CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE: Unleash the Chaos
Well, here's the end of the Yugi vs Solomon duel, as well as the continuation of Joey and Zane versus Dartz. A twenty-something page chapter isn't bad, especially during exams.
Shadowcat: The Tea thing is very complicated. It's not really her, but it is. You'll have to wait and read on to find out.
Mystralwind: Eh… Bakura's ok. I put him in for lack of a better character to find. As for Kaiba, don't say a word. He is my favorite Yu-Gi-Oh character, followed far behind by Yami Marik. Anyway, you seem quite worried out Marik Ishtar. It's very possible that his soul is lost forever… but its also possible it's not. Who knows? Except for me, lol.
Princess Yunariana: bows
Solomon was laughing wildly as the black demon and the white dragon were slowly sucked into a vortex. Lights began to flash all over his field, and a deep roar shook the entire building. As the vortex slowed, a towering form stepped out of it.
"Meet your excecutioner, the last monster you're ever going to face!" shrieked Solomon. The entire monster came into view. It was about the size of a two-storey building. With a body that was more or less the same as that of the Exodia Necross, it had two titanic wings that spread out from its shoulders that were like that of the Blue Eyes White Dragon. And, most horrifyingly, it didn't have a right arm. In its place, the fusion had the long neck of the Blue Eyes White Dragon with its terrifying head in place of a fist (0 500 500/0).
"Legendary Dragon Lord – Exodia?" gasped Yugi.
"You catch on quickly, you know that? He's more powerful than anything you've ever faced. He isn't a god, neither is he a demon. He is a demon god, the worst of his kind!"
Yugi's eyes narrowed. "Whatever it is, I'll overcome it!"
Solomon smirked. "Very well. I activate my demon god's first special ability. He starts off with one hundred attack points for the combined levels of every monster in my graveyard at the time he was summoned."
Yugi's eyes widened as he began to count up the total. Solomon had one hundred and sixty levels worth of monsters in his graveyard. Uh oh.
"Legendary Dragon Lord – Exodia has sixteen thousand five hundred attack and defense points!" Yugi's eyes bulged. That was far beyond every single one of his monsters, and far beyond anything that had been played in this duel. "You are kidding me, right?"
"Does it look like it? I highly doubt that. His second effect activates. Upon summoning, I can automatically obliterate one monster on your side of the field. I choose your Black Luster Soldier-Envoy of the Beginning!" The demon god growled throatily and stretched out the head of the Blue Eyes White Dragon. The dragon roared, and fired out a massive stream of pearly white energy at the chaotic soldier.
The Envoy of the Beginning tried to block with its shield, but the attack completely atomized it. "Now, I can either add its attack points to my life-points, or I can special summon it to my side of the field. I choose the second effect."
Yugi frowned as the powerful Chaos monster reappeared next to the towering hybrid monster (3500/2500).
"With twenty thousand attack points worth of monsters, I can completely destroy you. Black Luster Soldier, attack his Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl with Double Chaos Edge!" The monster nodded, and shot off across the field, its sword flashing.
Yugi eyes narrowed. "I activate the quick-play magic card, Rising Protection! When a light or dark monster is destroyed this turn, outside of battle, I can reduce all battle damage to zero and make all my monsters invincible for the turn!"
The Dark Paladin, Dark Magician, and Dark Magician Girl all glowed with energy. With a snarl, the Dark Magician buckled his knees, and raised his hand. The Black Luster Soldier-Envoy of the Beginning froze, and started back across the field.
"Don't think you've saved yourself," said Solomon maliciously. "Legendary Dragon Lord – Exodia is far more powerful than you can think! To keep him on the field, I must sacrifice a light or dark monster to him during my end phase. So say goodbye to your Envoy of the Beginning!"
The demon god reached out and brutally grabbed the chaos soldier in its left hand. With a roar, it crushed it mercilessly. Yugi watched sadly. "And to top it off, he gains five hundred attack and defense points when a monster is sacrificed to him. Unfortunately, he doesn't gain attack points for the levels of the sacrificed monsters. By the way, don't even think of monster removal. He cannot be destroyed by magic, trap or monster effects." Exodia's ultimate form (17000/17000) roared at Yugi. The force of the sound seemed to shake the world.
Yugi drew. "I activate Return of Triplets, which lets me add three cards of the same name from my graveyard back to my hand. I choose Repayment of Losses. Next comes Monster Reincarnation, which I use to bring Slifer the Sky Dragon back to my hand at the cost of discarding a single card. I choose Repayment of Losses."
Solomon chuckled. "So you plan to use your little god to combat mine? We'll see how that battle turns out."
"Next I play Precious Cards from Beyond. Every time I successfully tribute-summon a card that requires two or more tributes, I draw two cards. Let me put that one to use by sacrificing Dark Magician, Dark Magician Girl, and Dark Paladin to summon Slifer the Sky Dragon (4000/4000)!" He immediately snapped two cards off his deck as his three mages disappeared in flashes of light.
Lightning lanced throughout the elevator shaft. Soon enough, a large red and black snake like body was seen descending from the darkness. Massive red wings were revealed, as were a set of powerful clawed hands. Slowly, the massive head of the red dragon was revealed. Its two jaws were closed, its yellow eyes seemingly glaring at its foes. With a massive roar, the dragon took its place on the field.
Solomon smirked. "So… It's a battle of gods."
"And no one is more skilled in defeating gods than I am," chuckled Yugi.
"Yes… Yugi. You and Slifer are experienced in battling gods. But what happens when you're not facing a god… What happens when your opponent is the devil himself?!" He broke off into insane laughter.
"Bring it on, Yugi! It's a god versus the devil! We'll see whose truly destined to succeed!"
Yugi ignored him. "If Slifer is truly destined to decimate Exodia, he'll have to be stronger. I set both Repayment of Losses, and play Emergency Sustenance! When Emergency Provisions is in my graveyard, I can sacrifice magic or trap cards to gain 1500 life-points per sacrificed card."
He immediately put all three cards in his graveyard, and drew three more. "I now chain Fruits of Greed. When I gain 3000 or more life-points, I draw one card for every thousand life-points I gained. That's three more cards for me." Slifer (5000/5000) was slightly stronger after all this effort.
"I now just set one card facedown and end my turn." Slifer growled slightly as its strength lowered back to four thousand.
(Yugi: 7400, Solomon: 6300)
"Bah!" spat Solomon as he drew. "No matter at all. Legendary Dragon Lord – Exodia, destroy his so-called god with Obliteration Lightning and end this duel!" The horrible demon god raised its left hand. Black energy began to form in it, which crackled around the entire shaft.
With a roar, it fired the massive bolt at the weaker divine-beast. Yugi smiled. "A very simple card called Negate Attack happens to be a very good help here." The bolt of energy was absorbed by the swirling vortex.
Solomon snarled, Exodia echoing his rage. "Fine! I summon Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer (1800 500 2300/1700) in attack mode and immediately sacrifice it!" The demon god's strength grew even more (17500/17500).
