Chapter 15: The Incoming Danger

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Kiyoshi tried to run back to the camp. He couldn't rush for more. Eventually slowed his steps, holding his chest and panting continuously.

"I must...hurry before everything is too late."

Kiyoshi recalled the scenario one day ago.

One day ago, at 8:00 pm, on Golden Island.

"Saa-sizz...zz..."

The steak was being flipped to the opposite side of the griller. The juice was squeezed out along with oil into the fire.

Kai took the pork loin ribs out and Blast cut them into slides with his tiny blade. Kai took a big bite without more waiting.

Blast's blade blinked~

"Hell yeah!! Barbecue is the best!"

"Indeed, you have been waiting for this all long." Kiyoshi said.

Kai spoke to Kiyoshi while crunching.

"Kiyoshi, come and take a bite!"

"No worries, we have a penalty of time."

Kiyoshi chewed the pork rib softly and looked around. A few staff with tattoos on their right arms caught his attention. Then he saw more employees with tattoos after some careful observations.

Does the company hire employees with tattoos for a purpose intentionally? This is quite a peculiar one.

"Oh, look! There they are! You guys are so late!"

Kai and Kiyoshi waved at Morihito and Kenji. While Kai was munching his meat. Kiyoshi was notified and handed over the barbecue forks to them.

Kai pointed at the sky.

"Wow. It is rare to see so many stars when we are in the city, but the sky is filled with stars here!"

Kiyoshi stared at the sparkling stars in the night sky.

"What a pretty night..."

A droplet of oil from the chicken wings fell into the flames and the heat got stronger.

The barbecue flames transit to the scene of explosions behind the mountain.

"That's gonna be it!"

Kiyoshi gasped and went forward nevertheless.

Kai, Morihito, everyone, please hold there for a bit longer!

Near the buddyfight stage, everyone noticed the explosion earlier.

"What was that?!" Morihito looked back.

"Volcanic eruption?" Kai asked, and processed to scream.

"No...that doesn't sound like it."

Tetsuya and Terumi were arguing about who should be in charge of the family.

"I need to work overseas yo! You know this better than anyone!"

"So what? I have a job but I handle all the housework by myself! While you didn't do anything!"

"Ka-Booom!!"

Both Terumi and Tetsuya stopped. "Huh?"

The students were shocked by the sudden explosion.

"I think they all heard that, it is right behind the hill." Morihito said.

"Is everyone okay? Please stay calm!" Terumi shouted and the crowd got less nervous.

Morihito noticed workers with unfamiliar uniforms approaching them.

"What are those people?"

Morihito looked more serious and something caught his attention.

The tattoo is the same as the masked criminal who attacked the exhibition?!!

Morihito's mind was frozen and broke out in a cold sweat, staring at Kai while trembling. His mind went through what happened on the day of the exhibition. He did not want to see what would happen to them badly. Apparently, there was nothing he could think of but to scream.

"Kai!! Everyone!"

Kai noticed Morihito being frightened.

"What's wrong?"

"Sorry for disturbing you, I hope we enjoyed the BBQ feast we provided last night. We have extra services for our customers today...would you like to try out our homemade tropical drink?"

The staff greeted Kai with a smile like an ordinary waiter will do.

I didn't even notice he was around me! Where did he come from?

"That would be a great way to get off the heat! Shall we take one, Morihito?"

Kai attempted to grasp the drink. However, Morihito grabbed his wrist hard until he reacted.

"Ouch...that's hurt!"

"Excuse me...as a waiter, isn't your responsibility to understand a customer's needs before ordering something? What if he is allergic?"

"What?! I am-"

Morihito covered Kai's mouth with his hand and slightly pushed him away. He glanced at the staff's eyes. The staff looked back and kept silent for a while.

"Is that right?"

"My apologies. I must admit that was...an excellent observation."

He pulled out a weapon from his pocket in a flash and pointed it towards Morihito. The drinks splashed over the floor.

"But not at all."

CRAP!!!

"Morihito!!"

Kai's eyes and mouth were wide open. His hands were shaking right away.

"What do you think you are doing! Stay away from him!"

Xander took his broadsword and pointed at his neck. But the man smiled.

"You should choose your actions wisely."

"You really liked to talk..."

The other members popped up suddenly from the shadows, holding the laser blades in front of everyone's neck. A member grabbed Xander and he struggled hard.

"Get off me-"

"Xander!"

There are many of them! Like they are coming from anywhere. That man must be their so-called "leader". Morihito thought.

"That's no good..." Asmodai said.

