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PARK – HEARTLAND CITY – ARC-V
"What business do you have with me?" Yuto asked the older man, Rowan.
"I have been ordered by my master to come to this dimension to retrieve your Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon." Rowan answered right away to the point.
"To this dimension? Do you mean you came from another dimension?" Yuto furrowed his brows when hearing it. There is still another dimension besides ARC-V that they didn't know about?
"Correct. I'm afraid my master has ordered me to complete my mission as soon as possible, so I would be grateful if you hand over Dark Rebellion willingly." Rowan said as he extended his hand to Yuto, hands gesturing for the boy to give the Xyz dragon to him.
"That will never happen." Yuto's eyes narrowed. He wore his Duel Disk.
"The answer I have expected. You are the same as your comrade, Shun Kurosaki." Rowan commented as he also wore his Duel Disk. Hearing Shun's name being mentioned from his mouth, however, quickly turned Yuto's mind away for a second from his dragon.
"You know Shun?!" Yuto questioned. He finally found a clue about his best friend.
"We have crossed paths before. A week ago when my comrades and I came into this dimension for the first time." Rowan explained while setting his Deck into his Duel Disk.
"So you're the one responsible for his disappearance?! Where is he?! Where is Shun?!" Yuto questioned sharply. His gaze hardened at the older man's form. If this man was the one who had harmed his best friend, there's no way he will let him walk away.
"If you wish to know the answer then do it after you defeat me. If you win, I will tell you where Shun Kurosaki is." Rowan replied and then activated his Duel Disk.
"Then let's start!" Yuto set his Deck, activating his Duel Disk.
[DUEL!]
"I'm taking the first Turn! From my hand, I summon Knight of the End (ATK: 1400 / DEF: 1200 / LV: 4)!" Rowan summoned Knight of the End in Attack Position.
"When this card is summoned, I can send a DARK-Attribute monster from my Deck to the Graveyard." Rowan sent Ritual Djinn Demolisher (ATK: 1500 / DEF: 600 / LV: 3) from his Deck to his Graveyard.
"I activate Ritual Magic: Ritual of Salvation to perform Ritual Summon." Rowan revealed his Ritual Spell Card, but before he performed Ritual Summon, he pressed the screen of his Duel Disk that showed Djinn Demolisher in the Graveyard.
"When I'm about to Ritual Summon, I can banish Ritual Djinn Demolisher from my Graveyard as 1 of the monsters required for the Ritual Summon." Rowan banished Djinn Demolisher, allowing its spirit to appear by Knight of the End's side as a white altar bathed in light appeared on the Field. Both monsters became flames that lit the altar.
"I use Knight of the End and Djinn Demolisher! Ritual Summon! Appear! Level 7! Beautiful Goddess of Salvation – Northwemko (ATK: 2700 / DEF: 1200 / LV: 7)!" Rowan summoned Northwemko in Attack Position.
"I set a card and end my Turn." Rowan concluded.
"This guy knows about Shun. I will make him talk no matter what it takes! Wait for me, Shun! Ruri!" Yuto thought determinedly as he started his Draw Phase.
"My Turn! I Summon Phantom Knights Night Gloves (ATK: 1500 / DEF: 800 / LV: 4)!" Yuto summoned Night Gloves in Attack Position.
"When Night Gloves is summoned from hand, I can Special Summon another Night Gloves from my Deck!" Yuto summoned another copy of Night Gloves from his Deck in Attack Position.
"I overlay my two Night Gloves! From the pitch-black darkness, rise up against the foolish oppression with the fangs of rebellion! Descend now! Xyz Summon! Come forth! Rank 4! Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon (ATK: 2500 / DEF: 2000 / RNK: 4 / ORU: 2)!" Yuto summoned his ace Monster in Attack Position.
"I activate Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon's effect! By detaching an Overlay Unit, I can halve the ATK of my opponent's Level 5 or higher monster and added the lost attack to Dark Rebellion! Treason Discharge!" Yuto detached an Overlay Unit, prompting Dark Rebellion to shoot its purple lightning from its wings towards Northwemko.
"Unfortunately, Ritual Monster summoned using Demolisher as material cannot be targeted by card effects!" Rowan revealed as Northwemko deflected the lightning with a simple swing of its staff.
Yuto quickly took out a card from his hand. "Then I activate Quick-Play Spell: Nightmare Strength! I can increase the ATK of a DARK-Attribute monster I control by 700!" He increased Dark Rebellion's ATK to 3200 as the dragon was enveloped by dark shadow.
"Battle! I attack Northwemko with Dark Rebellion! Revolt of Lightning Disobey!" Yuto declared attack. The Xyz dragon flew straight towards Northwemko, pointing its shining fangs at the Ritual Monster.
