Chapter 9: The Battle for Exodia
The Base of Millennium Mountain: 5:00
"So you're here after all." Curenga said. "I thought since I knocked you on your seventeen year old ass back in Guardston you would show up here."
"You wish." Ramsey replied plainly.
"So seeing as since we are here, how about you and I have a duel?" Curenga asked.
"Fine." Ramsey answered.
"Then how about a wager." Curenga asked.
"Another wager?" Ramsey asked and then paused for a minute. "Fine."
"How about if I win I get your entire deck?" Curenga said.
"That's fine with me." Ramsey said.
"So what do you want if you win?" Curenga asked.
"I want, Exodia." Ramsey answered.
"Deal." Curenga said. "But be warned Ramsey Keya. Since the last time we dueled, my deck has been reinforced beyond your wildest imagination!"
"Do you really think I care?" Ramsey said. "Let's just get this over with."
Curenga- 8000 Ramsey- 8000
Milell Sennen's office: around the same time.
"Damn I'm bored." Milell said balancing a pencil on his finger.
"Master Milell." A guard said as he walked through the door. "I have some news."
"What did you finally catch Tragic?" Milell asked as the pencil fell from his finger.
"Well we do know now that he is some where in Cave Mountain so we are on his trail." He answered. "And the latest report of Tournament Statistics is in and we have nine duelists left."
"Are there any duels going on right now?" Milell asked.
"There is one going on right now between Ramsey Keya and Curenga Keaton." He answered.
"Hand me the intercom thing." Milell said.
"Yes sir." The guard said as he handed it to him.
"Attention all duelists." Milell said over the loudspeaker. "The current number of you is now nine. There is only one duel taking place right now between Ramsey Keya and Curenga Keaton. After this duel is over your Life Point meter in your Dueling Bracelets will be shut off and the eight of you may have Exhibition Matches against each other if you wish. Good luck to the eight of you that make it and I will see you at the finals in two days."
"Looks like there is more riding on this duel than just Exodia and my deck." Ramsey said.
"Yes. The winner also goes to the finals." Curenga replied. "How ever we both know that that is going to be me."
"Fat chance Curenga." Ramsey said as he drew his opening hand.
"For my opening turn I shall set one monster face down and one M/T face down. Make your first of not very many turns Ramsey." Curenga said.
"This duel will go on longer than you think Curenga." Ramsey said as he drew his card. "I summon Gemini Elf (1900/900) and attack your face down card."
"Activate Jar of Greed." Curenga yelled as he drew another card. "And the attack still goes through and I flip Big Eye (1200/1000). Sure he's still destroyed but I get to take the top five cards on my deck and arrange them any way I want." Curenga picked up his top five cards. "Blast. Not a single piece of Exodia at all. Oh well I'll just put this here and that there and finally this there."
"Are we finished because I'd like to finish my turn within the next two days." Ramsey said.
"Go ahead." Curenga replied.
"Ok. To finish off my turn I will play this M/T card face down." Ramsey said as he crossed his arms.
"I play Pot of Greed and set this monster face down." Curenga said as he drew two more cards. "Your turn Ramsey."
"I summon Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer (1800/700) and attack your face down card with Gemini Elf." Ramsey yelled.
"Flip Sangan (1000/600) and the destruction of him allows me to move one card with an attack of 1500 or less from my deck to my hand." Curenga explained. "And I think I will move Exodia's head to my hand."
"Ok Ramsey." Ramsey thought. "Remember that card." Ramsey stared at the Exodia Head that was moved to Curenga's hand.
"Are we going to continue our turn or what?" Curenga asked.
"Don't worry Curenga, my turn will end soon." Ramsey said. "Now Kycoo, attack Curenga directly and remove his Big Eye and Sangan from play."
Curenga- 6200 Ramsey- 8000
"That's it." Curenga thought. "Bring out your Spellcasters. Because I have the card that with render all your offenses useless."
"Your turn Curenga." Ramsey said.
"Alright." Curenga said. "I will set this monster face down and end my turn."
