Chapter 136: A Decisive Strategy, Part 3
The score was Daniel: 1000 and Victoria: 2500.
"My Behemoth Guardian Dragon is the strongest monster among my deck! I sense you will not be able to stop it!" Victoria yelled as the dragon's eyes glanced at Daniel.
Daniel took a step back. "Ack... How can I beat this thing...." He thought.
Each of Victoria's Jejiko Guardians gained 500 attack points (2700/1000) and Behemoth Guardian Dragon's attack power rose by 200 for each Jejiko Guardian on the field (3200/3000).
"Now! Behemoth Guardian Dragon, attack and destroy his Warrior of Freed!" Victoria yelled.
The dragon lifted it's enormous head, unleashing a rapid fire blast. The warrior was so quickly destroyed. "So, how does Dan plan to win this duel?" Allen asked the others.
"The magic card." Devon pointed out. "Gate of The Guardian's is the source if it's destroyed, so is Victoria's monsters."
"Let's hope Dan finds a way." Mink sighed.
"I'll set a card face down and end my turn!" Victoria announced.
Daniel drew his next card. "Now! I activate Pot of Greed!" Daniel announced, drawing his next two cards. "Then.. I play this, Tempest!"
Suddenly Victoria smirked. "Now! Activate trap card, Imperial Order!" Victoria announced as her trap card flipped up.
"No! He was so close!" Jess grumbled.
"This trap card negates all magic cards now." Victoria smiled.
Daniel looked back at his hand. "Now! I'll sacrifice Sanga of The Thunder to summon this, Death Volstargaf! (2200/1700)" Daniel announced as the demon formed onto the field. "I'll set my own card face down and end my turn."
Victoria drew her next card. "I'll destroy my own Imperial Order." Victoria announced as her Imperial Order vanished. "Now, Jejiko Guardian, attack and destroy his Death Volstargaf!"
"Activate trap card!" Daniel smiled as his trap card flipped up. "Metalmorph!"
"Alright! He's got it!" Takura cheered.
"This will form into my Death Volstargaf, creating Metal Volstargaf! (3650/2300)" Daniel yelled as the demon formed into a metal demonic creature.
"No!" Victoria said in shock.
"Now! Metal Volstargaf, attack and destroy her... Jejiko Guardian!" Daniel yelled, knowing it's an easy target because it was so weak.
Suddenly Victoria smirked."Reverse trap card!" Victoria announced. "Guillotine Arch!"
"No..." Daniel growled as the trap card flipped up.
"By the way you look, I think you've seen this card before." Victoria announced. "It traps your Metal Volstargaf for three turns. After that, your monster is gone and I can get at your life points."
"Harsh..." Kai groaned.
Daniel ended his turn in nervousness and Victoria drew her next card. "Now! I activate Trampeled Doom, this decreases Metal Volstargaf's attack power by how much life points I have! (1150/2300 +200)" Victoria announced. "Too bad because this card makes me skip my battle phase so my turn ends!"
Daniel drew his next card and glanced at it. "Paul's Blue Eyes White Dragon..." Daniel said in amazement.
Daniel looked back up at Victoria and smiled. "Now! I have a chance to win this duel!" He yelled, holding up a card from his hand.
"Huh?! How?!" Victoria said in shock.
"Now! Activate magic card, Cost Down!" Daniel yelled, placing the magic card onto the field.
"Eh?! What does he plan to summon?" Jess said.
"Not sure, let's watch..." Allen said.
"Thanks, Paul, you really helped me out now." Daniel said. "Now! I sacrifice Metal Volstargaf to summon this, Blue Eyes White Dragon! (3000/2500)"
"Blue Eyes White Dragon?!" Everyone (but Takura) said in confusion as the dragon rose from the ground.
"Heh, that thing is too weak to defeat my Behemoth Guardian Dragon!" Victoria pointed out.
"I know... But you have only one fatal flaw with our strategy, Victoria!" Daniel pointed. "The gate which stands is the only thing supporting your monsters! And without it, you'd have an empty field!"
"What do you plan to do?!" Victoria said.
"Use this, Graverobber's Youth!" Daniel yelled, placing the magic card onto the field. "This magic card costs me to sacrifice 5 cards from the top of my deck and the bottom of my deck"
Everyone watched as Daniel took out his deck, he began taking five cards from each sides of his deck and removing them from the game.
