Lance's party proceeded through the city following Gabriella's win over The Unfriendly Amazon moving in the direction that the amazon had pointed them towards whilst keeping an eye out for the amazon's allies, after an hour of searching they stopped for a rest in an abandoned house near the docks.
"Are we even sure that this king is one of the liches Zipharn seeks to revive?" Gabriella asked as she sat down on a table with her arms crossed. "I know the map led us to the cave above the city, but we might not have ended up here if Adrienne had watched where she was going."
"The staircase seemed safe enough at first glance." Adrienne defended herself as she walked up to the shorter woman. "How was I to know that we'd get dropped into the city like that!"
"At least I had a soft landing." Lance commented with a sheepish grin and Adriene gave him an annoyed look. "Seriously though, how far did we fall exactly? It's not like we took that much damage."
"By my estimation we fell about ten feet, just based on guesswork off course." Sophia responded with a shrug as she turned to the other duellists. "As for how we get out, let's just hope that there's another portal that'll take us out of here."
"And let's hope for Lance's sake that he doesn't land atop a naked half-elf prostitute as she's getting gang-banged by Half-Orcs again." Dmitri deadpanned as he folded his arms and Lance laughed nervously as a sweat-drop rolled down his head. "Seriously comrade, I would've thought you'd know from dating Chloe for so long that you usually have to buy a woman dinner first before you land on them like that, especially in the position you landed on Adrienne."
"Funny." Adrienne responded sarcastically as she folded her arms, whilst the boys and Sophia talked among themselves Adrienne turned to Gabriella. "You know, I watched the Italian Nationals last year and I could've sworn you used a deferent deck in that tournament."
"Had a feeling this would come up." Gabriella chuckled before shaking her head. "I run four decks, two for more casual tournaments and the others for major tournaments like the nationals, Battle City or this tournament, the deck I used against the Amazon, in a regular duel, is a burn/heal deck but Fire Princess's deck master ability took it to another level, whilst I do plan on using my other, beast oriented deck, during the tournament my burn deck will be my main one."
"You do realise that the deck master level system might screw you over, oui?" Adrienne asked with a raised eyebrow and Gabriella nodded.
"After Sophia announced it following the first session I started looking into lower level and higher level monsters with similar deck master abilities to Fire Princess, unfortunately there aren't that many." Gabriella admitted as she brushed some hair behind her ear. "If I do find myself in a situation where I'm forced to not use Fire Princess as my deck master, I'll switch to the beast deck, I don't want to leave anything to chance."
"Hopefully, that works out for you, unfortunately I only have my Naturia deck to fall back on." Adrienne admitted with an annoyed sigh as she leaned back. "That's already bitten me on the ass before, when I lost the French National Championships, hopefully it won't cost me this tournament."
"Hopefully." Gabriella nodded before they spotted Sophia walking away from the boys. "Off to check in with Rachel?"
"Yeah, I won't be that long." Sophia nodded as she turned to Gabriella before walking off.
*in the HUB area*
As Sophia stepped into the hub Rachel's face appeared on the screen ready to give her report, Sophia made herself comfortable before motioning for Rachel to start.
"First some relatively good news from the mainland." Rachel stated as she cleared her throat and Sophia frowned as she caught on. "Jenny McQuaid's family has heard your offer to foot the bill for her medical expenses, your accountaint might have a heart attack over it but they readily accepted, looks like they plan to fly her back to Scotland for further treatment once she's recovered enough to travel."
"And since England still has the NHS, they won't need my pay-check for the expenses." Sophia nodded as she folded her arms. "There's some bad news to come as well?"
"Two more eliminations, different parties this time." Rachel nodded as she loaded up the profiles for two male duellists. "Daniel "Danny-Boy" Rogers, he got that nickname because he plays in a metal band when he's not duelling, he got eliminated by the Insect Queen in a real nail biter."
"Yeah, I heard of him, before this tournament he came in third in the Pennsylvania regionals, coincidentally eliminated by Ariana." Sophia nodded as she thought back to that tournament. "And the other one?"
"Richard "Richie" Reed, another American duellist who was eliminated by Two Headed King Rex and his dino army." Rachel nodded as his profile was highlighted. "How the designers managed to get a duel disk onto that thing and Insect Queen I'll never know."
"Might have to watch the footage myself later, just to see how it was done." Sophia chuckled before shaking her head. "Danny and Richie are free to remain on the island if they wish, hopefully they won't end up like Jenny, how are the other parties doing progress wise?"
"Not much excitement so far but the session is still young, Chloe's party has left the castle and the others are progressing nicely." Rachel responded before something came up. "That didn't take long, Andreas's party are closing in on their next Destiny Orb."
"Any negative effects from Jade's possession?" Sophia asked and Rachel shook her head. "Keep me updated, frankly I'm surprised Jade was still up for competing after her possession but since she was the last person to duel, I'm assuming someone else will take that guardian on."
"Should be interesting, considering who the guardian is." Rachel nodded as she typed away. "And who we got to voice him."
