"Now this should be fun." Erick chuckled as Mark rejoined the other Pro-Duelists. "The girl who came in second in Battle City going against a guy who didn't even make it to the first round of the Semi-Finals!"
"I wouldn't worry too much Erick." Francesca chimed in as she folded her arms. "It's true that neither of us did that well in the tournament but we've improved our decks since then, as good as Theresa is, she'll have a hell of a time beating Phil."
"You make it sound like you want her to win." Erick chuckled and Francesca frowned. "You guys may have your goodie-to-shoes reasons for being here today but me? I came here to make an example out of these duelists."
"Considering that two of the students facing expulsion managed to make major comebacks in their duels and win I wouldn't count on that working out for you." A thick Russian accent rang out and Erick turned to the Pro Duelist at the end of the bench, a mountain of a man with black hair in a military buzz cut and blue eyes who was wearing a red t-shirt, khaki pants and black boots. "Besides I seem to remember many people calling Theresa the best duelist among the Duel Academy students who competed in Battle City." The duelist added and Erick smirked.
"That's not saying much Dmitri." Erick shrugged his shoulders and the duelist, now known as Dmitri, frowned. "If anyone can get us a win in these duels it Phil anyway."
"Didn't you predict that Chelsea Cunningham wouldn't last five minutes against Ricardo?" Dmitri said simply and Erick frowned. "Sure, her temper didn't last five minutes but that's beside the point."
"Ugh, this pissing contest is giving me a headache." The French duelist groaned as she messaged her temples in annoyance. "Can we just focus on the damn match?"
"Well, whatever you say Adrienne." Erick shrugged his shoulders and the French Duelist, now known as Adrienne, sighed in annoyance before turning to the duel.
"Well on one hand I know Phil runs a Warrior/Dragon deck from his duel with Lance back in Battle City." Theresa thought as she looked over her hand. "On the other hand I haven't had much time to watch the Pro-Leagues since returning to Duel Academy so I don't know if he's improved his deck or not." Theresa thought before turning to Phillip. "So who's going first?"
"I'll let you have the first move Theresa." Phil shrugged as he looked over his hand. "Besides this gives me an excuse to see what deck she's using." Phil thought as Theresa drew her first card.
"Then I'll start things of simply." Theresa said as she picked up four cards. "I set three cards facedown and a card in defense mode, that's it for my turn."
"Okay, maybe not." Phil thought as the four set cards appeared on the field, Phil wasted no time in drawing his card and he looked at it. "I activate Cards of Consonance, I toss a weak Dragon Type Tuner and in return I draw two cards." Phil activated the card and after discarding a card he drew twice. "Now I summon Marauding Captain in attack mode!" Phil played the card and the brown haired warrior appeared on the field with his twin swords at the ready (3/1200/400).
"I'm guessing you plan on using his effect?" Theresa asked and Phil nodded before picking up and playing another card.
"That's right, and I use it to Special Summon Spear Dragon!" Phil played the card and the blue and orange dragon with the oversized, spear like nose appeared on the field (4/1900/0). "Sure, he doesn't get Marauding Captain's protection effect due to be being a Dragon and all but with the effect to inflict piercing damage I'd say that it's a good trade-off." Phil added before pointing at Theresa's facedown card. "Spear Dragon, attack her defense!" Phil commanded and the dragon took flight before dive-bombing at Theresa's facedown card, revealed to be Giant Germ (2/1000/100) which was quickly destroyed, Phil winced as his life-points dropped to 500 but grinned. "You just took a lot more damage…."
"Think again, I chain Giant Germ's second effect with my Defense Draw Trap Card!" Theresa flipped the card up and quickly drew a card. "I didn't think I'd use this trap so soon but regardless it reduces the damage I would've taken in this battle to zero and I get to draw a card." Theresa explained before picking up her deck and searching through it, she found the cards she was looking for and played them both, soon afterwards two more copies of Giant Germ appeared on Theresa's side of the field.
"Yeah I'm not going to do a follow up attack, besides I'd just end up taking more damage than you." Phil shrugged his shoulders before picking up two cards. "I set two cards facedown and end my turn which means Spear Dragon shifts to defense mode." Phil set the two cards and once his dragon shifted to defense mode Theresa drew her card.
