Hiccup and the others were watching the duel between Eret and Wrinkly and it wasn't going well for Eret.
Wrinkly: 3500
Eret: 900
"On more round and that key is mine," said Wrinkly.
"You don't know what you're saying, Wrinkly," said Ert weakly.
"The Wrinkly you knew is long gone."
Eret looked up at him. 'I promise to save him and I'm not going to give up. Somewhere under that evil mask is my friend.'
Wrinkly merely laughed. "Eret, your eyes betray you. They're telling me you're losing hope and that you're beginning to doubt your own convictions. Then again who could blame you? If I failed my father I would be insecure also."
Eret glared. "You're the one who's going to fail and deep down I think you know it," he said as he got back onto his feet. "You see when you look into my eyes use are a reflection of yourself. I'm on to you, dude. You're the one that's afraid."
"Wrong again. I only know the outcome thanks to one simple word, destiny."
"Face the facts some things in this world can't be predicted."
Wrinkly shook his head. "Spoken like a true fool."
Eret narrowed his eyes. "Oh yeah? Well if you know so much about the future then I'm sure you can see that this fool is not giving up."
Wrinkly smirked. "Fine. Then go."
'All right, I've got one drawer left before I'm toast so I better make this count.' Eret then reached for his deck. "This is for my teacher."
Eret then drew and looked at the card he drew. He then held it out with was a spell card and had the image of Desire standing in a laboratory. "I activate Demon Experiments. Now all I have to do is choose Demon Knight from my Graveyard and remove it from the game. Then I can pick out another one from my grave and summon it to the field."
Eret then removed his Gluttony from his Graveyard. "I choose Demon Knight Dishonesty!"
Then appearing on the field was a Demon Knight with a very dishonest look on his face took on a defensive position. He had a blood red cape running down his shoulders, spikes on his gauntlets at his face was half hidden with a helmet with horns. (ATK: 400/ DEF: 200)
"And that's not all whenever my man is summoned from the Graveyard I'm allowed to draw two more bad boys from my deck," said Eret as he drew his two extra cards. "And next I summon my Despair."
His gloomy looking Demon Knight then appeared on the field in a defensive position. (ATK: 400/ DEF: 600)
"And you might have guessed that he is not here to spread goodwill, he is here to spread despair," said Eret. Despair then raised his hands and said a sonic wave at the World and it vanished from the field. "Not to worry, you'll see him again in two turns. You look pretty surprised for someone who knows everything about the future."
"Good one!" Hiccup smiled. "You tell him!"
"Next it's time for a little spell action," said Eret as he inserted the card spell and trap zone. "With my Demon Formation!" Suddenly appearing on the field was a spell card with the image Demon Knights looking over a map. "Now whenever you destroy a Demon Knight let's just say there will be a price. So just try, let's see how confident you really are."
"Way to play! Show that carnival freak, whose boss," Fishlegs cheered. He then quickly looked at Hiccup. "No offence."
"This is getting good," said Wartihog.
Wrinkly on the other hand did not look impressed. "Is this your big plan, Eret? I should hope not a few monsters in defence mode, some weeks spell cards? You can't expect to save the world with that. Just give in. If you really want to help your people then give me the key so I can show them the Light and then there's choice B: fight me and fail again."
Wrinkly then laughed and Eret narrowed his eyes.
"All right, I see you have a thing for failure. So let us continue, ready to lose and suffer?" said Wrinkly as he drew. "First I activate Necro Sacrifice. So that means two monsters appear on your side, but don't get too excited because there's a downside. Once I removed these two monsters from my Graveyard I can summon one that even more powerful to my side of the field. So, I think I'll give you my Empress and Emperor." Then appearing on Eret's side the field were Empress and the Emperor. "And because I'm nice you can choose their mode."
Eret grimaced. "Fine. Defence mode."
Wrinkly didn't look surprised. "How boring, but I'm not surprised."
The Emperor is an emperor then took on defensive positions on Eret's field. Then there card appeared above their heads and began to rotate.
Eret looked at his two new monsters. "If their heads up I get their abilities, but what if their upside down?"
Wrinkly smirked. "You're about to find out."
Suddenly there card stock upside down.
"Come on," Eret groaned.
