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Demon Duelist Legacy-World Tour Arc
Chapter 32: Heroes and villains
Daniel took two cards from out of his hand and slid them into his duel disk. "Don't think that I'm out of tricks already. For now though, I'll just set two cards face-down on my field and end my turn."
Giovan drew and placed a card from his hand onto his disk. "I think I'm done defending. Now that I have you on the run, I'll begin my assault. I summon Blackheart the Fallen (2000/1900) in attack mode." A huge black demon appeared on his field. "And his special ability won't be a problem for me. You see, he must have something equipped to him or else he cannot attack." Taking a card from his hand, he slid it into his duel disk. "So I'll equip him with the magic card Black Whip of Nightmares!" A jet-black whip appeared in the hands of the demon. "This will raise my creature's attack power by 500 points, as well as force every monster it attacks to go to switch modes! Now, crush his Edge Knight!" The demon roared and charged forwards, its whip held high into the air.
Daniel grimaced as his Edge Knight fell to one knee. ("At least he's in defense mode.")
Giovan saw the hopeful look in Daniel's eyes. "The special power of my monster will deal the attack of whatever creature it destroys in damage to its opponent. Bad luck for you, friend."
Daniel braced himself as waves of black energy rolled over his body, ripping away a hunk of his life points.
Daniel- 3700
Giovan- 2500
The half wolf-demon recovered quickly and motioned to one of his face-down cards. It flipped face-up and a green spotlight slammed into the ceiling of the room, projecting a huge black H into the sky. "Reveal Hero Signal! When I lose a monster in battle, I may special summon any monster from my deck with the title of 'Hero' in its name! So I'll summon Elemental Hero-Featherman!" (1000/1000) A masked man in a green bird costume appeared on the field.
Giovan narrowed his eyes at the new creature. "Hmmm, superheroes eh? I must admit that I am intrigued." Taking a card from his hand, he slid it into his duel disk. "Now I'll set one more card face-down on my field. End turn."
Daniel drew. "Alright, here..."
Giovan waved his finger in the air. "Not so fast, first the effect of my Torture Machine-Shocker activates!" The chair sent huge amounts of electricity into the Burst Lady and therefore, into Daniel.
Daniel- 2700
Giovan- 2500
Crashing to his knees, Daniel could barely breathe through the wisps of smoke that were rising off of his skin. ("O....w......")
Giovan watched the boy's pain impassively. "Come now, you can do better than that, can't you?"
Coming to his feet, Daniel nodded. "Oh I surely can, just watch! Activate Polymerization, fusing Featherman and Burst Lady together!" The metal chair that held Burst Lady in place shuddered and exploded, and then the two monsters were pulled together. The new creature looked like a sexless green and red monster with a dragon's head for one arm. "Now I call upon the power of Elemental Hero-Flame Wingman!" (2100/1800)
Giovan motioned to the black demon on his field. "If you have forgotten so quickly, my creature is obviously stronger than yours. What will you do about that?"
Smiling, Daniel slid a card from his hand into his duel disk. "I'll give my creature a power-up with the equipment magic card Fusion Weapon!" On Flame Wingman's other hand a powerful looking gun appeared. "This will raise my monster's attack and defense points by 1500!" (3600/3300) "Attack his demon now Flame Wingman! Explosive Burst!" Raising its dragon head arm, the hero monster unleashed a wave of flame that tore across the ground towards Giovan's monster. "And since my creature has the same damage effect as your monster does, you're about to lose what remains of your life points!"
Giovan sighed. "You haven't improved as much as I had hoped. Reveal face-down quick-play magic card, Mask of Seals! This will allow me to negate the effect of one card on the field for one turn, so I'll negate the bonus you get from Fusion Weapon!" A blank green mask flew across the field and slapped onto Flame Wingman's face, dropping his attack points right before the fire blast slammed into Blackheart, though it didn't damage the unholy beast at all. (2100/1800)
Daniel's eyes widened and mute horror was plainly visible on his face. "Oh no!"
"Oh yes! Counter-attack!" Blackheart flew across the field and smashed its whip right into the hero monster's face, blowing him apart. "That's not all though, for now my monster's effect activates!"
Daniel, who had been clutching at his nose as the pain of the Flame Wingman's death, wasn't prepared for the sudden waves of darkness that slammed into his form and threw him backwards.
Daniel- 200
Giovan- 2500
Giovan chuckled and crossed his arms across his chest. "You're all out of tricks, my friend. With only 200 life points remaining, most plays you can make will not be enough."
"I'm...not out yet! Reveal face-down magic card Repair and Reinforce, which will heal twice the amount of damage that I have taken from a monster effect!" A green light washed over Daniel's body as the card healed him of all of his wounds.
