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Demon Duelist Legacy-Dark Soul Arc
Chapter 34: A Losing Battle
Yami had heard Kaiba activate his Shrink magic card to cut the attack of the Dark Tyrant in half, but it didn't matter. It was still enough to wipe out his life points. (3500/0)
He heard a crack and he felt the pain. He felt the claws enter his stomach and send him flying backwards and out of the dueling arena. However, there was no pain when he hit the wall of the chamber, or when he fell the ten feet to the ground. Then there was nothing.......
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Joey had wholly expected for Yugi to activate some kind of card combo to save himself from the attack that was headed for his life points. ("That, or Kaiba's gonna trigger one of his face-down cards and save him.")
Then Envirius's Dark Tyrant Imperium had shot past him, running Yami through the stomach with its claws.
As Yugi's body slammed into the back wall of the chamber, Joey felt his blood run cold at the unmoving form of his best friend. "Yug? YUG!?" He charged towards his friend, only to get tackled by Envirius's Dark Tyrant and thrown to his back. There was another grunt as he heard the monster tackle Kaiba too.
Envirius smirked as the Dark Tyrant Imperium returned to his field. He looked at his ultimate beast and laughed. "To think, it struck down the Pharaoh! And here I was expecting him to hold out the longest out of all three of you. I have to admit that I am rather disappointed. Oh well." He broke down into another fit of laughter that echoed across the chamber.
Joey- 3500
Yami- 0
Kaiba- 3500
Envirius- 7700
Joey came to his feet with his eyes still locked on the fallen form of his friend. ("Yugi...get up....please...")
Yugi's body remained still though, with a small pool of blood developing around the stomach area.
Kaiba came to his feet numbly, his eyes looking upon the fallen and currently bleeding form of his rival. ("Yugi Moto......struck down.....impossible....") The young CEO was about to run over and try to save Yugi, but a roar from behind him caught his attention.
"If you haven't noticed, we still have a darkness game going on at the moment." Envirius still waited for the two remaining duelists to turn. ("This should be rich. I'm going to get berated with a 'you're going to pay' speech. Then they're going to draw their last cards and realize that they cannot win.")
When Joey turned though, his voice was disturbing calm. "Are you done?"
Envirius nearly fell over in surprise. "Excuse me? I just struck down your friend, and that's all you have to say?"
Kaiba turned to look at Envirius next, his glare so cold that it seemed to bring a stop to the insane laughter of the Dark Tyrant. "We're locked in this duel, and since we can't help him, first we'll defeat you. Just know that if my rival dies because of you, then I'm going to make sure you don't get a chance to defend yourself from death, like Yugi had."
Envirius frowned at the lack of what he had hoped to see. "I set the last two cards in my hand into my duel disk. End turn."
Joey drew and he slid his entire hand into his duel disk. "I set three cards face-down. End turn."
Kaiba drew and slid the card into his duel disk. "I set this face-down. End turn."
Envirius smiled at the foolishness of his opponents. ("They're going to lose this duel. Now...") He smiled down at his deck and drew. "I draw and summon Yata-Garasu (200/100) in attack mode." A phantasmal bird appeared on his field and it squawked at the two duelists. "If it deals either of you life point damage, then you will be unable to draw next turn. Yata, attack Kaiba's life points directly!" The small bird screeched and launched across the field, intent on biting the duelist.
Joey flipped up his face-down card. "And now you're about to lose most of your life points! Go Magic-Arm Shield!" A metal plate appeared in the air in front of him. It shot out a pair of pinchers that grabbed onto the Dark Tyrant Imperium and pulled it over to Kaiba's field. "This trap means that your ugly little crow is about to collide right into your big, bad demon."
The Yata-Garasu fluttered in front of the Dark Tyrant Imperium and pecked at it a couple of times. The demon growled and smacked the phantom bird out of the air, shattering it into digital pieces instantly.
Joey- 3500
Yami- 0
Kaiba- 3500
Envirius- 900
Envirius stared at his ultimate demon with fear in his eyes. The creature roared as it was returned to its master's field, since his battle phase automatically ended. "End...turn."
Joey nodded to Kaiba. "Truce?"
The CEO frowned at the duelist he never believed was worthy of anything. "For now, yes. If you blow it though, I'm going to make you regret it." With that said, they both brought their attention back to their collective target.
And Envirius realized that his duel wasn't over yet. Not by a long shot.
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The ball of fire within the Hell Dragon God's maw got bigger and bigger, until it was big enough that it could engulf all five of their fields in one hit. "My Hell Dragon God's first special ability allows it to attack every monster on the field the moment it is summoned. Since my Yamidra's Blessing card gives it the power to deal damage through defense, almost all of you are about to die. Go Inferno of the Gods." The Hell Dragon exhaled and the miniature sun fell down on top of all five duelists at once.
