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Chapter 15 – Trap of the Machine Army! Big SATURN vs. Stardust Dragon
Riding along the main Highway of Neo Domino, Kiryu had been out on the roads all morning, attempting to blow off some steam on his D-Wheel (his old Dark Signer model, spray-painted dark grey where the orange had been). What he had succeeded in doing, was finding a Riding Duel – one with a very familiar face in the Driver's Seat.
"Yusei... and who is that other man...?" Looking down upon his D-Wheels' console to see what was occurring, he saw the name of the other Duelist come up as "David", and he saw where the Life Points and field were as well. "This isn't good."
Looking over at David's monsters, big SATURN (ATK: 3200, LV: 8) and Quantity (DEF: 400, LV: 1), Yusei had a puzzled look on his face mixed with his usual stoic solemnity. "I activate Arms Aid's effect, and I equip it to Junk Archer to have it gain 1000 ATK (ATK: 3600, LV: 6)!" Splitting into six arm pieces like half-bands, plus the hand, the arm monster attached itself onto the right arm of the orange archer, forming a huge extension on the arm.
"I set 2 cards and end my turn," Yusei declared, placing 2 of his 4 cards down and making them appear for a split second. "If I can get through these next few turns, I can get rid of that monster; but if not, this is the end of the line for me."
"Draw (Yusei: 4 SPC/David: 4 SPC)," David then declared. "I activate big SATURN's effect; by discarding 1 card and paying 1000 Life Points, my SATURN gains 1000 ATK until the End Phase (ATK: 4200)." Placing a card from his hand into the Cemetery, his monster's power increased as parts of its body began to change shape.
Yusei: LP 4000
David: LP 3000
In a second, the tanks on the back of the monster folded up and onto their sides on the shoulders of the monster, opening and revealing four gun barrels each. The thrusters for the feet then folded around and into cannons, and the body extended outwards horizontally to reveal a cannon in the chest.
"Next, I summon Pandora (ATK: 1500, LV: 4), whose power increases by 400 due to Quantity (ATK: 1900)." From a blue vortex then emerged a large metallic silver head with black trim and a red jewel on its forehead. "And now, I attack Junk Archer with SATURN End of the Cosmos!" Out of all three cannons and eight gun barrels shot laser blasts that struck the orange monster, exploding it and causing Yusei to be shocked.
Yusei: LP 3400
David: LP 3000
"Yusei!" Crow yelled out in dismay, just before David started laughing evilly. "What the fuck is so funny!"
"Seeing your friend in such pain," David explained. "Trap Card: Desperate Battle! If my opponent controls a monster after my attack, by reducing my monster's power by 1000 (ATK: 3200), it may declare a second attack! Destroy Nitro Warrior!" Once again the large machine fired out massive lasers from all its weapons, exploding Yusei's green warrior as well.
Yusei: LP 3000
David: LP 3000
"Next, I direct attack with Pandora!" David yelled, pointing straight at Yusei. With that his metal head lit up thrusters on its back end and shot straight into Yusei, creating an explosion and bouncing off. Yusei's D-Wheel then swayed and staggered a little, but he held control even through the ensuing electric shocks.
Yusei: LP 1100
David: LP 3000
"Trap Card Open!" Yusei yelled, flipping a card with a motion of his arm. "Damage Gate! When I receive Battle Damage from an attack, I Special Summon a monster whose Level is equal to or les than my Damage. Return: Arms Aid (ATK: 1400, LV: 2)!" Forming a blue vortex on its surface, the card released the mechanical arm from earlier, which flexed as David reached for his Deck.
"When Pandora inflicts Battle Damage by attacking directly," he explained, "I may add one Pandora from my Deck to my hand." With that he held up the card to show it, placing it into his hand as he pulled his other card. "Then, I set one card. At the End Phase, big SATURN returns to Normal (ATK: 3200)." The pieces of the machine that had transformed then returned to their original form. "I end my turn."
"Yusei!" Kiryu finally yelled out, getting the attention of everyone else as he pulled up level with Kyojo. "Yusei, show this guy why you don't mess with Team Satisfaction!"