"Can't you see, it's your destiny to fail Eret," said Wrinkly. "Since the Empress is upside down each time a monster summon to my side one of your card goes to the Graveyard. But there's more, just look, the Emperor is upside down as well. Therefore both of your new monsters become 500 attack points weaker." (ATK: 1300-800), (ATK: 1400-900)
"He can't catch a break. This is just from ridiculous," said Wartihog.
"Talk about bad luck," said Fishlegs.
"I said this was a one-sided match," said Ragnar.
Eret glared.
"And now it's time that you meet the newest addition to my arsenal. For I can finally summon this card, my Arcana Force XV," said Wrinkly holding out a card.
Eret's eyes widened. "The Fiend. That card."
Eret remembered when Wrinkly told him about his future and remembered how the card he flipped was the Fiend. 'The Fiend card that Wrinkly just played represents the evil that controlling him.'
Soon the white vapour shot out from the ground and began to take form and change into a monstrous looking creature with sharp tentacles, three eyes and what appeared a brain in a jar. (ATK: 2500/ DEF: 2500). The card above it then began to rotate.
"Now don't forget, because of the Empress you must send a card to the grave," Wrinkly reminding. Eret then took a spell card which had a picture of Nightmare creating a powerful burst of energy. "Now let's see what fate has in store."
The card then stopped upright and Eret glared.
"It's upright, who could have predicted that?" Wrinkly sneered. "Oh, wait. Me."
The Fiend then raised its tentacles and destroyed the Emperor and a split second later Despair was destroyed as well. Or so his Demon formation card glowed the moment Despair was destroyed.
Wrinkly laughed. "Did I mention his special ability? When my Fiend attacks you another monster on your field is destroyed and then the player who control the monster loses 500 points."
The Fiend then slammed one of its tentacles right into Eret.
Wrinkly: 3500
Eret: 400
"Once a failure, always a failure," said Wrinkly.
"Since Wrinkly destroyed one of his Demon Knights is Demon formation gains a Demon Counter," said Hiccup looking at Eret's continuous spell card.
Eret then fell to his knees.
"Have I told you nothing," said Wrinkly. "Every event in our lives is predetermined. Trying to change destiny is pointless, that key is meant to be mine. Along with your whole planet." Wrinkly then made his way over towards the key. "Eret why don't you think your father created that card? Because he was destined to so I could use it to rebuild planet Earth with the power of Light. Now hand it over!"
"You can't!" Hiccup yelled.
Eret looked at Wrinkly. 'Maybe he's right. Maybe this was meant to be and fighting destiny is pointless.'
Hiccup attempted to move the intercept Wrinkly, but found himself unable to move a muscle. "Hey, I'm stuck."
"Me too," said Fishlegs.
"Me three," said Wartihog.
"Wrinkly is using the power of the Light of Destruction to keep it at bay," said Ragnar struggling.
"Eret!" Hiccup yelled. "Remember your promise!"
Eret found his younger himself walking through a heavy rainstorm with an umbrella looking for Wrinkly.
"Wrinkly?" Eret called. He then came to a stop when he saw Wrinkly kneeling in the wet grass. "There you are! Is everything all right?"
Wrinkly turned on his face was dark and his eyes were glowing red. He then suddenly transformed into the Fiend and Eret screamed.
Eret returned to reality and found Wrinkly standing above the key. "Wrinkly?"
Wrinkly laughed. "Eret, I told you Wrinkly is gone. His body is simply a hose for the Light of Destruction."
Wrinkly then reached down to the key.
"Wrong," said Eret, but his voice sounded the two people are speaking at once. "I'm right here."
Wrinkly looked up and stared. "Who's there?"
"Surprise," said Eret, who was crying on one side of his face. "Me."
Wrinkly backed away to his original position on the duelling field. "But I—how? I destroyed you!"
"Guess again," said Eret as he drew and the spirit of Wrinkly's good side appeared behind him. "I sacrifice Dishonesty to summon Demon Knight Envy."
Dishonesty then vanished from the field and in his place stood tall female Demon Knight with green armour. (ATK: 2100/ DEF: 1200)
"Now for her special effects," said Eret. "By sacrificing a monster Envy gains 1000 extra attack points."
