Gregon kept walked proudly looking at his two star chips. Suddenly
he hit a fork in the road, he could go either way. No one was there to
give him any advice so he chose the right side. He continued down the path
until he saw a humongous arena. Just seeing an arena was major for Gregon,
but this gigantic arena simply blew him away.
A dark figure began walking toward him. Finally the light grew and
he could make out the face of the boy. Gregon realized the boy had four
star chips as he looked at the boy's wrist. "Hi, I'm Krind," said the boy
", wanna duel?" "Sure," Gregon replied half-heartedly.
They both walked up to opposite platforms and shuffled their decks.
"You wanna duel with tributes to make this duel last," Krind ask. "I
wouldn't have it any other way. I wager one star chip on this battle,"
Gregon said smiling. Gregon was living his dream. "Tell you what; if you
win this battle I'll throw in this extra card of mine," Krind said
confidently. Krind placed the extra card facedown right outside the
playing field. "You just made a big mistake," Gregon exclaimed as he drew
his hand. Gregon had the first move and he wanted to make it count. He
placed the Mystic Elf in facedown attack mode and set Castle Walls facedown
incase Krind had a non-tribute monster with over 2000 attack, which he
doubted anyway. Now it was Krind's turn. He tried to attack the facedown
defense card with a Man-eating Treasure Chest, but ended up losing 400 life
points. Gregon laughed, but Krind still had a snide grin on his face.
"Your turn," Krind said. He drew his next card, a dark hole; this could be
very helpful later and he would hold onto it. Gregon looked at his hand:
Flame Cerebrus, Trent, Mystic Clown, and Dark Hole. He used the Mystic Elf
as a tribute to summon Flame Cerebrus. The Flame Cerebrus took out the Man-
eating Treasure Chest along with 500 of Krind's life points. Now Krind was
down to 1,100 life points. Krind still stood there, not phased, even after
he had lost nearly half his life points. He used soul exchange to tribute
Flame Cerebrus for a Summoned Skull then ended his battle phase. Gregon
drew his next card, Ryu-Kishin Powered. He then played Dark Hole which
removed Summoned Skull and put Ryu-Kishin Powered in face-down attack mode
since it was illegal to directly attack your opponent's life points in the
tournament. Krind almost instantly summoned a 7 Colored Fish which took
down Ryu-Kishin and cost Gregon 200 life points. Sweat dripped down
Gregon's face; how could he beat a 7 Colored Fish with a non-tribute
monster? It would be very difficult considering the highest attack of a
non-tribute monster in his deck was 1,600, while 7 Colored Fish had a
whooping 1,800 attack points. Gregon slowly drew his next card, Destroyer
Golem. He placed Destroyer Golem in defense mode. Krind summoned a Stern
Mystic, which showed him the castle walls and then took out Destroyer Golem
with the 7 Colored Fish. Gregon had to keep defending, it was his only
hope. Gregon lost his Ancient Lizard, Uraby, Mystic Clown, and Mammoth
Graveyard to the 7 Colored Fish; then he drew Pot of Greed. Gregon used
the Pot of Greed which gave him the Swords of Revealing Light and Germ
Infection. He used Germ Infection on the 7 Colored Fish then used Swords
of Revealing Light to stop it from attacking. Krind's smile faded and his
face turned to anger. After two turns Gregon managed to take down the
weakened 7 Colored Fish with an Armored Zombie. Now Krind had 800 life
points. Krind played Beaver Warrior to assist his Stern Mystic, but
neither was strong enough to take down an Armored Zombie; The Stern Mystic
and Armored Zombie were at a virtual tie in attack. Gregon's Armored
Zombie took down the Beaver Warrior forcing Krind down to 500 life points.
Then he summoned Baron of the Fiend Sword which took down the Stern Mystic,
stealing another 50 life points from Krind. Krind put a Witty Phantom on
the field, but Baron took it out. Now Krind only had 250 life points.
Krind then played the Little Swordsman of Aile, but Baron defeated it and
won the duel for Gregon. "Take your freakin' card and the star chip,"
yelled a furious Krind. The card has a Barrel Dragon, an excellent card.
Gregon walked off happily with his first win, but there were still much
tougher duelists he would have to meet. How would he fair against them?
