Episode 29

Solo – Final Event: Of Contempt and Pain

Maybe I'm just this way

Because I'm trying to run from the pain after all

The door to the empty room jerked open.

"I was beginning to wonder when you'd show up here," Morsus said. He stared at DBG, who stood in the doorway. "But to think you… of all people… would defy me… Just what is it you hope to accomplish?"

DBG remained silent, glaring at Morsus.

"Well? Are you going to answer me or are you going stand there and stare at me all day?"

DBG scoffed. "I'm going to put an end to this… and you'll take this mark away from me, too." He clutched at his chest where his "嫌い" mark glowed, just as the "痛み" mark glowed on Morsus's chest.

"I like your choice of words… but you know what? I'm wanting to put an end to things, too. But here isn't the place. Follow me."

Morsus turned and walked towards the stairs in a dark corner of the room, with DBG following close behind.

DBG and Morsus stood on the roof of the building and faced each other.

"So… shall we begin, Contemno?" Morsus asked.

"Stop calling me that," DBG replied.

"But it's who you are. You can't deny that. That mark on your chest proves it. And the only reason you're going through with this is so you can—"

"Shut up. I'm going to, at least, do one thing right first."

"We'll see about that."

Both activated their Duel Disks and drew five cards.

DUEL!

DBG (LP 4000) VS Morsus (LP 4000)

"I'll start," Morsus stated. "I Set one monster in Defense Position and place one card face-down. I end my turn."

"Then it's my move," DBG said. "I activate the Spell Terraforming. This card lets me add a Field Spell Card from my Deck to my hand… and I choose Dragon Ravine."

"Of course you would…" Morsus commented.

"And now… I activate the Field Spell Dragon Ravine!" The surroundings took on the appearance of a large canyon.

Yusei continued to shift his eyes back and forth between the road and the map on his Runner's screen until noticing a change in the sky.

He looked up to see the familiar canyon.

"Is that…" he began.

"Dragon Ravine?" Leo asked. "DBG is Dueling."

"I think so… but…" Luna said.

"Who's his opponent?" Crow asked, accompanying the twins. Crow rode on his Black Bird Duel Runner while the twins were following on their Duel Boards.

"DBG…" Akiza mumbled, a worried look on her face while headed towards Yusei's location.

Jack remained silent as he rode through the streets, noticing the canyon.

"I activate the effect of Dragon Ravine," DBG continued. "I discard one card from my hand to add a Level 4 or lower "Dragunity" monster from my Deck to my hand. I add Dragunity Phalanx to my hand. Then I activate Cards of Consonance. By discarding Phalanx, I draw two cards."

Morsus remained still, watching DBG's every move.

"I now Summon Dragunity Dux! This monster gains 200 ATK for every "Dragunity" card I control!" DBG declared.

Dragunity Dux

LV: 4

ATK: 1500 + 200 = 1700

"Additionally, when Dux is Normal Summoned, I can equip Dragunity Phalanx to it!"

Dragunity Dux

LV: 4

ATK: 1700 + 200 = 1900

"I now activate the effect of Dragunity Phalanx! While this card is equipped, I can Special Summon it!"

Dragunity Phalanx

LV: 2

DEF: 1100

"I tune Level 2 Phalanx with Level 4 Dux!"

2 + 4 = 6

"Take to the sky, bearing the power of the wind! Let the winds howl with your thundering roar! Synchro Summon! Appear now, Dragunity Knight - Vajrayana!"

Dragunity Knight – Vajrayana

LV: 6

ATK: 1900

"When Vajrayana is Synchro Summoned, its effect is the same as Dux. Therefore, I equip Phalanx once again. With that, I can now use Phalanx's effect once again!"

Dragunity Phalanx

LV: 2

DEF: 1100

"So… he's going for it…" Morsus thought.

"I tune Level 2 Phalanx with Level 6 Vajrayana!" DBG continued.

2 + 6 = 8

"Cold hearts become hard as steel with their lingering spirits rampaging together! Feel the might of its hate-filled roar! Synchro Summon! Come forth, Scrap Dragon!"

Scrap Dragon

LV: 8

ATK: 2800

"So… it's finally here… Scrap Dragon…" Morsus stated.

"DBG!" a voice called from the streets.

Morsus turned his head to see Yusei looking up at their Duel. "Well, if it isn't Yusei Fudo," he said.

"Who are you?" Yusei asked. He then noticed the "痛み" mark on Morsus's chest. "Wait, are you…"

"I am… the leader of the Cursed Hearts. Morsus is my name."

"Morsus…?" Yusei mumbled. "Why does he seem familiar to me?" He then glanced back at DBG. "DBG! Be careful! Don't let him or yourself use the Cursed Emotion cards!"

