Heroic Spirit Deck in Yu-Gi-Oh!-Chapter 649
"Go, Alter Form Change! Noble Phantasm True Name Release—Mad King Cú Chulainn!"
"At last I can go all out, huh? This lukewarm restraint on my power—let the dogs eat it!"
Taking on the solitary stance of a king, the enraged Noble Phantasm of Cu Chulainn Alter manifested the power and image of the Red Sea monster, the sea beast Curruid, through the demonic spear Gáe Bolg, forming an exoskeleton that wrapped around his body like armor.
"I send Heroic Spirit – Cu Chulainn Alter on my field to the Graveyard, and Special Summon Mad King – Cú Chulainn Alter from my Extra Deck!"
[Mad King – Cú Chulainn Alter ★★★★★★★★★ (Level 9)][DARK][Beast-Warrior/Fusion/Effect][ATK 3000/DEF 3000]
[This card can only be Special Summoned by the effect of "Alter Form Change." This card is also treated as a "Heroic Spirit" card.]
Minazuki pointed it out immediately. "Headmistress, that's not the fifth layer at all. Even if it looks stronger, its ATK is still lower than the opponent's monster."
"Just watch. The title of King of 1v1 battles isn't for show!" Hoshino Alter waved her hand and ordered the berserk-armored king to charge straight at Kanzashi.
"Counterattack, Cu Chulainn!"
"Then… let the slaughter begin!"
The gigantic beast's claws collided with Kanzashi's crystal parasol-sword. Their weapons shattered at the point of impact—an even clash that didn't look like there was a 400-point difference in ATK at all.
"Effect of Cu Chulainn Alter! If this card would be destroyed by battle or card effect, I can banish a 'Cu Chulainn' monster from my Graveyard instead!"
The same effect as before his transformation—banishing a Cu Chulainn from the Graveyard to gain protection, like Protection from Arrows.
Minazuki frowned. "Wait, Headmistress, didn't your Cu Chulainn in the Graveyard defect to the opponent's field?"
Hoshino Alter sighed, hands on her hips. "Minazuki, calling you first-layer was too generous. That's negative-one layer. Didn't you see how I summoned Mad King Cu Chulainn?"
Minazuki thought back. "You used the Quick-Play Spell Alter Form Change to send Cu Chulainn Alter to the Graveyard… oh!"
Pulling a card from her Graveyard, Hoshino Alter showed it. "Exactly. I banish the Heroic Spirit – Cu Chulainn Alter that was sent there as the target to replace the destruction! And Mad King's effect—"
[②: Any battle damage you would take from this card's battle is inflicted to your opponent instead.]
The berserk wind tearing through the air sliced a few strands of Queen Mardel's golden hair.
[Queen Mardel LP 8000 → 7600]
"What a fine counterattack," Queen Mardel said calmly. "You actually managed to harm my body."
"You don't think it ends there, do you?" Hoshino Alter smiled confidently and unleashed the king's finishing effect. "Show them what the King of 1v1 battles really means, Cu Chulainn!"
"—Full release. No mercy… challenge despair!"
The bone armor covering Cu Chulainn's body boosted his endurance and pushed his Strength parameter to EX rank.
Enemy of armies, face of all things, driving ten thousand foes away.
Praise the strongest, boast the strongest, let the strongest roar upon the world.
"—Beast of Devouring Death Fangs!"
[③: A monster that battles this card is destroyed at the end of the Damage Step, and inflicts damage to the opponent equal to that monster's ATK.]
Hoshino Alter grinned proudly. "Battle-destruction resistance, damage reflection, and forced destruction after the battle step. Trinity—that's the power of the Berserk King!"
Hoshino nodded. "That's seriously troublesome… I didn't expect the other me to push Alter's power this far."
Not truly invincible—but in a 1v1, very few monsters could defeat Mad King Cu Chulainn.
"If you regret it, you shouldn't have stood before me. Shatter!"
The spiked bone armor pierced into Kanzashi, ripping apart her elegant kimono and body alike.
"So the Nine Realms King isn't that impressive after all~" Hoshino Alter declared. "By Mad King Cu Chulainn's effect, you take damage equal to Kanzashi's 3400 ATK!"
Queen Mardel replied calmly, "A ferocious power that transcends the concept of life… like a cruel being formed from human souls that worship war."
Minazuki sneered, "Do you even understand the situation? Your ace got counter-killed and you lost nearly half your LP. This duel is basically ours. As expected from Headmistress and me teaming up."
Misawa: "I've never seen someone so shameless."
Syrus: "You little opportunist—what did you even do?"
Alexis: "Feels like teaming up with Senpai—you could win even with a dog on a leash."
"Such violent power cannot bring peace to the world." Queen Mardel narrowed her elegant eyes. "What you see with your eyes—is it truly reality… or merely an illusion like flowers in a mirror, the moon on water?"
"What we see…?" Hoshino Alter suddenly felt a bad premonition. When she looked back at the battlefield, everything had reversed. "How is that possible?!"
The Kanzashi that should have been torn apart by Beast of Devouring Death Fangs now stood unharmed, holding her crystal parasol.
Instead, the one pierced through by Berserk Cu Chulainn… was the original Cu Chulainn with the chrysanthemum on his head. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺
"You're not the only one with a replacement effect. The moment Teardrop would have been destroyed, her effect triggered—"
[If a Plant monster you control would be destroyed by an effect, you can Tribute 1 Plant monster from your hand or field instead.]
"And the Plant monster I Tributed instead… was the Heroic Spirit – Cu Chulainn revived from your Graveyard."
Plant roots lifted the card from Queen Mardel's field and placed it back into Hoshino Alter's Graveyard.
"Cu Chulainn… got killed by himself?" Hoshino Alter frowned.
Hoshino: "(꒪Д꒪) Lancer killed himself again… Wait, why did I say 'again'?"
