"Duel!" - Regular Speech
'Tricky…' - Thoughts
Chapter 2: Welcome to Duel Academy
A Week Later
Helicopter Transport, En-Route to Academy Island
Yuri looked on in mild amusement as the rest of her yearmates chattered excitedly amongst themselves. Everyone was wondering which dorm they would be put in and so on and so forth. She knew that everyone here would be in either Slifer Red or Ra Yellow. Those who would be in Obelisk Blue were already on the island, taken there by private jets and whatnot.
In the seats in front of her, Jaden Yuuki and Syrus Truesdale sat and chatted away. She had researched all of the students that stood out amongst her year. Jaden had been in contact with Yugi Moto just prior to the exams, but his file was heavily redacted for some reason.
Syrus was the younger brother of Zane Truesdale, a Duelling prodigy, while Bastion Misawa had scored the highest in the written portion of the exam.
Yuri was the only girl here, as most of the others were rich girls and were thus in Obelisk Blue. She had a feeling Chancellor Sheppard would try and put her in the girl's dorm, which wouldn't do. She had deliberately fudged her exam scores to get into Slifer Red.
Out of the window, she caught sight of Academy Island. It was split into two halves. One was a barren wasteland with a smoking volcano, while the other half was covered in plant life and two lakes. The Academy itself was snug against a small cliff and she could just barely make out two large blue buildings near the larger lake.
'Those must be the two Obelisk Blue Dorms.' Yuri thought.
Obelisk Blue was the only school 'house' with separate dorms for the two sexes, as there were relatively few female duellists, most of whom were rich.
"This will be interesting." she muttered as the helicopter came in for a landing.
Later
Chancellor Sheppard's Office, Duel Academy
Chancellor Sheppard was a large, jovial man wearing a burgundy Academy uniform. He was bald, had a grey beard and moustache and looked as if he smiled more than he frowned.
At the moment, sat behind his desk and arms crossed disapprovingly, it felt like a parent scolding their child.
"Miss Yamayuri…can I ask why you deliberately made it so you would be placed in Slifer Red?" he asked.
"Chancellor...you are aware of why I am here and who sent me, are you not?" Yuri replied evenly.
Sheppard frowned. "Yes, an I am not at all pleased that Mr Kaiba feels the need to send a spy into his own school."
Duel Academy had been founded by the Kaiba Corporation and its CEO, Seto Kaiba, held control over both school and company with an iron fist.
"Sir, with great respect, there have been multiple accounts of unfair treatment and bullying occurring here." Yuri stated, "Mr Kaiba doesn't particularly care over much about it, but his younger brother, Mokuba, prevailed upon him to send me in to conduct an investigation during my three years here."
"I still fail to see why you wish to enter Slifer Red as opposed to Obelisk Blue." the Chancellor stated in confusion, "The records I was provided shows that you could have come very close to Bastion Misawa in the written exam and with Mr Kaiba paying your fees, it would be a shoe in for you."
"In order to get a good read on exactly how much bullying and elitism happens at this school, the best place to do so is in the lowest class available…Slifer Red in this case." Yuri replied, "This way, I can see exactly how bad it is here. Mr Kaiba was insistent upon the report being as thorough as possible."
He really had been.
Looking unhappy, but resigned, Sheppard pulled out a female Slifer Red Uniform and passed it over to her. She didn't much like the skirt, but sacrifices had to be made.
"Head to the Slifer Dorm and pick a room." the Chancellor told her, "That room will have a better lock installed on it. Just as a precaution, you understand."
"Who's in charge of the Slifer Red Dorms?" Yuri asked as she accepted the uniform.
"Professor Lyman Banner. He's in charge of teaching you Alchemy." the Chancellor replied.
"What about the welcoming ceremony?" Yuri pointed out.
"You have my permission to skip it. This is more important." the head of Duel Academy informed her, "Here, this is a permission slip. Show that to any teacher who challenges you and they'll let you be."
"Got it." the platinum-haired girl nodded, "Later then."