Nodding as he looked back at Kiryu, Yusei yelled, "Right!" Turning around, he reached for a card and yelled, "It's my turn (Yusei: 5 SPC/David: 5 SPC)!" Looking at his card quickly, he slapped it onto the tray and yelled, "I summon Bri Synchron (ATK: 1500, LV: 4)!"
A blue vortex then appeared that released a tall, thin robot with red and white paint that appeared to be made partly with airplane parts. "Now, I tune Bri Synchron to my Level 4 Arms Aid!" The monster then changed into 4 green rings that surrounded the arm, changing it into 4 white orbs to form a horizontal column of light.
"The clustering hopes will become a new shining star," Yusei chanted out as the light bent up and went to where the sun was. "Become the path its light shines upon! Synchro Summon! Take flight, Stardust Dragon (ATK: 2500, LV: 8)!" When it reached the sun, the light exploded into a rain of glowing white sparks that descended down, solidifying into the form of the long-winged white dragon as it let out a massive roar.
"That's your mighty Signer Dragon?" David scoffed, laughing and thus offending the others. "Bah! It's got a mere 2500 ATK. My monster will destroy it!"
"That's what you think!" Yusei yelled, his and Crow's Signer marks lighting up. "Because I used Bri Synchron for the Synchro Summon, the summoned monster gains 600 ATK (ATK: 3100), and in return its effect is negated for this turn. Next, I activate Shooting Star!"
"Now that's a combo!" Kyojo said ecstatically, the card flipping around and a ball of whit energy appearing in the dragon's mouth.
"With Stardust Dragon in play," Yusei explained, "Shooting Star lets me destroy 1 card. I select Quantity!" Screeching, the dragon shot its energy in a stream at the smallest robot, exploding it and forcing David to cover his eyes. "Now, big SATURN loses its ATK bonus (ATK: 2800). I attack big SATURN with Stardust Dragon! Shooting Sonic!"
Tilting its head back, the dragon once again began to build up energy in its mouth; however, this time, David flipped a card in reply. "Trap Card: Cyber Repairer! The opposing player draws a card, and in return my Machine-Type monsters cannot be destroyed by battle this turn!" With that the energy shot from the dragons' mouth into the machine and through it, striking David but leaving the machine intact.
Yusei: LP 1100
David: LP 2700
"Thank you," Yusei said, pulling his card before waving his hand for another card. "Trap Card Open: Synchro Halo! When my Synchro Monster fails to destroy a monster in battle, I double its ATK (ATK: 6200) and give it a second attack on that monster. I attack big SATURN again!" Roaring, the dragon shot yet another beam of energy at the gigantic robot and caused an explosion, obscuring David's D-Wheel in smoke.
"Did it work?" Crow asked, getting only solemn silence from either person with him."
"It seems too unlikely he's give up that easily," Kyojo interpreted. "Not with 2 face-down cards." Soon, his suspicions were confirmed when David appeared from the smoke, along with his monsters, and with a card flipped up.
Yusei: LP 1100
David: LP 1000
"I activated the Permanent Trap Card Energy Split," David explained, sneering at Yusei. "Due to this card, I halved by Battle Damage, and on top of that I get to draw one card." With that he snapped up a card and placed it into his tray, Yusei looking on with a scowl.
"I set two cards," he stated, looking on at David's dark smile while his two cards appeared and disappeared. "I end my turn, so Stardust's ATK returns to normal (ATK: 2500). But, since you have only 1000 Life Points, you cannot pay for the effect of big SATURN again."
Growling, David declared, "I know. Draw (Yusei: 6 SPC/David: 6 SPC)! I attack Stardust Dragon with SATURN!" Two rockets on the back of the two floating fists shot forward and struck the white dragon, just as Yusei flipped up a card. The dragon then exploded, but Yusei remained unharmed.
