78. Resisting The Gale
Von Bourg smiled, standing there with his Saint Goddess of The Tide which swam around its enlarged water bubble, its attack strength standing at 9000. Von Bourg also covered a face down card on the field which is still a mystery.
Kyu on the other hand had his Seraphim Angel Guard (3500/300) and Seraphim Rampart Gunner (1300/2500) on the field, both in defense mode, and with no other cards on his field or in his hand.
Both players life points haven't been touched so far in the duel and already tension was at its peak. "Now! Saint Goddess of The Tide! Destroy his Seraphim Rampart Gunner!" Von Bourg yelled out.
"Not so fast!" Kyu smiled. "I activate the effect of my Seraphim Angel Guard!"
Suddenly the angelic woman stood up, raising her shield up. The angelic wings expanded out, guarding Kyu's Seraphim Rampart Gunner.
"What?" Von Bourg said.
"As long as my Seraphim Angel Guard is on the field, you must ALWAYS attack it!" Kyu announced as the water nymph splashed into the air, sending a tidal wave toward Kyu's Seraphim Rampart Gunner. The wings that covered Kyu's angelic monster guided the tidal wave away, forcing Saint Goddess of The Tide to attack Kyu's Seraphim Angel Guard.
"Damn." Von Bourg smiled.
"And due to attacking my Seraphim Angel Guard, her effect activates, and by sacrificing one thousand of her attack points, she remains on the field!" Kyu explained as the angel's shield cracked a little, reducing her defense strength to 2500.
"Well then, I guess my turn ends." Von Bourg smiled.
Kyu drew his next card. Kyu said happily at the card he just drew. "What is Kyu going to do?" Yukie said, a little worried.
"He'll think of something. His only means of attack is to use his Seraphim Rampart Gunner, by sacrificing his Angel Guard, he'll be able to directly attack Von Bourg's life points." Doxx suggested.
"But then his means of defense are reduced." Quartz added as the wind blew sharply at them.
Kyu looked at his only card and smiled. "I'll set one card face down, then shift my Seraphim Rampart Gunner in attack mode!" Kyu announced as the angelic brute stood up, raising his large cannon-like arm, pointing it at Von Bourg.
"He's going to do it!" Doxx said, holding his fist up for victory.
"Now! Seraphim Rampart Gunner! Attack his Saint Goddess of The Tide now!" Kyu commanded, thrusting his fist forward.
"What is he doing!" Genesis yelled with madness.
"He's going to lose the freaking duel!" Sophia grunted.
"Heh, you must have a good reason to force your monster to attack the strongest monster on the field!" Von Bourg laughed. "Saint Goddess of The Tide, counter his attack!"
Kyu's angelic brute sent a shock wave with its large arm cannon while Von Bourg's water nymph swirled around, creating a water tornado which fired toward Kyu's angel.
"And now! I'll activate my quick play magic!" Kyu announced, pointing to the air. "Activate Battle Fusion!"
"Battle Fusion?" Hide said.
"Alright. This is a great card." Doxx smiled.
"What does it do?" Hide asked.
"Once activated, my Seraphim Rampart Gunner gains the same amount of attack points as your Saint Goddess of The Tide!" Kyu explained as Seraphim Rampart Gunner's attack strength rose to 11500.
"Wow! That's strong enough to take down Von Bourg's god!" Yukie said happily.
"No!" Von Bourg growled.
"Destroy his Lux God!" Kyu commanded as the angel's cannon blast burst through the water nymph's tornado.
"Your strategy is well planned, but I'm already ahead of your strategy!" Von Bourg announced. "Activate magic card, Flux Absorption!"
"What!" Kyu gasped as Von Bourg's only face down card flipped up.
"I can activate this card whenever your monster gains new attack points, I can then further increase my own monster's attack strength by the difference between our two monsters." Von Bourg smiled.
"That'll just make both our monsters equal in strength, meaning both monsters will be destroyed!" Kyu said as Saint Goddess of The Tide's attack strength rose to 11500.
