Hiccup and the rest of Duel Academy were still watching the screen as reporters swooned over Eret, desperate to get a single shot with the champion.
"What an impressive, win," said a reporter. "What's your secret?"
"Like I tell my fans, winning duels is a piece of cake when destinies got your back," said Eret.
"Now tell us of this new deck of yours."
"Well, there's a reason I unveiled it today," said Eret. "See last week I paid a stop at Berk Duel Academy and get this there's a student there who has cards similar to mine."
Hiccup narrowed his eyes.
"Any idea who did that," said Wartihog.
"Now while it's a hundred percent copy of my deck and you if he did I can't say I blame him if he wants to be just like me, right," said Eret. "But before this wannabe takes all the credit I had to reveal my deck, you see this student, who shall remain nameless, has a sort of following among hard-core duelling fans and the last thing I need is some prep school punk taking the credit for my hard work."
"That settles it," said Speedfist. "I officially can't stand this bloke."
"Now whether you like me or not, there one fact that no one can dispute, I'm the best," said Eret. "I can't be beat and approve it I'm challenging this schoolboy, I won't tell you his name, but it sounds like Cough Salmon."
Everyone turned their eyes onto Hiccup.
"Hear me, Cough Salmon, you know who you are you card thief," said Eret. "You think you're Eret the Trapper rip-off deck is so great? Prove it, by pulling up against my deck."
"Eret is coming here," said Spitelout.
Mildew smirked. "He'll be the pounds off of Hiccup which means one less slacker in our way."
"You already beaten once," said Fishlegs looking at Hiccup.
"But now he's got his real deck," said Astrid.
"Is gonna be hardfought, no way getting round that," said Ragnar.
"Then I better get ready," said Hiccup.
Meanwhile, Old Wrinkly was sorting out his tarot cards and right at the very moment Eret entered into the room.
"A wise choice," said Wrinkly.
"Yeah, you were right," said Eret. "I have to be that Hiccup kid, it's the only way. My entire career is on the line here."
"Glad you agree," said Wrinkly looking back at him. "But duelling Hiccup wasn't my idea."
Eret frowned as Wrinkly sorted out more tarot cards.
"This rivalry was determined by the hands of fate," said Wrinkly.
"That may be true," Eret admitted. "But we both know that fate has already chosen me to be the best."
"Your pride serves both a strength and a weakness," said Wrinkly. "Now bring me your deck. I like to peer through the doors of destiny."
Eret took his deck out of his deck case and presented it to Wrinkly. The moment it touched his hands, Wrinkly eyes began to glow and dark magic began to seep into the cards. A few seconds later the magic vanished and his eyes returned to normal.
He then gave Eret back is deck. "So, what did you see?" he asked.
"It seems you are already knew the future," said Wrinkly.
Eret smile. "Then you don't have to wish me luck."
Wrinkly smiled as Eret left the room.
It was late at night and Spitelout and Mildew were waiting for Eret to arrive at the docks.
"I'm freezing here," said Mildew. "Where's Eret already? He better not have stood us up again."
"All I know is that I lost all feeling below my chin," said Spitelout.
However, Eret wasn't going by ship he was miles above in an aircraft carrier. Inside Eret was attaching his feet to a board was placing a pair of goggles over his eyes.
"We've reached our target, sir," said the pilot. "Are you ready?"
"Yep," said Eret.
The pilot then opened the cargo bay doors.
"You're all clear!" the pilot yelled.
Eret then skidded down the ramp and air surf towards the clouds below him. Once he exited, he saw the tiny island directly below him.
"Berk Duel Academy, here I come!" Eret yelled.
At the Ra Dorm, Speefist was pulling out every bit of information he could find on Eret. Ragnar and Fishlegs were looking over his shoulder as he pulled out several pictures of Eret doing certain types of sports.
"According to my research, there isn't a sport that Eret the Trapper hasn't mastered," said Speedfist. "And there's more, he has a high IQ as well as a photographic memory."
"That sounds a lot like you, Hiccup," said Ragnar as he looked back at Hiccup, who was preparing his deck.
