52. Terror of Sacrifice
"Can we stop, we've totally lost him!" Genesis said, stopping and leaning against a wall, huffing.
"Yeah... We lost him..." Violet said, panting.
"Don't be too sure..." A voice said suddenly. Violet and Genesis wheeled around to the see the cloaked Rare Hunter, noticing the insignia which represented that he was the leader.
"You... Where's Yukie!" Violet hissed.
"Safe... But Yukie shouldn't be the only one you need to worry about..." The leader said with a devious smile.
"Kyu! What did you do with him!" Genesis said.
"Hmm, don't know." The leader said, shrugging. "But now that Doxx is with us, we just need to take you out."
"Us?" Violet said.
"In order to open the vault, we need a powerful energy. Kaiba's office has been locked down so we've been held back to use our powerful force." The leader said.
"Not if we stop you..." Violet said, holding up her duel disk.
"You think a duel will stop me?" The leader laughed.
"Even if I lose, the energy of the shadow realm will drain you, not only taking me, but the shadow energy will increase and open the vault." The leader laughed.
"Just a few people? How can that help..." Violet said.
"Not just the handful of you, but the whole school... Once all your souls are ours, then we'll take the necessary cards we want." The leader said.
"Why are you telling us this..." Genesis asked.
"Hmm... Because your my next target, dear sweet little Violet..." The leader said, throwing off his robe, revealing his long white hair, dark purple eyes, black trench coat, black pants, and a white shirt under his trench coat. "Von Bourg, will rule all of the shadows!"
"Then it's up to me to make sure your plan fails!" Violet said as each duelist lifted their Duel Disk, causing them to fold out.
They both slid their decks in, both life points rising to 4000. "Draw!" Von Bourg announced, drawing his card. "Wicked God of A Thousand Eyes in defense mode (0/0). I'll then set two cards face down and end my turn."
"A weak monster on the first turn, I should start out with a weaker monster also..." Violet thought, looking at the demon with eyes all around its body, drawing her card.
"Now! I summon Elemental Hero, Burst Lady! (1200/800)"
Suddenly a woman appeared dressed in a skin tight outfit with flames over her hands. "Attack!" Violet commanded, pointing forward.
Von Bourg smiled as the woman blasted his monster, destroying it easily. "Reveal trap card, Destined To Be!" Von Bourg announced. "By activating this when you destroyed my monster, I'm allowed one free draw..."
"Nothing I should worry about now..." Violet said.
"On the contrary..." Von Bourg smiled, looking at his ritual card.
"I'll set one card face down and end my turn!" Violet announced.
"Draw..." Von Bourg announced. "Now! I activate this, Tiny Pound Hammer!"
Suddenly the magic card flipped up and began to shine. "With this I can return any amount of cards from my hand, to my deck then draw the same amount of cards I just returned." Von Bourg explained as he sent all but one card in his hand to his deck, then drew.
"Hmm, I've seen this move before..." Violet said.
"And now! I'll summon this, Sonic Bird! (1400/1000)" Von Bourg announced as an eagle materialized to the field with a sonic jet pack on its back. "When summoning this, I can take a ritual magic card from my deck and add it to my hand!"
"No..." Violet thought.
Von Bourg selected his card and held it up. "Now! I activate my Ritual of Illusions!" Von Bourg announced as his card appeared.
"A ritual..." Violet said. "Maybe too much of a cost, but still he can summon a powerful monster..."
"By activation of this, I sacrifice my Sonic Bird to summon this great magical monster, Sacrifice! (0/0)" Von Bourg announced as a dim green creature appeared. Its outer shell opening up to reveal a bowl shaped form in its middle section and a wriggling eye.
"What... is... that..." Violet said, sensing a great disturbance by the presence of this monster.
"This... Will be your doom." Von Bourg smiled. "Now! Sacrifice is activated! Absorbing your Elemental Hero, Burst Lady!"
Suddenly the dome within the creature began to glow, and Burst Lady flew forward, disappearing into the creature. Von Bourg laughed. "With this, my Sacrifice absorbs its attack and defense." He said as Sacrifice's attack strength rose to 1200.
"No..." Violet gasped, seeing her monster gone.
"Now Sacrifice! Attack her life points directly!" Von Bourg commanded, pointing at Violet. Suddenly a red flames executed from its squirming eye, hitting Violet. Violet let out a scream as she fell to her knee in pain, her life points reducing to 2800.
"Using my own monster against me..." Violet said, standing up.
"My deck is perfect for turning your own monsters against you. You have no clue what power I possess." Von Bourg smirked. "I'll set a card face down and end my turn."
