Chapter 163: Deep Impact: My Own Path, Part 2
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The score stood at Lain: 2700, Daniel: 2700, and Paul: 1800.
Lain had her strategy going well. Her Insect Queen (3200/2400), her Insect Princess (2400/1200), and one Insect Token which her Insect Queen had produced after taking a large quantity of Paul's Life Points.
Daniel was with his defense mode Orpheus (100/2500) and his Little Xian (1300/1200) which took a bite of of Lain's life points. Paul had his Blue Eyes White Dragon (3000/2500) and two face down cards.
Paul stood there with no expression of loss or winning. He was serious about only getting to Jin.
"Now! I'll place a card face down and end my turn!" Daniel announced.
"Draw!" Paul announced, drawing his card. "And now! Blue Eyes White Dragon, attack and destroy her Insect Princess!"
"No you don't..." Lain smiled. "Now! I activate Swirl of Butterflies!"
"What?" Daniel said.
"This trap card will negate your attack on my Insect Princess!" Lain yelled as a swarm of Butterflies clouded the Blue Eyes, making the dragon miss it's target.
"Now! Activate face down card, Cost Down!" Paul announced. "This will reduce all monster's in my hand by 2 levels by discarding one card from my hand!"
"No..." Lain growled, feeling what was coming.
"Yes! Now I sacrifice Blue Eyes White Dragon, summoning Dragon Lancet! (1900/1300)" Paul announced as the metallic blue dragon formed onto the field, roaring. "And now! I'll activate it's effect. It will now absorb 500 of your Insect Queen's attack points!"
Lain watched as her helpless bug began to glow green, it's essence flying into the mouth of Paul's dragon, increasing it's attack to 2400 and it's defense to 1800.
"Good job." Daniel thought, looking at Paul.
Lain growled as her Insect Queen's attack power reduced to 2900 but smiled because her Insect Queen was still more powerful because Dragon Lancet had also counted for a insect monster because of Lain's DNA Surgery.
"Turn end!" Paul yelled.
"My turn. Draw!" Lain yelled, drawing her next card. "Now Dan... We'll have to do something about that defense monster of yours."
"What do you mean..." Daniel growled.
"Don't you remember my Insect Princess' special effect?" Lain said.
"No!" Daniel gasped.
"That's right so now you're Orpheus is up for a trip!" Lain laughed as the demon stood up. "I promise you that this will be quick!"
"Foolish Dan, always leaving me to help him." Paul growled.
"Now! I sacrifice my Insect Token so my Insect Queen will now attack!" Lain announced as the egg disappeared and the queen unleashed a green blast.
"Not so fast!" Paul smiled. "Activate trap, Attack Nullification!"
"No!" Lain gasped as the green energy blast disappeared before it could hit Dan's monster.
"Thanks to you I wasted a good card." Paul said, glaring at Daniel.
"Heh. I'll summon a monster in defense mode and end my turn." Lain announced, growling because she had wasted an insect monster, lowering her Insect Queen to 2700.
"Draw!" Daniel announced, drawing his next card. "Now! I'll sacrifice Orpheus and Little Xian to summon this, Xian Gajet! (2300/2400)"
Because Dan had summoned a monster, Insect Queen's attack points rose to 2900. Lain growled, knowing them working together was bad against her.
"They shouldn't win. I'm the one who should." She growled.
"Now! Xian Gajet, attack and destroy her face down monster!" Daniel announced. The black and white checkered warrior jumped up, holding it's black and white sword up and thrusting it down through the card, destroying parasite. "I'll set one card face down and end my turn!"
"Draw!" Paul announced, drawing his next card. "This duel is nothing compared to all the others I've faced. You're just another wannabe!"
"You jerk..." Lain growled.
"Now! I activate Raise Dead which to bring back my Blue Eyes White Dragon! (3000/2500)" Paul announced as the dragon rose up from the ground, increasing Insect Queen's attack points to 3100. "And I'll then activate Dragon Lancet's effect."
