The Burton Parents gave a sign of relief when they saw that the cops had arrived... but then they started to panic again when they saw how ineffective they seemed to be at getting past the barrier keeping Allan in that duel.
"What do you mean 'you can't get in right now'?" Allan's Mom asked/shouted, "Shouldn't there be some standard issue thing that can help you breach a barrier like this so you can get someone out of Danger."
The officer did not look happy as he looked at the duel, "We do, and we have it... but it can't breach these barriers unless the setting on it are right, which always change depending on the source of whatever magical or Cosmic thing is causing the barrier."
Allan's Dad pinched the bridge of his nose, "And because we still haven't figured out why Allan is a Mystic, the origin of this power is unknown and you don't know what settings to use to break the barrier." He verbally concluded, before turning back to the officer and saying "Can you at least Brute force it or something?"
"Trying that as we speak." he said glancing at a couple other officers fiddling around with some sort of device. Before turning back to the parents. "I know this is scary for the two of you, but I assure you, we are doing everything we can to get through this as soon as possible. We won't let this be the last time you'll see your son."
The two parents didn't look particularly comforted by the words, but they did hold themselves back from saying any more about getting through. "One more thing." Mrs. Burton suddenly said, "Right before you all arrived, the boy Allan is dueling summoned that giant monster standing there." She started as she pointed at the monster with a Dragon head for a stomach, "But the words he said implied he thought he WAS that monster. He claimed he 'summoned himself'. Dose that mean anything here?"
It only took a second for the officer to realize what that most likely meant, "For getting through the barrier and your son out of danger? No. For what to do afterward and help prevent a repeat incident? Plenty. Thanks for the tip." He then pulled out his walkie-talkie and spoke into it, "Make sure we are prepared to take the attacker's deck away when we get the chance, Looks like we might be dealing with a duel spirit here. Over." A confirming response came from the other end of the connection as the officer looked back at the duel. They knew what to do for when they got in... but if they couldn't break that barrier, they would have to put faith in Allan's ability to pull out a win.
Mini line break
Allan kept taking some deep breaths... trying to keep his heart rate steady as he now stared at the true form of the Spirit in front of him. Zorc. That was his name. Allan could recall that name from an old Ritual monster which, fittingly enough, had a dice roll effect that got better the lower the result was. This Spirit must have been an upgraded from of that monster. Now if only having that figured out gave him any clue on how to beat this version of the monster.
From high in the sky, the Spirit of Ghostrick Angel of Mischief watched on. "So, Zorc is back again. Guess he never was one to stay down." She muttered to herself as she looked at the Monster having erupted from Rem's body. "But is this the real deal that came from the Egyptian shadow magic? Or just some shadow of him left after he was crushed so many times before?" She then narrowed his eyes as she eyed the trap card on Zorc's field. "Either way, even in this weakened state he was able to form an alternate win condition card, so this kid has his work cut out for him." She then added as she turned toward Allan, before frowning. "But if he fails to beat this guy..."
Allan continued to try and calm himself as he reassessed the field. He had the Ghostricks Jackfrost and Lantern in his hand, ready to block attacks, he had Ghostrick Ghoul, Jiangshi, Vanish and Break all set face-down as well as a copy of 'Ghostrick Angel of Mischief' on his field equipped with 'Mage power' to power it up and 'Ghostrick Mansion' in his field zone. Plus a copy of Ghostrick Go-Round face-up as well. Meanwhile Zorc had 5 monsters on his field, Himself, a 'Shadow Poki of Monster World' a set 'Sinister Dragon of Monster World', and 2 copies of 'Forest Beega of Monster World', one of them set face-down. As well as 'Terrible Realm – Monster World' on the field and a 'The Evil in Monster World' face up with 1 Super Critical Counter on it. Plus 2 cards in his hand, 1 he just drew and a 'Minor Goblin of Monster World' that was pulled to the hand last round. Oh! And a copy of 'Dark Spirit of Monster World' in the GY... Allan had to remember that since it's effect can apparently work in the GY. 'Not the best of situations... but not the worst either. Let's see what Zorc's got.'
Forest Beega of Monster World... Attribute:Dark, Type:Fiend, Level:3, ATK:1200 DEF:1200
Shadow Poki of Monster World... Attribute:Dark, Type:Beast, Level:3, ATK:1200 DEF:1200
Sinister Dragon of Monster World... Attribute:Dark, Type:Dragon, Level:6, ATK:2200 DEF:1000
Ghostrick Jiangshi ... Attribute:Dark, Type:Zombie, Level:3, ATK:400 DEF:1800
Ghostrick Ghoul ... Attribute:Dark, Type:Zombie, Level:3, ATK:1100 DEF:1200
Ghostrick Angel of Mischief... Attribute:Dark, Type:Fairy/Xyz, Rank:4, ATK:2000 DEF:2500
Ghostrick Angel of Mischief... ATK:2000 – 4500
Ghostrick Angel of Mischief... DEF:2500 – 5000
Allan's LP: 6925
Zorc's LP: 4475
Dark Master of Monster World - Zorc... Attribute:Dark, Type:Fiend, Level:10, ATK:3000 DEF:3000
"I'll now Flip summon my set Sinister Dragon and make use of Shadow Poki's effect again." Zorc stated as his Dragon revealed itself again and 2 dice appeared beside him. His voice coming from the monster while Rem's mouth stayed shut. "I now roll 2 dice to add another servant to my hand." he stated as the dice rolled into a 6 and a 4. "This will do, I'll add my last Minor Goblin to my hand." He stated.
'Two goblins in hand? Probably has some sort of hand-trap effect.' Allan thought to himself.
"Now I will sacrifice my set Forest Beega and my Shadow Poki to Tribute summon." Zorc stated as the Poki vanished along with the last set monster on his field. "Show yourself! 'Vassal of Monster World – Diabound!'" he declared as a unique monster with a humanoid upper half, and a snake-like lower half (complete with it's own snake head) showed itself beside Zorc.
Vassal of Monster World - Diabound... Attribute:Dark, Type:Fiend, Level:7, ATK:2400 DEF:1800
"Now it is time I use the first of my abilities." Zorc continued, moving his massive claw-like hand over a now empty monster zone. "Dark Resurrection! Return to me my Gargoyle!" he then stated as darkness came out of his hand, hit the ground, and the gargoyle Allan destroyed last turn showed up again.
Swift Gargoyle of Monster World... Attribute:Dark, Type:Fiend, Level:4, ATK:1700 DEF:1000
"Aw, shoot." Allan commented. Why couldn't that thing stay down?
"Now my Gargoyle uses it's effect." Zorc continued. "So we both roll 2 more dice." he stated as more dice appeared around the duelists that then tossed themselves into the field... good thing the virtual dice vanish after being rolled or else the field would be filled with them by now. Allan got a 5 and a 4. Zorc got a 1 and a 3. "Perfect, you failed to get a total of 4 or less, so the effect goes through, but since my total was under 7, I get to destroy 2 of your spells or traps instead of just 1." The Gargoyle then moved, slashing through 'Ghostrick-Go-round' and one of Allan's set cards, namely 'Ghostrick Break'. "And with those cards down, Mage power's effect weakens."
"Angel is still stronger then you." Allan pointed out.
Ghostrick Angel of Mischief... ATK:4500 – 3500
Ghostrick Angel of Mischief... DEF:5000 – 4000
"That won't be true after my second effect goes off." Zorc stated as 2 more dice appeared beside him. "In exchange for a temporary drop in my own attack points related to the result of this dice roll, I can permanently drop all your face up monsters ATK and DEF by what is left."
"Not good." Allan realized as the dice got cast and rolled into a 5 and a 4 respectively.
"Dark Phenomenon!" Zorc then shouted as his Dragon head of a stomach shot out purple flames that hit Angel head on.
