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Demon Duelist Legacy-Dark Soul Arc
Chapter 35: The beginning of the end of the world
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?"
The dark-skinned duelist tossed down his monster. "I summon Big Shield Gardna (100/2600) in attack mode!" A warrior holding a heavy shield appeared on his field.
Rikuo, Ryu and Deondre all stared at the monster, and then at CJ.
Deondre was the first to throw something in. "Dude...you know that's Big Shield Gardna, right?"
CJ nodded resolutely. "I know."
"Okay....you understand that it has 100 attack points?"
"Yep." CJ smiled and slid the other card in his hand into his duel disk. "And now you're about to watch the supreme dragon get put down like the dog it is. I activate the Legendary Weapon Card Guardian Maul! This will add my monster's defense points to its attack points, and then double its defense points." A huge-headed hammer appeared in the hands of his monster. (2700/5400)
Rikuo frowned at the waste of a Legendary Weapon Card. ("What is he doing? That's not enough to defeat the Hell Dragon God.")
CJ revealed his face-down cards. "Now I activate Shield and Sword, switching the attack and defense of all monsters on the field for one turn!" (5400/2700)
"And for the finale, my other face-down card is the equipment magic card Excalibur, which doubles the attack of my monster!" A thin and ornate blade appeared in the grasp of CJ's monster. (10800/2700)
Yamidra raised her thin eyebrows a little in surprise. "That is impressive."
CJ pointed at the Hell Dragon God. "Go Big Shield Gardna, Excalibur Holy Wave!" The warrior slammed both weapons into the ground, sending a wave of energy across the ground that rebounded off of Yamidra's shield and then plowed into the massive dragon. The titanic beast made a few strange gargling noises, and then exploded into bits of shadow that quickly dissipated.
Siegfried- 0
CJ- 8000
Rikuo- 5700
Ryu- 8000
Deondre- 8000
Yamidra- 28900
CJ glared at Yamidra. "Consider that a taste of what I'm going to do to you after this is over. End turn."
Rikuo drew and couldn't have asked for a better opportunity. "Looks like it is time to directly attack your life points, hmm?" He slid a card into his duel disk. "I set this face-down and attack your life points directly with Wolf Demon Lord! Howling Sword!" The wolf samurai drew his sword and brought in slamming down into the ground, creating a wave of energy that slammed harmlessly into Yamidra's barrier.
Siegfried- 0
CJ- 8000
Rikuo- 5700
Ryu- 8000
Deondre- 8000
Yamidra- 26500
Ryu drew and slapped down his monster. "I summon Masked Dragon (1400/1100) in attack mode." A red and white dragon appeared on his field. "Now attack her life points directly, my two dragons!" The two beasts charged up their attacks and released them, both blasts slamming into the barrier of the dark dragoness.
Siegfried- 0
CJ- 8000
Rikuo- 5700
Ryu- 8000
Deondre- 8000
Yamidra- 22300
The gold-haired dragon demon slid his three remaining cards into his duel disk. "I set these three cards face-down and end my turn."
Deondre drew and slid a card into his duel disk. "First I play the magic card D.D. Beacon." A green machine appeared on his field. "Then I play the ritual magic card Dimensional Rift. By sacrificing my D.D. Lancer, (1500/1000) my face-down D.D. Scout Plane (800/1200) and my D.D. Warrior Lady (1500/1600) that is in my hand, I can summon a monster with enough attack points to put us way in the lead." He slid the Warrior Lady card into his graveyard, and then his two monsters exploded into motes of light. The light formed together, and when it cleared a magnificent monster in futuristic armor was on his field. "I have summoned the Lord of the Different Dimension (4000/4000) to the field. Now, attack directly!" The king leapt forward and slammed his crystal scepter down against Yamidra's shield.
Siegfried- 0
CJ- 8000
Rikuo- 5700
Ryu- 8000
Deondre- 8000
Yamidra- 18300
Deondre slid his two remaining cards into his duel disk. His D.D. Beacon had three counters over it. "I'll set these and end turn."
