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Chapter 556: Your Field Setup Has Some Issues, But I Fixed It For You
The opponent actually gave him the Card so easily?
Valon felt a bit strange, because he didn't actually think Ishizu would obediently give him the Card; he was just trying his luck.
Furthermore, there wasn't the Card rampage situation with Ra like there was when Rafael got Osiris before. Yet, the heavy feeling the Card gave off confirmed it was a genuine God Card and not fake. Could it be that the weather was too cold and **The Winged Dragon of Ra** migrated south?
Or perhaps, Osiris reacted so strongly because it had poor compatibility with the **Seal of Orichalcos**, while he received the Card normally?
Valon guessed at various possibilities in his heart, but his actions weren't slow at all. He immediately put away the **The Winged Dragon of Ra**.
Knowing or not knowing the opponent's plan had no impact on Valon, whose goal from beginning to end was simply to "complete the quests." All he needed was to get the real **The Winged Dragon of Ra**, and he wouldn't care even if Ishizu left a tracker on the Card.
After all, when Dartz gave the quests, he didn't say they had to clean up all traces.
Ishizu's decisive action of handing over the **The Winged Dragon of Ra** made Valon, who was in a slightly bad mood due to the low challenge of the quests, quite satisfied. After all, the less trouble, the better. It was naturally best to complete the quests easily without much effort, and he was happy to return sooner.
As for turning hostile after getting the Card and taking care of Ishizu, that wasn't Valon's style.
Even though he found Ishizu's attitude very strange – it was less like accepting his deal and more like being completely indifferent to the Ra Card being taken by him – Valon didn't delve too deeply and intended to leave.
Just then, a helicopter flew from a distance and hovered in front of the Exhibition Hall. Rafael's figure emerged from the cabin, shouting down, "Valon!"
Alright, hearing that shout, Valon understood why Ishizu had called out his name despite him having no intention of telling her. She must have seen this instant through the **Millennium Necklace**.
"Oh, Rafael, I've already got the Ra Card." Looking up and waving, Valon, adhering to the principle of not being the only one exposed, also directly called out his partner's name. "Did Alister get **Obelisk the Tormentor** from Kaiba Seto?"
Rafael nodded, his gaze shifting to Ishizu standing in front of the Exhibition Hall, and he frowned.
It seemed Valon, like Alister, hadn't used the **Seal of Orichalcos** to seal souls. Valon, who wasn't interested in weaklings, probably didn't even Duel and just took the God Card directly.
In this way, although the quest of "collecting God Cards" was indeed completed, neither Alister nor Valon had taken Lord Dartz's additional instruction to "seal the souls of powerful Duelists" to heart. No one's soul was sealed, which was bad.
Furthermore, the only one sealed was a member of Organization Doma, his own Subordinate, Grimo. Just thinking about it made him feel, truly losing composure.
Valon didn't have the ability to read Rafael's psychology. Seeing Rafael nod, he didn't care that Alister might have gotten the God Card earlier than him. He reached out to grab the rope ladder Rafael threw down from the helicopter.
But what neither Rafael nor Valon expected was that upon seeing Valon about to leave, Alister, sitting in the cabin, suddenly stood up and leaped out of the cabin, jumping from a height of six or seven meters onto the ground!
"Hey, Alister, what are you doing!?"
Valon looked at Alister, who had a dead person's face and seemed to be in a bad mood, and suddenly had a bad feeling.
Didn't this guy already get **Obelisk the Tormentor** from Kaiba Seto, his long-standing "concern"? Why was he still in such a bad mood? It was as if he hadn't gained an advantage in his Duel with Kaiba Seto, but instead used some unsightly means to force a draw and then took **Obelisk the Tormentor** while he had the chance.
Alister didn't look back at Valon but walked towards Ishizu on his own, saying, "As you can see, I'm completing that adult's quest to 'seal the souls of powerful Duelists,' Valon."