Dark Master of Monster World - Zorc... ATK:3000 – 1200
Ghostrick Angel of Mischief... ATK:3500 – 2300
Ghostrick Angel of Mischief... DEF:4000 – 2800
"Now Diabound is stronger." Zorc stated, "And it will attack! Go! Death Spiral!" He said as his new monster created flames in it's hands and launched them at Allan's only face-up monster.
"I ain't letting that through." Allan stated, grabbing a card from his hand. "When a face-up Ghostrick is attacked, I can summon Ghostrick Lantern from my hand face-down to negate the attack." At that, the Pumpkin mask wearing Ghostrick appeared and blocked the attack headed for the Xyz monster.
"And that was the only monster you had that was strong enough to beat her down." Lantern stated as he shifted to the image of a set card.
"But my Dragon still get's close, and with it's effect, getting close can be good enough." Zorc replied. "Sinister Dragon attacks!" he stated as the Dragon opened it's maw to reveal a big ball of fire. Then 2 more dice appeared beside both duelists once again. "Now my Dragon will boost both of our monster's ATK, for our dice to make them fall by their results." Both duelists cast there dice, Allan got two 3's while Zorc got a 2 and a 5.
"Looks like close wasn't good enough today." Allan said with a smirk, "you needed to get a lower result then me for this attack to pay out in your favor, but that didn't work out."
"Then I guess I better use my third effect to tip the odds back in my favor then." Zorc commented, "Once per turn, when a card effect has me roll 2 or more dice, I can change one of the die results to be a 1. And I think changing that 5 would be a good thing right about now." He then said as the 5 turned over to a 1.
"Oh great." Allan said seeing that happen. Probably should have figured that the boss of a die roll deck could have an effect related to changing the die results to better suit him.
Ghostrick Angel of Mischief... ATK:2300 – 3500 – 2900
Sinister Dragon of Monster World... ATK:2200 – 3400 – 3100
The Dragon's flame breath then destroyed the Xyz monster as Allan braced himself as the heat from the flames hit him. "Mansion's effect still halves the damage." Allan then stated.
Sinister Dragon of Monster World... ATK:3100 – 2200
Allan's LP: 6925 – 6825
"But that Mansion also stops your set monsters from protecting you from direct attacks." Zorc replied, "So My Forest Beega and Swift Gargoyle can charge straight toward your life points." he then stated as both monsters charged.
For a brief moment, Allan didn't see the Gargoyle and Beega attacking... he saw 2 Artifact monsters, and he moved to stop them. "I activate the effect of Ghostrick Jackfrost in my hand! When you attack me directly, I can summon him face-down and force the attacking monster down as well." A small blizzard erupted and the Gargoyle was forced into a shadowy form yet again and the small snowman formed on Allan's field.
"Sorry I can't stop them both." Jackfrost said before running into the mansion as the Beega continued. "but maybe this can help." he said poking his head out again and tossing a carpet that moved on it's own to put itself between Allan the attacking monster, taking the blow and cutting the damage even though Allan still felt the hit.
Allan's LP: 6825 – 6225
"Sadly, I cannot attack the turn I use Dark Phenomenon, so I will have to end my turn here." Zorc stated, "But during the end phase, the power I lost to use my effect is restored. You're Move."
Dark Master of Monster World - Zorc... ATK:1200 – 3000
"I draw." Allan stated as he drew a card with a somewhat shaky hand. 'Card of Demise'... "I activate 'Card of Demise', With no cards in my hand I draw 3 cards...however, you take no damage this turn, I cannot special summon, and during my end phase I must discard my hand." He then declared.
"Oh, getting a little desperate then?" Zorc taunted.
Allan drew 3 cards and saw them, then he glanced off to his side to see Alucard.
"I know stalling doesn't seem like the best strategy when he has an alternate win condition in effect," Alucard admitted "but between that Beega, the dark Spirit in his GY, and Zorc's mere presence, Attacking ain't a good option right now either."
Allan gave a small sigh and nodded, "First I'll flip up the set Ghostricks Lantern and Jiangshi," he said as the two came out of the mansion,
Ghostrick Lantern... Attribute:Dark, Type:Fiend, Level:1, ATK:800 DEF:0
"With this I can use Jiangshi's effect to add up to a level 2 Ghostrick to my hand, I add 'Ghostrick Witch'." He said as the card came out of his duel disk for him to grab, "Then I will set her and 3 other cards face-down." he then stated, emptying out his hand. "After that, I'll use Jiangshi's and Lantern's effects to flip them face down and end my turn. "
"Then my Trap card goes off once again." Zorc stated as 2 Dice appeared beside him and rolled into a 4 and a 1. "And with my Power, I can change that 4 into a 1." He added as the die adjusted itself. "With this, my total is a 2, which is not only the amount needed to gain the max amount of Life points through my card's effect, but I can get a second 'Super Critical Counter' on it as well." At that, a second ball of black and purple flames appeared next to the first.
The Evil in Monster World... Super Critical Counters: 1 – 2
Zorc's LP: 4475 – 6675 – 6475
"Now it is my Turn." Zorc said as Rem drew a card from the deck with Robotic movements. "And I'll flip summon my Gargoyle and use it's effect to have us roll more dice to determine the fate of those face-down cards." At that, another pair of dice appeared by both players. Allan rolled a 6 and a 3, while Zorc rolled a 2 and a 6. "Now I'll use my power to change that 6 into a 1 allowing me to destroy 2 cards instead of just 1." Zorc stated the die adjusted itself and the Gargoyle went forward and slashed 2 of the 3 cards Allan set earlier, 'Spirit Barrier' and 'Quaking Mirror Force'.
"Well, there went those options." Allan stated.
"And the rest will fall soon enough." Zorc stated, "Now I enter my battle phase and attack with everyone I have out... Even if that Mansion of yours is halving all the damage you won't be able to survive forever." He added as Diabound charged up an attack to lead the charge.
"Then I guess it is a good thing I had three cards ready to keep me safe." Allan stated as he pushed a button on his duel disk, "I activate the Trap card, 'Drowning Mirror Force'!"
"What!?"
Water Erupted from around Allan's feet and begun to form a tidal wave headed straight towards Zorc's field "This Trap card card can only be activated when my opponent declares a direct attack... which was your only attack choice since my Mansion was out." Allan began to explain, "And once it goes off, all face-up attack position monsters you control are shuffled straight back into the deck."
"NOOO!" Zorc shouted as the waves upon waves of monsters washed him and all of his servants off of the field.
"YES!" Allan heard Jiangshi exclaim from inside the Mansion. "Now we have an opening to go on the offense."
"I don't think so." 'Rem' stated, "It is still my turn, and while you launched everyone back to my deck, that is exactly where I can summon them from. I activate the effect of 'Terrible Realm – Monster World'!" Zorc declared as two more dice appeared.
"Oh Right, forget I said anything." Jiangshi replied as the dice landed on a 6 and a 3.
"If you insist of using your cards to halt my progress, I'll get rid of them before you can use them. I summon 'Cursed Doll of Monster world'!" Zorc then declared as a new monster, looking like a girls little doll appeared by his field in defense mode.
Cursed Doll of Monster World... Attribute:Dark, Type:Zombie, Level:4, ATK:1000 DEF:1000
"Next I'll banish the 'Monster world Necromancy' in my GY to use it's second effect and add 'Shadow Poki of Monster World' back to my hand, where I can normal summon it." Zorc continued as the smaller monster appeared once again to his field. "And Shadow Poki's effect can let me roll more dice to add another monster to my hand." he added as the dice appeared again and rolled a 4 and a 1. Zorc smirked, "With this I can add my 'Vassal of Monster World – Diabound' to my hand again. Where I can then summon it with the additional Normal summon Shadow Poki provides."
"Fine by me, one monster to get through is a lot easier then two." Allan stated.