Yamidra waved her hand and five cards appeared in the air before her. "I draw." Her dark eyes flashed over each of them in turn, and she motioned to one. It flipped over to reveal a dark abyss within the card's picture. "I activate magic card Beginning of the End. This allows me to discard my entire hand and all cards on my field. Then I may special summon the mighty Apocalypse Master (15000/15000) to the field in attack mode."
All around her the field started to grow dark. "I suggest you make prayers to whatever gods you believe in, because the end of the world is here." Thunder roared in the distance. "And you know what the funniest part of all of this is?" She was smiling the whole time.
Rikuo couldn't help himself. "What?"
"The funniest thing is..." Yamidra closed her eyes, the light smile on her face looking truly entertained. "If I win in this game, the world ends. Even if I lose, the world may end anyways." A man-sized shadowed form slowly lowered to the ground behind her. Slowly the darkness withdrew from its form and revealed a black human-shaped void that bowed to her. "This gentlemen, is the Apocalypse Master." (15000/15000)
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Joey drew and looked down at the card hopefully. ("Here we on deck.") A small smile appeared on his face and then he slid the card into his duel disk. "I set this face-down and end my turn."
Kaiba drew and placed down his monster. "And I set one monster in defense mode. End turn."
Envirius drew and slid the card into his duel disk. "Now I've got you both. I play the magic card....."
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Ryu took a cautious step back from the creature, drops of sweat sliding down his face. ("Oh boy...how fun. We get to die at the hands of the bringer of the end of the world.")
Rikuo didn't look quite as worried. "Well, are you going to come after me, iguana?"
Yamidra pointed towards the group. "Kill him." The black void shape launched across the field, turning into a wave of blackness that swallowed up CJ's Big Shield Gardna.
All three demons froze for a second, and then snapped their heads over to get one last look at CJ. He was smiling slightly. "Kill her."
And then he was gone, as the wave of darkness consumed both him and his monster. The blackness withdrew to Yamidra's field and stood in position there, waiting for another order from its mistress. As an afterthought, it reached into is mass and removed the form of CJ's duel disk, throwing it over to where he had been but moments before.
Siegfried- 0
CJ- 0
Rikuo- 5700
Ryu- 8000
Deondre- 8000
Yamidra- 18300
("No...") Deondre could feel tears beginning to develop in his eyes.
("CJ...") Daniel, though only a mental entity at the moment, felt the same way.
Rikuo clenched his fists and drew off the top of his deck. "Yamidra........" He slid the card into his disk. "End turn."
Ryu drew and he slid the card into his duel disk. "Deondre, you're up. Don't let her do this. Don't..."
Deondre drew and he looked down at the ground. "I...I..." Then his golden eyes came up to look over at Rikuo. He flicked the card he had drawn to his partner's feet. "Win...I'm going to make sure that she can't get away with this."
He looked over at the Apocalypse Master, a smile on his face that could only be described as reckless. "Are you ready? I'm going to make sure that you never get another chance to attack us with that thing. And all it will cost me is my life." He pointed at the Apocalypse Master. "Lord of the Different Dimension, attack her monster now!" The king nodded and charged, his weapon held up above him.
"That's suicide!" Ryu leaped forward, getting ready to tackle Deondre. ("He must have lost his mind.")
"JOURGEN! STOP!" Rikuo leaped forward and grabbed the dragon demon by the shoulder. "It's too late to stop him from attacking."
Yamidra sighed and shook her head. "That's too bad. I rather liked you, since you were the only one who didn't dare to insult me. Oh well. Crush him, Apocalypse Master." The man-shaped void nodded and leaped forward, transforming into the wave of darkness again.
Deondre tapped a button on his duel disk and his two face-down cards flipped face-up. "Here we go! Activate Kamikaze Combo!"
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"...Awakening of Oblivion!" The ground around Envirius exploded upwards, forming huge spires of stone that created something of a focusing point. "As the first cost for this card, I must sacrifice a monster each turn to it." His Dark Elf shimmered and then faded away.
