Chapter 4: Hope in our hands

They flew to where the apostle suppose to be or to be exact Valeos supposed to be with Jaime

"Jackpot!"

"Grin. No doubt this was it"

"Yes."

Jaime out loud puts a grin on his face as the drone captured the place on video

"It's all thanks to your enthusiasm and hard work good job you two."

On the other hand Enishi looked from the drone

"Just be careful in sneaking in we don't know what will happen inside."

The former dark irregular branch said to him

"Okay... We'll be careful." Jaime waved at the camera as both of them infiltrated the place after that but something seems weird to him

"This place has weak security." He said

"I don't sense the other apostles or could it be?" Shion said as he thought on it out loud as they go to the other room only to find Valeos waiting for them

"Glad for you to drop by Thavas Vanguard, Jaime Alcaraz and Kiba Shion." Valeos greeted them especially Jaime.

"It looks like we're alone." Jaime looked back to shion

"They are on to us huh?" Shion looked serious

"Then..." Jaime said

Meanwhile with Darkface, Chaos Breaker and Chrono

"Huff all of them onto my old hideout it's a hussle" Darkface looked irritated

"Calm down Darkface." Chrono looked calm as he saw the fight takes on

"Why are you interested in looking at their fights to begin with and abandon the place?" Chaos Breaker asked

"Good Question Chaos Breaker..." Chrono sips a tea he seems to be enjoying his time as they were of course in somewhere a bit crowded of a tea house

"I've predicted they've wanted to know our hideout but i don't think i would recover this fast." Chrono sighed

"So that's why you've sent Valeos." Chaos Breaker said as he sips his tea

"Bingo... heheh..." Chrono with a menacing look he looked at shion

"Show me a good fight Shion or..." He smiled

"My lord here is the next location." Darkface gives the data to Chrono

"Chaos Breaker you go get her body it has been done by him." Chrono said

"Why me?! Darkface should do it!" Chaos Breaker said a bit annoyed

"The jester angry that is a bit unacceptable don't you think? Scary." Chrono acted a bit scared but in all honesty it is what to be expected

"If you don't want i can just send him out and it would be a hassle for him to go back." He was on a dial calling for someone

"Got it Got it... i'll go fetch her i'm just joking around i would gladly do it." Chaos Breaker said as he then leaves

"Is it alright for you to leave him like this?" Darkface asked

"It's fine. After all... he is perfect for this job now you just need to find their base we'll raid on it later on." Chrono finished gis tea while smiling wickedly

"Yes My lord..." Darkface nodded

"Before that i've got an unfinished business to settle." Chrono (Gyze) said as he changed into Gyze's persona

"Don't do anything stupid while i'm out." He sighed as he disappeared suddenly

"Y-yes..." Darkface said

Back with Valeos,Jaime and Shion

"We've been had." Jaime said as they were about to leave but Valeos stops them by throwing a sword at them that almost hit instantly

"Stop." Valeos said

"I won't let you pursue Lord Gyze more than this." He continued

"Fight me Valeos!" Shion challenge him to a fight as Valeos puts a smirk on his face

"Stand Up Z Vanguard"

"Stand Up Vanguard"

(Shion Hand: 6 Damage: 0)

(Valeos Hand: 6 Damage: 0)

"Blinking Knight Millius (G: 0 Pow: 5000)"

"Blue Wave Recruit,Kosty (G: 0 Pow: 5000)"

Both of them flips tgeir first vanguard

"Ride Lunar Fang Knight, Felax (G: 1 Pow: 7000 Crit: 1)"

"Ride! Blue Wave Senior General, Beragios (G: 1 Pow: 7000 crit: 1)"

The first turn of Valeos he attacks and cause one damage

(Shion Hand: 6 Damage: 1)

(Valeos Hand: 7 Damage: 0)

"Ride! Peerless Knight, Livarot (G: 2 Pow: 10000 crit: 1) and then call!" Shion called scouting eagle (pow: 7000 G: 1) and albion (G:2 Pow: 9000) to respective left and right front area

"Guard!" Valeos protected himself from scouting eagles attack with a 10000 defensive shield

"I didn't think you would appear in front of me again! Know your place!" Valeos shouted as also serious

"Before i couldn't defeat you alone but with Enishi and Jaime With their power i was able to stand here again." Shion said confidently

"And Shion will be our power too." Jaime said confidently

"This is how we fight!" Both of them shouted in unison

"Valeos i'm sending you back to Cray!" Shion shouted as Valeos takes 2 damage of both of the attack

"Millius skill i look at the top 10 card of my deck i put one in the soul and one to my hand." Shion added Higher Knight Atmile to hand while one more to the soul.

"Turn end." He said

(Shion: Hand: 7 Damage: 1)

(Valeos:Hand : 6 Damage: 3)

"Ride Marine General Galleas (G: 2 Pow: 9000 crit: 1) then call foivos (G: 2 Pow: 9000)" Valeos calls foivos and attacks with it at albion destroying it then galleas attack the vanguard

"In the first place there is no value in fighting you just because you're the heir of fides that is why i fight you and you say you're going to defeat me?! That is absurd!"

