Chapter 55 Thief Keith
You Xuan narrowed his eyes and looked at the person who came.

"Thief Keith?" he asked uncertainly.

"Wow, there are still people who know me now?"

The man took off his sunglasses and smiled an unsettling smile.

Sure enough it was him.

Thief Keith is a minor boss in the early Duel Kingdom chapter of Yu-Gi-Oh! DM. He was once a bounty hunter known as the "Card Expert" in the United States. At his peak, he was invincible in the United States and was known as the American Champion. He was once a powerful and promising duel star.

Until one day he went to challenge the father of duel monsters, Pegasus, but Pegasus did not come on stage at all, but only invited a kid to duel with him, while he sat in the audience and chatted with Kaiba Seto next to him. He never expected that the kid defeated Keith with only the coping strategy on the small note given by Pegasus, and the latter's self-esteem was shattered, and he embarked on the path of blackening and degeneration.

But that was the old days in the early days of DM, and this person should have left the stage long ago.

Although he was dressed similarly over the years, his appearance had changed a lot from before, so You Xuan was not sure of the other party's identity until he admitted it himself.

However, this does not explain why the thief Keith appeared in the elf world.

"I can feel the power in you, the evil, devouring power." The Holy Elf looked at Keith warily, "You are a deployment of the evil god."

"Tsk, power is power, there is no such thing as evil or not evil."

The thief Keith put a cigarette in his mouth, took out a lighter and lit it.

He blew out a smoke ring, and then said to You Xuan leisurely: "Thanks to Yugi Muto and Katsuya Jonouchi, I once fell into the quagmire of despair, but with the help of God's power, I have been reborn from the ashes.

The thief Keith is already dead, and now the only one left is the swordsman chosen by God."

He paused, took a puff of cigarette, and pointed to the portrait engraved behind You Xuan.

"And now my mission is to come for it. We must take the power of the legendary warrior and the elf. So I'm sorry, kid, I'm afraid I can't let you get out of here alive. But don't worry, you won't die immediately."

He held the cigarette in his mouth, puffed out smoke, and then grinned.

"You must be somewhat special to be here. Your soul must be good nourishment."

Thief Keith threw away his cigarette, crushed it under his feet, and then unfolded the duel disk with a clatter.

"Come on. No matter what, only one of us can get out of here today."

"Thanks for the invitation, but I'd rather not."

You Xuan took two steps back and stood in front of him, and the duel disk was also unfolded.

"You'd better save the opportunity to be monster food for yourself."

"Duel!" x2
【You Xuan, LP 4000】

【Thief Keith, LP 4000】

"I have the first strike, draw a card." Thief Keith said, "First, activate 'Pot of Greed' from your hand and draw two cards from your deck.

Then, place a monster on the field in face-down Defense Position, and then place another card on the field. This ends the turn."

You Xuan: "My turn, draw a card."

In the first round, Keith only covered monsters and cards, so it was impossible to get a glimpse of the tactics he used.

The original Rickis appeared in the Duel Kingdom arc, when everyone was still using the no-sacrifice summoning system, and the environment was simple and crude, where a Blue-Eyes White Dragon could kill them all. Now it has been almost ten years, and the games at that time may not be of much reference value.

Moreover, it seems that Keith has obviously joined some other forces now, and it is hard to say what deck he is using.

Anyway, I should focus on my duel first.

"Summon the Summoning Monk, and put him in defensive position!"

[Summon Monk, Defense 1600]

Face-up Defense Position Normal Summoning is a rule that is unique to the anime. In real life, when playing cards, you can either only summon in Attack Position or place them face-down.

However, it makes no difference to the monster "Summoning Monk", because Summoning Monk has a special effect that "this card must be changed to Defense Position when successfully summoned".

"Activate the effect of Summoning Monk." You Xuan said, "Once per turn, discard a Magic Card from your hand and Special Summon a Level 4 monster from your Deck."

You Xuan drew a card and placed it on the duel disk, and the card automatically slid into the graveyard area.

"I Special Summon a Level 4 'Black Forest Witch' from my Deck!"

