Author's Notes: Part three begins now.
Chapter Forty: Fading In, Fading Out
Eikyuu motioned to Divine Soldier, and it began to charge straight at Burst Soul. "Divine Soldier will cut down your monster and make it as nothing."
"Not likely! I activate Waboku to prevent it from being destroyed!" Eikyuu titled his head to one side, and then placed his hand above his remaining face down card. It flipped up and a blast of blue energy shattered Waboku and covered all the face down cards on the field.
"Divine Right is a counter trap that can only be activated when a divine monster is in play. It negates the activation of any card in chain to the attack of a divine monster and prevents all other cards from being activated." Divine Soldier's blade cleaved straight through Burst Soul, eliminating their greatest advantage.
"God of Necromancy attacks Soul Archer." With no way to defend her monster and with nobody else able to defend it AB was simply forced to watch as a swarm of locusts poured over her monster and consumed it alive. When the locusts flew away all they left was a simple corpse. (ALP: 1800)
"Deity of Empowerment attacks the remaining face down monster on your field." AB grimaced as her set monster blew apart, leaving her field completely empty except for Breath of Life.
Eikyuu motioned with his hand and two of the remaining three cards he was holding blinked out of view from his hand and appeared in front of him in a bigger form. "Two cards face down. End turn."
Eikyuu's turn was over, but now they knew the extent of his power. If he drew another Might of Divinty, the duel would be essentially over. Dalin frowned, having understood the potential danger involved in facing a deck filled with divine monsters right from the start. 'Yet still something holds me back. Why am I unable to unleash my full strength? Could it be that I am...afraid?'
Dalin closed his eyes briefly, pondering this very thing. Finally he passed his hand over his deck and the device spat a card out. He caught it and added it to his hand. "I activate the initial effect of A Gathering of Angels. Next I activate its secondary effect and pay five hundred life points to draw one card." (DLP: 3800)
He held the three cards out in front of him and took one and slid it into his cemetery. "I discard Holy Shine Sphere to activate the third effect of Sol. Now I may draw three cards."
He plucked another three cards off his deck, giving him a grand total of five. "I summon the companion to Seraphim Gunner(2400/1800) the mighty Seraphim Sabre(1600/1500) in attack mode!"
An armored angel with long white hair and a glowing halo now stood beside the cloaked angel with its rifle, but this one had a silver sword in its right hand which glowed with a fiery aura. "Seraphim Sabre shares the special ability of Gunner, meaning that it gains nine hundred points while Gunner gains an additional three hundred!"
The gang watched as the two level four angels gained enormous power, the Gunner reaching twenty-seven hundred and the Sabre hitting twenty-five hundred. Eikyuu merely watched patiently as Dalin's turn continued. "I set one card face down and activate Song of Angels!"
A card appeared behind his angels, and then all of them opened their mouths and began to sing. The heavenly sound warmed all of the duelists even further, blocking out the icy winds as much as Sanctuary of the Sky was. "This magic card grants me fifteen hundred life points." (DLP: 5300)
Dalin turned to Kirani and nodded briefly. Taking this as indication she drew, and felt energy flow into her from Breath of Life. As long as that was in play they would be doing fine. "I start by gaining two hundred life points!" (KLP: 2500)
When the glow was gone she looked at the card she had drawn for the first time. Her eyes narrowed and she slid it into her duel disk. "Activate Lightning Strikes Twice! During this turn Gilford the Lightning gets two battle phases, so he'll attack God of Necromancy twice in a row!"
"Activate Necromantic Defense." Two corpses exploded out of the ground and were promptly sliced in half by Gilford's mighty sword. The swordsman frowned at having to cut down former comrades, and then jumped back to Kirani's field. (KLP: 1900)
"Careful Eikyuu, God of Necromancy is running low on ammunition. I have only one monster left in my cemetery, so next turn I think I'll be able to clear the way. For now though, my turn is finished." She glanced down at her single set card, knowing that if Eikyuu chose to target her that it would be the only thing to help her against his gods.