Rowan opened his facedown card. "Trap Card: Djinn Protection! Ritual Monster summoned using Ritual Djinn monster as material cannot be destroyed by battle!" Djinn Demolisher's spirit appeared again, blocking Dark Rebellion's fangs with its barrier, protecting Northwemko.
"But you'll still take damage!" Yuto reminded as Rowan skidded backwards from shockwave, receiving 500 damage.
ROWAN LP: 4000 = 3500
"I set a card and end my Turn." Yuto finished. The effect of Nightmare Strength was also finished, reverting Dark Rebellion's ATK to normal.
"My Turn! I activate Magic Card: Djinn's Magical Lamp! I can add a Ritual Djinn monster from my Deck to my hand." Rowan added Ritual Djinn Presider (ATK: 1800 / DEF: 1400 / LV: 4) into his hand.
"I summon Ritual Djinn Enforcer (ATK: 1300 / DEF: 500 / LV: 4)!" Rowan summoned Djinn Enforce in Attack Position.
"I activate Djinn Enforcer's effect. When this card is summoned from my hand, I can add 2 Magic or Trap Cards into my hand." Rowan added one Magic and one Trap into his hand.
"Battle! I attack Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon with Northwemko!" Rowan declared his first attack. Northwemko raised its staff and twirled it up, gathering energies from the winds and auras before pointing it at the Xyz Monster, unleashing grayish blast at Dark Rebellion.
"Trap Card: Phantom Wing! I negate my monster's destruction and increase its ATK by 500!" Yuto opened his facedown card, negating Dark Rebellion's destruction and increase its ATK to 3000, backfiring Northwemko's attack back to the Ritual Monster.
Rowan took out a card from his hand. "Trap Card: Djinn Fray! I can activate this card from my hand by releasing a Ritual Djinn Monster I control! I negate the attack and inflict damage to my opponent equal to the attack of the released monster!" He negated Northwemko's attack by releasing Djinn Enforcer and then inflicted 1800 damage to Yuto.
YUTO LP: 4000 = 2700
"I set a card and end my Turn." Rowan concluded.
"My Turn! When I control an Xyz Monster, I can special summon Phantom Knights Dusk Shade (ATK: 1200 / DEF: 800 / LV: 4 / PS: 3) from my hand!" Yuto summoned Dusk Shade in Attack Position.
"When Dusk Shade is special summoned, I can special summon a Level 5 or lower Phantom Knights Monster from my Deck!" Yuto summoned Phantom Knights Black Horse (ATK: 1900 / DEF: 1900 / LV: 5) in Attack Position.
"I activate Black Horse's effect! Once per Turn I can change the Level of all Phantom Knight monsters I control to the same as my opponent's monster's Level!" Yuto changed Black Horse and Dusk Shade's Level to 7, the same as Rowan's Northwemko.
"I Overlay Level 7 Black Horse and Dusk Shade! Fangs of rebellion gain new power and slash the pall of darkness! Rank-Up Xyz Change! Rank 7! Dark Anthelion Dragon (ATK: 3000 / DEF: 2500 / RNK: 7 / PS: 10)!" Yuto summoned his Xyz-Pendulum Dragon in Attack Position.
"Battle! I attack Northwemko with Dark Anthelion Dragon!" Dark Anthelion Dragon accumulated blue energies into its mouth, preparing for a blast. Dark Anthelion spread its beautiful stained glass-like wings and raised its chest. The dragon then shot a powerful fiery blue blast from its mouth towards Northwemko, burning the Ritual Monster into nothing, leaving Rowan without any monster on his Field.
ROWAN LP: 3500 = 3200
"And then I attack directly with Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon! Revolt of Lightning Disobey!" Dark Rebellion flew towards Rowan. Instead of using its fangs like usual, Dark Rebellion instead strikes Rowan with its tail, sending him crashing to a tree.
ROWAN LP: 3200 = 200
Rowan quickly stood up and opened his facedown card. "Trap Card: Cost Draw! When I receive more than 2000 damage, I can draw until I have 5 cards in my hand!" He drew until he has 5 cards in his hand.
"I activate Night Gloves' effect in the Graveyard. I banish another Phantom Knights monster in my Graveyard to recover my LP by 200." Yuto banished the other copy of Night Gloves, recovering 200 LP.
YUTO LP: 2700 = 2900
"I end my Turn." Yuto concluded, eyeing Rowan warily. He noticed a glint in Rowan's eyes when he saw the cards he has drawn. He is going to do something in his next Turn with those cards.
"I apologize in advance that I must separate you and your dragon." Rowan told the Xyz user.
"What do you mean?" Yuto asked, but Rowan simply started his Turn.