"So she's using her Kaiba deck?" Chloe wondered out loud and Brandon shook his head.
"Doubt it, for the past two days I've been helping her strengthen her fiend deck because she planned on using it." Brandon told Chloe and she turned to him. "I doubt she made any last minute decisions regarding what deck she's going to use."
"Wasn't that the deck she used when…..err, you know?" Chloe asked and it didn't take Brandon long to figure out what she meant and why she didn't go into detail.
"Nah that was her Dark Attribute deck, she pretty much only uses it when teaming up with me." Brandon told her and Chloe nodded. "Her fiend deck was something she started work on before Battle City; she finally found the time to finish it after the tournament ended."
"So, wait, let me get this straight, she's using a deck she's never used before in her expulsion duel?" Chelsea chimed in and Brandon nodded. "Isn't that a bit risky?"
"Just a bit but I wouldn't worry about that." Brandon reassured her and Chelsea frowned. "If it helps she did a few trial runs with Kimberly's help in the days leading up to…..well today, she told me she's confident that the deck's got all its kinks ironed out."
"And if she's wrong?" Chelsea asked and Brandon shook his head.
"Let's not think about that possibility." Brandon told her and Chelsea nodded. "Besides she's rarely wrong when it comes to these things."
"Here's hoping that I am right about this." Theresa thought as she overheard the conversation between Brandon, Chelsea and Chloe, she looked at her hand and frowned. "Not exactly my best hand but maybe my trap can help there?" Theresa thought before picking up the card she drew with Defense Draw. "I summon Sangan in attack mode!" Theresa played the card and the small three eyed, multi-limbed fiend appeared on the field (3/1000/600). "Now I activate my trap Dark Spirit Art – Greed, unless you have a Spell Card in your hand I can sacrifice Sangan to draw two more cards."
"Well you're in luck; I used up my only Spell Card during my turn." Phil told her and Theresa nodded before Sangan was consumed by a dark light, once Sangan was gone she drew twice.
"And now Sangan's effect activates, allowing me to add one monster with 1500 or less attack points to my hand." Theresa added once she sent her two cards to the graveyard, once she did that she searched through her deck before finding the card she was looking for and adding it to her hand. "Okay, that's a bit better." Theresa thought before setting a card and switching her germs to defense mode. "That ends my turn." Theresa announced and Phil drew his card.
"Damn, if I had drawn this last turn I could've prevented her from using Dark Spirit Art's effect!" Phil thought before looking at his opponent's side of the field. "I play a Spell Card called Magical Mallet, with this I can return any number of cards in my hand to my deck…." Phil picked up and returned four cards to his deck. "Shuffle it and draw the same number of cards." Phil explained before shuffling his deck and drawing four new cards.
"Judging from the look on his face he didn't have that card in his hand last turn." Theresa noticed as Phil watched over his new hand, "But that Magical Mallet card has practically given him a fresh start, if he drew something like Final Attack Orders then taking out Spear Dragon will be a lot more difficult." Theresa thought as Phil played a card.
"I switch Spear Dragon back to attack mode!" Phil switched the card to attack mode and picked up four cards. "But before I attack I'll set these cards facedown for later." Phil set the card down and pointed to his Dragon. "Spear Dragon, attack the Giant Germ on the right!" Phil commanded and the dragon took flight before dive-bombing the germ skewering it, Theresa's life-points took the hit first reducing her life-points to 6200 and Giant Germ's effect activated bringing Phil's life-points down to 7000.
"I activate my Trap Card Damage Condenser, I discard one card from my hand but in return I can Special Summon one monster from my deck whose attack either matches or is less than the battle damage I just took!" Theresa activated the card and searched through her deck, she found the card she was looking for and played it. "My monster of choice is Newdoria in attack mode!" Theresa announced and the small, armored pink fiend with claws appeared on the field (4/1200/800).
