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## Chapter 322: Great Flood
"What?!" Unlike Hayato, who wasn't surprised because he had seen the monster's true form, Kaiba was quite annoyed that his "wife" had been blocked. "What was that thing just now?"
"Bone Porpoise is a card that can activate its effect in the Graveyard, similar to your Rainbow Kuriboh, Kobayashi Hayato. When your opponent's monster declares an attack, I can banish it from the Graveyard to negate that attack."
Noah's fingertip held the Bone Porpoise card and flicked it lightly. Just like Hayato's Rainbow Kuriboh earlier, the Bone Porpoise card, banished, turned into fragments and disappeared.
"I knew it wouldn't be that simple," Hayato sighed, setting the two cards in his hand onto his field. "Set two cards. My turn ends."
【Hayato: 400 LP, Hand 0】
【Blue-Eyes White Dragon】【ATK 3000】
【Set Card】X2
"Then, my turn. Draw."
Noah drew a card with a calm tone. After seeing the card he drew, the corner of his mouth curved into a smile as he said, "Heh heh, how boring. It seems this duel is about to end, Kobayashi Hayato. Regret summoning Blue-Eyes White Dragon to the field!"
"In myths around the world, there are legends of a 'world-ending great flood'. Let me use this card to clear the field!" Saying this, Noah held up the card in his hand. "I activate the Spell Card Giant Flood! All monsters on the hand and field are sent to the Graveyard! Your Blue-Eyes White Dragon on the field, the symbol of Seto Kaiba's wicked soul, shall be destroyed!"
Watching Noah play the Giant Flood card, whose effect was even more excessive than Dark Hole, Hayato immediately activated his set card in the backrow: "Not a chance! I activate my set card—"
"Muda da! The effect of Giant Flood is to send monsters directly to the Graveyard, not destroy them! Even if you set a trap card that prevents monsters from being destroyed, it's useless!"
But facing Noah's triumphant words, Hayato smiled calmly. "You can't be so sure."
"The set card I activated is this one, Forbidden Lance! I target my Blue-Eyes White Dragon on the field, decreasing its ATK by 800 points. In exchange, Blue-Eyes White Dragon will not be affected by the effects of spell/trap cards other than this card this turn!"
A wall of floodwaters, seemingly reaching the sky, surged towards the field, overwhelming everything as if to swallow it whole. The Yata-Garasu in Noah's hand was swept away by the torrent, while Blue-Eyes White Dragon was spared, thanks to the Forbidden Lance standing between it and Hayato like a stabilizing pillar, parting the water.
Incidentally, Kaiba was also brought to the high ground where Hayato was by Blue-Eyes. Held by the dragon's claw, Kaiba's gaze looked at the vast ocean below.
His pupils contracted. "Is that?"
As the floodwaters gradually receded, the figures of the monsters that had been sent to the Graveyard earlier emerged one by one in the vortex. Treeborn Frog, Maiden of the Aqua, Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End, Yata-Garasu, and many other monsters were all carried by the water flow in one direction.
There, surprisingly, was Noah's Deck Master that he hadn't used for a long time—The Ark of the Covenant. At this moment, the giant wooden ship opened the mechanism at its bow, and one monster after another was sucked into the Ark, just like in myths where "various animals were brought onto the Ark".
"No need to be surprised, Seto. This is the 'Containment Ability' of my Deck Master, The Ark of the Covenant. From this moment on, all cards in the Graveyard will be transported into the different dimension inside the hull of the The Ark of the Covenant."
As if seeing through Kaiba's thoughts, Noah explained.
"The Ark of the Covenant is a sacred place that carries the last hope of all life in the world. No effect can interfere with the monsters protected by the Ark! Then, under my leadership, they will create a new world!"
Hayato interrupted Noah, annoyed. "Your delusion ends here. Sending cards to the different dimension? I'll send *you* to the different dimension!"
"Tch, you're getting ahead of yourself. Have you forgotten that your field is still empty?" Kaiba also snorted coldly. "Use Blue-Eyes to take down that guy next turn, Kobayashi Hayato!"
"Hey, don't order me around."
Noah glanced at Hayato contemptuously. "If you can do it, then attack me. Kobayashi Hayato. Even if my hand and field are empty, you won't be able to defeat me who possesses The Ark of the Covenant."
"My turn, end turn."
