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Chapter 26: The second round of the quarterfinals- Team Blitz vs. Team Odds
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 Team Blitz.
It started up again and then came to a stop at Team Odds.
Giovan nodded and waved out to the other duelists. "Alright then, will the appropriate teams please proceed to the dueling arena?"
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Siegfried, Devan and Crystal stepped up onto the arena and looked their three new opponents over.
The leader of the group was a man in a red business suit similar to Giovan's. His black hair was tied into a pony-tail and when he smiled a couple of glints of gold could be seen.
The second member of Team Odds was a man wearing thick coke-bottle glasses and a white sweater. He had a flat-top of blond hair and he was giving Team Blitz just as bad of an once-over as they were giving him.
The third member of the team didn't seem to belong at all amongst the serious duelists at all. He was wearing a blue polyester suit, blue suede shoes, a black belt with golden buckle, and his black hair was done up in a style that reminded Siegfried of a bird's nest. He threw the victory sign to his opponents and then showed off his duel disk, which was embedded with rhinestones.
The man in the business suit nodded to Siegfried. "Let's have a good game, shall we?" His smile was the kind of false smile that Siegfried had seen in far too many cheaters in his life-time.
Siegfried didn't even respond to the man. He took his COC and threw it. It bounced around and then finally landed on a three. From behind him he heard Devan's duel disk already clicking into place. He twisted his head just enough to give Devan a look that told him to control himself.
Devan snorted and stepped past his team leader to walk onto the actual dueling ring. "Don't worry I know what I am doing."
The man in the business suit threw his COC next. It came to a stop on a six. He groaned and grinded his face into his hand as the man in the polyester suit danced up into the ring.
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Devan looked his opponent over and laughed sharply. "This is sad. You expect to defeat me pretty boy?" The last part of his sentence dripped with sarcasm.
The man clicked his disk into place and snapped his fingers. "Just watch as lady luck blesses me and you find yourself out on the street, kid."
Devan growled, already feeling his control slipping. A sharp cough from the side-lines by Siegfried brought him back. He looked over at his team captain. "You think you could stand this annoyance any better than I could?" When Siegfried didn't answer the question he looked back to his opponent and frowned. "Fine, I'll take him out in the dueling arena."
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Giovan lifted his hand into the air and dropped it. "First match of round two: Devan vs. Blackjack! Begin!"
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Devan drew his five cards and then his sixth. "Let me begin with the big guns. I discard Thunder Dragon (1600/1500) to search my deck for two more copies of itself." He slid the monster card into his graveyard and searched his deck for two more.
After placing the two new Thunder Dragons into his hand he slid a card into his duel disk. "Now I play the magic card Polymerization to fuse my two Thunder Dragons together to create the Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon (2800/2100) in attack mode." A large red dragon with two heads appeared on his field. "Now I'll set two cards face-down and I'll end my turn."
Blackjack drew and slid a card into his duel disk. On his field a large number seven appeared. "Let me start this floor show off with the magic card 7. Once I get three of these babies on the field it will be payday."
Behind his sunglasses Devan rolled his eyes. ("Please may the gods give me the patience to survive this fool?")
Blackjack slid two cards into his duel disc and then slapped a monster onto his field. "I summon the Sand Gambler (300/1600) in attack mode." A man in a black vest and pants appeared on the field, flipping three golden coins in his hand. "Now it's time to see if lady luck is gonna grant me a favor. You see if his three coins land on all heads then all of the monsters on your field are destroyed. Of course if all of his coins land on tails then all of my monsters are destroyed." The gambler threw his three coins into the air.
The first coin came down on a tails.
The second coin came down on a tails.
The third coin came down on a heads.
Devan shook his head. "I hope you enjoyed that, because believe me stupid moves such as the one you just tried are the kinds of weakness I love to prey upon."
Blackjack snapped his fingers again. "You like to listen to yourself talk don't you? End turn."
Devan drew and slid a card into his disk. "I set one card face-down and attack with my Twin-headed Thunder Dragon!" The red dual-headed charged up a double stream of electrical energy and shot it at Blackjack's Sand Gambler.
As the blast approached Blackjack flipped his first face-down card. "I reveal the magic card Graceful Dice!" A fairy holding a blue die appeared behind the Sand Gambler. "Now this little guy will roll his die and multiply my monster's attack strength by the number rolled." The fairy tossed its die and the blue cube bounced until it landed on a six. (1800/1600)
Devan snorted in disgust. "What a pitiful attempt to reduce damage to yourself."
Blackjack flipped his over face-down card. "Now that I know Graceful Dice was a success reveal Skull Dice!" A black imp holding a red die appeared on the field. "This monster will roll its die and your monsters attack power will be divided by the number rolled." The imp threw the die and it came to stop on a five.
Devan's eyes went wide as his monster suddenly decreased to one-fifth its size. (560/2100)
Blackjack pointed at the now pitiful lightning blast. "That's it for you! Sand Gambler, attack with Royal Flush strike!" The Gambler reached into his pocket and pulled out some playing cards. He grabbed five and threw them. They cut through the lightning blast easily and each one cut with the sharpness of a throwing knife, cutting the Twin-headed Thunder Dragon to pieces.
Devan- 6760
Blackjack- 8000
Devan slapped a monster onto his disk. "I set one monster and end my turn."
Blackjack drew and snapped his fingers again. "Go Sand Gambler!" The man threw his coins into the air. They came down on two tails and a heads. He clicked his tongue against his teeth and slid two new cards face-down. Then he placed another 7 magic card into place on his field. "End turn."
