51. The Reviving Quartz, Attack of The Indestructible Attack Tower!
Doxx's eyes opened, looking through the darkness and one single spot light on a robed man in a chair. "Where am I?" He thought. The man was a rare hunter, guarding them.
He heard some breathing to his right. Doxx tried to move his hands but they were shackled, hanging up in the air. He saw the vault behind the guard. Doxx looked to his right, seeing Yukie.
"Yukie! Yukie wake up!" Doxx said, nudging her.
Yukie's eyes opened. "Doxx... What's going on..." Yukie said, slowly waking up.
"Looks like we've been captured..." He said.
"What?" Yukie said, shocked.
"This is their strategy..." Doxx thought. "They want us bound together, knowing we were strong enough he weakened us with the shadow realm... Slowly splitting us up..."
"What's going on?" Quartz said, disturbed by why he had been pushed outside.
"Listen up! There has been several intruders in this property, please remain calm until justice is forced!" Isona said into the microphone as crowds of students began talking to each other.
Quartz looked around the crowd for Kyu or the others but no sign. "I need to take my own actions..." He thought, stepping off the docks to the large rocks. No one noticed and he made his way up to the beach and slowly over the hill.
As he moved up, he noticed a series of candles, unlit with black wax. "Strange..." He said to himself as he moved inside. As Quartz made his way the entrance, he saw the two officers literally dragging Vulcan to the police van.
"You won't get away with this! Von Bourg will swallow your souls alive!" Vulcan hollered.
Quartz smirked easily, letting himself be notice. "Get back to the evacuation group now!" The officer said.
"Heh, you obviously don't know who I am..." Quartz smirked.
"Exactly who do you think you are, get back to the evacuation group or we'll make you." The other officer said, waving a set of hand cuffs in front of his face.
"Maybe I should call my manager, Kazu Yoshio..." Quartz smiled.
The officer's look blank, ignoring him suddenly and walking off with Vulcan. Quartz went up the stairs, entering the school.
Sophia's eyes opened. "Hey... I'm alive!" She said happily, seeing the unconscious police officers. "Yikes... Better get out of here..."
She headed up the stairs and to the opened door, the halls were dark but good enough to see. She looked over, seeing Quartz headed toward her.
"Quartz!" She said happily, quickly running up to him.
"I missed you so much, things are getting weird here! Let's get out!" She said innocently.
"Move out of my way..." Quartz said, pushing her aside.
"But Quartz!" Sophia said, shocked by his sudden snap. Quartz looked back, then moved on. "Quartz..."
Sophia looked in sorrow, feeling something totally different has happened to him as he moved toward the darkness. She fell to her knees, not knowing what to do.
As Quartz moved further, he heard other foot steps. Knowing that Sophia was probably crying like a baby, he knew it was someone else. "Whose there... Rare Hunter?" Quartz said.
"Bravo, the great problem duelist is not blind after all..." A smarmy voice said as the rare hunter revealed himself.
"Excellent, I was anxious to test out my new deck on a new opponent." Quartz smiled, holding his duel disk up.
"Excellent, then once I win, my deck will be more upgraded. Consider it a challenge." The rare hunter said, holding his duel disk up.
Both duelist slid their decks in, causing their duel disks to fold open and life points increase to 4000. "Duel!" They both announced.
"Begin..." Quartz said, drawing his first card. "Now! I summon Familiar Knight in defense mode! (1200/1400) I'll then set a card face down and end my turn!"
"Draw!" The Rare Hunter announced, drawing his card. "And I'll activate this magic card, Double Clotted Knights! This card allows me to special summon two monsters from my deck..."
The rare hunter took his deck out, taking two cards within his deck and slapping them down on his duel disk. "I bring forth my two Clotted Knights! (2x 1400/1200)" The Rare Hunter announced as two warriors wearing shoulder, arm, and leg armor appeared with the rest of their body wrapped in bandages, each wielding a long edge blade. "That's not all, I'll also bring up my third Clotted Knight! (1400/1200)"
Quartz looked at the rare hunter. "Now! Clotted Knight, destroy his Familiar Knight!" The Rare Hunter announced pointing at Quartz's defending monster.