"This is it! He has it!" Devon said with excitement.
"Now! Graverobber's Youth is activated, it allows me to activate one trap card from your graveyard!" Daniel pointed. "So now, activate trap card, Imperial Order!"
"No!" Victoria said in shock as the trap card materialized face down and flipped up. Instantly the gate crumbled up and Victoria's monsters were destroyed.
"Yeah! Dan is gonna win!" Everyone cheered.
"Now! Blue Eyes White Dragon! Attack her life points directly!" Daniel yelled.
The dragon floating above Daniel's head opened it's maw, unleashing a tremendous lightning blast at Victoria. Everyone saw her scarf fly off into the air but the clouds surrounded her face.
The clouds cleared and everyone looked in all feelings of confusion and surpisment. "DAN'S MOM?!" Allen said, falling back.
"Mom? Is that really you?!" Daniel said in shock.
"Ya got me.. Yeah, no kidding." Victoria said as her dirtied up face, from the Blue Eyes White Dragon, put on a smile.
"Well, this is surprising, not because it was actually you... But when did you become such a strong duelist to compete in this tournament?!" Daniel said.
"Ohhh I had a little help." Victoria smiled, turning to the left. Everyone looked around to see Pegasus stepping down with a camera crew following him.
"That was a spectacular duel! And with a happy ending also!" Pegasus with a grand handshake with Victoria.
"It was great working with you Mr. Crawford." Victoria smiled.
"Uhhh... You two were in this?" Jess said.
"Yeah, you see when Daniel left, Mr. Crawford called asking me if Danny would like to join. But I had told him Danny had already gone and asked me to join. He provided the cards for me." Victoria smiled.
Daniel sighed. "I need to sit down, this is coming all at once at me." Daniel said, sitting down on the bench.
"Aww come on, Danny-Boy. Be happy! You're moving on to the next round!" Pegasus said.
"I just want to rest." Daniel groaned.
"Okie doke. I'll see you all in a while." Pegasus said, walking off with the camera men following him.
Victoria sat down by Daniel. "Wasn't that great! I mean we never spend any time together but like this, it was grand." Victoria said.
"It was great, mom." Daniel smiled. "I'm glad we had the time to do this."
"Me too, son." Victoria smiled down at him.
"Eep, love. Let's go and leave them alone." Jess said, tugging on Mink's shirt.
"Fine, fine." Mink said, walking off.
"Hey wait!" Devon said, following.
"You really have a nice loving mom, reminds me of mine." Takura smiled. "I'll see you guys back at the arena. See ya!"
Takura raced off, following along with the other three.
"Best of all it was a great duel!" Kai said.
"Yeah, too bad we never have surprises like this. Come on Kai, let's leave them alone." Allen said walking off, Kai followed.
"Will you be staying?" Daniel asked.
"Can't I've got a lot of work to do around the house." Victoria said sadly. "But I'll see you when you get home, safely."
"Good." Daniel smiled.
"And then we can have our rematch!" Victoria said with a victory pose.
They both laughed and headed back to the arena together.
~~~CARDS PLAYED
Tempest: MAGIC / Desc: Destroy all Magic and Trap cards on the field.
Death Volstargaf: Level 6 / 2200/1700/ Demon / Desc: When this monster inflicts battle damage, reduce your opponent's life points by 500. This monster gains 200 ATK for every magic card played.
Metal Volstargaf: 3650/2300/ Demon / Disc: This monster can only be special summoned from the deck, hand, or graveyard by sacrifice "Death Volstargaf" when it's equipped with "Metalmorph". This card gains 200 attack points for every magic card played.
Guillotine Arch: PERMANENT TRAP / Desc: When your opponent declares an attack on one of your monsters, negate that attack and as long as this card remains face up on the field, that monster cannot attack for 3 turns. When three of your opponent's turns are up, this trap card along with the chosen monster is destroyed.
Trampled Doom: PERMANENT MAGIC / Desc: Chose one monster on your opponent's side of the field. As long as that monster remains face up on the field, decrease that monster's ATK by the equal amount of your life points now. You must skip your battle phase after this card is activated.
Blue Eyes White Dragon: Level 8 / 3000/2500/ Dragon.
Graverobber's Youth: MAGIC / Desc: Remove 5 card's from the top of your deck and the bottom of your deck, out of play, to activate 1 Trap Card from your opponent's graveyard.
