Part XXIII: the Machine who challenged Darkness.
-"Right. my turn. it's time to crush that Stephan guy"- while saying this, Xavier Knight stood up and looked at the huge metal door which was blocking the way to the duel arena "this should open right now" just as Knight was saying this, the door opened.
Knight entered the arena. His opponent was already in the field. Waiting. "I am unlucky, we could say. I am facing Duelist's Kingdom champion in the first round" those were his first words "well. I see that you see things from the realistic point of view." -Knight replied- "of course, that's relative. if I finish you, everybody will see how did I, Stephan Hawke, beat the number 1 duelist in Battle City." "shut up and let's start, Stephan. there are a lot of duels to play apart from this one, and I want to crush Ryo as soon as possible!" Knight yelled at Stephan "of course.let's start", Stephan said while putting his deck in the field
"Mech-Chaser, How about you?"
"My card is Red-Eyes Black Dragon, meaning that I take the first turn" Knight drew his first 6 cards and looked at his hand. The huge figure of Lord of Darkness was there. "right, I'll set two m/t and put a monster in face-down defense position, end turn".
"Now, you'll see the power of my machine deck. I play Oni Tank (1400) in attack position and also set two m/t as you did. Now, Oni Tank. blast his monster" The weird-looking goblin tank aimed at the hologram of the card in Knight's field and shot. the missile hit the card but.
"Activate the effect of Man Eater Bug" Knight said, "this will destroy your little tank", the goblins in the tank were being devoured by a huge bug who had appeared from the card. It ate all the crew and disappeared, along with the tank "now, as you have finished, I play the new monster I just added for the Tournament, Servant of the Black Dragon (1800/1200)" the field started to glow. the figure of an human shaped warrior, with dragon wings and long claws appeared" now, Servant of the Black Dragon, Draconian Claw!
"Wait, wait , wait. do you think I am that stupid? Activate Negate Attack!" "no way, I'll just chain with Seven Tools of the Bandit, paying 1000 LPs to remove 1800 from you" -A barrier appeared in the way of the Servant, but he slashed thought with his claws and jumped at Stephan (K.7000-S.6200)
"Darn it. all right, here I go" -said Stephan drawing a card- "Well, well. this starts to be better... I play NanoAttacker 36Z (500/0)! this little machine isn't exactly a monster. see? I'll put it in a m/t place. I can use this card to attack your points directly and make you discard a random card! However, I cannot defend myself with it, and it is vulnerable to m/t removal. but, NanoAttacker! Go! Nothing happened on the field, however. Knight's field changed, and the message "discard Lord of Darkness" appeared (K.6500-S.6200)
"What the hell?"-Knight said "Oh. sorry, Nanoattacker is so little that Kaiba Corp didn't make a hologram for him, well. your turn."
"You are really going to pay for this one, Stephan."-said Knight while putting his Lord of Darkness in the graveyard and drawing a card "That was a bad move, Stephan! I tribute my monster for Red-Eyes Black Dragon, using his special ability!"-The body of the dragon warrior started exploded, liberating the huge Red-Eyes Black Dragon. "Now, Red-Eyes! Attack!" "too bad I activate my own trap, called Gravity Bind, stopping your monster's attack" -Stephan said calmly "darn it.all right, I'll set another two cards and end my turn"-Knight concluded
"Now that you have finished, I play another Nanoattacker, and attack you with both, making you discard the card on your hand and taking 1000 more LP from you"(K.5500-S.6200)
"this isn't going good at all"-Knight thought after he discarded his Snake Eyes - "if I don't get something to finish that machines, I am dead meat" Knight drew his card and looked at it "I'll set another m/t in the field"
"Perfect, I set a monster and now, Nanoattackers! Do your job!-Stephan yelled as Knight lost another 1000 Lp (K.4500-S.6200) Knight drew again "all right, I play Shadow of the Void in attack position" The shadow of an human, small compared to the enormous Red-Eyes at his side appeared "too bad it has got 4 stars, Knight, you can't attack with it, now in my turn. perfect! I drew the third Nanoattacker, so I'll just put it there along with the other two and attack you again! (K.3000-S.6200)
Knight drew another card and looked at it. "I play Pot of Greed" Knight declared and drew two more cards "just what I need! Harpie's Feather Duster!" Stephan's field started to glow. all the cards in the m/t positions vanished "I've got you! Shadow if the Void! Attack!" The face- down card of Stephan revealed an human-like golem for a moment before the shadow engulfed it and grew bigger. (atk.1900) and now, Red-Eyes Black Dragon! ATTACK!" The enormous figure of the dragon shot a huge fireball at Stephan who ducked when he saw it coming (K.3000-S.3800)
"I am still on the lead, Knight!" he said, now, in my turn, I'll get rid of that monsters: Graceful Charity! I'll discard Bat and Barrel Dragon and now play this card! Ultima Repair Center! This card allows me to raise a machine from my graveyard with a boost of 500 attack points! And I choose Barrel Dragon" The rests of a rusted huge machine appeared on the field.. They started to glow, and soon, the shape of a dragon-looking machine wielding three enormous cannons appeared (3100) "Activate special Ability, Tri Cannon Shoot!" Three coins appeared above the dragon. the three were heads.the dragon aimed at the red eyes and blasted it, not even a teeth remained "now, my monster, Machine Gun Frenzy! The Shadow soon was covered in holes and disappeared (K.1800-S.3800)
"HA! Your deck cannot do anything against my Barrel Dragon!! (hehe. and with the Stop Defense card I have got in my hand, this is your end, your next turn will be your last!)