"My Turn! By discarding a Level 5 or higher monster, I can special summon Dark Grepher (ATK: 1700 / DEF: 1600 / LV: 4) from my hand!" Rowan summoned Dark Grepher in Attack Position after discarding Ritual Djinn Presider from his hand.
"And then I activate Ritual Magic: Ritual of Destruction. Once again when I'm about to Ritual Summon, I can banish Ritual Djinn Monster from my Graveyard as 1 of the monsters required for the Ritual Summon." Rowan banished Djinn Presider that he has sent to the Graveyard to use it as a Material.
"I use Dark Grepher and Ritual Djinn Presider! Ritual Summon! Appear! Level 7! Demon King of Destruction – Garlandolf (ATK: 2500 / DEF: 1400 / LV: 7)!" Rowan performed another Ritual Summon, summoning Garlandolf in Attack Position. When Garlandolf was summoned, the cold air suddenly thickened and Dark Rebellion became restless, roaring at the Ritual Monster.
"Dark Rebellion?" Yuto looked at his ace monster in concern. Why his dragon became like this all of a sudden?
"I activate Garlandolf's effect. When this card is Ritual summoned, all face-up monsters on the Field with DEF less than or equal to this card's ATK are destroyed and this card received 100 ATK for each destroyed monster!" Rowan revealed. Garlandolf crossed its arms in front of its face as dark energies were gathering around its body. It lowered its arms to reveal its glinting eyes before finally opening its arms, unleashing the energies throughout the area. As two monsters were destroyed, it gained 200 ATK. Its ATK was increased to 2700.
"What?!" Yuto exclaimed in disbelief as both his dragons were destroyed, being sliced by the energies. And to confuse him further, Dark Rebellion's card started to disappear from his Duel Disk. Even though he could find Dark Anthelion back in his Extra Deck, Dark Rebellion was nowhere to be found.
"What's going on?! Dark Rebellion, where are you?! Answer me!" Yuto yelled desperately. He couldn't even sense his dragon's presence. Yuto was so in panic that he forgot his dragons' destruction has left him with nothing and he was at the Ritual Monster's mercy.
"I attack directly with Garlandorf!" Rowan pointed at Yuto. Garlandorf dashed forward and delivered a punch right on Yuto's gut, causing the boy to coughed out blood and fell on his back.
YUTO LP: 2900 = 200
"I end my Turn." Rowan finished, staring at Yuto who was struggling to stand up. "Won't you surrender? I have achieved my objective in removing your dragon. I have no reason to duel you anymore, and your chance to win is far too slim that it would take a miracle to take me down. Surrender."
"I refuse!" Yuto replied while standing up and wiped the blood from his mouth. "What you did has given me even more reason to defeat you! I won't stop until I win this Duel, and make you answer my questions!"
Yuto stared at Rowan with renewed resolve. A year ago he had the girl he loves taken away from him. Now, his best friend and his dragon were taken away from him. And just like a year ago, he will stop at nothing until he got them back. Both of them are precious to him, more than his own life.
"My Turn! Draw!" Yuto looked at the card he drew. He steeled his resolve as his card has responded to him. "I activate Magic Card: Phantom Knights Spell! I can add 2 Phantom Knights Magic Cards from my Deck to my hand!"
Yuto revealed one of the two Magic Cards. "I activate Magic Card: Phantom Knights – Shadow Revival! I can special summon a Phantom Knights Monster from my Graveyard with its ATK and DEF become 0!" He revived Dusk Shade in Attack Position.
"When Dusk Shade is special summoned, I can special summon Level 5 or lower Phantom Knights Monster from my Deck!" Yuto summoned Phantom Knights Beyond Dark (ATK: 300 / DEF: 1900 / LV: 3 / PS: 9) in Attack Position from his Deck.
Yuto then activated his other Magic Card in his hand. "I activate Magic Card: Phantom Shift! I can move Phantom Knights Pendulum Monsters on my Field to my Pendulum Zones!" Yuto moved Dusk Shade with Scale 3 and Beyond Dark with scale 9 into the Pendulum Zones, forming the Pendulum Scale that allow Yuto to simultaneously summon Level 4 to 8 monsters.
"I activate Dusk Shade's Pendulum Effect! Once per Turn, I can Pendulum Summon an Xyz-Pendulum Monster from my Extra Deck with Rank equal to the Level between the Pendulum Scales!" Yuto revealed, shocking Rowan.
"Summoning an Xyz Monster without Level through Pendulum Summon?!" Rowan exclaimed in disbelieve.
"With the set Pendulum Scale, I Pendulum Summon! Be revived from the Extra Deck! Dark Anthelion Dragon!" Yuto summoned back his Xyz-Pendulum Monster in Attack Position.
"I activate Beyond Dark's Pendulum Effect! Once per Turn, I can increase the ATK of a DARK-Attribute Monster I control by 500!" Yuto increased Dark Anthelion's ATK to 3500. Looking at the difference between his and Yuto's dragon, Rowan simply closed his eyes.