"My turn, draw!" Violet announced, drawing her next card. "Now! I summon this, Elemental Hero, Bubbleman! (800/1200)"
"Hmph..." Von Bourg smiled as the blue armored warrior appeared, holding a small water gun upon his arm.
"Once this is summoned, I'm able to draw two cards from m deck when its the only monster on the field!" Violet explained, drawing her two cards, making seven in her hand. "Now! I activate this, Bubble Shot!"
Suddenly a giant bubble cannon appeared and Bubbleman took it, resting it on his shoulder. "With this, my Bubbleman gains an additional eight hundred attack points! (1600) Now destroy his Sacrifice!"
The warrior pulled the trigger, sending a stream of bubbles at the creature. Suddenly its outer shell appeared, protecting it.
"What!" Violet said in a sudden shock as her Elemental Hero Burst Lady appeared, taking on the attack and getting destroyed.
Von Bourg smirked as his life points reduced to 3600. "My Sacrifice allows me to take the monster I stole from you and let it take the attack, saving my own monster..." Von Bourg said. "But since you destroyed your own monster, you lose damage too!"
"No..." Violet gasped as her life points reduced to 2400. "I didn't expect this... I was too hooked on trying to destroy that thing..."
"I still have a round of cards in my hand..." Violet said, taking another card from her hand.
"Wrong! Now I activate my other face down card, Fairless Fault!" Von Bourg announced as his trap card flipped up. "When my opponent has more than 5 cards in their hand, they must discard five cards automatically!"
"No!" Violet gasped.
"That's right..." Von Bourg smiled.
Violet took all but the card she held and slid them into her graveyard holster. "I feel that this person is out of my league..." She thought. "I'll set a card face down and end my turn."
"Draw..." Von Bourg announced. "Now! Sacrifice, absorb her Bubbleman!"
Suddenly the creature's outer shell opened, absorbing the hero monster into itself, its attack strength rising to 1600. "And attack her life points directly!" Von Bourg shouted, pointing at Violet.
"Activate trap card, A Hero Emerges!" Violet announced as her trap card flipped up. "With this, you have to chose a card from my hand and if its a monster, I'll bring up to the field!"
"Nice move since you only have one card on your hand." Von Bourg smirked.
"Now! I bring forth Elemental Hero, Clayman! (2000/800) In defense mode!" Violet announced as the giant rock brute materialized on the field, shielding itself.
The creature fired a beam from its eye, hitting Violet's monster but its thick arms resisted the attack, reducing Von Bourg's life points to 3200.
"I'll end my turn from here..." Von Bourg announced.
"Draw!" Violet announced, drawing her next card. "Now! I activate my Pot of Greed!"
Violet swiftly drew her two cards and smiled. "Come on Violet, you're losing!" Genesis cheered.
"I see that..." Violet thought. "I'm not sure I can hold out, this guy has only played simple weak monsters but with heavy damaging effects..."
"Now! I activate my Hero Save!" Violet announced as her magic card flipped up. "When one of my hero monsters is being affected by one of your card effects, I can negate it!"
"No..." Von Bourg said as suddenly Bubbleman burst through the creatures dome and landing on Violet's side of the field.
"Now! I sacrifice my Elemental Hero, Clayman and Elemental Hero, Bubbleman so I can summon this..." Violet went on as her two monsters began to shine. "Elemental Hero, Edgeman! (2600/1600)"
Suddenly a golden armored warrior appeared, floating in mid air as light shined down on it. "Attack and destroy his Sacrifice!" Violet called forward.
"Smart girl..." Von Bourg smiled to himself as the warrior flew forward, slashing the creature with its arms and destroying it.
Violet smiled for victory as Von Bourg's life points reduced to 600.
"You don't stand a chance now!" Violet said, pointing her finger.
"I'm just getting started..." Von Bourg smirked. "Activate face-down card! Two Archers Kantauros!"
Von Bourg's only face down card flipped up and suddenly statue of two connected centaurs appeared, each body wielding a bow and arrow.
"What's that?" Violet said. "I've never seen such a card..."
"I'm a rare hunter, I posses cards you've never come to imagine!" Von Bourg smiled. "With this card on the field, it will automatically destroy one monster on the field, and whose ever the owner of the monster gets damage equal to the total amount of the monster's attack strength!"
"No!" Genesis and Violet gasped.
"Yup.. Looks like my plan has worked." Von Bourg smiled evilly, throwing back his long white hair.
"This was your plan all along..." Violet gasped.