Misuno drew, shuddering slightly as life points were drained from him by his own magic card, and then restored instantly by his sister's. He glanced at his card and then sneered at Eikyuu. "Let's see how lucky you are god boy. Before my shadows can be unleashed I need to do a little scouting, and my set monster can do that."
He reached down to his deck and flipped up a monster, and a strange little monster appeared in front of him. "This is Hiro's Shadow Scout(650/500)! His flip effect forces you to draw three cards and show them to me. Any magic cards are instantly discarded!"
Eikyuu raised his right hand and three cards appeared in it, he looked down at them and then flipped them around to show Misuno. "Evolution of God, God of Might, and Assemblage of Fallen Gods. Evolution of God and Assemblage of Fallen Gods are both discarded."
The two cards he named vanished, and he slid the other card into his hand. Misuno nodded and reached down for his other set monster. "Meet Dark Mimic LV1(100/1000) whose flip effect lets me draw one card!"
A demonic looking treasure chest dropped out of his card and then spat out a pearl. It opened and light surrounded Misuno, letting him draw an additional card. "Perfect. Let's see how well your puny gods can handle the shadows, because I sacrifice Hiro's Shadow Scout for a monster in face-down attack mode!"
The little monster vanished, and a dark shadow appeared in its place, with things moving within it. "My face down monster will now attack Deity of Empowerment!" The shadow surged towards the divine monster, but another shadow collided with it, and pulled it inside itself. (MLP: 2600)
Suddenly to everyone's surprise Misuno threw back his head and started laughing. "You may be a god but you're not all knowing! The monster you just removed from the game was a special shadow monster known as Tykirio the Hell Spear(2600/1300) which can be special summoned from out of play at any time!"
Another shadow appeared on his field, and a bestial shape emerged from it, depicting a rotting demonic entity with large horns. "Now, Tykirio attacks God of Necromancy!" The beast rushed towards its target, but once again it was forced to consume a shadow thanks to God of Necromancy. (MLP: 2300)
"Again you are nothing but a fool! I planned to remove the three monsters in my grave anyways, so I sent all three Tykirio's to the cemetery! Now the newest one will continue the assault!" An identical monster to the previous one attacked, sending a long red tongue towards God of Necromancy. But Hiro's Shadow Scout leapt out of the grave and was swallowed up. (MLP: 2000)
He chuckled and held up another card from his hand. "Although I'm stopped for the turn, those life points were well spent in building up a deadly army to crush you with. Now this army will repay me in life points with the magic card Shadow Restoration! For each shadow in play I gain five hundred life points!" (MLP: 3500)
He smirked and gestured to his sister, who promptly drew. Her own magic card sent life energy to her, undoing a tiny amount of the damage that had been done by Eikyuu in his turn. "Thank you Breath of Life, you keep me in this duel." (ALP: 2000)
"I set one monster face down...and one magic or trap card. That's all." She emptied her hand, and prayed for the best. Until she could recover it was up to the others to take the duel to Eikyuu and make him feel it.
Takuya drew, and his life points increased just like the others. One look at his new card and he smirked, realizing that he was about to deal some damage. "Okay Eikyuu, time to take the duel up a notch. Knight on Six(400/100) in attack mode!" (TLP: 2700)
The light armored warrior bounced from foot to foot in its eagerness to attack Eikyuu. "Guess what Eikyuu? I've only got one monster in the grave, and even that can't stop Knight on Six since he can attack directly. Now let's start the rampage! Jack's Knight attacks Divine Soldier!"
The blue armored knight slashed with its blade, cutting directly through a skeletal Queen's Knight. Takuya remained confident, knowing that he had the advantage at the moment since he had no more monsters in the grave. "Time to pay the piper! Quarter Knight attacks Deity of Empowerment!"
His other powerful knight attacked, and now there was no way God of Necromancy could stop the assault. Eikyuu tilted his head to the side and then waved a hand over one of his two set cards. "Your monster is fallen in the eyes of the gods, as are you. I chain with Fall of the Unfaithful, which will remove your monster from play and inflict half of its attack in damage to you."
