Let's play cards! In a fantasy world of swords and magic

After two consecutive attacks ended, Kevin, who had not yet had the chance to summon the "Red-Eyes Black Dragon" from his hand, put down his hand and ended his turn.

"It's over, Aisha Carlos. Your life points are like a flickering candle in the wind!"

"Hehe, Kevin, this flickering candle with 100 points will be an insurmountable barrier for you forever."

You Ling began his turn.

"My turn, draw!"

The buff effects of being at low health and the "Flickering Candle Kill" pushed You Ling's already heaven-blessed luck to its peak in this draw.

The card shimmered, tracing a trajectory of hope.

Aisha: "Mr. You Ling, this card is!"

"Yes, it's the key card for our counterattack, Aisha," You Ling looked at the card he drew this turn and smiled knowingly. "It's also proof of your perseverance and hard work until now."

"Mr. You Ling!"

In the most crucial turn, the card You Ling drew moved Aisha to tears.

"Let's use this card to secure our victory!"

"Mm!"

"After setting one card face-down—I activate the Spell Card [Hand Exchange]!"

[Hand Exchange Spell Card Effect: Both players reveal their hands and choose 1 card from the opponent's hand. The chosen card is added to their own hand and can be used in this duel.]

This D-grade Spell Card, Hand Exchange, was a card that Aisha Yuuna Carlos had worked hard for half a semester to create, earning credits through means other than dueling. It was a testament to her relentless effort.

At the same time, this Spell Card, along with Aisha's hard work, would shine its brightest in this moment, in this most important duel.

A hope reached through an unyielding spirit.

"According to the effect of the Spell Card, let's exchange hands, Kevin."

"No way!"

At this moment, Kevin probably showed the most exaggerated and shocked expression since the duel began.

Both players revealed their hands. Without a doubt, You Ling's hand only contained Aisha's collection of weak, non-combatant monsters, which Kevin could easily take.

But in Kevin Seth's hand, he held that legendary card.

"Hand it over, Kevin. I'm taking the [Red-Eyes Black Dragon] from your hand!"

Kevin gritted his teeth in frustration, but no matter how unwilling he was, he couldn't resist the effect of the Spell Card.

In front of everyone, the underdog Aisha took his ace card, [Red-Eyes Black Dragon], while Kevin could only take a useless, weak monster from Aisha's hand.

After this unexpected turn of events, the spectators could only look at each other, completely at a loss for words.

"This is not a power you can control, Aisha Carlos!"

Finally, it was Kevin himself who broke the awkward silence.

"To Tribute Summon [Red-Eyes Black Dragon], you need at least 2 tribute monsters. And right now, you don't have a single monster on your field!"

With only one Normal Summon per turn and no monsters on Aisha's field, it was true, as Kevin said, that she didn't meet the conditions for a Tribute Summon of [Red-Eyes Black Dragon].

"Even if you obtained power far beyond your own through such means, it's futile!"

"From the start, you've been yapping non-stop. How annoying, Kevin."

"You..."

Cut off by You Ling's words, Kevin was left speechless. He never dreamed that he would be mocked like this at the Arcane Saint Academy.

What's worse, the one mocking him was the perpetual underdog, Aisha, who was on the verge of expulsion.

"My path to victory is already complete."

You Ling flipped over the card he had set face-down on the back row before activating [Hand Exchange].

He had set this card in advance to ensure it wouldn't be taken by Kevin during the hand exchange.

"With this card, I'll sound the horn for the final counterattack!—I activate the Spell Card [Triangle Ecstasy Spark]!"

[Triangle Ecstasy Spark Spell Card Effect: Select 3 Normal Monsters with 2 stars or lower from your Graveyard. Special Summon the selected monsters.]

Aisha's only C-grade Spell Card.

A Spell Card that can only be activated when used in conjunction with Normal Monsters of 2 stars or lower with no additional effects.

"Someone like you, who only uses 3-star or higher monsters and calls themselves the elite top student of the year, would naturally look down on this card, right? But this is precisely the way of fighting for the weak monsters you see as trash!"

The effect of Special Summoning monsters from the Graveyard.

Unlike Normal Summoning, Special Summoning can be performed an unlimited number of times in a single turn, as long as you are able to do so.

One by one, the "trash" monsters that had been personally defeated by Kevin in this duel reappeared on Aisha's field.

[Yomi Ship DEF: 100]

[Witch of the Black Forest DEF: 2100]

[Hourglass of Life DEF: 600]

If this had happened under normal circumstances, Kevin wouldn't have even bothered to acknowledge the sudden appearance of three monsters on Aisha's field.

After all, no matter how many trash monsters there were, they were still just trash.

However, Kevin couldn't bring himself to say that now.

Because everyone knew that, at this very moment, Aisha held that monster in her hand.

A pure white light of liberation shone on Aisha's field, connecting to the card that You Ling was about to play.

"I will tribute the two monsters on my field, [Yomi Ship] and [Hourglass of Life], as sacrifices!"

"Black Flame Dragon, burning between the sky and the earth, bring victory to me, to us!"

The two sacrificed monsters transformed into beams of light that shot into the sky, forming the silhouette of a giant black dragon.

And then, the legend descended.

"——Tribute Summon, [Red-Eyes Black Dragon]!"

[Red-Eyes Black Dragon ★★★★★★★ (7 Stars) Dark]

[Dragon-Type ATK: 2400 DEF: 2000]

"ROAR!!!"

With a deafening roar, black flames scorched the earth, and black wings blotted out the sky.

The legendary Red-Eyes Black Dragon had appeared in the duel at the Arcane Saint Academy in a way no one could have ever dreamed of.

"To think something like this could happen..."

Ms. Erin, the homeroom teacher, was so shocked that her mouth hung open, and the cigarette she had been holding unconsciously fell to the ground.

"Aisha has summoned the Red-Eyes Black Dragon!"

"The legendary black dragon, and it wasn't Kevin who summoned it!"

Everyone present was stunned by this outcome.

In this duel, the summoning of the legendary Red-Eyes Black Dragon had been something most spectators had anticipated.

However, while the summoning itself was expected, the way it unfolded was completely unexpected.

The one who summoned the Red-Eyes Black Dragon wasn't the top student of the year, Kevin Seth. Instead, it was the perpetual underdog, the girl on the verge of expulsion, Aisha Carlos.

"With this, the tables have completely turned, Kevin!"

Standing beneath the burning black flame dragon, the silver-white hair beside Aisha's fair cheeks gently lifted by the black flames.

In You Ling's eyes, there was only victory.

"Fight, Red-Eyes Black Dragon. Burn everything in your sight to ashes!"

The target of Red-Eyes Black Dragon's attack, chosen by You Ling, was Kevin's attack-position [Dragon Statue of the Soul].

And this was a [Dragon Statue of the Soul] whose ATK had been reduced by 700 points due to the Trap Card [Strange Scheme].

[Dragon Statue of the Soul ATK: 400]

[Red-Eyes Black Dragon ATK: 2400]

"——Black Flame Bullet! Explode!!"

The black dragon roared, and the black flames fired from its terrifying mouth exploded like a nuclear blast, obliterating Kevin's monster, Kevin's field, and Kevin Seth himself.

[Dragon Statue of the Soul] destroyed.

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!"

Kevin Seth LP: 2000 → 0

First victory achieved!