Author's Notes: Now that I have finished with all my finals and with school for the year, I can get down to writing. The past week or so was really hectic so I got no work done. Now on to Part 4 of the Eikyuu duel.
Chapter Forty-Two: The Origins of Eikyuu
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.
"Dalin!" Kirani felt horror rush through her entire body as she saw that simple black outline that was burned into the spot that Dalin had previously stood. There was nothing left but that mark.
Takuya stared blankly at the burn point, unable to comprehend what had happened. "But...how? How can Dalin be gone?"
Kirani, Takuya, and Hikari were snapped out of the reverie by a burst of laughter. They looked around to see Misuno with his head tilted back, his body shaking with his laughter. Takuya snarled and grabbed the spirit by his shirt and pulled him close. "What the hell do you think is so funny?"
"You idiots! That's what's funny! Sumatin is the one who truly initiated this game, and he made it a Darkness Game in order to insure that his needs were met. Even Eikyuu has to follow the rules of a Darkness Game, because as a system it was established by a vast hierarchy of deities, and Eikyuu is just one deity. In a Darkness Game you can not kill the opponent, it's against the rules!" He pushed Takuya away from him and cast a cocky smirk at Eikyuu.
The god tilted his head to the side in a way they had come to relate as frowning. "I hold in thrall most of the human beings on this planet. My power is now greater than any of those gods who established the Darkness Games."
"Perhaps you are, perhaps you aren't. I honestly don't care. But the fact remains that the rules of the games were made by close to a hundred gods of over a dozen religions, and no matter how strong you are you can't hope to match that much combined power. Not yet, not until you strip mankind of its will and make us all completely part of you and your order. Until that moment, these rules reign supreme!" He snickered up until the point that Eikyuu pointed a finger at him.
"You are impudent. For that you will suffer the same fate as your companion." Misuno screamed in agony as black fire exploded out from every pore on his body, consuming him with that dark power.
"The only impudent one here is you. That is enough!" Eikyuu's gaze shifted away from the burning Misuno and as he did so the black fires faded away, revealing Misuno to be virtually unharmed. Burnt, but otherwise no worse for the wear.
The earth began to shake, the snow bubbling as raw power seethed beneath the surface. Eikyuu leaned forward slightly, intrigued by this new development. "What power is this?"
"This is the power of a god!" The ground shattered, sending chunks of stone flying in every direction. Those that headed for the duelists were deflected by some form of invisible barrier, except for Eikyuu who merely stood and let them pass through his body.
A massive red form began to surge up from the shattered ground, and it continued to rise into the air. They all craned their necks back as it continue to move upwards, revealing that whatever the creature was...it was enormous. "Behold the might of god, behold the force that will keep you in check!"
The huge shape settled into a floating position, revealing long red coils that stretched end on end, covering much of the area in its bulk. A head roughly the size of a Buick floated directly above the spot where Dalin had previously stood, and its twin mouths breathed out steam that melted the snow beneath it.
Kirani stared at the beast in shock, and became the first to speak. "Saint Dragon Osiris?"
"That's correct. With it my power will hold fast against the power of Eikyuu!" A person stepped up onto the top of Osiris' head, and revealed himself. Standing tall and proud, with glowing silver eyes, was none other than Dalin Imaki Sumatin.
Dalin jumped down from Osiris' head, and the mighty Egyptian god monster faded away, leaving Dalin standing exactly where he had been previously. "Eikyuu, your weakness...it lies in your nature. You, as a creature defined by man as a god, are reliant on the faith base of those who worship you and have created you as you are."
The silver four-fingered ring on Dalin's right hand began to glow, and he held it out, palm open. A golden shape materialized in his hand, revealing itself in the form of a gauntlet. "This item, known today as the Millennium Gauntlet...with its power we will reveal exactly the nature of you this god! Your true weakness will be revealed to us all!"
Golden light enveloped the entire group, and the world changed.