Takuya grunted, holding back a cry of pain as his Quarter Knight was blown apart and energy washed over him. He struggled to keep himself from falling to his knees, and was able to do so just on pure determination. "I'm fine with that! King's Knight attacks the Deity!" (TLP: 1450)
"I activate the final effect of my trap, and remove it from the cemetery to activate its effect once again." The warrior duelist bit back another cry of pain as the energy washed over him, burning into his skin. One knee hit the snow, and he instantly pulled himself back up even as his life points drained away. (TLP: 650)
Taking a deep breath he pointed at Deity of Empowerment and his Queen's Knight raises her weapon. "Queen's Knight, cut down his Deity once and for all!" He was almost surprised when Queen's Knight succeeded in cleaving the monster apart. (ELP: 6100)
Suddenly the energy being reformed and slammed into Eikyuu, charging him up. "When Deity of Empowerment is destroyed in battle I gain two thousand life points. Your efforts were in vain." (ELP: 8100)
"In vain this! Knight on Six attack Eikyuu directly!" The little knight raced forwards and jumped straight over Divine Soldier. It brought its blade down on Eikyuu's shoulder, but the god didn't move. He smashed his hand into the warrior's face and sent it flying back towards Takuya. (ELP: 7700)
"You're not as invincible as you think Eikyuu! I've just proven that, and we'll continue to prove it. So I end my turn knowing that we'll crush you sooner or later!" He drew in a deep breath and steadied himself.
Hikari glanced over at Takuya, who still appeared to be in pain. She knew that if she fell into anything like that she would be in trouble, but she could empty her grave of monsters in this turn and use that to her advantage. "Draw!" (HLP: 2700)
"Legendary Kraken, attack God of Necromancy!" The huge squid slashed through the air with its numerous tentacles, and a skeletal human woman appeared in front of the tentacles. They ripped through it in a single second, and the Kraken pulled in the pieces to consume them. (HLP: 2400)
"Medusa, attack God of Necromancy!" The gorgon turned its gaze on the god, but a rotted version of Unshaven Angler took the attack directly and was turned to stone. God of Necromancy slapped it aside, blowing it apart and pelting Hikari with stone fragments. (HLP: 2100)
"Your monsters may be strong, but Divine Soldier is still a tier one god, and that means it's vulnerable to Medusa's effect! I switch her to defense mode and use her effect to destroy Divine Soldier!" She crouched down and with a single glance she turned the soldier to stone. It remained that way until Eikyuu snapped his fingers, banishing it.
"Now I set a monster in defense mode. Your turn Eikyuu." She watched the god carefully, knowing that his single turn could be disastrous for them. Two blue cards appeared in his hand and he held them up to look at.
"This is the beginning of the end for all of you...starting with you." He turned his head and his prismatic eyes fell on AB who jerked back in shock. She shuddered in fear, and felt that she had just seen her entire life pass before her eyes, all three and a half millennia of it.
'He's serious...'
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With nothing else to do Taichi finished his turn, passing control to Drake. The punk duelist frowned at Maenae, trying to remember more about the Dark Scorpions. 'I know they're supposed to be a team of legendary thieves of some sort, but I don't know what they do or even what they're capable of. Looks like I'll have to do this on the fly.'
"I set a monster face down. Now, I think that'll do it for me." A new monster appeared on his field, granting him a defense from direct attacks. Now Nick was up, and he seemed confident in his draw and in his turn.
"I said previously that I'd show you my power during this turn Taichi. And I meant it, so let's get started!"
He slammed a card down onto his duel pod and a skinny blonde haired man in similar clothes to Maenae's appeared next to her and flashed her a grin. "Meet the brainy member of the scorpions, Dark Scorpion Chick the Yellow(1000/1000)!"