"Battle! I attack Garlandorf with Dark Anthelion Dragon!" Yuto declared. Dark Anthelion Dragon once again spread its beautiful stained glass-like wings and raised its chest. The dragon shot its destructive fiery blue blast from its mouth at the Ritual user. Rowan did nothing but watch the incoming blast coming at his monster and then at himself, the flames burning them until his LP was depleted completely.
ROWAN LP: 200 = 0
Rowan kneeled on the ground, placing a hand on one of his knees. The attack was quite painful, but this was nothing. Years training and experience has raised his tolerance for pain. He will recover in a few minutes.
"Now answer me! Where are Shun and Dark Rebellion?!" Yuto questioned Rowan, clenching his fists tight.
"…both of them are in different places, but in the same dimension. They are in the same dimension where I came from." Rowan answered honestly. But that was the only thing he could tell him.
"However, I can't tell where their exact locations are, because I don't know myself. I am simply told what I need to do and I did it. I'm sorry that I can't answer more than that." Rowan continued. He pressed the screen of his Duel Disk. Yuto recognized the sound, and as he suspected, Rowan's body started to disperse into particles of data.
"Wait!" Yuto tried to rush to Rowan, but the pain in his stomach stopped him. Yuto crouched on the ground while holding his stomach. The attack was stronger than he imagined.
Yuto punched the ground, not caring if his fist got injured. He was just so frustrated and angry at himself. It happened again. Counting it separately, this was the third time. First Ruri a year ago, second Shun a week ago, and now his ace monster. Just when he thought they were finally at peace, why this was happening again?
"Shun… Dark Rebellion…"
Yuto gritted his teeth. He will bring them back. He swore he would bring both his best friend and his dragon back. Even if that means he must go into battlefield and risk his life again.
GARDEN – YURI'S HOUSE – ISOLATION ISLAND – ARC-V
"You came to beat me up?" Yuri repeated Shing's statement while raising a brow.
"Yeah… But that's only if you refuse our invitation though." Shing continued.
"Invitation?"
"My boss is giving you an invitation to give me your dragon and join our group in another dimension so we can make the whole world pretty much like a Hell on Earth." Shing explained nonchalantly with playful smile. The trio Fusion users didn't know how to react for a second until Serena shook her head and growled at Shing.
"Wait just a second you bastard! Are you saying you're from different dimension and intent to start another dimensional war by invading ARC-V?!" Serena questioned incredulously.
"Yeah, slow down a second there." Dennis said as he forced himself to sit up, supported by Serena. "You barged into this island and attacked me and then suddenly said you want Yuri to join your group to destroy this dimension. What kind of sane man who will say yes to that?"
Shing shrugged. "I'm just going straight to the point since explaining this and that is a waste of time. I want to finish my mission quickly here." He replied, rubbing the back of his head.
"As Dennis said. The answer is obviously no. For different reasons though." Yuri replied as he wore his Duel Disk.
"First, you destroyed my garden. Do you know how much sweat and heart I put into growing all these plants for the whole year?" Yuri stated his first reason with a tinge of annoyance in his tone. While he may don't look like it, he is one who appreciate plants. He cherished all the plants he has grown and cultivated in his garden with his own hands every single day without missing one. And all those days' hard work was destroyed in a second.
"Sorry about that. My bad. I just wanted to destroy the door, but I miscalculated the output of my monster's attack." Shing apologized, but his face didn't look he feel guilty at all.
"And second, I'm not giving my Starve Venom to anyone. I'm sure it's a common sense not to give things important to you to some stranger who suddenly came and barged into the someone else's house." Yuri activated his Duel Disk, predatory grin formed on his face.
"You're not concerned about your friend who got injured over there?" Shing asked, tilting at Dennis who now was lying his head on Serena's lap.
"He has the same tenacity as a cockroach. He won't die so easily. There's nothing to worry about him." Yuri waved his hand dismissively.
"Hey! I'm hurt by that, Yuri! At least try to pretend, will you?!" Dennis protested. True his injuries were not life-threatening, but it was still hurt! He couldn't even stand right now! However, he was ignored.
"Whatever. Let's just get this over with." Shing activated his Duel Disk as well, beginning the Duel.
[DUEL!]
"I'm going first! I Summon Predator Plants Aldrovanda Centipede (ATK: 1000 / DEF: 200 / LV: 3 / PS: 1) from my hand." Yuri Normal summoned Aldrovanda Centipede in Attack Position.