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The golden glow receded, revealing their surroundings. Each member of the group that remained, with Eikyuu off to the side, floated about fifty feet above the ground, looking down at what was going on beneath them. "This is the past, this is around a million years ago, perhaps sooner, perhaps farther back."
Far below them two groups of human beings in rough furs and wielding bone clubs and weapons chipped from obsidian clashed, slashing and hacking at each other with uncontrolled violence. Blood stained the formerly pure white snow.
"These two groups, the precursors of today's human beings, mankind in the crudest sense of the word. They could not be considered tribes as such, but they were rival groups, hunting the few animals that remained in this desert of ice and snow. For the past few months, the group with the bone clubs have been losing, because the other group discovered a new method of killing. Hacking the other person to death." As Dalin spoke the two groups demonstrated by increasing the rate of their violent actions.
Suddenly the group with the bone clubs let out a wild cry of terror and began to flee, leaving their dead to rot in the snow. All that was left for them now was retreat and fear, as they knew that death awaited them behind. "The bone wielders had met the blade wielders in one last clash for power, and they were sent running in utter defeat. It became obvious that this would be their final moments of existence."
The blade wielders followed up with a ferocious bellow of their own, and began to chase after the retreating bone wielders. These crude humans were out for blood, and they wouldn't stop until every last one of their foes was dead beneath their feet. "Then the sky was ripped asunder."
Just as Dalin said, the clouds high up above seemed to boil away as a massive ball of fire shot down, splitting the heavens asunder. Both groups stopped to stare as the enormous fiery object hurtled down at immense speeds, its blazing heat already heating them up. "From deep within space a meteor came, and it changed everything."
The blade wielders stared dumbly at the approaching meteor, unaware of what would happen in mere seconds. As the bone wielders watched in an equally stupid manner the huge meteor slammed into the ground, blasting it apart and sending a shockwave of energy that buried them all beneath the snow and ice.
"The meteor struck the blade wielders directly, and the entire tribe was incinerated. Not even a single trace of them remained, but their rivals were much luckier. A small handful of them survived, enough to be able to return to the women of the tribe and repopulate." Again the scene changed as six of the bone wielders pulled themselves out of the snow.
"They saw what had become of their foes, they saw what had happened to those that had tried to struck them down. And for the first time in human existence, a belief in a form of divine providence began to appear." The six men staggered forwards, trudging through the snow towards the rapidly cooling meteor that lay in a several hundred foot wide crater.
"Neither tribe had any true language to speak of, let alone written word. All they could do was make shapes, and that was the closest thing they could come to making language or written word. Believing that this meteor had come to save them, they began to worship it, and they carved upon it a symbol of their reverence." As they all watched a small number of men in furs chipped away at a small spot on the remains of the meteor, creating something.
They pulled away, revealing exactly what they had made. Standing out in relief against the stark black meteor rock was a the vague shape of a human face, padded with snow to make it pure and white. Then one of the moment held his hand up and sliced it with an obsidian knife taken from the blade wielders. He placed his hand against a fur, and used it to dab at the snowy mask, turning the upper right corner of the face red. "They created a god in the image of what they thought was most perfect."
The group looked away from the scene below and over at the god that floated behind them. His scarlet robes were completely ignored as they focused on his face. A pure white mask with blank holes for eyes and no mouth whatsoever. The upper right corner was a blood red color. "By god..."
"Years passed, and a civilization grew from these petty tribes, but always they continued to worship this face that they had carved into the rock, always keeping it fresh and in order. Their lives were crude, and every person had a specific task to do. If anyone was unable to do their task they became a burden on the group and had to be gotten rid of in order to keep the rest alive." They shivered as a group of large men fell upon an elderly man and beat him senseless, throwing him out of a crude village that had grown up around the meteor.
