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Demon Duelist Legacy-World Tour Arc

Chapter 13: A classic fight; Knights vs. Dragons

The dragon demon clenched his fist at this unexpected development. "You're one of the last people who should be helping Seren." He clicked his duel disk into place anyway. "Now why are you doing this?"

"Because I've been awakened to the truth by Lord Viper. He was right, when he said that the human race was full of nothing but sheep, waiting for a tiger to tear them apart." A feral smile crept across his face. "I'm the tiger...and all of them are my sacrificial lambs. Care to stop me, Grand General?"

Ryu still found this hard to swallow. ("Siegfried Reinhardt...this isn't you...")

Then he noticed it. ("His eyes...they're different.")

Indeed, Siegfried's eyes were not their normal ice-blue, but were instead a strange violet-purple mixture. "Well Ryu, are you ready for a darkness game? It's been so long since I've felt my blood pump with the excitement of a strong opponent." Around them, the black sphere of a darkness game was forming.

The dragon demon nodded. "You're not yourself. I intend to fix that right now! Let's duel!"

Siegfried drew his five cards and a wicked smile appeared on his face. "Be prepared to taste defeat Ryu. My deck is completely ready for every dragon trick you may have." He drew and slid two cards into his disk. "Now I set these two cards face-down on my field, ending my turn."

Ryu drew his opening hand and then his sixth card. "What's the matter? Did Lady Luck give you a bad hand?" He didn't say these words with as much mockery as he wished he could work up. This entire situation felt perversely wrong to him. He and Rikuo were supposed to teach this new generation of Demon Lords how to do their job, and this was completely the opposite of what he was supposed to do. ("I have no choice though. His mind has been taken control of by Seren.") "I summon Armed Dragon LVL3 (1200/900) in defense mode!" A little orange and brown scaled dragon appeared on his field in a semi-crouching position. "Then I set these two cards face-down on my field. End turn." The two brown-backed cards appeared on the field behind his dragon."

Siegfried drew and slid a card into his duel disk. "I play Pot of Greed, which lets me draw two cards from my deck." He slid two cards free from his deck and added them to his hand. "Now for a magic card, Blessings of the Guardian Goddess. By discarding five cards from my hand, I can then draw two. Also, as long as this card remains in play, I will draw two cards at the start of each turn, instead of one." He slid all but one of his cards into the graveyard, and then he drew two off of his deck. "And now I summon Blade Knight (1600/1000) in attack mode!" A silver-armored knight appeared on his field. "Also, I'll equip him with the magic card Sword of Dragon's Soul, which raises his attack power by 700." The silver knight lifted his hand into the air and a saw-like sword appeared in his grasp, the weapon glowing with a calm green light. (2300/1000) "Finally, my Knight's special ability gives him 400 extra attack points when I only have one card in my hand." (2700/1000)

Ryu didn't seem very worried. "Siegfried, explain to me why you must do this? Why is the world supposed to be controlled by demons alone?"

The German Duelist sneered and pointed at the little dragon on Ryu's field. "Attack now, Blade Knight!" Nodding, the silver warrior launched across the field and slashed down the Armed Dragon. "End turn."

Ryu drew. "Siegfried....you're not understanding the purpose of a demon's existence...For that, I'm going to have to show you some tough love! Reveal face-down card, Dragon's Heart! This will let me special summon up to two more copies of whatever dragon sub-type monster that I lost last turn." Two more Armed Dragons LVL 3 appeared on his field. "And now I trigger the special ability of my little dragons. During the standby phase, I may sacrifice them to summon forth this!" The two dragons started to grow and swell, its scales hardening and drills appearing on its skin. "Now I have Armed Dragons LVL 5 on my field!" (2400/1700) The two now black and red scaled dragons roared.

Siegfried looked to his Blade Knight. "It's not enough, Ryu. Care to try again?"

"I'm not done yet." The dragon demon took two cards from his hand and slid them into his disk. "Activate card combo, Level Up and Forked Magic! This will not only raise the level of one of my Armed Dragons, but thanks to Forked Magic the level of the other one will increase too!" The roars of the Armed Dragons increased in depth as they grew even larger, silver armor appearing over their bodies. "Armed Dragon LVL 7!" (2800/1600) The two dragons roared into the darkness as they towered over both Siegfried and his knight. "Attack his Blade Knight now!" The first of the two dragons stomped forward, drills outstretched to run the metal warrior through.