The score was Daniel: 1000 and Victoria: 2500.
"My Behemoth Guardian Dragon is the strongest monster among my deck! I sense you will not be able to stop it!" Victoria yelled as the dragon's eyes glanced at Daniel.
Daniel took a step back. "Ack... How can I beat this thing...." He thought.
Each of Victoria's Jejiko Guardians gained 500 attack points (2700/1000) and Behemoth Guardian Dragon's attack power rose by 200 for each Jejiko Guardian on the field (3200/3000).
"Now! Behemoth Guardian Dragon, attack and destroy his Warrior of Freed!" Victoria yelled.
The dragon lifted it's enormous head, unleashing a rapid fire blast. The warrior was so quickly destroyed. "So, how does Dan plan to win this duel?" Allen asked the others.
"The magic card." Devon pointed out. "Gate of The Guardian's is the source if it's destroyed, so is Victoria's monsters."
"Let's hope Dan finds a way." Mink sighed.
"I'll set a card face down and end my turn!" Victoria announced.
Daniel drew his next card. "Now! I activate Pot of Greed!" Daniel announced, drawing his next two cards. "Then.. I play this, Tempest!"
Suddenly Victoria smirked. "Now! Activate trap card, Imperial Order!" Victoria announced as her trap card flipped up.
"No! He was so close!" Jess grumbled.
"This trap card negates all magic cards now." Victoria smiled.
Daniel looked back at his hand. "Now! I'll sacrifice Sanga of The Thunder to summon this, Death Volstargaf! (2200/1700)" Daniel announced as the demon formed onto the field. "I'll set my own card face down and end my turn."
Victoria drew her next card. "I'll destroy my own Imperial Order." Victoria announced as her Imperial Order vanished. "Now, Jejiko Guardian, attack and destroy his Death Volstargaf!"
"Activate trap card!" Daniel smiled as his trap card flipped up. "Metalmorph!"
"Alright! He's got it!" Takura cheered.
"This will form into my Death Volstargaf, creating Metal Volstargaf! (3650/2300)" Daniel yelled as the demon formed into a metal demonic creature.
"No!" Victoria said in shock.
"Now! Metal Volstargaf, attack and destroy her... Jejiko Guardian!" Daniel yelled, knowing it's an easy target because it was so weak.
Suddenly Victoria smirked."Reverse trap card!" Victoria announced. "Guillotine Arch!"
"No..." Daniel growled as the trap card flipped up.
"By the way you look, I think you've seen this card before." Victoria announced. "It traps your Metal Volstargaf for three turns. After that, your monster is gone and I can get at your life points."
"Harsh..." Kai groaned.
Daniel ended his turn in nervousness and Victoria drew her next card. "Now! I activate Trampeled Doom, this decreases Metal Volstargaf's attack power by how much life points I have! (1150/2300 +200)" Victoria announced. "Too bad because this card makes me skip my battle phase so my turn ends!"
Daniel drew his next card and glanced at it. "Paul's Blue Eyes White Dragon..." Daniel said in amazement.
Daniel looked back up at Victoria and smiled. "Now! I have a chance to win this duel!" He yelled, holding up a card from his hand.
"Huh?! How?!" Victoria said in shock.
"Now! Activate magic card, Cost Down!" Daniel yelled, placing the magic card onto the field.
"Eh?! What does he plan to summon?" Jess said.
"Not sure, let's watch..." Allen said.
"Thanks, Paul, you really helped me out now." Daniel said. "Now! I sacrifice Metal Volstargaf to summon this, Blue Eyes White Dragon! (3000/2500)"
"Blue Eyes White Dragon?!" Everyone (but Takura) said in confusion as the dragon rose from the ground.
"Heh, that thing is too weak to defeat my Behemoth Guardian Dragon!" Victoria pointed out.
"I know... But you have only one fatal flaw with our strategy, Victoria!" Daniel pointed. "The gate which stands is the only thing supporting your monsters! And without it, you'd have an empty field!"
"What do you plan to do?!" Victoria said.
"Use this, Graverobber's Youth!" Daniel yelled, placing the magic card onto the field. "This magic card costs me to sacrifice 5 cards from the top of my deck and the bottom of my deck"
Everyone watched as Daniel took out his deck, he began taking five cards from each sides of his deck and removing them from the game.