Paul smiled as the Insect Queen began to glow, taking it's essence and swallowing it down. "No..." Lain growled as her monster grew down at 2600 and Dragon Lancet's attack rose to 2900 and it's defense at 2300.
"Now, Blue Eyes White Dragon, attack and destroy her Insect Princess!" Paul yelled, pointing at the woman shaped insect. The insect looked worried as the dragon blasted it's lightning blast at it, destroying it and reducing Lain's life points to 2100. "And Dragon Lancet, attack and destroy her Insect Queen!"
"No! All my monsters are destroyed!" Lain yelled as the metallic blue dragon unleashed a blast of three blue orbs which attracted electricity, firing it at the giant bug, and destroying it. Lain growled as her life points lowered to 1800.
Paul smiled, knowing the field was clear for a direct attack. But Dan looked down at that idea, knowing Lain was not stopping here.
"My turn ends!" Paul announced.
"Heh." Lain smirked. "This duel isn't over yet! Draw!"
"No.... That look." Daniel gasped, looking into her happy face.
"And now! I activate Pot of Greed, allowing me to draw two cards!" Lain yelled, drawing her next two cards. "And then... I'll activate this, Raise Dead which to bring back my Insect Queen! (2200/2400 +800)"
"That is not stronger than my own monsters." Paul smirked.
"I'm not done yet." Lain smiled, holding up a card. "This card I hold, Insect Merger is the key card of this duel. I only held on long enough so I can bring it out."
"Insect Merger?" Daniel said, confused.
"So now! By going on with it's effect. I now sacrifice my Insect Queen to bring out Insect Merger! (1500/1500 +2000)" Lain yelled as her Insect Queen began to disappear and a giant moth appeared, with it's long fuzzy antenna's sticking out of it's head with giant red eyes and long dusty wings fluttering in the air. "When I sacrifice my insect monster, half of it's attack points are forced into my Insect Merger, also it gains an additional 2000 attack points."
"That's stronger than all of our monsters!" Daniel growled.
"Yes and soon it will defeat you all! Now, Insect Merger, attack and destroy Dragon Lancet!" Lain commanded. The giant moth began flapping it's wings, sending a bunch of rays of light at the dragon, making it explode. Paul growled as his life points reduced to 1100. "I'll then set a card face down and end my turn!"
"I need to do something right now." Daniel thought, drawing his next card. "That's right... Xian Gajet's effect allowed me to bring up Xian Defender from my deck. This could work."
"I'm waiting!" Lain yelled with impatience.
"I'll summon a monster in defense mode. I'll then move Xian Gajet into defense mode then set one card face down. My turn ends!" Daniel announced.
"Draw!" Paul yelled, drawing his next card. Paul smiled, knowing this duel was as good as over. "Now! I activate Silent Dead, allowing me to revive a monster from my graveyard in defense mode. So now! I bring back Dragon Lancet! (1900/1300)"
"Heh, even if he does activate it's effect my Insect Merger is still stronger." Lain smiled.
"Finally, I'll sacrifice my Blue Eyes White Dragon and Dragon Lancet to summon my other Blue Eyes White Dragon! (3000/2500)" Paul announced as both of his monsters disappeared and his dragon materialized onto the field.
"Why did he do that..." Lain wondered.
"Blue Eyes White Dragon! Attack her Insect Merger!" Paul yelled.
The dragon flew at the moth, ready to pummel it down but the moth activated, bouncing at it, destroying it. Paul grinned as his life points lowered to 600.
"Fool. If you really think you can win, you should actually keep your stronger monsters." Lain smiled.
"Now! I activate this magic card... Mega Fuse Polymerization!" Paul yelled. "This magic card allows me to fuse monsters from my graveyard and I chose to fuse all three of my Blue Eyes White Dragons!"
"But you only have two!" Lain said in shock.
"You're wrong." Paul smiled. "Back when I used my Cost Down, I needed to discard a card from my hand."
Lain looked back to when Paul activated Cost Down, slipping a card from his hand to his graveyard. Lain was shocked to see the card was a Blue Eyes White Dragon.
