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Demon Duelist Legacy-World Tour Arc

Chapter 38: Fenrir's powers revealed

"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.

Valeus pointed at Fenrir. "Amateratsu, attack the Destroyer now!" The goddess charged up a ball of flames within her hand and threw it across the field towards the wolf god.

Rikuo motioned to one of his face-down cards. "Face-down card activate! Negate Attack!" A swirling vortex appeared and absorbed the attack of Amateratsu. "This will negate your attack and end your battle phase. You just wasted your magic card."

Valeus smiled and shook his head. "Don't be so sure. Activate Major Riot!" One of the demon mage's face-down cards flipped up. "When monsters are sent back to their owner's hands, then all creatures on the field return to the hands of their owners. Then the owners may special summon a number of creatures from their hand equal to the number of creatures that they lost." His three God Cards vanished off the field, only to reappear. "Fenrir is unaffected, as long as you sacrifice a monster."

Rikuo motioned to his face-down monster card, which exploded. "That I will." He drew. "And now the turn is mine." He slid a card into his duel disk. "I play the magic card Heavy Storm, destroying all magic and trap cards on the field!"

Valeus motioned to one of his face-down cards. "You think it's that easy to set me up? Reveal face-down trap card Weather the Storm!"

Rikuo snickered and flipped one of his face-down cards. "Reveal Remove Trap to counter your card!" A huge storm blew across the field and destroyed all set cards, leaving Rikuo and Valeus with just their gods on the field. "And now you are all mine...Valeus." The wolf demon's eyes continued to shine bright crimson, his mind slowly being consumed by Fenrir.

Looking at his three God Cards, Valeus snickered. "Amateratsu is stronger than Fenrir, Zurvan isn't though. Exkestus allows me to decide what creature you will attack though, so you're out of luck."

Rikuo threw back his head, harsh laughter roaring out of his throat. "I think...that now is the time to show you the true power of Fenrir." Taking two cards from his hand, Rikuo slid them into his graveyard slot. "Activate special ability number two of Fenrir! By discarding one card from my hand, I can destroy one divine-beast monster on the field!" Fenrir unleashed a wave of rolling black fire that consumed Amateratsu. "This will give my creature the destroyed monster's attack power as well." The already huge wolf grew larger, its crimson eyes turning orange-red and the black flames around its body exploding to life. (21000/9500)

Valeus shrugged it off. "So what, it doesn't matter how much attack points my creature has."

Rikuo held up the single card in his hand. "Can you count? I discarded two cards from my hand." He pointed at Exkestus. "Now your pretty ball of lights is next on the menu!" Fenrir released another howl of energy, this one shattering the Mirror God Card.

Valeus paled at the loss of his defense God Card. "Oh no..."

Rikuo pointed at Zurvan. "Black Inferno's Roar!" Fenrir sprayed out another tidal wave of black flames, instantly consuming the final god monster. "And for the finale, I set one monster card face-down. So Valeus," the wolf demon licked his lips, as did Fenrir, "What's next on the menu? Is it you?"

The demon mage drew. "I end my turn." He tried to ignore the fact that Fenrir was still licking its lips at him.

Rikuo drew. "I reveal my face-down monster card Archfiend Soldier (1900/1500) in attack mode!" A purple horned fiend appeared on his field. "Fenrir and Archfiend Soldier, direct attack!" The Archfiend Soldier flew across the field and slammed its fist into the side of Valeus' face. Fenrir followed up with another tidal wave of black flame.

Rikuo- 8000

Valeus- 162200

Rikuo smirked at sight of Valeus bracing himself against the hellish fire of Fenrir. "For all your bluster about your gods, I don't see where their true power comes into play. Fenrir has slain all of them, and now your life points are open game for me. End turn."

Valeus drew. ("I must draw my ultimate God Card, or else Fenrir will tear right through my life points!") "End turn."

"You're making this too easy, Valeus." Rikuo drew. "Direct attack!" Both of his monsters blasted the demon mage once more.

Rikuo- 8000

Valeus- 139300

"End turn."

Valeus drew again, sweat beading on his brow. ("Where are you!?") "End...turn!"