"Ok Curenga, this is the beginning of the end for you." Ramsey said. "Now I tribute Gemini Elf and Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer for my Dark Magician (2500/2100) and next I play Polymersation and fuse the Dark Magician and Buster Blader in my hand for my Black Paladin (2900/2400). Now to end my turn Dark Magician will attack your face down card."
"You attacked Witch of the Black Forest." Curenga said. "And I will spare you the long explanation and just move another Exodia piece to my hand. Now it looks like it is my turn." Curenga drew his card. "And it's going to be a very interesting one as I summon my strongest monster in terms of attack."
"What are you talking about?" Ramsey asked.
"My deck isn't all about Exodia Ramsey. I like to have a monster that can surpass yours. For example, The Masked Beast."
"What!?" Ramsey asked. "Who in their right mind would put the Masked Beast in an Exodia deck."
"Not so fast Ramsey. This is not an Exodia Deck. This is a deck constructed by me souly for the purpose of defeating yours. There is no way your Black Paladin deck can stand up the might of this deck. So watch as I play Curse of the Masked Beast and tribute these two cards from my hand to summon The Masked Beast (3200/1800) and end my turn."
"So we are playing Rituals eh?" Ramsey said. "Well I have one of those. I will set one M/T face down and play Dark Magic Ritual tribute two monsters from my hand and summon Magician of Black Chaos (2800/2600) and to finish off my turn I will summon Time Wizard (500/400)."
"What's with the Time Wizard?" Curenga asked.
"You'll see." Ramsey said.
"Whatever, I set one monster face down and two M/T face down and end my turn." Curenga said.
"What, no attack." Ramsey asked.
"Oh believe me Ramsey, your Magicians will suffer a much worse fate than the attack of my Masked Beast." Curenga answered.
"Ok." Ramsey said. "I will activate Time Wizard's effect and call tails." Time Wizard tossed its coin it stayed up in the air spinning for a while and came down.
"Ha, it landed on heads." Curenga yelled. "But why haven't your monsters been destroyed?"
"Because of my face down card Second Chance." Ramsey said.
"What does that do?" Curenga asked.
"Whenever I call the effect of Time Wizard wrong I can pay 500 life points and try again. Now lets try this again, Time Wizard I call tails." Ramsey yelled as the coin flipped and landed. "Yes, tails. And now that I have called it right I will tribute my Dark Magician and special summon my Dark Sage (2800/3200) in attack position. Now I tribute Time Wizard for Dark Magician Girl (2000/1700) and because I have two Dark Magicians in my graveyard I her attack is raised by 600. Now I will have Black Paladin lead all my Magicians in on an attack to wipe out your life points."
"Not so fast Ramsey." Curenga said as the Black Paladin ran into an invisible wall.
"What!?" Ramsey yelled.
"I activated Negate attack." Curenga said. "I already assume you know what it does so I'm not going to bore you with the explanation."
"My turn is over then." Ramsey said. "But you just prolonged your inevitable defeat Curenga Keaton."
"Please." Curenga said sarcastically. "I will play Monster Reborn and bring back my Masked Beast. And now I will play this card." Curenga held up the card.
"NO!!" Ramsey yelled as he looked at the card in Curenga's hand. He would recognize that card anywhere because it was the card he hated most.
"Well from that expression I assume you know what this card does." Curenga said as he played it down.
Ramsey fell to one knee and looked down. "Last Day of Witch" He stuttered. "It destroys all Spellcaster type monsters on the field."
"That's right. Now you know that all of the strongest monsters in your deck are useless because I have two more Last Day of Witch cards in my deck. I told you Keya this deck was designed to defeat you." Curenga began. "And now go Last Day of Witch, sweep away his monsters off of the field like a pile of dust!"
The tiny witch threw out her broomstick and a huge hole illuminated from where it landed. And Ramsey's entire magician force was destroyed.
"And with your field empty I will attack you directly with this, Goblin Attack Force (2300/0)." Curenga yelled as the Goblins all ran and attacked Ramsey.
