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Demon Duelist Legacy-Dark Soul Arc
Chapter 24: A duel between warriors
CJ and Deondre came to a number of doorways that were lined up one after another next to each other. Each one of the doorways had a different duelist's name on it. CJ looked at his doorway and then nodded to Deondre. "You'll be careful?"
Deondre smirked and threw his friend a thumbs-up. "When aren't I?" He turned the door handle and walked in.
CJ looked at his door and took a deep breath. ("I'm gonna need a psychiatrist after all of this. So far I've nearly been killed, found out I'm a demon and I'm about to enter into a duel against....something.") He knew that all of this could wait until later though. For now it was just him and his opponent. "Here we go." He turned the doorknob and walked in.
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After following numerous winding passageways, CJ finally came upon a large square chamber.
At the far end of it was a giant of a man in a black business suit. He was completely bald. The only hair on his visible body was a bright red beard. The man sneered and in a voice thick with a strange accent, he said, "An ere's the horse imself. Greetins ta ye lad. Kryen's me name and ah'll be yer opponent fer the final duel."
CJ clicked his duel disk into place. "Fine with me. I've got no reason to complain with a little friendly duel."
Kryen clicked his own black and silver duel disk into place. "Friendly eh? Ah'm doubtin that this ere duel's gonna be friendly." He drew his five and then his sixth. "Cause mah first card's gonna be Terraformin. This'll let me search mah deck for one field magic card and place it inta mah hand." He popped his deck out of its deck slot and then opened his field magic card slot. "Can ya guess what ah chose?"
CJ frowned, since he was fairly sure he knew what his opponent had chosen. "I can guess that you chose the Seal of Dark Souls?"
Kryen slid a card from his hand into the slot and then closed it. "That's right. Ah chose the Seal o' Dark Souls!" The air around them shimmered and then a field of black and grey energy formed around them. "Now yer in trouble lad. As ye probably know, ah get an extra 500 attack points when ah play this ere card."
CJ rubbed his eyes with his hands. "I'm more worried out the headache that I'm getting from hearing you talk."
Kryen growled and slid two cards into his duel disk. "Yer gonna regret insultin the way ah talk! End turn!"
CJ drew and fanned out his hand. ("Okay, so he didn't summon a monster. What does that mean though? Did he just not have one or does he want me to attack him?") He grasped a card gently around the edges and placed it into his duel disk. "Alright big man, let's see you deal with one of my big men. I summon Berserk Gorilla (2000/1000) in attack mode!" A fire-breathing ape appeared on his field. "Attack his life points directly!" The ape howled and charged across the field to attack Kryen.
Kryen's face twisted into a smile. "Ye certainly are the dumbest of yer friends." He tapped a button on his disk. "Ah reveal Metal Reflect Slime!" A blob of silver steel appeared on his field and absorbed the hit from the attack. "This trap makes a 3000 defender fer me as long as it's out. So what do yah got ta say about that ?"
CJ- 7000/7000
Kryen- 8000/8000
CJ slid a card from his hand into his duel disk. "I've got two words for you. Remove Trap." The metal slime shivered and then exploded. "End turn."
Kryen drew and slid a card into his duel disk. "Yer thinkin that'll stop me? Ye best be thinkin again! Activate Double Summon! At the cost of 1500 of mah life points ah'm allowed ta summon two monsters instead of one this turn!"
CJ- 7000/7000
Kryen- 6500/8000
CJ gritted his teeth. ("That Seal of Dark Souls makes his monsters way too powerful. They'll be tough enough to defeat my Gorilla!")
Kryen threw down his two monsters onto his disk. "Ah summon Retrained Celtic Guardian (1900/1200) and Command Knight!" (1700/19000)
On his field an Elvin warrior appeared and next to it a female knight.
CJ wiped a couple of drops of sweat from his forehead. "And here I was expecting to get beaten, but even with the Seal of Dark Soul's effect, your monsters can't beat my Berserk Gorilla."
Kryen snickered and pointed at his Command Knight. "Do ye even know what mah monster does? She makes all warriors 400 attack points stronger!"
Retrained Celtic Guardian (2300/1200)
Command Knight (2100/1900)
"Now attack 'is Gorilla!" The Retrained Celtic Guardian shot across the field and slashed the ape apart. Then the Command Knight followed up behind it and slammed its weapon down on CJ's shoulder.
CJ-4600/4600
Kryen- 6500/8000
CJ came to his feet growling. "What about the Dark Soul Tokens!? Shouldn't they be draining your soul points?"
Kryen pointed at his face-down card that he had flipped face-up. "Ah, but ye've triggered mah Dark Soul Barriar trap card. This'll make me safe from the Seal. End turn."
CJ drew and smirked. "Time for a counter-attack." He slid two cards into his duel disk. "Activate Compensation for Loss! Now for every card I discard this turn, I'll draw one card from my deck at the end phase of the turn. Next up is the magic card Monster Reborn! Revive my Berserk Gorilla in attack mode!" The Gorilla reappeared on his field, only to explode apart. "And then I sacrifice it to summon Manticore of Darkness (2300/1000) in attack mode!" A winged lion monster appeared on his field.
He slid another card into his duel disk. "Now Pot of Greed so that I can draw two new cards from my deck." He drew two new cards and slid a card into his duel disk. "Now I activate Genocide War!" His hand lifted to point at the Retrained Celtic Guardian. "Manticore of Darkness attack!" The winged lion lunged across the field and slammed into the Elvin swordsman, only to be cut apart.
CJ-4600/2300
Kryen- 6500/8000
Kryen chuckled loudly. "Didn't ye know that mah monster cannot be killed in battle with a monster that has 1900 er more attack points!?"