"Eventually, at some unknown date they began to develop language, and they began to worship this mask, this meteor, in a way that they hadn't before. They began to create a faith based around the way their lives worked, around their desire to survive and live in peace and order. And at last they gave their god a name." A whisper went up amongst the people of the village as an older man in nice furs addressed the rest, speaking a single word.
The villagers repeated this word again and again, and as they did the eyes of the human face forged into rock began to glow, and soon prismatic energy was visible behind the hollows of those eyes. "By giving their god a name, they gave it life. The being of energy, or whatever a god may be defined as was there, but it had no definition. They had created for themselves a God of Order."
"Flash forward over hundreds of thousands of years later, to what we might consider approximately six or seven thousand years ago. The shape of the Earth had changed, and these people's faith had grown even more fanatic as the power of Order was proved to them time and time again. All those that came to attack them were obliterated by some unknown power, or they would fall into worship of the God of Order. Those that worshiped eventually left, expanding the word of this god and its influence."
Men and women scattered around the world spoke to one another in whispers and hushed tones, fearing the others around them hearing. "It went in secret, developing a base of religious power that covered the globe across every single point. In no single place did this religious power take true root except for in that one village, which was rapidly growing into a city. But the seeds were planted everywhere, and amongst every other religion there were at least a handful who worshiped this God of Order."
The scene shifted to a view of the expanded village, with crude buildings that vaguely resembled houses. The meteor still remained in the same spot, only vines and trees grew out of it, making it a flowering beautiful object. Still in the same spot in relief against the rest of the rock was the face shape, now painted.
"Flash forwards forward again, now to roughly four thousand years ago. For the first time in existence this group that worshiped the God of Order encountered a foe that could not be conquered by the power that had been granted to them, for this foe wielding similar divine power." Done below them the villagers screamed in terror as rampaging men in armor and wielding swords slaughtered everyone the encountered, hurling torches onto the buildings.
"In a moment of true divine intervention the God of Order selected the seven best warriors of those who worshiped him and granted them special powers. Suddenly they could wield enormous magical energies, they could wield the elements of life and death themselves! Fire, Air, Water, Earth, Lightning, Light, and Darkness!"
Suddenly the invaders were the ones on the run as seven men walked amongst their ranks, unleashing death around them. Bolts of fire and arcs of lightning scorched the soldiers as they ran, while the earth itself swallowed them up. The invaders broke, and they died one by one until none remained.
"Only a small handful of the invaders actually escaped, and they spread word of this amazing power. The power of these seven individuals who eventually became known as the Knights of Order. But that name they wouldn't earn until the first millennia of the current calender. First, something happened." Time passed again, and suddenly the expanded village was surrounded by a mass of flesh that went on for as far as the eye could see. An army the likes of which the village had never seen before.
"Determined to prove their power over a hundred different cultures dispatched their greatest warriors into the fray, and in a battle of greater violence and bloodshed than any seen before or since they did their worst. The God of Order merged the power of his seven warriors, creating a general for them capable of wielding much of the same power. Together these eight men unleashed hell upon their gathered opponents."
The battle could be seen below them, and the only word to describe it was 'carnage'. Bodies were strewn for miles, with things done to them that could barely be conceived in this day and age. "When it seemed that the tide of men would all be struck down by the God of Order's mightiest warriors, a new power stepped forwards. A power so ancient that it even predated the conception of the God of Order's power."
Light enveloped the entire field of battle, and when it faded the remaining men were left to stagger away, and no sign was left of the seven deadly warriors. "Having bested these deadly foes those who wielded this ancient power gathered together around the meteor, and sacrificed their lives in order to make sure that no such warriors could be born again. They would seal away the God of Order, making it impossible for the god to influence the world."
A dozen or so men circled the meteor, and bright light burst from their bodies and converged on the meteor. When the light faded, so did they, their bodies burned away by the power they had unleashed. "So the God of Order was left to wallow within the form given to him by his worshipers, a simple mask. Three thousand years later the first signs of the weakening of his prison appeared in the land known as Israel, as eight men fought bastions of the Christians and Muslims, and burned them away with their power. It was during those Crusades that the Knights of Order got their name."
