"All right...we have 5 enemies left. Time to figure out who goes next." Yaoyorozu said, dropping the die as it landed on 12.
"Larxene…" Jexi said.
"Oh yeah. I remember her." Francisca said.
"Gotta admit, she was quite a nuisance back in Arendelle." Ace said.
"She was even more of a pain at Castle Oblivion." Rainbow said. "They don't call her the Savage Nymph for nothing."
"Given her combat prowess and agility, she's quick on her feet like a ninja." Jade said.
"Don't worry...we'll be taking care of this." Zan said as she, Flamberge and Francisca stepped up.
"Of course, we'll leave it to you three then." Ace smiled.
"Let's do this, Franny! Zan!" Flamberge said.
"This combination should be interesting. Let's show her how strong we are together!" Francisca said.
The three of them headed on in. The scenery took on a hall in Castle Oblivion as Larxene stood on the other side. "Strike! Foudre!" she called out as her knives appeared in her hands.
"So she uses lightning...in that case, it's probably best I don't try any elemental attacks." Zan said.
"Don't worry, Zan. Berge and I have you covered." Francisca said.
Larxene smirked and laughed as she seemed to duplicate herself as she dashed around, attacking the sisters with knife throws and lightning.
"A sort of cloning technique?" Zan pondered.
"She didn't use that the last time I fought her." Francisca said.
"Hmm...I see...so that's how it works." Zan said as she dashed across the stage, even faster than Larxene could as she grabbed one of the copies and spun her around before tossing her at the other as they collided and merged back into one.
"Nice one, Zan!" Flamberge cheered. "She may be fast, but you're as fast as lighting!"
"Please...I'm much faster than lightning." Zan said.
Larxene just laughed as lightning started to strike in all directions as she moved to pull off numerous hit and run attacks.
"She's changed tactics. Don't let your guard down." Zan said.
Lightning surged around Larxene as she touched up her hair and spread her arms out as she fired beams of lightning orbs in the center as she laughed maniacally.
"Okay….I think we've had about enough of this." Francisca said, touching the ground as she ran around Larxene in a circle as ice walls began to rise behind her before creating a large wall of ice, now surging with the electricity bouncing off it.
"Nice...but...I think it needs to be a little warmer." Flamberge said, warming up the ice as it started to melt. As it splashed on Larxene, she screamed as the lightning surging hit her before she soon vanished into data.
"Nice work, my sisters." Zan said. "Clever thinking there."
"There was no way she was immune to her own electricity." Flamberge said. "Franny and I just gave her a little shock bath."
"Hehehe…" Francisca said. "What can we say...we used her weaknesses to our advantage." she said as they departed.
"Nice work, ladies." Theo said.
"Yes...we're getting closer and closer to the finish." Yaoyorozu said, dropping the die again as it landed on a 10.
"And now it's Luxord." Hope said. "Time to play a little game."
"I remember that guy. He was...pretty interesting, to say the least." Sachiko said.
"He's pretty mysterious, we can both agree to that, Sachiko." Hope said. "He's also probably the nicest Organization Member I've ever met."
"What do you mean?" Megumin asked.
"Well, The Organization didn't so much as fight us as they just… talked to us." Hope said. "It was mostly insults and saying stuff like how we were in the wrong. But Luxord was pretty gentlemanly with us. Well, as much as he could be."
"I found his presence strange as well." Ace said.
"He uses time magic right?" Al asked.
"He does use a sort of time based game...and I think he mainly uses those cards he has to fight." Hope said.
"How interesting." Miriam said. "If it is alright, I would like to be one of the ones to challenge him."
"Sounds fair enough. I'll come as support." Lan said. "Sachiko, you want in on this?"
"Huh? Oh! S-sure thing." Sachiko said.
"Thank you both. Now, let us go." Miriam said as they soon entered the gate depicting a card with the Nobody Symbol.
Upon entering, they arrived in a section of the Castle that Never Was as Luxord stood there. "Start the clock, Fair Game." he said as he drew his cards before retreating into one of them as they scattered across the area.
"Stay calm! Just find the card that contains him and strike it." Sachiko said.
"Yes." Miriam said, her Detective's Eye passively activated to try and sense Luxord's presence. "Where are…" she said before being hit from behind by a card.
"Watch it!" Lan said. "This guy doesn't seem like the type to wait for others to get the upper hand."
"In that case, we'll need to rely on our own senses. Maybe… This one." Sachiko said. She attacked the card as Luxord came out into the open.
"Look who's on top of the game!" Luxord said as he scattered cards all across the battlefield. "Scatter!" he called, warping near them as he launched a few cards towards them.
"Look out!" Miriam called, parrying a few of the cards with Blue Rose.
"Luckily I came prepared." Lan said. "Scrap Iron Scarecrow!" he said as a metal scarecrow took the hit meant for him. "We're not in a good place right now. The entire battlefield is his arsenal right now!"
"Yeah. We can only keep this up for so long before he gets the drop on us." Sachiko said.
"Well we need to think of something. We can't stay on the defensive the whole time." Lan said.
"Time Stone...Standstill!" Miriam called, projecting a field that stopped time. "There...now…" Miriam said before being slashed by another card as Luxord was over her. "Right...he can control time...stopping it won't mean a thing to him."
"Just let us do the hard work, Miriam. We've got this." Sachiko said as she summoned Blade Skater.
"Yeah...I'm done playing defense. Let's go, Junk Synchron. And with its effect, I special summon Junk Servant!" Lan said. "Now! Synchro Summon!" he said. "I tune Junk Synchron with Junk Servant...and synchro summon...Junk Berserker!" he said as a large red monster with a large sword appeared.
Both monsters charged at the cards as they fended them off and started putting off an even match against Luxord.
"Time to bring in the big guns." Sachiko said as she used Polymerization to fuse Blade Skater with Etoile Cyber to make Cyber Blader, whom Sachiko uses Cost Down on. "And now… I summon Fleur Synchron! Now to tune it with Cyber Blader to create my trump card! I Synchro Summon...Fleur de Chevalier!"
Both Synchro monsters stared down Luxord, and the Gambler of Fate smirked.
"It's more fun when you beat the odds." Luxord said gathering cards and throwing them at the two monsters.
"Let's end this." Lan said. "Junk Berserker, send em' to the scrap heap!"
Junk Berserker swung its mighty blade and smashed away Luxord's attack, and his card arena. This opened the way for Fleur de Chevalier to attack.
"It's over." Sachiko said as Fleur de Chevalier finished off Luxord as he vanished into data.
"Heh...nicely done." Lan said.
"Same to you. We made quite a good team there." Sachiko said.
"Well done...to you both." Miriam said, as she slowly stood up, holding her left arm. "I'm sorry I could not be of much help."
"Don't worry about it." Lan said as they headed for the gate. "Though...for the record...relying on stuff like stopping time will always leave the user lacking."
"Yes, that is true. It will not always have an effect on most enemies." Miriam said.
"Yeah...so you gotta figure out alternatives to stopping time." Lan said.
"Alternatives…" Miriam pondered.
"You know… Mix things up a little bit." Sachiko said.
"I see, I think I understand." Miriam said. "I was so focused on one power I have, that I forgot about my other Shardbinder abilities. That is something I must remember." she said as a Blue Butterfly was seen in the distance.