Chapter 169: The First Attack: Carnal of God, Part 1

Daniel left the school, sighing from all the stress from all the strict teachers of his new school. He remember as he and Mink met in the middle of the hall.

Mink had shown him a brief finish of the duel between Paul and Whiley. Paul would be coming tomorrow to meet with them so they would stick together.

Daniel met up with his friends at the arcade which everyone gathered around a duel. Most kids were in the circle as some were just playing games. "Look, there must be a good duel going on!" Allen pointed out.

Everyone shoved in, trying to see what was going on. "Who is that?" Mink said, pointing at the cloaked man.

"Must be some new guy or something" Daniel said.

"Probably but look at his life points." Kai pointed out. The cloaked man's life points were at 4000 while the opponent's, a rookie kid duelist, life points remained at 100.

"Attack!" The duelist yelled as he pointed his hand out. Suddenly three stoned knights jumped forth, slashing their blades down at the Kuriboh, destroying it. The kid cried out as the last two knights slashed at him, reducing his life points to 0.

Everyone gasped. Some whispers were going around saying the guy had beaten every strong duelist in the arcade.

"Strong? He doesn't seem so strong let me at him!" Allen yelled but Kai and Daniel pulled him back.

"No, let's not start anything!" Daniel said, trying to keep Allen still.

"Be quiet. It's just a duelist, sheesh." Jess said, rolling her eyes.

Suddenly the cloaked man swiftly turned around, facing the duelist as his cape swished behind him. Mink and Jess yipped, jumping all over each other.

The cloaked man chuckled and threw a card won at Dan's feet.The cloaked man then ran off toward the exit and left the scene.

"What was that all about?!" Jess screamed, jumping out of Mink's arms.

Daniel crouched down, picking up the card. "It's a map of the city." He said.

Kai looked closer. "I think he wants you to go there." Kai said, pointing at the big red star which indicated at the Domino City Docks.

"Why would we want to see me there?" Daniel wondered.

"Duh! Because you are obviously a strong duelist! Well wait until he sees me!" Allen laughed loudly.

"Shut up. Dan's not going alone, we're going too." Jess said.

"I don't have a good feeling about this..." Mink said.

Suddenly Daniel began walking off. "Hey where are you going?" Allen yelled.

"Maybe this will answer our questions to whom we're facing." Daniel said, walking out the doors.

In no time the group stopped at the entrance of the docks where the duelist stood at the foot of the edge where the ocean splashed on the giant cement wall.

"I knew you'd come, Dan." He smiled, turning around, revealing his short white hair and green eyes. "I am a Drifter type duelist."

"A drifter..." Jess growled.

"But look." The Drifter smiled, pointing up behind them.

The group turned around to see a group of 4 people standing up on a unfinished building roof. "I'm glad to see all of you." One of them stood forward, taking their hood down. "Especially you, Dan."

The man revealed his red spiked hair and red eyes, looking down at the group. "Who are you!" Allen yelled.

"Heh. Drifter is only my minion. I just wanted to see who I'm up against." The man smiled. "I'm Wolfgang, and I'm your rival, Daniel."

"Rival?" Daniel said.

"Yes. I'm hired to defeat you in a duel but before we even get started in the future, I want to see what power you have." Wolfgang said.

"Dan doesn't have to duel that guy!" Mink yelled.

"Heh.. Foolish girl. You should watch your mouth." Wolfgang said, waving his finger. "You have no idea what you're all in for toward the future. But for now, I'll leave your presence alone, don't worry, I'll still be watching though. And one more thing... I'm closer as you know it, Danny- Boy"

Wolfgang left down a hidden stair case, the other followed him. "But who are those other people?" Jess said.

"Must be our own rivals.." Kai guessed.

"Shall we get this duel started?" The Drifter asked as his special duel disk folded out from his wrist.

"Fine with me." Daniel said, stepping forward as his Duel Xero folded out. He took one last step, sliding his deck into his deck holster which brought up his life points to 4000.

"I will move!" Drifter announced as his eyes turned deadly red. The drifter made some swift movements with his hands, trying to make a performance.

"Enough with the dance and move!" Allen yelled.

"I'll set three cards face down." He announced, sliding all three cards onto his duel disk. "My turn ends."