Empress then vanished from the field and Envy began to glow. (ATK: 2100-3100)
"Now take out his Fiend with Sword of Envy!"
Envy then ran across the field and then jumped into the air. She then slammed her sword right into the Fiend destroying it.
Wrinkly: 2900
Eret: 400
"And after Envy attacks she switches to defence mode," said Eret as Envy place herself in a defensive position. "So much for destiny."
Eret then brushed away the water exiting his right eye. "You ready old pal?"
"Eret!" said Eret, his voice sounding like two people speaking at once.
Eret found himself much younger and standing in the middle of a forest as rain poured down. 'I need you to concentrate.'
Eret then returned to his normal agent turned to find Wrinkly standing there holding an umbrella.
"Is this some kind of dream or something?" Eret asked. "When I was duelling I could have sworn that I felt you helping me."
"It's true, Eret," said Wrinkly. "I've been with you for some time now."
"So what do we do?" Eret asked. "And where exactly are we anyway?"
"This place is merely a lost memory," said Wrinkly.
Eret frowned. "Of what?"
"Of the day you when I met for the first time. Here deep in your subconscious the Light of Destruction is unable to reach us. When I was young both me and Selena lost parents during World War II and we were forced to live on the streets.
"I have always been gifted seen the future and I use that gift to help us survive. We ended up wondering from place to place using my fortune-telling skills to earn a bit of money. Eventually I married and had a beautiful daughter, Valka. Then when Duel Monsters started to kick off I began my own agency and train promising young duellists.
"And that is how you when I met. When I first laid eyes on you I knew that you were special and that is why I told you my darkest secret that one day I would be corrupted by evil."
"But I'm here to save you," said Eret.
Wrinkly nodded. "I know."
"Don't tell me you feel guilty, because you've helped me out of million times. Take my duelling, you gave me the courage I needed to be a Pro you taught me to believe in my deck and myself. So, I guess in a way you kind of rescued me also."
"That is true," Wrinkly nodded.
"Of course it's true," said Eret. "I wouldn't be where I am if it weren't for you. So, wipe off background. Come on, let's show them what a little teamwork can do."
Wrinkly nodded. "You're right. But what if the Light is too strong? If we lose I could never forgive myself especially after the grief I caught above my daughter and grandson and you."
"You once thought I could beat destiny," said Eret looking up at him. "What do you say we put that theory to the test? Well, you in?"
Wrinkly nodded. "I'm in."
They then heard a deep laughter and the wind began to pick up. Suddenly the trees in front of them turned into white vapour began to take form of the Light of Destruction.
"You've just taken another step into the Light," it said.
Eret then found himself back to reality and he began looking around.
"Wrinkly?" he called.
The evil Wrinkly was laughing in front of him. "That coward is not here. My move," he said as he drew. He then held out the card he drew. "And so I play this my Reverse Reborn spell. Now I can choose any Arcane Force monster that in my Graveyard and then I can summon it to the field. Now, who shall I pick? How about your old friend Arcana Force XV—The Fiend?"
Then appearing on the field was the Fiend yet again.
"Again?" Eret moaned.
The Light of Destruction then appeared around it's body and Eret noted that its card was upside down.
"Now when it attacks every monster on the field is destroyed," said Wrinkly.
"You can't?" Eret yelled.
"I disagree," said Wrinkly.
The Fiend vanished from the field and then reappeared behind Envy. It then wrapped its tentacles around her and seconds later the two of them turned into pixels. Eret's Demon formation spell card then glow for a split second.
"I'll end my turn by placing this facedown," said Wrinkly as he inserted a card in his spell and trap card zone. "Tell me, Eret. But lost soul that hide in your mind is he planning on stopping by? If so tell him that his body is staying here with me for all eternity."
Eret's eyes widened.
The good Wrinkly was still deep within Eret's memories then suddenly he saw his evil version appear in front of him with a bright white aura surrounding him.
"Hiding inside a memory?" he said. "How creative. There's just one problem, your brain belongs to me now as do your thought. There is no escape so just jointly and this world will be ours."
Eret then appeared and grabbed Wrinkly's hand. "Don't listen to a word he says. He's evil and when we win you get you'll your body back from him. But until then stay right here my mind will keep you safe from the Light."
"But how?" Wrinkly asked.