Curenga- 6200 Ramsey- 5700
Ramsey stood up. "Well Curenga you seem to have the edge against me." He said. "First you've got Exodia then you have a deck that is supposedly superior to mine. I've gotta hand it to you Keaton, your in peak condition."
"Heh. You're right. I am in peak condition. And after I take your deck no one will be able to stand in my way. Now get on with your turn, I have a tournament to win." Curenga said.
"If you insist." Ramsey replied while drawing his card. "Wait a minute." He thought. "Infinite Cards? I don't remember having this in my deck. How did I get it?" He thought for a second and then it came to him. "Tragic. When we went back into the caves we bumped into each other. Those cards that fell on the ground must have been his. I picked up three cards total. Maybe whatever else I have can help me out."
"Come on Keya my clothes are going out of style." Curenga said.
"Shut up Curenga." Ramsey said. "I play Pot of Greed and draw two cards from my deck. Then I will play one M/T face down and end my turn."
"That's all?" Curenga asked. "Well then this will be over faster than I expected. I summon another Goblin Attack Force and attack you directly with them."
"Activate Magic Arm Shield. It will deflect your Goblin's attack right back at your Masked Beast!" Ramsey yelled.
Curenga- 5300 Ramsey- 5700
"My Goblins didn't get to attack but my Masked Beast is still waiting to take a chuck out of your Life Points, which it will now do!" Curenga yelled. "Masked Beast attack!"
Curenga- 5300 Ramsey- 2500
"Your turn Ramsey." Curenga said.
Ramsey drew. "Hmm, Exodia's Sealing Curse. I never bothered to read this. To activate this card you must have three Spellbinding Circles, one in your deck, one your hand and one in your graveyard. When this card is activated all three Spellbinding Circles and any piece of Exodia that exists in either players deck are removed from play. This could be of very good use to me. I already have two Spellbinding Circles in my hand. I just get on of these into the graveyard then I could activate this." He thought. "I will set three M/T cards face down and play Furious Recovery a magic card that will double my life points. My turn is over."
Curenga- 5300 Ramsey- 5000
"Well it took you long enough." Curenga said. "Now I will switch my Goblin Attack Force back into attack position and attack you directly with The Masked Beast." Curenga said.
"I activate Widespread Ruin!" Ramsey yelled. "It will destroy the monster with the highest attack or in other words your Masked Beast."
"Err. I still have my Goblins to attack with!" Curenga yelled. "Goblin Attack Force attack!"
"I activate Spellbinding Circle, it will prevent your Goblin Attack Force from attacking or changing its battle position!" Ramsey yelled back.
"ERR!!" Curenga said stomping on the ground and grinding his teeth. "I activate Mystical Space Typhoon and get rid of you damn Spellbinding Circle! What are ya gonna do now Keya?"
"That was a move you will live to regret." Ramsey said.
"What are you talking about?" Curenga asked.
"By sending my Spellbinding Circle to the graveyard you've allowed me to activate this trap." Ramsey answered.
"Oh no not another one!" Curenga yelled.
"Yes Curenga, another one and this one is really gonna piss you off, Exodia's Sealing Curse! It will remove not only my three Spellbinding Circles but also your entire set of Exodia from play!" Ramsey yelled.
Curenga fell to his knees dropping the four pieces of Exodia he had in his hand and pulling Exodia's head out of his deck. "NOOO!!" He yelled. "My turn is over Keya."
"Ok now I've beaten Exodia, but there is still the matter of his Last Day of Witch cards. With those in his deck he still poses a pretty big threat to me." He thought and drew. "I play Gemini Elf (1900/900) and Tribute To the Doomed, discard one card from my hand and destroy your Goblins. Now I attack you directly with Gemini Elf."
Curenga- 3400 Ramsey- 5000
"Your turn Curenga." Ramsey said.
Curenga got up and drew his card. "Humph. I summon Vorse Raider (1900/1200) and end my turn."