"Now you're both through...Activate the special ability of my Awakening of Oblivion! It will now select one target at random amongst the current opponents on the field and drain them of all of their life points. And all it will cost me is 10000 life points. More or less..." His dark smile seemed to radiate a coldness that even broke through Kaiba's normally unbreakable shell. "...another one of you is about to die!"
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The Lord of the Different Dimension launched himself through the air and tackled the Apocalypse Master, wrapping the beast into a tight bear hug. He yelled out a battle cry and started to glow brightly, an aura of light surrounding his form.
And Deondre continued to smile at his opponent. "Now it's time to trigger my final strike. I'll make you pay for what you did to CJ and Siegfried." He motioned to his first flipped up card. "Explosive Infusion allows me to turn my monster into a living bomb, which means that after damage calculation he will explode and take your creature with him. We'll both lose attack points equal to your monster's attack points."
The shadowy miasma near him stretched around his body and began to engulf it. "I may be going because of the battle damage from our monsters, but you are coming with me. My other face-down card is Curse of Pain, which will redirect the effect damage of my trap card back at you. That means your life points are gone!!!" The shadows had engulfed him so much that he was almost completely gone.
Rikuo's eyes shifted brown and began to well up with tears. "Deondre..." Daniel started to walks towards his friend, only to be stopped by Ryu's outstretched arm.
"You can't help him. This is his battle and his battle alone now. He's making the ultimate sacrifice to destroy her and win this duel." The dragon demon grimaced at the fact that it had come to this, but he didn't intend to dishonor Deondre's sacrifice by trying to stop him.
Deondre felt the coldness of the shadows begin to completely absorb him, and he knew it was the end. Yet he had one last thing to say before his Lord of the Different Dimension exploded and took Yamidra out. "I understand what it means now. I understand..." He looked over at Ryu and Daniel with a weak smile on his face. "Bye guys. I hope you're not too disappointed with me." Then his monster exploded in one thunderous blast...
...And yet through all of the noise, the most deafening to the ears of Daniel was the noise of Deondre's duel disk clattering to the ground, owner-less.
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Envirius watched as energy began to arc through the top of the spire. "Now this duel is done. And the target of my card's wrath?" The spire shuddered and then pointed to Seto Kaiba. "Bye Seto. It's been nice knowing you."
The CEO gritted his teeth and clenched his fists. ("Yugi...it looks like I am going to get to duel you once more, after all.") He snapped his head over to Joey and frowned. "Mutt...if you don't win this and save my brother, then I swear that I will come back from the grave and make every second of your life a living hell."
Envirius mockingly wiped a finger under his eye to clear away an invisible tear. "How touching indeed." At the meeting point of all of the spires, a single beam of emerald light developed. "Die Seto Kaiba." The beam launched forward and blasted right through Kaiba's chest, leaving a hole the size of a baseball in the dead center of his chest and launching him out of the circle and into the chamber wall, where he slumped lifelessly to the ground next to his rival.
Joey- 3500
Yami- 0
Kaiba- 0
Envirius- 9900
Just like that, Joey was all alone...
Envirius pointed to his Awakening of Oblivion. "Next turn, we're both going to die if I draw a monster. So I suggest that your draw is good, Wheeler. End turn."
Joey felt the tears developing in his eyes. He looked down at his deck and then fell to his knees. ("They're gone...Yug...") While he hated Kaiba, that didn't mean that he would ever wish a death upon the snobbish CEO. ("No one deserves this...no one...")
Envirius pointed at his kneeling opponent. "Is it over Joey? Have I won?"
A few seconds passed, and silence hung over the chamber...
"No...not yet..." Joey climbed to his feet. "I'm not out yet. There's still that single draw that I have left. And whether you want to believe it or not, this will be your end. Now...." His brown eyes looked upon his deck. "I draw!!!"
To be continued...
Next Chapter: The Apocalypse Dragon