"I activate Magic Card: Fusion. I fuse Pinguicula Beetle in my hand and Aldrovanda Centipede on my Field. Two beautiful flowers with insect-alluring fragrance! Become one now and give birth to a new terror from a hell under your petals! Fusion Summon! Appear, the poisonous dragon with hungering fangs! Level 8! Starve Venom Fusion Dragon (ATK: 2800 / DEF: 2000 / LV: 8)!" Yuri summoned his ace Monster in Attack Position.
"I set 2 cards and end my Turn." Yuri concluded.
"My Turn! When I control no monster, I can special summon Evil Cell of the Inverz (ATK: 0 / DEF: 0 / LV: 1) from my hand!" Shing summoned Evil Cell of Inverz in Attack Position.
"When I control no Magic or Trap, I can special summon Scout of the Inverz (ATK: 200 / DEF: 0 / LV: 1) from my hand, but in exchange I can's special summon other monster this Turn!" Shing summoned Scout of Inverz in Attack Position as well.
"I release Scout of the Inverz to Advance Summon Inverz Giraffa (ATK: 2600 / DEF: 0 / LV: 7)!" Shing tributed Scout of Inverz, summoning Inverz Giraffa in Attack Position. As the former has left the Field, he can special summon again.
"I activate Inverz Giraffa's effect! I can target a card my opponent controls and send it to the Graveyard!" Shing pointed at the Fusion Monster. Inverz Giraffa summoned countless of bugs that swarming towards Starve Venom.
Yuri opened his first facedown card. "Trap Card: Predator Evasion. When a DARK-Attribute monster I control is targeted by an effect that will make it leave the Field, I can negate that effect and summon a Predator Counter (ATK: 0 / DEF: 0 / LV: 1)." He enabled Starve Venom to dodge the swarm of bugs and then summoned a Predator Counter in Defense Position.
"I also release Evil Cell of the Inverz to Advance Summon Inverz Horn (ATK: 3000 / DEF: 0 / LV: 9)!" Shing once again performed Advance Summon, summoning Inverz Horn in Attack Position.
"I activate Inverz Horn's effect. Once per Turn, I can pay 1000 LP to destroy a monster on the Field." Shing decreased his own LP by 1000 to allow Horn to destroy Yuri's monster.
SHING LP: 4000 = 3000
Shing pointed at Starve Venom again. Inverz Horn flapped its wings, sending a brown-colored dust towards the Fusion Monster who visibly got weakened when made contact with it.
"I activate Predator Evasion's second effect. I banish it to negate destruction!" Yuri banished his Trap Card, allowing Starve Venom to endure the dust until it disappeared.
"Battle! I attack Predator Token with Inverz Giraffa!" Shing started his attack, destroying Yuri's Predator Token. As it was in Defense Position, Yuri didn't receive any damage.
"I set a card and end my Turn." Shing ended his Turn, confusing Yuri, Serena, and Dennis. That's all?
"You could have attacked my Starve Venom with Inverz Horn." Yuri stated. Inverz Horn has higher ATK than Starve Venom, so it's supposed to be possible for Shing to destroy his dragon.
"I know your dragon's effect. The moment I destroy it would be the end of me." Shing answered. The moment Starve Venom got destroyed, all his monsters will get destroyed as well and he will receive damage equal to their ATKs. Destroying Starve Venom despite knowing this would be the same as suicide.
"Smart." Yuri smirked. If this guy knew his monster's effect, that means he must have done some research on him before challenging him.
"Besides, it's not the time yet for me to get rid of your dragon." Shing added. The card he needed to achieve his objective, to complete his mission given by his boss is not in his hand yet, so he can't destroy Starve Venom now.
Yuri licked his lips. "I can assure you that you'll see hell the moment you mess with my dragon." He threatened, eyes slit like a serpent. Starve Venom also howled in respond, eyeing hungrily at Shing and his monsters.
Shing snorted and then smiled. "If your dragon can do anything by that time that is." He replied.
"What do you mean?" Yuri questioned.
"Duel first, talk later." Rowan dismissed. Prolonging the talk means the longer the Duel will take. He wanted to go back as fast as he can, so he wanted to end this Duel quickly.
"Fair enough." Yuri said as he started his Draw Phase.
"My Turn! I activate Starve Venom's effect. I negate the effect of a Level 5 or higher monster my opponent controls and steal it! Venus Swallow!" Yuri has Starve Venom shot two of its protrusions to bite Inverz Horn, absorbing its power to itself.
"I activate the stolen effect of Inverz Horn. I pay 1000 LP to destroy a card on the Field." Yuri sacrificed 1000 of his LP to activate the effect, allowing Starve Venom to ate Shing's Inverz Horn, destroying it.
YURI LP: 4000 = 3000
"Battle! I attack Inverz Giraffa with Starve Venom! Toxic Roots Blast!" Yuri pointed at Shing's other Advance Monster. Starve Venom entangled the Inverz monster with its roots and then destroyed it with its destructive green blast, sending Shing several steps back.
