47. Infinity.

With the sixth Crystal Star in the bag only one remains, the one Goombella found but was stolen by Lord Crump, however Azrael also made his move, he has given Mario an ultimatum, either he gives Azrael all the Crystal Stars or Glitzville will crash in the ocean killing every one on board and causing a tidal wave that will destroy Rogue Port.

It was early in the morning the day after Geno defeated Syn, fortunately Geno had provided a faster way of travel, he made contact with Mallow's parents prior to arriving before Mario, overnight the staff had delivered a helicopter.

'First we shall go to the Thousand-Year Door to unlock it, sadly that is the only way to learn where the X-Naut Base is.' Merlon said, he sounded tired: 'A real predicament Grodus played us all.' He said with a sigh, Mario placed his hand on his shoulder.

'Grodus is reckless, he knows we need to get the Crystal Star that is undoubtedly in his base, he loses his base of operations today, that forces him to move, of course that is calculated, Grodus knows that he needs to be fast once the seventh seal is unlocked, no doubt he has a separate unit transporting Rozalin.' Mario said, he let go of Merlon's shoulder.

They all boarded the helicopter Mario continued to explain his plan.

'Azrael is a distraction, one we sadly cannot ignore, since Azrael took the soul of a Nephilim in order to survive his wounds he keeps getting stronger, for that reason Geno and I will take the chopper once we have the location of the last Crystal Star, then Merlon, Goombella and Vivian stay at the Thousand-Year Door, their job will be to intercept Grodus, if we can take him down before he enters the Palace of Shadows the X-Naut forces will be severely weakened, finally Luigi will lead Mallow, Ruby and Bow to assault the X-Naut base, once Geno and I are done at Glitzville we rendezvous with Luigi's team, once we have the last Crystal Star we meet in Rogueport in Professor Frankly's place.' Mario concluded.

About half an hour later the helicopter landed on the roof of Don Pianta's casino, without hesitation Mario and the rest ran down the fire escape they hurried to the sewers and through the sewers to the hallway they passed through many times.

Carefully Mario stepped into the room, until now every time they were assaulted here this time it was quiet.

'Grodus is not here yet.' Mario whispered he checked behind the pillars and in dark corners to see if there were any X-Nauts hidden but there was nobody there, Mario took out the map then stood on the pedestal, the moment he held aloft the Crystal Star the room started to shake violently, light surrounded the pedestal, above ground the shaking didn't go unnoticed in the docks huge waves washed over the street taking any cars and containers with them into the sea.

Don Pianta stepped outside in his casino since the quakes messed with the machines, people however had no attention to the money that flowed out some of the slot machines, everybody ran outside to see what was happening, the gallows in the middle of the main square fell apart.

Unknown to Mario the shaking was felt everywhere on the island.

The light surrounding the pedestal slowly died out, then Mario's Map started to glow, then the sound of stone scraping over stone echoed throughout the sewers, the huge doors that sealed the Palace of Shadows slowly started to move, black mist seeped through the small opening everyone gathered around Mario, who spread his arms to create a barrier against the mist, Geno on his turn used his magic to guide the mist into a unused room on the other side of the huge room, once the mist was in the room Merlon used his magic to seal it.

'Don't get near the entrance.' Merlon warned: 'That black mist is pure poison, it is not seeping out anymore but inside the Palace will be more, I will figure out a way to neutralize it.'

Then Mario leaped off the pedestal, he looked at the map, Merlon looked over Mario's shoulder, the Crystal Star was in the north-western corner of the map. 'Of course Fahr Outpost.' Merlon said.

'What is Fahr Outpost? You sound like you should have known this.' Mario said to Merlon.

'I should have.' Replied the wizard: 'Fahr Outpost is a region with eternal snow, first people lived there it was a normal town, then the military came, they chased off the civilians then turned the town into a military outpost, behind the town stand a tall mountain, they build a military base inside the mountain then connected it to the mainland with a bridge, the outpost started to function as a checkpoint, however the military were chased out of there in a violent war, the base and Fahr Outpost became abandoned, they even dismantled it, but nobody returned there.'