As Noah declared his turn end, Hayato and Kaiba noticed that Noah's life points were increasing wildly, as if there was a bug in the duel program.
【Noah: 3000 → 9000 LP, Hand 0】
"This is the second effect of The Ark of the Covenant, called 'Life Recovery'. As the name suggests, for every monster contained inside the The Ark of the Covenant, I recover 500 life points."
"Even 【Aromage】 would cry on the spot hearing this. Such a monster effect can only be described as a tragedy. Printing such a cheap monster for yourself, Noah, you fat pig!"
Despite meeting for the first time, Hayato immediately called Noah a fat pig.
"Tch, now the only way to defeat that guy is to summon all three Blue-Eyes at once," Kaiba said with a frown. "To give the monster he uses so many effects... I wouldn't be surprised if even more new effects appear later."
"That Noah guy is completely dueling around his Deck Master. His purity is too low," Hayato sighed, drawing a card. "However, the most important thing for Duel Monsters has always been victory. Purity is useless in itself."
"My turn, draw!"
The card Hayato drew was the second Blue-Eyes. Although its ATK is powerful, the Level 8 Blue-Eyes White Dragon requires two Tributes to be summoned. In other words, Hayato had bricked again.
"Is this the punishment for not using my own deck? In that case, Blue-Eyes White Dragon, direct attack that green-haired guy! Burst Stream of Destruction cough cough cough!"
Hayato ordered, imitating Kaiba's voice, but not everyone could shout such a chuunibyou attack name with full force, and Hayato choked.
However, in Duel Monsters, there is no mandatory requirement for duelists to finish or correctly shout the attack name; as long as the attack command is given, it's fine. Therefore, Blue-Eyes White Dragon attacked Noah again.
"A weak attack is useless against me, a god!" Noah, relying on his exceptionally high life points, even looked down on Blue-Eyes White Dragon's attack. "In the name of god, I command you to retreat!"
Under Kaiba's gaze of "Just as I expected," the The Ark of the Covenant floating on the vast ocean behind Noah once again opened the bow mechanism it had used to transport monsters earlier. A familiar girl blocked the attack of Blue-Eyes White Dragon, and was then easily shattered.
"Was that, Maiden of the Aqua just now?"
"What?!" Unlike Hayato, who wasn't surprised because he had seen the monster's true form, Kaiba was quite annoyed that his "wife" had been blocked. "What was that thing just now?"
"Bone Porpoise is a card that can activate its effect in the Graveyard, similar to your Rainbow Kuriboh, Kobayashi Hayato. When your opponent's monster declares an attack, I can banish it from the Graveyard to negate that attack."
Noah's fingertip held the Bone Porpoise card and flicked it lightly. Just like Hayato's Rainbow Kuriboh earlier, the Bone Porpoise card, banished, turned into fragments and disappeared.
"I knew it wouldn't be that simple," Hayato sighed, setting the two cards in his hand onto his field. "Set two cards. My turn ends."
【Hayato: 400 LP, Hand 0】
【Blue-Eyes White Dragon】【ATK 3000】
【Set Card】X2
"Then, my turn. Draw."
Noah drew a card with a calm tone. After seeing the card he drew, the corner of his mouth curved into a smile as he said, "Heh heh, how boring. It seems this duel is about to end, Kobayashi Hayato. Regret summoning Blue-Eyes White Dragon to the field!"
"In myths around the world, there are legends of a 'world-ending great flood'. Let me use this card to clear the field!" Saying this, Noah held up the card in his hand. "I activate the Spell Card Giant Flood! All monsters on the hand and field are sent to the Graveyard! Your Blue-Eyes White Dragon on the field, the symbol of Seto Kaiba's wicked soul, shall be destroyed!"
Watching Noah play the Giant Flood card, whose effect was even more excessive than Dark Hole, Hayato immediately activated his set card in the backrow: "Not a chance! I activate my set card—"
"Muda da! The effect of Giant Flood is to send monsters directly to the Graveyard, not destroy them! Even if you set a trap card that prevents monsters from being destroyed, it's useless!"
But facing Noah's triumphant words, Hayato smiled calmly. "You can't be so sure."
"The set card I activated is this one, Forbidden Lance! I target my Blue-Eyes White Dragon on the field, decreasing its ATK by 800 points. In exchange, Blue-Eyes White Dragon will not be affected by the effects of spell/trap cards other than this card this turn!"
