Author's notes: I know, again with the author's notes, but this time, and I hope it'll be the second to last time you'll see them in this story. I say this for there is a time for all stories to end… But how that ending will turn out, I leave to you the readers. I won't disclose the details of what may happen.
But what I will say is that I am allowing you all to choose which of the four Shadowchasers will hold the ending in his or her hands. So, either choose one of them and tell me in your review, or check the poll that I have put in my profile.
What will happen…? Is up to you all…?
This poll will remain open until the end of next month, so choose well.
… Honestly, I don't know what to say concerning this matter at the moment. But saying nothing is worse than saying the wrong thing (I think that's how the saying goes).
I guess I have to say I'm surprised, I know it's our job to stop any criminal activities involving the Shadowkind, but then comparing to what's going on now… All I can really say is wow…
Dealing with this stuff, such a big plot against the team, and having my body rented out against my will to some sort of ghost Shadowkind. Yeah, I can already tell this is going to be one heck of a day.
And it's going to be a long one.
I just know that this day's not going to end well.
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Draw 37
Dual Gates
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The elevator slowly began to move up, the dull background music playing all the while Tarous leaned up against the red velvet wall with his arms crossed – Trying to ignore the stares that Ace and Kyon were casting his way.
"Alright," Ace stated finally breaking the awkwardness, getting Tarous to open his eyes slightly. "Spill it. What in the world is going on here?"
"I owe you some answers," Tarous sighed with a shake of his head. "And therefore, you shall have them. Please ask your questions."
"First off…" Ace started.
"How do you get your hair to look like that?" Kyon asked pointing at the blonde streak's at Hyde's hair. "It's a nice style."
"To be honest, that's natural," Tarous answered. "At least it is when I possess someone."
"That's not one of the questions!" Ace snapped making Kyon stagger back slightly. "I wanna know why you possessed Hyde!"
"… Because he was the only person at the time whom I could really possess," Tarous admitted rubbing his chin. "I was unaware that you knew this person till I was able to look into his memories. Besides, since I've possessed him, I've actually done him some good. If his memories are correct, he would've been mentally wounded. But thanks to me and my strength, your friend will be fine."
"Well, I guess that's good," Ace muttered out loud before she shook her head. "But that doesn't matter! I looked up some information about Dream Travelers, you should've disappeared three days after you left the Were-Ermine over here."
"Just because you forced me from one host," Tarous answered quickly cracking his knuckles a few times. "Doesn't mean I wasn't able to get into other hosts before now, but anyway, I believe you wished to know why I was here. The answer is simple, remember when I told you back when we first met that someone told me to possess your friend, I was given a date to come to this casino in order to help out with my employer.
"However, after some time and deep thinking, I came to the conclusion that what was happening was wrong. And while it's true that I still wish to have a permanent body, I don't want wish to harm innocents."
"Wait, do you know who's behind this?" Ace questioned blinking a few times. "And you know the plan?"
"Not particularly," Tarous coughed rather loudly with a slight blush on his face. "I don't know all the details, but I do know that I was hired by a blue skinned woman named Xue Yin Jien to take over Kyon's body and then face against you Alice…"
Ace just narrowed her eyes at Tarous, making the Dream Traveler cough out again, "My apologies… Ace, although, I would surmise that it was only useful as a distraction. After all, if a Dream Traveler took another person's body and you Shadowchasers found out, it would count as a matter of possession without consent."
"Man, now you're starting to sound like Hyde," Ace pointed out with a dulled look on her face.
"Well, I do have access to how the laws work in this body," Tarous replied with a shake of his head. "And trust me, I intend on giving Hyde back… If it wasn't for his body, I probably wouldn't have had the chance to come here."
"Actually, I owe you a bit of thanks as well," Ace snickered with a sly smile on her face.
Tarous and Kyon blinked a few times in confusion.
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Meanwhile, as Tarous' duel with Victor was reaching its climax…
"I thought you were kidding about this secret entrance," Barron grumbled as he carefully walked on the slippery concrete. "I know you said sewer… But this is just ridiculous, I can almost feel the smell meshing against my clothes…"
"This isn't exactly a picnic for us, ya know," Faye growled holding up her flashlight. "Just hold your nose and follow Jack."
"I told you guys to bring some of those filter masks," Jack scolded adjusting his mask over his mouth. "But relax, the smell disappears when we reach the entrance, just… Just don't try to fall."
"Gee, that's just common sense!" Barron growled with his tongue sticking out. "I can see why some people wouldn't use this way. This is just a germ infestation."
"Relax Barron," Faye sighed loudly rubbing the back of her head. "We've brought sanitizer, our decks are in our air-tight deck cases, and we're wearing thicker boots with our regular shoes in the backpack I've got.
"So stop complaining and keep moving!"
Barron was about to say something, but stopped when something dropped on his shoulders. Slowly, Barron turned his head towards his shoulder, his eyes widening as he began to see what just fell on his shoulder, "R-R-R-R…"
"Barron, I thought I told you to," Faye sighed loudly as she turned towards Barron, only to step to the side as he ran forward.
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!" Barron yelled loudly nearly knocking Jack off of the ledge as he ran faster and faster.
Readjusting himself, Jack watch Barron disappeared into the distance, "… He's the guy who challenged Berial. And yet he's afraid of rats?"
"I'm just as surprised as you are," Faye moaned with a slap to her forehead.
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"Ah, I see," Tarous mumbled rubbing his chin. "A pincer attack, it's an effective strategy even against larger numbers."
"Right, originally," Ace began to explain with a large smirk on her face, obviously proud of her plan. "I was supposed to storm into the place to create a diversion. But since you kinda hot-wired Hyde's body, there was a little change of plans…"
"You know there are flaws with your plan Alice," Kyon pointed out, as he pulled out his pipe. "You could've been captured and then they would've had a hostage or…"
"Alright, I get the point," Ace moaned loudly. "But that's not important. Tarous, you're going to have to leave Hyde's body eventually. We'll need the old guy to help out in this plan."
"I would be more than willing," Tarous stated holding up his duel disk with the deck inside. "I have even a little reparation for Mr. Vayne to give to him when he's ready to take back control. But, for the time being, he's deep in thought about a few things, and is taking this opportunity to mull on the events leading up to this.
"So, for the time being, I'm going to help improve his deck while we're in the elevator. I still have all his spells and trap cards, as well as the cards that I have acquired to improve his deck. I would suggest that you do the same thing as well Alice."