"So she's using a Fiend Swarm deck? Not what I was expecting." Phil thought before turning to Marauding Captain. "Captain, take out her other Germ!" Phil commanded and the Captain charged towards the final germ before slicing it in half, Phil winced as his life-points dropped to 6500 but Phil didn't seem to notice. "I end my turn which means Spear Dragon goes back to defense mode." Phil announced as his dragon crouched down again, Theresa drew her card and looked at it.
"I set a card facedown, now Newdoria, attack Spear Dragon!" Theresa commanded and the small fiend leapt towards the much larger dragon…
"I activate my Trap Card Limit Reverse!" Phil activated the trap and Newdoria stopped in its tracks. "Remember the Dragon Type Tuner I discarded for Cards of Consonance? With this trap card I can bring him back, only downside is that he gets destroyed if I move him to defense mode but I can live with that, I summon my Level 1 Red Scar Dragon!" Phil played the card and a monster that fit its name perfectly appeared on the field, it was a small red dragon with a scar going down its face (1/300/200).
"I'd be more worried if you had summoned that thing during your main phase." Theresa said honestly before grinning. "And if you think that giving me a new, weaker target will distract me from destroying Spear Dragon you're surely mistaken, Newdoria continue your attack!" Theresa commanded and the fiend continued his charge….
"Hate to disappoint you but neither Red Scar nor Spear Dragon will be around for long, I activate Urgent Tuning!" Phil activated the trap and the two monsters leapt into the air. "Oh and by the way when Red Scar Dragon is used in the Synchro Summon of a Dragon Type monster I can increase its level by two."
"You're summoning a Level Seven Dragon Type Synchro Monster?" Theresa wondered as Red Scar Dragon dissolved into the Synchro Ring that surrounded Spear Dragon, all it took was one second before it hit her. "Oh no, don't tell me you're….."
"That's right; I'm tuning my two monsters together to Synchro Summon Exploder Dragonwing!" Phil played the card and a bright flash enveloped the field, when it faded the dragon previously used by Eddie and Marie appeared on the field with a growl (7/2400/1600). "Now, do you still want to attack?" Phil asked and Theresa frowned.
"If I attack Dragonwing then my life-points will take a big hit." Theresa thought before grinning. "But Marauding Captain on the other hand….." Theresa thought before pointing at the captain. "Newdoria, attack Marauding Captain!" Theresa commanded and the fiend changed its course again targeting Marauding Captain…..
"I thought you would try that, I activate my trap card Fiendish Chain!" Phil activated the trap and Newdoria's charge was halted by being ensnared by several chains. "In a way this trap works like an upgraded version of Shadow Spell. You see it works by targeting one face-up Effect Monster on your side off the field, now as long as this is on the field Newdoria can't attack or use its effect."
"And that means that Exploder Dragonwing will be free to attack next turn." Theresa said with a frown as Newdoria was dragged back towards her by the chains. "I set a monster in defense mode and end my turn." Theresa set the card and Phil drew his card.
"He definitely has some new tricks up his sleeve." Lance commented as he folded his arms and Tyler turned to him. "I was expecting him to summon either Arcana Knight Joker or Scrap Dragon but Exploder Dragonwing? That's not something I was expecting."
"It's like Theresa said after we bumped into Phil and Francesca outside of the main building, it's a safe bet that they've improved their decks since then." Chloe chimed in and Lance nodded. "For all we know Phil got rid of his Poker Knight cards after Battle City."
"If he has than Theresa has lost one of her advantages over him." Tyler responded with a frown. "She knows that he used the Poker Knights in Battle City but now that he has brought out new monsters it's a whole new ballgame."
"Well, well, I get to take one of my new cards for a spin." Phil said out loud before playing a card. "First I activate Spellbook inside the Pot!" Phil played the card and both duelists drew three cards.
"What did he mean by take a new card for a spin?" Theresa thought as Phil played a Spell Card, when she saw it Theresa raised an eyebrow. "Is that Tribute Doll?"
"You got it, with this Spell Card I can use one monster as a tribute for a monster that would normally need two sacrifices so I tribute my Captain….." Phil said as Marauding Captain disappeared. "And know that I've done that I can summon the mighty Sword Hunter to the field!" Phil played the card and a tall muscular man appeared on the field, his upper body was covered in silver armor and he was wielding twin swords (7/2450/1700).
