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Legends of the Demon Duelist-Midnight Arc
Chapter 29: The Bringer of Ragnarok and the new Rikuo
Rikuo's eyes met the Pharaoh's through the burning bonfire of aura. "The Ultimate Fenrir…the Ultimate Rikuo…you'll see them in a moment…so make whatever prayers you want to Horakti…it won't matter. You and it are lunch…" And then the aura consumed him.
Atem had to brace himself as a wave of energy pushed against him. It was so powerful that he was nearly sent flying away to the back wall by it. ("What is this power? Is this the strength of someone who combines themselves with a God Card?")
The bonfire of black and red energy thrashed as if it was in pain. A dark roar of anger erupted from within it and sent cracks along the room.
The pharaoh's eyes opened slightly, nearly completely blinded against the winds coming from the aura. And what he saw sent tingles of fear down his spine.
A single crimson red eye stood in the flaming aura, and a set of shimmering white teeth contrasted against it. Drool pooled underneath the jaws and the eye looked upon Atem like he was marked to die.
("What's this I feel? It can't be feared…this is only a Duel Monster. I can control it…") Atem stepped back. Horakti didn't move an inch.
The jaws swept back and howled, the fire building up in strength. It nearly swallowed the whole room. ("I can feel it! The strength…the strength of true divinity…the power I've been searching for! I can slay them all…I can consume them all…") An ecstatic howl blew the fire away, leaving a glittering form standing proudly against the Creator of Light. And at its paws stood another form…a different form…a darker form. "Pharaoh…face our wrath. Fenrir; Bringer of Ragnarok." (10000/10000)
Fenrir was covered from head to paw in black steel armor, looking almost like a machine now. But something about it said that it was alive…maybe the eyes, maybe the fact that it was drooling in hunger. Its transformation left it hungry…hungry for something.
Rikuo's hair, which now went down to the ground and was streaked red, barely moved in the winds that Fenrir brought with it. "Let me ask you something, Pharaoh. Are you ready to be consumed? Are you ready to feed us?" The wolf avatar's eyes opened, revealing blood-red slotted irises. "I will tell you this now…death is coming. And death has a name…it is Fenrir." The Wolf God howled once more, while Rikuo drew. "I choose to pay 1000 life points to keep Shield of Revealing Light in effect. End turn."
Atem wiped a few beads of sweat away from his forehead. "Draw!" He didn't even look at the card. "You forget, passive barriers cannot stop an instant win attack! Go Horakti, Light of Creation!" The God lifted its hands together and light filled the room. "This is the end for you!"
Rikuo sneered darkly. "Dark Cancel!" Fenrir roared and sent Horakti crashing into the wall of the chamber, shattering the stone instantly. "While Bringer of Ragnarok is in play, you cannot win the game through instant win effects. As such, Horakti is now a useless monster. Its attack strength isn't actually a number…instead it is a concept. And in the eyes of Fenrir, concepts are pointless." (Horakti's translated attack power: 0)
"That must he Fenrir's only power…such abilities are unheard of. Even the gods have limits, and you know it!" Atem pointed at Rikuo. "So don't get so smug yet. I play De-Fusion, breaking Horakti down into Obelisk, Osiris and Ra!" The mighty divine being dissipated, returning to its three original pieces. Each of the Egyptian God Cards roared at Fenrir, and the Wolf God barely noticed them. Its eyes were looking right at the Pharaoh. ("What's it looking at?")
Rikuo smiled slightly. "The turn is still yours…so what are you waiting for Pharaoh? I'm sure you have a card that can defeat Fenrir right now…"
Atem snapped up the drawn card. "Coins from Heaven forces us both to draw until we are holding six cards!" As they drew, the Pharaoh looked up at the three divine beasts on his field. ("Fenrir's only effect must be the ability to cancel instant wins…so therefore I can still defeat him. This deck uses strategies to power the effects of each of the God Cards in my deck. I'll try to use Osiris first.") "I activate the continuous magic card Limitless Hand! Now there is no limit to the number of cards we can hold! Also, I play the shadow magic card Divine Right of Will! For every Divine Beast I have in play I can draw three cards!" He drew nine cards. "Osiris now has more attack points than Fenrir!" (13000/13000)
Rikuo shrugged his shoulders. "And so what?"
"Don't be so nonchalant! From here on out I use my full power!" Atem snapped up a card. "Horakti's Peaceful Chant is another shadow magic card, which lets me negate and destroy all magic and traps you play this turn from any location!" (12000/12000) "Osiris, Thunder Force!" Lightning crackled along the dragon god's jaws. "Annihilate the Destroyer, since his Shield of Revealing Light cannot be used!" The bolt left its jaws and hurtled towards Fenrir.
Rikuo snickered. "Bringer of Ragnarok negates all attacks that are stronger than its own."
Atem smirked. "I activate the quickplay magic card Negate the Negation, shutting down such a defense!"
Fenrir snapped its tail around and batted the Thunder Force away.