SHING LP: 3000 = 2800
"I end my Turn." Yuri concluded, smirking confidently at Shing. "Bugs in general may feed from the plants but my Predator Plants are carnivorous plants that attracts and consume those bugs."
"Then I just need to summon a bug that can overpower your plant. My Turn! I summon Inverz All-Purpose Form (ATK: 1000 / DEF: 0 / LV: 2)!" Shing summoned the black-colored bug-like monster in Attack Position.
"Inverz All-Purpose Form can be treated as 2 tributes for the tribute summon of a Inverz Monster. I release Inverz All-Purpose Form to Advance summon Inverz Gazus (ATK: 2800 / DEF: 0 / LV: 8)!" Shing summoned Gazus in Attack Position.
"When Inverz Gazus is Advance summoned, I can destroy all Magic and Trap cards on the Field." Shing destroyed his own set cards in his Magic and Trap Zone before taking out a card from his hand.
"I activate Quick-Play Spell: Inverz Vision! I can inflict 400 damage to my opponent for each Magic and Trap Card that got destroyed!" As two cards were destroyed, he inflicted 800 damage to Yuri, causing the boy to stumble back a bit from the attack.
YURI LP: 3000 = 2200
"I end my Turn." Shing concluded. He looked at his Deck. "Darn it. The card given by Boss better come on my next Turn. Holding back this much is already hard and bad enough, so you better come out!"
"My Turn! From my hand, I Summon Predator Plants Lowriei Taurus (ATK: 1000 / DEF: 100 / LV: 4)!" Yuri summoned Lowriei Taurus in Attack Position.
"I activate Lowriei Taurus' effect! Once per Turn by sending a Predator Plants Monster from my hand, I can special summon a Predator Plants Pendulum Monster from my Deck."
"I activate Magic Card: Fusion! I Fuse Lowriei Taurus and Fly Hell! Beautiful flowers with insect-alluring fragrance. Become a new power and destroy those who oppose you with your dripping venom until your hunger is satisfied! Fusion Summon! Level 7! Starve Venemy Dragon (ATK: 2500 / DEF: 2000 / LV: 7 / PS: 1)!" Yuri summoned his Fusion-Pendulum Dragon.
"I activate Starve Venemy's Effect! I can target 1 Monster my opponent controls; It has its effect negated, and if it does, replace this effect with that target's original Effects. Also, it loses 500 ATK, and inflicts 500 damage to my opponent!" Starve Venemy released a parasitic flower that attached itself to Gazus and transferred its effect to Starve Venemy while also decreasing its ATK to 2300. Starve Venemy then shot a ball of poison at Gazus, but the moment it made contact with the ball of poison, it exploded into smoke that caused Shing to cough for breath as he lost 500 of his LP.
SHING LP: 2800 = 2300
"Battle! I attack Gazus with Starve Venom!" The Fusion dragon twirled its body behind, using its sharp tail to stab the Inverz Monster's abdomen, destroying it.
SHING LP: 2300 = 2100
"And then I attack directly with Starve Venemy!" Yuri made his second attack with his Fusion-Pendulum Dragon. Starve Venemy opened its mouth, shooting poisonous miasma at the apparently defenseless Shing.
"I activate Trap Card: Inverz Advance's effect in Graveyard! I banish it to special summon an Inverz Monster from my Graveyard in Defense Position!" Shing banished the Trap he just destroyed and then revived Inverz All-Purpose Form back to his Field. It cannot be destroyed due to the Trap Card's effect until the end of this Turn.
"I end my Turn." Yuri finished.
"Good! Yuri is leading! Just a little bit more!" Dennis cheered.
"Don't be so sure just yet. As long as his LP still remains, anything can happen." Serena interjected. She then looked down at Dennis. "By the way, how long you're planning to lay on my lap?"
"Your lap is surprisingly soft Serena. It's good here, so let me stay like this for a while. For a gorilla woman who had went through military training, your skin is still soft." Dennis commented while looking very comfortable having his head on the indigo-haired girl's lap.
Serena twitched at the comment, prompting her to remove her lap from Dennis' head, causing his head to fall hard on the ground.
"Ouch! That's the way you treat an injured person?!" Dennis protested.
"If you can say something like that that means you're already okay. Maybe you want to take a nap for bit if you still insist?" Serena cracked her knuckles, causing Dennis to quickly shake his head in refusal and quietly took a seat beside Serena.
"That guy, he is not serious yet." Serena remarked, staring at Shing warily.
"You think so?"
"Be careful, Yuri…!" Serena tightened her fists nervously, worrying for her childhood friend.
"My Turn!" Shing looked at the card he drew and his face brightened. "Finally! I've been waiting for this!" He exclaimed, surprising Yuri and the others.
