Well this has been a fast paced week. We've already introduced five new original characters and today, we're going to get to see another character! A special shout-out goes to thetiger39 for joining the team by contributing another original character who will be making her appearance fairly soon. Let's take a moment and see all the original characters who have been introduced thus far, in order of appearance.
Name: Yuu Hashimoto / Original concept by: Donjusticia / Deck: Unknown / Allegiance: Dark Signers / Status: Presumably active
Name: Pyotr Ivanov / Original concept by: Donjusticia / Deck: Formerly Goyo, now unknown / Allegiance: Dark Signers / Status: Active
Name: Elizaveta Ivanov / Original concept by: Donjusticia / Deck: Formerly Goyo, now unknown / Allegiance: Dark Signers / Status: Active
Name: Garret Kinsley / Original concept by: Donjusticia / Deck: Formerly Goyo, now unknown / Allegiance: Dark Signers / Status: Active
Name: Mita Takeda / Original concept by: Donjusticia / Deck: Formerly Goyo, now unknown / Allegiance: Dark Signers / Status: Active
Name: Santiago Guevara / Original concept by: Donjusticia / Deck: Formerly Goyo, now unknown / Allegiance: Dark Signers / Status: Active
Name: Gin Tami / Original concept by: Greninja / Deck: Baguazhang-style Ninja/Ninjitsu / Allegiance: Her family and friends Lilly, Lucy, and Erika / Status: Active
Name: Emma Grayson / Original concept by: Donjusticia / Deck: Stygian / Allegiance: Phoenix Guard / Status: Active
Name: Kyosuke Kiryu II / Original concept by: FanOfKings / Deck: Infernity / Allegiance: Phoenix Guard / Status: Active
Name: Aaron Tarleton (The Dreadroot) / Original concept by: Donjusticia / Deck: Unknown / Allegiance: Dark Signers / Status: Active
Name: Satoru Shishido / Original concept by: Donjusticia / Deck: Procesystem / Allegiance: Dark Signers / Status: Active
Name: Daichi Ishikuma / Original concept by: Donjusticia / Deck: Psychic Ink / Allegiance: Academia / Status: Active
Name: Friedrich Hoffman / Original concept by: Nox Descious / Deck: Force / Allegiance: Academia / Status: Active
Name: Lilly Hoshi / Original concept by: Greninja / Deck: Unrevealed / Allegiance: none (Synchro Dimension Civilian) / Status: Unknown
Name: Erika Havoc / Original concept by: Greninja / Deck: Unrevealed / Allegiance: Unknown / Status: Unknown (Last seen evading Security)
Name: Akio Fujimoto / Original concept by: Donjusticia / Deck: Six Samurai / Allegiance: The Tami Family / Status: Active
Sixteen original characters and believe me, there will be MANY more. Part of the purpose of chapter eleven's various scenes will be to steadily introduce these characters. However, while this story may start feeling a little like "Game of Thrones" with multiple subplots running throughout the plot, it is most definitely my goal to make each of these subplots relevant to the main story and to tie them all together in the end. So don't worry if things might feel confusing at first. Each of these characters are not going to be thrown in just to be thrown in. These characters each have a purpose and will contribute to the overall story. Feel free to submit any questions you have to these characters, and they will get back to you in the next one or two chapters. I anticipate writing at most about three more scenes for chapter eleven after this update's little scene before finally completing this chapter and moving on to an epic chapter twelve. However, note that this is only a tentative schedule as there are many factors that may come into play such as school and work. Thank you all very much for your continued support and patience. Without further ado, please enjoy along with this update, this latest scene.
Part 1: Chapter 11 – Escalation (Scene 3: An Agent of Chaos)
"I'll save the others!" Erika hastily whispered as she pressed her face against the dirt of the ruined building she was hiding within, "Just stay where it's safe!"
Before Gin could protest, she quickly pressed the hang-up button on her shield-shaped duel disk. Holding her breath and keeping herself deathly still, she listened to the activity outside her hide-out.
"Did you see her!" an officer shouted to his companions as they searched through the ruined buildings.
"I lost track of her, but we'll find her!" another officer replied.
"Can't we move in the truck?" a third officer asked.
"Too much rubble." The first officer observed. "Don't worry, we won't need that thing to capture the rest of the Commons in this sector.
"That Jean-Michel-Monster!" Erika hissed, thinking of the events that had led up to this moment. She had hoped she could start a new life for herself in the Synchro Dimension, but it looked like the professor's words were right. No matter where she went, Academia would always be there, in one form or another.
Overhead, she could hear the sound of flapping wings and the shriek of demonic sounding monsters.
"Stygian Security." She thought to herself as her heart pounded against her chest. If she didn't move they would surely find her, but if she moved too quickly, then Security might find her anyway. She had to do this carefully.
Glancing over at her Duel Disk, she weighed her options. She could try carefully crawling towards an exit…
"ASSAULT GUNDOG SHOKAN!" A Security officer very near her position shouted, interrupting her thoughts. Holding deathly still, Erika suddenly heard the sound of sniffing and the clacking of ammo hitting against heavy armor. Not daring to move and give away her position, Erika waited, counting the seconds in her head in an effort to stay calm.
One…
"What are you smelling boy?"
Two…
"Hey guys! I think there might be something over here!"
Three…
"Let me see what my Gundog has to say."
Four…
Erika heard the officer's companions join him before summoning their own Gundogs.
Five…
"They're definitely smelling something."
Six…
They were going to find her.
Seven…
"Should we go in? It looks pretty dangerous. It might fall on top of us once we go in."
Eight…
Just a little longer.
Nine…
"Just send in the dogs, they can tear out whoever's hiding inside."
Ten…
They were going to find her!
Eleven…
"Assault Gundog! Fetch!"
Twelve…!
She had to do it now!
Thirteen…!
The dogs jumped into the building.
Fourteen…!
Heart rate accelerating!
Fifteen…!
Coming Closer!
Sixteen!
Do it now!
Seventeen!
But the intrusion penalty!
Eighteen!
"BARK! BARK!"
Nineteen!
The dogs began sprinting!
"LOTUS WARRIOR EFFECT!" Erika screamed, activating the blue sword-shaped field of her Duel Disk. "If I have no cards on my field I can summon this monster! LOTUS WARRIOR SHOKAN!"
"INTRUSION PENALTY!" The Duel Disk screamed, "TWO-THOUSAND LIFE POINTS!"
"LOOK! THERE SHE IS!" An officer shouted.
"Assault Gundog! Attack!" A second officer roared.
Erika broke into a sprint, fleeing the pursuing solid-vision hounds as they began opening fire on her position, spraying bullets into the ruined walls of the building.
"Counterattack!" Erika screamed, diving behind a slab of broken concrete. "Lotus Warrior!"
From up above, a female warrior clad in light body armor that looked like it was woven from red and white flowers descended from the top of the ceiling. Her hair was a silky black in color and decorated with multiple red and white lotuses while her eyes were an earthy green. Her lower face was covered with a plain black mask while her arms and legs were mostly bare save for a pair of flower-shaped shields over her wrists and a single lotus-decorated anklet over her left leg. Whipping out a thorny sword with lotus flowers growing along the hilt, she charged towards the pack of hounds, blocking their bullets with her shield before decapitating the head of one of the dogs with a furious swipe of her blade as a holographic indicator appeared next to her, showing an ATK of 1500.
As the other two hounds scattered, Erika and her monster sprinted out the exit-way of the building and onto an open churchyard surrounded by four ruined buildings.
"Assault Gundog's effect activates!" One of the officers shouted from a distance. "If it is destroyed, I can Special Summon two more from my deck! Come Forth! Two More Assault Gundogs!"
Erika was halted in her tracks as a pair of Assault Gundogs suddenly appeared in front of her, blocking her escape as the three Officers approached from behind, each with their own copy of Stygian Security, two with one copy of Assault Gundog, and the final one in the center with the two new copies of Assault Gundog and 3700 Life Points from Erika's recent attack.
"Turn end!" the officer in the center with 3700 LP declared. "In accordance with Directive Alekhine's Gun, you are hereby ordered to surrender and give mandatory volunteer service to the state as a citizen of the city!" The officer commanded as the pack of four dogs circled Erika and her monster.
Erika brushed her hair from her eyes and turned to face the officers.
"That's funny." She replied, "Because last time I checked, I was never technically a citizen of this place! My turn! Draw!"
Throwing down a card she continued her turn.
"I activate the Continuous magic card, Flower Arranging Art – Ikebana, and activate one of its effects! Once per turn, I can destroy one Plant-Type Monster I control in order to Special Summon that same plant from my graveyard in face-down defense position during the End-Phase of my turn! I choose to destroy Lotus Warrior!"
Jumping into the air, Erika's Lotus Warrior transformed into a cluster of petals which began blowing around the entire duel field in a beautiful whirlwind.
"You'd destroy your own monster just to set it face down?" One of the officers asked.
"No." Erika replied, "There's way more to my strategy than that! Since Lotus Warrior was destroyed, I can activate her effect! I Special Summon Red Lotus Monk from my deck!"
Clustering together, a new monster was formed from the petals of Lotus Warrior. Clad in sleeveless crimson robes with white flower patterns similar to a Buddhist monk's attire, the new monster acted like the pack of snarling hounds didn't bother her at all as she pulled out a reed flute and began playing a tranquil tune. Her hair was a deep crimson and tied into an elegant bun held together with a pair of leafy twigs and a single red lotus flower while her eyes were a deep coal black. In front of the monster, a holographic indicator showed an ATK of 1500.
"Its effect now activates!" Erika declared. "If it is Special Summoned by the effect of a Plant-Type Monster, I can draw one card!"
Drawing a single card from her deck, Erika glanced through her hand before pulling out two cards, showing them to her opponents and extending her hand towards her Red Lotus Monk.
"Once per turn, Red Lotus Monk allows me to Fusion Summon 1 Plant-Type monster from my Extra Deck using appropriate Fusion Materials from my side of the field or my hand. With this effect, I fuse the Lotus Archer and the Lotus Huntress in my hand together in order to Fusion Summon!"
"Fusion Summon!?" one of the officers gasped.
"How does she know how to do that!?" another officer exclaimed.
"Call for back-ups!" the third officer hastily ordered, "This one might be from Academia!"
"Not anymore!" Erika snarled, raising her hands to the air. In front of her, Erika's Red Lotus Monk began playing on her flute, summoning two clouds of colorful flower petals from the ground which she seemed to shepherd into a single swirling cloud above her head as she continued playing her tune. Throwing her flute into the air, the reed instrument began rapidly spinning in the center of the cloud of petals before transforming into a swirling Fusion Portal and pulling the cluster of flower petals into the center as Erika began her Fusion Chant:
"Beautiful floral archer who pierces her opponent's hearts with deadly thorns, become one with the majestic floral huntress and become nature's servant! YUUGO SHOKAN! Arawayo! Level four! Lotus Sword-Master!"
Bursting forth from a cloud of petals, Erika's new monster seemed to control gravity itself as it slowly descended from the sky and gently landed on the ground with the lightness of a flower petal. The new monster sported an elegant white dress that left her arms and legs bare and a strong metal breastplate made of crimson metal. Multiple red and white lotuses decorated her long honey-blonde hair, which cascaded down her back like an elegant waterfall. Unsheathing a long thorny sword from her side, she bared her teeth at her opponents before a holographic indicator showed an ATK of 1800.
"Lotus Sword-Master's effect!" Erika declared, "My monster gains two-hundred attack power for each Plant-Type monster on my side of the field and in my graveyard! Since I currently have five total on my side of the field and in the graveyard, that's an attack boost of one-thousand!"
As the ATK of Erika's Fusion Monster rose to 2800, a whirlwind of flower petals began forming around her like a tornado.
"Battle!" Erika declared. "Attack the Stygian Security of the center officer! Lotus Thorn Technique!"
With a mighty battle cry, Lotus Sword Master quickly leaped forward in her whirlwind of flower petals before bisecting the miniscule demon with ease and bringing down the already wounded officer's Life Points to 1000.
"Stygian Security's effect!" the center officer groaned. "If it is destroyed by battle, I can Special Summon another Stygian Security from my deck! Come forth, in defense position, Stygian Security!"
As a new reptilian demon flew onto the officer's field, Erika continued her attack.
"Red Lotus Monk!" she ordered, "Destroy the center officer's Assault Gundog!"
Gathering a whirlwind of flower petals around her person as she played her flute, Erika's monster sent the tornado of petals straight into one of the center officer's snarling Assault Gundogs, blowing the monster away as his Life Points dropped to 700.
"Why are you picking on me!?" the center officer snarled.
"I set two cards face down and end my turn." Erika replied, ignoring the officer. "And at this time, My Magic Card's effect activates, Special Summoning my Lotus Warrior in face-down Defense position."
In a cluster of flower petals, Erika's first monster returned to the field as a face-down card while a holographic indicator showed Lotus Sword Master's ATK drop to 2600.
"Don't think you've won!" one of the officer's spat. "There's a reason we've been keeping these Stygian Security and Assault Gundogs on our field, and now you'll find out why! My turn… Draw!" Stretching his hand towards his monsters, he proceeded with his turn. "I tune my Level one Stygian Security with my Level four Assault Gundog in order to Synchro Summon! Come Forth! Level five! Goyo Recruiter!"
In a column of light, a pot-bellied Goyo monster in elegant robes with a banner depicting two crossed juttes appeared to the officer's field.
"You will serve the city!" The officer proclaimed. "Goyo Recruiter gains 200 ATK for each Goyo monster on our field, so now its attack power become 1800!"
Goyo recruiter sneered at Erika as it unsheathed a jutte and its attack power rose.
"Furthermore!" the officer continued, "Once per turn, I can add one 'Goyo' or 'Jutte' card from my deck to my hand! With this effect, I will add Jutte Lord from my deck to my hand before summoning it! Come forth! Jutte Lord!"
Jutte Lord appeared to the officer's field before raising its Jutte into the air.
"Its effect now activates!" the officer declared. "Come forth! Jutte Knight!"
Next to Jutte Lord, Jutte Knight appeared, assuming a crane stance.
"Goyo recruiter cannot attack the turn I use its effect." the officer explained. "But there are other monsters I can call to the battlefield! I tune my Level two Jutte Knight with my Level four Jutte Lord in order to Synchro Summon! Come forth! Level Six! Goyo Guardian!"
In a shining column of light, the officer's new Synchro monster rose from the ground before twirling a jutte connected to a rope above his head like a lasso. The monster towered over all other monsters on the field, looking like a cross between an imperial Edo-period police officer and a kabuki theater performer. Next to the monster, a holographic indicator showed an ATK of 2800.
"With this, your Fusion Monster will now be ours!" the officer declared. "Go! Goyo Defender! Destroy her Lotus Sword Master!"
Roaring with a mighty battle-cry, the officer's massive monster pounded forward, bent on annihilating her monster.
Erika however, looked calm. Putting her hands together, she carefully breathed in through her nose before extending her hands towards one of her face-down cards.
"I activate my Continuous Trap Card." She calmly replied. "Legendary Martial Art – Tai Chi. While this card is active, if two monsters battle, the effects of those monsters are negated, furthermore, each monster on the field cannot be destroyed by battle once per turn, and the monster with lower attack power in any given battle between two monsters gains 1000 ATK!"
Calmly breathing in, Erika's monster assumed a solid stance as her ATK dropped to her original 1800. When Goyo Guardian was about to strike her with his jutte, she suddenly lunged forward, carefully maintaining balance, before pushing against Goyo Guardian's chest, knocking the monster back as her attack power suddenly matched his attack. As Goyo Guardian fell to the ground, the officer stared back at Erika in astonishment before angrily clenching his fists together.
"I set three cards face-down. Turn end!" he spat.
"My turn!" the middle officer declared. "Draw!"
"That little trick might work with your Fusion Monster, but your Tai Chi cannot protect your Life Points! I'll start by tuning Stygian Security with my Assault Gundog in order to Synchro Summon Goyo Recruiter!"
Calmly maintaining her stance, Erika remained vigilant as the officer repeated the last turn.
"Next I will Summon Jutte Lord and use his effect to Summon Jutte Knight in order to Synchro Summon another Goyo Guardian!"
Appearing next to the other monsters, Goyo Guardian rumbled onto the field, pointing his jutte at Erika's monster in a threatening pose.
"And now I will activate the effect of my Goyo recruiter! By making it so my monster cannot attack this turn, I can add the Equip Magic Card, Goyo Sasumata to my hand and equip it to my Goyo Guardian!"
Throwing away his jutte and rope, Goyo Guardian let out a low growl as a long U-blade tipped spear materialized in his hand.
"With this, my monster can attack your Life Points directly! Go! Goyo Guardian! Finish this duel!"
As Goyo Guardian charged forward with his massive spear, Erika calmly took another breath before whipping her hand towards her other face-down.
"I activate the Continuous Trap Card, Lotus Wall!" she declared. "Now, only the 'Lotus' monster I control with the highest attack power can be targeted for attacks! Furthermore, if it would be destroyed by battle or card effect, I can tribute one Plant-Type Monster I control instead!"
Before Goyo Guardian could touch Erika, Lotus Sword Master stepped out in front, jamming the charging Goyo Guardian's spear into the ground with a parry of her thorny blade. Growling in frustration as his Goyo Monster withdrew, the officer looked through the cards in his hand before letting out an angry yell and pointing to his companion.
"You'd better make sure you finish her off!" he yelled. "I set three cards face-down and end my turn!"
"My turn… Draw!" the officer declared. "I'll start by using my Stygian Security and Assault Gundog to Synchro Summon a final copy of Goyo Recruiter! Come forth! Goyo Recruiter!"
As the third copy of Goyo Recruiter appeared to the field, the officer threw down another card from his hand.
"Next, I will summon Jutte Lord, use its effect to summon Jutte Knight, tune them together, and summon my copy of Goyo Guardian! Come forth! Goyo Guardian!"
"We're almost done…" Erika thought to herself, as the third copy of Goyo Guardian appeared to the field, "…just a little longer and I can end this!"
"I will now use my Goyo Recruiter's effect in order to add the Equip Magic Card, Goyo Tsukubo, to my hand before equipping it to my Goyo Guardian!"
As the officer slammed the magic card onto his Duel Disk, A large T-shaped spear with spikey edges appeared in Goyo Guardian's hand.
"Goyo Tsukubo's effect increases the ATK of my Goyo Guardian by its Level X 100. In addition, if it attacks a monster with a lower level than itself, it can decrease the ATK and DEF of that monster by its Level X 100! With this, your Tai Chi cannot protect your Life Points! Go! Goyo Guardian! Attack Lotus Sword Master!"
As the two monsters clashed, Goyo Guardian's Tsukubo slamming against the edge of Lotus Sword Master's thorny blade, Erika braced herself as the final result of their card effects caused Sword Master to have 2400 ATK while Guardian's ATK rose to 3400. Planting her feet firmly in the ground, she managed to stay upright as a shockwave blasted her back and reduced her Life Points to 1000.
