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Demon Duelist Legacy-Dark Soul Arc
Chapter 31: Dueling the Darkness
The mist cleared to show the five demons nothing. They were all standing in an endless void of black.
CJ scratched the back of his head and then looked over at Ryu. "So...where's Yamidra?"
The darkness began to form around then, creating spires and pillars. Within a matter of minutes the five were no longer standing in a void, but in a huge courtyard. In front of them there was a giant castle.
"This is certainly a cheery place," Siegfried muttered sarcastically.
Deondre nodded in agreement. "Yeah, I'd think they might want to put some extra lighting in. I mean, it's so dark out here that if we weren't demons, we probably wouldn't be able to see right now."
"That's the way I like it. I hate the light." A cold voice said from the entrance to the castle.
The five turned to find themselves facing a woman who looked to be about twenty years old. She was short, with black hair, eyes and lips. Her body was clothed in black robes that concealed her figure from view. "Greetings demon lords. I am Yamidra, mistress of this place." Her features remained cold as she talked. "Shall we begin this duel? I'd prefer to end it quickly so that I can go and enjoy tearing your world apart."
Rikuo/Daniel frowned and clicked their duel disk into place. "You won't be doing anything of the sort. We'll stop you."
Yamidra had yet to move from her position. "Well? Are the rest of you going to help him?"
Ryu narrowed his eyes at her. "What do you mean?"
"I'm going to duel all five of you at once."
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Envirius drew and smirked at his three opponents. "Now, can you defeat me?" He popped open his field magic card slot. "First, the Seal of Dark Souls." All around them a dark black and grey mist developed as the field of negative energy locked them into the duel.
"Now I'll summon Supreme Dark Soul-Sloth (0/3000) in defense mode!" A dark mass of shadowy material appeared on his field and formed into a shape resembling a shield. "Then I set these two cards face-down. End turn." The two cards appeared in front of him.
Joey drew and smiled to Yami. "We'll get past that with no problem. First, I'll set two cards face-down on the field." The two brown-back cards appeared in front of him on the field. "And then I set one monster face-down. End turn."
Yami drew and threw down his monster. "I summon Queen's Knight (1500/1600) in defense mode!" A woman in knight's armor appeared on his field in a crouching position. "Then I play the magic card Swords of Revealing Light!" Green swords of light slammed down on Envirius's field. "Now you cannot attack either me or my teammates for three turns. End turn."
Kaiba drew and set a monster. ("I hate dueling on teams.") "End turn."
Envirius drew and smirked. "Ah Yami, you're trying to summon your Egyptian God Cards, I assume?"
The ancient ruler returned the smirk, confident that as long as he had his partners with him, he would be safe. "Of course. We'll win this duel and then seal your side of the gateway."
Envirius slid three cards into his duel disk. "I'm not going to let you make a fool of me. Activate three-card combo: Confiscation, Forked Magic and Grand Divination! First, I must pay 1000 life points for the effect of my Confiscation magic card, which allows me to look at one player's hand and discard a card from it. But thanks to Forked Magic, I may target all of you at once with this effect!"
Joey- 8000/8000
Yami- 8000/8000
Kaiba- 8000/8000
Envirius- 7000/8000
Yami looked at the face-up Grand Divination card. "And what's that going to do?"
Envirius walked up to Joey first. The blond-haired duelist sighed and turned his hand around to show it to him. "Impressive starting hand Joseph. Toss the Monster Reborn."
Next he walked up to Yami. "Pharaoh, get rid of your Saint Dragon Osiris."
Finally he walked up to Kaiba. "As for you Seto, get rid of your Monster Reborn as well."
Envirius returned to his position on the field with a smile on his face. "That was fulfilling. Nothing better than discarding cards from my opponents' hands."
Kaiba just fixed an icy glare on the man. "And your Grand Divination card?"
Envirius looked at it and he laughed. "Oh yes, well you see it lets me look at the cards you draw each turn, and all it costs me is a trifle 300 life points per turn. End turn."
Joey drew and held out the card. "I drew Swordsman of Landstar." (500/1200)
Envirius smirked wider as his face-down card flipped up. "Activate Sniper's Sight! This allows me, at the cost of 1000 life points; to destroy any monster card my opponent draws into his hand!" The face-up card shuddered and spat out a beam of red light that blew the card out of Joey's hand.
