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Harry Potter and the Duel Academy

Ch. 10: School Duels part 3


"I'll try to make this quick, Katie."

"I'm sure it will be, Lee, but I can only defeat you so fast. We need to make it look impressive as well."

Lee smiled, "You go first, Katie."

"Thank you. First I play Pot of Greed. Then, since I control no monsters, I special summon from my hand Lyrical Luscinia - Turquoise Warbler."

Lyrilusc - Turquoise Warbler

LV1

Wind

Winged Beast/Effect

100/100

A small girl in a yellow and blue bird costume flew onto the field.

"When my Warbler is special summoned, I can special summon another Lyrical Luscinia from my hand or graveyard. I summon Lyrical Luscinia - Cobalt Sparrow."

Lyrilusc - Cobalt Sparrow

LV1

Wind

Winged Beast/Effect

0/100

Another girl in a bird costume, this one brown and tan, now joined the fight.

"When she's special summoned, I can add one Winged Beast monster from my deck to my hand. If I control a Winged beast monster, I can special summon Lyrical Luscinia - Sapphire Swallow and another level 1 Winged Beast monster from my hand."

Lyrilusc - Sapphire Swallow

LV1

Wind

Winged Beast/Effect

100/0

Yet another girl in a bird costume, this one blue with a red and black head, now appeared.

"I'll also special summon a second Cobalt Sparrow. Now I'll overlay my first three monsters, Swallow, Sparrow, and Warbler. Birds with beautiful wings, gather on the battlefield and take brilliant flight! Xyz summon, Lyrical Luscinia - Assembly Nightingale."

Lyrilusc - Assembled Nightingale

Rank 1

Wind

Winged Beast/Xyz/Effect

0/0

The three small bird-women disappeared into a vortex, and then a woman in a very elaborate bird costume emerged. Three small orbs of energy circled her.

"Dance in the sky! She gains 200 attack for each material attached."

LL-AN: 0/0 - 600/0

"I end my turn."

"I play the field spell Darkness. Now all Fiends/Demons and Spellcasters/Magicians gain 200 attack and defense. Next, I play Pot of Greed, and then I'll set a card. Now I'll activate two continuous spells: Witchcraft Bystreet and Witchcraft Scroll. I summon Witchcraft Genie."

Witchcrafter Genni

LV1

Wind

Spellcaster/Effect

300/500

A woman in a forest green outfit now appeared. She had long blonde hair, glasses, and a crystal-tipped staff.

"Now I'll tribute Genie, and while I would normally have to discard a spell, I can send Witchcraft Bystreet to the graveyard instead. This is to special summon another Witchcraft monster from my deck. I special summon Witchcraft Schmitta."

Witchcrafter Schmietta

LV4

Fire

Spellcaster/Effect

1800/600

A young redhead woman in a white tank-top and dark red short shorts came onto the field. She was wielding a strange weapon that was clearly meant to assist in her blacksmithing.

WS: 1800/600 - 2000/800

"Now my girl will attack yours."

"I remove an overlay unit from her. I take no damage and can't be destroyed in battle."

As one of the energy orbs disappeared, the bird woman knocked the girl back.

"I end my turn, and I can return Witchcraft Bystreet face-up to my field."

"Is that really all? As before, since I control a Winged Beast monster, I can special summon another Sapphire Swallow and another level 1 Winged Beast, in this case another Turquoise Warbler. Since my Warbler was special summoned, I can special summon another Lyrical Luscinia monster from my hand or graveyard. I'm summoning a second Cobalt Sparrow. Her special summon lets me add another Winged Beast from my deck to my hand. I activate the spell Fusion to fuse Assembly Nightingale with this third Cobalt Sparrow in my hand. Listen to the twitter of the songbird that resounds in the dark night. I fusion summon the noble isolated night bird Lyrical Luscinia - Independent Nightingale!"

Lyrilusc - Independent Nightingale

LV1

Wind

Winged Beast/Fusion/Effect

1000/0

With a flash of light, a tall bird woman with red, white, and blue feathers now appeared.

"Since she was fusion summoned with a Lyrical Luscinia Xyz monster, her level increases by the number of Xyz materials that were attached to the Xyz monster. Two materials equals two levels."

LL-IN: LV1 - LV3

"She gains attack equal to her level times 500."

LL-IN: 1000/0 - 2500/0

"Once per turn, I can inflict damage equal to her level x500. That means 1500 damage."

"I activate my trap, Magicians' Protection. While I control a Spellcaster monster, any damage I take is halved."

The bird woman sent a flurry of feathers at Lee.

LJ: 7250

"Very clever, but now I overlay my three Luscinia to Xyz summon Lyrical Luscinia - Recite Starling."

Lyrilusc - Recital Starling

Rank 1

Wind

Winged Beast/Xyz/Effect

0/0

A bird woman in with dark star-covered feathers now flew onto the field.