"Well, what about 3 then?" Zorc replied, "Since we're in Monster World, Diabound can be summoned without Tributes as long as it's ATK and DEF are cut off by 600."
"Wonderful." Allan said with sarcasm clear in his voice, as the Snake-bottomed monster appeared again.
Vassal of Monster World - Diabound... ATK:2400 – 1800
Vassal of Monster World - Diabound... DEF:1800 – 1200
"Now with Diabound out again, I can use it's effect to roll 2 dice, but if the result is a 4 or more nothing will happen." Zorc stated as a pair of dice appeared beside him, but they rolled a 6 and a 1. It was hard to tell if Zorc was angry at that result, but he continued anyway saying, "Then onto the effect of my Cursed Doll." another pair a dice appeared beside both duelists again. "We both roll 2 dice, and whoever get's the higher result must send cards off of the top of their deck to their GY equal to the difference."
"Deck destruction now?" Allan asked as he spared a glance toward Alucard.
"If I can't deplete your LP, then I'll deplete your deck instead." Zorc said, "Now Let's go. Dice Roll!" he then declared as both pairs of dice shot forward. Allan got a 4 and a 3 while Zorc got two 5's.
"Looks like you're only depleting your own deck to me." Allan said while thinking how this might go well if Skeleton can join in on the fun.
"Not quite, since we are in Monster World, I can reduce my total by the level of 1 servant I have out." Zorc stated. "Since Diabound is a level 7 monster, I can cut my total from 10 to 3, making you loose 4 cards from your deck."
"But they go to the GY, right?" Allan asked double checking as Alucard gave him a smile.
"Yes, that's what I said." Zorc asked.
Allan grabbed the top 4 cards of his deck, the first was 'Ghostrick Reform', the Third was 'Pumprincess the Princess of Ghosts' but the second and forth... "Good, because that means I get to use the effects of two of my 'Jackpot 7' cards!" He then declared.
"What!?" Zorc shouted again.
All the non-duel spirit spectators gave similar reactions, "He got two of them at once that way? and on the first mill attempt?" Mr. Burton stated.
"Looks like luck is favoring your son tonight." The police officer nearby them said.
High in the sky, Angel watched on, "Oh, Luck had a lot less to do with that. Am I right Allan?" She said even though she was to far away for Allan to hear. "It seems way to convenient for you to have those cards in your deck while having Duel spirits to manipulate the order of cards in there."
"When 'Jackpot 7' is sent to my GY by an opponent's card effect, no matter how it is sent there, it banishes itself, and if all 3 are banished this way, I win the duel!" Allan stated as the images of the 2 copies sent then appeared by his side before dissolving, "So please, go ahead and keep on sending cards to my GY, lets see how far that gets you."
Rem's face still didn't give much emotion... but something seemed different about Zorc's voice when it came out of it as it said, "I- I end my turn."
'Is it... scared now?' Allan thought, before smirking, 'works for me.' "It's my turn." he then declared, drawing a card and seeing it as 'Xyz Reborn'. "I flip summon all of my set Ghostricks" he then declared as Lantern, Jackfrost, Jiangshi, Ghoul and Witch all came out of the mansion.
Ghostrick Witch... Attribute:Dark, Type:Spellcaster, Level:2, ATK:1200 DEF:200
Ghostrick Jackfrost... Attribute:Dark, Type:Fiend, Level:1, ATK:800 DEF:100
"Witch Jiangshi effect, I can add another Ghostrick to my hand, so Yuki-onna is getting pulled in." Allan then added, "Next I'll overlay my Level 1 Jackfrost and Lantern." He then said as the two monsters turned into purple streams of energy and went into and overlay network. "Ride through the night, and embark on the battlefield! Not Even death can stop this Soul! XYZ Summon! Rise up! Rank 1! Ghostrick Dullahan!" He then chanted as the Rank 1 Ghostrick appeared beside him.
Ghostrick Dullahan... Attribute:Dark, Type:Fiend/Xyz, Rank:1, ATK:1000 DEF:0
"And I m far from done with that." Allan said, "I summon Ghostrick Yuki-onna!" he then added as the small icy-girl of the Ghostricks appeared beside him.
Ghostrick Yuki-onna... Attribute:Dark, Type:Spellcaster, Level:2, ATK:1000 DEF:800
"And Since she is level 2 along with Witch, they can overlay as well." He stated as they also turned into purple streams of energy, "May the magical daemon of sleep come forth to render enemies to an eternal rest! Xyz Summon! Come Forth, Rank 2! Ghostrick Socuteboss!" He chanted as Socuteboss appeared... still, looking ready for a nap.
Ghostrick Socuteboss... Attribute:Dark, Type:Spellcaster/Xyz, Rank:2, ATK:1400 DEF:1200
"Dullahan gains 200 ATK for every Ghostrick I have out, including the Spells and Traps. So I have 5 as of right now." Allan stated.
Ghostrick Dullahan... ATK:1000 – 2000
"And because I don't want to go against a Level 7 protected by that Spirit in your GY, I'll target Diabound not for an attack, but for Socuteboss's effect." Allan continued as the Rank 2 Xyz monster then grabbed one of her Xyz material and ate it. "If your monster's current attack points is less then the combined attack off all of my Ghostricks, it's gone." He then added as Socuteboss then charged up her pillow and threw it at Diabound, prompting the pillow to explode like a bomb taking Diabound with it, then an X appeared where Diabound once was.
"Hold on! When you destroy a monster from Monster World, I can send one of My Goblins from my hand or field to the GY to revive the destroyed monster." Zorc stated as Rem sent a card from his hand to the GY and Diabound rose up again on a new monster zone.
"So that's why you were keeping them in the hand..." Allan muttered, 'And he's got 1 more in the hand as well, plus that Poki has a high chance of recovering one every turn because it is such a low level. So I should probably try and get rid of it first.' "Okay then Battle! Socuteboss take out that Shadow Poki." Allan then declared.
"Okay then." Socuteboss then muttered glancing at the little monster, before suddenly (and surprisingly given her sleepy demeanor) sprinting faster then the human eye could see to land right on top of the target, forming a claw of dark energy around her hand and slicing the small monster right in to.
Zorc's LP: 6475 – 6275
"I discard my other Minor Goblin to being Shadow Poki back!" Zorc then declared as the small monster reformed.
"But now you're all out of them, Dullahan Attack!" Allan declared.
"But I still haven't used my Dark Spirit's effect." Zorc replied, "Go! Possess Dullahan!" At that command, the Dark Spirit then appeared out of nowhere and dove straight into Dullahan. Then a pair of dice appeared for both players "You remember how this works right? We now both roll to see if your attack makes it." Both players rolled, Allan got a 4 and a 5... while Zorc got a 2 and a 3. "Ha! Even without reducing the totals I am still the victor! Spirit Burn!" He then shouted as the Spirit came out the Dullahan and knocked Allan back.
"Still, Mansion is still out so I take less Damage." Allan counted.
"Even so, your attack fails," Zorc countered "and the damage you did take was enough for me to recover all the damage your earlier attack did and then some."
Allan's LP: 6225 – 5725
Zorc's LP: 6275 – 6775
Allan grit his teeth, "Jiangshi, Ghoul, time to go face-down." He then said as both monsters nodded and hid in the Mansion.
Ghostrick Dullahan... ATK:2000 – 1600
"Now, I'll set 1 card and end my turn." Allan concluded.
"Then the effect of 'The Evil in Monster World' goes off again." Zorc replied as 2 more dice appeared beside him, before rolling into double 4's.
Zorc's LP: 6775 – 9175 – 7575
"Now It's my turn." Zorc said drawing a card. "And I'll start things off by using Diabound's effect again. Go Dice Roll!" Zorc then said as 2 more dice appeared and rolled onto a 4 and a 1.