"That monster's pretty weak for a Level 7 Monster and this is coming from someone who uses Watts." Chelsea commented and Tyler turned to her.
"I wouldn't underestimate Sword Hunter, he may not be as strong as some of the other non Synchro Level 7s but his effect is very powerful." Tyler told her and Chelsea frowned.
"Only downside to using Tribute Doll is that the monster I summon with it can't attack the same turn he's summoned with it." Phil explained before grinning. "But Exploder Dragonwing on the other hand is free to attack Newdoria!" Phil commanded and the dragon breathed fire at the small fiend incinerating it alongside the chains bringing Theresa's life-points down to 5000. "And now that the monster I targeted with Fiendish Chain has been destroyed Fiendish Chain is destroyed as well." Phil explained as his Trap Card's hologram shattered.
"Newdoria may be gone but he's taking your dragon with him, I activate my Trap Card Michizure!" Theresa activated the trap and a gaping hole opened up beneath Exploder Dragonwing. "Since you destroyed one of my monsters I get to take one of yours with him."
"Or so you think, I activate Interdimensional Matter Transporter which removes Exploder Dragonwing from play until I end my turn," Phil activated the trap and Exploder Dragonwing vanished from the field before it could fall in the hole which quickly closed up. "I end my turn with a facedown card which means Exploder Dragonwing returns to the field." Phil announced and once Exploder Dragonwing was back on the field Theresa drew her card.
"Okay, Phil will have to run out of trap cards at some point and once he does I should be able to take out Sword Hunter and Exploder Dragonwing." Theresa thought before frowning. "But if he equips Sword Hunter with Mage Power than I'll really be in trouble." Theresa thought before playing her drawn card. "I play Allure of Darkness, I draw two times but unless I can remove a Dark Type Monster from play I'll have to discard my entire hand." Theresa played the card and drew twice, once she did that she pocketed a monster. "Now I activate my Trap Card Escape from the Dark Dimension which lets me summon the monster I just banished."
"Oh? And what monster would that be?" Phil asked as she retrieved the card from her blazer pocket and played it, it didn't take Phil long to recognize the monster once it appeared. "That's Dark Resonator!" (3/1300/800) Phil realized before frowning. "Either you plan on using his effect to buy you some time or you're setting up a Synchro Summon of your own."
"I'll let the rest of my move answer that for me; first I play the Spell Card Fires of Doomsday which lets me summon two Doomsday Tokens!" Theresa played the card and a pair of small black fiends appeared on the field (1/0/0). "Now I flip my facedown monster Opticlops into attack mode!" Theresa flipped the card up and a red, one eyed fiend appeared on the field (4/1800/1000). "And finally I activate my Level Returner Trap Card, with this trap card I can reduce the Level of one monster on my side of the field by two and I'm using it on Opticlops!" Theresa announced as the fiend groaned as its level dropped to two.
"Impressive set up for a Synchro Summon, question is will you be able to summon him?" Phil complemented her and Theresa frowned.
"Is he bluffing or is that trap card something that could prevent my Synchro Summon?" Theresa thought before shaking her head. "Nice bluff but I'm not falling for it, Dark Resonator, give the Doomsday Tokens and Opticlops a tune-up!" Theresa commanded and Dark Resonator struck its tuning fork as he and the three other monsters dissolved into the Synchro Rings, Theresa played the card and Chaos King Archfiend appeared on the field (7/2600/2600).
"Not bad, with his effect he could easily crush either of my monsters." Phil complemented her but Theresa was too busy casting a suspicious eye towards Phil's trap card to notice.
"Well, if he was bluffing he's damn good at bluffing, why is he so calm if he knows Chaos King Archfiend's effect?" Theresa thought with a frown before shaking her head. "You may know about Chaos King Archfiend's effect but I know about Sword Hunter's effect so I'm attacking him!" Theresa announced as the fiend disappeared….
"Nice try but I activate my Trap Card Shift forcing you to attack Exploder Dragonwing instead." Phil activated the trap and instead of reappearing behind Sword Hunter it reappeared behind Dragonwing, the dragon's attack and defense where switched around just before Chaos King snapped it's neck bringing Phil's life-points down to 6000, the fiend reappeared on Theresa's side of the field and she looked over her hand.
