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Legends of the Demon Duelist-Chaos Arc
Chapter 17: A taste of Hell
CJ sighed and sat back in his chair. "So Jared, how's it looking?"
"We should be to the Duel Academy by tommorow morning," Jared twisted the steering wheel of the boat sharply and it dodged around a large wave quickly. "Maybe you should go make sure that the other passengers are alright?"
CJ smiled and nodded, walking out of the captain's cabin and looking down at the deck. "How is everyone doing down there?"
Numerous cries of agreement replied.
CJ walked back into the cabin. "So let me get this straight…to avoid detecting by the crazy guy who is chasing us, you got us jobs on a cruise ship?"
"It's only a small one, so we'll be alright. Besides, it'll chock up to job experience." Jared smiled and spun the wheel again, eliciting a series of complains yells from down on the deck.
"Now the question is did they really think I'd be so easily deterred?" Basil glanced over at Ken, who shrugged innocently. "Oh well, I suppose this is as good of a place as any." Silently, he dropped out of the open door of the helicopter and plummeted fifty feet to the deck of the boat.
CJ found himself face-first on the floor, as did Jared when something shook the whole boat roughly. "What in the hell?" A few screams of terror reached the ears of both men and they hopped up, immediately running outside.
:Ah, greetings!" Basil waved cheerily to the two from his spot standing in a small crater created in the floor-boards. Surrounding him were black waves of energy that stretched across the field. "So, who's the man I'll be stealing the soul of today?"
CJ cracked his knuckles and glanced at Jared. "Make sure everyone gets away from the deck."
Jared nodded, while CJ walked past him and went to the field across from Basil.
Smirking, Basil lifted his arm to reveal his duel disk already in place. "Let's begin." The waves of darkness launched out and consumed the ship, using the whole vehicle as the stage for the darkness game.
CJ pulled a small device out of his pocket and attached it to his wrist. It beeper loudly and came apart to form a make-shift duel disk. "Let's go then." He slid his disk into the main body of the device.
Pushing his glasses to the bridge of his nose, Basil snickered calmly. "Let the duel begin. Prepare to feel the power of my true deck."
"I've already defeated Archfiends in the past." CJ drew his five cards. "So I'll let you go first."
CJ- 4000
Basil- 4000
Basil drew six cards off of his deck. "Who ever said I was playing Archfiends? First let's start with Hell-Blazer!" (2200/1600) A howling fire-covered dragon appeared on his field. "End turn."
CJ's eyes widened hugely. "What's its effect?"
"What effect?" Basil snickered, his British accent clearly ringing the air.
The horse demon understood immediately. ("Damn it…a 2200 attacker with no effect?") He drew. ("So you want to play with the big boy's huh?") His lips lifted slightly at his hand. "I set three cards face-down on the field and one monster in defense mode. End turn!"
Basil drew. "This time I get the great CJ Anderson hmm? Alright then, I hope you're a better opponent than your friend." He threw another card onto his disk. "Come on out, Hell-Blazer number two!" Another of the flame-covered dragons appeared on his field. "Flames of the Abyss!" Opening its jaws, the dragon released a spray of flame that instantly destroyed CJ's face-down monster card.
("You fell for it.") CJ motioned to one of his set cards. "Go Rope of Life! This trap card lets me discard my hand to special summon back the monster you just destroyed, except this time it will return with 800 extra attack points!" A rope fell from the sky into the ground and pulled out a huge grey rat. "Giant Rat (2200/1450) returns! That isn't all though, because when Giant Rat is destroyed as a result of battle I can special summon one earth attribute monster from my deck with 1500 or less attack points to the field!" He removed a card from his deck and slapped it down. "Go Falcon Swordsman!" A humanoid bird in armor and wielding a pair of swords appeared on his field. (1000/1000) "This monster is summoned in attack mode, so you're more than welcome to attack it if you want."
"I think I will." Basil pointed at the monster. "Hell-Blazer number one, show this weakling the Flames of the Abyss!" Opening its jaws, the dragon released a spray of fire that tore across the field towards CJ's monster.
"You've triggered the effect of Falcon Swordsman! Go Cyclone Defense!" The warrior snapped its sword upwards and a blast of wind deflected the fireball, sending it flying into the air. "This monster can once per game negate one attack."
Basil chuckled and slid a card into his disk. "Then I'll just set one card face-down on the field and end my turn."
