Author's Note: Powerful guys abound!
Chapter Twelve: The Beast that Awaits Beneath the Earth
Kai jerked away the moment the plane's wheels touched the pavement, signaling that they had just landed. 'Well at least it isn't a super long trip between Japan and New Zealand.'
Beside him Takuya was sitting up straight, his eyes closed, almost as if he were meditating. He seemed to have prepared for a potential fight by changing into his black and silver gi, with a silver headband that kept his hair out of his eyes. 'He's truly ready for a battle. Could we be in for a fight?'
They probably would be in for a fight, as that usually seemed to be the case. Nothing ever came easily to them, that was for sure. "Takuya, we're landing."
Takuya's eyes slid open, and he smiled. "Well that was restful. Are you sure you that mountain is the right place to start?"
Kai nodded, gazing out the window at the mountain in the distance. "Yes, I'm certain that the object we seek is beneath that mountain. Aoraki is the one place in New Zealand that there are more legends about than any other place. It's said that it is the form of the strongest and tallest of the sons of the Sky Father and Earth Mother frozen by chilling winds."
It never ceased to amaze Takuya the random facts that Kai knew, at least when it came to history. Modern day knowledge from the younger man was slightly less forthcoming. It seemed like Kai was always out of sync with the rest of the world, and more in sync with the past. 'That's what makes him an interest person…albeit annoying at times.'
As the plane finally came to a halt, Kai noticed something out of the corner of his eye. Turning to gaze out the window, he thought he saw a person standing on the wing of the plane, looking in at them. However, as soon as he got his gaze focused, there was nothing there. 'Gremlin on the wing Kai, that's all it was. Just your imagination.'
A voice came on over the loud speaker, declaring that passengers were to now disembark. Both duelists followed the order quickly enough, getting off the plane in good time. There was nobody on the other side to greet them, or at least they thought there wouldn't be anyone.
To their surprise there was a man in a business suit holding a placard with their names on it written in Kanji. They approached him with caution, taking in his appearance. He didn't look very business-like with his wild, almost feral red hair framing his features, and his robin's egg blue eyes looked even odder. "Hello there. Takuya and Kai right? I'm Eramoros, I was contacted by Mr. Sumatin and told to show you how to get to the device."
Takuya and Kai exchanged glances, not quite sure what to make of it. They didn't remember Dalin mentioning anything about someone meeting them in New Zealand, let alone one who knew exactly where the device was. Takuya stepped up close, looking down at the slightly shorter man. "And why should we believe you?"
Eramoros smiled, and held out a Duel Monsters card. "Mr. Sumatin said that if you had any trouble believing I'm here to help, since it was last minute, that I was to show you two this card. Does this help?"
The card Eramoros had extended to them was none other than Saint Dragon Osiris, one of the three Egyptian God cards that were in Dalin's possession, and this was the god that was usually considered his personal god card. Takuya took the card and inspected it, but to his surprise he discovered that it seemed to be genuine. "Well, Dalin wouldn't give Osiris to someone he didn't trust. I guess we'll follow your lead then."
Eramoros smiled graciously and motioned for them to follow him. They walked after him, not aware that the card that had just been returned to Eramoros had changed its appearance. No longer was it the Saint Dragon Osiris. "Come this way, I have a transport waiting for us. It will take us to the base of Aoraki."
Kai flashed Takuya a superior and confident look, proud that he had guessed correctly. His instincts were right on the money with that one, and now they would be heading straight there. This wouldn't be as hard as they guessed. "I'm afraid to say that getting to the mountain is the easy part, many have discovered the location before."
Takuya frowned, still following Eramoros. "Then what exactly is the difficult part?"
Eramoros pointed out into the distance, where Aoraki could be seen. "There, at the base of the mountain, is a hidden entrance to the complex below that houses the artifact you seek. However, the entrance is guarded by a vicious monster that you may call Kedamono."
Kai knew that a name like that didn't bode well. For the guard's name given in Japanese simply meant 'beast'. Fighting the guard of the artifact would no doubt prove to be extremely difficult. "How do we fight it?"
"Kedamono will fight you however you wish to fight it. It's duty is to battle those who seek entrance, but to make it a fair battle. In your case, I'm certain you'd like to challenge it to game of Duel Monsters. Be aware, however, that Kedamono is dreadfully powerful at everything it does, so it is bound to be very powerful as a duelist." Both of them noted this, sure that they would rather duel it than fight it, whatever it was.