"It's not that easy to get past my defenses! Activate trap card, Fortified Armor! This will raise the attack of my monster by its defense for one turn." Siegfried snickered as his Knight was encompassed by bright silver light. (3700/1000) "Counter-attack!" The Blade Knight lunged forward and met the Armed Dragon halfway across the field, cutting through its armored hide easily.

Ryu- 7100

Siegfried- 8000

Ryu looked down at his remaining two cards. ("He's working this exactly as I planned.") "I sacrifice my other Armed Dragon to summon Crystallis the Ice Dragon (2200/2000) in defense mode." The Armed Dragon faded and was replaced by a ball of ice with a pair of eyes glowing within the center of it. "End turn."

Siegfried drew his two cards. "Ryu, you're getting slow in your old age. Do you think I would be dumb enough to attack you? Reveal face-down card, Mystical Space Typhoon!" A sharp wind blew across the field and shattered Ryu's face-down card.

The dragon demon slid his destroyed card into the graveyard slot. "That's quite clever. My Dragon's Gathering trap card would have let me summon and fuse a dragon from my deck with Crystallis."

Siegfried snorted. "Spare me the explanation. Blade Knight, attack!" The silver warrior launched across the field and cut Crystallis in half with one swing of its dragon-slaying sword. "And for the finale, I set this face-down. End turn."

Ryu couldn't do this. ("If I don't though....how many human lives will be lost? How many people will die?") He drew. "I play the magic card Buried Alive, sending five monsters from my deck to my graveyard." Popping his deck free of its holster, he chose his five and sent them graveyard bound.

Siegfried looked at Ryu's final card apprehensively. "So, what's your other card?"

Sliding his deck back into place, Ryu sighed. "It's one of my better monsters. First, I remove six dragon monsters from my graveyard." His duel disk whined and spat out six pre-chosen cards from his graveyard. "Now I play Dragon of the Storms-Typherious!" (2900/4000) From high above him, an echoing roar echoed down upon the field, shaking the earth. "Siegfried, you won't defeat this creature as easily as the others."

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Viper drew and retrieved his Sinister Serpent from the graveyard. "Now Snake's Nest, give me another of my beautiful children to sacrifice!" Another Snake Token slithered out of the pit and faded away. "I tribute my creature to set one monster in face-down defense mode." He was sneering as he slid two cards into his duel disk. "Then I set two cards face-down on my field and end my turn. Come and get me, General."

"We'll see....Draw!" Rikuo drew his next card and he instantly knew he needed to do. "I set this face-down." Another brown-backed card appeared on his field next to his first one. "And then I'll summon X-Head Cannon (1800/1500) in attack mode." A blue and yellow robot appeared on his field. "X-Head Cannon, attack his face-down monster now!" The robot charged up a beam of energy within its cannon barrels and released it upon the face-down monster. When it hit the monster card, the brown-backed target exploded into a dust that covered the field.

Viper hissed in pure delight at his opponent's ignorance. "Do you even realize what you have just run into!? Not only have you triggered my Deck Destruction Virus, but you've also run right into my Adaptation Virus. (0/1200) When it is destroyed in battle, it destroys all monsters on the field of the same type as the one that killed it. Now, go Deck Destruction Virus! Infect his deck and the rest of his strong monsters!"

A purple mist appeared on the field and started to hover over to Rikuo's field. Halfway there though, it stopped. "You haven't improved by much Viper. All I see are the same old tricks out of you. And for your information, I activate my face-down card, Remove Trap. This will negate your Deck Destruction Virus and leave me untouched."

The snake demon hissed in annoyance. Then he remembered that Rikuo didn't do anything about his Adaptation Virus. "Good job at stopping one of my viruses, but it looks like you were unable to stop the second one. That's too bad. Now all machine monsters on your field are going to the graveyard!" The mist settled onto Rikuo's Perfect Machine King and X-Head Cannon, blowing both of them into nothingness.

