Chapter 4: Live by the Sword, Die by the Sword
I have not yet begun to fight!
John Paul Jones
"It's been too long since I've terrorized the people in these lands. This should be glorious. I will set one monster and two other cards. Make your move" said Terral with a greasy smile. Jacob looked at his hand and wasn't too pleased what he drawn at first. "I set three cards in my magic/trap card as well and end my turn." "Not scared are we?" asked Terral as he drew, "You don't have big brother here to save your sorry behind" "You're going to pay for that remark" said Jacob with a sneer. Terral set one more magic/trap card and ended his turn. Jacob drew and finally got a monster. "I will summon my blindly loyal goblin to the field. A small but muscular imp appeared to the field. "Now my goblin will attack that set monster!" The goblin unsheathed his sword and did an impressive jumping slash to Terrall's monster. To both the goblins and Jacob's disappointment, the sword clanked off the rocky skin of a giant soldier of stone. The goblin was currently too weak to fight it off. "Fine, I end my turn" Terral: 8000 Jacob: 7800 Terral passed, apparently having confidence in his stone soldier. Jacob drew, hoping for a comeback, but didn't draw anything worthwhile, so he passed too. "NOT SO FAST! DURING YOUR END PHASE, I'LL ACTIVATE MY DUST TORNADO TO DESTROY ONE OF YOUR SET CARDS!" yelled Terral. The power of the trap card created a powerful twister that destroyed Jacob's Tidal wave trap card. That's not good thought Jacob to himself. That trap card can destroy all monsters once another one is summoned. This may be bad "Too bad soldier. That trap card would have been you're saving graces against this monster." Terral summoned a monster and out of the glow appeared a kinetic soldier. Both Jacob and his goblin backed away in fear. Those robots were extremely dangerous, especially for warrior type monsters. The robots got an additional 2000 attack and defense points when attacking them. The robot aimed and shot the goblin up, killing it instantly. Terral: 8000 Jacob: 5050 this isn't good. My deck is made up of just warrior monsters. Maybe this guy can help me out Jacob set a monster from his hand and ended his turn. "Now for the kill! I play the magic card Gaia power! This magic card will give a 500 attack increase for all earth monsters. Now I'll summon Gamma the magnet warrior and switch my giant soldier of stone to attack mode. My stone soldier will crush your monster. GO!" The stone soldier, enhanced by the field magic card crushed Jacob's monster under a giant fist. But instead of crying in agony, it started laughing. A wormlike shadow flew out and swallowed all of Terrall's monsters. Then it flew into Terrall's deck. "What the hell just happened!" "That was a rock monster of my own, morphing jar #2. My little friend returns all of our monsters back to our decks. Then it starts to spit out cards from the top of our decks until the same number of monsters return to the field, all in defense mode of course. Any other cards it spits out are destroyed. But since only you had monsters on the field, the effect only affects you" The jar spit out. The results of the jar's assault was an insect knight, magnet warrior alpha and magnet warrior Gamma. Terrall only lost card destruction. That ended his turn. This would be Jacob's chance to counter attack. "I summon berserk gorilla! And he also gets a power bonus from your Gaia power. My angry beast will destroy your alpha magnet warrior. The gorilla beat its chest and pummeled the magnet warrior into dust. Then Jacob ended his turn. "So you summoned a strong monster, big deal. Nothing in your deck can save you from this. I use cry of the living dead to revive the alpha you just destroyed. Once the magnet warrior reached the field, Beta and Gamma joined him. Then they all crumbled. "What's going on?" asked Jacob startled. "You'll see" said Terrall with a smile. The three magnet warriors then started to combine together and formed into one big magnet warrior. "Say hello to Valkyrion the magna warrior! My warrior has an attack of 3800, not to mention the 500 attack it gets from Gaia Power. Now my magnet warrior will slice up your gorilla. Go get him Valkyrion!" The magnet warrior dived toward Jacob and his gorilla. "The only thing worse then your stench Terrall is your memory, because you forgot all about my other facedown card. I activate compulsory evacuation device! This trap card will bounce that magnet warrior back to your hand!" A spring loaded device caught Valkyrion and launched it back to Terrall's hand. "Why you little bastard! How dare you take out my strongest monster so easily!" Terrall was forced to end his turn. Jacob breathed a sigh of relief. Indeed, it would have been trouble to fight that monster without that trap card. He indeed got lucky. Jacob's gorilla attacked Terrall's insect knight and ended his turn. Terrall seemed pleased with his draw. "So much for a comeback. I summon indomitable fighter Ray Ray. A huge man beast came to the field with an impressive attack of 2800, just enough to take out Jacob's gorilla. Now I switch my Gamma to attack mode. Go my monsters! Pound him into the ground. Ray Ray speared the gorilla with a powerful tackled and destroyed him. Then Gamma went in for an attack. "I don't think so! Activate Kuribo shield!" Jacob discarded Kuribo from his hand, causing thousands of them to appear and stop Gamma's attack. "Lucky again; make your move then" growled Terrall. Terrall: 8000 Jacob: 4750 I need to get some hits in. I can't defend against him forever thought Jacob to himself. "It seems your so called indomitable fighter is a tad bit lazy. He already fell asleep after one attack and went to defense mode" said Jacob with a smirk. I set another card in my magic/trap card zone then I play the magic card snatch steal to take your Gamma. Then I summon Goblin Strike Team!" A pack of green and rowdy goblins appeared on the field. Then Jacob went in for an attack of his own. Gamma rammed itself into Ray Ray and it died. Then the goblins went in for a direct attack (with an attack of 2800 also) "Nice