"I activate Guard Block," he explained, "so I negate my damage and draw one card." Pulling his card, he again flipped up a card and declared, "Next I activate The Afterglow of a Miracle, and I Special Summon the Stardust Dragon destroyed by battle (ATK: 2500, LV: 8)!" From the glowing card returned the form of the dragon, once again roaring.
"I turn Pandora to Defence Position (DEF: 1900)," David declared, his head turning blue. "Then I summon my second Pandora (DEF: 1900, LV: 4)." Beside the existing metal head then emerged a second one, identical down to the colour. "I set one card and end my turn."
"Yusei's dodged a bullet here," Kiryu realized. "He's safe for some time if he can keep Stardust; but if he loses it, it's game over."
"Have you given up yet, Yusei?" David questioned, laughing. "Your monster has no power compared to my mechanical horde. Surrender and leave with your life."
"I'll not back down!" Yusei yelled back, raising his right fist in defiance. "Not so long as I have the ability to fight. It is my duty as a Signer to fight for myself, for my friends, and for this world until the very end. And that means no one may stand in our way!" With that, Yusei's glowing mark disappeared off his arm, along with Crow's and (as they sensed) the others', and then the complete seal formed on Yusei's back.
"It's the last turn," Yusei declared, his top card glowing yellow as he reached for it. "Behold, the salvation of that which is good. Draw (Yusei: 7 SPC/David: 7 SPC!" Snapping up his card, he held it to the air and yelled, "I summon Salvation Dragon – Savior Dragon (ATK: 0, LV: 1)!" A beam of light shot up from the card, releasing the red form of the teardrop-shaped dragon as everyone else looked on in awe.
"Next, I activate Speed Spell – Summon Speeder!" Yusei declared, putting down a card. "Since I have 4 SPC, I may Special Summon one Level 4 or lower monster from my hand. Come on, Tuning Supporter (ATK: 100, LV: 1)!" With that Yusei was also joined by his small yellow robot, and then all three of his monsters rose up into the air.
"I Tune my Level 1 Savior Dragon to my Level 8 Stardust Dragon and Level 1 Tuning Supporter!" The red dragon then became the size of a large aircraft and became transparent, the white dragon rising up into it and changing into a yellow outline containing 8 white orbs. The robot then did the same, becoming an outline with one orb.
"The shine of the clustering stars will illuminate a new miracle," Yusei chanted as the outlines disappeared, leaving the orbs to form a horizontal row of line inside a green ring, the entire monster exploding into light. "Become the path its light shines upon! Synchro Summon! Descend down in light, Savior Star Dragon (ATK: 3800, LV: 10!" Suddenly Yusei was consumed by light and disappeared and out from the dragon's glowing form then exploded the even larger blue dragon, screeching as it unfurled its wings and shot by the duelists, creating a sonic boom.
Yusei, now inside the body of the dragon and the rainbow field along with his D-Wheel, declared, causing the echo to be heard as the dragon looped around, "I now draw one card because I used Tuning Supporter in a Synchro Summon. Then, by removing all 7 Speed Counters from Speed World 2," he added, once again turning around to keep roughly with the duel, "I can draw again!"
"Go ahead and draw your cards," David yelled up, anticipating Yusei remove all his counters. "Due to Energy Split, since your monster has more than 3000 ATK, I can halve its battle damage!"
"I know," Yusei said, having not yet drawn his second card or removed his counters, "but I intend to make good on my word! I activate Speed Spell – Silver Contrail! Since I still have more than 5 SPC, until the End Phase, my WIND monster gains 1000 ATK (ATK: 4800)."
"Trap Card Open!" David yelled. "Power Seize! Once per turn, I increase the ATK of a monster I control by the amount being applied to your monster. Thus, SATURN gains 1000 ATK (ATK: 3800)! Now, you can't touch my Life Points!"
"Don't be so sure," Yusei stated. "Now, I will activate Speed World 2's second effect just as I promised (Yusei: 0 SPC/David: 7 SPC)!" Pulling up his card, he also said, "I activate the effect of Savior Star Dragon! Once per turn, I negate an opponent's monster effect and use it as my own for this turn! Sublimation Drain!"
