Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 801: Is it a smooth development?
"My turn, draw a card!"

Gloria drew a card from the deck, bringing her hand to six. Then she looked at her hand, fell into deep thought, and began to think about her next move.

But for Alice, there was no need to be so cautious.

"It's just a weak monster with an attack power of only 1000. Let's use my domineering fighting style to defeat it!" Ai-chan's voice was inexplicably excited: "There can only be one genius player, and that's me, Jack... Ah, it's me, Alice!"

"Domineering fighting style?"

Gloria automatically ignored her next words and set her eyes on a card in her hand: [Brave Warrior from Another World - Alice]. This card has an attack power of 1800. If Alice plays according to her style, she should summon this card to attack Dante on the field. Not only can it destroy Tentis's monsters, but it can also cause 800LP damage. Isn't that powerful enough?
"That's right, use this card!"

Seeing that Gloria's eyes were fixed on her card, Alice knew that her idea coincided with hers, and she immediately urged her, "Let me play, I won't let you down! Do you know what a 1800-star monster with an attack power of 4 is like? That's 5 points more than a 450-star Lion Wizard. It's tough, invincible, and has the strongest teeth!"

"Uh, is that so?" Gloria laughed awkwardly: "But I think there seems to be a better way to play..."

"How is that possible?" Alice didn't believe it. How could there be a better way to fight than directly summoning Ai-chan? You are just a duel novice, but you dare not listen to the instructions of the spirit behind you? If you lose, who will take the blame?

"Hmm, I think we can fight like this here."

"it is good!"

[Merciful Relief—Linger/Light/4 Stars/Effect]

Her Royal Highness the Third Princess flipped her left hand, and the dark-colored card was sandwiched between her slender index and middle fingers. The card depicted a silver-haired man in a black priest robe, standing silently in the empty church, staring silently at the statue of the loving goddess on the altar.

Gloria pressed the card she had just retrieved onto the monster area of ​​the duel disk. Amidst the flashing white light and turbulent whirlpool, the young man that everyone was familiar with slowly walked out.

After receiving Olvera's promise, Gloria declared loudly: "Then I activate the effect of [Secret Kingship - Olvera]. When this card is successfully summoned, add a [Merciful Relief - Ringer] to your hand!"

"Because I summoned you." Gloria, who was standing on the top of the bridge, kindly reminded: "I am really sorry for not telling you in advance, Miss Olvera, because I myself did not expect this to happen. However, it is not too late to know now. Are you willing to fight alongside me, Miss Olvera?"

"Well!"

Didn’t I become Gloria’s ghost? No one told me that I would take part in the show myself!

When Olvera heard this, she subconsciously glanced at the philosopher Dante opposite her. The young man, who was holding a book like her, showed her a gentle smile. He did not look fierce or hostile as an enemy, but rather like a friendly exchange in a literary salon. The princess of Belman thought about it. Since she wanted to become a world-renowned writer, how could she retreat here? And if she could defeat Dante, the poet who wrote "The Divine Comedy", it would prove her level to some extent, right? Although it was proved physically, it was not important!

As soon as the words fell, a blazing white light illuminated the night, and the surface of the River Tywell once again formed a whirlpool. From the interweaving of the whirlpool and the white light, a thin and weak figure yawned and walked out. She was wearing a somewhat old light-colored classical long dress, and her long platinum hair fell to her waist, spreading out like a gentle waterfall, and at the end it looked as transparent and hazy as sunlight. In her arms was a heavy book, and around her waist hung a retro black lantern with a candle burning inside. The unquenchable flame swayed, gently licking the transparent glass wall, leaving behind a dull trace after the shadow faded.

Olvera in the monster area closed her eyes, untied the black lantern from her waist and gently raised it. The fire in the lantern flickered and gradually spread over the glass lampshade. The scattered sparks turned into a true red stream of light, which crossed the night sky like a meteor and fell accurately into Gloria's hands.

The girl didn't seem to notice the changes in her surroundings, and she was still yawning. But when she turned her eyes slightly, she caught a glimpse of the bright silver moon hanging between the two bridges. Her expression froze immediately: "Eh!? Is this the duel arena? But how did I end up here?"

Even if the cassette of "Dark Castle: Dawn Waltz" was not damaged, I would probably be the one facing Tiantis now. And Gloria took on this pressure instead of me. She looked calm on the surface, but she must be very nervous inside, right? Then, as a companion, I should have stood up to save everyone. Even if I couldn't reverse the situation, I should at least fight side by side with everyone!
Princess Beman's eyes gradually became firm, and she nodded vigorously: "I understand, please let me be your helper, Gloria!"

Gloria didn't give Alice a chance to make decisions, and directly pressed a monster card in her hand onto the Duel Board: "First, I Normal Summon [Secret Kingship - Olvera]."

"Then, I activate the effect of [Merciful Relief - Ringer] in my hand, and when there is a 'Girl's Throne' monster on my field, I Special Summon this card in Attack Position!"

"Haa~~~"

[Attack 0/Defense 0]

[When there is a 'Girl's Throne' monster on your field, you can Special Summon this card in your hand to the field in Attack Position. ]

"Lingge!" Seeing the young man, Olvera shouted happily. For some reason, she felt much more at ease. Although Lingge's attack and defense power were actually lower than hers, the princess of Beman had a feeling that as long as Lingge was still there, she would never lose to the opponent! "Summoned two monsters at once? It's a good move, but their attack power is not enough to defeat Dante." Tiantis watched the opponent's operation with interest: "What are you going to do next, Miss Gloria?"

"Next," Gloria smiled slightly, then glanced at Lingge in the monster area with an apologetic look. Although he had his back to his duelist, for some reason, the young man still instinctively had a bad feeling: "I'm going to activate Miss Olvera's second effect."