Joey- 8000/8000
Yami- 8000/8000
Kaiba- 8000/8000
Envirius- 6000/8000
Joey looked down at his hand and frowned at the prospects of the lock his opponent had. ("As long as he's got his card combo out, he'll just blast every monster I draw out of my hand.") "I sacrifice my face-down monster to summon The Fiend Megacyber (2200/1200) in attack mode!" A yellow armored monster appeared on his field. "Now attack his life points directly!" The monster howled and charged across the field, ready to tackle Envirius.
"You think you're going to catch me with my pants down Joey!? Think again!" Envirius flipped up his face-down card. "Reveal Gravity Bind! This will prevent all level four or higher monsters from attacking at all! Besides, did you forget about my Supreme Dark Soul?"
Joey winced as he realized that his opponent did have a monster on the field. "Well could ya highlight it or something!? I can't see it! It's camouflaged!"
Yami drew. "I draw Obelisk the Tormentor!" (4000/4000) He watched as the Sniper's Sight blew the card out of his hand.
Joey- 8000/8000
Yami- 8000/8000
Kaiba- 8000/8000
Envirius- 5000/8000
The Pharaoh fanned out his hand and then played his next monster. "I summon Alpha the Magnet Warrior (1400/1700) in defense mode." A grey monster made of magnets appeared on his field in a crouching position. "End turn."
Kaiba drew and he gritted his teeth. "I drew the Blue-Eyes White Dragon." (3000/2500) He felt a stinging in his heart as he watched the red beam of light from the Sniper's Sight card blast his favorite monster away before it ever got a chance to see play.
Joey- 8000/8000
Yami- 8000/8000
Kaiba- 8000/8000
Envirius- 4000/8000
The CEO looked his hand over and then slid his face-down monster into the graveyard. "I sacrifice my face-down monster to set another monster face-down. Then I set a card face-down. End turn."
Joey- 8000/8000
Yami- 8000/8000
Kaiba- 8000/8000
Envirius- 3700/8000
Envirius drew and he slid the card into his duel disk. "I play Spell Economics, which means that I don't have to pay any life points for my magic cards. So Sniper's Sight and Grand Divination now gives me the perfect monster killing combo. Plus, as long as Gravity Bind remains in play, you cannot attack with the monsters in your hand. And even if you do, I've still got my Supreme Dark Soul in play, which has 3000 defense points. More or less, you are locked out. End turn."
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Rikuo/Daniel stared at the 'woman' like she had lost her mind. "All five of us...against you?"
Yamidra continued to watch the five evenly. "Did I mumble? All five of you."
CJ shrugged and stood next to Rikuo/Daniel, his duel disk clicking into place. "I didn't know you had a death wish. If that is what you want though, I've got no problem with it."
Ryu went over to stand on the wolf demon's other side. "I know you are up to something, but for now I'll play by your insane rules." He clicked his duel disk into place.
Deondre went over to take Ryu's other side, his disk already in place. "I hope you don't expect to defeat us. Five on one are horrible odds for you."
Siegfried went over to stand next to CJ, his duel disk the last into place. "Yamidra, I think you're putting far too much faith in the idea that you are supposedly all-powerful."
Yamidra actually let the beginnings of a smile cross her face at what Siegfried had said. "If that is what you truly believe, then you are hardly worthy of my time or effort. So let's get this duel over with, so that I can move onto your plane of existence and destroy it. It's been far too long since I've had a chance to play in your world." She waved her hand into the air and five cards, each as large as she was, appeared in the air. "I'll even do you all a favor and go first, so that you can attack me immediately."
Rikuo/Daniel frowned as they felt their soul split into its original halves. Rikuo shook his head out at he felt one of his eyes change from brown to golden-amber. ("I feel rather uneasy dueling against this being. It's easy to tell that she is very powerful.")
("We've got the advantage of numbers though.")
Daniel's thought didn't reassure the wolf demon though.
Yamidra waved her hand in the air and above her first five cards, another five appeared. "I draw. Then I set five cards face-down." Five of the ten cards floated to the ground, each one blocked off with shadows so that the five couldn't see what they were. "Then I set five monsters face-down on my field." Her other five cards shuddered and all landed on the field in front of her five set cards, each of the brown-backed cards in a horizontal position. "End turn."
Siegfried drew and slid a card into his disk. "I hope you didn't intend to stop us with your face-down trap cards, because I have an answer for that! Go Heavy Storm!" He smiled at the cheers his friends were giving him. Meanwhile, a heavy wind was picking up on the field.
Yamidra motioned to one of her face-down cards and it flipped up. "I would say I'm impressed, but then I would be lying. Reveal Imperial Order." Her trap flipped up and a man in a king's robe appeared on her field. He lifted up his hand and the wind instantly died down. "As long as this continuous trap remains in play all magic cards played will be negated. All it costs me is a measly 700 life points each turn to keep in effect." Throughout her explanation, she still remained cold and emotionless.
