Okay, right onto the next one. Enjoy.
Leo ran through the corridors of the castle until he reached a wide hall. It led to large gates. The boy rushed to the door and tried to push them open, but they wouldn't budge. He tried to pull at them, but they were locked. Leo took a few steps away and slammed into the door. It didn't budge. The boy let out a frustrated growl and tried to bust the door open again. His shoulder hurt.
Small beams of light were breaking through the cracks in the wood. The light was blue in color. Something was happening there. The boy hit the door with his fists several times, but of course nothing happened. Leo let out almost animalistic roar. He took three steps away from the door and charged at it once again. For a brief moment his shoulder glowed and it got covered in spiky scales. He crashed into the door. Loud cracking noise filled the corridor as the wooden gates got slammed open. Leo stumbled over his feet and fell onto the stone floor. The boy looked up and was very surprised by the sight in front of him.
The blue light was coming from the center of the room. There was a long table with knights seating behind it. Large circle was drawn on the floor. The light seemed to be coming from the circle. Leo looked through the light and saw several familiar faces there. There were Yusei, Jack, Crow, Max and his father, Trudge, all clad in plate armor. They all were looking at Arthur who was seating at the head of the table. Slowly the table flew up into the air. The next moment it exploded into million pieces. Something appeared in air, casting shadow over the knights. They took a few steps back, creating a circle. Slowly a large round table descended onto the floor.
It was made out of dark wood and had a hole in the middle of it. Slowly chairs descended from above and the knights took their seats. Then two figures stepped forward from the dark corners of the room. One of them was Akiza, dressed in a dark purple dress. Her bangs were undone and were cascading down her back. Some strands were died black. The second figure was Luna. Her pigtails were undone. She was wearing a light blue dress. They stood at both sides of Arthur's chair.
Arthur stood up, raised his arms and started a speech. "Brothers, this day shall be told about in history books. Today we shall resurrect our fame and valor. Today we shall bring back the sword of the king, the Excalibur! With it, we shall resurrect the great empire of king Arthur and change the world for the better! We will create a world where honor and valor shall be important once again!" The knights cheered.
Leo was looking at the scene with confusion. First of all, why his friends were seating beside their recent enemies? Second, what was this light? And the last one, was this guy sane? Did he really believe in all these legends? Okay, even if he did, why did he think that Excalibur was here, in Japan? This was getting ridiculous by the second. "Hey, an intruder is here, dumbass!" yelled the green haired duelist. No one noticed him, or maybe no one paid him any attention. Leo walked over to the table and yanked the nearest knight to face him. It turned out to be Jack. He didn't even look at the boy. His eyes were glassy and he was staring at the wall. Leo let out a sigh, they were under some sort of mind control, or a hypnosis. He watched enough movies to understand at least that.
The boy walked over to Yusei and tried to shake him awake from the trance, but nothing seemed to work. Then he rushed over to his sister. Her gaze was blank and lifeless as well. He put his hands onto her shoulders and lightly shook her. Luna didn't respond. Leo shook harder, but no effect came from it. "You can't break my spell so easily" said Arthur without looking at the boy. "Let. Her. Go. And let go all my other friends" said Leo as he glared at the man. "What makes you think they want to be released? I offer them an opportunity to be a part of something great, something gorgeous. Now go away, I won't hurt your friends anymore."
"I will repeat myself. Let. Them. Go."
"Your threats don't hold any weight behind them. You are just a child, not a signer, not a psychic, no one" said the man. He was staring at the light all this time. Leo gritted his teeth. He was overwhelmed by anger. His eyes took on a yellow color as the air around him became heavy, a change that didn't go unnoticed by Arthur. He spared the green haired duelist a glance. The boy let out an animalistic roar and a circle of green flames surrounded him and exploded. Arthur quickly created a shield around himself and the table, protecting them from the fire. Confusion crept onto his face. Leo looked furious and a small circle of green flames still surrounded him.
