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Chapter 25: Conquering the Myth
Yugi turned to look at Akhmed and they both as one threw their COCs.
Akhmed's landed on a five.
Yugi's landed on a one.
Joey snapped his fingers. "Oh well, I guess I'll get em in the next round. Take him down Yug." He turned and walked off the field.
Akhmed looked to Apollo and then back to Yugi. "Duel your hardest friend."
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Giovan stood up and raised his hand. "Let the second match begin. Yugi Moto vs. Apollo!"
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Yugi drew and slapped a monster down. "I summon Queen's Knight (1500/1300) in defense mode." A woman in knight's armor appeared on his field in a crouching position.
Yugi slid a card into his duel disk. "I'll set this face-down and end my turn."
Apollo drew and slapped down his own monster. "I summon Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer (1800/800) in attack mode." A man in monk's robes wearing a purple black mask appeared on the field and bowed to Yugi. "Now Kycoo, attack with Banishment Ofuda!" Kycoo threw a slip of paper with symbols written upon it across the field. It hit Yugi's Queen Knight in the head and she shimmered with bright light, and then exploded into dust. "End turn."
Yugi drew and slid a card into his duel disk. "I activate the magic card Monster Reborn, to revive Queen's Knight to the field in attack mode." The female knight reappeared, sword drawn and ready for battle.
Apollo raised one of his blonde eyebrows in surprise. "What purpose did that serve? She's not tough enough to beat my monster."
Yugi smiled a little and slapped a monster onto the duel disk next to his first knight. "I now summon King's Knight (1500/1600) in attack mode." A man with a blond beard in knight armor appeared next to the Queen's Knight, his own sword drawn. "This triggers the special ability of King's Knight. When I have a Queen's Knight on the field and I summon King's Knight, I may then summon Jack's Knight from my deck to the field." He popped his deck free and searched it over, finally finding the monster he was searching for. He placed it down next to the other two knights. "I summon Jack's Knight (1900/1400) in attack mode!" A tall man in knight's armor appeared next to the King's Knight.
Apollo's eyes went wide. It was the second turn and his opponent already had three monsters on the field. ("He's a fast player that is for sure.")
Yugi pointed at the Kycoo. "Jack's Knight attack!" The knight flew across the field and slashed Kycoo down.
Yugi- 8000
Apollo- 7900
"Then I follow up with a double team attack from both King's Knight and Queen's Knight!" The two knights flew in right past the Jack's Knight and slammed their swords down on both of Apollo's shoulder blades, brining him to his knees.
Yugi- 8000
Apollo- 4900
Yugi slid a card from his hand into his disk. "I will finish with this card set face-down. End turn."
Apollo drew and slid two cards into his disk and placed a monster on the top of his disk. "I set two cards face-down and a monster in defense. End turn."
Yugi drew and nodded to Apollo. "It has been fun but I have things to do. My apologies for doing this to you but I must move on to face Garlin. First I will play the magic card Nobleman of Crossout! This will cut your face-down monster out of existence and leave you wide open to attack." A man in silver armor appeared and flew across the field, only to slam into a glowing wall.
Apollo flipped up his face-down card. "I activate the trap card Riryoku Field. This will negate any magic card that targets a monster as its target."
Yugi frowned. "Perhaps it is not the end, but you are still in trouble friend." His hand reached across the top of his disk and started to pick up each of his knights one at a time.
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Giovan Garlin was standing up in his seat now, his eyes eagerly watching the field. ("Here it is. Here is what I have been waiting for. Show me Yugi...show me the power of god!")
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Yugi slid his three knights into the graveyard and pulled one of the two cards in his hand free. "I sacrifice my three monsters to summon the Egyptian God Obelisk the Tormentor (4000/4000) to the field! Come forth Obelisk!"
The air above the ring started to glow a bright blue light. Then in one thunderous blast Obelisk appeared on the field. The monster stood at least 50', its blue skin creating strange reflections of the torch light. It flexed its huge muscles and brought its crimson eyes down to glare at Apollo, steam spraying out of its teeth.
