Xyz Civil War! A Civil War Among Mages!

Chapter 387 Xyz Civil War! A Civil War Among Mages!

[Excess Material: 2]

"Xyz Monster!? You can Xyz Summon too?"

Dennis looked at Kagura in surprise. "Wait, are you a primitive man? You've even learned the latest summoning method and managed to summon your own Xyz Monster?"

Kagura waved her hand: "It's not over yet! At this very moment! I activate the effect of [Dark Magician of Illusion]!"

"Once per turn, detach 1 Xyz Material! Special Summon 1 Spellcaster Normal Monster from your hand or Deck!"

"I detach one Xyz Material! Special Summon [Dark Magician] from my Deck!"

"Come on! [Dark Magician]!"

Kagura pulled out a material from under the card. On the field, the black-skinned magician waved his magic wand, and a material merged into his body, with a magic circle appearing beside him.

A dark magician emerged from the magic circle, raising his staff with equal solemnity.

[Dark Magician, Attack Power 2500]

"The ability to quickly summon the [Dark Magician]? That's certainly a convenient effect that fits the theme perfectly."

Dennis had just finished his critique when Kagura chuckled and snapped her fingers: "Enter the battle phase!"

"【Dark Magician】! Attack 【Entertainment Mage. Swing Magician】!"

"Dark Magician!"

Dennis was startled: "Equal attack power, are you trying to take us both down with you?"

"But don't forget, I also have the perpetual spell [Shield Bubble] on my field! [Entertainment Mage. Swing Magician]"

It grants immunity to one instance of combat effect disruption!

Kagura narrowed her eyes: "I never intended to do that!"

"At this very moment! I activate another effect of [Dark Magician of Illusion]!"

"When a Spellcaster-Type Normal Monster declares an attack, target 1 card on your opponent's field and banish that card!"

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"I choose to remove your [Entertainment Wizard. Swing Magician] from the field!"

Dennis was shocked: "It's an effect of the external element?"

His deck is very averse to combat and effect destruction, and really has no way to deal with banished effects.

Is this exactly the effect of restraining him?

Dennis inwardly praised him, but he wasn't too flustered. Instead, he raised his arm and said, "That's a really powerful effect."

"But this ability is just a small challenge for my performance!"

"One, Twe, Three! Show Time! Open the face-down card! Trap Card, [Breakthrough Skill]!"

"Target 1 Effect Monster your opponent controls; negate that monster's effects until the end of this turn!"

"I choose your [Dark Magician of Illusion]! Negate its effect!"

Faced with the sudden counterattack, Kagura remained calm and snapped her fingers: "At this very moment! I activate the Trap Card in my Graveyard! [Magician's Guiding Gate]!"

"If you control [Dark Magician], banish this card from your Graveyard, then target 1 face-up Spell/Trap Card your opponent controls; negate that card's effect until the end of this turn!"

"However, this effect cannot be used during the turn the item is sent to the graveyard."

Kagura pointed to Dennis's field: "I choose the Trap Card [Breakthrough Skill] that you activated on the field, and negate its effect!"

The trap, when opened, emitted a crackling sound of electricity before being sent into the graveyard. Dennis was genuinely shocked this time, feeling that the performance had subtly gone off track.

The effect continued to be processed. The dark-skinned magician in the Kagura stadium waved his staff lightly, and the magician swinging on the swing was directly banished to another dimension.

"Forehead----"

Dennis bit his lip, but clearly wasn't dwelling on the pain of losing his ace. A glint flashed in his eyes, as if he had quickly made a new tactical decision. With a wave of his hand, he announced, "Because my [Entertainment Wizard. Swing Magician] was banished, its Xyz Material was also sent to the graveyard!"

"I activate the effect of the Xyz Material sent to the graveyard, [Entertainment Mage: Trickster]!"

"If this card is sent to the Graveyard, target 1 [Entertainment Wizard] monster in your Graveyard; Special Summon that monster!"

"However, the monster Special Summoned by this effect has its ATK and DEF reduced to 0!"

Dennis drew a card from his deck and placed it on the Duel Disk: "I Special Summon 'Entertainment Mage - Hat Trick' from my Graveyard in Defense Position!"

The monster, composed of magician's glasses, hat, staff, and cloak, reappears, waving its staff.