"That's right. And now it's my turn, draw!" Von Bourg announced, drawing his next card. "And it's useless to summon my own monster now because my Two Archers Kantauros automatically targets the only monster on the field, your Elemental Hero!"
Suddenly one of the arrows began to shine, then fired into the hero's chest, causing it to explode into digital pieces. Violet covered herself from the explosion, her life points reducing to 0.
"No!" Genesis gasped.
"I lost..." Violet gasped in sudden shock.
"Face it deary... Rare hunters always have the upper hand..." Von Bourg smiled as Violet fell to her knee. Von Bourg walked to her, a wave of black fog followed him.
"What are you going to do?" Violet asked.
"Huh? What you expect me to take a soul of one of the most powerful duelist ever?" Von Bourg laughed. "I'm not going to stop my reign of terror now... I like to have you fun know... I think you'd make a good servant to me..."
"No..." Violet growled. Suddenly Von Bourg waved his hand over Violet's eyes. Violet fell into a deep zone-out and her eyes turned a bright purple. She sat there for a while as Genesis stood there, shocked.
Von Bourg laughed more as he glared at Genesis, instantly Genesis took off on a run, scared.
CARDS PLAYED
Wicked God of A Thousand Eyes: Level 1 / 0/0/ Dark / Magician.
Elemental Hero, Burst Lady: Level 3 / 1200/800/ Fire / Warrior.
Destined To Be: TRAP / Desc: When one of your monsters is destroyed by your opponent's monster, you can draw 1 card from your hand.
Tiny Pound Hammer: MAGIC / Desc: Return this card and any amount of cards from your hand, into your deck and shuffle your deck. Draw cards equal to the amount of cards you returned.
Sonic Bird: Level 4 / 1400/1000/ Wind / Winged Beast / Desc: When this card is Summoned, you may take 1 Ritual Magic card from your Deck, to your hand. Shuffle your deck afterwards.
Ritual of Illusions: RITUAL MAGIC / Desc: This card can only be used to Special Summon "Sacrifice" by sacrificing monsters whose total Level equals 1 or more from the field or your hand.
Sacrifice: Level 1 / 0/0/ Dark / Magician / Desc: This card can only be Special Summoned by "Ritual of Illusions". Equip one of your opponents monsters on the field to this card. As long as this card is equipped with a monster, increase this cards ATK and DEF by the equal amount of ATK and DEF of the monster equipped to this card (If the card is face-down, this card's ATK and DEF are 0). This effect can only be used once per turn. When your opponent attacks this card with an ATK higher than this card, the equipped card is destroyed instead of this card. Any Battle Damage calculated is also inflicted on your opponent's Life Points.
Elemental Hero, Bubbleman: Level 4 / 800/1200/ Water / Warrior / Desc: If this card is the only card in your hand, you can Special Summon it to the field. When this card is successfully Normal, Special, or Reversed Summoned when it is the only card on your field, draw 2 cards from your deck.
Bubble Shot: EQUIP MAGIC / Desc: This card can only be equipped to "Elemental Hero, Bubbleman". Increase the equipped monster's ATK by 800. When this equipped monster is targeted for an attack, destroy this card instead of the equipped monster.
Fairless Fault: TRAP / Desc: If your opponent has more than 5 cards in their hand, your opponent must discard 5 cards from their hand.
Cost Down: MAGIC / Desc: Discard 1 card from your hand to reduce all monsters in your hand by 2 Levels for the rest of the turn.
A Hero Emerges: TRAP / Desc: When your opponent declares an attack, this card can be activated. Your opponent must chose 1 card from your hand. If the chosen card is a monster card, Special Summon it to the field. If the card is not a Monster Card, discard it to your graveyard.
Elemental Hero, Clayman: Level 4 / 800/2000/ Earth / Warrior.
Pot of Greed: MAGIC / Desc: Draw two cards from your deck.
Hero Save: QUICK PLAY MAGIC / Desc: When one of your face-up monsters with "Hero" in its name is affected by a Magic, Trap, or Monster card effect, you can negate that effect.
Elemental Hero, Edgeman: Level 7 / 2600/1600/ Earth / Warrior / Desc: If this monster attacks a monster in Defense Position with a lower DEF than this monster's ATK, do Battle Damage to your opponent's life points equal to the difference between the ATK and DEF.
Two Archers Kantauros: PERMANENT MAGIC / Desc: During each of your Standby Phases, you can activate this card's effect. One random monster is destroyed, and damage is inflicted on the owner's Life Points equal to the total amount of ATK of the destroyed monster. When this effect is activated, the player must skip their Battle Phase.