Chapter 343 For Victory
Chimera Fortress Dragon may not seem like a very powerful card at first glance, but when it was released, it unexpectedly had a huge impact on the environment.

The main reason is actually because of the electronic dragon.

To a certain extent, the birth of this card was undoubtedly a love-hate relationship for the Cyber ​​Dragon, which was recognized as the strongest fighter in the environment at that time.

On the positive side, Cyber ​​Dragon becomes the nemesis of all Machine-type monsters. No matter how powerful the opponent summons a Machine-type monster, you only need to Special Summon Cyber ​​Dragon, and then Cyber ​​Dragon can eat all the Machine-type monsters on the opponent's field in one go and transform into Chimera Fortress Dragon.

It is equivalent to the Cyber ​​Dragon having its own "super-fusion" field-clearing ability. Even if you have five full-resistance big brothers on the field that are "not affected by any effects", they are just high-quality food in front of the Cyber ​​Dragon.

But from a pessimistic point of view, it also means that the Cyber ​​Dragon itself has become food for the opponent.

Before this card was born, it was common for one side to use a Cyber ​​Dragon and then rely on that one Cyber ​​Dragon to suppress the opponent throughout the entire duel. 2100 points is an absolutely insurmountable barrier for low-level fighters, and the suppression power of a Cyber ​​Dragon was still very strong.

But the situation is different after this card is released. The opponent can kill your Cyber ​​Dragon by just playing a random Machine-type monster. Even the controller himself must remember that when he has a Cyber ​​Dragon on the field, he cannot summon a second Machine-type monster casually, otherwise he will definitely be killed by the opponent for free.

And you can't rely on the fluke that "the opponent may not have a Fortress Dragon". Because unlike now, the first time the Yu-Gi-Oh rules added a limit of "a maximum of fifteen cards" to the Extra Deck was in 2008, when the Synchro Era officially began.

The reason is said to be that the official would give card sets to the contestants in the competition, so many people would bring 99+ super PLUS version extra card sets to get the card sets for free. K agency felt that if this continued, they would be fleeced, so they limited the number of extra cards to prohibit this behavior.
By the way, in fact, in the GX era, there was no explicit requirement that the main deck must be less than 2008 cards, only that it must be more than . The -card limit rule was also added in the "Master Rules" when Synchro Summoning was first implemented in .

At the same time, the side deck rules have also been adjusted. In the past, the requirement for the side deck in Yu-Gi-Oh! was that there must be 15 cards, one more or one less. After the implementation of the master rules, it was changed to "less than 15 cards".

That was probably the first time that the largest wave of quitting Yu-Gi-Oh appeared. Not only did many old players find the newly added upper limit of the main deck and extra deck unreasonable, but in the past, they could theoretically have a large deck of hundreds of cards with everything and play whatever they touched, but this was no longer possible after the new rules.

In short, before the Synchro Era, there was no upper limit to the Extra Deck. So almost 100% of players would bring "Chimera Fortress Dragon" in their Extra Deck, so if you dare to use Cyber ​​Dragon, you must be prepared to be eaten.

Of course, this phenomenon of real cards is based on the premise that Cyber ​​Dragon is a first-class general-purpose fighter in the environment and almost everyone will bring it.

But it’s different in the animation world. After all, not everyone has a cyber dragon here, so the appearance of the “Chimaera Fortress Dragon” seems to disgust only one person.

That was Marufuji Ryo whose facial muscles were twitching slightly at this moment.
"The original attack power of Chimeric Fortress Dragon becomes the number of monsters that this card is fused with x1000 points." Youxuan smiled, "Since it is a Fusion Summon of two Cyber ​​Dragons, the attack power becomes 2000."

[Chimeric Fortress Dragon, Attack Power 0 → Attack Power 2000]

Marufuji Ryo: “.”

Caesar, who had such a firm belief, finally began to seriously think about a question -

——When your opponent is a dog, is it really necessary to respect him?
This was the most difficult duel he had ever felt in his life, and it was also the first duel in which he felt that his always firm approach was shaken.

It seemed that at this moment, his suppressed instinct and desire for victory reached its peak.

To win, you must win.

The bond with old friends, the respect for the opponent's way of winning, none of that matters anymore.

It doesn't matter who I lose to, but I don't want to lose to this guy.

A shadow is quietly spreading in Caesar's heart
"Let's fight," Yugen said, "Chimera Fortress Dragon, attack Marufuji-san directly!"

[Chimeric Fortress Dragon, attack power 2000]

【Marufuji Ryo, LP 1600】

Marufuji Ryo gritted his teeth.

Is this the end, and am I going to lose to my old friend?
No, that's absolutely not possible.

He didn't want to lose. Not today, not now, not in this way, not to this opponent.

"Continuous Trap 'Mini'!" Marufuji Ryo shouted, "Choose a monster on the field with an original attack power of 1000 or more. The level of that monster will decrease by 1 star and its attack power will decrease by 1000!" Youxuan nodded: "The effect of 'Chimeric Fortress Dragon' is that its 'original attack power' becomes the number of materials x 1000 points."

"That's right, so the miniaturization effect can be applied!" Marufuji said, "Reduce the attack power of Chimeric Fortress Dragon by 1000 points!"

The huge fortress dragon's body size was seen shrinking by half at a speed visible to the naked eye, and even the energy impact it emitted seemed to be weakened.

boom!
Marufuji Ryo was bombarded head-on and staggered back two steps, half-kneeling on the ground, with black smoke all over his body.

[Marufuji Ryo, LP 1600→LP 600]

"Caesar's health is only a candle in the wind!"

The anchor only then came back to his senses from the astonishment of "the electronic dragon suddenly jumping back" and continued to perform his commentary duties.

"The methods used by the Yellow Lord are beyond imagination. No, I mean exquisite." He continued to explain, "Caesar's powerful formation was easily broken by him.

In this case, the Card Bombardier has not yet attacked, and if the attack succeeds, it will still be Caesar's defeat."

There was a hint of regret in his tone.

He really felt that Caesar had tried his best. But there was nothing he could do. No matter how strong Caesar was, he was only the king among the students.

The king cannot defeat the inhuman dog.

"Card bombardier, attack directly." You Xuan said.

The three bursts of fire were like the sentence of the god of death. The firelight illuminated Marufuji Ryo's face, which was a little dusty under the projection effect. The king of the academy no longer had the fighting spirit he had when he first went into battle. His eyes only showed a sense of exhaustion.
He was even surprised to find that he had appeared at this moment, so let it go.

This time I gave it to him, and I no longer wanted to fight anymore.

But the moment he realized his ridiculous idea, he immediately put it to rest.

No, that won't work.

He is a duelist who must always do his utmost and pursue victory at all costs.

The best way to show respect to your opponent is to fight with all your strength and use every possible means to strive for victory.

Even for this, even old friends will be abandoned.

"Activate the Gaika!"

Marufuji Ryo stood up facing the fire, and the burning flames in his eyes rekindled.

"Trap Card - Wall of Power!!!"

You Xuan chuckled with interest: "Wow, you actually used this trick."

"You can only activate the attack of the opponent's monster when you take battle damage." Caesar shouted, "Until the battle damage is reduced to 0, for every 100 points of damage, send a card from the top of the deck to the graveyard!" (Original effect)

After being made into a real card, the damage was changed to 500.

Marufuji Ryo yelled loudly and pulled out a handful of cards from the deck in one breath. The cards fell in the air like snow.

"I sent nineteen cards from my deck to the graveyard!"

(End of this chapter)