Mario started to pace around the room: 'Makes sense yes, the base is still there Grodus only had to move in, install his own technology, Fahr Outpost is abandoned and nobody would come there willingly the place is not even on the radar anymore, one could build a circus in there and nobody would notice.' Mario muttered to himself: 'Question is how do we get there? Geno and I need the helicopter.' Mario pondered.

'I can help with that.'

They all turned around only to see Don Pianta.

A few minutes later two helicopters left Rogueport one of them had Mario and Geno in it that one was heading towards Glitzville.

The second helicopter had Mallow, Luigi, Bow and Ruby in it and was headed into the other direction towards Fahr Outpost, when the helicopters left Merlon went back to the sewers alone, he had decided Vivian and Goombella were safer back with Frankly they could also serve as defense for if X-Naut Soldiers started to attack, the two with the help of Frankly were also rallying the people of Rogueport.

As Merlon entered the sewers he was thinking about the confrontation, Grodus alone he could handle but if Grave, Azrael and Syn were with him it could become difficult, Merlon shook his head.

'Azrael is not with Grodus, one of the others must be guarding the X-Naut base, one of them should be with Rozalin in worst-case scenario I might face Grodus and Syn.' He muttered to himself.

When he got back at the Thousand-Year Door it had opened further there was still no sign from the X-Nauts.

The helicopter with Mario and Geno in it landed on the blimp's landing spot, immediately the two leaped out of the chopper, outside it was chaos, people were running around trying to find a way off the island, others were simply screaming, Mario looked around if he could see Azrael but he didn't seem to be there.

Geno looked at the raging flames that appeared from the roof of the arena.

'Magical fire, a clear sign that Azrael is in there.' Geno muttered as he ran towards the arena closely followed by Mario.

Mario and Geno ran down the empty halls, several doors stood open, it was clear that nobody had been in here after Grave had dealt with Grubba, then Mario saw the doors to the arena were wide open, without hesitation they ran through the doors, they entered the Dueling Ring, it was almost completely dark, only one spotlight was shining on the exact center of the ring, in that light stood Azrael, his arms folded and eyes closed.

'Welcome, said the butcher to the lambs that willingly entered the slaughterhouse.' Azrael calmly spoke.

Mario activated his Duel Disk, when Geno stopped him Azrael let out a chuckle.

'Mario, you need to look for the bombs, with Azrael you never know.'

The demon opened his eyes.

'If I wanted to crash this floating island I would have done it already, you know I would survive the crash.'

Mario looked at Geno, he saw determination in his friend's eyes.

Slowly Azrael unfolded his arms, when he rose his left arm black shadows formed around it, they took the shape of a scythe but the shadows didn't manifest. 'Geno.' Azrael slowly said.

'What happened? This power, this is not normal!' Geno shook his head and activated his Duel Disk.

'I have not yet reached the status of a God Geno, but I am pretty close!' Azrael's eyes widened his pupils disappeared becoming white for a few seconds before changing into a glowing yellow.

'This will be unlike anything you have seen! Compared to this power, Dimentio was a child!'

Suddenly Azrael's chest started to glow, the demon bended forward gasping for breath, he ripped his shirt off, his chest was glowing, a glowing 0 appeared sideways on his left and right chest forming the ''infinite'' symbol, when the glowing died a bit Azrael was gasping for breath, slowly he stood up the number 0 showing on his right hand as well, then the roof of the Glitz pit exploded Geno created a magical barrier to protect himself and Mario, Azrael stood in the middle of the debris raining down on him, as Geno looked into the sky he could see several beams of light descending from the heavens into the symbols on Azrael's chest, more glowing lines appeared over his body in a difficult pattern.

Suddenly Mario's Deck started to glow, when he took it out he could just see his Numbers cards disappear.

'Azrael what did you do?' Geno roared.

'I destroyed the boundaries, the Numbers that once shielded Star Haven are gone, they all belong to me, few try to resist, but they won't be for long.'