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Garlin felt his hands tremble in excitement. ("One of the ultimate engines of destruction...")
Apollo had to take a step back as Obelisk roared, the force of the blast throwing everyone at ground level to the ground.
Garlin felt his hungry smile take in his ears. He knew that his disguise was starting to slip, because he could feel his fangs. It didn't matter to him though. Standing before him was part of the key to ultimate power. ("The first of the three...")
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Yugi pointed at Apollo's face-down monster. "Obelisk attack with Fist of Fate!" The titanic beast brought one clenched fist down and crushed Apollo's monster in one hit. There was a flash of light that engulfed the field, and when it cleared Yugi found himself staring at a completely empty field. His hand was gone too. "What...what happened?"
Apollo smiled and drew a new hand of five cards. "What happened is that you attacked my Fiber Jar. (500/500) When this monster is flipped we both re-shuffle our hands, fields and graveyards back into our decks and start with a new five card hand."
Yugi drew his new five cards and paled. ("I've already summoned a monster this turn. I'm wide open.") He slid two cards from his hand into his duel disk and sighed. "End turn."
Apollo drew and slid a card into his disk. "I play the magic card Cheerful Coffin to allow me to discard up to three monsters from my hand into the graveyard." He picked up only one card and slid it into his graveyard. "Now I play the magic card Monster Reborn to revive the Airknight Parshath (1900/1400) that I discarded." A white centaur with a sword and shield appeared on the field and whinnied. "Now Airknight Parshath attack Yugi's life points directly!" The monster lifted his sword and charged across the field, weapon drawn up to strike down Yugi.
Right before the weapon could land though a glowing circle appeared around the Airknight, freezing it in place and reducing its attack points. (1200/1400)
Yugi held up his trap card. "You triggered my Spell-binding Circle trap card. This will prevent your monster from switching modes or attacking. It will also reduce his attack by 700 points."
Apollo slid one of his cards into his disk and nodded weakly. "End turn."
Yugi drew and grinned. "I promise you that this hurt. First I flip up my face-down magic card Mystical Space Typhoon, which will destroy your face-down card instantly." A sharp wind blew Apollo's face-down card off of the field. Then he slid a card from his hand into his duel disk. "Now I play Polymerization! This allows me to fuse two monsters in my hand or field together to form a much more powerful beast. I shall combine the Buster Blader (2600/2300) and Dark Magician (2500/2100) to create the Dark Paladin!" (2900/2400) A version of the Dark Magician wearing black and orange armor appeared on field and snapped his new sword back and forth, testing its weight. Then Yugi pointed at the Airknight Parshath. "Dark Paladin attack now!"
The spellcaster shot across the field and in one slice Apollo's monster was gone.
Yugi- 8000
Apollo- 3200
Yugi nodded to Apollo. "End turn."
Apollo drew and slid a card into his duel disk. "Try this then Yugi! I will activate Tribute to the Doomed!" He slid a card in his hand into the graveyard. "This will allow me to destroy one monster on your field." From within the holographic projection of the card dozens of wrappings shot out and stretched across the field to destroy the Dark Paladin. Right before it hit him though he snapped his sword out and in a couple of hits the wrappings were no more.
Apollo's eyes were wide. "How did you do that?"
Yugi slid the last card in his hand into the graveyard. "By using the effect of my Dark Paladin. By discarding one card from my hand I may negate any magic card as long as he is on the field."
Apollo looked his hand over and nodded to himself. "Since you have no cards you cannot stop me from playing this then." He slid a magic card into his disk. "I activate the magic card Offerings to the Doomed. This will destroy your monster, and all it will cost me is the ability to draw a card next turn." There was a blast of red light and Yugi's Dark Paladin exploded into flames.
