"Wait, Yilin, didn't you notice the biggest difference between Aisha now and before?" First-year classmates, who also noticed the abnormality in Aisha's dueling, reminded: "Did you notice, Aisha, she actually has a set card in her back row area?"
As if enlightened, Yilin suddenly reacted, "It's true! Xiao Ai, did she finally successfully craft a Spell & Trap card?"
In any duel before this, Aisha had never used Spell & Trap cards, because there simply weren't any in her deck.
"Indeed, there's a difference from before. Otherwise, you wouldn't have the courage to stand before me."
Turn exchanged, Kevin (凱文 - Kǎi wén), starting his turn as the second player, also drew a card from the Elven Eye.
"But, no matter how much you change, Aisha Yuna Carlos, as the dead last, you absolutely cannot surpass me!"
Selecting a monster card from his hand and throwing it onto the duel field, within the materialized magical brilliance, a monster shaped like a lizard walked out.
"Summon in attack position——[Lizard Soldier]!"
[Lizard Soldier ★★★ (3-Star) WIND][Dragon-Type ATK: 1100 DEF: 800]
Wielding a sword and shield, a monster considered to have decent stats among 3-stars, immediately began to battle after being successfully summoned by Kevin.
"Begin battle, destroy the opponent's defense position monster, Lizard Soldier!——『Iron Blade Fury Slash』!"
Aisha's face-down defense position card was forcefully flipped over, revealing its true form, and then instantly cut in two.
[Yoyo ★ LIGHT][Angel-Type ATK: 300 DEF: 100]
Shaped like a block of tofu, a 1-star trash monster with a question mark above its head, Yoyo was destroyed by Lizard Soldier without any resistance.
As the tofu block was cut open, the card shattered and was sent to the Graveyard.
[Yoyo] destroyed
The impact of the strong sword wind left Ling Ling, experiencing real monster summoning firsthand for the first time, utterly amazed.
"Duel Monster battles so real they could destroy heaven and earth... That was simply the dream of all Duelists in the former world!"
And now, the fierce battles that could once only be imagined from cards were now unfolding incomparably realistically before Ling Ling's eyes.
"Getting excited now!" Even though his monster was destroyed first, Ling Ling couldn't suppress the excited smile on his lips.
"Xiao Ai, she's clearly still using trash monsters, yet she's actually smiling." Aisha's overly abnormal reaction made Yilin couldn't help but worry, "And that smile... is that really a smile Xiao Ai can make? Too strange!"
Gaining the upper hand in the exchange, Kevin confirmed that no matter how much Aisha changed, that deck filled with powerless trash monsters wouldn't change.
"Meaningless struggle. I set 1 card in the Spell & Trap Zone, turn end!"
Kevin also flung a card from his hand into the back row ground, setting it.
"My turn, draw."
Starting his turn again, after drawing a card from the Elven Eye with Aisha's slender fingers, Ling Ling scanned the card.
Aisha: "Mr. Ling Ling, this card is!"
"It came at just the right time." Continuing to maintain defense, Ling Ling flung the card drawn this turn onto the field.
"I once again summon 1 monster in face-down defense position, turn end."
"Cowering, don't you even dare to summon one monster face-up, Aisha Yuna!"
From the beginning of the duel until now, Ling Ling had always summoned in face-down position. This behavior seemed to greatly displease Kevin.
"Isn't defense also a type of tactic? Wait until you actually beat me before acting arrogant, Kevin Set!"
Seeing Ling Ling start provoking Kevin without reservation, Aisha in her soul state immediately panicked.
"Ah ah ah, you can't do that, Mr. Ling Ling. I wouldn't say those lines, please don't do unnecessary things."
"Then Aisha, you've really been holding back quite a bit until now."
As the saying goes, playing cards without trash talk is worse than going home to sell sweet potatoes.
Even if you lose everything else, you can't lose in terms of aura.
"My turn, draw!"
While Aisha and Ling Ling were conversing, Kevin had already drawn a card and started his next turn.
"Wait until I actually beat you? Fine, I'll grant your wish this turn. Let me show you the difference between a dead last and an elite! Monster Summon——[Mighty Valkyria]!"
[Mighty Valkyria ★★★★ (4-Star) LIGHT][Warrior-Type ATK: 1800 DEF: 1050]
Unfurling pure white angel wings within the sacred brilliance of summoning magic, Kevin Set's summon this turn caused not only the first-years but also many second-years to gasp in amazement.
"A 4-star monster with 1800 attack points, basically already touching the ceiling-level strength for this level summon. Kevin Set, truly worthy of being the grade's strongest with a 100% win rate."
"And it's not over yet!" Kevin drew 1 Magic Card from his hand and flung it towards the just-summoned [Mighty Valkyria].
"——Activate Equip Magic Card [Light of the Elves]!"
[Light of the Elves Equip Magic Card Effect: Can only be equipped to a LIGHT monster. The equipped monster gains 400 ATK and loses 200 DEF.]
"I equip [Light of the Elves] to [Mighty Valkyria], increasing her attack power by 400 points!"
[Mighty Valkyria ATK: 1800→2200]
Yilin sensed trouble: "It's a C-rank Equip Spell! This way, [Mighty Valkyria]'s attack power exceeds 2000 points."
Now on Kevin's field, there was one [Lizard Soldier] and one [Mighty Valkyria] with over 2000 attack points.
Conversely, on Aisha's field, there was only one defense position monster of unknown identity.
If it was trash like the previous turn, it would likely be instantly killed by the 2200 attack power [Mighty Valkyria].
"Battle, my monsters! Attack her defense position monster with [Lizard Soldier]!"
Clearly, Kevin intended the same.
First, use [Lizard Soldier] to clear the defense position monster, then attack directly with [Mighty Valkyria] to finish Aisha off with 2200 damage.
"Trash shouldn't hide!"
Lizard Soldier's sharp blade once again flipped over Aisha's face-down defense position monster card.
"Hehe, you fell for it after all." Ling Ling (Aisha), whose scheme succeeded, smiled smugly: "The monster I summoned in defense position is——[Priestess Who Received the Chalice]!"
[Priestess Who Received the Chalice ★★ WATER][Spellcaster-Type ATK:0 DEF:2100]
Floating out from the flipped horizontal card, the blue-haired girl surrounded by clear flowing water magic unfolded a barrier, taking [Lizard Soldier]'s slash head-on.
"Wow~" Seeing her familiar card, Irena showed a look of pleasant surprise.
"A monster with 2100 defense points, surpassing your Lizard Soldier's attack power, will reflect the difference of 1000 points of damage back to you!"
No one expected that in this duel of the weakest VS the strongest, the person to first receive a whopping 1000 points of damage would actually be the strongest, Kevin.