"Well, well, well, looks like I have underestimated you. Lancelot, take care of him."
Leo heard a chair moving. He didn't even need to look to know who downed on the name Lancelot. The boy heard footsteps approaching. The knight stopped a few meters away from the green haired duelist. Leo heard beeping from his duel disk, the duel was initiated without his agreement. He slowly turned to the side and looked at Yusei's lifeless eyes.
Yusei: Lp-4000
Hand-5
"I draw" his voice was blank and his movements lost passion they used to have. "I play a spell Card Destruction. We discard our hands and draw the same number of cards that were discarded."
Leo frowned. He put his cards into the graveyard and drew another five cards.
"Now I summon Junk Synchron. Now I can special summon a level two or below monster from my grave. I special summon an Effect Veiler. Whenever I control a tuner monster I can special summon Quilbolt Hedgehog from my grave. Whenever I summon a monster from my grave I can special summon Doppelwarrior from my hand. I tune my level two Dopplewarrior to level three Junk Synchron and synchro summon Junk Warrior. Whenever Dopplewarrior is used for a synchro summon I can special summon two level one Dopple Tokens. I tune two Dopple Tokens and Quilbolt Hedgehog to level one Effect Veiler and synchro summon T.G. Hyper Librarian. I activate the effect of Level Eater from the grave and target my Librarian and reduce its level by one and special summon Level Eater to the field. I activate One for One and tribute Level Eater to special summon Glow-Up Bulb from my deck. I target Junk warrior with Level Eater's effect and special summon it once again. I tune my level one Level Eater to level one Glow-Up Bulb and synchro summon Formula Synchron. Whenever I summon this card I can draw one card and I draw another card from Hyper Librarian's effect. I tune my level four Junk Warrior and level four T.G. Hyper Librarian to level two Formula Synchron and synchro summon Shooting Star Dragon. Now I play Soul Charge and special summon Junk Warrior, T.G. Hyper Librarian and Formula Synchron. Now I tune my level five Junk Warrior and level five T.G. Hyper Librarian to Formula Synchron and synchro summon Shooting Quasar Dragon. I end my turn."
Yusei: LP-1000
Hand-3
Leo looked at his friend… brainwashed friend, with both bewilderment and frustration. "Ta ta da, I'm dead" muttered the boy as he put his hand onto the top card of his deck. He needed a miracle to get out of this. He closed his eyes and suddenly he felt something. It seemed like his deck was pulsing, or rather, his monsters were pulsing from the deck. They seemed to call out to Leo. Now the boy envied his sister for an ability to hear and understand duel monsters. He took a deep breath and drew his card.
Leo: LP-4000
Hand-6
Leo looked at his card and frowned. It was a copy of Card Destruction. The boy looked at his hand. It was useless, almost as useless as the card he drew. With Quasar on the field, he couldn't play any monsters, since they will get destroyed and all of his combos started with a monster and even brainwashed Yusei probably knew that. "I play Card Destruction"
Leo looked at Yusei expectedly, but the recently appointed knight didn't say anything. He just put his cards into the grave and drew another three. Leo did the same. As soon as he drew his cards, something hit him in the chest. It was like a surge of electricity, knocking breath out of his lungs. It was hard to breathe and Leo had to take big gulps in order to not suffocate. Then voices blossomed in his head. They were loud, metallic and there was a lot of them. They were shouting different things, "Dragon! Dragon!"
"Emperor!"
"God of the Machines!"
"Roar! Awaken the Allfather"
"Return!"
"Resurrect!"
Leo grabbed onto his head. It hurt. The voices were getting louder and louder and more violent with every second. It was getting hard to distinguish any words now. "Leo" said Yusei. His voice sounded concerned and his eyes turned normal, but only for a brief second. The teal haired duelist shook violently as green lightning ran over his body. Leo's eyes turned yellow and his teeth became sharp, like fangs of a predator. The boy let out a violent roar that shook the castle. Then the pain and the voices had disappeared.
