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Tournament of Tears
Chapter 21: Duel Montage (Part 2)
Hitokage Seijitsu looked between the two Speakers of Midnight that he was facing, and then he frowned slowly. ("How many undead monstrosities does Midnight have obeying him?")
The first Speaker was tall and think, almost looking like a corpse. It was wrapped in black cloth from head to toe and barely seemed able to hold up its duel disk. The other speaker wore a simple t-shirt and shorts, his glittering smile making Hitokage wonder if he was dead at all.
Hitokage- 4000
Vas- 4000
Origon- 4000
Hitokage drew first. "I'll begin this duel." Glancing at his hand, he slid two cards into his disk. "After placing two cards face-down on the field, I'll end my turn."
Vas coughed a couple of times, its decrepit body somehow managing to draw a card. "I shall play the magic card Undead Horde. Now by discarding cards from my hand I can special summon Undead Souls (500/500/2/Dark/Undead) to the field." Four groaning corpses appeared in play. "Now I set one card face-down and end my turn."
Origon gave a cheesy smile and a single flash of light came from one of his teeth. "Alright, now it's my turn!" Snapping up the top card of his deck, he didn't look at it and inserted a card from his hand into his deck. "I activate the quickplay magic card Guess Draw. Now we both must guess what kind of card I have just drawn. If I guess correctly, all magic and trap cards on the field are destroyed. If you guess right, all monsters in play are destroyed. If either of us guess wrong then nothing happens."
("I can't risk losing my set cards, but at the same time the chance to clear those tokens would be a relief.") "I call Trap!"
"I call magic." The man held up the magic card and an explosion shook the field as Hitokage's two set cards shattered, along with Vas' card. "Of course, Vas' card was something fairly effective, wouldn't you say?"
The old corpse nodded. "My set trap card was called Dark Coffin. Now you must discard a single card from your hand."
Hitokage glanced down at his hand and inserted a card into his graveyard with a little hesitation.
Origon snapped up two cards and they both started to glow. "Token Suicide increases the attack of all token monsters in play by 500 points per each other Token monster in play!" (2500/500x4) "Also, my Scarlet Blood Jewel magic card raises the attack of all Undead type monsters in play by 500 times the number of Undead type monsters in play!" (4500/500x4) "This is your end boy! Next I activate the magic card Puppeteer, allowing me to control one monster in play until the end of the turn. Go now, attack his life points directly!" One of the black corpses charged right at Hitokage, howling in hunger.
Hitokage's eyes narrowed and a white wall of mist shot up, throwing the creature back.
"What was that? A graveyard trap?" Origon grimaced. "You little…"
"My Duel Prescense." Hitokage slid a card from his hand into his graveyard. "By discarding one trap card from my hand, I can negate one attack."
"A Duel Prescense?" Origon's eyes widened. "End turn…"
"Draw!" Hitokage looked at his drawn card and slid three cards into his disk. "I set three cards face-down on the field and end my turn."
Vas drew. "You're too weak, Origon. Go my Undead Horde!" All of the four zombies charged right at Hitokage, and then exploded into dust. "What?"
"The special ability of my trap card, Mirror Force, destroys your attacking monsters instantly." Hitokage glanced over at Origon. "Can you do better?"
"Of course!" Origon drew and slammed a card onto his disk. "Come out now, my Undead Driver!" (400/400) A giant mummy appeared on the field and groaned. "Now I play my Deliverance from Death magic cards." Holding up two cards, he sneered as they faded away. "These cards allow me to discard two undead type monsters from my deck to the graveyard." Removing four cards from his deck, he slid them into his graveyard slot. "And then the special ability of my Undead Driver powers it up by 700 points for every undead monster I have in my graveyard!" (3200/400) "Go and hit him directly!" The zombie charged, and slammed right into a corpse of a dragon which exploded into white smoke. "What was that?"
"Dead Dragon Zoma is a trap monster that is special summoned through the effect of its trap card. When it is destroyed as a result of battle, my opponent takes double the attack of the destroying monster in damage!" The white mist formed a howling dragon's shape and it swallowed up Origon, destroying him instantly. (6400)
Hitokage- 4000
Vas- 4000
Hitokage drew and pointed at his set card. "Reveal Soul Flute. This magic card allows me to special summon one monster with Soul in its title from my graveyard to the field! Come out now, Soul Reaver Dragon!" (3500/0) A giant phantasmal dragon formed of white mist appeared on the field.
"I know of your monster, it cannot attack us…" Vas started to laugh, until her saw Hitokage's eyes. They were empty black voids, seeming to suck in all life around them.