try. Activate scapegoat!" Four small and cute lambs appeared in front of Terrall, one of which was made into hamburger by the goblins. And like Terrall's beast fighter, the goblin's also tired quickly, going to sleep in defense mode at the end of the battle. Jacob was forced to end his wasted turn. Terral gained 1000 life points at his standby phase thanks to Jacob's snatch steal. He set a magic/trap card. "Now I'll summon my giant soldier of stone once more. Now he will attack your snoozing warriors" "Not yet he will. I'll activate a second compulsory evacuation device to return them safely to my hand. So attack if you want, but your own Gamma will say otherwise." Terrall growled and ended his turn. "Now I summoned Gearfried the Iron Knight. Gamma! Attack the giant soldier of stone, then attack another goat Gearfried. Both monsters did their tasks and Terrall finally lost his first life points of the duel. Terrall: 8800 Jacob:4750 "But that's not all. I activate the trap card, assault on goblin headquarters. By destroying Gamma, I can destroy the top two cards of your deck!" Jacob's trap card destroyed Terrall's second Gaia power and a skill drain trap. It was Terrall's turn now. He was once again, happy with the draw. "I play the magic card heart of the underdog. This powerful magic card will let me draw additional cards from my deck during my draw phase as long as I draw normal monsters and I show you. I end my turn." Jacob clenched his teeth. He was being clearly outplayed and he wasn't getting good draws like Terrall. He needed to get rid of that magic card or else it could be the end of him. He drew and got the card that could do just that. "I PLAY THE MAGIC CARD TEMPEST TO DESTROY YOUR DEFENSES!" yelled Jacob in triumph. "Ha ha ha. I can't believe you did that! You honestly believe I would play that many cards without protection. I ACTIVATE JUDGMENT OF ANUBIS! I DISCARD VALKYRION FROM MY HAND TO NEGATE THAT MAGIC CARD! "No!" cried Jacob. Then to his additional horror, Gearfried blew up and Jacob felt the pain from his death. "But how…" said Jacob with fear and confusion in his voice. "That's the second effect of my trap card. I can destroy one of your monsters and you lose its attack in life points." "Fine, counter this, I summon my goblin strike team again, set a magic/trap card and end my turn Terrall: 8800 Jacob: 2450 "Lucky you, I didn't draw a normal monster but I did get this. I summon my kinetic soldier again" you got to be kidding me thought Jacob to himself. All of the monsters he returned to the deck with his jar already returned. "Kinetic soldier, take those goblins out!" The robot shot the goblins into oblivion. "You may have killed my goblins, but they are not going to the grave alone. Activate trap card michizure! This card destroys another monster on the field when one of mine goes to the graveyard. Terrall growled and ended his turn. "Just the man I needed to take out your last two goats. I summon Mataza the Zapper. A samurai appeared to the field. This guy is so quick, he can attack twice a turn. Say goodbye to your defense" Mataza ran with great speed and hack up the last two goats. "Then I will activate cyclone on your heart of the underdog. That will end my turn." Terrall was starting to get really mad at this point. Even though his was beating him badly, he was still managing to go toe to toe with him. If Terrall didn't hurry, Jacob might be able to even the score. "I summon insect knight to the field. The insect's attack rose to 2400 thanks to Gaia power, but Mataza received no power bonus since he was a dark monster. The insect knight stabbed Mataza with its larger blade and Jacob's valiant warrior fell. Terrall: 8800 Jacob: 1350 I play the magic card, reinforcement of the army! This card allows me to search for any Level 4 or lower warrior type monster, and I search my warrior Dai Greppher. And then I call on an old friend who allowed me to replicate him to aid me in duels. I summon Troop commander to the field. A handsome and experienced looking knight with two swords came to the field. "Impressed are we? Well my knight has a very powerful ability. I can summon another level 4 or lower monster from my hand when he reaches the field, so welcome my Warrior Dai Greppher to the fight. Now I equip Warrior Dai Greppher with fusion sword Murasame blade. This will increase his attack by 800 in addition to the 500 he gets from Gaia power, giving him 3000 attack. Enhanced by the mystical sword, Dai Greppher sliced the insect knight in half. Then Troop commander attacked directly by hitting Terrall with an uppercut like swing of his smaller sword Terrall: 6500 Jacob:1850. Terrall took a major hit for the first time in this duel. Terrall actually went down, hurting from Jacob's knights' sword attacks. Jacob called off his monsters. This duel was clearly over thanks to injury. Dai Greppher hurled the sphere out of Noma before going back in Jacob's deck. As Terrall kneeled bleeding, he started to laugh. First it started small, but then it rose to maniacal laughter. He took out a button and prepared to push it. "You're bomb is outside of the city. It won't damage it as much. Just give yourself up" said Jacob going forward to arrests Terrall. "Who said that was the bomb?" said Terrall with a sadistic smile. He pushed the button and began to swell. "WHAT THE…" yelled Jacob as he tackled Terrall. All along Terrall was the real bomb. The other was a decoy. After the blast cleared, Terrall was nothing but a gory mess. Jacob was maimed and bleeding to death yards away. By tackling him, he took most of the blast, saving Noma, but in turn it cost him his life. Mimi finally returned with Danny in tow. Mimi saw the carnage and turned away screaming in terror. "Jacob!" yelled Danny he rushed toward him. "What happened! I have to heal these wounds" "Forget about it. Let me relish the moment. After all, it's every knight's dream to wear the red badge of courage…" "No way. Cut that crap out and let me heal you." Danny put his hands over Jacob, but they were slapped away. Jacob smiled. "It sure feelsgoodto be a hero for once…" Jacob closed his eyes and died.