"Now it's time for my mission!" Shing revealed the card he just drew. The card was covered in a thin dark aura that was visible in Yuri's eyes. This alarmed the Predator Plants user and Starve Venom.
"I summon Bait of the Inverz (ATK: 1500 / DEF: 1900 / LV: 4)!" Shing summoned the Bait in Attack Position. The moment the monster was summoned, Starve Venom glared at the monster and roared loudly.
"I release Inverz All-Purpose Form to Advance summon Inverz Mantis (ATK: 2200 / DEF: 0 / LV: 5)!" Shing summoned Inverz Mantis in Attack Postiion.
"When an Inverz Monster is Advance summoned while Gatekeeper of Inverz is on the Field, I can normal summon a monster in addition to my Normal summon this Turn." Shing Normal summoned Inverz Caller (ATK: 1700 / DEF: 0 / LV: 4) in Attack Position from his Deck in addition after he Normal summoned Bait of Inverz earlier.
"I overlay Bait of the Inverz and Inverz Caller! Xyz Summon! Appear! Rank 4! Inverz Roach (ATK: 1900 / DEF: 0 / RNK: 4 / ORU: 2)!" Shing summoned Inverz Roach in Attack Position.
"Xyz Summon! So he's an Xyz user?!" Serena exclaimed.
"When Bait of Inverz is used as a Material for Advance, Xyz, Fusion, or Synchro Summon, the summoned monster gain ATK equal to its ATK and it can negate the effect of a monster my opponent control until the end of Battle Phase!" Shing added Bait of Inverz's ATK to Inverz Roach, increasing its ATK to 3400. Inverz Roach was covered in overwhelming dark green aura. Starve Venom became restless as the two monsters were glaring at each other. Starve Venom took a step forward, covering Yuri with its body.
"Starve Venom, what are you doing?" Yuri looked at Starve Venom in confusion. His ace monster was oddly uncertain of itself. Was it because of the Inverz Roach's ATK became higher? No, Yuri sensed there was something else that made his dragon behaved like this.
"Battle! I attack Starve Venom Fusion Dragon with Inverz Roach! Begone from this place, Starve Venom!" Shing declared as Inverz Roach spread its wings and summoned countless roaches by its side, all of them were covered in the same dark green energies. Together, they flew towards Starve Venom, crushing the Fusion Monster the ground. The dragon roared in pain as the green energies disintegrate its body until there was nothing left. Yuri got blown back from the crash. When he looked at his Duel Disk, his eyes widened to realize his ace monster has disappeared.
YURI LP: 3000 = 2400
"Starve Venom…?" Yuri could only utter his dragon's name in confusion. His monster was not sent to the Graveyard or any zones in his Duel Disk. His dragon has completely gone.
"Yuri? What's wrong? Did something happen? Are you hurt?" Dennis asked in concern.
"Starve Venom…disappeared…" Yuri replied, still in shock.
"Disappeared? What do you mean?!" Serena asked again. She has a very bad feeling from that.
"It's just as he said. I just used the last attack to send his beloved monster to my dimension." Shing answered their questions.
"Sending Starve Venom to your dimension?! How is that possible?!" Serena questioned.
"That's the boss' secret. Now that my mission is done, all I need to do is finish this Duel." Shing pointed at his Inverz Roach. "I activate the Bait's effect. I banish it from Graveyard to add its ATK to an Inverz Monster I control and increase my LP by the same amount. Shing increased Inverz Mantis' ATK to 3700 and recovered his LP.
SHING LP: 2100 = 3600
"I attack Starve Venemy with Inverz Mantis!" Inverz Mantis readied its arm blades, flying at Yuri's last remaining Monster on his Field.
Yuri kept looking at his Duel Disk, seemingly unable to hear Dennis and Serena's yell for him to do something as the mantis-like monster's was closing in. Yuri gripped his Deck tight and gritted his teeth as he continued to stare at his Duel Disk, waiting for his ace monster to respond, which to no avail. A few seconds before the blade collided, Yuri abruptly stood up and pressed the screen of his Duel Disk.
"I activate Lowriei Taurus' effect! I banish it to negate my monster's destruction!" Yuri banished Lowriei Taurus from the Graveyard, creating a transparent barrier for Starve Venemy that blocking the mantis' blades, though he still receive damage.
YURI LP: 2400 = 1200
"I end my Turn. Now, hurry up. I want to go back quickly. Start your Turn and then I will finish you in my next Turn." Shing demanded, growing bored to continue the Duel any longer.
"Yuri…" Dennis muttered his friend's name worriedly. He just lost his ace monster and his opponent has two monsters with higher ATKs than Starve Venemy. What will he do to turn the table?