DBG remained silent, ignoring Yusei.

"A futile effort, Dr. Fudo," Morsus stated. "It's a shame you act like you can change things, as always."

"'As always'? Who are you?" Yusei asked.

"Come now… you should be able to recognize anyone who works with you, Dr. Fudo. Not that it matters at this stage, anyway. What's important is that your precious reactor is at a low enough level to where it's incapable of stopping me."

"What do you mean?"

"Having direct access to the reactor, it wasn't difficult to exert direct pressure on it… making it easier to increase the negativity required for us to call for the deity. However, it wasn't enough… we needed to eliminate the other sources of Ener-D stopping us… that would be you Signers."

"What? But how are you able to even get to the reactor?"

Morsus chuckled. "The only way to get to it undetected," he said, removing his hood.

Yusei became wide-eyed. "Logan?!"

"That's right…"

"But why?"

"A means to an end, Dr. Fudo… that's we all strove for. But enough of that… Contemno and I have a Duel to finish. It's still your turn."

DBG scoffed. "I Set one card face-down and activate Scrap Dragon's effect! Once per turn, I can destroy one card on both of our fields! I'll take out my Set card and your monster!" DBG declared. His dragon rose and fired a blast at its targets. "Now you have no monsters. Scrap Dragon, direct attack! Scrap Rage!"

Morsus grinned as DBG's Scrap Dragon opened its mouth. "You'll regret that choice," he said.

"What?" DBG responded.

"I activate my Trap Card! Cursed Emotion – Heart of Pain!" Morsus declared, just as he was struck by the dragon's attack. The explosion knocked Morsus down.

Morsus

LP: 4000 – 2800 = 1200

Morsus began to laugh as he rose to his feet, the smoke clearing.

"No…" Yusei thought. "Now that means… the only Cursed Emotion card that hasn't activated is… DBG's..."

DBG scoffed. "I activate the Continuous Spell Future Fusion. I reveal a Fusion Monster in my Extra Deck and send its Fusion Materials to the Graveyard. On my second Standby Phase from now, that monster is Fusion Summoned. Five-Headed Dragon's Fusion Materials are five Dragon-Type monsters… so I'll send five Dragon-Type monsters from my Deck to the Graveyard. Then I'll Set two cards face-down and end my turn," DBG concluded, placing the remaining cards in his hand on the field.

"Not just yet…" Morsus said.

"What?"

"During the End Phase of the turn I take damage… Heart of Pain's effect activates!" Morsus became surrounded in a dark aura.

Morsus

LP: 1200 + 2800 = 4000

"What the?!" DBG exclaimed.

"He… reversed the damage…" Yusei stated. "Is this all Heart of Pain is capable of?"

"Yusei!" several voices said. Yusei turned to see the other Signers approaching him.

"Guys!" he called back.

"Yusei, we're finally here," Akiza said.

"Yeah, but… we might be too late," Yusei replied.

"What do you mean?" Crow asked.

"The sixth card has been activated… that only leaves DBG's card," Yusei answered.

"No way… but… if the seventh card doesn't activate, we still have a chance, right?" Leo said.

"I'm not sure…" Luna replied.

"What do you mean, sis?"

"There's a chance he might use it this Duel," Jack answered. "But I don't think he will."

"He might," Yusei said. The others looked at him confused. "This guy… is not an ordinary opponent."

The Signers looked up at the Duel on the roof.

"It's my turn!" Morsus declared. "I Summon Lyla, Lightsworn Sorceress!"

Lyla, Lightsworn Sorceress

LV: 4

ATK: 1700

"Lyla's effect activates! This monster can switch itself to Defense Position and destroy one Spell or Trap Card on the opponent's field!" Morsus's magician held its staff up, a lightning bolt shooting out of it at one of DBG's Set cards and destroying it.

Lyla, Lightsworn Sorceress

LV: 4

DEF: 200

"Then, during the End Phase, I have to send the top three cards from my Deck to the Graveyard," Morsus continued. He grinned upon seeing one of them being sent to the Graveyard. "At this moment… I activate the effect of Wulf, Lightsworn Beast! When this monster is sent from the Deck to the Graveyard, it gets Special Summoned to the field!"

Wulf, Lightsworn Beast

LV: 4

DEF: 300

"I end my turn," he concluded.

"So he's just fortifying his defense," Jack commented.

"But DBG has Scrap Dragon," Leo added. "Once per turn, he can destroy one of that guy's monsters using its effect."

"With Ravine on the field," Akiza said, "he can get another monster to his hand and Summon it."

"This turn, DBG will be able to attack directly," Luna stated.

"Maybe… but I doubt it will work," Yusei replied. The others looked at him, confused again.

"What do you mean, Yusei?" Crow asked.

"We'll have to watch and find out," Yusei answered.