"Tetsuya! Kids!" Terumi screamed.

"Hey! What's your deal? Who are you?!" Kenji yelled.

"Bandits...?!"

Krieger saw Morihito and fellows from a great distance.

Aren't they the hunters who captured the monsters from the wild? Are they trying to search for me?

"Now, we should talk about this. Follow my instructions. Else, you know the consequences."

A member chopped down a tree with a feather swing of his sword.

"I believe no one is willing to become a real sample, so let's make things easier."

Damn it...we are trapped! Morihito thought.

Kenji talked to Barnat softly in his deck.

"Kenji, listen, I am going to stop them."

"What? Your silly bear face won't scare them all away!"

"No, it's me who drags you in. I am their target."

"How do you know?

"They can track and capture monsters who lie around the world. When they fail their mission or purposes, they abandon them, falsely reporting them as illegal monsters. In otherwise...some of them vanish or miserably become mindless demons."

"I already know they will follow us here. This is my responsibility."

Their crew must be lying somewhere on this island, and maybe waiting for commands. At any moment, he can hurt anyone under his orders... Morihito stared at the leader.

Kai clenched his fists tightly and gazed at the criminal.

"You! Get off him!"

"Kai, don't!!"

Kai tried to resist and break free. But the man held his arms tightly and a bandit slapped on his face.

"Look at his dirt...it is making me sick."

"Ugh...!"

"Kai!!!" Blast and Morihito shouted. "How dare you!"

He moved his blade closer toward Morihito. Morihito got a cold sweat and didn't process further.

"This is my final warning. Do not disobey my orders." The man said coldly.

There is no doubt to use him in this situation!

Morihito tried to summon Drago Blade. But when he found out that he couldn't at the moment, he completely lost his focus.

It isn't working?! How...? This is the time I need him the most!!

Drago, please!

But he didn't. Morihito's mind was filled with confusion and frustration.

"Tsk...a group of jerks!" Kenji struggled to move.

"Calm, if you show any intention to escape, we might be in danger."

Barnat stared at her back.

I can feel another presence around us with terrifying bloodlust. But what is his goal? It will be a worse scenario if he is our enemy.

Suddenly, a shadow appeared from the tall grass and stood in front of everyone.

"Who's there?!"

The bandits shouted.

"Cerberus!" The stranger shouted.

"Roger that!"

"A...a monster!"

The criminals gazed at the heavily armed three-headed wolf and slowly walked backwards.

"...!!"

"He's...?!" Terumi startled at the scene speechlessly.

"Aragami Rouga?!" And Tetsuya too.

Krieger stared at him and couldn't believe what was in his eyes. The scene on that day - a hooded man defeated a demonic dragon and stopped its massive destruction, overflowing into his mind over and over, which he never forgot. The day he decided to follow his hero and seek true strength for protecting his precious ones.

The same man appeared just right, when people needed him the most, in the same space and time. Like something in the fantasy, or is it just a coincidence? Krieger did not know the answer.

"There's...there's nothing to look at! Such stupidity won't lead us to victory! Take him down!!"

The other gangsters attempted to defeat the mysterious hooded man but they were all ants being stepped on.

He got sidetracked by it. It's our chance! Morihito thought.

While they were distracted, Morihito hinted at Xander and Kai to escape. Xander struggled and tried to make the criminal lose his balance.

"Heyy you little!! Woah-!"

"Don't move!"

The bandit leader shot his gun at Xander but the bullet hit his subordinate.

At that same moment, Blast threw his tiny sword toward the man's finger to let Kai escape. The man screeched in pain and jumped around.

Both Kai and Xander smashed the leader's face onto the ground before he reacted to it.

"!!"

Meanwhile, Barnat squeezed out from the card and transformed into her battle form.

The bandit got petrified when Barnat turned around and glanced at him. His legs shivered in terror after seeing her sharp teeth with falling saliva.

"ARgHhH!!!"

He squealed at Barnat. Barnat shouted at him back with confusion. He put his hands into his mouth and broke free.

"RoAaRRR???"

"ARGHHHH-"

The rest of them saw the scenario and ran away together.

Kai looked around for Kiyoshi right after.

"Morihito, I can't tell where Kiyoshi is, he isn't anywhere around us! I don't know whether he is fine!! He isn't answering my calls!"

It sounds like Kai's anxiety reached the maximum level after the attack and Kiyoshi' missing. Morihito tried to chill him down.

"It isn't his or our issues. I can't call him on the phone either, it seems the signals of this island are being cut off suddenly!"

