Chapter 95: A New Enemy, Part 2
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The score stood Jess: 3000 and Lora: 3800. Lora has just unleashed Star of Orichalcos on Jess, hoping this outcome of this duel will allow her to win and claim her soul
"Draw!" Jess yelled, drawing her next card. She couldn't see the hologram, but it's not what she needed. She knew Lora's Gold Armored Harpy's attack points. Plus her face down card had disappeared and that's the only thing Jess knew.
Jess looked at her hand. "What's the matter? Can't see?" Lora taunted.
"I don't need to see to know how ugly this is!" Jess yelled. "Now! It's my stand by phase and Vampire Lord returns to the field!"
Suddenly a black cape flew over, revealing the vampire. "Heh, that pitiful thing again." Lora smirked.
"My Nightmare Steel Cage still holds you for one more turn!" Jess yelled. "And my turn has just ended!"
As Jess' turn ended, her steel cage disappeared, freeing her and allowing her to attack, next turn. Lora drew her next card. "Now! I summon Harpy's Brother, in attack mode! (1800/600 +500)" She announced. "I'll then end my turn."
Lora's Steel cage had then disappeared. The effect's of Jess' Nightmare Steel Cage no wore off, she had to do something. Jess drew her next card.
Jess drew her next card. "Now! I summon Down Gunner! (1700/1200)" Jess yelled as the demon materialized onto the field, holding two large sub machine guns. "Now! I'll activate this magic card, Polymerization! Fusing Down Gunner and Drey-Bound!"
Suddenly the two started to mix into each other, forming a monster. "What is that?!" Lora said in shock.
"I've created Gun-Bound! (2700/3000)" Jess yelled as the Drey-Bound whipped out two large cannons. "Now meet your demise! Gun-Bound attack and destroy her Harpy's Brother!"
The demon shot two bullets at the beast, destroying it easily. "No!" Lora yelled as her life points reduced to 3400.
"And each time Gun-Bound destroys a monster, all your other monster's loses 300 attack points!" Jess yelled. "Your just about done here! Gun-Bound attack and destroy her Gold Armored Harpy! (2500/1000)"
The demon fired another round of bullets at the harpy which was invisible to Jess' eyes. The monster was destroyed and Lora's life points dropped to 3200. Jess then ended her turn.
"Because you destroyed my Gold Armored Harpy, it allows me to summon three Harpy Ladies from my deck! (1300/1400 +500)" Lora yelled as the three Harpie Ladies formed onto the field. "I'll then set a card face down and end my turn!"
Jess drew her next card. She couldn't see the Harpy Ladies but she knew they were weak, even with the Orichalcos Seal. "Now! I gain back Vampire Lord! (2000/1500). I'll then activate Cost Down which downgrades all monsters in my hand by two levels so I can play this without sacrifices, Ghost Duke! (2000/700)" She yelled.
"Exactly what I wanted you to do! Now! Activate trap card, Triple Mirror Illusion!" Lora announced. "This will create three more copies of my Harpy Lady since you have three monsters on the field!"
Suddenly, from Lora's eyes, three more Harpy Ladies formed onto the field. They then got possessed by the Orichalcos Seal, increasing their attack strength. "What difference will it make, you're still going down!" Jess yelled.
"Not with this, now! I activate my face down card, Ruler of Thunder, causing you to skip your battle phase!" Lora yelled.
Jess growled. She knew in the next turn she'd be sacrificing her Harpy Ladies for a stronger monster. "Now! I place Vampire Lord (2000/1500), Ghost Duke (2000/700), and Gun-Bound (2700/3000) in defense mode!" Jess announced, ending her turn.
Lora drew her next card. "With 6 Harpie Ladies, I sacrifice two to summon this, Harpy's Pet Dragon! (2000/2500 +1700)" She yelled as the dragon materialized onto the field. "This gains 300 ATK for each Harpy Lady I have on my field!"
Jess growled, knowing her monsters were doomed even if she couldn't see what Lora had played on the field. "I can't lose..." She thought, looking at the Seal around them.