"He doesn't dare summon a monster?" Daniel thought as he wondered. "What is he planning?"

"Heh.." The Drifter smiled, showing his teeth.

"Draw!" Dan yelled, drawing his card. "Now! I'll activate summon X Head Cannon, in attack mode! (1800/1500)"

"All right here's the first attack...." Mink said anxiously.

"Now! X Head Cannon, direct attack!" Daniel announced.

"Reverse magic!" The Drifter announced. "Shield Wall!"

Suddenly four stoned soldiers appeared, holding giant shields and blocking off the torpedo which the machine had fired at it, destroying one.

"What is that?!" Daniel said, taking a step back.

"Heh..." The Drifter smirked.

"I have to keep my cool..." Daniel thought. "I'll place one card face down and end my turn!"

"Draw!" The Drifter announced, drawing his card. "Now! Activate magic card, Instances of Attack!"

"Another one...." Daniel thought. Dan was starting to think Drifter had no monsters at all which will help him win the duel.

"This magic card brings up 2 Flaming Knights (2x 1100/500)" The Drifter announced as two red armored warriors materialized onto the field. "I'll then switch both of them into defense mode which now activates their effect!"

"What effect!" Jess yelled.

"Now I am allowed to destroy your X Head Cannon! (1800/1500)" The Drifter announced as a giant flame engulfed the machine, destroying it. "I'll then set one more card face down and end my turn."

"I need to destroy those knights." Daniel thought, drawing his next card. "Now! I summon Swift Attacker, Gilfar! (1400/700). Now, attack and destroy his Flaming Knight!"

"Heh... Reverse trap, Attack Transferal Barrier!" The Drifter announced.

The small demon flew at the knight but suddenly changed it's target to the Drifter's Shield Token, destroying it.

Daniel growled, knowing he's trapped by the Knight once he ends his turn. "My turn ends..." He announced.

"Draw!" The Drifter announced, drawing his card. "Now I switch both of my Flaming Knights into attack mode (2x 1100/500)"

"No! Dan's in for a bad direct attack!" Mink gasped.

"And because I have shifted both of them again, your Swift Attacker, Gilfar is destroyed!" The Drifter announced as the small demon exploded into a giant flame ball. "Now my two knights, attack his life points directly!"

"Activate trap card, Holy Barrier, Mirror Force!" Daniel yelled as his trap card flew up. Suddenly a giant glass barrier appeared infront of Dan.

"Counter with this!" The Drifter yelled as his last face down card flew up. "Trap Jammer!"

"No..." Daniel growled as the giant glass barrier shattered and the knights fled through, slashing at Daniel. Daniel let out a cry as his life points reduced down to 1800.

"You're not all what your cut out to be so far." The Drifter smirked. "I'll set a card face down and end my turn."

"Draw..." Daniel growled.

"Come on Dan! Don't give in to this freak!" Kai cheered.

"Now! I activate Fusion! To fuse Baffomet and Gazelle from my hand to summon this, Winged Beast Chimera! (2100/1800)" Daniel announced as the two headed beast rose up from the ground. "Now! Attack his Flaming Knight!"

"Fool, activate trap card, Attack Transferal Barrier!" The Drifter laughed. "Again, you fall into my trap..." "Not this time!" Daniel yelled.

"No... He used a magic card!" The Drifter gasped, looking at Daniel's face up card.

"Yes! I've activate Magic Rain which allows me to use a trap card from your graveyard, and I've activated your Trap Jammer!" Daniel yelled as the magic card transformed into The Drifter's trap card. "And by discarding a card from my hand to the graveyard, your Attack Transferal Barrier is useless!"

"No..." The Drifter growled as his trap card was stopped and two headed beast charged at the armored knight, destroying it, and reducing the Drifter's life points to 3000.

The Drifter growled knowing he had failed to block off the attack. "Looks like your Knights have been stopped." Daniel said. "I'll end my turn now."

"Draw!" The Drifter announced, drawing his card. "Now! I sacrifice my second Flaming Knight to activate this magic card, Squall Knight Formation!"

"Another of those magic cards." Daniel growled.

"Yes, this magic card allows me to bring forth three Squall Knights! (3x 500/700)" The Drifter announced as three black armored knights materialized onto the field. "But I'm not done from here! I'll now remove all three of them from play to bring forth this! Emperor Knight! (2700/3000)"

"Emperor Knight?" Daniel said in shock as all three knights threw their swords into the air.

