Chapter 1573: Eldlich the Mad Golden Lord
“I activate the effect of ‘Eldlixir of White Destiny’ used in the last turn in the graveyard.” Nightshroud said, “During my Main Phase: I can banish this card from my GY; Set 1 ‘Golden Land’ Spell/Trap directly from my Deck.
I banish this card from the graveyard, and set the second ‘Golden Land Forever!’ from the deck on the field.”
Looking at Nightshroud’s field with another cover card, Yuei Vu couldn’t help but frown slightly.
It’s that counter trap again…
A super counter trap had the ability to cancel any effect and could also be set from the deck. It’s shamelessly powerful.
“Activate the Spell Card ‘Spell Books from the Pot’. Both players draw three cards from the deck.” Nightshroud said, “Then activate the Spell Card – Polymerization!”
Yuei Vu raised his eyebrows.
“Wow, this time it’s a fusion?”
“Oh, that’s right, the real power of the Golden Lich can only be released through Fusion Summoning! Now I’ll let you see it here!
The fusion condition is 1 ‘Eldlich’ monster + 1 Level 5 or higher Zombie monster!I will fuse the ‘Eldlich the Golden Lord’ in my hand and the ‘Eldlich the Golden Lord’ on the field! Fusion Summon–
–Level 10, Eldlich the Mad Golden Lord!!!”
The two Golden Lords merged to form an Undead King with a larger body and more golden armor!
[Eldlich the Mad Golden Lord, ATK 3800]
“Then activate the effect of ‘Eldlich the Golden Lord’ in the Graveyard.” Nightshroud continued, “If this card is in my GY: I can send 1 Spell/Trap I control to the GY; add this card to my hand.
I send the Continuous Spell ‘Cursed Eldland’ on my field to the Graveyard, and add ‘Eldlich the Golden Lord’ in the Graveyard to my hand.”
The Golden Lord in the Graveyard popped out and was drawn back into the hand by Nightshroud.
“Then there is the subsequent effect of ‘Eldlich the Golden Lord’!” Nightshroud continued, “After returning to the hand through this effect, I can Special Summon 1 Zombie monster from my hand.
Of course, the Golden Lord himself is a Zombie monster!”
Nightshroud showed the card again.
“So I Special Summon this card from my hand again–
–‘Eldlich the Golden Lord’!”
[Eldlich the Golden Lord, ATK 2500]
“Then the monster Special Summoned by this effect gains 1000 ATK/DEF and cannot be destroyed by card effects until the end of the opponent’s next turn!”
[Eldlich the Golden Lord, ATK 2500 → ATK 3500]
“The effect of the Continuous Spell ‘Cursed Eldland’ that was just sent to the Graveyard! If this card is sent from the Spell & Trap Zone to the GY: I can send 1 ‘Eldlich’ monster or 1 ‘Golden Land’ Spell/Trap from my Deck to the GY.
I send the Trap Card ‘Huaquero of the Golden Land’ to the Graveyard.”
Nightshroud draws a Trap Card and sends it to the Graveyard, and the Deck is automatically shuffled.
In this way, Nightshroud has an “Eldlich the Golden Lord” with an attack power of 3500 and an “Eldlich the Mad Golden Lord” with an attack power of 3800. Together, they could deal 7300 battle damage, which was enough to complete the kill!
But Yuei Vu was not powerless.
“Armityle the Chaos Phantasm” was special summoned through Dimension Fusion Destruction, which had an additional effect: “You take no battle damage from attacks involving the monster Special Summoned by this effect”.
In addition, Armityle itself could not be destroyed by battle, so even if two Eldlich attacked, it was meaningless.
Unless he did not attack at all.
“Eldlich the Mad Golden Lord’s effect is activated!” Nightshroud said, “Tribute 1 Zombie monster, then target 1 face-up monster the opponent controls; take control of it!
I release ‘Eldlich the Golden Lord’ and gain control of ‘Armityle the Chaos Phantasm’ on your field!”
Golden Lord turned into a golden light spot and disappeared from the field, and a strange energy enveloped the Chaos Phantasm on Yuei Vu’s field! The Mad Golden Lord waved his arms, the space on the field was distorted, and a ripple-like dimensional fluctuation, the Chaos Phantasm fled to Nightshroud’s field at the speed of light in the blink of an eye.
“This way, your field is completely defenseless.” Nightshroud shouted, “‘Eldlich the Mad Golden Lord’, attack directly!”
“Open the set card: Trap Card – Defense Draw!” Yuei Vu said, “Make the battle damage I take from this battle 0, and I can draw 1 card!”
The trap temporarily resisted the attack of the Golden Lich, and Yuei Vu immediately drew a card.
“Heh, you just blocked the attack.” Nightshroud sneered, “But you shouldn’t have forgotten the effect of your own Chaos Phantasm, right?
Once per turn, Armityle the Chaos Phantasm can inflict 10,000 points of combat damage to the opponent’s monster or duelist – since you don’t have any monsters on the field, you must bear 10,000 points of damage all by yourself.”
Indeed, if Yuei Vu took 10,000 points of combat damage from Armityle in this situation, he would be finished.
But he didn’t seem to be panicked at all, as if he had nothing to fear.
Nightshroud failed to achieve the effect he wanted and seemed to find it boring. He continued, “Although I really want to say that activating the effect of the Chaos Phantasm will end this duel…
…But unfortunately, the monster controlled by the effect of ‘Eldlich the Mad Golden Lord’ cannot attack or activate its effects this turn.
You barely survived.”
Yuei Vu: “…”
“I end my turn.” Nightshroud continued, “At this moment, activate the effect of the Trap Card ‘Huaquero of the Golden Land’ in the Graveyard.
Banish this card from my GY; Set 1 ‘Eldlixir’ Spell/Trap directly from my Deck.”
Another card popped out of the deck.
“I put the Trap Card ‘Eldlixir of Scarlet Sanguine’ from the deck on the field.”
A new Trap Card appeared at Nightshroud’s feet.
Eldlixir of Scarlet Sanguine…
Yuei Vu recalled.
If I remember correctly, it should still be a trap to summon Eldlich.
Eldlixir of Scarlet Sanguine (Trap Card): Special Summon 1 Zombie monster from your Deck or GY, but if you control no “Eldlich” monsters, you can only Special Summon “Eldlich” monsters with this effect. For the rest of this turn after this card resolves, you cannot Special Summon monsters, except Zombie monsters. You can banish this card from your GY; Set 1 “Golden Land” Spell/Trap directly from your Deck.
If it goes as expected, Nightshroud will use this trap to special summon the third “Eldlich the Golden Lord” from the deck in the next turn.
And he had the counter trap “Golden Land Forever!” in his backfield, which could be activated by releasing the Golden Lord on the field to negate the effect of any card.
“As expected of the Golden Land, it’s a bit troublesome…”