Mario and Geno looked at Azrael, the demon stared back at them.

Mario gasped as he sunk to his knees, it felt like Azrael pierced right through him, Geno managed to keep standing, Azrael's grinned: 'This is where it all ends.' He sounded calm, he was at ease even.

'Last time Mario you nearly became the death of me.' Mario felt his chest getting heavy as Azrael looked him directly in the eyes.

'As you can see the Nephilim soul did it's work, it made me stronger.' Azrael closed his eyes, Mario could move again now that the gaze with the demon was broken.

'Mario, Geno, I have the power of the Ancient Ones, that power in a mortal body, yes I can bleed and I can die, just like any god can bleed and die.' Mario dared to look Azrael in his glowing eyes, his body got paralyzed and what he saw was beyond comprehension: Darkness, emptiness, cold, Azrael's soul full of wisdom and full of hatred.

'Mario, Geno.' Azrael whispered: 'This is the end, today you will be judged by the divine, you will be struck down by divine punishment.'

Slowly the demon spread his arms. 'I will judge you!' Azrael shouted: 'For you have sinned! I will be your divine executioner! FOR I AM THE DARK MESSIAH!'

With a roar Geno pushed Mario back right when black lightning struck the floor where he stood a second ago.

'Run!' Geno bellowed.

Mario didn't hesitate, he knew all to well Azrael was beyond him right now.

Azrael lifted his hand, black mist appeared in it and slowly a Deck took form. 'These cards are the gift of a God, finally I have transcended the boundary between mortal and divine, now Geno allow me to play with you a bit!'

Azrael seemed calm but Geno saw the madness in his eyes.

'Not yet Azrael, whatever you did is not set in stone just yet! Your body is not yet used to this new power, I will take this chance and destroy you!'

(Geno: 8000) - (Azrael: 8000)

Geno drew his opening hand, Azrael simply held his hand in front of him and five cards flew out of his Deck into his open hand.

'I have no time to hesitate.' Geno muttered, he took a card from his hand.

'I activate Dark Magic Veil, which in return of thousand Life Points allow me to Special Summon Dark Magician from my hand.' A glowing pentagram appeared on the floor of the ring then Dark Magician leaped out of it, he held his staff pointed at Azrael. (2500 ATK)

(Geno: 7000) - (Azrael: 8000)

'Next I activate Bond Between Teacher and Student.' Geno continued playing another Spell card.

'I Special Summon Dark Magician Girl from my Deck!'

In an explosion of rose petals the female Spellcaster leaped on the Field, she winked at Geno while holding her staff aimed at Azrael. (2000 ATK)

'The second Effect of my Spell card allows me to Set a card from my Deck.' Geno explained, a card slipped from his Deck he quickly took it and it appeared on the Field behind Dark Magician.

'I end my turn.'

A new card slipped from Azrael's Deck and it flew into his hand.

'You are desperate Geno.' Azrael grinned: 'I like that.'

Azrael took one of the cards from his hand.

'I Normal Summon Tessera, Child of Infinity!' Before Azrael appeared a young-looking woman, she had long, silver hair tied in several braids, she wore a black tank-top with matching mini-skirt and knee-high boots, through her hair you could see two small horns, her hands ended in claws, her eyes were the same like Azrael's eyes, on her forehead she had a pattern of glowing lines, you could make out the number ''4'' (0 ATK)

'Tessera is an ''Infinite'' Monster, they have in common that they have no Levels now I will show you the terror those Monsters can unleash.'

Tessera put her hands together, black mist came from between her fingers.

'Once per turn Tessera can Target a Monster, that Monster loses all but one of it's Levels.' Azrael explained, a black pentagram appeared under Dark Magician, seven glowing orbs appeared around him, six of those orbs flew over to Tessera the remaining one disappeared back in Dark Magician's body, the other six glowing orbs started to circle around Tessera.

'Next I activate one of the other two Effects Tessera has, your Dark Magician loses 300 Attack Points for each Level it lost.'