After Yuri left, Chancellor Sheppard sighed.
"Mr Kaiba…what are you thinking?" he muttered.
Later
Slifer Red Dorms
Yuri sat at the back of the dorm, her legs dangling over the edge of the cliff as she let the breeze make her hair flutter and dance in the air. She was now dressed in the uniform of a Slifer Red. A red jacket with no sleeves, a white skirt and a red belt made up her attire. On her left arm, an Academy Duel Disk glittered.
She was out here waiting for the Academy Maintenance Division to finish adding that lock that the Chancellor wanted added to her room. The rest of Slifer Red had come back a while ago and had tucked in to the 'welcoming feast' that was provided…a traditional Japanese meal, including rice, miso soup and some rather well-done fish.
After that, Jaden had dragged Syrus out to sightsee the other buildings on the island. She felt a bit sorry for Syrus, but it was good that Jaden was being a friend to him. The poor boy couldn't say boo to a goose.
She had seen them talking to a large boy that looked like a giant koala. He had apparently been here the previous year, but had failed to move up to Ra Yellow in the promotion exams, so he was repeating his freshman year.
His name was Chumley Huffingnton.
From what she had heard, the boy was a serious downer. Evidently he had been hit hard by the reality of the social caste system here at Duel Academy. The Blues at the top, the Yellows in the middle and the Reds at the bottom.
Yuri decided to go out and explore on her own. She trusted her own judgement more than the leaflets available to the public, or even the reports from the Kaiba Corps Investigations Bureau.
Striding along the pathway to the main building of the Academy, she saw the large and ostentatious Obelisk Blue Dorm, which was more of a palace than a dorm. Slifer Red's Dorm could fit in it at least twenty times over.
'The things that the rich will pay for.' Yuri thought with a snort. She ignored the sneers from the male members of Obelisk Blue and headed off into the forest.
The largely untamed island was pleasant to look at and Yuri found herself in a clearing where there was an old well in the centre. Peering into it, she saw numerous Duel Monster cards discarded down it.
"[Mushroom Man #2]…[Des Lacooda]…[Hyena]…[Hane-Hane]…[Jinzo #7]…" she read the ones that she could see. All of them had less than a thousand Attack Points, although two of them had useful effects that balanced that fact out.
"What is this place?" Yuri wondered aloud.
"The Reject Well." a female voice spoke up, surprising her. Yuri turned her head to see a girl in Obelisk Blue colours. She had blond hair and blue eyes.
"Reject Well?" Yuri asked with an arched eyebrow.
"All students come here at some point to discard cards that they think are useless." the blond girl explained.
"There is no such thing as a useless card, merely no situation that its usefulness has been shown to be needed in." Yuri protested with a frown.
"Good attitude, freshman." the other girl grinned and extended one hand, "I'm Alexis Rhodes. Nice to meet you."
"Yuri Yamayuri." the platinum-haired girl replied, taking the hand and shaking it firmly, "Surprised that someone from Obelisk Blue would deign to talk to A Slifer Red."
"Not all of us care about that kind of thing." Alexis informed her, "Not many among the Girls Dorm anyway."
"I see. Thank you for the knowledge." Yuri replied with a smile, "I should be heading to my dorm; it's almost curfew."
"Ah. You're right." Alexis nodded, "See you in class."
Yuri parted with the blond, not noticing a slight glow around her own body and the well.
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Later that Night…
Yuri relaxed in her room, clad in bike shorts and a t-shirt as she shuffled her deck. She had just been looking through it and making notes of what cards she needed to add to it. While she worked for Kaiba Corps, Seto Kaiba had only provided her with a basic deck when she had started there. She had had to build her Lightsworn Deck up from scratch, buying and trading cards until it could get Seto Kaiba himself to say 'not bad' after a duel.
She had never won against him, of course. Hell, she hadn't even reduced him to less than two-thousand lifepoints in any duel. Still, getting one of the top two duellists in the world to say that your deck wasn't too bad was immense praise. Especially from someone as finicky and praise-shy as Seto Kaiba.
