Chapter 817: Chapter 489: I Summon Myself
As soon as Keynes finished speaking, he was slightly stunned to see the main phase still unable to unfold.
A timing issue?
"Your turn has started, hasn’t it?" Vivian drew a card from her hand.
"At the beginning of your turn, I activate the effect of the Follower Card in my hand, [Candlelight Phantom: Saintess Vivian], to special summon it from my hand."
With Vivian’s action, a red-haired Mage girl appeared on Vivian’s field.
If someone had experienced the Twilight of the Gods, they would be very surprised to see this girl because she looked exactly like the Twilight Saintess Vivian.
When Shen Sui saw Vivian summon herself, he was also astonished, but then he quickly overcame his surprise.
In the game’s main storyline, Vivian was leading a Twilight of the Gods event against the ruling Gods, which was not easy. The assassination attempts from the Church on Vivian were more frequent and secretive than those on Alice in the City of Sin. At that time, although Shen Sui was already quite powerful, he couldn’t protect her at all times like he could now.
Thus, it was not uncommon for Vivian to create Candlelight Phantoms resembling herself to confuse her enemies. This is why Shen Sui remained calm when he saw the story background of Vivian being burned to death, as he knew Vivian most likely faked her death using a similar method.
Although Keynes was influenced by the Pseudo-Dusk Council and had an unusual admiration and fear for the legendary Twilight Saintess, the Dueling Device couldn’t transmit images, so he had no idea what Twilight Saintess looked like.
Therefore, when he saw Vivian use a hand trap effect to special summon a follower during her first turn, he remained calm but was slightly surprised that this Saintess Vivian shared the same name as the Twilight Saintess.
But temporarily, he didn’t intend to associate the two figures. To Keynes, such an idea seemed pure fantasy.
"It’s just a mere eight-star follower, isn’t it? Watch me take her down with one card!" Keynes was still quite optimistic at this moment.
However, Vivian’s turn was clearly not over. Just as she successfully summoned, she drew another card from her hand:
"When Saintess Vivian is successfully special summoned, I can activate the effect of the Event Card [Twilight of the Gods] in my hand."
With Vivian’s words, the entire scene suddenly changed dramatically.
No!
It wasn’t limited to just the venue.
The projection of [Twilight of the Gods] penetrated the Duel Realm at the moment it activated.
At that moment, everyone in the world sensed a subtle change in the sky.
All those with Extraordinary Power felt an unprecedented suppression.
Many couldn’t help but feel a sense of fear: Could some terrifying existence be descending upon this world?
Zhang Fang also stopped his work, looking through the window at the anomaly in the sky.
"Director!" Wang Ming, who was reporting, immediately stood up and said with a frown.
Zhang Fang waved his hand and said, "Don’t be too nervous. Ever since we couldn’t stop the Extraordinary Invasion, such things were bound to happen sooner or later."
"Moreover," Zhang Fang’s shadow subtly vibrated behind him, helping him assess the current situation, "this phenomenon was not triggered with malicious intent; it seems to be an overflow, with no subjective malice from its source."
Just as Zhang Fang predicted, after the official activation of [Twilight of the Gods], the anomaly vanished.
However, the shock in Keynes’ heart did not lessen.
"Saintess Vivian... Twilight of the Gods..." he murmured the names of these two terms and suddenly raised his head to look at Vivian.
It was then that he realized how similar the Life Card Master Vivian looked to the Saintess Vivian on the field.
"You...you..." he stammered, yet couldn’t utter a single word.
Vivian was indifferent to Keynes’ reaction and continued, "According to the effect of [Twilight of the Gods], when you summon or special summon a follower, I can special summon the same number of followers from my deck or graveyard. Also, when you liberate, destroy, or banish followers on your field, I can activate and destroy all cards on your field."
"Of course, this card is not without side effects," Vivian smiled and said, "At the beginning of the third turn after activation, you win the duel."
"Look," Vivian spread her hands and said, "If you want to beat me, it’s really simple. You just have to hold out until that moment."
Upon hearing Vivian’s words, Shen Sui didn’t even know how to comment.
[Twilight of the Gods] is one of the rare event cards that only provides buffs to oneself and debuffs to the opponent. Moreover, these effects are incredibly strong. If I were to play a game under the effects of [Twilight of the Gods], and haven’t won by the third turn, I might as well concede without waiting for the effect’s special victory condition.
No matter how Keynes would respond, Shen Sui began brainstorming ways to counter this event card in his mind.
After all, he often duels with Vivian privately, and who wins means who holds the initiative.