Finally they reached the transport Eramoros had mentioned, an old jeep sitting there waiting for them. "Come aboard friends. It's time we seek out the artifact."
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Kai and Takuya slid out of their seats in the jeep, and took a look around at the base of the mountain. However, they didn't see any entrances anywhere. "So how do we open up the entrance and face Kedamono?"
Eramoros stepped out of the passenger seat on the jeep and approached them, smiling slightly. "You must stand near that bush over there and declare your right to enter. Say with as much force as you can muster: 'I have come seeking that which is sealed from human hands.' Then it will be revealed."
Takuya nodded and stepped up to the bush, titled his head up, and spoke in a loud clear voice. "I have come seeking that which is sealed from human hands!"
The ground began to rumble, and right in front of Takuya there began to raise a massive gateway. It was huge and arched, with massive doors barring their path. But that wasn't the primary feature that took their attention. It was what stood directly in front of the doors. "You have come seeking that which is sealed from human hands. If so, then you must wrench it free from the grasp of the beast. I am Kedamono, the last face you will see."
Kedamono was just about what they had been expecting. He stood about thirteen feet tall, and his body was bulging with raw power, muscles on top of his muscles. His deltoids had deltoids, and his biceps had two or three extra biceps. Although his spine appeared to be ridged, he was mostly human, aside from a face that looked to be a cross between a hyena and a human. There was also one long horn on the top of his head.
Eramoros stepped backwards, gesturing for Takuya and Kai to step up. "This is your task boys. I was here to guide you to this point and tell you what to do, it's your job to defeat Kedamono.'
Kai and Takuya looked up at the monster, and despite their convictions, they felt fear. There was something primal and frightening about Kedamono, something that they didn't dare deny. Kau gulped, staring at the monstrous creature. "We challenge you to a special type of battle in order to prove ourselves!"
Kedamono eyed them like they were toys, playthings for a giant. Based on his size, it was quite possible that to him that was all they were. "What challenge did you have in mind for me, Kedamono? I will accept any form of challenge, but I will not be defeated."
Takuya and Kai took another look at each other, and then the fighter took his chance to speak his piece. "Kedamono, we challenge you to two on one combat in a game of our choosing. That game is to be Duel Monsters!"
Both of their duel disks flipped into position, and they slid five cards off their decks. They knew that this was a critical juncture. There was no telling how powerful Kedamono could be, so it was best to come at him in a two on one battle. If not, there could be hell to pay. "Very well, I accept this challenge." (TLP: 4000, KLP: 4000, KeLP: 4000)
Kedamono raised one massive arm and a proportionate duel disk formed there, looking just like theirs, only much larger. The deck as well appeared bigger, as were the cards. "Ho ho! I like the rules of this game. You may take the first turn."
He clearly pointed at Takuya, so acknowledging that somehow their opponent automatically knew how to play, he drew a card for the start of his turn. 'Okay, well we have no idea how this guy will duel or what his strategy is. So I'd best start off slow.'
Taking one of the cards he was holding he placed it onto his duel disk, and a holographic image appeared in front of him. The monster wore white armor, his blue eyes burning with determination. However, this warrior had no mouth whatsoever. "This is Silent Knight(1700/1200), my starter for now."
Silent Knight didn't appear worried by the fact that the monster staring at him from high above wasn't even a normal monster, but rather a duelist. It was just brimming with confidence. "I set one magic or trap card face down and end my turn."
Now it was Kai's turn, and he knew just how to start it off. "I summon Breaker the Magical Warrior(1600 + 300/1000) in attack mode!"
His signature and favorite monster now stood ready, crimson armor shining under the New Zealand sun. He too didn't appear worried by their opponent. "Just like Takuya, I'll set one card face down before finishing my turn."
Kedamono slid another oversized card off his oversized deck, and then held it up. "I'll crush you underfoot on my first turn! Activate magic card, Rage of the Beast! By playing this card I pay two thousand life points." (KeLP: 2000)
Immediately his deck started to glow, and four cards shot out of it. He caught them and slammed them down onto his giant duel disk. "This card lets me summon four level four or lower monsters from my deck that have 'Rage' in their titles. I summon three Rage Demons(4000/0) in attack mode!"
Both of his opponent's drew back in shock as three, twenty foot tall spiny, oozing demons appeared in front of Kedamono, each one with a tremendous amount of attack strength. Kai just shook his head as if denying it. "That's impossible! How could any level four have four thousand attack? What's their effect?"