Yuri frowned as a voice cooed in her mind. What was it? It sounded…like someone or something was calling out to her. Rather insistently at that.
Deciding to track down the source, Yuri got dressed and slid her Duel Disk onto her arm. She had the feeling that she'd be needing it.
Sneaking out of the Dorm was very easy. No night watchman and Professor Banner wasn't on patrol either. Another thing to let Seto Kaiba know about.
As she moved, Yuri frowned. She seemed to be drawn toward the general direction of the Reject Well, which puzzled her. Who or what could be there?
Reaching the clearing, Yuri was taken aback by the floating figure above the well.
"[Battle Warrior]?" she whispered.
"Duellist." a male voice said in her head, "One who dwells here has chosen you. However, you must prove your worth as a Duellist before you may become its partner. Do you accept my challenge?"
Yuri narrowed her eyes. A Duel Spirit. Something Seto Kaiba scorned, but she believed in. She deployed her Duel Disk in answer.
"Very well." Battle Warrior raised a hand and five large Duel Monsters cards appeared before him.
"Duel!" "Duel!"
Battle Warrior - 4000
Yuri - 4000
"First turn honours are mine." the Duel Spirit announced, making another card appear, bringing his hand up to six cards, "I summon [Masaki the Legendary Swordsman] in attack mode."
A warrior clad in green armour appeared with katana drawn.
[Masaki the Legendary Swordsman] - Attack: 1100 Defence: 1100
"I'll set two cards face down and end my turn." Battle Warrior stated.
Two face down card shimmered into existence behind the warrior swordsman.
"My turn then." Yuri drew and selected one card, "I play [Solar Recharge], which, for the cost of discarding on monster with 'Lightsworn' in its name to the Graveyard, allows me to draw two cards then send two cards from my deck to the Graveyard."
After doing so, she smirked. "I Set this monster face down in Defence Mode, then Set two cards face down on the field to end my turn."
Three face down cards appeared on the field, on in the monster zone and two in the magic/trap card zone.
"My turn. Draw." the Duel Spirit said and drew, "I play the Magic Card [Polymerisation], fusing the [Masaki the Legendary Swordsman] on my field with the [Flame Manipulator] in my hand to form [Flame Swordsman], in Attack Mode!"
The warrior with green armour was engulfed in fire, which cleared to reveal a warrior in blue and red armour wielding an orange broadsword with the character for Flame engraved on the blade.
[Flame Swordsman] - Attack: 1800
"I then Summon [Blue Flame Swordsman] in Attack Mode." Battle Warrior continued.
A duplicate of the [Flame Swordsman], except wielding a sword with blue fire engraved on the blade and wearing largely blue armour appeared next to the original.
[Blue Flame Swordsman] - Attack: 1800 Defence: 1600
"[Blue Flame Swordsman], attack the face-down monster with [Blue Flaming Sword of Battle]!" the Duel Spirit ordered. The monster swung his sword, sending an arc of blue flames at the card, flipping it over and revealing a small white dog with an armoured collar before the flames engulfed it, destroying it.
"Thanks for that." Yuri said, "You just flipped over an effect monster! I activate the special ability of [Ryko, Lightsworn Hunter]! It allows me to destroy and one card on the field in exchange for sending three cards from the top of my deck to the graveyard! Bye-bye [Flame Swordsman]!"
As she sent the top cards of her deck to the graveyard, a bolt of white light shot from her Duel Disk and blasted the [Flame Swordsman] into pixels.
"I activate my Trap Card, [Simultaneous Loss]!" Battle Warrior declared, "Now we must both send one card from the top of our decks to the Graveyard."
After doing so, Battle Warrior huffed. "I set one more card face-down and then must end my turn."
"My draw." Yuri said, "I reveal my face-down card, [Glorious Illusion]! It allows me to call a Lightsworn monster from the graveyard. Come forth, [Garoth, Lightsworn Warrior]!"
