Chapter 5: The hunters of the reaper
By the time the two heroes reached the fortress, much of it was destroyed and ablaze. They spotted many injured and slain amazons lying around the place. Both men had to look away. Danny became overcome with rage.
"Who ever did this will pay with their life" vowed Danny to himself.
"Don't let anger take you Daniel. We need to help the amazons first. I will put out the fires. You should search for any survivors and heal the wounded" suggested Madalgo. Danny suddenly realized something. His brother Jacob and Lily were here. Where were they? Lily and Jacob were strong, but Danny was sure they wouldn't last long against an army of adversaries. He had to find them. Danny searched the fortress ruins and luckily many amazons escaped harm. They volunteered to aid Danny with his searching. As Danny reached the outskirts of the ruins, he noticed two robed figures fleeing. "Hold it right there!" yelled Danny to them. The two figures turned around. Danny fired a shooting star blast to injure and knock them back. Before they could recover, Danny was already there to take them down. But before he could strike, one figure held out a small cage. Danny was shocked at what he saw. An ugly spider was sucking the very life out of his most loved spirit, Injection Angel Lily. The two figures scrambled up and continued to hold the cage up. "You… I'll kill you!" Danny began to charge with his sword.
"Careful hero, kill us and you will never save Lily. Our master put this curse on Lily. If you want to save her, you must duel the both of us and beat us under a half hour." Danny gritted his teeth in anger. "Fine! Let's duel! And I will make it a point that both of you die for what you have done. A stone platform began to appear between Danny and the figures. A platform like this always appeared when shamans had duels with each other. Both duelists shuffled their decks and put them on the platform that appeared in front of them. "I'll begin" said the ghoul. "Ill set two cards face down and I set one monster in defense mode. Make your move."
"That I shall. I summon Volt girl!" From out of the card he put on the platform, May, of the nyan nyan sisters materialized in the flesh. "Go! Attack his defense monster." With a few beats of her drums, the sky darkened and lightning shot at the monster. Just as it struck a huge bug jumped out and tackled May. It bit her and with a horrific cry of pain, both she and the bug disappeared. "A man-eater bug" said Danny to himself. He looked away for a second. He always hated seeing any of his spirits hurt in battle.
"Don't lose your nerve now, paladin. It's just starting to get fun. I'll summon the karate man in attack mode. Then I'll play the magic card "The secret of the bandit" Karate man, attack Chambers. The goofy looking fighter went into stance and did a round house kick right into Danny's gut. Danny got the wind knocked out of him and doubled over. In duels, the shaman always felt the pain done to him or his monsters. It was definitely not an art for the weak of heart and body. "And because of my magic cards effect, my warrior has discarded one card from your hand." While Danny was recovering, he noticed that his holy barrier trap card was discarded.
"My move" declared Danny. "I'll play the magic card, premature burial. At the cost of 800 life points, I'll resurrect my volt girl from the graveyard. A cross appeared over Danny's graveyard and with a spectacular show of power, May returned to the field. After setting one card, Danny ended his turn Ghoul: 8000 Danny: 6200
"You only cause your monster more pain Chambers. I'll play the magic card, "Change of Heart." Danny gasped as his monster became brainwashed and marched to the ghoul's side of the field. As soon as she reached there, she started to lose her glow and vanished. "Don't forgot Chambers, because of your nyan nyan's special effect, she can only be with light types. Too bad. Now I'll summon the enraged battle ox. Now my minotaur, introduce the paladin to your axe swipe." The minotaur charged Danny. "Not so fast, rare hunter. I'll activate trap card, magic cylinder." The expression of pain shown by the hunter as his own monster attack him was priceless. He lost 1700 life points. "Let's see you block my karate man's attack" The fighter once again flew toward Danny for another attack. Indeed, Danny couldn't do anything. Danny wiped away some blood from his bleeding lip where the warrior kicked him.
Ghoul: 6300 Danny: 5200
Danny drew his card and smiled. "Your threat ends here rare hunter, because no one can withstand the rage of an amazon scorned. I'll summon amazon fighter. I'll then set two cards facedown and play the magic card mage power! Now my amazon will get 500 attack and defense points for every magic and trap card on my side of the field and I count three. Now her attack is 2800. Now my lovely amazon, wipe that stupid smile off the karate man!" The amazon went into stance and prepared for battle. "Your not the only one with fancy magic tricks hero! I'll activate karate man's special ability of the megaton punch and activate the magic card, angel's dice. A cherub appeared and rolled a four. Karate man's attack rose all the way to 2400. Not enough to withstand Danny's attack. Enhanced by the mages chanting near her, the amazons super kicked the karate man into oblivion. Ghoul: 5900 Danny: 5200
The ghoul became worried. "You better not lose control now Terrell. Master Grim will be most displeased if you do" warned the other robed man. Where have I heard that voice before? Danny asked himself.
"For my turn, I'll turn my battle ox to defense mode and set one monster in defense mode. I'll end my turn."
"Don't lose your nerve now, rare hunter. It was just starting to get fun" taunted Danny. "Amazon fighter, attack the battle ox."
Terrell drew his card, got another worried look on his face and ended his turn.
Danny destroyed Terrell's defense battle ox and ended his turn
Terrell drew another card and didn't do anything.
"Now's the time to finish this! I'll set one more card facedown and I'll summon the Kaiser Seahorse. Now attack and let's get closer to saving Lily. Terrell screamed at the strong attacks received by both of Danny's monsters. Danny: 5200 Terrell: 200
Terrell slowly drew his card. He looked at it and started to laugh manically. "Your victory is short lived hero. I'll combine Alpha, Beta, and Gamma together to form the unstoppable Valkyrion the manga warrior! Valkyrion attack that lowly female warrior." Although strong, the amazon couldn't withstand Valkyrion's overpowering swordplay. She was vanquished but because of her special ability, Danny lost no lifepoints.
"You'll pay and you'll pay with your very own monster. I'll play the magic card Snatch Steal!" "No! Please spare me!" pleaded Terrell. "Plead to Shinato when he's sending you to hell" said Danny with a cold look on his face. As soon as Valkyrion stabbed Terrell, he fell on the floor clutching his bleeding side. Danny beat the first rare hunter with about 10 minutes to spare. Danny quickly made his way to the cage. He didn't think he would have enough time to save her after this duel. He broke open the cage and tried to take the spider off of her. He had no luck. Then he had an idea. "Lily listen to me. Brace yourself. This may cause you some pain, but it may be able to save you. "Circuit breaker!" Danny declared. Danny took his sword and blasted Lily and the spider with neutralizing energy. The spider detached and died. Lily survived but was really messed up. The robed figured became fumed and threw a tantrum. That curse wasn't supposed to break. How did you do it?" Danny ignored him. Lily lets go. I need to get you to a spirit healer. Danny picked her up and turned to leave. "Wait, Danny. Please wait" pleaded Lily. "I want to fight him. Please finish both of them off."
No way" said Danny. "You're too hurt." "I'll be fine. Please do it for me. I will fight by your side. If you do draw me, don't hesitate to play me." Lily turned into her card form. Danny, although worried, did as she asked. He placed her into his deck and turned toward the rare hunter.