Yugi drew, giving Slifer six thousand attack points. "Time to show you the cards that Pegasus gave me! This is the power of heaven at its maximum. I summon Guardian of Slifer (1500/1500)!" A man in a garb appeared. He was tanned, and looked Egyptian. The garb was white, and he looked up and glared at the demon god with strange, glowing, silver eyes, before bowing to Slifer.
"You see, Priest of Slifer can be special summoned from my hand when Slifer is on the field. He has three hundred attack and defense points for every card. And what's more, I get to add another Guardian of Slifer to my hand." (6000/6000) (1800/1800)
"So what's that thing going to do?" sneered Solomon. "Give Exodia a snack before he dines on Slifer?"
Yugi glared at him, and suddenly, he seemed to stagger a bit. Solomon burst out laughing. "I knew it! You can't even deal with such a long duel! It seems your body is finally catching up to you."
There was a flash of light and the imposing figure of Yami stood there.
"He'll be taking a little break. Until then, let me show you the power of Slifer! I now play Debt Repaid. For every Repayment of Losses in my graveyard, I get to draw one card! Since I have three, I draw three cards, giving Slifer eight thousand attack points." "Not enough," laughed Solomon.
Yami ignored him. "Next I summon my second Guardian of Slifer (2100/2100)!" Another garbed man appeared.
"Finally, I activate Soul Rope, paying one thousand life-points to special summon a level four monster from my deck. I choose the final Guardian of Slifer (1800/1800), this one in defense mode!"
Solomon laughed out loud as the final garbed man appeared. "What use are these weak creatures? Legendary Dragon Lord – Exodia can crush them without giving it a second thought!"
Yami chuckled. "Well, my Guardians have a special ability. When all three of them are on the field, I can play Sacrifice for a God, to activate every single magic card in my graveyard that allows me draw. There's Debt Repaid, three Repayment of Losses, Graceful Charity, and Pot of Greed, not to mention Card of Sanctity."
Slifer (15000/15000), and the three Guardians (4500/4500) were each insanely powerful. "Next comes Infinite Cards, which lets me keep as many cards in my hand as I choose. Finally, I set one card facedown and end my turn." (13000/13000) (3900/3900)3
Solomon kept himself calm as steam spread through the field while Slifer growled, showing off its strength. "My regular deck has always served me well, but I'm going to need more if I'm going to fight both Anubis and Dartz."
Solomon shook his head and drew. Card of Sanctity worked for him as well, and he now had seven cards in his hand.
"Here goes! I summon Super Vorse Raider (1900 500 2400/1200)!" The monster that appeared looked just like his normal Vorse Raider, only in armor that seemed to be of a more futuristic brand in place of the thin fabric garments of the first monster.
He held up another card. "Next I play Quick Summon, which will give me another normal summon this turn. I sacrifice Super Vorse Raider to summon my Dark Ruler Ha Des (2450 500 2950/1600)!" The blue-skinned demon who ruled over the Underworld replaced the beast-warrior.
"Next I remove from play Queen's Knight and Super Vorse Raider to special summon Chaos Sorcerer (2300 500 2800/2000)!"
Slowly materializing onto the field was a creature with purple skin, two large ivory white horns on the side of his head, and yellow eyes. On his chest were a few straps that crisscrossed his body. His shoulders were covered by a set of shoulder pads made up of leather. He had armbands that went from his elbow to his wrists that were black as well, and finally wore a pair of black leather pants and a battle skirt as well.
"Remove his first Guardian of Slifer from play, with Orb of Darkest Light!" With a smirk, the Chaos Sorcerer fired a ball of black energy at the garbed man. He bowed to Slifer and accepted the attack gracefully as he was destroyed.
Yami frowned, and then smiled. "When a Guardian of Slifer is destroyed, I draw a card for every other Guardian of Slifer on my field." (15000/15000) (4500/4500)2.
"I can still completely destroy your god with mine! Obliteration Lightning!" Legendary Dragon Lord – Exodia raised its left hand once more, and fired a blast of black lightning at the dragon god. "I don't think so. I activate my facedown Shift, to redirect your attack to the Guardian of Slifer that is in defense mode."
Suddenly, there was a flash of light, and the black lightning suddenly switched its target to the other garbed man. It was shattered immediately. He picked another card off his deck. (16000/16000) (4800/4800)
Solomon was starting to grow uneasy. "Since my Chaos Sorcerer is a sitting target for your god, I'll sacrifice him to Legendary Dragon Lord – Exodia, and remove that risk. I activate another effect. By sacrificing a demon on my field, I gain life-points equal to its attack points." (18000/18000)
Yami didn't seem worried.
"End turn."
(Yami: 7400, Solomon: 9250)
Yami drew, and gave his deck a worried glance. He had been drawing like a madman ever since Slifer had got on the field, and it didn't help things. There was a total of forty-five cards in his deck, which meant he barely had nine or ten left. He'd have to end this fast if he didn't deck himself out. Besides, this duel was getting irritatingly long.
As he looked over his hand, he grinned. "It's over."
"What do you mean?" growled Solomon. "I activate Guardian of Slifer's special ability. By sacrificing him and removing him from play, I can draw one card for every Guardian of Slifer in my graveyard, at the cost of one thousand life-points."
Solomon yelled in shock. "IMPOSSIBLE!"
"Sorry, but it's actually just happened. Slifer (19000/19000), attack with Thunder Force!" Letting out a mighty roar, the dragon opened its jaws wide. Golden energy began to form within the dragon's bottom jaw. With little warning, the dragon released a stream of the golden energy straight at the fusion monster, who growled, and swung his left fist at the oncoming blast.
A force-field seemed to form around Exodia. He continued to try and push back the Thunder Force, but it didn't work. Slifer finally let out a roar that put all others to shame, and its blast shattered the barrier, and struck the Legendary Dragon Lord – Exodia.
The demon god let out a howl of agony as the blast burned off both his arms first. Soon, his legs followed. Last of all, his torso was blasted into non-existence.
Slifer ceased its attack, and roared its strength.
Solomon had been hit hard by the attack. The power of the struggle had knocked him off his feet, throwing him across the elevator, until he was lying by the edge. "No!" yelled Yugi, and Yami almost took an involuntary step forward.
The old man was back on his feet immediately, his eyes glowing with rage. He was holding up a card. "I activate the quick-play Deal With a Dark Ruler! When a level eight or higher monster is destroyed, I can special summon my Berserk Dragon (3500 500 4000/0) in attack mode!"
A large brown, nearly black dragon that had silver flowing hair, red glowing eyes, a long tail, powerful legs and arms then appeared. It let out a loud roar, showing its ferocity. The symbol of the Orichalcos glowed on its forehead. Immediately, the mighty god roared and fired a blast of energy at the zombie.
When the blast cleared, its wings were tattered, and it had cuts and bruises all over its body (2000/0). "End turn."