"No…do you beings think you can throw around such enormous amounts of power and not expect me to absorb it?" Hitokage's hand held up his drawn card. "Go Soul Crash. This magic card allows me to sacrifice a monster in play with Soul in its title and deal you life point damage equal to its attack plus 500!" The Dragon dropped right onto Vas, blowing the Speaker apart.
Hitokage- 4000
Dropping to his knees, Hitokage sucked in some air and tried to stay conscious. ("Even after all of that siphoning, I still had to risk it all to make sure I won quickly.")
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From within his tower, Midnight's eyes slowly opened and he grimaced. "Tell me something, Uremorus. Why is it that two of your Priests have fallen, and my Speakers are crumbling like paper to these intruders?"
"It is with my humblest apologies of that, sire. They are stronger then we first thought." The priest groveled at his god's feet, only to be kicked hard enough to almost kill him again.
"I don't want your excuses anymore!" Midnight slowly clenched his fist. "No…I grow tired of this. Uremorus, I want you to begin the ritual. Find me the one who I will duel in the Game of the Gods."
"As you command…master." The Priest coughed up blood, but managed to stay conscious.
Midnight smiled calmly. ("I grow weary of sitting here and waiting…") Sneering, he quickly began to fade away. ("I shall go to them, and destroy them all.")
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The Mediator stood at the edge of his dimensional island, his eyes closed and tears dripping down into the nothingness that surrounded his little private dimension. ("I can no longer cry over what has happened. I must destroy the one who had done this to me!") He slowly faded as well, Midnight's image in his mind. ("Take me to him…let me kill him!")
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Midnight shimmered into existence standing at the edge of a rooftop overlooking the huge battle royale going on down below. ("My Speakers will not win. These children and weakling demons have all become stronger than anything they could ever achieve. How saddening it is." Closing his eyes, he shook his head slowly. "It looks like I'll just have…" Then he stopped and slowly turned to face his uninvited guest. "What are you doing here, loser?"
The Mediator stood there, his duel disk already in place and his eyes burning with anger. "I will destroy you before you can get any of what you…"
"Fine fine, let's just make it quick." Midnight turned and a jet-black jeweled Duel Disk formed around his arm. "Would you like to start or should I?"
Mediator- 4000
Midnight- 4000
"I'll begin!" The Mediator drew. As he did so, the air around both of them grew hazy as their very existences clashed. Both of them were strong enough that the ensuing duel was weakening the dimensional fabric. "I set two cards face-down on my field, and my turn is done." As the two cards shimmered into existence on his field, the red-ponytailed man pointed at Midnight. "My purpose for the Tournament of Tears was to bring back my lost lover…that is all. You intend to destroy it all, and I won't allow that to happen!"
"Then try and stop me, if you can." Midnight drew. "Of course, you can't win! Field magic card…Lost Paradise!" As the field magic card slot slid closed, the world around them changed to a barren wasteland of stone and soot. "Once per turn, I may draw two cards!" Sliding two more cards off of his deck, Midnight held up another one. "Now, I play my Stage of Introduction magic card. Both duelists special summon a level four monster from their decks. My choice is Sapphire Dragon!" (1900/1600) A large sapphire-encrusted dragon appeared on the field.
The Mediator pointed at his field, where a robed spellcaster holding a flute appeared in play. "Then I special summon Spell Piper (100/1300) in defense mode!"
"Good…good…" Midnight closed his eyes and nodded sagely. "Your monster allows you, during your standby phase, to discard a magic card from your hand to destroy one card in play. A good choice indeed…" Holding up a finger and pointing at the sky, he smiled and opened his eyes. "Let me help you out though…with my Forceful Summoning magic card! Now you must special summon as many spellcasters from your deck as you can!"
The Mediator narrowed his eyes, but did so, placing four more cards onto his disk. "Emerge then, my two Spell Templar, along with my Spell Knight and my Spell Priest!" A pair of hooded spellcasters holding spears, one wearing armor, and one in incredibly shiny robes appeared on the field all at once. (1600/1900x2) (1650/1650) (2500/1600)
Midnight licked his lips. "Excellent…excellent…" Holding up a card, he sneered as his Sapphire Dragon howled in pain and melted into a mass of quivering black slime. "My Rotten Soul magic card lets me sacrifice one dragon on my field to special summon Rotten Heart Dragon from my deck!" (?) A giant undead dragon appeared on the field and roared, releasing a horrible smell that filled the air around it. "The sacrificed monster's attack and defense are doubled to determine this monster's attack and defense scores." (3800/3200)
The Mediator didn't seem that worried. "I still don't understand why you used your Forceful…"
"Because I feel like giving you an advantage…" Midnight sneered and held up a new card. "I activate Holy Eradication! All Undead monsters on the field are destroyed!" Howling in pain, the Rotten Heart exploded into dust. "When Rotten Heart Dragon is destroyed, I can special summon a number of Harm Soul Tokens (0/0) equal to the number of cards that I discard from my hand!" Sliding two of his hand cards into his graveyard slot, he laughed as a pair of groaning grey bubbles appeared on the field.