"You didn't Duel this woman and easily took **The Winged Dragon of Ra** from her hand, right? Hmph, although she holds the strongest God Card, she's undoubtedly just a weakling who avoids Duels."
Hearing Alister speak so directly, how could Valon not tell his plan?
"Wait a minute, Alister, I really didn't Duel that woman, but I made a deal with her. She gave us **The Winged Dragon of Ra**, and then we wouldn't harm—"
"That's the agreement *you* made, don't add 'we' arbitrarily, Valon!" The bad mood Alister directly interrupted Valon. "It's your business if you don't touch her. I'm not interested in your agreement. Her soul can serve as a substitute for letting Kaiba Seto go, to report back."
"You don't have any objections, right, Rafael!"
"Hey, Rafael, say something too!"
Seeing Alister and Valon directly dragging him into their conflict, Rafael helplessly rubbed his forehead. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Hurry up, Alister. The helicopter's fuel consumption isn't low, and we also need to leave Domino City, KaibaCorp's headquarters, early."
Clearly, Rafael, who was considered the leader among their Doma Three Swordsmen, had tacitly approved Alister's action. For him, Valon's personal promise and credibility were too insignificant compared to Organization Doma's great goal of rebuilding a beautiful world.
"Tsk, even Rafael!"
"Hmph!"
Valon and Alister had different moods. After gaining Rafael's support, Alister stood at the Stairs of the Egyptian Artifact Traveling Exhibition Hall, looking at Ishizu standing above, and said confidently, "Don't worry, dealing with an opponent like this who couldn't even make it into the Battle City Top 4, I'll end the Duel quickly."
Even if I forced a draw with that guy Kaiba Seto, do you really think I can't beat a woman who just made it into the Top 8 and was eliminated?
Alister didn't say it, but he was thinking exactly that, and he activated his Duel Disk.
As for Alister's action of ignoring Valon and challenging her to a Duel, Ishizu's face, hidden by her veil, showed no expression of accident whatsoever. Just as she had foreseen Valon coming to take **The Winged Dragon of Ra**, she had also foreseen this scene before her.
"Is that so? You have absolute confidence in defeating me? However, the premise for underestimating your opponent should be having absolute power yourself, right?"
Ishizu also raised the Duel Disk she had already been wearing. It was because she knew this scene would occur that she brought her Duel Disk, even though she knew there wouldn't be a conflict with Valon.
"Hmm, just so you know, my **Millennium Necklace** has the power to foresee the future, and the future it foresees is almost absolute."
"Hmph, in that case, did you see the future where you are defeated by me and sealed inside a Card?"
Hearing Ishizu's words, Alister, who hadn't been ambushed by Ishizu beforehand like Valon, sneered dismissively. Like Kaiba, the opponent he considered a must-defeat, he completely disbelieved things like "foreseeing the future," saying it casually.
Ishizu standing on the Stairs and Alister standing below the Stairs simultaneously drew Cards from their Duel Disks and shouted in unison:
"Duel!" X2
[Ishizu: 4000 LP]
[Alister: 4000 LP]
"Hmm? This hand of Cards..." Seeing the four Cards **Machina Cannon**, **Machina Gearframe**, **Machina Megaform**, and **Machina Ruin Force** in his hand, Alister realized these were the last Cards he used in his previous Duel with Kaiba.
It wasn't that he hadn't shuffled his Deck. After all, after that Duel, both Kaiba's and Alister's Cards were scattered on the ground, so it was impossible for the order not to be mixed up. Besides, his Duel Disk also had an automatic shuffle function. This "Perfect Hand" appearing before him could only be attributed to his luck.
Heh heh, by using **Machina Cannon's** effect to send the three **Machina** Monsters in his hand to the Graveyard in one go, he could easily Summon **Machina Cannon** with its ATK increased to 2400 points. Then, he could use **Machina Ruin Force's** effect to Banish two Monsters from the Graveyard and Special Summon it to the Field.
And the last Card in his hand was the invincible **Seal of Orichalcos**, which could provide a 500 point ATK boost to all his Monsters on the Field. This time, he wouldn't hold back like he did in the Duel with Kaiba; he would definitely activate this Card right at the start.
