Metaldix: Luke and Roxanne started dueling!
Neverclaw: And now she tells us how she can beat the Armed Dragon LV7 without attacking!
Metaldix: IS she speaking the truth? You guys will find out now!
Disclaimer: Fortunately, Metaldix and Neverclaw do not own Yugioh nor any of its original characters.
Chapter 21: An Earth Shaking Duel (Part Two)
The sun was now slowly descending, as Luke and Roxanne continued their duel. Roxanne had three cards in her hand and 1200 life points, Luke was winning with 1800 and had two cards in his hand. On the field, the teenager possessed his Armed Dragon LV7 in attack mode and Big Shield Gardna in defense mode, plus a face-down card. Roxanne had an Enraged Muka Muka in attack mode and three cards face-down.
"She can't destroy Luke's Armed Dragon LV7! It's his strongest monster!" Roy said, stunned.
"Oohh, believe me, I can! And now, I'll activate the magic card, Book of Moon. With this card, I can flip face-down a face-up monster on the field, and I'll be choosing your Armed Dragon LV7!" An encyclopedia-sized book appeared on the field, opening itself, and obliging Armed Dragon LV7 to flip face-down.
"And how will THAT change anything?" Angel solicited.
"What will this do? Well, I will now sacrifice Enraged Muka Muka, to summon and activate the effect of Granmarg the Rock Monarch (2400ATK/1000DEF)!" A fissure cracked across the field, just below the Enraged Muka Muka and it fell. But then, with a single leap, another monster came out from the crevice: an earth-armored monarch with massive fists, which ironically made the rest of the body parts look smaller, even though his stats rose to 2900 and 1500.
"Did you just sacrifice?" Luke raised an eyebrow, but it then hit him, remembering her words.
-'… to summon and activate the effect of Granmarg the Rock Monarch!'…I hope that effect isn't a good one!-
The golem suddenly hit the ground with its massive fists, creating a fissure towards the hidden Armed Dragon LV7, who fell into the gap, disappearing completely!
"NO!" Luke yelled, watching as his loyal dragon evaporated right before his eyes.
"What was that?" Angel inquired, trying to gather the series of sudden events.
"Simple: when Tribute summoned, my Granmarg's effect allows me to destroy one face-down card of yours; Magic, Trap or Monster cards included," Roxanne explained.
"And that was only his effect, now he can attack! And I'll be attacking your Big Shield Gardna! Great Fissure!"
Her monarch once again slammed the ground, and it cracked opened, making its target fall in it with an echoing bawl of despair.
"Luke's defenses are down…" Roy gulped. "Let's just hope he gets something good now…"
"Ok, I'll be drawing now," Luke said, adding one card to his hand from his deck.
–Maybe I should have used the Negate Attack trap card to save Big Shield Gardna…But I guess it was a risk I had to take…-
"Weeeell, I'll set a face-down monster, and end my turn…" Luke sighed as a dark silhouette appeared on his side of the field.
"Ohhh, now that your poor Armed Dragons are dead, you're running out of ideas?" Roxanne mocked. "You better do something, or else I'm gonna wipe out your life points!"
–Well, this monster's attack is pretty good, I could destroy Luke's face-down monster…No, I'll save it for THAT move…-
"Granmarg, attack with your Great Fissure—"
"Not so fast, my dear Roxanne! I'll activate my Trap card, Negate Attack, which will cancel your whole Battle phase!" With the magical words said, Luke's trap card revealed itself, a great portal which stopped the monarch's moves completely.
"Okaaay, if to buy time is what you want, ok, your turn." Roxanne spoke. –I lucked out! If I had summoned this monster, I would have left it unprotected!-
"Cool! I'll activate Pot of Greed!" Luke smiled as he played the card he had just drawn; only to draw two more cards, and stare at them for a few seconds.
"Mmm…I will now summon my Luster Dragon (1900ATK/1600DEF) in attack mode!" His luxurious dragon appeared on the field, amazing everyone with its beauty.
"You know, I could be happy with a diamond skin like that," Angel said, as money
signs replaced her eyes.