'That effect must be something good for him if it only works upon getting a 2 or a 3.' Allan thought, 'All the more reason to try and get rid of it as soon as I can.'
"I'll now activate the effect of Terrible Realm – Monster World to call for a creature from my deck that lives here." Zorc then continued, with 2 more dice appearing and rolling into a 6 and a 3. "With this, I can now summon back my Forest Beega." He then declared as the one-eyed monster from earlier reappeared by his side again. "And then I'll use Shadow Poki's effect to roll again to search for a monster." Another pair of dice formed and rolled, this time landing on a 5 and a 2. "I recover a Minor Goblin back to my hand."
'If things are going as I think they are... then I can force him to use it up this turn.' Allan thought to himself.
Zorc grabbed anther card, "And now I'll summon..." however, as Rem's hand put the card on the duel disk, it gave a red beeping sound, rejecting the card. "What!? I only have 4 monsters out."
Allan smirked again, "I guess you don't see the giant 'X' on your field then." The Shadowy aura around Rem began to flicker a bit as Allan said that, "You see, Socuteboss's effect doesn't just destroy monsters, it completely X's out the spot they were on, rendering that zone unusable for as long as I control at least 1 face-up Ghostrick monster. So right now, you only have 4 monster Zones to work with, and they are all occupied."
"I see then, in that case..." The card was pulled back and he grabbed the other unknown card in his hand, "I'll activate another 'Monster World Takeover'... I sacrifice the Cursed Doll on my field to summon the 'Viewing Eye of Monster World' from my deck." At that, the doll vanished and a flying winged eyeball appeared in it's place.
Viewing Eye of Monster World... Attribute:Dark, Type:Fiend, Level:4, ATK:1200 DEF:1200
"Now I'll switch my Shadow Poki into defense mode and attack with Diabound." Zorc declared, "Death Spiral!" The Vassal monster attacked launching spiraling flames right at Dullahan.
"During the Damage Step, I activate Dullahan's effect!" Allan counted, as the Headless Horseman had his sword absorb one if the orbiting Xyz material. "I target Diabound and half it's attack!"
"What!?" Zorc stated as he saw Dullahan literately cut the ball of flames in half as it charged toward Diabound.
"Your Dark Spirit won't save you from this strike!" Dullahan exclaimed it he gave another sword swing and turned Diabound to dust.
Vassal of Monster World - Diabound... ATK:2400 – 1200
Zorc's LP: 7575 – 7175
"I see," Zorc stated, "But effects like that tend to be a once per turn, so I'll discard my Minor Goblin again to revive Diabound!" He then said as the Monster reappeared once again. "It was summoned in the battle phase, so it can still Attack, now GO! Finish the Job!" Zorc then ordered as Diabound tried again at Dullahan, this time scoring a hit.
"Still got the Mansion backing me." Allan replied as he took reduced damage. "And Dullahan has the same effect Alucard has when they hit the GY, so I can add Witch back to my hand."
Allan's LP: 5725 – 5325
"Don't get to cocky there, when Diabound destroys a monster in battle, It absorbs half the ATK and Def that monster had on the field." Zorc stated. "Your monster had no Defense points, but it did have 1600 ATK, so Diabound gains 800 ATK. With that I end my turn."
Vassal of Monster World - Diabound... ATK:2400 – 3200
"Then I draw!" Allan said, seeing his drawn card to be 'Pot of Greed'. "I flip Ghoul and Jiangshi face-up." He then declared, as they both came out of the mansion however briefly it would be. "This lets me use Jiangshi's effect to add 'Ghostrick Warwolf' to my hand, then I activate 'Pot of Greed' to draw 2 more cards." He then stated drawing 'Defense Draw' and 'Monster Reborn' off of the effect. "Now I'll summon 'Ghostrick Witch'." Witch reappeared on the field again at his call, "Now mind using your effect on that Forest Beega?"
"Not at all." Witch said with a smirk as she fired magic out of her hands.
"Hold on!" Zorc cut in, "My Viewing eye wasn't summoned for nothing. When you target exactly 1 card I control, I can use my Viewing Eye's effect to get a shot at negating that effect and destroying your Witch."
"Destroy? That's won't do. "I chain my 'Ghostrick Vanish' trap card." Allan said as the face-down came up. "I reveal a Ghostrick in my hand to render all Ghostricks and set monsters of mine immune to be targeted or destroyed by card effects this turn." he then explained, showing the Warwolf he just added to his hand.
"Very well then, but your effect can still be negated." Zorc replied, "And we determine it dose in a way I am sure you must be familiar with by now." He added as 2 pair of dice appeared, one pair by each duelist.
"Lower roll wins." Allan stated as both duelist cast out the dice, Zorc got a 4 and a 2, While Allan got snake eyes. "Awesome."
"That was a good roll for you, but sadly not good enough." Zorc replied.
"What do you mean?" Allan asked "That was literally the best roll I could have gotten."
"Yes, but our totals are adjustable," Zorc began, "And they can go below the value of a 2 once that is done. Since you were using a monster effect, you total goes down by your monsters level, reaching 0. But if you target a creature from monster world, or use the effect while in Monster world, I can reduce my total by the level of any 'Monster Wold' monster I control. As such I can reduce my total by Diabound's Level, resulting in a -1!"
"Oh, you got to be kidding me." Allan commented as the Flying Eye fired a beam of energy that tore through Witch's magic and went straight at her.
In response Witch instantly turned to smoke to let the energy go through her harmlessly before reforming and saying, "Whoa that was close, Thanks for springing that Trap when you did."
'Okay, time for some quick Math.' Allan thought to himself, 'Six or lower on his end is a guaranteed negate if I wanted to use Socuteboss's effect, and since his normal max is a 12... me getting 6 or greater will be the same thing... and that is without getting into the possibility that he could still go lower then me even if both of those are avoided... wonderful.' "Okay then, I activate 'Monster Reborn' to bring back 'Ghostrick Nekomusume' from my GY." He then declared as the cat girl from the beginning of the duel showed up again.
Ghostrick Nekomusume... Attribute:Dark, Type:Spellcaster, Level:2, ATK:400 DEF:900
Upon coming back to the field, Nekomusume looked very nervously at the monsters on Zorc's field. "I was brought back for Xyz purposes, right? Please say yes."
Instead of answering with a 'yes', Allan declared, "I now use the level 2 Ghostrick Witch and Nekomusume to Xyz summon!"
"Thank Amaterasu!" Nekomusume said as she and Witch turned into purple streams of energy that then proceeded to help summon another Ghostrick Socuteboss.
"Now the First Socuteboss attacks the Viewing Eye on Monster world!" Allan declared.
"Hold on!" Zorc interrupted, "Don't forget, Forest Beega's effect goes off at the start of the battle Phase, and I target Diabound with it, so unless you chose to attack Diabound, there is always a chance your monster will trip up."
"I'll take those odds." Allan replied.
"Very well then." Zorc stated as more Dice appeared, "Go! Dice Roll!" He then declared as the dice rolled into a 2 and a 5. "9 or lower makes your monster miss and trip up. Even if your Mansion halves the damage." He then stated as the flying Socuteboss lost balance and fell on the floor.
Allan's LP: 5325 – 5225
"That's part of why I got out a second." Allan stated, "Let's go again!" he said as the second one flew froth.
"Then we roll again." Zorc stated as more die appeared and got cast... the result this time being two 5's.
"That's what I am talking about." Allan stated as the viewing Eye was sliced in half by a magic Claw Socuteboss made for the attack. Even if no Damage was dealt due to the Eye being in defense mode. "Now with that out of the way, I can go into main phase 2 and use both Socuteboss's effects to destroy 2 of your monsters and X-out there zones." He then added as both copies of Socuteboss ate an Xyz material orbiting them and flew up to release Dark beams of energy that Vaporized the Forest Beega and Diabound. "And I'm not done yet, I overlay the now Material-less Socuteboss to Xyz summon again." Allan then stated as the older Socuteboss turned into energy, "So come on out, Ghostrick Angel of Mischief!" He then declared his final copy of the Ghostrick Angel hit his field.
