Chapter 52: Fierce Battle: Arise! Black Paladin! Part 2
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The score was tied with 3500 between Kai and Daniel. Kai had summoned a Skillful Black Magician, something bugging Daniel's memory.
Kai had then ended his turn by setting 2 cards face down. Daniel drew his next card. Daniel grinned at the card he had drawn. He then held up a card, Polymerization. He then slid the card, revealing two cards behind it.
"Now! I fuse Baffomet and Gazelle with Polymerization to create Winged Beast, Chimera! (2100/1800)" Daniel announced as the two headed beast materialized onto the field. "Now! Winged Beast, Chimera! Attack Skillful Black Magician now!"
"Reverse trap card!" Kai yelled. "Attack Nullification which will negate your attack and end your battle phase!"
"Ok, I'll set a card face down and end my turn..." Daniel announced.
Kai drew his next card. "Now! I play this magic card, Magic Clock of Destiny!" He announced. "Each turn I can discard a card from my hand to place one Magic Counter on one of my monsters" He said, discarding a card from his hand. Suddenly two black flames appeared over Skillful Black Magician.
"How can you have two? You only gain one..." Daniel said in confusion.
"Ahh, that's where my Skillful Black Magician's own effect takes place. You had to play Polymerization and whenever you play a magic card, my magician will gain a magic counter." Kai grinned. "But now! I summon Death Gremlin! (1600/1800) In defense mode!"
"What's he plan to do with these monsters..." Daniel wondered.
"Now it's time to strike! I activate Pot of Greed, allowing me to draw two cards!" He yelled. "Then I activate this, Direct Assault! Allowing one of my monsters to attack your life points directly!"
"No!" Daniel said, taking a step back.
"Now! Skillful Black Magician! Direct Attack!" Kai yelled, pointing at Daniel. The magician twirled it's long staff in one hand, then came to a violent stop, pointing the staff at Daniel. Suddenly a black lightning blast streamed through the tip right at Daniel.
Daniel's eyes opened wide from the awful feeling from the attack. He fell to his knees, black smoke flying up from him. Daniel's life points now stood at 1600. Kai then ended his turn.
Daniel drew his next card. "Now! I sacrifice Moisture Creature and Winged Beast, Chimera for Buster Blader! (2600/2300)" He announced. "Then I add this! Sword of The Supreme! Increasing my warrior by 1500! (4100/2300)"
Kai smirked. "Reverse magic card, Mystical Space Typhoon!" Kai yelled. "To destroy your Sword of The Supreme!"
Suddenly a whirlwind picked up. The sword flew right out of Buster Blader's hand and exploded. People in the crowd were stumped by Kai's powerful deck. People were fighting over what kind of deck he had.
Daniel groaned. Kai still had a face down card, anything could happen and Daniel didn't want to take chances right now so he ended his turn.
Kai drew his next card but slid it into the graveyard, earning Skillful Black Magician another Magic Counter. The third and final flame of Skillful Black Magician formed above it's head. Then all three black flames started circling, forming into one giant flame, engulfing the magician.
"Now! I'll sacrifice all three of my Magic Counters to special summon this!" Kai yelled, holding up a monster card in his hand. "Black Magician! (2500/2100)"
"Now! Reverse trap card, Enrichment!" Daniel announced as his trap card flipped up. "This will increase my life points by Black Magician's attack points! (D: 4100)"
Kai smirked. "Won't do you good enough! Now I activate my face down magic card! Magician's Cross!" He yelled. "This card increases my Black Magician's attack power by 500! (3000/2100) Now! Black Magician! Attack and destroy his Buster Blader!"
The magician twirled it's staff around and fired a black blast at the warrior, destroying it and leaving Daniel with 3700.
"Crap..." Daniel said.
"Now! Death Gremlin attack his life points directly!" Kai yelled. The gremlin dove at Daniel, swiping him with it's claw. Daniel cried out, falling to his knee. His life points now stood at 2100. "I'll then set a card face down and end my turn."
Daniel drew his next card. It was surprising no one had used their Deck Masters yet. If Daniel was in a tight spot he'd use it but they both didn't know what their Deck Masters did.