Tessera opened one of her claw-like hands, the six orbs turned into black orbs then they shot out to Dark Magician for each time the Spellcaster got hit he became weaker. (2500- 700 ATK)

Next I activate the Quick-Play Spell Level Infinity!' A card flashed on the Field, then an ''8'' figure appeared on the ground Dark Magician stood in one of the circles the other one was empty.

'When my opponent controls a Monster which does not have it's original Level, I can Special Summon a Monster from my Deck with a Level equal to the original Level that Monster had.'

Black mist appeared in the other circle. 'I Special Summon Shiv'a, Priestess of Imperfection!'

When the mist cleared there was a woman standing in the circle, she had shoulder-length, black hair, she had long, curved horns coming out of the sides of her head, on her forehead she had the same markings as Tessera had only these clearly formed the number 7, she wore a black dress with open legs, black, arm-length gloves and high-heeled shoes, in her hands she carried a staff decorated with several skulls and a black gem at the top. (2300 ATK)

'When there is an Infinite Monster on the Field Shiv'a gains 700 Attack Points.' The marking's on Shiv'a's head started to glow. (2300- 3000 ATK)

'Shiv'a attacks Dark Magician!' Azrael commanded, the Dark Magician aimed his staff a blast of darkness came out of the tip, Shiv'a smiled the gem on her staff started to glow the magic from Dark Magician disappeared then black lightning shot forth from the gem striking down Dark Magician.

(Geno: 4700) - (Azrael: 8000)

'Next I Set two cards.' Azrael continued his two cards appeared facedown behind his two Monsters. 'And I end my turn.'

Geno drew his card.

'I need to hurry, before complete chaos tears Star Haven apart.' Geno muttered.

'Come on Geno, I have been planning this thing for quite some time there is no way I would let you simply get those guardians back up there.' Azrael said with an ominous voice.

'You don't have to Azrael, I'd rather force you to do it in the most painful way possible.' Geno replied with an even more ominous voice, he then took a card from his hand.

'I activate Monster Reborn.' Geno stated, the Spell card briefly appeared on the Field followed by Dark Magician a second later. (2500 ATK)

'I activate the Spell Dark Burning Magic!' Geno's reversed card opened up.

'Since I control Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl I can destroy all cards you control!'

The two Spellcasters crossed their staffs.

'I activate Magic Jammer!' Azrael bellowed, one of his reversed cards opened up, Dark Burning Magic disappeared and the two Spellcasters stopped their attack.

'In that case I Equip Dark Magician with Magic Formula.' Geno resorted to his back-up plan, as he played the card a fancy-looking book appeared before the Dark Magician he read a few lines of text then nodded at the wisdom he just received. (2500- 3200 ATK)

'Dark Magician attack Shiv'a!' Geno commanded, the Magician pointed his staff.

'I use the Effect of Shiv'a, by changing Tessera to Defense Mode I can redirect the attack to Tessera.' Dark Magician's staff was magically pulled toward the young woman who on her turn crouched down and shielded herself with her arms, the Dark Magic Attack blew away Tessera.

'Now I activate Infinity Darkness.' The second reversed Trap card Azrael had turned around.

'Since an Infinite Monster was just destroyed I can Tribute a Monster with a Level then Special Summon Infinity Tokens equal to the Level of the Tributed Monster with a maximum of five.' Azrael's mouth changed into a broad grin. 'Shiv'a is a Level seven.' Black mist started to swirl around the Spellcaster then she disappeared, five small pools of darkness appeared before Azrael. (0 Def x5)

'Dark Magician Girl, attack one of those Tokens!'

Dark Magician Girl fired a blast at one of the pools, nothing happened.

'Nice try Geno, Infinity Tokens cannot be Destroyed the turn they are Summoned.' Azrael grinned.

Azrael retrieved a new card.

'I had hoped to draw this out longer, enjoy the torture.' Azrael said with a sigh.

'But I still need the Crystal Stars Mario has, so Geno I am sorry but this will end soon.' Azrael spread his arms.

