The villainous young master just wants to live a Buddhist-like life.

　"End of round."

　Winnie regained the upper hand.

　……

　Pandora frowned slightly, picked out a card after drawing it, glanced at it, then put it back and took out another card.

　"it's time!"

　She relaxed her brow and summoned directly: "Normal Summon a 3-star Magical Spirit in Attack Position—'Campfire Ghost'!"

　A magical spirit resembling a campfire appeared in Pandora's "Summoning Zone".

　Card Name: Bonfire Ghost

　【grade:】

　[Attack: 900]

　[Defense: 300]

　Ultimate Skill: Gathering and Dispersing

　The flames of the "Campfire Ghost" suddenly surged, and the black hole eyes hidden within the flames were stretched and distorted.

　It opened its mouth and roared at the "Flame Demon".

　"attack!"

　Under the duelist's command, the "Campfire Ghost," with only 1100 points of attack power and the blessing of "Fire Mountain," launched a suicidal attack on the "Fire Ghost," whose attack power was as high as 2300 points, like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

　Then, unsurprisingly, the "Campfire Ghost" was shattered by the rebounding attack—but it was not sent to the "Graveyard".

　Instead, it split into three "campfires" on the spot.

　Card Name: Bonfire

　【grade:】

　[Attack: 300]

　[Defense: 100]

　Ultimate Skill: Gathering and Dispersing

　As long as all three "Campfires" exist, Pandora can use one Normal Summon opportunity in the next turn to reassemble them into "Campfire Spirits".

　But there's no next round!

　Pandora clearly wasn't going to drag this out any longer.

　She stretched out her hand, pointing her sword at the "Flame Demon," and shouted, "Continue the attack!"

　"boom!"

　The first "campfire" rushed towards the "flame ghost" like a moth to a flame, only to be blasted apart by a counterattack.

　The second "campfire" charged forward without hesitation, only to be blasted apart by the counterattack once again.

　The third "campfire" didn't hesitate at all, lining up to die.

　Each time one of the three "campfires" commits suicide, Pandora's health points will plummet by 1800.

　Three attacks, a plunge of 5400 points!

　In addition, there's the suicidal attack of the "Campfire Ghost".

　A total drop of 6600 points!

　Originally, there were 6900 health points remaining, but in an instant, only 300 remained!

　It's terrifying to watch.

　But Pandora's expression remained unchanged.

　After completing the operation with remarkable composure, she finally flipped over a face-down card from the "face-down area".

　A blazing flame suddenly rose up.

　The furnace of flames burned fiercely.

　"The Fiery Furnace!"

　Winnie across from her gritted her teeth and said.

　Pandora places two face-down cards in the "face-down zone" in the first round (2), one is "Mixed Up" and the other is "Flaming Furnace".

　She guessed everything correctly, yet she also guessed wrong.

　Now, within that "fiery furnace," the number "7" is faintly floating!

　Since the "Flame Furnace" was placed in the field, a total of seven fire-type magical spirits have been destroyed in the battle.

　This means that seven "flame residues" have been produced in the "Flame Furnace".

　When Pandora flips it over, she can summon up to a seven-star "Forge Spirit"!

　She, of course, released it without reservation.

　"Come forth, Forge Spirit!"

　Pandora withdrew her arm, but instead drew another card from her hand and waited quietly.

　The seven "Flame Remnants" fused together, and boiling magma erupted from the "Flame Furnace," falling into the "Summoning Zone" and forming a half-humanoid "Furnace Spirit"!

　Card Name: Forge Spirit

　【grade:】

　[Attack: 3500]

　[Defense: 2000]

　Ultimate Skill: Fiery Furnace

　A special attack with the same name as "Flame Furnace".

　The effect is simple and crude.

　For every fire-type magical spirit that "Forge Spirit" kills, it gains 350 points (50 points x 7) of attack power!

　When the magical spirit was summoned, the audience erupted in cheers.

　This seven-star magical spirit was summoned at the cost of a full 6600 points of health. Just standing there, it exuded a terrifying aura.

　This decisiveness is astonishing.

　Supporters of "Silver Dragon Girl" cheered wildly.