"I set a card facedown and end my turn." Theresa set the card and Phil drew his card.
"I play a spell card called Raiding the Dragon's Cave; since I have a Level 5 or higher Dragon Type Monster in my graveyard I can draw two cards." Phil explained before drawing two more cards, he looked at the two of them and smirked. "I set these cards facedown and end my turn." Phil set the cards and Theresa drew her card.
"Okay, if everything goes well I should be able to take out that monster before he can use his effect." Theresa thought before pointing to her fiend. "Chaos King Archfiend….." Theresa never got a chance to finish her command as it was cut off by a deafening ringing. "What the…"
"That was my Command Silencer Quick Play Spell, it negates the attack, ends the Battle Phase and I get to draw a new card." Phil explained as he drew his card.
"Fine, since my Battle Phase ended prematurely I'll end my turn." Theresa announced and Phil nodded before drawing a card, he wasted no time in activating his other card.
"I activate Foolish Revival; with this Trap Card I can Special Summon a card from your graveyard to your side of the field." Phil activated the trap and to Theresa's surprise Opticlops reappeared on her side of the field in defense mode. "Now I equip Sword Hunter with Mage Power and Big Bang Shot!" Phil played the cards and Sword Hunter glowed as its attack skyrocketed to 3850. "Sword Hunter, attack Opticlops now!" Phil commanded and the swordsman charged towards the one-eyed fiend before cutting it into ribbons with his swords bringing Theresa's life-points down to 2850.
"And now your monster's effect activates." Theresa pointed out as Opticlop's head appeared on Sword Hunter's breast plate increasing its attack to 4550.
"That's its effect?" Chelsea said out loud and Tyler nodded.
"To put it simply whenever Sword Hunter destroys a monster in battle that monster becomes an Equip Spell Card and is equipped to Sword Hunter." Tyler explained and Chelsea nodded. "The boost is a mere 200 points but combined with Mage Power and Big Bang Shot…..well you can see the effects for yourself." Tyler added and Chelsea frowned.
"Yeah well, Chaos King Archfiend still has its effect, no matter how strong Sword Hunter gets its defense is only 1700 making it a sitting duck for Chaos King Archfiend." Chelsea pointed out and Tyler nodded in agreement.
"I end my turn and unfortunately it'll be a matter of time before I end your tenure here Theresa." Phil said nonchalantly and Theresa frowned. "I mean, as strong as Chaos King Archfiend is this combo means that Sword Hunter's attack will keep going up and that he can inflict piercing damage."
"Funny, I seem to remember Mark and Ricardo saying practically the same thing before they were defeated." Theresa retorted with a smirk before looking at her drawn card. "Unfortunately for you that's as strong as Sword Hunter's going to get."
"And what makes you say that?" Phil asked and Theresa grinned before playing a Spell Card.
"Here's a hint, Ricardo's Colossal Fighter was taken out in the same manner." Theresa said as her Spell Card's hologram flipped up revealing it to be Mystical Space Typhoon.
"Oh crap!" Phil gulped as a Tornado ripped through the field destroying Big Bang Shot, seconds later a portal opened up behind Sword Hunter sucking him in and destroying Mage Power in the process, Phil threw Opticlops at Theresa who returned the monster to her graveyard and Phil sent Mage Power to the graveyard before pocketing Sword Hunter.
"Now it's time I narrowed the score a bit, Chaos King Archfiend, attack his life-points directly!" Theresa commanded and the fiend fired reached forward with its claws before slashing him across the chest bringing Phil's life-points down to 3400. "That ends my turn." Theresa announced and Phil drew his card.
"She beat Exploder Dragonwing and Sword Hunter." Phil thought as he looked over his hand. "I guess it's time I went back to one of my old favorites." Phil thought before playing a card. "I activate Card Destruction!" Phil played the card and Theresa frowned before discarding her hand and drawing the same amount, Phil did likewise and looked over his new hand. "Perfect, I can finish her off now!" Phil thought before playing a card. "I play Double Summon with lets me summon two monsters this turn." Phil played the card before picking up a card. "And here's monster number one, Queen's Knight!"