"Very well then." Ramsey said drawing his next card. "Ah. This must be another one of Tragic's cards." He thought. "I play Prohibition and prohibit the use of the card Last Day of Witch. Next I will set one M/T card face down and end my turn."
"Good move. But it will not last very long. I summon Zombya the Dark (2100/500)." Curenga said.
"I activate Trap Hole." Ramsey replied as the newly summoned monster fell into a never-ending cavern.
"My turn is over then." Curenga said.
Ramsey drew. "I play the card Quick and Easy, at the cost of 1000 life points I can move any card in my deck to my hand." He said picking up his deck and searching through it. He found the last card that Tragic had dropped and Ramsey's eyes went wide open is surprise. "No way." He silently stuttered. "I summon another Gemini Elf (1900/900), and play Tremendous Fire and end my turn."
Curenga- 2400 Ramsey- 3500
"I will play Harpie's Feather Duster and set one monster face down." Curenga said.
"Great now he's able to use Last Day of Witch again." Ramsey thought. "But if I get this card on the field he won't have a chance in hell." He drew. "I play Infinite Cards, set one M/T face down, and end my turn."
"Infinite Cards, what good will that do you?" Curenga asked. "Whatever, I will tribute my Vorse Raider for Summoned Skull and attack your Gemini Elf!"
"Activate Negate attack!" Ramsey yelled as the Summoned Skull's Thunder Strike was blocked.
"That will only save you for one turn Keya." Curenga said. "Your Elves aren't going to be around much longer."
"Your right, their not." Ramsey said as he looked at his newly drawn card.
"What do you mean?" Curenga asked.
"I play Change of Heart and take your face down card. Next I will flip it face up." Ramsey said as the card flipped up to reveal the Magician of Faith. "I will use Magician of Faith's effect to take one magic card back from my graveyard. That magic card, Pot of Greed, will now be played making the number of cards in my hand five."
"Cut to the chase Ramsey!" Curenga yelled.
"Ok, it's your funeral." Ramsey said. "I now tribute my two Gemini Elves and your Magician of Faith to summon another monster."
"Another Spellcaster card. I will just wipe it out with Last Day of Witch." Curenga replied.
"Not so fast Curenga, I never said anything about a Spellcaster." Ramsey said. "No I'm going to summon something much stronger."
"What!?" Curenga asked.
"The Egyptian God Card, The Saint God Dragon of Osiris (X000/X000) and because I have five cards in my hand he now has 5000 attack points. Now to finish off this duel. Osiris, Attack the Summoned Skull with Thunder Force!"
Curenga- 0000 Ramsey- 3500
"Now I believe we had a wager Curenga, so I will be taking your Exodia set now." Ramsey said.
"Yes here you go." Curenga said in a shocked voice. "I'll see you back in Guardston." Curenga walked off to the runway where the plane would take him back home.
"Attention Duelists." A voice came over the intercom. "We now have our eight finalists. The meters in your bracelets have been turned off so feel free to engage in Exhibition Matches with your fellow competitors. Report to the base of Millennium Mountain the day after tomorrow at noon or face disqualification. That is all"
Milell's Office: The same time.
The door to Milell's office was pounded on about five or six times.
"Open the door." Milell said to one of the guards.
The Guard opened the door to see the body of another guard, battered and bruised being held up by the hand of a man. It was Tragic. Tragic drug the guard over to Milell's desk and slammed the dead guard on it.
"Was that really necessary?" Milell asked. "Look at this you got blood all over my desk."
"I've come for what's mine Milell. My debt has been repaid to you now let me off the hook." Tragic said.
"Your not off the hook Tragic. Do you know why? Because you still failed to get me the Centennial Staff and the Centennial Bracelet. So therefore you're not off the hook yet. But if you want me out of your hair so badly why don't you duel your way out. If you win I will release the hold I have on your friend and leave you alone forever. However should you lose, you will be banished to the shadow realm for all eternity."
"I'm willing to take that risk." Tragic said.
"Meet me at the top of the Mountain. And we'll settle this once and for all." Milell replied.