"Since when did I give you permission to call me that?" Ace grumbled with a blood vessel appearing on the side of her head as she watched Tarous slide down on the wall of the elevator to look at all the cards he had on his person. "… You listening to me?"
"Ooh! I know a few good strategies," Kyon mused, kneeling down to look at the cards.
Ace sighed loudly and then reached into her jacket. Preparing the cards was a good idea, and her deck could use some quick fine tuning as well…
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Back in the sewer…
"GAH!" Barron gagged pulling off the red overcoat that was almost his trademark. "RATS… I hate rats!"
As the usually suave Shadowchaser fully removed the overcoat (now showing off his black wife-beater and scarf around his neck, as well as his well toned body), he didn't realize that as he ran through the sewer, the walls had changed into a much cleaner, and a better lit portion of the lower levels of Las Vegas.
He also didn't notice that Jack and Faye were right behind him as he furled up his expensive coat.
"Didn't know you could run so fast, Barron," Faye snickered rubbing her chin at Barron.
"Shut up!" Barron spat kicking off the boots he was currently wearing. "Excuse me for being afraid of things that were the cause of the Black Plague!"
"… Actually," Jack scoffed as Faye began to pull off her backpack. "It wasn't the rats that caused the Plague. It was the fleas that were on the rats and…"
"DON'T CARE!" Barron hissed as he pulled out his usual boots from the backpack and quickly jumped into them. "Look here, how much longer till we get to this stupid entrance?"
"Well…" Jack mumbled pulling his own pair of shoes from the backpack. "We're only about a turn away from reaching the entrance. Just be patient and we'll be there soon."
After a quick exchange of footwear, and having Barron stuff his overcoat into the backpack, the three quickly turned the corner to see…
"… Nice choice for décor," Barron commented with a roll of his eyes.
"What the hell is this supposed to be?" Faye questioned raising an eyebrow. "Some sort of elaborate door or something?"
"This wasn't here before," Jack admitted with a bead of sweat rolling down the side of his head. "Although, this does match the tastes of the head honcho, that's for sure…"
What the three were referring to was a large gate. The gate itself wasn't too larger than the doors back at the main base, but the design on it was quite unique. Being comprised of two doors, a single lock was set in between the two of them, while on the doors themselves were a pair of carved-in statues that depicted some rather cartoonish, yet imp like creatures with long pointed ears, with long tails, and having a pair of three clawed hands, one from each of the creatures wrapped around the lock on the doors.
"But this is just too tacky," Jack continued rubbing his chin as he walked towards the gate. Looking over the weird gate, Jack slowly lifted his hand up to the statue to the right, knocking his fist against the side of its head. "And these things are just plain ugly to be…"
"That's just rude, ya know!"
Jack immediately jumped back when the stone imp on the right lifted its clawed fist away from the lock and waving it at Jack, "Don't'cha know that if'an you wake up a Possessor Guardian, you'll get cursed, ya know?"
The other half of the statue yawned loudly, blinking a few times before it just stared at the two Shadowchasers and the traitor, "… Intruders!"
"Huh? Oh yeah, ya know," The right imp-statue chuckled rubbing the side of his head. "They are intruders, aren't they, ya know?"
"Some sort of Arcane Golem?" Barron asked turning towards Faye.
"No," Faye answered immediately adjusting her glasses. "This is a Possessor Guardian… Or Guardians as it were. They're artificial souls that are used for guarding various things. Usually, you'll see them as living armor, but this is a common version of the Possessor Guardians as well.
"They do fall under the same class as Arcane Golems, but they're usually more loyal to whoever purchased or created them."
"We have names, ya know!" The right Possessor Guardian snarled slamming his fist into the ground. "Mine's Right!"
The one on the left merely waved, "… Left."
"My, what original names," Barron chuckled as he crossed his arms. "Well, it was nice meeting you two living mantels, but we kinda need to get through here, so how about you open up and let us through."
"Hell no, ya know!" Right snarled holding his arm up. "We're ordered to not let anyone in without a fight, ya know! Otherwise… Get lost, ya know!"
"Someone's in a bad mood," Faye muttered out loud with a flat look on her face.
"Can ya really blame them?" Barron asked with a shrug. "They're living down here in a sewer with rats, roaches and only heaven knows what else. Sides, looks like these guys are made up of stone from the look of them, I doubt our swords would have much effect… And Clint Eastwood's guns here would probably do more harm than good."
"I don't know whether to say that's a compliment or an insult," Jack admitted.
"Feel free to take your pick," Barron replied holding his hand up towards Left and Right. "And as for you two, what exactly do we have to do to let you two let us pass?"
"Heh, was wondering when ya would ask, ya know," Right chuckled as Left sighed loudly. "Well, ya got a choice, ya could try to overpower us into letting ya through… Or ya could try yer hand in a little game ya Shadowchasers aren't too foreign to."
Left lifted his lone arm up, allowing his arm to immediately meld into a dark gray duel disk, a deck of cards already loaded inside it. "So…" Right chuckled, tapping on Left's arm a few times. "Who's the victim, ya know?"
Jack was about to say something, however, Barron stepped forward, activating his duel disk as he did, "If it means that I can get out of this stupid sewer quickly, then I'll be the one to quickly end this!"
"… He usually this enthusiastic?" Jack asked taking a few steps back as Barron slipped a dueling deck into it.
"Not usually," Faye answered quickly crossing her arms over her chest as she watched as both duelists drew off the top five cards from their decks. "I guess he just wants to get away from the rats… Although, I've known Barron for a good five years, and yet, I never knew that he was really afraid of rats.
"You learn something new about people everyday."
"Heh, so the pretty boy thinks he stands a chance, ya know," Right chuckled, handing the cards off to the Left who immediately lifted the cards up to Right's head. "Why not, ya know? The last time we had a chance to really duel was back when that blue skinned bimbo moved us from one sewer into an even worse sewer, ya know!" (RLP: 8000)
"I can understand that you'd be in a bad mood," Barron scoffed to the side crossing his arms while he looked at his own opening hand. "Hell, I don't want to be down here either, but still, that's no reason to insult a lady." (BLP: 8000)
"Ya don't even know her, ya know!" Right snarled pulling a sixth card from Left's arm.
"Precisely!" Left added nodding with his louder half.
