Chapter 14
After The Struggle
Geartown
The walls collapsed towards her, and she could not run away. A silvery barrier stopped some of the falling debris, but a colossal gear pierced through it, and hit Mei, smashing into her body from the right. Her world turned red, and the loss of consciousness that followed was a pleasant change from the pain she felt.
When the girl awakened, she could still feel horrible pain from all over her body. She turned to see her right arm, but then wished that she hadn't. A jolt of pain hit her, blacking her sight. But even with blackened sight, Mei could see her right arm twisted into a position it should not be in, and the bone sticking out of it. With another surge of pain, her body decided that being awake had it's downsides.
Silver had recovered from breaking of her shield spell, and looked at her master. Still alive! The girl was bleeding from multiple small wounds on her body, and her hand was twisted into a horrible mess. Heal! The dragon shot it's energy directly into the girl, and could stabilize most of her wounds. Good, now I need to forcibly wake her on the other side. Just then, the enemy appeared.
A dark blur jumped from the destroyed building, landing next to the girl and her guardian. It was a humanoid with a red robe and a red mask that was built in image of a skull. Greetings, "Sudden Death". Although it very well seems that I was the sudden one this time. The creature swiped with a scythe it pulled from it's back, trying to cleave the unconscious girl in half The dragon moved to intercept, and a flash of silver blocked the weapon. Good work, guardian. But remember, the powers of the seven cannot defeat the four! The attack split in two, then three, all swings hitting at the same time. I am the General! I am unbeatable! The boasting would have most likely continued if the General had not been launched into a wall by a giant fist.
An Ancient Gear Golem remained it's initial stance Beginning threat neutralization. It stepped on the general's scythe, breaking it, and followed by punching the robed creature. Not this time! The small creature blocked the giant fist with one hand. Then, Ancient Gear Fist in it's hand activated, causing a giant explosion. Silver used the opportunity to escape, looking at the golem smashing the dark creature again.
Castle of Demise
Takumi could only look at awe at the battle in front of his eyes. Lotus kept slashing with her saber and the weapons she conjured, while Demise parried blows and tossed counterattacks with his axe, while tossing bolts of dark energy at some opportunities. The axe broke a conjured rapier, but it turned it a whip that bound the axe, while the saber slashed towards the unprotected head of the fiend. A blast of energy deflected the saber, and demise broke the whip, jumping and hitting Lotus with it. The conjured fragments turned into a shield, and deflected most of the blow, but launching the knight across the room.
Lotus dropped her saber and closed her eyes, calling a replica of the opponent's axe. Demise smiled, and leaped into combat. Both axes collided, and the replica did not survive. But then, the fragments turned into spikes that shot towards Demise. He created a pulse of darkness, destroying them, but Lotus picked up her weapon and rushed towards her Master, grapping him and continuing to run. Demise looked at the running enemy, but chose not to pursue.
Duel Academy, following day
Two of the "Sangenma" have been stolen. It was supposed to be the most guarded secret of the academy that theses cards were resealed there, and the seven keys had not been stolen this time. All the security measures had been shut down with something that could be recognized as magical energy. And the worst thing was that they could not open the last seal to find out which monster the thief had been unable to steal. At least Armityle is out of the question. Unless they find a way to summon it with a substitute.
The reaction was quick. All the duelists were asked to hand in their duel disks, and a sensor that scanned the played card was added. Now, if someone plays one of the Sangenma, their disk and the opposing disk will alert. Even if they deactivate their own sensor, the opponent's sensor will activate.
But in addition to these troubles Mei had her own problems. The hand feels completely numb, and barely moves. She tried to raise it, and the hand moved slowly upwards, twitching, Then, she tried to open the fingers, and the hand dropped down to her side. Silver looked at the girl, and said: I have no idea when it will heal. Spirit wounds heal almost always, and typically quicker than normal, but it was very close that it would have been permanently lost.
Perhaps I need a break from all this. Mei begun to wander the Slifer dorm, until she heard a commotion
At the same time:
The assassin was preparing his deck for his battle against the new Chosen. I have absolutely no idea what cards that girl uses. But perhaps, I don't have to. He looked at his new finished deck, unlike the other deck had had played before.
Good to have you guys back in action. Meet your new friend, she is going to be very helpful. He took his guardian card, and slipped it into the Extra Deck, which already had multiple cards. At least it has room for this. And the other one as well. He turned to look at the image of his target, checking it once again. Nothing personal. Prepare to be sealed!
At the same time:
Kagami had gotten enough of her dorm mates. Might as well go check on Chiyo. No hope of studying here. The dorm was filled with analysis of the Sangenma and the last straw had been the suggestion that her deck could actually use one of them very easily. Well, it does contain many Continuous Spells. For a moment, she dreamed of actually controlling Hamon. Then, she shook her head, and continued.
Chiyo, her little sister was a good duelist, if she bothered to actually study. Usually, she kept switching decks before she knew how to use them, and kept making amateur mistakes. She might have the skill to get moved from the Slifer. Chiyo had also another talent. She had an incredible skill of fixing almost anything, and would sometimes repair malfunctioning duel disks. Although she had stopped small repairs now. She spoke of having a bigger goal now.
Entering the Slifer dorm, Kagami could see a crowd watching a duel. And she is dueling. Well, might see what deck she plays now. The boy, another Slifer he was dueling against made a proclamation. Prepare to see the weirdest deck ever! He drew a card, going first due to having been challenged one.
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The woman lectured the scythe-wielding warrior: You broke the ban Testament had set on physical battles. As a result, you begun to lose power at increasing speed and lost to an opponent you would have easily defeated otherwise. We cannot afford defeats like this anymore, so stick to defeating the Chosen by dueling.
On the opposite side of the room, the General nodded. He was covered in small wounds, and had entered a state of recovery. Need three days to heal until next encounter. The woman nodded, You will have them. Your assassins will not.
On the next step on the journey:
The mysterious deck in action!
Mei receives a challenge!
Next time, Chapter 15-Salvage