Knight drew his card, silently. "(right. this is. hey! It is. perfect!)All right, Stephan. I set a monster. That's all. "end of game, Knight! Stop defense! "Activate Man-Eater Bug's effect, destroy the Barrel Dragon!" the great machine couldn't do anything but watch when one of this monsters entered its cannon and shattered it from inside; the Bug jumped back at Knight's field "Curse you, Knight! But at least I'll leave you almost without LPs! Mechanical Chaser in attack position and attack your man Eater Bug!" The bug was soon stroke by a huge metal lance which was wielded by the strange robot and disappeared (K.400-S.3800)
Knight drew."that was your last move, Stephan. You were so careless with that move. you have left your LPs open to my attacks! Get ready to lose! I activate the card I set a few turns ago: Monster Reborn! And bring back the mighty Lord of Darkness!" The dark warrior appeared on Knight's field. his dark sword ready to cut thought anything. Knight smiled., "and now, get ready to lose! I set this cards not to lose them from your Nanos, and it went good! Activate Polymerization! Lord of Darkness and Red-Eyes Black Dragon! FUSE!" The Lord of Darkness jumped high and landed on the neck of the Red-Eyes Black Dragon. His Sword disappeared and was replaced by a Black Lance. the mighty dragon rose and raced to the Chaser, the huge jaws of the dragon closed. (K.400-S.2750)
"That's not enough, Knight!! Now, in my turn.WHAT THE????" the dragon was ready to attack again. the Lord of Darkness smiled too. the Red-Eyes Black Dragon took off and raced thought Stephan, the evil figure above it wielded his lance. if it had been real, it would have hit Stephan's heart. (S.0) "I just used my last card, Dark Berserker"-Knight finished, "now, hand me your Barrel Dragon"
Stephan got down the field and gave the card to Knight "good duel"-he muttered- "boss was right about you, I shall take my leave now"
Next chapter: Power of the Millennium Eye! Pegasus vs. Mako!
-"Right. my turn. it's time to crush that Stephan guy"- while saying this, Xavier Knight stood up and looked at the huge metal door which was blocking the way to the duel arena "this should open right now" just as Knight was saying this, the door opened.
Knight entered the arena. His opponent was already in the field. Waiting. "I am unlucky, we could say. I am facing Duelist's Kingdom champion in the first round" those were his first words "well. I see that you see things from the realistic point of view." -Knight replied- "of course, that's relative. if I finish you, everybody will see how did I, Stephan Hawke, beat the number 1 duelist in Battle City." "shut up and let's start, Stephan. there are a lot of duels to play apart from this one, and I want to crush Ryo as soon as possible!" Knight yelled at Stephan "of course.let's start", Stephan said while putting his deck in the field
"Mech-Chaser, How about you?"
"My card is Red-Eyes Black Dragon, meaning that I take the first turn" Knight drew his first 6 cards and looked at his hand. The huge figure of Lord of Darkness was there. "right, I'll set two m/t and put a monster in face-down defense position, end turn".
"Now, you'll see the power of my machine deck. I play Oni Tank (1400) in attack position and also set two m/t as you did. Now, Oni Tank. blast his monster" The weird-looking goblin tank aimed at the hologram of the card in Knight's field and shot. the missile hit the card but.
"Activate the effect of Man Eater Bug" Knight said, "this will destroy your little tank", the goblins in the tank were being devoured by a huge bug who had appeared from the card. It ate all the crew and disappeared, along with the tank "now, as you have finished, I play the new monster I just added for the Tournament, Servant of the Black Dragon (1800/1200)" the field started to glow. the figure of an human shaped warrior, with dragon wings and long claws appeared" now, Servant of the Black Dragon, Draconian Claw!
"Wait, wait , wait. do you think I am that stupid? Activate Negate Attack!" "no way, I'll just chain with Seven Tools of the Bandit, paying 1000 LPs to remove 1800 from you" -A barrier appeared in the way of the Servant, but he slashed thought with his claws and jumped at Stephan (K.7000-S.6200)
"Darn it. all right, here I go" -said Stephan drawing a card- "Well, well. this starts to be better... I play NanoAttacker 36Z (500/0)! this little machine isn't exactly a monster. see? I'll put it in a m/t place. I can use this card to attack your points directly and make you discard a random card! However, I cannot defend myself with it, and it is vulnerable to m/t removal. but, NanoAttacker! Go! Nothing happened on the field, however. Knight's field changed, and the message "discard Lord of Darkness" appeared (K.6500-S.6200)
"What the hell?"-Knight said "Oh. sorry, Nanoattacker is so little that Kaiba Corp didn't make a hologram for him, well. your turn."