"It doesn't matter," Barron chuckled wagging a finger. "Its in bad taste to insult a lady… Especially if they're not in the vicinity, its obvious to see that you weren't created with any manners."
"Are ya trying to piss me off, ya know?" Right asked narrowing his stony eyes at Barron. "Then yer going to make this a lot more fun for me to enjoy, ya know! I summon Abaki, ya know!"
A powerful flame erupted in front of the Possessor Guardians, forming into a large blood skinned ogre with a large club in its hands (1700/1100).
"… Great… Just what I needed to see," Barron sighed with a shake of his head at the gruesome fiend. "I may use fiends, but ever since I fought against Berial, ugh, I just can't stand that fiend."
"Too bad, ya know," Right chuckled slamming his hand into the ground. "This is the deck yer going to face, and to let ya know, we've got three copies of this card, ya know!"
"You know, that's starting to get annoying," Jack muttered pulling his hat down.
"And yelling out Climax wasn't?" Faye countered with a dull look on her face.
"Hey!" Jack muttered with a blood vessel appearing on the side of his head.
"Excuse me, ya know!" Right snarled as he fitted a card into Left's duel disk. "But we're kinda in the middle of something, so I'll set a card face down, and end my turn ya know!"
Barron slowly drew from his deck, raising an eyebrow at the fire fiend, 'I really doubt that these guys would play the same thing as Berial… But then again, there's one fire fiend that I know I have to look out for, Gorlag… Or was it Balrog? I always mix those two names up.
'Anyway… I know he wants me to attack, so who am I to deny him that?'
"I summon Archfiend Soldier!"
A dark portal opened up from the side of the sewer, unleashing the purple armored, bone like demon, spinning on the ground when he landed and drawing his two curved blades (1900/1500). "Now here's a real fiend. One who's suave, cool, calm… And, he knows how to treat a lady."
Hearing this, the Archfiend puffed out his chest slightly and raised his head up slightly in pride.
"Talk about a swelled ego," Jack muttered, earning himself a glare from the Archfiend.
"Don't need to get into that at the moment," Barron sighed as he crossed his arms. "Archfiend Soldier! Take out Abaki!"
Spinning both of its swords, the armored demon leapt through the air, stabbing both of the blades into the larger ogre's body, making it explode into several flames that flew through the sewer air over the Possessor Guardians and Barron. (RLP: 7800)
"Gya ha, ha, ha, ya know!" Right laughed as the flames immediately crashed into both of the duelists. "Yer just stupid for attacking Abaki, especially since ya knew about its effect, ya know!" (RLP: 7300)
Barron didn't even flinch as the flames washed over his body, merely he shook his head with a smirk, "Compared to the first time I took that effect damage that was rather tame…" (BLP: 7500)
"Blah, blah, blah, ya know!" Right huffed out with a roll of his eyes.
"Annoying…" Left sighed loudly with a shake of his head.
"Yeah, yeah," Barron chuckled holding up a pair of cards up from his hand. "I'll set two cards face down, and leave it to you Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum."
"… Was that supposed to be an insult, ya know?" Right asked tilting his head slightly. "We don't really have much knowledge about pop culture since we're usually trapped in sewers, ya know."
"Not really pop culture," Barron muttered to himself. "More like classic literature…"
"Like we really have the capability to get literature, ya know!" Right snarled pulling another card from Left's deck, giving the Possessor Guardians five cards to work with. 'Heh! Almost there… Just need to push him a little more, ya know…'
"Alright punk, we're going to turn this up a notch, ya know! We set a monster face down, and one more card face down, ya know."
The two face down cards appeared in front of Left and Right, giving them three cards on their field, "Turn end, ya know."
"That seemed like a waste of a turn," Barron admitted pulling off the top card from his deck with a flat look on his face. "But if that's what you wanted, then far be it from me to let ya waste your turns. I'll start this turn by activating Dark World Dealings!"
Both Barron and Right drew a single card from the top of their decks, and then a few seconds later, both of them slid a card into their duel disks' graveyards. "Now, the card I just discarded was Broww, Huntsman of Dark World, meaning now I can draw another card from my deck!"
"Heh… Then so do I, ya know," Right chuckled pulling a pair of cards from his deck. "Ya see, we too have a Broww, Huntsman of Dark World in our deck... Or hand in this case, ya know. And since it was by yer effect, we get to draw two more cards, ya know!"
A large drop of sweat slowly slid down the side of the Barron's head, "… Well… That kinda backfired on me."
"Obviously," Left commented with a shake of its head.
"A-Anyway," Barron coughed out throwing his hand forward, slapping a card onto his duel disk. "I summon Mad Archfiend in attack mode!"
A mad laughter echoed through the sewer, revealing that crawling on the ceiling of the underground entrance way was none other than the insane bone demon, laughing loudly as he stuck out his tongue (1800/0).
"… That's one freaky demon, ya know," Right pointed out raising an eyebrow at the monster.
"I realize that," Barron retorted as the Mad Archfiend landed gracefully in front of him. "But that still doesn't mean he isn't a gentleman either. Mad Demon! Show him how graceful you are by attacking his face down monster, Bone Splash Crash!"
Laughing loudly once more, the mad demon allowed his torso to move up and down, crushing the skull that was floating between the demon's chest and legs into millions of shards that flew into Right's face down monster, slicing it into millions of ribbons.
"Heh… Too bad, ya know!" Right chuckled as a card popped out of his deck. "That monster was Sangan, and when destroyed…"
"You get to take a monster… Ya know," Barron interrupted with a sigh. "Yeesh, I know how the monster works. I'm a fiend duelist to, ya know…"
"Great, it's spreading," Jack muttered pushing up his hat. "This is going to get annoying real quick."
"What'd you expect?" Faye replied stretching her arms over her head. "Possessor Guardians may be strong, but they're hardly the best at what they do."
A little disgruntled, Right pulled the card from his duel disk, unaware that a large amount of bone shards crashed into his stony body, "Huh, ya know?" (RLP: 6100)
"I forgot to mention that this crazy demon has the ability of trample," Barron chuckled as the Mad Demon leapt back to his field, wagging his finger a few times at Right and Left. "But more importantly, you're wide open for a direct attack, courtesy of the Archfiend Soldier!"
With a cross of his swords, the purple armored archfiend ran across the concrete, and immediately took a stab at Right and Left…
… Only to have the blade be blocked by a powerful aura, sending the Archfiend Soldier skid back.
