Hey. Luigi777 is back for yet another round of mischief and mayhem. At last, we finally get to see the bad guy's deck. Or do we? Well, you probably wanna see the next chapter by now so, here we go with the next chapter of:

The Element Duelists!

A Strange Puzzle

Glyn surveyed the fiery dragon before her as it twisted about. Luke was still silent, while Jack shouted angrily at the figure, "Where did you get that?"

"Let's just say I got it in a small shop downtown," The stranger was smiling with an evil expression, although the butler beside him appeared to be growing impatient. "Anyway, I'll also set one card face-down and end my turn."

"Grrr..." Jack growled, infuriated. "That card should be Luke's!" Jack was the kind of person who didn't take well to injustice (he was after all the guardian of light) and suddenly his eyes narrowed. "It's my turn."

Richard continued to watch the four of them. He too had his eyes narrowed, but he was still wondering. Wondering who this boy was, and why he was after them. None of what he had said or the cards he had played so far had told them anything. They would have to get on with the duel before any pieces of this strange puzzle came together.

"Alright, let's go!" Jack roared as he ripped a card from his duel disk. "Alright, I'm playing Divine Dragon Ragnorok (1500/1000) in attack!" The huge, white serpent-like dragon appeared from the card he played. Jack smiled, "Oh, and I think I'll throw a face-down too. Your go, Mr. 'Butler'"

The man in the tuxedo smiled for the first time. And at last he spoke in a deep, broken voice, "Of course." He drew a card quietly and then just as quietly played his card. "Alright, I'm playing Bistro Butcher (1800/1000) in attack too! And then I think I'll play the spell card Waiter's service. This will let me draw a card by paying 100 LP." He once again silently drew a card. "Then I'll set two cards facedown and end my turn."

Glyn was still looking at the flame dragon before her eyes finally went to her deck. "Ok, looks like I get to go." She gazed at the card she drew before playing a card in her hand. "Ok, first I'm summoning Twin Water Elf to the field! (1900/800) and then I'll play Water rush! This, by tributing a water monster in my hand with equal stars as my Twin Elves, lets my Elves attack twice!" She looked over at the Butler as she discarded a 7 colored fish, "Alright, you're first. Twin water elf, attack his butcher!" The water spell of the twin elves sent the butcher flying before it crashed into a wall.

Butler's LP: 3800

"Ok!" The butler announced. "Because you destroyed my monster, you activate a trap, Butler's last service!" He suddenly, for the second time, smiled. "This will allow me to summon any monster from my hand after one of my monsters is killed in battle. And I'm summoning my Angered Follower! (2300/300)" A large, angry peasant stared into Glyn's eyes as she stared back coolly.

"Fine. Then I get to attack your Alpharath!" The water elves now cast a spell at the twisting flame dragon. The stranger grinned.

"It's time. I have a trap too, but this one slightly more effective!" The boy called as his trap flipped up, "I activate the trap Nature's Reaction. This will, because you're attacking my fire with a water, negate the attack and destroy your monster!" The twin elves stared as the ball of water became evaporated at the fiery dragon's breath, before the flames engulfed them too.

Glyn bit her lip, "Ok. I guess I'll set a card face-down and end my turn."

The boy suddenly had an unusual look on his face. He seemed happy yet almost depressed all in the same look. "Alright. Looks like I get to go." He whipped a card of his duel disk. "I draw! I'll play Gaia the Combustible Collective in attack! (2000/0)" He looked over at Glyn. "And now you'll feel his fury!"

Michael and Nick both stared at the red ball of a monster, "He has a fire deck?" Michael muttered.

"By the looks of it." Nick muttered back. "Or maybe…"

"Attack my collective!" The figure screeched as the ball sent a wave of fire at Glyn.

"I'll activate my quick-play magic now!" Glyn called. "I'm activating Schoolfish. This will summon three fish tokens to the field to protect me. (1000/1000)"

"You know that my big ball has trample, right?"

"Huh?"

"That's right! When I attack a defense position monster normally you don't lose any LP. But, because of what the pros call trample, you'll lose the difference of the ATK of my monster and the DEF of your monster!" the stranger cried.

"Urr…" Glyn sighed as the cute fish exploded.

Glyn's LP: 3000

"Alright, I'll play a face-down and end my turn." The master called before his Gaia burst into flames, "Oh, and my collective dies at the end of the turn."

"We noticed…" Jack said suspiciously as he scanned the enemy's field. "Ok, so the butler has a 2300 attacker and the master has an 1800 attacker. I wonder who to go for?" He said loudly as he placed a card in his hand. "Ok, I play White dragon ritual. This lets me, by discarding the luster dragon (1900/1600) in my hand, ritual summon Paladin of white dragon! (1900/1400) all right, and I'll activate a magic card known as Divine blaze! This will allow me, as long as I have a divine dragon on the field, to destroy one card on the field. And I'm destroying your Alpharath!"

The stranger in black stared coldly at Jack as his dragon vanished in a flash of light. "Great for you."

"Then I'm gonna attack you with all of my monsters! All right, my divine dragon goes first. Attack!"

Suddenly the cold stare on the master's face turned into a grin. "That's where my trap comes in. I'm activating a rival appears! This lets me summon a monster with the same level as one of your monsters to the field! And I'm choosing Thing in the Crater! (1000/1200)"

Nick smiled suddenly. "It must be!"

"Err…" Jack said confused as suddenly the shadows darkened as two blood red eyes stared at him. "This might not be so pretty."

Jack's LP: 4000

?'s LP: 4000

Butler's LP: 3800

Glyn's LP: 3000

Wha-ha-ha-ha! What will happen now? Just to make you agonize, Next chapter I'm finally going to tell what part of the bad guys plan and his name although I think you might already know that.

Until next time! Luigi777 signing off.