Meanwhile, Xander approached the bandit's leader and was ready to give him a smash.

"Now you will pay what you have done to my buddy!"

Xander stomped and raised his broadsword.

"That's enough, Xander. We have to get out of here."

"I will deal with him later."

"Morihito, hurry! We have to find Kiyoshi and follow our teachers at light speed! Get your both legs ready!!" Kai yelled as hard as he could.

Meanwhile, the students saw the mess around and screamed in terror.

"What is buddy police doing??"

"What in the world is going on there?!"

"Urghhh!!!"

"What should we do...?"

"Everyone, run while you still can!"

The remaining students ran around and tried to escape, but they met the criminals and cried out after.

"No--!!"

"Asmodai!"

"Stunning star kick!!"

Asmodai rushed into the crowd and left a concave on the criminals' faces.

"What are you doing? Just run away!"

"Terumi...I will stay here."

"What?! No, you can't!"

"This is your chance!" Tetsuya tried to explain.

"But..."

"You don't have to worry about me, yo. Now leave with the classes."

"You can't take them down on your own! That's too dangerous!! What if you-"

"I still have Asmodai on my side. Besides, you want to protect those kids right?"

Tetsuya smiled softly at Terumi. Terumi tried to hold back her tears and ran away.

"...big idiot! You better come back for the housework!"

"Don't let them escape!"

A gangster shouted and alerted others. Asmodai appeared in front of them suddenly.

"Unfortunate for you. You didn't pay for the tickets!" Asmodai said.

Rouga slightly turned his head at Tetsuya.

"I hope you understand what you are doing."

"I hope we are good partners, yo."

Rouga gazed at the front.

"Here they are."

Cerberus roamed and bumped the criminals into walls.

"Hah!"

Rouga did an upper kick on a bandit's waist and smacked into their faces.

"Asmodai, there are more of them!"

"Coming!"

The students felt more relieved when they saw their teachers.

"Look! It is Miss Terumi Kuchinawa!"

"Thank God! Everyone, come over here!"

"We better hurry!!"

"Did you hear that? Now go!"

There is a road that leads to another side of the island, where we may be safe. But there is a risk that the gangsters are there, the kids will...

No, if we don't escape now, we will face a dead end. That's the only possible solution!

"Kids, this way!!" Terumi shouted like a megaphone.

The students hastened their pace and rushed toward their teachers.

"There they are! Follow them!"

A bandit pointed at the group of students approaching the other side.

"Oh no, they are coming real fast!" Kai screamed.

"In this case, they will be able to catch up and attack us!" Morihito said anxiously.

If only I can use Drago's power...

Morihito bit his whole lips tightly and frowned in perplexity.

"I can also fight. Siegfried and I can hold them for a while."

They turned back at Krieger with stunned faces.

"What are you talking about? We should escape together!" Morihito shouted.

"Are you out of your mind? Are you sure you can deal with them?" Xander asked.

"Krieger?"

"Don't worry, I will find you two later."

Morihito and Kai hesitated to walk away. Krieger shouted at them.

"Why are you waiting? Go send help and save the others! This is your chance!"

"I...I can't do it. We can't leave you here like this!" Kai said.

"No, we don't have more time for-"

"They went this way!!"

"Damn it!!" Morihito said while gripping his fists.

"I won't let you!" Krieger roared.

"It seems someone is there."

"Who are those punks?"

The gangsters looked at each other and laughed hard. They summoned illegal monsters and approached Morihito and his fellows.

"Attack!"

As they commanded, the monsters rushed to Krieger with rage.

"Sieg!"

"Understood."

A red sparkling light descended. A knight clad in shining silver armour raised his blade and sliced the front threats. The illegal monsters vanished into card pieces.

"What...what's that monster?!"

The gangsters were shocked about how Siegfried blocked their attack. Kai stared at Krieger voicelessly. Morihito patted Kai's shoulder and called back on Kai.

As Siegfried took more illegal monsters down, the enemies trembled and started walking backwards. One of them shouted and some after:

"Temporarily retreat! Retreat! We can't stand against such- "

His words got cut off before he finished, and his entire body fell to the ground.

But it wasn't Siegfried's.

"Who said that?"

"Do I need to repeat it? Who said those words? Come and stand in front of me."

"He...he did it."

A member slowly pointed at that man on the ground with his arms shaking.

Who is he? Can he also be the leader of them?

A voice can be heard clearly from the crowd. It wasn't loud, but the gang went silent and walked backwards immediately. They were divided into two like a separated sea. Krieger breathed deeply and stayed alert for any possible danger.