Daniel looked at his hand. "There's got to be a way to get to his life points...." He thought. "Every face down card he plays is something that brings me down, each time..."
Kai looked at Daniel, waiting patiently. "He needs to give me his best shot..." He thought.
"Now! I summon X Head Dragon in attack mode! (1800/1500)" He announced. "Then I use this! Weak Attacker which will decrease X Head Cannon's attack by half but allows it to attack your life points directly. Now! X Head Cannon! Direct attack! (900/1500)"
The machine aimed it's cannons at Kai and fired two missiles. Kai gasped as the missiles hit his chest. Kai bent over, clutching his chest. His life points now stood at 2600.
Daniel then ended his turn, after placing a card face down. Kai drew his next card and smiled. "Now! It's time to show you what I really can do!" He said. "I activate monster reborn to bring back your Buster Blader (2600/2300) onto my side of the field"
"What?! Why would he do that?!" Daniel said in a mix of confusion and shock.
"Now! I play Polymerization!" Kai yelled. Suddenly a giant whirlwind of purple and gold came up, taking in both Buster Blader and Black Magician. Then the whirl wind disburst of different colors, revealing the tall warrior magician type monster. "I create... The Black Paladin! (2900/2400 +500)"
The warrior had Buster Blader's long sword mixed into Black Magician's staff. It's armor was like Buster Blader's but it's clothes were like Black Magician.
Daniel looked in amazement at the magician. "Wow..." Daniel said out loud.
"Now! Black Paladin! Destroy his X Head Cannon!" Kai yelled.
"Err... Reverse trap card!" Daniel yelled. "Magic Arm Shield!"
Suddenly a shield materialized infront of X Head Cannon and a long arm popped out, grabbing Skillful Black Magician and putting it in Black Paladin's way.
"No!" Kai yelled out. The Black Paladin rose it's staff into the air, launching a giant black glowing orb at it. As it stunned the Skillful Black Magician, the Black Paladin jumped up, striking Kai's monster with it's staff.
The monster instantly was destroyed and Kai's life points reduced to 1400. Kai then ended his turn, with a card face down.
Daniel drew his next card and smiled. "Now! I summon Z Metal Caterpillar! (1500/1600)" He announced as the machine materialized onto the field. "Now I'll sacrifice X Head Cannon and Z Metal Caterpillar to summon XZ Caterpillar Cannon! (2400/2100)"
"Great, things might be turning around now!" Mink thought.
"Then I place two cards face down and end my turn" Daniel announced.
Kai drew his next card. "Now! I summon Virus Infecting Cannon! (100/100)" He announced. "Now! Virus Infecting Cannon, attack his XZ Caterpillar Cannon!"
Daniel had a worried look on his face. The Virus Infecting Cannon was a way weaker monster and Kai just announced an attack. Suddenly the cannon launched a spiked purple pod. It slammed into XZ Caterpillar Cannon, causing it to break open and spread more pods. Daniel covered himself as the virus attacked him directly. Daniel's life points reduced to 900.
Suddenly Kai's Virus Infecting Cannon exploded. "What kind of monster was that?" Daniel said, brushing off the left over viruses off of him.
"My Virus Infecting Cannon can attack one of your monsters and decrease your life points by half of my target, but I don't take damage at all." Kai said.
Daniel and Kai stared each other down. It was a really tough battle for Daniel. He couldn't keep up with his power. It might have seemed Kai was already winning.
-----------CARDS PLAYED----------
Winged Beast, Chimera: Level 6 / 2100/1800/ Fusion / Beast Type / Desc: The King of Mythical Beasts, Gazelle + Baffomet. When this card is destroyed, you may Special Summon 1 "The King of Mythical Beasts, Gazelle" or "Baffomet" from your graveyard to the field. (Chose either face up attack mode or face up defense mode.)
Magic Clock of Destiny: PERMAMENT MAGIC / Desc: During each Standby Phase, discard one card from your hand to place 1 Magic Counter on 1 monster on the field.
Death Gremlin: Level 4 / 1600/1800/ Demon Type / Desc: FLIP: Choose 1 card in your Cemetery and shuffle it into your deck.
