Draw it! The Sword Called Card!!!

“[King Crush]’s effect activates! Once per turn, I can select a monster on the field and activate its effect. The selected monster inflicts damage to the opponent equal to its original ATK. I choose [King Crush]. 4400 effect damage!”

A black aura emanating from the giant dinosaur surged towards Kang In-ho.

“Activate trap card, [Wall of Strength]. It can be activated when effect damage is received. By banishing one card from the deck, the damage can be reduced by 400 points. I’ll banish 11 cards from the deck to negate the effect damage.”

Kang In-ho’s duel disk spat out a chunk of cards.

“Are you sure? Your deck. It doesn’t have much left!”

Blonny shouted, watching the cards scatter and disappear into the air.

“Don’t worry, it’s already enough.”

Kang In-ho countered, extending his right hand downwards.

“[King Crush] still has an attack opportunity. Go, [King Crush]!!! Direct attack on the player!!!”

The giant dinosaur opened its jaws wide and charged.

Thump, thump, thump.

The vibration shaking the ground surged towards Kang In-ho.

“Activate trap card! [Novel Fusion]. By banishing fusion material monsters from the graveyard, a fusion monster can be summoned.”

Another card appeared.

“By banishing [Raging Pia-chan], [Sprinting Novel-chan], and [Continuous Slash Author], I summon a fusion monster.”

Rumble! Lightning struck. A huge aura began to gather on Kang In-ho’s card.

Feeling the stiff texture of the card in his hand, he placed it on the duel disk as if throwing it.

“Come forth. Giant monster. [Novel Goralani]!!!!”

Tearing through the ground, a bipedal goralani appeared.

The goralani grabbed King Crush’s mouth with its front paws.

Whoosh!

Pushed back by the dinosaur’s charge, the goralani was forced back.

“Hang in there, Goralani!”

Perhaps Kang In-ho’s shout reached it? The goralani, which had been pushed back, regained its balance and stopped King Crush’s charge.

“With the effect of [Moon Leading Wildness], [Novel Goralani]’s ATK is 4500. 100 higher than King Crush!”

Blonny’s LIFE dropped to 5400.

“[King Crush] cannot be destroyed by battle. When my next turn comes, this duel will end with [King Crush]’s effect damage. I’ll set one card and end my turn.”

Kang In-ho’s turn came.

“[Novel Goralani], attack!”

Kang In-ho immediately went into battle.

“You’re planning to win by chipping away 100 LIFE at a time? [King Crush] is immune to battle destruction.”

“The one I’m attacking isn’t [King Crush].”

He shouted to Blonny, who was yelling.

“What?”

Blonny’s gaze turned to Kang In-ho’s finger. His long index finger pointed to something floating in the sky.

“The one I’ll attack is [Moon Leading Wildness].”

“Attack the… moon?”

Blonny looked at the moon floating in the sky in dismay.

The goralani’s hooves pierced the center of the moon, and as the moon shattered, a giant tidal wave loomed over the two men and women.

No monsters remained in the wake of the tidal wave.

Neither the goralani nor King Crush.

“[Novel Goralani]’s effect activates. If this card is sent to the graveyard by an effect, I recover LIFE equal to the ATK of one fusion material monster. I choose [Continuous Slash Author] and recover LIFE.”

The remaining LIFE became 1400.

Kang In-ho counted the cards remaining on the field.

One on his field, two on Blonny’s field.

‘I have more card resources. I can definitely win.’

“I’ll end my turn.”

[King Crush] was destroyed.

She has far more card resources; I’m absolutely at a disadvantage.

Am I going to lose?

In front of the opportunity to return this world to normal…

Am I going to fail to save the person I love?

I worked so hard, I hurt so much, but in the end, the result is failure?

The pain I felt every time I took damage in the ‘Game of Death’ was meaningless?

My battered body and soul have become useless?

No… no…

I can’t end it like this.

I…

I…!

I…!!!

“I don’t want to lose!!!!!”

A huge aura erupted from Blonny.

“Ugh!”

In the midst of that momentum, which made Kang In-ho falter, Blonny placed her hand on her deck.

[Honey. You’ll always be by my side, right?]

Yes, I’ll always be by your side. We promised.

[Yes, I’ll always be by your side and protect you.]

I made a contract with the Stone Game to protect you. Defeating everyone in the duel of death was all for you.

“So!!! I’ll save you!!! I’ll bet everything!!”

Of course, because we promised.

“I’ll bet everything on this card!!!”

Blonny drew a card.

She looked at the card in her hand.

Wiping away the tears that had flowed without her realizing it with the back of her hand, she said in a trembling voice.

“This is my last turn.”

She raised the card she had just drawn high and shouted.

“Activate magic card! [Natural Army]. When the opponent’s LIFE is divided by 100, if that number is 14, I can summon as many [Tree Spirit]s as possible to the monster zone!”

Five Tree Spirits were summoned to Blonny’s field.

“Go! [Tree Spirit]!”

With Blonny’s shout, one of the Tree Spirits charged. It was a monster with only 500 ATK, but it was a threatening number for LIFE 1400.

“Activate trap card! [Novel Server Room]. This card can be treated as a monster card and summoned to the field. Special summon in defense mode! DEF is 2000!”

Kang In-ho created a wall to block the attack.

A monster with DEF 2000 appeared, but the Tree Spirit’s charge of ATK 500 did not stop.

Kang In-ho’s eyes widened as he was about to breathe a sigh of relief.

“Wh… what?”

“Activate trap card! [Wild Revenge]. This turn, after a monster’s attack ends, increase the ATK of my monster by 500! Go, [Tree Spirit]!”

The Tree Spirit charged into the server room and exploded. The difference between the server room’s DEF and the Tree Spirit’s ATK was 1500. Blonny’s LIFE decreased.

Blonny LIFE = 3900

“The first attack is over. The remaining [Tree Spirit]’s ATK increases by 500! Go, [Tree Spirit]! Second hit!”

The attack of the [Tree Spirit] with ATK 1000 is blocked by the server room again.

Blonny LIFE = 2900

“ATK increases by 500! Go, third hit!”

Blonny LIFE = 2400

“Fourth hit!”

The [Tree Spirit], whose ATK had become 2000, pierced the server room’s thick armor.

The server room, which had been shattered to pieces, disappeared from the field, leaving only the defenseless Kang In-ho.

The Tree Spirit’s ATK had risen to 2500.

If a direct attack is allowed, it’s over.

‘There are no cards to block it…’

Kang In-ho, who scanned the cards in his hand, realized that he could not win and lowered his head.

“Gworenda (Fifth hit)!!!”

Blonny’s shout was heard from the other side.

He saw the [Tree Spirit] surging towards him and spread his arms as if resigned.

Just as the Tree Spirit’s rough hand touched his head,

“Activate trap card! [Ring of Destruction]. Activate by designating one of my monsters. Destroy that monster, and both players take effect damage equal to the destroyed monster’s ATK.”

Blonny activated the last card she had set, and the Tree Spirit disappeared.

“What?”

Kang In-ho and Blonny’s LIFE became 0 due to the effect of [Ring of Destruction].

“What did you do?”

Kang In-ho looked at Blonny and asked. Deep bewilderment settled in his eyes.

“Because we promised.”

She said with a bright smile.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

Blonny smiled as he frowned at the incomprehensible words.

[Honey. You’ll always be by my side, right?]

[Yes, I’ll always be by your side and protect you.]

In the place where the game of death had taken place, two clusters of light quietly headed towards the sky and scattered.

The clusters of light scattered like that.