The Base of Millennium Mountain: 5:00
"So you're here after all." Curenga said. "I thought since I knocked you on your seventeen year old ass back in Guardston you would show up here."
"You wish." Ramsey replied plainly.
"So seeing as since we are here, how about you and I have a duel?" Curenga asked.
"Fine." Ramsey answered.
"Then how about a wager." Curenga asked.
"Another wager?" Ramsey asked and then paused for a minute. "Fine."
"How about if I win I get your entire deck?" Curenga said.
"That's fine with me." Ramsey said.
"So what do you want if you win?" Curenga asked.
"I want, Exodia." Ramsey answered.
"Deal." Curenga said. "But be warned Ramsey Keya. Since the last time we dueled, my deck has been reinforced beyond your wildest imagination!"
"Do you really think I care?" Ramsey said. "Let's just get this over with."
Curenga- 8000 Ramsey- 8000
Milell Sennen's office: around the same time.
"Damn I'm bored." Milell said balancing a pencil on his finger.
"Master Milell." A guard said as he walked through the door. "I have some news."
"What did you finally catch Tragic?" Milell asked as the pencil fell from his finger.
"Well we do know now that he is some where in Cave Mountain so we are on his trail." He answered. "And the latest report of Tournament Statistics is in and we have nine duelists left."
"Are there any duels going on right now?" Milell asked.
"There is one going on right now between Ramsey Keya and Curenga Keaton." He answered.
"Hand me the intercom thing." Milell said.
"Yes sir." The guard said as he handed it to him.
"Attention all duelists." Milell said over the loudspeaker. "The current number of you is now nine. There is only one duel taking place right now between Ramsey Keya and Curenga Keaton. After this duel is over your Life Point meter in your Dueling Bracelets will be shut off and the eight of you may have Exhibition Matches against each other if you wish. Good luck to the eight of you that make it and I will see you at the finals in two days."
"Looks like there is more riding on this duel than just Exodia and my deck." Ramsey said.
"Yes. The winner also goes to the finals." Curenga replied. "How ever we both know that that is going to be me."
"Fat chance Curenga." Ramsey said as he drew his opening hand.
"For my opening turn I shall set one monster face down and one M/T face down. Make your first of not very many turns Ramsey." Curenga said.
"This duel will go on longer than you think Curenga." Ramsey said as he drew his card. "I summon Gemini Elf (1900/900) and attack your face down card."
"Activate Jar of Greed." Curenga yelled as he drew another card. "And the attack still goes through and I flip Big Eye (1200/1000). Sure he's still destroyed but I get to take the top five cards on my deck and arrange them any way I want." Curenga picked up his top five cards. "Blast. Not a single piece of Exodia at all. Oh well I'll just put this here and that there and finally this there."
"Are we finished because I'd like to finish my turn within the next two days." Ramsey said.
"Go ahead." Curenga replied.
"Ok. To finish off my turn I will play this M/T card face down." Ramsey said as he crossed his arms.
"I play Pot of Greed and set this monster face down." Curenga said as he drew two more cards. "Your turn Ramsey."
"I summon Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer (1800/700) and attack your face down card with Gemini Elf." Ramsey yelled.
"Flip Sangan (1000/600) and the destruction of him allows me to move one card with an attack of 1500 or less from my deck to my hand." Curenga explained. "And I think I will move Exodia's head to my hand."
"Ok Ramsey." Ramsey thought. "Remember that card." Ramsey stared at the Exodia Head that was moved to Curenga's hand.
"Are we going to continue our turn or what?" Curenga asked.
"Don't worry Curenga, my turn will end soon." Ramsey said. "Now Kycoo, attack Curenga directly and remove his Big Eye and Sangan from play."
Curenga- 6200 Ramsey- 8000
"That's it." Curenga thought. "Bring out your Spellcasters. Because I have the card that with render all your offenses useless."
"Your turn Curenga." Ramsey said.
"Alright." Curenga said. "I will set this monster face down and end my turn."