"What?!" David yelled as the huge dragon began to glow white and white energy began to seep off the gigantic machine. All this energy then was absorbed into the form of the dragon, at which David grunted.
"By discarding 1 card and paying 1000 Life Points," Yusei then declared, "I have Savior Star Dragon activate big SATURN's effect and aging 1000 ATK (ATK: 5800)!" Even if you halve this damage, it's game over! Go, Savior Star Dragon, attack The big SATURN! Shooting Blast Sonic!" The dragon then folded its wings up against its body and began to dive, its entire form outlining in dark blue energy as it shot straight at the machine.
"NO!" David yelled out just before the leading edge of the dragon pierced through the metal body of the machine, being gone and back into the sky within a tenth of a second. When it got to about 10000 feet up, the dragon went vertical and flexed out all its limbs, shattering the energy around it and floating there, glowing. The body of the machine that was damaged then exploded, knocking David's body off his D-Wheel and against the wall of the highway.
Yusei: LP 100
David: LP 0
Looking down in slight dismay, Yusei watched the others stop right next to David, his D-Wheel lying against the road as all the Solid Vision died down. Thinking of what next to do, Yusei mentally instructed the dragon to turn and dive again, stooping and changing into a blue comet-like energy field on its way down. Yusei then touched down 100 meters from the others, shooting over to them and parking as the seal faded away and the energy disappeared.
"Is he alright?" Yusei questioned, looking down at the unconscious David Rabb. There, he noticed that the stone on the earring had shattered, the pieces being nowhere to be found.
"I think so," Kiryu stated. "But he's gonna be out of it for some time. We should take him back to the hideout to question him." With that everyone nodded, so they took him and slung him onto the back of Kiryu's D-Wheel. Kyojo then picked up the bike David had been using and pulled it over to his own, chaining its front end to his rear end before pulling a pair of shades from the glove compartment and mounting his own ride.
"Let's go!" Yusei instructed, prompting them all to turn and ride back towards their base.
"The time has come, Endymion," Paradox declared, standing opposite the magician on the front platform of the Dragon Temple. "The time for you to bow before the new world era."
"What new world era is this?" Endymion asked, receiving only a psychotic smile from the human opposite him. Looking back, Endymion's left eye has its iris shrunken and the sclera bloodshot, and he replied,
"The world without the plague of humanity." The words stinging like rose thorns, Endymion merely growled under his breath while Paradox grabbed his top card and snapped up the card, dropping down his right arm while extending his left out all the way.
Bringing his hands together in front of him, Paradox then sneered as he folded his drawn card against his palm to grab another card, holding it up to Endymion while a Field Zone slid out from his Duel Disc's tray. "I activate the Field Magic Card, Sin World."
Placing the card onto the Zone, Paradox sneered and Endymion looked on solemnly while a black energy circulated throughout the whole tray, then the whole device, his whole arm and finally his whole body. With that a patch of the ground below him changed into a green outline of itself, the space in between being a purple space with many stars, and then it began to expand everywhere.
Looking up, Endymion had to gasp in awe and terror while the entire temple was consumed by this space, before it spread and consumed the forest as well. Slowely the field corrupted it into the sky, which became almost entirely black except for the glowing stars, the glowing outlines of the treetops, and the gun which now shone dull yellow through the field.
"What… is this dreadful field?" Endymion asked, once again triggering Paradox to laugh darkly. Looking back down, he saw Paradox sneering darkly before replying,
"This is the very world which I was abandoned with. All that remains of my home, the future of the human world, is darkness, decay, and the radiance of the stars above. There is no hope unless I complete my goals." Holding up the card he had drawn, he then slapped it into the tray and declared, "I Summon Sin Black Rose Dragon (ATK: 2400, LV: 7)!"
"What?" Endymion asked, right before a column of black flames burst up from Paradox's Deck, becoming a huge black aura that slowly revealed the form of a large dragon. Its main body was the huge red rose of the monster's form, and its legs, neck and tail matched; but its face was covered in a mask almost exactly like Paradox's, and its wings were composed of huge black metal scales with light grey trim.
