Chapter 25: Sigils vs Signers part 1: Powerhouses

Jack opted to go first, summoning Archfiend Interceptor (1400/1600), placed two cards face-down and ended his turn, challenging Yuina to put up a good fight. When Yuina drew, she Special Summoned a Gilasaururs (1400/400) in Attack mode, while summoning a Miracle Jurassic Egg (0/2000) in Attack mode as well.

"Pathetic. Not only do you think you can outsmart me with a draw, you place a 0 ATK point monster in Attack mode?!" Jack yelled.

"Try this on for size: Continuos Spell Card Torturous Jurassic Hunger." Yuina roared back. "All of my Dinosaurs are reduced to 0 Defense points, but their Attack points go up by the same amount. Now what were you saying about a draw, because I believe that both my monsters can take down your single monster! Gilasaurus, it's feeding time, so attack Archfiend Interceptor."

"Archfiend Interceptor's effect activates! When you declare an attack, I can give you 500 points of damage!"

"He's still little more than food!"

Trap, activate!: Break Tune. Now I can Special Summon a Tuner and negate your attack. I choose Dark Resonator!" The Tuner appeared with stats of (1300/300)

"Not bad, but here's where you get egg on your face. Go, Miracle Jurassic Egg, attack Archfiend Interceptor again!"

"Once again, Archfiend Interceptor inflicts 500 damage to you."

"It's still going to be destroyed, by a harmless dinosaur egg no less!" Yuina was laughing even as she came to 3000 Life Points. She placed two cards face-down and activated Card of Demise, gaining a five card hand in exchange for discarding it in five turns. Her turn ended there.

Jack drew, summoned Power Breaker (1900/0 Level 4) and tuned it with his Level 3 Dark Resonator, shouting "The ruler's shouts echo throughout! Hammer of Victory, shatter the very earth!" to Synchro Summon Exploder Dragonwing (2400/1600). After that, he attacked Yuina's Gilasaurus with its 'King's Storm', but she revealed her Depth Amulet, discarding a card to negate the attack, and in so doing, add 2 counters to her Egg. Jack's other Trap revealed itself: Power Pressure. When an attack was negated, he could deal 1000 points of damage to Yuina, reducing her to 2000. After that, two more cards went face-down and he ended his turn with one card in his hand.

Yuina drew to hold five cards, and activated a Graceful Charity, drawing three cards but discarding two, adding four more counters to her Miracle Jurassic Egg. She Special Summoned another Gilasaurus (1400/400) which allowed Jack to revive a monster, choosing Archfiend Interceptor (1400/1600). After that, she summoned a Babycerasaurus (500/500) and then She Tributed her two Gilasaurus cards to Summon Super Conductor Tyranno (3300/1400), and then activated its ability: by Tributing one monster, she could deal Jack 1000 points of damage, tributing Babycerasaurus and reducing him to 3000 Life Points. In addition, Babycerasaurus' destruction there meant not only another two counters for the Egg, but also the summoning of Tyranno Infinity (?/0) from her Deck. After that, she Tributed her Egg to Special Summon her Ultimate Tyranno (3000/2200)). Due to her Torturous Jurassic Hunger still being in effect, respectively their ATK was 4700 and 5200.

"You weren't doing too badly there, but here's where things change. Trap activate: Skull Lair. I can banish cards from my Graveyard to destroy a Monster with an equal Level. I'll banish my two Gilasaurus, my Miracle Jurassic Egg and my Babycerasaurus to destroy Archfiend Interceptor."

"I've still got my Synchro monster. Don't get conceited!"

"But you see, this also powers up my Tyranno Infinity. With every Dinosaur removed from play, it increases by 1000 Attack points. So say hello to its 4000 point jaws!"

