deck called 'Exchange of the Spirit deck' or whatever!
“Wait for me. The day the pack containing the God cards is released... You will truly taste defeat then...!”
Thus.
The time remaining until the new pack is released, and until someone's funeral is held.
Just three days.
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