"Flash forward again, to the year 2000. The prison has weakened to an even greater extent, and those who still worship the God of Order are given a vision of what they must do. So preparations begin, and within five years time their plans would come to fruition, releasing and giving form to their God. All that was needed to release him was some of the ancient power that had sealed him away previously."
This time it was a scene that most of them knew. The animated red robe, with mask intact that was Eikyuu before he gained full form stood over Drake, and lights shimmered around them. When the light faded, Drake was gone, and Eikyuu's body was solid. "And I think we're all caught up, don't you?"
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The group blinked in surprise as they found themselves suddenly back in the snowy surroundings of where their duel had been and was still going on. "Yes Eikyuu, your power that comes from the people who worship you, those people who have anger and hatred in their hearts. As much as you influence them, they influence you as well. Their rules are what give you power, they can control you, not the other way around. They just don't know it."
Dalin's glowing silver eyes seemed to touch Eikyuu's, and the god felt a sense of certainty that this mortal was correct in some way. "I know how it must be done, I know exactly what must happen. So I will do my part, and to do so I will have to unleash my true power against you! Next turn you will face all of my strength!"
Instantly Dalin snapped his hand of cards back open, and took one of them and shoved it into his cemetery slot. "I discard Holy Shine Sphere in order to gain one thousand life points!" Energy surged into his body, reinforcing his life points. (DLP: 5800)
Seeing that Dalin was once again ready to duel the others returned to their spaces, and watched his move continue. "It's time to complete my set of monsters! So I summon Seraphim Guardna(1000/2000) in attack mode, who instantly gains three hundred points for every angel in play!"
This new angel had a heavy looking shield in front of it, and looked dead serious. "It's time to begin! Seraphim Guardna(2600/3600), Seraphim Sabre(3200/3100), Seraphim Gunner(3400/2800), and Sol, Angel of Justice(2400/2400) will now all attack God of Necromancy!"
Seraphim Guardna hurled his shield like a boomerang, only to have a Holy Shine Sphere appear and be blown apart instead. Seraphim Gunner swung its blade and sent wave of holy energy at God of Necromancy that was blocked by a Ascended Man. Seraphim Gunner's shot was blocked as well as Sol's. "Necromantic Defense blocks each strike, dealing a total of twelve hundred damage." (DLP: 4600)
Dalin smirked and folded his arms over his chest. "My turn ends, leaving me with four angels in my cemetery. I believe that it is now Kirani's turn."
Kirani drew, and frowned at Eikyuu's field. She had no idea what to expect, but in the end she still had to try. "God of Necromancy is about to go down! I summon Gilford of Thunder(1800/400) in attack mode!"
Her warrior appeared and unsheathed his blade, instantly activating his effect. "Now I get to draw two new cards, one from the top of my deck and one from the bottom!"
She glanced at one of the two cards she had just drawn, and slid it into her duel disk. "I activate this special magic card, Crash of Thunder! During this turn you can't chain any magic or trap cards to the attack or summoning of a monster with 'Gilford' in its name."
Sparks flashed across Eikyuu's face down cards, preventing him from using them against her monsters. "Now that the way is cleared, it's time to go on the attack. Gilford the Lightning, attack God of Necromancy!"
Eikyuu's head titled to the side slightly in his signature form of a frown. God of Necromancy motioned to cracked ground beneath it, and a corpse form of one of Kirani's monsters appeared. It was cut in half, and bits of its flesh struck her. "Once again Necromantic Defense protects my monster." (KLP: 1600)
"It won't be protected any longer! My cemetery is now completely empty of monsters, so Gilford of Thunder is going to do what he does best: destroy monsters. Go Gilford, bring down God of Necromancy once and for all!" The smaller warrior charged forwards and jumped straight at the god.