In the first turn, he could Summon two such powerful Monsters. With this, victory is practically in my grasp! How can I lose?
I've won, I hold victory in my hand!
Alister was quite satisfied with his hand, but this didn't mean he would arrogantly give the first turn to Ishizu.
"The first turn is mine, Draw a Card!" Alister sharply drew the top Card of his Deck, seizing the first turn.
Although information about Ishizu was scarce within Organization Doma, limited to just a few sentences like "uses a **Gravekeeper's** Deck and a Deck primarily featuring Fairy-types and **Exchange of the Spirit**" and "lost to Duel King Hayato Kobayashi in the Battle City Top 8 Advancement Event," there was no complete data.
However, just the **Necrovalley** from the **Gravekeeper's** Deck and the terrifying effect of **Exchange of the Spirit** were enough to know that the opponent absolutely could not be allowed to take the first turn.
Don't be fooled by Alister's "It's just Ishizu, bring the ship closer" form. His intellect is the strongest among the Doma Three Swordsmen. Even in his Duel with Ishizu, he was giving his full power. Perhaps only Kaiba Seto could make Alister lose his sanity and act recklessly.
"I activate the effect of **Machina Cannon** from my hand! This Card cannot be Normal Summoned. If I send any number of Machine Type Monsters from my hand to the Graveyard, I can Special Summon it! I discard three Machine Type Monsters from my hand and Special Summon **Machina Cannon**!"
Three Monster phantoms appeared on Alister's Field. The footage turned into electric current and surged into the **Machina Cannon** behind the phantoms, giving this Monster a power boost.
[Machina Cannon] [Level 8/EARTH]
[Machine Type/Special Summon/Effect]
[0/2200 → 2400/2200]
"**Machina Cannon's** ATK will increase by the value of the number of Monsters sent to the Graveyard by its own effect X 800 points. Since I sent three Machine Type Monsters to the Graveyard, **Machina Cannon** will increase its ATK by 2400 points."
After Alister finished speaking, he drew the three Cards he had just sent to the Graveyard. "That's not all, my Summon hasn't ended yet! Next, I activate the effect of **Machina Ruin Force** in the Graveyard! I Banish the Level 4 **Machina Gearframe** and the Level 8 **Machina Megaform**, two Machine Type Monsters, from the Graveyard so that their Levels total 12 or more,"
"Special Summon **Machina Ruin Force** from the Graveyard!"
A giant war fortress covered in black armor manifested on Alister's Field. In just one turn, Alister actually Summoned his ace Card, **Machina Ruin Force**, onto his Field in one go!
[Machina Ruin Force] [ATK 4600]
"Finally, I activate this Field Spell Card, **Seal of Orichalcos**! This Card increases the ATK of all Monsters on my Field by 500 points, and the loser's soul in this Duel will be sealed within this Card!"
As Alister activated the **Seal of Orichalcos**, Ishizu and he were both surrounded by a bronze-green domain. A smaller domain symbol appeared on both of Alister's Monsters on the Field, boosting their ATK, and the same mark appeared on Alister's forehead.
[Machina Ruin Force] [ATK 4600 → 5100]
[Machina Cannon] [ATK 2400 → 2900]
"Set a card, my turn ends here."
Alister, quite satisfied with his field setup, looked at Ishizu with provocation in his gaze. "With this, my perfect field is complete. Next, no matter if you use the **Gravekeeper's** Deck or **Exchange of the Spirit**, you won't be able to do anything to me."
"End Turn."
"My turn, Draw." Hearing Alister say that, Ishizu's mouth curved into a smile. Recalling Hayato and Marik's tone from her memory, she said sarcastically, "Is that so? That's amazing. However, I feel like your field setup has some issues."
"But it's okay, I'll give you a powerful Monster to fix it." Ishizu said, revealing a Card. "Tribute two Monsters on your opponent's Field, come forth, **Lava Golem**!"
