Chapter 135: A Decisive Strategy, Part 2
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The score stood to Daniel: 1700 and Victoria: 4000. Both duelist were to duel in he Opera House, a large dome for bands and singers to sing and play.
"It's your move!" Victoria announced.
"Right, now! I draw!" Daniel announced, drawing his next card. "Now! Activate magic card, Nightmare Steel Cage!"
Victoria smiled as two cages surrounded the two duelist. "Nice card but it won't save you. Now! I activate this, Mystical Space Typhoon!" Victoria announced.
"No!" Daniel thought as a gust of wind blew away the two cages. Daniel looked at his hand. "This might actually work..."
"I think Dan has a plan!" Allen pointed out.
"Now! I set two cards face down and end my turn!" Daniel announced.
Victoria drew her next card. "Now! Big Bang Basher (2800/1600)" Victoria yelled. "Attack his life points directly!"
The stone warrior began stomping right at him, holding it's giant block hands in the air. "Activate trap card!" Daniel announced. "Dimension Jar!"
"Alright! Looks like Victoria's strategy will be going down!" Devon said surprisingly.
"This trap card acts just like the monster Cyber Jar but it's a trap card." Daniel yelled as the trap card began sucking in Victoria's monsters.
"Too bad because as long as my Gate of The Guardians stays on the field, my Jejiko Guardian's are unaffected by trap cards!" Victoria yelled as her Big Bang Basher was absorbed by the trap card. Both then drew their five cards.
"Dang. Victoria has it made with her deck." Allen said.
"So now! I summon Gergoroth, in defense mode (1400/1900) and Titan's Wall in defense mode! (0/500)" Victoria announced.
"And I'll summon Gazelle (1500/1200), Ryuu Warrior (1600/1300), and X Head Cannon (1800/1500), all in defense mode!" Daniel announced.
"Heh. Your trap card may have destroyed my Big Ban Basher but my Battle Phase ain't over!" Victoria announced. "Now! My two Jejiko Guardian's attack and destroy his Gazelle and Ryuu Warrior!"
The two guardians spoke out a chant and two large yellow orbs appeared in their hands. They then blasted it at the two monsters. Daniel shielded himself as smoke disburst as the attacks destroyed his two monsters.
"I still have one monster left...." Daniel said to himself.
"I'll set a card face down and end my turn!" Victoria announced.
Daniel drew his next card. Suddenly things felt bright for him. "Now I'll set a card face down, then I summon Y Dragon Head! (1500/1600)" Daniel announced.
"Yes! Now he can sacrifice his two monsters to summon one of his strong monsters. And then use it's effect to destroy her Gate of The Guardians!" Mink said happily.
"Don't think so." Takura said. "Victoria is good with negating Daniel's magic or trap cards. Her face down card is making me wonder."
"Now! I sacrifice Y Dragon Head and X Head Cannon to fuse them together!" Daniel yelled as the two machines combined. "Now I summon XY Dragon Cannon! (2200/1900)"
Victoria smirked. "Here it comes..." She said to herself.
"XY Dragon Cannon's effect allows me to discard a card from my hand to destroy a magic or trap card on your side of the field." Daniel yelled, discarding a card from his hand. "Now! Say bye to your Gate of The Guardians!"
"I don' think so!" Victoria yelled. "Activate trap card, Judgement of Anubis!"
"No!" Mink and Jess both said in shock, knowing Daniel was about to lose.
"Judgement of Anubis allows me to negate an effect that destroys my own magic and trap cards." Victoria said. "But it also lets me destroy one monster on your field and inflict damage to your life points."
XY Dragon Cannon had fired a torpedo at the gate behind Victoria but her trap card deflected the torpedo, sending it right back at Daniel.
The torpedo created a big explosion and everyone impatiently waited to see if Daniel did anything to stop the effect. As the smoke cleared Daniel appeared, standing with his life points the same.
"What?! How could this be?!" Victoria said in shock.