"Don't think so." Von Bourg smiled. "Remember, it was a magic card I just activated, so once it hits my graveyard, my Saint Goddess of The Tide's attack points increase by one thousand!"
"Agh!" Kyu growled as Saint Goddess of The Tide's attack strength further increased to 12500.
"Now destroy his Seraphim Rampart Gunner!" Von Bourg demanded, pointing at Kyu's monster.
Suddenly the water nymph sent a stream of water, bashing through Kyu's monster and destroying it. Kyu was over come by water, unable to breathe as his life points reduced to 3000.
"Turn end." Kyu growled.
"Draw." Von Bourg announced, drawing his card. "With that the effect of my Flux Absorption deactivates, reducing my monster's attack to its original strength, but not all the way, thanks to the new magic card in my graveyard."
"Like it's a good thing." Kyu growled as the Saint Goddess of The Tide's attack strength reduced to 10000.
"I'll first set this card face down." Von Bourg announced as a face down hologram appeared next to him. "And now! Saint Goddess of The Gale, attack his Seraphim Angel Guard!"
Kyu growled. "Angel Guard! Defend!" Kyu called out as the water nymph unleashed a stream of water from its water bubble, trying to drown Kyu's angel.
The angel reacted, pushing her golden shield forward, causing her shield's wings to flap, diminishing the water and reducing her defense points to 1500.
"Kyu only has two more attacks that his Angel Guard can stand, if it's gone, this duel might as well be over." Violet growled. "Come on, do something already."
"My turn, draw!" Kyu announced.
"Better be something good, this duel is starting to get boring, Kyu-Haru." Von Bourg smiled.
"I've got something." Kyu said. "Now I activate this, Pot of Greed! Allowing me to draw two cards."
Kyu swiftly drew his next cards and smiled. "I'll then set two cards face down, my turn ends!" Kyu announced.
"Heh, what a waste, draw!" Von Bourg announced. "Now I'll be able to activate the magic card which has existed in my graveyard since the beginning of the duel!"
"What?" Kyu gasped.
"No way! He's planning way before Kyu can make a move!" Hide said in shock.
"And the magic card I chose is Raise Dead!" Von Bourg announced as a large mechanical capsule appeared, then began to open, revealing the magic card, Raise Dead, which immediately began to glow. "I'll activate Raise Dead to bring up Seraphim Rampart Gunner! (2500/1000)"
"Why would he summon one of Kyu's seraphim's?" Yukie wondered.
"Now! Reveal counter trap!" Von Bourg announced, pointing to his left, his face down card immediately rose up. "Fusion Elimination!"
"What's that!" Kyu gasped.
"This card can be activated when a player summons a fusion monster. When this card is activated I can destroy the fusion monster and summon back the fusion material monsters back onto my side of the field!" Von Bourg explained as the angel reverted into the two angelic warriors. "I've brought Seraphim Saber (1600/1500) and Seraphim Gunner (1800/1200) to my field!"
"He's going to summon the next Lux God." Quartz growled, everyone else looked in shock.
"I would love to summon the next Lux God, but what kind of person would I be if I let Saint Goddess of The Tide to not get into any of the action?" Von Bourg chuckled. "I'll then activate another, Magic Capsule!"
"Another one!" Kyu gasped.
"Yup." Von Bourg smiled deviously. "Thanks to the effect of my Graceful Charity's I was able to discard those cards easily."
"It's all apart of his plans." Violet growled.
"So now! I use my second Magic Capsule to activate my Raise Dead!" Von Bourg announced as the same mechanical capsule rose to the field, unleashing the glowing magic card. "I'll Raise Dead to bring back Watapon! (200/300)"
The white puffy creature formed onto the field, chirping cutely as Von Bourg laughed sinisterly. "And now!" Von Bourg hollered pointing into the air.
Kyu gulped, feeling a heavy wind pick up as a sandstorm rose. "Here it comes!" Doxx growled as everyone shielded themselves from the flying sands.
