Chapter 1304: Don't Tell Me You Can Wipe Them All Out?

"Lazion, the Timelord's attack!"

The massive Timelord swung its fist, carrying overwhelming energy.

"Oh?"

Kira narrowed his eyes.

He knows I have Gravity Bind set in the backrow, yet he still attacks without hesitation.

That meant he most likely already had a counter to it in hand.

Interesting.

Kira had guessed as much but still accepted the challenge. He waved his hand to activate the backrow.

"I activate my set card, Continuous Trap 'Gravity Bind'!

While this card is on the field, neither player can declare an attack with Level 4 or higher monsters!"

Invisible gravity waves radiated from the trap, once again placing invisible shackles on all monsters. Lazion's fist halted mid-strike, seemingly suppressed by the waves.

The fake Z-ONE responded immediately, "Then I activate the Quick-Play Spell 'Mystical Space Typhoon' from my hand!

Destroy one Spell or Trap Card on the field."

A pitch-black storm swept up the backrow trap. Lightning struck the center of the storm, tearing the trap card to shreds.

"Gravity Bind is a Continuous Trap. Once destroyed, its effect disappears immediately, so Timelord attacks remain valid," the fake Z-ONE said heavily. "After Lazion, the Timelord's battle, return all monsters on the opponent's field and all cards in their Graveyard to the owner's Deck and shuffle!"

Checkmate.

This instantly removed the two troublesome Abyss Soldiers, stripping the opponent of his strongest weapon against Timelords.

But Kira immediately countered, "Then I activate my set card, Trap Card 'Dimensional Prison'!

This card can be activated when the opponent declares an attack. Remove the attacking monster from play!"

The void tore open like parchment. A rift edged with purple lightning opened before Lazion. Gravitational waves strong enough to deform metal emanated from its core.

The moment Lazion's swinging fist touched the rift's edge, its entire arm disintegrated into countless cubic metal blocks. Endless gravity dragged its whole body inside. Lazion's torso began to pixelate and collapse before being twisted and sucked into the other side of the dimension.

The face beneath the fake Z-ONE's mask twitched imperceptibly.

Removed instead of destroyed—perfectly bypassing the Timelords' destruction resistance.

He snorted coldly and continued, "So what? I still have two more Timelord attacks. Battle continues!

Next, Kamion, the Timelord attacks 'Abyss Soldier'!"

The second Timelord attacked. Before it even struck, the surrounding space distorted like cracked glass, rippling like waves of time.

Even if one Timelord is removed, two remain. Don't tell me you can wipe them all out?

Kamion, the Timelord's battle effect: Return all monsters on the opponent's field to the owner's Deck and shuffle, inflicting 500 damage per monster returned.

It was another board-clear effect that could instantly remove two Abyss Soldiers and deal 1000 damage.

Kira snapped his fingers again. "Then I activate my set card, Trap Card 'Compulsory Evacuation Device'!

This card returns one monster on the field to the owner's hand."

Kira flicked his finger lightly.

"Return 'Kamion, the Timelord' to the hand as well."

Kamion, the Timelord turned into a golden beam and flew straight back into the fake Z-ONE's hand.

The fake Z-ONE: "..."

Though his iron mask showed no ripples and he appeared calm, the face beneath it was likely anything but.

He had been confident that every Timelord had destruction resistance and was immune to most traps—especially attack-declaration triggered ones. That was true. The problem was that the opponent had gathered intelligence beforehand. He knew exactly which Timelords were being used and that the entire deck had destruction resistance.

Therefore, Kira not only built a deck specifically to counter Timelords but also removed all "monster destruction" cards, including generic traps. Every remaining trap in this deck had been carefully selected to be effective against Timelords.

That was why the opponent felt like the Timelords' vaunted resistance was useless—they couldn't stop a single trap.

The fake Z-ONE grew angry. "Then I still have 'Metaion, the Timelord's' attack!

Metaion, attack 'Abyss Soldier'!"

This time Kira seemed to have run out of responses. Metaion's attack went through. The moment it swung its right fist, endless red light burst forth like a surging energy tsunami.

As the crimson waves swept the battlefield, the armor of both Abyss Soldiers began to liquefy. The left soldier tried to block with its trident, but the weapon melted into blue liquid on contact. The right soldier was pierced through the chest, its body scattering like shattered waves. The two were swept up in the red light, forming two counterclockwise water spouts, and shot back into Kira's hand.

"After Metaion, the Timelord's battle, at the end of the Battle Phase, return all monsters on the opponent's field to the owner's hand," the fake Z-ONE said. "Then inflict damage equal to the number of monsters returned × 300!"

[Kira, LP 2500 → LP 1900]

Although Metaion's attack succeeded, the two stronger Timelords had been neutralized by Kira. Metaion's strike looked fierce but only bounced the Abyss Soldiers. They were only Level 4 monsters; Kira could easily resummon them next turn.

While the anime Timelords had far more broken effects than their real-card versions, summoning them was actually harder.

Real-card Timelords could be Normal Summoned without tribute if no monsters were on the field. The anime versions lacked this.

Anime Timelords required either two tributes for a Tribute Summon, sacrificing a Time Maiden for easier summoning, or using Continuous Traps like "Infinite Machine."

In short, anime Timelords needed specific support cards. Being bounced to hand was still painful.

Kira's Abyss Soldiers, however, only cost an extra Normal Summon.

The fake Z-ONE had anticipated this. He ended the Battle Phase and said, "While the Continuous Trap 'Infinite Machine' is on the field, I can Special Summon Timelords from my hand.

Come, Special Summon 'Kamion, the Timelord' once again."

Kamion, which had just been bounced, landed again. With Infinite Machine active, the impact of being bounced was minimized.

[Kamion, the Timelord, ATK 0]

"Next, I activate this card…"

The fake Z-ONE swung his mechanical arm and hurled another card from his hand.

"Spell Card 'Card Destruction'!"

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