"Oh crap, he's going to summon Arcana Knight Joker!" Lance realized as the blonde female warrior appeared on the field (4/1500/1600).
"And here's my second summon, King's Knight!" Phil played the card and alongside Queen's Knight King's Knight appeared on the field (4/1600/1400). "And since he was summoned whilst I have Queen's Knight on the field I can Special Summon Jack's Knight!" Phil played the card and the final member of the trio appeared on the field (5/1900/1000). "I think you'll remember this move from my duel with Lance, I activate Polymerization!"
"Here we go!" Lance gulped as the trio of monsters fused together to form Phil's strongest monster, it swung it sword downwards as it glared at the fiend (9/3800/3500).
"Now, let's get down to business, Arcana Knight, attack Chaos King Archfiend!" Phil commanded and the swordsman charged towards the fiend, its attack dropped to 3500 due to Chaos King's effect but it was still enough to defeat the fiend bringing Theresa's life-points down to 1950. "Now to bring the duel and unfortunately your tenure here to a close, I activate De-Fusion to split my warrior into its individual parts!" Phil played the card and Arcana Knight Joker vanished, in its place stood the three warriors that made up the mighty warrior. "Go my knights, end this duel!" Phil commanded and the three knights charged towards Theresa…..only to stop in their tracks. "What the….." Phil trailed off before noticing something. "That's Battle Fader!" Phil realized once he saw the small fiend (1/0/0).
"It's handy for stopping OTKs like the one you just attempted." Theresa said before grinning. "And unless you have another copy of Polymerization in your deck to make up for your now empty hand I don't think we'll be seeing your Joker again."
"True but my Joker beat your best monster and even if you get past my three warriors I have ways to bring them back from the graveyard to set it all up again." Phil pointed out before resting his hands by his side. "I end my turn at that." Phil announced and Theresa drew her card.
"I activate Deal with the Dark Ruler!" Theresa played the card which depicted Dark Ruler Ha-Des appearing before a poor family, the youngest of the family, a young girl, is lying on a bed and is clearly ill. "This can only be activated if I have a weak fiend type monster like Battle Fader on my side of the field, with it I can draw until I have five cards in my hand." Theresa explained before drawing her cards. "Like all deals of this nature though it comes with a price, if that monster's still on the field by the end of my turn he's destroyed and he takes half my life-points with it."
"And I thought Allure of Darkness was risky." Phil commented as Theresa sent her card to the graveyard, when he saw the grin on her face he frowned. "Chaos King Archfiend wasn't the strongest monster in your fiend deck, was it?"
"No, you just assumed that." Theresa pointed out before playing a card. "First things first, I activate Lightning Vortex!" Theresa activated the trap and Phil shielded himself as lightning struck his three warriors destroying them, Theresa sent the card she discarded for Lightning Vortex's effect to the graveyard alongside Lightning Vortex it's self before playing a card. "Now I activate Monster Reborn to bring back Dark Resonator!" Theresa played the card and Dark Resonator returned to the field.
"You're planning on a Level 4 Synchro Summon?" Phil asked as he scratched his head. "Are there any Level 4 Synchro Monsters?"
"Not to my knowledge but that doesn't matter because a Level 4 Synchro Summon wasn't what I had in mind." Theresa explained before playing a card. "For my normal summon I bring out Winged Minion in attack mode!" Theresa played the card and a small blue fiend appeared on the field, it had a bald head and, as its name suggested, wings (2/700/700). "Dark Resonator, it's time you gave one final tune up!" Theresa commanded and once again Dark Resonator struck its tuning fork and the Synchro Ring surrounded Winged Minion, the two monsters faded into a blight flash of light and when it faded Phil had to do a double take when he saw the monster.
"What the…." Phil wondered out-loud as he saw the monster; it was a twin headed demon riding a motorbike that had wings (5/2200/1800), when Phil saw the monster's stats however he grinned. "It seems your strongest monster falls a bit short."
