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Demon Duelist Legacy-Dark Soul Arc
Chapter 32: Just a little monster
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."
Joey drew and sighed. "I drew Jinzo." (2400/1500) Envirius's Sniper's Sight magic card fired a beam of red light that blew the card out of his hand. Staring down at his remaining card, Joey knew he was in trouble. "End turn."
Yugi drew and sighed in relief. "I drew Monster Reborn, which you can't shoot out of my hand with your Sniper's Sight magic card." He slid the card into his hand and slapped down another monster. "Now I summon Beta the Magnet Warrior (1700/1600) in defense mode!" A yellow monster made of magnets appeared on his field in a crouching position. "End turn."
Kaiba drew and he grimaced. "I drew Vorse Raider." (1900/1200) He didn't even pay the red beam that blew the card out of his hand any mind. ("I can't lose my cool. Eventually Envirius will slip up, and when he does, I'll be ready to capitalize on his mistake.") "I set one monster face-down and end my turn."
Envirius drew and he chuckled. "That's the end of all of you." He slid the card into his duel disk. "Go Dagger of Butterflies-Elma!" A pair of light-weight and ornate daggers appeared over his monster. "Go infinite soul drain combo!"
Yami tapped a button on his duel disk and flipped up one of his face-down cards. "Not so fast Envirius! Reveal face-down card, Collected Power! This will steal your Dagger and transfer it to my Queen's Knight!" The pair of daggers launched across the field and landed in the female knight's hand. (1800/1600)
The dark-suited man frowned at the loss of his instant win. "That was well-played. End turn."
Joey drew and dead-panned. "Oh great, Gilford the Lightning." (2800/1400) The card immediately was shot out of his hand. ("I still can't do anything! ARGH!!") "End turn."
Yami drew and the card was shot out of his hand. "I had drawn Gamma the Magnet Warrior." (1500/1800) He looked his hand over and sighed. "End turn."
Kaiba drew. "I have drawn Ring of Destruction." He slid it into his disk. "And since everyone knows what it is, I may as well put it out. You never know when I might get lucky enough to use it." He emphasized the last part, making sure he was looking over at Yami.
The Pharaoh nodded. He understood what Kaiba wanted. ("He can use his Ring of Destruction to break down Envirius's defender. So if either I or Joey can get a monster on the field that can attack Envirius, then we can win.")
Kaiba slid his two face-down monsters into the graveyard. "Now I sacrifice my two monsters to summon my Blue-Eyes White Dragon (3000/2500) in attack mode." The huge white form of the CEO's favorite monster landed on the field and roared as Envirius's Gravity Bind pressed it into the ground.
Envirius drew and then smirked at Yami. "You understand that all I have to do is destroy your Queen's Knight and then I will get my Dagger back. The very second it returns to me, you'll be finished. All of you will. Until then, I'll set this face-down and end my turn." He slid the card into his duel disk.
Joey drew. "Finally, something your dumb combo can't kill. I drew Giant Trunade." He slid the card into his hand and nodded to Yami. "I'll save this for when we need it. End turn."
Yami drew and bit his lower lip. "The Winged Dragon of Ra." (0/0) He watched as his last god card was sent graveyard-bound. Yami looked down at his hand and the Monster Reborn that sat in it. ("This is bad. If only Egyptian God cards were able to be affected by traps. Then I could reborn Obelisk and Kaiba could use his Ring of Destruction on it.") "End turn."
Kaiba drew. "Chaos Emperor Dragon-Envoy of the End." (3000/2500) The card was instantly shot out of his hand. "End turn."
Envirius drew and looked at the field. ("Now that Kaiba has his Ring of Destruction on the field, I must make sure that they don't get a creature out with an attack power of 3700 or more. If they do, then I'm finished.") "I can't use this card, so end turn."
Joey looked down at his deck. ("Alright, how about something nice that we can combo with the Giant Trunade you gave me?") He drew and sighed. "Alligator's Sword." (1500/1200) The card was shot out of his hand, but he really didn't care anymore. "End turn."
Yami drew and his smile widened. "I drew the magic card Dark Magic Attack. End turn."
