"Destroy me? How humorous." Said Draegor dryly. "Though I do not wish to fight you if it can save me some time. Perhaps we could reach an agreement?" He offered.
"Certainly. Leave the country this instant and we will stop our advance on you." Carder declared.
"As much as I would love to, I am indebted to a certain individual. Therefore I cannot honor your request." The masked man sighed. Then, a sudden chill clunge to the air around everyone. "So if you wish to continue to stand in my way, then I will have no problem removing you from my sight." Draegor's chilling tone reached the two men, freezing them in place. "I challenge you to a Duel to which the loser must yield to the winner." He challenged.
Seravis and Carder looked to each other and nodded. Seravis spoke up. "We accept your Duel, Demon. If we win, you will leave the country this instant."
"And if I win, then you two will not hinder my progress into your city." Said Draegor with an irritated breath. "Bella, I request that you sit this one out." He ordered the elf.
"What? Why?" Bella asked, sounding insulted.
"I can sense that these two will be much more difficult to manage, and using you against them would not work well, especially if you got severly hurt." Draegor explained.
"But we fought against King and we beat him!"
"Yes, however, King is different from these warriors. It can be a little harder to anticipate what they will do. Besides, what would Lilly think of me if I let you get hurt for no reason." He added on and Bella went quiet.
"Prepare yourself, Demon. Your destruction ends here!" Seravis shouted.
"My name is Draegor. You will do well to remember it." The cloaked man grumbled.
"We won't need to once we've be rid of you."
"Then do not hold back, and entertain me well." Said Draegor with the most horrible laughter Bella had ever heard.
"I'll start things off by equipping myself with the 'Legendary Sword'." Said Seravis as his new sword formed in his other hand. "I get a 300 ATK and DEF boost thanks to this thing here." He added proudly.
"I will pass my turn, so make your move, Demon." Carder declared as he braced himself with his weapon.
"That is the best you can do for your start? How displeasing. I suppose you two will not be able to provide me with the challenge that I wanted, however, I can still enjoy myself for a while." Draegor sighed in frustration.
"What are you talking about? The Duel only just begun." Seravis protested.
"It has. So why do we not see how it ends, yes?" Draegor said. Carder and Seravis could feel him glaring at them through his mask. "I Summon 'Drill Barnacle'." He chanted and a blue summoning circle appeared. From it rose a sea creature covered in magenta-colored drills and tentacles wriggling from where its mouth would be.
"What is that thing? It only has 300 ATK. You couldn't have summoned a weaker monster if you wanted to." Seravis laughed.
"Then you can be the one I personally show off its effects to. Attack, my 'Drill Barnacle'. Puncture Seravis' armor!" Draegor ordered and the creature zoomed to Seravis and stabbed him with its drills. The warrior stepped back a bit from the impact looking shocked.
"Seravis? Are you alright?" Carder asked.
"How come your Monster is still alive after that attack? It should've killed itself!" Seravis proclaimed.
"My 'Drill Barnacle' has the unique effect to attack directly, so against a Duel-less like you, your life force was the only thing it attacked, not you." Draegor revealed with a light chuckle. "And that's not all. If my creature damages you from a direct attack, it then gains an additional 1000 ATK." He added on.
"That means it'll have 1300 ATK and it can still attack our life force directly." Said Carder gritting his teeth."
"Precisely. Next I'll Set these two cards and end my turn."
"My move, and I think I'll take out your 'Drill Barnacle' myself as payback for attacking me with such a weak Monster." Seravis declared and charged Draegor's Monster.
"I now activate my 'Scrap-Iron Scarecrow'." The masked man chanted and a crude scarecrow made of metal scraps formed in front of the 'Drill Barnacle', taking the attack for it.
"What the-?" Said Seravis wide-eyed.
"This Trap allows me to stop any one attack, then it will re-Set itself."
"A Trap that resets itself? I've never heard of such a thing." Carder looked on surprised.
"That is because there are very few Traps with that ability." Draegor stated.
"Well it doesn't matter if it can reset itself. You won't be able to activate it a second time this turn." Carder said as he charged the 'Drill Barnacle' himself. With his spear he stabbed the Monster, puncturing its shell and destroying it with ease. "Your creature… is no more." He said with a quick laugh.
"Way to go! Now he can't use it again to raise its ATK anymore." Seravis cheered.
"You have one this battle, though not yet the war. Only a fool celebrates before victory is achieved." Said Draegor in a dark tone.
Both Seravis and Carder suddenly gasped. "How is your life force all the way up to 7500?!" Said Seravis, panicked as he pointed at Draegor.
"Simple. When you destroyed by 'Drill 'Barnacle', I lost 500 of my life force, bringing it down from 8000 to 7500." The masked man explained.
"But that would mean," Carder started, "you're a Master Duelist!"
"Carder." Said Seravis, looking to his comrade. They both nodded, then Carder pulled out a bow and quickly fired a unique-looking arrow into the air. It suddenly caught fire when released and whistled loudly through the air.