"My face down cards weren't bluffs, ya know!" Right laughed loudly as he pulled a card from the top of his deck, giving the Possessor Guardian six cards. "Defense Draw, allowing me to block the damage and then draw a card, ya know!"
'What sort of strategy are you playing?' Barron thought raising an eyebrow at Right and Left, both of whom were muttering to each other. "Fine, I'll end my turn."
"Heh, hope yer ready, ya know!" Right laughed as he drew a card from his deck, but immediately slipped it back into his hand. "Cause now, we're bringing out the big guns, ya know!
"I summon – Gatling Ogre, ya know!"
A powerful flame erupted in front of Right and Left, forming into a large daunting Ogre dressed in a large dark brown and gray overcoat that covered most of the ogre's body save for its blue head and dark blue hair. The reason what caught everyone's attentions were the multiple rotating gun barrels on its stomach, a crank on its right waist, and a gravity feed ammo slot for its left arm while there was a simple mechanical arm that just waved there.
The weird fiend laughed loudly (800/800).
"… I run Kuribohs, Fiend Beatdown, Dark World," Barron muttered out loud with a sweatdrop rolling down the side of his head. "And one more deck, but I've never seen a fiend quite like that one…"
"Heh, trust me, this one will leave an impression on ya, ya know," Right chuckled pulling four of the six remaining cards from his hand and fitted them into his duel disk, making them appear behind his weird monster. "But for now, I'll just place four more cards face down, ya know…"
Loads of ammunition began to load itself into the gravity feed ammo slot on the Ogre's shoulder, "And now for what ya'll have been waiting for, ya know! Ready, ya know? Aim, ya know!"
Barron took a step back, "I really don't like where this is going…"
"FIRE! YA KNOW!"
Laughing loudly, the Gatling Ogre began to turn the crank on the right of his waist, making the gatling gun on its stomach spin. A few moments later, the gun began to fire a barrage of rounds that collided with Barron's body, his eyes widening as the hot lead sent him staggering back. "GAAAH!"
"Barron!" Faye shouted.
Jack just whistled as he watched Barron take the almost countless gun shots to his chest, being a gun enthusiast he couldn't help but be impressed. Seeing an older model in action was quite amazing…
… Although, Barron might've felt differently as the assault finally ended, allowing him to fall to his knees and cough a few times. (BLP: 4300)
"D-Damn it…" Barron wheezed as he slowly stood up, dusting off his clothes. "What the hell just happened?"
"Gatling Ogre just happened, ya know!" Right laughed loudly holding up the four cards he just set, and then slid them into his duel disk's graveyard slot. "Ya see, I can send as many face down Spell and Trap cards on my field to the graveyard to inflict eight hundred points of damage to your life points, and I could've sent the last face down card I have on my field to the graveyard, but where's the sport in that, ya know?"
"Agreed," Left chimed in.
Taking one of the remaining two cards in his hand, Right slid another card into the magically created duel disk. "Set one more face down card, and end my turn, ya know."
'Great… I gotta get rid of that walking gun before it blows away the rest of my life points,' Barron thought as he slowly drew his next card, a smirk slowly crawling on his face. 'And that's the ticket!'
"I sacrifice Mad Archfiend in order to summon the lord of darkness himself…"
A powerful dark aura appeared underneath the Archfiend, making him blink a few times until a large dark purple claw erupted from the darkness and began to drag the laughing demon into the aura. "Caius, the Shadow Monarch!"
The darkness flew through the air, immediately forming into dark armored giant known as Caius, his black cloak billowing through the air (2400/1000) as he held up his clawed hands. "And when the big guy is summoned, I can use his effect to remove one monster on the field, and I choose your gun, fiend hybrid!
"Dark Prominence!"
"Not happening, ya know!" Right laughed out fitting a card into his duel disk, allowing a large storm cloud to erupt over the monsters. "I discard Necro Gardna to play Divine Wrath, ya know!"
A powerful jolt of lightning shot down from the clouds, striking Caius and electrifying the large monarch until he was nothing more than dust.
"… That's really annoying," Barron growled pushing a button on his duel disk. "But it's not like I haven't had to deal with something like that before! I activate my trap card, Call of the Haunted!"
As the face down card lifted up, Caius reappeared on the field, his arms crossed over his armored chest, obviously not looking too pleased with what just happened (2400/1000).
"Now then…" Barron growled holding his hand up into the air. "Caius! Attack his Gatling Ogre! Shadow Claw!"
Merely pulling its fist back, the large Monarch threw its fist forward and slammed it directly into the Gatling Ogre's body, sending it flying back directly into Right and Left's lock, making them both gag out loudly. (RLP: 4500)
"PAIN!" Left shouted.
"Ugh, don't yell in my ears, ya know!" Right snarled slamming his fist into the ground.
"MORON," Left retorted narrowing his eyes at Right.
"Took the word right out of my mouth, ya know!" Right barked back.
"Hello…" Barron chuckled waving his hand a few times as the Archfiend Soldier tapped his foot a few times impatiently. "Shadowchaser here wanting to get through here, Archfiend Soldier, remind them that we're here, will ya?"
Spinning its two swords, the purple armored fiend ran forward, thrusting both of its swords forward… Only to have them caught by a ghostly warrior in blood red armor and long white hair, who smirked wildly.
"Not happening again, ya know!" Right snarled throwing its arm to the side. "By removing the Necro Gardna in our graveyard, yer attack is negated, ya know!"
"Why didn't you use that when Caius attacked?" Faye questioned raising an eyebrow at Left and Right. "That way you'd take a lot less damage from the attacks."
"Because shut up, ya know," Right spat with his tongue sticking out at Faye. "It's me dueling and I'll make as many stupid mistakes as I want to, ya know!"
Left sighed loudly as he shook his head, "Brother…"
"Did he just call himself stupid?" Barron muttered with a flat look on his face. "Then what does that say about me? I'm losing to this idiot."
"Stop calling me stupid, ya know!" Right snarled punching his fist into the nearby wall, sending several cracks running along the wall. "If I wasn't bound to this stupid door, I'd walk over there and smack you all upside your heads, ya know!"
"Technically, you're the first to call yourself stupid," Jack pointed out, rolling his eyes.
"Whatever, ya know!" Right barked. "Are you done with your turn, ya know?"
