Chapter Eleven: Duel with a Devil
Panik continued to fiercely glare at us. I continued to lean on Meren and Tina for support. He moved in closer and bared his teeth, which were more like fangs. Finally, he extended a finger out and pointed at me accusingly.
"You have it, don't you." I nodded. "I knew it!" he said, throwing his head back in a laugh of triumph. "And now, we'll Duel for it."
"Why?" I asked in a cold tone of voice, which betrayed how I felt. Even though I knew of his intimidation tactics, it did nothing to lessen my fear and feelings of helplessness.
"I suppose introductions would be useful. Yes; I am Panik, a footman for the Shadows. Word reached us that an Exodia piece had been discovered at a video arcade. I was dispatched to recover it before it was lost. However, when I arrived this morning, I was told that the piece had been won already. I was also told about where you three were staying, and then learned that you had left already. I moved to cut you off, and succeeded I have." He laughed again. "Now let the Duel begin."
A large arena emerged from the ground behind Panik, the system automatically activating. Panik marched over to his consol and set his deck on the field. I pulled my deck out and was about to make my way over when a hand reached out and stopped me. I looked over to my left as Tina retracted her arm.
"What the heck are you doing?" I nearly shouted.
"You're way to weak as it is, Lance." she began to reason. "So I'll take him on. Besides, I need a bit of experience as well."
"Fine." I conceded. "Go ahead. Just don't loose this Exodia piece. I risked all to much for it."
"Don't worry." she snapped. I reared back. She walked over to her end of the arena and set up her deck. They each drew an opening hand and began to study each other.
"I'll go first." Panik croaked. "And I'll summon my Demon Soldier in attack mode." (1900/1500). "And that will end my turn."
Tina drew a card and sighed, a sign that she didn't have anything to really work with, but she could at least hold her own. "I'll set one monster in defense mode, and set one card to end my turn." Two of the tiles on the field began to glow.
Panik picked his next card up and smiled. "Now I'll summon Mad Dog of Darkness, in attack mode." The new monster was a large brown dog that was foaming with rabies and moving around in a hyperactive manner. (1900/1400) "Now I'll have my Demon Soldier attack your face down monster." he croaked. The demon soldier charged in and punched her monster with it's clawed fist. What was revealed was a large, moss green beetle.
"You've attacked my Man-Eater Bug, which I'll use to rid the field of your Mad Dog." The bug lunged itself forward and grasped the dog on its back. It began to glow, and then exploded, taking the Mad Dog monster in the kamikaze attack.
Panik began to quake with anger as he stared at Tina. "Take your turn! It's only the second move, so losing my one monster means nothing to me." he spat. Tina drew a card.
"I'll set one more card face down, and then I'll summon another defensive monster." With three cards hidden, Panik looked onward, slightly fearful. Tina had already shown awesome potential as a Duelist, and he knew it. He'd have to move ever more carefully.
"I'll summon a monster in defense mode, and I'll attack with Demon Soldier." The creature once again pulled back his fist, preparing to deliver a devastating punch. However, it was this time met by a young girl in gold robes, kneeling next to a harp. The hard wooden edge of the instrument was in the monsters way, and fended the attack off.
"You've hit my Spirit of the Harp, which has a defensive strength of 2000, one hundred points higher than your Demon Soldiers attack, so you loose 100 Life Points.
(LP: 8000/7900)
"You little wench!" Panik shouted in frustration, noting Tina's cocky grin. "You think that 100 Life Points is enough to really matter. I'll crush you!"
"Go right on ahead. But first, you'll have to wait, as it is my turn." Tina called back.
"I don't like this." I noted to Meren. "If Panik was sent by these 'Shadows,' then he's got to be good. I mean, they wouldn't have trusted him with this kind of a mission if he wasn't. Not to mention that neither of them seems to be feeling much strain from the monsters. I don't care that their levels were low, Tina's lack of experience should be showing, but it's not."
"I think she's trying to not show it to scare Panik." Meren pointed out. I nodded, but still looked on doubtfully.