Kedamono tilted his duel disk down so they could see the cards. And to both of their surprise, each of the three cards had a yellow border. They were normal monsters, with absolutely no effect whatsoever. 'This is impossible! Could his soul have produced cards so powerful?'
Another monster formed beside the others, this one not quite as big, but still a tall nine feet in height. It was a very muscular human with a bow on his back that looked like it could shoot spears instead of arrows. "My fourth monster is Rage Assasin(2100/0), who is also a normal monster."
Kedamono's beady eyes swung around, coming to focus on Kai. Those eyes had a fury to them, a hungry look. "Rage Assasin, destroy Breaker the Magical Warrior!"
Kai pointed to his set card as the assassin fired an arrow at his favorite monster. "No way is my monster going down so easily! You overcommitted and now you pay the price, with my trap card, Mirror Force!"
"Activate quick-play magic card, Absolute Negation! This prevents my monsters from being destroyed, and since only one attack was negated, the rest are free to attack you. Rage Demon, attack Breaker the Magical Warrior!" Kai stared in horror as the giant demon rushed towards his monster. If it broke through, then the next attack would finish him off.
"Not so fast! You won't leave me out of this duel! Silent Knight, I activate your special effect! By sacrificing you I can immediately end the battle phase of whoever's turn it is!" Silent Knight faded away, and the giant demon stopped in its tracks.
Kai gave Takuya a look of thanks, and the other duelist nodded in response. It was already obvious that Kedamono was a powerful duelist, so they were going to have to work together to take him down. "Three cards face down. Your turn warrior."
Takuya flipped up the card so he could see it, and then made his decision. He knew just what to play this turn. "I summon Knight of the Forest(1200/1800) in defense mode!"
His newest monster wore silver and green armor, and had a shield that seemed to be woven from vines. His helm displayed a sigil of a large tree in full bloom. "Now, I'll continue my defense pattern by setting two cards face down. Go ahead Kai."
Kai drew, and then looked over at his partner. He knew that Takuya felt like defending was the best option right now, but he couldn't just sit idly by and watch his enemy gather a huge force and protect himself. "Breaker, sacrifice your counter to destroy his center face down card!"
The magical warrior raised his sword, which was now glowing, and slashed it at the face down card. Instantly it shattered, but before Kai could relax at having that out of the way it reformed, and a blast of energy shot out of it and blew Breaker apart. "When destroyed, the trap card Rage Crush destroys one monster on the field."
Although his favorite monster had been destroyed, Kai had no intention of letting Kedamono stop him now. "You played right into my hands by destroying Breaker. Now, I summon Soul Breaker(1600 + 300/1000) in attack mode!"
His new breaker was of course identical to every other in terms of appearance and shape of armor, but this one was in green, putting it apart from others. "Soul Breaker, use your counter to copy Breaker's effect since he's in the grave. Break the left card!"
The named card shattered, but just like the previous one it reformed, and a blast of energy shot out of it. Instead of striking Soul Breaker it collided with Kai, hurling him back towards the jeep. "When destroyed, Rage Bomb deals the player who destroyed it one thousand points of damage." (KLP: 3000)
Takuya moved to rush over to Kai, but Eramoros was already helping the wounded duelist to his feet. Kai wiped blood from his lips, looking like he had just been hit by a cinderblock in the stomach. "You're strong…"
His partner frowned, realizing that Kai was right. Kedamono had somehow predicted Kai's attacks on his face down cards, and had already prepared cards that would be deadly when destroyed. "Kai, I'd recommend not destroying anymore of his set cards."
Kai shook his head, sliding a card from his hand onto the field. It formed in front of him, between him and his breaker. "No! We can't stop just because he has strong monsters or because it's dangerous. We have to fight until we beat him, no matter what!"
Takuya paused as he was, considering Kai's words. 'He's right. We have to take every method we can to defeat this guy, because we can't afford to lose. We may not know what happens to the loser, but that's not the point. The fate of the world could depend on us getting past Kedamono.'
Kedamono drew, and then placed his drawn card onto his huge duel disk. "Rage Beast(3000/0) is another normal four star monster. And it will be the card that destroys Soul Breaker!"
A huge horned bull, with drool coming of its jaws and burning the ground, now was charging directly for Kai's only monster. Destroying it would mean certain defeat for Kai, that was for sure. "I'll hold you off with this trap, Negate Attack!"