The first thing to attack, however, was Ultimate Tyranno, which had to attack first. Jack activated his Half or Nothing Trap to force Yuina into choosing to either halve all of her Monster's ATK or end the Battle Phase. When she pressed the attack, he revealed his Tuner's Mind Trap to return Exploder Dragonwing to the Extra Deck and Special Summon Power Breaker and Dark Resonator, and redirect the attack to the Tuner. However, this didn't change the fact that it attacked everything, albeit at only 2600 ATK. Dark Resonator was not destroyed by the battle due to its effect of protection once per turn, but Jack was still left with 1700 Life Points as a result, which was then reduced to 1000 after Power Breaker was destroyed. With the destruction of Power Breaker, however, Jack could destroy one of her Continuous Spell or Trap cards, with him choosing to get rid of Torturous Jurassic Hunger. Tyranno Infinity, left with only 2000 ATK, pressed on and destroyed the Dark Resonator, bringing him to 300 Life Points left. Yuina's turn ended with her holding 2 cards

"Wow! This match has quickly turned into a slug-fest!" the announcer yelled. Jack drew, and activated the Trap Card Powerful Rebirth, reviving Dark Resonator, increasing its ATK by 100 and its Level by 1 to 4. He then Summoned Gear Changer (1600/1400) and tuned that Level 4 monster with his now Level 4 Dark Resonator, shouting "The ruler's heartbeats will now file through here! Take witness to its creation-shaking power!" to Synchro Summon Red Dragon Archfiend (3000/2000).

His next card was Red Dragon Vase, allowing him to draw two cards since he had Red Dragon Archfiend on the field. Another card, Trap Pause, negated Yuina's Depth Amulet and Skull Lair, allowing him to draw two more cards and hold 3 cards in his hand. One of the cards he activated from there was Double Summon, which he used to summon Power Supplier (400/400) in Defense mode. The final card was another Red Dragon Vase, drawing another two cards, one of those two being a third Red Dragon Vase, allowing for him to have a total of three cards in his hand.

Power Supplier's effect activated, giving Red Dragon Archfiend 400 ATK to come to 3400, and with that, he attacked Yuina's Super Conductor Tyranno, destroying it and putting her on 1900 Life Points. Following that, he used his Smashing Ground Spell Card to destroy Ultimate Tyranno as it had the highest DEF, then used Fissure to destroy Tyranno Infinity, as it was the only thing left on the field. His last card in his hand went face-down, after which he ended his turn.

"So, you like to play rough, eh?" Yuina asked as she drew to hold three cards in her hand. "So be it; I just need one more card, so I play Pot of Greed to draw two cards."

"Just what makes you think you can win?" Jack scoffed.

"Well, I place three Spell Cards face-down." Rebecca and Toby gasped: was she going to do that?

"This proves you're still an amateur. You don't declare your face-down cards-"

"Unless I do this: I Tribute my Spell Cards; Graceful Charity, Grief Tablet and Effect Shut," The three cards turned to ice, which compounded on each other until a yellow beast burst forth. "Meet Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder!"

"Powerful, but power isn't everything!"

"Well, you're still out for the count. Hamon attacks Red Dragon Archfiend: Lost Thunder!" The Sacred Beast breathed a bolt of blue lightning into the ceiling, which lit up with electricity.

"Trap activate: Tuner's Mind! Since you targeted Red Dragon Archfiend with an attack, I can return it to the Extra Deck and Special Summon its Synchro Material Monsters. Return, Gear Changer and Dark Resonator."

"Another one. And they're both in Defense mode. No difference, though; I'll just destroy your Gear Changer and Hamon will deal 1000 damage to you when a monster falls to its clutches!" The lightning soared towards the designated monster

"The monster that attacked must actually conduct battle with the Tuner that returned. What's more, Dark Resonator isn't destroyed by battle once per turn!" The lightning hit the Tuner, but vanished in the next second.

"Not bad. I end my turn!"

Jack drew, played a second Trap Pause, drawing two cards. His next move was to summon Magic Hole Golem (0/2000) and once again used his Gear Changer and Dark Resonator to Synchro Summon Red Dragon Archfiend (3000/2000). Magic Hole Golem's effect activated, halving the Dragon's ATK to allow it to attack directly, then Power Supplier increased its ATK by 400 points to 1900... the exact value of Yuina's Life Points.

"Now, Red Dragon Archfiend can bypass your monster and attack you directly! Absolute Power Force!" Jack declared as his Dragon's flaming fist collided with her.