Author's Notes: The volvers are entering the story!! Thanks, AnimeGamer!!!
Disclaimers: Card Captors belong to CLAMP, all 'Invasion' dragon legends, all 'Legends' elder dragon legends, Tevesh Szat, 'Weatherlight' characters, non-Clow cards that are still represented as spells, some quotes and lots of other stuff belong to Wizards of the Coast. Relena belongs to Sunrise and TV Asahi. Don't sue. I only own Strider.
Chronicles of the Ur-Dragon - Episode Five
Chapter 9
"Damn!!! I must have been thinking about saproling creation from a 'Saproling Burst' instead of Rith!!!!" 'I guess Verdeloth's story is weighing more heavily on my mind than I originally thought.' The trio had to scatter to avoid the saproling beast's attack. Crosis took this opportunity to quietly slip away.
"Man...we're doomed." Strider rolled his eyes. "Shut up, Kerberus. I do keep some cards active in case my spell inventory is nuked. And right about now, they just finished recharging so they should be able to give me a small spell inventory to work with." The entity concentrated on the Jayemdae Tomes, Urza's Blueprints and Archivists to replenish the inventory.
"Well?!?" Strider pulled out a card. "Got it!! Slay, do your stuff!!!" The Death card flashed for a moment and the saproling beast blew up instantly, splattering the trio with dead saproling bodies. "Hmmmm...I didn't expect an explosion of this magnitude." Strider's thoughts were interrupted by the simultaneous "ahems" from Sakura and Kero. He shifted uncomfortably at the unhappy glares they were giving him.
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Darigaaz tapped his foot impatiently as he waited for the final pieces of the Dragon Arch to be brought in by Rith and Crosis. The golems were watching Li as usual. A few minutes later, a tired Crosis flew in the vicinity with his piece of the Arch as well as Rith. "What happened?" thundered Darigaaz.
"The boy's allies have sealed Rith and Dromar," growled Crosis. Darigaaz swore before regaining his calm mood. "Then we must simply adapt to this new situation...check out the salvage pile and see if you can pull out some items that may keep our friends busy." Crosis grunted before heading out. Treva came over to take the pieces and installed them on the arch. Darigaaz's shadow towered over Li. "Let's get started."
Crosis started digging through the pile of artifacts and dead creatures (they can be reanimated by Yawgmoth) to find something that would most certainly keep the trio away from the site. An artifact, that looked vaguely familiar, caught his eye. He leaned closer to look at it.
The Yawgmoth essence inside Crosis recognized this weapon almost instantly. It was because of this that Yawgmoth had to retreat from Dominaria. It was going to be hard to use but with all the land being restored, the special lands would come back as well. What made them so special is that they can produce two different types of mana...not exactly like the originals in Terisiare but it's better than nothing.
The artifact was placed in a position, far from the site, where it would be able to tap into the special lands. Crosis then started channeling the mana from the Coastal Tower, the Salt Marsh, the Urborg Volcano, the Shivan Oasis and the Elfhame Palace to power up the Legacy Weapon. The dragon gave a twisted grin as he aimed his sights on the unsuspecting trio.
Chapter 10
"It's your fault, you know."
"Kerberus..."
"Maybe things would have been different if you told us the story from the start instead of letting it weigh on your mind."
"Please sh-"
"But no...now you're stuck doing guard duty while me and Sakura have to scrub these sticky dead saprolings off."
"FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, SHUT UP KERBERUS!!!!!"
Strider took in deep breaths to calm himself down. Being an entity, hygiene didn't really matter to him. All he needed to do was fire up his ki and the dead saprolings would melt away from his body. The odor the saprolings left also fizzled during his small power up. However Kero and Sakura had to go and find a source of clean water to drive the stench away.
His mind wandered once again to the Apocalypse war. He thought about the magic structure and how it had been unchanged for eons until the war. Basically, the structure would go like this. Light would be at the top part of the pentagon. Going clockwise, it would be followed by Water, Death, Fire, Nature and eventually back to Light again. Since Light is surrounded by Water and Nature, they are considered allies. Fire and Death would naturally be enemies of Light since they are out of Light's reach. The pattern for allies and enemies is the same for all elements. It had always been this way...a few enemy magic crossovers happened in Terisiare but that's it.
Strider sensed a gigantic amount of energy flying towards their area at an extraordinary rate. 'What in the...' It was heading straight towards him!! He flew up and the energy path followed. 'The energy pattern...it must be the Legacy Weapon!!!'
