Episode 23
You Can't Surpass the King!
"You Can't Surpass the King!"
Hm.
What are you doing?
I was remembering the advice Alice Kurobane gave me.
Your Laevateinn Dragon has an even more powerful effect.
How can I draw out the hidden power of Laevateinn Dragon?
The way to draw out a card's hidden power is evolution.
Is it?
But it felt like nothing happened when I evolved it.
Um... There must be some condition required for its on-evolve ability to trigger.
Like there's a special card in play on your side.
I see.
For example...
A Drago Weapon!
Yeah, that's probably it!
Okay, I'll try to think of a way to fight that gets me that.
Hard at work, huh?
You seem to be having fun.
Perfect timing!
There's something I'd like to try.
Would you battle me?
Sorry, I'll pass.
I'm working on my deck.
Me, too. Sorry.
I've almost got it done.
I see.
Ren and Tsubasa aren't at the club today.
Which means my only option left is...
Gentleman!
Would you battle me?
That's rare.
He always shows up when we don't call him.
Did something happen?
I'm sure Gentleman is working hard, too.
As a fellow member of Seventh Flame.
My turn! Draw!
There!
Did you draw a good card?
Don't look at my face!
You're the type who lets your feelings show on your face, aren't you?
Sh-Shut up! I play Magical Rook!
Magical Rook's effect activates
and creates two Magical Pawns!
Three followers with one card?
And then it gives Ward to the Magical Pawns it created!
Nice.
Havencraft players aren't the only ones whose cards get Ward.
I end my turn.
My turn, then.
Draw!
Sacred Plea's Countdown advances by 1, so it drops to 0 and destroys the card.
I draw two cards.
I play the amulet card Jewel Shrine!
Jewel Shrine's effect lets me draw a card.
I play Sledgehammer Exorcist and evolve it!
Its on-evolve effect destroys one enemy follower.
And then Sledgehammer Exorcist attacks Magical Pawn!
How about that?
You're hopeless!
Magical Rook's effect activates!
Each time a Magical Pawn is destroyed,
it subtracts 1 from the cost of the most expensive card in my hand.
How about that?
So it lowered the cost of the card you just drew by 2?
Yup.
My path to victory has opened!
First, I attack your leader with Magical Rook!
And then, I play Magical Bishop!
A follower that can't attack?
Yes. But it has powerful effects instead.
Spell Card: Insight!
I draw a card!
When I do, Magical Bishop's effect activates
and creates a Magical Pawn!
And then its other effect activates.
Once a turn, when a Magical Pawn enters play,
it does 2 damage to all enemy followers!
Surprised?
Of course, a player like you could never predict my strategy!
What? You're too shocked to speak?
Feel free to give up, if you need to.
You talk a lot more than I thought.
Since you never show yourself, I assumed you didn't talk much.
I-I do not!
You're cute, and you like to talk.
So what's with the Gentleman thing you're doing?
I play Turquoise Sister with Ward.
Evolve!
Its on-evolve effect gives it Storm, and it attacks Magical Bishop.
Turquoise Sister's effect activates.
When a follower with both Ward and Storm attacks,
it does 3 damage to the enemy leader and all their followers.
Turquoise Sister!
I end my turn.
And at the end of my turn, Jewel Shrine's effect activates
and adds 3 to the attack and defense of all my followers with both Storm and Ward.
You can battle like that just fine. Why not just come to the club?
Is there some reason?
I-It's none of your business!
I'd rather be alone!
So leave me alone!
Magical Knight!
Magical Knight has Rush!
Attack Turquoise Sister!
And Magical Knight's on-attack effect activates!
I'm not done yet! Evolve Magical Pawn!
Attack Turquoise Sister!
Why would you rather be alone?
Because people like you don't like people like me!
I...
Shinobu Miki
Gentleman
I...
I decided to be alone.
But you joined Seventh Flame, right?
I-I was forced to...
You seemed to be having fun to me.
And you were playing Shadowverse with Shinobu, anyway.
Sh-Shinobu is...
So basically, you're just being stubborn, right?
I play Divine Birdsong and Pinion Prayer!
And then Hallowed Dogma!
I draw a card and advance all my Countdown cards by 2.
Divine Birdsong's Countdown reaches 0.
It's destroyed, and its Last Words create a Regal Falcon.
Regal Falcon has Storm! It attacks your leader!
Draw!
I play the spell card Magical Strategy, with Enhance!
On its own, it creates two Magical Pawns.
But if I play it with Enhance 6,
it creates these two instead!
Magical Knight has Rush! It attacks your Regal Falcon!
Its on-attack effect activates,
and then Magical Bishop's effect activates!
Once a turn, when a Magical Pawn enters play,
it does 2 damage to all enemy followers!
And then Magical Pawn's effect activates!
If eight or more Magical Pawns have been destroyed during this battle,
it gets Storm!
Magical Pawn attacks your leader!
After attacking, its attack is reduced to 1.
You and I are different.
So you don't understand me!
You sure about that?
I remember a certain idiot who was saying we were the same—
that we were connected by Shadowverse!
Draw!
First, Pinion Prayer's Countdown advances.
I play Luxhorn Sarissa.
Sarissa has Rush.
She attacks Magical Bishop!
We're here because we both lost to the same idiot, right?
But...
You're going to hate me eventually, anyway!
Draw!
I play Magical Bishop!