　Supporters of "Daughter of Winter" looked worried.

　Another group of viewers, however, began to ponder: whose magic card was this "Flaming Furnace" card based on?

　But before they could figure it out, the situation on the field had already changed.

　Just when the audience thought Pandora would immediately command the "Forge Spirit" to devour the "Fire Demon," she instead activated one of her cards.

　"I activate the Spell Card from my hand—'The Witch's Broom'!"

　"The Witch's Broom" can remove one random face-down card from your opponent's face-down zone.

　"Winnie, let's see whose side the goddess of fate is on."

　Pandora raised her face, revealing her jade-white neck.

　The magical broom that flew out of the "Witch's Broom" swept fiercely towards Winnie's "cover zone".

　Winnie's pupils suddenly contracted.

　She had two cards left to play, but both were extremely crucial.

　Any card that gets swept away can have a huge impact on the situation on the field.

　Even though she was anxious, she couldn't stop the "witch's broom" from sweeping.

　One of the two face-down cards was immediately swept out.

　It opened in mid-air, revealing the card.

　But it turned out to be a "lose-lose" situation!

　……

　"It turned out to be a lose-lose situation!"

　Judy, the senior student, exclaimed in surprise at the right moment, taking a deep breath towards the audience.

　"It seems our 'Silver Dragon Girl' is indeed blessed by Lady Luck. If she hadn't successfully cleared this 'Mixed Damage' spell, the moment the 'Forge Spirit' launched its attack would have been her unfortunate defeat."

　The situation instantly became tense.

　Two groups of spectators in the stands shouted loudly at the same time, as if they might start fighting at any moment.

　……

　"It seems that Lady Luck is smiling on me for the time being."

　Pandora smiled slightly, looked into Winnie's eyes, and reached out her hand.

　But as soon as she raised her finger, she immediately pulled it back.

　The "Furnace Spirit" was not immediately ordered to attack.

　Winnie's lips twitched slightly.

　Pandora's smile widened. "You have one more face-down card on your board. Let me think... is it a 'Shield of the Fallen,' a third 'Mutual Damage,' or perhaps... 'Soul Summoning'? Ideally, it should be a useful card."

　As she spoke, she unexpectedly drew another card from her hand. Then, under the watchful eyes of tens of thousands of spectators, she gracefully placed it face down.

　After placing that card, she only had one card left in her hand.

　She didn't hesitate any longer, and abruptly commanded, "Forge Spirit, attack!"

　"Roar!" It was still a beastly roar.

　The "Furnace Spirit" suddenly opened its mouth, spewing out magma that poured onto the "Flame Demon's" body.

　The "Flame Ghost," which has a strong immunity to fire-type skills in nature, is completely defenseless in the simulation card game.

　With a scream, the "Flame Demon" was sent to the graveyard.

　And sure enough, Winnie turned over the face-down card after that!

　"Now's the time! I'm folding—'Mutual Destruction'!"

　Winnie's health plummeted by 1400 points in that instant (3700-2300).

　Winnie: 4800 → 3400

　However, due to the "mutually destructive" effect, the lava spewed out by the "Furnace Spirit" destroyed the "Fire Demon" and then spun back towards itself!

　The "Forge Spirit's" attack only deals 2000 damage, but the reflected attack will continue to deal a full 1700 damage to Pandora after destroying it.

　Pandora, on the other hand, only had 300 health points left!

　……

　Hephaestus, who had been smiling in the ring, suddenly furrowed his brows and his sharp nails dug into his palms.

　Ophelia, standing beside her, smiled knowingly.

　Meanwhile, in the stands outside the stadium, even more supporters of "Silver Dragon Girl" shouted excitedly, and some even stood up in excitement.

　The entire venue nearly erupted in chaos at that moment.

　But Winnie, who played the last card on the board, "Even if we lose," did not smile. She had a vague sense of foreboding.

　And sure enough.

　Pandora lifted the cover.

　"Activate the Spell Card—'Counter Shield'!"

　……

　A rotating wall of light instantly appeared in front of the "Forge Spirit".

　Winnie turned ashen-faced.