CJ pointed at his Genocide War continuous magic card. "Yeah, but as long as Genocide War is in play then all monsters that battle die. That means it's the end of the line for your monster too." The Retrained Celtic Guardian shuddered and then exploded.
Kryen snickered, "That's a good strategy, but aren't ye fergettin that yer wide open now?"
CJ took a card from his hand and slid it into his graveyard. "No I'm not. I'm discarding a beast monster from my hand to revive my Manticore at the end of the turn, and since Compensation of Loss is in effect, I draw one card too." He drew a card and his winged lion reformed on his field. He looked his two cards over and slid one into his duel disk. "I set one card face-down on my field and end my turn."
Kryen drew and threw down another monster. "Ah play Blade Knight (2100/1000) in attack mode!" An armored knight appeared on his field. "An thanks to its special ability, it gains 400 attack points when ah've got one or less cards in mah hand." (2500/1000)
CJ frowned and did a couple of quick math calculations in his head. ("This is gonna hurt.")
Kryen pointed at CJ. "Attack im now Blade Knight!" The silver armored warrior charged across the field, ready to chop the Manticore of Darkness apart.
CJ tapped a button on his duel disk, flipping up his face-down card. "Now wait a second, I'm activating a quickplay magic card called Call to Arms! This allows me to take any equipment magic card in my hand and equip it to my monster. So I activate United We Stand, raising my monster's attack power by 800 points for every monster on my field." The Manticore of Darkness roared and began to glow with a bright light. (3100/1800) It snarled and crushed the Blade Knight's head in.
CJ- 4600/2300
Kryen- 5900/7400
Kryen looked down at his remaining hand card and slid it into his duel disk. "Then ah guess ah'll just have ta set this ere card face-down and switch mah Command Knight inta defense mode."
CJ drew and looked down at his soul point meter. ("I'll lose if I attack. I need a way to get rid of his Seal of Dark Souls.") "End turn."
Kryen drew and threw down his new monster. "Now ah'll summon another Command Knight in defense. End turn."
CJ drew and his eyes widened a little. ("Hmm...") "End turn."
Kryen drew and slid another card into his duel disk. "Set and end."
CJ drew again, hoping this was the card to get rid of the damned seal. ("Please...") He looked at the drawn card and smiled. "Get ready! First I play Heavy Storm to destroy all magic and trap cards on the field." A sharp wind picked up around them. As soon as it was done, the field was clear except for their monsters and the Seal of Dark Souls, which was starting to crack.
Kryen smirked. "Aww, are ya so quick ta ferget that ya can't destroy the Seal like that?"
CJ slid his next card into his duel disk. "Now I play the magic card Judgment of Beast. This magic card will cost half of my life points, but the effect is more than worth it. It's going to allow me to disable all continuous effects on your field for three turns!"
Kryen looked at the dome that the Seal had formed and he shrugged. "It ain't gonna work. The Seal's too strong."
CJ chuckled. "The cracks all along your seal say otherwise. In its weakened condition, my magic card should work. So here we go...."
CJ- 2300/2300
Kryen- 5900/7400
The Seal of Dark Souls shuddered and faded away.
CJ grinned and pointed at the Command Knight. "Attack Manticore!" The monster howled and shot across the field, only to be stopped cold by the other Command Knight.
Kryen laughed heartily at the confused look on CJ's face. "Didn't ya know that as long as mah Command Knight is in play, ya gotta attack another monster besides it? Since ah got two of em on the field..."
CJ clenched his fists. "You get an instant defense lock."
Kryen drew and slid his two monsters into the graveyard. "Now ah'm gonna summon a monster that'll take ye down. Come forth Buster Blader!" (2600/2300) A warrior carrying a huge sword appeared on his field, weapon braced for combat. "Cut down 'is Manticore!" The warrior charged and slashed right through CJ's monster, leaving him with nothing on the field or in his hand.
CJ- 2000/2000
Kyen- 5900/7400
CJ looked down at his deck. "Alright, I've got two turns left before your Seal of Dark Souls comes back into effect, so I've got to finish you off before then." He drew. "And let's start with this!" He slid the card into his duel disk. "Activate Treasure of Fate!" A white die appeared on his field. "By rolling one die, I may draw as many cards as the number is shows have. So go dice roll!" The die launched across the field and landed at Kryen's feet on a six. "And now I'll finish you off in one blow!" He drew six cards and slid one of them into his duel disk. "Go Overrun! At the cost of half of my life points, this card will increase the attack of all monsters on my field by 800 for every monster on my field. More or less they all get a United We Stand boost until the end of the turn!"
CJ- 1000/2000
Kyen- 5900/7400
He slid four more cards into his duel disk. "Now I activate Monster Reborn to revive my Manticore in attack mode. Then I activate the Legendary Weapon Card Guardian's Maul to add my monster's defense to its attack power, and then I'll double its defense!" (4100/2000)
"After that my next card is Wild Nature's Release, which will add my monster's defense to its attack power for until the end of the turn, when it will die." (6100/0)
"And my final card means that this duel is over for you! Excalibur doubles my creature's attack power and therefore it has more than enough attack power to wipe you and your monster right off the field!" (12200/0)
Kryen couldn't believe this. "How could ya do all that!? It's...."
CJ pointed angrily at Buster Blader. "I can't take your accent anymore! Manticore of Darkness, attack with Holy Guardian's Wave!" The monster launched across the field and slashed the Buster Blader in half. "And that's it! It's over..."
CJ- 1000/2000
Kryen- 0/0
Kryen felt a sudden stinging sensation through his body and then he collapsed to the ground, his soul gone.
CJ looked at the inanimate Kryen and walked past him muttering, "I'm never gonna duel against someone with an accent ever again." He walked through the tunnel on the other end of the playing field, ready to face whatever awaited him next.
To be continued...
Next Chapter: The Legendary Weapon of the Air