End of Chapter
The opponent actually gave him the Card so easily?
Valon felt a bit strange, because he didn't actually think Ishizu would obediently give him the Card; he was just trying his luck.
Furthermore, there wasn't the Card rampage situation with Ra like there was when Rafael got Osiris before. Yet, the heavy feeling the Card gave off confirmed it was a genuine God Card and not fake. Could it be that the weather was too cold and **The Winged Dragon of Ra** migrated south?
Or perhaps, Osiris reacted so strongly because it had poor compatibility with the **Seal of Orichalcos**, while he received the Card normally?
Valon guessed at various possibilities in his heart, but his actions weren't slow at all. He immediately put away the **The Winged Dragon of Ra**.
Knowing or not knowing the opponent's plan had no impact on Valon, whose goal from beginning to end was simply to "complete the quests." All he needed was to get the real **The Winged Dragon of Ra**, and he wouldn't care even if Ishizu left a tracker on the Card.
After all, when Dartz gave the quests, he didn't say they had to clean up all traces.
Ishizu's decisive action of handing over the **The Winged Dragon of Ra** made Valon, who was in a slightly bad mood due to the low challenge of the quests, quite satisfied. After all, the less trouble, the better. It was naturally best to complete the quests easily without much effort, and he was happy to return sooner.
As for turning hostile after getting the Card and taking care of Ishizu, that wasn't Valon's style.
Even though he found Ishizu's attitude very strange – it was less like accepting his deal and more like being completely indifferent to the Ra Card being taken by him – Valon didn't delve too deeply and intended to leave.
Just then, a helicopter flew from a distance and hovered in front of the Exhibition Hall. Rafael's figure emerged from the cabin, shouting down, "Valon!"
Alright, hearing that shout, Valon understood why Ishizu had called out his name despite him having no intention of telling her. She must have seen this instant through the **Millennium Necklace**.
"Oh, Rafael, I've already got the Ra Card." Looking up and waving, Valon, adhering to the principle of not being the only one exposed, also directly called out his partner's name. "Did Alister get **Obelisk the Tormentor** from Kaiba Seto?"
Rafael nodded, his gaze shifting to Ishizu standing in front of the Exhibition Hall, and he frowned.
It seemed Valon, like Alister, hadn't used the **Seal of Orichalcos** to seal souls. Valon, who wasn't interested in weaklings, probably didn't even Duel and just took the God Card directly.
In this way, although the quest of "collecting God Cards" was indeed completed, neither Alister nor Valon had taken Lord Dartz's additional instruction to "seal the souls of powerful Duelists" to heart. No one's soul was sealed, which was bad.
Furthermore, the only one sealed was a member of Organization Doma, his own Subordinate, Grimo. Just thinking about it made him feel, truly losing composure.
Valon didn't have the ability to read Rafael's psychology. Seeing Rafael nod, he didn't care that Alister might have gotten the God Card earlier than him. He reached out to grab the rope ladder Rafael threw down from the helicopter.
But what neither Rafael nor Valon expected was that upon seeing Valon about to leave, Alister, sitting in the cabin, suddenly stood up and leaped out of the cabin, jumping from a height of six or seven meters onto the ground!
"Hey, Alister, what are you doing!?"
Valon looked at Alister, who had a dead person's face and seemed to be in a bad mood, and suddenly had a bad feeling.
Didn't this guy already get **Obelisk the Tormentor** from Kaiba Seto, his long-standing "concern"? Why was he still in such a bad mood? It was as if he hadn't gained an advantage in his Duel with Kaiba Seto, but instead used some unsightly means to force a draw and then took **Obelisk the Tormentor** while he had the chance.
Alister didn't look back at Valon but walked towards Ishizu on his own, saying, "As you can see, I'm completing that adult's quest to 'seal the souls of powerful Duelists,' Valon."
"You didn't Duel this woman and easily took **The Winged Dragon of Ra** from her hand, right? Hmph, although she holds the strongest God Card, she's undoubtedly just a weakling who avoids Duels."