As the smoke from the huge explosion cleared, Yamidra watched expectantly to see just how much havoc she had caused with her attack. Finally the smoke cleared enough that she could see the damage to the field.
Siegfried- 3500
CJ- 8000
Rikuo- 5700
Ryu- 8000
Deondre- 8000
Yamidra- 30200
The dark dragoness found herself horribly disappointed to see that all of her opponent's had survived the attack.
Siegfried looked at his bare field and frowned. ("I suppose losing my knight was better than dying.")
CJ was holding up one of his face-down cards. "You triggered my trap card, Hallowed Life Barrier. By discarding one card from my hand into the graveyard, my life points are now unharmed by your attack for this turn." He still had his two face-down cards, though his Enraged Battle Ox was gone.
Rikuo's field cleared to show the wolf demon smirking. "Believe it or not, you just helped me, foolish dragon. My face-down Quicksilver Orb, (0/0) because it was destroyed in battle, allows me to special summon one monster from my hand to the field." A wolf demon in samurai armor was standing on his field its sword drawn. "That means that I got to summon my Wolf Demon Lord (2400/1000) to the field. Plus, I activated the Safeguard card to shield myself from the damage of your attack."
Ryu's field cleared to reveal that he had flipped up both of his face-down cards. "I hope you didn't expect to catch me off guard. I know too well what your creature does. Therefore, I activated my Waboku trap card to defend myself and my monsters from all damage for this turn. As for my other card? It's a little something I like to call Nexus Warp. It fuses my Ice and Pyro dragons into something you cannot defeat." A new form appeared on the field in the place of the two dragons. The new monster roared loudly, its body a living mixture of fire and ice. "I have created the Grand Nexus Dragon." (2800/2000)
Deondre's field looked unchanged as well, except that his face-down card was missing. "I used my D.D. Defense Grid trap card to shield all face-up and face-down monsters on my field from attacks, as long as they have D.D. in their title."
Siegfried smiled at the dark dragoness. "So that means we survived your creature's attack."
Yamidra brought her cold gaze over the German Duelist. "Oh? You should not assume that you're safe." Her face-down card flipped up. "I told you that I would destroy you, and that is exactly what I am going to do. I activate the trap card Souls of the Tribute. This will deal one target on the field 500 life points of damage for every monster that has been tributed this turn. I sacrificed five monsters, which means you take 2500 life points of damage."
Siegfried- 1000
CJ- 8000
Rikuo- 5700
Ryu- 8000
Deondre- 8000
Yamidra- 30200
Yamidra's final card flipped over from its position in her hand. "I activate Tremendous Fire, which will deal me 500 life points of damage and you 1000 life points of damage." The card shuddered and started to glow.
Siegfried wasn't sure whether he wanted to growl or cry. ("Crystal...I guess I won't be coming back...")
The Tremendous Fire card belched out a burst of flames that consumed the Tiger Demon instantly. All that was left was his duel disk, which clattered to the ground.
Siegfried- 0
CJ- 8000
Rikuo- 5700
Ryu- 8000
Deondre- 8000
Yamidra- 29700
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"It's my turn now, and we're going to make short work of you, Envirius." He drew. "I summon Blue Flame Swordsman (1800/1600) in defense mode." A burly warrior wielding a flaming blue sword appeared on his field in a crouching position. "End turn."
Kaiba drew. "I set one monster face-down." He glanced back at Yugi's body, which had yet to move. His resolve to win hardened and he brought his attention back to Envirius.
Envirius drew and the severity of his life point situation was fixed. "I play the magic card Regeneration. This allows me to gain 1000 life points times the number of 1000 life increments that I lost last turn. Since I lost 6800 life points, I gain back 6000 life points." A green light shimmered around him and he sighed in relief as the soul damage from his earlier mishap was almost completely gone.
Joey- 3500
Yami- 0
Kaiba- 3500
Envirius- 6900
Joey frowned and looked over at Kaiba, who was returning the gesture to his temporary ally.
Envirius caught the exchanged looks and he smiled. "What's the matter boys? You think you can't win now? I hope so, because that proves you're being realistic. Dark Tyrant Imperium, attack Kaiba's face-down monster card!" The demon cackled and flew across the field, slashing with its claws and cutting the face-down monster apart.
Kaiba slid his Battle Ox (1700/1000) into the graveyard. "You're an asshole, you know that right?"
Envirius shrugged. "When you're right, you're right. End turn."
Joey drew and he could already see that this duel was going to be a close one. "I set this face-down and end my turn."
Kaiba drew and slid the card into his disk. "I set this and end my turn."
Envirius drew and slid the card into his duel disk. "Now I summon Dark Elf (2000/800) in attack mode." A dark-skinned spellcaster appeared on his field and began to chant in a cold voice. "Now I'll have Imperium attack Kaiba directly." The demon howled and launched across the field, claws out to run the CEO through.