"This guy, otherwise known as Stygian Street Patrol, is my strongest monster due to his effect. "Theresa said before frowning. "Unfortunately I won't be able to use it because it requires me to destroy a monster on your side of the field first but there's other ways I can end this duel and secure my place here." Theresa added before playing a card which depicted several notable fiend monsters attacking a village. "I play Underworld Invasion, since I have two Fiend Type monsters on my side of the field I can special summon a third as long as it has less than a thousand attack points and it can't attack until my next turn, my monster of choice is Winged Minion!" Theresa explained as the monster returned to the field.
"Nice try but even with three monsters on your side of the field you don't have enough firepower to finish me off." Phil said confidently and Theresa smirked.
"I won't need these three monsters to defeat you Phil; I only need the one and his name's Stygian Sergeants." Theresa said confidently before playing another card. "Next I play Axe of Despair and I equip it to my Sergeants, I'm sure I don't need to explain what this card does to someone as experienced as you Phil."
"You'd be correct there." Phil nodded as the Sergeants' attack strength increased to 3200. "That's still not enough, you said yourself that Winged Minion can't attack due to Underworld Invasion's side effect." Phil pointed out and Theresa grinned.
"Then I guess this is a good time to inform you of my minion's effect." Theresa said as Winged Minion vanished from the field. "In exchange for sacrificing Winged Minion I can target one face-up Fiend Type monster like Stygian Sergeants and increase their attack points by seven hundred points as long as it remains on the field." Theresa explained as Stygian Sergeants attack increased to 3900. "Do the math Phil, this match is over."
"So it is." Phil said with a disappointed nod. "Go ahead; give me your best shot." Phil invited her and Theresa grinned before pointing to Stygian Sergeants.
"Gladly, Stygian Sergeants, finish the match and secure my spot at the school!" Theresa commanded and the fiend revved up his motorbike before charging at Phil and slashing him across the chest bringing his life-points down to zero.
"The winner of the match is Obelisk Blue's Theresa Daniels, as a result she won't be expelled and her record will be wiped!" Martin announced and the crowd cheered as the two duelists gathered up their cards, shuffled their decks and deactivated their duel disks, the other students who were facing possible expulsion breathed a sigh of relief knowing that they were one step closer to putting the day's events behind them.
"Only five more matches to go and we won't have to worry about expulsion." Theresa thought as she returned the Fiend Deck to her backpack, when she turned around she saw Phil approaching her ready to offer her a handshake. "Thanks for the match Phil; I only wish we could've dueled under more pleasant circumstances." Theresa said as she accepted the handshake.
"Aye, maybe once you hit the pro-leagues we'll have a rematch." Phil told her and Theresa grinned sheepishly.
"Great, now I have you and Eddie wanting a rematch with me!" Theresa said as she let go of the handshake. "Maybe next time I won't use our duel as an excuse for a test run off a deck." Theresa added and Phil looked at her oddly.
"That was a test run?!" Phil asked and Theresa nodded. "Well, I'd say that that was a successful test run from what I saw, anyway I think Martin's waiting for us to get off the duel field so that he can announce the next match."
"Good point." Theresa agreed before the two of them hopped off of the arena and rejoined their respective groups. "So does anyone know who's up next?"
"Your guess is as good as mine." Brandon told her as she sat next to him, soon afterworlds Martin's voice was heard over the PA system.
"Our next match of the evening is between Obelisk Blue's Brandon Thomas and the woman who came in second in the Irish National Championships Francesca Burns." Martin announced and Brandon smirked as he got up.
"Well, that answers that question." Brandon said as he stepped onto the duel field, Francesca joined him on the podium and shared Brandon's grin.
"Like Phil I was hoping for another shot at Chloe." Francesca grinned as the two duelists activated their duel disks and started shuffling their decks. "But you'll do nicely and who knows? Maybe I'll show the boys behind me how it's done!"
"You may not be getting the match you were hoping for Francesca but just remember, the only reason Theresa beat me in Battle City was because she forced me to deck out." Brandon pointed out as they finished shuffling their decks and drew their opening hands. "And like my classmates I have no intention of leaving this school until I graduate so let's duel!" Brandon called out and Francesca grinned at that.