"Paradox, explain yourself!" Endymion then demanded. "How can you summon such a monster without any sort of other effects?"
"Sin Monsters can only be Special Summoned by excluding the Normal monster from the Deck, or in this case the Extra Deck," Paradox explained, his monster growling. "However, they have limitations. Normally, only 1 Sin may be on the field, and only for as long as a Field Magic card exists. Also, none of my other monsters may attack."
"Then their only use is for an easy Special Summon," Endymion deduced. "I'm not too worried."
"You should be" Paradox replied with a sneer, pulling a card from his hand and playing it. Endymion saw that its name was written in English characters and Paradox declared, "I activate the Magic Card, Sin Blast. I select one Sin monster I control, and it cannot attack this turn. In exchange, I inflict damage to the opponent equal to its ATK."
Grunting, Endymion watched while the dragon built up a black ball on energy in its mouth, shooting it at him and blasting him with black flames. He grunted I pain, and slid backwards to the edge of the platform, but held his composure while he extinguished.
Endymion: LP 1600
Paradox: LP 4000
"That's not my whole turn," Paradox stated. "I activate the Permanent Magic, Field Barrier." As the card flipped into play, the card of the field magic appeared behind him and was covered in a total green glow.
"Then I cannot activate any new Field Magic Cards, or destroy the existing one," Endymion realized, looking at his hand and seeing Village of the Magic Tribe. "This card will be no good to me."
"I will set one card," Paradox concluded, placing a card onto the tray and integrating it, its image remaining solid. "Now, I end my turn. Come, Endymion; show me the power of the Master of Magicians."
"I shall," Endymion declared. "I draw! I activate the Magic Card, Angel's Gift." Pulling 3 cards from his Deck, the magician took his Field Magic and the card he had drawn for his turn, and placed them both into the Cemetery. "Next, I Summon Magician's Valkyrie (ATK: 1600, LV: 4)."
Right in front of Endymion, a female magician appeared from a white light and waved around a blue hook-like staff. The female wore light blue, red and white robes similar to a costume, a metal hat of a similar structure to the staff, and her red hair stuck out from under this hat in long sections.
"Instant Magic: Dimension Magic!" Endymion declared. "When I control a Magician, I may sacrifice a monster I control to Special Summon a Magician from my hand, and then I may destroy 1 monster on the field. By releasing Magician's Valkyrie, I call forth the great servant of the Pharaoh, the Black Magician (ATK: 2500, LV: 7)."
In a flash of light, the female magician before him disappeared and was replaced by a fall fair-skinned magician in purple robed armour, wearing a similarly pointy hat to his predecessor, and wielding a green staff. "Be gone, that deformation of a great dragon!" Endymion then declared as a gold structure like an iron maiden appeared and enclosed around the dragon, disappearing and leaving nothing behind.
"Trap Card Open!" Paradox declared, looking unhappy with the previous move as he revealed yet another card with an English name. "Sin Tune! When a Sin I control is destroyed, I may draw 2 cards from my deck!" With that he snapped up two cards from his Deck, while Endymion looked on without regard.
"Black Magician, direct attack the player!" Endymion commanded, causing the magician to spin his staff until it formed a purple orb of energy and shot it at Paradox. However, before he could be struck down, a monster in black and silver armour appeared before him and received the blow, exploding but leaving Paradox unharmed.
"I activated the effect of Sin Gardna," Paradox explained, pulling out his Deck. "When my opponent attacks while I control no monsters, I discard this monster to negate the attack and add a Sin monster from my Deck to my hand whose Level matches the attacking monster's. I select Sin Red-Eyes Black Dragon." Holing up the card, he sneered as he placed it into his hand and Endymion reached for a card.
"You won't get off so easily," Endymion informed, holding up another card. "Instant Magic: Dedication through Light and Darkness! By sending Black Magician to the Cemetery," he declared, his monster disappearing, "I call forth the Black Magician of Chaos (ATK: 2800, LV: 8)!"
