Chapter 210

"The cards I'm adding to my hand are, naturally, the Ritual Spell Black Illusion Ritual, and Relinquished!"

The corner of Rowan's mouth curled up as he spoke two names that nobody had expected at all!

At the same time, he lifted the Ritual Spell and its matching Ritual Monster from his Deck and showed them to old Kagemaru.

"Relinquished...?!"

An extremely bad feeling rose in old Kagemaru instantly.

Bastion and Zane Truesdale, the Kaiser, and the others looked shocked as well.

"Huh? What's Relinquished?"

Jaden and Syrus asked at the same time, the class dunces once again voicing their confusion.

Even Alexis's two friends, Jasmine and Mindy, and the blond, mushroom-headed Professor Crowler looked awkward and puzzled.

Clearly, none of them had ever heard of this rare card either...

"It's said to be a legendary, super rare Ritual Monster, one that once put even the King of Games, Yugi Muto, through the wringer!"

Alexis explained, a flicker of surprise in her eyes.

She had never expected Rowan to have such a rare Ritual Monster in his hands, either!

"Next, I activate the Ritual Spell I just added to my hand, Black Illusion Ritual!"

"By Tributing monsters of Level 1 or higher from my field and hand, I Ritual Summon Relinquished from my hand!"

Rowan placed Black Illusion Ritual, the Ritual Spell he had just added with Pre-Preparation of Rites, onto his Duel Disk.

In a flash of light, a ritual altar appeared on the field before him, bearing a sealed jar with a single golden eye!

"I Tribute the Level 1 monster in my hand, Mystic Piper. Appear now, Relinquished!"

As Rowan showed the Level 1 monster from his hand, the shadowy figure of a circus-performer-like piper rose out of it.

It was instantly drawn into the golden-eyed jar on the altar!

"Roooar!!"

The next moment, a blood-red pillar of light surged up from the jar on the altar!

Slowly, a strange monster took shape within it. It was dark green all over, with clawed arms and an incomplete half-body, and a single golden eye on its head at the end of a long, thin neck.

It let out a muffled growl as it appeared on the field before Rowan!

[Relinquished] [Level: 1] [Attribute: DARK] [ATK: 0] [DEF: 0]

"Just like Uria, it has 0 ATK and 0 DEF...!"

Old Kagemaru, his opponent, could not help but say it in surprise from within the life-support tank across the field.

He had heard plenty of rumors about the King of Games, Yugi Muto, but this was the first time he had seen Relinquished's true form!

"Your Uria is really something. Why don't you let me make use of it too?"

At the sight of old Kagemaru's startled look, a sunny smile spread across Rowan's face.

"Relinquished's special effect: once per turn, I can select one monster on my opponent's field and equip it to this card!"

"Then its ATK and DEF become the same as the equipped monster's!"

"What?! Impossible!"

Inside the life-support tank, old Kagemaru's face changed at once, his eyes wide with shock.

"You can't mean... you intend to take my Uria for yourself?!"

"When there's something good around, of course I should share it. Let me have a turn with it."

Rowan raised a hand with a beaming smile and snapped his fingers.

Then he swept an arm toward the crimson demonic dragon on the opposing field.

"Relinquished, NTR Control!"

"Roooar!!"

At his command, a huge gaping mouth like a wind tunnel tore open in the abdomen of the dark green, grotesque Relinquished on the field before him.

A powerful suction of wind surged out from within!

The Sacred Beast Uria, hovering in midair on old Kagemaru's field, was dragged toward it, helpless to resist.

The crimson demonic dragon could only cry out in furious, anguished roars.

In the end, Relinquished swallowed it whole!

Only the crimson dragon's head remained, sitting on Relinquished's belly like a lifeless piece of equipment, all its spirit gone.

"That Sacred Beast, Uria, Lord of Searing Flames, was absorbed by Rowan's Relinquished...?!"

Chancellor Sheppard, Zane the Kaiser, Bastion, and the others all stared with wide eyes, unable to keep from gasping.

Alexis and the others soon began looking strange, too, turning to look at Chairman Kagemaru far across the field in his life-support tank!

They were too stunned to even think of roasting the odd name Rowan had given his move.

At that moment, the already aged face of Chairman Kagemaru had gone completely dark.

An electrocardiogram even popped up on his life-support machine, warning him to keep his emotions in check and stay steady!

[Ding. Kagemaru's Emotion Points +800]

"Damn brat! How dare you disrupt my plan to revive the Sacred Beasts, reclaim a young body, and walk the path to immortality!"

Old Kagemaru forced out his aged voice, suppressing his rage!

Compared to earlier, when Uria had been on his field and his voice had been gradually gathering strength, he was clearly back to sounding a little weaker.

What Kagemaru found even more unbearable was that, after Special Summoning Relinquished and absorbing his first Sacred Beast, Uria, Rowan looked not particularly satisfied.

He even clicked his tongue and muttered, "This Uria isn't much good either. Absorbing it just gives me a 0 ATK small fry..."

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