"I set two cards face down and activate Wave-Motion Cannon! Turn end!" The officer spat. "You can't win now!" he declared. "Each of us control two monsters with twenty-eight hundred attack power. Furthermore, on our next turn, Goyo Recruiter will be able to give us exactly the cards we need to counter your strategies. And even if you manage to survive that, my Wave-Motion Canon will finish you off once my next turn begins! Give up and surrender or we will unleash the full might of Security! This is your final warning!"
Erika smiled back at them, seemingly unbothered by the officer's ultimatum.
"Really? That's what you call a threat? I've heard way worse back where I come from."
Smiling at her field, she reviewed the stats of the duel. She had managed to do exactly what she needed to turn the duel around in her favor.
"My turn…" she began, "…dr-…"
Before she could continue, she and the other officers were suddenly violently thrown back as a raging column of fire descended from the sky and slammed into the ground, spreading red hot flames around the surrounding ruined buildings. Jumping up from the ground and assuming a defensive stance, Erika's heart suddenly began racing again as the sudden appearance of the strange anomaly shocked her already strained nerves.
"The devil!" One of the officer's called, getting up from the ground and staring at the anomaly in complete shock.
"You called me?" said a calm suave voice from the depths of the flaming tornado. Suddenly, a muscular hand appeared from the depths of the pillar of fire before swiping away the raging inferno with a lazy flick of the wrist. As the flames rapidly dissipated, a young man stepped out of the smoldering circle of fire left behind by the inferno before leaping onto the battlefield with cat-like agility. His blue hair was extremely long and messy with several spikey tips pointing upward like points of blue fire. The irises of his eyes were a deep red while his dark pupils almost looked like reptilian slits. Over his face, multiple blue fire marks decorated his dark-tanned skin. His attire made him look like a strange cross between a hobo and a caveman with a ragged dark-blue overcoat and black bear-skin fur cape worn over his shoulders, the bear paws tied together over his neck, and a red skin-tight muscle shirt over his well-toned chest, while his lower body was only barely covered with a simple pair of ragged grey trousers. Multiple flame-patterned tattoos covered the surface of his bare feet, and muscular arms and legs, while a large demon-wing shaped crimson-and-black Duel Disk that glinted in the sun like it was made of molten magma rested over his left arm. At the side of waist, he carried several leather pouches and a few rolled up scrolls of paper.
Looking down at the four duelists with a look of utter contempt, he lazily seemed to survey the battlefield before speaking again.
"And to think I traded Lydia and Joho for this…" he mused. "…but I suppose not every opponent can be entertaining."
Throwing back his arm he activated his Duel Disk, which projected a purple duel field which burned against the air like it was made of pure flame rather than solid vision.
"I'm bored…" he proclaimed, briskly strolling up to the duelists, "…and you shall serve as my entertainment. So please, try to make this interesting."
"Stand down!" one of the officers roared. "That's on order!"
"An order?" the man asked, a look of mock surprise coming over his face. "Well that's a funny thing. I don't really recall caring much for authority or its stupid orders."
"This is your last chance!" the officer in the center growled, "Stand down or we'll…"
The rest of the man's sentence was cut off as the approaching Duelist raised his hands into the air. As he did, his eyes and tattoos began glowing with fiery blue light before a raging wall of crimson and orange fire suddenly burst into existence around the perimeter of the Churchyard, igniting the surrounding buildings like matchsticks and enclosing the duelists in a wall of heat.
"Ore-Sama no turn…" the new duelist purred, a sadistic smile coming over his features as the fire rose into the air, "…draw."
"INTRUSION PENALTY!" The Duel Disk declared, "TWO-THOU-…"
The man's eyes suddenly began glowing again, and the Duel Disk's voice faded away. Adding his card to his hand, a holographic indicator appeared and showed the man's Life Points at 4000.
Erika's mouth gaped open in shock. Why hadn't his Life Points dropped?
Apparently, she was not the only one with that question.
"Why didn't you take the intrusion penalty!?" One of the officers asked as all three of them backed away, a look of fear on all three of their faces.
"Field Magic activate…" the man calmly continued, ignoring their question, "…Anarchy Agent Battlefield."
As the man threw down his Field Spell Card, his grin widened to reveal a set of fang-like teeth beneath his lips. Overhead, the sky suddenly darkened before lighting up with pale red and orange light as even more bonfires materialized around the battlefield, casting up a cloud of sparks and ashes. As the Field Spell Card took effect, from the duelist's perspective, the entire city looked like it had been blasted with a hailstorm of nuclear bombs before being left to burn.
"Beautiful…" the man murmured, closing his eyes before inhaling the burning air through his nose, "… truly this is a world worthy of creating!"
Even though the man hadn't done much yet, it took everything Erika had to remain calm and not let her nerves tear her apart until she became a nervous wreck like she had during her service for Academia. There was something wrong about him, and it wasn't just the weird display of pyrokinesis and his ability to avoid the intrusion penalty. She would have said the man was crazy, but even that didn't seem to cut it. There was something twisted and evil about him, something that would have made her want to immediately flee, were it not for her training and the wall of flames.
"Our battle can now begin in earnest!" the man proclaimed, opening his eyes and staring down each of his opponents. "May this be a conflict worthy of legend! One that can be passed down from generation to generation as they recount the epic struggle between Akato, and…" the man named Akato glanced over at his opponents, eyes hovering over the labels over the Security officer's uniforms, "…well… I suppose your names may not be worth remembering." He smirked. "But perhaps you will prove me wrong."
Throwing down a card he continued with his turn.
"I Normal Summon Anarchy Agent – Road Monk to my field!" he declared as a swirling vortex of flames burst from the ground next to him. From the bottom of the flames, a pitch-black motorcycle with flaming wheels, and red flame highlights roared onto the battlefield. Piloting the bike was a short individual wearing plain burlap monk robes over his body and a hood over his face. Over his back was strapped a cruel looking reaper scythe made of pitch-black metal that burned with dull orange flames. Circling the other duelists in his motorcycle, the monster let out a deep and slow demonic laugh before a holographic indicator appeared and showed a Level of three and an ATK of 800.
"Anarchy Agent Battlefield gains one Anarchy Counter whenever I summon an Anarchy Agent monster…" Akato explained as a single sphere of raging red fire materialized in the air above the duelists, "…furthermore, since Anarchy Agent – Road Monk was Normal Summoned while I controlled another face-up "Anarchy Agent" card, I get to add Anarchy Agent Ritual from my deck to my hand!"
Roaring between the four other duelists, Road Monk planted his scythe into the ground, causing a massive fissure to open up in the earth before a wall of flames billowed upwards from the depths of the earth, causing a card to fly up from the ground and into Akato's outstretched hand. Brushing the ash off the card, Akato continued with his turn.
"I next activate the Magic Card, Anarchy Agent Robbery! With this card, I draw two cards from my deck before sending one Anarchy Agent monster to the graveyard. However… if I cannot, I take seven-hundred damage."
"Draw all the cards you want!" one of the security officers barked. "It'll never be enough to defeat all of our monsters!"
Akato's head whipped around to face the man before his face broke into a maniacal grin, eyes seemingly bursting into flames as they glowed with demonic light. Backing away, the officer looked like he was about to faint.
"I accept your challenge!" Akato sneered, fingers curling like claws as he tore two cards from his deck and added them to his hand. "Let me show you just how much power I truly possess!"
Panting like a predator as his fingers feathered through the cards in his hand, he stopped when he came across a lone card in his hand. Plucking the card from his hand, he gingerly deposited it into the graveyard before looking back at his opponents.
"As per the effect of Anarchy Agent Robbery, I send the level four monster, Anarchy Agent Bomber to the graveyard. FURTHERMORE…" he suddenly shouted with excitement, pointing down at the ground in front of his feet before his voice softened just as suddenly, "…because Anarchy Agent Bomber was sent to the graveyard, its effect now activates." he paused to look at each of his opponents before continuing. "When it is sent to the graveyard while I control an Anarchy Agent monster, one of my opponent's cards is destroyed."
In front of him, the ground suddenly burst open as a pillar of fire rocketed out from the depths of the earth. Ascending from the fiery pit, a massive muscular monster with greasy black hair, a bloody hockey mask over its face, and massive bundles of TNT over its white chest crawled onto the field, howling like a maniac as it flailed its arms in the air and threatened to push down on a small plunger it held in its right hand.
Licking his lips, Akato surveyed the battlefield, scanning each of his opponent's cards with his eyes.
"I'd love to see her monster burn…" he mused to himself, "…but I ought to take care of her trap cards first. I'll save her monster's screams for later." Pointing his finger at Erika, he continued his turn.
"I have chosen what will burn first!" Akato proclaimed. "I shall first burn down your ideals before I burn down your bodies! Go! Anarchy Agent Bomber! Destroy Legendary Martial Art – Tai Chi!"
Letting out a maniacal blood-curdling scream, Anarchy Agent Bomber began running towards Erika at break-neck speed before making a dive at her Trap Card and pushing down on his plunger. Jumping on top of Erika as she shielded her face with her arms, Lotus Sword Master cradled Erika in her arms, protecting her from the blast as her Tai-Chi Trap Card was obliterated in an explosive inferno. Even with the duel using solid vision, Erika could swear that some of the flames that brushed past her face were real.
"You and your monster seem close to each other…" Akato commented with a sneer, "…it'll make it all more heart-wrenching when I finally take her from you. I next discard the monster, Anarchy Agent – Shadow Encoder, in order to add the Magic Card, Anarchy Agent Fusion to my hand."
"Fusion!?" Erika and the other duelists exclaimed in unison.
"Yes… Fusion." Akato purred, a look of condescension creeping over his face as he smirked at his opponents. "After all, there are many different summoning methods in this universe. Far more than the Synchro Summoning you are prone to using." His eyes trailed over to Erika's shield-shaped Duel Disk, "Although… it looks like some of you are already familiar with them." He added, smiling while slowly clapping his hands in congratulations.
He scanned through the cards in his hand before delicately removing one with his index and middle finger. "Keep my Fusion card in mind as I continue my turns, for soon I will unleash it." he calmly instructed, "But first… let's have fun with a different summoning technique. I reveal the level two monster, Anarchy Agent – Ally Marker in my hand in order to activate Shadow Encoder's second effect! I Special Summon it from the graveyard while changing its level to match Ally Marker's Level."
In front of Akato, a small fire roared to life. Unlike the previous fires, this one was composed more of thick black smoke than actual flame. From the depths of the smoke, a ghostly figure wrapped in ragged black gauze like a mummy rose into the air. Parts of its face were uncovered, revealing a set of coal-black eyes, and a gaping mouth with massive reptilian teeth. In one of its hands, it carried a coal-black book that burned with black flames and bore a red demon eye in the center. Beneath the floating monster, a holographic indicator appeared before displaying an ATK of 500 and a Level of two.
"Anarchy Agent Battlefield gains another Anarchy Counter. In addition, I will now activate Shadow Encoder's third effect!" Akato declared, pointing his finger towards his speeding Road Monk. Once per turn, I can reduce the Level of one of my monsters by up to three. I choose to use this effect now to reduce Road Monk's Level to one!"
Trailing smoke behind his ghostly form, Shadow Encoder sped towards Road Monk before opening his book and chanting in a demonic tongue. As he chanted, tendrils of gauze unwrapped themselves from his emaciated body before wrapping themselves around Road Monk's arms and waist. Screaming in pain, Road Monk struggled against the bindings as his Level dropped to one.
"With this, all is prepared." Akato purred as he pulled another card from his hand while the other duelists looked on with growing dread. "The agent of your demise comes forth now! From my hand, I activate the Ritual Magic Card, Anarchy Agent Ritual!"
Above the heads of the duelists, a flaming mark appeared in the air. The mark was composed of two A's made entirely of crimson flame, which were arranged so that they mirrored each other with their legs crossing to form a pair of X's on either side of the symbol. Between the bridges of the two A's, a reptilian eye adorned the center while the entire double "A" mark was enclosed in a circle of raging fire. Staring up at the demonic eye of the mark, Erika nearly jumped out of her skin when she suddenly saw the eye blink before staring directly at her as if the flaming mark were alive.
"Anarchy Agent Ritual is different from most Ritual Spell Cards in that the monster can be Ritual Summoned from the deck…" Akato explained as the flaming mark began surveying the battlefield, "…however, in order to Ritual Summon the desired monster, I have to ensure that the tributes exactly equal the level of the monster being Ritual Summoned. So since I wish to summon a Level six monster, I shall take the liberty of using my Level two Shadow Encoder, and my Level four Bomber!"
"But Bomber's in the grave!" one of the Officers exclaimed. "You can't tribute that card!"
Akato slowly turned his head towards the officer, giving him a toothy grin, "Limited as always." He mused, scraping at one of his teeth with a long fingernail. "It would seem you people think that a monster has no use when it is sent to the graveyard. On the contrary, monsters… and people… often are far more useful when they are dead, then when they are alive."
The officers looked back at Akato with a confused expression on their faces. Closing his eyes in a meditative expression, Akato took a deep breath before continuing. "Since I am about to Ritual Summon a monster, I can activate Anarchy Agent – Bomber's effect. I Special Summon it from the graveyard in order to use it as one of the tributes. However, the respective effects of Shadow Encoder and Bomber mean that both of these monsters will be banished once they are removed from the field."
Rising from a pillar of raging fire, Anarchy Agent – Bomber rose to the field before being joined by Shadow Encoder, who led the gigantic masked man underneath the burning eye of the Anarchy Agent Symbol. Glaring down at the two monsters, the two bridges of the double "A" symbol suddenly widened before revealing a set of flaming magma teeth encircling the demonic eye in the center of the symbol. Roaring with demonic furry, the double "A" symbol suddenly lunged at the two monsters, engulfing them in its flaming maw before exploding in a nuclear explosion of raging flame, which knocked back Erika and the three Security officers as Akato began a summoning chant:
"Agents who inspire fear, burn the resolve of the foolish authority to ashes and rise up as a malevolent burning demon created from pure horror! Gishiki Shokan! Terrorize them! Level six! Anarchy Agent – Dread Demon!"
Just as Erika and the officers managed to get up from the burning ground, they were immediately thrown down once more as an earsplitting demonic roar rent the air and a burning shockwave sent tremors through the battlefield as a demonic beast rose from the ground. Rather than normal flesh, the monster seemed to be entirely made of a mass of blazing bones, boiling and blistering skin, pulsating flaming organs, sinuous muscles composed of magma, and gigantic black eyes that looked like they were made of pure coal. Rather than keeping a single shape, the demonic beast's roiling body constantly changed form from a raging Cerberus, to a tentacle abomination, to a winged griffon, and back again to another flaming monstrosity more terrifying than the last. As the burning demon reared up on a set of hind legs, a holographic indicator appeared and showed an ATK of 2400.
"Anarchy Agent Battlefield's effect now activates!" Akato declared, face burning with malice and insanity in the light of his raging Ritual Monster. "It gains another Anarchy Counter for a total of three counters! And now that that's done, my Dread Demon's effect activates! The effects of every single card my opponent controls are negated until the end of this turn! In addition, during the turn this effect is activated, none of my opponent's set cards can be activated! GO MY DREAD DEMON! ANARCHY'S HORROR!"
Throwing back its burning head, Dread Demon's coal-black eyes began blazing with white-hot light as its roiling flesh, skin, organs, and bones twisted themselves into a set of gruesome burning tentacles that whipped forward before ensnaring each of Erika and the Officer's cards in their flaming coils. Erika watched in horror as both her Lotus Sword-Master and Red Lotus Monk began screaming in agony before momentarily bursting into flames and getting thrown back onto the ground, bodies smoldering as they struggled to get up from the ground after being severely injured by Dread Demon's effect. The monsters of the officers didn't seem to fare any better. In addition to suffering burn wounds, the ATK of all three of the officer's Goyo Recruiters had been reduced to their original 1600. Looking over at the Spell and Trap Cards on the field, Erika noticed several scorch marks decorating the surface of the cards while the pictures of the face-up cards had slightly dimmed.
"Well that was a good start…" Akato mused, "…but let's see if we can fan the flames a little more!" Raising his muscular right arm into the air, he pointed at the three globes of raging fire in the sky.
"By destroying my own Anarchy Agent Battlefield, I can activate its effect!" he declared, "I can draw one card before Ritual or Fusion Summoning any Anarchy Agent Monster from my hand, deck, or Extra Deck without using any tributes or materials, so long as the Level of the Anarchy Agent monster being summoned exactly equals the number of Anarchy Counters this card had when it was destroyed!"
Clustering together, the three spheres of fire merged into a single raging inferno before pouring onto the center of the field in a blazing pillar of fire. Drawing a card from his deck, Akato raised his hands into the air before beginning another summoning chant:
""Insanity of the prisoner, manifest in flames and drive all those who face you mad! Gishiki Shokan! Come forth! Level 3! Anarchy Agent - Asylum Prisoner!"
From the depths of the raging inferno, Erika could hear the sound of maniacal laughter as Akato's new Ritual Monster appeared. Looking upon the monster, Erika began to understand what Akato meant when he commanded his monster to drive others mad. The monster was a raving insane asylum patient with spikey flaming hair and a face completely disfigured with innumerable burn marks and lacerations. Shackled in a blood-red straight jacket, the monster wobbled from side to side as it ran around the burning battlefield, laughing maniacally in everyone's face before running to the nearest pile of rubble and aggressively beating its face against a slab of concrete. But the strangest aspect of the monster was the fact that it didn't seem to even belong to the physical world. The flaming monster was colored in shades of grey like an old black and white movie or security camera recording. Instead of holding its form, the monster seemed to flicker in and out of existence like a picture on a poorly paced reel of film. As it flickered and cackled like a maniac, a holographic indicator appeared and showed an ATK of 700.
Akato bowed to his opponents after his monster appeared, closing his eyes and smiling as if experiencing the deepest satisfaction of his life.
"I thank you for your exceeding patience…" he murmured, eyes flickering open, "…and now your waiting shall be rewarded when I open your eyes to the fantastic future I shall bring to this and all worlds! Behold it now. I activate Anarchy Agent Fusion in order to fuse my newly summoned Anarchy Agent – Asylum Prisoner with the Anarchy Agent – Ally Marker in my hand!"
Above the head of Anarchy Agent – Asylum Prisoner, a flaming double "A" mark appeared in the air, identical to the previous one, save for the fact that it was rapidly spinning in the air. Opening its central mouth wide, it began sucking up the cackling Asylum Prisoner before Akato's Ally Marker also made its appearance. Ally Marker looked like a Goth punk with multiple prison tattoos over his face, shaved head, neck, and arms, black lipstick over his eyes and lips, and a spikey Mohawk of flaming hair. In the center of his forehead, a single red demonic eye scanned the field with a beam of red light like a flashlight before the monster was sucked into the center of the flaming whirlwind as Akato began his Fusion chant.