"She'll just have to end it fast, before her energy is gone." a new voice explained. I turned to be greeted by another young man, around sixteen or seventeen years of age. He was about my height, maybe a bit taller, but built a bit stronger than I. He had black hair that was thinly spiked around his head while most of it was tied at his at the back. The binding was about three inches long, and then allowed about one and a half feet of hair to hang in the back. He was dressed in a white t-shirt with an unbuttoned black shirt over it that hung down to his mid-thigh. I also noted a Duel Disk strapped to his left forearm.
"Who are you?" I asked.
"My name is Kai Kaethen, and I'm investigating something for the World Champion." he stated in a cool voice. "And my research involves this Duel. Or more importantly, Panik."
"Well, hold the interviews for until after the Duel." I said, turning back towards the match, which had stopped at Kai's appearance. Tina looked at the guy with a puzzled expression, while Panik merely glared holes at the guy. However, he soon recovered and turned back towards Tina, who was picking up a card.
"I summon Thunder Nyan Nyan." The cat creature appeared and purred softly in anticipation for its attack. "And I'll-" Tina stopped abruptly and fell forward a bit, leaning hard on her platform. She took a few deep breaths, pulled herself together, and then continued. "I'll end my turn, since attacking wouldn't get me anywhere."
"I sacrifice Demon Soldier for the Beast of Gilfar, in attack mode!" he cried in triumph as he slapped the card down onto the field. His Demon Soldier disappeared, and in its place stood a tall monster with blue skin, that had brown patches of armor over its head, wrists, ankles, etc. (2200/2500).
"Oh no." I breathed. Both Meren and Kai turned to me. Meren looked puzzled, but Kai looked more surprised, as if he didn't expect me to know the Beast of Gilfer's effect. "Tina, you have to listen to me!" I shouted, causing her to turn her head. "The Beast of Gilfar's effect isn't quite like how it was on the t.v. show. Although it is true that if the Beast of Gilfar goes to the Graveyard, then Panik will be able to equipt it to your monsters and lower their attack points by 500. However, that effect can only be activated if the Beast of Gilfar is destroyed and no chain of events fallows it."
"Um.....Could you try that again?" Meren asked.
I sighed. "If Tina can somehow destroy the Beast of Gilfar so that something else happens as a result of him going to the grave, then it will negate the effect." Meren continued to look at me puzzled. "Alright, let's take Card Destruction as our example. If you play card destruction, it will send the Beast of Gilfar to the Graveyard, and then you draw new cards as a result of Card Destruction, all in one fluid chain. That will negate the effect." Meren nodded, but still seemed confused. "Let's try again, this time we'll use Graceful Charity. You play Graceful Charity, draw three cards, and then you discard two. When you discard those two card, that's the end of the chain, and so nothing else occurs to negate the Beast of Gilfar's effect."
"Oh, I see." Meren suddenly squealed. Over her shoulder, Kai gave me a funny and confused look.
"I don't get her either." I mouthed, hoping Meren hadn't seen.
"What was that?" she asked.
"Can I continue my turn?" Panik asked irritated. He turned back to the field and proceeded with his turn. "I'll attack Thunder Nyan Nyan with my Beast of Gilfar!" The dark creature tucked its arms and legs against its chest as a ball of fire formed in front of its body, steadily growing in size. It then suddenly snapped its arms and legs open, bursting the fire into a stream of flames that engulfed and incinerated Tina's cat monster. "And I'll then set one card face down for later."
(LP: 7700/7900)
Tina drew a card and sighed, setting another monster in defense mode. Panik drew again and laughed as he slapped the new card onto his field in defense mode before burning Tina's Spirit of the Harp. He then set a card face down before ending his turn. Tina drew again and set the new card face down and ended her turn..
"Ha ha!" Panik cried in triumph as he gazed at his new card. "I summon another Demon Soldier in attack mode, and flip over my face down Dark Gremlin!" The new monster was short and green with an amphibious exterior and long pointed ears. It flashed its clawed hands menacingly. "And Dark Gremlin's special effect allows me to take any card from my Graveyard and shuffle it back into my deck." he explained as he grabbed a card in his Graveyard and shuffled it into his deck for just a second. "Now I'll attack and destroy your last defense mode monster with Beast of Gilfar, and then I'll attack your Life Points directly with Dark Gremlin and Demon Soldier!" The ball of flames this time burned away Tina's Sangan, which she took advantage of and searched her deck for a monster with 1500 or fewer defense points. Then the Demon Soldier and Gremlin charged in for a direct attack and swung at Tina when a faint barrier appeared and blocked Tina from any physical harm.
