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Demon Duelist Legacy-World Tour Arc
Chapter 23: Sestros vs. Kaigen; The final battle begins
Kaigen slid two cards into his duel disk. "I am the guiding light that shields the world. Now I will fulfill the promise I made to Daniel, and take...you...down!" The two cards appeared behind his machine monster.
("This fool doesn't realize that even if I lose, there are still a million more of me to continue my plans.") "Alright then, Kaigen. Let's see just how powerful you are."
The reborn demon nodded. "End turn."
Sestros drew. "I just have to ask. Are you another facet of Rikuo?"
Kaigen's expression hardened. "I am the being that Rikuo would have been, had you not gotten your diseased claws on him. I am the true warrior, and the guiding light that will blow away all of your darkness."
"Tough talk, big man. Let's see you deal with my two face-down cards as easily as you make it sound. End turn." Sestros snapped his fingers. In the background, the horrid sound of his favorite instrument, the bone organ, played.
"Draw!" Kaigen snapped the card off of his disk and added it to his hand. "Sestros...why do you hurt people? Is it really that fun to do?"
The Torture King threw back his head and laughed. "Exactly right! The world is my plaything, as is Rikuo....and you."
("This is fruitless. He cannot be brought back from the darkness. Therefore...") "I will destroy you." Kaigen threw down another monster. "I summon Z-Metal Tank (1500/1300) in attack mode!" A yellow tank appeared on his field. "And now I fuse them together to create the mighty XZ Tank Cannon (2400/2100) in attack mode!" The two machines exploded into pieces that reformed into a giant blue and yellow metal tank. "Now I activate the special....."
Sestros tapped button on his duel disk. "I thought by now you'd remember my strategy. Reveal face-down Fusion Cancel continuous trap card! As long as this card remains in play, you cannot fuse or union any monsters!"
The XZ Tank Cannon shuddered and exploded back into the Z-Metal Tank and the X-Head Cannon.
Kaigen frowned at the trap card. ("Well, he hasn't lost his touch. Good, I want his loss to be a momentous one.") "Sestros, I will not be stopped by your trap cards. X-Head Cannon, attack!" The robot lifted its cannon barrels and fired a wave of energy that hurtled across the field towards Sestros.
"Reveal face-down trap card, Splash Damage!" Sestros' middle trap card flipped up. "This will negate your attack at the cost of me discarding a number of monsters from my deck equal to the level stars of the attacking monster." The Torture King's deck whined and spat out four monster cards, which he slid into the graveyard. "Anything else?"
Kaigen pointed at Sestros. "Why yes, there is! Z-Metal Tank, attack his life points directly!" The machine fired a single red beam of light out of its mechanical eye.
Sestros tapped another button on his duel disk. "Another failed attempt! Reveal Shield of Dead Spirits!" His graveyard slot whined and spat out a white mass of ectoplasm that absorbed the attack. "By removing an undead or demon monster from my graveyard, I can negate any attack. And this trap is continuous, so the only way to get rid of it is to remove all monsters in my graveyard!" Throwing back his head, Sestros exploded into laughter. "You'll never touch my life points!"
Kaigen grimaced but wouldn't let despair grab him. He wasn't in danger just because Sestros had a good defense. "End turn."
Drawing, the Torture King slid a card into his duel disk. "Now I set one card face-down on my field, and then I set one monster in defense mode. Do your worst, guiding light." He said the name like it was an insult.
"Draw!" Kaigen drew another card. "I summon Mechanical Chaser (1850/800) in attack mode!" A multi-armed machine wielding a trio of scythes appeared on his field. "Now attack his face-down monster, everyone!!"
Sestros motioned to one of his face-down cards. "Reveal face-down trap card, Dark Spirit Supplement! This will allow me to bypass the removal needed for my Shield of Dead Spirits, albeit only for one turn!" A huge wall of ectoplasm sprang up between the three monsters and the Torture King, negating their attacks against him.
Kaigen felt angry, but he wouldn't let it show. ("I'm not giving you anything to try and exploit.") "End turn."
Sestros drew and slid another card into his duel disk. "First I set one card face-down on my field. Now I'm ready to start tearing you apart. I sacrifice my face-down monster card to summon Curse of Vampire (2000/1500) in attack mode!" A pale-faced monster in robes similar to his appeared on the field. "Think of him as the ultimate undead monster. Attack his Z-Metal Tank now!" The vampire launched across the field and slashed its long nails through the metal tank, blowing it apart.
Kaigen- 7500
Sestros- 8000
Kaigen braced himself against the impact that struck him as the level 10 darkness game damaged his soul. "That was good shot, but you did exactly what I wanted you to do! Reveal face-down trap card, Line of Soul! When I lose a monster, I may pay 1000 life points to summon a four star or below monster from my deck to the deck." His deck spat out a card and he slapped it onto his duel disk. "And I choose to summon Gear Golem the Moving Fortress!" (800/2200) A squat robot made of gears appeared on his field.
Kaigen- 6500
Sestros- 8000
Sestros shrugged his shoulders, the muscle tissue of his robes squishing sickly. "That's not a very impressive play. End turn." The Curse of Vampire on his field laughed darkly.