Leo opened his eyes, but didn't find Yusei or any other knight beside him. He was floating in space. Then he felt as something pulled him forward through the cold darkness of space. The stars became a blur as Leo's body was rushing through the space. Finally whatever was pulling him had stopped. The boy was floating in front of a large planet. It was completely covered in metal. You could see enormous cities on the surface. They were made out of the same metal as the planet. Then a sound wave ran past the teal haired duelist. It reached the planet and made a sound a gong makes. Screeching sound filled the space and the planet started changing. Slowly it turned into a large robot. It lifted its arm and slowly pointed at the boy. He lightly tapped him on the forehead and blinding light filled Leo's sight.
Leo was back at the throne room, facing Yusei. The pain was gone. Leo looked at his opponent and then at the dragons that were looking down at him. They didn't seem as scary right now for some reason. Leo cast a brief look behind him and almost jumped from surprise. Hundreds of dragons and machines were standing behind him. There was Bumboxen, Steplen, Power Tool Dragon, Bolmeteus and many others that Leo hasn't seen before. They all bowed to him. Then he noticed something glowing in his Extra Deck. He looked at it and a small smile crept onto his face.
"Father of the machines, awaken from your slumber, hear the roar of the dragons and the calls of oyur fallen children. Come, to crush your foes! Primus!
Primus: LV-12 ATK-? DEF-5000 Attribute-Light Type-Machine Fusion
"Primus can be special summoned by banishing five Morphtronic monsters from my grave. If he is summoned this way, his summon can't be negated. Whenever I summon this card, I can target one monster on the field and equip it to Primus. If it is a monster card, he gains the combined attack and defense of the equipped monster. I target Shooting Star Dragon. Now Primus gains fifty eight hundred attack points. I attack Shooting Quasar Dragon with Primus"
Yusei: LP-1000→0
Yusei dropped onto his knee in defeat. For a brief moment you could see a shadow of smile on his face. The knight hung his head and retreated and Leo could go through.
"No!" shouted Arthur as he hit the table with his fists. "Why doesn't it appear?!"
The teal haired duelist gave him a confused look. The man turned around and glared at the boy with mad expression on his face. He swung his arm and Leo got thrown over the table. He fell onto his back, but didn't seem to wound anything. He quickly stood up and turned around. Arthur put his hand in front of himself and held it as if he was holding something. Leo put his arms in front of himself in a defensive motion. He waited for his body to be lifted into the air and to be thrown against something solid. Nothing happened.
Leo put his arms down and looked at Arthur, he seemed even more frustrated now. He was swinging his arms frantically, trying to use his psychic powers, but nothing worked. He let out a frustrated growl and walked around the table to face the boy. Leo prepared his duel disk, Arthur did the same.
Arthur: LP-4000
Hand-5
"I draw. I summon Noble Knight Borz. I equip him with Noble Arms of Destiny. Now I take three Noble Arms from my deck and add one of them to my hand. I add Noble Arms – Excaliburn to my hand. I play Double Summon and now can conduct another normal summon. I summon Noble Knight Brothers. I special summon Noble Knight Peredur and Noble Knight Drystan. I overlay Noble Knight Peredur and Noble Knight Brothers and XYZ summon Artorigus, King of the Noble Knights. Whenever I summon this card I can equip up to three Noble Arms from my grave to this card. I equip Noble Arms – Gallatin and Noble Arms – Caliburn to Artorigus. I equip Artorigus with Noble Arms – Excaliburn. Now it can't be targeted by your card effects. I activate the effect of Caliburn and gain five hundred life points. I end my turn"
Arthur: LP-4500
Hand-0
Leo: LP-4000
Hand-5
"I draw. I summon Dragontech Magician"
Dragontech Magician: LV-4 ATK-1000 DEF-1000 Attribute-Earth Type-Spellcaster Tuner
"I summon three machine or dragon type cards from my deck and have their effect negated, their attack and defense becomes zero and they are destroyed during the End Phase. I special summon Morphtronic Radion, Morphtronic Steplen and Morphtronic Scopen from my deck. I tune my level four Morphtronic Steplen to my level three Morphtronic Scopen and synchro summon Power Tool Dragon. I tune my level four Radion to my level four Dragontech Magician and synchro summon Mech Dragon Bolmeteus"
Mech Dragon Bolmeteus: LV-8 ATK-3000 DEF-2500 Attribute-Light Type-Machine
"Whenever I synchro summon this card, I can negate the effects of all monsters my opponent controls. I activate Power Tool Dragon's effect and add one random equip card from my deck to my hand. I equip Power Tool C and D to Power Tool Dragon. I attack Drystan with Bolmeteus and Borz with Power Tool Dragon"
"I activate the effect of Noble Arms of Destiny and Borz is not destroyed."
