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Demon Duelist Legacy-Dark Soul Arc

Chapter 15: Valeus's Life Gain Defense

Kaiba gave an icy glare to his opponent for an answer to that question. "My brother's life is on the line. I will not lose!"

He glanced at the last card in his hand and slid it into his duel disk. "I set this face-down on my field." The set card appeared in front of him. "End turn."

Valeus drew and slid one card into his duel disk. "There isn't much I can do for now. I guess I'll set this and end my turn." He smirked at his opponent.

Kaiba returned the smirk with another cold glare. He drew and slapped down a new monster. "You may have my Emerald Dragon marked by your Dark Soul Token, but what about my new monster?" A Minotaur wielding a battle axe appeared on his field. "I summon Battle Ox (1700/1000) in attack mode."

Valeus tapped a button on his duel disk. "That's not a problem at all. I activate the trap card Bottomless Trap Hole." A hole opened under the Battle Ox's feet and dropped the creature out of sight. "This will remove your monster from play."

Kaiba's glare intensified and he slid the monster card into a pocket on his jacket. "End turn."

Valeus drew a card and slid it into his duel disk. "Just like I did before, I'll just set one card face-down and end my turn."

Kaiba drew his card and his glare softened enough to show a glimmer of hope in his eyes. "You have a good strategy Valeus, but what good is it without your field magic card?" He slid the drawn card into his duel disk. "I activate Mystical Space Typhoon! This will destroy one magic or trap card on the field! So let's get rid of that annoying Seal of Dark Souls!" A sharp wind blew across the field towards Valeus.

The Emissary smirk didn't diminish. "Do you think a card like that can defeat the Seal of Dark Souls?" The wind blast slammed against his field, only to quickly die down.

Kaiba looked over at Valeus's face-down card, expecting to see it face-up. Strangely though, it was still face-down on his field. "How did your field magic card survive my attack?"

Valeus chuckled mockingly. "Seal of Dark Souls cannot be destroyed that easily. It requires an effect of much more power than a simple magic card to be destroyed. Sorry Kaiba, but you just wasted your card."

Kaiba looked down at his duel disk and frowned. "End turn."

Valeus drew and slid another card into his duel disk. "I set this card face-down and end my turn. Want to try and waste more cards against me Seto?"

Kaiba drew and he pursed his lips as he thought about how he could use this card. ("I had best play it safe and set this face-down for now.") He slid the card into his duel disk. "End turn."

Valeus drew and yawned. "You're starting to bore me Seto." He waved dismissively to his opponent to show he was done with his turn.

Kaiba drew and a cruel smile found its way onto his face. "Alright then Valeus. If I can't attack your life points, then how about I attack your deck instead?" He slid the card into his duel disk. "I activate the magic card Virus Cannon!" A mechanical spider with a laser attached to its back appeared on his field and swerved the cannon to aim at Valeus.

"This will destroy the top ten magic cards in your deck! So say good-bye to some of your best strategies." The cannon fired a beam of purple light that struck Valeus's deck. The stack of cards began to give off a purple smoke as the top ten magic cards faded from it, leaving it much thinner than before.

Valeus chuckled at his opponent. "You think that will stop me?" He tapped a button on his duel disk. "I activate the trap card Deck Revival and the quickplay magic card Share the Loss. First Share the Loss will force you to lose the same number of cards as I did, so say good-bye to the top ten cards of your deck."

Kaiba clenched his fist as he watched top ten cards vanish.

Valeus pointed at his Deck Revival card. "And this lovely little card lets me return all cards that I just lost back to my deck." His deck slot shimmered and then reappeared at its original size. "Anything else you would like to try?"

Kaiba glared at the Emissary. "Take...your...turn." He said each word with incredible amounts of venom.

Valeus drew and slapped down a monster. "I set this in defense mode. End turn."

Kaiba drew and felt both a little bit of relief and despair at the same time. ("My Blue-Eyes White Dragon. I'd love to summon it, but I only have one monster on the field to...") He remembered what his face-down card was.

"I flip up my face-down card. Reveal Soul Exchange! This allows me to forfeit my battle phase and sacrifice your monsters in place of my own. So I'll sacrifice both your monster and mine to summon my ultimate beast!" The two player's monsters exploded into dust when Kaiba threw down his card. "I summon Blue-Eyes White Dragon (3000/2500) to my field!" The enormous form of Kaiba's favorite dragon appeared on the field and roared at Valeus.

Valeus watched the dragon's arrival with his arrogant smirk still on his face. "Too bad you can't attack me this turn Seto."

Kaiba nodded to his opponent. "Now take your turn knowing that the moment I get rid of your combo that my dragon will be breathing right down your neck."

Valeus drew and slid a card into his duel disk. "I set this card face-down on my field." He took his other card and placed it horizontal on his duel disk. "I'll also set this monster face-down on my field. End turn."