"Trust me. If you stick with me we can defeat destiny."
The evil Wrinkly found themselves being cast out.
The good Wrinkly nodded at Eret. "I trust you. Now let's fight."
Back in reality, evil Wrinkly glared.
"So be it," he said. He saw the good Wrinkly's spirit standing next to Eret. He then looked at his hand, but he was more focused on one card. 'Once I unleash this that spineless fool will regret taking Eret's side.'
"Our move," Eret and Wrinkly together as they drew.
"Oh boy, anyone have a clue what's going on?" Wartihog asked.
Fishlegs shook his head. "Uh, that a negative."
"I think Wrinkly's good side has somehow entered into Eret's body," said Ragnar.
Hiccup looked at him. "You think?"
"It's the only thing that makes sense."
"Before you get carried away remember two rounds ago you sent my monster into the future," Wrinkly reminded. "Well, it seems the future has arrived. So come back Arcana Force XXI—The World!"
The World then appeared behind him in attack mode.
"Oh great," Wartihog moaned. "Well, there goes the neighbourhood."
"You may have the World, but I've got Dragon Knight Wisp in attack mode," said Eret.
Then appearing on Eret's field was a creature made of some sort of gas. (ATK: 0/ DEF: 0)
"And since you destroyed two of my Demon Knights I can activate my Demon Formation," said Eret gesturing to his spell card. "Now all I have to do send this spell card to my Graveyard and I can take two more Wisps from deck and place them in my hand."
Eret looked through his deck and pulled out two more Wisps. "And now I'll activate their special ability. Now for each Wisp I send to my Graveyard my Wisp counts for one extra sacrifice. So, if I send two of them…"
"That counts as three," Wrinkly finished.
"You're a regular mathematician, ain't you?" said Eret as he sent his Wisps to his Graveyard. "With three sacrifices I can summon a card that was stolen from my dad."
"No way," Hiccup gasped.
"My new pal, the unstoppable Demon Knight Vengeance!" Eret yelled.
Wrinkly gasped as Vengeance appeared on the field. (ATK: 2000/ DEF: 0)
"Impossible," said Wrinkly.
"I'm afraid there's it's true," said Eret. "Vengeance, is make where he belongs. What an appropriate end. The card that brought you here is the same one that's going to send you back where you came from."
Wrinkly merely laughed. "That card is nothing more an empty shell. I have a home in the body of your mentor."
"Don't make yourself too comfortable," said Eret. "Because you won't be there for long once I do this. I activate Vengeance's special effect. So I can steal half of the attack points of one of your monsters. And I think I'll chose the World!"
Wrinkly gasped and watched as a powerful vortex merged from Vengeance's dark crystal. The Wrold vanished and was absorbed into the crystal. Wrinkly saw the World trying to escape, but to no avail. (ATK: 2000-3550/600)
Wrinkly glared.
"By the way, I have another card that belongs to my dad too, Demon Vengeance!" said Eret holding out his Demon Vengeance card. He then placed the card face up on top of his deck. "As long as this spell card stays based up on my deck my Demon Knight Vengeance special effects stay active, but the special abilities of your monsters don't.
"The only downside is I can't draw any more cards, but thanks to Vengeance and Demon Vengeance I don't need any. Oh yeah, and I hope you didn't plan on using any spells or trap, because they're useless against me too."
Wrinkly glare got more intense.
"Eret's got the upper hand," said Fishlegs.
"And then some," said Ragnar.
"With a card like Vengeance how could he not?" said Hiccup.
"Now Vengeance attack is life points directly with Vengeful Soul!" Eret commanded.
Vengeance then fired a powerful dark theme from his crystal and it headed straight towards Wrinkly.
"Your attack is cancelled thanks to my Temperance," said Wrinkly holding out Arcana Force XIV—Temperance to his Graveyard. "All I have to do is send plated in my Graveyard."
A bright white aura covered Wrinkly and the attack went right past him.
"Oh no," said the good Wrinkly.
"Relax, dude," said Eret. "I've got a plan. I remove Demon Burst from my Graveyard to activate its special effect. In shorting out in the Graveyard was the same card that he was forced to discard due to the Empress' special ability. "Now I can choose any monster on my side of the field and decrease its attack points by 1000. After that it gets to attack twice."
