"Just as I thought, you're just as useless as your boyfriend!" Erick snapped at Francesca the moment she sat next to Phil, she didn't remain seated for long as she stormed over to the Scottish Duelist.
"What did you just say?!" Francesca demanded and Erick remained calm. "Erick, last I checked I came the closest out of anyone here to actually beating my opponent, if it weren't for his damn ogre I would've won the duel and he'd be filling out job applications."
"Actually Francesca, whilst you did close to actually beating your opponent your only the fourth pro duelist to have competed so far." Erick pointed out before turning to Amanda. "And as we both know Amanda is next up and she beat some tough competition to win the Canadian Nationals." Erick said before blushing at her slip up. "Yes, even if she drops more innuendo than a porno movie."
"Yeah well, don't count Marcus out yet." Francesca pointed out before sitting back down. "He was a Battle City Semi-Finalist."
"And he was one of two Duel Academy students who failed to make it past the first round of the Semi-Finals." Erick retorted with a scoff. "In fact he lost against your opponent if I remember correctly." Erick added and Francesca frowned.
"Yeah, he lost the match despite being in control for most off the match and summoning three of the most powerful dragons in the game." Francesca said as she rolled her eyes. "Marcus is a good duelist with some very powerful cards in his deck; you'd be stupid to underestimate him."
"Ladies first Marcus, that is unless you have any objections." Amanda told him and Marcus shrugged his shoulders, Amanda took that as her cue to draw and she did so. "I start with the Heaven's Lost Property Spell Card; since it's been used quite a few times since we got here I'm sure I don't need to remind you of this Spell's effect." Amanda explained as she played the card, both duelists drew three times and discarded twice.
"Yeah, well, guess what? You've just done me a big favor!" Marcus said before picking up his deck. "One of the cards I just discarded was White Stone of Legend which means I get to add one Blue-Eyes White Dragon from my deck to my hand!" Marcus explained before adding the famous monster to his hand.
"Humph, clever but I have ways to take advantage of that Spell Card as well." Amanda complemented him as she sent her Spell Card to the Graveyard. "I summon Vylon Ohm in attack mode!" Amanda played the card and a small gold and silver being appeared on the field (4/1500/200).
"She's using Vylon? That's odd." Tyler thought with a raised eyebrow as Amanda retrieved one of her discarded cards.
"And now his effect activates, with it I can banish one equip spell in my graveyard until my next standby phase at which point it returns to my hand." Amanda explained as she pocketed the Spell Card. "For now I set two cards facedown and end my turn."
"Frankly I'm surprised that thing has a gender." Marcus said as he sweat-dropped before drawing his card, he added it to his hand before retrieving a monster from his graveyard. "Since I have no monsters on my side of the field and only dragon type monsters in my graveyard I can Special Summon Totem Dragon from my graveyard!" Marcus played the card and a small green snake like dragon appeared on the field, it had what appeared to be tribal markings on its head and body (2/400/200).
"Cute, but I don't see the point." Amanda scoffed and Marcus grinned before picking up a card.
"Oh, there's a point all right, Totem Dragon has another effect, he can be used as two tributes in the summon of a dragon type monster!" Marcus explained and Amanda's eyes widened once it hit her. "So I sacrifice Totem Dragon so I can bring out this bad boy, the Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" Marcus played the card and Totem Dragon vanished, in its place stood the massive dragon made famous by Seto Kaiba (8/3000/2500). "Totem Dragon comes with a downside however, if I Special Summon it using its effect I have to remove it from play." Marcus added before pocketing the monster.
"Well if there's not a better time to activate this I haven't heard of it! Go Threatening Roar!" Amanda activated the trap and the huge dragon cowered in fear as a loud roar echoed throughout the arena.
"Fine, I can wait!" Marcus grumbled before setting a card. "I'll end my turn with that facedown card." Marcus announced and Amanda drew her card. "Why didn't she save that trap for something stronger? I mean, that monster has only one thing going for it and that's its effect!" Marcus thought as his eyes narrowed. "Sure, it protected her life-points but beyond that I don't see the point."
"Since it's my standby phase I get back the banished Equip Spell." Amanda added before retrieving the Spell Card from her pocket and adding it to her hand. "Now I activate my Spell Card Morale Boost but I'll get to that effect in a minute, for now I equip Ohm with my Spell Card Mage Power giving him 800 attack points for each of my Spell and Trap Cards!" Amanda played the cards and Ohm glowed briefly as its attack increased to 3800. "And now Morale Boosts' effect activates, every time I play an Equip Spell I gain one thousand life-points." Amanda explained as her life-points increased to 9000.