"Beings that bring forth the flames of discord! Agents who destroy order! Become one in the whirlpool of disharmony and unleash an infinite chaos! YUUGO SHOKAN! LEVEL NINE! ANARCHY AGENT – CYCLE REAPER!"
Exploding into a raging tornado of red-hot flame, the flaming whirlwind tore through the field, picking up debris before igniting the debris and sending them flying in random directions. From the top of the raging cyclone, Akato's new fusion monster appeared. Unsheathing a massive two-ended scythe made entirely from molten magma and flames, a burning skeleton sheathed in thick, flaming bone armor with a grinning dragon skull on the chest and multiple human skulls over the shoulders and arms, began laughing in a deep demonic voice before a pair of blue flames ignited in the center of its empty eye-sockets, creating a set of eyes. Traveling via its raging tornado, the monster rapidly spun its scythe around, creating additional whirlwinds of flaming tornados as it began igniting everything in its path. Over its pillar of fire, a holographic indicator appeared and showed an ATK of 2900.
"We'll resolve these effects in this order." Akato declared, holding up his index finger. "First, since Ally Marker was sent to the graveyard, its effect enables me to add one of my banished Anarchy Agent monsters to my hand, so I will return Shadow Encoder to my hand."
In a swirl of smoke, Akato's card rematerialized in his hand.
"The second effect!" Akato declared holding up his index and middle fingers. "Since Asylum Prisoner was used as a Fusion Material for a Fusion Summon, I get to return all of my banished monsters to my graveyard. So return! Anarchy Agent Bomber!"
Laughing insanely, the massive masked monster appeared to Akato's field before slowly descending into a black graveyard portal.
"The third effect!" Akato proclaimed, holding up his thumb, index, and middle fingers, "When Anarchy Agent – Cycle Reaper is Special Summoned, I can destroy one card my opponent controls! So destroy Lotus Barrier! Cycles of Flame!"
Opening its skull mouth impossibly wide, Cycle Reaper charged forward in his flaming tornado before vomiting out a stream of molten magma that spewed from his gullet like a fire-hose, vaporizing Erika's trap on contact.
"Finally…" Akato added, dropping his hand to his side before looking at Erika, "…since I've decided I really enjoy burning your cards, I will activate Anarchy Agent - Bomber's effect again. Since it was sent to the graveyard, I will use it to destroy your Flower Arranging Art Ikebana."
This time, when Akato's giant monster rose from the ground in a billowing bonfire, Erika and her monsters ran as fast as they could away from the location of the Spell Card, evading the shockwave and flames as Bomber obliterated the card in a suicidal run.
"Enjoy your last moments with your monsters." Akato purred, delicately plucking another card from his hand. "This final monster will finish this duel."
"How many monsters are you going to summon!?" one of the officers gawked.
"Well…" Akato mused, "… I could easily summon more monsters, but I don't need to for you. So you'll have to content yourself with… one of… my aces."
Akato gingerly placed the card on his Duel Disk. As he did, a circle of raging blue flames began bursting to life around his person.
"I activate a second Anarchy Agent Ritual…" he declared, "…sacrificing my Level one Anarchy Agent - Road Monk and my Level nine Anarchy Agent – Cycle Reaper!"
In an explosion of flames, the mark of the Anarchy Agents reappeared in the air before violently roaring and engulfing Cycle Reaper and Road Monk in its flaming maw. Watching his monsters get disintegrated into nothingness, Akato smiled and closed his eyes before raising his hands into the air. As he raised his hands to the air, the circle of flames around his body brightened in intensity while Akato's blue fire tattoo marks, his eyes, and his blue hair, began glowing like they had ignited with intense heat. Raising his powerful arms into the air, he commenced his summoning chant:
"The flames of anarchy that exist in all life! From the agents of chaos that spread this glory, burst from all directions, and begin the apocalypse! GISHIKI SHOKAN! BEHOLD THE HERALD OF THE NEW WORLD! LEVEL TEN! ANARCHY AGENT – ABSTRACT APOTHEOSIS!"
The explosion that billowed forth from the center of the Anarchy Agent mark was so massive and powerful, that as it blasted back the surrounding air, rubble, and duelists, Erika couldn't even hear anything but a dull ringing from her ears. Slowly rising up from the ground with her monsters, Erika was nearly blinded as she looked upon the raging form of Akato's new monster. The monster was utterly massive. Towering at least sixty meters in the air as a raging and swirling mass of chaotic flames, the monster's immense, slightly humanoid body, constantly melted and warped as segments of flame shaped themselves into roaring dragons, nine-headed serpents, lion heads, chimeras, giants, phoenixes, screaming skeletons, and all manner of other flaming abominations. The only thing that remained constant was the monsters face, a roaring demonic head with an impossibly wide flaming mouth, soulless burning eyes, and millions of jagged magma teeth lining a gullet that seemed to empty into a bottomless black void. Erika could only piece the rest of the monster's appearance together as the monster was so bright and hot that she couldn't look upon it for more than a second without being blinded. Screaming with agony, Erika suddenly clutched at her forehead as an endless stream of visions of continual fiery death and destruction played before her mind. Incapacitated by the parade of visions, she failed to take notice as a holographic indicator appeared and showed an ATK of 3300.
"WHAT IS THAT THING!" one of the officers screamed in agony. Cracking her eyes open, Erika noticed the other officers writhing on the ground. Keeping her face to the hot ground, she made sure not too look up in order to avoid looking upon the monster again.
"I'm glad you asked." Akato replied, stepping out of his circle of flames while his marks, hair, and eyes continued to glow with unnatural blue light. "This beautiful creature is a type and shadow of things to come, as well as one of the many agents created for the purpose of bringing about the future it represents! It is an agent of death and destruction, a herald of true freedom, a beacon to every soul seeking something beyond the mundane world created by humanity's laws, an embodiment of chaos!"
He smiled as the officers struggled to comprehend his meaning.
"It has been a true delight fighting against you, but I'm afraid none of you have truly impressed me. You are not fit for the world I wish to create, so now you shall fulfill your purpose as my entertainment. Abstract Apotheosis's effect activates upon being Ritual Summoned, and Road Monk and Cycle Reaper's effect chains to the activation! First, once per turn, if my Cycle Reaper is in the graveyard because it was destroyed or sent there as a tribute for a Ritual Summon, it Special Summons itself from the graveyard!"
In a swirling tornado of flames, Cycle Reaper emerged from the graveyard, laughing with demonic glee as it twirled its flaming scythe in the air.
"With its Special Summon, its effect activates once again!" Akato declared with glee, "Destroy that Wave-Motion Cannon! Cycles of Flame!"
Throwing back its head with laughter, Cycle Reaper charged forward before unleashing another jet of magma at Wave-Motion Cannon, melting the weapon into a pool of liquid metal.
"Next, since Road Monk was sent to the graveyard while I controlled an Anarchy Agent card, I can draw one card!" Plucking a card from his deck, he continued his turn.
"And now the true inferno can ignite!" Akato proclaimed, stretching his hand towards Abstract Apotheosis. "When Abstract Apotheosis is Ritual Summoned, I can send all cards my opponent controls to the graveyard! BURN THEM ALL NOW, APOTHEOSIS! ANARCHY'S ARMAGEDDON!"
"NO!" Erika screamed, realizing that the monster's effect would destroy her own monsters. Looking into her Sword-Master's face, she was suddenly thrown back as a massive flaming dragon mouth suddenly snapped down on her monster's middle, lifting the screaming Fusion Monster into the air as it ignited in flames and blew her monster into bits of ash and sparks.
"And now you shall feel the effect of Apotheosis's continuous effect." Akato calmly continued, brushing some ash off of his hands. "Each time one or more cards is sent to the graveyard, my opponents take five-hundred damage. GO! RAGING CHAOS!"
This time, Erika dared to look at Akato's monster as it unleashed a wall of flames from a thousand demonic mouths that formed over its flaming body. Leaping to her feet, Erika managed to use her training to avoid and parry away some of the flames, but not without her hands getting burned as she swiped away a mass of flames that nearly hit her directly in the face as her Life Points dropped to 500. The other officers did not do as well. All three of them ran from the flames, but were caught in the storm, backs becoming charred as they were thrown onto the ground by the force of the blast.
"Battle…" Akato purred, a deep throaty growl adding itself to his voice. "…Anarchy Agent – Cycle Reaper, attack the first Security Officer with thirty-five hundred Life Points. REVOLVING SCYTHE FLAME!"
Charging forward, while spinning his scythe around in a raging whirlwind of magma and fire, Cycle Reaper slammed his weapon against the Security officer, opening a massive burning gash into his body and sending the poor man flying into the air before he crashed into a pile of rubble and his Life Points dropped to 600.
"Abstract Apotheosis…" Akato continued, "…attack the second Officer with thirty-five hundred Life Points! DEVOURING CHAOS FLAME!"
The second officer tried to crawl away, but was caught in a pillar of fire that billowed forth from the main mouth of Abstract Apotheosis, slamming the officer flat against the flaming ground and charring his body as his Life Points dropped to 200.
"I'll end the suffering of one of you right now." Akato promised, extending his hand towards Dread Demon. "Anarchy Agent – Dread Demon, finish off the officer with six-hundred Life Points. DREAD FLAME!"
Morphing and twisting into an abominable creature with the flaming mouth of a crocodile, the back of a burning porcupine, and the legs of a cheetah, Dread Demon charged forward before sprouting a pair of magma tentacles from its mouth and grabbing the screaming officer, pulling him into its gaping maw.
"Your boss called me…" Akato sneered, "…you're fired."
Letting out a final scream, the officer was burned to a pile of ash as Akato's monster unleashed a torrent of flame at the officer, reducing his body to smoldering cinders.
Erika and the remaining two officers gasped in horror at the scene, unable to believe what they had witnessed.
"His death foreshadows what is now coming to you." Akato declared, holding up a final card in his hand. "I activate the Ritual Magic Card, Anarchy Agent Defilement! With this card, I pay one-thousand Life Points in order to Ritual Summon an Anarchy Agent monster from my hand or deck by banishing the appropriate monsters from my graveyard… not that I actually need the monster to destroy you right now."
"W-what do you mean?" one of the officers whimpered.
Erika's began trembling. "He… he's going to kill us with Apotheosis's effect, just by sending his Ritual Magic Card to the graveyard once it resolves…"
"Smart girl." Akato congratulated, gazing back at Erika with what could have been passed as a genuinely warm smile. "It's a shame you weren't able to survive this turn. I might have kept you. You have probably heard this before, but you are quite beautiful."
Erika backed away, feeling horror from Akato's compliment rather than flattery.
"However…" Akato mused, "…I have never beheld anything more truly captivating and beautiful than the chaotic force of fire. BEHOLD! ANARCHY AGENT DEFILEMENT'S EFFECT ACTIVATES!"
Roaring with delight as segments of his body burst into blue flame before his Life Points dropped to 1000, Akato extended his arms to the air as the same Anarchy Agent symbol from before appeared in the air. This time, however, the symbol burned with dull black flames that billowed forth more smoke than fire.
"I banish Anarchy Agent – Road Monk and Bomber from my graveyard…" Akato declared as the monsters ascended from the graveyard before getting engulfed in the demonic mark's smoking maw, "…in order to Ritual Summon the Level seven Anarchy Agent – Mirror Phantom from my deck!"
Clenching his fists together, he began his summoning chant:
"The ghost that reflects order, display the darkness that lies within and unleash the flames of chaos! GISHIKI SHOKAN! LEVEL SEVEN, ANARCHY AGENT – MIRROR PHANTOM!"
Collapsing onto the ground in a smoking heap, the Anarchy Agent mark dissipated into a cloud of ash as the ground opened and Akato's new monster ascended from the depths of the earth. The monster was a hooded skeletal creature with lines of reflective magma glowing against its bones and regal clothing. Upon its back, two mirrors of black obsidian reflected the faces of Erika and the remaining officers before the images warped and depicted all three of them bursting into flames and dissolving into piles of ash. Over its chest, a holographic indicator appeared and showed an ATK of 2000.
"The effect is now resolved…" Akato sighed, "…and now my Ritual Card and all of you go to the grave. Abstract Apotheosis… finish them off."
Erika fell to her knees, still unable to believe what was happening. Closing her eyes as Apotheosis unleashed a new wall of flame at all of them, she prayed that she would be incinerated quickly.
"INTRUSION PENALTY!" a voice suddenly roared, "TWO-THOUSAND LIFE POINTS!"
Whipping her head around as the flames quickly approached, Erika caught a glimpse of four officers on motorcycles making a jump over one of the flaming buildings before one of them raised his hand into the air and a massive white heron-shaped mark exploded outward from his palm.
"MINERAL GUARDIAN – TUNGSTEN SHIELD'S EFFECT ACTIVATES!" one of the officers roared with a rich Russian accent. "IF DAMAGE WOULD BE INFLICTED, I CAN SPECIAL SUMMON THIS CARD FROM MY HAND TO NEGATE THE DAMAGE AND INCREASE ITS DEFENSE BY FIVE-HUNDRED! YOU WILL NOT HURT THEM!"
Suddenly, in front of Erika, a massive golem made entirely of tungsten landed on the ground in front of her, creating a massive crater in the ground before raising a massive rectangular shield in front of its face. Raising its other fist into the air, it caused a massive wall of tungsten to appear in front of the approaching wall of flames, blocking the inferno before it could touch the remaining officers. Behind the monster, a holographic indicator showed its defense rise from 2000 to 2500.
In astonishment, Erika got up from the ground to look at her saviors. They all wore the uniform of the Arrest Corps, but they had removed their masks, revealing one to be a bearded man with a dark face and eyes, a petit woman with short black hair and similar dark eyes, a buck-toothed man with a smaller face and bright cheerful eyes, and a tall thin man with short brown hair and green eyes. As they circled around the duel field, eyeing Akato with a threatening expression on each of their faces, Erika could see a large white heron mark glowing against the back of each of their suits. Looking up to the sky, she saw the same Heron mark, covering the entire duel field like a guardian angel in its light while simultaneously extinguishing the flames of the battlefield as it grew in size and brightness.
"Nevan! Garret!" the bearded man commanded, "Get the wounded out of here! Elizaveta and I will take care of this!"
"Aye aye, Pyotr!" Garret replied as he and the man named Nevan raced towards the wounded officers.
"Let's go!" Nevan roared, as he held a card into the air. "I discard the Level three monster, Graydle Putty, in order for me to activate its effect and instantly summon Graydle Eagle from my hand! Secure the wounded, Graydle Eagle!"
Above the man's head, an amorphous mass of grey clay-like slime appeared over his head before shaping and coloring itself into a golden winged eagle with a few discolored grey feathers and mushy slimy misshapen bird feet.
"Graydle, graydle, graydle, I made you out of clay…" Garret sang with the accent of a country hick as Nevan's monster raced towards the wounded officers, picking up one of them before depositing the wounded man into Nevan's outstretched arms.
"Now's not the time, Garret!" Nevan snapped as he carefully placed the officer on his bike while swerving to avoid a pile of burning rubble. "This is serious! We've got wounded! Take care of the other officer!"
"Fine! Fine! Fine!" Garret argued back, pulling out his own card, "Sheesh! It's not like I can't sing and rescue people at the same time."
"With the size of your brain, I wonder if you can do any two things at the same time." Nevan muttered, grimacing as the intrusion penalty caused his Life Points to drop to 2000.
"How 'bout this!" Garret countered, "I reveal the Quick-Play Magic card, Survivor Nest, in my hand in order to discard it and Special Summon one "Survivor" monster from my hand! Let's save some people! I summon Survivor Canine! GO FETCH!"
Through a blue portal, Garret's monster jumped onto the field before racing towards the wounded officer and picking him up in its mouth. Survivor Canine was a wild emaciated dog about twice the size of a tiger, with matted fur and large tusks like a saber-tooth tiger's. Racing towards his monster, Garret grabbed the officer out of the dog's mouth, before setting the officer onto his bike and racing towards Erika, hand outstretched as his Life Points dropped to 2000.
"Come on little darlin'!" Garret invited, "I'll get you somewhere safe!"
Rolling out of the way, Erika managed to avoid the officer as Garret zoomed past with a confused expression on his face.
"You need to come with us!" Nevan pleaded as he circled around to rescue Erika. "Trust us! We're not gonna hurt you!"
"GO WITH THEM!" Elizaveta barked as she and Pyotr circled their bikes around Akato and his monsters, keeping all of them away from Garret, Nevan, Erika, and the wounded officers as the flaming monstrosities raged at the tungsten wall, angrily attempting to break it apart while swiping at the two riders.
"I don't trust you!" Erika roared back, holding her disk up protectively. "And besides… I'm still dueling! I'm not running from this fight!"
Dodging Nevan as he attempted to scoop her up in his arms, Erika watched as Elizaveta approached her on her bike, looking down at her with a concerned expression on her face.
"Then let us help you." Elizaveta replied, revving up the engine of her bike before leaving Erika in order to continue helping her brother fend off the monsters.
"GET THE WOUNDED TO A HOSPITAL!" Pyotr roared as his monster swiped away a flaming tentacle from Dread Demon.
Complying with his orders, Garret and Nevan zipped away with their monsters, carrying the wounded safely away from the battlefield as Akato looked on with a look of amusement on his face.
"Well this is… interesting…" he snickered, "…I didn't know the Earthbound Disciples had decided to join the Gold Cross!"
"Leave this place now!" Pyotr growled. "Or we will make you!"
"Hmmmmmmmmm…" Akato pondered, eyes, hair, and marks dimming to their regular color. "…this would truly be interesting for me. I could use a real challenge after that pathetic showing from those officers." Stepping forward he held out his hands in a gesture of welcome. "I accept your challenge! I will stay right here, and you will attempt to remove me! If you can successfully hold out against me, I might even oblige you by leaving on my own!"
"You're not going to last past our first turn!" Elizaveta countered, crackling with black electricity as she gave Akato a menacing glare. "You have no idea what we are capable of!"
"On the contrary my dear…" Akato smirked, pulling out a small pile of cards from his pocket, "… I have faced your kind before and survived every single time. I must say…" he continued, "…waving the cards in front of his face, "… it's quite interesting to see your kind enter the final stage of your… evolution."
Elizaveta blinked at Akato, not understanding what he was saying.
"Hmmmmm… it would seem your master has not told you the fate that befalls all Earthbound Disciples the Earthbound Gods deem useless. But perhaps you'll figure it out in time." Akato muttered almost to himself.
"Enough of this!" Pyotr barked, spinning his Duel Chaser around to face Akato, "We'll be your opponents from now on! End your turn or surrender!"
"I never surrender…" Akato laughed, "… so let's have some fun! I might even go all-out against you!"
Extending his hand toward the graveyard, he continued his turn.
"I banish Anarchy Agent Defilement from my graveyard to activate its second effect!" he declared. "By returning the banished monsters, Anarchy Agent – Road Monk and Anarchy Agent - Bomber to my graveyard, I can Fusion Summon an Anarchy Agent monster using those monsters as the materials!"