Watching above, the Spirit of Angel kept looking on with interest. "Oooo, so he dose have 3 copies of me in there." Then her face lit up some, "and wasn't Reform milled earlier? With that then..." She didn't voice the rest of that thought out loud as the gears in her head began to turn.
"And Now I'll detach an Xyz material from Angel to use her effect and add 'Ghostrick Parade' to my hand." Allan then declared.
"So What?" Zorc asked, "You still have Mansion out, what good would that do for you to get a different field spell if the first is the only real reason why you still have even remotely as many life points as you currently do?"
"It's not about getting a card to my hand, it's more about getting Socuteboss in the GY." Allan said, before immediately realizing that it would have been better to get something like a second copy of Vanish or Scare... did he have another copy in his deck? Aw well, "I activate the Trap 'Xyz Reborn'!" Allan then declared as the Trap flipped open. "This card will revive Socuteboss and make itself into an Xyz material for her." he then stated as the dream demon rose up again. "She left and came back, and since the effect isn't a hard once per turn and is instead a soft one, it got reset allowing me to use it again. Mind taking out the Forest Poki for me?"
"Ugh, I am just doing EVERYTHING this turn." Socuteboss complained, though she still did what was asked with another energized pillow that was pulled out of nowhere.
"I flip Ghoul and Jiangshi face down, set 1 card and end my turn." Allan then said.
"So My trap card can go off and give me more LP again." Zorc stated as 2 more dice got rolled and landed right on snake eyes. "Ah, good... I get another Super Critical Counter now as well, that leaves just 2 left." A third ball of Flame to join the other two as he gained LP.
The Evil in Monster World... Super Critical Counters: 2 – 3
Zorc's LP: 7175 – 9575 – 9175
Outside the barrier, Allan's parents were still watching on with that officer beside them. "Now that guy has more Life points then he started out with." Allan's mom noted. "And he could win in as little as two turns."
Doing some quick Math in his head, Allan's dad replied with, "Though the odds of that happening are about 1 in 936 if my math is right. Provided other cards aren't being used to raise them, that is."
"Even so..." She gave a sigh before turning to the officer, "Any luck on getting through that barrier?"
The officer glanced at the two that were fiddling with a device by the magical blockade. "Doesn't look like it... real bummer, this would be a real good time to drop in the duel and take the kid out while right now, since he doesn't seem to have anything that could take advantage of having multiple opponents." he turned back tot he mother, "On the plus side, it looks like your kid has the advantage here, sure his life points are lower, but he's got 4 of his opponent's main monster zones rendered unusable, and one last material left on that Xyz to take out the last one should his opponent summon a monster. Not to mention over 6K damage worth of attacks if they all go through directly."
"And Jackpot 7 is still in effect. Falling for 1 bluff or making just 1 wrong mistake and Allan's got the win that way as well." Mr. Burton added. Before taking a deep breath and saying, "Though it would be nice if this could end sooner rather then latter."
"Agreed." Ms. Burton nodded at that.
"I draw." Zorc declared as Rem's body moved to grab the top card of the deck and put it straight on the field. "I activate 'Dark Master's Trade', I discard the Swift Gargoyle in my hand to activate it, and with this happening in Monster World, Draw 3 cards."
"Man, Draw 2 effects are considered strong." Allan muttered, "so he just had to have a Draw 3 instead."
"I now set 2 cards and end my turn." Zorc stated.
'That's it? No Monster from the field spell?' Allan thought. 'Must not have wanted me to seal off his last Monster zone... no matter, it still means he is the one on the defensive here.' Allan then Smirked as he drew, "It's my turn!" The card was 'Eater of Millions', good for monster removal, but there were no monsters to get rid of as of right now. The only threat being those set cards. "I flip Ghostrick Ghoul and Jiangshi face up." he then declared as the two came out of the mansion. "And with Jiangshi's effect, I can add Ghostrick Doll to my hand." He added in, not giving to much thought to what card he searches, he needs to wrap this up. "Next, since those two are both Level 3 I'll overlay them." He then stated as the two turned into purple streams of energy and before long, another copy of Ghostrick Alucard hit the field.
Ghostrick Alucard... Attribute:Dark, Type:Zombie/Xyz, Rank:3, ATK:1800 DEF:1600
"Now I'll use Alucard's effect!" Allan declared as the Vampire grabbed an orbiting Xyz material, "I detach an Xyz materiel to destroy 1 of your set cards."
"Better choose wisely." Zorc stated, "You can only get 1 of the 2 this way, and may just be the coin toss that could go catastrophically wrong if you press on."
"Oh, you do NOT get to make a comment comparing my move to a gamble when your whole DECK is based around casting dice and hoping they get good results." Allan interjected. "Alucard take out whichever one you want."
"Okay then." Alucard replied taking out the one on the left (Zorc's right) and seeing it as being a card called 'Agonizing Trap of the Dark Master', "Looks like I hit the right one."
"Works for me," Allan replied "I summon Ghostrick Warwolf!" he then declared as a large bipedal wolf-man appeared next to him.
Ghostrick Warwolf... Attribute:Dark, Type:Zombie, Level:3, ATK:1400 DEF:1500
"Let's tear into him." Warwolf stated.
'Gladly.' Allan thought, "Battle Phase! Everyone direct attack!" he then declared, as the 5 monsters on his field charged. This was 8000 total damage, even if the increased life points made it so that Zorc would survive this turn, there was no way he could survive a second round of it on the next.
It's a shame he wouldn't even have to worry about the first round. "I activate my Trap card! 'Agonizing Trap of the Dark Master'!"
"But I destroyed that card!?" Alucard exclaimed as several chains came out from the card and bound up all of Allan's monsters as well as Allan himself.
"I had two copies set." Zorc replied, "So in the end, your little gamble had no chance at victory for you. As for this Trap, it can only activate when you declare a direct attack while we are in Monster World, and it forces your turn to an end right here and now. Thus, my other trap can get my Life points even further out of your reach." he then added as the dice appeared and rolled themselves again, landing on a 5 and a 2.
Zorc's LP: 9175 – 11575 – 10175
"That's barely a difference." Allan stated, though since the Trap was continuous Allan needed to take another couple of deep breaths hoping whatever else it had in store wouldn't hurt too much. 'It's called the Agonizing Trap,' his brain then pointed out, 'It's probably not going to be like petting Sebastian'.
"It's my turn." Zorc declared, drawing a card. "And I activate 'Dark Master's Resurrection'! With this, I can call out any creature from within Monster World out of my GY and onto the field, so rise again Diabound!" He then commanded as the Vassal of Monster World rose again onto the only useable Monster Zone left. "Diabound's effect activates! Go Dice Roll!" He then added as two more dice got cast, resulting in 2 6's.
"Couldn't be any farther from the result you wanted, couldn't it?" Allan stated.
"It'll roll my way eventually." Zorc stated, "In the mean time, you should worry about about what I currently have out, Diabound attack 'Ghostrick Angel of Mischief'! Death Spiral!" The Monster obeyed, incinerating the holographic angel.
"I still take reduced damage!" Allan defiantly stated.
"And Diabound will gain ATK points." Zorc replied.
Allan's LP: 5225 – 5025
Vassal of Monster World - Diabound... ATK:2400 – 3400
"My Turn comes to an end." Zorc stated.
"Then it is my Draw." Allan said, as he drew a card. A little awkward since his upper arms were pinned to his aides, but doable. And the card was 'Pot of Avarice'... good, with this he can recycle some resources, and get an extra draw at that, plus he has Eater in hand and Zorc can only have 1 monster out at a time, so he's got-.