(Yami: 7400, Solomon: 8250)
"I set one card facedown and end my turn." Yami gave him an odd look. "You're leaving your dragon in attack mode?" He shrugged.
Yami drew (Slifer: 20000/20000). He knew that with twenty cards in his hand, he could end the duel twice over now.
"Slifer, attack his Berserk Dragon with Thunder Force!" The mighty dragon roared and fired a titanic blast at the zombie-like creature.
Solomon laughed scornfully. "You think I'd leave my dragon unprotected? Activate Zombie Madness. When a zombie monster is attacked, I can negate the attack, and draw cards from my deck equal to half the level of the attacking monster." He picked up cards from his deck until he held a grand total of seven.
Yugi sighed. "End turn."
Solomon drew, and began laughing like an idiot. "Time for your so-called god to be obliterated. I play the powerful magic card, Shrink, which will cut your god's attack points in half until the turn ends." The colossal god growled as its strength was lowered (10000/20000).
"Ten thousand is still too much for you to handle."
"Is that so? I activate the powerful magic card, Dimensional Death! By discarding any number of cards and removing them from play, I can boost the attack points of any one monster on the field by two thousand per card. I discard six cards, one of them Repayment of Losses, to make my Berserk Dragon far stronger than your god card." (12000/0)
"No!" gasped Yami. "Obliterate his monster with Roar of Death!" The horrible creature fired out a blast of unholy black fire at the god, who roared in shock, before countering with its own Thunder Force. It was no use. The fire plummeted towards the mighty god.
"Luckily for you, Berserk Dragon will die at the end of the turn, and you lose no life-points. But with your god down, nothing will stop what I'm about to play." Yami narrowed his eyes. "What?"
"I play my ultimate continuous spell card, Unleash the Chaos!" The entire field seemed to warp. Yami could see the darkness being laced with strands of light. Specters, souls of the dead, began to float around them. Roars came from the bottom of the elevator shaft, and Yami gulped as a huge, slimy…. thing rose up from the depths before falling back down. Fire seemed to blaze occasionally. The Seal of the Orichalcos seemed to react well to the chaos.
"I must sacrifice level eight or higher light or dark monster to activate this, when I have three monsters in my graveyard with the words 'Chaos' or 'Envoy' in them. I must also pay half my life-points." He growled, and fell to his knees with a grunt as his life-points drastically fell.
"However…. It's well worth it. Every monster in my graveyard and removed from play pile with the words 'Chaos' or 'Envoy' in them are immediately special summoned to the field, regardless of summoning costs." Yugi gasped even as he said these words. Black flames erupted all over his field, and the howls of archaic creatures were heard as magic began to pull them back into the living from the depths.
"Meet your end Pharaoh! You've survived every one of my powerful monsters individually, but as a force, they will obliterate you completely. Meet Chaos Emperor Dragon-Envoy the End (3000 500 3500/2500), Black Luster Soldier-Envoy the Beginning (3000 500 3500/2500), Chaos Sorcerer (2300 500 2800/2000), Chaos Gilford-Lord of Lightning (3600 500 4100/2800), Envoy of the Black Luster Soldier (1500 500 2000/1900), and finally, Black Luster Lord-Master of Chaos (4000 500 4500/4000)!!!"
Roaring onto the field was a massive black dragon with an orange mane, massive wings, powerful clawed hands and feet, and sharp teeth. Glaring at the Yami, the dragon let out another mighty roar.
Next up was a warrior in black ebony shiny armor with a mixture of gold trim, a black helmet, with a bronze colored sword in his right hand and a powerful black and gold shield in his left let out a small battle cry. Then came the purple-skinned mage, its legs spread out in a battle-stance.
Following the Chaos Sorcerer was the mighty warrior riding on the Chaos Emperor Dragon-Envoy of the End. He gave a battle-cry upon seeing Yami. Finally, was the horrible fusion of the three Black Luster Soldiers that had caused Yami and Yugi so much trouble.
"Between the two of us, there are thirty-seven light and dark monsters in the graveyard between the two of us, which means my Black Luster Lord has twenty-four thousand attack points!" "No…." whispered Yami.
"YES! My army is stronger than even the gods. Even the Winged Dragon of Ra can't save you now." This made him grimace. Actually, Ra would have been perfect for this situation. Its Egyptian God Phoenix ability would have been especially useful against Black Luster Lord, whose immunities would not deny a tier three god card.
But right now it was with Tea, who was attempting to use it against Anubis. He had to do it without his gods anyway, as he was more or less out of revival cards.
"What's more, Chaos Gilford special summons four Chaos Avenger Tokens, at the cost of removing from play Queen's Knight, Berserk Dragon, Millennium Shield and Millennium Sword." The four monsters appeared, and were soon transformed into the horrible demons that had caused Yugi a whole lot of trouble (2300 500 2800/2000)4.
"End turn. When I have my battle-phase, I can tear you apart!"
Yami drew, and smiled. "Well, I have an advantage that even fifty-one thousand attack points worth of monsters cannot overpower. You have no cards besides your Chaos monsters, while I have a grand total of twenty-one." Solomon shrugged. "Use one or two monster removal cards. The remaining Chaos monsters have it in them to destroy you completely."
"I happen to have a card to destroy them completely. I play Snatch Steal, to take your Black Luster Soldier-Envoy of the Beginning (3000/2500) to my side of the field." Solomon snorted. "Foolish. It can't do anything to any of my monsters besides the Chaos Avenger Tokens and Chaos Sorcerer."
A man with a burlap sack dropped onto Solomon's field, and threw his sack over the Chaos monster. Slowly, it was dragged to Yami's field. He continued to smirk. "Next I play Cost Down. I discard one card from my hand to reduce the levels of all monsters in my hand by two." He dropped the two cards into his graveyard slot. His hand briefly shown.
"Bah! It'll let you summon a weak beast that is no match for my army!"
Yugi narrowed his eyes. "Watch me. I sacrifice Black Luster Soldier-Envoy of the Beginning, to summon my Chaos monster. Meet the Dark Magician of Chaos (2800/2600!"
The armored warrior disappeared in a flash of light only to reveal a pentagon of flames. Slowly rising from it, a mage with blue skin, black tight fitting armor, with a strange mage's hat, and a long black staff. The mage had his eyes closed while rising up, but once fully on the field; he opened his eyes, revealing yellow corneas with red irises. Upon opening his eyes, the flames of the pentagon diminished immediately.
"How pathetic," snickered Solomon.
Yami laughed. "Foolish of you to say that. The Dark Magician of Chaos possesses a vista of abilities that give him the potential to be the most powerful of the Chaos monsters, although he's still overshadowed by Chaos Emperor Dragon-Envoy of the End, and Black Luster Soldier-Envoy of the Beginning. But let it be revealed, now! I activate his effect, which lets me add a spell card from my graveyard to my hand."
He sifted through the massive pile of nearly forty cards. "Here's the one I want: Monster Reborn." Solomon shrugged as the King of Games added the magic card to his hand.