Overhead, the smoking Anarchy Agent Symbol appeared before swirling into a smoky vortex as the ghostly forms of Bomber and Road Monk were pulled into the center and Akato began another fusion chant:
"Agents who cause minor tremors, combine together in the whirlpool of fear, and turn nothingness into a great terror! YUUGO SHOKAN! DESTROY THEM, LEVEL EIGHT, ANARCHY AGENT – NIGHTMARE BEAST!"
In a swirl of smoke and purple flame, Akato's new fusion monster appeared to the field as a dark indigo beast with a massive eyeless head that opened up into four gaping jaws like a flower petal. The rest of its emaciated body consisted of four legs, matted flaming purple fur, and a pair of gigantic flaming blue eyes over a pair of wings on its shoulders. Next to the monster, a holographic indicator appeared and showed an ATK of 2500.
"Apotheosis's effect activates." Akato continued, extending his hand towards his opponents. "Since the little girl wants to die here, I'll grant her that wish! Because both bomber and Road Monk were sent to the graveyard, Apotheosis inflicts damage to all of your Life Points! GO! RAGING CHAOS!"
"Tungsten Shield's continuous effect!" Pyotr declared. "So long as it's face-up on the field, any effect that would inflict damage to a player's Life Points can instead become an effect that increases Tungsten Shield's defense by five-hundred!"
Roaring with pride, Tungsten Shield hefted his shield as his DEF rose to 3000.
Akato smirked at this opponents. "Since Bomber was sent to my graveyard once again, its effect activates. I'll destroy your Tungsten Shield and then use Apotheosis's effect to damage you. Bomber, if you would."
"Tungsten Shield's effect!" Pyotr countered, "During the turn it is Special Summoned with its own effect, it cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects!"
Rising from the graveyard, Bomber began charging at the tungsten golem, but the golem quickly countered the demonic man by launching a wave of sharp tungsten spikes from his shield, knocking the plunger from Bomber's hand before impaling the creature through the forehead.
"Such a shame." Akato sighed with a lazy expression on his face, placing the last two cards in his hand on his Duel Disk. "I'll now end my turn by setting two cards face-down. Now show me your power!" he challenged, "If your master is capable of creating strong servants, perhaps I will lend my unique services to her cause!"
"We don't have a master!" Pyotr spat, drawing a card from his deck while circling the Duel Field on his Duel Chaser.
"Your loyalty to her is admirable…" Akato commented, "…but it's unnecessary. I already know of her. She is the one chosen by the shining master, the girl who bears the essence of two gods within her frame."
Elizaveta, Pyotr, and Erika all blinked at Akato in confusion.
"And apparently you are just as ignorant of her nature as you are of your own." Akato observed, scratching his chin. "I suppose your master has trust issues with her minions. That or she's just as woefully ignorant as you are!"
"My turn!" Pyotr snarled in reply, throwing down a card. "I activate the Continuous Magic Card, Mineral Quarry!" Next to his bike, a holographic image of a large quarry mining several precious minerals with an array of industrial equipment materialized into existence as Pyotr continued to tear up the dirt of the churchyard with his bike.
"Its effect is as follows." He explained. "Once per turn, I can excavate the top five cards of my deck in order to send all excavated Level two or lower Rock-Type monsters to my graveyard! Any other card excavated is banished!"
Akato crossed his arms, tapping his fingers against his elbow with a bored expression on his face. Meanwhile, Pyotr drew five cards from his deck before showing them to Akato.
"All five of the cards are Level two Rock-Type monsters!" he declared, "With the effect of Mineral Quarry, I send them all to my graveyard!"
In the center of the churchyard, a massive crater opened up before five rock golems were deposited into the center of the hole.
"Apotheosis effect." Akato murmured.
"Tungsten Shield effect!" Pyotr retorted, charging forward as his monster caught the flaming projectiles from Akato's monster in its shield and boosted its DEF to 3500.
"Next…" Pyotr continued, "… since I control a face-up Rock-Type monster on my field, I can Special Summon the Level two monster, Mineral Guardian – Pumice Brush from my hand!"
In a corner of the field, a miniature volcano rose up from the ground before blasting out a small monster from its core. Flipping onto the field, a diminutive golem made of porous grey stone appeared to the field before raising a small pumice rock over its rocky head while a holographic indicator appeared and showed an ATK of 200.
"But he won't be staying long…" Pyotr declared, "… I next sacrifice Pumice Brush in order to Special Summon Mineral Guardian – Magnetite Dagger from my deck through Pumice's effect!"
As another card was sent to the graveyard, Apotheosis tried in vain to damage Pyotr once again, but the raging beast was once again met with frustration as its attack bounced off of Tungsten Shield before boosting the snickering golem's DEF to 4000.
Digging through the dirt, Pumice Brush hefted a massive hunk of earth onto the field before brushing at it with his pumice stone, polishing away the dirt and grime until a new monster made of shiny chrome metal appeared to Pyotr's field. Vanishing into golden dust after completing its work, Pumice Brush left the new metallic golem blinking in confusion as it flexed its arms and legs. The golem was made of multiple stones that stuck to each other like magnets. In its hand, a large magnetite dagger made of multiple thin pieces of the metallic rock glinted in the light of the sun. Above its head, a holographic indicator appeared and showed an ATK of 900.
"Since Magnetite Dagger was Special Summoned, I can activate its effect!" Pyotr explained, "I Special Summon Mineral Guardian – Quartz Sword from my hand!"
Rising from the ground in a burst of earth and light, A majestic feminine golem made entirely from clear quartz rose to Pyotr's field before hefting a massive quartz sword above her attractive stony face. Assuming a battle-stance, Quartz Sword let out a small battle-cry as a holographic indicator appeared and showed an ATK of 1200.
"Its effect now activates!" Pyotr continued, removing a card from his deck before adding it to his Duel Disk. "If it is Special Summoned, I can Special Summon one Level two Rock-Type monster from my deck! Come forth! Mineral Guardian – Iron Fist!"
Plunging her quartz sword into the earth, Quartz Sword caused a gaping hole to open up in the earth before a massive iron golem emerged from the earth, waving a pair of massive fists with iron cestus over the fingers in the air. Roaring with fury, the monster pounded his fists into the ground before a holographic indicator appeared, showing an ATK of 1800, which quickly rose to 3000.
"Iron Fist gains 300 ATK for each Rock-Type monster I control!" Pyotr explained. "But that's not what you should be worried about! It's time to show you exactly how our so-called master has blessed us!"
"So you do admit it." Akato smirked. "Was there really any point in trying to hide it from me?"
"No." Pyotr admitted with a shrug, "But there is a point to this!" Holding up a card in his hand, he extended his hand towards Abstract Apotheosis, who was still raging against the durable wall of tungsten as it withstood its inferno of heat.
"I dark sacrifice your monster, Anarchy Agent - Abstract Apotheosis, and my monster, Mineral Guardian – Magnetite Dagger, in order to Dark Sacrifice Summon the Level negative six monster, Earthbound Construct Geo Domovoi! Accept the offering forcefully taken and willingly given, and watch over my family with your protective magic! Arise! Earthbound Construct Geo Domovoi!"
Letting out an involuntary angry snarl, Akato watched as a pair of massive clawed hands made of pure white energy rose up from the ground before grasping his Abstract Apotheosis and Pyotr's Magnetite Dagger, dragging them both underground before a massive alter appeared in the center of the field and a new monster appeared on top of the altar.
Glowing with golden light as the yellow decorative lines gleamed against its stone body, Earthbound Construct Geo Domovoi slowly opened its rocky eyes before widening its lips into a warm smile. Geo Domovoi was a gnome-like stone statue expertly carved into the shape of a man with a mop of stone hair and a beard. In the center of its chest, a golden heart beat against its chest as it flexed its fingers and toes. Next to Geo Domovoi, a holographic indicator appeared and showed an ATK of 0.
"I'd forgotten how much I dislike that underhanded summoning technique you disciples enjoy using." Akato remarked, looking fairly irritated.
"If you enjoyed that, then you'll definitely enjoy this." Pyotr coldly replied, extending his hand towards his monster. "When Earthbound Construct Geo Domovoi is successfully Dark Sacrifice Summoned, its effect banishes itself."
Smiling until dimples showed on its stone cheeks, the stone statue leaped off his altar, somersaulting in the air before vanishing in a flash of gold light.
"However…" Pyotr continued, "…while he is banished, I can activate one of his effects once per turn during either player's turn. One of those effects is a very handy effect that lets me select any monster in my graveyard and Special Summon it. So come forth! Mineral Guardian – Beryllium Ring!"
From the ground, a green hued golem with a violet ring of light on its back rose from Pyotr's graveyard before posing next to the other golems as a holographic indicator showed an ATK of 400.
"Now to finish you!" Pyotr boldly declared, extending his hand towards his monsters. "I tune my Level two Tuner Monster, Mineral Guardian – Quartz Sword with my Level two Iron Fist and my Level two Beryllium Ring in order to Synchro Summon!"
Putting her crystalline hands together over the hilt of her sword, Quartz Sword began ringing with noise and glowing with intense white light before morphing into two rings of light that flew upwards before descending and enclosing Iron Fist and Beryllium Ring in their light. As the monsters vanished away and became replaced with four spheres of white light, Pyotr clamped his hands together and began his summoning chant as he circled the battlefield.
"Faithful and unyielding guardians of stone, become purified in the fires of the earth to stand as a mighty sentinel for all time! SYNCHRO SHOKAN! COME FORTH! LEVEL SIX! ROCK SENTINEL IGNEOUS!"
In an explosion of volcanic magma, Pyotr's new Synchro Monster galloped onto the battlefield, riding a horse made entirely from obsidian rock and molten magma. Atop the horse, Rock Sentinel Igneous held on to a pair of fiery reigns while looking down on his opponents with the pride of a medieval knight. Rock Sentinel Igneous was composed entirely of black and white stone with pools of blazing liquid magma between the joints of his body. His sword was a massive slab of solid sharp obsidian glass that glinted in the sunlight, while his armor was made of solid granite.
"Each Mineral Guardian that is used in its Synchro Summon contributes an effect!" Pyotr declared, extending his hand towards his monster as it began galloping next to his bike. "First off, Iron Fist makes it so my monster cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects once per turn. Secondly, Quartz Sword inflicts five-hundred damage to your Life Points when the monster is first summoned, so say hello to some damage!"
Blazing with fire, Rock Sentinel Igneous, swung his sword through the air, sending shards of fiery obsidian into Akato's direction.
"Anarchy Agent – Mirror Phantom's effect!" Akato countered, as his monster dived in front of him, mirrors extending from its shoulders, "If I would take effect damage, I can make my opponent receive that damage instead!"
"Then I'll use Tungsten Shield's effect!" Pyotr retorted as the mirrors on Mirror Phantom's back sent the obsidian shards flying back into Pyotr's direction. "I change that effect to an effect that increases the defense of Tungsten Shield by five-hundred!"
Hopping in front of Pyotr's bike, Tungsten Shield caught the shards of obsidian in his shield before roaring with determination as his DEF rose to 4500. Not wasting a minute, Pyotr began charging towards Akato's army of flaming monsters with his Rock Sentinel Igneous courageously galloping by his side.
"Beryllium Ring's effect activates!" Pyotr declared, extending his hand towards Akato's monsters, "If it is used as a material for the summon of a Rock Sentinel monster, I can destroy one monster my opponent controls for each material used in that monster's summon! So I will use this effect to destroy your Cycle Reaper, Dread Demon, and Nightmare Beast!"
Urging its stony horse forward, Rock Sentinel Igneous prepared to cleave the flaming monsters to ribbons with its own fiery might.
"Trap activate!" Akato countered, "Anarchy Emblem! During the turn this effect is activated, my Anarchy Agent monsters cannot be destroyed by card effects!"
In front of Akato's monsters, a flaming barrier suddenly appeared, arresting Pyotr and Igneous's forward progress as they were forced to change directions to avoid slamming into the inferno. Looping around, Pyotr continued with his turn.
"Rock Sentinel Igneous's effect is applied, when it is Synchro Summoned successfully, I can banish any number of Rock-Type monsters from my graveyard in order to increase its Level by one for each monster bansihed! Furthermore, its attack power is equal to its Level times three-hundred! By banishing all nine Rock Guardian monsters from my graveyard, I will increase its Level to fifteen in order to raise its attack power to forty-five hundred!"
From the ground, a hurricane of pebbles of many different colors zoomed towards Rock Sentinel Igneous before embedding themselves in his skin, boosting his ATK to 4500.
"However…" Pyotr continued, pulling a card from his hand, "…I am well aware this attack power isn't enough to stop you, so I will activate this, the magic card, Yami no Kakubunretsu!"
In front of Pyotr a holographic image of the magic card appeared, the picture depicting the yellow dragon and demon of the Polymerization Spell Card getting ripped apart as an atom in the center of the picture split in a nuclear explosion of energy.
"The dark version of Fusion!" Akato exclaimed, looking genuinely surprised. "I was not expecting you to carry that card with you!"
"Its effect is as follows!" Pyotr declared, extending his hand towards Akato. "First off, no cards or effects can be activated in response to the activation of this card or its effects. Furthermore, it begins by negating the effects of all cards my opponent controls!"
From the image of the card, a wave of darkness swept through the field, weakening Akato's monsters as their flames were nearly extinguished.
"Next…" Pyotr continued, "…after that is successfully done, I am allowed to Dark Fission summon one Dark Fission monster from my Extra Deck using monsters from my side of the field, hand, graveyard, or that are currently banished as the Dark Fission materials!"
"Dark Fission!?" Erika exclaimed, gawking at Pyotr's strange plays. She was aware that there were other Summoning techniques out there, but in all her travels she had never heard of anything like either the Dark Sacrifice or Dark Fission.
"Using my Rock Sentinel Igneous as the base material…" Pyotr continued, "…I next subtract the nine banished Rock Guardian monsters from the base material in order to Dark Fission summon!"
Erika was completely lost at this point. Mouth gaping open in stunned disbelief, she could only watch as Pyotr deposited his Synchro Monster into his graveyard before taking each of the monsters he had banished and shuffling them into his deck face-up. The Spell Card's effects on the field were even more extraordinary. Rock Sentinel Igneous slowly became grey and colorless before melting into a sphere of semi-transparent liquid with a gigantic multi-colored atom nucleus pulsating in the center of the mass of liquid. Materializing next to the sphere of liquid, the ghostly forms of Pyotr's golems slowly descended into the mass of liquid, each of them transforming into pairs of neutrons, which jammed themselves into the nucleus of the atom, increasing the compound's mass and instability. When the last pair of neutrons had jammed themselves into the nucleus of the atom, the atom and sphere of liquid suddenly exploded in a multi-colored nuclear explosion, scattering drops of liquid throughout the battlefield and throwing everyone back from the force of the explosion. Erika braced herself for the impact of the ground, but none came. Instead, suddenly stopping in mid-air, Erika looked around the battlefield with a stunned expression on her face as the droplets of liquid and falling debris suddenly halted in mid-air as if time itself had stopped. Then, without warning, Erika was suddenly pulled back onto her feet as the droplets of colorless liquid suddenly raced forward into the center of the multi-colored mushroom cloud, clustering together to shape themselves into a new monster as Pyotr threw down onto his Duel Disk a multi-colored card that glimmered with colorful lights like it was made of foil. In a manner similar to the soldiers of the Fusion Dimension clamping their hands together when performing a Fusion Chant, Pyotr pressed his hands together, only this time, while his left hand was balled into a fist, his right hand had the palm extended flat against the fist. Placing the fist of his left hand under the palm of his right hand, Pyotr began his summoning chant.
"Valiant Sentinel of flaming rock, imbibe the power of the guardians of stone, burst free from your previous form, and be reborn as a new dark power from the explosion of chaos! DARK FISSION! Become an unconquerable force of destruction and revolution! Level negative eight! Dark Matter Destroyer Golem!"
As the last droplets of liquid attached themselves to the forming monster, an explosion of multi-colored light billowed out from the center of the monster. Slowly gaining color, the monster stepped forward, looking solid and extremely powerful. Dark Matter Destroyer Golem towered over Pyotr's previous Synchro Monster, reaching nearly twice its height as it crackled with black energy and pounded forward with a mighty roar. Its humanoid body was strong and bulky, composed of multiple pitch-black stones, which crackled with black electricity and glowed against the air as if they were ready to explode. A massive black metallic trebuchet was mounted to its back, ready to be loaded with any stones from the monsters body. It's spherical head was bare of any features save for a single white eye that glowed like a spot-light while being encircled by several glowing white marks. Next to the monster, a holographic indicator displayed an ATK of 500.
"Dark Matter Destroyer Golem's effect activates!" Pyotr declared, extending his hand forward. "For each non-base material used in its Dark Fission Summon, it gains five-hundred attack, making it strong enough to destroy you with one blow!"
Erika had no idea what Pyotr was talking about. Still, it must have been a pretty good effect, because Dark Matter Destroyer Golem's ATK suddenly rose to 5000.
"Fortunately for me…" Akato declared, looking upon Pyotr's monster with a look of mixed approval and annoyance, "…Yami no Kakubunretsu's effect only lasts until the Dark Fission Summon is complete, meaning my monsters now regain their effects and I can freely activate cards and effects now."
"That won't work against Dark Matter Destroyer Golem!" Pyotr countered charging forward on his motorcycle with his massive rock monster following close behind. "When Dark Matter Destroyer Golem attacks, my opponent cannot activate any cards or effects until the end of the Damage Step! BATTLE! DARK MATTER DESTROYER GOLEM, DESTROY HIS MIRROR PHANTOM AND THE REST OF HIS LIFE POINTS!"
Throwing back its spherical head as its central eye glowed with intense light, the monster let out a gravelly roar before thundering forward, massive stony hands extended forward like it was ready to grab Akato's monster and pull it into a bone-breaking hug.
"I must say… I'm already impressed." Akato replied as the monster charged forward. "Unfortunately, you made a fatal mistake, disciple! While my Mirror Phantom may have the lowest attack points out of my monsters, it was exactly the wrong monster to attack! Anarchy Agent – Mirror Phantom's continuous effect is applied! If it is attacked, my opponent takes any battle damage from that battle instead of me." Brushing some of his blue hair out of his face, he leered at Pyotr with a demonic expression coming over his features.
Flying forward like a ghost, Mirror Phantom shone its mirrors at Destroyer Golem's face just as Destroyer Golem was about to smash the monster to powder with his stony fists. Shielding his central eye with his hands, Pyotr's monster stumbled backwards, nearly falling over before Mirror Phantom blasted the giant rock monster with two beams of light from its mirrors.
"I'm afraid that's game, disciple." Akato laughed. "So much for you and your dark summoning methods! While they may be powerful, they cannot compete against pure skill!"
"Destroyer Golem has another effect!" Pyotr countered, extending his arms towards his monster, "If Destroyer Golem would be destroyed or I would take damage, I can send one face-up monster from my deck to the graveyard in order to negate that damage! GO! DARK MATTER BARRIER!"