[Entertainment Mage. Hat Trickster, Defense 1100 → Defense 0]

"Using this effect will cause me to take 1000 points of damage!"

Dennis waved his hand: "But I'll activate the effect of my [Entertainment Mage. Hat Trick] on the field!"

"You can activate this effect only when it inflicts damage on yourself! Place 1 Fun Wizard Counter on this card, and then that effect reduces the damage you take to 0!"

[Hat Trickster] spun his staff, absorbing the damage.

Kagura: "Then, [Dark Magician], continue the attack! Attack [Entertainment Mage. Hat Trickster]!"

"Dark Magician!"

The dark magician raised his hand and fired a magic bullet. Dennis said, "It's still the effect of the [Shield Bubble], immune to one attack!"

The bubble burst, successfully deflecting an attack. Kagura remained unfazed and continued, "Next up is [Illusion Dark Mage]! Attack [Entertainment Mage. Hat Trick Master]!"

This time, the immunity effect wasn't broken, but Dennis clicked the Duel Disk again, revealing a face-down card in the back row: "Open face-down card! Trap Card! [Half Damage Unbreakable]!"

"You can activate this effect by selecting 1 monster on the field. This turn, the selected monster cannot be destroyed by battle, and battle damage you take from battles fought by that monster is halved!"

"I choose my [Entertainment Wizard - Hat Trick] to prevent this monster from being destroyed by battle this turn!"

The attack was blocked again, and the dark-skinned magician returned to the field, looking displeased. Kagura didn't pay much attention, drew a hand of cards, and inserted them into the Duel Disk: "Then I'll set three cards face down! End of turn!"

Dennis's smile vanished instantly. He slapped down three cards in one go. They were clearly not good people, playing such underhanded tricks.

Is this the duel of kings?

He took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and began his turn: "My turn! Draw a card!"

Dennis looked at the card he had drawn, his eyes lighting up. He immediately inserted it into his Duel Disk: "I activate the Spell Card! [Card Draw Bread]!"

"You can only activate one of these cards per turn! If you have a monster in your Graveyard, you can pay 200 Life Points to activate this card: Draw 1 card and reveal it to both players!"

[Dennis McField, LP4000→LP3800]

His heart skipped a beat; the pain was so intense it felt like death itself.

Is this the legendary, near-death experience that dark games supposedly inflict? It's truly astonishing.

But that's what makes a performance that determines life or death interesting!

"Draw a card!"

Dennis drew a card, showed it to Kagura, and continued, "If the card you draw is a monster, you can activate its effect!"

"If this card is not in your Graveyard, draw 1 card; otherwise, discard 1 card from your hand!"

Dennis grinned: "The card I drew is [Entertainment Mage - Flame Devourer]. This card is FIRE, and since I don't have this attribute in my graveyard, I can draw another card from my deck!"

Dennis drew another card from his hand, glanced at it, and became excited again: "Heh, things are getting interesting again!"

"I activate my Spell Card! [Double Spell]!"

"You can discard 1 Spell Card from your hand, then target 1 Spell Card in your opponent's Graveyard to activate this effect. Place the targeted Spell Card in the correct Card Zone on your field and use it!"

Dennis: "I'm sending the spell card 'Magic Stone Mining' to the Graveyard. I'm using 'Life-Slaying Talisman' in your Graveyard!"

"Draw cards from your deck until you have five cards in your hand!"

After drawing four cards in one go, Dennis let out a sigh of relief, saying that he had never felt so good in his life and was incredibly excited.

Kagura didn't react much, but Dennis continued like a performer: "Ladies and gentlemen! Now it's time for my spectacular performance, Dennis!"

"First, I'll summon my usual spell! [Entertainment Mage. Flame Devourer]!"

A black sphere with uneven eyes split open its mouth and produced flames.

[Entertainment Mage. Flame Devourer, Level 4, Fire Attribute, Mage Type, ATK 1200, Effect Monster.]

"Then activate the effect of [Entertainment Mage: Flame Devourer]! When this card is Normal or Special Summoned, both players take 500 damage!"

Flames gathered from the black sphere's mouth, seemingly intending to kill the two people present equally with their breath.

Dennis extended his finger and continued in his theatrical tone, "But I have [Entertainment Mage - Hat Trick] on my field. Place a counter on this card, and the effect damage you take becomes 0!"