"Now! Harpy's Pet Dragon attack and destroy her Gun-Bound!" Lora yelled. The dragon unleashed a stream of fire at the demon, destroying it. "Now my two Harpy Ladies, destroy her Vampire Lord and Ghost Duke! (1800/1400)"
Two of the 4 Harpy Ladies flew up at the two monster's slashing them and destroying both. "No..." Jess growled, leaving only two more Harpy Lady to destroy her.
"You end here! Now my last Harpy Ladies attack her life points directly!" Lora yelled.
"I don't think so!" Jess yelled. "Activate trap card, Life Protection!"
Suddenly a barrier surrounded Jess, throwing off the last two Harpy Lady as she blocked herself, not knowing where the two Harpy Lady would strike. Luckily they bounded back off to their normal positions.
Suddenly Lora laughed. "That Life Protection of your won't last very long because now! I activate Candle of Fate, reducing your chance of saving yourself for one turn. Meaning your Life Protection trap card will only keep you safe for this one turn only." She said. "My turn ends!"
Suddenly the barrier around Jess died down and she was out in the open for a direct assault.
"Come on, Jess, you can do this." Mink thought.
Jess took a breather, drawing her next card, this one had to count. She kept her eyes shut tight, hoping for the best.
Darien walked down past the P.K building, knowing his brother wasn't there. He sighed, sort of missing the old times but then again he felt he was being too much of a soft heart, not like he ever was a softy.
Suddenly he felt a rumble in his pocket. He took out his deck and two cards slid out. "What the?!" He said as they shot out of his deck and into the sky.
Jess' eyes slowly opened and then there was a blinding light on the picture of the card. Jess gasped as the card gave her light and confidence.
Lora was shocked at the miraculous glow. "What is that?!" She said in hesitation.
"It's what's taking you down!" Jess yelled, placing the magic card onto the field. "I activate Sea of Blood!"
Back in the dimension of the Obelisk Tower, the tower remain high, and the river of blood remain still. Suddenly the blood shot out, covering the tower and passing it.
A stream of blood came out of the sky, forming onto the ground. "No...." Lora gasped in horror.
"Blood Diablos! I play it in combination with Pot of Greed, drawing two cards!" Jess yelled, drawing her next two. "I then summon Headless Knight! (1450/1700) Now! Blood Diablos combine with Headless Knight!"
Suddenly the Blood Demon started to stream into Headless Knight's bodiless armor, forming a warrior. "Alright!" Mink cheered.
"Blood Chaos Knight! (2600/1300)" Jess yelled as the bloody body slashed it's sword.
"Heh, so it still can't beat my Harpy's Pet Dragon." Lora smirked.
"That's right it can't but there's nothing to protect your Harpy Lady, that's what I know!" Jess yelled. "Even if I can't see, I still know what you've done!"
"Ah!" Lora said in shock.
"It's time to take you down! Now Blood Chaos Knight destroy her first Harpy Lady!" Jess yelled. The blood knight dove up, slashing it's fierce metal sword at the winged beast, destroying it, reducing Lora's life points to 2400. "And after the first attack it can attack again! Now Blood Chaos knight destroy her next Harpy Lady!"
The knight charged again, destroying another Harpy Lady and reducing Lora's life points to 1600. "No! I can't lose! I can't fail my team!" Lora said in shock.
"Your team are a bunch of worthless people! No one serves people who want to destroy! I will teach you this lesson! Blood Chaos Knight attack her third Harpy Lady!" Jess yelled. Mink couldn't believe what she was hearing. Jess wasn't the kind of person who'd be punishing someone if they were begging for mercy. Lora had fallen to her knee's. It was like Jess was more, into her occult deck, more into evil. "Now! Blood Chaos Knight destroy her final Harpy Lady!"
The blood knight turned around, slashing the last harpy and reducing Lora's life points to 0. The seal started to grow small around her. Lora started to scream, feeling her soul tearing away from her body. She held her head until the seal was finished and Lora went face down.
The Star of Orichalcos disappeared on Jess' forehead. Her Duel Xero turned off and she ran towards Lora, Mink followed.