"Draw!" Fanning out his hand, Rikuo slid a card from his hand into his disk. "I play the magic card Pot of Greed, which lets me draw two cards!"
Sestros motioned to his face-down card, which flipped up. "In response, I activate my Grave Payment trap card! This can only be activated when you draw cards from your deck. It lets me discard two monsters from my deck and draw three cards!" His deck spat out two more monster cards, which he caught and slid into his graveyard slot. Then he drew three cards off the top of his deck and added them to his single card. "Thank you for providing me with the necessary opportunity."
Kaigen ignored Sestros; his attention focused more on the cards he had drawn. ("Alright, I've got a plan now.") "I set two cards face-down on my field, and then I'll switch X-Head Cannon and Mechanical Chaser into defense mode!" The two metal monsters threw their arms up in front of them, while two cards appeared on both sides of Kaigen's remaining one. "End turn."
Sestros drew. "Kaigen, could I speak with Rikuo?"
The wolf demon glared at his opponent. "No, you may not."
"Very well then, spoil-sport. I play my Pot of Greed, letting me draw two cards..."
Kaigen tapped a button on his duel disk. "Not so fast, Sestros! I activate my Spirit Mirror trap card, stealing the effect of your Pot of Greed and giving it to myself!" Kaigen drew two cards off the top of his deck.
The Torture King slid a card into his graveyard. "Thank you, because that activated the effect of my Greed Devil. (300/800) Whenever my opponent stops me from drawing cards from one of my effects, I may draw three cards." He drew three cards off the top of his deck. "So thank you very much for the boost."
Sestros then slid two cards into his duel disk. "Now I activate the magic cards Grave Greed and Monster Reborn! First, I'll revive a monster from my graveyard through the effect of Monster Reborn. Come to me, Muka Zombie!" A strange black crab-like creature appeared on his field. (600/300)
"Then the effect of Grave Greed activates! By removing five monsters in my graveyard from the game, I can draw until I have ten cards in my hand!" He started to draw off the top of his deck until he was holding ten cards.
"The effect of my Muka Zombie triggers! It gains 500 attack points for every card in my hand!" The little black crab screeched and exploded in size, until it nearly took up Sestros' entire field. (5600/300)
Kaigen watched all of this impassively. "You're going to deck yourself at this rate."
("The fool doesn't understand that I completely want to deck out. My deck runs around that entire concept!") "Muka Zombie, attack his Gear Golem!" The black crab charged across the field, only to slam into a glowing blue barrier.
Kaigen motioned to his now face-up trap card. "Reveal Mirror Force! This will reflect your attack back at you and destroy all of your face-up attack mode monsters on the field!" The barrier turned bright white and then peppered Sestros' field with blasts of energy, blowing the two monsters apart.
Sestros raised his arms and let the pain of his monsters' deaths flow into him. "I love it! Death is such a powerful force!" He smirked slyly. "And so is undeath! Activate the special ability of my Curse of Vampire! Blood Pact of the Undead Lord!" A white-fanged ghost flew out of his graveyard and bit his neck. The Torture King sighed in delight at the feeling of his blood being removed. "By paying 1000 life points, I can revive my Curse of Vampire with an extra 500 attack points." The ghost unlatched from him and landed on his field, turning back into the pale-faced vampire. (2500/1500)
Kaigen- 6500
Sestros- 7000
Sestros pointed at Rikuo's Gear Golem. "Undead claw attack!" The Curse of Vampire flew across the field and slashed right through the monster's steel frame, destroying it instantly.
Kaigen threw his arms up and braced himself as the pain of his destroyed monster slammed into him.
The Torture King slid a card from his hand into his duel disk. "And now I play the magic card Soul Strike! With this, I can sacrifice up to three monster cards in my hand to blast you for half of their total attack points!" He held up his three chosen monster cards. "Dark Necrofear, Archfiend Soldier and Death Kaiser equals a grand total of 2950 life points!" A black mass of ectoplasm sprayed out of the card and flew across the field, slamming into Kaigen and sending him skidding backwards.
Kaigen- 3550
Sestros- 7000
The Torture King wasn't quite done yet. "Then I set three cards face-down on my field. End turn."
"Sestros, don't think I'm out yet! Draw!" Kaigen drew his card. "I activate the magic card Heavy Storm, which will destroy all magic and trap cards on the field!!"
Sestros motioned to one of his face-down cards, which flipped up. "You think I'm that foolish!? Reveal face-down card, Dark Spirit of Memory!" He slid a card from his hand into the graveyard. "By discarding one card from my hand, not only can I negate your Heavy Storm, but I can also destroy the top five cards of your deck!" A black ghost emerged from the card and slammed into the holographic Heavy Storm card, blowing it apart. Then the ghost continued flying forwards, slamming into Kaigen's duel disk and blowing the top five cards away.
The wolf demon wasn't out of tricks yet, though. "I set two cards face-down on my field and end my turn."