Rage Beast was halted by an invisible barrier, but as its roars and pressing began to grow more incessant, Kai got the bad feeling that his trap wasn't working as he had hoped. "Activate magic card, Renewed Efforts. This card can only activate if a monster's attack has been negated. I may initiate battle once again, and the selected monster gains one thousand attack points."
The invisible barrier that had been holding back the bull faded, and it began to charge once again. This time there was nothing Kai had that could stop the beast's charge. He shot a look over at Takuya, hoping the other duelist had a plan. 'If none of his set cards can help me, then I'm done for!'
But luckily for him Takuya was already pressed the activation button for one of his three set cards. When the trap lifted up, Knight of the Forest rushed into the path of the attacking monster and slammed into Rage Beast. Both of them exploded. "Sacrifice of the Knight lets me destroy one of my knights to destroy one of your monsters."
"No matter, I can still conduct battle. Rage Assassin will destroy Soul Breaker!" Kai grimaced, knowing there was little left he could do. However, Takuya snapped his fingers, bringing their attention back to him.
"Don't talk until I say I'm done! When he's destroyed by an effect, Knight of the Forest lets me destroy one monster on the opponent's field! I choose a Rage Demon!" Vines erupted from the earth, wrapping around one of the gigantic demons, and pulled it beneath the ground.
"Next up is my continuous trap card, Rights of the Fallen! Whenever one of my monsters goes to the grave because of an effect instead of battle, I get to end the battle phase. Now I'm done, and you can speak if you want." Kai heaved a sigh of relief, glad that he had been protected. He owed Takuya two now, and he would make up for it.
Kedamono frowned, his hand empty, and his field only had one magic or trap card down, along with three beastly monsters. "You are impressive little warrior. My turn ends there."
Takuya nodded, accepting the praise. But he didn't care, he just knew what he had to do. He had to break apart the wall that Kedamono had made before it could be built back up. It would require Kai's help, but they could do it. "Draw!"
He grabbed one of his other cards and threw it down. "I'll fight back against you with this next monster, Aquatic Kngiht(1500/1100)!"
Emerging from his card was a knight in blue armor, with a sword that seemed to be made completely of water. In addition his helmet had a breathing apparatus attached. "And Aquatic Knight is so unafraid of your pathetic demons that he'll attack one right now!"
Kedamono appeared interested as the knight charged towards his demon. "Sending your monster to a noble but useless death are you? Such a pointless sacrifice doesn't sit well with me. Rage Demon, counter-attack!"
The demon lashed out with one huge hand, and Aquatic Knight was smashed into the ground, his armor and body broken and bleeding. Takuya bowed his head in honor of his fallen warrior. "When Aquatic Knight is destroyed in battle I take no overflow damage, so I'm safe."
"Surely you didn't attack my monster just to prove that your monster wouldn't let you take damage. What's your plan little warrior? There has to be more to it." To Kedamono's surprise Takuya responded by pointing at the Rage Demon.
"Take a look at your monster and maybe you'll understand." There, sticking out of Rage Demon's chest and into its heart, was Aquatic Knight's sword. The demon clawed at it for a moment, but then collapsed and shattered into tiny particles.
"I see, whatever monster destroys Aquatic Knight in battle is also destroyed afterwards. So you sent your monster to its death in order to destroy one of my powerful monsters. Is that your turn?" Takuya nodded, giving the signal for Kai to take it away.
Kai could tell that Takuya was setting up the pins for him to knock down. And from what he could see in his hand, he knew exactly how to do it. "I activate the quick-play magic card, Monster Relief! Now I take one monster off my field and add it to my hand."
He picked up Soul Breaker, causing it to vanish from the field. "Next I shuffle my hand back into my deck and draw a new one of equal size. So that's four new cards for me!" He shuffled up and then drew the needed cards.
Instinctively he knew that he had drawn the card he wanted. "Alright, time to bring down your wall! I summon Monster Breaker(1600 +300/1000) to the field!" A black armored breaker now stood at the ready, its sword held out in front of it.
"By tributing its counter I can destroy one monster on the opponent's field. So, say goodbye to the final Rage Demon!" Monster Breaker made a slashing motion with its sword, and an arc of energy slashed the demon in half, leaving only Rage Assassin.
Immediately Kai snapped another card from his hand around and slid it into his duel disk. "That's not all! Since I successfully activated a Breaker's effect I can use the quick-play magic card Breaker's Might, which raises the attack of that Breaker by six hundred!"