"I sacrifice Seraphim Gunner, Seraphim Saber, and Watapon to summon my Lux God! Saint Goddess of The Gale! (4000/4000)" Von Bourg hollered as the sand storm grew larger, unleashing green tinted winds everywhere.
The sand broke loose, revealing the goddess, settling down next to Saint Goddess of The Tide. "This is it, Kyu-Haru. You were hardly able to stand up against one Lux God, but let's see how you manage with two." Von Bourg smirked.
"I can take it!" Kyu growled, looking up at the Saint Goddess of The Gale. The goddess looked down at him, her emotionless expressions didn't surpass him that she did not want to harm Kyu at all.
"I don't know how you managed to take away The Saint Goddess of The Gale from me, but I have it now and you can't protect yourself!" Von Bourg laughed. "Of course her special effect is activated, giving every other monster on my field a boost of one thousand attack points!"
Suddenly sparkling rain came down on Saint Goddess of The Tide's water bubble, causing it to grow, increasing her attack strength to 11000.
"Your Seraphim Angel Guard can only survive for two more attacks, which is exactly what I have right now! Now! Saint Goddess of The Tide, attack his Seraphim Angel Guard!" Von Bourg hollered, pointing.
The water nymph swirled around in her water bubble, causing a water stream to break forward, clashing into the angel.
The angel fought back the water. "Activate Seraphim Angel Guards effect!" Kyu announced, pointing. The water was guarded, but leaving a giant crack in the angel's shield, the wings began to lose feathers and pieces of the shield began to break loose. Von Bourg laughed as Seraphim Angel Guards defense points reduced to 500.
With Kyu's life points at a high 3000 and Von Bourg's still at 4000, it felt like this duel would never end. Kyu growled, knowing the Saint Goddess of The Gale really did not want to put harm on Kyu.
"Now! Saint Goddess of The Gale! Destroy his Seraphim Angel Guard!" Von Bourg roared.
The goddess held her hands forward, ready for attack, but took a pause. Von Bourg waited as the goddess looked on in her emotionless stare.
"Either her attack takes a while or she's not acting at all." Hide wondered.
"Can't you see it?" Marika snapped. "She doesn't want to attack Kyu-Haru at all."
"What? No way, this is just a card." Doxx said.
"You may think its a card, but it represents a god. How can you not think it has feelings?" Marika scowled.
"Well for one, it's a card, MADE OF PAPER." Doxx said.
"Attack NOW!" Von Bourg roared, pointing. The goddess acted, unleashing a wave of wind which bashed into the angel, with only five hundred defense points, her effect couldn't be activated and was instantly destroyed.
Von Bourg laughed as Kyu looked up at Saint Goddess of The Gale. "I... Know what you're thinking." Kyu thought, looking up at the Lux God.
"Honestly, what do you think you can accomplish. You had a fighting chance against Dameon mainly because you had your own god card, but now you have none." Von Bourg laughed.
"I take it your turn is over then." Kyu said, drawing his next card.
"Your a foolish boy. You obviously don't know what it's like to have such great power!" Von Bourg growled.
"I do, and I know I'll never be like you." Kyu growled, looking at his drawn card. "I'll activate this, Treasure of Heaven! Forcing both of us to draw until we each have six cards!"
Both quickly drew their six cards and Kyu smiled. "Now! I reveal my two trap cards!" He announced, pointing his hand forward as his two face down cards flipped up. "Ultimate Offering and Return From The Different Dimension!"
"What?" Von Bourg growled.
"By sacrificing half of my life points (LP: 1500) I'll be able to special summon all monsters that have been removed from play! So I bring forth Seraphim Guardner (2000/1000) and Seraphim Therapist (1000/1000) both to the field in defense mode!"
"Wow." Hide said, impressed by such a play.
"Now! I sacrifice Seraphim Guardner so I can summon Volsteadto the field! (2300/1200)" Kyu announced as the defending angel vanished, replaced with a black armored horse with electricity streaming off of it. "I'll then activate this from my hand, Emergency Provisions!"
