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Demon Duelist
Legacy-World Tour Arc
Chapter 37: Fenrir-Destroyer of Gods
The dimension shook as Rikuo's fists crashed down into his side of the table, shattering the stone. His eyes snapped open to reveal crimson irises. "ENOUGH!!!!" That single sound stopped everyone, even Valeus, in their tracks. "You wanted to see my god Valeus. To tell you the truth, I feared it..." Rikuo's voice sounded beyond angry or enraged...it sounded like he had reached his limit... "But my fear of it pales in comparison..." His raven-black hair flapped around him, the dimension shaking like there was an earthquake going on, "...to my HATE OF YOU!!!" Rikuo grabbed the monster card from his hand that had originally been blank. "So you wish to see my monster!? You wish to see my GOD!?"
Valeus nodded calmly. "Yes I do."
Rikuo, his face locked into a position that could kill lesser men on the spot, raised the card into the air. All around them, the dimension trembled as huge amounts of energy were being pulled together to create something. "Then it looks like you get your wish!!!" His two face-down monsters and his Wolf Demon Soldier faded off the field.
It began to form, creating huge claws capable of slashing through nearly anything. It continued to form itself, taking on a shape distinctly canine. The darkness formed an orb around the creature, blocking it off from view.
("This is it...the monster that will bring about the destruction of reality!") Valeus' face was locked into permanent excitement, his steel-grey eyes not even phased by the sudden windstorm that had picked up around them.
The darkness sphere disappeared to reveal a huge black wolf-like monster. It stood at least 80' from paw to shoulder. Throwing back its head, the monster howled into the darkness realm, shaking the dimensional barrier with its anger. Rikuo didn't even need to look at the card to know the creature's name. "Valeus...I present to you the monster that has the power to slay gods. Here he is, and you will soon suffer under his wrath...Fenrir-Destroyer of Gods!" (4000/4000)
Valeus looked up at the huge monster and felt true happiness. ("It's you...the monster that will slay all other gods. Now...all I have to do is defeat you and I will have the power necessary to rule reality.") "Are you ready for the battle of the gods, Rikuo?"
The wolf demon, his eyes still glowing crimson, actually smiled slightly through his fury. "What gods? There's just me and Fenrir. You're all alone."
Valeus looked back at his Kossuth. "Fool, don't you see my god?"
Rikuo pointed at Kossuth. "That's not a god. It's the appetizer to the main course. When Fenrir is summoned to the field, his first special ability activates. He will remove all Divine Beast and Divine attribute monsters in play from the game. That's not all though, because he will also absorb their attack points! Fenrir...Howl of God Crusher!" Opening its jaws, the god wolf unleashed a wave of energy that launched across the field and blew Kossuth apart. Fenrir's rather non-descript body shuddered and became limed with black-blue flames. (7000/7500)
Valeus grimaced. :"Such a power..."
Rikuo wasn't feeling like listening though. "Fenrir, direct attack! Black Inferno's Roar!" Opening its jaws, the charged up wolf god released of a wave of blue-black flame that swallowed up Valeus.
Rikuo- 8000
Valeus- 195100
As the fire died down, Valeus' laughter echoed across the dimension around them. "Such incredible power....Fenrir...you will be mine!" The demon mage's laughter broke down into a mad cackling.
Rikuo no longer sat in his chair. His eyes continued to glow crimson. "Valeus...I know why you arranged this little game...you wanted Fenrir. Well now he is here, so end the other rules and let's bring this to a normal duel!"
Valeus, who was also standing now, slid deep into thought. A full minute passed and then he nodded. "Very well, it will be a normal duel. I think that seems most appropriate." With a snap of his fingers, the two of them were standing in the abyss alone, with a duel disk strapped to each player's arm and the dueling field the same. "Is this more to your liking? No little wench to cloud your mind and no Jourgen to advise you on what to do."
Rikuo fanned out his hand. "This is perfect. Now I end my turn with one card face-down." The card appeared on the field next to his other three. "I promise you that now I'll fight to the end."
Valeus drew. "I would expect nothing less from one who could keep the Destroyer of Gods inside his body for so long. But first, let's replenish our hands with this!" Taking the card he had drawn, Valeus slid it into his duel disk. "Card of Sanctity will make us both draw cards until we have six in our hand." He pulled five cards off of his deck and added them to his hand.
Rikuo drew two cards. "You're in dire straits, Valeus. I suggest you bring out a monster that can withstand the power of Fenrir. If you don't then you will die."
Looking over at Rikuo's field, Valeus knew that he was in, as Rikuo had put it, in dire straits. ("He has all of the advantages...but that will change as soon as I draw one of my four remaining God Cards.") Taking a card from his hand, the demon mage placed it onto his disk. "I set one card face-down on my field and end my turn."
Fenrir howled in rage, the dimension around them shaking again. Rikuo nodded in agreement. "Yes, this fool is tampering with forces beyond his control. Let's show him, shall we?" He drew and slid his Divine Soldier into the graveyard. "I sacrifice my monster to summon Wolf Demon Lord (2400/1000) in attack mode." The wolf demon samurai appeared on the field. It looked up at Fenrir, and then took a couple of huge steps away from the god monster.