The spellcaster's armor bulged as its muscles increased size, its attack power pumping up to twenty-two hundred. That set it just above Rage Assassin, leaving Kedamono's face down card as the only obstacle to clearing away the last of Kedamono's monsters. 'Time to hope that's not a serious trap card.'
He thrust out his right hand, pointing at the assassin. Immediately Monster Breaker snapped his sword up and jumped towards the opposing monster. "Monster Breaker, bring down Rage Assassin for me!"
Kedamono watched with his teeth bared, in either amusement or irritation, as the breaker slashed into his monster's chest, cutting it down almost instantly. It collapsed to the ground and faded away. "You two are more powerful than I would have guessed. You managed to defeat some of my weaker monsters, quite impressive." (KeLP: 1900)
Kai and Takuya stared at him in horror, not sure if they wanted to believe what he was saying. Takuya managed to ask the question they were both wanting to ask. "Kedamono…that can't be true. You're saying monsters with four thousand attack power is weak for your deck?"
The beast only responded by doing something that resembled a feral grin, but his face was so different from theirs that they just weren't sure what it was. "Believe me or not, it doesn't matter. Your turn is over little one, let me take mine."
Kai nodded slowly, sliding one of his last cards into his duel disk in order to protect his face down monster. He had a plan that was forming, that just might work. 'Come on Kedamono, you've only attacked me so far, so take the bait!'
While Kedamono was drawing, Eramoros was watching the duel with great interest. 'So those two are strong duelists, but the question remains as to whether they can discover the secret to defeating Kedamono. He's not like any opponent either of them has ever faced, and no normal methods can defeat him.'
Hiding his smirk, he leaned back against the jeep to continue to watch the duel. It was impressive that they were still standing while fighting against a monster as powerful as Kedamono. However, Kedamono wasn't the most powerful creature they might have to face if they made it farther. 'Let's see what you two are made of. Can you become the first people to defeat this monster?'
Kedamono paused in his draw, looking across the field at the small creature, the human, that leaned up against the jeep. With his red hair and blue eyes he was very different from the other two, but there was something more about him. 'My instincts would normally tell me to crush any human intruding but…he's not even showing up at all. What is that one?'
Shaking off that strange feeling, he flipped over his drawn card to look at it. His eyes drifted towards the little long-haired one's face down card, which was potentially a threat. 'He's almost too obvious. I'll take your bait little one, and you will regret having set it for me.'
Finally he was ready to truly begin his turn, and to do so he would have to activate the set card he had been saving. "Reveal trap card, Unending Rage! This trap can only activate if I have at least five monsters with 'Rage' in their title in the cemetery that were sent there by being destroyed and not any other method."
Since each of them knew that was the case, they could easily proceed with the rest of the effect. "Unending Rage, since I have met the requirement, now allows me to special summon five Rage monsters from the grave to the field. So my five monsters return to me!"
Both of them grimaced as the five monsters they had worked hard to destroy all returned to the field, threatening to crush them easily. "Rage Beast, destroy Monster Breaker!"
His monstrous bull rushed forwards, slashing at Monster Breaker with its horns. The magic wielding warrior screamed in pain as it was literally torn in half by the strike, its armor splitting down the middle and spewing innards onto the ground. Kai and Takuya were sickened by the display. (KLP: 2200)
Although he was disgusted by the way his monster had been slain, that didn't mean he didn't remember the trap he had set. "Kedamono, it's game over for you! Reveal trap card, Arc Force! This activates when a breaker is destroyed in battle. The monster that did so is destroyed as well, and its attack points are deducted from your life points while I lose one hundred points times its level!" (KLP: 1800)
He was expecting Rage Bull to be blown apart in seconds, but instead it merely roared and returned to Kedamono's field. The beast held up the card he had drawn that turn. "Wave of Rage activates if an effect would destroy a Rage monster. I can prevent my monster from being destroyed at a cost of my battle phase. So I take no damage, and my monsters remains."
Kai grimaced, realizing that he had failed to finish Kedamono off like he had wanted. In the end he just wasn't able to do it in one strike. 'That just proves his true power. He's as powerful a duelist as he is strong physically.'
Kedamono chuckled, the sound booming across the field. "Your attempt to defeat me was impressive little one, but it only succeeds in fueling my inner rage, controlled only by the power of my mind. Were I to unleash it, I would destroy you in seconds with no thoughts on the matter, and that is my inner strength. My raw rage. End turn!"
Takuya didn't appear frustrated by this, instead he appeared invigorated. "Your power rests on your rage, and it grants your monsters strength as well you as power. However, skill can defeat power!"