"He may be retired from duelling but he's still willing to help out." Sophia nodded before she turned to leave. "He always was a great guy anyway, even if he can't escape certain aspects of his reputation."
*elsewhere in the world*
Andreas's group had reached their destination by now which wasn't that far from the location of Lance's group, however their journey took them in the opposite direction from the port town.
"Okay, we made it to the druidic settlement." Andreas commented as he glanced around their surroundings, the settlement seemed to be deserted from what they could see which confused the party. "Annastriana's village was more populated than this, what's going on?"
"Could be bandits got here before we could." Jade responded as she shrugged her shoulders before the Australian woman spotted movement out of the corner of her eye. "Or not, you can come out! We mean you no harm!" Jade called out to the figure she saw and sure he emerged from the shadows revealing himself to be The Legendary Fisherman (5/1850/1600). "Considering how close to the water we are I'm surprised that I was expecting anyone else."
"Well met my friends, you must be here to collect your destiny orb." The Fisherman greeted them, and the party shared a look as they recognized his voice almost instantly. "I trust that you've already visited a settlement?"
"Yes, we visited Annastriana's village before we came here, we already have their destiny orb." Andreas responded with a nod as he looked over the fisherman. "The Legendary Fisherman voiced by Mako Tsunami I doubt I'll encounter anything more meta in my entire career as a duellist." Andreas thought as he folded his arms. "By the way, where is the rest of your village?"
"We may be druidic by culture but by trade, we are all fisherman." The Fisherman explained as he motioned to the ocean behind the village, sure enough now that they were looking for them the party could see at least a dozen fishing boats out at sea. "We provide fresh produce to both the surrounding villages and the port town, however due to our peaceful nature we are often the target of bandits and other evil doers, I had to be sure that you were trustworthy before I approached you."
"That explains the secrecy." Jade commented before frowning. "But we do have a job to do, and as the head of the tribe I'm assuming you're the only one who can give us the orb?"
"Correct, and to earn that orb you must defeat me in combat." The Fisherman added as a sea green duel disk appeared on his arm. "Who will serve as my opponent?"
"I will." Chakra responded as she stepped forward and sized up The Fisherman. "The Legendary Fisherman is a relic of a bygone era, and that's me being polite, he shouldn't be too…..." Chakra trailed off as the French woman felt her stomach rumble as did the others. "I told you we should've eaten at the tavern!"
"What perfect timing." The Fisherman responded as he motioned to the sea and the party looked up, sure enough the other fishermen were bringing in their catches. "It won't do you any good to duel on an empty stomach, come, join us for the feast!"
"Agreed." Chakra nodded in agreement as The Fisherman walked off to help prepare the fish. "But as hungry as I am, I must confess that I want this duel sooner rather than later, the wait shouldn't be that long though."
*a bit later*
Despite their simple lives and ways of cooking fish, the party had to admit that the druids were as good at cooking the fish as they were at catching them, in other words, they were pros.
"I guess Sophia's standards for food in this tournament extend to the virtual world as well." Andreas thought as he finished his meal as did Chakra, Jade, Raven and Zach. "That was delicious, but I'd rather get going as soon as possible."
"Agreed." Jade nodded as the party turned to The Legendary Fisherman. "So, we got some information from Annastriana's tribe about how bad things were going for them, what about you guys?"
"As I said before, our village is a popular target for bandits but lately they have been quiet." The Legendary Fisherman responded with a nod before he finished his meal. "We are pacifist by nature, but we have an alliance with another tribe, a tribe of warriors who keep the bandits in check for us."
"Just to check but they wouldn't happen to be holding onto a destiny orb as well, would they?" Jade asked and The Legendary Fisherman shook his head.
"No, they don't, the last I heard was that they were thinking about joining an alliance of tribes." The Legendary Fisherman responded as he shifted his weight. "If that does happen, it'll only mean greater protection for us but only if we join that alliance and we value our independence."
"I would say that it sounds like a win/win situation but it's not my place to say." Andreas thought as he finished his food. "Come to think of it, didn't Chelsea mention that her quest was about uniting tribes? I wouldn't be surprised if her party comes this way." Andreas thought before turning to The Legendary Fisherman. "Now that we've eaten, shall we get to the duel? I know Chakra is eager to get started."
"Off course, it is better that we don't delay this any longer." The Legendary Fisherman responded with a nod before he stood up and beckoned for the other duellists to follow him. "I shall take you to our sacred battle site." The Legendary Fisherman added, and the other duellists nodded before standing up and following The Legendary Fisherman out of the village.
*elsewhere in the world*
Sophia was watching this go down from another HUD area with her arms crossed whilst Rachel continued to monitor the progress of the other parties.
"Andreas's party is proceeding nicely they should be the ones to beat in this tournament." Sophia thought before glancing over at Rachel. "Anything I should know before I head back to my party?"
"Not really." Rachel responded as she shook her head before a notification popped up on her screen. "Scratch that, we've had another elimination."
"A third one already? The heard is thinning out faster by the day." Sophia commented as she shifted her weight. "What do we know?"