Rikuo drew. "So, is this how you are going to meet you end, Valeus? What happened to you rewriting the universe? Is that suddenly gone now that Fenrir has made his appearance in this duel?" The wolf demon licked his lips again, and the red glow of his eyes brightened. His mind was slipping farther and farther away. "Now...feel divine wrath!"

Valeus braced himself as he was blasted once again.

Rikuo- 8000

Valeus- 116400

The avatar of Fenrir snickered. "End turn...my little morsel."

Valeus snapped another card off of his deck. ("This...is impossible! Where are you, my creature!?") "End turn."

Rikuo was gone, having been replaced by Fenrir. "I draw," the avatar said lustily. Fenrir was savoring having such a delicious soul in front of him...it was nearly intoxicating. "I summon another Archfiend Soldier in attack mode." Another of the horned demons appeared on the field. "And now I will burn away more of you!" The wolf god's real body sprayed Valeus once more with black-blue flames, and then the attack was followed up by the Archfiend Soldiers.

Rikuo- 8000

Valeus- 91600

The true beginnings of fear were developing in Valeus' heart now. ("This bastard is mocking me...and there's nothing I can do about it!!!") He drew. "End turn."

Fenrir rumbled out laughter, and his avatar drew with a cold smile on its face. "You're looking pale...perhaps you are finally understanding that you are no god? All you are is a foolish mortal who is pushing his limits...limits that were never meant to be pushed. Now suffer!" Fenrir and the two Archfiend Soldiers attacked again.

Rikuo- 8000

Valeus- 66800

Valeus drew.....and smiled. "Fenrir...are you so certain that you are as powerful as you think?"

The wolf god's avatar narrowed its eyes. "What are you implying? I can crush the very creatures that humans and demons worship beneath my heel, which means that I am powerful indeed."

"Perhaps so..." The demon mage slid a card into his duel disk. "Well then, allow me to show you the true power that I have gained. Activate Hand Tribute, sacrificing three of the monster cards in my hand to normal summon my ultimate god!" The dimension shook steadily, cracks appearing in the blackness. "Of course, I think we should take this game somewhere more appropriate, don't you!?" His laughter echoed across the sudden vortex of wind that exploded around them as the realm of darkness placed them somewhere more appropriate for their battle....

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Everyone had returned to the plane to wait for Rikuo, now that they were sure he was alive.

"Are you sure he's going to come back?" asked Deondre, who had been staring out the window for the last hour.

"He will return, do not worry about it." Ryu stated, though honestly he didn't feel it in his heart. ("That god of his...it was...incredible.") Even Bahamut seemed to pale in comparison to it.

The earth shook angrily, like someone had woken it up from a good slumber. Everyone on board the plane was thrown to the ground in a heap.

From the bottom of the pile CJ muttered, "What the hell is it now!?"

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Rikuo felt the wind of the mountain top blow his hair back...yet what he couldn't understand was where he had gone. ("Did Fenrir truly consume me?") He looked up at the giant wolf god, which stood silent.

Valeus slapped his monster onto the disk. "I summon the creature with the power to destroy the Destroyer! Now it all ends for you, Rikuo Amero!" Lightning rained down around him, each bolt missing him by just a few inches. "Awaken...my almighty God Card....Apocalypse Dragon!!!"

"WHAT!?" Rikuo's eyes widened at the mention of that name. "It can't be! That was..."

"...Yamidra's card. Well now I have it. Don't worry; it can't immediately end the game, like the original." Valeus' lips twisted sickly, "However, it will bring about the end of the game anyway. Apocalypse Dragon, come forth!"

The sky exploded open, revealing a single yellow eye that was nearly bigger than the mountain itself. (Infinite/Infinite)

His crimson robes fluttering around him, Valeus looked out at the ocean, where huge hurricanes could be seen in the distance. The sky was dark now, even though it was mid-day, and thunder crashed in the background. "Rikuo...what I just did is exactly what Yamidra wanted to accomplish. We just skipped judgment day...and went to the end of the world!!!"