"No! This can't be!" Lain gasped, taking a step back.
"Now that I have all three Blue Eyes in my graveyard, I will now fuse them together, thus forming the ultimate Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon! (4500/3800)" Paul yelled as the giant three headed dragon materialized onto the field. "But it's too bad that I had already did my Battle Phase. I'll then set a card face down, ending my turn."
"That monster is strong but my deck is filled with upgrades." Lain smiled, drawing her next card. "Now! I'll activate Insect Parasite Attack!"
"Er..." Daniel growled.
"This magic card will decrease all insect monsters on your side of the field by half!" Lain laughed as Paul's Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon's attack power decreased to 2250. "This duel is over! Insect Merger (3500/3500), attack and destroy his Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon!"
"Not yet! Reverse trap card, Magic Mirror!" Paul yelled as his trap card flipped up, revealing a weird machine device.
"What is that?!" Lain gasped.
"This trap card, it allows me to use one magic card from your graveyard!" Paul yelled. "And I have chosen your Insect Parasite Attack!"
"Damn..." Lain growled as her monster's attack power reduced to 1750.
The attack was still on and the giant moth blasted another stream of light but at Paul's dragon. Nothing happened to his dragon but the three headed dragon rose it's three heads, firing a triple lightning blast at the moth, destroying it, reducing Lain's life points to 1300.
"No... I have nothing to defend my self..." Lain gasped.
"Now, Daniel. It is your chance. I've done so much just to get you at this level. MAKE IT HAPPEN!" Paul yelled.
"Right." Daniel nodded, taking his next card. "Now! Xian Gajet (2300/2400), attack her life points directly!"
The checkered warrior dove into the air, raising it's sword and slashing it across Lain's chest. Lain let out a scream, flying into the wall. Lain's life points resulted in 0, and Dan was now allowed to move to the next level.
"Go now." Paul said, pointing at the open gate. "I have my own path to take. Jin is mine."
"Very well... And I'm here to save my family." Daniel said, heading passed the iron gate as Paul turned around and went back.
~CARDS PLAYED~
Swirl of Butterflies: TRAP / Desc: Negate 1 attack toward one of your Insect Monsters.
Dragon Lancet: Level 8 / 1900/1300/ Dragon / Desc: During each of your Main Phases, you may decrease one monster's ATK by 500 to increase this monster's ATK and DEF by 500. This monster cannot be destroyed by a monster with the attack of 2500 or higher.
Xian Gajet: Level 8 / 2300/2400/ Warrior / Desc: When this monster is successfully Sacrificed Summoned, you may take 1 "Xian Defender" from your Deck and add it to your hand.
Blue Eyes White Dragon: Level 8 / 3000/2500/ Dragon.
Insect Queen: Level 7 / 2200/2400/ Insect / Desc: This card gains 200 ATK for each Insect monster on the field. When this monster attacks and destroys a monster, Special Summon 1 "Insect Token" onto the field (Level 1 / 100/100/ Insect). You must sacrifice 1 monster on your side of the field for this monster to attack.
Insect Merger: Level 10 / ?/?/ Insect / Desc: This Monster can only be Special Summoned by sacrificing 1 Insect monster on the field, this card's ATK and DEF becomes equal to half the amount of attack points the sacrificed monster plus 2000 ATK.
Silent Dead: MAGIC / Desc: Special Summon 1 monster card from your graveyard, onto the field in face up defense position.
Mega Fuse Polymerization: MAGIC / Desc: Remove 2 or more Fusion Material monster's from your graveyard to create 1 Fusion Monster.
Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon: Level 12 / 4500/3800/ Fusion / Dragon / Desc: Blue Eyes White Dragon + Blue Eyes White Dragon + Blue Eyes White Dragon.
Insect Parasite Attack: MAGIC / Desc: Decrease all of your opponent's Insect Monster's Attack Points on the field by half for the rest of the turn.
Magic Mirror: TRAP / Desc: Activate 1 Magic Card from your opponent's graveyard.