"She's gone...." Mink said.
"And it's my fault... We shouldn't have came here in the first place." Jess sighed.
"Come on, let's go. We have to find Daniel and Allen." Mink said, looking back. "We can't go that way because of that stupid fence."
They both got up and left, Jess looked back at the lifeless Lora. Saying she was sorry in her mind.
----------CARDS PLAYED----------
Vampire Lord: Level 5 / 2000/1500/ Zombie Type / Desc: Each time this card inflicts Battle Damage to your opponent declare 1 card type (Monster, Magic, or Trap). Your opponent selects 1 card of that type from his/her Deck and sends it to the Graveyard. Also, when this card is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard by your opponent's card effect, it is Special Summoned to the field during your next Standby Phase.
Harpy's Brother: Level 4 / 1800/600/ Beast Type.
Down Gunner: Level 4 / 1700/1200/ Demon Type.
Gun-Bound: Level 9 / 2700/3000/ Fusion / Demon Type / Desc: Down Gunner + Drey-Bound. When this monster destroys a monster, reduce the attack of all your opponent's monsters by 300.
Harpy Lady: Level 4 / 1300/1400/ Beast Type.
Triple Mirror Illusion: TRAP / Desc: Special Summon up to three Harpy Lady from your deck, following the same amount of monsters on your opponent's side of the field.
Ghost Duke: Level 5 / 2000/700/ Zombie Type.
Cost Down: MAGIC / Desc: Discard 1 card from your hand. Downgrade all Monster Cards in your hand by 2 Levels until the End Phase of the turn this card is activated.
Ruler of Thunder: TRAP / Desc: You can only activate this card during your opponent's Standby Phase. During the turn this card is activated your opponent cannot perform his/her Battle Phase.
Harpy's Pet Dragon: Level 7 / 2000/2500/ Dragon Type / Desc: Increases the ATK and DEF of this card by 300 points for each face-up "Harpie Lady" on the field.
Life Protection: TRAP / Desc: Your opponent cannot attack your Life Points direction for 3 of your opponent's turns.
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The score stood Jess: 3000 and Lora: 3800. Lora has just unleashed Star of Orichalcos on Jess, hoping this outcome of this duel will allow her to win and claim her soul
"Draw!" Jess yelled, drawing her next card. She couldn't see the hologram, but it's not what she needed. She knew Lora's Gold Armored Harpy's attack points. Plus her face down card had disappeared and that's the only thing Jess knew.
Jess looked at her hand. "What's the matter? Can't see?" Lora taunted.
"I don't need to see to know how ugly this is!" Jess yelled. "Now! It's my stand by phase and Vampire Lord returns to the field!"
Suddenly a black cape flew over, revealing the vampire. "Heh, that pitiful thing again." Lora smirked.
"My Nightmare Steel Cage still holds you for one more turn!" Jess yelled. "And my turn has just ended!"
As Jess' turn ended, her steel cage disappeared, freeing her and allowing her to attack, next turn. Lora drew her next card. "Now! I summon Harpy's Brother, in attack mode! (1800/600 +500)" She announced. "I'll then end my turn."
Lora's Steel cage had then disappeared. The effect's of Jess' Nightmare Steel Cage no wore off, she had to do something. Jess drew her next card.
Jess drew her next card. "Now! I summon Down Gunner! (1700/1200)" Jess yelled as the demon materialized onto the field, holding two large sub machine guns. "Now! I'll activate this magic card, Polymerization! Fusing Down Gunner and Drey-Bound!"
Suddenly the two started to mix into each other, forming a monster. "What is that?!" Lora said in shock.
"I've created Gun-Bound! (2700/3000)" Jess yelled as the Drey-Bound whipped out two large cannons. "Now meet your demise! Gun-Bound attack and destroy her Harpy's Brother!"
The demon shot two bullets at the beast, destroying it easily. "No!" Lora yelled as her life points reduced to 3400.
