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Card 1: Preview of Greatness or is it?
I've done my best in the written exam. Even then, I was unable to get myself better cards to use in my own deck. I sure am weak for someone who has been allowed to attend this prestigious academy.
Now I have to do the practical exam and hope that I can win the duel.
Turn 20
My life points: 1000
Opponent's life points: 100
Amphibian Beast, my strongest card in my deck should be able to help me win this one. He only has a 3-Hump Lacooda and in attack position no less! I can win this, I can win this!
"I attack your monster with my Amphibian Beast!" I shouted
"I activate Dimension Wall!" My opponent shouted. I couldn't believe my own eyes.
I lost...
Again...
How will I get any better if I'll just keep losing like this?
-Outside, near the cliff-
I looked at my deck, my water paradise deck. I looked at a few of my cards: Amphibian Beast, Big Wave Small Wave, Salvage and Umiiruka.
How can I win with these cards? I don't think I'll ever become a better duelist...
I left the cliff and decided to walk around aimlessly until I went to the card shop.
"Can I buy any high-ranked packs?"
"Oh, I'm sorry we ran out since yesterday" Sadie told me
"Oh... Ok, thank you" I left and walked towards the main gate of Duel Academy but little did I know that bumped an Obelisk Blue and I turned to face the person I bumped "I'm sorry" I gave a slight bow
"You think that's enough to satisfy me? I want to see you suffer you Slifer scum! Let's duel!" The Obelisk Blue student and two of his peers had disgusting smirks on their faces. I knew immediately that I won't be able to run easily so I accepted the duel with a nod "I'll do it"
They knew that we would get caught if we were dueling without permission, so I was brought in front of the Obelisk Blue Males Dorm.
"I will beat you to a pulp here loser! So that everyone can see that you don't belong here at all!" He spouted words on my face. Then a small group of Obelisk Blue male students were watching us and the duel started as they sneered at me, hating my presence that I never should've even stepped on this Academy.
"Since I know that I'll win, you go first loser!" He practically spat at my face despite being so far away, feeling the intense disrespect I'm getting in enemy territory, though I feel the same thing in the Slifer red dorm, since I was the weakest, everyone would duel me just so they could earn more wins in their win/loss ratio.
I drew my first six cards and I immediately see a strategy. Waboku, Silent Abyss, Monster Recovery, Amphibian Beast, Humanoid Slime and Mother Grizzly. I got hold of Humanoid Slime
"I set a monster in face down defense position and I set down two cards. I end my turn" I declared
"Prepare yourself! I draw!" He brought the card close to his other cards and began to make a move
"I set down two cards. I end my turn!"
He just set down cards but not a monster? What is he up to? Or is he just playing around with me?
"Draw!" I soon as I drew my opponent declared against me "I flip up the Light of Intervention!"
Light of Intervention?! He'll know what monsters I set from now on! The newly drawn card was Big Wave Small Wave and my cards are pretty good.
"I summon Mother Grizzly in attack mode! I flip up my defense monster Humanoid Slime! Then I use this card, Big Wave Small Wave!" I saw both Humanoid Slime and Mother Grizzly get destroyed by the card I just played and I got hold of the only two cards in my hand "I special summon Silent Abyss and Amphibian Beast!"
"Wh-what?! H-how?!" My opponent looked in disbelief
"I attack with my monsters directly!" I saw Silent Abyss land the hit on him but as soon as Amphibian Beast was about to hit him he flipped up a card "I use Sakuretsu Armor!"
Opponent's life points : 6000
"Not so fast! I won't let you destroy him! I use Monster Recovery!" My monster returned to the deck and I was able to thwart his plan "I end my turn!"
"I draw! I use Lightning Vortex!" He declared
N-no way... I can't guard that! I saw him discard a card as payment to using Lightning Vortex and I saw him disintegrate my Silent Abyss.
"I set another card! I end!" He declared but had an unsatisfied look on his face. His monsters might not be in his hand! I have to draw a monster and attack him directly!
"I draw!" I looked at the card I have drawn, it was Nightmare Penguin, not the ideal attacking monster but Light of Intervention is on the field making it's flip effect useless but I can use it's 200 attack power boost effect!
"I summon Nightmare Penguin in attack mode!" I placed the card on the duel disk and began the attack "I attack you directly!" He took the damage and seemed very frustrated right now
Opponent's life points: 4900
"I end my turn!" I declared, I felt that victory is within reach I smiled in hopes of obtaining my victory
"I draw!" He looks at his card and tsks "I end!"
I drew my card and got Salvage, I can get more monsters now! "I use Salvage to get back two water monsters from the graveyard!" I got Humanoid Slime and Mother Grizzly, I knew immediately what to do "I summon Mother Grizzly in attack mode!"
"I attack with both of my monsters!"