"And! I'll chain this effect! Activate the effect of the second [Entertainment Mage. Flame Devourer]!"

Dennis continued his maneuver: "This card can only be Special Summoned from your hand when an effect that inflicts damage on yourself is activated, and that effect reduces the damage you receive to 0!"

The two effects are linked and take effect simultaneously. [Entertainment Mage. Hat Trick] gains an additional counter, and a second [Entertainment Mage. Flame Devourer] is also summoned to the field.

[Entertainment Mage - Flame Devourer, Attack Power 1200]

Dennis snapped his fingers: "So this time, only Mr. Duel King will bear the brunt of the damage!"

[Kagura Kiryu, LP4000→LP3500]

Dennis continued with a laugh, "Then there's the effect of the second [Entertainment Mage. Flame Devourer]: When successfully Summoned or Special Summoned, it deals 500 damage to both players!"

Flames began to brew in the mouth of the second black sphere, seemingly intending to kill both of them equally.

Dennis snapped his fingers again: "Then it's still the effect of [Entertainment Mage. Hat Trick]: place a counter, granting immunity to one instance of effect damage!"

The powerful magician absorbed the flames once more, but it seemed he had reached his limit.

Dennis grinned confidently: "Then I'll chain-activate the effect of [Entertainment Mage. High-Level Archer] in the graveyard!"

"When a [Fun Wizard] monster other than this card is in your Graveyard, and an effect that inflicts damage to your opponent is activated, banish this card from your Graveyard! Inflict 2000 damage to your opponent!"

"So that's a total of 2500 damage! Here you go!"

[Kagura Kiryu, LP3500→LP1000]

Kagura remained calm, though she was somewhat surprised.

Dennis's blood-draining technique is really good. He reduced my health by 3,000 in one round. In the anime, 4,000 health is a lot of pain.

Dennis was completely excited and continued to demonstrate his skills: "It's not over yet!"

He pointed to the magician made of props on his field: "[Entertainment Wizard. Hat Trick] can only place a maximum of three tokens; this is the limit!"

"But now, this is the moment when this card unleashes its true power!"

Dennis spread his five fingers: "When this card has 3 Entertainment Mage Counters, this card's ATK and DEF become 3300!"

[Entertainment Mage. Hat Trickster, Defense 0 → Defense 3300]

"Next, I'll change this card to Attack Position!"

[Entertainment Mage. Hat Trick Mage, Defense 3300 → Attack 3300]

Dennis continued his maneuver: "Next! I'll use my two level 4 [Entertainment Mage. Flame Devourer] units on the field."

Stack them!

"Two monsters form a superimposed network, Xyz Summon!"

"Come on! Tier 4! The second [Entertainment Mage. Swing Magician]!"

The magician reappeared, tracing a path through the air, swinging back and forth, his staff flashing arcs of light in the air.

[Entertainment Mage. Swing Magician, Attack Power 2500]

Dennis: "Hahahaha! Now I activate the effect of [Entertainment Mage. Swing Magician]! Remove one Xyz Material! This allows my [Entertainment Mage. Hat Trick] to attack twice!"

The monster, disguised as a magician, sensed the power within its body and felt it was about to become invincible.

"It's not over yet!"

Dennis even had a trick up his sleeve: "I activate my magic card! [Fusion]!"

He smiled and said, "Isn't this what you wanted to see? Well, I'll show it to you then!"

Dennis clasped his hands together: "I banish [Entertainment Mage: Flame Eater] from my hand and [Entertainment Mage: Trickster] from the field! Fusion!"

"Ban the Fusion Material Monsters specified on a Spellcaster Fusion Monster Card from your field or Graveyard, and Fusion Summon that Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck."

"The summoning condition is 2 [Entertainment Mage] monsters!"

"O acrobat who can manipulate even pain at will, endlessly transform yourself, merge with the ropes connecting people, and become a new witch soaring through the skies!"

"Fusion Summon! Appear! Level 7!"

"【Entertainment Mage. Swing-Powerful Witch】!"

A witch dressed as a circus clown waves her staff, just like the one used by the swing magician, and swings around in the air wearing little leather shoes.

[Entertainment Mage. Swing Power Witch, Level 7, Dark Attribute, Mage Race, Attack Power 2400, Fusion Monster.]