"And each time Gun-Bound destroys a monster, all your other monster's loses 300 attack points!" Jess yelled. "Your just about done here! Gun-Bound attack and destroy her Gold Armored Harpy! (2500/1000)"
The demon fired another round of bullets at the harpy which was invisible to Jess' eyes. The monster was destroyed and Lora's life points dropped to 3200. Jess then ended her turn.
"Because you destroyed my Gold Armored Harpy, it allows me to summon three Harpy Ladies from my deck! (1300/1400 +500)" Lora yelled as the three Harpie Ladies formed onto the field. "I'll then set a card face down and end my turn!"
Jess drew her next card. She couldn't see the Harpy Ladies but she knew they were weak, even with the Orichalcos Seal. "Now! I gain back Vampire Lord! (2000/1500). I'll then activate Cost Down which downgrades all monsters in my hand by two levels so I can play this without sacrifices, Ghost Duke! (2000/700)" She yelled.
"Exactly what I wanted you to do! Now! Activate trap card, Triple Mirror Illusion!" Lora announced. "This will create three more copies of my Harpy Lady since you have three monsters on the field!"
Suddenly, from Lora's eyes, three more Harpy Ladies formed onto the field. They then got possessed by the Orichalcos Seal, increasing their attack strength. "What difference will it make, you're still going down!" Jess yelled.
"Not with this, now! I activate my face down card, Ruler of Thunder, causing you to skip your battle phase!" Lora yelled.
Jess growled. She knew in the next turn she'd be sacrificing her Harpy Ladies for a stronger monster. "Now! I place Vampire Lord (2000/1500), Ghost Duke (2000/700), and Gun-Bound (2700/3000) in defense mode!" Jess announced, ending her turn.
Lora drew her next card. "With 6 Harpie Ladies, I sacrifice two to summon this, Harpy's Pet Dragon! (2000/2500 +1700)" She yelled as the dragon materialized onto the field. "This gains 300 ATK for each Harpy Lady I have on my field!"
Jess growled, knowing her monsters were doomed even if she couldn't see what Lora had played on the field. "I can't lose..." She thought, looking at the Seal around them.
"Now! Harpy's Pet Dragon attack and destroy her Gun-Bound!" Lora yelled. The dragon unleashed a stream of fire at the demon, destroying it. "Now my two Harpy Ladies, destroy her Vampire Lord and Ghost Duke! (1800/1400)"
Two of the 4 Harpy Ladies flew up at the two monster's slashing them and destroying both. "No..." Jess growled, leaving only two more Harpy Lady to destroy her.
"You end here! Now my last Harpy Ladies attack her life points directly!" Lora yelled.
"I don't think so!" Jess yelled. "Activate trap card, Life Protection!"
Suddenly a barrier surrounded Jess, throwing off the last two Harpy Lady as she blocked herself, not knowing where the two Harpy Lady would strike. Luckily they bounded back off to their normal positions.
Suddenly Lora laughed. "That Life Protection of your won't last very long because now! I activate Candle of Fate, reducing your chance of saving yourself for one turn. Meaning your Life Protection trap card will only keep you safe for this one turn only." She said. "My turn ends!"
Suddenly the barrier around Jess died down and she was out in the open for a direct assault.
"Come on, Jess, you can do this." Mink thought.
Jess took a breather, drawing her next card, this one had to count. She kept her eyes shut tight, hoping for the best.
Darien walked down past the P.K building, knowing his brother wasn't there. He sighed, sort of missing the old times but then again he felt he was being too much of a soft heart, not like he ever was a softy.
Suddenly he felt a rumble in his pocket. He took out his deck and two cards slid out. "What the?!" He said as they shot out of his deck and into the sky.
Jess' eyes slowly opened and then there was a blinding light on the picture of the card. Jess gasped as the card gave her light and confidence.
Lora was shocked at the miraculous glow. "What is that?!" She said in hesitation.
"It's what's taking you down!" Jess yelled, placing the magic card onto the field. "I activate Sea of Blood!"
Back in the dimension of the Obelisk Tower, the tower remain high, and the river of blood remain still. Suddenly the blood shot out, covering the tower and passing it.
A stream of blood came out of the sky, forming onto the ground. "No...." Lora gasped in horror.