(LP: 4200/7900)
"What was that?" Meren cried.
"In the arena's, a barrier exists to protect a players health when attacked directly." Kai explained.
"Jeez, and Kaiba never had the decency to install one on his Duel Disks." I commented, rubbing my chest where I had taken many direct hits the day before.
"I'll draw," Tina stammered. Regardless of that barrier protecting her, she still seemed to be losing energy and fast. She could no longer hide the pain and weakness she was feeling. "I'll play my Dark Hole Magic card to destroy all of the monsters in play." A black swirl of space appeared above the field and proceeded to absorb all of Panik's monsters into its endless abyss. "I'll then summon Dark Elf (2000/800) in attack mode, and end my turn."
"Well, that was quite a setback." Panik admitted, smiling all the while. "But now I'll summon a monster in defense mode, use Beast of Gilfar's special effect and lower your Elf's attack points by 500, and then I'll play this, my Delinquent Dou magic card!"
"I'll counter your magic card with Mystical Space Typhoon." Tina called back.
"Tina, wait!" I shouted, but it was too late. A massive spiral of wind erupted and covered Panik's field. A few second's later the wind was gone, yet Panik's seemed untouched, and now two devil creatures were on his field, a disappointed, yet mischievous expression on their faces, their arms crossed over their chests.
"Why didn't my Mystical Space Typhoon work?" Tina cried in dismay.
"How many times do I have to tell you girls!" I shouted in frustration. "YOU CAN'T USE Mystical Space Typhoon TO CHAIN OTHER REGULAR MAGIC CARDS!" Everyone turned to me, a look of surprise and horror on Meren and Tina's faces. "If you use Mystical Space Typhoon to chain a magic or trap card like Delinquent Duo, Raigeki, Mirror Force, or anything else like it, then the Magic/trap card will be destroyed, but its effect will NOT be negated. Kinda like attacking a flip effect monster. You destroy the monster, but if they are flipped by the attack or effect and not destroyed while face down, then their effect will remain."
"Why didn't you ever tell me that?" Tina demanded.
"I've told you girls hundreds of times!" I defended.
"Hello, I do have other Exodia pieces to hunt down." Panik yelled, returning our attention to the Duel at hand. "Now then, as I was saying, I'll use Delinquent Duo to discard one card from your hand." The first demon, a bright pink one, floated over to Tina's field and demandingly pointed at her middle card, which she reluctantly discarded. "And then you may pick on to discard as well." The second creature floated over and began to stomp its foot in anticipation. Tina bit her lip in though for a second until finally discarding the one of the left. "That ends my turn."
"Tina, don't worry, you can still win!" I shouted.
"I just lost my Wingweaver and Swords of Revealing Light!" she shouted in frustration. "What should I do."
"Defeat him." I heard her sister cheer. "Tina, you're one of the best back home, so you can win."
"She's right Tina, I don't know much about your skills, but I do have faith in you." Kai said to reassure her.
Tina continued to look on nervously, but proceeded to draw her card. "I play Graceful Charity to draw three cards," she said as she thumbed the top three cards from her deck, "And discard two." She chose two of her old cards and dropped them into her grave. "Next I'll use Monster Reborn to revive my Wingweaver!" Tina's monster appeared on her field in her usual glory, gorgeous as usual. "Next, I'll use this ritual magic card, White Dragon Ritual!"
"What does that do?" Panik demanded.
"What does it do?" Meren asked, looking at me.
"I have no idea. It must be a card I never researched, or at least not very thoroughly. But it has to be powerful if Tina put it in her deck as a ritual monster. They take a lot of work, and so only a select few are worth it. I trust her judgement."
"It will summon a monster with relatively low stats," Kai began to explain. "But two very unique effects. You'll see."
