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Demon Duelist Legacy-Dark Soul Arc

Chapter 19: Return of the Blitzkrieg

The German duelist nodded back to his ex-partner and then returned his attention to the game. "Let's duel!"

Tiberius looked down at his hand and snickered. "With this card in my hand I am more than ready for your Blitzkrieg strategy, boy." He slid the card he was talking about into his duel disk. "End turn."

Siegfried drew and slid two cards into his duel disk. "I set two cards face-down on my field and I summon Archfiend Soldier (1900/1500) in defense mode. End turn." A purple fiend with ram's horns on its head appeared on his field in a crouching position.

Tiberius drew and slapped down a monster. "I think my Iron Chef is in need of some help in the kitchen! I summon another Bistro Butcher in attack mode." Next to the first chef monster another of the purple-skinned chef demons appeared.

"Bistro Butcher, attack his Archfiend Soldier!" The monster howled and charged across the field, weapon raised to cut the Archfiend Soldier apart.

Siegfried looked at his face-down cards and then tapped a pair of button on his duel disk. "Reveal Mystical Space Typhoon! This will destroy your Royal Decree and open up the field." A sharp wind launched past the Bistro Butcher and blew the face-up trap card apart.

Tiberius frowned at the loss of his trap negation, but he still wasn't worried. "You're still about to lose 3200 life points when my Iron Chef attacks you directly!"

Siegfried pointed at his other face-up card. "Reveal my trap card, Sakuretsu Armor." A suit of steel armor appeared on his Archfiend Solider. The Bistro Butcher slammed right into the armor and was blown apart. "This trap destroys one attacking monster."

Tiberius pointed at the Archfiend Soldier. "That was a foolish move! You should have saved that trap card for my Iron Chef. Attack!" The monster charged across the field and slashed the purple demon in half.

Siegfried drew and slid a card into his duel disk. "I didn't destroy your monster because I needed it for my next play. Go Change of Heart!" A half-demon, half-angel monster appeared on his field and flew into the Iron Chef. The creature turned and raised its cleaver at its master.

In his panic, Tiberius tapped the button on his duel disk. "I won't be beaten by own monster! Activate another Demon Pressure Cooker!" The chef monster was encased within another pressure cooker, which exploded and sprayed Siegfried with glass.

Siegfried- 5600

Tiberius- 4600

Siegfried calmly placed a monster onto his disk. "I set this face-down and end my turn."

Tiberius drew and paled. When he didn't make any move Siegfried got the message.

"I see you got a bad draw. Well that happens sometimes." Siegfried drew and flipped up his face-down monster. "I flip-summon Blazing Inpachi (1850/0) into attack mode!" A flaming pile of wood in a humanoid shape appeared on his field.

Then he grabbed another monster from his hand and threw it down. "This is your end Tiberius! I summon Spear Dragon (1900/0) in attack mode!" A long-nosed dragon appeared on the field and screeched at Tiberius.

The connoisseur didn't seem horribly worried. "That's not enough to take me out this turn."

Yami had already seen Siegfried's hand. "Perhaps I underestimated you Siegfried, you are more powerful than I thought."

Siegfried slid another card into his duel disk. "I activate Monster Reborn to revive Archfiend Soldier!" The purple horned demon appeared on the field and howled. "Now all of my monsters, attack his life points directly!" The three creatures roared and launched across the field, all of them tackling Tiberius at once and sending him flying into the back wall of the room.

Siegfried- 5600

Tiberius- 0

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Envirius felt it....

He felt it and he didn't like it one bit. ("Siegfried Reinhardt...I cannot let you add to my enemy's power.") He felt his mind slowly slide out of his body. ("I will deal with you personally.")

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Yami stepped forward and patted Siegfried on the shoulder. "Now let's go wake him up and find our friends."

"That won't be necessary Pharaoh." Envirius slowly appeared out of the shadows in the corner of the room. He brushed back his long raven-black hair and smiled, his fair features seeming to be an otherworldly kind of beautiful. "But first I have business to discuss with Master Reindhardt."