The halberd-wielding warrior appeared on the field with a brandish of his weapon.
"I activate [Threatening Roar], preventing you from conducting your Battle Phase on this turn!" Battle Warrior stated.
"I see." Yuri said with a frown, "Well Garoth isn't going to be here for long, as I'm sacrificing him in order to Summon [Celestia, Lightsworn Angel], activating [Light Spiral] as I do so!"
Garoth vanished and in his place, a female armoured angel appeared, white wings spread wide and her staff aglow. Behind her, a trap card with the picture of a beam of light with a spiral twisting around it flipped up.
[Celestia, Lightsworn Angel] - Attack: 2300
"When [Celestia] is summoned by sacrificing a Lightsworn monster, I can destroy up to two cards you control by sending four cards from my deck to the graveyard. [Radiant Light of Purification]!" Yuri called out.
A wave of light erupted from Celestia's staff and struck both the [Blue Flame Swordsman] and the face-down card, destroying them.
"I activate the effect of [Blue Flame Swordsman]." Battle Warrior stated, "When sent to the graveyard from the field by battle or a card effect controlled by my opponent, I can remove him from play in order to summon any FIRE-type Warrior from my graveyard. Come forth once again, [Flame Swordsman]!"
The fiery monster reappears in a burst of orange flames.
"Troublesome, but manageable." Yuri said with a frown, "Anyway, [Light Spiral] activates. Its effect means that every time I send cards from my deck to the graveyard by the effect of a Lightsworn monster, you have to remove the top card of your deck from play."
Battle Warrior seemed to frown behind his blue visor as one of his cards was removed from his deck.
"I'm not done yet." Yuri informed him with a smile, "I activate [Pot of Avarice], returning five monsters from my Graveyard back to my deck, allowing me to reshuffle it and then draw two cards."
She did so, then smiled again.
"I Set two cards face down, then end my turn." Yuri said.
"My turn. Draw." Battle Warrior said, "I activate [Pot of Greed], allowing me to draw two more cards. Then I activate the Field Magic Card [Sogen], which increases the attack of all Warrior and Beast-Warrior monsters by 200."
The well and trees disappeared, replaced by an endless sea of plains.
"I then play the Magic Card [Shield and Sword], which reverses the attack and defence of all monsters on the field for one turn." Battle Warrior stated, "[Offensive/Defensive Switch]!"
Flame Swordsman - Attack: 1800 Defence: 2000
Celestia, Lightsworn Angel - Attack: 200 Defence: 2300
"Now attack with [Flaming Sword of Battle]!" Battle Warrior ordered.
[Flame Swordsman] (Attack: 1800) vs. [Celestia, Lightsworn Angel] (Attack: 200)
The fire-controlling warrior leapt forwards and smashed his weapon into the angel, destroying her in a gout of fire.
Yuri - 4000
"What?!" the Duel Spirit said in surprise.
" As you attacked, I activated this trap card." Yuri pointed at the newly revealed card next to her, "It's one of my favourites, actually. [Defence Draw] negates any damage I take as a result of a given battle and allows me to draw a card."
"Tricky. I Set a card face down and end my turn." Battle Warrior stated.
"My turn. Draw." Yuri stated. She smiled as she saw which card she had drawn. "I summon [Jain, Lightsworn Paladin] to the field, in attack mode!"
The white-armoured warrior appeared in a flash of light.
"And of course, as a Warrior-type monster, he gains a field power bonus from your own [Sogen] magic card."
[Jain, Lightsworn Paladin] - Attack: 1800 - 2000
"He does not exceed [Flame Swordsman's] Attack power." Battle Warrior observed.
"No, but he will soon." Yuri countered, "[Jain], attack [Flame Swordsman] with [Holy Slash]!"
[Jain, Lightsworn Paladin] (Attack: 2000 + 300 = 2300) vs. [Flame Swordsman] (Attack: 2000)
The slighter warrior shattered the broadsword of the [Flame Swordsman] and destroyed him in one slash.