"Since she was summoned using Sapphire Swallow, I can attach a Lyrical Luscinia in graveyard to it as Xyz material."

The new bird woman now had four energy orbs circling her.

"Also, when she's summoned, I can target one face-up monster one the field. It gains 300 attack and defense for each material attached to this card. I choose my materials equals a 1200 stat boost."

LL-IN: 2500/0 - 3700/1200

"I can detach a material from this card to add a level 1 Winged Beast monster from my deck, but why bother? Also, you may be tempted to attack her because she's weak, but any damage I take is also inflicted upon you. Independent Nightingale, attack his magical girl!"

The bird woman now kicked the mage, but she still stood.

"Thanks to my Witchcraft Bystreet, my Witchcraft monsters can't be destroyed the first time they're damaged."

LJ: 6550

"Fine, I end my turn. What can you possibly do, Lee?"

"Schmitta will go to defense mode. Next, I play the spell Witchcraft Sabotage to special summon a Witchcraft monster from my graveyard. Genie is back on the field, but now I tribute her and a my Witchcraft Scroll spell to special summon a different monster, Witchcraft Edel, also in defense mode."

Witchcrafter Edel

LV5

Light

Spellcaster/Effect

2000/2300

A purple-haired young woman in a violet dress now appeared. She was adorned with several jewels, and held a giant caliper.

WE: 2000/2300 - 2200/2500

"Next I'll summon Witchcraft Pittore."

Witchcrafter Pittore

LV3

Water

Spellcaster/Effect

1000/1500

There now stood a young woman in a green and pink outfit that was covered with different splashes of paint. Even her auburn hair, which was styled in a long ponytail, had paint on the end of it.

"I tribute Pittore and Witchcraft Bystreet to special summon Witchcraft Haine."

Witchcrafter Haine

LV7

Dark

Spellcaster/Effect

2400/1000

The other magical girls were now joined by a tall woman in a dark green outfit. All around here were large levitating sewing needles.

WH: 2400/1000 - 2600/1200

"I end my turn. Bystreet and Scroll return to my field, and Sabotage returns to my hand."

"I guess that's all you can do. I use her effect to inflict damage to you like before."

LJ: 5800

"Now I attack your magic girl with my Nightingale."

The bird woman sent a mighty kick at the tailor girl, who took the hit like a champ.

LJ: 5400

"If you're not going to make this challenging, I'll just end my turn. You said you were going to make this fast, but it seems down to a war of attrition."

"Sorry, my dear, I'm doing my best. I summon Witchcraft Poterie."

Witchcrafter Potterie

LV2

Earth

Spellcaster/Effect

0/2000

A young blonde girl in blue and green clothes shyly inched onto the field. She held an equally small staff.

"Now I tribute her and the Bystreet spell to special summon Witchcraft Master Verre."

Witchcrafter Madame Verre

LV8

Light

Spellcaster/Effect

1000/2800

A blue-haired girl walked onto the field. She stopped, and then used her staff to magically craft a chair made of glass. She sat down with a smug smile on her face.

WMV: 1000/2800 - 1200/3000

"Now I activate the spell Witchcraft Demonstration. This lets me special summon a Witchcraft monster from my hand. The accumulation of all the Witchcraft girls. Come on out, Witchcraft Golem Arles!"

Witchcrafter Golem Aruru

LV8

Light

Spellcaster/Effect

2800/0

A tall woman made of clay, dressed in white and lavender, now dominated the field. She wore a witch hat trimmed with crystals. In one had was a large hammer, in the other were a pair of oversized needles. On her hip was a pair of large scissors.

WGA: 2800/0 - 3000/200

"I switch Schmitta and Edel to attack mode. Schmitta will attack your Recite Starling."

"You realize you'll take damage as well."

"It's a sacrifice I'm willing to make. Let her have it!"

Schmitta swung her large blacksmithing tool to destroy the Starling."

KB: 6000

LJ: 3400

"Now that she's gone, your Nightingale loses attack power."

LL-IN: 3700/1200 - 2500/0

"Now my beautiful Arles will attack your bird lady."

With a swing of her hammer, the persistent Luscinia was now no more.

KB: 5500

"Edel, Haine, Verre, attack her directly!"

KB: 0

"...that actually was pretty fast."

" Nice duel, Katie. By the way, what does Luscinia mean?"

"It's a genus of perching birds."

"But out of your monsters, only the nightingale is actually part of that genus."

"...How did you...?"

"And if I'm not mistaken, it's supposed to be a Japanese nightingale, which means none of your monsters are even actually part of the Luscinia genus at all."

Katie smiled, "Someone did their research before the duel."

"Another prime example of dueling," Dumbledore said, "Next will be -"

Suddenly, Quirrell came running into the room, screaming, "Black in the basement! Sirius B-b-b-Black in the b-basement!"

He stopped dead in his tracks, "Thought you oughta know."

He then passed out.