"It was you?" He questioned Krieger.

A giant-like man walked through his people, puffed his chest arrogantly and looked down at Krieger. He stood up and his height was much greater than his. Krieger was terrified for a moment.

Without a thought, he stood near Krieger in a flash and was about to lay his hand on him.

"He's fast!"

"Let's see what's inside of you."

Krieger evaded with a jump and his fist hit the ground, leaving a great concave.

What's this strength coming from his arm?!

He then tried to switch his focus on Siegfried. Krieger kicked on his waist but he didn't move at all, making him jaw-dropped.

So tough!

"It's our chances!"

The monsters roared and waved their claws towards Krieger.

There is nowhere to run!

Right at that moment, Xander blocked them and Blast cast a long-lasting flame trail in between to make them move back. The gangsters were in terror once again.

Nevertheless, one of them ignored it and opened his mouth widely and munched on Xander's long broadsword. Xander swung him off after quite a while.

"Just look how they are more wild than usual!" Xander spoke.

"I also notice that. They look abnormal." Morihito agreed.

"You guys..." Krieger stared at Morihito and Kai.

"Let's deal with them. So we can go back to our class. Together, with me and Morihito."

After some time, the monsters began their attacks again. However, their leader ceased them.

"That's enough."

"That's it? Why do they stop?" Kai asked.

"Probably because his team cannot fight against us. But we should still keep an eye on him." Morihito alerted.

The man stepped forward and approached Krieger. Siegfried returned and stayed near him. Xander and Blast raised their weapons as they were afraid that he might be a threat. But he showed no interest in fights.

"Do you mind if we talk?"

He spoke. They were a little surprised.

"What? How do we trust you?" Xander asked.

He looked back and told his team to stay at the back.

"He is just trying to trick us all!" Xander warned.

"What do you want?" Krieger asked.

"No, this could be a trap! It must be."

"Xander, let's hear what they want to say at first." Morihito said.

"I am interested in a deal. What do you say?"

"'A deal'? What kind of deal are you making up in your mind?"

"I see no good in him. We should keep an eye on him." Xander continued.

"Well, first hear what he says."

"It is not a sacrifice or a money talk."

"Just get straight to the point." Krieger said.

He grabbed a semi-circular case and showed it to everyone.

"'Virtual Reality Buddyfight Case'?"

"You see, you wish to escape, and we would all like to stay alive. We can't deny this fact. Shouldn't we settle down like this?"

He gazed at Morihito and Kai in bloodlust, putting both of them in sweat.

"Or do you want to do it in another way?" While his expression changed.

"Of course not."

Morihito tried to talk to him as calmly as he could.

"Good answer. I think you already know what this(the case) is. The rules are simple. If we win, we will continue. And if you win, you get the chance to escape."

"How long?" Morihito asked.

"Three hours. And we will retreat."

The man said, without a second thought.

"Three hours?!" Morihito was dumbfounded by his answer.

I never thought that would be ridiculously more than enough...

"We can't trust him like that. Who knows if he calls his troops and backstabs us?" Xander cautioned.

"True! We already know he is a bad guy!" Kai also agreed.

"But his words aren't without meanings. They have an advantage over numbers."

"We do not understand how strong they are. If you compare, they have more experience of fighting than us. Moreover, we are not certain that we can defeat them and escape either."

Xander thought deeply after Blast's words.

"He could be examining us too." Krieger said.

"Although we don't know his purposes, this can be a great opportunity for everyone to escape." Morihito said.

"Who will be the one against him then?" Xander asked.

"I will do it." Krieger said confidently.

Both Morihito and Kai nodded in faith.

"If anything goes wrong, just give us a signal." Morihito reminded.

"So have you decided?"

The man questioned Morihito and his friends.

"I am the one who will fight you."

"That means you accept the deal. Now I will introduce the second rule."

Morihito and Kai almost wanted to shout. "Second rule?!"

"This is because I didn't say I finished. But you already said you will play the game, you can't regret your choices."

"That bastard. I TOLD YOU! He tricked us all!!"

Xander clenched his teeth and glared at him.

"You're only making up overbearing rules!"

"...so do you want to give up the offer?"

His words gave Xander a moment of appalled. Morihito patted his shoulder, stepped slightly forward, saw if Kai and Krieger also agreed and nodded.

"No, we would like to hear the rules." Morihito said.

"Second rule, both players cannot use buddy monsters."

"No buddy monsters?!"

"That means he won't be able to use Siegsabre!" Kai said.