"Heh." Von Bourg smirked.
"I'll use it to sacrifice my field magic card, Fusion Gate, and my Ultimate Offering!" Kyu announced. "But since I'm planning to get rid of my Ultimate Offering, I'll use it's effect as a chain!"
"What? Can he do that?" Yukie asked, Violet nodded.
"I can sacrifice five hundred life points to normal summon an extra monster from my hand!" Kyu said, taking the next three cards in his hand. "So now! I bring forth X Head Cannon (1800/1500), Y Dragon Head (1500/1600), and Z Metal Caterpillar! (1500/1300) All in defense mode!"
The three machines all materialized to the field, Kyu noticed his life points were now about to hit zero. "Now! Activate, Emergency Provisions!" Kyu commanded, pointing at the magic card. Suddenly Kyu's trap card dissolved away, and his field magic card slot popped up. Kyu took the two cards, sliding them into his graveyard, and increasing his life points to 2000.
"Smooth move." Von Bourg smirked.
"I'm not finished yet!" Kyu growled, taking the last card in his hand. "I'll activate my final card, Pot of Greed! Allowing me to draw two additional cards!"
Kyu swiftly drew his two cards. "I'll end my turn by playing this other field magic card, X-Y-Z Continuum!" Kyu announced as his field magic card slot popped up again. Kyu slid the card into it, causing an electrical storm to swirl about in the sky. "As long as my field magic card is in play, you can destroy my X Y Z monsters through battle!"
"Heh, once again you manage to raise your defenses. But this duel won't be long." Von Bourg smirked.
"My turn ends." Kyu announced, throwing his hand down.
"Draw." Von Bourg announced, drawing his next card. "Activate magic card, Cyclone!"
"No!" Hide and Yukie gasped.
"All that work to put up a strong defense, to only be destroyed with a simple magic card." Quartz growled.
"Don't be too sure." Violet mentioned.
"With this I chose to destroy your X-Y-Z Continuum!" Von Bourg, pointed. Suddenly the sky reverted back to normal. It seemed Kyu's face was emotionless.
"And due to the effect of Saint Goddess of The Tide, she gains a thousand more attack points for the new magic card in my graveyard!" Von Bourg smiled as the water nymph's attack strength rose to 12000.
"I would destroy you now, but what fun is it if I don't get to see you suffer." Von Bourg laughed. "Saint Goddess of The Gale! Destroy his Volstead now!"
The goddess held her hands forward, ready to attack, but didn't move. Kyu and the others realized that she was resisting Von Bourg's commands again.
Kyu looked up at the goddess, then slowly nodded. A giant blast of wind emerged from between the goddess' hands, causing the horse to fly into the air, exploding into digital pieces. Kyu watched as his life points dropped to 300.
"Now! Destroy his X Head Cannon, Saint Goddess of The Tide!" Von Bourg commanded.
"Wait just a second!" Kyu alerted. "You forget about the effect of my Volstead! When destroyed by battle, I can activate a magic card from either my graveyard, or your own!"
"No way! That's what he's been planning!" Hide said with shock and happiness.
"Alright! Time to take down a god!" Yukie cheered.
"No!" Von Bourg growled.
"I knew you'd be one step ahead of me, that's why I've been planning to be two steps ahead." Kyu smiled. "The magic card I chose is my Battle Fusion!"
Suddenly the magic card rose to the field and began to glow. "I can activate Battle Fusion when it is Battle Phase, so now my X Head Cannon's attack strength increases, topping your Lux God!"
Suddenly X Head Cannon began to charge up, increasing its attack strength to 13800. "Battle!" Kyu roared as the water nymph emerged from her water bubble, charging full speed toward his X Head Cannon.
Both machine and god clashed, each fighting each other off until Kyu's X Head Cannon punched back Von Bourg's water nymph, throwing her to the ground and destroying it.
"Yeah!" Everyone cheered from above the cliff.