Kaiba drew and slapped down a new card. "I summon Vorse Raider (1900/1200) in attack mode!" A demonic warrior wielding a wicked sword appeared on his field, its long tongue trailing over its teeth as it eyed Valeus hungrily.

The ex-demon mage didn't seem very worried. "Oh no...he has gotten another monster onto his field. Whatever shall I do?" Each word dripped with sarcasm.

Kaiba pointed at the face-down monster. "Vorse Raider attack!" The creature howled and charged across the field, slashing the card apart.

Valeus picked up the monster card and slid it into his graveyard. "Want to attack my life points directly?"

("With every fiber in my entire being,") Kaiba mentally answered. He knew if he did though then his opponent would simply gain back the lost life points immediately, and in the end the only one of the two of them that would walk away worse would be him. "End turn."

Valeus drew and snickered at his opponent. "And now the fun part of the game begins. Since the Dark Soul Token chooses its target randomly, you now have a chance of wiping out my life points with your monsters. Just keep in mind that if you guess wrong then I will gain life points and you will lose soul points. End turn."

Kaiba drew and looked between his two monsters. ("Now which one has the Dark Soul attached to it?") He knew that he had no choice but to at least try and attack. He pointed at Valeus. "Vorse Raider attack!" The creature howled again and charged across the field to strike down Valeus.

The Emissary tapped a button on his duel disk. "That's too bad for you Seto. Not only did you pick the monster that had the Dark Soul Token attached to it, but I also activate the quickplay magic card Dark Wall of Air! This will defend my life points from all direct damage this turn." A black barrier of wind sprang up between him and the Vorse Raider, stopping it in its tracks.

Kaiba- 7000/3700

Valeus- 7300/6200

Kaiba growled quietly and slid the card he was holding into his duel disk. "I will defeat your defense. End turn."

Valeus drew and slid his two cards into his duel disk. "That's a nice load of crap you are shoveling Kaiba, but let's be realistic. Your deck doesn't possess any card that has the power to defeat my Seal of Dark Souls. Now take your turn and watch as you are forced to sit back and let me get together the necessary strategy to wipe you out."

Kaiba drew and suddenly a burst of inspiration came to him as he looked at the card he had just drawn. ("It's not the best way to get around the Seal of Dark Souls, but it's better than nothing.") He tapped a button on his duel disk. "I activate my face-down card. Go Wingbeat of Giant Dragon!"

A huge, faintly draconic shape made of flames appeared on his field. "This card requires I send a level five or higher dragon on my field back to my hand to use it." His Blue-Eyes White Dragon roared and then faded off the field as he picked it up off the disk and placed it in his hand next to his other card. "In return though it will destroy all magic and trap cards on the field, leaving your combo completely useless!"

Valeus laughed darkly and tapped a button on his duel disk. "You're screwing yourself over Kaiba. Now you only have one monster on the field to protect yourself with. As for your magic card, I flip up another Magic Drain to deal with it. Can you discard a magic card from your hand to power the effect of your Wingbeat of Giant Dragon?"

Kaiba shook his head and watched as the flaming dragon faded away. "You don't even understand what I have just done, do you?"

Valeus raised an eyebrow. "Apparently I don't."

Kaiba gave off that cruel smile again. "Since there is only one monster left on my field, your Dark Soul Token must have attached to it. Therefore..." He grabbed the card in his hand next to his Blue-Eyes White Dragon and he threw it down. "...I can summon Kaiser Seahorse (1700/1650) knowing perfectly well that it can attack you!" A blue-armored creature with a harpoon appeared on his field.

Valeus frowned as he realized that Kaiba was right. "It doesn't matter though. You won't be able to take me out with just one attack from something that weak."

Kaiba pointed at his opponent. "We all have to start somewhere. Kaiser Seahorse, attack his life points directly!" The monster nodded and shot across the field, slamming its harpoon down on Valeus's shoulder.

Kaiba- 7000/3700

Valeus- 5600/4500

Kaiba didn't dare celebrate yet though. The duel still was not won. "End turn."

Valeus drew and frowned at the card he had gotten. "What a waste of a draw. End turn."

Kaiba drew and slid his Kaiser Seahorse into his graveyard. "Now I sacrifice my Kaiser and use its special ability to summon my Blue-Eyes White Dragon back to the field." He slapped the monster down and the enormous dragon reappeared on his field.

Valeus snickered as he looked his opponent's field over. "Well it looks like we are right back where we started, hmm Seto?"

Kaiba flipped up his face-down card. "Not quite. I reveal Dimension Hole, which will take my Blue-Eyes White Dragon off of the field until the standby phase of my next turn." A black portal opened in the sky above the dragon and sucked it in, taking the monster out of the game for a turn. "End turn."

Valeus drew and growled. "Another useless card! I have no choice but to end my turn."