"My turn!" DBG declared. "I activate the effect of Dragon Ravine! By discarding the only card in my hand, I can add another Dragunity Dux from my Deck to my hand! And now I'll Summon it!"

Dragunity Dux

LV: 4

ATK: 1500 + 200 = 1700

"Dux's effect activates, letting me equip Phalanx to it!"

Dragunity Dux

LV: 4

ATK: 1700 + 200 = 1900

"And now… I activate Dragunity Phalanx's effect, allowing me to Special Summon it!"

Dragunity Phalanx

LV: 2

DEF: 1100

"I now tune Level 2 Phalanx with Level 4 Dux!"

2 + 4 = 6

"Ominous winds, everchanging. Converge and push everything else away! Synchro Summon! My last outcry, Orient Dragon!"

Orient Dragon

LV: 6

ATK: 2300

"Orient Dragon…" Leo mumbled.

"It's not being put to much use here," Crow said.

"Right… he's probably using it for offense only," Yusei added.

"Scrap Dragon's effect activates! I'll destroy Ravine and Wulf!" DBG continued, his dragon firing another blast at its targets. "Battle! Orient Dragon, attack Lyla!" His Orient Dragon emitted a mist from its mouth that vanquished the magician. "Go, Scrap Dragon! Scrap Rage!" DBG's ace monster launched another blast at Morsus.

Morsus

LP: 4000 – 2800 = 1200

"I end my turn," DBG concluded.

Morsus laughed.

"What's so funny?!" Leo shouted.

Morsus

LP: 1200 + 2800 = 4000

"Impossible! He regained his Life Points again?!" Jack exclaimed.

"No way…" Luna mumbled.

"Heart of Pain allows me to recover the damage dealt to me for three turns… this is the second turn," Morsus explained.

"Then how is he supposed to win?!" Leo shouted.

"It's fine," Akiza said. "The effect to recover Life Points only activates in the End Phase. If DBG can inflict 4000 damage in one turn, he wins."

"Oh, I get it…"

"So… with Orient Dragon and Scrap Dragon on the field, he might be able to pull that off next turn," Crow added.

Yusei remained silent, focusing on Morsus.

"It's my turn!" Morsus declared. "I activate Solar Recharge! I discard one "Lightsworn" monster from my hand and draw two cards. Then I send the top two cards from my Deck to the Graveyard. And, as luck would have it… one of the cards… is Wulf!"

Wulf, Lightsworn Beast

LV: 4

ATK: 2100

"Another Wulf?" Leo said.

"I Tribute Wulf so I can Tribute Summon Celestia, Lightsworn Angel!" Morsus continued.

Celestia, Lightsworn Angel

LV: 5

ATK: 2300

"At this moment, I activate the effect of Celestia! When this monster is Tribute Summoned using a "Lightsworn" monster as a Tribute, I can send the top four cards of my Deck to the Graveyard to destroy up to two cards on your field!" His angelic creature held up its staff. A lightning bolt shot from the sky and struck both of DBG's dragons. "And now…"

"Don't tell me…" Crow mumbled.

"Wulf's effect activates!" Morsus continued.

Wulf, Lightsworn Beast

LV: 4

ATK: 2100

"A third Wulf…" Crow finished his sentence.

"Celestia and Wulf… their total ATK is 4400…" Jack commented.

"If this attack hits…" Luna said.

"Go, Celestia and Wulf! Direct attack!" Morsus commanded. His Celestia held up its staff once more while his beast charged forward.

DBG gritted his teeth together. "I won't let that happen!" he declared. "I activate the Trap Card Mirror Force! When the opponent's monster attacks, I destroy all face-up Attack Position monsters the opponent controls!" A barrier appeared between DBG and Morsus's monsters. The barrier reflected the attacks which then struck the attackers themselves, destroying them.

An explosion occurred.

After the smoke cleared, DBG was found panting hard.

"Not bad," Morsus said. "I Set two cards face-down and end my turn."

"It's my turn…" DBG stated. Placing his hand on his Deck to draw a card, he stopped. "This card… it can't be…"

Morsus grinned, noticing the expression on DBG's face.

Yusei glanced at DBG as well. "It can't be… is that card... what I think it is…?" he wondered.

DBG drew the card and looked at it. "Not this card… anything but this card…" he thought. He suddenly felt a strong pain in his heart and fell to his knees.

"DBG!" Akiza and the twins exclaimed.

"So you drew it, right?" Morsus chuckled. "It's about time…"

DBG looked up at Morsus, the former's eyes constantly shifting between the usual pitch black and blood red.

"It appears that card might be your only hope, Contemno…" Morsus grinned. "Cursed Emotion – Heart of Hate."

How stupid of me

To not stand there and take it