Valeos shouted as he pointed at Jaime and demand him that he should be fighting him instead

"Good Grief. "Pride Goes before winter."" Jaime looks a bit of not in the mood

"Jaime should it be "Pride Before a fall."" Enishi corrected him

"Anyway you shouldn't understimate Shion!" Jaime shouted

"My Pride goes together with the Sword! Ride! Higher Deity Knight Atmile (G: 3 Pow: 11000 crit: 1)" Shion called his ace up on his sleeve and called livarot to the field along with belenus (livarot due to atmile skill calling from the field then he called damascus and belenus due to belenus skill he draw a card but it is blocked by one of valeos guards then on the next one he attack with atmile and ends it with escord eagle on the twin drive he checks a critical resulting in 3 damage in total but one of them is a draw trigger

(Shion: Hand: 6 Damage: 2)

(Valeos:Hand : 5 Damage: 5)

"Roar! Endless Blue Wave! Ride! Blue Wave Marshal Valeos (G: 3 Pow: 11000 crit: 1) then Stride the Generation! Blue Wave Marshal Dragon, Flood Hazard Dragon (G: 4 Pow: 26000 crit: 1) and now stride skill your vanguard is fixed at 11000 power." Valeos called himself then strides to his g unit along with the stride skill fixing shion's vanguard at 11000 power.

"Call!" He called 4 cards to the field then activate brutal skill which gives a skill to vanguard

"No matter what you'll do it will be useless!" Valeos attacks with Foivos it was one of the 4 units he called out destroying escort eagle

"Shindou Chrono has become the vessel and Lord Gyze has descend here there is nothing you could do..." Valeos said

"Chrono becomes the vessel?" At this instance Shion stopped himself

"The Zeroth Dragon is awakened at last!" Escort is destroyed due to foivos

"Blazing Sword, Fides is also gobe to their weak heir kiba shion." Valeos smirked as the vanguard attacks and due to his ski he draw a card resulting in 4 draw at ones (plus the drive check which reveal a crit a grade 1 and a heal)

"Kiba don't be distracted valeos is gonna use his specialty." Enishi said

Shion just nodded on his mind enishi is right whether it's true or not he have to confront the truth if it's chrono then he must be able to fight by then

"Livarot Belenus." The left foivos and scope sailor attacks due to foivos attacks it stand and attacks atmile Shion definitely desperate to guard but acts calm

"Flood Hazard Skill! He stands then scope sailor by dropping her to the drop zone my vanguard gains 4000 power." The standing vanguard gains a total of 36000 power without boost as it bossted shion uses igrane's generation guard and then guarded again with a card

(Shion: Hand: 4 Damage: 5)

(Valeos:Hand : 4 Damage: 4)

"Your apostle's game and also Gyze's plan we'll stop it for sure." Shion said as he strides the next turn to Aerial Divine Knight Atmile (G: 4 Pow: 26000)

"Higher deity, Atmile skill then Aerial Deity Atmile skill" He calls on felax (G: 1 Pow: 7000) then by using aerial divine knight to call suleiman to the field with boosted power of 3000 (G: 2 to Right front area) then called gliding using his effect to boost suleiman to 20000 power then he also called belenus to where gliding supposed to be

Due to felax and Atmile skill all of the units gains 5000 power in total

The first attack of belenus hits as Valeos gets to 5 damage

"Aerial Divine knight atmile attack." Shion attacks Valeos head on

"After Shouji Kazuma's Defeat he is the sacrifice needed and the harbringer. The world will be return to nothingness." Valeos with his wicked smile looked at him while perfect guarding the attack the triple drive added a heal and critical all together to shion's hand but Valeos Protected himself with a g-guard plus another guard boosting the guard to 35000 power and with the damage he previously got that is a stand it was enough to last him the guard

"You don't know what it feels like.. Fear... Terror amd kneeling before an absolute might.

Flashback

The first time valeos encounters Gyze he was scarred as his platoon is anhilliated by Gyze

"Fear..."

"Fury..."

"Grief.."

With all his might Valeos tried to fight Gyze but it was all but naught in progress as every attack is meaningless

"Why fight the inevitable Valeos just submit"

His attacks where all being pushed back by Gyze

"Being trampled, Dominated."

From valeos point of view gyze was a messiah or some sort a new god that will rule the old world as he rejoice (imagine gilles caster from Fate/Zero he is juat as bad)

End of flashback

"Turn the despair into Joy! Lord Gyze!" Valeos shouted in joy his act is like a madman

Every attacks that shion made that is albion is being guarded while he called suleiman it also being guarded by intercept then shion called escort eagle it was also being guarded

"Zeroth Dragon is coming!" Enishi warned to Shion

Meanwhile

"Valeos you are fixated on one thing our match wasn't pre-determined you focus too much on power and revenge that you lost your way." Chrono he seems to be going through a dessert as he watch the match as he gains Gyze's collective memory

"I didn't want to be served nor serve others." He sighed

"I let you because of pure joy and excitement." Chrono sighed in his mind

Flashback

"Lord Gyze are you really serious on recruiting him?" Gastille asked

"Yeah do you have objection? He is what we needed do you object?" Gyze looked at him telepathically

"No... all is in within time my lord." Gastille bowed

After the fight with valeos Gyze was looking at him who had a grin on his face

"So this is what despair feels like nothingness to dispute all of the act." Gyze thought as he saw what he has done to the now formerly sane Valeos.