Kaiba drew and he slid the card into his duel disk. "You're out of luck Envirius. I set Barrel Behind the Door face-down. When I end my turn I'm going to activate Ring of Destruction and it in combo, dealing you 6000 life points of damage by blowing up my Blue-Eyes White Dragon. End..."
Envirius tapped a button on his duel disk. "Go Mystical Space Typhoon! I'll destroy your face-down Barrel Behind the Door." A sharp wind launched across the field and shattered Kaiba's face-down trap card.
The CEO clenched his fist and fumed quietly. "End turn."
Envirius drew and slid his new card into his duel disk. "One card face-down. End turn. And by the way Yami, as soon as Joey's turn comes around my card will get my Dagger back. End turn."
Before Joey could even draw, Envirius flipped up the card he had set. "Go my Collected Power! This means that I'm taking back my Dagger of Butterflies!" The small pair of daggers was stolen from the Queen's Knight and sent back to hover over the Supreme Dark Soul-Sloth. (300/3000)
Joey glared at his deck as the Axe Raider (1700/1150) that he drew was blown out of his hand. ("What do you have against me!?") "End turn."
Yami took a deep breath and placed his hand on his deck. ("I need a way to steal back the Dagger of Butterflies-Elma from Envirius before it's his turn, or else he will destroy us with his infinite soul drain combo.")
"It's my turn, and here's the draw that will steal your Dagger!!" He drew off the top of his deck, holding the card up in the air. He slowly brought it down to eye level, and smiled. "In fact, not only will I be stealing your Dagger of Butterflies-Elma back, but I'll also be stealing your monster as well. Go Snatch Steal!" A huge burlap sack appeared over the Supreme Dark Soul-Sloth and scooped it up. The bag moved over to Yami's field and deposited the monster on his field. "End turn."
Kaiba knew that while they may have had Envirius's monster, that didn't mean anything. They couldn't use its ability, because the dagger would go back to Envirius when the Supreme Dark Soul-Sloth destroyed it. "I draw Shrink. End turn."
Envirius drew and he snickered. "I'm tired of playing defensively. First I'll gain 1000 life points thanks to your Snatch Steal, Pharaoh."
Joey- 8000/8000
Yami- 8000/8000
Kaiba- 8000/8000
Envirius- 4700/8000
The dark-suited business-man raised his hand up into the air. "Hear me, Seal of Dark Souls! I sacrifice my 500 attack point bonus to summon forth the almighty monster Dark Soul Fiend!" The darkness of the seal began to concentrate itself on his field, where a vaguely humanoid shape could be seen. Finally the shape got enough form that it now looked like a demon with a black whip. (0/0)
"Now its special ability is activated. Destroy all monsters on the field!" The demon howled and snapped its whip in one huge arc, shattering all the monsters on the field.
Envirius snickered and slid his Supreme Dark Soul-Sloth into his graveyard. Then he slid his Dagger of Butterflies-Elma out of his disk and placed it into his hand. "And now I'll give my monster the boost it needs, by simply discarding this." He took one of the cards in his hand and slid them into his graveyard slot. "This will raise my monster's attack strength by 1000 points." (1000/1000) The demon howled and grew in size, brandishing its whip. "Now attack Yami!" The monster leapt across the field, ready to attack the Pharaoh.
Kaiba knew he was going to regret this, but that monster had the potential to get to a size where they couldn't stop it, so he had no choice. "I flip up my Ring of Destruction, destroying your monster and draining its attack points in damage from all of us!" A metal ring lined with grenades appeared around the Fiend's neck and exploded, spraying all four duelists with dust and smoke.
Joey- 7000/7000
Yami- 7000/7000
Kaiba- 7000/7000
Envirius- 1700/7000
Envirius's laughter echoed across the huge chamber. "And that's it. You're all finished." The smoke around him settled to reveal him showing them his two cards. "Monster Reborn and my Dagger of Butterflies-Elma." He slid the Monster Reborn into his duel disk. "I revive Supreme Dark Soul-Sloth to the field!" The shadow shield appeared on his field. "And now I activate my Dagger!" The pair of ornate daggers appeared over the shield. (300/3000)
Yami felt his face break out into a cold sweat. ("No...I can't stop him this time.")