"Don't worry, I can still deal with this." Krieger said.

"...and the third rule, both players will start with 5 life points."

"He added another rule! Again!!"

Xander kept murmuring and stomping around.

"Life is being cut in half, does he want a quick battle?" Kai thought.

"5 life points can be taken away easily just with a few attacks, whoever starts first will be disadvantageous." Morihito guessed.

P.S. Because the first player can only attack once in their turn. During the next turn the opponent can attack as many times as they want.

"How about we decide it with a coin?"

"A coin? Which side are we choosing?" Kai questioned.

"I will choose the head." Krieger said.

The man tossed the coin into the air.

Please be a head... Kai thought.

Will it be a head or a tail? Morihito wondered while sweat drops formed on his face.

Everyone stared at the coin. The coin hit the floor and bounced, rotated all around. Eventually stopped and collapsed to another side. Krieger took a swallow of saliva on his tough.

"..."

"It's tail..." Morihito did a facepalm.

"Damn it! We almost got it!" Kai trod on the ground.

"Then the sequence is decided."

He placed the case on the floor and let the glowing tiles expand. The life counters of both players reset to 5 and two V-Boards (Virtual Reality Game Boards) came into sight.

"Good luck, Krieger." Morihito said.

"Together with the power to save the world, I will become a hero! Luminize! Savior Heroes!"

The man luminized his deck while being silent.

Krieger [Life: 5/ Gauge: 2/ Hand: 6]

The gang's leader [Life: 5/ Gauge: 2/ Hand: 6]

"Legend World."

"Danger World"

Krieger's field

[Life: 5/ Gauge: 2/ Hand: 6]

Item: None

(No monsters on the field)

The gang leader's field

[Life: 5/ Gauge: 2/ Hand: 6]

Item: None

(No monsters on the field)

It can be true that whoever gets the first turn will have disadvantages, but it doesn't mean I can't survive his next turn! Krieger talked inside his head.

Krieger drew and charged a card from his hand after careful thoughts. He called a monster with a greenish golden armour, along with a cape and horned helmet, equipped with a noticeable gold spear.

Krieger's field

[Life: 5/ Gauge: 2/ Hand: 6]

Item: None

(C: Projection Shell "Thraetona")

"Thraetona, go attack the fighter!"

Thraetona held his spear tightly and pointed at his enemy. He dashed towards and pierced him directly. However, the man took the damage without trying to evade or block it with his arms.

Looks like he is fully prepared for the attack. Morihito wondered.

The gang leader's field

[Life: 3/ Gauge: 2/ Hand: 6]

Item: None

(No monsters on the field)

"Charge and draw. Spined Dragon, Spike Vine to the centre. Wasp Blast Dragon, Gigabeerato the left."

The gang leader's field

[Life: 3/ Gauge: 3/ Hand: 5]

Item: None

(C: Spike Vine) (L: Gigabeerato)

He acts fast, but was that all being reckless?

"With Thraetona's ability, all monsters on your field decrease in 5000 power and defense."

"It is a monster that only targets dragons, interesting." The man spoke.

"Yes! He is using "Dragons", no doubt that he is going down, right?" Kai said.

"No Kai, this man could be ridiculously dangerous."

"I use Battle Spirit Infusion on Gigabeerato and attack with it."

The gang leader's field

[Life: 3/ Gauge: 3/ Hand: 4]

Item: None

(C: Spike Vine) (L: Gigabeerato)

Before Krieger thought of his move, Gigabeerato appeared in front of Thraetona and swung with his spiked red tail, it slashed through his body.

"Soulguard, activate!" Krieger said.

After Thraetona's revival, he started staring at his enemies seriously.

Krieger's field

[Life: 5/ Gauge: 2/ Hand: 6]

Item: None

(C: Projection Shell "Thraetona" (0 soulguard))

"It nullifies the abilities of Gigabeerato as well. But it can't discast a spell."

While Krieger was still reacting and thought he would further attack, he didn't.

"It is your turn now."

Was it a test on me? Unexpectedly, he is way too clear on how to deal with the opponents.

"Charge and draw! I call Projection Shell "Beowulf" to the right and Protection Angle "Cadmus" to the left."

Beowulf is a warrior with wolf-like blue iron armour and Cadmus is a knight shown with crimson armour and a purple cape.

"Cadmus's ability - Snake's Fang allows me to drop a card and put up to 2 cards among the top 5 cards of the deck. Also, I equip Heroical Armor, "Balmung"!"

