Chapter 107. Four ZEUS Stackers! Did Laundry Dragonmaid Mill Holactie the Creator of Light?
Side D's mysterious Duelist in blue finished all the face-kicks.
Main Phase 2.
Side D's mysterious Duelist in blue still didn't build a board.
He chose to end the turn.
Seeing this, Duelists across the various Duel Worlds grew even more confused.
They had thought that after the face-kicking ended, this D Duelist might start setting up a field.
But he didn't.
That means this D Duelist's Deck isn't a combo swarmer.
It might even be an entertainment Deck.
Thinking of that, many old-guard players showed odd expressions.
Earlier, the video title clearly had the words "Egyptian Gods."
Could it be that this D Duelist's Deck is related to the Egyptian Gods?
With doubt and curiosity, the Duelists kept their eyes on the Duel video.
In the short clip, after suffering a heavy blow, the Red team's LP is 9200.
The turn goes to Side A's mysterious Duelist in red.
Side A, mysterious Duelist in red: "It's my turn! Draw!"
Side A, mysterious Duelist in red: "Excellent!"
"The card I drew is the Spell Card 'Change of Heart'!"
"You like Minotaur jokes, huh?"
"I activate this card! Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS – Sky Thunder? Hand it over!"
"Then I go straight to the Battle Phase!"
"Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS – Sky Thunder!"
"Destroy your 'Laundry Dragonmaid'!"
"Take 2500 LP!"
Side B, mysterious Duelist in blue: "What's the point? Don't you have to give it back at the end of the turn?"
Side A, mysterious Duelist in red: "Oh? Sore wa dō kana?"
Side A, mysterious Duelist in red: "My Main Phase 2."
"I'm going to overlay on top of ZEUS."
"You think you're the only one with a Gundam?"
"I'll keep piloting a Gundam by using a Gundam as the body."
"That's right."
"I overlay to place another 'Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS – Sky Thunder' on top."
"This one is my ZEUS, so I don't have to give it back."
ZEUS over ZEUS.
Weird as it looks, it works.
He really yoinked the ZEUS for himself.
Side B, mysterious Duelist in blue: "Huh? Crap! I forgot!"
Side B, mysterious Duelist in blue: "You can do that?"
"Fine, fine! My Turn 10. Draw!"
"I set 2 cards."
"I Normal Summon my second 'Genta, Gateman of Dark World'."
Side A, mysterious Duelist in red: "It's useless."
Side A, mysterious Duelist in red: "I activate ZEUS's effect."
"I detach 2 materials."
"All cards you control are sent to the Graveyard."
Side B, mysterious Duelist in blue: "Nothing I can do. I end my turn."
Side C, mysterious Duelist in red: "You're all so abstract! Each one of you plays weirder than the last."
Side C, mysterious Duelist in red: "To spice it up a bit—"
"After I draw, I go straight to the Battle Phase."
"ZEUS! Direct attack!"
"Take 3000 LP!"
"Your combined LP is down to 10,500."
"My Main Phase 2."
"Keep overlaying!"
"ZEUS overlays to Xyz Summon!"
"Come forth—'Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS – Sky Thunder'!"
"I end my turn."
What is even happening?
What are they doing?
Blue Team was completely dumbfounded.
A ZEUS riding a ZEUS, then riding another ZEUS.
Stacking Gundams.
Is this how Xyz works in Yu-Gi-Oh.?
This is too hype.
That single ZEUS already has two ZEUS stacked on it.
They're having way too much fun.
ZEXAL World.
Yuma Tsukumo and Astral saw this iconic scene of ZEUS-on-ZEUS and couldn't stop grinning.
They never imagined that this fun Duel would produce so many shenanigans.
"Uh, so this is the charm of Xyz?"
"This is my first time seeing such a theatrical moment."
"Someone else's ZEUS got overlaid until it became your own."
Beside them, Kite Tenjo couldn't help but snark.
Every last one of them is a character, seriously.
Every single one is a character.
VRAINS World.
Seeing this ZEUS-stacking style, Yusaku Fujiki really couldn't keep a straight face either.
Other Duelists were already rolling with laughter.
Takeru Homura even twitched at the corner of his mouth.
Turning Xyz stacking into a Salamangreat-style reincarnation, huh?
Is this the legendary triple reincarnation?
But in that case, both Reds didn't do their Deck's main combo.
That also means this ZEUS won't last long.
"Wait—could it be?"
"No way, is it…?"
Takeru Homura suddenly thought of something, his face changing slightly.
Events unfolded exactly as Takeru imagined.
The turn goes to Side D's mysterious Duelist in blue.
Side D, mysterious Duelist in blue: "It's my turn! Draw!"
Side D, mysterious Duelist in blue: "I Normal Summon 'Laundry Dragonmaid'!"