"You're one less of a god now!" Kyu pointed.
Von Bourg growled. "You may have destroyed my Saint Goddess of The Tide, but by destroying her you've activated her special ability." Von Bourg growled as his life points reduced to 2200.
"What!" Kyu gasped.
"Just take a look." Von Bourg smiled. He pointed into the air, revealing the large water bubble which the Saint Goddess of The Tide had been hiding it. "When destroyed, she leaves back the Water Tide Shield (12000/0) which defense points increase to the equal amount of attack points my Saint Goddess of The Tide had."
"No way!" Yukie gasped.
"He'll probably use it as a sacrifice for the last Lux God." Doxx growled.
"My turn isn't over either." Von Bourg smiled.
"I thought so." Kyu growled.
"Thanks to your Treasure of Heaven, I have now been able to draw the last Lux God! And also, the needs to summon it!" Von Bourg smiled, taking the next card from his hand. "You've been a good sport through out this duel, but win or lose, whatever happens I will prevail!"
"Hmph, how will you win if you only have two lux gods on your side?" Kyu smirked.
"What?" Von Bourg said.
"Ever since you summoned Saint Goddess of The Gale, I could see in her eyes that she did not want to attack me. She chose me! She chose to fight against the side of good, not on your side!" Kyu yelled.
"Impossible! This Lux God is mine!" Von Bourg growled. "And if she does want to disobey me, I can easily get rid of her." Von Bourg growled. "I'll activate this, Double Magic!"
"No!" Kyu, and the others gasped as the magic card rose to the field.
"And by discarding two magic cards to my graveyard, I'll activate Raise Dead from my graveyard!" Von Bourg roared as the magic card rose up, starting to glow. "And use it to bring forth Watapon! (200/300)"
"He has three full monsters to sacrifice! He's going to summon the last Lux God!" Yukie said in a shrilled voice.
"And now! I sacrifice Watapon, Water Tide Shield, and Saint Goddess of The Gale in order to summon the last, and final Lux God!" Von Bourg roared as the day suddenly vanished into night.
"What happened!" Marika panicked, looking around as the stars glittered brightly.
The ocean stood behind Von Bourg, waves thrashing wildly. "I've summoned the mother of all gods!" Von Bourg laughed as the sun began to rise behind the ocean in the distance.
"The sun!" Kyu gasped.
"Yes." Von Bourg smirked. Suddenly the sun burst with flames, circling the world with flames as a woman's eyes opened within the sun, then revealing a toned feminine body surrounded by fire, she wore a long orange gown and had flaming hair. "I've summoned Divine Mistress of The Sun! (0/0)"
Von Bourg's sinister laugh filled the silent which had been brought down on the small island as the gigantic sun looked down at them enticingly.
"The last Lux God..." Kyu growled.
PREVIEW
Kyu: This is it! This match will decipher the world's demise! And I'm about to end this chaos! Von Bourg has been my sworn enemy ever since he set a foot on this island! I will not take any chances, I need to win! Divine Mistress of The Sun comes with a devastating effect, one that seems impossible to break. But I'm way over confident I can take it down! As the goddess grows strong, I take my next fusion of XYZ monsters, time to fork out the Perfect XYZ Dragon Cannon! Next chapter is Final Showdown, Kyu VS The Sun! See you there!
CARDS PLAYED
Battle Fusion: QUICK PLAY MAGIC / Desc: This card can only be activated during Battle Phase. The ATK of one of you face-up Monsters increases by the same ATK strength as one of your Opponent's face-up monsters for the remainder of the turn.
Flux Absorption: QUICK PLAY MAGIC / Desc: When your opponent's monster gains ATK or DEF through a card effect, increase one of your face-up monsters by the difference between your opponent's monsters ATK or DEF and your own monster's ATK.
Pot of Greed: MAGIC / Desc: Draw two cards from your deck.
Magic Capsule: MAGIC / Desc: Five turns after this card has been sent to the Graveyard, you can take 1 card from your Graveyard and add it to your hand.