Krieger's field

[Life: 4 (Cost from Balmung -1)/ Gauge: 1/ Hand: 6]

Item: Heroical Armor, "Balmung"

(L: Cadmus) (C: Projection Shell "Thraetona" (0 soulguard)) (R: Beowulf)

Krieger dropped Protection Angle "Georg" from his hand. A spot of light descended from the sky.

"When Protection Angle "Georg" is dropped from my hand, I get 2 gauges, 2 life and draw 2 cards."

Krieger's field

[Life: 6/ Gauge: 3/ Hand: 8]

Item: Heroical Armor, "Balmung"

(L: Cadmus) (C: Projection Shell "Thraetona" (0 soulguard)) (R: Beowulf)

"Beowulf, go attack the centre!"

"The evil shall be slain under blades of heroes. Begone!"

Beowulf jumped over Spike Vine and finished him with a stab. He then proceeded to strike the fighter.

The gang leader's field

[Life: 1/ Gauge: 3/ Hand: 4]

Item: None

(L: Gigabeerato)

"He's down to 1 life! Finish him now!" Kai shouted.

"Thraetona, attack the fighter!"

Thraetona held his spear and slashed from up to down towards the man. Surprisingly, the man grasped the spear's grip and the spear was slowly changing in shape.

"I thought you learnt from your lessons."

The man cast a card called "Demon Break Slash". Thraetona's spear was twisted into two by a great force and trashed away. Thraetona saw this with his eyes fully opened. Then the man stabbed into Thraetona's armour with his hands on a red battle aura.

"Perhaps not."

The destruction of Thraetona caused Cadmus to step backwards and hold his sword tighter.

The gang leader's field

[Life: 1/ Gauge: 2/ Hand: 3]

Item: None

(L: Gigabeerato)

Krieger's field

[Life: 6/ Gauge: 3/ Hand: 8]

Item: Heroical Armor, "Balmung"

(L: Cadmus) (C: None) (R: Beowulf)

The gang leader had a flashback of him on the way to meet Dr Kitagawa Masumi, who was a scientist working in the base's laboratory.

I call myself "T". People in the company call me "Titian''. But only people who are important to me know my real name.

I walked into the corridor and entered a room where the sign said "Research Center" and filled with specimens of various monsters.

"What is it."

I asked seriously, knowing he might judge my actions.

Perhaps he is tackling research, but he didn't answer immediately.

"I expect you will come here earlier. Titian, I guess you already know why I called you."

"I apologise, doctor."

He smiled and laughed hard.

"I am just curious. Well, actually, very interesting. You never take one of those to any mission."

The doctor is one of the pillars of the company. His most successful experiment - Excrucia, an artificial monster made from mixing genes of black dragons and neo dragons, serves as his servant.

He stood up, proudly talking about his recent research and inventions. He asked me to follow him to show him something.

"Oh look, here we are."

It was a duel dragon lying dormant inside the unbelievably enormous liquid container.

"A new experiment?"

"I heard that you are a duel dragon user."

I noticed the doctor tried to lend me control of that monster.

"Doctor, I think you misheard my question."

"Don't worry, they are absolutely loyal and powerful. Their astonishing enhanced abilities, I am sure it can be part of your..."

"I am not interested."

"Hm?"

"I already said I won't change my mind no matter how many times you try to convince me."

I faced away and was ready to go.

"Just like the rumours, you refused to use modified monsters. I wonder, is it simply because of empathy?"

"Is there any problem with it?"

"No...heh. Good luck with your next mission."

He smirked and didn't stop me from going out.

Doctor, if you keep such an attitude. One day, you will let yourself fall into an endless hole.

In the present, the battle between Titian and Krieger continued.

"Cadmus, it is your turn!"

"Phoenix Wall."

Flames sparkled and formed an illusion of a phoenix. Cadmus put down his sword as he couldn't damage the fighter.

"Since my centre is open, I can attack with Balmung!"

"Battle Aura Circle"

"Another spell?! Ughh...we almost have him!" Kai yelled.

"But he has fewer cards in hand, so Krieger still gets a greater chance." Morihito explained.

In Titian's turn, he charged and drew.

Titan's field

[Life: 1/ Gauge: 3/ Hand: 2]

Item: None

(L: Gigabeerato)

"I cast, Survival Chance. I draw 2 cards."

He put Bloodwing Dragon, Elyrseagar right side of the field on the V-board.

"I call Emperor Dragon, Gael Khan to the centre."

Cards on the left and right of the field shined and formed a giant red dragon with four legs, his right hand held a great shield and enormous left claws that were sharp like blades, which can penetrate monsters with one shot.