Hearing Alister speak so directly, how could Valon not tell his plan?
"Wait a minute, Alister, I really didn't Duel that woman, but I made a deal with her. She gave us **The Winged Dragon of Ra**, and then we wouldn't harm—"
"That's the agreement *you* made, don't add 'we' arbitrarily, Valon!" The bad mood Alister directly interrupted Valon. "It's your business if you don't touch her. I'm not interested in your agreement. Her soul can serve as a substitute for letting Kaiba Seto go, to report back."
"You don't have any objections, right, Rafael!"
"Hey, Rafael, say something too!"
Seeing Alister and Valon directly dragging him into their conflict, Rafael helplessly rubbed his forehead. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Hurry up, Alister. The helicopter's fuel consumption isn't low, and we also need to leave Domino City, KaibaCorp's headquarters, early."
Clearly, Rafael, who was considered the leader among their Doma Three Swordsmen, had tacitly approved Alister's action. For him, Valon's personal promise and credibility were too insignificant compared to Organization Doma's great goal of rebuilding a beautiful world.
"Tsk, even Rafael!"
"Hmph!"
Valon and Alister had different moods. After gaining Rafael's support, Alister stood at the Stairs of the Egyptian Artifact Traveling Exhibition Hall, looking at Ishizu standing above, and said confidently, "Don't worry, dealing with an opponent like this who couldn't even make it into the Battle City Top 4, I'll end the Duel quickly."
Even if I forced a draw with that guy Kaiba Seto, do you really think I can't beat a woman who just made it into the Top 8 and was eliminated?
Alister didn't say it, but he was thinking exactly that, and he activated his Duel Disk.
As for Alister's action of ignoring Valon and challenging her to a Duel, Ishizu's face, hidden by her veil, showed no expression of accident whatsoever. Just as she had foreseen Valon coming to take **The Winged Dragon of Ra**, she had also foreseen this scene before her.
"Is that so? You have absolute confidence in defeating me? However, the premise for underestimating your opponent should be having absolute power yourself, right?"
Ishizu also raised the Duel Disk she had already been wearing. It was because she knew this scene would occur that she brought her Duel Disk, even though she knew there wouldn't be a conflict with Valon.
"Hmm, just so you know, my **Millennium Necklace** has the power to foresee the future, and the future it foresees is almost absolute."
"Hmph, in that case, did you see the future where you are defeated by me and sealed inside a Card?"
Hearing Ishizu's words, Alister, who hadn't been ambushed by Ishizu beforehand like Valon, sneered dismissively. Like Kaiba, the opponent he considered a must-defeat, he completely disbelieved things like "foreseeing the future," saying it casually.
Ishizu standing on the Stairs and Alister standing below the Stairs simultaneously drew Cards from their Duel Disks and shouted in unison:
"Duel!" X2
[Ishizu: 4000 LP]
[Alister: 4000 LP]
"Hmm? This hand of Cards..." Seeing the four Cards **Machina Cannon**, **Machina Gearframe**, **Machina Megaform**, and **Machina Ruin Force** in his hand, Alister realized these were the last Cards he used in his previous Duel with Kaiba.
It wasn't that he hadn't shuffled his Deck. After all, after that Duel, both Kaiba's and Alister's Cards were scattered on the ground, so it was impossible for the order not to be mixed up. Besides, his Duel Disk also had an automatic shuffle function. This "Perfect Hand" appearing before him could only be attributed to his luck.
Heh heh, by using **Machina Cannon's** effect to send the three **Machina** Monsters in his hand to the Graveyard in one go, he could easily Summon **Machina Cannon** with its ATK increased to 2400 points. Then, he could use **Machina Ruin Force's** effect to Banish two Monsters from the Graveyard and Special Summon it to the Field.
And the last Card in his hand was the invincible **Seal of Orichalcos**, which could provide a 500 point ATK boost to all his Monsters on the Field. This time, he wouldn't hold back like he did in the Duel with Kaiba; he would definitely activate this Card right at the start.
