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Legends of the Demon Duelist-Midnight Arc
Chapter 18: Power of the Soul Force Deck revealed
Eri's eyes opened. "I will not fall to your tricks!" An explosion of dark energy blew the mists away.
Scion's eyes widened. "What is this? The little girl wants to fight?" He smirked. "Then draw your last card."
Eri drew, the energy still roiling around her. "I summon Darkness Force-Recovery Girl!" (500/500) A short black-winged angel in black leather appeared on the field. "When I have no cards in play or in my hand this monster forces us to both draw until we have five cards in hand!" They both drew. "Now, let the real duel begin!"
Scion frowned. ("How did she recover?")
Eri fanned out her hand. "From my hand I activate the magic card Forced Shuffle! This card forces us both to shuffle our graveyards into our decks and our hands as well. Then we draw the same number of cards." Her deck shimmered and grew in size until it filled her whole deck slot. On her field the Recovery Girl disappeared. "All cards I have in play return to my deck as well."
The mist began to reform around both of them.
Eri fanned out her hand. "I set one card face-down and end my turn."
Scion drew. "I'll destroy you. Rikuo, attack her life points directly!"
Eri snapped her hand down at her set card. "Go Dark Force Seal!" A symbol appeared in the air in front of her. "This card activates when the only monsters in play are yours! All monsters in play are removed from play!"
Rikuo faded away into mist. Scion snarled and slid a card into his disk. "I set one card face-down and one monster face-down. End turn."
Eri drew. "I summon Darkness Force-Raven Blade (1800/600) in attack mode! Attack the set monster now!" A masked black-winged humanoid holding a black sword appeared in play and slashed through the set monster. "Also, I set two cards face-down. End turn."
Scion drew. "I summon Dream Chaser (2000/2000) in attack mode. This monster may not attack during the turn it is summoned and cannot be summoned unless Dream Land is in play." A strange rainbow-colored soldier appeared in play. "End turn."
Eri drew. "You're hoping to put me on the defensive? It's not going to happen! Go Darkness Force-Poison Piper (800/1500) in attack mode!" A woman in black leather holding a blow-gun appeared on the field. "I use its special ability to drain 800 attack points from Dream Chaser's original attack score!" She shoved a dart into the gun and fired it at the soldier. (1200/2000) "Raven Blade, Feather Slash!" The warrior flew across the field and passed through the other warrior like a phantom. Seconds later Dream Chaser exploded.
Scion- 3050
Eri- 650
Eri remembered what the effect of Dream Land did. "You cannot take damage…so I have to end my turn."
"Right." Scion drew. "I play the magic card Dream Switch. This card destroys one monster you have in play and lets me summon one Dream monster from my hand to the field." Both Raven Blade and Poison Piper exploded.
"How did you destroy both of my monsters?" Eri growled in surprise.
"The effect of the monster you destroyed before, Dream Sprite (300/200), lets me remove it from play while Dream Land is in play to activate one magic card I play two times." Scion slapped two cards down. "So I'll summon Dream Archer (1100/0) and Dream Angler (1700/1600) to finish you off!"
"Hold it!" Eri pointed at one of her set cards. "First Call of the Haunted will revive Poison Piper!" The woman reappeared on the field. "Then I activate my other set card! Go Darkfire Explosion!" Poison Piper smirked and the field exploded into flames. "I sacrifice my monster to destroy all face-up monsters in play with attack points more than her!"
Scion slammed a card down. "I'll still hold my own with a monster in defense and another card face-down. End turn."
Eri drew. "Don't worry about holding your own. By the time I'm done you'll be dead. Go Darkness Force-Crash Fighter (1500/1300) in attack mode!" A huge woman in black leather appeared on the field and slammed her fists together. "Crush the set monster now!" She leapt forward and punched into the set card, blowing it apart.
"How did you do that?" Scion frowned. "My monster had 1800 defense points."
"But only 1300 attack points. And when Crash Fighter battles with a monster its lowest score is applied to her highest score to determine who wins." Eri sneered. "End turn."
Scion drew. "I summon Dream Parasite (1100/200) to the field in attack mode." A phantasmal bug appeared on the field. "Attack her life points directly!" It flickered out of sight, and then appeared next to Eri to bite her neck. "This monster cannot deal life point damage. It instead equips to you. During each of your standby phases the top five cards of your deck are discarded. End turn."
Eri winced in pain at the teeth that continued to stay locked to her neck. "Draw!" Pain spiked up through her as the Parasite destroyed a part of that which was both her soul and her essence. "I…could attack…but it would do no good. End turn."
Scion drew. "All I have to do is sit back and let the Parasite drain you of your deck. End turn."
Eri drew…and screamed as the pain hit her in an even stronger wave. "Once again…end turn."
Scion drew. "I set one card face-down. End turn." Now he had three set cards, and with each one he possessed a different method of defending himself. Not that it mattered. As long as Dream Land was in play all life point damage to him was zero.
Eri drew and managed to stop herself from crying out in pain as the Parasite bit even harder. "End turn…."
Scion drew. "Just surrender. Even if you draw a card to remove the Parasite I'll still have nearly destroyed most of your deck. End turn."
Eri drew. "I'll never give up." Pain spiked up her left arm and it went numb. "End turn." A spark of extra pain came with this five card loss. And she realized why when she felt into her graveyard. ("Heavy Storm is in there…but that won't help me…") Her eyes widened as she looked at her hand. ("Then again…") A cold smile came across her face and she slid a card into her graveyard. "From my hand I activate the magic card Feather of the Dark Phoenix! By discarding one magic card from my hand I can take back one magic card from my graveyard!"