Buster Blader: Level 6 / 2600/2300 / Warrior Type / Desc: This monster gains 500 attack points for every Dragon Type monster on your opponent's field or in their graveyard.
Sword of The Supreme: EQUIP MAGIC / Desc: Increase 1 warrior type monster's attack points by 1500.
Black Magician: Level 7 / 2500/2100/ Spellcaster Type.
Magician's Cross: EQUIP MAGIC / Desc: Increase 1 Spellcaster Type monster's attack by 500.
Enrichment: TRAP / Desc: Increase your life points by the total amount of one monster's attack points on your opponent's side of the field.
Magician's Cross: EQUIP MAGIC / Desc: A Spellcaster Type monster equipped with this card gains 500 attack points. Any monster destroyed by the monster equipped with this is put into your graveyard instead of your opponent's.
Weak Attacker: MAGIC / Desc: Decrease all your monster's attack points by half. Each monster may then attack your opponent's life points directly during only one battle phase.
Black Paladin: Level 8 / 2900/2400/ Fusion / Spellcaster Type / Desc: Black Magician + Buster Blader. This monster can only be summoned by Fusion Summon. As long as this card remains on the field, you can discard one card from your hand to negate the activation of a Magic Card and destroy it. This card's attack points increase by 500 for every Dragon Type monster in either player's field or graveyard.
Z Metal Caterpillar: Level 4 / 1500/1600/ Machine Type / Desc: This monster can equip to "X Head Cannon" and increase it's attack power by 600.
XZ Caterpillar Cannon: Level 6 / 2400/2100/ Fusion / Machine Type / Desc: X- Head Cannon + Z-Metal Caterpillar. This monster can only be Special Summoned by removing from play the above monsters on your side of the field. You do not use "Polymerization" to Special Summon this monster from your Fusion Deck. Discard 1 card from your hand to destroy 1 face-down Magic Card or Trap Card on your opponent's side of the Field.
Virus Infecting Cannon: Level 1 / 100/100/ Machine Type / Desc: When this monster attacks one of your opponent's monsters, destroy this monster and negate battle damage. Decrease your opponent's life points by half of the attack target's attack points. You must then end your battle phase.
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The score was tied with 3500 between Kai and Daniel. Kai had summoned a Skillful Black Magician, something bugging Daniel's memory.
Kai had then ended his turn by setting 2 cards face down. Daniel drew his next card. Daniel grinned at the card he had drawn. He then held up a card, Polymerization. He then slid the card, revealing two cards behind it.
"Now! I fuse Baffomet and Gazelle with Polymerization to create Winged Beast, Chimera! (2100/1800)" Daniel announced as the two headed beast materialized onto the field. "Now! Winged Beast, Chimera! Attack Skillful Black Magician now!"
"Reverse trap card!" Kai yelled. "Attack Nullification which will negate your attack and end your battle phase!"
"Ok, I'll set a card face down and end my turn..." Daniel announced.
Kai drew his next card. "Now! I play this magic card, Magic Clock of Destiny!" He announced. "Each turn I can discard a card from my hand to place one Magic Counter on one of my monsters" He said, discarding a card from his hand. Suddenly two black flames appeared over Skillful Black Magician.
"How can you have two? You only gain one..." Daniel said in confusion.
"Ahh, that's where my Skillful Black Magician's own effect takes place. You had to play Polymerization and whenever you play a magic card, my magician will gain a magic counter." Kai grinned. "But now! I summon Death Gremlin! (1600/1800) In defense mode!"
"What's he plan to do with these monsters..." Daniel wondered.
"Now it's time to strike! I activate Pot of Greed, allowing me to draw two cards!" He yelled. "Then I activate this, Direct Assault! Allowing one of my monsters to attack your life points directly!"
"No!" Daniel said, taking a step back.
"Now! Skillful Black Magician! Direct Attack!" Kai yelled, pointing at Daniel. The magician twirled it's long staff in one hand, then came to a violent stop, pointing the staff at Daniel. Suddenly a black lightning blast streamed through the tip right at Daniel.
Daniel's eyes opened wide from the awful feeling from the attack. He fell to his knees, black smoke flying up from him. Daniel's life points now stood at 1600. Kai then ended his turn.
