Chapter 1283: Magician Girls

"At this moment, Berry Magician Girl's effect activates," Kira said.

"When Berry Magician Girl becomes the target of an opponent's card effect or an opponent's attack, you can activate this effect once per turn: Change this card's battle position, and then Special Summon 1 new 'Magician Girl' monster from your Deck."

As soon as the words fell, the Berry girl switched from Attack to Defense Position. Her tiny body crouched, and her staff projected a defensive magic circle in front.

[Berry Magician Girl, ATK 400 → DEF 400]

"Then Special Summon Apple Magician Girl from the Deck!"

The Berry girl lightly tapped her staff. A new magic circle opened in the empty zone beside her. Apple-colored magical energy surged forth, and an energetic, cute girl with snow-white skin and a refreshing appearance stepped out of the circle with a light spin.

[Apple Magician Girl, ATK 1200]

"You used my attack to summon a new Magician Girl?" the fake Leo said. "Is that your goal?

But it's useless—my Power Tool has multiple attack capability! Continue the attack! First, destroy Berry Magician Girl!"

Power Tool Mecha Dragon's attack did not stop. Its thunderous strike continued to pierce the tiny magician girl. Though the girl had switched to Defense, the barrier shattered into golden fragments, but no damage was dealt.

"Here it comes! Second attack!" the fake Leo shouted. "Attack the newly summoned Apple Magician Girl!"

The mechanical dragon pressed the advantage. Without letting the lightning on its arm fade after the first strike, it gathered energy again and unleashed another massive thunderbolt.

But this time, things did not go so smoothly.

"Then Apple Magician Girl's effect activates," Kira said. "When Apple Magician Girl becomes the target of an opponent's attack, Special Summon 1 Spellcaster monster of Level 5 or lower from your hand."

Kira revealed another Spellcaster from his hand.

"Special Summon the Kiwi Magician Girl I added to my hand last turn!"

Kira played another monster card. The magic circle lit up again. A tall, slender magician girl big sister appeared within the magic ring, wearing a confident smile with a hint of cunning.

[Kiwi Magician Girl, ATK 1800]

The fake Leo frowned in displeasure. "Again… Every time you're attacked, you summon a new Magician Girl. Is that the trait of your Deck?

But no matter how many of these monsters come…"

Before he could finish, Power Tool Mecha Dragon's steel arm erupted with blinding blue arcs. The high-voltage current tore through the air like lightning serpents, rushing toward Apple Magician Girl. Yet the girl with the apple-colored hair ornament leaped lightly, her staff tracing a crystalline trail. A transparent magic circle instantly unfolded, displaying intricate clockwork-like magical runes. The moment the current struck the circle, the entire array spun rapidly like a whipped top, flinging the rampaging electrical energy along a tangent toward the green-haired Kiwi Magician Girl.

Without even raising her head, the latter extended her left fingertip. Emerald magical power collided with the incoming current. Like returning a tennis serve, she compressed the energy into a blazing white orb and smacked it back. The reflected current beam struck the Power Tool Dragon's chest core with precision. The overload triggered a chain explosion. First, hydraulic oil in the joints ignited into a fiery tornado; then the steel body shattered and scattered like shrapnel.

In the clash between magic and technology, the mechanical dragon whose ATK far exceeded the Magician Girls was blown to pieces.

"What!?" the fake Leo exclaimed in shock. "Why?"

He had clearly attacked the Apple girl—how did the attack target suddenly switch to the Kiwi girl with that redirection?

Moreover, even if the target changed, his Power Tool had 2800 ATK while the opponent had only 1800. Why did his side explode?

"After Apple Magician Girl Special Summons a new Magician Girl, she can then force the opponent's attack target to switch to that newly summoned Magician Girl," Kira said with a light smile.

"And in that case, the opponent's attacking monster loses half its ATK."

The fake Leo: "!"

Because the ATK was halved, the Power Tool Dragon that originally had 2800 ATK became 1400, which was why it was counter-killed by the 1800-ATK Kiwi Magician Girl.

[Leo & Luna, LP 4000 → LP 3200]

"Hm? 800 points of damage?"

Kira raised an eyebrow, then glanced at the raging sun in the sky and immediately understood. He laughed, "I see—so it's the effect of your Field Spell?"

Field Spell – Fairy Tale Chapter 2 – Seething Sun. While this card is on the field, battle damage taken by both players is doubled.

Kira smiled. "You have to enjoy your own Field Spell too. Very reasonable."

"Ugh, damn it!" the fake Leo raged. "Using such cheap tricks against my Power Tool—remember this!"

Kira chuckled. "Oh? Really?"

Getting angry at just this level? This kid's composure was truly poor. If they continued like this, wouldn't he explode with rage later?

The fake Luna also said coldly, "It's because you were too reckless, Leo. I already warned you. A broken scarecrow really is a broken scarecrow…"

The fake Leo sweated, feeling indignant but not daring to talk back to his sister.

"I haven't lost yet," he said. "I Set three cards. Turn end!"

"So you defend with back-row after your Power Dragon is defeated," Kira remarked.

"My turn, draw."

He drew a card, glanced at it, and immediately played it.

"Normal Summon Lemon Magician Girl."

Lemon-colored light formed a magic circle. The transparent waves transformed into the image of a magician girl. Another refreshing, cute magician girl flapped her transparent wings, blinked, and made a sparkling entrance.

[Lemon Magician Girl, ATK 800]

"There are no monsters on your field, so let me see what your back row has in store. Enter Battle Phase."

Kira waved his hand.

"First, Lemon Magician Girl attacks the replica Leo and replica Luna directly!"

Though it appeared to ignore the three Set cards and attack directly—seemingly as reckless as the fake Leo's earlier move—it was actually not. Kira's attack carried built-in resistance.

Kiwi Magician Girl's effect: While this card is on the field, all Spellcaster monsters you control cannot be destroyed by card effects and cannot become the target of opponent's card effects.

It was the same resistance as Kaiba's "Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon" from the anime duel featuring the Magician Girls.

All the Magician Girls on Kira's field possessed this resistance, and the total offensive output at the moment reached 4200. If this full assault went through, the three Magician Girls could directly blow open the twins' rear ends.