Sending a face-up monster from his deck to the graveyard, Pyotr watched as Dark Matter Destroyer Golem conjured a field of black electrical energy around his stony body, deflecting Mirror Phantom's blast away from himself.
"Furthermore!" Pyotr continued, "Dark Matter Destroyer has another effect! If it battles, then after the battle, I can send any number of face-up monsters from my deck to the graveyard in order to inflict five-hundred damage to my opponent's Life Points for each monster returned with this effect! I send the remaining eight face-up monsters from my deck to the graveyard in order to inflict four-thousand damage to your Life Points!"
Detaching a massive black boulder from his back, Destroyer Golem began crackling with intense black lightning as it loaded the bolder into the trebuchet on his back before firing the massive projectile at Akato.
"Have you forgotten already?" Akato smirked as the massive projectile flew towards him. "My Anarchy Agent – Mirror Phantom makes it so you take any effect damage, not me."
Momentarily disappearing, Akato's Mirror Phantom suddenly reappeared in front of Akato before stretching out its skeletal hands and creating an ethereal barrier that burned with the heat of magma. On contact with the barrier, the massive boulder bounced back towards Pyotr, who extended his hand towards the projectile in anticipation of it hitting him.
"I did not forget!" he replied. "There was another reason for sending those monsters to the graveyard! I activate Tungsten Shield's effect once more!"
Hopping forward, Tungsten Shield made a massive leap into the air, catching the black stone on his shield and breaking the rock into bits of black powder that sparkled with black electricity as his DEF rose to 5000.
"And what reason would that be?" Akato asked with a bored expression on his face.
"This…" Pyotr replied, slamming another card onto his Duel Disk. "I activate the quick-play magic card, Rock Cycle. By tributing one Rock-Type monster that was Special Summoned from the Extra Deck, I can Special Summon three Level two or lower Rock-Type monsters from my hand, deck, or graveyard before immediately using those cards to Synchro Summon or Xyz Summon an appropriate monster, or Fusion Summon a monster using this card's effect!"
Akato's face brightened at the play. "Interesting…" he exclaimed, "…you are willing to destroy one of your strongest monsters just so you can have another shot at beating me!"
Pyotr ignored him as he plucked two cards from his deck before pulling out one card from his graveyard.
"Using Rock Cycle's effect, I special summon the Level two monsters, Mineral Guardian – Iron Fist, Gold Tablet, and Aluminum Whip to my field! Come forth my monsters!"
Exploding into fragments of stone, Dark Matter Destroyer Golem fell to pieces before three new Golems took its place. Standing next to Iron Fist, Gold Tablet was a regal looking golem that looked like it had been carved from pure gold with expert hands. In each of its hands, it held an elegant gold tablet with writing carved on the face of each stone. Next to Gold Tablet, a diminutive feminine golem made of shiny aluminum whipped around a metallic cable made from pure flexible aluminum metal. Extending his hands towards his monsters, Pyotr continued his Battle-Phase.
"I overlay my Level two Mineral Guardian – Iron Fist, Gold Tablet, and Aluminum Whip in order to construct the overlay network!"
"An Xyz Summon, are you joking!" Akato exclaimed, a look of delight spreading over his features. "I must admit Pyotr, I can't yet decide whether you are more entertaining or more annoying to me."
Ignoring him as his three monsters drained into the Xyz Portal in a single stream of blue light from Gold Tablet and two streams of brownish orange light from Iron Fist and Aluminum Whip, Pyotr clamped his hands together and commenced his summoning chant:
"Noble protectors of the earth, stand together in layers of hardened might as you compress to form a new guardian who shall never be broken! XYZ SHOKAN! COME FORTH! RANK TWO! ROCK SENTINEL SEDIMENTARY!
Bursting forth from the Xyz singularity in a blast of multi-colored light, Pyotr's new monster stood proudly on the field as a lone statue of a medieval swordsman with a massive claymore grasped in his two hands. The sword of the monster was composed of multiple layers of differently colored rocks with the bottom flat blade of the sword holding the widest razor-thin layer and the top holding the smallest layer. Its armor was similarly patterned, with several segments cut away to reveal the multiple layers of sediments that had formed the creature. In addition to the multiple rocks that were compressed together to create the monster, The monster's joints were held together with hinges of liquid water, which stretched and dripped on the ground as the monster moved about.
"The effects of each monster used as an Xyz Material in this monster's summon now activate!" Pyotr declared. "In addition to Iron Fist making it unable to be destroyed by battle or card effect once per turn, Gold Tablet enables me to draw one card while Aluminum Whip enables me to destroy one Magic or Trap Card on your side of the field for each material used in its summon!" Yanking a card from the top of his deck, he proceeded with his turn.
"Aluminum whip, destroy that face-down card!"
In response, I'll activate the face-down card!" Akato countered. "I activate Anarchy Void! By returning all of my banished Anarchy Agent cards to my graveyard, I can increase my life points by 500 for each card returned. "I return defilement in order to increase my Life Points by five-hundred!"
Eyes and tattoos glowing, Akato smiled as the effects of his trap caused his Life points to rise to 3500.
"That won't save you!" Pyotr countered. "My Rock Sentinel Sedimentary's effect activates! When it is Xyz Summoned, I can attach any number of Level two Rock-Type monsters in my graveyard to my monster as Xyz Materials! Furthermore, Sedimentary's original ATK becomes equal to the number of Xyz Materials attached to itself at the end of this effect's resolution!"
Extending its claymore into the air, Sedimentary roared with delight as the number of its Overlay Units rose to eleven, and its ATK rose to 3300.
"And that's not even the best part." Pyotr continued. "Rock Sentinel Sedimentary's second effect enables me to detach one or more materials from itself in order to increase its attack by three-hundred for each material detached. I will detach eleven materials in order to double its attack!"
Absorbing all eleven Xyz Materials into its claymore, Sedimentary roared as its ATK rose to 6600.
"Battle!" Pyotr roared. "Wipe out his remaining Life Points! Attack Dread Demon!"
Charging forward, the massive stone monster raised its sword into the air, preparing to cleave Akato's snarling monster in two.
"Anarchy Agent Emblem's second effect!" Akato countered. "If an Anarchy Agent monster I control would be destroyed by battle, I can banish this card from my graveyard in order to end your Battle-Phase!"
Just as Sedimentary was about to bring his sword down on Akato's beast, he was suddenly thrown back as a flaming barrier formed around the monster.
Pyotr glared at Akato with a look of contempt on his face.
"I set one card face down." He sighed. "Turn end. It's all up to you Elizaveta! Kick his butt!"
"With pleasure." Elizaveta replied, revving up the engines of her Duel Chaser as she ran circles around Akato and his monsters.
"My turn!" she declared, "Draw!"
"INTRUSION PENALTY!" her Duel Disk declared. "TWO-THOUSAND LIFE POINTS!"
Pulling out a card from her hand, Elizaveta ignored the loss of life points as she continued circling Akato and his monsters. "It's still not nearly as bad as what that girl's gone through, she muttered to herself."
"Let me help her out with that." Pyotr offered, extending his hand to the sky. "I activate Geo Domovoi's effect! Once per turn, I can increase the Life Points of one player by one thousand! I choose the little girl!"
"Thank you brother." Elizaveta grunted as she continued with her turn. "I'm sure she'd appreciate that."
Feeling a sudden warm tingling sensation come over her body, Erika was momentarily startled as her Life Points Suddenly rose to 1500. Looking around, she tried to find the source of the gift, but ended up finding nothing.
Meanwhile, Elizaveta continued with her turn.
"I'll begin by Normal Summoning the Level ten Dark Tuner monster, Dark Tuner Dark Energy Station, using its effect to summon itself without tributing!" she declared, throwing down a card.
Bursting onto the field in a bolt of black lightning, Elizaveta's monster appeared as a massive walking android with a single clear robotic eye in the center of a featureless black humanoid face. Humanoid in appearance, the monster was about ten meters tall, with massive bulky black hands, and large power stations growing out of its back. Crackling with black energy, the monster let loose a storm of black lightning as a holographic indicator appeared and showed an ATK of -3000.
"Negative three-thousand attack." Akato mused. "There's either a serious advantage to having that kind of low attack power or a serious design flaw in that card."
"We'll see whose cards are flawed in their design." Elizaveta countered pulling another card from her hand. "Since I control a face-up Thunder-Type monster on my side of the field, I can Special Summon the Level two Thunder-Type monster, Volthummer, from my hand!"
Zipping onto the battlefield, a miniscule hummingbird with feathery wings humming with electricity and clear eyes glowing with electric light, whizzed onto the field before a holographic indicator appeared and showed an ATK of 500.
"Time to go for the big guns!" Elezavata declared, racing forward with her Volthummer at her side. "I Dark Tune my Level ten Dark Energy Station with my Level two Volthummer in order to Dark Synchro Summon!"
"You people are pulling out all the summoning techniques, aren't you." Akato commented, watching Elizaveta with interest.
Exploding in a blast of black electricity, Dark Energy Station collapsed into a crackling singularity of dark energy before Volthummer zipped into the center of the singularity, fading from existence as Elizaveta began her summoning chant:
"Free flying creature of infinite speed and power, ascend from the infinite darkness of the underworld from which only dark energy exists and strike down my enemies with the speed of lightning! DARK SYNCHRO! COME FORTH! LEVEL NEGATIVE EIGHT! EARTHBOUND DISCIPLE GEO THUNDERBIRD!"
Bursting forth from the crackling singularity of dark lightning, Elizaveta's new monster appeared to the field as a massive white phoenix composed entirely of white and black electricity. Letting out a high-pitched shriek, Elizaveta's monster soared around the field at immense speeds, beatings its massive wings like a hummingbird while a holographic indicator appeared and showed an ATK of "?".
"Volthummer and Dark Energy Station's effects each activate!" Elizaveta declared. "First, if it is used as a Dark Synchro Material in a Dark Synchro Summon, I can Special Summon this card from my graveyard!"
Bursting from the ground, Elizaveta's giant robot rose back onto the field, sparkling with immense energy.
"Its effect is now applied!" Elizaveta declared. "While it is face-up on the field, the positive Levels of all my monsters are multiplied by negative one, while the negative attacks of all my monsters are multiplied by negative one!"
Eye glowing with light, Elizaveta's monster raised its fists into the air is its effect changed its Level to -10 and its ATK to 3000. Meanwhile, on Pyotr's field, Tungsten Shield began groaning with pain as his body momentarily turned transparent, revealing two white spheres within that slowly darkened to a black color before Pyotr's monster once again turned opaque and a holographic indicator showed a Level of -2.
"Next…" Elizaveta continued, jumping over a pile of rubble on her bike, "…my Volthummer's effect activates! If it is sent to the graveyard, I can Special Summon one Level four or lower Thunder-Type monster from my deck or graveyard! So come forth, my Level two Dark Tuner Dark Reverse monster, Dark Tuner Minus Surge!"
Materializing from a cluster of black electricity, Dark Tuner Minus Surge appeared next to Elizaveta as a small human-sized robot sheathed in sleek white armor that crackled with black electricity. Its face was a spherical plasma globe that jiggled with streams of purple energy out from its center and into the edges of its glass casing. Holding out a mechanical hand with electrical plug-ins at the end of each finger, the robot hummed with electrical noises as a holographic indicator displayed an ATK of -500 and a Level of two, which each quickly changed to an ATK of 500 and a Level of negative two respectively.
"With this I can finish you off with ease." Elizaveta declared, extending her hand up towards her roaring thunderbird. "Earthbound Disciple Geo Thunderbird's effect makes it so its ATK is equal to the result of subtracting the total levels of all of my monsters from the total Levels of all of your monsters and multiplying the result by three-hundred! Thanks to Dark Energy Station I control the Level negative two Tungsten Shield, Level negative two Minus Surge, Level negative eight Thunderbird, and the Level negative ten Dark Energy Station for a total level of negative twenty-two. Subtract this from the total Levels of your Level nine, eight, seven, and six monster and you get a total Level of fifty-four, which, when multiplied by three-hundred, yields a result of sixteen-thousand two-hundred! More than enough to finish you off."
Barrel rolling through the air, Geo Thunderbird let out a shrill cry as it unleashed a storm of black lightning from its electric feathers and its ATK rose to enormous levels.
"Battle!" Elizaveta declared, "Earthbound Disciple Geo Thunderbird can attack my opponent's Life Points directly! Negative Energy Thunder Storm!"
Soaring thousands of meters into the air in the blink of an eye, Geo Thunderbird came down on Akato like a bolt of lightning, opening its massive beak as if preparing to swallow him whole.
"Anarchy Void's second effect!" Akato declared, "If I would take battle damage, I can banish this card in order to negate that damage and inflict effect damage to your Life Points equal to the damage I would have taken! In addition, any further battle damage I take this turn is halved!"
"Pyotr!" Elizaveta barked, maintaining focus despite being stopped. "Use Tungsten's ability!"
"Tungsten Shield's effect!" Pyotr declared, "I negate the damage and increase its defense by five-hundred!"
Just as Geo Thunderbird was about to make contact with Akato, a flaming barrier formed around him, blasting the massive bird back and sending a wave of fire in Elizaveta, Pyotr, and Erika's direction. Hopping forward, Tungsten Shield caught the wall of fire in his shield before it could touch any of the duelists as his DEF rose to 5500.
"You're good." Elizaveta commented, "But I'm still not done! I next activate my Minus Surge's Dark Reverse effect! By flipping my monster into face-down attack position, I can target one monster on the field and multiply its attack by negative one! Go my monster! Dark Tune Down!"
Flipping down into an image of a face-down card in face-down attack position, an afterimage of Elizaveta's monster briefly appeared before unleashing a blast of black electricity into Akato's Cycle Reaper, throwing the flying grim reaper down and causing the monster to scream in pain as its ATK power fell to an unnaturally low -2900.
"What?" Erika gasped, falling to her knees in helpless confusion. She did not know if Pyotr and Elizaveta were just making things up on the fly or if dueling had really evolved to this point in such a short while, but either way, she had no idea of what was going on. Looking through the archives of her Duel Disk didn't help either. There was absolutely nothing on Dark Sacrifices, Dark Fissions, Dark Tuners, Dark Synchros, or Dark Reverses.
"Battle!" Elizaveta declared zooming towards Akato alongside her giant robot. "Dark Tuner Dark Energy Station, attack his Cycle Reaper! Infinite Negative Surge!"
Forming a massive ball of crackling black energy in its hands, the robot's eye glowed with light before launching the black sphere at Cycle Reaper, who screamed in panic as the lightning ball hit against his body, causing him to writhe in pain before exploding into a burst of flaming sparks.
Feeling the force of the attack, Akato barely managed to stay on his bare feet as the force of the lightning blast slammed against him, reducing his Life Points to 550.
"You're both good…" Akato groaned, barely maintaining a grin on his face as his body crackled with black electricity. "…it's been a very long time since anyone has managed to damage me this much, and you don't just have your number advantage to thank for it! You should be proud of yourself!"
"Save your flattery for later." Elizaveta growled. "I set three cards face down and end my turn."
"In response to that…" Akato groaned, maintain the same half-mad grin on his face, "…I will activate the effect of my Cycle Reaper, Special Summoning itself from the graveyard!"
In a tornado of fire, Akato's monster reappeared to the field, grinning madly like the recent battle never happened.
"Now it's my move…" Akato began, about to draw a card from his hand.
"NO IT'S NOT!" Elizaveta barked, stopping Akato in his tracks.
"How is it…?" Akato suddenly glanced at Erika before letting out a laugh. "…oh… that's right… I almost forgot all about her! Well go on little one! Let's see if you can top what these Earthbound Disciples have displayed!"
Truthfully, Erika had no idea what to do. Her mind had drawn a complete blank after watching all three of the duelists throw down powerful monsters like they were nothing, some of which were summoned using methods she had never even heard of! She felt like a minnow in a sea of rampaging sharks ramming against each other in a fight for dominance. What was even more disturbing to her was the fact that even with all of Elizaveta and Pyotr's power, Akato was still standing before them, threatening to burn them all to death if any of them lost.
Clenching her fists together, a new thought came into her head, strengthening her resolve.
That was right. Akato was still standing, and if he was allowed to stay, he would go after her friends. Lilly, Lucy, Gin… everyone she cared about would be in danger if she didn't stop him now. She had fought against Security when she had been outnumbered, she was not going to give up when a stronger opponent showed up.
"My turn…" Erika groaned, struggling against the pain of her burn wounds, "…DRAW!"
"Geo Domovoi's effect activates!" Pyotr declared. "Let me help you little girl! I increase your Life Points by one-thousand!"
Suddenly feeling her pain fading away, Erika quickly whipped her head upwards to see if she could find the source of the healing power and was astonished to see Pyotr's Geo Domovoi appear above her head before sprinkling some gold dust into her hair and increasing her Life Points to 2500. Winking one of its stony eyes, the monster faded away, leaving Erika with renewed strength and, if possible, growing trust in the Security officers.
"Thank you… Pyotr." She murmured looking at the cards in her hand. Face hardening with determination, she came up with a strategy. She had originally planned to use the monster in her hand to push for an aggressive counter-attack against Security, but now she'd have to use the monster for defensive purposes. Fortunately, the Trap Card she had in her hand would enable her to give both herself and the so-called Earthbound Disciples the support they needed to take Akato down.
"I set one monster and one card face down!" Erika declared, throwing down her two cards. "Turn end!"
Akato snorted at the move. "Well now that that's over with, now is it my turn?" He asked Elizaveta, a mock begging expression coming over his face.
"If you're not ready to run away like a coward." Elizaveta growled, staring down at Akato.
"I'm not the coward who's only willing to fight me with her boyfriend on her side." Akato sneered as he drew a card from his deck.
"Brother!" Pyotr snapped, a look of deep indignation coming over his face.
"Well that makes it much better." Akato dryly replied. "You're much braver for having your brother to protect you than you would be if he were your boyfriend."
"Speaking of protection…" Elizaveta countered, "…I activate my face-down card! Volt Barrier! Furthermore, I chain two Voltsurge to my Voltbarrier!"
Raising an eyebrow after drawing his card, Akato watched as Elizaveta revealed her three face downs. The first depicted Volthummer generating a massive wall of electricity with the beating of its tiny wings while the other two depicted a large electrical wolf howling with fury as its body absorbed a massive surge of electricity.
"Voltsurge's effect enables me to increase the Life Points of one player by the attack of one face-up Thunder-Type monster on my field." Elizaveta explained. "Targeting my fifteen-thousand attack power Earthbound Disciple Geo Thunderbird, I will first increase the Life Points of myself to seventeen-thousand before increasing the Life Points of my brother to seventeen-thousand!"
Crackling with electricity, Geo Thunderbird flew over the two duelists before they and their bikes both began glowing with energy and their Life Points rose to 17,000.