Kaiba tapped a button on his duel disk. "And once again, get ready to lose a lot of life points! Reveal trap card, Attack Redirection Armor!" A demonic suit of steel armor appeared on his field and flew over to attach to the Dark Elf. "This will force your monster to attack that creature instead of me." As if on cue, Imperium turned around in mid-air and flew over to the elf, now intent on cutting her apart instead of Kaiba.
Envirius flipped up one of his face-down cards. "I reveal the trap card Draining Shield, which negates my monster's attack and allows me to gain life points equal to its attack total. So thank you very much for the life point boost, Kaiba."
"You're very welcome, Envirius. Unfortunately though, that life point gain is about to be a life point loss, thanks to my face-down card!" Kaiba's face-down card flipped up. "Reveal Life-seeking Bomb! This trap card negates any life point gain that is because of a monster, and it also destroys the monster. Since you have only 6900 life points, this is the end!"
Envirius flipped his other face-down card. "Kaiba, I reveal my face-down quickplay magic card, Mystik Wok! This allows me to sacrifice my Dark Tyrant Imperium and gain life points equal to its attack total. Since that happens, your trap card fails." His demon howled and then exploded into flecks of light that fell all over him.
Joey- 3500
Yami- 0
Kaiba- 3500
Envirius- 20900
The dark-suited businessman tugged on his tie, a smile on his face. "Well that was fun. Your traps backfired on you and gave me a 14000 life point gain. Thank you very much Kaiba." He cleared his throat and then pointed at the man he had just thanked. "Dark Elf, I pay 1000 life points so that you can attack his life points directly!" The dark-skinned spellcaster chanted and a ball of black energy developed within her cupped palms.
Joey- 3500
Yami- 0
Kaiba- 3500
Envirius- 19900
When she fired the blast though, Joey's Blue Flame Swordsman leapt in the way of the attack. "Didja forget about me Envirius?" The blond-haired duelist searched through his deck and slapped down a monster. "When Blue Flame Swordsman is destroyed, then I may special summon Flame Swordsman (1800/1600) from my deck or hand to the field." He found the card he was searching for and he slapped it onto his duel disk. When he did, a burly warrior wielding a flaming red sword appeared on his field.
Envirius knew that he had enough life points to win this duel easily, but still... ("All I have left is the Dark Elf.") "End turn."
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"Siegfried!" Both CJ and Deondre's eyes were wide in horror.
Rikuo and Ryu both had their eyes lowered down to the ground. They knew to expect casualties, but that didn't make this any easier.
Yamidra's voice calmly spoke over the howling of her Hell Dragon God. "End turn."
CJ spun around and growled at her. "That's all you have to say!?!? You just killed him, you crazy bitch!!!"
"CJ! Draw your damned card!" Rikuo wouldn't tolerate this emotional crap at the moment. "We have a battle to win. Mourn later!"
The dark-skinned duelist looked down at his deck and then drew angrily. "I'm going to make you and your ass of a dragon pay right now. Do you hear me Yamidra!? I'm going to slay your dragon right now!"
The Hell Dragon God roared again, the ground around the duelists shuddering from the force of its cry. Yamidra smiled wistfully up the creature and then looked over at Ryu. "You said you know what this is? You know the significance it holds?"
The golden-haired dragon demon frowned. "The Hell Dragon is supposed to be the bringer of the apocalypse, symbolizing the coming of the end of the world. And the Shadow Dragons were its two children, who fed upon the sorrows of the world and then would bring the pain back to their parent to feed it." His eyes widened at what she was getting at. "No..."
Rikuo hated being left in the dark like this. He growled at Ryu to get his attention. "Hey, what's the problem?"
The dragon demon grimaced at Yamidra's implication. "In the mythology of the dragon demons, the Hell Dragon is supposed to symbolize the beginning of the apocalypse, but not the actual destruction itself. That would mean..."
Yamidra's dark smile radiated a strength that proved the fact that she was an ancient being of incredible power. "It would mean that the end of the world has yet to come out. And when it arrives, there will be nothing that any of you can do to stop me from succeeding in my conquest of your world. Soon, the Apocalypse God will arise, and then it will be all over."
CJ whistled sharply, bringing everyone's attention to him. "You're looking a bit too far forward for my tastes. Have you forgotten that I'm still here, and that I'm about to strike down your so-called ultimate monster."
The Hell Dragon God brought its head down low, roaring down at the being that dared to challenge it.
CJ smirked up at the nightmare before him. "I'm about to shut you up. Ready?"
To be continued...
Next Chapter: The Beginning of the end of the world
Author's Notes: Alright, here's the deal with Angel Duelist Legacy, for those of you that care. My sister was going to post an apology as her fourth chapter, but I told her that was pretty stupid, so she took it off. I'm sorry if that got anyone's hopes up. She's really busy with some things at the moment, so please be patient with her. Later.