Eikyuu simply stood there, unable to do anything as Kirani's monster slammed its blade into the chest of his god monster. Gilford of Thunder dragged the blade through God of Necromancy's chest, splitting it in half and blowing it apart. "And that's the end of your god monster!" (ELP: 10600)
"Your efforts will ultimately prove useless. In my next turn I may revive God of Necromancy by removing a monster from my cemetery. Since I have one remaining I may do so. Your turn is over I believe." Kirani grimaced at the god's cocky attitude, but realized that he was right.
"I'm done, you're right about that. But first I set one card face down. Now go ahead and do your worst, once you get the chance. Misuno, I hope you have a way up your sleeve to take down God of Might, because I've got nothing here." She directed a hopeful glance towards the spirit, but he only shook his head.
Kirani and Hikari frowned even as Misuno drew, and was sucked dry of some of his life points. Misuno gritted his teeth against the pain, no longer having his sister's card to fortify him against the decrease in life points. "Breath of Undeath drains my life points." (MLP: 3500)
"I can think of no way to defeat God of Might. Since divine monsters cannot be destroyed by most effects, and God of Might is always stronger than the monster it battles, it seems like an impossible monster to beat." He frowned, trying hard to come up with some way to defeat the deadly monster, but nothing was coming.
"Leave God of Might to me. I will deal with the power of that creature myself, with my true power." Misuno glanced over at Dalin, who returned the look with utter confidence. Somehow Misuno believed him, despite how impossible it seemed.
"Alright then, I will! First, since Dark Mimic LV1 is on my field I can send it to the cemetery in order to special summon Dark Mimic LV3(1000/1000) from my hand or deck to the field!" The demonic treasure chest mutated, becoming more fanciful and impressive as its power increased.
"When Dark Mimic LV3 is destroyed in battle I get to draw one card, but since I special summoned it with the effect of LV1 instead I'll get to draw two cards. So come and destroy my monsters, I dare you!" He snickered, knowing that despite the power of God of Might, it was still limited.
"I see the weakness of your god! Although it is powerful, it isn't unstoppable! It's attack points are always greater than whatever it battles by a difference of one thousand points, but that means it's one thousand stronger regardless of how powerful our monsters are. One billion or one thousand, it doesn't matter, you still can't exceed one thousand damage using that beast." Dalin nodded briefly, having seen the same thing himself earlier.
"Since attacking God of Might would be fruitless, even despite the relatively minor damage, I have little else I can do at the moment. So I end my turn with the simple move of setting one monster face down." A brown backed card appeared next to the treasure chest demon, and his turn was finished.
Misuno nodded to Takuya, who proceeded to draw his own card. Then his continuous magic card kicked in, and energy surged around his body. "Will of Knights now reinforces my life points with a combined total of one thousand life points since I have five knights in play!" (TLP: 1650)
The former Knight of Order stopped a mental command in mid-stride as he realized something. "The ancient power, that was the Hearts of Man right? Well, what exactly are the Hearts of Man, and how come certain people aren't affected by you?"
Dalin shook his head, frowning as he did so. "That was the one aspect that I was unable to determine. Right now the only person who could possibly answer that question would be Eikyuu."
Eikyuu stood silent for a moment, and then he spoke in his deep and somehow frightening voice. "In a time unrecorded by any human beings, there was no magic to speak of, none whatsoever. Magic as it can be called was the pure realm of high beings such as myself, those that would one day become known as gods. Or at least it was until one human being stumbled upon that power."
The god paused as if considering what to say, and then continued. "This human being unleashed upon himself the purest energies of magic, the most primal force of it. This energy became welled in this human's very soul, every particle of his being was suffused in it. This pure power of magic, the ultimate energy of lower beings like humans...became known as the True Heart of Man."