Daniel drew his next card. "Now! I sacrifice Moisture Creature and Winged Beast, Chimera for Buster Blader! (2600/2300)" He announced. "Then I add this! Sword of The Supreme! Increasing my warrior by 1500! (4100/2300)"
Kai smirked. "Reverse magic card, Mystical Space Typhoon!" Kai yelled. "To destroy your Sword of The Supreme!"
Suddenly a whirlwind picked up. The sword flew right out of Buster Blader's hand and exploded. People in the crowd were stumped by Kai's powerful deck. People were fighting over what kind of deck he had.
Daniel groaned. Kai still had a face down card, anything could happen and Daniel didn't want to take chances right now so he ended his turn.
Kai drew his next card but slid it into the graveyard, earning Skillful Black Magician another Magic Counter. The third and final flame of Skillful Black Magician formed above it's head. Then all three black flames started circling, forming into one giant flame, engulfing the magician.
"Now! I'll sacrifice all three of my Magic Counters to special summon this!" Kai yelled, holding up a monster card in his hand. "Black Magician! (2500/2100)"
"Now! Reverse trap card, Enrichment!" Daniel announced as his trap card flipped up. "This will increase my life points by Black Magician's attack points! (D: 4100)"
Kai smirked. "Won't do you good enough! Now I activate my face down magic card! Magician's Cross!" He yelled. "This card increases my Black Magician's attack power by 500! (3000/2100) Now! Black Magician! Attack and destroy his Buster Blader!"
The magician twirled it's staff around and fired a black blast at the warrior, destroying it and leaving Daniel with 3700.
"Crap..." Daniel said.
"Now! Death Gremlin attack his life points directly!" Kai yelled. The gremlin dove at Daniel, swiping him with it's claw. Daniel cried out, falling to his knee. His life points now stood at 2100. "I'll then set a card face down and end my turn."
Daniel drew his next card. It was surprising no one had used their Deck Masters yet. If Daniel was in a tight spot he'd use it but they both didn't know what their Deck Masters did.
Daniel looked at his hand. "There's got to be a way to get to his life points...." He thought. "Every face down card he plays is something that brings me down, each time..."
Kai looked at Daniel, waiting patiently. "He needs to give me his best shot..." He thought.
"Now! I summon X Head Dragon in attack mode! (1800/1500)" He announced. "Then I use this! Weak Attacker which will decrease X Head Cannon's attack by half but allows it to attack your life points directly. Now! X Head Cannon! Direct attack! (900/1500)"
The machine aimed it's cannons at Kai and fired two missiles. Kai gasped as the missiles hit his chest. Kai bent over, clutching his chest. His life points now stood at 2600.
Daniel then ended his turn, after placing a card face down. Kai drew his next card and smiled. "Now! It's time to show you what I really can do!" He said. "I activate monster reborn to bring back your Buster Blader (2600/2300) onto my side of the field"
"What?! Why would he do that?!" Daniel said in a mix of confusion and shock.
"Now! I play Polymerization!" Kai yelled. Suddenly a giant whirlwind of purple and gold came up, taking in both Buster Blader and Black Magician. Then the whirl wind disburst of different colors, revealing the tall warrior magician type monster. "I create... The Black Paladin! (2900/2400 +500)"
The warrior had Buster Blader's long sword mixed into Black Magician's staff. It's armor was like Buster Blader's but it's clothes were like Black Magician.
Daniel looked in amazement at the magician. "Wow..." Daniel said out loud.
"Now! Black Paladin! Destroy his X Head Cannon!" Kai yelled.
"Err... Reverse trap card!" Daniel yelled. "Magic Arm Shield!"
Suddenly a shield materialized infront of X Head Cannon and a long arm popped out, grabbing Skillful Black Magician and putting it in Black Paladin's way.
"No!" Kai yelled out. The Black Paladin rose it's staff into the air, launching a giant black glowing orb at it. As it stunned the Skillful Black Magician, the Black Paladin jumped up, striking Kai's monster with it's staff.
The monster instantly was destroyed and Kai's life points reduced to 1400. Kai then ended his turn, with a card face down.