After Gael Khan's arrival, he looked down at the monsters on Kriger's field but he did not estimate them.

This feels the same as when he stared at me in the beginning...

He roared into the ears of the Projection Shell and destroyed them all with a blow. Beowulf barely stood after the hit. Krieger used his arms to take cover from the strong wind created by pressure.

"Ah..hhh!!"

Krieger's field

[Life: 6/ Gauge: 3/ Hand: 8]

Item: Heroical Armor, "Balmung"

(R: Beowulf (0 soulguard))

Titan's field

[Life: 1/ Gauge: 0/ Hand: 1]

Item: None

(C: Emperor Dragon, Gael Khan)

"Immense Pressure"

He drew 2 cards from his deck.

Titan's field

[Life: 1/ Gauge: 0/ Hand: 2]

Item: None

(C: Emperor Dragon, Gael Khan)

He then used Lord Aura Meditation and gained 2 gauges.

"Did he even shuffle his deck?! This is a cheat!!" Xander roared.

"Is this because he didn't tell us we don't need to?" Kai thought.

Morihito sighed.

"It is not surprising that we fell into his traps from the beginning. No doubt why he is so confident in his moves."

"What kind of game rules is that? Completely out of bound!" Xander shouted.

Titian's field

[Life: 1/ Gauge: 2/ Hand: 1]

Item: None

(C: Emperor Dragon, Gael Khan)

"Gael Khan, attack the fighter."

"Clear Slash!!"

Krieger waved Balmung towards the dragon claws, he put his hands together and forcefully pushed them away.

"Nice catch! Gael Khan's attack is being nullified!" Kai said excitedly.

"My turn is over."

Krieger's field

[Life: 6/ Gauge: 4 (charge 1)/ Hand: 8 (draw 1)]

Item: Heroical Armor, "Balmung"

(R: Beowulf (0 soulguard))

Krieger placed Projection Shell, Ian and Determination Blade into Balmung's soul. Balmung glowed in ruby red for a while.

"I pay 1 gauge and call Protection Angle "Sigurd" to the left!"

Krieger's field

[Life: 6/ Gauge: 3 (charge 1)/ Hand: 6 (draw 1)]

Item: Heroical Armor, "Balmung"

(L: Sigurd) (R: Beowulf (0 soulguard))

"Beowulf, please attack the centre with me!"

"Roger."

Beowulf pulled out his silver blades and slashed them at Gael Khan. Gael Khan blocked him with his armoured shield. Krieger appeared from Beowulf's back and wielded Balmung with a sparkling blue gem.

"Kahhhh!!!"

"I cast Battle Spirit Infusion. For this battle, Emperor Dragon, Gael Khan gets 4000 power and defense."

"That means it now has 14000 defense?!" Kai moved his fingers.

"Balmung and Beowulf only give 11000 power in total, so Gael Khan still survived." Morihito explained.

Gael Khan bounced Krieger and Beowulf away and gave an alert roaring.

Sigurd can't defeat him since he only has 8000 power. I will try to defeat it next time.

Titan's field

[Life: 1/ Gauge: 3/ Hand: 1]

Item: None

(C: Emperor Dragon, Gael Khan)

Out of cards, huh. Once the boy destroys Gael Khan or casts a spell on me, it is game over.

Titan placed the Throwing Dragon, Nagerucorga, to the left zone. He stepped vigorously and hurled Nagerucorga towards Beowulf, leaving a trail in the air.

"Such demented-"

Beowulf was shattered into pieces before he said the next word.

"Emperor Dragon, Gael Khan, attack Sigurd."

Gael Khan destroyed Sigurd with a single stab of his shield.

"Damn it, Sigurd also..."

Krieger's field

[Life: 6/ Gauge: 3/ Hand: 7]

Item: Heroical Armor, "Balmung"

(No monsters on the field)

My hand cards aren't useful right now, this must be because my deck wasn't reorganised. Siegsabre, Siegfried, Heroical Armor, "Balmung", Projection Shell, Rook...and "Resolve to Protect" that I just drew.

Krieger put a card into the charge zone and drew from the top of his deck.

I have never seen this card before. This is...?!

Krieger noticed Siegfried was on the card despite not being on the field. Yet a miracle was born.

"Sieg...thank you for always being with me."

Krieger smiled softly. He announced the final phrase confidently and raised the impact card in the air.

"Final Phrase! Cast, "Dragon Destruction Secret Art, Ragna Flame"!!"

"An impact?" Titian noticed.

