"Darkness Absolute"
By: Von Stupor
Chapter 12
"Great sparkling cheese monkeys!" Von Stupor shrieked aloud in pure shock. "Did I screw us over that much!"
"Baron Von Stupor, you did not know!" Yami scolded him. "None of this is your fault."
Von Stupor twiddled his thumb as Dolimus drew his next card.
As the field stood, Baron Von Stupor had a Dark Blade with him, and Yami had Gemini Elf, Witch of the Black Forest, and a defense position Mystical Elf. Serban had two Writhing Bone Ghouls and three Wandering Braineaters while Dolimus had a Berserk Gorilla and Double Coston.
"Next, I'll summon a second Berserk Gorilla to the field! As per his effect, any Berserk Gorillas must attack any time possible, therefore, I'll first use it to attack your Dark Blade!"
Von Stupor's black knight took a full swing at the gorilla and was squashed like a tin can under the ape's mighty forearm.
"Next, I'll use my second Berserk Gorilla and Double Coston to attack your shields directly!"
The two wisps that were the Double Coston sent a beam of energy at one of Von Stupor's shields while the giant monkey slapped away a second.
Dolimus ending his turn, Serban drew a card.
"I will set a Writhing Bone Ghoul as mana and use my two on the field to attack your shields, Baron Von Stupor," announced Serban.
The two hellions loosed their demonic auras at Von Stupor's shields, sending them back to his hand and leaving one remaining.
Von Stupor has taken some mighty blows in one turn, Yami thought to himself, drawing his next card. I must find a way to protect him somehow! "Now I shall play 'Snatch Steal' on Dolimus's Berserk Gorilla, and sacrifice it, along with my Witch of the Black Forest to tribute summon the Dark Magician!"
Upon the two monsters vanishing came the mighty sorcerer of darkness.
"Now, I'll bring a monster with a defense of 1200 or less to my hand from my deck as per my witch's effect, then play 'Graceful Charity'. I may now draw three cards and discard two from my hand. I'll set one M/T and use my Dark Magician to attack Serban's Wandering Braineater!"
The Dark Magician charged up a mighty blast and smote the disgusting creature on Serban's side of the field.
Dolimus narrowed his eyebrows.
"'Tis my turn!" announced Von Stupor, drawing a card. "…And now, 'tis time for me to redeem myself! I shall summon Senju of the Thousand Hands— WHOOP! He's got an effect! He allows me to bring a ritual monster card from my deck to my hand and because of this…"
Von Stupor nervously dropped his card and juggled it in midair, catching it in a swift clap.
"Eh… because of this, I play a second 'Black Illusion Ritual'!"
"Two of those cretins!" cried Serban in frustration.
"Wa ha! I shall discard Zombyra the Dark from my hand to special summon Relinquished! Next, I shall absorb Dolimus's Berserk Gorilla, and use my newly acquired fuel to attack his Double Coston, smiting two monsters with one ritual!"
Relinquished inhaled the gorilla, who managed to smack its eyeball on the way into its torso. It vented its anger out on the Double Coston, shooting a more powerful blast than usual, and exploding the twin flames to bits.
With a slight frown on his face, Dolimus's eyes brightened with his next card.
"I'll summon the Tribe-Infecting Virus!" he announced. "This monster's special ability allows me to discard one card from my hand to declare one monster type, and all monsters of my declared type are destroyed on both sides of the field!"
In front of him, a swirling spiral of blue disease appeared and hovered.
"Discarding Jinzo from my hand, I'll choose to destroy all Spellcaster-type monsters!"
The virus launched a blue powder into the air, and as it sprinkled down, all Spellcaster-type monsters crumpled over instantly and died.
"Oh, no!" cried Yami as not only did Von Stupor's Relinquished die, so did his Gemini Elf, Dark Magician, and Mystical Elf, leaving either partner completely and utterly defenseless, save Von Stupor's Senju of the Thousand Hands.
"Next," continued the young vampire. "I will use my Tribe-Infecting Virus to attack Senju!"