CJ drew. ("I'm not getting anywhere at this rate. I have to attack now.") He looked at the drawn card and smirked. "The power of my deck…the power of rage!" His Falcon Swordsman disappeared. "I sacrifice Falcon Swordsman to summon the almighty Master Berserker!" (1800/1500) A humanoid made of pure muscle appeared on the field. It wore nothing but a loincloth, and looked like some kind of Wildman. In its arms rested a stone sledgehammer. "Now attack Hell-Blazer now!" Nodding, the warrior bellowed out a battle-cry and leapt through the air, hammer lifted to crush its enemy. "When this monster battles with a creature stronger than itself, it gains 1000 attack points!" (2800/1500) "Blow of the Mightiest Warrior!" CJ smirked as his monster shattered the flaming dragon with one strike to the head.
CJ- 3400
Basil- 4000
"What?" Jared, who had been explaining to the passengers that this was just a show for their entertainment, gasped. "Why did CJ take the damage? I thought Hell-Blazer didn't have an effect."
"It doesn't." Basil pointed at his now face-up trap card. "The continuous trap card Devil's Reverse makes it so that whenever a demon is destroyed as a result of battle, you'll take the life point damage instead of me."
CJ's eyes started to twitch in anger. "Well let's see you handle this! Go Giant Rat, destroy the Hell-Blazer now!" Chattering, the rat tackled the dragon and both exploded into dust. "And when Giant Rat is sent to the graveyard, I may special summon one 1500 or less attack earth monster to the field! Go Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts!" (1500/1200) A brown-furred monster appeared on the field and roared loudly. "Attack his life points directly!"
"I'd stop if I were you." Basil pointed to his field, where a wall of festering flesh now stood. "Or else you'll be taking a nice hunk of life point damage thanks to my Necro Barricade." (0/3200) "This monster is special summoned from my hand to the field when two demons are destroyed as a result of battle. Its defense is equal to the compound defense of those two monsters."
CJ growled darkly. "End turn."
Basil drew. "And here you thought you could overwhelm me. That's impossible." His eyebrow lifted slightly. "How can you hope to overwhelm hell?" He placed a card onto his disk. "Go Flesh Manipulator." A black skeleton in festive robes appeared on the field in a crouching position. (0/0) "When this monster is summoned I may special summon two demons from my graveyard to the field with only half of their total attack points." Two bursts of flame exploded out of the ground on his field as the Hell-Blazers reformed. (1100/1600)
"Those little walls aren't going to be enough." CJ resisted the urge to pinch his nose to block out the smell of rotten flesh and brimstone.
"Who said they were walls?" Basil held up another card and two pairs of razor sharp teeth exploded out of the ground and bit through the flaming dragons. "I activate the ritual magic card Hell Giant's Awakening." Another explosion of fire tore out of the ground, quickly forming into a towering giant made entirely of flames. (2000/2500) "Now I activate this monster's effect. By sacrificing my battle phase I can remove a demon from my graveyard." He caught one of the two Hell-Blazer cards and held it up. "As you know, the attack points of my Hell-Blazer's are 2200. Well your Master Berserker is about to get hit with that many points of damage. And since it isn't an attack, his effect won't save him!"
Opening one of its massive hands, the Giant bellowed darkly and brought the hand down around the body of the Berserker. Lifting the warrior into the air, it snickered and squeezed its hand closed, instantly blowing the warrior apart.
CJ- 3000
Basil- 4000
Basil waved his finger in the air, the move mimicked by the Giant. "You should know better than to challenge the power of Hell with pitiful little men wielding hammers. End turn."
CJ drew. ("I'm not out yet, you freak of nature.") "I activate the magic card Treasure of Fate! This magic card lets me roll one die and draw cards equal to the number rolled. Also, after I do this I remove the same number of cards from my deck and place them into my removed from play pile." He pointed to the card and it spat out a white die that bounced across the ground and landed on a two. "So now I draw two…" He did so. "And then I remove two." Sliding two cards off of his deck, he placed them into his back pocket.
"Two cards won't make the difference when compared to the fact that I have three monsters in play." Basil smirked and pointed to his Devil's Reversal trap card. "And if you've forgotten, any battle damage I'll receive by their deaths goes to you."
CJ looked at his two drawn cards. "Let me remove those problems right now! Go Remove Trap! This magic card lets me destroy one trap card when activated! Devil's Reversal is destroyed!" The trap card exploded into dust. "And before you mention anything involving attack points, let me show you my face-down card! Go Polymerization!" One of his face-down cards flipped up. "This magic card lets me fuse monsters together into more powerful ones." He slid Gazelle and the other card in his hand into the graveyard. "So I'll send Gazelle and Berfomet (1400/1800) to the graveyard to special summon Chimera!" (2100/1800) A two-headed winged beast appeared on his field. "Go Chimera, attack the Giant!" Roaring, the beast leapt forward and shattered the demon in one tackle. "End turn."