Valeus narrowed his eyes slightly. ("Hmmm....well here he goes.")
Rikuo pointed at the face-down monster. "Wolf Demon Lord, attack his face-down monster with Howling Sword!" The demon samurai slammed its sword into the ground and created a wave of phantom energy that was intent on obliterating the face-down monster card.
"Your God Card may be immune to traps, but your demon certainly isn't! Reveal face-down card, Painful Wound!" The wave of phantom flame stopped in mid-movement and reversed directions, heading towards Fenrir. "This will send one creature's attack at another creature on the field, and then it will make your Wolf Demon Lord become attached to your God Card. Fenrir will have 2400 less attack points as long as Wolf Demon Lord remains in play!" Valeus knew it was a small bonus, but against the Destroyer of Gods every little bonus was something.
Rikuo motioned to his Wolf Demon Lord. "The special ability of Fenrir activates now. Whenever he becomes the target of a trap effect, I may sacrifice a monster on my field to negate that effect. Unlike other God Cards, Fenrir isn't quite as powerful in the immunities department. So I'll sacrifice Wolf Demon Lord to negate the effect."
The Wolf Demon Lord stared at its master disbelievingly. Rikuo glared at it and the samurai sheathed his sword, giving one bow. Then it exploded into dust and the wave of phantom flame that threatened to drain Fenrir of attack points was stopped.
Rikuo brought his attention back to the duel. "Fenrir, attack the face-down monster with Black Inferno's Roar!" Opening its jaws, the wolf god unleashed a wave of flame that utterly destroyed the face-down creature.
Valeus held up the monster card. "It was a Pious Fool. (100/1000) This monster's special ability allows me to draw cards off the top of my deck until I reach a monster card that either is a divine-beast type or a divine attribute creature." He continued to draw cards off the top of his until he hit the fourth card down. "Ah, excellent. This is the card I will need." Sliding the card into his hand, Valeus shuffled his deck and slid it back into his duel disk. "And now it's my turn." He drew. "And now it is time to summon my next god."
Rikuo waited patiently. There was no need to remind Valeus that he had no monsters on the field at the moment to sacrifice. ("His deck seems to be made for this battle.")
Taking a card at the far end of his hand, Valeus slid it into his disk. "Activate the magic card Hand Tribute. This will allow me to tribute monster cards from my hand for one normal summon." Taking three cards, he discarded them to the graveyard. "And now that they are in the graveyard, I may normal summon the next God Card to the field!" He slapped the card down onto his disk top and the dimension shuddered as more energy was pulled in to create the creature.
It looked like a giant blue humanoid with clock symbols all over its body. "Zurvan-God of Time (1500/5000) in defense mode!" Valeus slid the remaining two cards in his hand into his disk. "Then I set two cards face-down on my field. End turn."
("His creature only has half the attack points of Fenrir...so its abilities must be capable of protecting it.") "It's my turn...draw!" He drew...
Valeus motioned to his face-down card. "Reveal Power Balance! This card can only be activated when I have no cards in my hand. When it is activated, you discard half of your hand, rounded up, while draw a number of cards equal to half you current hand, rounded down. So you'll be discarding four cards and I will be drawing three." Smirking, the demon mage drew his thee cards. One glance at them and his smirk widened. ("They're here...two more of them.")
Rikuo didn't care how many cards he had to discard. ("All I need is Fenrir and my magic cards to win this.") "I play the continuous magic card Spell Sanctuary, which allows us both to select one magic card in our deck and add it to our hand. We can also play magic cards during our opponent's turn." His deck whined and spat out a card.
Valeus manually took out his deck and added the card of his choice to his hand. "So, this will be a battle between gods...Zurvan versus the Destroyer."
Rikuo rolled his eyes. "Idiot, your god won't be a threat to Fenrir. Black Inferno's Roar!" Opening its jaws, Fenrir unleashed another wave of blue-black flame that launched across the field towards Valeus' god monster.
"Reveal Might of Gods! This will only activate if I have a divine beast monster in play. It will negate your attack and we will both draw two cards!" The wave of fire launched upwards and out of sight.
Rikuo drew his two cards and nodded. "End turn."
Valeus drew three cards, two for his effect and one for his turn. "Now then, it's time to activate the effect of Zurvan. Time Warp! This will let me draw two extra cards each turn!" He drew two more cards off of his deck. "And now I will crush you beneath the might of my next God Card."
Rikuo didn't look worried though. "Come and face Fenrir, he is hungry for another snack." His crimson eyes continued to burn in the darkness, showing that he was as much Fenrir as he was Rikuo now.
"Very well, fool!" Valeus slid three more cards into his graveyard and one card into his duel disk. "Activate another Hand Tribute!" The dimension shook as he picked one of the two God Cards that sat in his hand. "Now, feel the wrath of my next god! Awaken Amateratsu of the Sun!" (3500/2000) An explosion of sunlight flooded the darkness as a towering red-skinned woman in flowing robes appeared on the field. "She will bring the sun, and you will be burned to a crisp by her fire." The goddess bowed her head to Rikuo, who spat in disgust upon the ground.