Sestros drew. "You're not even making me sweat, fool. Activate the magic card Anointment of Torture!" He slid the remaining cards in his hand into the graveyard. "Now I summon my ultimate monster! Torture King, (2800/3000) awaken and bring your hellish power to this duel!" A spiked cage exploded out of the ground. Opening, a horrendous demon covered in all sorts of torture tools stepped onto the field. It threw back its head and laughed insanely.
Kaigen clenched his fist. "I'm not afraid of your creature..."
"I don't care..." Sestros tapped a button on his duel disk, and one of his face-down cards flipped up. "Reveal Polymerization! I will fuse Curse of Vampire and Torture King together to create the ultimate terror!" The two monsters were pulled into each other, a black vortex springing up where they met. "Now then, guiding light....meet my light-killing darkness!"
The vortex cleared and a hideous blue-skinned creature stood on the field. Throwing back its head, the monster cackled, revealing blood-stained fangs. "Kaigen, this is my Curse of Torture!" (3500/3000) "Attack his X-Head Cannon now!" The horrid beast launched across the field, claws arched back to cut through the metal monster.
Kaigen tapped a button on his duel disk, one of his face-down cards flipping face-up. "Reveal Widespread Ruin, which will destroy your strongest monster on the field!" An explosion of smoke and fire consumed the Curse of Torture.
Sestros lifted his hand into the air. "Invincibility of Darkness, activate!! At the cost of 1000 life points, I may revive my monster with an extra 1000 attack points!" The black-fanged ghost launched out of his graveyard and bit his neck, draining away his blood. "It feels so good...."
Kaigen- 3550
Sestros- 6000
As soon as the ghost unlatched, it changed back into the Curse of Torture. (4500/3000)
Kaigen grimaced at the sight of the reborn monster. ("Damn it.....how do I kill that thing!?")
Sestros pointed at the X-Head Cannon. "Finish what you started! Claw of Darkness!" It launched forward and slashed right through the metal monster.
Kaigen was nearly thrown out of the ring by the backlash. ("What...incredible strength!")
Sestros threw back his head and laughed along with his monster. "What's the matter!? Can't keep up!?"
"I'll show you! Draw!" Kaigen drew. ("Where's all of my monster cards!?")
Sestros sneered. "What's the matter? You look distraught..."
Kaigen slid a card into his duel disk. "End turn."
Sestros drew. "I play the magic card Grave Hand, which will drag your pitiful monster into the graveyard." A huge red arm exploded out of the ground and pulled Kaigen's Mechanical Chaser out of sight. "And then I'll attack your life points directly!" The monster launched across the field, opening its mouth wide to take a bite out of Kaigen.
Right before it struck, the wolf demon pressed a button on his duel disk. "Reveal Nutrient Z! This will let me gain 4000 attack points before your monster strikes!" Then the Curse of Torture bit down on his neck, draining him of huge quantities of blood.
Kaigen- 3050
Sestros- 6000
As the Curse of Torture withdrew its jaws from Kaigen's neck, the wolf demon crashed to his knees. ("It's too much...this darkness game...too powerful...") He collapsed face-first into the stone.
Sestros crossed his arms across his chest and snickered. "Exhausted? Drained? Unable to find the strength to continue? Welcome to reality. Even though you call yourself the guiding light, the fact of the matter is that you cannot defeat me. Last time it took both you and the Pharaoh to do that. Alone, I am your better."
Kaigen felt his soul begin to break. ("No....if I disappear, Rikuo will have to fight...alone...") The personality felt his body begin to go numb. ("Rikuo...I tried. You're all that's left.") With that last thought, the strength that Rikuo had summoned disappeared.
Sestros felt the change, and a sick smile came across his face as he watched the red streaks and strong body of Kaigen disappear. "Welcome back, my little weapon. I was hoping to see you again."
Rikuo felt cold and despaired.... ("I'm alone now...even after sacrificing my identity...it still wasn't enough...")
"Starting to see where you're going?" The Torture King threw back his head and laughed into the night. "FOOL! Did you ever think that you could oppose me!? I am your god!"
Rikuo curled inwards, feeling his sanity begin to break again. ("Someone...please help me...")
Sestros couldn't leave his side of the field, but he really didn't care. "You're all alone. But that's what you deserve, right? You killed all of your 'friends', after all. Perhaps you should come over here and take my place? Honestly, at least I make it known who I hate. You just make friends and then hurt them..."
Rikuo's mind was at its stretching point...he couldn't even fight. All of his strength had been infused within Kaigen.
Sestros drew. "Since you're not doing anything, I'll take this as you're passing your turn." His lips curled into the smile of a predator going in for the kill. "It's been fun, my little weapon. Now though, I have a world to decide the fate of. Curse of Torture, attack now!" The blue-skinned demon howled an unearthly cry and launched across the field, diving to drive its nails right into Rikuo's skull.
And he was too busy trying to keep his sanity in check to care...
To be continued...
Author's Notes:
To thegymrat: Sestros has got himself one powerful deck, in my opinion.
To GryphinWyrm7: I understand completely, my man.
To demeon of darkness: ::Shrugs and walks off::