Rikuo closed his eyes and took a deep breath, remembering that horrible smell of destroyed steel. ("I must keep calm. This is a duel against a dangerous opponent, and considering his skill, I cannot charge in like that again.") "Since I have no cards remaining, I suppose that would mean that the turn is yours."

Viper shook his head. "Not just yet. Reveal face-down trap card, Give Your Left Hand!" Taking the two remaining cards he had, the snake demon slid them both into his graveyard slot. "Now that I have discarded my hand, I can search my deck for one single card and place it there." While he took his deck out of his disk and looked through it, he decided he may as well tease Rikuo. "So, do you know what I am searching for?"

"Actually, yes I do. You are searching for your Legendary Weapon Card, correct?" Rikuo didn't wait for an answer. "Don't think that it will make a difference in this duel."

Grasping one single card from out of his deck, Viper snickered. "Keep dreaming, General. This card will actually be making all the difference in our duel, as you will soon see. For now though, it's my turn." He drew. "And then the effects of Sinister Serpent and Snake Templar return them both to my hand." His graveyard spat the two cards back out and he added them to his hand. "From zero cards to four in one turn. Impressive, eh?"

"Not really. Just because you have a lot of cards doesn't mean that they are good cards. Since I know what they are, I have nothing to fear." Rikuo wished he could have as much confidence as what was in his voice.

Viper popped open his field magic card slot, inserting a card into it and then sliding it shut. "Activate Swamp! As long as this field magic card is in play all reptile monsters will gain 500 extra attack points." All around him, the earth shuddered as it was replaced by a stinking bog slime and brackish water. "Very homely, wouldn't you say?"

Rikuo was too busy covering his mouth with his hand to answer.

"You're no fun at all. Maybe you will be after I do this! I summon Snake Templar (2500/1500) to the field in attack mode!" The black-armored humanoid snake appeared on the field and hissed happily at the swamp that was around it. "And then I play my Legendary Weapon Card, Poison Fang!" A single ornate dagger appeared in the hands of his Templar. "This will raise my creature's attack by 500, as well as give it a very special power." (3000/1500)

Rikuo slid his hand over his duel disk, trying to ignore how terrible the bog around him smelled. ("Come on...attack...")

"Snake Templar, attack his life points directly!" The monster silently shot across the field and stabbed the dagger right into Rikuo's side, sending jolts of pain through his body.

Rikuo- 2900

Viper- 6900

While the Snake Templar returned to his field, Viper decided that now would be the best time to gloat. "I suppose your bluff didn't work, did it?"

Taking deep and shuddering breaths, Rikuo didn't feel like answering. If there was one thing he knew though, it was that he couldn't let Viper get the better of him. "Actually, I never bluff. Reveal quick-play magic card, Ascetic's Enlightenment! For every 1000 life points worth of damage that I take this turn, I may draw one card from my deck." He drew his three cards and smirked, trying to push away the green coloring that he knew was filling his cheeks. "How about that?"

Viper motioned to his Snake's Nest, and from within it another Snake Token appeared on his field in defense mode, its little body curled into a coil shape. (600/100) "That's completely fine Rikuo. After all, even if you kill my Templar, it will just come back. If you remember correctly, so will my Weapon Card. Therefore, I will always have a 3000 attack monster, no matter what you do. End turn."

Rikuo cracked his free knuckles. "Here we go, Draw!" Bringing the new card up to his face, he smirked. "Then I'll just have to surpass 3000 attack, now won't I?"

He slid a card into his duel disk. "First, I'll play Silent Rebirth, which will revive one normal monster from my graveyard to the field in defense mode! Return to me, X-Head Cannon!" (1800/1500) The blue and yellow robot appeared on his field, with its arms crossed in front of it.

"Then I play Monster Reborn, reviving Machine King from the graveyard!" (2300/2000) The humanoid robot appeared on his field, steam spraying from out of its armor.

Viper stood silent, waiting for his opponent's next move.

