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Chapter 10

"Now, with 8 Red Eyes Ultimate Dragons on the field, I'd say this duel is just about done!" Joey shouted, his LP at 2400.

I will not lose this duel, Mai thought, her LP at 3700. Joey protected me more than enough times already. It is time I did something special for him, and I will not be stopped now!

"Since the 7 new Red Eyes Ultimate Dragons can't attack until next turn anyway, I'll just destroy one of your Harpy Ladies and end my turn." Joey announced, as his first Red Eyes Ultimate Dragon launches out a fireball, frying one of Mai's Harpy Ladies. "Your move Mai, not that you'll last much longer anyway!"

Joeydoes have a point, Mai thought, drawing her cards. If I can't draw the right cards right away, I'll lose the duel, and I can't let this happen. I have to save Joey, the way he saved me!

I'm here Mai, a voice called in her head.

Joey, is that you? Mai mentally asked in disbelief, as an image of Joey appeared next to her, holding her hand in his on her deck. Of course, she realized, this is what Joey saw when he dueled again Valon! Despite that fact I was still under the Orichalcos' control, my sprit was with him in that duel, I just never realized it. Then that means his spirit is with me now, she thought happily, and I know together we'll defeat the Orichalcos!

Hopefully, Mai thought, the two cards I drew with Joey's spirit guiding me would help me win this duel. "I place two cards face down on the field and end my turn!" she called, as two cards materialized onto the field.

"So be it. Now my dragons, dismantle her defenses!" Joey ordered, as the two remaining Harpy Ladies and the four scapegoats are destroyed. "I still have two Red Eyes Ultimate Dragons left, and with no monster to protect you, your LP are wide open. But I have a feeling you want to me attack due to your face down cards, so I'll place a card face down on the field and end my turn!" Joey announced, as a card materialized onto the field.

Whew, Mai thought in relief. He did fall for my bluff. Unfortunately, I've got no monsters in my hand that can defend me in this situation, she thought, drawing her cards. What I need now is something that can stop his monsters from attacking. Come on Joey, I need your support on this!

"I activate my Swords of Revealing Light magic card!" Mai announced, as multiple golden swords rain down from the sky, surrounding all 8 of Joey's monsters. "Now you can't strike for 3 turns!"

It'll also give me 3 turns to talk some sense into you Joey, Mai thought, but Joey interrupted her.

"Your swords mean nothing!" Joey shouted, drawing his cards. "Did you honestly think I didn't see that coming? Reveal face down card: Ectoplasmer! This magic card allows me to extract the souls right out of my monsters. After that, Ectoplasmer will turn that soul life force into an energy called ectoplasma, which is then hurled right at you!" he explained. "So, for every monster I sacrifice, half of that monster's atk pts are deducted from your LP!"

Yami looked on from the side, in shock. This is what I did, he thought, remembering his duel with Rafael. I used Catapult Turtle, sacrificing my monsters one by one to drain Rafael's LP. Yugi did the exact same thing to me in the "Stone Wilderness". And now Joey is using virtually the same method on Mai.

"Joey, don't go through with this!" Mai begged, but Joey refused to listen.

"Since all 8 of my Red Eyes Ultimate Dragons can't attack anyway, they'll make the perfect volunteers for my magic card!" Joey shouted. "I'll sacrifice one of my dragons now and drain both your life force and your LP!" One of Joey's dragons is turned into a ball of plasma, and Mai screamed in pain as the plasma beam struck her, knocking her into the seal's wall. (Mai's LP: 900)

"Well, here we are." Joey taunted. "You are just about to lose the duel, and your soul. As soon as I sacrifice another one of my dragons, your soul will be sealed away for all eternity, where it belongs!"

Joey, what has the Orichalcos done to you, Mai thought, in tears. "I activate my trap card: Limit Tribute! As long as this card remains active, both of us are allowed to sacrifice no more than one monster every turn, and you already have!" Mai announced.

"You want to delay your eventual downfall, that's fine by me." Joey said in disgust. "I'll just place this card face down on the field. Now make a move!"

"As you wish!" Mai called, drawing her cards. "I place this card face down, that's all."

Joey laughed evilly. "Then I guess the time has come! But just to make sure you're not trying to weaken my attack with your face down cards, I'll play the magic card: Remove Trap! This card allows to clear one trap card from the field, and I choose your Limit Tribute!" he explained, as Mai's trap card is destroyed. "Now then, just in case your two face-down cards can weaken my attack dramatically, I think I'll sacrifice 5 dragons this time.! Since you'll take 2800 pts of damage from each, you'll lose 14000 LP!" Five of Joey's dragons are destroyed, and transformed into five balls of plasma.