Siegfried looked down at his hand and hoped his partners had something to help with this situation. "I set one monster in defense mode and end my turn."
CJ drew and slid three cards into his duel disk. "I'll set these three cards face-down on my field." He grabbed a monster from his hand and slapped it onto his disk. "Now I summon Enraged Battle Ox (1700/1000) in attack mode." A battle-axe wielding Minotaur appeared on his field. "End turn." He knew that if he attacked now, he might trigger one of her trap cards.
Rikuo drew and slid a card into his duel disk. "First I set this face-down." Weighing his monster options, the demon finally made his choice. "Then I summon Quicksilver Orb (0/0) in defense mode." A little metal ball appeared on his field. "End turn."
Ryu drew and slid a pair of cards into his disk. "I'll set two cards face-down on my field, and then I set this monster face-down. End turn."
Deondre drew and placed down his monster. "It's time to get rid of your Imperial Order, Yamidra! I summon Breaker the Magical Warrior (1900/1000) in attack mode!" A crimson-armored mage appeared on his field. "When he comes into play he gets a spell counter on him, which gives him 300 extra attack points. However, I may sacrifice this counter to destroy one magic or trap card on your field." Breaker's sword began to glow a bright white color. "Breaker..." A black hole opened underneath the spellcaster's feet and he was sucked down into it, taken away before he could activate his effect. "...never mind."
Yamidra calmly watched as her trap card faded off the field. "My Shadow Pit Trap allows me to seize control of your monster permanently. That's not all though, for I also add 300 to his attack points." The black hole that sucked in Breaker opened up next to her and spat out the spellcaster, who was now wearing shadow-grey armor instead of crimson. (2200/1000) Out on her field, one of her face-down monsters exploded as her new Breaker took its place on the field.
Deondre slid two cards into his duel disk. "I set these face-down and end my turn."
Yamidra waved with her hand and five cards appeared in front of her. "I draw. Then I will pay 700 life points to keep Imperial Order in effect."
Siegfried- 8000
CJ- 8000
Rikuo- 8000
Ryu- 8000
Deondre- 8000
Yamidra- 39300
The dark dragoness flipped up one of her face-down cards. "Now I reveal the trap card Instantaneous Magic, which will make my next magic card impossible to counter or negate." One of her five floating cards flipped over. "Then I activate the ritual magic card Shadowed Awakening. This card requires that I sacrifice five monsters." Her four face-down monster cards and Deondre's Breaker the Magical Warrior were all destroyed.
The ground in the center of her monster field cracked. Slowly the crack got wider and wider, until it filled up her entire monster field. A huge, shadow-covered form emerged from the hole in the earth and it rose higher and higher into the air until it towered over the five duelists. It slowly lowered its head and howled, the sound shaking the false stone around them. The shadows around its body faded away to reveal a huge black dragon, its red eyes glaring down at the five demons. From somewhere behind it, Yamidra's voice could be heard. "Say hello to one of my weaker monsters, Shadow Dragon Gioelat (5000/5000) in attack mode. Gioelat, show our guests what you do to those that oppose us. Darkness Divinity blast!" The dragon opened its jaws and brought its head to face Deondre, since he had no monsters on his field. The monster roared loudly and began to charge up a huge ball of black lightning within its jaws.
Deondre flipped up his face-down card. "Reveal trap card, Dimensional Warp! This will remove your monster from the field for one turn!" The trap shuddered and then exploded. "Huh?"
Yamidra's voice could somehow still be heard over the crackling of her dragon's attack. "Did I forget to mention that my monster is immune to trap cards? Silly me. Attack." The dragon fired its attack, intent of completely destroying Deondre right then and there.
And without the power to use his traps, all he could do was watch as the ball of lightning headed straight for his head.
To be continued...
Next Chapter: Just a little monster
Author's Notes: Ahem, I'd like to apologize once more if I came off as angry because of my last A.N. I know that I said I liked any criticism, and I do. I will defend myself however.
Alright, so now we're in the huge duel between the five present demon lords and Yamidra. Obviously she's tough, if she is able to take on all five of them at once. So can they win? And can Yami, Kaiba, and Joey defeat Envirius and his monster killing strategy? Let me know if you have any card suggestions for either Yamidra's or Envirius's decks, since I'm winging most of their really good cards.
Please read and review. I'm gonna go get to work on the next episode. By the way, expect for these two duels to take a few chapters, but I promise I'll make each chapter good. Later.