[Black Forest Witch, attack power 1100]

"Then activate the Equip Spell 'Magic Wand' from your hand and equip it to 'Summoning Monk'. This card can be equipped to a Sorcerer-Type monster, and the equipped monster's ATK increases by 500."

[Summon Monk, Attack Power 800 → Attack Power 1300]

"The summoning monk must switch to defensive mode when the summoning is successful." Thief Keith said indifferently, "What's the point of strengthening his attack power?"

"Activate the second effect of 'Magic Wand'!" You Xuan waved his hand again, "By sending the equipped monster and this card from the field to the Graveyard, draw two cards from the deck."

The summoned monk and the staff in his hand dissipated into light spots, condensed into a beam of golden light and flew into You Xuan's deck. He took advantage of the situation and drew two cards.

"Next, I'll discard the magic card 'Silent Magic Blast' that was sent to the graveyard to activate the effect of 'Summon Monk'!" You Xuan said, "Remove the 'Silent Magic Blast' in the graveyard from play, and add a 'Silent Magician' monster from your deck to your hand.

Therefore, I added 'True Silent Magician' from my deck to my hand."

The duel disk executed the search program, and the card popped out automatically. You Xuan drew it into his hand, and the deck was automatically shuffled in the slot.

"'True Silent Magician' cannot be Normal Summoned, but can be Special Summoned by Tributing a Magician-Type card on the field.

Therefore, I sacrifice the 'Black Forest Witch' of the Magician Clan on the field!"

The black-robed witch dissolved in the golden light, and the energy gathered on the ground to form a white magic circle. The white and transparent magic power turned into a swirling storm.

"The wings of silence that hold hope, the magician of light, appears here—

——True Silent Magician, summon!"

The white robe rippled in the storm of light, and the shapely white legs were faintly visible under the robe. The silent girl slowly opened her eyes, and after skillfully spinning the staff twice in her hand, she held it firmly in her hand.

[Silent Magician, Attack Power 1000]

"And at this moment, the effect of 'Black Forest Witch' is also activated." You Xuan waved his hand and said, "When the Witch is sent to the Graveyard, add a monster with a defense of 1500 or less from the deck to your hand.

So I'm going to give this card"

The deck automatically searched again, and another card popped out, and he pulled it into his hand.

"Add 'Artificial Human - Psychic Shocker' with a defense of 1500 to your hand!"

"Cyborg"

When Keith saw the card, he curled his lips slightly and snorted.

The card reminded him of the old friend.

The one who dealt him another heavy blow in Duel Kingdom, knocking him out and plunging him into an even greater abyss of no return was Jonouchi Katsuya.

Of course, Jonouchi didn't have this card at that time. But later, after Jonouchi became famous, Android Soga was promoted as one of his rare cards as a legendary duelist. So although Keith had never really played against Jonouchi Soga in a match, the mere association of this with his enemy made him a little unhappy.

"Bad memories?"

You Xuan pulled out the searched card from the deck, and as the deck was automatically shuffled, he observed his opponent coldly.

"None of your business," said the thief Keith coldly, "Sooner or later, I will use my new power to drag all those who have stepped on me into the darkness.

But I'll take care of you one problem at a time. Now, let's continue the duel."

"as you wish."

You Xuan said calmly.

"The attack power of the True Silent Magician will increase by 500 points equal to the number of cards in my hand. And with the 'Artificial Human - Telekinesis Shocker' I just retrieved, I have six cards in my hand.

Therefore, the Silent Magician's attack power increases by 3,000!"

As he spoke, the six cards in his hand seemed to release invisible waves, turning into transparent magic power that poured into the silent magician. She swept her staff lightly, and an invisible storm of magic power bloomed, causing her skirt to flutter and undulate, as if forming an awe-inspiring and inviolable barrier.

[True Silent Magician, attack power 1000 → attack power 4000]

"Right off the bat, there's a monster on the Obelisk level," Keith frowned.

Only then did he notice that the opponent's series of operations, continuous card drawing, searching and summoning of ace monsters, and then the hand with only six cards intact, created a powerful monster equivalent to the Obelisk level in one go.

Keith also vaguely realized it.

This time's opponent doesn't seem to be simple either.

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(End of this chapter)