"What?" Atem's eyes snapped open. "That…but my card…"
Rikuo spoke as though Atem wasn't even there. "Bringer of Ragnarok's third special ability is that its will is law. Nothing can alter or negate its effects."
"How many abilities does this monstrosity have?" The Pharaoh looked down at his hand. "Well?"
Rikuo silently took the card off of his disk and threw it across the field. "Take a look."
Catching the card, Atem looked at the text…and paled. "What?"
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"That's…impossible…" Halo could barely hear himself over the cracking noises that accompanied his dragon's destruction. "The Children of Bahamut are immune to the effects of all opponent cards…"
"Except this effect. When activating the Seal Limit effect of a Child of Bahamut, it normally means instant victory for the user of that effect. However, there is a small restriction to the ability. If the opponent has a Child of Bahamut in play, then the instant win effect is negated and the Child is destroyed instead. Be content knowing that Kifunsuiryu sacrificed itself to protect your pitiful life. Since I can't attack during the turn Limit Seal abilities are activated, I end my turn." Midnight crossed his arms across his chest. ("Thanks to my knowledge of the true power of the Children of Bahamut, I shall win.")
Halo looked down at his deck and then drew. Holding the card away from him, he glared right into the eyes of his enemy. "Midnight, I am the enforcer of this game. And I will stop the Children of Bahamut with my own true power…the power of calculation." He flipped the card right up to his eyes and a cold smile graced his face. "You lose."
"What?" Midnight sneered. "Would you like to rephrase that ridiculous statement?"
"No." Halo pointed at his set card. "Activate now, Crossed Brethren!" As the trap flipped up the sky began to shimmer. "And thanks to that power, I can special summon the opposite of Hakabasenritsuryu!" A strange screech that sounded like gears turning shook the sky. "And what counters death?"
"Life? That dragon has already…"
"Time, you fool." Halo pointed up into the sky. "Time Weaver Dragon; Jikanshokkouryu (4300/3000) is called to the field!" A crystalline cocoon slowly lowered down onto the field. From within it something began to stir. "Midnight, I cannot allow you to wield these dragons…and as such I will awaken the dragon that has been placed into my care by Bahamut!"
The cocoon exploded into dust and butterfly-like crystal wings spread out. The almost insect-like form of the Time Dragon emerged, still making clock-like noises. "Once per turn I can revert my field back to how it was at any point in the duel! Return now, Kifunsuiryu!" The giant demon dragon appeared alongside its brother, howling into the sky.
"You fool, Kifunsuiryu cannot defeat me so easily…" Midnight wiped a drop of sweat off of his head. "I'll crush it…and the other one…"
"You won't get the chance! I activate the magic card Mind Drain!" Halo removed his whole deck from his slot and slid it into his graveyard. "Normally this is a suicide card, because all it does is sent my whole deck into the graveyard. At the end of the turn all of those cards will be placed in the seal pile, which, unlike the removed from play pile, cannot be accessed through any means. However…" Kifunsuiryu roared.
"Idiot…from my graveyard I activate Gathered Boost!" Midnight snickered as energy ran along Hakabasenritsuryu's body. "The attack boost Kifunsuiryu gets from your whole deck being in your graveyard is negated and given to my dragon instead! That means you just killed yourself!"
Halo looked up at Kifunsuiryu. "Begin the Limit Seal ability."
"What?" Midnight's eyes widened. "But…"
"You should know that when there are forty or more cards in my graveyard, Kifunsuiryu's true special ability are awakened. It will now end this duel with me the winner, regardless of what you have in play. In other words…you've lost." Kifunsuiryu began to surround itself with hell-red flames, and it started to spin in the air, turning into a burning pinwheel. "Prepare yourself for the end!"
Midnight snarled in pure anger. ("I…I'll…")
("You'll what, mortal?")
Rikuo's face paled. ("You…you…")
("I could have read your thoughts at any time, but why spoil my fun?") Halo pointed at Midnight. "Hell Pile-driver!"
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Atem stared in confusion at the card text. There were so many lines…thousands of them. ("I can't read the lettering…it's too small…")
"Fenrir; Bringer of Ragnarok has 100 effects." Rikuo spoke this matter-of-factly. "And as such only my eyes can read the text. However, there is only one method in existence to defeat Fenrir now, and that method is through one card. That card is the only way to kill the true God Card…" The Wolf Avatar opened his cold eyes and looked upon the Pharaoh. "I do not know the contents of your deck, and as such I cannot be sure whether that single card is in your possession. If it is and you draw it, this duel ends. Otherwise, death is the only thing that awaits you. Surrender Pharaoh, and show me how to save my daughter."
Atem looked at Rikuo. "The only way to defeat the undefeatable is to kill the master! I activate the shadow magic card God Hand Crusher! Obelisk will now deal you 4000 points of damage!" The blue god snapped back one arm, energy arching along that limb. "God Hand Impact!" It sent the fist hurtling towards Rikuo…
"Idiot." Rikuo stepped back and Fenrir bit off Obelisk's arm, tearing the limb away almost casually. "Bringer of Ragnarok's fourth special ability makes me immune to damage while it is in play, and if something would deal me a killing blow that monster is destroyed instead."
