Author's Notes: Nothing to rant about for today.
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. I only own Strider.
Chronicles of the Ur-Dragon - Episode Nine
Chapter 17
"You see our little dilemma? With Treva constantly using her healing magic to protect herself and these two giant monstrosities, we are stuck here!!" For a split second, Sakura's vampiric side took over. "Will you stop your whining?! Make yourself useful and focus on obtaining a solution!!"
Strider came up behind them. He took a look at the two artifact creatures and gave a 'mm-hmm' in a tone which suggested that this is going to be a piece of cake. "Those guys look difficult but the solution is rather simple. Yawgmoth is controlling all three of these dragons. It has only one primary source of mana and that is through the swamps. They can still send mana to Treva to activate her ability using Cameo artifacts and possibly Diamonds but eventually, they will run out of Light mana."
He pointed to the large dragon that looked like an exoskeleton. "Draco here is a powerful flying force but has to be constantly maintained if the controller does not have all five basic primary sources of mana. He is putting a lot of strain on Yawgmoth's resources. Our other mechanical friend, Tek, can only maximize his bonuses if the controller has all five basic primary sources: plains, islands, swamps, mountains and forests. Let's see what's in the old spell inventory." A small pile of cards appeared in his hand. He picked a card up and flipped it. (If you watched the opening sequence of Digimon: Season 3, this is the same flip sequence the Digi-tamers do before they slide the card through the digivice)
It had two sides: Water and Nature. An enemy split card, created by the combined efforts of the Ceta and Ana factions. "Reality." The Nature side of the card powered up. Strider struck the card with his staff and a beam shot out of the card to destroy Tek. {Side note: When a card is destroyed, it normally takes a few moments in order to transfer to its controller's graveyard (where destroyed permanents and used spells go to and can not be used again unless the controller has spells to use his or her graveyard as a resource, such as Raise Dead and Relearn). Strider can seal a card as his own before it is transferred to the controller's graveyard.}
"Now for the big, fat Draco. Ray of Command!!" The Water card shot out a beam to Draco who stopped his rampage and turned to the entity, waiting for orders. "The spell won't last long...where is that...here we go!! Death Bomb!!!" Draco had been sacrificed to accompany the additional conditions of the Death Bomb spell. The result: a dead Treva, the Renewer and some damage dealt to Yawgmoth at the same time.
"That was easy enough. I'll seal up these guys and you two wait up at the Dragon Arch. And don't do anything foolish. This means you, Sakura." Kero stopped gawking while Sakura rolled her eyes. Then they silently made their way to the unguarded gateway.
Chapter 18
"You must be kidding me. We shouldn't be going for the planeswalkers' powers? For crying out loud, those guys nearly put Yawgmoth out of commission last time. If they fall into the hands of the enemy, who knows what problems may arise for us in the future!!" The Eastern Paladin shot a glare at his ranting counterpart.
"The first priority is to obtain the charms of each dragon. Once Darigaaz has all five in his possession, he can tap into the Ur-Dragon's powers. The only unknown variable is the Chinese boy. He shouldn't be too much of a problem as long as Darigaaz watches him carefully." The Western Paladin gave a sigh. "Allowing the planeswalkers' powers and spirits to remain free could jeopardize the mission," he muttered.
"Your concern is noted. Now stop worrying. Tevesh Szat will make sure that the boy does not meet up with any of the planeswalker spirits." The door behind the two knights opened. "And even if the situation goes out of control on that world, we can simply switch to a different plan." The Western Paladin gave a small start at the voice of the newcomer. "General!! You have fully recovered!!!"
"The reconstruction of my original body went faster than I anticipated. Now I require a status report. Ever since the Clow mistress sealed my temporary body, I've been stuck in limbo and had to wait until reconstruction was complete. I was fortunate to at least be returned to Yawgmoth, using a 'bounce' spell generously donated by our Water allies."
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"Hey, kid!! Where did you go off to?" Darigaaz grumbled. He didn't like the fact that the boy is starting to break off onto his own. 'Better get back on task before I lose sight of my objective.' So far, four of the five charms had been obtained by Li and Darigaaz. Once Darigaaz obtained the fifth charm, he could escape and collapse the gate, leaving everything inside trapped.