"It was a female duellist this time." Rachel responded as she loaded up the duellist's picture. "Her name is Savannah Parks and she came in third in the Texas regionals."
"Another shocking elimination, Texas is one of the most competitive American regions in the sport." Sophia commented with a raised eyebrow as she looked over the Texan duellist. "Any details?"
"She was part of Jenny McQuaid's party, they must've hit off well because I remember her being devastated when you informed the competing duellists of Jenny's injuries." Rachel responded as she shook her head sadly. "It likely devastated her enough to drastically affect her performance as a duellist and she was defeated by a low level NPC."
"Based on that, it's like I would've had to remove her from the roster even if she had won." Sophia reasoned with a sad sigh as she read over Savannah's profile. "I knew Jenny's injuries would have a knock on affect with the rest of the duellists, but I expected Chelsea to be the worst affected."
"You and me both." Rachel nodded in agreement before she resumed her work. "Usual stuff about Savannah being free to remain in the island?"
"Yes, but since she was friends with Jenny, I think it's only fair that we allow her to travel to the mainland to visit her and come back." Sophia nodded in response before thinking of something. "Extend that same offer to Chelsea as well."
"I was about to suggest that! Great minds think alike." Rachel chuckled before she resumed her work. "I'll keep you updated on any further developments."
"See that you do, I have a tournament to get back to." Sophia nodded before leaving the HUD area. "Seven eliminated duellists and some of them where the best in their regions, this is proving to be a tough tournament but the subject of removing Savannah from the roster makes me think about doing the same to Ariana if her mental health gets any worse." Sophia thought as she re-joined the others. "Hopefully, it won't come to that."
*back with Andreas's group*
It had taken the party the better half of an hour to follow The Legendary Fisherman to the area, but they remained close to the shoreline, eventually The Legendary Fisherman stopped moving and started looking out towards the ocean.
"Err, okay, where's the battle site?" Chakra asked as she tapped her foot impatiently and The Legendary Fisherman remained silent. "Are you ignoring me? This place looks the same as all the other places…" Chakra trailed off as The Legendary Fisherman suddenly dove into the water. "If your saying that I need to race you, I can't swim!"
"Great, you scared off the druid!" Jade responded as she shook her head with a facepalm, and Chakra turned to her. "How are we supposed to earn the destiny orb now?!"
"How was I supposed to know that he'd jump in the…..." Chakra trailed off as a huge tidal wave came up behind her and the bard had just enough time to turn around before she got soaked, the rest of the party were far more lucky, as they were far from the coastline and managed to stay dry. "You know, I was initially annoyed that Jason wasn't in my group." Chakra commented once the wave had rescinded revealing that not only was she completely soaked but her long hair had fallen out of its ponytail revealing it to be waist length. "But now I'm glad because he would never let me live this down!"
"Apologies but I needed my mighty steed!" The Legendary Fisherman's voice rang out and Chakra looked out towards the water, sure enough The Legendary Fisherman was now riding the shark from his card artwork. "For obvious reasons I can't ride him on land."
"There are so many dirty jokes I could make about that." Chakra thought as she started squeezing the water out of her hair and drying her clothes with a spell. "You could've warned me first."
"If I had warned you then I would've risked scaring off my mount." The Legendary Fisherman responded as Chakra walked up to the shoreline and activated her duel disk. "Don't let the old tales fool you, sharks are normally docile creatures, and only three species are known to attack humans."
"Maybe but I came here to duel, not be lectured about sharks." Chakra responded as she activated her duel disk and the Deck Master selection screen came up. "I take it that your serving as your own Deck Master?"
"Indeed, which gives you a selection of level five monsters or lower." The Legendary Fisherman nodded, and Chakra went over her options.
"I guess I lucked out with my first duel of the tournament." Chakra thought before she made her selection. "But I have all I need right here!" Chakra thought as a green, muscular genie appeared next to her. "My deck master is La Jinn, the Mystical Genie of the Lamp!" Chakra announced as La Jinn folded his arms (4/1800/1000).
"A fine choice but in straight up combat, I would barely beat your deck master." The Legendary Fisherman responded as they drew their opening hands. "Ladies first, it's the least I can do for making you so wet."
"Again, so many dirty jokes I could make about that." Chakra thought as she went over her hand, before she did anything however, she realised that she was missing something. "Did anyone see where the hairband that was keeping my hair up went?" Chakra asked as she turned to the other duellists.
"Nope." Jade responded with a shrug and Chakra frowned. "You look better with your hair down anyway."
"Says the woman who I've never seen with her hair down." Chakra retorted before turning around and noticing the hair band by her foot. "Okay, that definitely wasn't there before."
"It washed out to sea when the tide rolled back out." The Legendary Fisherman called out to her and she picked it up, it was soaking wet for obvious reasons and Chakra quickly started drying it out. "You're lucky that I spotted it, a few minutes later and it would've been far away from our duel."