Tina's Dark Elf disappeared to pay the cost for the ritual monster, as it required a total level of four to be payed. The new monster was a man in white armor that covered his whole body, a long fluid cape waving behind him and a long broad sword in his hand. "My Paladin White Dragon is now in play." (1900/1200) "Then I'll remove my Thunder Nyan Nyan and Spirit of the Harp from play to special summon Soul of Purity and Light!" The newest monster was an angel of sorts, appearing to be translucent except for her thick, bright wings. (2000/1800) "And I'll activate my Paladin of White Dragon's special effect."
"What may that be?" Panik demanded.
"I can sacrifice it from the field to special summon a Blue Eyes White Dragon from my hand or deck, in attack mode!" Tina explained as her knight disappeared in a flash of light, and was replaced by Tina's ultimate behemoth.
"What?!" Panik cried, reeling back in horror. "How?! I thought that the Kaiba boy was the only one to have a Blue Eyes White Dragon."
"Yeah, well-Life's full of disappointments." I called up.
"Anyway, I'll attack your defense mode monster with Soul of Purity and Light!" The angel swept down on Panik's monster and swirled around it, creating a violent blast of wind. Panik raised his hands over his face to protect it from the surge. In the end, a simple Bistro Butcher was destroyed in a blast of glass shards. "Then I'll attack your Life Points directly with Wingweaver!" Next, the seraph spread her wings to their fullest, shimmering brightly. A wave of pure light washed over Panik's field. "That ends my turn."
(LP: 4200/3150)
Panik looked Tina over, an angry and fierce look ver his eyes. However, he then twisted his eyes into a crooked and evil smile and began to laugh in triumph. "You foolish little girl." she shouted. "You could have attacked with that blue Eyes and left me with only one-hundred and fifty points. I guess your growing weaker and weaker from the summoning."
"Wrong, Panik." Kai called. "There is a price to pay for using the Knight of White Dragon's effect. If she uses it to summon a Blue Eyes, then she must forfeit her attack with the dragon that turn."
"Fine!" Panik shouted. "It makes no difference to me. I'll still crush you. 1050 Life Points is no major gap; I'll overcome it soon."
"And how will you do that?" Tina asked as Panik drew a card, as faint silver glow burning from her fist.
"With this card." Panik exclaimed, turning it for all to see. It was a ritual magic card that depicted a metal pot shaped like unto a skull, while two poles on either side were lit with bright flames. "I play my Curse of the Masked Beast ritual magic card!" Panik shouted with glee as he slapped it onto the field. The same altar form the card appeared on the field, while two monsters appeared inside either flame. "I'll sacrifice my second Dark Gremlin, along with my La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp, to summon my Masked Beast, in attack mode." The two flames erupted and completely destroyed the two monsters, while a beam of black light was released from the skull, and out walked a peculiar creature that stood back on two large mantis legs , while its upper body was brown and thin, a red mask over its face, and it held a knotted old staff in its hand. (3200/1800)
"Now then, which monster should I attack?" Panik asked in a mock tone of voice that was full of speculation. "That Blue Eyes is indeed a great threat, as is the Wingweaver. However, that Soul of Purity and Light is so weak that I can't help it! Masked Beast, attack and destroy Soul of Purity and Light!" The monster charged across the field and struck down the angel with its club, obliterating it. Tina grimaced and wiped some sweat from her brow, continuing to lean against the arena for support.
(LP:3300/3150)
"What?" Panik shouted in disbelief as he noticed the score. My eyes widened in wonder and speculation as well, as I knew that the Masked Beast's attack was thirty-two hundred, and the Soul of Purity and Light had only two thousand, which was a 1200-point difference. Yet, Tina had only lost 900 Life Points!
"You don't know the rules." Kai said, shaking his head as he closed his eyes and face the ground. "Soul of Purity and Light's effect lowers all of your monsters on the fields' attack points by 300 during your battle phase, which lowered the Masked Beast's attack to 2900 when you attacked."
"Well, be as that may, my monster is now once again up to 3200 attack points!" Panik shouted. "And now I'll set one monster in defense mode, to protect my Life Points. Make your move."