'I Overlay my five Tokens!' The five pools changed into five yellow orbs, they started to swirl together. 'Let the voices of a thousand voices tear through the veil of infinity! Xyz Summon! Rank 0 Sahasra, the Infinity Mortal!'

Before Azrael a woman kneeling on one leg, she rested her arm on her other leg, she wore black, leather shorts, a matching leather tank-top, black, leather gloves and knee-high, high-heeled boots, she had long, red hair, several horns stuck through her hair, a difficult pattern of lines covered her body, between the lines you could see the number ''1000'' on her forehead. (0 ATK)

'Sahasra checks the Levels of all Monsters that are on the Field, then she gains 200 ATK for each Level.' Azrael explained.

Six orbs came out of Dark Magician Girl another seven out of Dark Magician, then the thirteen orbs started to circle around Sahasra. (0- 2600 ATK)

'Next I Detach one card, this gives Sahasra herself a Rank.' Azrael continued, his Monster started to glow.

'Sahasra gains an Effect based on how many Xyz Materials she has, except for the fifth one, whenever she has five Xyz Materials and I Detach one I can activate a Spell or Trap card from my Deck.'

A card slipped from Azrael's Deck he took and played it, a cage made out of black mist appeared behind him. 'This is the Continuous Trap card Infinity Level Prison, as long as this card remains on the Field, whenever a Monster is destroyed this Trap card gains Counters equal to the destroyed Monster's Original Level, those Counters count as Levels being on the Field.'

Geno took a step back, but Azrael wasn't done yet.

'Now for the rest of Sahasra's Effects, as long as she keeps her remaining four Xyz Materials she cannot be destroyed by Battle, she is unaffected by my opponent's card Effects, her Rank is treated as a Level and she can attack twice.'

Sahasra glowed for a second, another glowing orb appeared surrounding her. (2600- 2800 ATK)

'Next I activate Mystical Space Typhoon!' Azrael bellowed, the powerful storm whipped up it swept away the Magic Formula Spell card, Dark Magician became weaker. (3200- 2500 ATK)

'Since Magic Formula got destroyed I gain 1000 Life Points!' A warm light surrounded Geno.

(Geno: 5700) - (Azrael: 8000)

'Now I Normal Summon a second Tessera.' Azrael continued, next to Sahasra the young woman with silver hair reappeared. (0 ATK)

'I use Tessera's Effect on Dark Magician.' Again six glowing orbs flew out of Dark Magician. 'This time I use Tessera's second Effect, she takes the Levels Dark Magician just lost and gains 300 ATK for each of those Levels.'

The six glowing orbs disappeared into the body of Tessera she started to glow as she gained power. (0- 1800 ATK)

'Sahasra attacks the Dark Magician! Scream of Infinity!'

A loud screeching sound filled the entire arena, Geno and Dark Magician both covered their ears, seven orbs of light flew out of Dark Magician they disappeared into the cage behind Azrael, then the Spellcaster fell down and disappeared.

(Geno: 5400) - (Azrael: 8000)

'Counting the six Levels Tessera gained plus the seven Counters on my Trap card there are a total of twenty Levels on the Field!'

Sahasra let out a terrifying cry as her power skyrocketed. (2800- 4000 ATK)

'Now Attack Dark Magician Girl! Scream of Infinity!'

The terrible sound went through the arena again, this time six orbs flew out of Dark Magician Girl they disappeared into the black cage before the Spellcaster disappeared.

(Geno: 3400) - (Azrael: 8000)

'Tessera, attack Geno directly!' The woman moved forward with surprising speed she gave a dozen punches in quick succession, Geno was forced backwards a bit by the power of the punches.

(Geno: 1600) - (Azrael: 8000)

Geno was pushed back against a wall, he was resting against it.

'Damn, that attack was real.' Geno gasped, he looked at the bruises on his arms, he felt his chest was all sore as was his jaw from the final uppercut.

Azrael folded his arms. 'Next attack will kill you.' He said with a grin.

'You tell yourself these lies, I am not done quite yet.' Geno replied, he slowly stood up then drew his card.

'I have seen a weakness.' Geno took a card from his hand.