"Yeah, I could use a Batteryman AA to recharge my hair-dryer! Those things are expensive, ya know…" Roy said.
"You use a HAIR DRYER?!?"
The duel was delayed a few minutes because Luke made fun of Roy, and then they became the usual cloud of fists. Once settled, Luke continued.
"I'll place a face-down card, and end my turn."
As the duel continued, Roxanne watched how her opponent had left a monster unprotected, harmless against any attack of hers.
–Strange…He's leaving a monster with a weak attack compared to Granmarg's in attack mode…It must be that face-down card…Oh well, if I'll be wanting to end this, I'll face it head on!-
"Alright, I'll be summoning Destroyer Golem (1500ATK/1000DEF) in attack mode!" A huge stone man appeared on the field, golden artifacts adorning its fists, and its stats increased to 2000 and 1500 in a flash.
"Now, Granmarg the Rock Monarch, attack with your Great Fissure!" Roxanne's stronger monster advanced, easily cracking the floor as potato chips.
"Luuuuuke! You better do something NOW!" Roy advised, frantically.
"If you say so!" Luke accepted, activating his trap card, which somehow made Luster Dragon start to charge a fire breath, which grew second by second!
"Explain." Roxanne said, shortly.
"I activated the trap card, Burst Breath! Now, by sacrificing a dragon from my side of the field, it will destroy all face-up monsters of yours whose defense is lower than its attack, and right now Roxanne, both Granmarg and Destroyer Golem are being targeted!"
"Nic—WAIT! That will leave Luke's life points open for an attack!" Angel protested.
"Angel, THINK. Luster Dragon was going to be destroyed anyway, so what he did was to sacrifice it first, to destroy every monster of hers. Besides, she won't be able to summon anything now that she summoned that Destroyer Golem, and then it will be Luke's turn!" Roy said, ending with a cheerful grin.
The Luster Dragon then erupted a flaming breath which incinerated the more powerful Granmarg the Rock Monarch and Destroyer Golem, just as the fissure caught up to him, which by an unknown reason took longer than usual to reach the dragon. A bit.
"So that was your plan…" Roxanne's eyebrows narrowed. "Very well, I'll end my turn…"
"Alright! Time to take a big bite out of you life—" Luke then noticed how Roxanne's three face-down cards stood there, watching him with invincible eyes, and smirking, challenging him.
"You were saying?" Roxanne said seriously.
"Okay…Or I attack your life points…Or I just build up some defenses…I'll stick with option A. I'll summon my Luster Dragon #2 (2400ATK/1400DEF), and attack your life points with your Emerald Headbutt!" As soon as bigger form of the normal Luster Dragon appeared on the field, with more developed legs and wings, it flew towards the defenseless Roxanne, pointing at her with its head.
"Wrong option, then! I'll activate my trap card, Enchanted Javelin! This will increase my life points by the attack points of your dragon." Her life points rose immediately to 3600, but then she received the fatal impact from the attacking monster, reducing them once again to 1200.
"Oh well, at least there are now two face-down cards on your side of the field and not three…" Luke tried to convince himself, but his efforts were in vain.
"My turn!" Roxanne said aloud, examining the card she had just drawn.
–I was thinking of using that now, but maybe this will also work along!-
"Okay, I'll be summoning Armor Exe (2400ATK/1400DEF) in attack mode!" A monster with a strange looking armor materialized on the rocky grounds, despite its boost that increased its stats to 2900 and 1900 respectively.
"You see, Armor Exe has a strict effect. First of all, it can't attack on its first turn. And then, I must pay a Spell Counter each Standby phase for it to survive." She explained.
"And where are you going to take those Spell Counters from?" Luke raised an eyebrow.
"From here, my Pitch-Black Power Stone," Activating another one of her face-down traps, which were just three dark but nevertheless shining stones. "These three stones are Spell Counters, which can be freely translated across my side of the field, but right now I'm gonna leave them there and use them for my Armor Exe's effect.
