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Demon Duelist Legacy-World Tour Arc
Chapter 29: Endgame (Part 3)
"What's the matter Rikuo? Was your draw not good enough? Maybe mine will be better, eh?" Smirking, Sestros drew. "I set this trap card face-down on my field, and then...." He feigned embarrassment. "Whoops...did I say what type of card it was? How stupid of me...oh well, I may as well activate my face-down card to make up for it! Reveal Anger Strike!" The card flipped up and a red haze sprayed out of it, enveloping Rikuo's field. "Now your Yami Knight must attack my Hellblade, and since you're the one attacking, his special ability is useless!"
Yami Knight drew his sword slowly, his golden eyes glowing bright red. "Hellblade...I will kill you!"
Hikari Knight leapt in the way, grabbing onto his counter-part's shoulders. "Don't let him control you, brother!"
Sestros chuckled as Yami Knight showed past his counterpart and charged across the field. "He doesn't have a choice in the matter!"
Hellblade slid into a fighting position. "Come then, and meet your end." His voice sounded sad.
Rikuo grimaced as his Yami Knight was charging to his death.... ("And mine!")
Hellblade snapped his sword in a lazy arc and slashed right through Yami Knight, destroying the warrior instantly.
Sestros threw back his head and laughed. "And that means your life points are at zero!!!"
Rikuo shook his head. "Actually, I have my face-down card to help me. It's called Enervating Mist. This will restore my Yami Knight to life, negate the damage I would have taken, and let me shuffle two cards from my graveyard into my deck." A golden mist appeared on the field and formed into a huge mass of gold right next to the Hikari Knight. As soon as the mist was gone, the Yami Knight was back in place next to his brother.
Removing the remaining card that was his deck, Rikuo tapped a button on his duel disk and his graveyard was about to be spat out so he could pick his two cards.
Sestros flipped up another face-down card. "Not so fast Mutt! Reveal Graveyard Hunter! This trap card will destroy five cards in your graveyard of my choice, as long as they are all of the same type. So I call Reboot, Brain Control, Return of Tribute, Holy Sword of Light, and Soul Release!" The five called card faded out of existence. "Now you can't really turn this around on me, can you?"
Rikuo looked at his graveyard, and then his eyes widened as he realized something. ("There is a way to win...he almost called all of my good magic cards, but there were two that he forgot about.") "I'll choose these two." Taking a pair of cards, the wolf demon placed his graveyard back into his duel disk and shuffled his three card deck together. "Alright, now I won't have to worry about decking about before my five turn limit is up."
Sestros snorted. "So you're still planning on beating me in three turns? Don't make me laugh, foolish dog. Hellblade cannot be defeated by any creature in battle, and is immune to magic and trap cards! He's unstoppable!"
Rikuo shook his head. "No monster is unstoppable. Every creature has a weakness, and I will find Hellblade's weakness soon enough!" He drew. "I set one card face-down on my field, and with that my turn is complete."
The Torture King threw his cloak back and drew. "I reveal my face-down card, Nightmare Wheel!" A horrible bone torture wheel appeared on his field. "And since you think it is so funny to target players with magic and trap effects, I will attach my Nightmare Wheel to you!" The torture device faded off of his field and appeared behind the wolf demon. "Now suffer, Rikuo!" Chains flew out of the device and pulled Rikuo into the wheel, where it held him fast in place.
Growling, Rikuo kicked and squirmed against his bonds. "Damn it....I can't reach my disk!"
Smirking, Sestros slid the card he had drawn into his duel disk. "Exactly right! Activate Spirit of Darkness! This will negate the effect of your Hikari Knight, which means that now it can be destroyed. Hellblade, attack his Hikari Knight now!"
"As you command, master Sestros." Hellblade launched across the field, sword raised up to strike down the Knight.
Yami Knight looked back at Rikuo. "Do something!"
"I'd love to, but I can't move!" Rikuo put all of his strength into the chains, but they wouldn't break.
Hikari Knight lifted his shield up, and lowered his head to the ground. "Don't worry about me brother...make sure that we don't lose." Then Hellblade's sword went through him, and he exploded into dust.
"NOOO!!" Yami Knight charged forward, sword held up to strike down Hellblade. Right before he could lunge in, tendrils of darkness grabbed his arms and legs, dragging him kicking and screaming back to his spot on the field.
While Hellblade walked back over to his field, Sestros smirked and waved his finger in the air. "Come now, my dear friend. You know that the rules don't allow you to attack on my turn unless a card effect says so."
"Damn you and your rules!" The dark armored knight tugged on his bonds, trying with all of his might to overcome the restraints. "DAMN YOU, MURDERER!!!"
Hellblade stood impassive to all of it, though if someone could see past the darkness that surrounded him, they might be surprised to find sadness in his eyes.
Sestros threw back his head and laughed some more. "Well for now I end my turn, so let's see if you can avenge him. That is...if you can reach your deck!" He laughed loudly, the sound echoing into the darkness.
Rikuo braced himself as the Nightmare Wheel stabbed red-hot pokers into his skin, the fire from them burning straight into his soul. He tried to avoid giving Sestros the pleasure of him screaming, but he couldn't stop himself.
Yami Knight clenched his fist tightly through all of it. "You...unholy...bastard!"
Sestros shrugged nonchalantly. "Your life isn't important. All you are is a card, so why do you care?"
While Rikuo continued to scream, Yami Knight roared out, "Because it hurts! I'm surprised you haven't lamented the loss of your other selves yet!"
"Why would I lament them? Now that I am the only Kilomet Sestros, I can get all of the power for myself." The Torture King said this matter-of-factly. "Now then, will Rikuo draw his card...or will he end his turn?"
Rikuo- 250
Sestros- 2600
The Nightmare Wheel had finally stopped burning Rikuo, but he still felt the pain of Yami Knight in his soul. ("He's like me...he's lost a brother...like I lost Daniel.") "I will not let it happen again...I WILL NOT!!!" The chains of the Nightmare Wheel groaned loudly as he stretched them all the way. "I....WILL...NOT!!!" With one final groan they broke, freeing his arms.
Sestros smirked and cleared his throat. "That was a fun lot of dramatics you just put on, but you're still losing the battle. Perhaps you should just give up? After all, the Nightmare Wheel is still attached to you, and that means that your life points will be all mine next turn. So...what will you do?"
Rikuo drew. "I will not let you hurt anyone else! Draw!" He looked at the back of the card, and took a deep breath. ("Don't fail me...please don't fail me!") He flipped the card over...
The entire world, believers or not, held their breath collectively...
Sestros frowned at the energy flowing around Rikuo. ("No...he's going to Topdeck!")
Looking at the card, Rikuo's eyes widened in horror. "You're kidding me...no..."
Yami Knight looked back at him. "Well!? What did you draw?"
Sestros felt his fear fade away. ("I know that look....") Throwing back his head, he laughed triumphantly.
Dropping the Howling Sword card to the ground below him, Rikuo cried. ("I'm sorry...I failed...")
Sestros laughter echoed across the ears of the whole world.
To be continued...