"That's going to get annoying." Marcus grumbled as he got ready for Amanda's next move. "Doesn't matter, soon as I draw something like Wingbeat of Giant Dragon her combo goes down the drain."
"You think it's annoying now? Just wait until he destroys your best monster, Vylon Ohm, attack Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" Amanda commanded and the small being flew towards the mighty dragon…
"I activate my Dragon's Durability Trap Card!" Marcus activated the trap and to Miranda's surprised Blue-Eyes White Dragon's attack points dropped to 1500. "This trap can only be activated if a Dragon Type Monster I control is targeted for an attack, the dragon's attack is cut in half but he'll survive the attack and any damage I'd take is reduced to 0." Marcus explained as the being fired a beam of pure white light at the dragon, the dragon groaned in pain but survived the attack.
"Clever but we'll see how long your dragon can hold against my Vylons." Amanda said before looking over her hand. "I'll end my turn for now." Amanda announced and Marcus drew his card.
"I don't have anything that can beat her Vylon; hell my dragon is the only monster I have at the moment whose attack points come close." Marcus thought before looking at his drawn card. "Sorry to bust your bubble Amanda but the Spell Card I just drew is gonna blow your whole combo sky high."
"I'd like to see you try!" Amanda said defiantly whilst trying to hide her nervousness. "If he drew A Wingbeat of Giant Dragon then I'm really in trouble." Amanda thought as Marcus played the Spell Card. "That's not A Wingbeat of Giant Dragon!"
"You're right, it's a different Spell called Dragon's Evil Eye, with it for each dragon I control I can destroy one Spell or Trap Card so say good-bye to Mage Power!" Marcus announced as his Dragon prepared to launch an attack…..
"I don't think so; I activate my Armory Protector Trap Card!" Amanda activated the trap which depicted a heavily guarded armory which housed weapons used by various Duel Monsters. "As long as this Continuous Trap is on the field you can't destroy any Equip Spells, only downside is that it won't work on cards that destroy more than one card." Amanda explained as the dragon launched its attack but it bounced off of an invisible force-field.
"Great, as long as that's on the field Ohm will only get stronger and I can't do anything about it." Marcus frowned as he sent his Spell to the graveyard. "At least until I draw something like Heavy Storm or a Wingbeat of Giant Dragon." Marcus thought before glancing up at Amanda. "I'll end my turn at that." Marcus announced and Amanda drew her card.
"Why stop at one Equip Spell? I activate Hidden Armory which lets me add one equip spell from my deck to my hand." Amanda announced before searching through her deck, she found the card she was looking for and added it to her hand before shuffling her deck and sending Hidden Armory to the graveyard.
"Great, that means that Ohm's only going to get stronger!" Marcus grumbled under his breath and Amanda grinned.
"You're right; he is going to get stronger, so strong that you can't even defend against him!" Amanda announced before playing a card. "I equip him with Big Bang Shot which gives him a 400 attack point boost and the ability to inflict piercing damage." Marcus's eyes widened as Ohm glowed a bright red color as its attack increased to 4200. "And don't forget about Morale Boost and Mage Power!" Amanda added as her life-points increased to 10,000 and Ohm's attack points increased to 5000. "Normally I'd have to worry about Big Bang Shot's side-effect doing Ohm in as Ricardo can attest to but with Armory Protector I don't have to worry about that."
"Speak for yourself." Marcus muttered under his breath as Amanda pointed at Ohm.
"Vylon Ohm, attack the Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" Amanda commanded and the small being fired a beam of pure light at the dragon which disintegrated it and brought Marcus's life-points down to 6000.
"I activate my Damage Condenser trap card!" Marcus said before discarding a card and quickly picking up his deck. "Since I just took 2000 points of damage I can Special Summon a monster from my deck with an equal amount of attack points to the damage I took, it may cost me a card in my hand but it's worth the price." Marcus explained before playing the card and Alexandrite Dragon (4/2000/100) appeared on the field crouching down using its wings as a shield.
"You should've summoned something with a better defense stat, once I attack that dragon next turn you'll lose over half your life-points." Amanda pointed out and Marcus frowned. "I end my turn at that." Amanda announced and Marcus drew his card.
"I don't know why they seem more interested in helping us but she has a point." Chelsea agreed begrudgingly. "If Ohm's attack goes through than his life-points will be in the crapper."