"I'll keep that in mind as I summon Chain Genie in attack mode!" Chakra announced as she played the card and a shorter genie than La Jinn appeared on the field though it was still muscular (4/1300/1000). "We'll get to its effects later, in the meantime I set two cards facedown and I activate the Field Spell Silver Dungeon!" Chakra announced as she played the card and the scenery changed to a silver dungeon which to Chakra's surprise extended out to the ocean giving the dungeon a small lake in one section. "Please take your time with your move." Chakra added as she started tying her hair up in the ponytail. "Having hair this long makes it a pain to tie back up."
"I'll take that to mean that it's my move." The Legendary Fisherman nodded before he drew his card and went over his hand. "I activate my Deck Master's ability!"
"Already?" Chakra asked with a raised eyebrow as she continued tying her hair up. "And that does what exactly?"
"It's called Terror from the Deep, and with it I can summon at least one Level Five or higher Water Type Monster to my side of the field, this counts as my normal summon so count your blessings." The Legendary Fisherman responded, and Chakra started to get nervous as he picked up a card. "I summon the mighty Kairyu-Shin in attack mode!" The Legendary Fisherman announced as a massive blue sea snake emerged from the ocean with a roar (5/1800/1500).
"Wait, what?!" Chakra asked nearly dropping her hair band in shock when she saw the outdated monster. "I thought The Legendary Fisherman was an outdated relic but at least he has a proto Watt style effect, Kairyu-Shin is just a normal monster that may as well be a level four monster, why would he waste his deck master's ability on that thing?!"
"I see that your confused by my choice of monster." The Legendary Fisherman continued as Chakra finally fixed her hair into the ponytail. "But my deck master ability comes with another effect! Any monster that I summon through that effect must attack directly this turn or be destroyed during the end phase, unfortunately for you that same ability lets me bypass your genie and attack you directly!"
"Oh shit." Chakra cussed under her breath before glancing at her facedown cards. "They won't stop the attack, but I can get a combo going."
"Kairyu-Shin, attack her life-points directly my mighty beast!" The Legendary Fisherman commanded, and the massive sea snake lunged forward towards Chakra.
"I activate my facedown cards in this order, Chain Heal and Pot of Chains!" Chakra announced as her facedown cards flipped up. "First Chain Heal softens the blow from your sea serpent by granting me five hundred life-points." Chakra added as her life-points increased to 8500. "Next Pot of Chains will allow me to draw one card for each Spell speed that it is activated at, in this case two." Chakra added before drawing two cards.
"Unless you have Battle Fader among those cards you drew, it won't do you much good against…..." The Legendary Fisherman trailed off as several chains ensnared Kairyu-Shin. "What?!"
"You were saying?" Chakra asked cockily as she flipped from hair over her shoulder. "This is one of the effects of my Silver Dungeon in action, when a chained effect occurs that doesn't include the activation of Silver Dungeon, it puts chain counters on an opposing monster and how many depends on the Spell Speed." Chakra explained before smirking. "And Kairyu-Shin will lose one hundred attack points for each chain counter."
"Impressive, but you've forgotten one thing." The Legendary Fisherman responded, and Chakra blinked in confusion. "Your Chain Counters do nothing to prevent my attack."
"Oh, right." Chakra grimaced as she braced herself and whilst Kairyu-Shin's attack points dropped to 1600 it was still quite painful for Chakra when it rammed its head into her chest bringing her life-points down to 6900 knocking Chakra off her feet in the process. "I suppose now's a good a time as any too…"
"Err, Chakra?" Jade called out to her and Chakra turned around realising that not only had her ponytail come lose again but Jade was holding up the hairband. "How about I just hold onto this for the rest of the duel, if you stop to fix your hair every five minutes then the session will be over by the time the duel ends." Jade added and after some hesitation Chakra sighed in resignation before standing back up.
"I expect that back when I do win this duel!" Chakra responded as Kairyu-Shin returned to The Legendary Fisherman's side of the field. "Why is it so much easier to keep my hair tied up in the real world? I would ask Theresa but her hairs considerably shorter than mine." Chakra thought with an annoyed huff before motioning to Chain Genie. "As I was saying, it's time I revealed Chain Genie's effect! When I take damage from a monster that has Chain Counters on it my Genie will gain one hundred attack points for each chain counter."
"That's still not enough to bring down my mighty serpent." The Legendary Fisherman pointed out as Chain Genie's attack points went up to 1500. "And I have far deadlier beasts waiting in the waves!"
"Good, I would've been worried if Kairyu-Shin was the strongest card in his deck, for his sake off course." Chakra thought before folding her arms. "Are you done?"
"I set two cards facedown and end my turn." The Legendary Fisherman responded as he set the two cards and Chakra drew her card.
"Chain Genie has other effects, but I'll reveal them when I'm ready." Chakra thought as she went over her hand. "I summon Combo Fighter in attack mode!" Chakra announced as she played the card and the red haired fighter appeared on the field ready for battle (4/1600/800). "Any battle between my fighter and your serpent would be a draw…..."
"Which is why I can't let it stay on the field! I activate The Wrath of Poseidon!" The Legendary Fisherman announced as his facedown card flipped up depicting the palace from A Legendary Ocean being besieged by an army of Mermails. "Since I control a Water attribute monster this Trap Card negates your monsters summon and destroys it!"
