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Part Fourteen
"Then let the battle begin!" the sorcerer cried. "I begin by summoning..." he held up what looked like a small golden scepter.
"The Koumori Dragon!"
The creature rose up from the pit between Seto and his opponent; a wicked dragon with a malevolent look about it.
Seto narrowed his eyes. "I summon the Rude Kaiser!" he called as he held up his card. In the signature flash and fading of light, his creature appeared in the pit, which he had now guessed was what went for an arena around here. "Attack!"
The alligator-looking monster charged and attacked. The dragon disappeared in another flash of light.
Seto's challenger growled angrily.
"Not a bad strategy for an amateur," he said. "But I have many far more powerful monsters at my disposal." He held up his scepter again. "I summon Tyhone the Dragon!"
Whaaattt....? The new dragon looked little more than a red bowling ball with a snout. You've got to be kidding me.
"Attack his beast, my faithful pet!" Despite the tiny size of its wings compared to its body, the little dragon lifted off the ground. It spat out huge fireballs from its muzzle; one, two, three of them. Seto watched in amazement as the Rude Kaiser was destroyed in a sea of blaze. Seto looked at the Life Point counter on his wrist, which beeped quietly as it lowered his score to 800.
Ok...not good, he thought. I'm running out of options here. Guess it's time to use a magic card or two...
"I call out the Lord of Dragons," he announced.
"Another weak creature. Is that the best you've got?"
At the moment, yeah, it is. "And I use this: Go, Shadow Spell!"
"A dark curse!" his adversary cried. "What sort of magic is this?"
"Shadow Spell lowers the strength of your monster, so now you will lose if you attack," Seto explained.
"That may be what you believe, but it is not the truth. I beckon the Blackland Dragon!" The new monster was a strange green contrast to the red of the guy's last monster. "Attack his warrior!"
Seto shielded his eyes from the heat of the blaze. When he looked back, his monster had already vanished from the field, and his adversary was laughing cruelly. He lost another 300 Life Points in that attack, leaving him with only 500 to spare.
Seriously running out of options here. Come on, think!
"Steel Ogre Grotto, destroy the red dragon!" he called, holding up his card. The creature that appeared was a mammoth black machine. Before Seto's opponent had a chance to react, Tyhone #2 was already smashed to bits.
"Nooo!" the sorcerer cried. "You will pay for that!"
"Look," Seto said. "I'm after something, and right now you are the only thing standing in my way." He narrowed his eyes. "So if you think that I'm going to lose to you, you've got another thing coming."
Kaiba's challenger narrowed his eyes. "I see. You are after the great resurrection magic. You should know that hundreds of men have tried to obtain it, but none have ever gotten past me."
"Then I'll be the first. It's your turn."
"And I will use all the magic I have to call on my mightiest monster!" He held up his scepter once again, and it glowed intensely. The whole chamber was bathed in a blinding light. Then, quickly as it had come, it faded, and on the field stood an enormous white dragon.
A Blue-Eyes?! No way! Kaiba gritted his teeth.
"And now, I choose to merge him with the power of his brothers, forming the most powerful beast ever!"
Seto watched on in panic as one Blue-Eyes became three, and the three became the most fearsome beast he had ever faced:
His own Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon.
Seto's eyes were widened in utter shock at the sight of the dragon. Then his attention turned to his opponent, who looked a little weak. The guy was panting heavily, like all the energy had been drained from him.
"Whatever monster you choose to summon will be no match for the power of my dragon," he said quietly.
He doesn't have enough magic to make the dragon attack. So I have one turn, and I'd better make it count.
He looked at the deck on his arm. There was absolutely no monster that could wipe out a creature that strong in one turn. He thought about conceding.
NO! I have never given up. I may have lost a duel... He gritted his teeth at the thought. ...but I've NEVER given up. There has to be something. Some strategy I haven't thought of yet. He put his hand to his deck. I trusted in my deck to help me save my brother... He drew a card. ...and now I have to rely on it again.
He looked at the card in his hand. He blinked once, almost in disbelief. Then, slowly, a malicious grin spread across his face. He pulled one other card from his deck, but this time, he knew exactly what he was doing.
"I call out Saggi the Dark Clown!" he said. The monster appeared, and looked like a dwarf in comparison to the mighty Ultimate Dragon. "Then, I place both my monsters to defend me."
Seto's adversary laughed. A cruel, sinister chuckle that turned Seto's stomach.
"I'm glad to see that you are accepting your defeat, but must you also embarrass yourself?"
Seto didn't answer. He stood just stood there, his face like a mask.
His opponent's face fell when he realized that his taunts weren't even fazing Seto.
"Just hurry up and finish your turn," Seto called irritably. One attack and you're finished...
"Fine! Attack now, my ultimate dragon!" The monster's attack caused the whole chamber, inside and out, to vanish into whiteness. The force of the explosion rocked the entire place. Seto felt himself fall and hit the ground. Though he could scarcely hear anything else over the roar and rumbling, he could here the demented cackling of his opponent.
Finally the light faded and the rocking stopped. The sorcerer had an evil grin on his face.
"I have defeated you!!" he called triumphantly.
"Are you so sure?" Seto asked with an equally wicked smile on his face. He stood up. "Just look at your formidable dragon now."
They both looked at the dragon, which was bellowing loudly. Slowly, it started to dissolve into little speckles of light.
"NOOOO!! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY DRAGON?!?!"
Seto let out his own sinister snickers. "Just a little magic. The Virus of Death! All your strongest monsters are destroyed, including your Ultimate Dragon."
"NNNNOOOOOOOOO..........!!!!!!!!!!!!!" the sorcerer screamed. Both he and the dragon were enveloped in light. When the light faded, both had vanished.
Seto sank to his knees. He had actually defeated his own strongest monster. The thought struck him as almost funny. There was one time where he thought it was invincible, but now he could see that there was almost nothing that was.
Not even himself.
He looked up as the robed figures on each end of the room vanished. Then, he saw a tiny light emitting from the top of the altar. Cautiously, he walked over to it. Placed neatly in the center was his prize for completing the challenge of the Dragon Lair: Monster Reborn.
He took it gently into his hand, afraid that it might break if he touched it wrong. Then he held the card above his head.
"Monster Reborn, restore the player Delaney!"
Light shot out from the card.