Kaiba didn't look much more pleased either.
Envirius smiled and pointed to his monster. "Good-bye. Activate infinite soul drain combo!"
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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.
He braced himself for the pain of the attack hitting him, but it never came.
"I throw my face-down monster in the way of the attack!" Ryu's face-down monster card slid to in front of Deondre and it was blown apart. "And the monster I lost was the Masked Dragon, (1400/1100) which when destroyed in battle allows me to special summon a dragon from my deck with an attack of 1500 or less to the field." He deck spat out his monster and he slapped it onto his disk. A red and white dragon appeared on his field. "I special summon another Masked Dragon to my field in defense mode!"
Deondre shook his head to clear the little dots that came from holding his breath for so long. He looked over at the dragon demon and threw him a thumbs-up. "Thanks man."
Ryu nodded sternly. "It was no problem, but don't get too happy yet, or have you forgotten she still has that...thing on the field?"
Yamidra still was out of sight because of the size of her dragon. "I suppose I have to end my turn, don't I?" She sounded positively bored.
Siegfried drew. ("Trap cards can't work on her monster, so we're going to need a different plan of attack. We can't use magic cards against her as long as Imperial Order is on the field, so all we can do is play defensively until we get a monster stronger than her creature.") "I set another monster in defense mode. End turn."
CJ drew and set a monster, throwing a pleading look for help at Rikuo. "I switch my Enraged Battle Ox to defense mode." The Minotaur fell to one knee and placed its arms out in front of it. "End turn."
Rikuo looked down at his deck and then at his hand. ("No magic cards and no trap cards. We're going to have to draw an incredible card if we wish to turn this around.") He drew. "Heh, one of my new monsters. To use it I will need to sacrifice CJ's monster, as well as my own." He threw the dark-skinned demon a fanged grin. "Be glad I'm asking this time."
CJ smiled back and nodded. "Help yourself." He slid his monster card into the graveyard. "I sacrifice my monster to help my partner."
("There are some perks to working with the ape-horse.") Rikuo slid his Quicksilver Orb into the graveyard and threw down his new monster. "Yamidra! I hope you didn't expect your 'little' dragon to slow us down, for now I summon Irios the Steel Monarch!" (2700/2300) A huge humanoid make of clockwork gears appeared on his field. "When it is tribute summoned to the field, it doubles its attack strength for one turn as long as it is my only attacking monster!" (5400/2300) The clockwork monster shuddered and started to dance a little bit. "Now, attack her Shadow Dragon!" The machine charged forward, steam spraying out of its top as it approached the roaring monster.
Yamidra's voice, as before, somehow could be heard over her dragon's roaring. "What a foolish move. You shouldn't be attacking when I have three face-down cards. For now I reveal my trap card, Mirror Force. This will destroy your monster and leave you open to my attack next turn." A blue barrier sprang up between Irios and the dragon.
Rikuo sneered. ("I feel almost guilty for doing this. Almost.") He flipped up his face-down card. "Reveal Royal Decree! As long as this trap is in play all traps are negated, so your Mirror Force is nothing!" Irios smashed through the now inert barrier and in one punch the Shadow Dragon's head was removed. The pieces of the creature came apart into bits of shadow that quickly rejoined the miasma around them.
Siegfried- 8000
CJ- 8000
Rikuo- 8000
Ryu- 8000
Deondre- 8000
Yamidra- 38900
As the dragon's enormous body faded away and Yamidra came back into sight, Rikuo smiled at her superiorly. "Perhaps you're not as all-powerful as you wish?"
Yamidra's cold expression lightened just a little. "Wolf...I think I'll save you for last. You look like the most fun to destroy."
Rikuo slid a card into his duel disk. "People have told me that in the past. They're dead now. End turn."
Ryu smiled at his friend. "Excellent play, Rikuo."
The wolf demon puffed his chest a little. "Keh! She's a pushover."
Even though she was being insulted, Yamidra didn't look very angry. She still looked bored.