Obelisk roared in pain and stumbled back to Atem's field, right before it exploded. The Pharaoh slammed a card into his disk. "I activate the magic card God Breath Cannon! Now Ra will keep attacking until all of yours monsters are gone! Also, because I have ten cards in my hand Osiris has 10000 attack points!" The red dragon god disappeared. "I sacrifice it to Ra!" (10000/10000) "So now our two monsters will suicide! You didn't consider that, did you? God Breath Cannon!" The golden dragon opened its jaws and shot a blast of fire at the Wolf God.
Rikuo looked at the approaching fireball…and yawned. "You're such a bore." Fenrir opened its jaw and like a black hole, sucked up the fireball. "When Fenrir is attacked by a monster of equal attack power, it absorbs the attack power of that monster and leaves it destroyed." (20000/20000) Fenrir's jaws stretched open fully. "Black God Inferno Cannon!" An explosion of fire left its muzzle and disintegrated Ra instantly. "You've lost Pharaoh." Fenrir howled its victory. "All three of the Egyptian God Cards have been destroyed."
Atem looked up at the jaws…and smiled weakly. "So it's true…the powers that be knew about Fenrir…they knew about its strength…" He chuckled. "I submit. The duel is over."
DUEL END- WINNER RIKUO
Even though the holographic cards disappeared, Fenrir remained in play.
Atem walked towards Rikuo…but stopped at the look he was given. "Your daughter can be saved through the effect of the dragon Ichigo has just summoned to his field. I will allow you to tell him this…"
Rikuo closed his eyes and felt Fenrir's agitation. It wanted to consume the Pharaoh right now. ("No…we will not be evil. Your hunger is sated…I know it is.") When he felt no response, Fenrir faded away into mist and Rikuo's body returned to normal. "Do it."
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The burning pinwheel that was Kifunsuiryu had reached speeds of nearly super-sonic. "This duel is done! Hell Pile-driver!" Hakabasenritsuryu was surrounded by the pinwheel and instantly entrapped. The burning fire-wheel pulled it high into the air, sending the graveyard dragon into an out of control spin as the wheel turned into a tornado of flame. "For your insolence Midnight, I will kill you through this blow!"
("Stop.")
Halo froze…and glanced around him in confusion. ("Who in the…")
("Who do you think, whelp?")
("What do you want? Shouldn't you be spending eternity trapped in darkness until I free you, weakling?")
("……I'll let that slide…because you can save Eri.")
Ichigo instantly shoved Halo away from the fore-front of the mind. ("How?")
("Jikanshokkouryu's special ability can affect time, right? Well then use it right now to return Eri to life.")
("I can't do that…we've already used the effect to revive Kifunsuiryu…and it can only be used once per turn…")
("Stupid fool…I know what he speaks of.") Halo literally trapped Ichigo in the back of their mind, and pointed at Jikanshokkouryu. "Dragon of Time, I order you to reach into the depths and retrieve the one called Erika Amero right before she died. Do so right now…"
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Rikuo sneered darkly. "You dared to challenge me, little girl. I alone could destroy you and your Soul Force Deck…but with the Graveyard Melody Dragon…you were dead before this duel began! Underworld Flames!" The monster unleashed a burst of fire that rolled over Eri's body like a wave.
The demoness screamed and dropped to her knees. "No…I am to be a legend…" And yet as the fire burned, she felt something wrap around her. It was cool…like a morning mist.
"No, you are to be dead." As the fire cleared all that was left was scorch-marks.
Rikuo- 4000
Eri- 0
Rikuo sneered as the dragon disappeared. "Good-bye, my daughter." His body disappeared into the mist. "Now for the boy…"
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Eri gasped in surprise as she dropped into a pair of arms. ("I'm alive…")
Halo dropped her to the ground without a thought. "Hell Pile-driver! Finish it now!"
Kifunsuiryu screeched and the fire that held Hakabasenritsuryu in place reversed directions, sending it hurtling towards the ground.
"I cannot be overcome…not like this…" Midnight felt sweat beading across his forehead. "No…you cannot…"
"Shut up." Halo watched as the Graveyard Melody Dragon was dropped right onto its previous master. "Perhaps if you can actually learn some strategy I'll treat you like more than a bug."
SEAL LIMIT VICTORY-HALO WINS
Eri stood up slowly…just in time to feel two pairs of arms hug her tightly. ("Did I miss something?")
To be continued…
Well…now we have four of the Children of Bahamut in our possession. So now we need to figure out how to get the last two before Midnight does. And how did Rikuo return from the darkness realm anyway?
Next Episode: A history lesson part 1
To Star AJT: Hey, notice how the duel lasted like three turns? Well Rikuo's duel was longer and more important, since he alone isn't as powerful as Halo is.
To Wolfy: Midnight can die, but if you kill him then you'll have to face Bringer of Ragnarok.
To The Obsessive Zero Fan: I don't normally refer to Duel Monsters by their gender.
To Lucien Shadow Master: That might be true…you never know with Ryu.