'I activate Dark Magic Veil, this time I'll Summon a Dark Magician from the Graveyard.' Once again the Dark Magician returned. (2500 ATK)

Sahasra became stronger yet again. (4000- 5400 ATK)

(Geno: 600) - (Azrael: 8000)

'Next the Spell card, Dark Magic Attack!' Geno roared, Dark Magician aimed his staff and with one powerful blast the Infinity Level Prison was no more, because there now were seven less Levels on the Field Sahasra dropped considerably. (5400- 2800 ATK)

'Now Dark Magician attack Tessera! Dark Magic Attack!'

Another powerful blast from Dark Magician took care of the young woman.

(Geno: 600) - (Azrael: 7300)

Azrael simply stood still with his arms folded as the magic washed over him, meanwhile Sahasra became weaker once again. (2800- 1600 ATK)

'Finally I activate Book of Moon to change my Dark Magician to facedown Defense Mode.' Geno said with a smile as the Dark Magician disappeared and got replaced by a reversed card Sahasra became even more weaker. (1600- 200 ATK)

'That smug look, I hate it.' Azrael said, his voice was calm.

'You think you completely control this battle?' Azrael retrieved a new card.

'I'll show you that I am in control!'

Sahasra started to glow. 'I Detach the remaining four cards from Sahasra!'

Since Sahasra lost the Effect that made her Ranks her Levels she was left completely powerless. (200- 0 ATK)

'I Release Sahasra!' Azrael bellowed.

Behind the demon a figure started to appear.

Mario was running down the hallways, he just entered a door that read ''Maintenance'' he was looking left and right for a door to get to the engines, after quite some time he managed to find the door he was looking for, but it was locked luckily for Mario a giant hole was burned through it, the hole Azrael created.

The engine room was big, several large engines were connected with countless wires to dozens of computers, it was really cold inside the room, this cooling system was needed or else the engines would overheat and explode, Mario realized that this is what Azrael wanted, one look at one of the engines showed thick, armored plating a bomb would never be able to get through it, instead Azrael had targeted the cooling systems, Mario quickly checked the vents and quickly enough he found the bombs, they had no timers all of them had a device attached to it. 'Remote detonation.' Mario muttered: 'No time to dismantle them.' Mario looked around and saw a large tube leading to the bottom of the floating island, this was used to transport waste into a large container that hung under the island, once in a while that container was emptied as luck would have it it was emptied recently as the thing was empty, Mario checked the console for waste management and pressed a button, slowly the container moved aside, now the tube was open, one by one Mario dropped the bombs through the tubes, then he watched as slowly all of the bombs dropped down into the ocean.

As Mario turned around his eyes went over the security monitors, one was aimed at the arena, he could see a gigantic figure appearing behind Azrael, it was a woman the size of a small flat, she wore a white dress decorated with golden accessories, golden breastplates that formed the infinity symbol, for the rest she wore white gloves and sandals, on each finger she had a ring, she had two curved horns growing out of the side of her head then several smaller ones growing down to her shoulders.

She had the infinity symbol edged into her forehead.

'Damn.' Mario growled.

'Azrael was laughing like crazy, his eyes were wide open Geno could clearly see the madness in them.

'My Ashta is the true Goddess my Deck holds, she is an Infinite Monster which means she has no Level, however when Sahasra is used as Tribute her Level is equal to the Level or Rank Sahasra had, which was five, now Ashta gains 1000 ATK for her Level!' The goddess started to glow, Geno could feel an intense power in the air, as the attack power of Ashta skyrocketed. (0- 5000 ATK)

'Ashta wipe out the Dark Magician! Infinity Black Hole!'

The Goddess spread her arms, a black hole opened up behind the facedown card, it disappeared and Dark Magician reappeared in it's place. (2100 DEF)

Dark Magician was sucked through the black hole then it closed.