"Yeah, for the most part," Barron replied with a nod.
"Good, ya know!" Right snarled pulling off his next card, and then turned the card around. "I play the spell card – Akashic Record, ya know!"
The spell card appeared in front of the Possessor Guardians, depicting a large dinosaur fossil that had several glowing runes written on it. "Now, I draw two cards, and if neither of them have been played so far in this duel, then I get to keep them, ya know. If not, then they're both removed from play, so let's see what fate has in stored, ya know?"
Slowly, Right pulled the top cards off of his deck, allowing him to slowly turn them both around for everyone to see a monster known as Full Armor Ogre and a weird equip spell card called Revolver Cannon. "Lookie here, I haven't played these cards, and I know for a fact that ya'll don't have these cards either, ya know."
"Yeah, yeah," Barron muttered with a roll of his eyes. "Not like I'd use demons like that…"
"Yer gonna wish ya had, ya know," Right chuckled loudly as he handed the two cards over to Left.
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Meanwhile, at a higher floor of the Devil's Hand Casino, in the familiar office, a familiar secretary had stopped typing to watch the security surveillance that was showing the duel between Barron and Right, while at the same time on a smaller screen was showing the three people in the elevator – Two of which were editing their decks.
Needless to say, Vergil was a little nervous watching the groups of three getting closer and closer with every passing second. "This… This will not end well…"
"Heh… What's the matter, desk monkey?" A familiar Russian accent chuckled, making Vergil jump slightly. "You watching something you shouldn't be watching at work?"
"O-Of course not!" Vergil muttered with a slight blush on his face as he lifted his hand up. "And it was one time, let it go already!"
Volk chuckled deeply as he looked over Vergil's shoulder, watching the duel that was taking place and smirking as he saw a familiar cowboy dressed Jack standing amongst the action, "Oh… It looks like the rat came back, heh. Looks like this is going to be a very interesting day.
"I'm going go get ready to give these guys a warm welcome… Be sure to let the boss know that."
And just like that, Volk laughed loudly as he walked from the lavish office, leaving a slightly perplexed Vergil to sigh quietly. 'If that's the case, then I should get ready too. I'm not really ready to deal with this sort of thing, especially since I'm just a secretary…'
Looking around to make sure he was alone, Vergil gently opened up one of the few drawers to his desk and leafed through it until he found what he was looking for…
… A single deck of Duel Monster cards.
"I don't think I'll be able to escape without using this," Vergil sighed leafing through the cards until he came to a single card. "Still, I doubt this will end well…"
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"Now, I activate my trap card, ya know!" Right roared loudly throwing his clawed hand forward. "Limit Reverse returns one monster from my graveyard, just so long as it has one thousand or less attack points from my graveyard, ya know!"
The trap card popped up, allowing a three eyed critter to appear on the field, squeaking loudly (1000/600). "Sangan, ya know. But it's not staying for long, cause I'm sacrificing the little guy to summon, Full Armor Ogre, ya know!"
A large cloud of smoke erupted around the three eyed fiend, covering it completely. A few moments later the smoke fell to the ground to reveal a large, bulky, trenchcoat-wearing fiend with a gas mask covering its face. The fiend lifted both of its arms up, revealing a large pair of guns where its hands should've been (1600/1600).
"And thanks to Sangan," Right cackled as another card popped out from Left's duel disk, and into Right's hand. "We get another monster, ya know. But for now, we're playing a spell card, the Equip Spell Revolver Cannon!"
Barron raised an eyebrow as a large mounted cannon appeared beneath the fiend's feet, making the Full Armor Ogre chuckle loudly as he adjusted the revolver cannon's aim, "Heh, heh, heh, ya worried yet, ya know?"
"I'm guessing that cannon of yours must have some deadly effect," Barron muttered eyeing the weird cannon. "Didn't even raise the attack of that monster by a single point."
"True, but with this bad boy, I don't need to use attack points, ya know!" Right snickered loudly throwing his arm to the side. "Ya see, once per turn, I get to blow one monster off the field and destroy it, ya know!"
Slamming both of its gun arms into cannon, the revolver cannon fired a powerful shot into the air and crashed into Caius' chest, covering the large monarch in a fiery explosion that send several scorched pieces of armor bouncing past Barron. (BLP: 3300)
"And what the heck just happened here?" Barron shouted stomping his foot into the ground a few times.
"Heh, a couple of effects I forgot to mention, ya know," Right laughed loudly.
"Intentionally," Left added.
"Ya see, thanks to Full Armor Ogre's effect," Right explained as his Full Armor crossed its arms over its chest. "Whenever it destroys a monster in battle, you take a thousand points of damage, and thanks to Revolver Cannon's effect, when a monster is destroyed, it's considered to be destroyed by battle, ya know."
"… That's just peachy," Barron muttered barring his teeth at Right. "Your fiends just keep giving more and more reasons to want to kick your ass."
"Impossible," Left replied rolling his eyes.
"Yeah, we're kinda grafted in the door, ya know," Right pointed out.
"It's a figure of speech!" Barron growled loudly.
"Man, he just can't catch a break," Faye snickered.
"I'm standing right here!" Barron snarled turning back to Right and Left. "You two boulder brains done?"
"I think this sewer's having more of an effect on your friend more than we thought," Jack muttered, stifling his laughter. "From what I heard, he was a calm, cool player who ran fiend decks."
"You might just be right about that," Faye replied.
"Not yet, ya know," Right stated taking one of the two remaining cards from his hand. "We'll be playing the spell card, Double Summon, to set the monster we got earlier this turn…"
The set monster appeared next to the Full Armor Ogre, giving an additional defense for the Possessor Guardians. "… Then our turn's over, ya know."
Barron slowly drew his next card, and a smirk appeared on his face as he turned the card around, "Alright… Time for me to get my comeback on a roll! And it starts with the Spell Card – Stranger's Compensation!"
The Archfiend Soldier blinked a few times before he disappeared into several wisps of smoke that floated around Barron's duel disk. "Now, when this card is played, I can send one non-effect monster from my field and then I can draw two cards.
"A thing about my deck, is while I do have a few effect fiends, I like running some normal cards… I like to think of it as my own personal blend in this deck. And allow me to show ya why, first, I summon Lancer Archfiend in attack mode!"