"I was hoping to save this, but he's left me with no other option." Chakra thought before motioning to La Jinn. "In response, I activate my Deck Master's ability! As there is one monster on the field with Chain Counters and I'm activating it at Speed Spell 2 or higher, La Jinn's effect will negate your trap card's activation and destroy it." Chakra responded as the wave soared over the coastline to engulf Combo Master, but La Jinn floated in front of the other monster before forming a protective barrier around the other monsters and Chakra protecting them all. "That wouldn't have been the first time you made me wet today, but I'd rather get wet with my female companions!"
"Err, phrasing?" Andreas chimed in and Chakra blushed like a madwoman when she realised how sexual that sounded. "I thought you were in a relationship with Jason?"
"I am!" Chakra asserted as she ran a hand down her face and spun around to face her companions. "Besides, why would I be attracted to a tall, dark and handsome man with a six pack who I've never seen with a shirt on and I'm not helping my case, am I?"
"Not at all." The Legendary Fisherman's clearly amused voice rang out and Chakra turned around. "Besides, I'm flattered but I'm a married man, you would've seen my wife preparing the feast earlier."
"Your wife's one lucky lady." Chakra commented with a grin as The Legendary Fisherman returned to his previous spot, however once his back was turned, she facepalmed. "I just spent the past five minutes gushing over how attractive the male character from a Duel Monster's card is, I guess this is how most men feel when they do the same for any female monster! Jason's never letting me live this down if I tell him!" Chakra thought before shaking her head. "Furthermore, since another chain has occurred."
"My serpent gains two counters." The Legendary Fisherman nodded as Kairyu-Shin's attack points dropped to 1400. "Which means you can destroy my monster!"
"That's the plan! And since a chain link of two or higher occurred during my first main phase, Combo Fighter gets two attacks!" Chakra added as Combo Fighter glowed. "And the first is directed towards your monster! Combo Fighter, attack Kairyu-Shin!" Chakra commanded and the fighter got a running start before leaping up and kicking Kairyu-Shun in the head bringing The Legendary Fisherman's life-points down to 7800. "The second effect of my dungeon activates, since Kairyu-Shin had four Chain Counters on it you must mill that many cards from your deck."
"Very well." The Legendary Fisherman nodded as he milled the four cards from his deck, he took a moment to retrieve them from his graveyard to see what was milled before nodding. "Are you going to attack directly with Combo Fighter?"
"That's the plan! Combo Fighter, follow it up with a direct attack!" Chakra commanded and the warrior dived right at The Legendary Fisherman.
"Then allow me to put a stop to your plan! I activate my trap card Torrential Reborn!" The Legendary Fisherman announced as his Trap Card flipped up and to Chakra's shock Kairyu-Shin emerged from the depths once more to block Combo Fighter's path. "As you can see, this brought back my destroyed Kairyu-Shin with his original attack points intact but that's not all because Torrential Reborn inflicts five hundred points of damage for each monster brought back this way!"
"I'm about to get soaked again, aren't I?" Chakra deadpanned and The Legendary Fisherman nodded before Kairyu-Shin sent a jet of water from his mouth at Chakra completely soaking the French Woman and bringing her life-points down to 6400. "If I had known that I'd get this wet during my first duel of the tournament, I would've picked a bathing suit as my costume and gone with the Water Genesi race!"
"If it's any consolation, I would've enjoyed that view." Jade responded as she tried not to laugh, and Chakra gave the Australian woman an annoyed look as she dried herself off again. "At least you won't get a cold or hypothermia as a result."
"True enough I suppose, when I signed up for this tournament that was not something I was expecting to experience." Chakra deadpanned as she squeezed the water out of her hair. "Back to the duel, since I don't want to lose any more life-points I'll call off Combo Fighter's attack." Chakra announced as Combo Fighter returned to her side of the field. "I set two cards facedown and end my turn." Chakra announced and The Legendary Fisherman drew his card. "How is he beating me with such an outdated card?!" Chakra thought as she glared at Kairyu-Shin. "If it was something like Amphibian Beast, I'd feel a bit better because at least that thing is a decent level six beat stick!"
"Focus Chakra and you will win." Chakra's duel spirit partner, Iris, The Earth Mother (6/2400/1200), responded as she appeared next to Chakra. "And we'd have a much better time of it if you had chosen me as your deck master."
"Like I said, I'm saving you for the finals." Chakra responded before glancing over at The Legendary Fisherman. "Your taking your sweet time with your move, aren't you?"
"Any great strategy needs time to prepare." The Legendary Fisherman responded as he picked up a card. "But I won't keep you waiting any longer, I activate Moray of Greed! Now I can shuffle two water monsters in my hand back into my deck and draw three cards." The Legendary Fisherman added as he picked up two cards, shuffled them back into his deck and drew three cards. "I activate A Legendary Ocean – Atlantis's Empire!"