"Furthermore!" Elizaveta continued, "Voltbarrier makes it so you cannot attack with monsters that have less attack power than the Thunder-Type monster I control with the highest attack power. So good luck even touching our life points anymore."
"Thank you for the luck, Elizaveta…" Akato replied, "…but I don't think I'll need it. First, my Anarchy Agent Ritual's effect activates from the graveyard. Since I just drew an Anarchy Agent card for my draw phase, I can reveal that card in order to add Anarchy Agent Ritual from my graveyard to my hand. So here's my Anarchy Agent Terrorism card." he continued, showing them a card depicting an army of Anarchy Agent Bombers suicide bombing a tall skyscraper before adding Anarchy Agent Ritual to his hand. "Next, since I used an Anarchy Agent Ritual monster as Fusion Material during my last turn, my Anarchy Agent Fusion enables me to shuffle itself into my deck during my Standby-Phase in order to draw one card."
Grin widening, he proceeded to shuffle his fusion card into the deck before adding another card from the top of his deck to his growing hand.
"I will now continue my turn by activating the Anarchy Agent Ritual I added to my hand! Watch closely disciples, I don't believe either of you had the pleasure of truly seeing my power in action!"
Craning their heads towards the sky, Pyotr, Elizaveta, and Erika watched as the Double "A" Anarchy Agent Symbol appeared just beneath the glowing white Heron Mark, acting as if it wanted to compete with the mark in its dominance.
"By tributing the Level six Anarchy Agent – Dread Demon…" Akato continued, eyes and marks glowing with energy, "…I can summon another Anarchy Agent – Dread Demon from my deck! Become renewed in the flames my monster!"
As the mark engulfed Dread Demon in its maw, Akato's eyes, marks, and hair began glowing with fiery blue light as he began his summoning chant.
"Agents who inspire fear, burn the resolve of the foolish authority to ashes and rise up as a malevolent burning demon created from pure horror! Gishiki Shokan! Terrorize them! Level six! Anarchy Agent – Dread Demon!"
"Oh no!" Erika nearly wept, remembering what happened last time Akato summoned the monster. While Pyotr braced himself for the attack as he continued racing around the battlefield on his duel chaser, Elizaveta paused as she watched the mark collapse and release the demonic creature. Looking at Akato and noticing his eyes and marks glowing, she scrutinized him with a look of suspicion on her face.
"You wield our same power…" she observed, "…but you are not one of us. What exactly are you?"
Akato laughed, a look of deep arrogance coming over his features as he turned towards Elizaveta.
"I am Akato…" he replied, eyes blazing with demonic blue light as his voice seemed to deepen to supernaturally low levels, "…and I am an agent of chaos!"
Blinking, Elizaveta stared at Akato in disbelief as he turned away from her before extending his hand towards the field.
"My monster's effect now activates!" he roared, "I negate the effects of all cards on my opponent's side of the field in addition to preventing them from activating their face-down cards!"
"What!" Pyotr exclaimed, a look of shock coming over his face. Noticing Dread Demon lunge towards him with a mass of writhing magma tentacles bursting from its back, Pyotr managed to dodge the rampage of the beast as its tentacles shot forward, scorching all of their monsters, Spell, and Trap cards in its coils while draining them of their power.
"Geo Thunderbird!" Elizaveta screamed, rushing to tend to her wounded monster as it fell from the sky in a massive broken heap. Tears almost coming to her eyes, Elizaveta acted as if her own body had been scorched.
"With this, your monsters now fade into weak husks of their former glory." Akato purred as he watched the attack and defense boosts of various monsters rapidly drop. "I'll discard the Anarchy Agent Shadow Encoder I had added to my hand on the previous turn in order to add the Quick-Play Magic Card, Anarchy Armageddon, to my hand. And now that that's done…" he continued, plucking a card from his deck and adding it to his hand before extending his hand to his large indigo Nightmare Beast, "…I can put my Nightmare Beast to good use. You see, this card has a very special effect that enables it to attack each monster my opponent controls once each. So between my Nightmare Beasts and other monsters, expect to receive quite a bit of damage."
Despite the rapid reversal created from Akato's expert plays, Elizaveta, Pyotr, and Erika each bravely braced themselves as Akato prepared his attacks.
"At least you'll go done in a blaze of glory… or was it a blaze of fire?" Akato sarcastically asked, smirking as he extended his hand towards his opponents. "Oh well… we'll find out soon enough. GO MY NIGHTMARE BEAST! SHOW THEM THE FACE OF TRUE HORROR! ANARCHY'S HUNGER!"
Charging forward, the massive indigo beast, opened its gaping jaws immeasurably wide, intent on swallowing Erika's face-down monster whole.
"You're an eyesore to me." Akato yawned. "Destroy that monster!"
Obediently the monster pounced on the face-down card with its two flaming paws, before chomping down with its gaping maw.
"Say goodbye to another… what?" Akato exclaimed, noticing his monster struggle. Rather than chomping down and swallowing the monster like he had expected, Nightmare Beast was shaking his head back and forth, seemingly fighting to keep his flaming jaws closed. Suddenly, bursting forth from his mouth, a beautiful black-haired woman in a white kimono with red flower patterns burst from the monsters mouth, landing in front of Erika before crossing her legs in a meditative position and play on a mandolin as if nothing had happened. The monster was very similar in appearance to Erika's Red Lotus monk. But her kimono covered her arms and legs, and her black hair was decorated with a single white lotus flower.
"My tuner monster, white Lotus Monk cannot be destroyed by battle." Erika explained, wiping some sweat from her brow as Akato's massive flaming monster rubbed its sore mouth with its flaming paws while whimpering in pain.
"Annoying weed." Akato snorted before extending his hand towards his monster. "Oh well, you've spared yourself for now, so I'll just have to turn my attention towards a pair of more interesting opponents. Nightmare Beast, attack Pyotr's Tungsten Shield!"
Opening its squid-like jaws wide and roaring with fury, Nightmare Beast pounced on the tungsten golem as it tried to run away before pinning the monster to the ground blowing fire at it until it finally melted into a puddle of molten rock.
"Nightmare Beast's effect activates!" Akato grinned. "Since it destroyed a monster by battle, it gains two-hundred attack!"
Roaring with savage delight, the flames on Nightmare Beast began burning with greater intensity as its ATK rose to 2700.
"Strip them of their hope!" Akato ordered, "Attack Geo Thunderbird!"
"NO!" Elizaveta roared, helplessly watching as the demonic beast suddenly grew a pair of flaming violet wings before leaping up to Thunderbird and catching the weakened electrical creature by the neck in its powerful jaws. Chomping down on Thunderbird's head, Nightmare Beast blew the monster to a shower of electrical sparks, some of which struck Elizaveta as her Life Points dropped to 14,300 and Nightmare Beast's ATK rose to 2900.
"Rock Sentinel Sedimentary!" Akato ordered, grinning with malicious glee as his monster bounded forward before opening its mouth and melting the defenseless warrior into a puddle of molten rock with a fiery blast from its gullet.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" Pyotr screamed in pain and frustration as the flames struck his body, reducing his Life Points to 14,100 as Nightmare Beast's ATK rose to 3100.
"Minus Surge!" Akato ordered next.
Pouncing on the face-down attack position card, Nightmare Beast managed to swallow the little robot whole before turning around and nearly blasting Elizaveta off her bike as it hit her with 3600 Points of damage, knocking her Life Points down to 10,700 while its ATK rose to 3300.
"Power Station!" Akato roared, "Pointing at Elizaveta's last monster, which now had -3000 ATK and a Level of 10.
"DON'T TOUCH MY SISTER!" Pyotr roared, speeding in front of his sister's bike before extending his hand to the sky. "I activate another effect of Geo Domovoi! Once per turn, he can negate one attack!"
Appearing in front of the two siblings as the nightmarish monstrosity charged towards them, Domovoi created a shield of golden energy which sent the beast flying back the second it made contact with the barrier.
"You're only delaying." Akato laughed, pointing to his grinning Cycle Reaper. "Cycle Reaper, destroy Elizaveta's Dark Energy Station!"
Twirling his flaming scythe around at impossible speeds, Cycle Reaper charged forward, laughing with malicious glee as Elizaveta's unnaturally weak monster slowly backed away.
"I said no touching my sister!" Pyotr snarled, throwing a card from his hand onto the field. "I activate the effect of Mineral Guardian – Titanium Wall from my hand! If you select a face-up monster as an attack target, I can Special Summon this card from my hand in face-up attack position. Then, if the original attack target was a monster with a higher level than this card, this card cannot be destroyed by battle! In addition, you cannot select other monsters for attacks other than Titanium wall!"
Bursting from the ground, Pyotr's monster appeared to the field as a titanium golem hefting a large titanium wall in each of its stony hands. Leaping protectively in front of Elizaveta's Level ten monster as a holographic indicator showed an ATK of 1000, it swiped away Cycle Reaper with a smack of its wall, but not before Cycle Reaper blasted the monster and Pyotr with a fiery blast from its maw, knocking Pyotr back and reducing his Life Points to 12,200.
"Dread Demon! Mirror Phantom!" Akato roared, marks, eyes, and hair glowing in intensity as his grin widened.
Charging forward, Akato's last two monsters slammed against Titanium Wall, knocking Pyotr's Life Points down to 9800 as he fended off the repeated attacks.
"With that I end my Battle-Phase." Akato snickered, pulling a card from his hand.
"What's so funny?" Pyotr groaned, pulling to a stop to recover from Akato's repeated attacks.
"Oh, just that my Battle-Phase, all things considered, really isn't over." Akato chuckled.
"How's that?" Elizaveta asked, zooming over to tend to her brother.
"This is how." Akato sneered, throwing down his card. "At the end of my Battle-Phase, I activate the Quick-Play Magic Card, Anarchy Armageddon! With this card, I first destroy all monsters on the field!"
Appearing above everyone's heads, the double "A" Anarchy Agent symbol reappeared, only this time, it looked even more feral and demonic than before. Roaring with the sound of a thousand nuclear explosions, the symbol burst into a raging inferno, scattering red-hot flames everywhere as every single monster on the field was caught in the blast before getting vaporized into ashes.
This time, Elizaveta and Pyotr didn't manage to stay on their bikes. Gasping in horror, they managed to shield their faces before the force of the blast blew them onto their backs.
Ducking behind a durable rubble pile, which had survived throughout the entire fight, Erika managed to evade the force of the blast, but not without watching her White Lotus Monk scream in agony as she was burned alive.
"Now the effects of Dread Demon and Cycle Reaper both activate!" Akato grinned, licking the burning air with his tongue as he threw back his head and breathed in through his nose. "I Special Summon both of these monsters!"
Appearing to the field once more, Dread Demon and Cycle Reaper each appeared in their own pillars of fire before igniting the flames of their bodies with renewed vigor.
"We are nearly finished!" Akato proclaimed. "We are almost at the grand finale! I activate the Quick-Play Magic Card, Anarchy Agent – Empowerment! With this card, I increase the ATK of all Anarchy Agent Monsters I control by the number of Anarchy Agent Monsters in my graveyard times five-hundred! With the monsters Road Monk, Bomber, Shadow Encoder, Ally Marker, Asylum Prisoner, Nightmare Beast, Mirror Phantom, Dread Demon, and Abstract Apotheosis all in my graveyard, that's an Attack increase of four-thousand five-hundred!"
Roaring with delight as the flames of their fires began turning blue as the heat intensified, Cycle Reaper and Dread Demon prepared to pounce. Next to Dread Demon, a holographic indicator showed an ATK of 6900 while Cycle Reaper's indicator showed an ATK of 7400.
"Battle…" Akato whispered, barely able to contain his excitement. "…Anarchy Agent – Dread Demon attack Pyotr's Life Points!"
Morphing into massive gorilla-like monster with four arms and two dragon heads, Dread Demon charged forward, knocking Pyotr away from Elizaveta with one swipe of his flaming paw before nearly crushing Pyotr to death as he brought both of his arms down on Pyotr, only barely missing as Pyotr managed to roll safely away, Life Points dropping to 2900.
"Cycle Reaper, attack Elizaveta!" Akato next commanded, the blue hair on his head waving in the air as if it would burst into literal blue flames at any second.
Spinning his Scythe through the air, Cycle Reaper charged forward, nearly slicing Elizaveta in two as she barely managed to back flip away from the flaming blades, ducking behind piles of flimsy rubble as she did. Unleashing a tornado of fire, Cycle Reaper caught Elizaveta in the flames as her Life Points dropped to 3300.
"Now the curtain is about to fall on our little act!" Akato proudly proclaimed, throwing down a face-down. "I banish Anarchy Agent – Empowerment from my graveyard in order to set my banished Anarchy Agent Emblem to my field before setting the last card in my hand face-down and ending my turn."
Grinning with sadistic pleasure, Akato watched as Pyotr and Elizaveta struggled to get up.
"You're already finished." Akato grinned, a knowing expression coming over his face.
"Draw!" Pyotr gasped, before extending his hand to the sky.
"Geo Domovoi…" he commanded, "…protect the little girl. Increase her Life Points by one-thousand."
Mouth opening wide with shock, Erika stood still in stunned disbelief as Pyotr's Earthbound monster appeared once more to boost her Life Points to 3500.
"I've not… given up… yet…" Pyotr continued throwing down a card in his hand. "I activate the magic card… mineral industry… this card enables me to use… Level two Rock-Type monsters in my graveyard… as materials… for a Synchro, Fusion, or Xyz Summon."
"You know…" Akato smugly replied, "…I wasn't conjecturing when I stated you were already finished. I was stating it as fact. I activate my face-down Anarchy Agent Terrorism! With this card, I can negate the activation of your Spell Card and destroy it! Then, I can target one Anarchy Agent monster I control in order to inflict damage to my opponent's Life Points equal to its attack! I choose Anarchy Agent – Cycle Reaper! With this you are finished! Thank you for one of the greatest struggles I have ever had in a long time!" Akato congratulated with a bow. "Truly, this battle shall not soon be forgotten!"
Spinning around in his tornado of blue flame, Cycle Reaper's fire began growing in size and intensity as he ballooned into a massive cyclone that rose infinitely into the sky before speeding towards Pyotr, Elizaveta, and Erika.
"Counter Trap!" Pyotr groaned, extending his hand towards his face down. "If I would take damage I can… I can…" his eyes widened in panic as his Trap Card didn't respond. "Why isn't this working!" he nearly screamed.
"If I target a level eight or higher Fusion Monster with my Trap Card, card effects which negate damage cannot be activated." Akato calmly explained, placing his hands behind his back. "Rest well my brave Earthbound Disciples. I am sending you off the best way I know how. In a blaze of true glory on the battlefield."
"COUNTER TRAP!" Erika suddenly roared from the other end. Whipping his head around, Akato was stunned to see Erika activate her face-down card, he had honestly nearly forgotten about her once again.
Facing against the raging cyclone of fire, Erika revealed her trap, which showed a picture of the fallen Lotus Sword-Master glowing with an aura of red and white light as a cluster of flower petals circled around her.
"Even if we can't negate the damage…" Erika explained, "…we can still survive it with my trap card, Lotus Aura! With this card, I banish every Plant Type monster in my graveyard in order to increase the Life Points of every player by eight-hundred for every card banished! With Lotus Warrior, Lotus Archer, Lotus Huntress, White Lotus Monk, Red Lotus Monk, and Lotus Sword-Master in my graveyard, that's a total increase of forty-eight hundred Life Points!"
"What!" Akato snapped, looking exceedingly miffed as Erika's trap resolved first, creating a massive wall of flower petals that clustered around herself, Elizaveta, and Pyotr as her Life Points rose to 8300, Pyotr's rose to 7700, Elizaveta's rose to 8100, and Akato's rose to 5350.
"MY EFFECT STILL ACTIVATES!" Akato roared, "Your healing will amount to nothing! GO! ETERNAL TERRORIST FLAMES!"
"BRING IT!" Elizaveta challenged running over to Erika to shield her in her arms as the flaming tornado approached.
"Thank you for saving my brother." She whispered in Erika's ear as all three of them were blown back by the force of the tornado.
Slamming against the ground, they barely managed to stay conscious as Erika's Life Points dropped to 900, Pyotr's dropped to 300, and Elizaveta's dropped to 700.
Surveying the battlefield with an angry expression on his face, Akato reviewed the stats of the duel. Face suddenly softening as a look of glee spread over his face, he suddenly threw back his head and began laughing with what sounded like genuine delight.
"THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST DUELS I'VE EVER HAD!" he roared with delight, "Your continual resistance! Your attempts to survive! I've not been holding back, and yet you have not only managed to nearly drive me into a corner, but overcome my best counterattacks! Your master ought to be greatly pleased!"
"Voltwolf effect!" Elizaveta snarled, getting up from the ground and silencing Akato's giddy laughter as he turned his head towards her before assuming a more serious expression. "If one or more players take effect damage, I can Special Summon this card from my hand and its attack becomes equal to the total effect damage inflicted!"
Throwing down her card, Akato shielded his eyes as a glowing wolf pounced onto the Duel Field, sparkling with unbelievably bright electricity as its ATK rose to 22,200.
"Next…" Elizaveta continued, "…since Voltwolf was summoned with its own effect, I can Special Summon a Thunder-Type monster with less attack than its current attack from my deck. So come forth in defense position, Level two, Voltworm!"
Wriggling onto the field, a massive translucent worm slithered forward, body crackling with electricity as a holographic indicator appeared and showed a defense of 900.
"Its effect is as follows…" Elizaveta groaned, "…If effect damage would be inflicted to any player's Life Points, I can negate the damage and instead increase its ATK and DEF by the amount of damage that would have been inflicted. With this… everything is set for our counterattack… once my brother ends his turn."
Akato looked down on the duelists, a smile of deep respect coming over his face. Shrugging his shoulders, he began clapping his hands together in sincere congratulations.
"Well done…" he calmly congratulated, all traces of sarcasm, condescension, and mockery gone from his voice. "…I had been eager to test the might of the new disciples and I have not been disappointed. Truly, this was a splendid duel. So good in fact, that I think I will spare your lives… all your lives." He added, looking down at Erika.
"This isn't over!" Elizaveta growled. "You don't get to walk away after murdering that man and nearly murdering those other people!"
"I have a message for your master if she is listening in on this conversation, which I am sure she is." Akato continued, ignoring Elizaveta. "I share your desire to tear down Roger's regime in this dimension and bring freedom to the people here. I know of your true nature and how you can unlock some of your… hidden powers. If you give me the leeway I demand, I can be a powerful ally in your army."
Erika stared back and forth from Akato to the two disciples, wondering what was going on. Presently, Elizaveta stepped forward, eyes suddenly glowing with white light.
"I don't make deals with murderers." Elizaveta boldly declared in a voice that sounded like two people speaking instead of one. Blinking her eyes as the white glow disappeared, Elizaveta glared at Akato.
"That's her answer." She snapped. "You heard it yourself, and I wholeheartedly agree with her!"
"Another time perhaps." Akato mused, extending his hand towards his last face-down trap.