"Unless Yuri can at least destroy one of Shing's monsters, he is cornered." Serena thought, unconsciously biting her lip.
"Hehehehe…"
Shing, Serena, and Dennis blinked when they heard the soft laugh. They looked at each other to see who was laughing between the three of them, but no, the one who was laughing was none other than the very person they though has been cornered. Yuri snickered and then started to laugh loudly, startling the three. The Inverz user thought for a moment that Yuri has out of his mind from the pressure of being cornered, but Yuri's predatory grin was saying otherwise. Seeing that grin gave him quite a goose bump.
"Congratulations, Shing. You have finally pissed me off. Why wait for you and your group to destroy the world? As I promised, I will make you see hell now!" Yuri declared as he began his Draw Phase.
"When I don't control any Magic or Trap, I can special summon Predator Plants Flava Purpurea (ATK: 1800 / DEF: 1500 / LV: 5) from my hand!"
"When Flava Purpurea is summoned through its effect, I can draw 1 card!"
"I activate Flava Purpurea's second effect! Once per Turn I can discard a DARK-Attribute Monster from my Extra Deck to the Graveyard and add the discarded Monster's ATK and DEF to a DARK-Attribute Monster I control until the end of this Turn!" Yuri discarded Odd-Eyes Venom Dragon into the Graveyard, adding its ATK and DEF to Starve Venemy. The Fusion-Pendulum Dragon's ATK and DEF increased to 5800 and 4500.
"But no matter which Monster you chose, my LP will still remain." Shing pointed out.
"I wonder about that." Yuri smirked as he revealed the card her drew through Flava Purpurea's effect and activated. "I activate Magic Card: Seed of Savageness! By releasing a Predator Plants Monster I control, I can make a Monster I control to attack twice this Turn!"
"With this Yuri can attack both Inverz Roach and Inverz Mantis!" Serena's face brightened instantly at the sudden turn of event.
"With that ATK there's no way Shing can survive!" Dennis exclaimed excitedly.
"Battle! I attack Inverz Roach and Inverz Mantis with Starve Venemy Dragon!" Yuri declared.
The orbs around Starve Venemy's body glowed. Purple energies appeared covering its body and it then gathered in its mouth. The more energies gathered, the thicker the purple colour become. Once the energies accumulated was big enough, the poison dragon blast the energy at the two bug-like monsters. Shing and his monsters were covered in the blast together despite his two monsters standing in front of him to protect him from the blast. The next happened, he was lying on the ground on his back.
SHING LP: 3600 = 0
"He did it!" Dennis and Serena cheered together.
"Not bad for a comeback." Shing said as he calmly wiped the dirt and dust from his clothes and back to his feet as if nothing happened to him. He was used on getting hurt from being hit by such a blast, so this was a normal hell to him.
"Stay still so I can hurt you more until you spit out where my Starve Venom is." Yuri rushed towards Shing, still activating his Duel Disk with the intent to slash the man with its blade, which Shing easily dodged with a high jump.
"Told ya that I'm in a hurry. Now that the Duel is over, I'm going back. You want your dragon back? Then come to the artificial dimension where I came from." Shing told Yuri who was still intent to slash him with his Duel Disk blade.
"Artificial dimension?" Serena repeated what Shing said in question.
"Does that mean that dimension is not naturally came into existence, but something that was made by people?!" Dennis looked at Shing as if the latter has grown another head inside.
"Ask Reiji Akaba if you want to know more. See you later." Shing departed with those words, pressing the teleportation button on the screen of his Duel Disk that turned him into particles of data and disappeared.
Yuri looked on at where Shing has disappeared. He kept standing there even when rain started to pour down. He didn't respond to Serena and Dennis who have approached him, checking his condition. He let himself being pulled by the two back into the house. He was too busy maintaining the pent up frustration inside him as the moment his dragon disappeared rewound in his mind. He didn't like this one a bit.
"Starve Venom…"
Whoever dared to take his dragon away from him will taste his living hell.
NEXT CHAPTER PREVIEW:
The Lost Civilization - Cantidel Empire – Reiji inform Yuya and the others of his discovery of the artificial dimension where Tsukasa and the others came from. To retrieve the Four Heavenly Dragons and find their missing comrade and also gain intel on the new enemies, Reiji forms an expedition team to explore the artificial dimension.
I finished my work earlier today, so I have the time to write this chapter and update! Sorry it's not so long and I'm very sorry if there are lots of errors. The Original Card Memo will follow later. I'll try to find the time to check it again and fix it. As the previous ones have said, the antagonists in these four Duels were holding back because I don't want to reveal much about them yet so not many cards were used and the Duels are rather short. Please be patient. And I'll just confirm this now. All the new major OC antagonists are using Demon/Fiend-Type Deck (This was intentional).
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