He kept flying towards the source with the energy beam right behind him. There was the Legacy Weapon, angled in a position to tap into the energy the special lands could produced as well as Crosis. Strider took out a card and started to channel mana energy into it. Crosis roared and flew up to attack the entity.
He tried to fire his special beam to disable the spell inventory but Strider dodged it in time. The beam from Crosis and the beam from the Legacy Weapon collided...with the Legacy Weapon beam erasing the other beam from reality. Strider finished gathering the energy and hit the card with his staff. "Detonate!!!!!"
The Legacy Weapon exploded like a firecracker and a final beam of energy headed towards Crosis, hitting him hard and reducing his health drastically. Before Strider could seal him, Crosis flew away faster than normal. "Yawgmoth's upgrade saved you from your fate but it can't do that forever."
Strider looked at the destroyed artifact and pulled out a Water card. "Reconstruction, restore this weapon to its glory before it was used by evil!!" Moments later, a new Legacy Weapon card was inside Strider's library. He teleported back to where Sakura and Kero were cleaning up. The entity started to hear splashes and laughter. "Hey...wait!! cough No fair, you control the water!!" Strider gave a small chuckle before resuming guard duty.
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"So I'm looking for your charms...which have all fused into a physical form of a Chinese dragon? Now it makes more sense..." Darigaaz gave a small panic nod. His superiors at Yawgmoth must have gotten their stories mixed up. Li continued searching inside the arch. Suddenly, something popped out of nowhere, knocked Li over and came out of the Dragon Arch.
The Yawgmoth essence inside Darigaaz recognized the creature immediately. "A Necravolver?!? The Dragon Arch is supposed to provide a gate only for Ultima spells!!!" The volver noticed Li's aura. "As the champion of the Necra movement, I will bring rise to a new era in the Nightscape and destroy all traces of our old allies! Since you have Fire element magic running in your blood, you must die!!!" The volver gave a battle cry before charging towards the dazed boy.
TO BE CONTINUED...
If you have no idea why the Necravolver is attacking Li, you should go back and read the paragraph before Strider sensed the Legacy Weapon beam. If you still don't get it, let me know and I'll do what I can to explain it further.
Next episode: Due to the Dragon Arch being altered from the amount of damage it took during the Apocalypse war, unpredictable and deadly forces from the Apocalypse war are able to come through the arch...
Disclaimers: Card Captors belong to CLAMP, all 'Invasion' dragon legends, all 'Legends' elder dragon legends, Tevesh Szat, 'Weatherlight' characters, non-Clow cards that are still represented as spells, some quotes and lots of other stuff belong to Wizards of the Coast. Relena belongs to Sunrise and TV Asahi. Don't sue. I only own Strider.
Chronicles of the Ur-Dragon - Episode Five
Chapter 9
"Damn!!! I must have been thinking about saproling creation from a 'Saproling Burst' instead of Rith!!!!" 'I guess Verdeloth's story is weighing more heavily on my mind than I originally thought.' The trio had to scatter to avoid the saproling beast's attack. Crosis took this opportunity to quietly slip away.
"Man...we're doomed." Strider rolled his eyes. "Shut up, Kerberus. I do keep some cards active in case my spell inventory is nuked. And right about now, they just finished recharging so they should be able to give me a small spell inventory to work with." The entity concentrated on the Jayemdae Tomes, Urza's Blueprints and Archivists to replenish the inventory.
"Well?!?" Strider pulled out a card. "Got it!! Slay, do your stuff!!!" The Death card flashed for a moment and the saproling beast blew up instantly, splattering the trio with dead saproling bodies. "Hmmmm...I didn't expect an explosion of this magnitude." Strider's thoughts were interrupted by the simultaneous "ahems" from Sakura and Kero. He shifted uncomfortably at the unhappy glares they were giving him.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Darigaaz tapped his foot impatiently as he waited for the final pieces of the Dragon Arch to be brought in by Rith and Crosis. The golems were watching Li as usual. A few minutes later, a tired Crosis flew in the vicinity with his piece of the Arch as well as Rith. "What happened?" thundered Darigaaz.
"The boy's allies have sealed Rith and Dromar," growled Crosis. Darigaaz swore before regaining his calm mood. "Then we must simply adapt to this new situation...check out the salvage pile and see if you can pull out some items that may keep our friends busy." Crosis grunted before heading out. Treva came over to take the pieces and installed them on the arch. Darigaaz's shadow towered over Li. "Let's get started."