Arthur: LP-4500→1700
"I play a field spell card Morphtronic Map and set one card face down. I end my turn"
Leo: LP-4000
Hand-3
Arthur:LP-1700
Hand-0
"I draw. I detach one Xyz material from Artorigus and destroy as many Spell/Trap cards on the field as the amount of Noble Arms I control. I destroy Morphtronic Map and your set card. I activate Borz's ability and add one other Noble Arms from my deck to my hand. I banish Excaliburn that got sent to my grave and target Artorigus. I Xyz summon Sacred Noble Knight of King Artorigus. The effect of my Noble Arms activate and they get reattached to Artorigus. I activate the effect of Artorigus and destroy one monster on the field, I choose Noble Knight Borz. It gets destroyed and now I can reattach Noble Arms of Destiny to Artorigus. I attack Mech Dragon Bolmeteus with Artorigus"
Leo: LP-4000→3300
"I activate the effect of Caliburn and gain five hundred life points. I set a card face down and end my turn"
Arthur: LP-2200
Hand-2
Leo: LP-3300
Hand-3
"I draw. Now, since you control a monster with more attack than all monsters under my control, I can normal summon Glenmalt, The Dragon Edge"
Glenmalt, The Dragon Edge: LV – 2 ATK-1900 DEF-500 Attribute-Fire Type-Draguner Tuner
"I call out Gaihaerat, Galaxy Sword. Now I can destroy one monster on the field. I choose Artorigus"
"The effect of Noble Arms of Destiny activates and my king is not destroyed."
"I activate the effect of Power Tool Dragon. I add one equip spell card from my deck to my hand. I play Morphtronic Repair Unit and discard one Morphtronic monster and target Morphtronic Steplen in my grave and special summon. The Repair Unit gets equipped to Steplen. I play One for One and target Steplen, I sacrifice it and special summon one level one monster from my deck. I special summon Morphtronic Celfon. I tune my level seven Power Tool Dragon and Morphtronic Smartfon to level two Glenmalt and special summon Power Tool Überdragon."
Power Tool Überdragon: Lv-10 ATK-3300 DEF-3000 Attribute-Earth Type-Dragon
"I activate his ability and equip one equip card straight from the deck. I equip him with another Power Tool C and D. I attack Artorigus with Power Tool Überdragon"
"I play a trap card, Negate Attack"
"Argh. I end my turn"
Leo: LP-3300
Hand-1
Arthur: LP-2200
Hand-2
"I draw. I activate the effect of Caliburn and gain another five hundred life points"
Arthur: LP-2200→2700
"I play an equip spell card Noble Arms – Ron. He gains fifteen hundred attack points. Now I have five Noble Arms. I Xyz summon Eternal King, Artorigus."