"Which makes us perfect rivals," said Hiccup. "Also, did you see the way he duelled against Wolflegs? He acted as if he was in perfect control, he practically manipulated Wolflegs into making his moves for him."
"Yeah, I noticed," said Speedfist. "The question is how?"
"I suppose the only way to find out is to duel him," said Hiccup.
Fishlegs then looked out of the window and saw something flew past.
Eret was free falling straight towards Duel Academy and seconds later he unleashed his parachute and allowed his board to fall.
Meanwhile, unknown to anyone, a thief was in the Card Shack and was helping to himself to all the cards that were available.
"Jackpot," he said.
He then made his way out of the academy and into the campus, but then stopped when he heard laughter.
"What your rush, tough guy?" said a creepy voice. "Now that you've stole your cards, don't you want to use them?"
The thief looked up and saw a silhouette of what can only be described as a warrior with demonic armour.
"What do you want?" he quivered.
"I'm just looking for a friendly duel," said the demonic warrior.
The thief quickly activated his duel disk.
Meanwhile, Spitelout and Mildew were still at the docks waiting for Eret and the two of them were shivering like mad.
"Can we go," said Mildew.
Spitelout continued looking for boat or lease any evidence that Eret was going to show up then he saw a snowboard drifting in the sea.
"What's that," he said pointing.
Then suddenly they heard an explosion near the campus and then they heard a scream.
"Did you hear that scream?" said Spitelout.
"I think everyone on the island heard it," said Mildew.
Hiccup and his friends from Ra running over to the scream as well.
"Was that explosion?" said Hiccup.
"I heard a scream," said Fishlegs.
They turn round the corner and saw Gobber hobbling towards them. "You heard it to?" he said.
"Name someone who didn't," said Ragnar.
Eret was standing over the body of the thief that he had just defeated, who now lay there completely motionless and fear stricken. He was going through the thief's deck, but he didn't find what he was looking for.
"You want free cards, then take them," said Eret he then tossed the deck at the thief and the cards scattered. "They won't be much use to you in prison."
Soon both parties reached the campus and they found Eret standing there.
"Halt, who goes there?" Gobber yelled.
"Eret the Trapper," said Hiccup.
"You mean we've been waiting out there in the cold for no reason," Mildew growled.
"Hey, who's that," said Fishlegs pointing at the thief.
"Some punk who thought crime paid off," said Eret. "Turns out he was wrong."
The three Ras ran up to the thief and examined him. His face rang with fear as if he had seen a ghost.
"Whoa, look like you knocked him out cold," said Fishlegs.
"He's as white as a sheet," said Ragnar.
"What you done to him?" Speedfist demanded.
Eret ignored them and looked at Hiccup. "Hiccup, how have you been, bro?"
"We asked you a question," Ragnar glared.
"Yeah, answer it," Hiccup snapped.
"Hey, save it for the duel," said Eret.
"Welcome to our school," said Gobber as he approached Eret and extended his hand.
"I'm sorry, but I'm not supposed to talk to management," said Eret, who didn't look at all sorry. "All business goes through my agent."
"Your agent?" said Mildew.
"Yeah, guys like me don't have time to do with all the little people," said Eret as he walked away.
"Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't we in charge here," said Spitelout.
Eret walked past Hiccup, but then stopped. "I'll see you bright and early for our duel. By the way, other than your friends here there are no spectators allowed."
"No spectators," said Speedfist surprised.
"You see I'm a Pro," said Eret without turning his head. "People pay money to watch me duel, there's no way I'm giving a free show to a bunch of amateurs."
Hiccup narrowed his eyes. "Don't you realise that a lot of the students here look up to you! And you're telling them that they can't watch, because there's no money involved! How selfish can you be?"
"Are you for real," said Eret looking slightly bemused. He laughed and then turned to look at Hiccup. "You've got a lot to learn about the biz."
He then walked off.
"Eret, wait!" Spitelout yelled.
"Where can we find this agent of yours?" Mildew asked as the two of them ran after him.
Gobber walked up to Hiccup. "Be careful, lad, he's not to be trifled with."