A wall of floodwaters, seemingly reaching the sky, surged towards the field, overwhelming everything as if to swallow it whole. The Yata-Garasu in Noah's hand was swept away by the torrent, while Blue-Eyes White Dragon was spared, thanks to the Forbidden Lance standing between it and Hayato like a stabilizing pillar, parting the water.
Incidentally, Kaiba was also brought to the high ground where Hayato was by Blue-Eyes. Held by the dragon's claw, Kaiba's gaze looked at the vast ocean below.
His pupils contracted. "Is that?"
As the floodwaters gradually receded, the figures of the monsters that had been sent to the Graveyard earlier emerged one by one in the vortex. Treeborn Frog, Maiden of the Aqua, Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End, Yata-Garasu, and many other monsters were all carried by the water flow in one direction.
There, surprisingly, was Noah's Deck Master that he hadn't used for a long time—The Ark of the Covenant. At this moment, the giant wooden ship opened the mechanism at its bow, and one monster after another was sucked into the Ark, just like in myths where "various animals were brought onto the Ark".
"No need to be surprised, Seto. This is the 'Containment Ability' of my Deck Master, The Ark of the Covenant. From this moment on, all cards in the Graveyard will be transported into the different dimension inside the hull of the The Ark of the Covenant."
As if seeing through Kaiba's thoughts, Noah explained.
"The Ark of the Covenant is a sacred place that carries the last hope of all life in the world. No effect can interfere with the monsters protected by the Ark! Then, under my leadership, they will create a new world!"
Hayato interrupted Noah, annoyed. "Your delusion ends here. Sending cards to the different dimension? I'll send *you* to the different dimension!"
"Tch, you're getting ahead of yourself. Have you forgotten that your field is still empty?" Kaiba also snorted coldly. "Use Blue-Eyes to take down that guy next turn, Kobayashi Hayato!"
"Hey, don't order me around."
Noah glanced at Hayato contemptuously. "If you can do it, then attack me. Kobayashi Hayato. Even if my hand and field are empty, you won't be able to defeat me who possesses The Ark of the Covenant."
"My turn, end turn."
As Noah declared his turn end, Hayato and Kaiba noticed that Noah's life points were increasing wildly, as if there was a bug in the duel program.
【Noah: 3000 → 9000 LP, Hand 0】
"This is the second effect of The Ark of the Covenant, called 'Life Recovery'. As the name suggests, for every monster contained inside the The Ark of the Covenant, I recover 500 life points."
"Even 【Aromage】 would cry on the spot hearing this. Such a monster effect can only be described as a tragedy. Printing such a cheap monster for yourself, Noah, you fat pig!"
Despite meeting for the first time, Hayato immediately called Noah a fat pig.
"Tch, now the only way to defeat that guy is to summon all three Blue-Eyes at once," Kaiba said with a frown. "To give the monster he uses so many effects... I wouldn't be surprised if even more new effects appear later."
"That Noah guy is completely dueling around his Deck Master. His purity is too low," Hayato sighed, drawing a card. "However, the most important thing for Duel Monsters has always been victory. Purity is useless in itself."
"My turn, draw!"
The card Hayato drew was the second Blue-Eyes. Although its ATK is powerful, the Level 8 Blue-Eyes White Dragon requires two Tributes to be summoned. In other words, Hayato had bricked again.
"Is this the punishment for not using my own deck? In that case, Blue-Eyes White Dragon, direct attack that green-haired guy! Burst Stream of Destruction cough cough cough!"
Hayato ordered, imitating Kaiba's voice, but not everyone could shout such a chuunibyou attack name with full force, and Hayato choked.
However, in Duel Monsters, there is no mandatory requirement for duelists to finish or correctly shout the attack name; as long as the attack command is given, it's fine. Therefore, Blue-Eyes White Dragon attacked Noah again.
"A weak attack is useless against me, a god!" Noah, relying on his exceptionally high life points, even looked down on Blue-Eyes White Dragon's attack. "In the name of god, I command you to retreat!"
Under Kaiba's gaze of "Just as I expected," the The Ark of the Covenant floating on the vast ocean behind Noah once again opened the bow mechanism it had used to transport monsters earlier. A familiar girl blocked the attack of Blue-Eyes White Dragon, and was then easily shattered.
"Was that, Maiden of the Aqua just now?"