"How did your monster gain those extra three hundred attack points?" Battle Warrior asked as he lost three-hundred lifepoints.
"His special ability." Yuri replied, "When attacking another monster, [Jain] gains three-hundred extra attack points."
Battle Warrior - 4000 - 300 = 3700
"I'll end my turn at that." Yuri said with a nod, "[Jain's] effect activates and I send two cards from my deck to the graveyard, also activating [Light Spiral], so you lose another card from the top of your deck."
"My turn. Draw." the Duel Spirit said, "Ah, excellent. I activate [Card of Sanctity], allowing both of us to draw until we hold six cards each. I then play the Ritual Magic Card [Garma Sword Oath], offering up the [Sword Hunter] in my hand in order to do so. Emerge! Garma Sword!"
Appearing on the field was a six-armed monster wearing dark armour and a pointed helmet.
[Garma Sword] - Attack: 2550 + 200 = 2750
"Not good." Yuri said with a wince.
"Attack [Jain] with [Hexagram Dissection Dance]!" Battle Warrior ordered.
[Garma Sword] (Attack: 2750) vs. [Jain, Lightsworn Paladin] (Attack: 2000)
With six quick cuts, Jain was sliced to pieces.
Yuri - 4000 - 750 = 3250
"That hurts." Yuri winced.
"I end my turn." Battle Warrior stated.
"Draw." Yuri drew a card, "I reveal my face-down card, [Glorious Illusion], which I use to bring back [Celestia, Lightsworn Angel]!"
The angelic monster reappeared on the field in a flash.
"I'll then equip her with [Lightsworn Sabre], increasing her attack to 3000!" Yuri said.
Celestia, Lightsworn Angel - Attack: 2300 + 700 = 3000
"As I have yet to Normal Summon, I do so with [Lyla, Lightsworn Sorceress] in Attack Mode!" Yuri said with a smirk, "I then activate the Quick-Play magic Card [Guard Penalty] and designate [Lyla]. Next, I activate [Lyla's] special ability and shift her to defence mode, using her effect to destroy that face-down card of yours. And, as I designated [Lyla] with [Guard Penalty], and she shifted into defence mode, I can draw a card from my deck."
She did so.
"Now, [Celestia]! Destroy [Garma Sword] with your [Ray of Purification]!" Yuri ordered.
[Celestia, Lightsworn Angel] (Attack: 3000) vs. [Garma Sword] (Attack: 2750)
A bolt of light erupted from the staff of [Celestia], striking down [Garma Sword] with one strike, making Battle Warrior flinch back.
Battle Warrior - 3700 - 250 = 3450
"I'll Set one card face down and end my turn." Yuri said, "This activates the effects of both [Lyla] and [Glorious Illusion], meaning I must discard five cards to the Graveyard. You lose one card from the top of your deck."
A light shines from her graveyard.
"Two of the cards I discarded have effects that activate when sent from the deck to the graveyard directly." Yuri stated, "I activate the effect of [Wulf, Lightsworn Beast]. When sent to the Graveyard from the deck, he is Special Summoned to the field."
A large beast-warrior wielding a large trident-like spear appeared.
[Wulf, Lightsworn Beast] - Attack: 2100 + 200 = 2300
"The second card is [Lightsworn Sabre]. When sent directly from the deck to the Graveyard, it is equipped to any one Lightsworn monster I control." Yuri said, "I chose [Wulf]!"
[Wulf, Lightsworn Beast] - 2300 + 700 = 3000
"My turn." Battle Warrior said, "Two monsters with three-thousand attack points apiece. This is indeed disadvantageous for me."
He regarded his hand for a moment before choosing one. "I play [Card Destruction], forcing both of us to discard our hands and redraw until we hold the same number of cards."
He and Yuri did so, until he held four cards again and she four also.
"I play [Smashing Ground], which destroys [Wulf], as he has the highest defence points out of all of your monsters." he stated.