"Next I play the card to doom you! In the name of the ultimate power of Atlantis, I play the Eye of Timeaus!"
A large, green dragon appeared. It was perhaps twenty feet long, and it flapped its massive wings as it glared at Solomon and his army. They were all shocked by its appearance. "The Legendary Dragon…." gasped the old man.
Yami ignored him. "Timeaus, fuse with my Dark Magician of Chaos!" he ordered.
The two monsters were pulled each hit by columns of blinding fire. Solomon was blinded, and he put up his hand in shock. Yami, however, felt warm and protected. He was going to end it now.
The two columns of fire converged, and the new one widened. It began to disappear, revealing a new creature.
Timeaus had changed. Its skin was still green, but it wore black armor now. Its upper jaw, limbs, and torso were all covered with it, with interlocking pieces also present over the horns on its tail. Its wings were left free though. Standing proudly on its back with its staff on its back was the Dark Magician of Chaos. He too, was armored, and his body was rather more muscular. He glared at the army of Solomon's field.
"You now face Shadow Nexus Dragon-Lord of Dark Magic (3600/2900)!"
Solomon stared at it for a few minutes, before he burst out laughing. "That…. thing is going to defeat me? Thirty-six hundred attack points? You've got to be joking!"
Yami glared at him. "And he's not alone. I now activate Monster Reborn, to revive none other than Slifer the Sky Dragon (16000/16000)!" "No!!!!" gasped Solomon, realizing that sixteen thousand attack points was enough to wipe out anyone of his weaker monsters as well as his life-points. The sinuous god reappeared.
"I will not lose such a close duel!!!" Yami's eyes reflected what his heart was like. Ice.
"Close? Just wait. I activate the first of my Shadow Nexus Dragon's special ability. I can sacrifice a light or a dark monster to him to boost his attack points by that monsters attack points still the end of my turn."
The god disappeared, and the Legendary Dragon glowed, as did its steed (19600/2900). Solomon was really beginning to panic.
"Next I activate Shadow Nexus Dragon's second and final ability. By discarding a card from my hand, I can add one magic cards of one type, either normal, quick-play, continuous, or field, from my graveyard to my hand. I discard Sinister Serpent (300/250) I play Monster Reborn again, to revive Slifer once more." Just as the divine creature appeared, Yami sacrificed it to the Shadow Nexus Dragon.
"As you're aware, Sinister Serpent will keep returning to my hand," said the King of Games coldly. "I discard it again, to revive Slifer and sacrifice him to the Shadow Nexus Dragon…. And again…and again…and again."
Shadow Nexus Dragon-Lord of Dark Magic (∞/2900) glared down at the group of monsters on Solomon's field. They all backed away in terror. Even the Black Luster Lord couldn't scratch this entity. "Now I equip him with Diffusion Wave Motion! Since it's a level ten spellcaster, I can pay 1000 life-points to attack all your monsters."
The Dark Magician of Chaos' staff began to glow. Suddenly, Yugi screamed out in his mind. "No! There has to be another way!"
Yami shook his head sadly. "I wish there was Yugi. He's been as much a grandfather to me as he's been to you. We need to defeat him so that we can go on and challenge Dartz and Anubis. Once the Orichalcos is overthrown, we can get his soul back."
Yugi didn't answer; he had fallen to his knees in shock. "SHADOW NEXUS DRAGON, ATTACK WITH INFINITE MAGIC ATTACK!"
Letting out a massive roar, the black armored dragon opened its jaws and began to build up purple energy in its mouth. Meanwhile, on the dragons back, the magician's staff began glowing with black energy. Simultaneously, the dragon shot out a stream of purple energy while the magician fired out its powerful black fire. The two streams soon twisted together and merged into a spinning blast of transparent energy that reflected a thousand faucets of light and color.
The attack spread across the field, and hit each and every one on Solomon's field. Each one began to roar in pain, and began to evaporate into smoke. Soon, they were all shattered, before the attack continued on and hit Solomon. The man was a powerful duelist, but was rather diminutive when it came to physical size and strength. It threw him fully across the elevator, and he hit the end of the Seal of Orichalcos, throwing him off his feet.
Slowly, the Seal began to retract around the old man. Yami bit his lip, but knew he couldn't enter the Seal. Yugi was crying by now. The old man reached out, and suddenly, his eyes reflected the nature of the normal Solomon Moto. He was holding up his deck with his remaining energy and threw it to Yami. It was able to penetrate the wall of the Seal, and Yami was just about to catch it. A sad smile spread across his face, before he collapsed.
There was silence in the shaft. Slowly, he slipped the deck in his pocket, and focused his magic on his hikari's grandfather. Soon, the body floated over the distance between the elevators. He hefted him onto his shoulders, and climbed out of the shaft.
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It was Zane's turn. "I play Cyberdark Keel (800/800)!" Materializing onto the field was a black metallic snake like dragon with wires hanging off of it's body. It let out a small screech, showing it's readiness for battle.
"Here goes Painful Choice! I pick five cards from my deck, and I can show them to you. The one you select goes to my hand: the others find their way to the graveyard." He held out the necessary cards. They were Infernal Dragon (2000/0), Cave Dragon (2000/100), Power Bond, Felgrand Dragon (2800/2800), and Cyberdark Horn (800/800).
Dartz shrugged. "Keep your weak Cyberdark Horn. Even if it is powerful, there's no way it can harm me."
"We'll see," muttered Zane, sending the other four cards to his graveyard. "Next comes Cyberdark Keel's ability. I can equip Infernal Dragon to it from my graveyard, and boost its attack points by that of Infernal Dragon!"
A tower of flames shot up from the ground without warning, and slowly from it, a dragon with black skin and a white under belly materialized onto the field. It had sharp clawed feet and hands, with a strong tail that had a sharp pitchfork like end, large blade like spikes sticking out from its knees and backside, mighty wings with black on the outside and red on the inside, and an iguana like hood on its face. Once letting out a roar, the dragon was suddenly struck by wires from the mechanical dragon behind it. The wires tightly wrapped around the black dragon, dragging it screeching to the mechanical dragon's body. Finally secured, the wires lit up around the dragon, making it roar out in pain and begin glowing black. The black aura soon traveled up to the mechanical dragon, which seemed to growl with appreciation (2800/800).
"That is impressive," said Dartz, raising his eyebrows.
"Annihilate that Orichalcos Nine-Tailed Fox with Crushing Darkness!" The machine fired off a blast of black energy at the fox from its jaws.
Dartz chuckled. "Here goes. I activate the Nine-Tailed Fox's special ability. By removing one of the nine counters it possesses, I can prevent your attacks from targeting any monster on my field." Zane grimaced as one of the massive fox's tails disappeared, and the attack of his Cyberdark Keel was absorbed into nothingness.
"Fine. I'll activate Cyberdark Edge's special ability. By halving his attack points, I can attack your directly. Sonic Screech!"