CJ- 3000
Basil- 3900
Basil drew. "That's impressive…but I'm not afraid. You have the strongest monster…for the moment. I'll simply play Foolish Burial. This magic card lets me take one monster from my deck and send it to my graveyard." He removed a card from his deck and slid it into his graveyard slot. "Then I remove the monster, Doma the Angel of Silence (1600/1400) to summon this creature!" There was an explosion of flames that formed into a humanoid form that stood on his field. "True Doma (1200/800) in attack mode." The humanoid lifted its hands into the air. "This monster destroys all monsters in play that aren't demons!" A burst of flame blew Chimera apart.
CJ slid the fusion card into the graveyard. "When Chimera is destroyed, I may special summon either Berfomet or Gazelle to the field. Return Berfomet!" A four-armed demon appeared on his field in a crouching position. (1400/1800)
Basil looked like he was about to start laughing. "For now I end my turn."
CJ drew. "I play the continuous magic card Long Ordeal. Whenever a monster on my field is destroyed as a result of battle I may pay 500 life points to draw one card. Then I switch Berfomet into attack mode and go after Doma!" Roaring, the demon stood up and tore the fire being apart with one swing of its claws.
CJ- 3000
Basil- 3700
Basil the card into his graveyard and drew. ("You're just doing me a favor, you fool.") "I think it's time to bring this duel into overtime! Go Chaos Dimension! When played, this card lets me roll a die to determine what effect will come into play!" A veil of prismatic pushed away the darkness, leaving the air glowing with light. "And the number's four, meaning that all damage received in this duel is now real, but only to you! End turn!"
CJ grimaced. "I draw." He slid the top card off of his deck. "Big Shield Gardna (100/2600) in defense mode!" A shield-carrying warrior appeared on his field in a crouching position. "Berfomet, attack now!" The demon swung its claws and slashed Basil's Flesh Manipulator apart. "End turn."
Basil drew. "I'll set this face-down on the field and end my turn then." A card appeared behind his Necro Wall.
CJ drew. ("Perfect timing.") "I summon Igzarion Universe (1800/1900) in attack mode!" A centaur-like monster wielding a huge spear appeared on his field. "This monster's special effect lets it reduce its attack strength by 300 for this turn to gain the ability to deal damage through defense!" (1500/1900) "Go now, attack Necro Wall!"
"Aren't you forgetting that my monster's defense is 2200?" Basil snickered calmly.
"Nope." CJ's face-down card flipped up. "Go Defense Crusher! This continuous trap card lets me pay 500 life points when one of my monsters attacks a higher defense monster to raise their attack strength by 1000 for the attack!" (2500/1900) The beast-warrior slashed the wall of decayed flesh in half.
CJ- 2500
Basil- 3400
Basil let out a strange noise that sounded like a partial laugh. "You triggered my Shattered Dreams trap card!" His face-down card flipped up. "This trap card triggers when I have no monsters in play. Now your battle phase ends and I discard the top three cards of my deck!" He drew. "It's my turn now! I remove four demons from my graveyard!" Four white ghosts flew out of his graveyard.
A demon that looked a flaming version of the Terrorking Archfiend appeared on his field. "So now I special summon Hellking of the Abyss." (2000/1500) "This cards special ability forces any monster it battles with into attack mode! Attack Big Shield Gardna now!" Snarling, the demon launched forwards and slammed its fist against the warrior's shield, forcing it to its feet. "Blood Drainer!" The follow-up punch broke right through CJ's monster and flew onwards to slam into CJ's chest, sending him flying to the edge of the railing on the deck.
CJ- 600
Basil- 3400
Coughing out globs of blood, CJ pointed at his Long Ordeal card. It released a green glow.
CJ- 100
Basil- 3400
Stumbling back to his field, CJ drew. "I'm…not out yet. Draw!" He drew again.
"Not so fast big man." Basil pointed at the card CJ had drawn, and it disappeared. "When Hellking destroys a monster in also destroys all magic and trap cards in play." A burst of flames launched up and shattered CJ's two continuous cards. "So you get back your life points."
CJ- 600
Basil- 3400
CJ wiped some blood from his mouth and looked at the drawn card. He slid it into his disk. "So you want to fight serious? Fine…let's go!"
To be continued…
To generic reviewer: Meh…I think one career deck is enough for me.
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