Kaiba drew and watched as his Blue-Eyes returned to his field. "Now, since my dragon wasn't on the field at the beginning of the turn, which would mean that, once again the Dark Soul Token is attached to my Vorse Raider."

His eyes continued their icy glare as he pointed at Valeus. "Blue-Eyes White Dragon, attack his life points directly with Burst Stream!" The dragon opened its jaws and charged up a huge lump of energy. It spat the power out as a bullet of light that slammed into the Emissary's chest and sent him sliding backwards a few feet.

Kaiba- 7000/3700

Valeus- 2600/1500

Kaiba glanced down at his drawn card and slid it into his duel disk. "I set this face-down and end my turn."

Valeus drew and his smirk returned. "Now you are finished Seto Kaiba. I play the magic card Enraging Taunt. This forces one monster on your side of the field of my choice to attack me directly right now."

Kaiba closed his eyes and smiled slightly. "Are you sure it is worth the risk? Since the Dark Soul Token chooses its target at random, you might just be bringing the unmarked monster directly to your life points."

Valeus pointed at the Blue-Eyes White Dragon. "I'm prepared for the consequences if I am wrong. So come and get me Blue-Eyes!"

Kaiba nodded and pointed at Valeus. "You heard him, Burst Stream!" The dragon charged up a glowing ball of light within its jaws that it quickly spat out in a burst at the Emissary. The CEO looked down at his life point counter and smiled coldly. "Looks like you chose the wrong monster."

Valeus flipped up his face-down card. "Activate Emergency Defense!" He slid his two cards into his graveyard. "I can only activate this trap card by discarding two cards from my hand. When it is activated though, your monster's attack with be stopped and I will be able to draw one card from my deck." A glowing field of light snapped up in front of him and absorbed the Burst Stream. He drew off the top of his deck and slid the card into his duel disk. "End turn."

Kaiba drew and slid his new card into his disk. "I set this card face-down on my field. Now I'll attack your life points with Blue-Eyes White Dragon! Even if it is the marked monster, I'll still deal you enough damage to end this duel. Burst Stream!" The dragon opened its jaws and spat out another bullet of light.

Kaiba- 7000/700

Valeus- 5600/4500

Valeus's smirk was so wide it looked like he might break his face by doing it. "It's over Kaiba. Not only did you forget about my life gain combo, but you have also run right into my trap. Reveal my trap card, Magic Cylinders!" A pair of cups appeared on the field and one of them sucked up the dragon's attack. The other one teleported in front of Kaiba. "Do you have any last words before your soul becomes property of Envirius?" He snapped his fingers, not even giving his opponent a chance to speak. "Time's up."

Kaiba's eyes widened as the cylinder released the energy from his dragon's attack right at his life points. ("Mokuba...I'm sorry...") Then he felt the blast engulf him and there was a stinging pain as his soul was removed from his body.

Kaiba- 4000/0

Valeus- 5600/4500

Valeus chuckled as he watched Seto's lifeless body crumple to the ground. "I wonder what I would have drawn if I hadn't of cheated?" He asked the question, though he didn't expect an answer.

He watched as an indigo crystal of light lifted into the air and started to float away. He smirked up at it and waved. "Bye Seto Kaiba. Enjoy an eternity trapped in there."

"It's....not.....over...."

Valeus froze and looked down at Kaiba's body. "What?"

Slowly Kaiba's body got to its feet. "I said it isn't over yet Valeus." Up above him the crystal froze in place.

Valeus took a few cautious steps back and glanced down at the life point counter on his disk. "Of course it is over. Look at your soul..." His eyes widened in confusion at what he saw.

Kaiba- 4000/8000

Valeus- 5600/4500

He snapped his gaze up and realized that the hologram system was still on as well. ("This cannot be possible. Kaiba lost all of his soul energy when he lost the duel. Yet suddenly he is at full soul points?")

He looked up at the indigo crystal that still hovered up in the air and stared at it in confusion. ("And if he's still in his body then who is up there?") He racked his brain for an answer to the question. Then it came and he couldn't help but burst into laughter. "Well this isn't something I expected at all. Though I suppose it is fair play considering how I took over for your duel without your permission, eh Deondre?"

Deondre, through the eyes of Seto Kaiba, glared at his own body. "I challenge you right now to a darkness game. Same soul and life point totals, same field. If you win you get his soul, my soul and the three Blue-Eyes White Dragons." He smirked confidently. "But if I win then I get my body back and your soul takes our place."

Valeus scratched at his chin in thought. "Interesting..." He smirked and walked back to his field. "I accept your challenge, for when I defeat you this body will be mine completely and utterly, for the rest of its lifespan."

Deondre continued to smile confidently. "Get ready body-snatcher! The dimension duelist is back...and he's out for your blood!"

To be continued...

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