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I was in shock for a few minutes and couldn't move. This was what happens in a bad science fiction novel. The only thing that pulled me out was that I saw Susan began to twitch. I ran to her and saw she was waking up. I glance around and saw they were all waking up. I glanced up and saw a middle aged man approaching us.
"You all okay?" He asked me.
"My friends seem to have passed out. Can you help us to and inn or somewhere?" I asked him. We helped the semi-unconscious group and began to follow the man. Nobody said anything during the trip. He finally led us to a two story house that looked like it was abandoned.
"Not the fanciest hotel but there is never a wait. Plus it only costs one gold per person." He said. Then it hit me. We had no gold, apparently the money in this game.
"Can we borrow some gold?" I asked him. "We seem to have been robbed while we were unconscious."
"Sure but this is all I can spare." He said and handed us a small bag and then walked away. I counted the gold pieces. There were ten of them. The hotel room cost us seven pieces. My companions laid on their beds and returned to unconsciousness. I paced around and tried to think. Then I remembered I had put the instruction manual in my pocket.
I took the book out of my pocket and began to flip through it. I ended up reading it four times. Dammit. Why can't these writers ever put in a "If you are trapped in the game" section? I soon realized how stupid that sounded and abandoned that hope. I decided to check out the town while my friends slept.
The town was a big one. People were walking all everywhere. I followed the crowd and ended up in what looked like a marketplace. They had cards for sale and I got excited. I ran over to them. They had some nice stuff but nothing excellent until I saw it. The third cyber phoenix for my deck. The price tag said twelve hundred. I counted the gold I had left. It was three.
"Got your eyes on that Phoenix?" the shopkeeper asked.
"Yeah but I only have three gold." I replied.
"Do you have anything to bet?" he asked.
This confused me. "Bet on what?" I asked.
"A duel." He replied. "You put up a card and I put up a card and winner takes all."
"I thought for a second. What about a satellite cannon?" I asked
"Wow." He replied. "Bet the cannon and I'll throw a chimeratech into it."
"Deal." I said and we sat down to duel. He won the flip and chose to go first. He set one trap and one monster. On my turn I activated nobleman of crossout to get rid of his monster. Then I summoned cyber phoenix and attacked directly. Then I set a sakaretsu armor and ended. He summoned a goblin attack force and attacked. I activated my trap and destroyed his monster. He ended afterwards.
On my turn I tributed phoenix for blowback dragon. I destroyed his facedown with my effect. It was call of the haunted. I activated premature burial and took back phoenix. I attacked directly with both. He drew and ended. I took advantage of this and ended it on my turn. I saw his hand afterwards. It was all high level monsters. He gave me my cards and I ran back to the hotel excitedly. When I arrived my friends were just starting to wake up.