Opponent's life points: 2200
I can win... I can win this!
"I draw! I summon Mataza the Zapper to attack your Nightmare Penguin!" He attacked immediately but I wouldn't let it happen "I use Waboku!" He tsks "I end my turn"
"Hey hey, Don't tell me you will lose to a Slifer slacker?"
"You must really suck huh?"
"Shut up! I can win, this is all a part of my strategy!"
His own peers criticize him for such a sloppy duel. I drew my card and got another Nightmare Penguin. If I summon this one, I can win this duel indefinitely "I summon another Nightmare Penguin! I attack Mataza the Zapper with Mother Grizzly who is now 1800 attack power because of both Nightmare Penguin's boosting effect!" I saw his monster get destroyed and I immediately declared an attack with my two remaining Nightmare Penguins. "Go!"
Opponent's life points: 0
"Ugh... You were just lucky you Slifer scum!" He had adopted a sore loser attitude after losing to me but I just felt so good just defeating him. I felt a flutter in chest, this light and warm feeling. I like it! I like my victory!
"I'll get you next time!" He left with his peers but the other Obelisk Blue Students didn't seem to like it one bit. "I'll challenge you!" another Obelisk Blue Student challenged me but as I looked around, I saw more Obelisk Blue Students including the Obelisk Blue girls here. Apparently, they couldn't believe their eyes that I defeated one of them.
I immediately saw Alexis who seemed to smile at me the moment I laid eyes on her "If you don't mind, I challenge you" everyone looked at Alexis, the guys were happy to see a strong Obelisk female show who's boss while the girls, particularly the two girls who keep following Alexis around seemed to not like the idea that Alexis would waste her time on a Slifer like me. "Sure... I accept" I became nervous again, this is the first time I was ever challenged by the one and only Alexis Rhodes.
We readied our duel disks and Alexis was being cheered on by the Obelisk Students while I'm getting all the hate here. I have to try and win this one. I have to.
"Duel!" Alexis and I exclaimed as the duel finally went underway
"I'll go first!" I declared
"You may" She gave me the first turn and I looked at the first six cards I drew: Waterdragon Fairy, Monster Recovery, Monster Reincarnation, Giant Red Seasnake, Call of the Haunted and Divine Wrath.
"I summon Giant Red Seasnake in Attack mode! I then set four cards, I end my turn"
Alexis looked at the cards I set down "You must be acting quite carefully huh? I draw! I use Reinforcement of the Army! I get Etoile Cyber! I'm not done yet I use the Ritual Spell card Machine Angel Ritual!" No way... She did all that on her first turn!
"I Ritual summon Cyber Angel – Idaten in Defense mode!" Well in terms of attacking power I'm up by 200 points but that defense of her ritual monster is 2000 points, I won't be able to attack her anytime soon.
"I activate Cyber Angel – Idaten's effect. When Cyber Angel – Idaten is special summoned, it allows me to get one spell card from my graveyard" She looked like she was about to get her spell card but I wouldn't let her "I activate Divine Wrath! I won't allow Cyber Angel – Idaten to use it's effect!" I discarded the one remaining card in my hand to activate Divine Wrath's Effect. I destroyed her monster which got her to smile a bit "Impressive indeed. I'll set a monster and and card as I end my turn"
I drew my field card Umiiruka. I can now attack without worry. "I activate Umiiruka! Which increases my Giant Red Seasnake to 2300 attack power in exchange for 400 defense power. I attack your defense monster!" Within that moment I destroyed Etoile Cyber but I didn't feel the need to use Call of the Haunted right now.
"I end my turn"
She drew a card and set a monster immediately as she ended her turn. I felt odd that she's playing defensive but I'll take whatever I can get.
I drew the next card which was Dust Tornado I don't think I need to play this card as of the moment so I just attacked her defense monster and destroyed yet another Etoile Cyber.
Alexis drew a card and sets down another monster in defense and sets also another card down. I wondered if she was going to continue playing defensive like this so I took my turn and drew my card.
I got Salvage but I can't use it as of the moment because the only monster in my graveyard in Waterdragon Fairy. I attacked her defense monster without hesitation. I destroyed Senju of the Thousand Hands and ended my turn. She had no more cards in hand which would not surprise me if she got no monster.
Alexis drew a card and sets down a monster immediately as she ends her turn.
I followed suit as I drew my card and it was Waboku but I just attacked her defense monster with my Giant Red Seasnake destroying Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands and on that note I ended my turn.
Alexis drew another card and sets down a monster immediately as she ends her turn.
I drew the Pot of Avarice but then again I have no use for it right now and I attacked her defense monster, another Senju.
On the next draw, she smiled a bit "I activate the Swords of Revealing Light! This let me setup for three whole turns. I end my turn"
On that note, this is a game that will surely take while. I drew the Maiden of the Aqua. Since I can't really attack this turn I just ended my turn.