Eikyuu made a passing gesture with one gloved hand, and a glowing circle appeared above them. "Consider that this circle represents the True Heart of Man. This human was capable of virtually anything, he was a man that was a god, he was both man and god at the same time. As his lineage passed down, the power became diluted, breaking into aspects of mankind's self."
The circle began to fragment, turning into dozens of circles, then hundreds, multiplying until there were millions of motes of light. "Those that cannot feel my touch, those that are The Fallen, are those descended from the True Heart of Man or who are under one's protection. Only a small few of these descendants are capable of actually tapping this power and unleashing the Heart of Man from within themself. You are some of those capable of this."
The motes of light vanished, and Eikyuu turned to look at Takuya. "Does this explanation sufficiently satisfy you?" Takuya nodded, and shook his head, trying to wrap it around the concept that he was a descendent of the first human being to ever use magic.
"That makes sense I guess, and it'll certainly do. So I'll finish my turn up by having Knight on Six attack your life points directly!" The quick footed knight hurled a knife at the god, who simply stood and let it strike him. The knife collided with the god's mask, and bounced off. (ELP: 10200)
Hikari instantly drew, and held out her card. "Pot of Greed lets me draw two new cards!" She slipped two more off her deck and added them to her hand. She looked at the two new cards, and then took a different card from her hand and held it out with those two.
"I activate Polymerization, fusing together Berfomet and Gazelle into Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast(2100/1800)." The two-headed winged beast appeared on her field and roared with both of its heads. Sadly it was still no match for God of Might, since no monster could match it in direct combat.
"Now I'll sacrifice Chimera since it was a special summon. This will bring out Perseus, the Legendary Warrior(2600/2400) in attack mode!" A mighty looking warriors took Chimera's place, drawing his sword and flashing Hikari a rakish and confident smile.
"I'll activate an effect of his and special summon The Legendary Pegasus(2200/1400) from my hand to the field!" A beautiful white winged horse descended from the skies and landed next to Perseus. The warrior smiled and stroked its head, causing it to nuzzle up against him.
"Since that move emptied my hand and since I can't attack you, my turn is dead. That means at long last it's your turn again Eikyuu." The god held up his hand of cards, and two new ones appeared, giving him a total of three. Hikari frowned at the number, remembering her experience with it during the Trials.
"I remove my last monster from the cemetery to special summon God of Necromancy(1600/1600) to the field in attack mode." The half rotted monster clawed its way out of the ground once more, standing beside the spiked behemoth that was God of Might.
"Now, because I have a divine type on the field I am able to summon this monster. Come out Holy Sentinel(0/4000) in defense mode." A monster in the same blue armor as the Divine Soldier appeared, only it held a massive shield in front of it instead of wielding a sword like Divine Soldier did.
Blue bonds of energy began to surge through the three monsters and flow into Eikyuu's body. The group frowned as they watched the power build up and pulse through his continuous magic card. "Prayer Blessings grants me fifteen hundred life points." (ELP: 11500)
Eikyuu glanced at each of his four opponents in turn, and then finally settled his prismatic gaze on Kirani. "God of Might(3800) will attack Gilford the Lightning!"
The massive spiked god pointed its arm at the warrior and a rain of spikes shot straight out. Kirani grimaced and pressed a button on her duel disk, causing a spray of water to block the oncoming spikes. "Squall Barrier negates your attack and lets me add a monster with 'Gilford' in its name from my deck to my hand."
"You will be crushed underneath the power of my order, the power of god. By paying one thousand life points I can allow Holy Sentinel to attack even from defense mode using its defense points. Holy Sentinel will attack Gilford of Thunder." Kirani's eyes widened as the blue armored soldier hefted his shield and hurled it like a boomerang directly at her weaker monster. (ELP: 10500)
She say some of the others reach for their face down cards, but she waved them off. "I can handle this on my own, keep your cards to protect yourselves. Just watch! Activate trap, Soul of Gilford!"