Daniel- 4400
Giovan- 2500
Taking one of his two remaining cards, Daniel placed it onto his duel disk. "Now I set one monster in defense mode. End turn." The card appeared on the field in front of him.
"That means it's my turn, so draw!" Giovan drew his card and fanned out his seven cards. "Perhaps Chrono Jump wasn't a good idea, eh?"
Daniel smiled. "We'll see, now won't we?"
"Indeed we will," Giovan slid a card from his hand into his duel disk, and then taking another card from his hand he discarded it. "I'll activate the magic card Symbolic Loss! This requires that I discard a monster from my hand, but it will destroy one monster on the field and deal you the destroyed creature's attack in damage!" A huge black guillotine appeared right over Daniel's card. "DIE!" The guillotine slammed downwards and slashed right through the face-down card.
Throwing back his head, Daniel screamed through the blood that sprayed out of his mouth. His face-down monster, Buster Knight, (1800/1500) was instantly destroyed.
Daniel- 2600
Giovan- 2500
Giovan smiled slowly and pointed at Daniel. "Now, Blackheart will wipe out all but 100 of your life points! Attack with Black Whip of Nightmares!" The demon charged across the field, weapon held above its head.
"No...not yet! Reveal face-down trap card, A Hero Emerges!" Daniel's face-down card flipped up. The half wolf-demon smiled, his teeth stained red from his own blood. "Now you pick one card in my hand, and if it is a monster it is special summoned to the field. And since I only have one card in my hand...." Spitting some blood onto the ground, he slapped the card onto his disk. "I summon Big Shield Gardna (100/2600) to the field in attack mode!" A man carrying a huge shield appeared on the field.
"Attack mode!?" Giovan couldn't believe he had heard that. "Are you mad?"
"Actually, I'm quite sane. If I had placed it into defense mode, then your whip would have changed it into attack mode. Now though, it will switch into defense mode!" Daniel smirked as the man fell to one knee and raised his shield to block the attack.
Daniel- 2600
Giovan- 2400
"And then its special ability switches my monster back into attack mode." The man stood back up.
Giovan rubbed at the bruise that had just appeared on his cheek. "Very clever indeed. For such a smart boy, I think a gift is in order." Taking a card from his hand, he slid it into his disk. "I play the magic card Dark Graceful Charity! This will allow you to draw three cards and discard two, and I get to draw two cards."
Daniel pulled three cards off the top of his deck. "So far, we actually seem fairly evenly matched." Picking two of the three cards, he slid them into his graveyard.
Giovan slid a card into his duel disk and placed a monster next to his Blackheart. "Now I set one card face-down and one monster in defense mode. End turn."
Daniel drew. "Alright, let's see if my soul is stronger than yours." Picking one of the two cards, he slid it into his duel disk. "First off, I'll play an old favorite, Pot of Greed." He drew two cards and slid one into his duel disk. "Then I'll set one card face-down on the field and end my turn."
Giovan had to smile at that clever play. ("By leaving his Big Shield Gardna in attack mode, I cannot attack it with my Blackheart. However, he forgot one important thing.") The dark-suited man drew. ("I have plenty of other attackers in my hand.")
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From within the empty arena that had housed the level 10 darkness game, the orb of blackness had finished whatever dark processes had been occurring within its mass. Without making a sound, it faded away...
("I...will...not...be...beaten...") A single, enormous black form slid off of the arena and began its slow approach up the slope of the tunnel. ("I...have...found...it....")
A single blood-red eye glowed in the darkness. ("The immortality of the night...")
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Giovan slid his face-down monster into the graveyard. "I sacrifice my face-down monster to summon Blood Sword (2000/400) in attack mode." A crimson-armored demon wielding a pair of curved knives appeared on the field. "And its special ability is a very powerful one, for it gives my creature a 500 attack point bonus for every equipment magic card on it. Like this one for example!" Taking a card from his hand, he slid it into his duel disk. "I play the equipment magic card Infernal Infusion! This will raise its attack power by 500 points for every demon on the field." (3500/400)
Daniel frowned at the sight of the huge monster. ("This could pose a problem.")
Pointing at the Big Shield Gardna, Giovan sneered. "Attack it now, Blood Sword!" The demon roared and charged, shaking the earth with its steps.
"Reveal face-down trap card, Mirror Force!" A blue barrier sprang up between the two monsters, stopping the Blood Sword's attack cold. "This will negate your attack and destroy all attack mode monsters on your field. Reflection Blast!" A shotgun explosion of energy ripped across the field and blew both of Giovan's monsters apart.