"Guys, can our next duel be as far away as possible from the coastline?" Chakra deadpanned as the tidal wave came up again but before anyone could respond the wave raced over them transporting them to a vast underwater city. "I swear if I don't develop a fear of water from this duel I'll be surprised." Chakra thought before The Legendary Fisherman swam up on his shark now being on Chakra's level. "I'm familiar with A Legendary Ocean but not this new version."
"I'll keep this quick, like the original this card doubles as Umi and reduces the levels of all Water monsters in my hand by one." The Legendary Fisherman responded as he picked up a card. "However, it also increases the attack points off all Water type monsters I control by five hundred and makes it so that they can't be targeted by a card effect, rendering your Silver Dungeon's effect useless."
"And taking away the main power of my deck." Chakra responded as her eyes narrowed and Kairyu-Shin's attack power went up to 2300. "Thankfully, my deck's improved enough to the point where I don't need to rely on Silver Dungeon exclusively for it's power, still getting rid of this Field Spell would help." Chakra thought as The Legendary Fisherman played a card. "Dare I ask what your about to play?"
"I'm glad you asked, I summon Amphibian Beast through my Deck Master Ability!" The Legendary Fisherman responded as he played the card and the huge, terrifying fish man appeared on the field ready for battle (6/2400/2000). "Why wouldn't I just sacrifice Kairyu-Shin to summon this mighty beast?" The Legendary Fisherman asked rhetorically as Amphibian Beast's attack power went up to 2900. "Because if I had, this next move wouldn't as effective, I activate my Spell Card Rage of Kairyu-Shin!"
"No thanks, I've had enough of that thing for one day." Chakra responded with a nervous gulp as The Legendary Fisherman's two monsters lunged forward and destroyed Combo Fighter and Chain Genie. "What did you just do?!"
"As long as Umi is active on the field, Rage of Kairyu-Shin targets and destroys your monsters up to the number of level five or higher Water Type Monsters I control." The Legendary Fisherman responded before smirking. "And to make things worse for you, the zones those monsters occupied can't be used on your next turn."
"In other words, if we both had a full field, I'd be up shit creek without a paddle." Chakra grimaced as it dawned on her and The Legendary Fisherman nodded. "Thank god his Spell Card doesn't target Spell/Trap Cards!"
"Chakra, please know that I take no pleasure in this." The Legendary Fisherman continued before pointing to Chakra. "But I have a duel to win! Kairyu-Shin, Amphibian Beast, attack her life-points directly!" The Legendary Fisherman commanded, and the two beasts charged towards Chakra ready to deal a lot of damage to her life-points.
"I'm good at maths in general but I don't need to be a mathematician to know that this is going to hurt, a lot." Chakra responded before one of her facedown cards flipped up. "Thankfully, I won't have to endure that! I activate Mirror Force!" Chakra announced and The Legendary Fisherman's eyes widened as the two water type monsters struck the infamous mirror destroying them both. "Destroying two old fashioned monsters with a card that's almost as old as them, poetic, isn't it?"
"Perhaps, but I'm not done attacking." The Legendary Fisherman responded, and Chakra looked up seeing that a ghostly pirate wielding a sword in each hand had replaced Amphibian Beast. "I must thank you because if it weren't for Silver Dungeon Piwraithe the Ghost Pirate (4/1500/500) would've never ended up in the graveyard without me summoning him first."
"Piwraithe? Wow, that has to be the worst Duel Monster name I've heard in my career as a duellist." Chakra thought as Piwraithe's attack power went up to 2500. "Okay, going up to two thousand I can understand thanks to your field spell but where did the extra five hundred attack points come from?"
"I'm glad you asked, because Piwraithe gains one hundred attack points for each Water Type Monster in my graveyard." The Legendary Fisherman responded as he held up his graveyard. "Aside from Piwraithe, your dungeon put three monsters in my graveyard and your Mirror Force just sent another two to Davy Jones' Locker!" The Legendary Fisherman added before pointing to Chakra. "Now to pick up where I started, Piwraithe, attack her life-points directly!" The Legendary Fisherman commanded, and the ghostly pirate charged forward…
"There's only one man I go down that easy for and that's my boyfriend!" Chakra blurted out only to instantly regret it as she blushed like a madwoman. "I meant in a duel, not in the bedroom!"
"I'd sooner believe that kangaroos are capable of Space Flight." Jade chuckled and even Raven was barely suppressing a chuckle at Chakra and Jade's comments. "And I probably just gave Sophia an idea for an archetype!"
"I'll believe that when I see it." Chakra responded as her other facedown card flipped up. "But my Negate Attack trap card will protect my life-points from further damage!" Chakra added as Piwraithe's swords hit upon the invisible force-field. "And there's no do-overs this time because Negate Attack also ends the Battle Phase!"
"Indeed, I set one card facedown and end my turn." The Legendary Fisherman responded as he set the card and Chakra drew her card.
"I could question how we're able to breath, much less talk, underwater but it's probably not worth putting that much thought into it." Chakra thought as she drew her card and looked at it. "I can't use my middle and fourth zones thanks to his Spell Card, thankfully that still leaves me with three other zones to work with." Chakra thought before playing a card. "I'm feeling generous, so I activate Spellbook inside the Pot!"