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The score stood at Lain: 2700, Daniel: 2700, and Paul: 1800.
Lain had her strategy going well. Her Insect Queen (3200/2400), her Insect Princess (2400/1200), and one Insect Token which her Insect Queen had produced after taking a large quantity of Paul's Life Points.
Daniel was with his defense mode Orpheus (100/2500) and his Little Xian (1300/1200) which took a bite of of Lain's life points. Paul had his Blue Eyes White Dragon (3000/2500) and two face down cards.
Paul stood there with no expression of loss or winning. He was serious about only getting to Jin.
"Now! I'll place a card face down and end my turn!" Daniel announced.
"Draw!" Paul announced, drawing his card. "And now! Blue Eyes White Dragon, attack and destroy her Insect Princess!"
"No you don't..." Lain smiled. "Now! I activate Swirl of Butterflies!"
"What?" Daniel said.
"This trap card will negate your attack on my Insect Princess!" Lain yelled as a swarm of Butterflies clouded the Blue Eyes, making the dragon miss it's target.
"Now! Activate face down card, Cost Down!" Paul announced. "This will reduce all monster's in my hand by 2 levels by discarding one card from my hand!"
"No..." Lain growled, feeling what was coming.
"Yes! Now I sacrifice Blue Eyes White Dragon, summoning Dragon Lancet! (1900/1300)" Paul announced as the metallic blue dragon formed onto the field, roaring. "And now! I'll activate it's effect. It will now absorb 500 of your Insect Queen's attack points!"
Lain watched as her helpless bug began to glow green, it's essence flying into the mouth of Paul's dragon, increasing it's attack to 2400 and it's defense to 1800.
"Good job." Daniel thought, looking at Paul.
Lain growled as her Insect Queen's attack power reduced to 2900 but smiled because her Insect Queen was still more powerful because Dragon Lancet had also counted for a insect monster because of Lain's DNA Surgery.
"Turn end!" Paul yelled.
"My turn. Draw!" Lain yelled, drawing her next card. "Now Dan... We'll have to do something about that defense monster of yours."
"What do you mean..." Daniel growled.
"Don't you remember my Insect Princess' special effect?" Lain said.
"No!" Daniel gasped.
"That's right so now you're Orpheus is up for a trip!" Lain laughed as the demon stood up. "I promise you that this will be quick!"
"Foolish Dan, always leaving me to help him." Paul growled.
"Now! I sacrifice my Insect Token so my Insect Queen will now attack!" Lain announced as the egg disappeared and the queen unleashed a green blast.
"Not so fast!" Paul smiled. "Activate trap, Attack Nullification!"
"No!" Lain gasped as the green energy blast disappeared before it could hit Dan's monster.
"Thanks to you I wasted a good card." Paul said, glaring at Daniel.
"Heh. I'll summon a monster in defense mode and end my turn." Lain announced, growling because she had wasted an insect monster, lowering her Insect Queen to 2700.
"Draw!" Daniel announced, drawing his next card. "Now! I'll sacrifice Orpheus and Little Xian to summon this, Xian Gajet! (2300/2400)"
Because Dan had summoned a monster, Insect Queen's attack points rose to 2900. Lain growled, knowing them working together was bad against her.
"They shouldn't win. I'm the one who should." She growled.
"Now! Xian Gajet, attack and destroy her face down monster!" Daniel announced. The black and white checkered warrior jumped up, holding it's black and white sword up and thrusting it down through the card, destroying parasite. "I'll set one card face down and end my turn!"
"Draw!" Paul announced, drawing his next card. "This duel is nothing compared to all the others I've faced. You're just another wannabe!"
"You jerk..." Lain growled.
"Now! I activate Raise Dead which to bring back my Blue Eyes White Dragon! (3000/2500)" Paul announced as the dragon rose up from the ground, increasing Insect Queen's attack points to 3100. "And I'll then activate Dragon Lancet's effect."