"Fenrir will crush them all, you fool." The wolf god howled from behind its 'master'. "His power is meant to kill your weakling deities."
"We shall see..." Valeus motioned to Amateratsu. "Now I will increase my god's power with its special ability. You see, for every turn that passes on the field my creature will gain 500 attack points!"
"So what? Fenrir will crush her next turn." Rikuo looked a strange mix of calm and angry...as if his general's countenance had mixed with Fenrir's divine anger. "So, what will you do?"
Valeus motioned to the blue-skinned titan on his field. "Fool! I activate the next special ability of Zurvan, which will speed up the turn count by any number of turns equal the amount of 500 life point increments I give. So I'll sacrifice 10000 life points to speed up the turn count on the field by twenty!" Zurvan's body shimmered and the slow-moving darkness around them sped up, now looking like a whirlpool. "This will raise Amateratsu's power by 10000 points!" The sun goddess was now surrounded by a small supernova of energy. (13500/2000)
Rikuo- 8000
Valeus- 185100
The demon mage bathed in the radiance of his god monster. "Such might...even Fenrir cannot stand against such power. Now die! Divine Light of Annihilation!" Amateratsu charged up a huge ball of fire and unleashed it at Rikuo and Fenrir.
Rikuo's laughter stopped Valeus from getting his hopes up though. "You think Fenrir is that easy to defeat? Reveal face-down magic card, Mystic Buffer! By paying life point totals in increments of 1000, I may reduce the attack strength of your creature by that amount!"
Valeus rolled his eyes. "Fool, would you pay so many life points just to protect Fenrir?"
"Who said I was paying any life points at all!? Reveal face-down continuous magic card, Spell Economics!" A bright green light fell over the field. "Now I don't have to pay life points for magic card effects, meaning that my Mystic Buffer just became the perfect defense." A green wall of light appeared and blocked the fireball of energy unleashed by Amateratsu. "Anything else?"
Valeus slid two cards from his hand into his duel disk. "Yes, I'll set two cards face-down. End turn."
"That means that it is my turn...draw!" Rikuo held the drawn card up to his face. Calmly, he placed it onto his duel disk. "One monster in defense mode and two cards face-down on my field. Fenrir, attack Zurvan now! Black Inferno's Roar!" Opening its jaws, the wolf god released another wave of black flame that launched across the field towards the blue-skinned titan.
"Reveal face-down magic card Dimension Hole!" A black vortex appeared under Zurvan and the time god vanished. Fenrir's attack launched right over the position where the creature had been before, catapulting into the night. "This teleports my monster off the field until my next standby phase. However, because of the effect of God Cards, my monster will be back at the end of the turn."
Rikuo frowned and spat upon the ground again. "Stop running from me, coward. End turn." Zurvan reappeared on the field.
Valeus drew three cards as part of the effect of Zurvan. "Now then, what should I play to crush you?" Amateratsu's body glowed even brighter as the turn count increased and her power grew. (14000/2000)
Rikuo felt more of his mind slipping away to Fenrir. ("He...will consume me at this rate...") The wolf demon knew that he couldn't risk getting rid of Fenrir though, not at this point in time.
"Ah, this will do nicely." Valeus slid a card into his duel disk. "Get ready Rikuo, for now I will summon my fourth god against you. First, I set one card face-down on my field! Then I reveal another of my face-down cards! Go Arrival from the Dark!" The demon mage slid his hand into the graveyard. "This will allow me to discard my entire hand to special summon a creature from my graveyard to field for one turn. At the end of that turn, I must place all monsters on my field into my hand!" His field shook as a huge stone wheel rose up out of the ground. "Awaken, Exkestus-God of Mirrors in defense mode!" (0/0) The wheel shattered and a huge ball of prismatic light appeared on his field.
Rikuo had to admit that he was impressed. His opponent had managed to summon three God Cards to the field all at once. ("However, none of them compare to Fenrir.")
Valeus threw back his head and laughed insanely. "It's only a matter of time now! Soon the ultimate creature of my deck will arrive on the scene, and then you will be mine, Fenrir!"
Rikuo and Fenrir both growled angrily. "Just try it, Valeus."
The demon mage threw back his robes. "Don't worry...even the Destroyer of Gods cannot stand against my final God Card. And the very second I draw it, you...will...be...finished!" His laughter echoed across the void, and in a way, across the entire universe.
To be continued...
Author's Notes:
To a neo Okami named Wolfy: I picked Fenrir because yes, he is a big wolf, and two, because he does destroy other gods. Seemed like a match made in heaven.
To Falcon Demon General: ..............................Alros needs a good dose of 'shaddup!'
To Boaty XS: I didn't 'come up' with that name. Fenrir is a Norse God that plays a big part in the end of the world. Amateratsu is the goddess of the sun in Shinto religion, and Zurvan is the father/mother (never quite understood that) of Ahura Mazda, the one true god of Zoroastrianism. As for Exkestus? I made him up.