"It what?" Wrinkly stared.
Vengeance prepared itself to attack again. (ATK: 3350-2550)
"Ready, Vengeance?" said Eret. "Attack him again!"
"With Vengeful Soul!" Eret and good Wrinkly yelled.
Vengeance then fired his sole blast once again and this time it struck Wrinkly with a powerful force. It was so powerful that smoke covered his entire field.
"Now that's what I'm talking about," said Hiccup.
Wrinkly: 350
Eret: 400
"Now for my final move," said Wrinkly as he drew, still hidden from the smoke. "I'll start by activating The Material Lord and The Spiritual Lord."
His two face down card and reveal themselves forming a red and blue column of light.
"Then I'll add the Sky Lord," said Wrinkly holding out the spell card he just drew. Suddenly a green column of light appeared.
"The time has come to see the Light," said Wrinkly. Suddenly his hair stand on end and his face darker and more evil-looking. He then spoke and it sounded as though two people were speaking at once. "Didn't I tell you… you can't run away from your destiny?" He then held out the only card left in his hand. "Well, be hold the fate of the entire human race. I sacrifice my three Lord pillars to summon the most powerful creature in my deck… Arcana Force EX—The Light Ruler!"
Suddenly there was a bright light emerging from the card he was holding.
"No way," said Hiccup, who was shielding his eyes.
The three pillars then collided with one another and the light grew ten times as big. "By the power of the Light you shall be reborn!" Wrinkly yelled.
Suddenly emerging from the light was a large mechanical creature with two mechanical dragon head on its shoulders. (ATK: 4000/ DEF: 4000)
The light then slowly began to consume the field and Eret could do nothing to stop it.
"Eret!" Hiccup yelled. Eret looked at him. "Stay strong!"
"Thanks a lot, Hiccup, but I'm done," said Eret as the light grew close and close it towards him. "This fight is in your hands now! Good luck, Hiccup!"
The lights then consumed him.
"Eret!" Hiccup yelled.
Eret found himself within the light dome and saw the corrupted Wrinkly in front of him.
"Touching, but he'll join you soon enough," he said. "Along with the rest of the world."
Eret looked at the good Wrinkly before the two of them were consumed by a large burst of light which destroyed Vengeance.
"This is it," said Eret to the good Wrinkly.
"Farewell," he said before he vanished.
Eret then closes eyes.
Wrinkly: 0
Eret: 400 (Winner!)
The lights then faded and Hiccup and the others just stood there. Eret was completely pale and was barely able to stand.
"Check it out," said Hiccup. "He is as white as a ghost."
"Eret! Please tell me you're all right!" Hiccup yelled.
Wrinkly merely laughed in a monstrous way.
Demon Knight Dishonesty
ATK: 400/ DEF: 200
Level 1
DARK
Warrior/ Effect
This card is treated as a Fiend-Type while face up on the field or in the Graveyard. If this card is special summoned from the Graveyard, draw two cards.
Demon Knight Wisp
ATK: 0/ DEF: 0
Level 1
DARK
Warrior/ Effect
This card is treated as a Fiend-Type while face up on the field or in the Graveyard. When you have a face up Demon Knight Wisp on your side the field you can send this card from your hand to the Graveyard and the selected monster is counted as another sacrifice.
Demon Experiments
Spell Card
Remove from play 1 "Demon Knight" monster in your Graveyard. Select 1 Level 4 or lower "Demon Knight" monster in your Graveyard, and Special Summon it.
Card image: Desire standing in a laboratory.
Demon Formation
Spell Card
Each time a face-up "Demon Knight" monster(s) you control is destroyed, place 1 Demon Counter on this card for each of those monsters. When you Normal or Special Summon a monster during your Main Phase: You can send this card with 2 or more Demon Counters to the Graveyard; add up to 2 'Demon Knight' cards from your Deck and/or Graveyard to your hand.
Card image: Demon Knights looking over a map.
Demon Burst
Spell Card
Activate only when your monster's attack has been negated. By removing this card from the game you can lower the attack points of one of your Demon Knight cards until the End Phase. The selected card is able to attack twice during this Battle Phase.
Card Image: Nightmare creating a powerful burst of energy