"Indeed. It deals 1 damage for each monster in your drop zone!"

"How clever, you didn't choose to destroy Gael Khan and directly damage me instead. In such a case, no matter how strong the monster in the centre is, it is all useless."

"The flame of annihilation will burn all dragons to ashes. Now, stay down for good!" Krieger said.

Balmung glowed in a crimson flaming aura with energy surrounding. Krieger looked straight at Titan and made his most remarkable slash at him.

It was a great fight, kid.

The life counter of the opponent hit zero.

Titan's field

[Life: 0/ Gauge: 3/ Hand: 1]

Item: None

(C: Emperor Dragon, Gael Khan)

As the fight ended, the VR case reformed back to its original size.

"Brilliant job, Krieger! Your fight was astonishing!! First, you slashed him with Balmung and then..."

Kai acted how he swung Balmung.

"Thank you, Krieger. We can't defeat him without you." Morihito smiled.

"Yes! The cheater must lose!" Xander yelled.

Their words gave courage to Krieger. Siegfried smiled as he knew Krieger gained the strength he truly desired.

Krieger turned around and faced the gang's leader.

"You should do what you promised."

Titan told his fellows to retreat.

Morihito didn't understand his actions. Also why he left them so easily.

"If you do such...isn't it against your allies? Why are you letting us away?"

"You don't have to know."

The man stopped by for a while and left.

What he went on was truly a false path, but somehow, I don't see his intention of attacking us. Either it was from an order or his sort of kindness was unknown. It just feels like he doesn't want to be involved in it.

After the fight ended, Rouga and Tetsuya found out the rest of the gangs had disappeared.

"That's it yo? Where are they?"

"They retreated. As they knew they lacked manpower."

"Does that mean it is a victory-"

"Of course not, they will return as soon as they are able to capture us all."

"No way yo!!" (0A0)

"We won't let that happen to the kids."

Rouga dashed away and approached where Terumi and the students went.

"Wait...wait for me!" Tetsuya ran and followed.

Meanwhile, the small forest near the cliff. Light Kurouzu, a member of Buddy Police and the assistant of commissioner Tasuku, was found to hide behind the trees and brush all the time that Krieger was fighting Titan. He found out he couldn't contact anyone and sighed.

"Man...things are really getting into trouble, Mr. Tasuku."

[To be continued...]

[The below text are bugged for some reasons. I can't edit them. I already tried my best just to sit down and fixing the fonts, line spacing and editing lots of things before uploads. This is so frustrating and annoying. Meh.]

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'Mini-Buddyfight Talk!'

Red Dragon: Hello Everyone! Nice to meet you all! I am your host Brave Fist, Red Dragon! And also Pirate Dragon, Wind Dragon and Frost Dragon!

Pirate Dragon: Today we will have a little talk about the strongest card of this chapter!

Red Dragon: Today's card is Dragon Destruction Secret Art, Ragna Flame!

Dragon Destruction Secret Art, Ragna Flame

Worlds: Legend World

Type: Impact

Attributes: Messiah Arms

-You may only cast this card if there is a card in the soul of a «Messiah Arms» on your field.

[Call Cost] [pay 2 gauge]


-Deal 1 damage to your opponent for each different monster with «Dragon» in its attributes in your opponent's drop zone! This damage cannot be reduced.

Frost Dragon: "Dragon Destruction Secret Art, Ragna Flame" is an impact card. :l

Wind Dragon: Remember, before you cast this card, make sure you have 2 gauge and a card in the soul of «Messiah Arms» on your field. ]

Pirate Dragon: You deal 1 damage for each different Dragon monster in your opponent's drop zone!! So strong! =.=!

Red Dragon: And the damage of this card cannot be nullified! :P

Other dragons: Woooowww!!! *A*

Red Dragon: That's it! Thank you for watching and hope you can build a stronger deck!

Others: Bye! Bye!

[Thx fo reading!]

Ending 1 - Tomorrow

https/youtu.be/tfRsyXIRQtY

~PREVIEW!~

Kai: Thank God that you're fine! We have been worrying about you so much.

Kiyoshi: I am sorry, Kai.

Morihito: The signals seem to be cut off, or is it the criminals' doing?

Kiyoshi: We have to shut down their device. That's the only way we can leave this place.

Morihito: We must contact Buddy Police...

Kiyoshi: Before that, we will need everyone's aid.

A scene showed the class and students do not want to risk their lives and began to judge Kiyoshi's plan.

Xander: We have to stop those bad guys!

Morihito: Next episode, "The Invasion", buddyfight!

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