Chapter 4: Deck of Thieves, Part 1

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"I will start this duel!" Paul yelled taking his 6th card. "I summon Glade Dragon! (1800/600)"

Suddenly the dragon burst out of the card and right beside Paul. Paul looked a bit shock by the surprise and Kenta snickered. He pushed his glasses up.

"I told you this duel will be as real as ever. You just gotta keep up with me!" Kenta said.

"Enough! I'm here to win and I'll win! Glade Dragon allows me to sacrifice itself to summon another dragon monster from my deck! Now I'll sacrifice it to summon Blue Eye White Dragon! (3000/2500)" Paul yelled. "I'll then set 2 cards face down and end my turn!"

Kenta watched as Paul placed two cards face down onto the magic and trap card zone. Kenta smiled as he drew his next card. "Now! I'll summon Black Vorse Raider! (1900/600)" He announced. "And in combination with this! Glacier Freeze!"

"What's that do?!" Paul said. Suddenly Blue Eyes White Dragon started to turn into a giant ice sculpture then it broke into pieces.

"Glacier Freeze destroys your monster but instead of it going into your graveyard..." Kenta smiled as the card floated into his grasp. "It goes right into my hand!"

"No...." Paul said.

"Yes! Now Black Vorse Raider attack his life points directly!" Kenta yelled.

The warrior pointed it's sword at Paul and lunged at him. "Not so fast!" Paul yelled. "My two trap cards can protect me!"

"What?!" Kenta said in shock.

"Now I activate Ritual Summoning!" Paul yelled as he flipped his trap card over. "This allows me to summon 1 monster I have that I have more than one! Since I have 3 Lord of Dragons I'll summon that from my hand for the price of destroying my other two Lord of Dragons from my deck!"

"And what will that do!" Kenta said as the warrior appeared onto the field.

"It'll lead me to your destruction!" Paul yelled seeing the sword of The Black Vorse Raider getting closer. "And then I'll activate my other face down card! Flute of Summoning Dragon! Which allows me to summon up to 2 dragon monsters from my hand!"

"No!" Kenta said in shock as Paul held up a card.

"Now I only special summon my second Blue Eyes White Dragon!" Paul yelled placing it on the field. Suddenly the dragon formed behind Paul and blasted a lightning blast at the raider, countering it's attack and reducing Kenta's life points to 2900.

Paul saw Kenta's heart point counter reduce and he smiled. "I guess I can get use to this" He smirked

"Think not! Because my deck is supreme!" Kenta yelled as he set a card face down and ended his turn.

It grew quiet. Paul could end him right now but his face down card must be a trap. Paul drew his next card. "Now! I'll sacrifice Lord of Dragons to summon my Luster Dragon! (2400/1000)" He announced. "And now to end this duel! Blue Eyes White Dragon attack his life points directly!"

"Right into my trap! Now I activate Item Shooter!" Kenta yelled as a giant cannon appeared.

"What the...." Paul said in surprisement as the giant cannon materialized behind Kenta.

"Item Shooter will reduce your life points by half!" Kenta yelled, pointing at him. Suddenly the cannon started to charge and let off a giant yellow beam, passing through Kenta and right at Paul.

Paul screamed as the beam crashed into him, reducing his life points to 2000. "That didn't feel good...." He thought as he put both of his hands on the table and trying to take a breath.

"And Item Shooter also allows me to summon a monster with the same attack as the damage you took which is 2000! Allowing me to summon one of my strong monsters!" Kenta yelled as he took a card from his deck. "Now I summon Great Alchemist! (2000/3650)"

As Kenta placed his card onto the field a man in armor stood up and revealing a giant gun, pointed at Paul. "What the..." Paul said in shock. "What kind of monster is that?!"

"Talk later, I end my turn by playing a card face down" Kenta smiled.

Paul drew his next card. "Fine! I'll place a card face down and play the card which will win me this duel!" Paul yelled holding up a card. "Thunder Bolt!"

"Heh! Now I activate Black Mirror!" Kenta yelled. Suddenly as the thunder bolt lunged at Great Alchemist , a black mirror stood up, deflecting it at Paul's two monsters. "By sacrificing my whole hand I can redirect the magic effect to you!"

Paul watched as Kenta placed his whole hand into the graveyard. "No! My monsters!" Paul thought as the thunder bolt struck them all, destroying them. Paul had no other monster but only a small help trap card. "I'll place a card face down and end my turn"

Kenta drew his next card. "Now I can activate Great Alchemist's special effect!" Kenta yelled.

"And what's that?!" Paul yelled.

"I can give you one card from my hand in exchange for one from yours!" Kenta yelled. "So show em!"

Paul showed him his hand. "Heh a bunch of useless cards... but just in case I'll take your White Dragon Descent" Kenta said snatching it from his hand. "and you can take this, I don't need it for this kind of duel"

Paul took the card and looked at it. "Monster Summoner... Heh" Paul smirked. "But why do you keep taking my cards! What kind of a deck is that!"

"It's one of the newest kinds of decks in this world! You can't defeat the power of my Thief Deck!" Kenta yelled. "And now I'll end you in one strike! Great Alchemist attack his life points directly!"

Paul felt chills down his spine as the Alchemist held it's gun up and shot a yellow sphere, aimed at Paul

----------CARDS PLAYED----------

Glade Dragon: Level 4 1800/600/ Dragon Type / Desc: You may sacrifice this monster when it's face up to special summon a Dragon Type monster from your deck.

Blue Eyes White Dragon: Level 8 / 3000/2500/ Dragon Type.

Black Vorse Raider: Level 4 / 1900/600/ Beast Warrior.

Glacier Freeze: QUICK PLAY MAGIC / Desc: When this card is activated, your opponent must destroy one monster on the field. When that monster is sent to the graveyard it is placed into the your hand.

Ritual Summoning: TRAP / Desc: If you have more than one of the same monster in your deck you can special summon 1 of those monsters from your deck and hand. You must then destroy the rest of those same monsters you just summoned to the graveyard from your hand or deck.

Luster Dragon: Level 6 / 2400/1000/ Dragon Type.

Item Shooter: TRAP / Desc: Lower your opponent's life points by half. Depending on how much life points your opponent lost you may summon a monster with the same amount of attack points or lower as of the damage your opponent took from your deck to the field.

Great Alchemist: Level 8 / 2000/3650/ Warrior Type / Desc: During each of your Standby Phases you may look at your opponent's hand and exchange one card from your hand (Of your choosing) and chose one card from your opponent's hand and place it into yours.

Thunder Bolt: MAGIC / Desc: Destroy all of your opponent's monsters on the field.

Black Mirror: TRAP / Desc: By sacrificing your whole hand you may reverse the effect of a magic or trap card directed to you, to your opponent.