Opening its jaws, the metallic bug released a set of green sound waves straight for Dartz. The sound waves hit Dartz hard, making him slide backwards, kicking up a dust trail as he moved. Even as its lost its momentum, he simply stood there with an eerie smile on his face. "Quite a move, Mr. Truesdale. Please, continue!"
"I end my turn."
(Dartz: 6400, Joey: 8000, Zane: 8000)
Dartz drew, giving him five cards. "Let the destruction commence! I summon Orichalcos Undead General (800 500 1300/1000)." A horrible warrior dressed in green armor appeared. Its flesh was rotting, and its eyes were blank. It held a sword in one hand.
"He boosts the attack points of all Orichalcos monsters by 400 as long as the Seal is on the field." The Undead General (1300 400 1700/1000) glowed as its power was boosted a bit by its own effect. The Nine-Tailed Fox (2500 400 2900/2000) screeched as it grew stronger as well.
Joey snorted. "Out of all our monsters, it can only take out my Jinzo and the Cyberdark Keel. Your counters won't last forever. We'll destroy you sooner or later!"
Dartz gave him a pleasant smile. "I activate her ability, switching her battle-position, which will allow me to remove two counters to remove one of your monsters from play. I choose that annoyance of a Jinzo, so that my trap cards will leave you very vulnerable."
Joey growled as the fox crouched low, and two of its tails disappeared. It fired a blast of white fire at the Jinzo. The green robot was destroyed by the attack.
"I end my turn."
Joey drew. "Here goes Fusion Recovery! I add Red Eyes Black Dragon and Polymerization back to my hand. I now play Polymerization to fuse Red Eyes with Meteor Dragon (1800/2000), to summon a monster with more base attack points than anything in my deck. I'd like to introduce you to Meteor Black Dragon (3500/3000)!"
The silhouettes of a rocky, large, orange dragon, and the Red Eyes, appeared and swirled together to form a powerful new beast. It was bipedal, and stood on two muscular legs. It's wings and most of its body was purple, and its torso was orange. Razor sharp, emerald claws supplemented its deadly arsenal
"Another powerful monster, but rather useless. My Nine-Tailed Fox still has six counters. Next turn, I can switch its battle position and continue clearing your field."
Joey grinned. "Keep talking. I play Sorrows of Joy! I get to draw cards equal to half your hand by paying half my life-points. Here goes." He picked two more cards off his deck. "I summon Gearfried the Iron Knight (1800/1600)!"
A knight clad in decorated iron armor appeared, armed with iron shields, with their bottom ends extending out from above his wrist. "Now, I'll both my dragons attack your Nine-Tailed Fox!" The fiendish dragon roared, and with a flap of its wings, began to charge up fire in its mouth. The stronger dragon followed its example, and the two simultaneously attacked the Nine-Tailed Fox.
"I'll sacrifice two more counters to negate both attacks." Both the towers of flames were absorbed.
"Gearfried, slice and dice his weirdo general!" The metal warrior rushed forward, and its red eyes glinted as it attempted to slice the zombie general in half.
Dartz sighed, and another tail disappeared. Gearfried was knocked back across the field.
"I end my turn!"
Zane drew. "Here comes my third Cyberdark! Meet Cyberdark Horn (800/800)!" Another metallic bug like creature with many sharp spiky wings, a series of spikes, four pronged spiked arms, a sharp tail, and a strange set of jaws with a three purple spots on its head appeared with a primitive roar.
"Next I equip Cave Dragon to it from my graveyard!" A large green dragon appeared on the field. Reaching out with wires, the strange bug like creature grabbed hold of the dragon, making it roar in pain. The wires soon pulled the dragon into the creature's clutches, where it placed it's four pronged spiked arms around the dragon (800 2000 2800/800).
"I now have a powerful army of all three Cyberdark monsters on the field. Now, its time to destroy the remaining counters. I'll have all three Cyberdarks attack your Orichalcos Undead General!" Simultaneously, the three machines of torture fired out black flames and green sound waves at the general. The fox's last three tails disappeared, leaving it looking rather odd without any. The three attacks were immediately absorbed.
"Soon… Dartz. Soon I'll introduce you to my army of machines! But for now, it's time to end my turn." Dartz drew. "Tell me…. Mr. Truesdale. Can your machine army take on my Orichalcos army? Here goes Orichalcos Starlight Summon! By sacrificing one level eight or higher monster, I can special summon five Orichalcos Soldier tokens (1000 500 400 1900/1000) to the field!"
The fox disappeared, and was replaced by five new monsters. Each one was large, hulking, and gray in color. They each carried a sword, but didn't know like they knew how to use them. "None of them can attack, and can't be used as sacrifices. Although, I can still play this! Go Polymerization, to fuse the five tokens into Orichalcos Shadow King (2500 400 500 3300/2000)!"
The five warriors were pulled into a vortex, and they each gave groans. Soon, a new creature emerged from within the vortex. It was tall, regal figure, dressed in black armor. Red eyes shown from underneath its helmet, and it carried a huge sword in one hand. As it came onto the field, it was surrounded by a circle of flames. It clenched its fist, and the flames disappeared.
"Shadow King boosts all Orichalcos monsters by a further five hundred attack points as long as the Seal is on the field, which means all monsters now gain an extra fourteen hundred attack points. (2200/1000) (3800/2000).
The duo of sensational duelists grimaced. The Orichalcos Shadow King surpassed any of their monsters. "Now, do me a favor and attack that annoying Cyberdark Edge! Strike of Dark Justice!" The huge monster's eyes glowed even more, and it raised to a ninety-degree angle in one, swift flick.
A scythe of light was flying towards the mechanical terror. It was hit by the wave of light completely in the middle, and was sliced in half. It gave a roar of pain, but suddenly, the Rare Metal Dragon exploded. "According to the effect of my Cyberdark Edge, I can destroy the equipped monster instead of Cyberdark Edge itself." (800/800)
"Very well. Undead General, annihilate his weak monster." The monster screeched, and a spear appeared in its hand. With a snap of its arm, it sent the spear towards the weakened machine. It hit it directly in the head, and it exploded.
"I end my turn," chuckled Dartz.
(Dartz: 6400, Joey: 8000, Zane: 6000)
It was back to Joey. He shivered. Thirty-eight hundred attack points was amazing; stronger than any of his monsters. But still, he would have to find a way around it.
He drew, and a grin spread across his face.
"Here goes, Pot of Greed!" He picked up two more cards. "Oh yeah! I play Release Restraint, sacrificing Gearfried the Iron Knight to special summon this bad boy, Gearfried the Swordmaster (2600/2200)!"
Then Gearfried's armor suddenly exploded in a flash of light, and in his place was a huge muscled barbarian warrior with long, flowing black hair! He had no shirt on, but he carried a blade that shone with light. He let out a battle cry and held his blade in front of him.
Joey looked at it with pride, while Dartz yawned. "Is his hairy chest supposed to put me off, or something like that?"