"Not so fast Joey!" Mai called, as the five plasma balls approached her. "I activate my trap card: Reduction Barrier! This reduces all damage to my LP for this turn down to 10!"

"You'll still lose 1400 LP!" Joey countered. "Which means your LP willstill go down to 0 after this!" The five plasma balls strike Mai, engulfing her side of the field in smoke.

"Mai!" Tea screamed in horror. But when the smoke cleared, Mai was still standing, her LP at 700.

"Clever trick Mai," Joey observed as Mai activated her last face down card. "The Poison of the Old Man magic card has two effects: it can either do 800 pts of damage to my LP, or increase your LP by 1200, and you chose the latter. This increased your LP to 2100 right before the plasma hit you, allowing you stay in the game."

"Exactly what I planned, Joey." Mai announced triumphantly, but shaking from the pain caused by Joey's last attack. "I told you, I will not be beaten! I will set you free. And in order to do that, I need to win!"

"You're just stalling." Joey grumbled. "In that case, I think I'll keep my remaining Red Eyes Ultimate Dragons and lay this card face down. Now make a move!"

"I'm just planning out my strategy," Mai explained. But then, the Swords of Revealing Light on Joey's side of the field suddenly disappeared.

"What did you do?" Mai asked in alarm. "It's only been two turns! They expired too early!"

Joey laughed. "Did you forget about my face down card? It's a trap card known as Pyro Clock of Destiny. This card allows me to speed up time for one turn, so your swords expire right now!" he explained, as a giant clock appears on the field.

Now, Mai thought, holding up the two cards she drew, I must find a way to get rid of those two dragons now. "I play the magic card: Fissure! This card allows me to destroy the weakest monster on your side of the field. And since both of your dragons have the same atk pts, one of them will be destroyed!" she explained, as a pit opens up and destroys one of the Red Eyes Ultimate Dragons.

"Now, it's time for me to end this duel!" Mai called. "I summon my Amazoness Swordswoman in attack mode!" The Amazon warrior appears on the field, with an atk strength of 1500. "Amazoness Swordswoman, attack his ultimate dragon!"

"Mai, why are you using a 1500 atk pt monster to attack a 5600 atk pt monster?" Tristan asked, confused.

"Amazoness Swordswoman has a devastating side effect if used correctly." Mai explained. "The opponent is the one who takes all battle damage from the attack, no matter how strong the monster my Amazon is attacking. So, once this attack is over, my Amazon will be destroyed, but Joey will lose 4100 LP, and the duel! I told you I'd win Joey!"

"I figured you'd try something like that Mai!" Joey shouted. "So I activate my face down card: Energy Drain! This magic card allows me to drain the atk pts of any monster on the field to 0, and I choose my Red Eyes Ultimate Dragon!" he announced as Red Eyes Ultimate Dragon's atk decreases to 0, and Amazoness Swordswoman destroys it. "I may have lost 1500 LP, but this duel is still on!" (Joey's LP: 900)

"Fine! Then I'll activate my magic card: Pet Dragon's Transmigration!" Mai shouted. "By sacrificing my Harpy's Pet Dragon from my hand along with my Amazon from the field, I can now play this: Lord of Harpies!"

"Just what do you think you're doing?" Joey demanded, as green flames swirl around Mai.

When the flames subsided, Yami, Tristan and Tea all gasped at the sight: Mai was standing in a suit of dragon armor, all bright red. The armor cools down to dark red, with an atk of 2000, def of 2500.

"While I can't attack with it this turn, I can still enhance my armor's strength!" Mai announced. "Since my armor is still a dragon-class monster, I'll play these magic cards: Dragon Nails and Dragon Treasure! Dragon Nails increases the atk strength of a dragon-type monster by 600 pts, and Dragon Treasure increases the atk and def strength of a dragon-type monster by 300 pts!" Mai explained, as metal claws form onto her armor from Dragon Nails' effect, and yellow glittering light falling onto her armor from Dragon Treasure's effect, and her dragon armor's atk and def stats increase to 2900/2800.

"Welltwo can play that game!" Joey shouted, drawing his cards. "Now, I activate the magic card: Red Eyes Transmigration! I sacrifice my Red Eyes Black Dragon and my Sasuke Samurai from my hand. Now I play Lord of the Red!" Joey announced, as blue flames began to encircle him.

When the flames subsided, Joey was standing in a suit of dragon armor also, all dark red. The armor cools down to black, with an atk strength of 2400, def strength of 2000. The Orichalcos increases the atk strength of Joey's Lord of the Red to 2900, same as Mai's Lord of Harpies.

"And now," Joey announced. "It is time for this duel to be taken to the next level!"