'When Ashta destroys a Monster by Battle the Level of that Monster becomes Ashta's Level.' The Monster slowly put her hands together in prayer she started to glow then her attack power rose. (5000- 7000 ATK)

Geno drew his card. 'Time for a gamble, I have faith in my Deck.' Geno just took the card he got and played it. 'I activate Pot of Desires!' The Spell card flashed on the Field. 'First I Banish the top ten cards of my Deck facedown, then I draw two.' Geno took all the top cards from his Deck and placed them in his pocket without looking after that he took another two cards from his Deck. 'I Set both of these and I end my turn.'

Before Geno appeared reversed cards, one horizontally and one vertically.

'Geno do you take me for a fool? If I attack that facedown Monster my Ashta will decrease in power, I have more ways to deal with you, so for now I end my turn.'

Geno drew his card. 'Azrael yet again I have found a weakness to exploit.'

Azrael's eyes narrowed a bit as he growled something Geno couldn't hear.

'First I shall Flip my Crystal Seer.' A woman wearing red and black robes appeared, for the rest she wore a black cape and a veil covering the lower half of her face. (100 ATK)

'Now I Draw two cards one of them I keep the other goes to the bottom of my Deck.' Geno explained, he drew two cards. 'I keep the Dark Magician and I send Thousand Knives to the bottom.'

Geno placed the card under his Deck.

'Next I activate One Day of Peace, we both Draw a card but neither player takes Battle Damage until your next End Phase.'

Azrael took a step back, Geno slowly came closer. 'Crystal Seer attack!' Geno commanded, the small Spellcaster fired a few spells at the Goddess but she swapped the attack aside then struck down the Crystal Seer with divine lightning, immediately Ashta became weaker. (7000- 1000 ATK)

'Next I activate Magician Navigation! This allows me to Special Summon one Dark Magician from my hand then a Dark Magician Girl from my Deck, in a flash of light the master and student appeared on the Field. (Dark Magician: 2500 ATK, Dark Magician Girl 2000- 2300 ATK)

'Damn you! I refuse to lose to you!' Azrael roared.

'I activate Clearfinity!' A Spell card appeared on the Field.

'This card clears any lingering Effect on the Field.'

Then Azrael took another card: 'Next Void of Infinity!' Another Spell card flashed on the Field. 'This increases the Attack Points of an Infinite Monster by the amount of Life Points I have!'

Ashta let out a terrifying cry as her Attack Points rose. (1000- 8300 ATK)

'Destroy Dark Magician Girl!' Azrael howled, Geno closed his eyes but right before impact Mario leaped in between Dark Magician Girl and Ashta, while Mario had his Shadow Armor active it got destroyed.

Mario slammed with his entire body against the wall.

'Mario!' Geno yelled.

'I'm fine, I've given you an opening.'

Azrael was pounding his foot on the ground as his Ashta became weaker again.

'Dark Magic Twin Burst!' Geno yelled as he played a Spell card.

'This increases the Attack Power of a Dark Magician by total Attack Points of each Dark Magician Girl in the Graveyard and on my Field.'

Purple smoke gathered around Dark Magician as his power skyrocketed. (2500- 8800 ATK)

'Dark Magic Attack!' Geno howled Dark Magician unleashed all his power in one powerful blow, Azrael crossed his arms the magic washed over him then completely blew Ashta away.

(Geno: 600) - (Azrael: 0)

'DAMN YOU!' Azrael howled, he broke through the magic a black, demonic-looking sword in his hand Geno snapped his fingers golden chains of light appeared around Azrael binding him in place.

'Mario!' Geno roared, the latter leaped onto his feet and charged forward, in one quick motion Mario yanked the sword out of Azrael's hand then stabbed the demon through his heart.

Azrael gasped, the golden chains binding him disappeared Azrael fell to the ground, he tried to drag himself from the ground but it was if all strength had left him, with one last howl of anger Azrael fell flat on his face slowly he faded away in a black mist.

Mario and Geno looked at each other. 'I can't feel him anymore.' Geno said: 'He's dead.'

Mario and Geno flew each other in the arms to celebrate their victory.

Unknown location, unknown time.

Syn and Grodus were sitting in what looked like a helicopter.