"I wouldn't count him out yet, look at the look on his face, it's like he wants her to attack Alexandrite Dragon." Tyler commented and Chelsea frowned. "It's true that if the attack goes through Marcus's life-points will be decimated I think he has a plan in mind."
"Finally, someone who knows what she's doing!" Erick commented earning glares from Ricardo, Francesca, Phil and Mark as he did. "Oh don't look at me like that! You know it's true!"
"You know what else is true? Oh, not much, just that I'll castrate you and shove your balls down your throat if you continue to insult our dueling skills!" Francesca warned him and Erick winced once he saw the look on her face.
"Ay yi, yi, remind me to not piss off your girlfriend." Ricardo whispered to Phil who nodded in agreement.
"All I can do is set one card facedown." Marcus sighed as he set the card down; Amanda smirked as she saw this. "That ends my turn." Marcus said and Amanda drew her card.
"That facedown card has to be a bluff! There's no way that he drew something strong enough to hold off Ohm's attack points." Amanda thought before looking at her drawn card, it wasn't one of her Spell or Trap Cards but another monster. "If I had one more Equip Spell I could finish him off with an attack from Ohm and this monster but as it stands? Guess I'll have to make do." Amanda thought before adding the card to her hand. "Vylon Ohm, attack Alexandrite Dragon!" Amanda commanded and the monster prepared its attack…
"Gotcha!" Marcus said with a grin and Amanda blinked as he triggered his trap card. "I activate Malevolent Catastrophe!"
"What? No!" Amanda yelled out but she knew it was too late, before Ohm could even launch its attack a dark portal opened up behind him destroying Morale Boost, Mage Power, Armory Protector and Big Bang Shot, the last destroyed Spell Card led to Ohm itself being sucked into the portal before it closed up. "I have to hand it to you Marcus that was a hell of a bluff."
"Yeah well, like my friends I won't let you take my spot at Duel Academy without a fight." Marcus answered back before grinning. "Anything else you want to do?"
"Actually yes, there is." Amanda nodded before picking up the monster she drew. "I set this monster in defense mode and end my turn." Amanda set the monster down and Marcus drew his card.
"And just like that the tide has turned." Tyler commented with a nod of approval. "But Marcus still has a long way to go."
"Yeah and one Vylon was tough enough, the others are bound to be even tougher." Chelsea agreed with a grin. "But like he said he won't give up his spot without a fight."
"She has more copies of that Armory Protector Card right?" Ricardo asked with a nervous gulp and Erick scoffed.
"She'd be stupid to not have more than one copy of that Trap Card." Erick shrugged his shoulders as he watched the duel. "But I'll give Marcus credit; I don't think I would've been able to see through that bluff myself."
"Wow, you actually said something nice for once, did Hell freeze over during my duel?" Francesca asked jokingly and Erick rolled his eyes.
"All right, it's time I caused some damage!" Marcus announced as he switched Alexandrite Dragon to attack mode before playing a card. "I summon Blizzard Dragon in attack mode!" Marcus played the card and the icy dragon appeared on the field ready for battle (4/1800/1000). "Alexandrite Dragon, attack her defense monster!" Marcus commanded and the beautiful dragon launched its attack towards the monster, revealed to be Shining Angel (4/1400/800) which was quickly incinerated by the dragon's flames.
"I use Shining Angel's effect to special summon another from my deck!" Amanda announced before searching through her deck, she found the card she was looking for and played it, seconds later the monster appeared on the field.
"Fine then, even with that monster on the field I can still cause some damage, Blizzard Dragon, attack Shining Angel!" Marcus commanded and the dragon took flight and flew over the angel before letting lose an ice breath attack that completely froze Shining Angel, the monster shattered seconds later bringing Amanda's life-points down to 9600.
"I use Shining Angel's effect again, this time I'm summoning another Vylon monster, Vylon Cube!" Amanda played the card and the monster's name was very appropriate for it was a metallic cube like being with arms (3/800/800).
"Heh, that thing will be easy pickings once she ends her turn but just in case…." Marcus thought before pointing to Blizzard Dragon. "Blizzard Dragon may have already attacked but I can use his effect, once per turn I can target one card you control and as long as he's on the field that monster can't attack or change its battle position until the end of your turn, since you only have one monster I'm targeting Vylon Cube!" Marcus announced as the dragon launched its icy breath towards Vylon Cube, it wasn't fatal unlike its attack but it was enough to freeze the monster in place.
"That's fine by me because Vylon Cube won't be staying around for long." Amanda countered and Marcus blinked in confusion. "End your turn and you'll see what I mean." Amanda said simply and Marcus looked over his hand.