Tina drew her card, her hand shaking violently and her face covered in sweat. However, that didn't stop her from going on with her turn. "I summon a monster in defense mode, and switch all my monsters to defense mode."
"Well then, I'll set one card face down, and then I'll set my new monster in defense mode." Panik growled. "And then I'll attack with Masked Beast and destroy your Blue Eyes!" The absurd monster leapt across the field and struck the dragon, shattering it.
Tina drew again and smiled, despite her worn out condition. She set her new card face down and ended her turn, saying nothing.
"I'm growing rather bored." Panik muttered. "I activate Call of the Haunted to revive my Beast of Gilfar, in attack mode." The blue and red demon appeared. "Then I summon my third Demon Soldier in attack mode!" Another shadow creature appeared. "And I'll attack with all three of my monsters! My Masked Beast will destroy your Wingweaver, and other two monsters will attack you directly!"
"I activate a trap card!" Tina shouted.
"Trap card?" Panik shouted in terror.
"Mirror Force!" A bright barrier appeared and absorbed the shock of the Masked Beasts' attack, and then reflected the force back at it and Panik's other monsters, destroying them. "That returns control of the field to me."
"You'd like to think that, wouldn't you!" Panik yelled. "But in truth, you just played directly into my hands!" He grabbed the card from a few turns ago off of the mat and smacked it down with force. "I activate Bargain with a Demon!"
"What does that do?" I asked aloud.
"With this quick-play magic card, I can summon one of the strongest, most deadly monsters in the entire game!" Panik explained.
"So what does my destroying your Masked Beast have to do with this?" Tina asked in shock.
"That card can only be activated when a monster with eight stars is sent to the Graveyard." Kai explained, his eyes narrowed and focused. "And now Panik will summon hi Berserk Dead Dragon." With those last words, Kai's eyes snapped open wide in understanding.
"Is that a bad thing?" Meren asked.
"Does the name 'Berserk Dead Dragon' sound good?" I asked sharply. I turned my attention back to the arena, where a violet cyclone had appeared, spinning violently. As it began to thin, I could make out what looked similar to a Red Eyes Black Dragon, but it was dead and decaying. It had little skin, and what small amount that was left was brown and rotting. The entire monstrosity look more and more like a skeleton with disintegrating fabric draped on poorly. (3500/0)
"Now my Dragon, attack with Blazing Inferno!" The beast reeled back its head, a massive ball of black fire forming in its mouth. It grew to immense sizes before releasing itself, bursting on impact with Tina's field, the explosion covering her entire side of the arena. When the flash was gone, we could see only smoke rising up from the torched ground, and not one monster remaining.
"Wait a minute!" I shouted. "Tina had two monsters in play! Where is the one she had face down?"
"Berserk Dead Dragon can attack all enemy monsters at once." Panik laughed. "The only downside is that I lose 500 attack points each turn. And don't forget, little girl, that my Beast of Gilfar's spirit is still wondering the field. It will condemn your next monster for sure."
"Tina, be careful. That Berserk Dead Dragon changes many of the rules, and isn't going to be easy to beat." I shouted. "But I know you can find a way to beat it."
"He's right Tina, don't give up!" Meren cried to her younger sister.
Tina nodded, but still looked at the dragon, unsure of what to do. She drew her card and smiled, setting it in defense mode, ending her turn.
"Running scared, are we." Panik mocked. "My Dragon may be down to 3000 attack points, but I'm going to change that now." he grinned. "I equipt my Berserk Dead Dragon with Big Bang Shot!" Panik's dragon began to glow a fiery red as it absorbed the power of Panik's new magic card. "Big Bang Shot raises my monsters attack power by 500, and then it allows me to deal damage to you, even when your monster is in defense mode!" The dragons points returned to thirty-five hundred as the red light intensified. "Well then, I think it's time I attacked, Go, Final Flash!" The black flame was of equal proportions, and shattered Tina's monsters, which revealed itself to be her second Man-Eater Bug.
"Big mistake Panik. Now your strongest monster is gone because of my monsters effect." The Bug leapt at Tina, but was stopped short as a man in armor with a fine cape over his shoulders appeared.
