Chapter XI: Zant's ultimate beast
Zant drew his next card and cackled with glee. "YOU TWO…I've drawn the card that will end this duel with my victory." The duo tensed as Zant continued "I activate the magic card, Dark God Ceremony!"
"What does that do?" the hero and princess asked simultaneously. They had never heard of that card before, and they were about to find out more than they wanted.
"Simple; by sending 3 dark-attribute monsters from my hand to the grave, I can summon my ultimate creature!" He then discarded 3 cards to his grave and continued "now, meet your maker; the last monster you'll ever see: The Twilit God ESSENCE OF GANON!"
As he spoke, dark flames pouring with evil flickered into existence to form the face of Ganondorf's god form. "What is that thing?" Link whispered. Midna herself had turned ice cold, frozen in fear of that abomination. The duo both remembered what happened the last time they faced it…
Link and Zelda stepped backward in fear; who wouldn't be scared facing that thing? Midna however stayed calm and defiant. She then closed her eyes as the Fused Shadows circled around her, lending the Imp Princess their power. Link noticed this and stepped forward, declaring "Don't leave me out of this, Midna; I'll fight too!"
Midna sadly shook her head. "I thank you for your bravery, Link, but this is a battle where only magic can be used; you don't even know one spell."
"But Midna, you can't fight him alone. There has to be something I can do."
"Not this time, hero." Before Link had time to argue, Midna warped him away. "Thank you for everything Link." Midna's imp form disappeared, replaced by the arachnid form of the Fused Shadow Beast, where she powered all of her love for Link and her hatred for Ganon into one blast to eradicate the King of Evil.
Link and Zelda disappeared and reappeared in Hyrule Field. "Midna" murmured Link. Zelda and the hero then turned to see the castle explode.
Midna was trembling for the first time in her life. Suddenly she felt a warm sensation and she looked down to see Link's hand grasping her own. In that instant, she stopped trembling and the color returned to her face. Smiling, she murmured "Thanks Link." She suddenly turned serious and exclaimed "Now, Let's take down this oversized fireball!"
Zant growled and cut in "Fat chance! Nothing can defeat it!" The duo then focused on their opponent, glaring viciously. Zant then explained "My monster's attack points are equal to the combined attack points of every dark-attribute monster in my entire deck, and as long as there's a dark-attribute monster in my graveyard, it can't be destroyed by magic, trap, or monster effects and its attacks can't be stopped by them! And I already have Summoned Skull, Ryu-Kishin Powered, Kuriboh, Red-Eyes Black Dragon, and 3 Old Vindictive Magicians in my graveyard, which gives my god a grand total of 8150 attack points!" He then exclaimed "Next, I activate the magic card, De-Spell, which allows me to destroy your Swords of Revealing Light! Now my god, attack that Elemental Hero Neos!"
"Link NO!" Midna cried out as Link and his monster was engulfed in dark flames that threatened to destroy their very souls. Afterwards the flames died down and Midna growled "You'll pay for that, Zant!"
Then a confident voice spoke out "I'm not done yet!" Zant and Midna gasped as they looked to see Link standing and his Neos still on the field.
Zant's fists clenched as he growled "How…how is your monster still standing?"
Link smirked and boldly explained "I activated my trap card; Waboku! During the turn I activate Waboku, I take zero damage and my monsters aren't destroyed by battle!"
"Great work, Link!" exclaimed the Twilight Princess while leaning over and kissing his cheek. Link blushed and reverted to a fierce battle stare.
Zant growled "I end my turn with a face-down."
Link smirked and said "My turn!" He drew his card and exclaimed "Your monster will be finished once I play this card! I activate the magic card, Soul Release!"
Zant stared in horror and yelled "NO! Not that card!"
Link smirked and continued "That's right; this magic card allows me to remove up to 5 of your monsters from the game, and I choose your Summoned Skull, Red-Eyes Black Dragon, Ryu-Kishin Powered, and 2 of your Old Vindictive Magicians!" Zant stared in horror as his monster's attack decreased from 8150 to 750. Lin then declared "Now, Black Luster Soldier, attack his God card, with Chaos Blade Attack!" The Soldier then lunged and performed a finishing move on the god form of Ganon. Zant watched in horror as his Life Points decreased from 7400 to 5150.
Zant then interrupted "You may have dealt battle damage, but my god's effect stops it from being destroyed in battle."
Link kept a face of confidence and said "You'll need it, thanks to my other monster. Now attack Neos!" Zant watched as Neos knocked back his god monster with a charged punch. Zant watched with horror as his life points decreased even more, all the way to 2350. Link concluded by saying "I'll end with one face-down."
Midna stared at her hero with awe; she never thought her hero would turn things around so easily! He makes my moves look amateurish she thought. "My move!" she declared. She smirked and exclaimed "Alright, time for me to finish what Link started!" She continued "First I activate my own magic card, Soul Release! I choose to remove your magician and Kuriboh!"
Zant stared in horror and thought Now my god card is worthless!
Midna smirked and continued "Next I activate the magic card Monster Reborn so I can revive my Dark Magician!" Midna smirked as her familiar spellcaster returned to the field, purple armor, staff, and all. "Next, I activate Knight's Title! It's a magic card that allows me to tribute my magician to summon an extremely powerful monster from my deck, my hand, or my grave yard! So behold, Dark Magician Knight!" Link and Zant watched as after a swirl of purplish light, the mage was replaced by a knight in purple armor and holding a sword. Midna then continued "Next, I activate my Knight's special ability! When he's summoned, he can destroy any card on the field!"
Zant gasped in horror, while Link responded "Great work, Midna!"
Midna smiled at him, and then turned her attention to the Essence of Ganon. "Now, I'll destroy your god card!" Zant stared in horror as a beam of light appeared form the knight's sword and obliterated Zant's monster. "And best of all," she continued "my Knight hasn't attacked yet. Now, end this!" she yelled.
As the knight struck, Zant declared "Not so fast! I activate my face-down card!" Midna gasped as chains appeared around her knight, stopping it from attacking. Zant explained "It's called Shadow Spell, and not only can your Knight not move, but its attack points are lowered by 700 points!"
Midna watched in horror as her Knight's strength lowered from 2500 to 1800. Link grasped her hand in comfort again, and she relaxed. Link then shouted "Alright, Zant; you have no monsters to defend you and no other face-down cards left, so it's only a matter of time before we win."