In the first turn, he could Summon two such powerful Monsters. With this, victory is practically in my grasp! How can I lose?
I've won, I hold victory in my hand!
Alister was quite satisfied with his hand, but this didn't mean he would arrogantly give the first turn to Ishizu.
"The first turn is mine, Draw a Card!" Alister sharply drew the top Card of his Deck, seizing the first turn.
Although information about Ishizu was scarce within Organization Doma, limited to just a few sentences like "uses a **Gravekeeper's** Deck and a Deck primarily featuring Fairy-types and **Exchange of the Spirit**" and "lost to Duel King Hayato Kobayashi in the Battle City Top 8 Advancement Event," there was no complete data.
However, just the **Necrovalley** from the **Gravekeeper's** Deck and the terrifying effect of **Exchange of the Spirit** were enough to know that the opponent absolutely could not be allowed to take the first turn.
Don't be fooled by Alister's "It's just Ishizu, bring the ship closer" form. His intellect is the strongest among the Doma Three Swordsmen. Even in his Duel with Ishizu, he was giving his full power. Perhaps only Kaiba Seto could make Alister lose his sanity and act recklessly.
"I activate the effect of **Machina Cannon** from my hand! This Card cannot be Normal Summoned. If I send any number of Machine Type Monsters from my hand to the Graveyard, I can Special Summon it! I discard three Machine Type Monsters from my hand and Special Summon **Machina Cannon**!"
Three Monster phantoms appeared on Alister's Field. The footage turned into electric current and surged into the **Machina Cannon** behind the phantoms, giving this Monster a power boost.
[Machina Cannon] [Level 8/EARTH]
[Machine Type/Special Summon/Effect]
[0/2200 → 2400/2200]
"**Machina Cannon's** ATK will increase by the value of the number of Monsters sent to the Graveyard by its own effect X 800 points. Since I sent three Machine Type Monsters to the Graveyard, **Machina Cannon** will increase its ATK by 2400 points."
After Alister finished speaking, he drew the three Cards he had just sent to the Graveyard. "That's not all, my Summon hasn't ended yet! Next, I activate the effect of **Machina Ruin Force** in the Graveyard! I Banish the Level 4 **Machina Gearframe** and the Level 8 **Machina Megaform**, two Machine Type Monsters, from the Graveyard so that their Levels total 12 or more,"
"Special Summon **Machina Ruin Force** from the Graveyard!"
A giant war fortress covered in black armor manifested on Alister's Field. In just one turn, Alister actually Summoned his ace Card, **Machina Ruin Force**, onto his Field in one go!
[Machina Ruin Force] [ATK 4600]
"Finally, I activate this Field Spell Card, **Seal of Orichalcos**! This Card increases the ATK of all Monsters on my Field by 500 points, and the loser's soul in this Duel will be sealed within this Card!"
As Alister activated the **Seal of Orichalcos**, Ishizu and he were both surrounded by a bronze-green domain. A smaller domain symbol appeared on both of Alister's Monsters on the Field, boosting their ATK, and the same mark appeared on Alister's forehead.
[Machina Ruin Force] [ATK 4600 → 5100]
[Machina Cannon] [ATK 2400 → 2900]
"Set a card, my turn ends here."
Alister, quite satisfied with his field setup, looked at Ishizu with provocation in his gaze. "With this, my perfect field is complete. Next, no matter if you use the **Gravekeeper's** Deck or **Exchange of the Spirit**, you won't be able to do anything to me."
"End Turn."
"My turn, Draw." Hearing Alister say that, Ishizu's mouth curved into a smile. Recalling Hayato and Marik's tone from her memory, she said sarcastically, "Is that so? That's amazing. However, I feel like your field setup has some issues."
"But it's okay, I'll give you a powerful Monster to fix it." Ishizu said, revealing a Card. "Tribute two Monsters on your opponent's Field, come forth, **Lava Golem**!"
End of Chapter