"I've activated my trap card, Trap of Board Eraser!" Daniel announced
"Yeah! He didn't lose!" Everyone cheered
"This trap card negates any damage I take to my life points and causes you to discard a card from your hand!" Daniel pointed.
Victoria took a card from her hand, discarding it. "Well... So much use for that." She said to herself.
"I'll end my turn!" Daniel announced.
"Heh. My trap card cost you your monster and now I can deal some damage onto you!" Victoria yelled. "Now! Jejiko Guardian, attack his life points directly!"
"Activate trap card!" Daniel called out as his final trap card flipped up. "Life Protection will protect me from direct attacks for three turns!"
"Darn it..." Victoria growled. "My turn ends!"
Daniel drew his next card. "Now! I summon Z Metal Caterpillar! (1500/1600) In attack mode!" Daniel announced as the robot formed onto the field. "Then I'll play this, Stop Defense!"
"No!" Victoria said in shock.
"I'll use Stop Defense on your Titan's Wall and move it into attack mode!" Daniel yelled as the wall began to glow. "Now, Z Metal Caterpillar, attack and destroy her Titan's Wall!"
The machine unleashed two small missiles at the wall, destroying it easily and reducing Victoria's life points to 2500.
Daniel then ended his turn, giving him two more turns until Victoria could attack his life points directly. Victoria drew her next card. "Now! I'll summon Magician of Faith, in defense mode! (300/400)" Victoria announced. "Now! Jejiko Guardian (2200/1000), attack and destroy his Z Metal Caterpillar!"
The guardian unleashed another yellow orb at Daniel's machine, destroying it and reducing his life points to 1000. Victoria then ended her turn.
"Draw!" Daniel announced, drawing his next card. "Now! I summon Warrior of Freed (1200/1300) in defense mode! This allows me to summon another monster from my hand, so I summon Sanga of The Thunder (2600/2100) in attack mode!"
Daniel knew if he attacked with Sanga, Victoria would sacrifice her life points to direct the attack somewhere else. It was useless to summon a strong monster. Victoria was a tough competitor.
"Come on Dan! Keep up the good work!" Kai cheered.
"My turn ends..." Daniel announced.
Victoria smiled. "Draw!" She announced, drawing her next card. A small gust of wind blew upon the opera house as Victoria drew. "Now! It's time to open the gate!"
"Eh?!" Mink said. "She can open it?!"
"What's inside it?!" Allen said.
"I offer Gergoroth and Magician of Faith as a sacrifice to summon my great beast, Behemoth Guardian Dragon! (2800/3000 +400)" Victoria yelled as the gate fully opened and a giant dragon began to step out.
"Agh! What is that thing?!" Devon said in shock as the dragon let out a loud roar among the opera house.
"This is it because my Behemoth Guardian Dragon gains 200 attack points for each Jejiko Guardian on the field! Plus my Jejiko Guardians gain 500 attack points because Behemoth Guardian Dragon is on the field! (x2 2700/1000) Victoria yelled under the strong winds as the gate closed fully after the giant dragon stepped out."
"How am I going to beat that thing?!" Daniel said in shock, looking up at the dragon.
-----------CARDS PLAYED-----------
Nightmare Steel Cage: MAGIC / Desc: Both players cannot attack with their Monsters for 2 turns.
Dimension Jar: TRAP / Desc: This card can only be activated if your opponent has declared an attack. Negate the attack and destroy all monsters on the field. Both players must then draw 5 cards and Special Summon any Level 4 monsters from the cards both players had drawn. Any other card is placed into the owner's hand.
Gergoroth: Level 4 / 1400/1900/ Demon.
Titan's Wall: Level 4 / 0/500/ Machine / Desc: This monster's defense is doubled for each of your turns
Ryuu Warrior: Level 4 / 1600/1300/ Warrior Type.
Y Dragon Head: Level 4 / 1500/1600/ Machine Type / Desc: This monster can equip to "X Head Cannon" or "Metal Caterpillar"and increase it's ATK by 400.