"Now the Second effect of 'Agonizing Trap of the Dark Master' Kicks in!" Zorc interjected, "Now you roll, 2 dice, if you get a favorable result, then this trap goes away, otherwise, your Main phases and your Battle Phase for the turn are skipped!"
Color drained from Allan's face at that, "W- What?" Without the Main or battle phases, his turn goes straight to the end phase... ending his turn before he get's to play a card. Dice then appeared beside Allan again, tossing themselves and landing on a 1 and a 2. Allan smirked a bit before it was dashed by Zorc's next words.
"Oh, you think that result is good for you? Not this time." He stated, "While most of my cards care about the dice total and how high or low it is, this isn't the same. This card just cares about if the results of the dice match. If you want to get out of this trap, you got to roll doubles." Suddenly, Spike-bottomed plates appeared right above Allan and his remaining monster before coming down, all 4 monsters were slammed onto the ground with the spies poking into them forcing them all to go down to a knee as the pressure from the plates continued to try and get them lower.
"What the- those plates having nothing to do with the trap. What are they doing there?" Ms. Burton exclaimed.
"Probably an detail chosen by the spirit that made the card." The officer stated grimacing.
From up above, the spirit of Ghostrick Angel of Mischief began to lower herself closer to the ground as she watched. She tried began to focus in and see what was in Allan's hand... normally to a duel spirit in the human world, looking at any card that is apart of a duel would make it appear blank unless the identity of the card was public knowledge within the duel itself, but with her Power, both what was left in her and what was in Allan, she could cheat that rule a bit and see that Allan had Ghostrick Parade and Doll in his hand as well as 'Eater of Millions' and 'Pot of Avarice'. 'All good cards,' Angel thought, 'but they can't do anything without a main phase... though if he could get out of this... he could maybe pull off... well, I would need to give him a bit more of a boost first. Should I?'
"And now that it is your end phase again, I get more Life points!" Zorc replied as 2 more dice cast and rolled onto a 3 and 4.
Zorc's LP: 10175 – 12575 – 11175
"And My turn begins again!" Zorc declared, Drawing a card. "And with it I'll activate 'Brainwashed Dice!' Now, this turn, I can make any one of my die results into a 1. Witch should help me out in making use of Diabound effect again!" He then shouted out as 2 more dice appeared and rolled into a 2 and a 6. "With the effect of 'Brainwashed Dice!' I change that six to a 1, allowing me to finally use Diabound's final effect!" he then said as Diabound began to vanish from the field as the Dark Aura around Rem became visible for everyone to see yet again. "Diabound is sacrificed, and I set onto the Field yet again!" He then declared as he emerged from within Rem once again taking his full form onto the field in Diabound's place.
Dark Master of Monster World - Zorc... Attribute:Dark, Type:Fiend, Level:10, ATK:3000 DEF:3000
Allan glanced up at the opposing figure before him. He tried to take steady breaths, but found it a lot harder to do that now more then ever.
"I activate my own effect!" Zorc then declared as 2 more Dice appeared next to him, "Let's see if any of your monsters survive." The two dice danced in front of him and landed on a 4 and a 6. "Hmm, that can hurt them all quite a bit, but I think I'll eradicate them all instead. I use my second effect to change that 6 into a 1. Now do you remember how the rest of this goes?"
"You loose 200 Atk times your dice result, and all my monsters loose ATK and DEF equal to what is left." Allan replied.
"Not only that, but if any one of them have 0 ATK or DEF afterward Their toast." Zorc added, "and you loose 500 LP for each one wiped out... or 250 with that bothersome field spell of yours."
Dark Master of Monster World - Zorc... ATK:3000 – 2000
"Dark Phenomenon!" Zorc shouted as fire came out of his Dragon mouth of a stomach, striking all 4 Ghostricks Allan had out, rendering them all to ash as Allan himself began to see black spots in his vision.
Ghostrick Alucard... ATK:1800 – 0
Ghostrick Warwolf... ATK:1400 – 0
Ghostrick Socuteboss (x2)... ATK:1400 – 0
Allan's LP: 5025 – 4025
"Alucard's effect activates." Allan wheezed out, "Since he hit the GY, I can return Jackfrost to my hand." He said as the cards moved on their own at his words.
"But you no longer have a Ghostrick on the field, so my Monster Zones are now freed." Zorc commented as the 4 X's on his field vanished. "And while I can't attack the turn I use this effect, I can still summon other monsters that can! I use Monster World's Effect!" he then declared as two more appeared and rolled themselves into a 1 and a 6. "With this I summon a Shadow Poki." He then declared as another copy of that recovery monster appeared beside him. "With Poki's effect, I can roll again." He said as another set of dice appeared and rolled into two 4's. "Huh, doubles, what would you know, that's what you need to get, I add a Viewing eye to my hand and then summon it!" He then added as another winged eyeball appeared by his field. "And I can still call forth 1 more, with my third effect. Dark Resurrection! Come to me my Forest Beega!" Zorc then declared as the one-eyed monster that can trip up attacks reappeared on the field. "Everyone, Charge!"
The three newly summoned monsters did as they were told, and through a blurring vision, Allan grabbed a card from his hand... However, he was to slow. Each attack landed and they all felt like they were ripping him apart piece by piece.
Allan's LP: 4025 – 3425 – 2825 – 2225
"I end my turn." Zorc then stated, as his attack points came back to him.
Dark Master of Monster World - Zorc... ATK:2000 – 3000
Allan needed to take a few breaths, "I... I draw." he eventually said, he he fumbled a new card into his hand, 'Ghostrick Specter'... a nice face to see when he has Ghostrick open to attack, but that ain't the case here.
"Now lets see if you get out of my trap this time." Zorc stated as 2 more dice appeared beside Allan and cast themselves... landing on a 5 and a 3. "Aww, looks like you don't. So we have to go straight to the end phase again."
"That card has a 5 in 6 shot to basically skip the opponent's turn, each turn." Mr. Burton stated, "How could something like that be allowed anywhere?"
"That's one of the problems with Duel spirits I'm afraid." The officer beside him said, "they can make all sorts of cards come into their decks. Including cards that would be banned from ever being printed."
"Since we are in the end phase again, my 'Evil in Monster World' Trap card goes off again." Zorc then stated as the Dice appeared and rolled into a 1 and a 6. "Now with my effect, I'll make that 6 into a 1, giving me another 'Super Critical Counter' and making it so that now any turn could be your last. If you even call what you get a turn." He then added as the six rolled over and a forth ball of flame appeared beside him.
The Evil in Monster World... Super Critical Counters: 3 – 4
Zorc's LP: 11175 – 13575 – 13175
Walking up to the barrier, Angel kept watching the duel. "I should help. Shouldn't I?" she muttered to herself. "I can feel it, he has 18 of the other Ghostricks with him, if he falls... so dose the biggest shot I have at reclaiming my full power." She then raised a hand to where Allan's duel disk is, closed her eyes, and turned into a set of purple sparkles that then effortlessly went through the barrier and flowed into Allan's deck. Prompting a slight purple glow that went out before anyone noticed.
"It's my turn." Zorc stated as Rem's body drew another card. "And you know what? How about we wrap this up and make it the last turn of the duel." he then stated as his monstrous hand went over to the last unoccupied monster Zone, "I'll use my effect! Dark Resurrection! Return Diabound!" The Vassal of Monster World rose up yet again to Zorc's field. "Now Battle! Beega, Poki, Viewing Eye, start the Charge!"
Allan grabbed the Jackfrost in his hand, but before he could say anything a voice rang out in his head "No, Don't. Not Yet. Those are the bait." Allan blinked for a bit and hesitated, not sure where it came from. Which was what was needed for the three monster's attacks to connect.