End of flashback

(Shion: Hand: 4 Damage: 4)

(Valeos:Hand : 0 Damage: 5)

Back to the fight

"Draw! With the cost of the same name of my vanguard devour my future and manifest! Megallanica's Zeroth Dragon Ultimate Stride! Zeroth Dragon of Distant Sea, Megido!" Valeos called the zeroth dragon to the field as it effects he called 5 units from the drop zone (Arsenal fleet,2 Valeos and Foivos and Galeas

Shion guarded all of the attack calmly after arsenal's (second attack) hits the first attack foivos destroyed his escort (The attack to tal was 5 or so with Megiddo which he guarded with a perfect guard at no cost

"How can this be?! How can you kiba shion and atmile protect from my attacks!" Valeos shouted

"That is what you get when you believe in the power of units and the bonds you had with them." Jaime said

"You who disrespect vanguard. Wouldn't know because..." Shion said

"This is our power!" They shouted

"That is nonsense!" Valeos shouted as his desperate attempts fails as shion guarded with the last of his hands

(Shion: Hand: 0 Damage: 5)

(Valeos:Hand : 3 Damage: 5)

"The man who had conviction... The man who made a vow to protect everything..." Shion said seriously as it is shown his old flashback picking atmile and their conviction and admiration

"I'll grasp the future." He said as suddenly Fides sword appears out of nowhere as he and Atmile connnected with each other

"Stride the Generation! Immortal Sword, Fides (G: 4 Pow: 26000)"

"What?! Fides?!" He shouted

"The essence of fides isn't by the sword but the will." Shion explained

"If it's ressurected then i'll just have to finish it off again!" Valeos shouted

"I'm afraid you won't have the time Valeos." A low sound echo's the building

"Atmile skill i call on livarot then fides skill! if there is only one guardian in the guard area regardless of the power the attack will hit if a brave unit attack" Shion said

"Then if he didn't put two gusrdians the attack will hit wow!" Jaime is amazed

"By clinging your future to gyze you lost your way!" Shion shouted as valeos desperately guard as Shion calls Glenus and attacks which resulted in a loop which fides attacks with his brave he calls 3 units

"Triple drive!"

"First Check Critical trigger all to fides!"

"Second Check Critical all to fides!"

"Final Check Critical!"

Shion check all three it was a doomsday for Valeos as he doesn't have enough shields and take the over crit damage

"Yey triple critical!" Jaime shouted

"Your vision is greedy and unreasonable!" Valeos shouted

"I'll defeat Gyze with this Sword!" Shion plunged his sword at Valeos

"Shion!" Valeos shouted

"C'est Finis." He backed away as he dobe a cool looking pose while on fides while valeos exploded

"You did it Shion!" Jaime shouted as he praise him

"Jaime that is too much please stop." Shion said as he is completely taken back

Valeos last attempt to kill fides is kill the heir and so he did with the last strength on mind before his diffride is over but it's futile but for shion it was a bit of surprise

"Good job you two Jaime will deliver the cards to the north america branch while ibuki left a message that kazuma and tokoha is already on their way to the promised place as he heads on and seperate from Jaime as he gets back inside he saw someone in a robe grabbing the zeroth dragon card

"So this is Valeos Key card." The voice sounds familliar

"Jaime what is going on?" Enishi asked as his voice is in static

"I think we have an invited guest amigo." Jaime said

"So you're the one that is in my obstacle." The robe person revealed his hands as being a diffride but this one it's different it has Gyze's mark but combine with like dark irregular's sign

"Luck is really seems bad on my side." The sound seems to familliar but nonetheless Jaime is ready to fight

"Let's play Vanguard." The robe person snaps his hands as he created somekind of reality marble around them depicting the source of all and that is relics

"Just who is this guy?" Jaime thought

"No outside interferrance." The mysterious person said as he turns off the communicator that jaime had has been blocked

"Jaime! Jaime!" Enishi who is in the main place said

"We got cut off just what is going on?" He thought

Meanwhile with Chrono

"It's here huh.. the famous land of descent." Chrono sighed as he talks a while back with Gyze

Flashback

"The land if descent?" Chrono had a long talk with Gyze

"You could say it's a land that connects units with their vanguards." Gyze said

"If that is the place then..." Chrono said

"Your dad might be there." Gyze said

"Why are you giving me this?" Chrono asked

"As i said this bond is mutual i'm juat giving you a way singularity. You will soon know that the end sight is inevitable you are what you fear most." Gyze said

End of Flashback

As he was there he was greeted by a familiar face

"Chrono..." The cloak person said

"It has been a while Dad." Chrono smiled


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