"Don't worry, I'm gonna take this very seriously," said Hiccup.
Early in the next morning, Hiccup made his way to the arena. There are already maintenance crews fixing the arena, apparently there were a few problems with the lighting.
Astrid, Ragnar, Heather and the others were watching from the stands.
"It's about to start," said Astrid.
"Your backup tubes are right here, Cap!" Wartihog yelled.
"Good luck," said Fishlegs.
Heather looked at Ragnar noticed that he was looking deeply troubled. "What's the matter?" she asked.
"I don't know," said Ragnar. 'Something is really wrong here, it's like absenting another presence.'
Hiccup looked at his deck. "Okay guys, let's show him what we've got."
He looked up and saw that Eret was making his way to the arena.
"Isn't he dreamy," said Ruffnut in a dreamlike voice.
"And his deck is pretty cool to," said Tuffnut.
"You're supposed to be rooting for Hiccup," Astrid glared.
"Just whose side are you on," said Heather.
"Whoever is the hottest," said Ruffnut.
"Whoever is the coolest," said Tuffnut.
"All right, help me welcome Eret the Trapper, the biggest star of our time!" Mildew yelled from microphone.
"With an ego to match," said Gobber.
Unbeknownst to anyone, a maintenance man was talking to Old Wrinkly with his mobile phone.
"Yes, Master Wrinkly, the match is about to begin," he said.
"Then it's only a matter of time before we acquire our newest member," Old Wrinkly smiled. "Hiccup Haddock, for when he loses this duel young Hiccup will see the light."
Old Wrinkly stood up and his robe fell to the floor. "Everyone does, eventually."
Eret had just placed his deck into his duel disk and failed to notice the dark energy within his cards.
Toothless then appeared in front of Hiccup. "Be careful with this one, Hiccup," he said.
"Don't worry, bud, I won't let my guard down," said Hiccup. "I know that I supposed to be the best, but we've beaten him once and we can do it again. Trust me, it's all good."
"I hope you're right," said Toothless.
Eret simply just looked at Hiccup with an emotionless expression. 'I'll show him a deck of real knights can do.'
"Okay, time to losing your tie, roll up your sleeves and duel!" Hiccup yelled.
"Please, I won't even break a sweat," said Eret. "You're going down, man."
The two of them activated their duel disks.
"Well, there's only one way to find out," said Hiccup.
"DUEL!"
Hiccup: 4000
Eret: 4000
"I'll kick things off," said Eret as he drew. He then revealed the card he drew to be Polymerization. "Our views together my Demon Knights Hunger and Despair in order to create…"
The two demonic warriors and appeared on his field and slid into a vortex.
"Demon Knight Spear Master!"
Then appearing on the field was the spear wielding monster he used against Wolflegs. (ATK: 2100/ DEF: 2000)
"Good, then I can begin giving the bit of payback for what he did to Wolflegs," said Hiccup.
"Is that so, well now's your chance," said Eret. "Though I doubt there will be much you can do are dexterous similar not equal."
Hiccup raised an eyebrow.
"Think as a card to use as a mirror," said Eret. "They reflect who we are and what motivates our actions."
"Do you have to get so deep?" Hiccup asked.
"I rest my case," said Eret. "The point is my deck is better."
"We'll see about that," said Hiccup as he drew. He then revealed his Polymerization card. "Well, what you know I confuse monsters to. So, our fuse together Dragon Knights Meatlug, Hookfang and Windshear in order to form…"
Appearing on the field were his three knights and they began to enter into a vortex.
"Dragon Knight Berserker!"
Then appearing on the field was muscular warrior with silver red dragon armour. (ATK: 2800/ DEF: 2600)
"Now attack with… Berserker Claw!" Hiccup commanded. "Oh, and when berserker attacks he gained 500 extra attack points."
Flames then covered Berserker's claws as he came flying towards Spear Master. (ATK: 2800-3300)
Berserker then slammed his claws right into Spear Master, but he held his ground.
"Don't forget my monster can't be destroyed in battle," said Eret.