"What is the point of all this?" The Mediator didn't understand what Midnight was doing by placing himself in this horrible position.
"It's simple…the paradise shall drag us all down into its depths! I activate the magic card Plague of Paradise!" Midnight started to chuckle. "This magic card can only be activated while The Lost Paradise is in play. All cards in play and in our hands are sent to the graveyard, excluding token monsters and The Lost Paradise. For every card lost, we lose 100 life points!" He held up his already empty hand and then motioned to his field. "I don't lose a thing, do I?"
The Mediator paled as eleven cards went from his field and hand to his graveyard. "That means I lose 1100 life points."
Mediator- 2900
Midnight- 4000
"Correct. Luckily, my turn ends after the activation of Plague of Paradise." Midnight closed his eyes and waited patiently for his turn. "I'm going to take a short nap, let me know when it's my turn." Then he seemed to go limp. A slight snoring noise came from his mouth, which was now hanging open slightly.
The Mediator stood there in amazement, his anger diffused into confusion. ("Does he really think that foolishly?") Then he drew and held up the drawn card. "I activate my perfect magic card, considering the situation! Go Life Rejuvenation!" Light filled the air around them. "When I have no cards in my hand and no cards on my field, then I may draw until I am holding six cards!" Snapping up his new hand, he smiled calmly. "Go Spell Healing! If there are five or more Spell monsters in my graveyard, then I may special summon one from my graveyard to the field! Go Spell Priest!" (2500/1600) The brightly lit spellcaster appeared on the field again. "Now, I activate the magic card Magician's Switch! All monsters on your field will now switch modes!" The Tokens shuddered as they were forced to attack mode.
Midnight continued to nap.
"I'll finish you right now! Go Twilight Sacrifice! By discarding this Dark Magician (2500/2100) from my hand, I can power up my Spell Priest by its attack points!" (5000/1600) "Go now, attack and end this game! Holy Spell Blast!" The Priest released a blast of energy that hit the zero attack token, the energy slamming right into Midnight's body. "It's over!"
Mediator- 2900
Midnight- 1
"What?" The Mediator's eyes widened. "That's impossible…"
Midnight yawned and opened his eyes slowly. "Did I miss something important?"
"How are you not dead?" The Mediator couldn't understand it…until he saw that the other token was gone.
"Ah yes…my Duel Prescense." Midnight stretched out his back and then drew. "The effect of my Prescense forces one card or token from my hand or field to the graveyard in exchange for locking my life points at 1 when they would drop to zero." The dark dragon god drew two more cards because of the effect of the Lost Paradise. "Now it ends here. First my Pot of Greed along with my Research on the Pot of Greed." Drawing three cards, he held one up and it started to glow. "Devil's Sanctuary activates and gives me a Metal Devil Token (0/0) to use against you." A little metal doll-like creature appeared on the field. "Also, I play the magic card Token Duplication! By discarding cards from my hand I can multiply my tokens!" Sliding two cards into his graveyard, he snickered as two more Metal Devil Tokens appeared in play. "You've just lost."
"You seem to forget my two set cards…"
"What set cards?" Midnight smirked. "Those disappeared with my Plague, and my Duel Prescense ended your turn right after it activated. Therefore…you've just lost. It's a shame, you never even got to see the final of the Dark Demon Dragons…" He pointed at his three Metal Devil Tokens. "Be offered for my ultimate monster! Come out now…" The sky above the whole city turned blood red, and roar that sounded like a chorus of tortured screams rolled down like a weight onto the back of every living thing in its hearing range. "I'm sure he needs no introduction…Nova Hell Dragon; Kifunsuiryu!" A giant burning ball of black and red fire slowly lowered onto the field…and then faded into nothingness. "What?"
The Mediator discarded his hand. "Did I forget to mention something, my dear Midnight?" He smiled as if he had just won in that move. "By discarding my hand to zero, I can negate anything I wish. My Duel Prescense works much better than yours…because now you have no cards left. I suppose you can save yourself with the effect of yourself, but only once and it will cost you your precious draw engine."
Midnight stood there in silence…and then he started to laugh in delight. "It's incredible…I love it!" He met the Mediator's eyes with his own. "Show me more…show me as much as you can…"
"I'd love to." The Mediator drew. "I will destroy you, do not doubt that at all."
"Prove your words…try and finish me off." Midnight licked his lips again. "As I said, I look forward to being destroyed!"
To be continued…