[Wulf] vanished with a howl and a flash of light.
"I activate my trap card, [Beckoning Light]!" Yuri declared, "I discard my hand and pick a number of LIGHT-type monsters from my graveyard equal to that of the number of cards I discarded."
She did so, with a light in her eyes.
"I shall summon [Warrior Lady of the Wasteland], in defence mode." Battle Warrior declared. A female monster in a brown cape and hat, with a sword held in a guard position appeared kneeling on her card.
[Warrior Lady of the Wasteland] - Defence: 1200
"I end my turn." Battle Warrior stated.
"I draw." Yuri said, "I sacrifice [Lyla, Lightsworn Sorceress] so I can summon [Gragonith, Lightsworn Dragon]!"
The sorceress vanished and her place was taken by an equine-looking white dragon with a blue horn on its head.
[Gragonith, Lightsworn Dragon] - Attack: 2000
"Not a very impressive monster." Battle Warrior observed.
"Looks can be deceiving." Yuri replied, "[Gragonith] receives three-hundred extra attack and defence points for each Lightsworn name in my graveyard, duplicates aside. There are seven, so Gragonith receives an extra 2100 attack points!"
[Gragonith, Lightsworn Dragon] - 2000 + 2100 = 4100
"Over four-thousand attack points!?" Battle Warrior gasped.
"[Celestia], attack [Warrior Lady of the Wasteland] with [Ray of Purification]!" Yuri ordered.
The female warrior was wiped out in one attack.
"I activate the special ability of [Warrior Lady of the Wasteland]." the Duel Spirit said, "If destroyed in battle, I can summon another EARTH-type warrior with less than 1500 attack points from my deck in attack mode. Come forth, [Different Dimension Warrior]!"
A female warrior appeared wielding a curved sword and clad in an odd looking suit.
[D.D. Warrior] - Attack: 1200
"Ah…troubling." Yuri observed, "If I dare attack, my [Gragonith] will be removed from play, although you will still receive the damage to your life points. A worthy trade, I would say. [Gragonith], attack [D.D. Warrior] with [Blessed Breath]!"
[Gragonith, Lightsworn Dragon] (Attack: 4100) vs. [D.D. Warrior] (Attack: 1200)
[Gragonith] attacked the far weaker warrior with a mighty breath attack of pure white energy, utterly destroying her. The sword of the warrior slammed into the dragon afterwards and dragged it into another dimension.
Battle Warrior - 3450-2900 = 550
"I end my turn, paying the cost for [Glorious Illusion] as I do so." Yuri said simply.
"Truly frightening…you stop at nothing to achieve victory." Battle Warrior said, "You even sacrificed your most powerful monster in order to deal damage to me."
"Most powerful…? No." Yuri replied with a chuckle, "I have one that is more powerful in a different way. I don't use it unless I am in serious trouble however. As for how I go about gaining victory…well, I do push hard to win. Any true duellist does. I do respect my cards, if that's what you're worried about."
"We shall see. Draw!" he said, "I play the Magic Card [Graceful Charity], allowing me to draw three cards, at the cost of discarding two."
Three cards appeared into his hand, and two vanished with a gesture from him.
"I then Summon myself to the field, in attack mode!"
A copy of himself appeared on the field, fists in a ready position.
[Battle Warrior] - Attack: 700 + 200 = 900
"I'll play two cards face down to end my turn."
"Fine. My draw." Yuri said.
'Oh please! That has to be the worst trap I have ever seen!' she thought as she consulted her hand.
"I summon [Freed the Brave Wanderer] to the field in attack mode!" she declared.
A blond-haired warrior clad in silvery armour and a cape appeared on the field, sword drawn and ready.
[Freed the Brave Wanderer] - Attack: 1700 + 200 = 1900
"[Freed], attack [Battle Warrior]!" Yuri ordered.
Freed charged at the weaker warrior with his sword, but the Duel Spirit raised a hand.