"True, but you like point won't be as lucky," said Hiccup.
Eret winced as the flames coming from Berserker struck him.
Hiccup: 4000
Eret: 2800
"Well, what do you know the Pro took the first blow," Snotlout smirked.
"Don't start celebrating just yet," said Speedfist. "This duel has quite the ways to go."
"Back to me," said Eret as he drew. "Well, what do you know his card we haven't seen in awhile… Polymerization."
"Oh, man that only fun when Hiccup does it," said Fishlegs.
"He could try been a bit more original," Ragnar admitted.
"I take one part Spear Master and add a pinch of Shade and outcomes Demon Knight King!" Eret announced as Spear Master and Shade fuse together.
Then appearing on the field was the demonic king that defeated Wolflegs. (ATK: 2500/ DEF: 0)
"And thanks to a special ability he gained 300 attack points for every fiend-type in the Graveyard," said Eret.
Demon Knight King began to glow in a dark aura. (ATK: 2500-3700)
"That's a whole lot of monster," said Hiccup.
"That bad boy can be all over Hiccup like flies on a cow pie," said Wartihog.
"Yes, thanks for that image," said Heather.
"Your way out of your league," said Eret. "Demon Knight King, go! Attack with Demonic Demon Sword!"
Demon Knight King then flew straight towards Berserker with his sword held high and sliced right through him. Berserker then exploded and the shockwave struck Hiccup with a massive force.
Hiccup: 3100
Eret: 2800
"That'll do," said Eret. "So, I'll place this facedown and call it a turn."
"Not too bad, but get this," said Hiccup as he drew. He then revealed the card he drew to be Pot of Greed. "I activate Pot of Greed so now I get to draw two cards."
Hiccup draw his two cards and nodded.
"And now I'm gonna shake things up again with Polymerization," said Hiccup. "Now I'm going to fuse together Dragon Knight Toothless with my Dragon Knight Skull in order to form…"
Toothless and Skull then appeared on the field and entered into a vortex.
"Dragon Knight King!"
Then appearing on the field was a mighty warrior with shining armour with a mighty long sword in his hand. (ATK: 2500/ DEF: 2000)
"And if you think he's strong now, just wait until he gained 1800 attack points thanks to the Dragons in my graveyard."
Dragon Knight King began to glow as power rushed into his body. (ATK: 2500-4300)
"Are you done," said Eret. "I was hoping after that big production that you would be able to play monster that could actually accomplish something, but know you spent 20 minutes summoning a monster that can't destroy mine."
"Not exactly," Hiccup smiled. "You see attack points aren't everything and if you don't mind I like to continue my move by playing Light Laser!"
Then appearing in Dragon Knight King's hand was a device, he then activated and a light beam emerged from it forming a sort of long sword.
"Now when my King attacks your King is automatically removed from the game," said Hiccup.
"Not bad, slacker, not that," Snotlout smiled.
"Hiccup's got the upper hand now," said Speedfist.
"What would Eret's fans think, it's no wonder he insisted the arena to be empty," said Ragnar.
"Now… Dragon Knight King, attack!" Hiccup commanded.
Dragon Knight King then flew straight towards Demon Knight King.
"All right, we'll go out with a bang," said Eret.
Demon Knight King then flew towards Dragon Knight King with his sword held high.
"Dragon Knight King, activate Light Laser," Hiccup commanded.
The two warriors then struck one another, but Demon Knight King simply vanished and Eret was struck by the shockwave.
Hiccup: 3100
Eret: 2200
"Awesome," said Astrid. "Who's the Pro duellist now, huh?"
"Hiccup," Fishlegs cheered.
"And don't you forget it," said Heather.
"Now this is what I call fun," said Hiccup. "Two groups of mighty warriors battling each other out."
Eret simply glared at him. "What's with you?" he said angrily. "You think this is all just a big joke?"
Hiccup frowned at him.
"Well, I've got news for you, Joy Boy, duelling is about having fun," Eret said angrily. "At least not for me. I duel for justice and revenge, I would have thought you of all people would understand." He then shook his head. "Forget it."