Side C, mysterious Duelist in red: "Little Blue again? Can you pull something good for once?"
Side C, mysterious Duelist in red: "Your mills are all trash."
"Can you get something useful?"
"I don't even feel like negating you."
Side D, mysterious Duelist in blue: "Don't badmouth her! I activate Laundry's effect."
Side D, mysterious Duelist in blue: "This is the future Dragon Empress."
"I mill 3 cards."
"Uh, they're not that useful, but—"
"I activate this Quick-Play Spell from my hand: 'Enemy Controller'."
"I pick the effect that Tributes Laundry."
"Come on, come on!"
"Hand it over—'Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS – Sky Thunder'!"
"I go straight to the Battle Phase."
"Take 3000 LP!"
Side B, mysterious Duelist in blue: "Cool and all, that's pretty slick."
Side B, mysterious Duelist in blue: "But partner, you still have to give back the ZEUS you stole."
Side D, mysterious Duelist in blue: "Bro! Who said I'm giving it back?"
Side D, mysterious Duelist in blue: "My Main Phase 2."
"I keep overlaying."
"ZEUS, give me another upgrade!"
"'Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS – Sky Thunder'!"
"Alright, I end my turn."
Abstract—way too abstract.
Another ZEUS.
We thought ZEUS had already hit its limit, but nobody expected this D player to pull 'Enemy Controller' out of hand.
Using ZEUS, he force-overlaid into yet another ZEUS.
The Duelists of every world who had been barely holding it together—upon seeing four stacked ZEUS—couldn't suppress their emotions anymore.
The group chat was in stitches over this circus play.
Yugi Muto: "N-No, I can't! Atem, stop! This isn't even a Duel anymore!"
Jaden Yuki: "Pfft! I'm dying over here! These four are nothing like the previous Duelists! They're hilarious!"
Yuma Tsukumo: "For the record, not every Xyz Monster is a public bus like ZEUS!"
Yuya Sakaki: "Hahaha! My stomach hurts from laughing! What are these four even doing? One ZEUS overlay per person?!"
Yusaku Fujiki: "Whoa! Is he actually a genius? This would be explosive across all of Yu-Gi-Oh.!"
Yusei Fudo: "ZEUS really is universal. No wonder—its summoning condition is too simple."
Messages flew in one after another in the chat.
Everyone was almost breathless from the god-tier nonsense plays by these four Duelists.
Jokes aside, fun aside.
Right now, the four of them can't even put together two monsters on the field.
At the moment it's all ZEUS.
This means the subsequent turn cycles will become increasingly crucial.
So how are they going to win?
It's time—are they finally going to get serious?
Back to the short video.
Sure enough, after horsing around for so long, once it reached Side A's mysterious Duelist in red, he couldn't wait to start comboing.
Side A, mysterious Duelist in red: "Finally my turn."
Side A, mysterious Duelist in red: "My turn, draw."
"I Normal Summon 'Pikari @Ignister'."
"I activate its effect to search 'A.I.dle Reborn' from my Deck."
Side D, mysterious Duelist in blue: "I activate ZEUS's effect and detach 2 materials."
Side D, mysterious Duelist in blue: "Send your Pikari to the Graveyard."
Side B, mysterious Duelist in blue: "Dude? What are you doing?"
Side B, mysterious Duelist in blue: "You're throwing the game."
"Wait for the critical point of the combo before you fire."
Side D, mysterious Duelist in blue: "Shh. A genius creates the perfect timing."
Side D, mysterious Duelist in blue: "I'll wait for my chance."
Hearing that made Side B almost cry.
What genius?
What kind of trick is he trying to pull?
After this misplay, there's no way to keep the opponent A Duelist from exploding.
Now things get troublesome.
Side A, mysterious Duelist in red: "I activate 'A.I.dle Reborn' in my hand."
Side A, mysterious Duelist in red: "I Special Summon the 'Doyon @Ignister' you sent to the GY earlier."
"Doyon's effect adds Pikari back to my hand from the GY."
"Then I use these to Link Summon a Link-1: 'Dark Infant @Ignister'."
"Doyon's effect: after being sent to the GY as material, I can add back 'A.I.dle Reborn'."
"I activate Dark Infant's effect."
"Search 'Ignister A.I.Land' from the Deck."
"I activate the Field Spell 'Ignister A.I.Land'."
"Per the Field's effect, I Special Summon Pikari from my hand."
"I then use Pikari and Dark Infant to Link Summon."
"Link-2 confirmed: 'Splash Mage'."
"Splash's effect revives Pikari."
"Pikari and Splash—Link Summon the Link-3 'Transcode Talker'."
"Transcode's effect revives Dark Infant from the GY."
"Transcode and Dark Infant Link again."