"Your big mistake!" Panik laughed. "You overlooked my face down card, Royal Command, which will disarm your flip effect monsters and leave you well open to an attack. Not to mention the sever loss of Life Points you'll suffer now due to my Big Bang Shot magic card!" (LP: 400/3150) "And my dragon still is strong with 3000 attack points."
"Tina..." I heard Meren mutter in fear under her breath. And despite how much I wanted to yell at her, to tell her not to give up, I wanted to give up myself. I felt a tremor of fear run down my spine as I pulled the Exodia piece out of my pouch, as if I expected it to help Tina win. I shook my head in despair. I looked back up to the Duel as Tina drew her next card and set it face down.
"This Duel is over!" Panik laughed with pride. "Berserk Dead Dragon, attack!" The ogre tilted its head back and unleashed yet another blast of fire. This time, however, it was met by Tina's trap card...
"Waboku!" she shouted as the attack was canceled out.
"Why you little...! I'll still destroy you and take that Exodia piece!"
"No you wont." she responded as she drew another card. "I summon Hysteric Fairy, in attack mode." The monster was stall and this, dressed in what appeared to be a purple suit, glasses covering her face, and a text book clutched in her arms. (1800/500)
"What good does that do?" I asked, turning my head to Kai.
"Hysteric Fairy's effect states that if you sacrifice two monsters to her, then she can raise your Life Points by one thousand." he explained.
"Now I'll play the magic card, Scapegoat." Four small, fluffy sheep creatures appeared on Tina's field, each one childish and tranquil. "Now I'll sacrifice all four of my Scapegoats for my Hysteric Fairy's effect." All four of the lambs began to glow and fade away, and with each one Tina's Life Points increased. Soon, all were gone, and Tina recovered slightly.
(LP: 2400/3150)
"I'll not stand for this!" Panik shouted. "I must win!"
"Unfortunately, you wont get much time to do so, as I'll activate my Swords of Revealing Light, freezing your monsters for three turns." Tina said with a smile. A vast array of shining white swords appeared all around Panik's field.
"Fine then." Panik spat. "It doesn't matter much. I'll summon Giant Orc in attack mode, and end my turn." The new monster was gray and obscure. It was tall, but its body was lopsided and broad. The troll held a large club in its hands, and glared at Tina's field in anticipation of destroying. (2200/0).
Tina drew her card and summoned her Witch of the Black Forest in attack mode, as well as setting a card face down.
"That's one turn off of your Swords of Revealing Light. So I'll take my turn and sacrifice Giant Orc," The troll began to glow and cry out in agony before disappearing, being replaced by a monster whose size rivaled the Berserk Dead Dragon. It stood on two massive feet, it's body a royal blue, but most of it was covered in bright pink tendrils, while its head ended it two great horns. "For my Great Beast Gaazetto!" (0/0)
"What kind of a threat is that thing?" I asked aloud.
"When this monster is summoned, its attack points are doubled of the monsters sacrificed to summon it. So that means that Gaazetto's attack points are forty-four hundred! And now, I'm only paralyzed for one more turn. Then my two monsters will destroy you!"
"Actually, you wont." Tina said as she drew her new card. The card began to glow, as did Tina's Crest of Wisdom. The silver light intensified and completely swallowed Tina before fading away. "I'll first play Raigeki." she said, slapping a card from her hand onto the field. Two bolts of white lighting showered down on the field, ripping Panik's two monsters apart. "And I'll use this card, Card of Wisdom."
"Card of Wisdom?" Kai and Panik asked at the same time.
"This card is one of a kind, and going to in it all." Tina began. "Instead of sacrificing amonster, this card allows me to sacrifice five hundred Life Points in place a one monster. So I'll pay 500 points, and I'll summon my Warrior of the Sun!" The monster was dressed in thick round armor, white in color with red flames licking at the trim. Its face was covered in a gold mask, an it held a large sword with massive, curved teeth. (2100/1400). "Now I'll attack your Life Points directly with Warrior of the Sun!" The kachina sword-wielder rushed across the field and slashed at Panik's Life Points, the barrier appearing again to protect him. "Then I'll set one more card, and end my turn."