"A bit late for that now," said Hiccup.
"I chose my warriors for a reason," said Eret. "And punks like you who use them just because they because they look cool make me sick. In fact, you disgust me the most… I would have thought that you would be just like me, but I'm wrong you're nothing like me."
"And what you mean by that?" said Hiccup.
"Look, these card all my life," said Eret. "There everything to me! So how about you just shut up!"
"I'm not the one who is angry at the world," said Hiccup.
"Whatever," Eret glared. "I was right, you're nothing like me. I was destined to build this deck and here's proof… I activate my Demon Revival trap card!"
His face down card revealed itself with the image of Demon Knights Hunger and Despair exiting from a graveyard.
"I should thank you, because you triggered this trap when you destroyed my Dragon Knight King," said Eret. "When it leaves the field I can retrieve to Demon Knights from my Graveyard and I'm choosing Demon Knights Hunger and Despair."
His two Demon Knights exited from his Graveyard and he placed them back into his hand.
"I still don't know anything about these Demon Knight card of his," said Speedfist frowning.
"And that's what worries me," said Ragnar.
"It's time to open your eyes to the true power of the Demon Knights," said Eret.
"And not with the drama," said Hiccup. "And how about you tell me about these card of yours, because I've only heard so little about them."
"If you insist," said Eret. "Much like your Dragon Knight, these cards we're never released to the public. But how about I show you instead."
Eret then drew. "First I'll play my Demon Prison field spell," he said as he placed a card in his field spell card slot."
Then emerging onto the field was a massive prison but surrounded the two of them. Hiccup then noticed a large clock tower that overlooks them. To Hiccup the entire prison look like some sort of demonic version of London Tower.
"This prison is the key ingredient," said Eret.
"Any particular reason," said Hiccup.
"How about we just say for every tick of this clock I come closer to victory," said Eret. "Now hands of Fate turn and usher in the doom!"
Hiccup watches the hands of the clock began to spin until the two hand struck twelve. Then when the clouds moved they saw figure standing on the clock tower.
"Look! What is that thing?" Fishlegs exclaimed.
Hiccup now his eyes and saw that it was Eret gloomy looking Demon Knight Despair. (ATK: 400/ DEF: 600)
"Meet Demon Knight Despair," said Eret.
"In case you have a mouth problem, my monster has got way more points," said Hiccup.
"Let's test that theory," said Eret with a slight smile on his face. "Despair, showing what you've got!"
Despair then jumped down from the clock tower and headed straight towards Dragon Knight King.
"That was dumb," said Snotlout.
"I concur, Snotlout," Speedfist nodded. "Why would Eret activate that, he clearly has the weak monster."
"Oh, yeah," said Eret. "Did I mention his ability? Now Demon Knight Despair sending packing with… Claw of Despair!"
Despair then struck Dragon Knight King and it appeared had some sort of effect.
"See yeah," he said smiling. "In the future that is."
Then suddenly Dragon Knight King vanished into thin air and Light Laser fell to the ground and disappeared in a swarm of pixels.
"What you do to my Dragon Knight?" Hiccup stared.
"Don't worry, he'll be back," said Eret. "You see each turn my Despair can send one of your monsters to turns into the future."
"That doesn't even make sense," said Hiccup.
"To you," said Eret. "Because you got a lot to learn about destiny and unfortunately for you right now I'm controlling yours and your future is looking pretty grim."
Demon Prison
Field Spell Card
During each of your opponent's Standby Phases, put 1 Clock Counter on this card. While there are 4 or more Clock Counters on this card, you do not take any battle damage. When this card with 4 or more Clock Counters is destroyed, Special Summon 1 "Demon Knight Pride" monster from your hand, Deck, or Graveyard.
Card image: A demonic version of the Tower of London.
Demon Revival
Trap Card
Activate only when a "Demon Knight" monster you control is removed from the field. Add any "Demon Knight" monsters from your Graveyard to your hand whose total Level is less than or equal to that "Demon Knight" monster's Level.
Card image: Demon Knights Hunger and Despair exiting from a graveyard.