"All right, I'll end my turn." Marcus announced and Amanda drew her card. "She's probably planning to use it in a Tribute Summon or something." Marcus thought as he waited for Amanda to make her move.
"I activate a Spell Card called Spellbook Inside the Pot!" Amanda played the card and both players drew until they had three new cards in their hands. "Perfect, I have everything I need to bring out my best monster." Amanda thought before playing a card. "I activate DDR…..no, not Dance, Dance Revolution…Different Dimension Reincarnation, I toss one card…" Amanda tossed another monster she had drawn with her first Spell Card and retrieved her sole pocketed monster. "And in return Vylon Ohm returns to the field!" Amanda played the card and the strange being returned to the field. "Don't worry, his effect only activates if I Normal Summon it."
"So why bring it back?" Marcus asked and Amanda smirked.
"You'll see in a moment, next I equip Vylon Cube with another Spell Card called Synchro Boost, it gives him a boost of five hundred attack points and increases its level by one." Amanda played the card and Vylon Cube glowed as its attack increased to 1300 and its level increased to for. "And finally, since I have a Tuner Monster on my side of the field I can Special Summon Quilbolt Hedgehog from my graveyard!" Amanda played the card and the small orange hedgehog with nuts and bolts sticking out of its back appeared on the field (2/800/600).
"Wait, Tuner Monster?" Marcus questioned before it hit him. "Vylon Cube's a tuner monster, isn't he?" Marcus asked as his eyes widened.
"Yeah and unfortunately for you Blizzard Dragon can't prevent this move! I tune Vylon Cube, Vylon Ohm and Quilbolt Hedgehog together to bring out my best monster! A monster I may add requires three monsters to summon it!" The three monsters leapt into the air and Vylon Cube dissolved into four Synchro Rings that surrounded Vylon Ohm and Quilbolt Hedgehog, a bright flash enveloped the field and Amanda grinned as she played the card. "Vylon Omega!"
"That doesn't sound good!" Marcus yelled out as the flash faded from the field, in the place of Vylon Ohm was a massive gold and black being with equally big wings, even Marcus's monsters seemed intimidated by the site of the monster (10/3200/1900). "Okay, that guy's pretty impressive looking….." Marcus admitted when the monster let a loud howl, Blizzard Dragon groaned in pain before its hologram shattered. "What the….."
"That's Vylon Omega's effect in action, when he's Synchro Summoned any monsters that where Normal Summoned or set get destroyed." Amanda explained with a grin. "You should be thankful that you Special Summoned Alexandrite Dragon otherwise you'd be in for a world of hurt, well you still are but not nearly as painful." Amanda added before picking up her deck. "Speaking off effects, since I used it to Synchro Summon a Light Type Monster Vylon Cube's effect activates, allowing me to add an Equip Spell from my deck to my hand." Amanda added before adding the card she was looking for to her hand, once her deck was reshuffled she played it. "Why keep you in suspense about it though? I equip Vylon Omega with Vylon Segment!"
"That doesn't sound good." Marcus gulped as Vylon Omega glowed. "Well it's attack points didn't increase but I'm guessing that it has an effect that has nothing to do with attack points?"
"You'd be right there; Vylon Segment means the monster it's equipped with can't be targeted by the effects of monsters or Traps." Amanda explained and Marcus's eyes widened once it hit him. "And that's just a taste of my monster's power, Vylon Omega, attack Alexandrite Dragon!" Amanda commanded and the gold being flew towards Alexandrite Dragon before cutting it in half with its claws bringing Marcus's life-points down to 4800."I'll end my turn at that." Miranda shrugged and Marcus frowned before drawing his card.
"Okay, her Spell Card did give me some cards that can hold off her weaker monsters." Marcus thought with a frown before looking up at Vylon Omega. "But the big guy on the other hand? He's going to be tricky." Marcus thought before picking up three cards. "I set two cards facedown and a monster in defense mode." Marcus announced as his three set cards appeared on the field. "And that ends my turn." Marcus announced and Amanda drew her card.
"I activate Monster Reborn and I use it to bring back one of the Shining Angels you destroyed two turns ago." Amanda played the card and the angel reappeared on the field in attack mode.
"That's odd, why didn't she bring back my Blue-Eyes White Dragon? Monster Reborn does work on both Graveyards after all." Marcus thought with a frown as she played another card.