Devan drew. "I play Monster Reborn to revive Twin-headed Thunder Dragon in attack mode." The red two-headed reappeared and roared. "Now attack with Double Lightning blast!" The creature complied, building up another wave of electricity that it spat out at Blackjack.
"Time to play a little game of whack a gambler!" Blackjack pressed a button on his duel disk. "I activate the continuous trap card Fairy Box." A large box with numerous holes of top of it appeared on the field and sucked the Sand Gambler into it.
Devan pressed a button on his disk and flipped up one of his face-down cards. "Not if I can stop you before-hand. I activate the magic card Remove Trap. This will destroy your Fairy Box and leave your Gambler very open to my attack." The box shuddered and exploded, leaving the Sand Gambler on the field.
Blackjack flipped up his other face-down card. "I'm not out of tricks yet! I activate another Skull Dice!"
Before the imp could even appear, Devan had already flipped his other card. "No you don't. I activate my Trap Jammer, which will negate any trap when it is activated."
Without any defenses the Sand Gambler was instantly consumed by the attack.
Devan- 6760
Blackjack- 7000
Devan smiled at his now infuriated opponent. "End turn."
Blackjack drew and slid his card into his disk. "Well take a look at that, it's the last 7 magic card I needed. You see when I have three 7 magic cards on my field I may sacrifice them all to draw three cards." The three mystic numbers disappeared and Blackjack drew three cards. He slapped one of them down onto his field. "Now I activate the effect of the mighty Time Wizard!" (500/400)
A little clock with arms and a staff appeared on the field. On the top of its staff was little spinner that was divided into six parts. Each part either had a skull or a time machine on them.
Devan chuckled. "What's this, another weakling?"
Blackjack snapped his fingers and the spinner on top of the Time Wizard's staff started to spin. "Far from it friend! You see depending on what the spinner lands on one of us is going to be very happy. If it lands on a skull then my Time Wizard will explode and drain my life points by half of the total attack of all monsters on my field. If it hits a time machine though all of your monsters will be sent 1000 years into their future. More or less they'll be dust."
Devan frowned as he watched the spinner. ("Be a skull...Be a skull...")
It landed on a time machine.
Blackjack snapped his fingers once more. "Say good-bye to your monsters as they suffer the rigors of aging!" The field shimmered and to Devan's horror his Twin-headed Thunder Dragon and face-down monster both crumbled into dust.
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Giovan laughed. ("Too bad kid. Looks like your monster is gone.") A thud next to him snapped his attention to the right of his seat. Standing on the balcony with him was one of his emissaries, this one cloaked from head to toe in the black coverings that all of his employees wore. "I see you've come to watch the festivities Kaigen?"
The cloaked man nodded and continued to look down at the field.
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Blackjack slid a card into his duel disk. "Now I'll play my Polymerization card to fuse Baby Dragon and Time Wizard together to form Thousand Dragon!" (2400/2000) An aged brown dragon appeared on Blackjack's field and snorted tiredly. "Thousand Dragon, attack with Thousand Year old Breath!" The monster sucked air into its nostrils and then exhaled a foul cloud of green smoke that engulfed Devan, leaving him choking and gasping for air.
Devan- 4360
Blackjack- 7000
Blackjack threw a wink to the still gasping Devan. "End turn."
Devan growled in barely controlled anger and he drew. "I play Premature Burial! At the cost of 800 life points I will revive my Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon from the graveyard!" The ground in front of him glowed for a moment and then his red dragon reappeared.
Devan- 3560
Blackjack- 7000
"Now Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon attack!" The monster charged up its blast and in one shot Blackjack's field was empty.
Devan- 3560
Blackjack- 6600
Devan grinned. Now he had the advantage. "End turn."
Blackjack drew and slid a card into his disk. "I'll play the magic card Monster Reborn to revive my Time Wizard!" The card appeared on the field, but before it could activate it was surrounded by a pulsing circle of light that destroyed it.
Devan slid the last card in his hand into the graveyard. "I use my face-down Magic Jammer to negate your Monster Reborn before your annoying monster gets a chance to return."
Blackjack's eyes went wide in fear. He was, for once in his life, out of things to say. "End....turn..."
Devan drew and slapped a monster down onto his disk next to his Thunder Dragon. "I summon Luster Dragon (1900/1700) in attack mode." A sapphire armored dragon appeared next to Devan's other monster and he pointed at Blackjack. "Now shut that loud-mouth up." The two monsters unleashed their respective attacks and blew Blackjack to the ground.
Devan- 3560
Blackjack- 1900
The gambler slowly climbed to his feet and drew his last card. He looked at it and sighed. "I submit."
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Giovan sighed and shook his head. "Now that was by far one of the most depressing games I have ever seen in my life. To think that you could win by relying on luck. It's pitiful..."
Kaigen stayed silent as he watched the duel come to its end.
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As the ring lowered back to ground level Devan hopped down and threw a thumbs-up to Siegfried. "I told you that I could do it without losing my temper."
Siegfried clapped his teammate on the shoulder and nodded. "I didn't doubt you for a second. He stepped forward and nodded to the suited man. "Ready to roll again?"
The man nodded and as one they threw their COCs.
Siegfried's COC landed on a one.
The man's COC landed on a two.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Giovan stood up lazily. "Now for the next match of the second quarter-finals round. Team Blitz leader Siegfried Reinhardt vs. Team Odds leader Steven Quartro."
The two dueling teams leader nodded and climbed into the ring. They took their positions and their disks clicked into place.
Steven gave off his fake smile again. "Let's have a good game."
Siegfried returned his fake smile with a cold glare. "That sounds fine with me."
To be continued...
Next Chapter: Beating the Odds