The dark-suited business man frowned at the sight of his field empty, excluding his face-down card. "Very clever, you knew I would attempt to attack with a different monster didn't you?"
Rubbing his index finger under his nose, Daniel smiled proudly. "Maybe I did, maybe I didn't..."
Chuckling, Giovan looked his remaining three cards over. "For you to have something like Mirror Force in your Soul Deck...that's impressive. However, I'm not out of moves yet!" Grasping the middle card of his hand, he slid it into his duel disk. "Activate the magic card Iron Nightmare!" A wall of jet-black steel shot up between them. "This will stop your attacks for one turn."
Daniel drew. "I sacrifice my Big Shield Gardna to summon Jinzo!" (2400/1500) The green armored humanoid appeared on its master's field and chuckled coldly.
Giovan nodded. "I knew he'd show up eventually."
"That's right, and I'm not done yet, because I equip Jinzo with the magic card Stasis Shift! This will allow me to switch his mode whenever I choose." A green field of energy appeared around the machine monster. "End turn."
Giovan drew and placed a monster onto his duel disk. "As long as Jinzo is on the field, I am unable to do very much this turn. So I set a creature in defense and end my turn."
Daniel drew and slid the card into his duel disk. "Now I play Warrior Returning Alive, which will let me pick up one monster from my graveyard that is a warrior!" His graveyard whined and spat out a card. Grabbing it, he slapped it onto his duel disk. "Then I'll play Elemental Hero-Sparkman (1600/1400) in attack mode!" A blue and yellow man in armor appeared on the field, a blue helmet hiding his face.
"Jinzo, attack his monster now!" The metal humanoid cupped its hands together and unleashed a wave of energy that consumed Giovan's face-down monster.
Holding up the creature card, Giovan snickered. "A nice move, but you've triggered the effect of my Torture Jar!" (300/200) "When it is destroyed in battle, you must discard one card in your hand for every monster on your field. If you do not, then however many cards you did not discard equal how many monster's will be destroyed."
Daniel nodded solemnly and discarded the one card in his hand. "I choose to discard one card, since that is all I have. I will use it to protect Sparkman. Forgive me, Jinzo." The metal humanoid shuddered and exploded. The half wolf-demon's eyes snapped open. "And you will pay for that, Giovan! Sparkman, direct attack!" The electrical hero opened its palm and unleashed a wave of lightning that rushed across the field towards Giovan.
A calm smile appeared on the business man's face. "Actually, no I will not. Reveal Shield of Dead Souls!" A barrier of white ectoplasm sprang up into front of his as one of his monsters was removed. "Sorry, but apparently this card is bonded to my very soul. I suppose that I will even use the dead to further my plans, eh?"
There wasn't anything else Daniel could do. "End turn."
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Using his hand to block out the sunlight that was nearly blinding him, Rikuo exited the cave with Ryu.
And he nearly was crushed under the suddenly flying figure of Jasmine. "You're okay!"
"GAH!" Rikuo was hurtled backwards, slamming onto his back. A few awkward seconds passed while Jasmine nearly squeezed the life out of him in the form of a hug, and then Ryu helped him to his feet.
Everyone else walked up to him and smiled. Even Esmin, who still really didn't care, had to smile a little bit. "The returning hero?"
Rikuo shook his head. "Not yet. First I'll make my wish and revive Daniel. Then I'll feel like a..." His breath suddenly sharpened and his eyes widened.
"What's wrong Rikuo?" Jasmine couldn't tell why Rikuo looked so pale.
"What's wrong is that..." The speaking voice stopped in mid-sentence, the sound echoing from inside the tunnel. "...he has one of my claws sticking right into his heart."
Jasmine paled, as did everyone else. They all looked at Rikuo's back to see a huge bloody spike of bone sticking out at an angle that could only mean his head was pierced.
Ryu slowly turned his attention to the tunnel, his mind still numb. "Sestros....it can't be..."
"Oh it can be, my little dragon..." The Torture King's demon form was so black that it mixed right in with the darkness. "And this time, Rikuo won't be able to turn the tables on me." With one tug of his claw the spike withdrew and pulled the wolf demon's body right out of the embrace of Jasmine.
Everyone continued to stare numbly as the shadowed demon king caught the corpse of his ex-general. "Rikuo Amero..." The body exploded in a flash of black flame, "...was the first." Stomping forward, the Torture King entered into the light. "Now who's next?"
To be continued...
Author's Notes:
Gohan11: Cause that's the first Elemental Hero card that came to mind.
Seeker of the Soul: This isn't done yet. Not by a freaking long shot.
GryphinWyrm7: Now you have my attention. I'm rather curious about this system that you say is like my Soul Duel System.