"Next I summon Vylon Prism in attack mode!" Amanda played the card and another strange being appeared on the field, this one seemed to be a being made of silver, green and gold armor with arms attached to it (4/1500/1500).
"Anyone ever tell you that the majority of your cards are weird looking?" Marcus asked as a massive sweat-drop rolled down his head.
"All the time but that doesn't stop me from playing this archetype." Amanda responded before grinning. "But that should be the least of your worries because Vylon Prism is another Tuner Monster."
"That's why you didn't bring back my Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" Marcus realized as Vylon Prism and Shining Angel leapt into the air, Vylon Prism dissolved into four synchro rings that surrounded Shining Angel.
"Well, that and the fact that I don't make a habit of using my opponent's monsters against them." Amanda responded before grinning. "Anyway, I tune Vylon Prism and Shining Angel together to Synchro Summon Vylon Epsilon!" Amanda played the card and a bright flash enveloped the field, when it faded another strange being appeared on the field, it was white and gold and looked vaguely humanoid (8/2800/1200).
"I'm guessing that guy has an effect like Omega?" Marcus asked as he stared at the two strange Synchro Monsters in front of him.
"Yes and no, he does have an effect but it's entirely different to Omega's effect." Amanda told him with a confident smirk. "Basically any equip spells equipped to this big guy can't be targeted."
"So you have one monster that's immune to Trap and Monster effects and another who makes it so Equip Spells can't be targeted?" Marcus asked and Amanda nodded. "I knew that this wasn't going to be easy but I didn't think it would be this hard."
"THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!" An Obelisk Blue student in the audience yelled out and Marcus sweat-dropped as he heard him.
"I walked right into that one." Marcus muttered under his breath.
"Anyway….." Amanda trailed off as she tried to hide her embarrassment. "It's like you said earlier, you're not giving up without a fight and neither will I, next I activate Vylon Prism's effect, since it was sent from the field to the graveyard I can pay five hundred life-points….." Amanda trailed off as her life-points decreased to 9100. "I can equip him to one of my monsters, now normally I'd equip him to Vylon Omega for this combo but since Vylon Segment doesn't play favorites I'll make do by equipping him to Epsilon." Amanda explained as the ghostly figure of Vylon Prism flew into Vylon Epsilon. "I'll get to why in a minute, now Vylon Omega, attack his defense monster!" Amanda commanded and the being fired a beam of bright light at the monster, revealed to be Masked Dragon (3/1400/1100) which was quickly destroyed. "Masked Dragon should've guessed you'd have a copy of that in your deck."
"Yeah well, I'd be pretty stupid to run a Dragon Deck without this card." Marcus pointed out and Amanda nodded in agreement, Marcus searched through his deck before finding the card he was looking for and playing it. "I use his effect to summon a second Masked Dragon!" Marcus played the card and another copy of the dragon appeared on the field.
"Fine by me now Vylon Epsilon, attack his second Masked Dragon!" Amanda commanded and the second Synchro Monster fired another beam of light which quickly consumed the much smaller dragon destroying it and bringing Marcus's life-points down to 3400.
"I use my second Masked Dragon's effect to Special Summon my second Totem Dragon!" Marcus played the card and another copy of the strange green dragon appeared on the field. "Now if that's everything….." Marcus trailed off once he saw that Vylon Epsilon's attack points had increased by a thousand. "What gives?"
"Oh, that? That's Vylon Prism's effect in action, when the equipped monster attacks or is attacked the monster gains a thousand attack points during damage calculation only!" Amanda explained and Marcus's eyes widened once it hit him. "That ends my turn." Amanda announced and Marcus drew his card.
"So what's with these Vylon Monsters anyway?" Chelsea asked as she scratched her head in confusion. "They've got to be one of the strangest archetypes I've seen and this is coming from someone who runs a Watt deck!"
"They're a recently released Archetype like the Hero monsters Ricardo used, they're not exactly widely available and in fact the last time I checked they were only available in Canada and the US." Tyler commented with a frown. "She must've brought them recently since the Canadian Nationals where last month."
"And she's using them in this Duel; I'd hate to see the deck she used to win the tournament." Chelsea commented and Tyler nodded in agreement.
"If I had only brought out Decoy Dragon instead I could've destroyed Vylon Epsilon using Decoy Dragon's effect but instead my life-points took a hit because of me worrying about Vylon Prism's effect." Marcus thought before looking at his drawn card. "A dead draw but maybe my trap cards can help." Marcus thought as he activated his trap. "I activate my trap cards Reckless Greed, in exchange for skipping my next two draw phases I can draw two cards."