Gilford the Lightning's eyes widened as he saw the shield heading straight for his younger companion. He immediately jumped in the way and the shield sliced across his middle and then swung back around to be caught by Holy Sentinel. "Thank you Gilford the Lightning, your death is not in vain."
Eikyuu shook his head in disdain, watching silently as Gilford the Lightning faded from the field. "Foolish girl, these monsters are not significant, regardless of their reality in the realm of darkness. Their deaths do not matter."
"That's just because you're a bastard who can't even begin to comprehend human emotion. You don't understand love or compassion or anything else that's good and pure. All you understand is Order and Purpose. And if I had to choose between a chaos that allows things like love, then I'd choose it any day over your mindless order!" Eikyuu's eyes darkened again at her comments, but this time he didn't lash out, knowing it would be useless in this realm.
"Explain your trap card. Why was Gilford the Lightning able to intercept the attack and yet no damage was dealt to you." Kirani held the trap card up so Eikyuu could see it even as she explained.
"Soul of Gilford lets me sacrifice Gilford the Lightning to negate one attack aimed at another Gilford on my field. Not only that, but I gain Gilford the Lightning's attack as life points. So he truly did save me." Energy rose up from Gilford's fading body and trickled into Kirani, restoring previously lost life points. (KLP: 4400)
Takuya grinned at seeing her life points shoot up like that. Although they were still behind Eikyuu in life points and he had general field control, it felt like they were catching up. "More moves like that and we can take Eikyuu down, I'm sure of it."
Dalin was still grim faced, but Misuno and Hikari both flashed Kirani congratulatory smiles for holding off Eikyuu as well as she had. So far their efforts at halting the god's assaults hadn't faired very well. "If you mortals are finished congratulating one another, my move shall continue."
Eikyuu held out one card and energy began to bubble up from it. The card itself vanished and was then instantly replaced by another blue backed card. "My magic card Grapes of Wrath allows me to add the continuous magic card Wrath of the Almighty from my deck to my hand. Wrath of the Almighty cannot enter my hand under any other circumstances."
They all frowned, not liking the sound of the card in the slightest. "I activate the continuous magic card Wrath of the Almighty. During my next turn it will allow me to pay one thousand life points for its special effect. Until that moment, my turn is ended."
All eyes now turned towards Dalin who had two fingers on the top card of his deck. "Prepare yourself Eikyuu, for in this turn my true strength will be revealed, and all of your defenses and your power will crumble! Now, I draw!"
The card slid off his deck, and he held it up above his head. Light shimmered around it, pulsing across the field. God of Necromancy, God of Might, and Holy Sentinel all inched backwards away from that bright light. "This is your fate Eikyuu, and this is my power. Behold my truest strength!"
He slammed the card down on his field, and everything was consumed by that holy golden light.
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Author's Notes: Next chapter Dalin unleashes his true power(duh) and Eikyuu responds with his own true strength. Prepare for a true clash of the titans in the next chapter of Shadowed Light of My Heart!
Review Response
G.O.T. Nick: Yep. And this is Eikyuu stuff now.
The White Mage: That other thing is in fact part of another of my stories.
WolfGeneral: And here's how they do against Eikyuu.
Time Mage: Segway into Duel That Spans The Dimensions actually, which eventually leads to Dimension Gate. If it makes you feel any better, Den of Thieves is also highly broken.
VoidTemplar: The dimension was indeed WolfGeneral's. That's the lead off to Drake's first duel with Rikuo.
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: Sol, Angel of Justice
Kirani: Gilford of Thunder, Crash of Thunder, Squall Barrier, Soul of Gilford
Takuya: Will of Knights, Knight on Six
Hikari: Perseus the Legendary Warrior, The Legendary Pegasus
Eikyuu: God of Necromancy, God of Might, Holy Sentinel, Prayer Blessings, Grapes of Wrath, Wrath of the Almighty
Anime Cards
Dalin: Seraphim Gunner, Seraphim Sabre, Seraphim Guardna