Raise Dead: MAGIC / Desc: Special summon 1 Monster Card from either you or your opponent's Graveyard onto the field in face up Defense or Attack Position
Fusion Elimination: COUNTER TRAP / Desc: When a player summons a Fusion Monster to the field, the player's Fusion Monster is instantly destroyed and the Fusion Material Monsters are immediately Special Summoned to the player's field in face-up Defense Mode.
Seraphim Saber: Level 4 / 1600/1500/ Light / Angel / Desc: The ATK of this monster increases by 300 for each Angel-Type monster on the field.
Seraphim Gunner: Level 4 / 1800/1200/ The Attack points of this monster increases by 300 for each Angel-Type monster on the field.
Watapon: Level 1 / 200/300/ Light / Angel / Desc: When this card is drawn outside of your Draw Phase, you can Special Summon it to the field.
Treasure of Heaven: MAGIC / Desc: Each player must draw from their decks until they have 6 cards.
Return From The Different Dimension: TRAP / Desc: Sacrifice half of your Life Points to Special Summon as many of your Monsters that have been removed from play as you are able to. During the End Phase, remove all Monsters from the game that were Special Summoned by this card's effect.
Ultimate Offering: PERMANENT TRAP / Desc: During your Main Phases, you can Summon Monster Cards from your hand, to the field by sacrifice 500 Life Points for each Normal Summon or Set
Seraphim Guardner: Level 4 / 1000/2000/ Light / Angel / Desc: The DEF of this monster increases by 300 for each Angel-Type monster on the field.
Seraphim Therapist: Level 4 / 1000/1000/ Light / Angel / Desc: The ATK and DEF of this monster increases by 300 for each Angel-Type monster on the field. During each of your Standby Phases you may Special Summon 1 Level 4 Monster Card from your hand, to the field. The summoned monster cannot attack during your Battle Phase.
Volstead: Level 6 / 2300/1200/ Dark / Beast / Desc: When this card engages in battle, you can activate 1 Trap Card from your hand. When this card is sent to the Graveyard, return 1 Magic Card from you or your opponent's Graveyard, to your hand.
Emergency Provisions: QUICK PLAY MAGIC / Desc: Send Magic or Trap cards on your side of the field, to the Graveyard to increase your Life Points by 1000 per card. This card is excluded.
X Head Cannon: Level 4 / 1800/1500/ Light / Machine.
Y Dragon Head: Level 4 / 1500/1600/ Light / Machine / Union / Desc: Once per turn during your Main Phase, you may change this card to an Equip Magic Card, and Equip it on 1 of your "X Head Cannon", or remove it from being an Equip Magic Card, and place it in Face-Up Attack Position. While this card is an Equip Magic Card, increase the Equipped Monster's ATK and DEF by 400. (A monster can only have one Union Monster Equipped to it. If the Equipped Monster would be destroyed by battle, destroy this card instead.)
Z Metal Caterpillar: Level 4 / 1500/1300/ Light / Machine / Union / Desc: Once per turn during your Main Phase, you may change this card to an Equip Magic Card, and Equip it on 1 of your "X Head Cannon" or "Y Dragon head", or remove it from being an Equip Magic Card, and place it in Face-Up Attack Position. While this card is an Equip Magic Card, increase the Equipped Monster's ATK and DEF by 600. (A monster can only have one Union Monster Equipped to it. If the Equipped Monster would be destroyed by battle, destroy this card instead.)
X-Y-Z Continuum: FIELD MAGIC / Desc: As long as this card remains face-up on the field any face-up "X Head Cannon", "Y Dragon Head", or "Z Metal Caterpillar" cannot be destroyed by Battle.
Cyclone: QUICK PLAY MAGIC / Desc: Destroy one Magic or Trap card on the field.
Double Magic: MAGIC / Desc: Discard 2 Magic Cards from your hand, to your Graveyard to activate 1 Magic Card from your graveyard.