A loud cackle echoed through the air, allowing a demonic knight to emerge on the field – its purple and gold light glittering in what little light there was in the sewer. With is skull shaped helmet covering its face, this demon crossed its land like arms over each other before it struck a dramatic pose (1600/1400).
"Next, I'll play my trap card – Birthright!"
In a flash of light, the familiar purple armored Archfiend Soldier appeared back on the field, crossing both of its swords before its body (1900/1500). 'He has no hand… So that means that face down monster can only be one thing!'
"Lancer Archfiend! Attack that face down monster!"
Nodding towards his master, the fiendish knight stabbed both of its lances into the face down monster, cutting the card up into several ribbons to reveal a large gray pot floating in the air for a few seconds until it shattered (700/600).
"Just what I thought," Barron chuckled rubbing the bridge of his nose. "I had a feeling you were going to have Morphing Jar to refresh your hand."
"So ya saw one move," Right sighed pulling off the top five cards from his deck as Barron fitted his hand into the graveyard and drew his five cards. "Big deal, ya know. Yer still not going to stop the strategy we've got, ya know."
"Oh yeah, I forgot one little detail," Barron chuckled rubbing the back of his head.
"And what the heck would that be, ya…" Right started…
… Only to stop as both of the Lancer Archfiend's lances stabbed in between Right and Left. (RLP: 3500)
"… Know?" Right gulped as the lances were pulled from the door.
"Close!" Left yelped.
"My Lancer Archfiend can give an attacking monster a trample effect," Barron explained twirling some of his hair around with his finger. "Sorry, but that kinda slipped my mind. But your Ogre with his cannon didn't…
"Archfiend Soldier! Destroy that Full Armored Jackass!"
Twirling both of its swords about, the Archfiend Soldier merely threw both of the blades through the air, making them collide and stab right through the Full Armor Ogre's chest. However, the attack didn't stop there, the Archfiend Soldier had run forward and kicked both of his swords deeper through the Ogre's chest, making them fly out from its back and sent them flying into Right and Left, making them both yelp out in pain. (RLP: 3200)
"Boo-ya!" Barron laughed loudly. "That almost made me forget about the fact I'm in a sewer."
"Keep making yer jokes, ya know," Right snarled as a powerful flame erupted in front of the Possessor Guardians. "But since you just destroyed Full Armor Ogre, we get a little reminder from the graveyard, so here's a familiar face, ya know!"
The flames disappeared, revealing the cackling Gatling Ogre, its sharp teeth curling up into an insidious smirk (800/800).
"… Not good…" Barron grimaced with his eyes clenched tight.
"He's right," Faye muttered looking at the five cards in Left's hand. "It was a risky move, but it was a move that Right knew would happen. If all the cards in his hand are spells or trap cards, then this is going to be bad for Barron."
"Yeah, but what are the odds that all five of them are spells and traps?" Jack asked with a shrug. "Even if he does draw another, we don't know if that's what he's planning. And then there's the self-proclaimed ladies' man, who knows what he's going to play. After all, he's got a refreshed hand as well."
"I set two cards face down," Barron announced as the set cards appeared behind his two Archfiends. "And that's my turn."
"Pathetic," Left sighed as Right drew a sixth card from his deck. "Finish?"
"… Not in the way we want, ya know," Right replied holding up three cards. "But it'll much more fun this way, first, we set three cards face down, ya know."
The three set cards appeared behind the Gatling Ogre, allowing three rounds to load into the Ogre's ammo slot. "Now… FIRE, YA KNOW!"
Turning the crank, the powerful machine altered Ogre unleashed several barrages of bullets that flew through the air and shot Barron once more, "Damn it! Not again!" (BLP: 900)
"Well, so much for him having a plan," Jack sighed with a shake of his head as he lifted his duel disk covered arm. "I guess I'll have to step up to this when he loses."
"This duel isn't over yet," Faye calmly stated as Barron slowly pushed himself up off the ground. "Besides… Didn't you hear those two rock-heads? They're still interested in having some fun here, meaning they've got something else to play.
"Whether Barron can get past that, we'll see in a few minutes…"
'Thanks for the support,' Barron thought standing up straight.
"Time to end this, ya know!" Right laughed loudly as a powerful flame erupted around the Gatling Ogre. "And since you saw one of the Gatling Ogre's forms, it's only fair that we show you another one, ya know! One that can only be special summoned by tributing a Gatling Ogre when there's a Full Amor Ogre in our graveyard, ya know!"
The flames covered the Gatling Ogre's body, immediately transforming it into a large body of fire. A few moments later, the flames receded, standing in the place of the Gatling Ogre stood an even larger, nastier looking ogre, dressed in a gray military uniform with longer arms and having three large cannons mounted over its horned head.
The metallic demon slammed its fists into the ground, roaring loudly (2400/2400).
"… Uh… I see you brought out the big guns," Barron chuckled nervously.
"Make all the bad jokes ya like, ya know," Right stated as a card popped out from its graveyard. "But Big Cannon Ogre is all serious, and with his effect, he doubles all battle damage done to ya, ya know!"
"Oh… T-That's a fact?" Barron questioned with a large bead of sweat rolling down the side of his head. "Uh… Well…"
"And just to make sure that I'm gonna pulverize ya," Right chuckled as he held up a card. "I can activate the effect of Skill Successor in my graveyard to give my big cannon a big boost so long as I remove the trap card from my graveyard, ya know!"
A powerful red aura erupted over the Big Cannon Ogre's body, making its muscles bulge (2400/2400 + 800/0).
"Now that's just overkill," Jack muttered out loud.
"This coming from the guy who runs three Ancient Gear Golems," Faye retorted with a roll of her eyes.
"… Touché…" Jack replied.
"Ahem," Left cleared his throat.
"What, ya know?" Right questioned as Left merely gestured towards Barron's field. "What, his set cards, ya know?"
"Caution," Left warned with a nod.
"Heh, not like it matters, ya know," Right chuckled throwing his hand forward. "Big Cannon Ogre! Take aim…"
Leaning forward, the large cannon mounted ogre began to adjust the cannons towards the Lancer Archfiend. "FIRE YA KNOW!"
Firing all three of the cannons, the Big Cannon Ogre unleashed a powerful flurry of flames that crashed into the Lancer Archfiend, completely incinerating the screaming demon as the flames rushed towards Barron.