Eternal King, Artorigus: Rank-6 ATK-100 DEF-100 Attribute-Light Type-warrior
"Now I can't lose the game and my opponent can't win the game due to the effect of Artorigus. Now the effects of my Noble Arms activate and I reattach them to Artorigus. I end my turn"
Arthur: LP-2700
Hand-2
Leo: LP-3300
Hand-1
"I draw. I attack Artorigus with Power Tool Überdragon"
"The effect of Noble Arms of Destiny activates and Artorigus is not destroyed"
Arthur: LP-2700→1500
"I end my turn"
Leo: LP-3300
Hand-2
Arthur: LP-1500
Hand-2
"I draw. Artorigus loses two hundred attack points due to the effect of Gallatin. If I control King Artorigus monster, I can special summon this card Mightiest King – Pelenor"
Mightiest King – Pelenor: LV-7 ATK-2700 DEF-1300 Attribute-Dark Type-warrior.
"Once per turn Pelenor can destroy one monster with the highest attack on the field. I choose Power Tool Überdragon"
"Since a monster with three thousand or more attack points left the battlefield, I can flip Gailheart. It becomes a monster Gaiginga, Passionate Star Dragon"
Gaiginga, Passionate Star Dragon: LV-8 ATK-2500 DEF-1000 Attribute-Fire Type-Dragon
"I summon him in defense position"
"I detach one Xyz material from Artorigus and he can make five attacks this turn due to the fact that I control five Noble Arms. First of all I attack Gaiginga with Eternal King Artorigus"
"I discard Morphtronic Traficon. I can target one monster on the field and change it to defense position"
"That won't be a problem. I attack Gaiginga with Pelenor"
Leo: LP-3300→3100
"I end my turn"
Arthur: LP-1500
Hand-2
Leo: LP-3100
Hand-1
"I draw. I play Monster Reborn and special summon Power Tool Dragon. I activate his effect and add one random equip card from my deck to my hand"
Leo looked at the card he drew. It was another card that wasn't in his deck before. "I equip Power Tool Dragon with Soul of The Machine. Now I can send up to four cards to the grave and my creature gains three hundred attack points for each machine type monster that went there. I discard four cards from the top of my deck. They are Morphtronic Steplen, Radion, Bumboxen and Remoten. Power Tool Dragon gains twelve hundred attack points. Now, since I banish five Morphtronics frommy grave to fusion summon Primus from my extra deck"
Primus: LV-12 ATK-? DEF-5000 Attribute-Light Type-Machine Fusion
"I target Pelenor and he gets equipped to Primus as an equip card. Primus gains attack equal to the combined attack and defense of the equipped monster, that would be four thousand attack points. Now I attack Artorigus with Power Tool Dragon."
Arthur: LP-1500→200
"Now I attack Artorigus with Primus"
"I discard Noble Arms – Pridwen and the attack is negated"
Arthur: LP-200
"The effect of Soul of The Machine ends and Power Tool Dragon's attack returns to normal. I end my turn"
Leo: LP-3100
Hand-1
Arthur: LP – 200
Hand-1
"I draw. The effect of Gallatin activates and Artorigus loses another two hundred attack points. I turn Artorigus to attack position. I activate the effect of Caliburn and gain five hundred life points"
Arthur: LP-200→700
"I summon Lion of Cammelot"
Lion of Cammelot: LV-2 ATK-500 DEF-500 Attribute-Light Type-beast
"I can target one Artorigus Xyz monster and attach Lion of Cammelot to it as an Xyz material. I detach one Xyz material from Artorigus and he can make up to five attacks during this battle phase. I attack Power Tool Dragon"
Leo: LP-3100→2900
"Now the effect of Ron activates and you take damage equal to the attack of the destroyed monster"
Leo: LP-2900→600
"I end my turn"
Arthur: LP-700
Hand-1
Leo: LP-600
Hand-1
Leo looked at the situation he was in. It looked rater grim, as always. He had to get rid of that Artorigus monster, but he couldn't target it with card effects and it couldn't be destroyed once per turn. He had to summon a creature, hope that it would be able to threaten Artorigus and then attack with a second monster, but if he wouldn't finish off his opponent, that second creature might just be the death of him. The boy took a deep breath and drew the card from the top of his deck. Well, well well… he was dead.