"Not quite!" countered Von Stupor, having a trick up his sleeve. "I'll activate my trap, 'Skull Lair'! By removing a number of cards in my graveyard equal to the level on a monster, I can destroy the respective monster! Therefore, I shall destroy every monster on yours and Serban's sides of the field! After all, I believe I've conducted quite the library."
The Skull Lair's gates rose between the opposing teams and one by one, zapped every monster on Dolimus and Serban's sides of the field, felling them all.
"I'll show you!" promised Serban. "I'll set a 'Dark Reversal' as mana and tap both to play my spell card, 'Dark Reversal'! This allows me to take one monster card from my graveyard and place it into my hand. That ends my turn."
"I draw," said Yami. "I'll play 'Graceful Charity', which allows me to draw three cards and discard two… and then I shall summon once more, the Gemini Elf! I shall use her to attack Dolimus's shields directly!"
They launched a dual attack, hitting the shield in unison, sending it flying back to Dolimus's hand.
"Finally, a first hit was struck on me," he mocked.
"'Tis not all, Dolimus!" commented Von Stupor. "I shall summon another La Jinn, and use him to attack your shields directly!"
The genie said a slight incantation and sent a magical bolt flying through Dolimus's shield, sending it to his hand.
"And now, my Senju, attack Serban's open shield as well!"
Senju, with its mighty thousand hands, swatted Serban's third shield, shattering it and returning it to his hand.
"I draw," said Dolimus, ignoring the second strike against his shields. "I'll first play 'Hammer Shot', which destroys an opponent's monster with the highest attack, which would be Yami's Gemini Elf!"
A huge fireball came down on top of the pair's heads, leaving charred remains.
"Next, I'll summon another Berserk Gorilla, and use it to attack Yami's shields directly!"
The ape, after tripping and stumbling, ran over to Yami's shields and shattered one of them with a giant punch. It straightened its bright red necktie and returned to its place in front of Dolimus's shields.
"Familiar…" murmured Von Stupor to himself. "…Meh."
"I'll draw, and set one 'Lost Soul' spell card as mana," Serban continued. "and I'll tap three to summon my Gray Balloon, Shadow of Greed once more. That shall end my turn."
Yami simply set one monster and ended his turn.
Von Stupor set one M/T, a monster, and passed his turn as well.
"I draw and use the Berserk Gorilla to attack Yami's set monster!" commanded Dolimus.
The gorilla thundered over to the card and was warped into another Cyber Jar.
"Surprise!" spouted Yami. "Now we can all have another fresh start, hopefully not one as disadvantageous as last time."
Dolimus managed to special summon Breaker the Magical Warrior, Yami brought forward Alpha, Beta, and Gamma the Magnet Warriors, and Serban pulled out Marrow Ooze, the Twister and a second and third Gray Balloon, Shadow of Greed. Von Stupor regrettably didn't receive a single monster.
"Since this is still my battle phase, I'll use Breaker to attack Von Stupor's final shield!" Dolimus declared.
Breaker charged up his staff and threw a ball of energy at Von Stupor's remaining shield, destroying it and sending it back to his hand.
"I would suggest you be careful, Von Stupor," Dolimus commented. "One more direct attack and you'll lose the game."
"He is unfortunate, as I am about to do that right now," said Serban. "First, I'll set Snake Attack as mana and tap two of them to summon the Bone Piercer, with a power level of 1000. Now, I shall use my Gray Balloon, Shadow of Greed to finish you off, Good Sir Baron!"
"I respect your respect," commented Von Stupor. "but not your dignity, for you have forgotten my Skull Lair trap card! I shall remove enough cards from my graveyard to destroy both your gray balloon and bone piercer!"
"I know of your trap card, young pup. I just wonder how many cards you have left in your graveyard? I cannot imagine that you would have many left by now, and with my reusable mana, you simply cannot hold me off forever.
"I draw!" Yami cut in. "I'll use Alpha the Magnet Warrior to attack Bone Piercer, Beta the Magnet Warrior to attack Marrow Ooze, the Twister, and Gamma the Magnet Warrior to attack your shields directly!"
Alpha sliced his creature's head off while Beta sent a lethal electric pulse through the Marrow Ooze. Gamma finished off by cutting its sword clean through Serban's shield leaving him with one left.