Crosis started digging through the pile of artifacts and dead creatures (they can be reanimated by Yawgmoth) to find something that would most certainly keep the trio away from the site. An artifact, that looked vaguely familiar, caught his eye. He leaned closer to look at it.
The Yawgmoth essence inside Crosis recognized this weapon almost instantly. It was because of this that Yawgmoth had to retreat from Dominaria. It was going to be hard to use but with all the land being restored, the special lands would come back as well. What made them so special is that they can produce two different types of mana...not exactly like the originals in Terisiare but it's better than nothing.
The artifact was placed in a position, far from the site, where it would be able to tap into the special lands. Crosis then started channeling the mana from the Coastal Tower, the Salt Marsh, the Urborg Volcano, the Shivan Oasis and the Elfhame Palace to power up the Legacy Weapon. The dragon gave a twisted grin as he aimed his sights on the unsuspecting trio.
Chapter 10
"It's your fault, you know."
"Kerberus..."
"Maybe things would have been different if you told us the story from the start instead of letting it weigh on your mind."
"Please sh-"
"But no...now you're stuck doing guard duty while me and Sakura have to scrub these sticky dead saprolings off."
"FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, SHUT UP KERBERUS!!!!!"
Strider took in deep breaths to calm himself down. Being an entity, hygiene didn't really matter to him. All he needed to do was fire up his ki and the dead saprolings would melt away from his body. The odor the saprolings left also fizzled during his small power up. However Kero and Sakura had to go and find a source of clean water to drive the stench away.
His mind wandered once again to the Apocalypse war. He thought about the magic structure and how it had been unchanged for eons until the war. Basically, the structure would go like this. Light would be at the top part of the pentagon. Going clockwise, it would be followed by Water, Death, Fire, Nature and eventually back to Light again. Since Light is surrounded by Water and Nature, they are considered allies. Fire and Death would naturally be enemies of Light since they are out of Light's reach. The pattern for allies and enemies is the same for all elements. It had always been this way...a few enemy magic crossovers happened in Terisiare but that's it.
Strider sensed a gigantic amount of energy flying towards their area at an extraordinary rate. 'What in the...' It was heading straight towards him!! He flew up and the energy path followed. 'The energy pattern...it must be the Legacy Weapon!!!'
He kept flying towards the source with the energy beam right behind him. There was the Legacy Weapon, angled in a position to tap into the energy the special lands could produced as well as Crosis. Strider took out a card and started to channel mana energy into it. Crosis roared and flew up to attack the entity.
He tried to fire his special beam to disable the spell inventory but Strider dodged it in time. The beam from Crosis and the beam from the Legacy Weapon collided...with the Legacy Weapon beam erasing the other beam from reality. Strider finished gathering the energy and hit the card with his staff. "Detonate!!!!!"
The Legacy Weapon exploded like a firecracker and a final beam of energy headed towards Crosis, hitting him hard and reducing his health drastically. Before Strider could seal him, Crosis flew away faster than normal. "Yawgmoth's upgrade saved you from your fate but it can't do that forever."
Strider looked at the destroyed artifact and pulled out a Water card. "Reconstruction, restore this weapon to its glory before it was used by evil!!" Moments later, a new Legacy Weapon card was inside Strider's library. He teleported back to where Sakura and Kero were cleaning up. The entity started to hear splashes and laughter. "Hey...wait!! cough No fair, you control the water!!" Strider gave a small chuckle before resuming guard duty.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
"So I'm looking for your charms...which have all fused into a physical form of a Chinese dragon? Now it makes more sense..." Darigaaz gave a small panic nod. His superiors at Yawgmoth must have gotten their stories mixed up. Li continued searching inside the arch. Suddenly, something popped out of nowhere, knocked Li over and came out of the Dragon Arch.
The Yawgmoth essence inside Darigaaz recognized the creature immediately. "A Necravolver?!? The Dragon Arch is supposed to provide a gate only for Ultima spells!!!" The volver noticed Li's aura. "As the champion of the Necra movement, I will bring rise to a new era in the Nightscape and destroy all traces of our old allies! Since you have Fire element magic running in your blood, you must die!!!" The volver gave a battle cry before charging towards the dazed boy.
TO BE CONTINUED...
If you have no idea why the Necravolver is attacking Li, you should go back and read the paragraph before Strider sensed the Legacy Weapon beam. If you still don't get it, let me know and I'll do what I can to explain it further.
Next episode: Due to the Dragon Arch being altered from the amount of damage it took during the Apocalypse war, unpredictable and deadly forces from the Apocalypse war are able to come through the arch...