"That's a pretty big risk considering you have two powerhouses staring you down." Amanda pointed out before noticing something. "Wait, you said trap cards?"
"Yeah, I set these cards as bluffs last turn but right now I need all the help I can get." Marcus said as he drew four cards and sent his traps to the graveyard. "And the gamble's paid off, sorry Amanda but this duel is over!"
"Oh, is it really? You intend to win using the four cards you just drew? I'd like to see you try." Amanda said confidently and Marcus grinned.
"You got it; first I activate Monster Reincarnation to return a card to my hand from my graveyard at the cost of another card." Marcus played the card and after discarding a card he retrieved the monster from the graveyard. "As for the monster in question, well I'll let his intro do the talking." Marcus played the card and Totem Dragon vanished, in its place stood the mighty Blue-Eyes White Dragon ready for another round.
"Should I be worried? Your dragon's strong but Vylon Omega's stronger, nice try Marcus." Amanda said confidently and Marcus shook his head.
"You should be worried! Next I activate Dragon's Mirror, I remove Blizzard Dragon. Alexandrite Dragon, my two Masked Dragons and White Stone of Legend from play so I can Special Summon a real heavyweight!" Marcus played the card and a dark shadow came over the field, soon afterworlds the infamous Five Headed Dragon appeared on the field (12/5000/5000).
"Ah yeah, I remember watching you summon that thing during your Battle City match against Brandon." Amanda said with a nod whilst trying to hide how nervous she was. "I was wondering how you were going to summon that thing with Future Fusion being banned and all."
"Don't remind me, I was stressing for a few minutes after I learned about the banned list." Marcus responded before playing another card. "Now I activate Burst Stream of Destruction, this Spell Card may cost my Blue-Eyes White Dragon the ability to attack this turn but with the ability to wipe out both of your monsters I'd say that's a fair trade." Marcus announced as the dragon launched its famous attack at the two Synchro Monsters destroying them and the cards equipped to them.
"Heh, nice try Marcus but as it stands all you can really do is put a nasty dent in my life-points, I'll still survive." Amanda said confidently but Marcus shook his head.
"I have one last card to play and it's going to win the match for me." Marcus said as he held it up. "It's called Megamorph and it'll double Five-Headed Dragon's attack points all the way up to 10,000!" Amanda's eyes widened as the already massive dragon doubled in size and attack points as its attack points skyrocketed to 10,000.
"Well, it seems I've lost." Amanda admitted as she braced herself for the attack. "Go ahead and attack Marcus, you've earned your victory and your place at Duel Academy."
"Gladly, go Five-Headed Dragon, attack her life-points directly and win this duel!" Marcus commanded and the dragon's five heads powered up its attack before firing it at Amanda, the attack hit and Amanda stood her ground even as her life-points dropped all the way to 0.
"The winner of the match is Ra Yellow's Marcus Reynolds, as a result he won't be expelled and his record is wiped." Martin announced over the PA system and Marcus grinned as he gathered up his cards and shuffled them into his deck.
"That was way to close for comfort, one direct attack from those monsters and I would've lost the most one sided match in Duel Monsters history!" Marcus thought before looking up and seeing Amanda approaching him. "I'm guessing you want to shake my hand?" Marcus asked and Amanda smirked before offering a handshake.
"Well you did just make a hell of a comeback." Amanda commented and Marcus smirked before accepting the handshake. "Your friends had better watch themselves against the remaining duelists though, they won't go down without a fight." Amanda warned him and Marcus nodded.
"And neither will the remaining students." Marcus responded before hopping off the arena and rejoining the other duelists, Amanda did likewise and Marcus smirked. "Just three more duels to go and we can put this behind us." Marcus said as he sat next to Andreas.
"Indeed, at least it won't be too long now." Andreas agreed with a nod as he looked down at his deck. "Here's hoping I don't have to wait too much longer." Andreas added and as if on cue Martin's voice rang out over the PA system.
"The next duel will be between Ra Yellow's Andreas Freshier and the French National Champion Adrienne Beaumont." Martin announced over the PA System and Andreas smiled before hopping onto the duel arena, Adrienne followed soon afterworlds and the two duelists started shuffling their decks.
"I'm going to skip the pleasantries if that's okay with you Andreas." Adrienne said as they finished shuffling their decks and drew their opening hands. "Your friends may have been successful but this is where the success stops for you and your friends."
"We'll see about that." Andreas said simply as he looked over his hand. "For now though, let the duel begin!" Andreas announced and Adrienne smirked.