"Ok Curenga, this is the beginning of the end for you." Ramsey said. "Now I tribute Gemini Elf and Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer for my Dark Magician (2500/2100) and next I play Polymersation and fuse the Dark Magician and Buster Blader in my hand for my Black Paladin (2900/2400). Now to end my turn Dark Magician will attack your face down card."
"You attacked Witch of the Black Forest." Curenga said. "And I will spare you the long explanation and just move another Exodia piece to my hand. Now it looks like it is my turn." Curenga drew his card. "And it's going to be a very interesting one as I summon my strongest monster in terms of attack."
"What are you talking about?" Ramsey asked.
"My deck isn't all about Exodia Ramsey. I like to have a monster that can surpass yours. For example, The Masked Beast."
"What!?" Ramsey asked. "Who in their right mind would put the Masked Beast in an Exodia deck."
"Not so fast Ramsey. This is not an Exodia Deck. This is a deck constructed by me souly for the purpose of defeating yours. There is no way your Black Paladin deck can stand up the might of this deck. So watch as I play Curse of the Masked Beast and tribute these two cards from my hand to summon The Masked Beast (3200/1800) and end my turn."
"So we are playing Rituals eh?" Ramsey said. "Well I have one of those. I will set one M/T face down and play Dark Magic Ritual tribute two monsters from my hand and summon Magician of Black Chaos (2800/2600) and to finish off my turn I will summon Time Wizard (500/400)."
"What's with the Time Wizard?" Curenga asked.
"You'll see." Ramsey said.
"Whatever, I set one monster face down and two M/T face down and end my turn." Curenga said.
"What, no attack." Ramsey asked.
"Oh believe me Ramsey, your Magicians will suffer a much worse fate than the attack of my Masked Beast." Curenga answered.
"Ok." Ramsey said. "I will activate Time Wizard's effect and call tails." Time Wizard tossed its coin it stayed up in the air spinning for a while and came down.
"Ha, it landed on heads." Curenga yelled. "But why haven't your monsters been destroyed?"
"Because of my face down card Second Chance." Ramsey said.
"What does that do?" Curenga asked.
"Whenever I call the effect of Time Wizard wrong I can pay 500 life points and try again. Now lets try this again, Time Wizard I call tails." Ramsey yelled as the coin flipped and landed. "Yes, tails. And now that I have called it right I will tribute my Dark Magician and special summon my Dark Sage (2800/3200) in attack position. Now I tribute Time Wizard for Dark Magician Girl (2000/1700) and because I have two Dark Magicians in my graveyard I her attack is raised by 600. Now I will have Black Paladin lead all my Magicians in on an attack to wipe out your life points."
"Not so fast Ramsey." Curenga said as the Black Paladin ran into an invisible wall.
"What!?" Ramsey yelled.
"I activated Negate attack." Curenga said. "I already assume you know what it does so I'm not going to bore you with the explanation."
"My turn is over then." Ramsey said. "But you just prolonged your inevitable defeat Curenga Keaton."
"Please." Curenga said sarcastically. "I will play Monster Reborn and bring back my Masked Beast. And now I will play this card." Curenga held up the card.
"NO!!" Ramsey yelled as he looked at the card in Curenga's hand. He would recognize that card anywhere because it was the card he hated most.
"Well from that expression I assume you know what this card does." Curenga said as he played it down.
Ramsey fell to one knee and looked down. "Last Day of Witch" He stuttered. "It destroys all Spellcaster type monsters on the field."
"That's right. Now you know that all of the strongest monsters in your deck are useless because I have two more Last Day of Witch cards in my deck. I told you Keya this deck was designed to defeat you." Curenga began. "And now go Last Day of Witch, sweep away his monsters off of the field like a pile of dust!"
The tiny witch threw out her broomstick and a huge hole illuminated from where it landed. And Ramsey's entire magician force was destroyed.
"And with your field empty I will attack you directly with this, Goblin Attack Force (2300/0)." Curenga yelled as the Goblins all ran and attacked Ramsey.