"I activate my face-down Emblem…" he purred. "… as will be the future of this entire world, the field is now bathed in flames!"
Laughing as a wall of fire rose in front of him, the voice of Akato slowly faded away as Pyotr quickly ended his turn and Elizaveta drew her card.
"Voltwolf!" she ordered, "Attack his…"
Stopping mid-sentence as the flames dissipated, she dropped her Duel Disk to the side and deactivated it. Akato had disappeared.
Deactivating her own Duel Disk, Erika lunged towards Pyotr, grabbing his legs before he could leave.
"Eh?" Pyotr exclaimed as Erika clung to his leg like a toddler. "This is interesting. You were avoiding us like the plague before, and now you seem to think I'm Santa Clause."
"Please!" Erika begged, clinging even tighter to Pyotr's leg. "Tell me your secret! Who are you people!? How did you manage to become so powerful!?"
"We don't have time for that." Elizaveta admonished kneeling down to look into Erika's eyes. "Listen… you are still in danger. We may be able to act like this while the mark is up, but soon we'll be taking it down, and when we do, we will become the Arrest Corps again. You need to be far away somewhere safe when that happens."
"What do you mean!?" Erika exclaimed. "Why do you have to become Security!? Are you on our side!? Why can't you just fight against them now!?"
"We'll be freeing this city when the time is right." Pyotr reassured Erika, tenderly patting her on the back. "But now is not the time. For now, Elizaveta and I have to act like Security in order to infiltrate Roger's regime. But when the time comes, we WILL be freeing you and everyone Security has harmed."
"I can help you!" Erika begged, refusing to let go of Pyotr's leg. "I know things about Roger! I can fight! You saw me in the duel! You would have been defeated without me!"
Pyotr looked up at his sister. "She does have a point."
"But we can't, Pyotr." Elizaveta sighed. "We still have our mission, we have to…" Her head suddenly twitched as her eyes began glowing. "…okay," she replied, acting as if someone was speaking to her, "…listen Erika, I'll soon be speaking with the voice of the one who leads us… Erika…" she began, assuming her more powerful voice that sounded like two people speaking instead of one. "…I am truly proud of you. You are a pure hearted individual with the strength and courage of a lion. I promise to let you join your brethren and sisters in freeing this dimension, but not now. When you see that mark…" she pointed up to the large Heron Mark blazing above the battlefield, "…shining in the sky above the city, then know that it is time to seek me out. My disciples and I will be in full view, bearing the same marks you see now. Until that time comes, I wish you safety, and as a token of my gratitude for your courage, bequeath you with these two cards to serve as your guardians until the time you shall join us."
Holding out her hands, Elizaveta conjured a pair of swirling shadows which coalesced into a pair of cards, which she promptly handed to Erika.
"Earthbound Disciple Geo Giao Long… Earthbound Disciple Geo Konohanasakuya-hime." Erika murmured, staring at the cards in wonder. They were exceedingly beautiful creatures, and holding them in her hands, Erika could tell they were far more than trading cards, far more than even a template for a Solid Vision weapon. They were alive, and they were aware of her, just like Pyotr's Geo Domovoi.
"Go." Elizaveta instructed in her normal voice, eyes returning to normal as she gave Erika a quick hug before watching as Erika ran off with a determined expression on her face.
When Erika had made good distance from them, Pyotr and Elizaveta quickly put their helmets back on before mounting their bikes and riding off into the distance, marks in the air and on their backs vanishing away as they assumed the undesirable role of enforcers of Roger's regime.
From a ruined rooftop, a lone figure in a mask watched them ride away.
"Whoever made you Earthbound Disciples…" she murmured, clenching her fist in fury, "…she's going to pay when I get my hands on her! I will never forgive Security for murdering me!"
And leaping from the building, she began following the riders, a multi-colored spiral mark blazing against her chest as she did.
FEATURED ORIGINAL CHARACTERS (IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE)
Name: Erika Havoc / Original concept by: Greninja / Deck: Lotus / Allegiance: Her friends, leaning towards Dark Signers / Status: Active
Name: Akato / Original concept by: Epsilon Tarantula / Deck: Anarchy Agents / Allegiance: Unknown / Status: Active
Name: Pyotr Ivanov / Original concept by: Donjusticia / Deck: Mineral Guardian / Rock Sentinel / Allegiance: Dark Signers / Status: Active
Name: Elizaveta Ivanov / Original concept by: Donjusticia / Deck: Volt / Allegiance: Dark Signers / Status: Active
Name: Garret Kinsley / Original concept by: Donjusticia / Deck: Survivor / Allegiance: Dark Signers / Status: Active
Name: Neman Bourne / Original concept by: Maes Lawliet / Deck: Graydle / Allegiance: Dark Signers / Status: Active
Signs of Renewal Special Summoning Mechanics
You've waited a long time for some of these things, and now here they are, the rules and regulations of some new Dark Summoning Techniques in all their glory!
Dark Reverse:
As the antithesis of the Flip summon, this Dark Summoning technique can hardly even be described as a summoning technique, and instead merely a corrupted form of an inherent summoning mechanic already in existence. In a Dark Reverse Summon, a Dark Reverse monster that is already face-up can activate its Dark Reverse effect by flipping itself into face-down attack position. Upon being flipped faced down, the Dark Reverse effect is immediately activated. When being attacked, a face-down attack position monster is flipped back into face-up attack position and damage is calculated normally.
Dark Sacrifice Summoning:
The dark counterpart to tribute summoning. Lava Golem and Monarchs Storm Forth enthusiasts rejoice! This summoning mechanic is for you! While level five or higher monsters require the player to tribute one or more monsters in order to be summoned depending on their level, negative five or lower monsters require a somewhat different summoning mechanic, the Dark Sacrifice Summon. In this summoning technique, the required Dark Sacrifices are first made by dark sacrificing the required number of monsters on the opponent's side of the field before dark sacrificing the required number of monsters on the owner's side of the field. If the required number of dark sacrifices are made, the monster is successfully dark sacrifice summoned to the player's side of the field. Players can either choose to Dark Sacrifice Summon a monster in face-up attack position or face-down attack position. Only one Dark Sacrifice Summon can be performed per turn under normal circumstances, but players can still normal summon, set, or tribute summon a monster if they have performed a Dark Sacrifice Summon.
For Level -5 and -6 monsters, a Dark Sacrifice of one monster on the opponent's field and one monster on the owner's field is required unless otherwise specified by the card text.
For Level -7 and lower monsters, two Dark Sacrifices of monsters on the opponent's field and two monsters on the owner's field are required unless otherwise specified by the card text.
Alternate Dark Sacrifice Summon Techniques:
A player can choose to perform a partial Dark Sacrifice Summon by only Dark Sacrificing the required Dark Sacrifices on the opponent's field. If this is done, the monster is Dark Sacrifice Summoned to the opponent's field.
Alternately, if the opponent does not have the required number of monsters for a Dark Sacrifice Summon, the owner can choose to Dark Sacrifice two monsters they control for a level -5 or -6 monster, or four monsters they control for a level -7 or lower monster.
Dark Fission Summoning:
Like its normal counterpart, the Fusion Summoning technique, Dark Fission, while being an inherent game mechanic, requires a card effect in order for a Dark Fission summon to be initiated. Most Dark Fission Summons are performed with the use of the following Spell Card:
Yami no Kakubunretsu/ Spell/ Normal/ Cards and effects cannot be activated in response to the activation of this card or its effects. Negate the effects of all cards your opponent controls. (This change lasts until the effects of this card resolve). Dark Fission Summon 1 Dark Fission Monster from your Extra Deck using cards from among the cards on your side of the field, hand, graveyard, or that are currently banished as Dark Fission Materials.
(Yami no Kakubunretsu ruling: Because this card first negates the effects of all cards the opponent controls, it is legal to activate this card while your opponent controls a face-up "Vanity's Emptiness" or similar card.)
Dark Fission Monsters, like Fusion Monsters, start in the Extra Deck. They possess a negative level like Dark Synchro monsters, but this Level is not normally important when determining the materials needed to Special Summon the monster. Instead, the required materials for the Dark Fission Summon are determined using the card text.
Example:
Generic Dark Fission Monster/ DARK/ Level -6/ Generic/ Dark Fission/ Effect/ ATK 0/ DEF 0/ Monster A – (one or more Monster B)
In the example above, the Dark Fission monster requires one copy of "Monster A" and one or more copies of "Monster B" in order to be successfully Dark Fission summoned. Here's where the mechanic begins to diverge from the familiar Fusion Summoning Technique. The first monster listed on the text of the Dark Fission Monster, in this case, "Monster A," is called the "Base Material." Like any normal Fusion Summon, the Base Material is sent to the graveyard unless otherwise specified in the card effect. However, monsters listed after the Base Material, in this case, "one or more Monster B," follow a different procedure when being used as Dark Fission Materials. Unless otherwise stated by the card effect, all Non-Base Dark Fission Materials are either shuffled into the Extra Deck face-down (if they are monsters that start the duel in the Extra Deck,) while all other Non-Base Dark Fission Materials are shuffled into the player's deck face-up. Face-up cards in any player's deck are common knowledge to all players. (I.e. an opponent can see which cards are face up in another player's deck.) In addition, if a face-up card in the deck is drawn, it is added to the hand like normal. (I.e. it is shuffled into the hand while remaining hidden to the opponent.) However, many Dark Fission monsters work to exploit the details of this mechanic.
Example 2:
Earthbound Disciple Geo Changeling/ WIND/ Level -7/ Spellcaster/ Dark Fission/ Effect/ ATK 100/ DEF 0/ 1 Monster that was Special Summoned from the Extra Deck – 1 Fairy-Type monster
If this card is Dark Fission Summoned successfully, you can banish this card's Base Material from your graveyard: This card gains ATK equal to the ATK of that banished card, and if it does, this card gains that card's effects. During either player's turn, you can banish 1 face-up card from your deck: Shuffle this card into the Extra Deck, and if you do, you can add 1 "Yami no Kakubunretsu" from your deck or graveyard to your hand.
For this scenario, we'll say that Player A has a face-up "Fairy Cheer Girl" on his/her side of the field and 1 "Little Fairy" in the graveyard. Player A activates "Yami no Kakubunretsu" in order to Dark Fission Summon the above monster. In this case, "Fairy Cheer Girl" is sent to the graveyard, while "Little Fairy," is shuffled face-up into the deck from the graveyard. Once that is done, "Earthbound Disciple Geo Changeling," is Dark Fission Summoned to the field, and "Yami no Kakubunretsu" resolves before going to the graveyard.
FEATURED FANFIC CARDS
Security's Extra Deck
Goyo Recruiter/ EARTH/ Level 5/ Warrior/ Synchro/ Effect/ ATK 1600/ DEF 2000/ This card gains 200 ATK for each "Goyo" monster you control and 300 ATK for each monster you control that is owned by your opponent. Once per turn, you can add 1 "Goyo" or "Jutte" card from any player's deck to your hand. (This card cannot attack the turn you activate this effect).
Erika's Monsters
Red Lotus Monk/ EARTH/ Level 3/ Plant/ Effect/ ATK 1500/ DEF 300/ If this card is Special Summoned by the effect of a Plant-Type monster, you can activate this effect: Draw 1 card. (You can only use this effect of "Red Lotus Monk" once per turn). Once per turn, you can activate this effect: Fusion Summon 1 Plant-Type monster from your Extra Deck using monsters from your side of the field or your hand as Materials.
White Lotus Monk/ EARTH/ Level 3/ Plant/ Tuner/ Effect/ If this card is Normal or Special Summoned, you can activate this effect: Special Summon 1 Level 3 or Lower Plant-Type monster from your hand. Level 3 and Lower Plant-Type monsters you control cannot be destroyed by battle with an opponent's attacking monster.
Lotus Warrior/ EARTH/ Level 3/ Plant/ Effect/ ATK 1200/ DEF 900/ During either player's Battle-Phase, if you control no cards, you can Special Summon this card, from your hand. Increase the ATK of all Plant-Type monsters you control by 300 for each Plant-Type Monster you control. If this card is destroyed, by battle or card effect, you can activate this effect: Special Summon 1 Plant-Type monster from your deck, but destroy that card during the End-Phase of this turn.
Lotus Archer/ EARTH/ Level 3/ Plant/ Effect/ ATK 600/ DEF 1800/ If this card is summoned, you can activate this effect: Inflict 300 damage to your opponent's LP for each Plant-Type Monster you control. If this card is destroyed, by battle or card effect, you can activate this effect: Special Summon 1 Plant-Type monster from your hand, but destroy that card during the End-Phase of this turn.
Lotus Huntress/ EARTH/ Level 3/ Plant/ Effect/ ATK 1200/ DEF 1200/ If this card is summoned, you can activate this effect: Destroy 1 card on your opponent's side of the field. If this card is destroyed, by battle or card effect, you can activate this effect: Add 1 Plant-Type monster from your graveyard to your hand.
Erika's Extra Deck
Lotus Sword-Master/ FIRE/ Level 4/ Plant/ Fusion/ Effect/ ATK 1800/ DEF 600/ 2 Plant-Type Monsters
Increase the ATK of this card by 200 for each Plant-Type monster on your side of the field and graveyard. If this card is sent to the graveyard, you can activate this effect: Special Summon 2 Plant-Type Monsters from your graveyard.
Earthbound Disciple Geo Giao Long/ Stats unrevealed / Effects unrevealed
Trivia: Giao Long was a Taiwanese Dragon of rain.
Earthbound Disciple Geo Konohanasakuya-hime / Stats unrevealed / Effects unrevealed
Trivia: Konohanasakuya-hime is a Japanese goddess and symbol of life and rebirth.
Erika's Spells
Flower Arranging Art – Ikebana/ Spell/ Continuous/ Destroy this card if you do not control a face-up Plant-Type monster. You cannot summon monsters except Plant-Type monsters. Once per turn, you can activate one of the following effects:
1. Target 1 Plant-Type monster you control: Special Summon 1 Plant-Type monster from your hand or graveyard whose Level is equal to the Level of the targeted monster.
2. Destroy 1 Plant-Type monster you control: Special Summon that Plant-Type monster from your graveyard during the End-Phase of this turn in face-down defense position.
3. Target any number of Plant-Type monsters you control and declare a level from 1 to 4: Change the Levels of those targets to the declared Level.
Erika's Traps
Lotus Wall/ Trap/ Continuous/ Any effect damage you take is halved. If your opponent declares an attack, the attack target must be the "Lotus" monster you control with the highest ATK. If a Plant-Type monster you control would be destroyed by battle or card effect, you can tribute 1 other Plant-Type monster you control instead.
Lotus Aura/ Trap/ Counter/ Banish all Plant-Type monsters in your graveyard: Increase the LP of each player by 800 for each monster banished. Afterwards, you can target 1 Plant-Type monster you control: Increase the ATK of that monster by the total amount of LP you gained with this effect until the end of the Damage Step of the next battle in which that Target battles.
Legendary Martial Art – Tai Chi/ Trap/ Continuous/ (This card is always treated as a "Ninjitsu" card). Monsters cannot be destroyed by battle once per turn. If two monsters battle, the effects of those monsters are negated, also, the monster with lower original ATK than the monster it is battling gains 1000 ATK until the end of the Damage-Step. If you would take damage, you can destroy this card: Negate the damage, and if you do, inflict damage to your opponent's LP equal to the damage you would have taken.
Nevan's monsters
Graydle Putty/ WATER/ Level 3/ Aqua/ Effect/ ATK 0/ DEF 2000/ During either player's turn, you can discard this card from your hand: Special Summon 1 Level 5 or lower "Graydle" monster from your hand or graveyard.
Garret's monsters
Survivor Canine/ EARTH/ Level 4/ Beast/ Effect/ ATK 1600/ DEF 1400/ This card gains the effects of each face-up "Survivor" monster you control. If this card destroys an opponent's monster by battle, you can activate this effect: Draw 1 card.
Garret's Spells
Survivor Nest/ Spell/ Quick-Play/ During your opponent's turn, you can reveal this card and 1 "Survivor" monster in your hand: Discard this card, and if you do, Special Summon the revealed "Survivor" monster.
Pyotr's Monsters
Mineral Guardian – Tungsten Shield/ FIRE/ Level 2/ Rock/ Effect/ ATK 0/ DEF 2000/ If any player would take effect damage while this card is in your hand, you can Special Summon this card from your hand: Negate the damage and increase this card's DEF by 500. This card cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects the turn it is summoned this way. Any time a player would take effect damage, you can change that effect to this effect: Increase the DEF of this card by 500. A "Rock Sentinel" monster summoned using this card as a material gains this effect:
If it is summoned, you take no damage while that monster is face-up on the field.
Mineral Guardian – Pumice Brush/ FIRE/ Level 2/ Rock/ Effect/ ATK 200/ DEF 100/ If you control a Rock-Type monster, you can Special Summon this card from your hand. You can tribute this card: Special Summon one Level two Rock-Type monster from your deck. (You can only use each of these effects of "Mineral Guardian – Pumice Mallet" once per turn). A "Rock Sentinel" monster summoned using this card as a material gains this effect:
If it is summoned, Special Summon 1 Level 2 Rock-Type monster from your deck.
Mineral Guardian – Magnetite Dagger / EARTH/ Level 2/ Rock/ Effect/ ATK 900/ DEF 900/ If this card is Special Summoned, you can activate this effect: Special Summon one Level 2 Rock-Type monster from your hand. A "Rock Sentinel" monster summoned using this card as a material gains this effect:
If it is summoned, your opponent cannot target any monsters for attacks except that monster.
Mineral Guardian – Quartz Sword / EARTH/ Level 2/ Rock/ Tuner/ Effect/ ATK 1200/ DEF 1200/ If this card is Special Summoned, Special Summon 1 Level 2 Rock-Type monster from your deck. (You can only use this effect of Mineral Guardian – Quartz Sword once per turn). A "Rock Sentinel" monster summoned using this card as a material gains this effect:
If it is summoned, inflict 500 damage to your opponent's LP.
Mineral Guardian – Iron Fist/ EARTH/ Level 2/ Rock/ Effect/ ATK 1800/ DEF 0/ Increase the ATK of this card by 300 for each Rock-Type monster you control. If this card attacks, it is changed to defense position at the end of the Damage-Step. A "Rock Sentinel" monster summoned using this card as a material gains this effect:
If it is summoned, once per turn it cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects.
Mineral Guardian – Beryllium Ring/ FIRE/ Level 2/ Rock/ Effect/ ATK 400/ DEF 300/ If a rock-type monster is destroyed by your opponent's attacking monster or an opponent's card effect, you can Special Summon this card, from your hand. A "Rock Sentinel" monster summoned using this card as a material gains this effect:
If it is summoned, you can target monsters your opponent controls up to the number of Materials used in that monster's summon: Destroy them.