Ryu drew. "Since Royal Decree is negating your Imperial Order trap card, I may play my magic cards. First, the magic card Pot of Greed, which lets me draw two cards." He drew his two and slid them into his hand. Looking his hand over, he calmly slid his Masked Dragon into the graveyard. "I sacrifice my Masked Dragon to summon Infernus the Pyro Dragon (2200/2000) in attack mode." The ground in front of him exploded as the long, snake-like form of his fire dragon appeared on the field. "Direct attack on her life points!" Infernus hissed and sprayed a burst of flame that slammed into a barrier around the dark dragoness, negating the actual physical damage the attack could cause.
Siegfried- 8000
CJ- 8000
Rikuo- 8000
Ryu- 8000
Deondre- 8000
Yamidra- 36700
Ryu folded his hand up and smiled to Yamidra. "I know the truth about you, Yamidra. I know who and what you really are. End turn."
Yamidra still had yet to change expressions. She was still cold and emotionless.
Deondre drew. "She really needs to get out more often. Or at least get some sugar in her system." He slapped down his monster. "I summon D.D. Lancer (1500/1000) in attack mode!" A man in futuristic clothing and wielding a laser lance appeared on his field. "Attack her life points directly!" The man charged forward to slam into her energy barrier.
Siegfried- 8000
CJ- 8000
Rikuo- 8000
Ryu- 8000
Deondre- 8000
Yamidra- 35200
Deondre knew that they had her on the ropes now. ("She might have plenty of life points left, but pretty soon that won't matter. We're going to wipe her out.") "End turn."
Yamidra waved her hand and five cards appeared next to her four. "Now let me see..." She mused, tapping her cheek with a black nail. "How shall I kill you? Perhaps this...or maybe this?"
CJ glanced over at Rikuo worriedly.
The wolf demon shook his head to dispel the dark-skinned demon's fears. He knew that she was trying to brush off the fact that, even with all of the cards in her hand, she was in trouble. ("Or she will be when she plays a magic card.")
Yamidra finally decided. "First I set five monsters face-down on my field." Five of the cards she had chosen floated onto her field in a horizontal position. "And now I reveal the ritual magic card Shadow Revival. This ritual requires I sacrifice five monsters." Her five face-down monster shuddered and then exploded.
Rikuo tapped a button on his duel disk. "And once again you fall for my trap. Reveal Emergency Provisions! This allows me to sacrifice my Royal Decree to gain 1000 life points. And when my trap is removed from the field, your Imperial Order trap card reactivates. That means you're about to wind up negating your own magic card and sacrificing all of you monsters for nothing."
Yamidra flipped up one of her two face-down cards. "Wolf, you're the one who isn't as all-powerful as he thinks. Reveal Emergency Provisions. This means that I will sacrifice my Imperial Order and my face-down card to gain 2000 life points. That's not all either. Since my Imperial Order is leaving, my ritual does activate." Her two cards exploded at the same time that Rikuo's trap did.
Siegfried- 8000
CJ- 8000
Rikuo- 9000
Ryu- 8000
Deondre- 8000
Yamidra- 37200
Once again, Yamidra's monster zone tore open and another shadowy form shot up into the air. It brought its head down to glare at the assembled demon duelists. The shadows dissolved to reveal a black dragon with blue eyes. Bringing its jaws ridiculously close to Rikuo's head, it snarled and blew a burst of black smoke into the wolf demon's face.
Rikuo took a step back, coughing. As soon as he could breathe again, he growled darkly at the fact that she was daring to make fun of him. ("I'll kill her...I'll...I'll...")
("Stop complaining and just duel?")
("Shut up Daniel.") Rikuo growled back at the dragon, which had brought its head back to a more reasonable distance.
Yamidra was once again out of sight of her creature, though she could still be heard over its roaring. "Let's see if another of my weak monsters can defeat you. Shadow Dragon-Teryops should be enough." (6000/6000)
Rikuo frowned as he realized that he had no trap to defend him. ("Crap....")
Yamidra sounded a little more upbeat. "What's the matter little wolf? Afraid? You should be. Teryops, attack his Steel Monarch." The dragon roared and sprayed out a blast of black flame at Rikuo's clockwork monster, blowing it apart.
Siegfried- 8000
CJ- 8000
Rikuo- 5700
Ryu- 8000
Deondre- 8000
Yamidra- 37200
Yamidra's voice echoed out above the sound of the roaring flames. "Finally, I set three cards face-down. End turn."