Paul smiled as the Insect Queen began to glow, taking it's essence and swallowing it down. "No..." Lain growled as her monster grew down at 2600 and Dragon Lancet's attack rose to 2900 and it's defense at 2300.
"Now, Blue Eyes White Dragon, attack and destroy her Insect Princess!" Paul yelled, pointing at the woman shaped insect. The insect looked worried as the dragon blasted it's lightning blast at it, destroying it and reducing Lain's life points to 2100. "And Dragon Lancet, attack and destroy her Insect Queen!"
"No! All my monsters are destroyed!" Lain yelled as the metallic blue dragon unleashed a blast of three blue orbs which attracted electricity, firing it at the giant bug, and destroying it. Lain growled as her life points lowered to 1800.
Paul smiled, knowing the field was clear for a direct attack. But Dan looked down at that idea, knowing Lain was not stopping here.
"My turn ends!" Paul announced.
"Heh." Lain smirked. "This duel isn't over yet! Draw!"
"No.... That look." Daniel gasped, looking into her happy face.
"And now! I activate Pot of Greed, allowing me to draw two cards!" Lain yelled, drawing her next two cards. "And then... I'll activate this, Raise Dead which to bring back my Insect Queen! (2200/2400 +800)"
"That is not stronger than my own monsters." Paul smirked.
"I'm not done yet." Lain smiled, holding up a card. "This card I hold, Insect Merger is the key card of this duel. I only held on long enough so I can bring it out."
"Insect Merger?" Daniel said, confused.
"So now! By going on with it's effect. I now sacrifice my Insect Queen to bring out Insect Merger! (1500/1500 +2000)" Lain yelled as her Insect Queen began to disappear and a giant moth appeared, with it's long fuzzy antenna's sticking out of it's head with giant red eyes and long dusty wings fluttering in the air. "When I sacrifice my insect monster, half of it's attack points are forced into my Insect Merger, also it gains an additional 2000 attack points."
"That's stronger than all of our monsters!" Daniel growled.
"Yes and soon it will defeat you all! Now, Insect Merger, attack and destroy Dragon Lancet!" Lain commanded. The giant moth began flapping it's wings, sending a bunch of rays of light at the dragon, making it explode. Paul growled as his life points reduced to 1100. "I'll then set a card face down and end my turn!"
"I need to do something right now." Daniel thought, drawing his next card. "That's right... Xian Gajet's effect allowed me to bring up Xian Defender from my deck. This could work."
"I'm waiting!" Lain yelled with impatience.
"I'll summon a monster in defense mode. I'll then move Xian Gajet into defense mode then set one card face down. My turn ends!" Daniel announced.
"Draw!" Paul yelled, drawing his next card. Paul smiled, knowing this duel was as good as over. "Now! I activate Silent Dead, allowing me to revive a monster from my graveyard in defense mode. So now! I bring back Dragon Lancet! (1900/1300)"
"Heh, even if he does activate it's effect my Insect Merger is still stronger." Lain smiled.
"Finally, I'll sacrifice my Blue Eyes White Dragon and Dragon Lancet to summon my other Blue Eyes White Dragon! (3000/2500)" Paul announced as both of his monsters disappeared and his dragon materialized onto the field.
"Why did he do that..." Lain wondered.
"Blue Eyes White Dragon! Attack her Insect Merger!" Paul yelled.
The dragon flew at the moth, ready to pummel it down but the moth activated, bouncing at it, destroying it. Paul grinned as his life points lowered to 600.
"Fool. If you really think you can win, you should actually keep your stronger monsters." Lain smiled.
"Now! I activate this magic card... Mega Fuse Polymerization!" Paul yelled. "This magic card allows me to fuse monsters from my graveyard and I chose to fuse all three of my Blue Eyes White Dragons!"
"But you only have two!" Lain said in shock.
"You're wrong." Paul smiled. "Back when I used my Cost Down, I needed to discard a card from my hand."
Lain looked back to when Paul activated Cost Down, slipping a card from his hand to his graveyard. Lain was shocked to see the card was a Blue Eyes White Dragon.