"Now, every thief has to learn how to reach the hidden treasure using whatever methods they can. And here's one of the techniques I have for it. Secret Pass to the Treasure! With this one monster with one thousand or less attack can go direct this turn, so Chick attacks you directly!" Taichi grunted as Chick charged forwards and smashed him in the stomach with a mallet. (TLP: 2900)
"I hope you didn't like Ghost Magician, because you just lost it! I use Chick's ability to return Marionette Kuriboh to your hand, and since you no longer have a Kuriboh in play Ghost Magician returns to Drake." The wooden monster faded away, and the ghost floated over to Drake.
"I set one card face down and end my turn." He smirked at Taichi, and folded his arms to await the duelist's retaliation.
Taichi frowned at his hand, and then slid two cards onto his Duel Pod. "I summon my Marionette Kuriboh(300/200) back in defense mode and set one card face down. End turn."
Drake laughed and snapped a card off his deck. He glanced at it and then held it out. "If that's all you can do then you're pathetic. But just in case I play Devil's Seal Barrier which protects Ghost Magician this turn from any effects. So now he attacks your Kuriboh!"
The puppet was blasted apart, but the string flailed around. Taichi laughed and pointed straight at Chick the Yellow. "Devil's Seal Barrier protects your monster, but now since my Marionette Kuriboh has been destroyed I can take control of one face-up monster on the field. So Chick the Yellow his mine!"
Nick narrowed his eye and snapped his fingers. His face down card flipped up and Chick jumped up and away, fading from view. The strings hit the spot the thief had previously been in and then lay limp. "My trap card Dark Scorpion Skill Test counts as a scorpion dealing damage, so I used Chick's effect to bounce him back to my hand and save him from your monster's effect."
Drake nodded to Nick, and the thief duelist drew immediately. He held out the card and a wave of frost swept across each player's fields, freezing their face down cards. "Cold Wave prevents any player from setting or activating magic and trap cards until the start of my next turn."
Next he took another card from his hand and three it onto the pod. "Chick the Yellow returns, and then Maenae the Thorn will join him in attack mode. And since Taichi is so utterly open I'll attack him directly with both!" Chick smashed him in the chest with his mallet and Maenae whipped him. (TLP: 900)
"I use Maenae's effect and add a scorpion to my hand from my deck. Then I use Chick's effect and return your left face down card to your hand!" The card snapped out of Taichi's Duel Pod and he was forced to catch it and place it back into his hand. At the same time Nick caught a card that was shot out of his deck.
"Since you took double damage, I think it's time again for my two traps to do their stuff. Now discard two cards from your hand and two from your deck!" Taichi grimaced and slid all but his returned card into the grave, and then plucked two cards off his deck and also placed them into the cemetery. But now Nick's turn was over.
The kuriboh wielding duelist frowned at his draw, but then eagerly threw down his card. "Cyborg Kuriboh(1000/700) in attack mode. Then I activate its special ability, Cyber Hack! I'll use it to destroy Drake's remaining face down card!" The named card shattered into a million pieces.
He gave Drake a brief nod, and the punk duelist responded by drawing. "That Cold Wave sure is a nuisance, but I don't have a problem with that. Ghost Magician, attack Cyborg Kuriboh!"
"Not so fast! I activate the second effect of my monster, Cyber Devastation! By sacrificing a magic or trap card on my field I can destroy one attacking monster!" Taichi's single face down shattered and the fragments shot towards the Ghost Magician. Drake frowned and snapped his fingers, causing the magician to fade away and be replaced by one card that was face down.
"By sending Ghost Magician to the cemetery I can return one magic, trap, or monster from the grave to the field. So I bypass Cold Wave and specially set one magic or trap card on the field." Since he was unable to make any other move for the turn, he was done.
Nick drew, and then motioned to his two monsters. Both of them dropped into a crouch, indicating a shift to defense mode. "I summon Don Zaloog(1400/1500) and then set one card face down. End turn!"
Drake frowned as he saw energy looping between the three monsters and Nick. It was evident that he had a powerful with the Dark Scorpions, particularly with Don Zaloog. 'He's definitely an interesting duelist, I'll give him that.'
Taichi smirked and pointed to Drake's replaced set card. "How utterly useless! Cyber Hack!" Drake's set card shuddered briefly and then blew apart, briefly revealed Attack Redirecting Armor before it was gone.