He held up his drawn card, revealing a magic card. It depicted lightning bolts striking almost randomly. "The magic card Lightning Vortex costs one discard from my hand." He held up a monster card, and then slid it into his cemetery slot.
"After I've made the payment, Lightning Vortex wipes out every face-up monster on the opponent's field! Think of this as a weakened Raigeki, but still extremely effective. So effective that it just cleared your field!" Lightning streaked from one monster to the next, blowing them apart.
With the field opened, Takuya grabbed the remaining card in his hand and threw it down on the field. Immediately a knight in burning armor appeared, holding up a sword of fire. "Pyro Knight(1800/1300) isn't quite strong enough to beat you. However…"
He paused for dramatic effect, and then thrust out one fist like he was punching an opponent. "Pyro Knight, do your stuff! Direct attack with Pyro Blade!"
The knight rushed forwards, slamming its burning blade down on Kedamono's exposed flesh. Takuya wasn't surprised at all when the monster's flesh repelled the attack completely, leaving it as having done no real damage. "You're as tough as you look Kedamono, but that doesn't always transfer over to a duel." (KeLP: 100)
"Perhaps not. However, you should know just as much as anyone else that sometimes it does. You failed to complete a killing blow, and perhaps that will come back to strike you later." He laughed, the sound once again shaking the ground. He obviously didn't seem worried by his lack of life points and field.
"Maybe you've forgotten that I have a partner? He'll take his turn once Pyro Knight's effect kicks in. All damage it has dealt is transferred to my life points, so here it comes!" Flames whipped around him, but instead of doing damage they increased his life points. (TLP: 5800)
He smiled as the flames died out, leaving him back to normal. "That's all from me. Now Kai, finish him off!"
Kai nodded and slipped a card off his deck. He threw it down immediately and another Breaker monster formed. "Attack Breaker(1600 + 300/1000) come on out!"
Off on the side-lines, Eramoros smirked slightly. 'Now they'll learn exactly what separates Kedamono from normal opponents. Not a single opponent before has ever discovered the secret to beating him, and it's likely they won't either.'
"Attack Breaker, attack Kedamono directly for game!" The breaker charged forwards, stabbing its sword at Kedamono. Just like Pyro Knight, the attack did no physical damage, and the sword didn't' even break the skin of Kedamono's stomach.
"Now that we've won, let us pass on to the chambers below." Kai began to walk forwards, but was stopped by Kedamono's booming laughter. He jerked to a halt and looked up at the behemoth of a duelist, whose hyena-like face was twisted up in a strange fashion that Kai couldn't place.
"Perhaps you failed to understand when I said that my rage supplied me with power. For as long as my rage exists within me I cannot be defeated. It is as if a raw presence of my power presents itself in this duel, just as it would in a normal battle." He raised his duel disk, indicating what he meant. (KeLP: -1800)
Kai and Takuya stared in shock, unable to comprehend how it was possible. Kedamono merely laughed again, the ground quaking with his laughter. "Perhaps now you see. This is no duel, just as no battle with me is ever as simple as it seems. This is a fight for survival against an opponent that you cannot possibly defeat! I was place here because it is impossible to defeat me in combat, making it impossible for anyone to gain entrance!"
Eramoros continued to smile, watching the horrified expressions on the two duelist's faces. 'Now they see it. Kedamono cannot be defeated in battle, it is merely that simple. Can they learn the secret to defeating an opponent that one can't fight? It will be fun to find out…'
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Author's Notes: Oooo, more powerful guys.
Next Time: While Takuya and Kai struggle to discover the secret to defeating an unstoppable opponent the precocious and excitable Alice gets a chance to prove herself while helping Isis and Rishid. Down they must go to tombs cursed and forbidden for anyone to set foot in, but there is no other choice.
See it all in, Forbidden Tombs!
Review Response
Time Mage: A couple of points. Dark Drake's personality is all the negative aspects of Drake multiplied, he isn't literally the darkness. He just calls himself the darkness because he was born into existence because of a Darkness Game, and he has mastery over the Heart of Darkness. You'll learn more about the tunnel and its contents next time we shift over to Dark Drake as well as learning about the breaking of the seal and why it was so easy (believe me, I'm good enough to know this stuff since I'm making it up). And in fact other players WILL get such an ability, albeit not necessarily the same type. As you can see Kedamono has a "happy" power as well.
WolfGeneral: Yep, evil Drake is pretty umm…evil.