From a burst of black light which followed, there appeared a black-clad monster in a full body suit including binding rings, a horn-like hat over black hair, and a red and black staff. Its skin blue and its eyes yellow, it looked on at Paradox as a card slid from Endymion's Duel Disc. "When this monster is Summoned, I may add one Magic Card from my Cemetery to my hand. I select Angel's Gift."
"That's it Magician," Paradox thought, "Give me a direct attack with that monster."
"I direct attack with Black Magician of Chaos!" Endymion yelled, Paradox covering his face with his Duel Disc while a black sparking orb was formed on the magician's staff and shot at him. It struck dead-centre, but then a white glow erupted from the Duel Disc and consumed Paradox, who laughed as Endymion covered his eyes.
***
Paradox found himself standing atop a huge building in Neo Domino City, looking down upon a huge crowd of people circled around a duel. Looking down, he saw that the combatants were Jack Atlus and Yuki Judai; he had found their duel sixth months earlier, the day before the fateful battle with the Dark Signers ended.
In the middle of his turn, Judai pulled 2 cards from his Deck, then held up one and card, "Next I'll pull the same trick as you; I summon the E-HERO Prismer I reshuffled (ATK: 1700, LV: 4)." All of a sudden there appeared before Judai his blue, white and green crystal warrior with a battle cry, looking on at Jack and his huge green dragon.
"Only for me that trick paid off," Jack shot back with a sneer, confident that Judai's move would not prevail."
"As it will for me," Judai countered, picking up his Deck and fanning through it "With Prismer's effect, I discard a monster from my deck to have his name become its own for this turn. I select a card that holds my bond of friendship. Prismer, take on the form of Ultimate Gem God – Rainbow Dragon!"
Discarding the legendary beast from his deck, the crystal warrior the erupted in a white glow and began to emit a huge light. Seeing his chance, Paradox pulled another black card frame from his pocket and swung it like swiped credit card, and below Judai's card once again ejected from his Duel Disc.
"Hey, what's going on?!" he then asked, seeing the card slide out and thus turning to his monster. Suddenly there appeared a wave of energy that temporarily reversed everything's colour scheme, and as the dragon started to take form another of itself split off from the main body.
"Judai!" Johan yelled out from the crowd, seeing the event. "What's this?" Looking up, he saw that while one of the dragons curled around Judai as it was supposed to, the other spread its wings and shot up vertically into the air, screaming as its whole body was consumed in light. As its deafening roar ended, it dissolved in particles of light; and with a psychotic laugh Paradox too disappeared.
"What in the hell was that?" Jack then asked, his face mirroring everyone else's confusion despite his anger. Looking around, Judai saw the card still sitting there like normal for a second before it slid back into the Cemetery slot. Then Judai looked on, waving his hand before saying,
"Reverse Card Open!"
***
As the light began to subside, Endymion removed his arm from in front of his eyes as he saw Paradox standing there with a sneer on his face, his entire body glowing white. "You…" the magician hissed. "What did you do…?"
Endymion: LP 1600
Paradox: LP 1200
"I really must thank you, Endymion," Paradox replied, closing his eyes and speaking slowly in a psychopathic manner. "Thanks to you, my power has grown stronger still."
"You lie!" Endymion then spat back, looking on in total rage. When Paradox simply returned a dark smile, he held up his card he had just retrieved and said, "I once again activate Angel's Gift!" With that the man snapped up three new cards, taking the two cards in his hand (revealed as Magician's Circle and Black Twin Burst) and pitching them.
"I set two cards and end my turn," Endymion said simply, looking back at Paradox as the man's Deck suddenly burst out in blackness. The magician watched in horror as the human held his Duel Disc up vertically and a card slid out from the Deck, which he snatched with his Left hand.