Joey smirked. "Nope. His sword is going to do that. I equip him with United We Stand, boosting his attack points by twenty-four hundred!" The warrior received streams of energy from the two dragons as his attack points began to rise to five thousand.
"When he has an equip card on him, Gearfried can destroy one monster on the field. I choose your Orichalcos Shadow King! Go get em', Gearfried!"
Gearfried roared with pride, and then swung his blade, causing a huge wave of light energy to cascade towards the tall monarch. The wave of energy hit the demonic creature, and cut its upper half off! The two halves of the destroyed monster then exploded with so much force it almost knocked the two duelists off their feet.
Dartz whistled as his Orichalcos Undead General's attack points fell to seventeen hundred. "Now, Black Skull Dragon! Destroy his little zombie." The fiendish beast grunted in anticipation, and let lose a black sphere of energy in the direction of the comparatively small general.
It was vaporized by the attack, leaving Dartz wide open.
"Now, Gearfried! End this duel with Juggernaut Sword!" The barbaric warrior hefted up its sword, and took off towards Dartz, skimming low across the ground. Just before it was upon him, it swung its sword.
"It's over Dartz! We've won!" Suddenly, there was a metallic clang as the sword hit something that none of them were able to see. "What the-…" gasped Joey.
"A little quick-play card I like to call Orichalcos Eternal Emperor, which reduces all direct damage done to me this turn to zero." Joey growled. Their one golden chance to destroy Dartz had slipped through their fingers.
"I won't lose, damn it!" Joey clenched his fists so tightly that his nails almost drew blood. Heaving a sigh of frustration, he ended his turn.
(Dartz: 4700, Joey: 8000, Zane: 6000)
"Don't worry," smirked Zane. "He's still wide open, and I've got two monsters with more than enough attack points to take him out."
Dartz laughed. "Give me your best shot." Zane shook his head. This duel was already in the bag. There were very few quick-play spell cards in the game that could reduce damage to zero, and the odds of Dartz having one of them in his hand was ever so slim.
"Cyberdark Keel, attack with Crushing Darkness!" Dartz chuckled, and raised another card in his hand, much to Zane's chargin.
"Revival Shield lets me negate one attack, boost my life-points by the monster's attack points, and draw two cards." Zane snarled in rage as a golden shield appeared in front of the blast of black energy. It was deflected somewhere into the room as Dartz's life-points rose to 7500.
"Very well! Cyberdark Horn, undo that gain!" Dartz made no attempt to stop the black flames from the machine's maw that licked his robes.
"I end."
Dartz drew lazily. "Ah yes. I play Forced Burial. I can choose to send five cards in my deck to the graveyard in exchange for drawing three cards." Zane grimaced as Dartz fanned out his full hand of six cards. "oh, how nice. I play Orichalcos Dark Soldier (1200 500 1700/1000)!"
A huge demon appeared. It had dull green skin, and was clad in heavy gray armor. It bared its teeth, and saliva dripped from its mouth. It raised its colossal fists and snarled at its masters opponents, who didn't seem to worried, as it was far weaker than their monsters. Then again, strength wasn't everything. Especially with fellows like Dartz.
"I play Crystal Balance! If I have a dark monster on my field, I can special summon a light monster from my deck that has the same level. I introduce Orichalcos Light Soldier (1000 500 1500/1500)!" A monster similar to the one already on the field appeared. Instead of gray armor, it wore white armor, but its eyes glistened with evil and hatred. "Finally, I activate the magic card, Orichalcos Yin Yang!"
The yin yang symbol, Taijitu, appeared above the two demons. "I can now sacrifice these two monsters to the effect of Orichalcos Yin Yang to summon one of the more powerful Orichalcos monsters: meet Orichalcos Chaos Soldier (3200 500 3700/3200)!"
The two soldiers shrieked and were sucked into a purple vortex. A new, horrible beast stepped out of the portal. It was about fifteen feet tall, and slightly resembled Black Luster Soldier-Envoy of the Beginning, except the Soldier didn't look so deplorable. It was dressed in black and white armor, and carried a long, jagged sword in one hand, which was dripping blood. It didn't bother with a shield, and instead carried a twisted sword. Its features were beyond gruesome.
"Yes, I used this card against Marik Ishtar. He very nearly was destroyed by it. Now, he gains six hundred attack points for every Orichalcos Soldier in my graveyard and removed from play pile, light or dark. He's already at seventy-three hundred."
Joey winced. This was really going to hurt. "Next comes Oracle of Resurrection! I can special summon on level six or higher Orichalcos monster on the field. Meet Orichalcos Shadow King (3400/2000) once again!" The deadly king reappeared and glared down at Joey and Zane.
"When Orichalcos Shadow King is special summoned, I can special summon one Orichalcos monster in my graveyard with a thousand or less attack points. I choose the Orichalcos Undead General." The zombie-like beast reappeared.
"Uh oh." "Now, my three creatures were far more powerful than you could ever imagine!" (3800/2000) (2200/1000) (8200/3200)
"Unfortunately, I can't attack if I use Oracle of Resurrection this turn. However, I can remove Oracle of Resurrection from play to destroy your United We Stand, Mr. Wheeler. I also set one card facedown before ending my turn."
Joey drew, and sweat rolled down his forehead. The two of them knew truly how outclassed they were at this point. Hell, this was the power than had defeated Seto Kaiba and Marik Ishtar, who were both ranked in the top five in the world.
Joey himself was considered by many to be number three after Yugi and Kaiba, while Zane had won so many Regional Tournaments while he was known as the Hell Kaiser, than he had lost count. But Dartz had bored through flippin' dark gods when dueling Marik.
He drew. He was completely out of equip cards at the moment, so using Gearfried's ability to destroy Orichalcos Chaos Soldier was out of the question. "I set one card facedown and switch all three monsters to defense mode and end my turn."
Zane drew. "I'm going to strike back right here and now. I play Premature Burial, paying eight hundred life-points to bring back Cyberdark Edge (800/800)!"
Reappearing onto the field once more was the powerful dark metal machine creature with massive wings.
"I won't bother equipping it, because I'm playing Polymerization to summon one of my strongest machines! Allow me to introduce you to the ultimate strength of Cyberdark Dragon (1000/1000)!!!"
Reappearing onto the field in that instant, the large dark metal machine dragon, made up of the three separate machine creatures, roared loudly into view.
"One thousand? Is this some kind of joke?" "No… I never joke. First, he gains 100 attack points for every monster in my graveyard. I count eight." (1800/1000)
"Not even close to my Undead General, let alone Shadow King or Chaos Soldier," smirked Dartz. "I activate his second ability, allowing me to equip a dragon to him from my graveyard. My choice is Felgrand Dragon (2800/2800)!"
A huge golden dragon appeared. Its wings spread out, making it look all the more majestic. It roared at Dartz's monsters. The Undead General seemed put off, but the other two ignored it. Slowly, the Cyberdark Dragon's wires spread out and wrapped around the dragon, integrating it into its own being. The dragon groaned softly before it succumbed to the power of its captor (4500/1000).