Apollo slapped a monster onto his duel disk. "Now brace yourself for the power of my rarest monster! I summon Myth Speaker (200/1500) in defense mode." A man in a toga holding a harp appeared. "Now every one of my standby phases I may special summon one monster from my deck to the field instead of drawing that turn. You will not be able to win against me once I have summoned my most powerful beasts Yugi. End turn."
Yugi looked at his empty hand and field. He knew that Apollo was speaking the truth. If he couldn't draw the necessary card to get rid of the Myth Speaker right now, it would be the end of this duel. ("While that doesn't mean the end of the tournament...I cannot fail.") He took a deep breath and called upon the Heart of the Cards. ("Please let it be enough.") His hand snapped the top card off of his deck, and he slowly opened his eyes to look at it.")
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Givan Garlin watched in amazement as Yugi drew. He could feel the sheer power that was now radiating off of the pharaoh. ("So he is tapping into his full power hmm?") Garlin rested his head on one propped hand. ("Let's see if the rumors about your 'luck' are true Moto.")
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Yugi opened his eyes and a smile crossed his lips. ("Perfect timing.")
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Garlin couldn't help but whistle in amazement. ("I must admit, that is impressive.")
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Yugi slid the card he had drawn into his duel disk. "I activate the magic card Snatch Steal. I will now permanently seize control of your Myth Speaker." A giant hand appeared and grabbed the Myth Speaker, bringing him over to Yugi's field. "The only downside is that every turn you gain 1000 life points. End turn."
Apollo stared in horror at his deck. Thanks to his own Offerings to the Doomed card he could not draw this turn. And since he had no cards in his hand..."End turn."
Yugi- 8000
Apollo- 4200
Yugi grinned and didn't draw, as per the effect of the Myth Speaker. "Now I'll use the effect of your Myth Speaker to summon forth an old friend! Arise Obelisk the Tormentor!" With a single screaming roar the blue giant reappeared on Yugi's field. It looked at Apollo and growled low, cracking its knuckles in anger.
Apollo stumbled back in fear. His own card was being used against him now.
Yugi pointed at Apollo. "Now I switch your monster to attack mode! Obelisk the Tormentor, attack with Fist of Fate!" The Egyptian God Card threw its fist back and then brought it slamming down on Apollo, nearly tossing him out of the ring. "And for the finish, Myth Speaker attack!" The man fitted an arrow to his harp and released it, the golden shaft slamming into Apollo's chest and bringing him to the ground.
Yugi- 8000
Apollo- 0
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Giovan stood up and applauded. "Excellent play Yugi! That truly showed why you are the King of Games!"
Yugi looked up at Garlin and growled. Floating right behind him Obelisk sprayed steam out of its mouth. "Do not speak your honeyed words to me Garlin! Don't forget by the time we reach the end of this tournament that you will be the one staring down the wrath of Obelisk the Tormentor!"
Giovan looked the blue giant over and chuckled. "Don't worry little pharaoh, I won't forget." He looked out at the other assembled duelists. "And that means that Yugi Moto had achieved the second win for Team Domino. They proceed onto the semi-finals!" The holographic dueling field shut down and Obelisk disappeared.
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Apollo walked up to Yugi, glanced up at Garlin, and then smiled. "Keep the Myth Speaker. You will need him to help you win this tournament." He saluted Yugi and walked off to join the rest of his team. As one they said their good-byes and left the arena.
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Off on the side-lines Amy waved her hand in front of CJ's face again. Once more she didn't get any response from him at all. "Earth to CJ! Wake up!"
He continued to stare at the field. Finally he started to blink, and then he rubbed his eyes.
Rebecca rolled hey eyes. "Sheesh, to think Obelisk the Tormentor scared him that much."
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Giovan waved his hand in front of the screen and it started to flicker with the names of the remaining six dueling teams. "Now for the next round!" The machine flickered a few times and then finally stopped on....
To be continued...
Nect Chapter: The second round of the quarter-finals: Teams vs. Team