"I end my turn"
Leo: LP-700
Hand-2
Arthur smirked and already put his fingers onto his card, but the turn didn't go to him. A figure appeared beside Leo. It was small and was clad in armor. Arthur looked confused, but only for a brief second. He chuckled and then it grew into laughter as he put his hand over his eyes. "Of course, of course you would betray me".
Mordred: LP-4000
Hand-5
"I draw. I summon Noble Knight Brothers. I special summon Noble Knight Medraut and Noble Knight Drystan. I overlay my three Noble Knights and Xyz summon Exalted Knight Mordred"
Exalted Knight Mordred: Rank-4 ATK-2500 DEF-2000 Attribute-Light Type-warrior
"I equip Exalted Knight Mordred with Noble Arms of Destiny and Noble Arms – Caliburn. I activate the effect of Caliburn and gain five hundred life points"
Mordred: LP-4000→4500
"I end my turn"
Mordred: LP-4500
Hand-1
Leo was looking at the knight. Why did he betray Arthur? Wasn't he hypnotized into servitude? And why did his voice sound so familiar. Wait, it couldn't be!
Arthur: LP-700
Hand-1
"I draw. I activate the effect of Caliburn and gain five hundred life points"
Arthur: LP-700→1200
"I can destroy five equip cards under my control to summon this card. I special summon First Noble Knight Uther Pendragon"
First Noble Knight Uther Pendragon: LV-4 ATK-2300 DEF-1500 Attribute-Light Type-warrior
"The effects of my Noble Arms activate and I reattach them to Artorigus. I attack Mordred with Artorigus"
"Mordred is not destroyed by battle due to the effect of Noble Arms of Destiny"
Mordred: LP-4500→4400
"I end my turn here"
Arthur: LP-1200
Hand-1
Leo: LP-700
Hand-2
"I draw". Leo looked at the card he drew and his eyes became wide for a brief moment and then a smirk made its way onto his face. "I play a spell card Dragon's Soul. I can special summon a dragon type monster from the grave, ignoring its summoning conditions. I special summon Power Tool Überdragon. I play a ritual spell card, Call to the Creator".
Right as Leo activated the spell, his arms got covered in scales and his face gained several scales as well. He lifted his head up and roared. As soon as the roar died down, another had sliced through the air. It wasn't coming from Leo, it seemed to originate out of nowhere. Then another roar came and another, and another. It sounded like a dozen of dragons had responded to the call.
"I can tribute two monsters who's levels are ten and above. One of them should be a dragon type monster. I tribute Power Tool Überdragon and Primus, and ritual summon World Maker Dragon"
World Maker Dragon: LV-12 ATK-4000 DEF-3000 Attribute-Light Type-dragon Ritual
A giant dragon appeared above the green haired boy. Two planets were hovering above his arms. "Whenever I special summon this card I can choose any amount of monsters in my grave. I can choose to make each one of them into either a Field Spell Card, Continuous Spell card or and Equip card. Let me show you how it happens. I choose Power Tool Dragon first. I make it into a Field Spell card. I place it into Field Spell zone and now I choose which effect this Field Spell will have. I choose the 'add random equip card…'. Now I target Mech Dragon Bolmeteus and make it into a Continuous Spell card. Now, once per turn I can negate the effects of all monsters on the field. I target Morphtronic Bumboxen and make it into an Equip Spell card. I choose an effect it will have. I choose the ability to attack twice during the battle phase. I target Dragontech Magician and turn it into a Continuous Spell card. Now, I attack you with World Maker Dragon!"
Arthur: LP–700→-200
"And another one"
Arthur: LP – -200→-1100
"Now I activate the effect of Mech Dragon Bolmeteus and…"
"I detach one Xyz material from Mordred and can take control of one spell card on the field. I choose Mech Dragon Bolmeteus"
"What?!" yelled the green haired duelist as he glared at the young knight.