Von Stupor nervously set one monster and ended his turn.
"I draw," said Dolimus. "First, I'll play 'Nobleman of Crossout' on your face down card, Von Stupor."
The knight appeared once more, but this time was able to successfully take his sword and crush the face down card in front of him. He picked the Nimble Momonga's carcass out from inside and carried it away as he fazed out.
"Now I would attack and finish you off, Von Stupor but my faith is better placed in defense. Therefore, I'll sacrifice Breaker to tribute set one monster and end my turn."
Drawing, Serban spoke, "I'll set the Terror Pit spell card as mana and tap two to summon the Bone Piercer. End turn."
Yami's eyes lit up as he spoke out loud.
"This is it!" he cried. "This duel is about to end very soon, for I'll sacrifice my three monsters, Alpha, Beta, and Gamma, to summon the mighty Slifer the Sky Dragon!"
The three magnet warriors fazed out and the entire top of the mansion ripped off in a mighty gust of wind. Then out of the heavens descended a mighty flying dragon. All around it could feel its awesome aura as the divine beast loosed an earthy growl.
Dolimus fell backward in fear, hardly able to speak.
"You… y… no… this can't be!" he sputtered incomprehensibly, his eyes wide with terror.
Serban stared in excitement at the awesome creature from beyond.
Baron Von Stupor shook his butt at the competition, and poorly recreated the scooby shuffle.
"That's correct," shouted Yami at the opposing team. "My monster is not destroyed by either magic, trap, or monster card effects, and his attack and defense are equal to the number of cards in my hand times 1000! That brings his attack and defense total to a grand 8000! Not to mention his second effect, where any summoned or special summoned creature is dealt 2000 damage by Slifer's second mouth, therefore if it cannot equal or best it, the monster is destroyed! Now, my dragon! Attack Breaker the Magical Warrior!"
The dragon reached its paw down and flicked the whelp away effortlessly.
"I shall set one M/T and discard two cards from my hand, as it has grown too large," mentioned Von Stupor.
Drawing his next card, Dolimus's face went straight.
"Here is a card that can help me," he remarked coolly. "First, I'll play 'Monster Reborn' to revive my fallen Zoa from earlier in the game!"
Dolimus's Zoa leapt from the ankh symbol above his head and landed on the ground with a thud. Slifer's second mouth charged a blast of energy and fired it at the creature, and was easily swatted away.
"Now, I'll activate 'Metalmorph', and equip it to Zoa! This not only increases its attack by 300, but it will also add half of my target's attack points to Zoa's when I… attack…"
"That's right, Dolimus," said Yami with a smirk. "Even 'Metalmorph' can't overcome Slifer's power. You're still short by over 1000 points."
"Fine then," he said with a frown. "Either way, I'll sacrifice my Zoa, equipped with 'Metalmorph', to special summon Metalzoa from my deck!"
Within moments, the new armor on Zoa began to have an effect. It crumpled over, and then shrieked as it evolved into the more mechanical atrocity, Metalzoa.
"Now I'll use my Metalzoa to attack Von Stupor directly to finish him off!"
"Not before I use my 'Waboku' to reduce your damage to zero!" countered the masked duelist.
Metalzoa leapt into the air, but came down on top of the first of three priestesses. It ripped her head off and swatted another across the room with its tail. Popping the head into its mouth and chewing, it chased the third down and impaled her with his fingers through her back. It threw her lifeless corpse across the room and all three vanished.
"The duel is becoming too close… and I believe I shall have the perfect grip on the situation, I just need a little longer…" observed Serban while drawing his card. "I'll set 'Snake Attack' as mana and tap two to summon the Bone Piercer. That will end my turn."
"I draw, and order Slifer to attack Metalzoa!" announced Yami.
Slifer opened its mouth and charged a ball of energy. Metalzoa aggressively leapt up toward Slifer, attempting to strike and Slifer loosed its mighty burst on it. Metalzoa was incinerated in the attack and the force knocked all four duelists backward toward the wall.
"I'll set two M/T cards and end my turn," groaned Yami after recovering.