Quartz shielded himself as his blue armored warrior was slashed into two pieces by the knight. "Familiar Knight's special ability is activated!" Quartz announced. "It lets us both bring up a level four monster from our hand."
Each player took a card from their hand, ready to play. "I summon my Cursed Banshee! (1500/1300)" The Rare Hunter announced as a ghost woman appeared in the air, letting out a shrill cry.
"And I'll summon my Queen's Knight! (1500/1600)" Quartz announced as the female warrior in red armor appeared, wielding a short purple sword.
The Rare Hunter smiled. "Your lucky this turn..." He said. "I set a card face down and end my turn."
"Lucky? I was born to win..." Quartz growled, feeling insulted by him. "Draw..."
"Now! I summon my King's Knight! (1600/1400)" Quartz announced as a bearded warrior dressed in orange armor appeared on the field. "And due to its effect, when I summon it on the field while my Queen's Knight is on the field, I can special summon a monster from my deck!"
"Hmmm..." The Rare Hunter said.
"Now! I summon Jack's Knight! (1900/1000)" Quartz announced as a warrior in blue armor appeared on the field. Suddenly all three warriors rose their swords, crossing each other in unity.
"Agh!" The Rare Hunter gasped.
"Jack's Knight! Destroy his Cursed Banshee now!" Quartz commanded, pointing forward.
The knight leapt forward, slashing his sword across the ghost woman causing her to suddenly dissolve, reducing the Rare Hunter's life points to 3800, but the guy just seemed to smile. Suddenly there was a quick shrill from the ghost. Suddenly Jack's Knight fell to his knee, trying to cover his ears. "What's going on?" Quartz said.
"By destroying my Cursed Banshee, you activated her effect, now your Jack's Knight is cursed!" The Rare Hunter laughed, pointing his boney finger at Quartz. "And with each passing turn you'll lose life points equal to half the total amount of attack points your Jack's Knight has."
"Err..." Quartz growled. "But still that's just a challenge, I like challenge..."
"Heh..." The Rare Hunter said.
"Now! Queen's Knight! Attack his Clotted Knight!" Quartz announced, pointing forward.
"Activate trap card, Double Cloth Protection!" The Rare Hunter announced as his trap card flipped up.
"What's that?" Quartz growled as the Clotted Knight suddenly parried Queen's Knight attack.
"It keeps your monsters from attack when I have more than one Clotted Knight on the field." The Rare Hunter said. "So, looks like your turn is over now."
"To end my turn, I'll activate this magic card..." Quartz said, taking one card from his hand. "Now go! Attack Tower!"
Suddenly Quartz's field magic card slot opened up and he slid the card in causing a sudden rumble in the area. "What's going on!" The Rare Hunter said, trying to keep his balance as a tower began to rise up from the ground behind Quartz.
The tall tower stood high, a round of cannons at the bottom pointed directly at the rare hunter. At the top was a empty area where someone could stand and look beyond.
"What does that do?" The Rare Hunter said in a horrid expression.
"You'll find out later, now I end my turn." Quartz announced leaving the Rare Hunter shaking in his boots.
"Draw..." He announced, trying to gather up his consciousness. "Now! I sacrifice my two Clotted Knights so I can summon this! Gull Minotaur! (3400/2500)"
Suddenly the two knights vanished and there was a giant swirling light forming behind the rare hunter and a giant beast in the form of light appeared. The swirling light vanished as the giant beast was revealed, a giant minotaur wielding two large axe hammers.
"With this monster, I can have an extra attack with it if you still have two or more monsters on the field." The Rare Hunter smirked. "Now! Destroy his Queen's Knight!"
The giant minotaur rose one of its axe hammers, and let it come crashing down. "Activate trap card, Attack Nullification!" Quartz announced. "With this, your attack is negated and your battle phase ends!"
"No!" The Rare Hunter growled as a sudden barrier appeared, protecting Quartz's Queen's Knight. "Fine my turn ends..."
"Draw..." Quartz announced.
"Now! The effect of my Cursed Banshee is activated! Because your attacked with your Jack's Knight, you lose life points equal to half of its attack strength!" The Rare Hunter laughed as a screaming banshee emerged from the knight, hitting Quartz.