Who smirked as he held up a single card…
A powerful explosion rocked the sewers, making Faye and Jack lift their arms up to block the holographic smoke that rushed past them.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA!" Right laughed loudly with his tongue sticking out. "Now that's what I call a flashy ending, ya know!"
"… Incomplete," Left pointed out.
"Huh, ya know?" Right questioned turning to the smoke…
… Just in time to see several charred furred puffballs roll away from where Barron was standing.
"I'm proud to be a fiend duelist," a familiar suave voice chuckled as the smoke began to disappear. "Kuriboh's are probably one of the best things about this monster type…"
The smoke cleared to show Barron standing up tall, with a large smirk on his face, "Especially when I need to block an annoying attack like that."
"… Showboater," Jack scoffed to the side.
"Impatient," Left scolded as Right pulled a card from his other half's hand.
"Aw shut up, ya know," Right growled as he fitted a card into the duel disk, making it appear behind his Big Cannon Ogre. "Turn end, ya know!"
And just like that, the aura around the Big Cannon Ogre's body died down (2400/2400).
'… He must've been relying on his bigger ogre's effect,' Barron thought as he slowly clicked off the top card from his deck.
Looking at the card, Barron looked over at the field, then nodded to himself, "I'll light a fire of my very own, by summoning this guy!"
A powerful explosion erupted in front of Barron, forming into a small fiend that resembled that of the Dark Resonator – Only with a powerful flame sprouting from its back and have a red symbol on its chest (300/1300). "I may not be much of a fan of fire fiends, but Flare Resonator has its charms.
"Especially since it's a Tuner monster as well as its Dark counterpart…"
Ringing its chimes, the Flare Resonator exploded into three rings of fiery light that flew over the Archfiend Soldier, making the fiend transform into four stars that erupted into a tower of flames, "By tuning my Flare Resonator to my Archfiend Soldier, I can announce this with fact…
"THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE!"
The flames disappeared, unleashing a familiar silver and black armored demon onto the field, spinning around its almighty death scythe (2800/2300 + 300/0). "Heavenly King Black Highlander! And thanks to the Flare Resonator, it gains three hundred more attack points!
"All of them heading straight towards your overcompensating Ogre!"
Spinning the scythe over its helmet covered head, the Highlander brought its scythe down on the Ogre, slicing it in two and making the demon explode into several embers that crashed into Right and Left's bodies. (RLP: 2500)
"Ya just don't learn, do ya?" Right chuckled with a shake of his head as a powerful flame flared up in front of the Possessor Guardians, forming into the Full Armor Ogre (1600/1600). "Like before, when Big Cannon Ogre bites the dust, we get to summon the Full Armor Ogre from our graveyard, ya know!"
'Great… Well, at the very least its not the Gatling Ogre,' Barron thought with a bead of sweat rolling down the side of his head, looking at the remaining three cards in his hand. "I got nothing else I want to play this turn. So go ahead."
"I'm gonna enjoy this far more than we should, ya know," Right chuckled slowly pulling off the top card from his deck, his eyes following the card's artwork. "And this draw just proved it, ya know!"
"Victory!" Left exclaimed.
"The term - 'Poker Face' mean anything to you two?" Barron asked with a flat look on his face.
"Playing a poker face isn't gonna change how this duel will turn out, ya know," Right retorted fitting a card into his duel disk, making it appear behind his Full Armor Ogre. "Cause now we set one card face down… And have Full Armor Ogre attack your Highlander, ya know!"
With a nod, the larger ogre ran over the field and charged towards the Highlander, firing several bullets that were deflected by the larger fiend's scythe.
"What the hell is this guy doing?" Jack asked raising an eyebrow as the Full Armor Ogre leapt through the air. "Did he just lose his mind?"
"No… He's utilizing his Ogre's effect," Faye answered as the Heavenly King brought its scythe down and cleaved the Ogre in two, making it explode into several flames. "Remember the last time that Full Armor Ogre was destroyed? Those Possessor Guardians know that they can special summon a familiar face from their graveyard…"
Right and Left cringed as the flames hit them… (RLP: 1000)
… But then the flames danced in front of them, forming into the laughing Gatling Ogre (800/800), which seemed to kneel down in a defensive manner, and yet still had two rounds loaded into the tray.
Faye just smirked slightly, "Told ya so."
"Time to end this, ya know!" Right snarled as the two face down cards disappeared, allowing the Gatling Ogre to turn the crank on its side, firing the bullets at Barron.
"FIRE!" Left roared.
Barron quickly pulled a card from his hand and fitted into his graveyard, allowing a powerful black barrier to erupt around his body, sending a large amount of the bullets to ricochet off the barrier, "Not happening! I activate the effect of Yami Kuriboh! Now, one instance of damage is negated and…"
The barrier shattered, allowing the rest of the bullets to crash into him, making Barron stagger back slightly, "U-Unfortunately, I can only block one of those eight hundred shots…" (BLP: 100)
"Grr… Why won't you just give up, ya know!" Right snarled slamming his fist into the wall once more, making more cracks run along it.
"What can I say?" Barron chuckled with a shake of his head. "Whether it comes to getting a girl's digits, saving the world, or even just trying to win a duel… I'm tenacious."
"If that line came from anyone else," Faye muttered out loud. "I'd slap them upside the head for saying that in this situation. But that's Barron…"
"Grr… Turn end, ya know," Right snarled, his eyes trailing towards the card left in Left's hand. 'Even if he does get rid of Gatling Ogre, I've got Battle Fader in my hand to stop any direct attack, ya know. Then, in my graveyard, one of the cards I sent to the graveyard when I first used Gatling Ogre's effect is called Deep Treasure, and all I gotta do is remove it and one monster from my graveyard and I can draw another card during my draw phase…
'And I know I'll get something to beat this kid… I got other burn cards in this deck, and all I gotta do is draw a single one of them and this kid will be eating sewer floor in no time, ya know!'
Quickly drawing his next card, Barron smirked as he lifted his hand up towards the Heavenly King Black Highlander's back, "I wish I could say that this has been fun, you Symmetrical Idiots, but I'm not that good of a liar. I enter my battle phase…"
'He's not summoning another monster?' Everyone thought at the same time…
"And now, I play my trap card!" Barron announced as one of his face down cards flipped up, revealing a trap card that had the Swordsman of Landstar and Jerry Beans Man facing each other in a sun covered canyon, both of them with their weapons drawn. "Defender's Cross!"
