Chapter 297: Necrovalley, the Resting Place of Relatives

Chapter 297: Necrovalley, the Resting Place of Relatives

After Summoning The Winged Dragon of Ra, Hayato continued: "I Set two Cards from my Hand, then I Activate the Continuous Spell Card Mirage of Nightmare."

"Since it's the first Turn, I cannot enter the Battle Phase, so for now, I'll End Turn."

[Hayato: 4000 LP, Hand 0]

[Ojama King] [DEF 3000]

[The Winged Dragon of Ra] [ATK 4800]

[Set Card] x2 [Mirage of Nightmare]

"Mirage of Nightmare, huh? In that case, Hayato, your Set Cards must include Emergency Provisions, right?" Ishizu said with a smile.

A helpless expression appeared on Hayato's face: "Ah, suddenly I feel like Mai Valentine was right. This is the downside of Dueling familiar people. All the Combos I usually use and the Cards that might be in my Deck get guessed."

"After all, Hayato, you are the King of Games. It's not just me; many Duelists have specifically studied your and Yugi's Decks," Ishizu said with a smile, drawing a Card calmly, as if ignoring the Presence brought by The Winged Dragon of Ra on Hayato's Field. "My Turn, Draw Card."

And indeed, that was the case. Although Ishizu was Marik's Sister, Hayato's attitude towards the two of them was different. If it were Marik, The Winged Dragon of Ra's Presence would have been at Full Power by now, but since it was Ishizu, Hayato had instructed The Winged Dragon of Ra and his Other Monsters early on not to go too hard when attacking.

"Then, during your Standby Phase, I Activate the Effect of Mirage of Nightmare." Hayato also drew four Cards. "I Draw Cards from my Deck until my Hand becomes four."

"However, Powerful Cards often come with risks. As the cost for Drawing Cards, during the Standby Phase of my next Turn, I must Discard the number of Cards drawn."

"You say risk, but a true Duelist can even utilize risk, can't they?" Ishizu said with a smile, Activating a Card from her Hand. "Then, I Activate the Spell Card Painful Choice from my Hand. I will select five Cards from my Deck, and then you, Hayato, will choose one of them to add to my Hand. The other Cards will be Send to Graveyard."

As if she had already decided which Cards to choose, Ishizu directly revealed five Cards from her Deck—

A bald guy, a shifty short guy, a blonde arrogant guy, a masked Black-Robed Figure, and a square-faced guy carrying a cannon?

Their Card Names were:

[Gravekeeper's Summoner], [Gravekeeper's Servant], [Gravekeeper's Descendant], [Gravekeeper's Assailant], [Gravekeeper's Cannonholder]

Huh?

Hayato looked at the five Cards Ishizu revealed with surprise. He had already prepared himself to "painfully" choose Cards like Executioner Makyura, but he didn't expect Ishizu to pull out the Invincible Gravekeepers Deck?

"Just like you often do, Hayato, I also have more than one Deck," Ishizu explained. "The Deck built around Exchange of the Spirit is quite Powerful against opponents I haven't faced before and has OTK Capability, but since you already know about its existence, you will definitely be prepared for it. Naturally, I won't continue to use it."

"The Gravekeepers Deck is the other Deck I use. This Deck is the Avatar of the successive Clan Heads of our Tomb Keepers. To some extent, the Gravekeepers Deck is my true Ace Card." When mentioning the Tomb Keepers, Ishizu's expression couldn't help but become a little serious. "Hayato, I want to defeat Marik myself, to defeat his Dark Personality that has escaped. Therefore, I don't want to lose."

"I will defeat you with this Gravekeepers Deck!"

Hayato looked at the battle-ready Ishizu with some surprise, and a smile slowly appeared on his face: "Is that so? It's rare to see that expression on your face. But I also don't want to lose. I want to become the King of Duelists, the world's number one Sai-Q Duelist."

"Since neither of us wants to lose, let's Duel with Full Power, Ishizu!" Hayato said, pointing to one of the five Cards Ishizu had revealed. "The Card I choose is Gravekeeper's Summoner. Add him to your Hand."

"Then, the other Cards will be Send to Graveyard." Ishizu added the bald guy—I mean Gravekeeper's Summoner—to her Hand, and then Send the other four Gravekeepers Monsters to the Graveyard.

In Duel Monsters, although most Duelists were still stuck in the "you play one, I play one" stage (Joey Wheeler: *sneeze*!), using Tribute Summon the most, Ritual Summon and Fusion were rarely seen, and Spell Cards and Trap Cards were mostly used as an afterthought. Their utilization of the Graveyard was quite low.

However, in the environment of Hayato's previous life, the Graveyard was much more important than the Hand, and Milling was a very important thing. Cards like Graceful Charity and Foolish Burial had quite Powerful Target Milling Effects, but compared to Painful Choice that Ishizu just used, they were like younger brothers.

Unconditional, unlimited Target Milling of four Cards, whether Spell, Trap, or Monster, and it also thins the Deck. It's no wonder that in another World, Painful Choice would become a Forbidden Card for eternity.

"I Activate the Effect of Gravekeeper's Commandant from my Hand. I Discard him from my Hand to the Graveyard, then I search my Deck for a Necrovalley and add it to my Hand." Ishizu Send a Monster wearing a jackal mask to the Graveyard, and after searching her Deck for the Card, she immediately Activated it on the Field. "Then, I Activate the Field Spell Card, Necrovalley!"

Just like in the previous Duel where Mai Valentine Activated Harpie's Hunting Ground to replace the Sky Duel Arena with a vast Desert, as Ishizu placed Necrovalley in the Field Zone of her Duel Disk, several high mountains rose around the Duel Field, completely surrounding the area and turning it into a completely enclosed, hidden deep valley.

Although Hayato had never played the Gravekeepers Deck before, he had a particularly deep impression of this specific Card Ishizu Activated. Because, as mentioned before, in the Card environment of his previous life, the Graveyard was a very important resource storage point, and many Decks were even built around the Graveyard for their Combos. However, the Effect of Necrovalley exists precisely to counter the "Graveyard"—

"Necrovalley is the resting place of the Pharaohs; no one can disturb this place," Ishizu said. "As long as this Card exists in the Field Zone, Both players cannot Banish Cards from the Graveyard, and Effects that involve Cards in the Graveyard are Negated and Cannot Apply."

With the appearance of Necrovalley, Hayato clearly felt that his connection with X-Head Cannon, Y-Dragon Head, and Z-Metal Tank in the Graveyard was severed, as if an insurmountable Berlin Wall had been built between reality and the Graveyard.

As long as Mom's Long—I mean Necrovalley—exists on the Field, the existence of the Graveyard will remain sealed, allowing only entry, not exit.