"So what? What card could you…" Scion went silent as he saw Eri's cold smirk. "What are you smiling about, brat?"
Eri's graveyard began to glow. "I offer Curse of the Shaman to take back Heavy Storm! Go now!" An explosion of wind tore through the mist. "All magic and trap cards in play will now be destroyed!" Dream Land exploded, as did Scion's three set cards and the Parasite. "Crash Fighter, now's your chance! Direct attack!" The amazon warrior leapt across the field and punched Scion right in the chest. "End turn!"
Scion- 1550
Eri- 650
Scion drew. "First I summon Dream Guardian (1100/1900) in defense mode." A stone statue of a sleeping man appeared on the field. "Now I play the magic card Sacrifice Down. This card lets me discard one card from my hand to lower the amount of monsters needed for an effect by one. So now I need to only sacrifice one monster to activate the effect of the Guardian!" The Statue exploded and the giant castle of Dream Land appeared in play. "End turn."
Eri drew. "Now that my deck isn't draining itself, I should be able to draw a card capable of taking you down. For now though I set one monster face-down and end my turn."
Scion drew. "Hmm…are you so certain? I activate the equipment magic card Sands of Sleep Control! Equip to Crash Fighter!" The giant woman turned and punched Eri's set card, revealing a little girl who cried out right before she exploded into dust. "As long as Dream Land is in play this monster obeys me. End turn."
Eri drew. "I'm tired of this game. I summon Darkness Force-Command Mistress (1800/1300) in attack mode!" A woman in black leather, lipstick and boots with a whip in one hand appeared on the field. "Attack Crash Fighter!"
"Are you foolish? Your own monster's special effect will kill you." Scion pointed at Crash Fighter. "Fight back!"
Eri smirked. "Are you so sure? Command Mistress switches the mode of whatever monster she attacks." Crash Fighter dropped to one knee right before the whip slammed across her face and she exploded into dust. "End turn."
Scion drew. "I activate Monster Reborn!" Dream Parasite reappeared on the field. "Attack directly!" It appeared next to Eri and bit her neck. "End turn!"
Eri paled and drew, feeling that familiar tingle of pain as the bug drained away more of her essence. ("My deck is nearing empty…") "I set one monster face-down and end my turn."
Scion drew. Looking at the drawn card, he smirked. "Child, let me remind you of hell! Go Gate of Nightmares!"
Eri's eyes widened. ("No…") Her set monster and Command Mistress exploded as a huge black stone gate shot up out of the ground behind Scion.
Scion pointed to the open gateway. "Let your nightmare emerge!" Nothing happened. "What?"
"The effect of Gate of Nightmares lets you summon a copy of one monster that has been removed from play. After that the monster card is permanently destroyed. Hence there are no cards for you to copy!" Eri winked cutely. "And on that note, I no longer have a fear. I am no longer afraid!"
Scion frowned. "End turn."
Eri closed her eyes, and a phantom version of Rikuo appeared in front of her. ("Yes…my father. I shall save you and show you what I have achieved. But first…") She drew. And as she looked at the drawn card her lips lifted up. "It's time to end your dreams of winning! I summon Darkness Force-Storm Master!" (1700/700) A man in black armor holding a pair of wands appeared in play. "Now for a magic card, Dark Wing Burst. This card will activate when a Darkness Force monster is in play. All magic and trap cards will be destroyed at the cost of my battle phase!" A storm of black air slammed into Dream Land and blew it apart.
Scion barely reacted. "Therefore you cannot attack my life points."
Eri smirked. "I'm far from done. Monster Reborn activates!" Poison Piper reappeared on the field. "These two monsters will finish you off."
"How? You can't attack."
"Attack or not….this move will make Ichigo proud!" Eri snapped her last card up. "Polymerization!" Both of her monsters were sucked into a vortex of energy. "Emerge…Darkness Force-Poison Storm!" (1500/500) A woman surrounded by a cloud of dark smoke appeared on the field. "This monster's special ability allows me to once per turn, at the cost of my battle phase, deal her attack in damage to your life points!" A spear of black smoke flew from Poison Storm that hit Scion in the chest.
Scion- 50
Eri- 650
Scion stumbled. "I still have my life points!"
"No, you don't!" A card shot out of Eri's graveyard. "I activate the effect of Darkness Force-Poison Piper! By removing this card from my graveyard I can deal you 500 life points of damage!" A dart flew from the card and stabbed right into his neck. "Welcome to my dream."
Scion- 0
Eri- 650
Davis poked Eri a couple more times. "Hey, stand up already."
Eri's eyes slowly opened and she stood up just in time to get glomped by Alahandra. "I was so worried about you Eri! I thought that mean man was going to hurt you!"
The demoness sighed. "I think I'd have preferred that to having you hang off of me."
Midnight frowned. "Another deck that is immune to the Eternal Death power? This is becoming a problem…" He snapped his fingers. "Speaker, come to me."
A shadowed form appeared in front of him. "Yes master?"
"You are the most adept at infiltrating the human society. Go make sure those children do not get a chance to return here."
"As you wish milord." The form bowed and disappeared.
To be continued…
What? Davis works for the Shadow Corporation? Oh man…this is the last thing we need. Huh? They're going to help us stop Midnight? Then what's the point of going to carnival? It serves no purpose!
Next Episode: Clowns and Scorpions, Animals and Dragons, and much more!
To Hogwarts-Knight: Stop asking rhetorical questions that you know I'll never answer.
To Raine Vindicare: Sure, you can use those cards if you want.