"Now I'll set two cards face down and end my turn!" Drake frowned, knowing that there was little he could do in the form of an attack since any monster he attacked with would get blown away by Taichi's Cyborg Kuriboh.
"I summon Twisted Spellweaver(1800/600)!" A man in a top hat and mussed suit appeared, his hair sticking out from under his hat. He held up his smudged wand and grinned maniacally.
"Twisted Spellweaver will attack and destroy Don Zaloog!" The spellweaver pointed his wand at the thief king, and a giant rubber chicken shot out of the tip. Don frowned and then snapped his fingers.
"The thief king doesn't like that, and since they're tomb robbers, he'll do some grave robbing with the trap card Grave Robber! And he's chosen to use Attack Redirecting Armor to send the attack towards Cyborg Kuriboh!" The chicken swerved in mid-air and headed for the mechanical monster.
Taichi grimaced and took one of the cards out of his disk, and then slid it into the grave. "I'll sacrifice my face down Polymerization to destroy Twisted Spellweaver." The weaver was blown away, leaving Drake with just one set monster on his field.
"So be it! I set two cards of my own face down and end my turn!" Two cards appeared in front of him, and then both duelists looked to Nick. It was his turn, and by the look on his face he had something planned.
Nick pressed a button on his Duel Pod and a side slot opened. He smirked and placed his newly drawn card into it. The ground beneath their feet changed shades, becoming like that of a stone, and piled up against the walls was golden items of all sorts. "Welcome to the Den of Thieves, the field in which the Dark Scorpions reign supreme. For instance, they all gain three hundred attack and defense points."
His eye roamed the field, searching for an appropriate target. Finally it rested upon Drake's face down monster. "That will be my first target. Don Zaloog(1700/1800), destroy it!"
The thief king raised one of his guns and fired three rounds into the set monster. A man in white robes appeared, with angel's wings wrapped around his body. However, the monster had the same sort of hood that the Dark Magician family monsters had. "Sorry Nick, but Don Zaloog attacked Angel Magister(700/1900) whose defense is too strong." (NLP: 3800)
The thief frowned and then took one of the remaining three cards from his hand and placed it face down. "I'll set one magic or trap card. Now it's Taichi's turn."
Taichi glared at his former comrade and held up his newest card, revealing a familiar grinning jar. "Pot of Greed!" He drew twice and instantly threw down one of them. A black furred creature with a bandana and an eye patch appeared.
"Kuri Bandit(1000/700) appears only to vanish as I sacrifice him to draw five cards!" The pirate monster popped in a puff of smoke, and then Taichi slid five new cards off his deck. He looked them over and then shoved two of them into the cemetery.
"All monsters drawn by this effect are discarded, so I lost two. Not to worry though, because they're about to come back with a vengeance! This is the revenge of the Kuriboh, Monster Reborn!" A shimmering glow covered one spot of his field, and then it took shape as a massive furry monster that vaguely resembled a Blue Eyes.
"Blue Eyed White Kuriboh(2400/2000) who gains two hundred attack for every Kuriboh monster on the field, putting him at twenty-eight hundred. First Cyber Hack that set. Now...get me my revenge. Destroy Maenae the Thorn! Bubble Burst Stream!" The monster opened its jaws wide and sprayed bubbles at the thief.
Nick grimaced as the female thief was blown apart by the attack. His life points dropped steadily, and Taichi smirked. "I set one card face down and end my turn. Now you're the one in trouble pathetic thief!" (NLP: 2300)
Drake held up his drawn card and shifted his gaze to Nick. His eyes met with Nick's one eye, and sparks flew. "Now it's my turn to heat things up. So get ready to feel the pain Nick!"
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Eikyuu selected one card from his hand and held it out. Immediately light began to emanate from it, and the hole in front of him glowed similarly. "I activate God Revival, which will act as a Monster Reborn for one divine type, however this will last for more than one turn. Deity of Empowerment(1000/1000) returns."