"During my Draw Phase, I activate Sin World's effect," he informed. "By skipping my normal draw, I add one Sin monster from my Deck to my hand." Spinning said card around to show the Duel Spirit, Endymion's face gained a look of total horror when he saw what it was; then, Paradox held the card up with his arm extended fully vertically and said,
"I Summon Sin Ultimate Gem God – Rainbow Dragon (ATK: 4000, LV: 10)!" Behind Paradox then erupted a vertical column of blackness, generating winds as a rainbow hue appeared in the blackness and a dark guttural roar sounded out. Soon, the column twisted around and produced the form of wings and horns, and then it fully revealed the dragon.
"You bastard! How dare you twist such a legendary monster as that?!" Endymion spat above Paradox's continued psychotic laughter. The monster revealed was very much like Johan's white dragon, but its wings and the section they were mounted too were now grey-framed black metal with white trim. Its face also held a mask like Paradox's, including four places covering eyes instead of two as well as holes for its horns.
"If I have no respect for humanity, Endymion," Paradox countered, "why in hell would I care what people think of these tools of destruction." After snarking the man, Paradox held up another English-named Magic Card and declared, "I activate Sin Wave!"
Suddenly, the cards in front of Endymion that were set changed into green glowing frames with star-like sections, almost a darker version of the field. "Because I control a Sin, I may prevent the activation and effect of my opponent's Magic or Trap Cards until my next Standby Phase."
"That can't be!" Endymion said, realizing his field was completely exposed to the power of the massive dragon.
"There's more," Paradox declared. "I Special Summon the Sin Red-Eyes Black Dragon I added to my hand (ATK: 2400, LV: 7)!"
"That's impossible!" Endymion stated. "You said it yourself; only 1 Sin may be face-up on the field."
"I said that was normally the case," Paradox reminded the Duel Spirit. "However, Sin World allows me to control as many Sins as I wish, and attack with them all."
"That cannot be so!" As he looked on in terror, Paradox's massive dragon was joined by a smaller dragon; one with a black segmented body that included white-framed wings with black metal as well. Its left face was much like Paradox's mask, but its right face was exposed but for a few white lines; even its eye was exposed.
"I attack Black Magician of Chaos with Sin Rainbow Dragon!" Paradox yelled, pointing at the magician as his dragon built up a ball of rainbow energy in its jaws. "Darkness Rainbow!" Just then the dragon blasted a huge shot of dark rainbow energy at the magician, exploding it instantly and making Endymion fly back against the Star Dragon obelisk.
Endymion: LP 400
Paradox: LP 1200
"Such a shame this duel wasn't more of a challenge," Paradox sneered sarcastically, Endymion looking on at him with a total look of hatred. "Oh well; you helped my get a lot done, Endymion, the Master of Magicians. You've earned the honour of perishing along with your world."
"You… bastard…" Endymion huffed out, trying it stand up but being unable.
"Fare thee well, Master. Sin Red-Eyes, direct attack! Darkness Flame Bolt!" Roaring the black dragon the built up a scarlet and black orb of flames in its moth and shot it at Endymion, who screamed out in agony upon impact. Sneering, Paradox disappeared into the white light, followed closely by his dragons.
Ten second later, after the flames burnt out, Endymion put his right hand against the obelisk and managed to stand up, his Duel Disc and cards disappearing. Looking around, he saw that the field magic effect was gone, but its power lingered; everything had turned dark, the sky was still black and starry, and pieces of matter were slowly breaking apart from the trees.
"Such destruction," he said, just before remembering what had occurred before the duel. Staggering over to the top of the stairs, he saw that at the bottom of the stone altar, Kanako lay unconscious and on her side, no real injuries to herself but her form almost lifeless. "Taiyou… my Sempai… I'm so sorry. I've failed you…"
Standing on the roof of the Poppo Time building, Aki and Luca watched as their Marks returned. However, at that moment Taiyou's form faded out, much to everyone's dismay; and then Taiyou saw once again his form fade into the Dominion of Beasts. Appearing atop the altar, he looked around in total horror as Endymion returned to the top of the stairs, carrying Kanako in his arms.
"Master, what's going on here…?" Taiyou asked, just before seeing the magician lay the girl down upon the stone floor of the altar. Rushing over in terror, he said, "No, Kanako! What happened here…?"