Quartz let out a grunt as he grasped his chest where the banshee hit him, reducing his life points to 3050. But suddenly Quartz just smiled.
"What are you smiling about?" The Rare Hunter said, feeling nervous again.
"Because I can finally activate my Attack Tower's ability..." Quartz said. "Now! King's Knight, join with the Attack Tower!"
Suddenly the orange armored warrior jumped up to the watch area of the tower, looking down at the Rare Hunter. "And with that, my Attack Tower becomes its own monster!" Quartz said. "The the defense of three thousand, it's indestructible!"
"Heh, but weak." The Rare Hunter smiled.
"Don't think so, King's Knight's attack strength maybe halved but it can still attack your life points directly..." Quartz said as his King's Knight's attack strength reduced to 800. "Now attack his life points directly!"
Suddenly the King's Knight pulled a small chord, causing a cannon to rise up and fire a cannon ball at the Rare Hunter. The Rare Hunter gasped in pain as he fell over backwards, his life points reducing to 3000.
"I'll set one final card face down and end my turn!" Quartz announced.
"Draw!" The Rare Hunter hollered, ignoring the card he had drawn. "Gull Minotaur, destroy his Queen's Knight now!"
The minotaur once again rose its axe hammer up, ready to crush the warrior. "You're a fool." Quartz smiled. "Obviously a true rare hunter would have spotted my trap card, now activate! Tower's Savior!"
"No..." The Rare Hunter yelled out of frustration.
"With this, I can protect my Queen's Knight and send her to my tower!" Quartz called out. Suddenly Queen's Knight jumped away from the crushing axe hammer and jumping up into the tower with King's Knight.
"Heh, fool. Your Attack Tower may be saving your monsters, but it has left itself in for a brutal assault! And since you have Jack's Knight and the Attack Tower as a monster, my Gull Minotaur can attack once again! Now, this time take down his Attack Tower!"
"My Attack Tower is indestructible!" Quartz yelled. "Queen's Knight, defend the tower!"
Suddenly the female knight jumped out, taking on the full blast. "No!" The Rare Hunter said in shock.
"Keep attacking, you'll only be prolonging your doom!" Quartz laughed.
"Gull Minotaur! Destroy his Jack's Knight!" The Rare Hunter hollered.
"Jack's Knight! Jump into the tower!" Quartz called out as the knight jumped away from the slashing minotaur, hiding out in the tower with King's Knight.
"You still have three monsters! Gull Minotaur, attack the tower!" The Rare Hunter called out, pointing at the tall tower.
The minotaur once again slashed with his axe hammers but instead King's Knight jumped forward, protecting the tower and sacrificing himself.
"Now I have only two monsters on my field, your minotaur can no longer attack!" Quartz yelled. "You can't even harm my life points anymore!"
"What makes you so sure you'll be winning in this next turn!" The Rare Hunter growled. "Once my turn comes along, I'll be rid of that Attack Tower!"
"Don't be too sure! Draw!" Quartz announced, taking his next card. "I've been saving this card to tear you apart, you and your nasty gang have peeked my limitations and I'm making sure you'll never be able to come back without thinking twice! Quartz is back and here to rule Duelist Academy as the Number One duelist!"
"What!" The Rare Hunter said in shock.
"Now! I remove Familiar Knight and Queen's Knight from my graveyard, out of play!" Quartz announced as the two monster cards slid out of his graveyard holster. He took the cards, sliding them into his pocket. "To summon this! Chaos Soldier! (3000/2500)"
"No!" The Rare Hunter gasped as the blue and yellow armored warrior jumped from a pit of darkness to the field. "But wait, that warrior is weaker than my Gull Minotaur! What do you expect to accomplish if you can't even defeat it in battle! You won't win if you activate its effect!"
"My Chaos Soldier is only half the strategy I plan to use!" Quartz said as the soldier rose its sword and shield, ready to fight. "Now! I activate Chaos Soldier's special effect, I can remove one monster on your field from play!"