Allan's LP: 2225 – 1625 – 1025 – 425
"Okay, Now you're clear to stop the attacks." The Voice said.
For some reason those attacks didn't seem to hurt as much. Allan felt his eyes refocus as he began to notice things that he missed before, namely the state of his own body... there were some holes in his shirt revealing some burn marks underneath, and some dark red spots on the shirt he knows weren't there before. His parents would probably want to get him to the emergency room if he got out of this.
"You WILL get out of this." The voice said again, "All you need, is a small sample of my power, and you can show Zorc here that he is biting off far, FAR more then he could even HOPE to chew."
Allan still couldn't identify out where the voice was coming from, an he would have no time to just yet, "Diabound! End this, Direct Attack!" Zorc shouted as The monster created a ball of fire in it's hand and hurled them straight at Allan.
"Not all of my card effects are blocked out with the lack of a main phase." Allan retorted, "I activate Ghostrick Jackfrost's effect from my hand! I special summon him in defense position and force Diabound there as well!" At that, a massive blizzard formed around Allan and deflected the fireball, before moving toward Diabound and covering it from head to snake-head in snow, before it shifted face-down.
"But with your own mansion out, it can't defend you from 1 last attack." Zorc replied as dark lighting formed in his hands, "Namely MY attack! This Duel is over! Dark Catastrophe!" he then shouted as a bolt of Black Lightning launched itself right at Allan.
"Not Yet." Allan replied, "I activate a Trap! Defense Draw!" At that declaration, Allan's lone set card flipped face up, and a yellow barrier formed around him to block the lightning bolt. "All the Damage from this attack is reduced to 0! And I get to Draw a card!" Allan shouted as he drew his card and saw it to be... Wait. That can't be right. That card wasn't in his deck... he never even saw this card before or heard of it, which is saying something because knows of every single Ghostrick card available to him in the game. How did this get in his deck?
The voice sprang up, "That card is the key to your victory. I'm sure you can figure out how to play it."
"Well then, so you were able to survive after all then." Zorc stated, "No matter, I have plenty of ways to finish you off. And to ensure any attempts to make a comeback fail, I activate the effect of my Shadow Poki and roll 2 more dice." He then stated as the dice appeared and rolled into a 4 and a 5. "Good enough, I add a Minor Goblin from my GY to my hand. Then I end my turn."
"It's my turn." Allan said as he drew a card.
"Is it now?" Zorc stated, "After all, My Agonizing Trap is still here, let's see how long you get to keep it." he said as 2 more dice appeared.
"How about we skip the dice thing." Allan stated holding up the card he just drew, "I chain the quick-play spell, 'Mystical Space Typhoon'! And I use it to destroy your Trap!"
"What!?"
"Surprise. quick-play cards can be used during the standby-phase, having the same activation widows as trap card, and since it is a spell and it IS my turn, I can do it from the hand." Allan said with a smirk and a small typhoon formed around him and tore off the shackles that were keeping him pinned, while also removing the spiked plate that was pressing down on his head the whole time. "And now that your trap is gone, I can make plays like normal."
Zorc's face turned into a scowl, "No matter. So what if you get your turn. I've got more then enough to keep you from pulling anything, as it is."
"Oh, do you now?" Allan said as he looked over the field again. "Hmm, Viewing Eye can stop any targeting effect I try to use, but ONLY Targeting effects can be stopped by it. And while Forest Beega, and your Dark Spirit can stop attacks, I may not need to attack to pull my shenanigans. The Minor Goblin in your hand can help counter a destruction effect, but if I don't need to destroy anything, then that isn't anything to worry about either."
"Where are you going with this, you think you can burn out all of my life points? I have over 13 THOUSAND of them right now." Zorc shouted, "No way you can get rid of them all this turn. And with My Evil in Monster World Trap plus the 'Brainwashed Dice' in my GY, I can make this your LAST turn."
"That's not an issue if I WIN this turn." Allan said grabbing a card, "First up, I activate 'Pot of Avarice'! With this I target 5 monsters in my GY and shuffle them back into the deck and then draw 2." He stated as 5 Ghostly images beside him appeared, one of Alucard, one of Socuteboss, and 3 copies of Ghostrick Angel of Mischief. "Since all 5 targets are Xyz monsters, they go to my extra-deck, but I still get the draw." he added as he saw his new cards... 'Spirit Reaper' and 'Ghostrick Museum'... good. "Now I flip summon a set 'Ghostrick Jackfrost' and Normal summon the 'Ghostrick Specter' in my Hand!" He then declared as the two monsters emerged.
Ghostrick Specter... Attribute:Dark, Type:Fiend, Level:1, ATK:600 DEF:0
"And Now I'll overlay my Level 1 Ghostricks!" Allan then declared as the two monsters turned into purple streams of energy. "Ride through the night, and embark on the battlefield! Not Even death can stop this Soul! XYZ Summon! Rise up! Rank 1! Ghostrick Dullahan!" Allan then chanted as his copy of Dullahan came out of the Overlay network, with 2 orbiting Xyz materials around him.
Ghostrick Dullahan... Attribute:Dark, Type:Fiend/Xyz, Rank:1, ATK:1000 DEF:0
"That monster is nothing against me." Zorc stated.
"He's not what you should be worried about." Allan stated, "Because he is gonna become Xyz material as I summon Ghostrick Angel of Mischief!" he then declared as Dullahan entered another overlay network and the Angel descended onto the field, with now three orbiting Xyz materials around her. "And Now I use Angel's effect!"
"Detach Dullahan to search and recover? Hardly a threat." Zorc replied.
"Let me finish!" Allan shouted, "Angel has another effect to make Xyz materials using any Ghostrick card in my hand, so I'll attach the 'Ghostrick Museum' card in my hand to start it up." he then stated as a fourth material began orbiting Angel.
Allan's Mom blinked a bit, "Wait, increasing her material count... is he trying to-?"
"I now activate the effect of the Ghostrick Reform in my GY!" Allan declared as the card appeared ever so briefly, "I banish it to use 1 Ghostrick Xyz monster on my field to Xyz summon another!" Angel then turned into a purple stream of energy herself and went into Third overlay network. "May the magical daemon of sleep come forth to render enemies to an eternal rest! Xyz Change! Come Forth, Rank 2! Ghostrick Socuteboss!" He then chanted, as the Rank 2 Ghostrick came out of the Overlay network, now with 5 Xyz materials orbiting around her.
Ghostrick Socuteboss... Attribute:Dark, Type:Spellcaster/Xyz, Rank:2, ATK:1400 DEF:1200
"But she won't be around for long." Allan commented, "I use her for Xyz material to summon another Ghostrick Angel!" He the declared as another Xyz summon happened before everyone and another copy of Angel sat beside Allan, now with 6 materials around her.
"If he can keep this up..." Mr. Burton said before a big grin appeared on his face, "He's got this!"
"Angel's material making effect is a soft once per turn, so a new copy coming out means I can use it again." Allan stated, "So I'll Turn the 'Ghostrick Doll' in my hand into an Xyz material for her." He stated as a seventh material formed around Angel.
"So, you do know how to play it, right?" The voice said. Only now Allan could pinpoint an origin, looking at his field, he saw the Xyz monster there turn her head to glance back at him and smirk.
Allan grabbed the strange card in his hand and placed it into his duel disk. "I now activate the spell card 'Ghostrick Xyz Shift'!" The Angel on his field turned into purple energy again as another overlay network appeared, "This card has the same effect Reform had in the GY." He then said right before starting up another chant, "May the watcher of the playful pranksters appear hear and now, and with his royal blood make himself known as one to not be trifled with! XYZ Change! Descend! Rank 3! Ghostrick Alucard!" Alucard then rose once again tot he field, now with 8 Xyz material orbiting around him.