"Blood Diablos! I play it in combination with Pot of Greed, drawing two cards!" Jess yelled, drawing her next two. "I then summon Headless Knight! (1450/1700) Now! Blood Diablos combine with Headless Knight!"
Suddenly the Blood Demon started to stream into Headless Knight's bodiless armor, forming a warrior. "Alright!" Mink cheered.
"Blood Chaos Knight! (2600/1300)" Jess yelled as the bloody body slashed it's sword.
"Heh, so it still can't beat my Harpy's Pet Dragon." Lora smirked.
"That's right it can't but there's nothing to protect your Harpy Lady, that's what I know!" Jess yelled. "Even if I can't see, I still know what you've done!"
"Ah!" Lora said in shock.
"It's time to take you down! Now Blood Chaos Knight destroy her first Harpy Lady!" Jess yelled. The blood knight dove up, slashing it's fierce metal sword at the winged beast, destroying it, reducing Lora's life points to 2400. "And after the first attack it can attack again! Now Blood Chaos knight destroy her next Harpy Lady!"
The knight charged again, destroying another Harpy Lady and reducing Lora's life points to 1600. "No! I can't lose! I can't fail my team!" Lora said in shock.
"Your team are a bunch of worthless people! No one serves people who want to destroy! I will teach you this lesson! Blood Chaos Knight attack her third Harpy Lady!" Jess yelled. Mink couldn't believe what she was hearing. Jess wasn't the kind of person who'd be punishing someone if they were begging for mercy. Lora had fallen to her knee's. It was like Jess was more, into her occult deck, more into evil. "Now! Blood Chaos Knight destroy her final Harpy Lady!"
The blood knight turned around, slashing the last harpy and reducing Lora's life points to 0. The seal started to grow small around her. Lora started to scream, feeling her soul tearing away from her body. She held her head until the seal was finished and Lora went face down.
The Star of Orichalcos disappeared on Jess' forehead. Her Duel Xero turned off and she ran towards Lora, Mink followed.
"She's gone...." Mink said.
"And it's my fault... We shouldn't have came here in the first place." Jess sighed.
"Come on, let's go. We have to find Daniel and Allen." Mink said, looking back. "We can't go that way because of that stupid fence."
They both got up and left, Jess looked back at the lifeless Lora. Saying she was sorry in her mind.
----------CARDS PLAYED----------
Vampire Lord: Level 5 / 2000/1500/ Zombie Type / Desc: Each time this card inflicts Battle Damage to your opponent declare 1 card type (Monster, Magic, or Trap). Your opponent selects 1 card of that type from his/her Deck and sends it to the Graveyard. Also, when this card is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard by your opponent's card effect, it is Special Summoned to the field during your next Standby Phase.
Harpy's Brother: Level 4 / 1800/600/ Beast Type.
Down Gunner: Level 4 / 1700/1200/ Demon Type.
Gun-Bound: Level 9 / 2700/3000/ Fusion / Demon Type / Desc: Down Gunner + Drey-Bound. When this monster destroys a monster, reduce the attack of all your opponent's monsters by 300.
Harpy Lady: Level 4 / 1300/1400/ Beast Type.
Triple Mirror Illusion: TRAP / Desc: Special Summon up to three Harpy Lady from your deck, following the same amount of monsters on your opponent's side of the field.
Ghost Duke: Level 5 / 2000/700/ Zombie Type.
Cost Down: MAGIC / Desc: Discard 1 card from your hand. Downgrade all Monster Cards in your hand by 2 Levels until the End Phase of the turn this card is activated.
Ruler of Thunder: TRAP / Desc: You can only activate this card during your opponent's Standby Phase. During the turn this card is activated your opponent cannot perform his/her Battle Phase.
Harpy's Pet Dragon: Level 7 / 2000/2500/ Dragon Type / Desc: Increases the ATK and DEF of this card by 300 points for each face-up "Harpie Lady" on the field.
Life Protection: TRAP / Desc: Your opponent cannot attack your Life Points direction for 3 of your opponent's turns.