(LP: 400/1050)
Panik clenched his teeth and growled as he picked a new card up. "Ha!" he shouted with a laugh. "I play Premature Burial to revive my Masked Beast!" The ground on Panik's field began to crack and split at a massive arm reached out, a figure clenched in its fist. It set the monster down before releasing several small tendrils that seeped throughout gray skin. "I pay 800 Life Points, but it's well worth it, and- WAIT!" he shouted. He looked at his monster and realized that it wasn't his Masked Beast at all. It was his Giant Orc! "What...How?" he stammered.
"My trap card." Tina explained. "Shift. It takes any magic card that would specifically target one of our monsters, and then redirect it. So I redirected your Premature Burial to your Giant Orc."
"No!" Panik shook with rage. "And I still lose 800 Life Points because of my card, but I can't finish you off yet." (LP: 400/250) "But still, I can wipe your monster out! Giant Orc, attack!" The troll charged towards Tina's monster, who merely raised his sword and slashed down, breaking the ogre's club and destroying it. "What?"
"Warrior of the Sun's special ability." Tina smiled. "Whenever in battle with a Dark-type monster his attack points will increase by 500, making it 2600 attack points strong. That was enough to both destroy your Orc, as well as what remained of your Life Points."
(LP: 400/0000)
Panik fell to his knees in disbelief as his loss sunk in. His mouth stood agape as he continued to gawk at Tina, until suddenly his attention snapped upward.
"No Master, please. I tried as hard as I could. Don't....Please....No!" His body snapped to a ridged position as a blue light overcame him, its intensity great. When it cleared, Panik's body went limp as he toppled over the side of the arena platform, threataning to crash to the earth.
However, as he neared the ground, a blur of some sort blew past him, grabbing him and landing him safely on the ground.
"That was close." Kai remarked, setting the body down.
"Kai!" Meren shouted, staring in terror at her sister, who also seemed to be threatening to also fall. Kai began to dash across the earth to try and catch her, however, before he could reach her, another blur whizzed by and grabbed her. When it landed, it could be seen that it was a young woman, a few years older than Tina. She set the girls faint body on the ground and then turned towards us.
Her hair was brown, curled and slightly braided. Her eyes appeared to be blue, but it was impossible to determine as her glasses were tinted. Her pants were black, as was her shirt, but her vest was silver, along with her silver cross on a chain.
"Hey Kai, getting a bit distracted, are you?" she said with a grin.
"Not now." the black-haired man responded, matching her smile with a rough, nearly emotionless expression. "Listen Laura, I gotta go take care of something. Tell Yugi I'll be late to the council, but that I do have some useful information." He turned and disappeared behind some trees. Meren and I both turned to face the girl known as Laura.
"Hey!" she smiled warmly. We both nodded back, but neither of us smiling. "Well, it was nice meeting you three. I hope we meet again later. See ya." She waved before pulling a card from her vest and throwing it to the wind. A Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress appeared and swooped down, carrying her away.
"Well," I said, turning to Tina's sleeping body. "That was eventful. And it seems that we've found a place to camp." Meren silently nodded, her eyes closed. I looked slightly closer and noticed the beginnings of tears forming. I looked one last time at Tina before turning and preparing to set up camp.
To Be Continued....
OK people, as always, I've introduced a few new Japanese Cards that have as of yet to be released. So here we go:
Berserk Dead Dragon:Dark/Zombie/8/3500/0 This card can only be Special Summoned by the effect of a [Bargain With a Demon]. This Monster can attack each of your opponent's Monsters on the Field once. During the End Phase of each of your turns, reduce this card's attack strength by 500.
Bargain With A Demon: Instant Magic You can activate this card during a turn in which a level 8 or higher Monster goes from your Field to the Cemetery. Special Summon a [Berserk Dead Dragon] from your hand or deck.
Great Demon Gaazetto: Dark/Fiend/6/0/0 This card's attack strength is double the base attack strength of the Monster sacrificed to Sacrifice Summon this card.
Warrior of the Sun: Light/Warrior/6/2100/1400 When this monster is in play with a Dark main-type monster, raise this monsters attack power by 500 for the Battle Phase.
Card of Wisdom: A card of my own creation. It'll reveal itself over time.