Chapter 1286: Moon of Oblivion

Leo was very pleased, and Fake Luna finally gave him some affirmation: "Well, now you're starting to look the part."

Fake Leo grinned: "Of course! I said I would protect Luna no matter what!"

He confidently Set another card. "Set 1 card. Turn end!"

Kira: "Then it's my turn. Draw!"

Of course, with the new turn, Kiwi Magician Girl's power boost disappeared. The ATK of Kiwi and Lemon Magician Girl on the field automatically returned to normal.

"Activate Equip Spell 'Wonder Wand'," Kira said. "This card can only be equipped to a Spellcaster-Type monster, increasing the equipped monster's ATK by 500. Equip it to 'Kiwi Magician Girl', raising my Kiwi's ATK by 500."

"Wait a second!" Fake Leo seemed to think he had caught his opponent slipping. "Kiwi Magician Girl cannot be targeted by card effects, so equipping shouldn't work either."

However, before Kira could speak, his own sister mercilessly interrupted: "Kiwi Magician Girl's effect prevents it from being targeted by the opponent's card effects. Sure enough, the Scarecrow is broken—he doesn't even understand something this simple."

"Is… is that so?" Fake Leo's head drooped again.

Kiwi Magician Girl's fingertips suddenly burst with golden starlight. A golden staff materialized out of thin air. Liquid sunlight-like magic power flowed within the crystal at the top of the staff. The moment she gripped the handle, a golden halo spiraled upward from the staff.

[Kiwi Magician Girl, ATK 1800 → ATK 2300]

In fact, Power Tool Mecha Dragon had an effect that could steal the opponent's Equip Spell during the opponent's turn, but it required the dragon to meet the card's equipping condition. Wonder Wand could only be equipped to Spellcaster-Type monsters, while Power Tool Mecha Dragon was Machine-Type, so it could not activate that effect to snatch "Wonder Wand" at this moment.

Kira: "Kiwi Magician Girl, attack 'Ancient Fairy Dragon'!"

Kiwi Magician Girl once again stepped onto the magic circle and hovered. Blue-green magic power surged from the staff like spring water, striking directly toward the Ancient Fairy Dragon.

"Heh, an attack of this level is completely within calculations!" Fake Leo laughed.

Fake Luna: "Leo!"

"I know! Activate the Set card, Trap Card 'Quaking Mirror Force'! When the opponent declares an attack, change all monsters on the opponent's field to face-down Defense Position!!!"

Just as Kiwi's magic energy was about to hit, countless fine cracks suddenly opened in the ground. It was as if hundreds of millions of tons of quicksand were being manipulated by an invisible hand, instantly forming a hemispherical sand curtain. This flowing wall was not static—every grain of sand spun at high speed.

The moment the blue-green magic struck the sand shield, the entire field rang with a buzzing sound like a desert swarm of bees. The magic energy was sliced into fragments by the sand grains, triggering an even more violent sandstorm hurricane. The protective shield suddenly collapsed inward, converting all absorbed energy into a directed sandstorm. The yellow sand coalesced into hundreds of giant python-like sand streams. These sandstorm pythons swept across the enemy field in a strangling posture. Wherever they passed, not only did fierce winds arise, but thick layers of quicksand formed. Both Magician Girls had no choice but to crouch within the quicksand, turning into face-down Set cards.

Of course, Wonder Wand, which had lost its equip target, was automatically destroyed.

"Magician Girls cannot be targeted by card effects nor destroyed by them. But 'Quaking Mirror Force' neither targets nor is an area-of-effect destruction—it covers the entire field. It is the perfect card against these troublesome Magician Girls."

Fake Luna smiled. "For a broken Scarecrow, you did pretty well to pull this off."

To be fair, these Magician Girls were indeed a bit annoying. If you tried to attack through them, you would be forced to change targets or have ATK halved by their "four ounces deflecting a thousand pounds" style of defense. You might even get counter-killed while allowing the opponent to search the Deck or Special Summon new Magician Girls. Yet if you tried to avoid battle and remove them with effects, they had targeting and destruction protection. They were clearly a group of lightly dressed, delicate-looking girls, but they felt as prickly as hedgehogs—hard to handle. Fighting to this point had already soured Luna's mood considerably.

So seeing these two Magician Girls suffer and get covered up, even the gloomy loli couldn't help but smile.

Kira: "Then Set two cards. Turn end."

"Excellent, let's keep the momentum going! My turn, draw!"

Leo raised his arm high. "At this moment, the Fairy Tale Field has completed its final transformation! The final field is—"

"—Fairy Tale Final Chapter: Moon of Oblivion!"

The sun vanished. Night enveloped the forest, and a bewitching moon appeared in the sky.

Fake Luna: "At this moment, Ancient Fairy Dragon's effect. When a Field Spell is activated, draw 1 card from the Deck."

Leo drew a card as instructed. "Then change the Defense Position 'Power Tool Mecha Dragon' to Attack Position!"

"Next, equip this card to Mecha Dragon—Equip Spell 'Fairy Meteor Crush'!" Fake Leo declared. "A monster equipped with this card can inflict piercing battle damage when attacking a Defense Position monster! Furthermore, Power Tool's effect: When it is equipped with an Equip Spell, draw 1 card from the Deck!"

Leo drew another card.

"Then Ancient Fairy Dragon's effect—once per turn while a Field Spell is on the field, destroy 1 card on the field. Destroy the Set card in the back row!"

Ancient Fairy once again emitted ten thousand rays of golden light like piercing blades. Another of Kira's Set cards was destroyed—it was the Trap Card "Magic Cylinder."

Fake Luna laughed: "You hit another good Trap. You're still pretty useful, Scarecrow."

Fake Leo no longer bothered arguing about whether he was a Scarecrow and said proudly: "Of course!"

"Here we go! Power Tool Mecha Dragon, attack the face-down Defense Position 'Apple Magician Girl'!"

If it was in face-down Defense Position, even if targeted for an attack, Apple Magician Girl's effect could not be activated. Of course, the same applied to the face-down Kiwi—its targeting and destruction protection for Spellcasters no longer applied. It could now be targeted and destroyed by effects.

Excitement flashed in Fake Leo's eyes. This should work! With piercing damage, the opponent's DEF was only 800—a single hit could deal a massive 1500 damage.

But Kira smiled gently. "You seem to think that turning them face-down Defense seals the Magician Girls' monster effects… but I still have this."

He snapped his fingers. "Activate the Set card, Trap Card 'Intruder Alarm - Yellow Alert'! When the opponent declares an attack, Special Summon 1 monster from your hand, and change the opponent's attack target to that monster."

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