I play the spell card Magic Missile!
It does 1 damage to Sarissa, and I draw a card.
Magical Bishop's effect activates
and creates a Magical Pawn each time I use a spell card!
Magical Bishop's other effect activates
and does 2 damage to all enemy followers!
Two Magical Pawns attack your leader!
And then, I play the spell card Kaleidoscopic Glow!
It returns the Magical Pawns to my hand!
And then Magical Bishop's effect causes another Magical Pawn to enter play!
It attacks your leader!
And if you're going to hate me, I'm better off using an avatar.
It won't hurt as much.
You wouldn't understand!
You're the person everyone looks up to! You're the center of attention.
So that is how you saw me.
I'm not like that.
And you know... You could make friends if you weren't so stubborn.
F-Friends? What are you talking about?
She's talking about us!
She stole my line.
But yeah.
I think we'd get along better than you think.
I can be stubborn and mean sometimes, too!
Pinion Prayer's Countdown advances to 0!
Azurite Maiden!
She gives Ward to Holy Falcon!
And then Ruby Falcon! Evolve!
Holy Falcon has Storm! It attacks your leader!
Ruby Falcon's effect activates!
When a follower attacks my enemy's leader,
a randomly chosen follower is given Storm!
Evolved Ruby Falcon attacks Magical Bishop,
and Azurite Maiden attacks Magical Pawn!
I end my turn.
First, Azurite Maiden's effect activates
and adds a follower that possessed both Storm and Ward
and was destroyed during this battle to my hand.
It's given both Storm and Ward, and its attack and defense are raised by 3.
Then Jewel Shrine's effect activates
and strengthens followers with both Ward and Storm!
Amazing, Tsubasa!
You've got her!
I don't know.
She won't concede defeat over something like this.
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Luxhorn Sarissa
I don't know.
She won't concede defeat over something like this.
Of course!
Because all is going to my calculations!
I'll be the one to win!
First, I play Magical Pawn.
It gets Storm!
It and the Magical Pawn already in play attack your Azurite Maiden!
This was part of my calculations, too.
Here I go!
My strategy is perfect! Complete!
You're no match for me!
The ultimate king descends upon the battlefield!
Close out the game for me! Mystic King!
It's huge!
Mystic King's effect activates.
It creates two Magical Pawns!
I evolve Mystic King!
Its on-evolve effect activates and creates two Magical Pawns!
Five followers at once?
Charge!
And then I play a Magical Rook with Accelerate.
Followers with Accelerate can be played as spell cards.
Accelerate 1 returns all Magical Pawns to my hand,
then raises the defense of each of my followers by twice the number returned,
and gives them Ward!
And what's more, Mystic King can't be targeted by enemy effects
or destroyed by card effects!
And Mystic King can create two Magical Pawns at the start of my turn.
This turn, you're checked.
And next turn, it's checkmate!
It must have a weak point.
Yup.
Mystic King's Last Words cause his leader to lose the game.
So if it's destroyed, I lose.
But that's impossible!
Mystic King has 10 defense!
And Diamond Master's effect can't destroy it!
You can't surpass the king!
I think I've heard something like that before.
Fine. This is my last turn.
Time to topple the lonely king!
Draw!
Did you get a good card?
Maybe I did.
I start by playing Turquoise Sister, which now has both Ward and Storm!
Turquoise Sister attacks Mystic King!
Its on-attack effect activates for a total of 8 damage!
Useless! Useless!
Get her, Mystic King!
I'm not done yet!
You're still struggling?
Of course!
Thou art a visage of ultimate light!
Shine, Diamond Master!
But Diamond Master can't attack! You have no EP!
Its light can't reach my king!
There's more to me than just being bright!
I'll show you everything that I am!
I play Gemstone Wingy!
That follower...
Wingy's effect activates
and gives Storm to a follower whose original attack was 2 or less!
Here I go, Gentleman!
Diamond Master attacks Mystic King!
Mystic King!
Mystic King's Last Words...
When this follower is destroyed, its leader is defeated.
Wow, wow!
That was an amazing battle!
If I hadn't drawn Diamond Master on my last turn, I might've lost.
Enough!
Do whatever you want.
You're going to tell everyone who I am, right?
Did I say that?
You... didn't?
Right?
We wouldn't do anything you wouldn't like.
You wouldn't?
Fine, I owe you a favor. Is that enough?
Okay, let me call in that favor now.
Now?
Tell me your real name.
Okay...
Shion Otosaka!
"Shion," huh?
That's a nice name.
Yeah! It's so cool!
Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!
You're satisfied now, right, jerks?
I'm leaving!
Shion! See you at club tomorrow!
You'd better call me "Gentleman" then!
She's cute.
We got to be friends, right?
I don't know about that.
But maybe we did get a little closer.
Shadowverse Card Showcase!
Today's card is this: Mystic King!
Today's Card is
Runecraft
Shion will tell us more!
You wouldn't understand, even if I told you.
Don't worry! I studied a lot on the puzzle quests!
Go ahead!
She ran away.
We're getting closer to each other as the Shadowverse tournament draws near.
Preview
The one thing I'm worried about is...
Haruma Hazeura!
Yeah. I've thought about all the things I need for my battle with Haruma.
One hundred of them!
One hundred?
Next time: "You're Dense, Aren't You?"
Episode 24
You're Dense, Aren't You?
Battle! Shadowverse!