Rikuo slid both of the revived monster cards into his graveyard. "Here we go! I summon Irios the Steel Monarch (2700/2300) in attack mode!" A huge humanoid robot made of gears and battered steel appeared on his field. "If I tribute summon it, and it is my only attacking monster that turn, I may double its attack points."

Irios started to dance around a little, huge bursts of steam spraying out of its now over-loading body. (5400/2300) "Irios, attack his Snake Templar!" The metal monster charged across the field and slammed its shoulder into the snake monster, blowing it apart. Irios continued its charge, tackling Viper and sending him skidding backwards.

Rikuo- 2900

Viper- 4500

Viper looked pained for a few seconds, and then his features returned to a smile. "That was a fairly clever move, but you made one mistake. When a monster wielding the Poison Fang is sent to the graveyard because of battle, it kills the opposing monster as well." Irios made a loud whining noise, and then blew apart. "Too bad you forgot."

Rikuo slid his last card into his duel disk. "I set this face-down. End turn." ("Alright, so I should have listened before.")

Viper drew and returned his two lost cards from his graveyard back into his hand. "Snake's Nest, produce another Snake Token for me." Another little snake emerged from the pit. It joined its brother and both exploded into dust. "And I sacrifice them both to summon this beast! Come forth, Rainbow Snake Eingana!" (2700/2400) The bog directly behind him bubbled and from within it emerged a huge rainbow colored snake, which reared its head high into the sky and hissed at Rikuo. "Then I play my Legendary Weapon Card on it. Go Poison Fang!" Eingana hissed in a mix of pain and pleasure as its fangs elongated to impossible size. (3200/2400) "Attack his life points directly!" The rainbow-colored snake launched downwards, jaws open wide to swallow Rikuo whole.

Until it slammed into an invisible barrier, its face pressing against the invisible shield in a very comical way. "Sorry Viper, but my Negate Attack trap card makes sure that you won't be touching me this turn."

"End turn." Viper watched as Eingana returned to his field, looking very angry. "Do not worry, my pet. As part of his penalty for losing this darkness game, I'll let you eat him alive." The huge snake hissed loud and bared its fangs excitedly.

Rikuo clenched his fist and stopped himself from taking a deep breath. He preferred to avoid getting sick. ("I don't have time to be playing games with this fool. So...let's end this right now!")

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At first it appeared as only a dot in the darkness, but then it got much clearer as it reached the field. Typherious was a huge and wiry armored dragon with green scales. All around it were small tornadoes and cyclones, the winds seeming to gather around it like a shield.

Ryu smiled warmly at the sight of another of his beautiful friends. "Typherious, your opponent is him!" The green dragon snapped its tapered head around and roared at Siegfried, icy cold winds blasting the tiger demon's hair back in the wind it created.

Siegfried looked up at the creature with a smile on his face. It was a smile of a predator. "I'm not afraid of your pitiful little lizard. My Sword of Dragon's Soul will kill it in battle, despite its high attack points."

"No, it won't." Ryu motioned up to Storm Dragon. "Do you know why they call him the Dragon of the Storms? Because with each beat of his wings, a Heavy Storm is created."

Siegfried grimaced. "A Heavy Storm!?"

Typherious snapped its wings back, the wind surrounding its body becoming a pair of ball of energy within the leather folds. It looked to Ryu, and when he nodded it flapped both of its wings down on the field. "Once per turn, Typherious may destroy all magic and trap cards on the field."

Siegfried barely managed to avoid getting blown away, while his Blessings of the Guardian Goddess, Sword of Dragon's Soul and face-down card were all annihilated in one blast.

"Typherious, attack his Blade Knight!" The Storm Dragon roared again, this time in fury. It opened its small jaws wide and created a tiny cyclone within them, spraying the sharp blast of wind out at the speed of bullet. Siegfried's Blade Knight didn't even get a chance to defend itself.

Ryu- 7100

Siegfried- 6700

Ryu frowned at the sight of the growling Siegfried. "Are you starting to understand yet? You're following the wrong side, son."

When he heard the word 'son', Siegfried snarled, his violet eyes turning crimson red for a moment. "Don't speak to me like a child! I'll destroy you and your little wind lizard. Just...you...WATCH!" He drew...

To be continued...