"Attack his Orichalcos Shadow King with Darkness Strident Blaze!"
Roaring loudly once more, the machine dragon released a stream of dark black energy straight at Dartz's monster. "I activate my facedown Warrior's Demise! I can negate one attack in battle. Also, I must send cards from the top of all our decks equal to the level of the attacking monster. Your beast is a level eight, unless I'm very much mistaken."
Zane smirked as he picked up the top eight cards from his deck. "Foolish. Five of these were monsters, meaning my Cyberdark Dragon's strength increases even more." (5000/1000) "What's more, I chain Cyber Greed. Every time cards are sent from my deck to the graveyard, I draw two cards." He smirked at the fact he had gained more options.
"Now I just play one card facedown and end my turn." Zane gave a meager smile, relaxing in the fact that he had a very powerful monster in play.
Dartz gave him a pleasant smile as he drew . "Very well. Chaos Soldier, obliterate his Cyberdark Dragon with Chaos Blade!" The horrible soldier raised its huge sword, and screeched. It tore off across the field, its blade glowing.
"Here goes Power Wall! I can send cards from my deck to the graveyard to reduce the battle damage by a hundred points for every card. So I'll toss twenty cards to reduce the damage to a meager eleven hundred life-points."
Suddenly, a golden barrier sprung up around Zane's field. The Chaos Soldier roared, and was able to break through it. With a slash, it attacked the black, metal dragon. "Sorry, but you seem to forget that monsters were sent to the graveyard as well. Seventeen of the twenty chosen were monsters, meaning Cyberdark Dragon gains even more attack points." (6700/1000)
"It's not enough to block my Chaos Soldier!" The warrior slashed down, and suddenly, the Felgrand Dragon exploded.
"Cyberdark Dragon lets me destroy the equipped monster instead of being destroyed himself. As I'm sure you've noticed, the difference between our monster's attack points was reduced to fifteen hundred when I send those monsters to the graveyard. Therefore, the damage was reduced to zero automatically."
Dartz shrugged. "Your monster, is however, drastically weakened." (3900/1000)
"Also, you have twenty-nine monsters in the graveyard. Which means you can't have very many creatures left to fight me, can you now?" Zane chuckled. "Don't worry about me. Just make your move."
"Very well. Since your dragon is still too strong for my Shadow King, I'll have it attack Wheeler's Gearfried the Swordmaster instead. After all, I wouldn't want you pulling some equip card and destroying my Chaos Soldier, now would I?"
Joey grimaced as the deadly monster dropped its blade, letting a blade of light tear through his swordsman. "Damn…"
"I end my turn with one facedown card. Play carefully, boys."
A vein began to throb in Joey's head, and his left eye began twitching upon hearing the word 'boys'. "WHO YOU CALLING A BOY!" he roared.
Dartz raised an eyebrow. "Was there a reason for that, or shall I notch it up to juvenile delinquency?" Joey looked ready to explode. "Just because you're damned ten thousand years old makes ya' think everyone is so damn' young… I'm gonna show you young!"
He drew dramatically, only to sigh in frustration. The card wasn't of much help to him. "Damn… I set a card and end my turn."
It was back to Zane. Upon drawing, he chuckled. "Yes… This has just gotten much better. I play De-Fusion, to split Cyberdark Dragon back into its three components, meaning I can now bring back Cyberdark Edge (800/800), Cyberdark Horn (800/800), and Cyberdark Keel (800/800) all three to my field in defense."
The large combo monster slowly began to glow, sending the large black dragon away. Once the glow died down, the two metallic looking bug creatures and the machine snake like dragon appeared onto the field, with each taking up a defensive position on horizontal card images.
"So, you're defending?" "Not quite. You see, I'm going to boost my dragon's strength to such a point, that you can't defeat him. I fuse my three monsters with Power Bond!"
On the field, three strange looking creatures that were all made of a dark toned metal began to swirl together. The swirling soon ended and a powerful combination of the three dragons appeared onto the field.
"According to the official rulings, the boost that my Cyberdark Dragon receives is counted as part of its original attack points." (3700/1000)
"Now Power Bond doubles my Cyberdark Dragon's attack points (3700 2 7400/1000)."
The dark dragon instantly roared as its body glowed with a dark aura, thus increasing its strength. "Now finally, I equip it with my mighty Felgrand Dragon!" Once again, the golden dragon appeared, and it was drawn into the form of the mechanical terror (10200/1000).
Dartz was impressed. "Ten thousand two hundred? Now that's pretty impressive. Why don't we see if it works?"
Zane growled. "Cyberdark Dragon, destroy his Undead General with Darkness Strident Blaze!"
Roaring loudly, the black metal dragon launched a stream of black energy straight for the weird zombie standing in front of Dartz. "I can't be defeated. So I won't. I activate my facedown Mirage Magic, which lets me negate your attack and boost my life-points by your monster's attack points."
Zane gasped as his monster's attack was blocked.
"Not… possible!" "Oh, it's very possible. Just not very common."
Zane's head fell, and he growled to himself. Dartz outclassed them in every way. Right now, the best thing they could do was stall him until Yugi arrived.
"Damn…. I end."
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Anubis could feel fear now. This was getting way out of hand. An insane draw engine deck, coupled with the Seal and the most powerful god?
Tea looked at him coldly. "I activate the special ability of Seraphim Monarch. I can discard one card from my hand to destroy a magic or trap card on the field. I choose to destroy all of my magic and trap cards except for and Infinite Cards. I gain one thousand life-points per card."
Anubis raised an eyebrow as all but one of cards disappeared, and her life-points went up again. "I don't need those cards, anyway. Now, I play Escalating Power. By returning at least three monsters from my field back to my hand, I can send any number of cards from my hand back to my deck. From then on, I am considered to have at least those many cards in my hand. I send thirty out of my forty-four cards to my deck. As per the rules of Escalating Power, the seventeen in my hand will be added to the thirty I sent back, in order to give me a hypothetical total of forty-seven cards in my hand."
Anubis raised an eyebrow as her Seraphim Guardna, Seraphim Gunner, and Seraphim Blader disappeared, leaving the still veritably powerful Seraphim Monarch (3000/1000).
"Now, you will face the truest might of the angels. I play Angelic Summon, which lets me sacrifice one angel on the field to add any two angels in my graveyard whose base attack points are less than the attack points of the sacrificed monster, to my hand. My choices are Archlord Zerato (2800/2300) and the Agent of Deception-Uranus (1900/1600)."
Anubis gave her an incredulous look as the deadly monster disappeared, and she added the card from her graveyard to her hand. "You just destroyed a monster with three thousand attack points for a card you can't even summon? My Breakers can tear you apart now."
Tea ignored him. "Next I set a monster in defense mode, and end my turn."
(Tea: 77100, Anubis: 10900)
Anubis drew, and laughed. "Time for you to taste real power. I sacrifice Shadow Breaker as well as Torture Breaker to summon Diablos, King of the Abyss (2800/1000)!"