"So, we both draw three cards? That's fine by me." The Legendary Fisherman nodded as they both drew three cards.
"On one hand, if I can get rid of Piwraithe then he might be out of options." Chakra thought as she went over her hand. "On the other hand, he could've been lucky enough to get two Pirwraithes into his graveyard thanks to my Dungeon, not exactly comfortable with the fact that Silver Dungeon has backfired on me in this duel!" Chakra thought before picking up the three cards she had drawn. "I set two cards facedown and a monster in defence mode." Chakra announced as she set the three cards. "Your move."
"Very well." The Legendary Fisherman nodded before drawing a card and playing a card he drew with Spellbook. "I summon Glacial Beast Blizzard Wolf in attack mode." The Legendary Fisherman announced as he played the card and a wolf seemingly made of ice appeared on the field with a howl (4/1400/700). "But don't get used to my new monster, I activate Spiritual Water Art – Aoi! I tribute my wolf so I can look at your hand and send one monster from your hand to the graveyard."
"Thanks, but no thanks, I happen to like my hand the way it is." Chakra responded as her facedown card flipped up. "And thanks to Seven Tools of the Bandit, it's negated, all for the mere cost of a thousand life-points." Chakra added before her other facedown card flipped up. "But why stop the chain there? I activate Pot of Chains again!" Chakra added before drawing two cards as her life-points dropped to 5400 and Spiritual Water Art – Aoi shattered. "Obviously, you get to keep your wolf, but for how long?"
"We'll see, won't we? And thanks to my Field Spell his attack points are up to nineteen hundred." The Legendary Fisherman pointed out as his wolf's attack increased to 1900. "And they are directed at your facedown monster, Blizzard Wolf, attack her monster and clear the way for Piwraithe!" The Legendary Fisherman commanded, and the wolf lunged forward…
"You know, if I wasn't in a tournament I'd leave and take my luck to Vegas." Chakra responded as she played a card straight from her hand. "Because Pot of Chains allowed me to draw into Mystical Space Typhoon!"
"No!" The Legendary Fisherman yelled out as a typhoon came in and destroyed his Field Spell leaving only Chakra's dungeon in tact and reducing Piwraithe's and Blizzard Wolf's attack points down to two thousand and fourteen hundred respectively, then Chakra's facedown monster was revealed to be Emperor Sem (4/1300/2000) causing the attack to fail and reducing the Fisherman's life-points to 7400. "Very clever but your monster's meager defence won't hold for long."
"I would ask in what world does two thousand defence points count as meager but with all the tricks this guy has pulled, I wouldn't be surprised if he had more heavy hitters waiting in the wings." Chakra thought before smirking. "At least I finally drew first blood." Chakra thought before glancing up at The Legendary Fisherman. "Can I take my turn yet?"
"Go ahead." The Legendary Fisherman nodded after going over his hand and Chakra drew her card.
"Okay, time to make my comeback." Chakra thought before playing the card. "I sacrifice Emperor Sem to summon Silver Chain Knight!" Chakra announced as she played the card and Emperor Sem vanished from the field to be replaced by a tall knight in silver armour that had chains wrapped around it (6/2500/1200). "I can only summon this monster with Silver Dungeon on the field, for reasons your about to find out because I can banish one quick play spell card from my graveyard to allow him to attack twice!"
"Oh no!" The Legendary Fisherman cried out as Chakra pocketed Mystical Space Typhoon and pointed to Piwraithe.
"First things first, Silver Chain Knight, attack Piwraithe so I no longer have to hear it's horrendous pun of a name!" Chakra commanded and the knight charged forward before decapitating the pirate ghost with his sword and bringing The Legendary Fisherman's life-points down to 6900. "And I'm not done! Silver Chain Knight, attack his wolf!" Chakra commanded and the knight turned his sword on the wolf destroying it and bringing The Legendary Fisherman's life-points down to 5800. "It's a slight lead but I have turned this duel around."
"Perhaps but it's far from over!" The Legendary Fisherman responded before holding up Piwraithe's card. "Unfortunately, you'll have to hear Piwraithe's name one last time, as I summoned him through his effect he is banished once is leaves the field."
"That's fine by me, I figured a card like that would have some kind of drawback." Chakra nodded as Silver Chain Knight returned to her side of the field. "Speaking of drawbacks, if I use Silver Chain Knight's effect on the same turn, I summon him he can't attack the next turn, so don't fret if you fail to draw a monster! I end my turn." Chakra announced and The Legendary Fisherman drew his card.
"I activate Foolish Burial at Sea!" The Legendary Fisherman announced as he played the card and started going through his deck. "With this Spell Card I can send two Water Type Monsters from my deck to the graveyard in exchange for my Normal Summon this turn!"
"So why not just use Foolish Burial?" Chakra asked with a raised eyebrow and The Legendary Fisherman grinned.