"You are really going to pay for this one, Stephan."-said Knight while putting his Lord of Darkness in the graveyard and drawing a card "That was a bad move, Stephan! I tribute my monster for Red-Eyes Black Dragon, using his special ability!"-The body of the dragon warrior started exploded, liberating the huge Red-Eyes Black Dragon. "Now, Red-Eyes! Attack!" "too bad I activate my own trap, called Gravity Bind, stopping your monster's attack" -Stephan said calmly "darn it.all right, I'll set another two cards and end my turn"-Knight concluded
"Now that you have finished, I play another Nanoattacker, and attack you with both, making you discard the card on your hand and taking 1000 more LP from you"(K.5500-S.6200)
"this isn't going good at all"-Knight thought after he discarded his Snake Eyes - "if I don't get something to finish that machines, I am dead meat" Knight drew his card and looked at it "I'll set another m/t in the field"
"Perfect, I set a monster and now, Nanoattackers! Do your job!-Stephan yelled as Knight lost another 1000 Lp (K.4500-S.6200) Knight drew again "all right, I play Shadow of the Void in attack position" The shadow of an human, small compared to the enormous Red-Eyes at his side appeared "too bad it has got 4 stars, Knight, you can't attack with it, now in my turn. perfect! I drew the third Nanoattacker, so I'll just put it there along with the other two and attack you again! (K.3000-S.6200)
Knight drew another card and looked at it. "I play Pot of Greed" Knight declared and drew two more cards "just what I need! Harpie's Feather Duster!" Stephan's field started to glow. all the cards in the m/t positions vanished "I've got you! Shadow if the Void! Attack!" The face- down card of Stephan revealed an human-like golem for a moment before the shadow engulfed it and grew bigger. (atk.1900) and now, Red-Eyes Black Dragon! ATTACK!" The enormous figure of the dragon shot a huge fireball at Stephan who ducked when he saw it coming (K.3000-S.3800)
"I am still on the lead, Knight!" he said, now, in my turn, I'll get rid of that monsters: Graceful Charity! I'll discard Bat and Barrel Dragon and now play this card! Ultima Repair Center! This card allows me to raise a machine from my graveyard with a boost of 500 attack points! And I choose Barrel Dragon" The rests of a rusted huge machine appeared on the field.. They started to glow, and soon, the shape of a dragon-looking machine wielding three enormous cannons appeared (3100) "Activate special Ability, Tri Cannon Shoot!" Three coins appeared above the dragon. the three were heads.the dragon aimed at the red eyes and blasted it, not even a teeth remained "now, my monster, Machine Gun Frenzy! The Shadow soon was covered in holes and disappeared (K.1800-S.3800)
"HA! Your deck cannot do anything against my Barrel Dragon!! (hehe. and with the Stop Defense card I have got in my hand, this is your end, your next turn will be your last!)
Knight drew his card, silently. "(right. this is. hey! It is. perfect!)All right, Stephan. I set a monster. That's all. "end of game, Knight! Stop defense! "Activate Man-Eater Bug's effect, destroy the Barrel Dragon!" the great machine couldn't do anything but watch when one of this monsters entered its cannon and shattered it from inside; the Bug jumped back at Knight's field "Curse you, Knight! But at least I'll leave you almost without LPs! Mechanical Chaser in attack position and attack your man Eater Bug!" The bug was soon stroke by a huge metal lance which was wielded by the strange robot and disappeared (K.400-S.3800)
Knight drew."that was your last move, Stephan. You were so careless with that move. you have left your LPs open to my attacks! Get ready to lose! I activate the card I set a few turns ago: Monster Reborn! And bring back the mighty Lord of Darkness!" The dark warrior appeared on Knight's field. his dark sword ready to cut thought anything. Knight smiled., "and now, get ready to lose! I set this cards not to lose them from your Nanos, and it went good! Activate Polymerization! Lord of Darkness and Red-Eyes Black Dragon! FUSE!" The Lord of Darkness jumped high and landed on the neck of the Red-Eyes Black Dragon. His Sword disappeared and was replaced by a Black Lance. the mighty dragon rose and raced to the Chaser, the huge jaws of the dragon closed. (K.400-S.2750)
"That's not enough, Knight!! Now, in my turn.WHAT THE????" the dragon was ready to attack again. the Lord of Darkness smiled too. the Red-Eyes Black Dragon took off and raced thought Stephan, the evil figure above it wielded his lance. if it had been real, it would have hit Stephan's heart. (S.0) "I just used my last card, Dark Berserker"-Knight finished, "now, hand me your Barrel Dragon"
Stephan got down the field and gave the card to Knight "good duel"-he muttered- "boss was right about you, I shall take my leave now"
Next chapter: Power of the Millennium Eye! Pegasus vs. Mako!