"No! This can't be!" Lain gasped, taking a step back.
"Now that I have all three Blue Eyes in my graveyard, I will now fuse them together, thus forming the ultimate Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon! (4500/3800)" Paul yelled as the giant three headed dragon materialized onto the field. "But it's too bad that I had already did my Battle Phase. I'll then set a card face down, ending my turn."
"That monster is strong but my deck is filled with upgrades." Lain smiled, drawing her next card. "Now! I'll activate Insect Parasite Attack!"
"Er..." Daniel growled.
"This magic card will decrease all insect monsters on your side of the field by half!" Lain laughed as Paul's Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon's attack power decreased to 2250. "This duel is over! Insect Merger (3500/3500), attack and destroy his Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon!"
"Not yet! Reverse trap card, Magic Mirror!" Paul yelled as his trap card flipped up, revealing a weird machine device.
"What is that?!" Lain gasped.
"This trap card, it allows me to use one magic card from your graveyard!" Paul yelled. "And I have chosen your Insect Parasite Attack!"
"Damn..." Lain growled as her monster's attack power reduced to 1750.
The attack was still on and the giant moth blasted another stream of light but at Paul's dragon. Nothing happened to his dragon but the three headed dragon rose it's three heads, firing a triple lightning blast at the moth, destroying it, reducing Lain's life points to 1300.
"No... I have nothing to defend my self..." Lain gasped.
"Now, Daniel. It is your chance. I've done so much just to get you at this level. MAKE IT HAPPEN!" Paul yelled.
"Right." Daniel nodded, taking his next card. "Now! Xian Gajet (2300/2400), attack her life points directly!"
The checkered warrior dove into the air, raising it's sword and slashing it across Lain's chest. Lain let out a scream, flying into the wall. Lain's life points resulted in 0, and Dan was now allowed to move to the next level.
"Go now." Paul said, pointing at the open gate. "I have my own path to take. Jin is mine."
"Very well... And I'm here to save my family." Daniel said, heading passed the iron gate as Paul turned around and went back.
~CARDS PLAYED~
Swirl of Butterflies: TRAP / Desc: Negate 1 attack toward one of your Insect Monsters.
Dragon Lancet: Level 8 / 1900/1300/ Dragon / Desc: During each of your Main Phases, you may decrease one monster's ATK by 500 to increase this monster's ATK and DEF by 500. This monster cannot be destroyed by a monster with the attack of 2500 or higher.
Xian Gajet: Level 8 / 2300/2400/ Warrior / Desc: When this monster is successfully Sacrificed Summoned, you may take 1 "Xian Defender" from your Deck and add it to your hand.
Blue Eyes White Dragon: Level 8 / 3000/2500/ Dragon.
Insect Queen: Level 7 / 2200/2400/ Insect / Desc: This card gains 200 ATK for each Insect monster on the field. When this monster attacks and destroys a monster, Special Summon 1 "Insect Token" onto the field (Level 1 / 100/100/ Insect). You must sacrifice 1 monster on your side of the field for this monster to attack.
Insect Merger: Level 10 / ?/?/ Insect / Desc: This Monster can only be Special Summoned by sacrificing 1 Insect monster on the field, this card's ATK and DEF becomes equal to half the amount of attack points the sacrificed monster plus 2000 ATK.
Silent Dead: MAGIC / Desc: Special Summon 1 monster card from your graveyard, onto the field in face up defense position.
Mega Fuse Polymerization: MAGIC / Desc: Remove 2 or more Fusion Material monster's from your graveyard to create 1 Fusion Monster.
Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon: Level 12 / 4500/3800/ Fusion / Dragon / Desc: Blue Eyes White Dragon + Blue Eyes White Dragon + Blue Eyes White Dragon.
Insect Parasite Attack: MAGIC / Desc: Decrease all of your opponent's Insect Monster's Attack Points on the field by half for the rest of the turn.
Magic Mirror: TRAP / Desc: Activate 1 Magic Card from your opponent's graveyard.