Suddenly The Rare Hunter's Gull Minotaur vanished out of no where. "Heh, useless move, you won't be able to accomplish anything now!" The Rare Hunter laughed.
"You're wrong!" Quartz said, taking another card from his hand. "I'll activate this! Tower's Hidden Power!"
"What!" The Rare Hunter said in confusion.
"By sacrificing my face-up Tower's Savior..." Quartz went on as his trap card dissolved. "I'll be able to switch the defense of my Attack Tower with is attack strength!"
"No!" The Rare Hunter said in shock.
"I did tell you it had a total of three thousand defense points, well now it's as strong as my Chaos Soldier!" Quartz smiled as the tower's attack strength rose to 3000. "Now I shift my Attack Tower to attack mode! (3000/0) And attack his life points directly!"
The towers cannons shifted, pointing at the rare hunter and firing. The hunter let out a scream as a hail of cannon balls hit him hard, reducing his life points to 0.
The holograms vanished and Quartz grinned at the fallen Rare Hunter, dazed and confused by his loss. Quartz moved on, wanting to find Kyu and finally challenge him.
CARDS PLAYED
Familiar Knight: Level 3 / 1200/1400/ Dark / Warrior / Desc: When this card is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard as a result of battle, each player can Special Summon 1 Level 4 monster from their hand.
Double Clotted Knights: QUICK PLAY MAGIC / Desc: Special Summon 2 "Clotted Knights" to the field, from your deck or hand.
Clotted Knight: Level 4 / 1400/1200/ Earth / Warrior.
Cursed Banshee: Level 4 / 1500/1300/ Dark / Demon / Desc: When this card is destroyed due to battle, equip this card to monster that destroyed this card. During each of your opponent's Standby Phase, inflict damage to the owner of the monster by half of the monster's ATK.
Queen's Knight: Level 4 / 1500/1600/ Light / Warrior.
King's Knight: Level 4 / 1600/1400/ Light / Warrior / Desc: When this card is Normal, Reversed, or Special Summoned while "Queen's Knight" is face-up on the field, you can Special Summon 1 "Jack's Knight" to the field from your hand or deck
Jack's Knight: Level 5 / 1900/1000/ Light / Warrior.
Double Cloth Protection: TRAP / Desc: If you have more than 1 "Clotted Knight" on the field, your opponent cannot attack.
Attack Tower: FIELD MAGIC / Desc: When this card is activated, it is placed on the Monster Card Zone and treated as a monster card with the ATK of 0 and a DEF of 3000 (It is also still treated as a Magic Card). As long as this card remains face-up on the field, increase the ATK of all face-up Warrior-type monsters on your side of the field by 500. During each of your Standby Phases, you can equip one of your face-up Warrior-type monster to this card and decrease the monster's ATK by half. Any card that is equipped with this card can attack your opponent's Life Points directly. Any other face-up Warrior-type monster on your field cannot attack your opponent's Life Points directly. When this card is attacked by your opponent's Monster, the monster equipped to this card is destroyed automatically instead of this card.
Gull Minotaur: Level 9 / 3400/2500/ Earth / Warrior / Desc: When your opponent has more than 2 monsters on the field, this card can attack again during Battle Phase.
Attack Nullification: TRAP / Desc: Negate the attack of one of your face-up monsters and end your opponent's Battle Phase.
Tower's Savior: PERMANENT TRAP / Desc: This card can only be activated if there's a face-up "Attack Tower" on the field. Negate the attack of one of your opponent's monster and equip the attack target monster to 1 face-up "Attack Tower" on the field (The attack target must be a Warrior-type monster.)
Chaos Soldier: Level 8 / 3000/2500/ Light / Warrior / Desc: This card can only be Special Summoned by removing 1 Light and 1 Dark monster in your Graveyard, from play. During each of your turns, you can activate 1 of the following effects. 1: Remove 1 monster on the field from play. If you activate this effect, this card cannot attack during the turn this effect is activated. 2: If this card destroys a monster as a result of battle, it can attack once again.
Tower's Hidden Power: MAGIC / Desc: Sacrifice 1 face-up "Tower's Savior" to switch the ATK and DEF of all face-up "Attack Towers" on the field.