Curenga- 6200 Ramsey- 5700
Ramsey stood up. "Well Curenga you seem to have the edge against me." He said. "First you've got Exodia then you have a deck that is supposedly superior to mine. I've gotta hand it to you Keaton, your in peak condition."
"Heh. You're right. I am in peak condition. And after I take your deck no one will be able to stand in my way. Now get on with your turn, I have a tournament to win." Curenga said.
"If you insist." Ramsey replied while drawing his card. "Wait a minute." He thought. "Infinite Cards? I don't remember having this in my deck. How did I get it?" He thought for a second and then it came to him. "Tragic. When we went back into the caves we bumped into each other. Those cards that fell on the ground must have been his. I picked up three cards total. Maybe whatever else I have can help me out."
"Come on Keya my clothes are going out of style." Curenga said.
"Shut up Curenga." Ramsey said. "I play Pot of Greed and draw two cards from my deck. Then I will play one M/T face down and end my turn."
"That's all?" Curenga asked. "Well then this will be over faster than I expected. I summon another Goblin Attack Force and attack you directly with them."
"Activate Magic Arm Shield. It will deflect your Goblin's attack right back at your Masked Beast!" Ramsey yelled.
Curenga- 5300 Ramsey- 5700
"My Goblins didn't get to attack but my Masked Beast is still waiting to take a chuck out of your Life Points, which it will now do!" Curenga yelled. "Masked Beast attack!"
Curenga- 5300 Ramsey- 2500
"Your turn Ramsey." Curenga said.
Ramsey drew. "Hmm, Exodia's Sealing Curse. I never bothered to read this. To activate this card you must have three Spellbinding Circles, one in your deck, one your hand and one in your graveyard. When this card is activated all three Spellbinding Circles and any piece of Exodia that exists in either players deck are removed from play. This could be of very good use to me. I already have two Spellbinding Circles in my hand. I just get on of these into the graveyard then I could activate this." He thought. "I will set three M/T cards face down and play Furious Recovery a magic card that will double my life points. My turn is over."
Curenga- 5300 Ramsey- 5000
"Well it took you long enough." Curenga said. "Now I will switch my Goblin Attack Force back into attack position and attack you directly with The Masked Beast." Curenga said.
"I activate Widespread Ruin!" Ramsey yelled. "It will destroy the monster with the highest attack or in other words your Masked Beast."
"Err. I still have my Goblins to attack with!" Curenga yelled. "Goblin Attack Force attack!"
"I activate Spellbinding Circle, it will prevent your Goblin Attack Force from attacking or changing its battle position!" Ramsey yelled back.
"ERR!!" Curenga said stomping on the ground and grinding his teeth. "I activate Mystical Space Typhoon and get rid of you damn Spellbinding Circle! What are ya gonna do now Keya?"
"That was a move you will live to regret." Ramsey said.
"What are you talking about?" Curenga asked.
"By sending my Spellbinding Circle to the graveyard you've allowed me to activate this trap." Ramsey answered.
"Oh no not another one!" Curenga yelled.
"Yes Curenga, another one and this one is really gonna piss you off, Exodia's Sealing Curse! It will remove not only my three Spellbinding Circles but also your entire set of Exodia from play!" Ramsey yelled.
Curenga fell to his knees dropping the four pieces of Exodia he had in his hand and pulling Exodia's head out of his deck. "NOOO!!" He yelled. "My turn is over Keya."
"Ok now I've beaten Exodia, but there is still the matter of his Last Day of Witch cards. With those in his deck he still poses a pretty big threat to me." He thought and drew. "I play Gemini Elf (1900/900) and Tribute To the Doomed, discard one card from my hand and destroy your Goblins. Now I attack you directly with Gemini Elf."
Curenga- 3400 Ramsey- 5000
"Your turn Curenga." Ramsey said.
Curenga got up and drew his card. "Humph. I summon Vorse Raider (1900/1200) and end my turn."