"Righto, but if you can't attack, I'll guess it will be my turn." Luke said, drawing. "I'll be passing my Luster Dragon #2 to defense mode, set a face-down monster and end my turn," Luke said, as his dragon guarded itself with its protective wings, and a hidden monster appeared besides it.
One Spell counter had been removed from play when Luke's Standby Phase started, and so did the second now that Roxanne had drawn a card. "Ok, I'll also be summoning a face-down monster, and with Armor Exe, I'll attack your Luster Dragon #2!" The monster only required its claws to destroy the dragon, deadly weapons they were.
"Your turn." Roxanne said, holding the same number of cards Luke had in his hand, two. She was losing with 1200 life points, but had Armor Exe in attack mode and a face-down monster in defense mode, with one card face-down and the active Pitch-Black Power Stone, one Spell Counter remaining on it. Luke only had a face-down monster on his side of the field, even though he was in the lead with 1800.
-I HAVE to draw them, quick! I don't know how much time I'll hold him off if not…!- Roxanne began to sweat, knowing she wouldn't be able to maintain the match if those cards weren't in her possession.
Luke's turn began, and right after he drew a card, the last Spell Counter was removed from the Pitch-Black Power Stone, eventually destroying the trap card.
"Ok, now that those Spell Counters are gone, that means Armor Exe will also be gone when this turn ends, as she won't be able to pay the necessary tribute for it!" Roy examined.
"Meaning Luke will only have to worry about that face-down monster of hers!" Angel said.
"Now, I'll use the Polymerization card to fuse the one monster which is in my hand, Dark Blade (1800ATK/1500DEF), and Pitch-Black Dragon (900ATK/600DEF) which was the face-down monster of mine, to form, my mighty Dark Blade the Dragon Knight (2200ATK/1500DEF)!"
A ghostly image of the Dark Blade appeared on the field, materializing each second, and then it mounted the Pitch-Black Dragon which had revealed itself, starting to rise with each flap of its dark wings.
"And then, I'll place a face-down card, to end my turn."
Luke's turn had passed, and with no Spell counters to pay for Armor Exe's effect, it departed immediately.
Roxanne drew a card hopefully, but sighed with depression again. "I'll now be removing Destroyer Golem from my Graveyard, to Special summon Gigantes (1900ATK/1300DEF)!"
Just as Dark Blade, a phantasm with the form of Destroyer Golem appeared over a second; when from the skies fell a massive ogre, a horn in its face and a bullet-proof armor, stats increased to 2400 and 1800 respectively.
"Gigantes, attack Luke's Dark Blade the Dragon Knight!" The girl ordered, as her beast ran in a grotesque way towards the Dragon Knight, raised its fist, and was ready to slam when, from out of nowhere, a huge army of men appeared, climbing Gigantes and stopping its onslaught!
"That Roxanne, is my trap card Reinforcements, which will boost one of my monster's attack by 500, so, better say good-bye to Gigantes!" Luke said, as his monster's attack increased to 2700, and with a swift swing of its blade the knight destroyed Gigantes, reducing Roxanne's life points to 900.
But Gigantes wasn't going to fall just like that. In fact, even though its recent wound was going to finish it off in seconds, it jumped and bounded, creating an earthquake which destroyed Roxanne's face-down card!
"HUH? On whose side IS that thing?!?" Roy said wondered.
"On mine, but according to Gigantes' effect, when it is destroyed as a result of a batle, it will destroy every magic and trap card on the field, and this time, its only target was mine!" Roxanne explained. "I didn't think Gigantes would have been destroyed so soon…"
"It seems Luke is giving her quite a fight…" Angel noticed.
"Every thing she has summoned, Luke has passed through!" Roy said with a smile. "And I bet he intends to keep doing—What the…?"
Suddenly, Dark Blade's sword began to glow, pointing at Roxanne's Graveyard.
"Oooh, I had forgotten about that!" Roy said, remembering from the last battle the fusion's full effect.
"Roxanne, when my Dark Blade the Dragon Knight inflicts Battle Damage to you, like how he just did, I can remove up to three monsters in your Graveyard, and I'll be willing to do so, removing Granmarg the Rock Monarch, Armor Exe, and Gigantes!" Luke commented. "Now, use your Banisher Buster!"