"I draw, and activate 'Call of the Haunted' to summon Sangan!" said Von Stupor.
A grave rose out from the floor and in front of it crawled Sangan from underneath the wood.
"Now I shall play 'Black Illusion Ritual' and sacrifice my Sangan to ritual summon my third Relinquished!"
As Relinquished again came to the field, Serban became irked.
"I grow weary of seeing that accursed monster!" he complained.
"Ha ha ha ha… I get that a lot, you know?" giggled Von Stupor in reply. "Now, since ritual summons are special summons, I shall now also summon 'The Dark- Hex-Sealed Fusion!'"
A putrid ball of pulsating membrane entered the field. It had either worms or tendrils sticking out of it in all directions.
"Now, I absorb one of your Bone Piercers and attack your second with the Hex-Sealed Fusion!"
Relinquished inhaled the creature with no effort as the ball of membrane shot a glob of acidic ooze at its doppelganger.
"Now, my Relinquished, attack Serban's final shield!"
Relinquished shot an Absorption blast attack straight at Serban's final shield, torching it right back to his hand. He merely chuckled.
"And now, my next turn begins! I'll start by playing 'Change of Heart' on your Relinquished, Von Stupor!" said Dolimus.
"What? You…" muttered Von Stupor, shaking his fist at Dolimus.
"Now I'll use it with my set monster to tribute summon another Zoa, and with it I'll attack your Dark Hex-Sealed Fusion!"
The beast, upon materialization, scrambled over to the ball of mush and shoved it into his mouth, biting down. After a moment, he made a disgusted face and spat the grotesque being back out onto the floor and stomped on it, leaving the floorboards cracked and split beneath.
"The time has come, Yami!" proclaimed Serban. "The time has come where your god card is useless against me! I shall set my Wailing Shadow Belbetphlo creature card as mana and tap all seven to summon my strongest creature! Come forth, Deathliger, Lion of Chaos!"
The skies then darkened further as out of a vortex came a humanoid black colored lion. It had energy surging all throughout its body, and could be felt on all sides of the room. It stared up at Slifer and gave a cocky laugh.
"Deathliger?" Yami wondered. "What can it do…?"
"Your Slifer the Sky Dragon currently has 8000 attack points, and can only have up to 8000 because the rules of Duel Masters mandate that you cannot have more than eight cards in your hand during your end phase of your turn! However, my Deathliger's power level is at a set 9000. On my next turn, Slifer is going to be history!"
Yami's eye twitched at the sound of Deathliger's power level. He had always known Duel Masters cards to be grossly overpowered compared to Duel Monsters, but never had he witnessed something so mighty.
"Your turn to draw, King of Games, if you are feeling brave enough to take on my lion."
Yami drew, and ordered Slifer to attack Dolimus's Zoa. Slifer quickly finished the task, this time stomping Zoa into the ground and creating a crater in the floor and Skull Lair itself.
Von Stupor set a monster and passed his turn and Dolimus followed his lead, save setting an M/T card instead.
"Ha ha ha ha!" cackled Serban. Dolimus flinched at the sound of his father's wailing laughter. "Here it is, King of Games! Your chances of victory are over! I'll set 'Wailing Shadow Belbetphlo' as mana and tap six to summon Zagaan, Knight of Darkness! Now, Deathliger, attack Yami's Slifer the Sky Dragon, and prove who the real god is!"
Deathliger pulled a sword out of a scabbard on its back and jumped up at Slifer. The dragon prepared a blast, but Deathliger not only shot through it and into his mouth, but soared clear through its head, puncturing its brain and exiting through its skull. The dragon fell instantly, fading into nothing before hitting the house.
With Slifer gone… and all of our decks exhausted of moves, thought Yami to himself. How can we possibly stand up to something like that?
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Can a monster so mighty be defeated in the game of Duel Monsters! Find out in the next chapter! By the way, I have one more MIDI for you guys, if anyone would like to enrich their reading experience. Personally, if I did this with any chapter, I'd definitely do it with the next one. ;) As usual, send me an email at with the subject "cardboard socks" and I'll send it to you. Just play it once you read the line, "Von Stupor rose his hand". You won't regret it!