Siegfried drew and he immediately knew how to deal with this problem. "I've got this monster handled. I sacrifice my two monsters to summon a creature that will purge your darkness, Yamidra!"
A knight riding a white horse appeared on his field. "I summon Knight of Chivalry (2500/2000) to the field!" Upon hearing its name, the knight reared up on his horse and trumpeted a battle cry. "Then I set two cards face-down. End turn."
CJ drew and set another monster face-down. "End turn."
Rikuo drew and growled. ("I've got no choice.") "I set one monster face-down and two cards. End turn."
Ryu drew and looked over at CJ. "CJ?"
CJ already knew what the dragon demon wanted. "Sure, help yourself."
Ryu slapped down his monster. "I sacrifice CJ's face-down monster to summon Crystallis the Ice Dragon (2200/2000) in defense mode!" A pillar of ice exploded out of his field and then shattered as a huge snake-like dragon made out of ice appeared on the field. "Then I switch Infernus to defense mode!" The huge flame dragon curled around itself and formed a molten ball of fire. "End turn."
Deondre drew and set a monster. "I also switch D.D. Lancer to defense mode." The laser-lance wielding monster slid into a crouching position. "End turn."
Yamidra waved her hand and five cards appeared in front of her. "I draw. Now Teryops, I give you my blessing. Reveal face-down card, Blessing of Yamidra. This continuous trap will give all monsters on my field the power to deal damage through defense."
Rikuo looked at his second face-down Quicksilver Orb (0/0) and paled. ("Maybe I shouldn't have gotten her attention on me.")
The shadowed form of Teryops roared and began to charge up a blast of dark flame within its jaws. "I changed my mind," Yamidra said from behind her dragon. "You'll be the first to go, Wolf. Teryops, attack his face-down monster."
"YAMIDRA!" Siegfried nearly screamed.
Though Yamidra could not be seen, Teryops did turn its head to look at the German Duelist. "Hmm? You have something to say, tiger lord?"
Siegfried coldly glared at her. "I do, you ice-bitch. You're nothing but a worm. A little lizard that hides in the shadows and makes little plots that serve no purpose. You're nothing to anyone, except maybe Envirius."
He laughed loudly, the sound a little too strained. "So what do you have to say to that, iguana?" He used an insult he had heard Rikuo use on Ryu once.
Teryops went silent, as did Yamidra. They seemed to be communing with each other.
Rikuo, CJ, and Deondre all stared at the uncharacteristic act on the part of the Blitzkrieg duelist.
Ryu had a look on his face that one would get if just watching someone insult a god.
A few seconds past, and then Teryops jaws widened, flames arching within the cavernous mouth. "I have to say that you just called me an iguana. The last person to do that is still locked in a hell that even I wouldn't be able to stand. For insulting me, you must be destroyed. Teryops, crush his pitiful monster beneath your Darkness Divinity Blast."
The dragon opened its jaws wider and wider, until the ball that developed was big that it could destroy both Siegfried and his knight in one flash of black flame. Teryops gave one final growling noise, and then it exhaled, sending the ball of black flame barreling down to consume Siegfried's monster.
The German Demon Duelist allowed himself a small smile. "I activate..."
To be continued...
Next chapter: The first loss
Author's Notes: To Grisham-I'm glad you asked about that. The rules for a darkness game are made at the start, and Daniel announced that the winner walked away with their body, while the loser was banished. Since it was a double K.O., the darkness game couldn't determine the winner of the loser. And no, you didn't upset me with your review. I was glad you did so, since you explained what instance something seemed wrong.
Plus, thank you for all of your ideas. I've actually got a lot of cards now thanks to all of you. Hopefully this should pick up the pace.
Also, to all of the readers of my sister's story, Angel Duelist Legacy: She wanted me to apologize to all of you for not having chapter 4 up. I told her to not worry about it, because if she expects to copy my typing speed, she's going to have to go to college and learn to write a lot of reports in a short amount of time. Plus she's gonna need to get a little better at dueling. ::Runs off to avoid painful sharp stuff from said sister::