Suddenly Syn moved forward to look outside.

'What's wrong?' Grodus asked, as Syn had been sitting still the entire time.

'It's Azrael, he's dead.' Syn said in disbelieve.

'That fool had it coming, from the start he had set himself up for self destruction.' Grodus replied a smile formed on his face.


Next time:

With Azrael dead and Glitzville safe Mario and Geno make haste to meet up with Luigi who is storming the X-Naut Base.

However Grave waits at Fahr Outpost not for Mario, this time Geno is his target. ''Grave's Soul Unleashed'' Coming next.


Card details:

Tessera, Child of Infinity

Type: Infinite/Effect

Attribute: Light

Level: 0

ATK: 0

DEF: 0

Once per turn you can Target 1 Monster your opponent controls, the Targeted Monster's Level is reduced to 1 then activate 1 of the following Effects.

* The Opponent's Monster loses 300 ATK for each Level lost.

* This Monster gains Levels equal to the Levels the opponent's Monster lost, then it gains 300 ATK for each Level gained.

The Effects of this card cannot be negated.


Shiv'a, Priestess of Imperfection

Type: Spellcaster/Effect

Attribute: Light

Level: 7

ATK: 2300

DEF: 2000

When you control an Infinite Monster this card gains 700 ATK. When this card is targeted for an attack you can change an Infinite Monster to DEF then that Monster becomes the Attack Target.


Sahasra, the Infinity Mortal

Type: Infinite/Xyz/Effect

Attribute: Light

Rank: 0

ATK: 0

DEF: 0

2 or more Level 0 Monsters.

This card gains 200 ATK for the combined Levels of all Monsters on the Field. You can Detach 1 Material from this card increase it's Rank by 1. This card gains the following Effects based on the Materials it has Attached.

1. This card cannot be Destroyed by Battle.

2. This card is unaffected by opponent's card Effects.

3. The Rank of this card is treated as it's Level.

4. This card can attack twice per Battle Phase.

5. When you Detach 1 card you can activate an ''Infinity'' Spell or Trap card directly from your Deck.


Ashta, Goddess of the Imperfect

Type: Infinite/Effect

Attribute: Light

Level: 0

ATK: 0

DEF: 0

This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set, this card cannot be Special Summoned except by Tributing 1 ''Sahasra, the Infinity Mortal'' you control. This card cannot be Destroyed by card Effects. This card cannot be Destroyed by Battle. When this card is Special Summoned it's Level becomes the Rank/Level ''Sahasra, the Infinity Mortal'' had when it was Tributed. This card cannot gain or lose Levels except by it's own Effect. This card gains 1000 ATK for each Level it has. When this card destroys a Monster by Battle this card's Level becomes equal to that of the Destroyed Monster.


Level Infinity

Quick-Play Spell card

When your opponent Controls a Monster which doesn't have it's Original Level you can Special Summon a Monster from your hand or Deck that has a Level equal to the Original Level of that Monster your opponent controls.


Void of Infinity

Normal Spell card

You can only activate this card when you control an Infinite Monster while you do not have 8000 Life Points. Increase the ATK of an Infinite Monsters by the amount of LP you have, this lasts until the next End Phase.


Clearfinity

Normal Spell card

This card clears any Lingering Effect on the Field except the Effects from cards you Control.


Infinity Darkness

Normal Trap card

You can only activate this card when an Infinite Monster you control is Destroyed and Send to the Graveyard. Tribute a Non-Infinite Monster you control then Special Summon ''Infinity Tokens'' (Infinite/LIGHT/Level 0/ATK 0/DEF 0) equal to the Level of the Tributed Monster (Max 5) in Defense Position, this turn the Infinite Tokens cannot leave the Field or be used as Xyz Materials.


Infinity Level Prison

Continuous Trap card

When a Monster with a Level is Destroyed and send to the Graveyard place Counters on this card equal to the destroyed Monster's Original Level. The Counters on this card count as Levels on the Field.

Note: All of the above cards were created by me for this story only, nobody is allowed to use these cards.