In the distance, he could make out the shape of an object that looked like his personal charm. A cold smile formed on Darigaaz's lips. Apparently, luck was on his side. The dragon flew over to the charm's location. 'I can feel the power...'
The charm started to glow as did the other four charms. Then they all disappeared inside Darigaaz's body. He started to changing. His skin became metallic, his wings transferred itself from his head to his back and he grew larger. His eyes went red and there were black streaks over his metallic skin, signifying Yawgmoth's presence in him.
"Enjoying your new look?" Li's voice rang out from the fog. Darigaaz narrowed his eyes in suspicion. "You were the one who found the charm and placed it here for me? I must say that I'm touched by your kindness." Darigaaz could sense that the boy's aura was near.
"I didn't do it out of kindness. I did it so you could stand a fighting chance against me. After all, if I took you down before you obtained the final charm, you would have no chance and it would be dishonourable." The dragon nearly laughed. "Do you really believe that you can stand up to my new power?!"
"Yeah...considering that I met someone after I wandered off. Freyalise told me an interesting story about how deep Yawgmoth's influence can go and asked me to banish that influence from this world. I wasn't sure how to do that but then she gave me a little boost of power. Then I met her friends who wanted the same thing as well and they gave me their powers." He stepped out. Darigaaz blinked twice at the new look. Li looked like a seventeen year old boy. He still had a green shirt and white pants but he also had a red sash on his waist and blue boots (think Goku from Dragon Ball Z). His family crest, a phoenix, appeared on the front of his shirt. He now had a long braid and a small bald spot on the front of his head (watch 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' and look at Chow Yun-Fat's hairstyle. That's what I'm talking about). The boy got into a battle stance. "Show me what you got!"
TO BE CONTINUED...
Well, the fight between Li and Darigaaz was inevitable. Sorry if I was too predictable.
Next episode: The trio try to hold off Tevesh Szat from interfering in the fight while Li and Darigaaz go all out in a battle royale...
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. I only own Strider.
Chronicles of the Ur-Dragon - Episode Nine
Chapter 17
"You see our little dilemma? With Treva constantly using her healing magic to protect herself and these two giant monstrosities, we are stuck here!!" For a split second, Sakura's vampiric side took over. "Will you stop your whining?! Make yourself useful and focus on obtaining a solution!!"
Strider came up behind them. He took a look at the two artifact creatures and gave a 'mm-hmm' in a tone which suggested that this is going to be a piece of cake. "Those guys look difficult but the solution is rather simple. Yawgmoth is controlling all three of these dragons. It has only one primary source of mana and that is through the swamps. They can still send mana to Treva to activate her ability using Cameo artifacts and possibly Diamonds but eventually, they will run out of Light mana."
He pointed to the large dragon that looked like an exoskeleton. "Draco here is a powerful flying force but has to be constantly maintained if the controller does not have all five basic primary sources of mana. He is putting a lot of strain on Yawgmoth's resources. Our other mechanical friend, Tek, can only maximize his bonuses if the controller has all five basic primary sources: plains, islands, swamps, mountains and forests. Let's see what's in the old spell inventory." A small pile of cards appeared in his hand. He picked a card up and flipped it. (If you watched the opening sequence of Digimon: Season 3, this is the same flip sequence the Digi-tamers do before they slide the card through the digivice)
It had two sides: Water and Nature. An enemy split card, created by the combined efforts of the Ceta and Ana factions. "Reality." The Nature side of the card powered up. Strider struck the card with his staff and a beam shot out of the card to destroy Tek. {Side note: When a card is destroyed, it normally takes a few moments in order to transfer to its controller's graveyard (where destroyed permanents and used spells go to and can not be used again unless the controller has spells to use his or her graveyard as a resource, such as Raise Dead and Relearn). Strider can seal a card as his own before it is transferred to the controller's graveyard.}
"Now for the big, fat Draco. Ray of Command!!" The Water card shot out a beam to Draco who stopped his rampage and turned to the entity, waiting for orders. "The spell won't last long...where is that...here we go!! Death Bomb!!!" Draco had been sacrificed to accompany the additional conditions of the Death Bomb spell. The result: a dead Treva, the Renewer and some damage dealt to Yawgmoth at the same time.