"This is it! He has it!" Devon said with excitement.
"Now! Graverobber's Youth is activated, it allows me to activate one trap card from your graveyard!" Daniel pointed. "So now, activate trap card, Imperial Order!"
"No!" Victoria said in shock as the trap card materialized face down and flipped up. Instantly the gate crumbled up and Victoria's monsters were destroyed.
"Yeah! Dan is gonna win!" Everyone cheered.
"Now! Blue Eyes White Dragon! Attack her life points directly!" Daniel yelled.
The dragon floating above Daniel's head opened it's maw, unleashing a tremendous lightning blast at Victoria. Everyone saw her scarf fly off into the air but the clouds surrounded her face.
The clouds cleared and everyone looked in all feelings of confusion and surpisment. "DAN'S MOM?!" Allen said, falling back.
"Mom? Is that really you?!" Daniel said in shock.
"Ya got me.. Yeah, no kidding." Victoria said as her dirtied up face, from the Blue Eyes White Dragon, put on a smile.
"Well, this is surprising, not because it was actually you... But when did you become such a strong duelist to compete in this tournament?!" Daniel said.
"Ohhh I had a little help." Victoria smiled, turning to the left. Everyone looked around to see Pegasus stepping down with a camera crew following him.
"That was a spectacular duel! And with a happy ending also!" Pegasus with a grand handshake with Victoria.
"It was great working with you Mr. Crawford." Victoria smiled.
"Uhhh... You two were in this?" Jess said.
"Yeah, you see when Daniel left, Mr. Crawford called asking me if Danny would like to join. But I had told him Danny had already gone and asked me to join. He provided the cards for me." Victoria smiled.
Daniel sighed. "I need to sit down, this is coming all at once at me." Daniel said, sitting down on the bench.
"Aww come on, Danny-Boy. Be happy! You're moving on to the next round!" Pegasus said.
"I just want to rest." Daniel groaned.
"Okie doke. I'll see you all in a while." Pegasus said, walking off with the camera men following him.
Victoria sat down by Daniel. "Wasn't that great! I mean we never spend any time together but like this, it was grand." Victoria said.
"It was great, mom." Daniel smiled. "I'm glad we had the time to do this."
"Me too, son." Victoria smiled down at him.
"Eep, love. Let's go and leave them alone." Jess said, tugging on Mink's shirt.
"Fine, fine." Mink said, walking off.
"Hey wait!" Devon said, following.
"You really have a nice loving mom, reminds me of mine." Takura smiled. "I'll see you guys back at the arena. See ya!"
Takura raced off, following along with the other three.
"Best of all it was a great duel!" Kai said.
"Yeah, too bad we never have surprises like this. Come on Kai, let's leave them alone." Allen said walking off, Kai followed.
"Will you be staying?" Daniel asked.
"Can't I've got a lot of work to do around the house." Victoria said sadly. "But I'll see you when you get home, safely."
"Good." Daniel smiled.
"And then we can have our rematch!" Victoria said with a victory pose.
They both laughed and headed back to the arena together.
~~~CARDS PLAYED
Tempest: MAGIC / Desc: Destroy all Magic and Trap cards on the field.
Death Volstargaf: Level 6 / 2200/1700/ Demon / Desc: When this monster inflicts battle damage, reduce your opponent's life points by 500. This monster gains 200 ATK for every magic card played.
Metal Volstargaf: 3650/2300/ Demon / Disc: This monster can only be special summoned from the deck, hand, or graveyard by sacrifice "Death Volstargaf" when it's equipped with "Metalmorph". This card gains 200 attack points for every magic card played.
Guillotine Arch: PERMANENT TRAP / Desc: When your opponent declares an attack on one of your monsters, negate that attack and as long as this card remains face up on the field, that monster cannot attack for 3 turns. When three of your opponent's turns are up, this trap card along with the chosen monster is destroyed.
Trampled Doom: PERMANENT MAGIC / Desc: Chose one monster on your opponent's side of the field. As long as that monster remains face up on the field, decrease that monster's ATK by the equal amount of your life points now. You must skip your battle phase after this card is activated.
Blue Eyes White Dragon: Level 8 / 3000/2500/ Dragon.
Graverobber's Youth: MAGIC / Desc: Remove 5 card's from the top of your deck and the bottom of your deck, out of play, to activate 1 Trap Card from your opponent's graveyard.