"Link-4 confirmed."
"Check the Link Arrows."
"'Topologic Bomber Dragon'—Link Summoned to the Extra Monster Zone."
"Whenever a monster is Summoned to one of its pointed zones, it triggers and blows up the field."
"Don't forget, my Field's Special Summon isn't once per turn."
"I Special Summon a second copy of Doyon to a pointed zone."
"Link Arrows trigger."
"Bomber wipes the board—blow up everything except Bomber."
"Then I enter the Battle Phase."
"Bomber attacks directly for 3000. Take 3000 LP."
"I set 1 card in Main Phase 2."
"I end my turn."
At this moment, Blue Team LP is 7500, and Red Team LP is 6200.
Both sides are running low on Life Points.
A's explosive turn has pulled all the advantage back to their side.
That single Bomber Dragon is already a big headache for Blue Team—especially since one player is an entertainer, and the other has a weird D/D/D brew mashed with Labrynth and Dark World.
How do they fight this?
Is it over?
Side B, mysterious Duelist in blue: "It's my turn! Draw!"
Side B, mysterious Duelist in blue: "I Normal Summon 'Beiige, Vanguard of Dark World'."
Side A, mysterious Duelist in red: "Pointless struggling. Open the set Quick-Play Spell."
Side A, mysterious Duelist in red: "'A.I.dle Reborn' activates to revive Doyon to a pointed zone."
"Bomber's Link Arrow effect triggers."
"Topologic detonates."
Side B, mysterious Duelist in blue: "I'm numb. So the set card really was that Reborn."
Side B, mysterious Duelist in blue: "I set 1 card and end my turn."
Side C, mysterious Duelist in red: "My turn. Draw."
Side C, mysterious Duelist in red: "I Normal Summon 'Live☆Twin Ki-sikil'."
Side B, mysterious Duelist in blue: "Trying to combo?"
Side B, mysterious Duelist in blue: "Open my set card."
"The Spell Card 'Gateway to Dark World'."
"I Special Summon 'Beiige, Vanguard of Dark World' from my GY to a zone Bomber points to."
"Alright. Your Topologic triggers."
"Blow up the field."
Side C, mysterious Duelist in red: "Traitor teammate, but it's fine."
"I end my turn."
Up to this point, the three Duelists' back-and-forth has basically wrapped.
Duelists from all worlds turned their eyes to the last Duelist—Side D's mysterious Duelist in blue.
Earlier, two copies of Laundry Dragonmaid were used.
One got hit by Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring and couldn't mill.
The second sacrificed itself to seize ZEUS.
This guy—could he possibly have a third Laundry Dragonmaid in hand?
No way, right?
That unlucky?
No—he could really be that unlucky to open triple Laundry.
It's not unheard of that drawing three Laundry Dragonmaids bricks your opening and stops your combo.
After the old guard across the worlds thought this through, they got even more curious, all wondering how he would extend.
In the short clip, the turn passed to Side D's mysterious Duelist in blue.
Side D, mysterious Duelist in blue: "Hm? Finally my turn."
Side D, mysterious Duelist in blue: "I Normal Summon this monster."
"Come forth—'Laundry Dragonmaid'."
"I activate the effect. I can send the top 3 cards of my Deck to the GY."
Side C, mysterious Duelist in red: "Hold it. I chain the effect of 'Ghost Sister & Spooky Dogwood' in my hand."
Side C, mysterious Duelist in red: "Each time you Special Summon a monster, I gain LP equal to that monster's ATK."
Side D, mysterious Duelist in blue: "I resolve the mill and send 3 cards to the GY."
Side D, mysterious Duelist in blue: "I activate the GY effect of 'Kelbek the Ancient Vanguard'."
"We both mill 5."
"In the mills, there's 'Agido the Ancient Sentinel'."
"We mill 5 more."
After two rounds of milling, one card landed face-up in the Graveyard and its name was revealed.
Its name is 'Holactie the Creator of Light'.
The instant that card appeared, in the DM World, Yugi Muto nearly fell on his butt.
Wait.
Did my eyes just blur?
What is that?
No way.
Absolutely impossible.
How did a Creator of Light pop out?
Isn't this Deck Dragonmaids?
Hold on.
Weren't there Egyptian God-related cards earlier too?
"Obelisk the Tormentor, The Winged Dragon of Ra, and Slifer the Sky Dragon!"
"What on earth is this guy doing? Why is his Deck packing those cards?"
"And that one, the Creator of Light!"
"Can someone please tell me what the heck is going on!"
Beside him, Seto Kaiba's near-deranged outburst proved that Yugi and the others weren't seeing things.
All three Egyptian God Cards had been milled into the GY.
And the foremost card now lying in the Graveyard is 'Holactie the Creator of Light'.
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