"I end my turn"
Leo: LP-700
Hand-1
Arthur looked nervous for the first time since the beginning of this duel. He knew what was about to happen. Mordred would activate the effect of Bolmeteus and negate the effects of all monsters on the field and he would lose. Just then he heard something strange. It was coming from the round table. He gave it a glance and saw a portal in the middle of the table. A hilt was slowly rising from it. The man smiled and that smile grew into a mad laughter. "Of course, I had to recreate the events of a legend. What kind of legend it would be without a dragon and of course Mordred would betray me, hahaha. Finally the Excalibur would be mine!"
Mordred: LP-4400
Hand-1
"I draw. Your reign shall end now, king Arthur! I activate the effect of Mech Dragon Bolmeteus and negate the effects of all monsters on the field"
A wave of energy spread from the card as it negated the effects of monsters one by one. Arthur just laughed like a madman through all of it. The effect of Artorigus has been negated and Arthur finally lost the duel.
"I defeated him! I am Mordred, the greatest and strongest knight!", a blade flew at him, but it bounced off his armor. Arthur straightened up and created Caliburn and Gallatin. Mordred did the same, they both were psychic duelists. They charged at each other. Leo looked at all of this with a very angry expression. This was getting too ridiculous. As rage filled him, his eyes turned yellow and his body started glowing.
The fight between Arthur and Mordred raged on. Neither gave in, Arthur due to his skill with the swords and Mordred due to his seemingly superior psychic powers. Then Arthur got thrown backwards by someone. He got slammed into a wall and fell onto the ground with a painful groan. That something appeared in front of him and lifted up his body. Arthur looked at his attacker and saw a small form of a humanoid dragon. The dragon didn't have any wings, but it had a very long tail, its body was made out of green scales that all were varying in sizes.
Arthur tried to hit the dragon with one of his swords, but it broke when the blade hit the scales. He dropped his swords and reached out for the Excalibur which almost completely emerged from the portal. Mordred was dashing for the blade, but it rose into the air and flew to Arthur. Just as he was about to grasp it, the dragon stopped the blade with a free hand. The long tail wrapped around Arthur's neck and held him in the air.
"Is this what the fuss was about?" asked the creature. It had Leo's voice, but much, much deeper. He held the blade in his hands and tried to bend it. "Fool, you can't break this blade! It can cut even steel!"
"It was forged by dragons, wasn't it?" said the dragon with a thoughtful voice. The next moment he sank his teeth into the metal. Dozens of cracks appeared on the blade and it got broken in two. "My kind made it, which means my kind can destroy it" said the draconid as he dropped two pieces of the blade onto the ground.
Arthur's eyes went wide as the pieces fell onto the ground. The goal of his whole life had been destroyed so easily. "Now free my friends"
"Why should I do that? You have destroyed the work of my life"
"If you are smart, you value life, I will kill you if you don't do what I ask you" said the draconid as the tail tightened around Arthur's neck. The man looked at the draconid, then at the blade and then at the knights seating at the round table. He gave it thought, not a long one. He didn't have too much time. "Fine"
Leo let him go and the knight dropped onto the ground. He held onto his neck as he panted. "You should run"
"What?"
"Do you really think that your friends understand what you are? Do you think they will accept you right away?"
"I will just change back"
"Do so"
The draconid narrowed his eyes at the man. He closed them and concentrated. The scales from his arms disappeared… only to return again. Leo stared at them with a shocked expression. "See, go, I will give you a minute to hide and deal with this, but only a minute. I will lift the spell after that and if they see you like this, that would be your fault"
Leo nodded and dashed for the nearest corridor. Arthur did as he said and waited a minute. The draconid was far enough. The man gave his knights once last look and then snapped his fingers.
Everyone in the room grabbed their heads as the consciousness returned to them. They removed their helmets and looked around. Jack, Yusei, Crow, Akiza and Luna gathered and looked around the room. They saw Arthur and in front of him was standing Max. The boy looked at them and smiled. The group ran over to him.