"… Defender's Cross?" Jack asked raising an eyebrow. "That's a new one."
"I haven't heard of that either," Faye added as a large aura erupted over the crouched down Gatling Ogre, immediately making it stand up straight with a bead of sweat rolling over its head.
"Just came out," Barron chuckled with a wag of his finger. "And it's a cool trap card that lets me change the battle position of one face up defense monster on my opponent's field during the battle phase, and not only that, that monster loses whatever effect it has until the end phase…"
"… Then why didn't you use that when he summoned Gatling Ogre?" Jack asked with a dulled over look in his eyes. "You could've stopped that damage…"
"Yes, but I'm a man for drama," Barron replied with a shrug. "And having one hundred life points when a person wins… That's the making for a duel worth writing about!"
"Only you could say something like that," Faye moaned with a slap to her forehead.
"Complain about it later," Barron chuckled throwing his hand forward, making his Highlander spin his scythe around before he skidded over the ground. "For now… Heavenly King Black Highlander! There-Can-Only-Be-One Scythe Slash! End this duel!"
"N-Now hold on a second, ya know!" Right yelped as the Highlander began to bring down its scythe.
"… Loss…" Left sighed loudly
The scythe sliced through the Gatling Ogre, making the metallic fiend explode into a pair of explosions that rocked the entire sewer and sending smoke billowing through the entire underground. Both of the Possessor Guardians yelped out loudly, "ARRRRRRRRGH!" (RLP: 0)
Slowly, the holographic smoke began to disappear, showing Barron standing tall with a large smirk on his face, "Now… Open that door, and let us out of this sewer!"
Both Right and Left coughed out loudly, both of them waving what little smoke was in front of them, "Yeah, yeah, ya know. Yeesh, we get promised to be out in the sun, and now we're stuck in a damn sewer, some real change, last time we really believe anything that Xue Yin says…"
"Xue Yin," Faye questioned trotting over to Right and Left. "You two… Tell me, where the hell is she?"
Both Right and Left smirked wildly.
"Intriguing…" Left mused as he dug his claws into the lock.
"If ya really want to know," Right snickered also digging his claws into the lock. "Then just keep going, it shouldn't be too long till ya see that blue skinned slave driver, ya know."
And like that, the lock disappeared. Moments later, both Right and Left close their eyes, and the door began to open up, revealing that there was a long hallway that was well furnished, and well lit as well. Down the hall was a fancy elevator, its doors golden and with a red rug directly in front of it.
"… Let's go," Faye growled walking through the opened doors.
"… Hey, I won the duel," Barron stated as he followed with Jack walking along next to him. "Shouldn't I get some sort of congratulations?"
"Just hurry up, you two!" Faye hissed making chills run up both Barron's and Jack's spines.
Jack turned towards Barron and whispered, "Man, you Shadowchasers are weird…"
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Card Stats
Lancer Archfiend / Dark / LV. 4 / ATK: 1600 / DEF: 1400 / Fiend/Effect: Activate only when a monster you control declares an attack with an opponent's Defense Position monster. If your monster's ATK is higher than your opponent's monster's DEF, inflict he difference as Battle Damage to your opponent's life points.
Description: A demonic knight dressed in purple and gold armor with a skull adorned helmet and a pair of lances covering its hands.
Stranger's Compensation / Normal Spell / Effect: Send 1 non-effect Monster from your side of the field to the Graveyard to activate this card. Draw 2 cards.
Image: A scared bone with a pair of jewels in them.
Defender's Cross / Normal Trap / Effect: Activate only during the Battle Phase. Select a face-up Defense Position monster that your opponent controls and change it to Attack position. That monster's effect(s) is negated until the End Phase of this turn.
Image: The Swordsman of Landstar and Jerry Beans Man staring each other down with their weapons drawn.
These cards will be released in Starstrike Blast
Akashic Record / Normal Spell / Effect: Draw 2 cards. If either of the cards drawn have been played during this duel, they are removed from play.
Image: A Tyrannosaurus Rex's fossil remains with several runes written upon them.
This card was used by Johan Anderson in the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime when he was possessed by Yubel.
Gatling Ogre / Fire / LV. 3 / ATK: 800 / DEF: 800 / Fiend/Effect: You can send 1 face-down card from your Spell & Trap card zone to the graveyard to inflict 800 points of damage to your opponent.
Description: a large daunting Ogre dressed in a large dark brown and gray overcoat that covered most of the ogre's body, save for its blue head and dark blue hair. There were multiple rotating gun barrels on its stomach, a crank on its right waist, and a gravity feed ammo slot for its left arm while there was a simple mechanical arm that just waved there
Full Armor Ogre / Fire / LV. 5 / ATK: 1600 / DEF: 1600 / Fiend/Effect: When this card destroys an opponent's monster by battle, inflict 1000 points of damage to your opponent. When this card is sent from the field to the graveyard, you can Special Summon 1 'Gatling Ogre' from your graveyard.
Description: reveal a large, bulky, trenchcoat-wearing fiend with a gas mask covering its face. The fiend lifted both of its arms up, revealing a large pair of guns where its hands should've been
Big Cannon Ogre / Fire / LV. 7 / ATK: 2400 / DEF: 2400 / Fiend/Effect: This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card cannot be Special Summoned except by Tributing 1 'Gatling Ogre' while there is a 'Full Armor Ogre' in your graveyard. Double all Battle Damage this card inflicts to your opponent. When this card is destroyed, Special Summon one 'Full Armor Ogre' from your graveyard.
Description: A larger, nastier looking ogre, dressed in a gray military uniform with longer arms and having three large cannons mounted over its horned head
The preceding three cards were used by Lotten in the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's anime.
Revolver Cannon / Equip Spell / Effect: This card can only be equipped to a FIRE attribute 'Ogre' monster. Once per turn, during your first main phase if the equipped monster is in attack position, you may destroy one face up monster on the field (a monster destroyed with this effect is considered to be destroyed as a result of battle). During the turn this effect is used, the equipped monster cannot attack.
Image: a large mounted cannon with the Gatling Ogre seated at the controls
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Every draw…
Every passing moment…
The group gets closer and closer to the source of all the troubles in Las Vegas, and, with each step they take, the dangers grow stronger.
Next time, another person steps up to the challenge in the place of a Shadowchaser…
Will he be able to succeed to buy the others some time?
Find out next time!
Draw 38
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