Eyes wide, Rikuo couldn't take his gaze off the single yellow eye that seemed to burn into his very soul. ("He could have caused the end of the world at any time...") His resolve hardened at one thought. ("It is a god...and therefore, Fenrir will consume it. The moment it is my turn, I'll discard a card and Fenrir will destroy the Apocalypse Dragon!")

("No, you won't get the chance to.") Valeus' thoughts rang in his head. ("I could read your thoughts since the beginning of our battle, and that means that you will be unable to hide any secrets from me. As for the Apocalypse Dragon? Watch this...")

"Apocalypse Dragon, unleash your fury!" A single beam of light exploded out from the pupil of the mountainous eye, instantly blowing Fenrir apart. "Though my creature cannot attack monster cards on the field, it can destroy one per turn. It may only attack your life points directly, so as long as you have monsters on your field then you are safe." Valeus motioned up at his monster that was so big even the sky trembled in fear because of its presence. "Unfortunately, as long as Apocalypse Dragon is on the field, you may not summon more than one monster per turn, so don't think to try and play some tokens for chump defense. End turn."

Rikuo barely realized that he had drawn his card. ("This creature of his...it cannot be defeated by anything, can it?")

("No, it cannot...") Valeus threw a glance up at the eye of the Apocalypse Dragon. ("Do you see what you must try to destroy? Then again, even if you do destroy it, the damage has already been done. The Apocalypse Dragon has already started the end of Earth...though if you wish to save the rest of the universe, then you must defeat my ultimate God Card.")

("Earth...is doomed already?") Rikuo fell to his knees, eyes staring at the ground. ("I couldn't even do anything about it. He just...made it happen.")

Valeus nodded imperceptibly. ("Do you fully understand now my power? I can bring about the end of the world with ease, and the only reason I didn't before this was because I had plans involving you and Fenrir. But now that it has come out, I can collect it off your corpse after this duel is over.") He chuckled and motioned around him. "Do you fully understand that this entire planet is going to be destroyed, no matter the outcome of our duel? So why fight it, I ask you? What purpose does opposing me provide?"

Like a sun, the Apocalypse Dragon's eye held overhead, a thick cloud cover concealing the rest of the dragon's body. Valeus pointed up it, a confident smile on its face. "Earth will soon be dead, no matter what you do to Apocalypse Dragon. Rikuo, this is the end of it all...and yet here you stand, fighting me like a truly hopeless fool." Behind him the sky shifted, now showing pictures of entire cities flooded and lightning slamming down onto the earth. "Very soon the planet will pull itself apart under the strength of the Apocalypse Dragon. There's nothing you can do to stop that, and millions will be dead in but two minutes. After that, it will all go downhill from there." A calm laugh escaped his lips. "It's over Rikuo, give in."

("What...am...I supposed to do?") Rikuo had brought his gaze back up to the eye of the Apocalypse Dragon, which was nearly hypnotizing in its gaze. ("My friends...even if I stop Valeus...")

Still within Rikuo's mind, the demon mage finished for him. ("...they will still be destroyed with this planet.")

He returned to talking outside of his opponent's mind. "Welcome to the pain that exists in the life of a god, Rikuo. This is what you must watch, for you cannot stop it. They are all going to die. Regardless of what cards you play or what the outcome is, they still die."

("So give in, and accept the end.")

Rikuo felt so many emotions in his heart that he wasn't sure what to do. "You're lying...you have to be!"

("Is that so? Why would I lie about this? With Apocalypse Dragon on my field, the planet is doomed. You know this is exactly why you had to stop Yamidra while she was in her dimension. Her mere presence on this plane of existence would have started the end. And in case you have forgotten, she was the Apocalypse Dragon.")

"I won't listen...I can't listen!" Rikuo slowly came to his feet.

("My dear wolf, you've lost. This duel was over before it even began. The very second that Apocalypse Dragon hit the field, the fate of your family and friends was sealed. Now they will all die, and it is all your fault.")

("It's a trick...it has to be!")

("All hail the bringer of the end of the world...Valeus and Rikuo Amero...") The demon mage threw back his head and laughed, while the planet started to come apart around them.

To be continued...