Everyone looked in amazement as all three swords became one and the sword fell, only to be taken by a tall strong knight with golden armor.

"Unless you can get through this... This card will be your executioner..." The Drifter smirked. "So now! Emperor Knight, attack and destroy his Chimera!"

The tall knight let out a battle cry, slashing it's sword into the ground and sending a giant wave of energy at the beast, destroying it and reducing Daniel's life points to 1400.

"Err..." Dan growled, recovering from the assault.

"I end my turn but look at this." The Drifter pointing to his right. Daniel looked over and saw a Black Horse materialize onto the field.

"What is that?" Daniel asked.

"That is the Horse of Knight. As long as it remains on the field you can only target it on your battle phase." The Drifter smiled. "Keeping my knight safe from your monsters."

"This is a really tough duelist..." Daniel wondered. He started wondering exactly how strong Wolfgang would be if he fought him.

"Do you think Dan can even beat this guy?" Mink wondered.

"Don't say that! Dan will do it!" Allen yelled.

"Draw!" Daniel yelled, drawing his next card. Suddenly Daniel smiled, knowing he had a plan. "Now! I activate Raise Dead to bring back X Head Cannon (1800/1500)"

"Hmmm..." The Drifter smiled, awaiting for the inevitable.

"And then... I'll use Pot of Greed to draw two cards!" Daniel yelled drawing his two cards. "Now! I bring forth Y Dragon Head! (1500/1300)"

"Ah ha! So he plans to summon XYZ Dragon Cannon..." The Drifter smirked as Dan held up one more card.

"I'll then activate Surprise Attack, allowing me to special summon this from my hand,. Z Metal Caterpillar! (1500/1300)"

"Well he did it." The Drifter smiled.

"Now! I'll remove X Head Cannon, Y Dragon Head, and Z Metal Caterpillar from the field to summon XYZ Dragon Cannon! (2800/2600)" Daniel announced as all three machines combined into one. "Now! I'll discard one card from my hand, to destroy your Horse of Knight!"

The giant machine pointed it's cannons directly at the black horse and it neighed and the machine fired, destroying the horse.

"Yeah! This guys going down!" Allen yelled holding up a thumbs down.

"Now! XYZ Dragon Cannon, attack and destroy his Emperor Knight!" Daniel called out, pointing his hand at the monster.

The machine charged up then fired it's hyper destruction blast, easily destroying the knight and reducing the Drifter's life points to 2900. The Drifter growled, trying the to withstand the smoke which flew past him.

"And my Squall Knights return to the field (3x 500/700)" The Drifter announced as three knights appeared onto the field.

"I'll set two cards face down and end my turn." Daniel announced, knowing the Drifter was some how not over with.

The Drifter drew his next card. Suddenly the clouds began to cover the moon and the sky got darker. Allen, Mink, Jess, and Kai noticed that there was something wrong.

"This will be a new experience for you..." The Drifter chuckled, holding a card in his hand.

"What are you talking about..." Daniel said, feeling chills.

"Now! It is time to reveal a new power! A power so evil not even I can handle!" The Drifter yelled placing the card on his plate. "I activate.... Carnal of God!"

"Carnal of God?" Kai said.

Suddenly the Drifter's eyes began to glow a dark purple and a black fog started to form around the duelist. Daniel could see five figures form on the Drifter's side of the field.

"Carnal of God will resurrect five Diabound Curses on my side of the field." The Drifter laughed as five bodies with legs for a giant snake materialized onto the field.

"Diabound Curse..." Daniel said, totally confused.

"Yes... These monsters will be your doom! So duel well because this will be your toughest challenge yet!" The Drifter laughed.

Five extra spaces were created for the five Diabound Curses and no one but the Drifter knew how these new monsters would work. Jess felt as much scared as anyone around. Hearing the name made her want to curl up into a ball and stay that way forever.

CARDS PLAYED

X Head Cannon: Level 4 / 1800/1500/ Machine.