XY Dragon Cannon: Level 6 / 2200/1900/ Fusion / Machine Type / Desc: X Head Cannon + Y Dragon Cannon. If you have all fusion material monsters for this monster on the field you may sacrifice them to special summon this monster onto the field. You can discard one card from your hand to destroy 1 card on the field.
Judgement of Anubis: COUNTER TRAP / Desc: Discard 1 card from your hand to negate the activation and the effect of a Spell controlled by your opponent that includes the effect of destroying Magic and/or Trap(s) on the field and destroy it. Then, you can destroy 1 face up monster on your opponent's side of the field and inflict damage to your opponent equal to the ATK of the destroyed monster
Trap of Board Eraser: COUNTER TRAP / Desc: When an effect inflicts damage to Life Points is activated (except Battle Damage), negate the damage to your Life Points. Your opponent then selects 1 Card from his/her hand and discards it to his/her Graveyard.
Life Protection: TRAP / Desc: Your opponent cannot attack your life points directly for 3 of your own turns.
Z Metal Caterpillar: Level 4 / 1500/1600/ Machine Type / Desc: This monster can equip to "X Head Cannon" or "Y Dragon Head"and increase it's ATK by 600
Magician of Faith: Level 3 / 300/400/ Magician / Desc: FLIP: Select 1 Magic Card from your Graveyard and return it to your hand.
Warrior of Freed: Level 4 / 1200/1300/ Warrior Type / Desc: When this monster is summoned, you may normal summon 1 extra monster from your hand.
Sanga of The Thunder: Level 7 / 2600/2200/ Thunder Type / Desc: Reduce the ATK of an opponent's monster attacking this card to 0. This effect can be used only once. The card's owner chooses when to activate this effect
Behemoth Guardian Dragon: Level 9 / 2800/3000/ Dragon / Desc: This monster can only be Special Summoned only when "Gate of The Guardian's" is on the field and by two sacrifices. Each "Jejiko Guardian" on the field gains 500 ATK and this monster gains 200 ATK for each "Jejiko Guardian" on the field. When "Gate of The Guardian's" is destroyed, this card is also destroyed.
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The score stood to Daniel: 1700 and Victoria: 4000. Both duelist were to duel in he Opera House, a large dome for bands and singers to sing and play.
"It's your move!" Victoria announced.
"Right, now! I draw!" Daniel announced, drawing his next card. "Now! Activate magic card, Nightmare Steel Cage!"
Victoria smiled as two cages surrounded the two duelist. "Nice card but it won't save you. Now! I activate this, Mystical Space Typhoon!" Victoria announced.
"No!" Daniel thought as a gust of wind blew away the two cages. Daniel looked at his hand. "This might actually work..."
"I think Dan has a plan!" Allen pointed out.
"Now! I set two cards face down and end my turn!" Daniel announced.
Victoria drew her next card. "Now! Big Bang Basher (2800/1600)" Victoria yelled. "Attack his life points directly!"
The stone warrior began stomping right at him, holding it's giant block hands in the air. "Activate trap card!" Daniel announced. "Dimension Jar!"
"Alright! Looks like Victoria's strategy will be going down!" Devon said surprisingly.
"This trap card acts just like the monster Cyber Jar but it's a trap card." Daniel yelled as the trap card began sucking in Victoria's monsters.
"Too bad because as long as my Gate of The Guardians stays on the field, my Jejiko Guardian's are unaffected by trap cards!" Victoria yelled as her Big Bang Basher was absorbed by the trap card. Both then drew their five cards.
"Dang. Victoria has it made with her deck." Allen said.
"So now! I summon Gergoroth, in defense mode (1400/1900) and Titan's Wall in defense mode! (0/500)" Victoria announced.
"And I'll summon Gazelle (1500/1200), Ryuu Warrior (1600/1300), and X Head Cannon (1800/1500), all in defense mode!" Daniel announced.
"Heh. Your trap card may have destroyed my Big Ban Basher but my Battle Phase ain't over!" Victoria announced. "Now! My two Jejiko Guardian's attack and destroy his Gazelle and Ryuu Warrior!"