Ghostrick Alucard... Attribute:Dark, Type:Zombie/Xyz, Rank:3, ATK:1800 DEF:1600
"Once more," Allan muttered to himself before holding his hand out and addressing Alucard, "I now use Alucard as material to Xyz summon again!"
"Let's wrap this up." Alucard stated as he turned into energy and went into the sixth Overlay network that formed this turn.
Allan closed his eyes and chanted, "Trickster above others, fallen from the heavens, come now grace us with your presence and throw chaos in your wake! Go! XYZ Change! Appear! Rank 4! Ghostrick Angel of Mischief!" The Third and final copy of Ghostrick Angel of Mischief descended once again from the overlay network, now with 9 Xyz material orbiting around her.
Ghostrick Angel of Mischief... Attribute:Dark, Type:Fairy/Xyz, Rank:4, ATK:2000 DEF:2500
Allan then smirked as he grabbed the copy of 'Ghostrick Parade' in his hand an showed it to Zorc, "Once again Angel's effect has been reset, so I can add 1 more Ghostrick card from my hand to her as Material. I choose 'Ghostrick Parade'."
"So what!?" Zorc shouted, "All this little display of your has done in the end is put more and more Xyz material on that 1 monster of yours. That doesn't change anything about your situation! You are still far from anything even remotely looking like a victory for you!"
At that, Allan laughed. For a good while he laughed unnerving Zorc some as the officer by his parents radioed in and the two by the machine stopped adjusting it's settings. "Oh, you do not know, how wrong you are!" Allan eventually said, with more laughs.
"What do you-?"
"'Jackpot 7' isn't the only alternate win condition my deck has access to!" Allan then stated, making Zorc freeze up. A purple glow begun to form around Allan as he continued, "'Ghostrick Angel of Mischief' has one as well! One that can only go off when she has 10 Xyz material attached to her. And Guess how many Xyz material she had NOW!" He then said as she slipped Ghostrick Parade into his duel disk and another Xyz material formed in front of him before shooting off to join the ones Angel has orbiting her.
"No..." Zorc breathed out in Realization.
"Time to end this." Allan said as all 10 materials around Angel turned golden as she absorbed them all and turned into a being of bright purple and white light, "Ghostrick Judgment!" he then shouted as Angel flew up and unleashed what appeared to be some sort of giant divine laser beam that completely engulfed Zorc's field... though Allan wouldn't have much time to think about it just yet.
He barely registered the big "NOOOOOO!" Zorc gave out as he was disintegrating by the giant beam. He barely registered Rem suddenly falling to his knees as the barrier around them fell. He barely registered his parents rushing to grab him, he couldn't even make out what they said. The Police were doing something, he couldn't tell you what it was though. All he could really tell for sure, now that the win was his, all the Xyz summoning, all the wounds Zorc inflicted with his attacks, and all of the time he spend scared and trying to save his own life caught up to him all at once now that it was done, he passed out.
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Allan woke up to the sound of some beeping... he didn't open his eyes just yet, he was still tired, though the beeping was annoying. Oh, it's in synch with his heartbeat. He's probably on a hospital bed right now isn't he?
"He's awake." came a voice Allan was still getting used to. He poked his eye open to see Socuteboss beside him, "Oh, what? Did you think that just because Halloween was over I would loose all of my sleep-based abilities?"
"Anyone here to tell of my condition?" Allan asked, moving as little as possible.
"Physically speaking you're just about all healed up," came Alucard's voice, Allan turned his head slightly to spot him "According to the doctors that is, you just need some rest. They are thinking you got super lucky in terms of how 'real' that shadow game was." He the elaborated before turning slightly to glance at another spirit in the area, "Though something tells me there was more to it then that."
Allan looked toward where Alucard was glancing to see a dark-clothed winged duel spirit in the room, lounging in the air like she owns the place. "Hey, what can I say? Boosting durability and healing rates are an easy thing to do with my power." the new Spirit said... That voice, it was the same voice Allan heard during the final part of the duel. This was Ghostrick Angel of Mischief.
"Where did you come from?" Allan asked before taking quick look around to tell that there were no other humans around. He didn't get up to avoid raising his heart rate and having the heart monitor summon a doctor.
"Me? Oh, I was crashing in Exodia's cave in the spirit world before I got the chance to crossover here." Angel commented, "Needed to find out who the lucky one who wound up with my power was after all."
"Wound up with your- Wait, so you're the reason I'm a mystic?" Allan asked.
"That and Luck really, there is actually a whole story there, but it is probably best to save telling that for latter." Angel said as she rotated herself into a more upright position, "But now that I'm here, and you have at least 10 other Ghostrick with you, we can do so much more with that magical connection that you could probably only dream of beforehand."
"We? What are you talking about?" Allan asked... it was getting hard to absorb all of this lying down, he would need to get up soon, Doctor being summoned or not.
Angel's expression didn't change, she seemed to expect every question, and was smirking through it all like it was all so amusing to her. "This game we are all apart of has attracted a ton of powers into it. From Gods to aliens to those that are both, with so many things, any being who can just declare themselves the victor of a fight and have it be true from their words alone are on a level of power above all else. And you are in a rare position to wield that type of power if you want. Here I'm offering you a chance to do so."
Allan started to get up a bit "And how can I know for certain that you won't try to pull anything like what Zorc did to that other guy?"
Angel gasped in Mock hurt, "What? You wouldn't trust me? The literal Angel of the Ghostricks? Despite how you do seem to trust the others to not do any of that?"
"Lucifer was an angel." Allan countered as he finished getting up, "His name literally means light-bringer... and your title is the Angel of mischief. I think that gives me plenty of reason to be extra skeptical of you."
Angel's smirk brew to a full blown grin, "Well, we can officially say you are smarter then the last human I spoke too. Looks like I got really lucky with who wound up with my power. But hey, deals with the devil still have the devil keeping there word the whole way through right? Well then here, let me just say that I will follow those rules you put on the other Ghostricks, will stick to their spirit instead of their letter so you don't have to worry about loophole abuse, and will never do anything that would put you as anything close to a mere puppet."
Allan's eyes blinked in surprised and widened as he took all of that in... that whole deal with not even bothering to exploit any loopholes thing really stuck out to him, especially since he left in a clause in those rules that he could make or edit them as he wished. For her to not even bother trying to 'exact words' him was something.
"Oh, and if your worried that doing this will tie you in to some grand destiny thing..." Angel then added, "Don't. I'm not under those types of restraints, I'm not making any eternal vows like what the Crimson Dragon did, you can do whatever you want with my power." She held out her hand, it seemingly becoming more opaque as she did so. "So, what do you say?"
"What's in it for you?" Allan asked.
"Oh, nothing much." Angel said, "To be with my friends again, taste full access to my powers again, pull some truly divine pranks... things you will probably enjoy taking apart in if what the others told me about you was accurate."
Allan needed some more time to make that choice, he didn't give an answer until the end of the day when he was in his own room at the Burton home. Angel seemed disappointed at the delay and the wait... but it all went away when the answer came. Angel could tell, that she and Allan were going to get along very nicely.
AN:
Woo, here it is, Posted on Halloween because what better time to post the final chapter of a Ghostrick centered story. :)
What dose everyone think? Of the duel, of the story, of the characters, of... anything really. As I said before in other notes, I am thinking about/planning on making this apart of an entire world/universe where multiple stories happen, but not all to the same person. So I will likely return to this world, but through the eyes of another person so we can see more of it (Allan's view was pretty limited after all).
And who knows, maybe Allan can make an another appearance, either as just a cameo or something more... but it would be nice to see what people thought of this first. This is my first story that makes use of OCs after all (even if I only gave him 1 OC card... at the literal last moment). If there is something you don't like or think I am doing badly in, feel free to tell me, as long as the critisism is actually being constructive, I will have no issues with it at all.