Yami stepped forward, while Siegfried watched the two impassively. "What kind of business might that be?"

Envirius waved his hand and a force of incredible power shoved the Pharaoh back away from Siegfried. "It's business that has nothing to do with you, business involving the Darkness Games!" A dark orb exploded around them, cutting both out of view.

Yami raised his palm and released a burst of energy into the sphere, only to have it dissipate the moment it hit the purple and black mist. ("A darkness game...") Yami had no choice in this matter. He had to stand at ready and hope that Siegfried was ready for a game over his soul.

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Siegfried glanced to both sides of him at the darkness impassively. "Interesting trick you have. Am I supposed to be impressed?"

Envirius's duel disk clicked into place. "Are you ready to duel?"

Siegfried clicked his duel disk into place. "I'm always ready to duel."

Envirius drew his five and popped open his field magic card slot. "I can see that. So let's add a little mechanic to the game that I am sure you will like." He slid one of his five into the slot. "Activate Seal of Dark Souls!"

Siegfried looked around, but he didn't see anything different about the sphere. "I think your duel disk isn't on."

Envirius drew his card for his turn. "Oh it's on alright. My magic card doesn't change anything about a darkness game." He took a card from his hand and slid it into his duel disk. "I set one card face-down." The card appeared before him on the field. "And I summon my Shadow Duelist (0/0) in defense mode." An exact copy of Envirius appeared on the field.

Siegfried stared at the shadow copy. "What is that thing?"

Envirius motioned to his Shadow Duelist. "Consider it a copy of myself. As such, I must first activate its special ability for it to be any use to me." The Shadow Duelist turned and walked over to stand next to its master. "Now I must pay half of my life and soul points, and give them to my monster."

Envirius- 4000/4000

Shadow Duelist- 4000/4000

Siegfried- 8000/8000

Envirius continued his explanation, while the Shadow Duelist clicked its duel disk into place and drew five cards from its deck. "Now you must defeat one of us to win this duel. And that should be rather difficult, since the two of us will have perfect symmetry in our strategies."

The Shadow Duelist nodded.

Siegfried looked down at his starting hand and then back up at his opponents. "I'm not afraid of your tactic. In fact, you have done me a favor by giving me two small targets instead of one big one. That's not all though," He pointed to Envirius's field. "You currently have no monsters in play, and neither does your double."

Envirius looked at his face-down card and then up at his opponent. "Attack if you think it will work. End turn."

The Shadow Duelist drew and set one monster.

Siegfried drew and he analyzed this new situation. ("I have a general understanding of what they have planned. It doesn't matter who I attack, since they can share monsters.") He slid a card from his hand into his disk. "I have no intention of falling for any of your traps. Go Nobleman of Crossout!" A shining knight appeared on his field and leapt across it, slashing the face-down monster apart. "Now you are wide open to my direct attack."

He slapped down a monster. "I summon Archfiend Soldier (1900/1500) in attack mode!" The purple-skinned demon appeared on his field. "Attack the original's life points!" The monster shot across the field, only to be stopped by a wall of dark wind.

Envirius held up his face-down card. "Dark Wall of Air denies you the chance to attack my life points this turn."

Siegfried reminded himself that he knew that was going to happen. He took a pair of cards from his hand and slid them into his duel disk. "I set these face-down. End turn."

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Yami sighed as he had finished searching the house. When he returned he found the darkness game orb still there. ("I just wish I knew what was happening in there.")

"Hey Pharaoh," A gruff voice from next to him said casually.

Yami leapt a foot into the air and came down on the defensive. As soon as he saw who it was he relaxed. "Rikuo...how and when did you get here?"

"About the same time as we did," Joey said as he finished his inspection of the darkness sphere. "Wow...is there a shadow game going on in there?"

Rikuo nodded and crossed his arms across his chest. "Yes there is. And that worries me. Who's in there?"

Yami glared at the sphere, trying with all of his willpower to force it open. As always though, even his great mystical power couldn't overcome the energies of the darkness. "Siegfried Reinhardt is in there. He's dueling the mastermind behind all of this."