"Did you defeat him?!" asked the green haired girl. Max rubbed the back of his head with a sheepish smile. "Yeah, I did"
"Wow, that's amazing! How did you manage to break from his control" asked Luna with an astonished voice. "Well, I guess, my will was too strong for him" said the boy with a smile.
Leo ran through the corridors on all fours until he was sure that he was far enough from the throne room. He stopped and focused again, much stronger now. He felt the scales go away, slowly. Five minutes later he managed to completely get rid of the scales and return to his human form. Once he did, he leaned onto the wall for support as he panted. He was very tired. "Wow, that was harder than I thought".
"Yeah, I am sorry, I should've warned you about that" said dragon's voice in his head. The boy chuckled and said that it wasn't a problem. He sat there and rested. He didn't know for how long, but at some point he heard footsteps. He stood up and walked over to the corner of a corridor. The footsteps were close now. He turned behind a corner and then immediately jumped back behind it. What he saw didn't make him happy. There was his sister, walking hand in hand with Max. They were smiling at each other. They all were laughing at something. Even Yusei and Akiza were smiling at the boy.
Suddenly Leo felt unneeded here. He turned around, and ran as quietly as he could.
Luna perked up as she thought that she heard something. But there was nothing, so she decided to not give it much thought.
Somehow Leo reached the cave system beneath the castle. He walked through the darkness of the cave, his eyes adjusted to the darkness. He quickly found the spot through which he came in. He walked over to the hole and felt the wind ruffling his hair. The boy looked down. He saw one of the bridges that were leading to the Satellite. Leo took one step forward and fell.
Leo transformed midair and when he landed, he made crater in the concrete. He looked up at the castle and saw several helicopters flying there. Trudge probably took care of that. The draconid sighed. He could morph back when he was closer to the city. He got down on all fours and dashed forward.
He quickly reached the outskirts of the city, instead of turning back into human, he jumped up onto a building. He found out that he could jump onto enormous heights and his claws easily grabbed the bricks. He climbed onto a roof of one building. Then he jumped onto another and in such way he reached the penthouse. He jumped onto the balcony and ran into the house. This time it took him six minutes to return to his human form. Once he did, he fell onto the couch. He looked around the house with a tired expression. It was a mess. He probably should start tidying up so that no one would doubt the fact that he was here all this time.
How would he explain the fact that he somehow managed to get into the castle, found out that he was a member of some ancient race and defeated half an army of knights. No one would believe him. He stood up in attempt to start tidying up, but immediately fell back into the couch. He was too tired.
Half an hour later Luna, Yusei and Akiza returned home. They found Leo seating on a couch in the living room. He heard their footsteps and turned around. Once he saw his sister, he found enough strength to run up to her and hug her. Luna giggled and hug him back. "Guys, I am so glad you are okay" said the green haired boy. Akiza and Yusei smilled at him.
"You won't believe what happened to us" said the green haired girl. The twins walked to the couch and sat down while Luna was telling her brother what happened to her.
"… and you wouldn't believe who save us, Max. He managed to defeat Arthur during their second duel, he is quite amazing"
Leo's eyes went wide as he heard that phrase, but he didn't say anything. Maybe it would be better if he left it as is. "Oh and Leo" started the girl. She looked uneasy. "What is it sis? Come on, you can tell me anything"
"Well, me and Max, we… kind off… started… dating"
"WHAT?!"
"I know, I know. You hate all the boys that could become my boyfriend, but Max is really nice. He saved all of us, please give him a chance. I am sure you will become great friends" said the girl with a smile. Leo took a deep breath. Should he tell her everything? He looked at the smiling face of his sister. What if she would be afraid of him? Could he live without her? Probably not. Maybe this Max would just go away eventually? He hoped so.
Leo felt something on his shoulder. He looked to the side and saw Luna's sleeping form. She was tired as well. He smiled gently at her. Maybe one day he would tell her, when he would know more about this whole draconid thing. He placed a hand around her shoulder and put his head over hers as they drifted off to sleep.