The energy being returned, and then pointed its hand down into the hole. Power poured out from its hand into the hole, and something deep inside rumbled. "Deity of Empowerment when special summoned allows me to revive one divine type monster for the duration of the turn. This monster cannot attack."
The blue armored form of Divine Soldier(1800/1800) rose up next to the other two, and its effect boosted both of their attack and defense points by four hundred. "Now, I activate Deity of Empowerment and Prayer Blessings effect to restore my life points. (ELP: 11800)
Energy crackled around Eikyuu's body, infusing him with additional life points. The whole group frowned at seeing how high his life points had gotten in such a short time. And at this rate he would keep getting more. "Now, I sacrifice Deity of Empowerment, Divine Soldier, and God of Necromancy to bring forth God of Might(?)!"
The three divine monsters burst apart, and the energy of their bodies poured together into one point. That point began to expand...and expand...and expand. Soon an enormous form towered over them all at a massive thirty or forty feet in height. It appeared humanoid except for the fact that its face had nothing on it, and its body was covered in spikes.
Each of them stood tensely, awaiting Eikyuu's declaration of an attack. There was no telling which of them he would choose to go after, and if so what his newest god could do. The god's masked face swept across each of them more than once, before finally settling on one of them. "You are the only one to truly damage me. For that you will be the first to fall."
Everyone's eyes snapped towards the middle of their joint field, eyeing one duelist there. AB met Eikyuu's gaze, and shivered. She felt the power that rested behind those eyes, but she wasn't afraid. "Do what you want Eikyuu, but I won't fall. Don't worry everyone, I can handle this."
"No. You can't. God of Might(?) shall attack your face down monster. Shattering Deathblow of God!" The huge monster pointed its arm at the set monster and thousands of steel spines erupted from its body. All of them sailed towards the set monster and pierced it like a pincushion.
"Sorry Eikyuu, but you fell into a trap of my making! Vizier of Demise(900/1200)'s flip effect inflicts two hundred points of damage times the level of the monster that killed it to the owner of that monster. So you'll take two thousand damage!" She smirked and stood confidently...for all of two seconds. But nothing happened.
"God of Might's attack and defense points are always one thousand higher than the monster it battles with. In addition it can deal damage through defense and negates the effect of any monster it destroys in battle. Feel its wrath." The god pointed one finger at her and fired a single spine, which shot directly into her leg and through it. She screamed in pain and dropped to the ground clutching her leg. (ALP: 1000)
Misuno growled, infuriated at seeing his sister like that. Though he might not admit it he still cared for her, even though she irritated him to no end most of the time. "You bastard, you'll pay for that!"
Eikyuu turned his head towards Misuno, and then looked back to AB. "No, I won't. Activate special ability, God of Necromancy(1600/1600) removes Deity of Empowerment from the game to revive itself. It immediately may attack, so it attacks directly."
Through her pain AB was able to hear the declaration of the attack, so she pointed to her face down card. It flipped up, revealing a trap that depicted a man with an arrow in his chest that had been stopped by a book. "Activate set card, Saving Grace! This trap will prevent me from losing life points from a direct attack this turn, and during the end phase I'll gain two thousand life points!"
"I chain. Counter trap activates, Divine Right. Once more I negate your card and prevent any further chaining or blocking from occurring." AB's eyes went wide in horror as the half-god, half-undead creature spewed locusts all over her, a blue glow surrounded all other cards in play and preventing them from being used. She screamed briefly before her entire body was covered up by the swarm.
Misuno roared with rage and tried to push his way into the swarm, but it was like a solid wall, keeping him out. "BASTARD! I'll rip you apart for this! I'LL KILL YOU!" He turned on Eikyuu and thrust out his hand, sending a massive wave of power at the god.
The god stood still and the blast exploded across his broad chest. When it appeared that no damage had been done Misuno screamed his hatred to the sky and fired volley after volley at Eikyuu, every single blast exploding harmlessly against his chest. "This is futile."
"Nothing is futile where I am concerned! I'll find the chip in your armor!" Eikyuu titled his head to the side and then snapped his arm out. The snow parted and Misuno was hurled off his feet and back a dozen or more meters.