[Secret Kingship—Ovira/Light/4*/Effect]

[Attack 800/Defense 1500]

【The effects ① and ② of this card name can only be activated once per turn. ① When this card is successfully summoned or special summoned, add a "Merciful Relief - Ringer" from the deck to your hand. If this card added to your hand by this effect is not summoned to the field this turn, return it to the deck at the end of the turn. ② You can only activate this effect by targeting a "Merciful Relief - Ringer" on your field, liberate that monster, and add a "Inheritor of Past Life Wisdom - Olvera" from the deck to your hand. 】

"..."

"..."

In the monster area, Lingge and Ovira looked at each other. After a while, the princess of Bemang said weakly: "Sorry, Lingge, but, but this is also for victory!"

"and many more--"

Before Lingge could react, Avra ​​had already raised a heavy book in her hand with an apologetic look and slapped it on the young man's face. Then, Lingge, who had just appeared on the scene for less than a second, turned into a sky full of flickering light points and was liberated. When he regained consciousness, he appeared in a space full of ruins and gray-white tombstones. According to the rules, it seemed that the place was called a "cemetery"?
"Wouldn't this be good?"

Olvera put the book away, feeling a little uneasy. After all, she had just thought that she would feel at ease as long as Lingge was there. But she turned around and sent Lingge to the cemetery with her own hands. Although according to the rules, cards sent to the cemetery are not really dead, this approach is a bit...

However, her thoughts were soon interrupted because Gloria had already activated the effect of the card she had just added to her hand: "I activate the effect of [Inheritor of Past Life Wisdom - Olvera], returning one [Secret Kingship - Olvera] and one [Merciful Relief - Ringer] from my field and graveyard/excluded area respectively, and Special Summon this card in my hand!"

Lingge, who was sent to the graveyard and thought he had nothing to do, was sent back to the deck without reacting while watching the duel. Olvera on the field turned into a ball of platinum light, surrounded by countless runes as thin as stardust. It looked as shining and gorgeous as an asteroid belt fixed by some kind of gravitational field.

The next moment, as Gloria placed the card on the monster area of ​​the duel disk, the white-gold nebula light suddenly became more dazzling, almost illuminating the entire surface of the Tywell River, making the duel venue seem to have returned from night to day. In the white-gold sacred starlight, the infinite scorching and blazing light gradually shrank, condensing the light released by the stars into bright gems, which were held in the palm of a slender white hand. Every ray of light flowed out from between her fingers, covering her with a sacred robe. Those floating beams of light formed the dazzling patterns on the robe, and the hood hanging down at the back, with white feathers of flying birds sewn on the top, looked pure and solemn.

The girl slowly opened her eyes and stared at the enemies on the battlefield. The torrents of the elements gathered into a fierce storm, blowing against the sacred robes, and the soft hair fluttered together, like a flag, guiding the direction of the light. Endless magic gathered here, and the surging power surged in the girl's eyebrows, palms and every white fingertip. The spiral airflow spread outward in circles with the girl as the center, repelling all unclean things. Only pure magic existed, and driven by the girl's will and belief, it formed the most violent release.

“Ah wow wow wow!” Alice screamed in Gloria’s mind, speaking incoherently, “Isn’t this the animation of Olvera using the Holy Scripture in Dark Castle: Dawn Waltz? Who made this game? Even the animation materials are reused. This is too shameless!”

Thinking about it carefully, it seemed to be her.

Gloria ignored her and directly activated the effect of the strongest evolved Olvera: "I activate the second effect of [Inheritor of Past Life Wisdom - Olvera]. Once per turn, you can activate it by targeting a card on your opponent's field and remove that card from the game! The card I want to remove is [Alien Philosopher - Dante of Thought] on your field. Exile him, light elf who wields the power of mystery, elemental torrent!"

[Inheritor of past life wisdom—Ovira/Light/8 stars/Effect]

[Attack 2000/Defense 3000]

[This card is also considered a "Maiden's Throne" monster in the rules. This card cannot be Normal Summoned. You can Special Summon it by returning a monster with "Olvera" in the card name on your field and a "Merciful Relief·Linger" in your Graveyard or Banished Zone to the deck. This card cannot be targeted by the opponent's effects during the turn it is Special Summoned, nor can it be destroyed by battle or effects. The effect of this card name can only be used once per turn, and it can be activated by targeting a card on the opponent's field, invalidating the effect of that card and banishing it. ]

As Gloria's announcement fell, the magician in the sacred robe slowly stretched out her hand, and countless complex and profound dark blue magic runes emerged from her side and back, forming a huge hexagram magic circle. A visible torrent of magic power poured out from the magic circle, rushing towards the gentle and elegant silver-haired poet like a torrent, trying to completely drown him. Inexhaustible floods, gushing magma, blazing starlight, ruthless gale and furious thunder all surged in the torrent of elements. This endless gushing of elements annihilated and the most magnificent scene only took a moment to banish any enemy that blocked the way to the eternal void...

"That won't work."

Amid the mighty torrent of elements, a light laugh from Tentis could be heard: "Dante is the only monster on my field right now. If I let you destroy it easily, wouldn't that be a betrayal of his trust in me? Therefore, I activate the Trap Card [Otto the Great Talent - Ether Protection Arm] to protect Dante from being banished by your monster effect."

[Otto the Great Talent - Ether Protection Arm/Normal Trap]

[You can only activate this effect when a magic, trap, or monster effect that targets a "Alien Philosopher" monster on your field is activated, and that effect is negated, and the attack and defense of the targeted monster are reduced by 1000. After this effect is activated, you cannot use the effects of Trap Cards to negate the opponent's magic, trap, or monster effects during this Duel. 】

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(End of this chapter)