Alexis drew a card and instantly set a monster as she ended her turn.
I drew the Lightning Vortex and I just realized that I had the Dust Tornado but I know that can still wait a little longer so I ended my turn.
"I draw a card! I now remove from play two light monsters to special summon the Soul of Purity and Light! I also activate Miraculous Descent, it allows me to special summon one fairy type monster from my remove from play zone. I special summon Senju of the Thousand Hands!" I don't know what she's thinking but I can't harm her until the Sword of Revealing Light wears off. "I end my turn!"
I drew Star Boy which would be very helpful in increasing Giant Red Seasnake's attack points but I'll have to set things up first. "I set down a card and I end my turn!" in that moment, the Swords of Revealing Light was destroyed.
Alexis drew a card but just put her monsters in defense mode as she ended her turn. So I took this as my chance as I drew my next card. Nightmare Steelcage, I can use it later
"I summon Star Boy in Attack mode! On that note, I attack Senju with Star Boy" I destroyed that monster, now for the next one "I attack Soul of Purity and Light with Giant Red Seasnake" I destroyed her monster as I ended my turn.
Alexis drew a card and instantly set a monster as she ended her turn. Why is she playing so defensively I wonder?
I drew my next Waboku but didn't need it "I summon Maiden of the Aqua in attack mode!" Because of the boosting of both Star Boy and Umiiruka, Maiden of the Aqua's attack power is 1700 which is good enough "I attack both of the defense monsters with Maiden of the Aqua and Star Boy!" I destroyed Sangan and Cyber Blader as she got her monster due to Sangan's effect but that doesn't matter, I can finally hit her life points after 20 turns
"I attack you directly with Giant Red Seasnake!" I declared as she took the damage
Alexis' life points: 5200
That sure felt good being able to hit her after so long "I end my turn"
"I draw! I set a monster and a card. I end my turn! Alexis seemed to be getting frustrated now. Everyone watching duel is sure surprised I was able to land a hit on Alexis.
"You'll pay for that you know!" The silver haired girl behind Alexis said
"Yeah, you're in for it now!" The orange wild haired brunette also added.
But I ignored them and drew Aqua Madoor and summoned him to the field which makes him 2200 attack power. I attacked her defense monster with Star Boy "I activate my trap! Negate Attack!" Alexis exclaimed. I guess she wanted that monster to live. "I'll end my turn"
Alexis took a deep breath and drew her card and sets another monster to end her turn.
It certainly felt that I have her on the ropes right now but I better not get cocky or I may lose.
"My turn! I draw" I glanced at my card to see Humanoid Slime "I summon another monster!" Humanoid Slime's attack power became 1800 because of Umiiruka and Star Boy
"I declare an attack on your monsters!" I destroyed Harvest Angel of Wisdom "I use it's effect to get back a counter trap card!" Alexis exclaimed and obtained the Negate Attack card. But that means nothing if she can't stop my current barrage right now. As I attacked with Maiden of the Aqua, the defense position monster turned out to be Marshmallon! "Marshmallon's effect that you take 1000 damage" Alexis explained
My life points: 7000
I had to end this turn since I can't destroy Marshmallon normally.
Alexis took this moment of respite to set down a card after drawing a card from a deck, she ended her turn on that note.
I drew Negate Attack but I'm going to use a card that will get rid of Marshmallon "I activate Lightning Vortex!" I discarded my extra Waboku as cost "I won't allow that to happen! I activate Magic Drain! You can negate this effect by discarding a spell card from your hand!" She said but obviously I would do so to get this over with. I discarded Pot of Avarice since I don't think I'll need it. On that note, I destroyed Marshmallon and declared my attack but just the same as before she activated Negate Attack which forced me to end this turn.
She drew a card and sets a monster, she seemed to be running out of options. If nothing else happens, I think I won this duel.
I drew Giant Trunade but I just need to attack with my monsters. Star Boy destroyed the defensive Blade Skater and I attacked with the rest of my monsters
Alexis' life points: 0
I can't believe I won again, which was a surprise!
"Wow, that was a very good duel. You remind me of another Slifer Red who's good at dueling." Alexis smiled but I frowned a bit because I knew who she's talking about. He's definitely someone who I can't defeat with my kind of deck.
"Thank you, Alexis-sama." I bowed knowing that someone finally is nice to me.
"Alexis is fine." She turned away and started to leave. The two other girls followed her as they take their leave. All the students left but not without having any harsh comments on me. But I felt good having at least two wins against two Obelisk Blue duelists.
Little did I know, that those two wins were all just a dream. I must've slept away my frustrations.
"Damn it! I'm late for class!"
I screamed out aloud running towards the school.
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