Roaring loudly as it appeared was a large black dragon with a massive wingspan, powerful clawed hands and feet, and a strange spiked head. It growled at Tea. "I can't activate his effect right now, so I simply choose to attack your monster with Blaze of Death!"
His new monster growled, and spat a ball of black flames at the brown-backed card. Tea was quite unperturbed at this. "You destroyed my Shining Angel (1400/700). Upon destruction, I can special summon a level four or lower angel from my deck to the field. My choice is the Agent of Wisdom – Mercury (0/1700)."
A blue skinned and blue winged angel now took its place next to Venus. He hefted a stone tablet under one arm and rubbed his chin in reflection with the other. Anubis smirked at the appearance of the weak monster, but said nothing as he ended his turn with a facedown card.
"You shouldn't have destroyed Muka Muka Energy," laughed Anubis. "With it, all chances of your success have been wiped out."
Tea gave him a withering look, and then drew. Before she could look at the card, Anubis smirked. "Stop! The effect of my Diablos activates. I can look at the card before you can." Tea rolled at her eyes and showed it to him.
"How nice. I can't let you have that card, so the second part of his effect comes into play, with me being able to send that card to the bottom of your deck." Tea shrugged, and slipped the card into the bottom of her deck. She drew the next card.
"Now, you will face one of the most powerful angels to ever exist. I play Polymerization!" The vivid image of Tea's Archlord Zerato appeared on the field. "Now, Mercury, Venus (1600/0), Mars (0/0) and Saturn (2400/0), lend your power to Zerato!"
The sword-wielding archangel was pulled into a vortex along with the blue fairy, the two red-skinned angels, and the finally the golden one. Anubis took a step back.
Tea threw back her head in eerie laughter. "Now… Face the ultimate power of light! I summon Legendary Seraphim Zerato – Lord of Immortality (4500 500 5000/3500)!"
A tall, holy figure rose up on Tea's field. It was dressed in white armor that gave off such strong light that Anubis felt like puking his guts out. It had aqua-green bangs flowing down its back to its neck, and a large cape fluttered out behind it. In one hand, the archangel held a long, white staff, with an ornately carved top. It looked at Anubis, and it seemed like the creature was smiling.
"Damn… What the hell is that thing?!"
"It is your death," laughed Tea. The force of the summoning of her angel was giving off air currents that were throwing her bangs back.
"Legendary Seraphim Zerato allows me to remove one angel in my graveyard." The mighty Archlord Zerato appeared on the field, a halo on its head. It bowed its head, and disappeared. "And guess where those attack points go?" (7800/3500)
Anubis clenched his fists in anger. "No! This cannot, will not happen to me!"
"It just did," replied Tea coldly. "Attack with Divine Creation!" The deadly agent of heaven raised its staff, and it seemed to absorb light from all around them. Everything seemed to change color as the aura around its staff built up.
Suddenly, it dropped its staff, and a massive ring of pure, heavenly energy soared towards the King of the Abyss. The dragon roared, and attempted to weather the attack, but the moment the heavenly energy touched it, it was instantly destroyed; shattered, gone forever.
"When it destroys a monster in battle, I can deal you the attack points of that monster in life-point damage." The seraphim gave a sad smile, and followed up the attack with another nexus of white power, which struck Anubis' torso, causing him to gasp with pain.
Yami's Shadow magic was dark, so fighting against him was a piece of cake, since Anubis' dark powers made him immune to any kind of dark magic. However, this girl wielded the full power of heaven. True light magic was something that could do Anubis in. There was only so much he could take.
"Well, make your pathetic move," sneered Tea.
(Tea: 77100, Anubis: 2100)
Anubis drew, and a feral grin spread across his face. "I play Black Noose of Death! I can remove one monster from play on your side of the field!" Tea immediately countered.
"Another of Zerato's abilities activates. By discarding an angel from my hand, I can negate one magic or trap effect that targets an angel on my field. Here goes Airknight Parshath (1900/1400)." Anubis gasped as noose descended from the shadows. It was about to loop itself around the Seraphim's neck, when it exploded.
"Fine!" spat Anubis. "I play Death Fusion, which lets me remove from play a dark fusion material monster in my hand and my graveyard to special summon a fusion! I remove from play Hell Soldier (2500/2100) and Fury Dark Dragon Knight (3400/2000)."
Tea was rather surprised to see the fusion monster that had been such a bother during the beginning of the duel appear on the field, along with a burly demon in black armor. The demon carried a long scimitar.
"I'd like to introduce the instrument of your demise. Meet Dark Tyrant- Ultima (5000/0), which can only be summoned by the effect of Death Fusion!!!"
The demon reached over with its scimitar, and struck the dark knight and its steed. The two began to swirl together, and suddenly, the Seal began to glow.
"One of my most powerful monsters has arrived. I have many others, but this one is best for this situation."
Lightning struck the ground, and a huge, shadowy form began to descend from the sky. It soon revealed itself, and even in her indifferent state, Tea's eyes widened.
The demon was made of nothing but bone and tissue. It resembled the Summoned Skull a bit, although it was probably five times as big. Its claws were as long as Tea herself. Gigantic wings seemed to spread out and eclipsed the light provided by the Seal. Its face was horribly ugly, although one tended not to mention that after seeing the size of the creature. Forty foot long legs strained to hold up the entire thing, which had spikes lined up on its back.
The Legendary Seraphim Zerato raised its staff in a defensive stance, and glared angrily at the demon, who growled in anger.
"Let the ultimate clash of light and dark begin! The ultimate angel versus the ultimate demon! Mwuahahaha!"
"I have three words for you, Anubis," said Tea, narrowing her eyes. "Bring it on."
"I will make sure you regret the very second you spoke those words! I activate my Dark Tyrant – Ultima's ability, to discard a demon from my hand, which will let me add its attack points to those of my ultimate monster, the lord of demons!" Tea grimaced as he sent the God of Death sent Dark Lucius LV8 (2800/900) to the graveyard. "This means Dark Tyrant – Ultima (7800/0) matches your Legendary Seraphim Zerato."
Tea shrugged. "I set one card facedown and end my turn," concluded Anubis. The Dark Tyrant growled, as if backing him up.
Tea drew, and closed her eyes. She stood like that for a minute, and then her lids snapped open. "I am going to have it, Anubis," she whispered.
"Revenge."
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The ultimate angel…. The ultimate demon…. Such power. Meanwhile, Kevin Hunter finds himself in a duel that is nearly impossible to win. See it all in the next chapter!
I haven't the time or inclination to mention my original cards. I do say this though……….. REVIEW! Also, please feel free to submit characters for the sequel. A basic description, along with a deck theme is all that's necessary. If there are a few powerful original cards, mention those as well. Also, include their past.
Anyway, I'll try and update soon now that exams are over. After this story ends, I'll be working on the fic that I'm co-authoring with my bud, Illidan the Half Demon. Those of you who haven't read his stories really should. Anyway, ciao!