"I activate my Trap card, [Sakuretsu Armour]!" he declared, "It destroys your [Brave Wanderer] before your attack can land."
The [Battle Warrior] on the field grew spike over his body and repulsed [Freed], who shattered into pixels.
"In which case, I attack [Battle Warrior] with [Celestia]!" Yuri said, "End this duel!"
"Not so fast!" Battle Warrior said, "I activate [Negate Attack]! This stops your attack and ends the battle phase."
Scowling, Yuri made the only move available to her. "I set one card face down and end my turn. I pay for [Glorious Illusion's] upkeep as well."
"My turn." the Duel Spirit stated. He drew and smiled.
"I equip [Battle Warrior] with the Equip Magic Card [Ultimate Battle Fist]!"
The right hand of [Battle Warrior] began to glow with a blue light.
"Now, [Battle Warrior], attack [Celestia] with [Ultimate Battle Fist]!" he ordered.
The warrior leapt into the air and slammed his glowing fist into [Celestia], shattering the angel into pieces.
"[Celestia]!" Yuri said in shock, "What did you do?!"
"When [Ultimate Battle Fist] is equipped to [Battle Warrior], I do not lose any life points as a result of battle, nor can [Battle Warrior] be destroyed as a result of battle." the Duel Spirit replied, "In addition, any monster that the monster equipped with [Ultimate Battle Fist] battles with is destroyed at the end of damage calculation. I do lose half of my lifepoints every time a battle takes place, however, and [Ultimate Battle Fist] is sent to the graveyard at the end of my turn."
Battle Warrior - 550 - ½ = 275
"I set one card face down and end my turn." the Duel Spirit said as the glow around the other [Battle Warrior's] fist faded to nothing.
"My Turn." Yuri said with a frown. She was close to Decking out here, so she had to finish this off this turn. "I play the Magic Card [Charge of the Light Brigade]! By sending the top three cards on the top of my deck to the graveyard, I can take any four-star or lower Lightsworn monster from my deck and add it to my hand…and I summon her forth! [Lumina, Lightsworn Summoner]!"
A girl in a white toga appeared on the field, her hands aglow.
[Lumina, Lightsworn Summoner] - Attack: 1000
"I activate my trap card…[Shadow Spell]!" Battle Warrior announced, "[Lumina] cannot attack or change her battle position."
From the activated trap card, numerous black chains emerge and bind the summoner, rendering her helpless.
"Well played." Yuri admitted, "But I am not finished yet. I activate [Lumina, Lightsworn Summoner's] special ability. By discarding a card from my hand, I can summon any four-star or lower Lightsworn monster from my graveyard. Return to the field, [Wulf]!"
The beast-warrior roared as he reappeared on the field.
[Wulf, Lightsworn Beast] - Attack: 2100 + 200 = 2300
"Now [Wulf, Lightsworn Beast]!" Yuri ordered, "Attack [Battle Warrior] with [Bestial Spear Smash] and end this duel!"
[Wulf, Lightsworn Beast] (Attack: 2300) vs. [Battle Warrior] (Attack: 900)
With a roar, the beast-warrior brought his spear around, smashing it on top of [Battle Warrior] with all its might, destroying the valiant but far weaker warrior in a shower of pixels.
Battle Warrior - 275 - 1400 = -1125
"It is my loss." Battle Warrior admitted as the Duel Holograms faded and vanished, "You have proven your worth as a Duellist. Come forth, little one. Your new partner awaits you."
A spark of light emerged from the well and grew until it formed a small, white, cat-like creature with long lightning-shaped antennae drooping off the tips of its ears.
"Rinyan, Lightsworn Rogue…" Yuri whispered in awe one hand reaching up to touch
The Duel Spirit rubbed her head against Yuri's face and meowed at her before vanishing, a Duel Monster's card dropping into her outstretched hand.
"Fare thee well, Duellist." Battle Warrior said before he too faded and disappeared from sight.
Yuri looked at Rinyan's card for a moment. "Welcome to the team, partner."
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