"Impudent! I am the embodiment of Order, I have no flaws! I am perfection itself!" Misuno rolled into a ball, coughing up blood onto the pristine ice and snow. All of them but Dalin rushed towards the fallen duelist.
Dalin glanced to his right, and the swarm of locusts flew off into the sky, leaving a lifeless AB staring blankly up at the sky. A dozen meters behind him Takuya and Kirani were helping Misuno to his feet. The spirit himself was glaring daggers at Eikyuu. "You'll suffer before this duel is done!"
Eikyuu ignored the comment and motioned with his hand. Two cards he was holding flew down in front of him and grew to a large size, matching the size of his two face up cards. "I am perfect, I am order, I am all that is pure in this world. I am Eikyuu, God of Order. End turn."
The angel duelist frowned, contemplating the divine being in front of him. There was something nagging at him, something that he knew, something he should know. As he contemplated this, a card popped out of his duel disk and into his hand. "Now that I have added an angel to my hand I forfeit five hundred life points to draw one card." (DLP: 4800)
He took one of the cards in his hand and reached for his graveyard to slide it in. Suddenly he stopped with the card just a few inches away, and he cast a glance up at Eikyuu. "I understand now. I see your true flaw and I understand."
Eikyuu's prismatic eyes snapped towards him, and for a second dark lines ran through those eyes. "There is no flaw within Eikyuu the God of Order. I am beyond mortal conceptions, I am Order itself!"
Dalin smirked and folded his hand up, matching Eikyuu's gaze with his own. He didn't flinch in the slightest. "If that's the case? Then why is it that I hear anger in your voice? I thought you were above petty human emotions."
More black lines quivered within the prismatic eyes, and the ice and snow around Eikyuu's feet began to steam. The ground around them started shaking as the lines moved faster and faster through his eyes. "You are nothing to me. You have no right to ask questions of God!"
"There it was again. Anger, hatred, rage, all of it boiling up inside of you. The question is, why? And I have the answer. That answer is your one weakness!" In that same moment Eikyuu's eyes turned pitch black and a fountain of black flame exploded around Dalin, consuming his body in the unholy fires.
Kirani, Takuya, Misuno, and Hikari all stared at the spot that Dalin had been standing, which was now sheathed in black flames. All at once they shared a single thought in common. 'Dalin...what did you uncover? What is Eikyuu's weakness?'
Eikyuu's eyes returned to their normal prismatic color and the ground stopped shaking. "Impudence is not tolerated. The impudent one has been eliminated."
The roar of the black flames died down, and the fires were drawn back into the ground. A barren patch of stone now sat there, all the snow melted away. In the center of that patch of stone there was a black outline burned into the ground.
It was the outline of a human being.
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Author's Notes: And the losses begin.
Review Response
G.O.T. Nick: I know all and see all.
The White Mage: And now you know who went down first.
WolfGeneral: Thanks.
Time Mage: No, there will be no Horakhti. You're only partially correct on the three-way, but it's more like Taichi is at a disadvantage because Nick and Drake want him gone.
VoidTemplar: Nah, Hikari isn't that high of a level. She's more like one of the duelists that challenges Yugi but can't quite match up, although they give him a tough time.
Original Cards(If I put a TM next to a card, that means it was created by Time Mage who created Kai, if it has WG next to it, it was created by WolfGeneral)
Dalin: Song of Angels
Kirani: Lightning Strikes Twice
AB: Vizier of Demise, Saving Grace
Misuno: Tykirio the Hell Spear, Shadow Restoration
Takuya: Knight on Six
Eikyuu: God of Might, Assemblage of Fallen Gods, Deity of Empowerment, Divine Right, Divine Soldier, Fall of the Unfaithful, God Revival
Drake: Ghost Magician, Devil's Seal Barrier, Twisted Spellweaver, Angel Magister
Taichi: Marionette Kuriboh, Cyborg Kuriboh, Blue Eyed Kuri Dragon
Nick: Dark Scorpion Skill Test, Den of Thieves