Mineral Guardian – Aluminum Whip / EARTH/ Level 2/ Rock/ Effect/ ATK 600/ DEF 400/ If this card is Normal Summoned, you can Special Summon 1 Level 2 Rock-Type monster from your hand. A "Rock Sentinel" monster summoned using this card as a material gains this effect:
If it is summoned, you can target Spell/Trap Cards your opponent controls up to the number of Materials used in that monster's summon: Destroy them.
Mineral Guardian – Gold Tablet / WATER/ Level 2/ Rock/ Effect/ ATK 100/ DEF 1100/ You can tribute this card: Draw 1 card. (You can only use this effect of "Mineral Guardian – Gold Tablet" once per turn). A "Rock Sentinel" monster summoned using this card as a material gains this effect:
If it is summoned, draw 1 card.
Mineral Guardian – Titanium Wall / FIRE / Level 2/ Rock/ Effect/ ATK 1000/ DEF 1000/ If your opponent selects a face-up monster as an attack target, you can Special Summon this card from your hand in face-up ATK position. Change the attack target to this card, and then, if the original attack target was a monster with a higher level than this card, this card cannot be destroyed by battle, also, your opponent cannot select monsters as attack targets except this card. A "Rock Sentinel" monster summoned using this card as a material gains this effect:
If it is summoned, it is unaffected by your opponent's card effects.
Other "Mineral Guardian" monsters used in this duel unrevealed
Earthbound Construct Geo Domovoi/ EARTH/ Level -6/ Rock/ Effect/ ATK 0/ DEF 0/ If this card is successfully Dark Sacrifice Summoned, banish it. While this card is banished, you can activate one of the following effects once per turn during either player's turn:
1. Special Summon 1 monster from your graveyard.
2. Increase the LP of 1 player by 1000.
3. If a monster declares an attack, you can negate that attack.
Trivia: According to Slavic Folklore, the Domovoi are benevolent house spirits who watch over the families of the homes in which they preside. Ancient Baltic and Slavic peoples kept idols of the Domovoi in their homes in order to obtain protection for their homes and families.
Pyotr's Extra Deck
Rock Sentinel Igneous/ FIRE/ Level 6/ Rock/ Synchro/ Effect/ ATK ?/ DEF 2800/ 1 Rock-Type Tuner + 2 or more Rock-Type Non-Tuners
If this card is Synchro Summoned successfully, you can banish any number of Rock-Type monsters from your graveyard: Increase the Level of this card by 1 for each Rock-Type monster banished with this effect. This card's ATK is equal to its Level X 300. If this card destroys a monster by battle, increase the ATK of this card by the Level of that monster in the graveyard. If this card would be destroyed, you can reduce its Level by 3 instead.
Rock Sentinel Sedimentary/ WATER/ Rank 2/ Rock/ Xyz/ Effect/ ATK ?/ DEF 2400/ 3 Level 2 Rock-Type monsters
If this card is Xyz Summoned successfully, you can attach any number of Rock-Type monsters in your graveyard to this card as Xyz Material, and if you do, this card's original ATK becomes Equal to the number of Xyz Materials attached to itself at the end of this effect's resolution X 300. You can detach any number of Xyz Materials from this card: Increase the ATK of this card by 300. If this card destroys a monster by battle, attach that monster and any Xyz Materials attached to that monster to this card as Xyz Materials. If this card would be destroyed, detach 3 Xyz Materials from this card instead.
Dark Matter Destroyer Golem/ DARK/ Level -8/ Rock/ Dark Fission/ Effect/ ATK 500/ DEF 3500/ 1 Rock-Type Xyz, Synchro, or Fusion Monster – 1 or more Rock-Type monsters
Increase the ATK of this card by 500 for each non-base Material used in its Dark Fission Summon. If this card attacks, your opponent cannot activate any cards or effects until the end of the Damage Step. If this card battles, you can activate this effect immediately following the battle: Send 1 or more face-up monsters from your deck to the graveyard to inflict 500 damage to your opponent's LP for each card sent. If this card would be destroyed or you would take damage, you can send 1 face-up monster from your deck to the graveyard instead.
Pyotr's Spells
Mineral Quarry/ Spell/ Continuous/ Once per turn, you can excavate the top 5 cards of your deck: Send all excavated Level 2 or lower Rock-Type monsters to your graveyard and banish all other cards excavated by this effect. (Card effects which activate in the graveyard are not activated at this time. You can only control 1 "Mineral Quarry").
Mineral Industry/ Spell/ Continuous/ Once per turn, you can target any number of Level 2 or lower Rock-Type monsters in your graveyard to, immediately after this effect resolves: Fusion, Synchro, or Xyz Summon 1 Rock-Type monster from your Extra Deck using those cards as Materials.
Rock Cycle/ Spell/ Quick-Play/ Tribute 1 Rock-Type Monster you control that was Special Summoned from the Extra Deck: Special Summon from your hand, deck, or graveyard 3 Level 2 or lower Rock-Type monsters, and if you do, immediately after this effect resolves; Fusion, Synchro, or Xyz Summon 1 Rock-Type monster from your Extra Deck using those cards as Materials.
Yami no Kakubunretsu/ Spell/ Normal/ Cards and effects cannot be activated in response to the activation of this card or its effects. Negate the effects of all cards your opponent controls. (This change lasts until the effects of this card resolve). Dark Fission Summon 1 Dark Fission Monster from your Extra Deck using cards from among the cards on your side of the field, hand, graveyard, or that are currently banished as Dark Fission Materials.
Pyotr's Traps
Unrevealed Counter Trap
Elizaveta's Monsters
Volthummer/ WIND/ Level 2/ Thunder/ Effect/ ATK 500/ DEF 300/ If you control a face-up Thunder-Type monster, you can Special Summon this card from your hand. If this card is sent from the field to the graveyard, you can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower Thunder-Type monster from your deck or graveyard.
Voltwolf/ EARTH/ Level 4/ Thunder/ Effect/ ATK 1000/ DEF 1500/ If one or more player's takes effect damage, you can Special Summon this card from your hand, and if you do, this card's ATK becomes equal to the total damage inflicted. If this card is Special Summoned from your hand, you can Special Summon 1 Thunder-Type monster from your deck whose ATK is lower than the current ATK of this card on the field. (You can only use this effect of "Voltwolf" once per turn
Voltworm/ EARTH/ Level 2/ Thunder/ Effect/ ATK 600/ DEF 900/ If any player takes effect damage, you can negate that damage, and if you do, increase the ATK and DEF of this card by the amount of damage negated. If this card is sent from the field to the graveyard, you can Special Summon from your graveyard a number of Thunder-Type monster(s) from your graveyard whose total respective ATK and DEF is equal to or lower than the total respective ATK and DEF that this card had on the field.
Dark Tuner Minus Surge/ DARK/ Level 2/ Thunder/ Dark Tuner/ Dark Reverse/ Effect/ ATK -500/ DEF -1000/ Dark Reverse: Target 1 monster on the field: Multiply the ATK and DEF of that monster by -1. If you control no cards or a Thunder-Type monster, you can Special Summon this card, from your hand. (You can only use this effect of "Dark Tuner Minus Surge" once per turn). Once per turn, you can target 1 monster on the field: Multiply its Level by -1.
Dark Tuner Dark Energy Station/ DARK/ Level 10/ Thunder/ Dark Tuner/ Effect/ ATK -3000/ DEF -2500/ You can Normal Summon this card without tributing. If this card is used as a Material for a Dark Synchro Summon, you can Special Summon this card, and if you do, apply the following effects. Multiply the negative ATK and DEF of all monsters you control by -1, also, multiply the positive Levels of all monsters you control by -1.
Elizaveta's Extra Deck
Earthbound Disciple Geo Thunderbird/ DARK/ Level -8/ Thunder/ Dark Synchro/ Effect/ ATK ?/ DEF 0/ 1 or more Thunder-Type monsters – 1 Dark Tuner
When this card is Special Summoned successfully, you can activate this effect: Return all Spell/Trap Cards your opponent controls to the top of the deck in any order desired. This card can attack your opponent's LP directly. This card's ATK is equal to the value of subtracting the total Levels of all monsters you control from the total Levels of all monsters your opponent controls and multiplying the result by 300.
Elizaveta's Traps
Voltsurge/ Trap/ Normal/ Target 1 Thunder-Type monster you control: Increase the LP of 1 player by the ATK of that monster. During your turn, except the turn this card was sent to the graveyard, you can banish this card from the graveyard: Halve your LP, and if you do, double the ATK of 1 Thunder-Type monster you control.
Voltbarrier/ Trap/ Continuous/ Your opponent cannot attack with monsters who have less ATK than the ATK of the Thunder-Type monster you control with the highest ATK.
Akato's Monsters
Anarchy Agent - Asylum Prisoner/ FIRE/ Level 3/ Psychic/ Ritual/ Effect/ ATK 700/DEF 700
This card must first be Ritual Summoned with an "Anarchy Agent" Ritual Spell Card. You can discard this card: Add 1 "Anarchy Agent" monster from among the cards that are currently banished or in your graveyard to your hand, except for "Anarchy Agent - Asylum Prisoner". If this card is used in the Ritual Summon of an "Anarchy Agent" monster, shuffle 2 "Anarchy Agent" cards from your graveyard into your deck, and if you do, draw 1 card. If this card is used in the Fusion Summon of an "Anarchy Agent" monster, return all of your banished "Anarchy Agent" cards to your graveyard. This card cannot be destroyed in battle.
(Original concept by Epsilon Tarantula.)
Anarchy Agent - Bomber/ FIRE/ Level 4/ Warrior/ Effect/ ATK 1300/ DEF 1000/ If you would Ritual Summon an "Anarchy Agent" Ritual Monster while this card is in your graveyard, you can Special Summon this card from your graveyard and use it as one of the monsters needed to be tributed for the Ritual Summon, but banish it when it leaves the field. During the turn this card is sent to your graveyard, if you control a face-up "Anarchy Agent" monster, you can target 1 card your opponent controls: Destroy it.
(Original concept by Epsilon Tarantula.)
Anarchy Agent - Road Monk/ FIRE/ Level 3/ Spellcaster/ Effect/ ATK 800/ DEF 1200/ If this card is Normal or Special Summoned, add 1 "Anarchy Agent" card from your deck to your hand. If this card is sent to the graveyard, you can activate this effect if you control 1 "Anarchy Agent" card: Draw 1 card. You can only use each effect of "Anarchy Agent - Road Monk" once per turn.
(Original concept by Epsilon Tarantula.)
Anarchy Agent - Shadow Encoder/ FIRE/ Level 2/ Fiend/ Effect/ ATK 500/ DEF 500/ You can discard this card from your hand: Add 1 "Anarchy Agent" Spell/Trap card from your deck to your hand. You can reveal 1 "Anarchy Agent" monster from your hand: Special Summon this card from the graveyard and make its Level equal to the Level of the revealed monster, but banish this card when it leaves the field. Once per turn, you can increase or decrease the level of an "Anarchy Agent" monster in your hand or field by up to 3.
(Original concept by Epsilon Tarantula.)
Anarchy Agent - Ally Marker/ FIRE/ Level 2/ Warrior/ Effect/ ATK 800/ DEF 400
If you control an "Anarchy Agent" monster, you can Special Summon this card from your hand. Once per turn, you can draw 1 card, and if that card is an "Anarchy Agent" card, you can draw an additional card. You can only activate this effect of "Anarchy Agent - Alley Marker" once per turn. If this card is sent to the graveyard, target 1 of your banished "Anarchy Agent" monsters, add it to your hand.
(Original concept by Epsilon Tarantula.)
Anarchy Agent - Dread Demon/ FIRE/ Level 6/ Fiend/ Ritual/ Effect/ ATK 2400/ DEF 2200
This card must first be Ritual Summoned via an "Anarchy Agent" Ritual Spell Card. During the turn this monster is Special Summoned, negate the effects of all cards your opponent controls, also, your opponent cannot activate any set cards. (These changes last until the End Phase of this turn). Once per turn, if this card is destroyed, Special Summon this card from the graveyard.
(Original concept by Epsilon Tarantula.)
Anarchy Agent - Mirror Phantom/ FIRE/ Level 7/ Zombie/ Ritual/ Effect/ATK 2000/DEF 2000
Must first be Ritual Summoned with an "Anarchy Agent" Ritual Spell card. Cannot be destroyed by battle. If this card attacks, your opponent cannot activate any cards or effects until the end of the Damage Step. As long as this card remains face-up on the field, any effect damage you would take is inflicted to your opponent instead. If you would take damage from a battle involving this card, your opponent takes that damage instead.
(Original concept by Epsilon Tarantula.)
Anarchy Agent - Abstract Apotheosis/ FIRE/ Level 10/ Pyro/ Ritual/ Effect/ATK 3300/DEF 2600/ This card must first be Ritual Summoned via an "Anarchy Agent" Ritual Spell card. When this card is Ritual Summoned, send all cards your opponent controls to the graveyard. Each time a card(s) is sent to any player's graveyard, inflict 500 damage to your opponent. If this card is used in the Fusion Summon of an "Anarchy Agent" monster, during this turn's End Phase, Special Summon this card from the graveyard.
(Original concept by Epsilon Tarantula.)
Akato's Extra Deck
Anarchy Agent - Nightmare Beast/ FIRE/ Level 8/ Beast/ Fusion/ Effect/ ATK 2500/DEF 2100
2 Level 4 or lower "Anarchy Agent" Monsters
This card can attack all monsters your opponent controls, once each. Each time this card destroys an opponent's monster by battle, this card gains 200 ATK. If this card would be used in the Ritual Summon of an "Anarchy Agent" monster, you can increase or decrease its level by up to 2.
(Original concept by Epsilon Tarantula.)
Anarchy Agent - Cycle Reaper/ FIRE/ Level 9/ Zombie/ Fusion/ Effect/ ATK 2900/ DEF 2200/ 1 "Anarchy Agent" Ritual Monster + 1 "Anarchy Agent" monster
When this card is Special Summoned, destroy 1 card your opponent controls. (This effect cannot be negated). Once per turn, if this card is in your graveyard because it was destroyed by battle or card effect, or because it was sent there for the Ritual Summon of a monster, you can Special Summon this card from your graveyard. You can only control 1 "Anarchy Agent - Cycle Reaper".
(Original concept by Epsilon Tarantula.)
Akato's Spells
Anarchy Agent Robbery/ Spell/ Normal/ Draw 2 cards from your deck, then send 1 "Anarchy Agent" monster from your hand to the graveyard. If you cannot, take 700 damage. (This damage cannot be negated or decreased by a card effect). If you control an "Anarchy Agent" Ritual or Fusion Monster when this card is activated, your opponent sends a card from their hand to the graveyard instead. (You can only activate 1 "Anarchy Agent Robbery" per turn and only once per turn).
(Original concept by Epsilon Tarantula.)
Anarchy Agent Fusion/ Spell/ Quick-Play/ Fusion Summon 1 "Anarchy Agent" Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck by sending from your side of the field or hand to the graveyard and/or by banishing from your graveyard monsters as Fusion Materials. If an "Anarchy Agent" Ritual Monster is used as Fusion Material, during your next Standby Phase, you can shuffle this card from your graveyard into your deck, and if you do, draw 1 card.
(Original concept by Epsilon Tarantula.)
Anarchy Agent Defilement/ Spell/ Ritual/ This card can be used to Ritual Summon any "Anarchy Agent" Ritual Monster from your hand, deck, or graveyard. Activate only if the only monsters in your graveyard are "Anarchy Agents". Pay 1000 Life Points: Banish from your graveyard, "Anarchy Agent" monsters, whose total Levels equal the Level of the "Anarchy Agent" Ritual Monster you are attempting to Ritual Summon. You can banish this card from your graveyard: Return 2 of your banished "Anarchy Agent" monsters to your graveyard, and if you do, Fusion Summon 1 "Anarchy Agent" monster from your Extra Deck that can be Fusion Summoned using those cards as materials.
(Original concept by Epsilon Tarantula.)
Anarchy Agent Ritual/ Spell/ Ritual/ This card can be used to Ritual Summon from your hand or deck, any 1 "Anarchy Agent" monster. You must also tribute "Anarchy Agent" monsters whose total Levels exactly equal the Level of the "Anarchy Agent" monster you are attempting to Ritual Summon. During your Draw Phase, if you drew an "Anarchy Agent" card, except for "Anarchy Agent Ritual", you can reveal that card: Add this card from your graveyard to your hand.
(Original concept by Epsilon Tarantula.)
Anarchy Agent Battlefield/ Spell/ Field/ During your opponent's End Phase, you can add 1 "Anarchy Agent" card from your deck or graveyard to the top of your deck. Each time an "Anarchy Agent" monster is summoned, this card gains 1 Anarchy Counter. You can destroy this card you control: Draw 1 card. During the turn this card is destroyed, select 1 "Anarchy Agent" Fusion or Ritual Monster in your deck or Extra Deck whose level is equal to or less than that of the number of Anarchy Counters on this card: Special Summon the selected monster, and treat that Special Summon as either a Fusion or Ritual Summon with an "Anarchy Agent" Spell card.
(Original concept by Epsilon Tarantula.)
Akato's Traps
Anarchy Agent Terrorism/ Trap/ Counter/ If your opponent activates a Spell/Trap Card while you control an "Anarchy Agent" monster, negate the activation of that Spell/Trap Card and destroy it. Then, if you control an "Anarchy Agent" Fusion Monster, target it and inflict damage to your opponent equal to that monster's ATK, and if the targeted monster is Level 8 or higher, your opponent cannot activate cards or effects that would negate this damage.
(Original concept by Epsilon Tarantula.)
Anarchy Agent Emblem/ Trap/ Normal/ During the turn this card is activated, "Anarchy Agent" monsters you control cannot be destroyed by card effects. If an "Anarchy Agent" monster you control would be destroyed by battle, you can banish this card from your graveyard to end the Battle Phase. (You can only activate this effect of "Anarchy Agent Emblem" once per turn).
(Original concept by Epsilon Tarantula.)
Anarchy Agent - Empowerment/ Spell/ Quick-Play/ During the turn this card is activated, either increase the ATK and DEF of all monster you control by the number of "Anarchy Agent" monster(s) in your graveyard X 500 or decrease the ATK and DEF of all monster your opponent controls by the number of "Anarchy Agent" monster(s) in your graveyard X 500 until the Standby-Phase of your next turn. You can banish this card from your graveyard, set 1 "Anarchy Agent" Spell/Trap card from among the cards in your graveyard or that is currently banished. You can only activate 1 "Anarchy Agent Empowerment" per turn.
(Original concept by Epsilon Tarantula.)
Note: The original version of this card increased or decreased ATK and DEF by the total respective ATK and DEF of each Anarchy Agent monster sent to the graveyard during that turn. I nerfed this card slightly from the original. Honestly, the central reason behind the change was because it would have been hard for me to calculate the attack change, adding up the ATK of each of the monsters in my archive in an already VERY complex duel. I hope you don't mind this change or any of the other changes I have made to your VERY cool cards.)