The two guardians spoke out a chant and two large yellow orbs appeared in their hands. They then blasted it at the two monsters. Daniel shielded himself as smoke disburst as the attacks destroyed his two monsters.
"I still have one monster left...." Daniel said to himself.
"I'll set a card face down and end my turn!" Victoria announced.
Daniel drew his next card. Suddenly things felt bright for him. "Now I'll set a card face down, then I summon Y Dragon Head! (1500/1600)" Daniel announced.
"Yes! Now he can sacrifice his two monsters to summon one of his strong monsters. And then use it's effect to destroy her Gate of The Guardians!" Mink said happily.
"Don't think so." Takura said. "Victoria is good with negating Daniel's magic or trap cards. Her face down card is making me wonder."
"Now! I sacrifice Y Dragon Head and X Head Cannon to fuse them together!" Daniel yelled as the two machines combined. "Now I summon XY Dragon Cannon! (2200/1900)"
Victoria smirked. "Here it comes..." She said to herself.
"XY Dragon Cannon's effect allows me to discard a card from my hand to destroy a magic or trap card on your side of the field." Daniel yelled, discarding a card from his hand. "Now! Say bye to your Gate of The Guardians!"
"I don' think so!" Victoria yelled. "Activate trap card, Judgement of Anubis!"
"No!" Mink and Jess both said in shock, knowing Daniel was about to lose.
"Judgement of Anubis allows me to negate an effect that destroys my own magic and trap cards." Victoria said. "But it also lets me destroy one monster on your field and inflict damage to your life points."
XY Dragon Cannon had fired a torpedo at the gate behind Victoria but her trap card deflected the torpedo, sending it right back at Daniel.
The torpedo created a big explosion and everyone impatiently waited to see if Daniel did anything to stop the effect. As the smoke cleared Daniel appeared, standing with his life points the same.
"What?! How could this be?!" Victoria said in shock.
"I've activated my trap card, Trap of Board Eraser!" Daniel announced
"Yeah! He didn't lose!" Everyone cheered
"This trap card negates any damage I take to my life points and causes you to discard a card from your hand!" Daniel pointed.
Victoria took a card from her hand, discarding it. "Well... So much use for that." She said to herself.
"I'll end my turn!" Daniel announced.
"Heh. My trap card cost you your monster and now I can deal some damage onto you!" Victoria yelled. "Now! Jejiko Guardian, attack his life points directly!"
"Activate trap card!" Daniel called out as his final trap card flipped up. "Life Protection will protect me from direct attacks for three turns!"
"Darn it..." Victoria growled. "My turn ends!"
Daniel drew his next card. "Now! I summon Z Metal Caterpillar! (1500/1600) In attack mode!" Daniel announced as the robot formed onto the field. "Then I'll play this, Stop Defense!"
"No!" Victoria said in shock.
"I'll use Stop Defense on your Titan's Wall and move it into attack mode!" Daniel yelled as the wall began to glow. "Now, Z Metal Caterpillar, attack and destroy her Titan's Wall!"
The machine unleashed two small missiles at the wall, destroying it easily and reducing Victoria's life points to 2500.
Daniel then ended his turn, giving him two more turns until Victoria could attack his life points directly. Victoria drew her next card. "Now! I'll summon Magician of Faith, in defense mode! (300/400)" Victoria announced. "Now! Jejiko Guardian (2200/1000), attack and destroy his Z Metal Caterpillar!"
The guardian unleashed another yellow orb at Daniel's machine, destroying it and reducing his life points to 1000. Victoria then ended her turn.
"Draw!" Daniel announced, drawing his next card. "Now! I summon Warrior of Freed (1200/1300) in defense mode! This allows me to summon another monster from my hand, so I summon Sanga of The Thunder (2600/2100) in attack mode!"
Daniel knew if he attacked with Sanga, Victoria would sacrifice her life points to direct the attack somewhere else. It was useless to summon a strong monster. Victoria was a tough competitor.
"Come on Dan! Keep up the good work!" Kai cheered.