"I have my reasons, such as the fact that it allows me to render one monster you control unable to attack on your next turn if I have a card with the name "Umi" in it's text, and I target your knight." The Legendary Fisherman responded and Chakra frowned as her knight doubled over. "That concludes things for me, now take your move!" The Legendary Fisherman added, and Chakra's frown deepened before drawing her card.
"I can't attack with my knight, but I do have other monsters at my disposal." Chakra thought before playing a card. "I summon a second Combo Fighter!" Chakra announced as she played the card and the red haired fighter returned to the field. "My knight can't attack but the same doesn't apply to my Combo Fighter and he's itching to finish what he started earlier! Combo Fighter, attack his life-points directly!" Chakra commanded and the fighter lunged forward.
"He'll have to wait a little longer! I activate the effect of Blizzard Wolf from the graveyard! Since it's your battle phase and he's in my graveyard I can bring back my wolf one last time." The Legendary Fisherman announced as Blizzard Wolf returned to the field. "Like Piwraithe he will be banished the moment he leaves the field."
"Then allow me to send him packing." Chakra responded and The Fisherman shook his head.
"I'm afraid not, Blizzard Wolf's effect negates the attack, so no replay occurs." The Legendary Fisherman responded, and Chakra frowned.
"Take your turn." Chakra growled and The Legendary Fisherman drew his card. "I bet my family's personal wealth that he used his Spell Card to send another Piwraithe to the graveyard and he'll be stronger than before if that's true."
"But not as strong as your knight." Iris reminded her and Chakra nodded.
"True but knowing him he likely has a few ways to power him up." Chakra thought before The Legendary Fisherman switched Blizzard Wolf to defence mode and motioned for her to take her move. "That's it?"
"I got a dead draw, it's your move." The Legendary Fisherman nodded, and Chakra raised an eyebrow before drawing her card.
"If that's not a bluff then I'll be surprised." Chakra thought before looking at her drawn card. "I activate Chain of Events, since I have Silver Dungeon on the field this will allow my monsters to inflict piercing damage for the rest of the turn."
"Impressive but even if you attack twice it won't be enough to end the duel." The Legendary Fisherman responded and Chakra grinned.
"Well for starters, I never said I was done." Chakra added before playing her third Pot of Chains and drawing twice. "Oh, and by the way? Since that was a chain my Combo Master gets to attack twice!" Chakra added as Combo Master glowed. "And I'll banish Pot of Chains to allow Silver Chain Knight to attack twice." Chakra added as she pocketed the card. "In other words, this is over."
"We'll see!" The Legendary Fisherman responded, and Chakra frowned.
"Yeah, I don't trust your graveyard." Chakra commented as she played a card. "So, let's empty it out a bit with Soul Release which allows me to banish up to five cards from your graveyard!" Chakra added and The Legendary Fisherman lowered his head before allowing his graveyard to be displayed to Chakra. "Just as I thought, you sent another Piwraithe to the graveyard with Foolish Burial at Sea, well, I can't leave that in the graveyard so I'll get rid of that, Amphibian Beast, Kairyu-Shin, that other monster you sent to the graveyard and Wrath of Poseidon!"
"Very well." The Legendary Fisherman nodded as he pocketed the five cards. "Congratulations on your win Chakra!"
"Thanks, and after this I'll be happy if I don't see water for the rest of the day, Silver Chain Knight, Combo Fighter, finish it!" Chakra commanded and the two monsters launched their respective attacks, first the knight took out Blizzard Wolfe and then the rest of the attacks followed bringing his life-points down to zero. "That was too close."
"Agreed." Jade nodded as she walked over to the younger woman and passed her the hairband, Chakra took it and started fixing up her hair again. "Hey, where'd he disappear to?" Jade commented and Chakra glanced out towards the ocean and realized that The Legendary Fisherman was gone.
"Maybe he's gone off to meet us closer to the village…." Chakra trailed off as she spotted another wave coming up and quickly got Jade and herself out of the way before either woman could get soaked, when they looked up they saw that the Fisherman had returned and with him came a Destiny Orb.
"My apologies but the Destiny Orb was at the bottom of the ocean, I had to go retrieve it." The Legendary Fisherman commented before handing it over to Jade. "Meet me at the village and we'll discuss your next destination."
"So long as it's far away from water, I won't complain." Chakra nodded before they headed back to the village.
*back at the HUD*
"Impressive, The Legendary Fisherman is one of the tougher bosses in the game." Sophia commented with a nod as she watched the conclusion of the duel between Chakra and The Legendary Fisherman. "Not the toughest but certainly one of the tougher ones."
"Considering Mako is one of the nicest duellists from Yugi's era and one of the few guys who no one has anything bad to say about, it's fitting." Rachel nodded in agreement before checking her monitor. "Nicola's group is near its next Destiny Orb."
"Keep a close eye on them, after what happened during Ariana's duel, I don't want to take any chances with them." Sophia nodded with a frown on her face before leaving the HUD. "Hopefully, it'll go off without a hitch, now then, Kangaroo Space Cowboys, how can I make that a serious archetype?" Sophia thought as she re-joined her group.