Chapter 93: Plan of Action.

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The score was Paul: 3800 and The Hunter: 400. Paul's dueling advantage started to go down as the hunter unleashed a new Orichalcos card, Star of Orichalcos which blinds him from seeing anything the hunter plays and allows the owner to play up to 10 magic or trap cards.

"Now! I summon this monster, Catalym! (1800/1200 +700)" The hunter announced. Paul groaned, not seeing what he had played or what it's attack points were. "Now! Attack and destroy his Kaizer Seahorse!"

The warrior dove up, slashing the Kaizer Seahorse into two and reducing Paul's life points to 3000. The hunter then ended his turn.

Paul drew his next card, luckily he could see his own cards. "Now! I summon Blade Knight! (1600/1000 +400)" He announced. "And since I only have one card in my hand, Blade Knight gains 400 attack! (2000/1000)"

"So, it doesn't make a difference!" The hunter laughed.

"Yes it does! Because now I play this magic card! Oath To The World!" Paul yelled, placing the card on the field as the Star of Orichalcos was glowing on his forehead. "I'll play it in combination with my face down card, Jar of Greed allowing me to draw a card!"

As the sword began to lower from the sky, Paul held up a card. "No! I can't lose!" The hunter said in shock.

"Now! I summon Sapphire Dragon! (1900/1000)" Paul yelled. The sword reached the ground and Nameless Warrior appeared, grabbing the sword, and pointing it to Paul's forehead. Suddenly a beam shot out, destroying the Star Of Orichalcos. "Now! I fuse Nameless Warrior with Blade Knight!"

Suddenly the two warriors started to fuse together, forming another sword. "What is that!" The hunter said in shock.

"I have created Diamond Back Blade! This will equip to Sapphire Dragon, increasing it's attack by how much Blade Knight had!" Paul yelled as Sapphire Dragon gripped the sword, increasing it's attack points to 3900. Paul could finally see what his monster was. A mere weak warrior. "Now! Sapphire Dragon attack it with the Diamond Back Blade!"

The dragon swooped at Catalym, swiping it with it's sword and destroying it. The hunter let out a cry as his life points reduced to 0. The seal began to shrink around him, taking his soul away. Paul fell to his knee, panting. That Star of Orichalcos nearly wiped out all his energy.

The holograms shut down and he slowly dragged himself to the lifeless body, taking the device, and pressing the button. The docks slowly moved back to surface and Paul got into his car, stopping for a breather.

He called to Devon's apartment and Devon answered. "Yeah?" He said in a sleepy voice.

"Give me Dan..." Paul said.

"Yeah hold on." Devon groaned. He came to Daniel, woke him up, and gave him the phone.

"Daniel... We have a new problem on our hands." Paul said.

Suddenly Daniel felt wide awake. "What happened?" Daniel asked nervously, knowing something might have happened to Paul.

"This guy seemed to be part of a clan. He forced me out here and used some sort of magic card against me, called the Star of Orichalcos." Paul said. "I don't think The Orichalcos Arrow can beat it but the three warriors we all have can. Just you guys becareful."

"Right, we'll talk tomorrow, right?" Daniel asked.

"Don't think so. I have a lot of work to wrap up." Paul said, hanging up the phone.

Daniel sighed, also hanging up the phone and going back to bed.

Morning rose and it was a hot one. Everyone slowly came to awake. Devon invited everyone to the cafe for breakfast. As they sat around Daniel told them what Paul had to say.

"Well how are we going to deal with it! We don't even have our warrior thingies." Mink growled, sipping coffee.

"We'll be there to help." Allen said cheerfully.

"Oh I feel so well protected." Jess said sarcastically. "Besides we don't even know what we're up against."

"We'll face it like we've always done. We've been so successful on our journeys why should we back down?" Daniel said.

"I don't have a good feeling about this, Dan. It's been long but I can't afford a loss. I just feel it..." Mink sighed.

"Did you hear that! They're on another journey!" A girl said, from a couple tables down. "Those stinking brats. I'm glad that Danny lost his side of King of Games."

"What do you expect to get it?" Another girl asked.

"I should be queen of games." The girl growled.

"Well, Lainy dear. You won't accomplish it if you just be all pouty." Yoko laughed.

"What do you know, they have a grudge against you." Lain said.

"Oh shut up and drink your coffee. I paid good money for this stuff." Yoko said.

"Here you guys." Devon said pushing a cell phone into the middle of the table. "I have work and I need to be there in a few minutes. You guys can explore the city. I'll call you guys and pick you up when I'm done."

"Thanks Dev, thanks for everything!" Jess smiled as they all said bye and Devon walked off back into his car.

Yoko and Laine also had disappeared. "Come on, there's a sale in the mall that I HAVE to go to!" Lain said, pulling Yoko across the street.

"No! We're going to get killed in the road!" Yoko said as she was dragged into the middle of the street. Suddenly a car came to a screeching hault infront of them. "See!"

"We're not dead, stupid" Lain sassed.

"Yoko?" Devon said, looking out the window.

"Devon!" Yoko said.

"You know this guy?" Lain said.

"Yeah we use to be employees at a job." Yoko said.

"You guys need a ride?" Devon asked. They both got in. "What are you doing in America?"

"Vacation. Japan is just too boring for me so I came back here^^" Yoko said smiling.

"Hey you wouldn't know what those jerks are doing here do you?" Lain complained.

"Oh Dan? He's here for a vacation too. This is all turning out to be a weird coincidence." Devon said. "And what a day it's been."

"I'll say." Lain smiled.

"Here's our stop." Yoko pointed out. Devon stopped and they both got out. "Thanks for the ride!"

"The beach? Why here?!" Lain complained.

"Because I just got a plan." Yoko smiled. "If those jerks are here for a reason then that reason is for duels! I bet you anything they're trying to find a good duel."

"So maybe if we follow them, we'll get around to beating them!" Lain smiled.

"No, that's just stupid." Yoko said. "We find newer, more rarer cards then get them.

Suddenly the two girls looked into a window to see a group of black robed people with Duel Xeros. "We should start there." Lain smiled, pointing.

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

Catalym: Level 4 / 1800/1200/ Warrior Type.

Blade Knight: Level 4 / 1600/1000/ Warrior Type / Desc: This monster gains 400 ATK if you only have one card in your hand.

Sapphire Dragon: Level 4 / 1900/1100/ Dragon Type.