Daniel drew his next card and smiled. "Now! I summon Z Metal Caterpillar! (1500/1600)" He announced as the machine materialized onto the field. "Now I'll sacrifice X Head Cannon and Z Metal Caterpillar to summon XZ Caterpillar Cannon! (2400/2100)"
"Great, things might be turning around now!" Mink thought.
"Then I place two cards face down and end my turn" Daniel announced.
Kai drew his next card. "Now! I summon Virus Infecting Cannon! (100/100)" He announced. "Now! Virus Infecting Cannon, attack his XZ Caterpillar Cannon!"
Daniel had a worried look on his face. The Virus Infecting Cannon was a way weaker monster and Kai just announced an attack. Suddenly the cannon launched a spiked purple pod. It slammed into XZ Caterpillar Cannon, causing it to break open and spread more pods. Daniel covered himself as the virus attacked him directly. Daniel's life points reduced to 900.
Suddenly Kai's Virus Infecting Cannon exploded. "What kind of monster was that?" Daniel said, brushing off the left over viruses off of him.
"My Virus Infecting Cannon can attack one of your monsters and decrease your life points by half of my target, but I don't take damage at all." Kai said.
Daniel and Kai stared each other down. It was a really tough battle for Daniel. He couldn't keep up with his power. It might have seemed Kai was already winning.
-----------CARDS PLAYED----------
Winged Beast, Chimera: Level 6 / 2100/1800/ Fusion / Beast Type / Desc: The King of Mythical Beasts, Gazelle + Baffomet. When this card is destroyed, you may Special Summon 1 "The King of Mythical Beasts, Gazelle" or "Baffomet" from your graveyard to the field. (Chose either face up attack mode or face up defense mode.)
Magic Clock of Destiny: PERMAMENT MAGIC / Desc: During each Standby Phase, discard one card from your hand to place 1 Magic Counter on 1 monster on the field.
Death Gremlin: Level 4 / 1600/1800/ Demon Type / Desc: FLIP: Choose 1 card in your Cemetery and shuffle it into your deck.
Buster Blader: Level 6 / 2600/2300 / Warrior Type / Desc: This monster gains 500 attack points for every Dragon Type monster on your opponent's field or in their graveyard.
Sword of The Supreme: EQUIP MAGIC / Desc: Increase 1 warrior type monster's attack points by 1500.
Black Magician: Level 7 / 2500/2100/ Spellcaster Type.
Magician's Cross: EQUIP MAGIC / Desc: Increase 1 Spellcaster Type monster's attack by 500.
Enrichment: TRAP / Desc: Increase your life points by the total amount of one monster's attack points on your opponent's side of the field.
Magician's Cross: EQUIP MAGIC / Desc: A Spellcaster Type monster equipped with this card gains 500 attack points. Any monster destroyed by the monster equipped with this is put into your graveyard instead of your opponent's.
Weak Attacker: MAGIC / Desc: Decrease all your monster's attack points by half. Each monster may then attack your opponent's life points directly during only one battle phase.
Black Paladin: Level 8 / 2900/2400/ Fusion / Spellcaster Type / Desc: Black Magician + Buster Blader. This monster can only be summoned by Fusion Summon. As long as this card remains on the field, you can discard one card from your hand to negate the activation of a Magic Card and destroy it. This card's attack points increase by 500 for every Dragon Type monster in either player's field or graveyard.
Z Metal Caterpillar: Level 4 / 1500/1600/ Machine Type / Desc: This monster can equip to "X Head Cannon" and increase it's attack power by 600.
XZ Caterpillar Cannon: Level 6 / 2400/2100/ Fusion / Machine Type / Desc: X- Head Cannon + Z-Metal Caterpillar. This monster can only be Special Summoned by removing from play the above monsters on your side of the field. You do not use "Polymerization" to Special Summon this monster from your Fusion Deck. Discard 1 card from your hand to destroy 1 face-down Magic Card or Trap Card on your opponent's side of the Field.
Virus Infecting Cannon: Level 1 / 100/100/ Machine Type / Desc: When this monster attacks one of your opponent's monsters, destroy this monster and negate battle damage. Decrease your opponent's life points by half of the attack target's attack points. You must then end your battle phase.