"That was easy enough. I'll seal up these guys and you two wait up at the Dragon Arch. And don't do anything foolish. This means you, Sakura." Kero stopped gawking while Sakura rolled her eyes. Then they silently made their way to the unguarded gateway.
Chapter 18
"You must be kidding me. We shouldn't be going for the planeswalkers' powers? For crying out loud, those guys nearly put Yawgmoth out of commission last time. If they fall into the hands of the enemy, who knows what problems may arise for us in the future!!" The Eastern Paladin shot a glare at his ranting counterpart.
"The first priority is to obtain the charms of each dragon. Once Darigaaz has all five in his possession, he can tap into the Ur-Dragon's powers. The only unknown variable is the Chinese boy. He shouldn't be too much of a problem as long as Darigaaz watches him carefully." The Western Paladin gave a sigh. "Allowing the planeswalkers' powers and spirits to remain free could jeopardize the mission," he muttered.
"Your concern is noted. Now stop worrying. Tevesh Szat will make sure that the boy does not meet up with any of the planeswalker spirits." The door behind the two knights opened. "And even if the situation goes out of control on that world, we can simply switch to a different plan." The Western Paladin gave a small start at the voice of the newcomer. "General!! You have fully recovered!!!"
"The reconstruction of my original body went faster than I anticipated. Now I require a status report. Ever since the Clow mistress sealed my temporary body, I've been stuck in limbo and had to wait until reconstruction was complete. I was fortunate to at least be returned to Yawgmoth, using a 'bounce' spell generously donated by our Water allies."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Hey, kid!! Where did you go off to?" Darigaaz grumbled. He didn't like the fact that the boy is starting to break off onto his own. 'Better get back on task before I lose sight of my objective.' So far, four of the five charms had been obtained by Li and Darigaaz. Once Darigaaz obtained the fifth charm, he could escape and collapse the gate, leaving everything inside trapped.
In the distance, he could make out the shape of an object that looked like his personal charm. A cold smile formed on Darigaaz's lips. Apparently, luck was on his side. The dragon flew over to the charm's location. 'I can feel the power...'
The charm started to glow as did the other four charms. Then they all disappeared inside Darigaaz's body. He started to changing. His skin became metallic, his wings transferred itself from his head to his back and he grew larger. His eyes went red and there were black streaks over his metallic skin, signifying Yawgmoth's presence in him.
"Enjoying your new look?" Li's voice rang out from the fog. Darigaaz narrowed his eyes in suspicion. "You were the one who found the charm and placed it here for me? I must say that I'm touched by your kindness." Darigaaz could sense that the boy's aura was near.
"I didn't do it out of kindness. I did it so you could stand a fighting chance against me. After all, if I took you down before you obtained the final charm, you would have no chance and it would be dishonourable." The dragon nearly laughed. "Do you really believe that you can stand up to my new power?!"
"Yeah...considering that I met someone after I wandered off. Freyalise told me an interesting story about how deep Yawgmoth's influence can go and asked me to banish that influence from this world. I wasn't sure how to do that but then she gave me a little boost of power. Then I met her friends who wanted the same thing as well and they gave me their powers." He stepped out. Darigaaz blinked twice at the new look. Li looked like a seventeen year old boy. He still had a green shirt and white pants but he also had a red sash on his waist and blue boots (think Goku from Dragon Ball Z). His family crest, a phoenix, appeared on the front of his shirt. He now had a long braid and a small bald spot on the front of his head (watch 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' and look at Chow Yun-Fat's hairstyle. That's what I'm talking about). The boy got into a battle stance. "Show me what you got!"
TO BE CONTINUED...
Well, the fight between Li and Darigaaz was inevitable. Sorry if I was too predictable.
Next episode: The trio try to hold off Tevesh Szat from interfering in the fight while Li and Darigaaz go all out in a battle royale...