Shield Wall: QUICK PLAY MAGIC / Desc: Special Summon 4 "Shield Token's" to the field in face up defense mode (Level 4 / 1000/1000/ Rock.). These monsters cannot attack. If any of these monsters are switched into attack mode, that monster is destroyed. These "Shield Tokens" cannot be used as a Sacrifice no matter what the situation is.

Instances of Attack: QUICK PLAY MAGIC / Desc: Special Summon 2 "Flaming Knight Tokens" to the field in face up attack mode (Level 4 / 1100/500). Destroy 1 monster on your opponent's side of the field each time the 2 "Flaming Knights" switch positions on the field at the same time on the same turn.

Swift Attacker, Gilfar: Level 4 / 1400/700/ Desc: When this monster is destroyed and sent to the graveyard by battle of your opponent's monster, reduce the attacking monster's by half as long as this card remains in your graveyard.

Attack Transferal Barrier: TRAP / Desc: When your opponent declares an attack on one of your monsters, change the attacking monster's target to a different monster on your side of the field.

Holy Barrier, Mirror Force: TRAP / Desc: Negate the attack of one of your opponent's monster's and destroy all face up monsters in Attack Position on your opponent's side of the field.

Trap Jammer: TRAP / Desc: Discard 1 card from your hand to negate the effect of a Trap Card your opponent has activated and destroy it.

Magic Rain: QUICK PLAY MAGIC / Desc: Activate 1 Trap Card from your opponent's graveyard.

Winged Beast Chimera: Level 6 / 2100/1800/ Fusion / Beast Type / Desc: The King of Mythical Beasts, Gazelle Baffomet. When this card is destroyed, you may Special Summon 1 "The King of Mythical Beasts, Gazelle" or "Baffomet" from your graveyard to the field in face up attack or defense position.

Squall Knight Formation: QUICK PLAY MAGIC / Desc: This card can only be activated by Sacrificing 1 monster on your side of the field as a Sacrifice. Special Summon 3 "Squall Knights" from your hand or deck, to the field in face up attack mode.

Squall Knight: Level 3/ 500/700/ Warrior / Desc: You can decrease 1 monster's attack on the field equal to this card's ATK and any other "Squall Knight" on the field. If you have two other "Squall Knights" on the field, you can temporarily remove those two (including this card) monster cards from play to Special Summon 1 "Emperor Knight" from your hand, to the field.

Emperor Knight: Level 7 / 2700/3000/ Warrior / Desc: This card can only be Special Summon by the effect of "Squall Knight". As long as this card remains face up on the field, during your end phases Special Summon 1 "Horse of Knight's" to the field in face up defense mode (Level 2 / 300/300/ Beast). Your opponent can only target "Horse of Knight's" on the field as an attack target as long as this card remains on the field. If this card is destroyed or removed from play, return three "Squall Knights" from your Removed From Play deck to the field in face up attack or defense mode.

Y Dragon Head: Level 4 / 1500/1300/ Union / Machine / Desc: Once per turn during your Main Phase, if you control this monster on the field, you can equip it to your "X Head Cannon" or "Z Metal Caterpillar" as an Equip Magic Card or change it back to a monster in face up Attack Position. When equipped to a monster by this card's effect, that monster's ATK and DEF is increased by 400. (1 monster can only be equipped with 1 Union Monster at a time. If the monster that this card is equipped to is destroyed in battle, this card is destroyed instead)

Surprise Attack: MAGIC / Desc: Special Summon 1 monster from your hand to the field, return that monster to your hand after at the End of your turn.

Z Metal Caterpillar: Level 4 / 1500/1600/ Union / Machine / Desc: Once per turn during your Main Phase, if you control this monster on the field, you can equip it to your "X Head Cannon" or "Y Dragon Head" as an Equip Magic Card or change it back to a monster in face up Attack Position. When equipped to a monster by this card's effect, that monster's ATK and DEF is increased by 600. (1 monster can only be equipped with 1 Union Monster at a time. If the monster that this card is equipped to is destroyed in battle, this card is destroyed instead)

XYZ Dragon Cannon: Level 8 / 2800/2600/ Machine / Desc: X-Head Cannon Y- Dragon Head Z Metal Caterpillar. This monster can only be Special Summoned by removing from play the above monsters on your side of the field. You do not use "Fusion" to Special Summon this monster from your Fusion Deck. Discard 1 card from your hand to destroy 1 card on your opponent's side