"My turn ends..." Daniel announced.
Victoria smiled. "Draw!" She announced, drawing her next card. A small gust of wind blew upon the opera house as Victoria drew. "Now! It's time to open the gate!"
"Eh?!" Mink said. "She can open it?!"
"What's inside it?!" Allen said.
"I offer Gergoroth and Magician of Faith as a sacrifice to summon my great beast, Behemoth Guardian Dragon! (2800/3000 +400)" Victoria yelled as the gate fully opened and a giant dragon began to step out.
"Agh! What is that thing?!" Devon said in shock as the dragon let out a loud roar among the opera house.
"This is it because my Behemoth Guardian Dragon gains 200 attack points for each Jejiko Guardian on the field! Plus my Jejiko Guardians gain 500 attack points because Behemoth Guardian Dragon is on the field! (x2 2700/1000) Victoria yelled under the strong winds as the gate closed fully after the giant dragon stepped out."
"How am I going to beat that thing?!" Daniel said in shock, looking up at the dragon.
-----------CARDS PLAYED-----------
Nightmare Steel Cage: MAGIC / Desc: Both players cannot attack with their Monsters for 2 turns.
Dimension Jar: TRAP / Desc: This card can only be activated if your opponent has declared an attack. Negate the attack and destroy all monsters on the field. Both players must then draw 5 cards and Special Summon any Level 4 monsters from the cards both players had drawn. Any other card is placed into the owner's hand.
Gergoroth: Level 4 / 1400/1900/ Demon.
Titan's Wall: Level 4 / 0/500/ Machine / Desc: This monster's defense is doubled for each of your turns
Ryuu Warrior: Level 4 / 1600/1300/ Warrior Type.
Y Dragon Head: Level 4 / 1500/1600/ Machine Type / Desc: This monster can equip to "X Head Cannon" or "Metal Caterpillar"and increase it's ATK by 400.
XY Dragon Cannon: Level 6 / 2200/1900/ Fusion / Machine Type / Desc: X Head Cannon + Y Dragon Cannon. If you have all fusion material monsters for this monster on the field you may sacrifice them to special summon this monster onto the field. You can discard one card from your hand to destroy 1 card on the field.
Judgement of Anubis: COUNTER TRAP / Desc: Discard 1 card from your hand to negate the activation and the effect of a Spell controlled by your opponent that includes the effect of destroying Magic and/or Trap(s) on the field and destroy it. Then, you can destroy 1 face up monster on your opponent's side of the field and inflict damage to your opponent equal to the ATK of the destroyed monster
Trap of Board Eraser: COUNTER TRAP / Desc: When an effect inflicts damage to Life Points is activated (except Battle Damage), negate the damage to your Life Points. Your opponent then selects 1 Card from his/her hand and discards it to his/her Graveyard.
Life Protection: TRAP / Desc: Your opponent cannot attack your life points directly for 3 of your own turns.
Z Metal Caterpillar: Level 4 / 1500/1600/ Machine Type / Desc: This monster can equip to "X Head Cannon" or "Y Dragon Head"and increase it's ATK by 600
Magician of Faith: Level 3 / 300/400/ Magician / Desc: FLIP: Select 1 Magic Card from your Graveyard and return it to your hand.
Warrior of Freed: Level 4 / 1200/1300/ Warrior Type / Desc: When this monster is summoned, you may normal summon 1 extra monster from your hand.
Sanga of The Thunder: Level 7 / 2600/2200/ Thunder Type / Desc: Reduce the ATK of an opponent's monster attacking this card to 0. This effect can be used only once. The card's owner chooses when to activate this effect
Behemoth Guardian Dragon: Level 9 / 2800/3000/ Dragon / Desc: This monster can only be Special Summoned only when "Gate of The Guardian's" is on the field and by two sacrifices. Each "Jejiko Guardian" on the field gains 500 ATK and this monster gains 200 ATK for each "Jejiko Guardian" on the field. When "Gate of The Guardian's" is destroyed, this card is also destroyed.