"Very well then." Ramsey said drawing his next card. "Ah. This must be another one of Tragic's cards." He thought. "I play Prohibition and prohibit the use of the card Last Day of Witch. Next I will set one M/T card face down and end my turn."
"Good move. But it will not last very long. I summon Zombya the Dark (2100/500)." Curenga said.
"I activate Trap Hole." Ramsey replied as the newly summoned monster fell into a never-ending cavern.
"My turn is over then." Curenga said.
Ramsey drew. "I play the card Quick and Easy, at the cost of 1000 life points I can move any card in my deck to my hand." He said picking up his deck and searching through it. He found the last card that Tragic had dropped and Ramsey's eyes went wide open is surprise. "No way." He silently stuttered. "I summon another Gemini Elf (1900/900), and play Tremendous Fire and end my turn."
Curenga- 2400 Ramsey- 3500
"I will play Harpie's Feather Duster and set one monster face down." Curenga said.
"Great now he's able to use Last Day of Witch again." Ramsey thought. "But if I get this card on the field he won't have a chance in hell." He drew. "I play Infinite Cards, set one M/T face down, and end my turn."
"Infinite Cards, what good will that do you?" Curenga asked. "Whatever, I will tribute my Vorse Raider for Summoned Skull and attack your Gemini Elf!"
"Activate Negate attack!" Ramsey yelled as the Summoned Skull's Thunder Strike was blocked.
"That will only save you for one turn Keya." Curenga said. "Your Elves aren't going to be around much longer."
"Your right, their not." Ramsey said as he looked at his newly drawn card.
"What do you mean?" Curenga asked.
"I play Change of Heart and take your face down card. Next I will flip it face up." Ramsey said as the card flipped up to reveal the Magician of Faith. "I will use Magician of Faith's effect to take one magic card back from my graveyard. That magic card, Pot of Greed, will now be played making the number of cards in my hand five."
"Cut to the chase Ramsey!" Curenga yelled.
"Ok, it's your funeral." Ramsey said. "I now tribute my two Gemini Elves and your Magician of Faith to summon another monster."
"Another Spellcaster card. I will just wipe it out with Last Day of Witch." Curenga replied.
"Not so fast Curenga, I never said anything about a Spellcaster." Ramsey said. "No I'm going to summon something much stronger."
"What!?" Curenga asked.
"The Egyptian God Card, The Saint God Dragon of Osiris (X000/X000) and because I have five cards in my hand he now has 5000 attack points. Now to finish off this duel. Osiris, Attack the Summoned Skull with Thunder Force!"
Curenga- 0000 Ramsey- 3500
"Now I believe we had a wager Curenga, so I will be taking your Exodia set now." Ramsey said.
"Yes here you go." Curenga said in a shocked voice. "I'll see you back in Guardston." Curenga walked off to the runway where the plane would take him back home.
"Attention Duelists." A voice came over the intercom. "We now have our eight finalists. The meters in your bracelets have been turned off so feel free to engage in Exhibition Matches with your fellow competitors. Report to the base of Millennium Mountain the day after tomorrow at noon or face disqualification. That is all"
Milell's Office: The same time.
The door to Milell's office was pounded on about five or six times.
"Open the door." Milell said to one of the guards.
The Guard opened the door to see the body of another guard, battered and bruised being held up by the hand of a man. It was Tragic. Tragic drug the guard over to Milell's desk and slammed the dead guard on it.
"Was that really necessary?" Milell asked. "Look at this you got blood all over my desk."
"I've come for what's mine Milell. My debt has been repaid to you now let me off the hook." Tragic said.
"Your not off the hook Tragic. Do you know why? Because you still failed to get me the Centennial Staff and the Centennial Bracelet. So therefore you're not off the hook yet. But if you want me out of your hair so badly why don't you duel your way out. If you win I will release the hold I have on your friend and leave you alone forever. However should you lose, you will be banished to the shadow realm for all eternity."
"I'm willing to take that risk." Tragic said.
"Meet me at the top of the Mountain. And we'll settle this once and for all." Milell replied.