Three bright rays were shot from the blade, each removing one of the said monsters, which disappeared from the game immediately.
"Great. Things sure can't get worse now…" Roxanne ran a hand through her large ponytails.
"Yes they can, as it will be my turn now!" Luke said, drawing a card. "My turn will only consist in two things: I'll summon a face-down monster, and now I'll attack YOUR face-down monster! Dragon Knight Buster!"
His flying monster dived from the sky to the defensive monster, blade ahead of the very dragon's head, ready to slash and dice things, but what was revealed from the card, was a massive stone golem with 2500 defense points!
"That was my Giant Soldier of Stone (1300ATK/2000DEF), and thanks to the field bonus, it resisted your attack," Roxanne said. "You were saying that after those two things you'd end your turn right?"
"Yeah…" Luke growled, while his life points reduced to 1500.
His opponent drew a card, and for a long time, she gazed at it.
"Swords of Revealing Light! These blades will stop you from attacking three whole turns."
And from the now orange sky, flashing swords came down, inmobilizing Luke's two monsters. However, his face-down monster was somehow obliged to turn face-up, revealing his Serpent Night Dragon (2350ATK/2400DEF).
"Hey, why did it reveal itself?" Angel inquired.
Part of the Swords of Revealing Light's effect, Angel. It will turn any face-down monster face-up on the opponent's side of the field," Roy explained.
"Ohh…"
"And then, I'll summon a face-down monster," Roxanne said.
–I must get the other two cards in these three turns, I already possess two…One here safe in my hand…And the other in the field.-
"My turn!" Luke said. "Umm…There's nothing I can do right now…" And some of the bright swords disappeared on the field, leaving two thirds of the initial total.
"Then I guess it will be my turn," Roxanne said, glancing firmly at the top of her deck. Slowly, she drew. –Only one left.- I'll set another face-down monster, and end my turn."
Luke instantly drew another card. "I'll set a face-down card, and end my turn." And now, more than a half of the swords were gone, his monsters could now almost move freely.
Roxanne, by an unknown reason, was now trembling. –I must draw it…NOW!- She drew, with the arm which had the drawn card extended. She slowly stretched it, putting the card right in front of her face. –D-damn! This is not it!- "I'll pass."
"Wow, she's very nervous right now…" Angel looked with surprise. "How can a game like this one make you sweat so much?"
"Well, the fact that if you win these games you can win like two million dollars doesn't affect you at all, nope." Roy sarcastically said.
"Ok, this will be the last turn those Sword of Revealing Light are here!" Luke cheerfully said, drawing a card. "Aaaand I'll be ending my turn now." Just as he said, the swords disappearing completely.
"My turn…" Roxanne muttered.
–This is my last opportunity. If I don't draw that card, he will destroy my face-down monsters, key to summon it…Master Shadi, HELP ME!- And with that last thought, she drew, her last hope. Beaming at the card, she smirked.
"Heeeey, are you going to play?" Luke asked impatiently.
"Luke. Your advantages in this duel end now!" She exclaimed decisively.
"What are you talking about?" Luke laughed, but nervously. "I have higher life points, and a stronger monster!"
"Heh, you think so?" She raised an eyebrow. "I now summon…Alpha the Magnet Warrior (1400ATK/1700DEF)."
Neverclaw: Roxanne summons Alpha the Magnet warrior! What will NOW happen?!
Metaldix: Alpha the Magnet Warrior? Who's that?
Neverclaw: Uhh….You don't know ALPHA?!??!?!?
Metaldix: No, it doesn't ring any bell…
Neverclaw: --'' You wrote this chapter…
Metaldix: Yeah, but somehow I don't remember…OOOOOOOOOOH! ISN'T THAT THE MONSTER YUGI USED TO SUMMON----
Neverclaw: SHHHHHHH! Don't you dare to spoil! And don't you dare spoil Shadi's connection here!
Metaldix: Ok! Feel free to comment about this, people!