Rikuo frowned and pondered whether he could shatter the sphere with his sword. ("Better not chance it.") "Joey, you said CJ was with you. Where is he now?"

"Raiding the kitchen. We haven't had a good meal in a couple of days." He was oblivious to Rikuo's face-fall.

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Envirius drew his card and slid three into his duel disk. "End turn."

The Shadow Duelist drew a card and then set a monster.

Siegfried drew and threw down another monster. "I summon Blazing Inpachi (1850/0) in attack mode!" The flaming wooden monster appeared on his field. "End turn."

Envirius drew and then smiled to his opponent. "What's the matter Siegfried?"

"The matter is that you have three face-down cards on your field. I have no reason to risk losing just to satisfy my curiosity about what they are." He looked down at his hand and then up at his two opponents. ("At least not until I draw a card that can deal with your traps.")

Envirius laughed sharply, the Shadow Duelist mimicking the action. "Well now, how interesting of a viewpoint. I'm more used to expecting my opponent to attack regardless of what is on the field." He took a card from his hand and slapped it down onto his disk. "I set a monster and end my turn."

The Shadow Duelist drew a card and ended its turn.

Siegfried drew and played another monster. "I summon Spear Dragon (1900/0) in attack mode." The long-nosed dragon appeared on his field. "End turn."

Envirius drew and casually slid a card into his disk. "I'm getting tired of watching you build an attack force. I play the magic card Level Limit Area B. This will force all level four or higher monster to defense mode as long as it remains in play."

Siegfried frowned as he watched his monster all go into crouching positions. ("And two of my creatures have zero defense points.")

Envirius tossed down a monster. "Now I summon the Sonic Duck (1700/1000) in attack mode. And thanks to the effect of my Seal of Dark Souls it gains 500 extra attack points." (2200/1000) A little duck with a bucket on its head appeared on his field. "Sonic Duck attack his Spear Dragon!" The duck blurred and the dragon exploded. "End turn."

The Shadow Duelist drew and placed its entire hand face-down on its field.

Siegfried drew knowing he was in a lot of trouble. ("I must figure out a way to get around his defenses. I will not lose to a duck.") "I sacrifice Blazing Inpachi to set a monster. End turn."

Envirius drew and pointed at the Archfiend Soldier. "Death by duck, anyone?" The little duck blurred and the demon exploded.

The Shadow Duelist drew and ended its turn.

Siegfried drew and looked at the all of the cards in his hand. ("Plenty of attackers that will simply be put up for slaughter if I put them out. I have yet to draw a single trap card that can deal with that damn duck.") "End turn."

Envirius drew and pointed at the face-down monster. "Sonic Duck attack!" The little bird blurred and Siegfried's face-down Beast of Talwar (2400/2150) was destroyed.

As he slid his favorite monster into the graveyard, Siegfried sighed. ("I'm sorry Grandfather.")

The Shadow Duelist drew and passed again.

Siegfried drew and slid the new card into his duel disk. "I activate the magic card Swords of Revealing Light!" Green swords of light slammed down upon Envirius's field. "As long as this magic card is in effect I am safe from your attacks for three whole turns." He placed a monster face-down on his disk. "End turn."

Envirius drew and smiled calmly. "End turn for now."

The Shadow Duelist did the same.

Siegfried drew and inwardly blanched at the card. "End turn."

Envirius drew. "All you've done is slow me and my double down for a short while."

The Shadow Duelist drew and once again passed.

Siegfried drew and placed a monster face-down. "End turn."

Envirius drew and sighed. "This is a tiresome little game you play boy. End turn."

The Shadow Duelist drew again and passed.

Envirius chuckled as he looked across the field. "What the matter boy? Can't you get past my defenses? Perhaps maybe I misjudged your skill at dealing with strategies?"

Siegfried didn't hear any of it though. He was staring down at his deck and calling upon every ounce of luck he could muster. ("For Crystal's sake, give me the card I need!") He drew....

To be continued...

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