Kneeling down with tears in his eyes, Taiyou held the girl with his hands as Endymion said, "The one called Paradox has already appeared in this world. He ripped Black Rose Dragon's double from Kanako's body, and then his dark powers poisoned this world."
"Is she…?" Taiyou started to ask, seemingly incredibly emotional and shaken up by the experience.
"She is alive, my Apprentice; but she is weak, and if this world continues to crumble then she will only become worse."
"That… bastard…" Taiyou uttered under his breath, his tears twisting into extreme anger. Putting Kanako down, he reeled back and shouted to the sky in total rage, "PARADOX!!!"
Falling forward again, Taiyou began to punch the ground in anger, until Endymion put his hand on Taiyou's shoulder and helped him up. "My Apprentice, the time is not now for such mindless violence. There is a chance… that the fifth Savior can help this world be saved."
"Really?" When Endymion nodded, Taiyou looked back and said, "But alas; it is my job to oversee the fifth summoning. Thus, I will send back somebody to help you here, while I aid Luca."
"Send me Judai and Yubel," Endymion instructed. "Their powers are strongest." Nodding, Taiyou then burst out into light again and disappeared, reappearing where he had been and looking on to Luca.
"My dear, listen," he said, Luca instinctively knowing what he would say. "It has become paramount that the Fifth Savior be summoned; if not for that, the Dominion of Beasts will crumble." With this revelation, even Reggie looked in slight shock, and then the now-standing Judai turned and asked,
"Does Endymion want help evacuating the town?" Taiyou then nodded 'yes', and so Judai's eyes flashed over into Yubel's. Her form then supermised over him and warped away, his eyes changing to the golden Supreme King eyes; and before he too disappeared, he said, "I'll be right back."
"If the only way to save your world is to win, and summon that monster," Luca replied to Taiyou while looking at Reggie, "Then I will do just that. It's my turn. Draw!" Looking at her cards, she pulled one from her hand and said, "I set one card."
"Is that the best you can do?" Reggie asked, looking amused. "My heart goes out to your world, but it won't be saved with moved like that."
"I'm far from done," Luca declared. "I activate a Magic Card: Reversal Question! By activating this, I send all my cards to the Cemetery." All of a sudden the cards in front of Luca, the plant monster and her hand all warped away as she added, "Then I guess if my top card is a Magic, Trap or monster before drawing."
"And if you're right, we switch Life Points," Reggie realized. "I know how the card works, honey."
"I call out a magic card!" Luca said, reaching for her top card. Closing her eyes, she gripped the card strongly and drew, swinging her arm all the way back and opening her eyes. Spinning it slowly into her field of vision, she smiled before flipping her card around to see.
"Incredible!" Reggie declared. "Not only did you call it right, but that card…" All of a sudden, Reggie's Life Points dropped to where Luca's had been while Luca's returned to normal, and then a purple aura consumed Reggie and caught her off guard.
Luca: LP 4000
Reggie: LP 1500
"What just happened?" Lua asked inquisitively, just as a card slid from Luca's Cemetery and she held it up.
"When I played Reversal Question, I sent Black Pendant to the Cemetery," she explained, "causing Reggie to take 500 points of damage after my card switched our Life Points."
"That's awesome," Taiyou said with forced enthusiasm (he did truly find the move well-thought-out, but he was distracted by the peril in his world).
"There's more," Luca stated. "I'll activate my new card, Treasures of Heaven! Both players draw until they hold six cards in their hands." With that Luca quickly snapped up six cards from her Deck, replacing her whole hand; as for Reggie, she already held 2 cards, so she only drew four.
"This must be why the Arcadia Movement was so interested in her," Aki said to Johan, who clearly know of what she spoke. "Luca is completely in tune with her deck."
"I summon Sunlight Unicorn (ATK: 1800, LV: 4)!" Luca then summoned up a blue vortex that released a mostly white unicorn, but with a blue form and blue flames for mane, tail and back.
"With this card, I flip my top card and if it is an Equip Magic Card, I add it to my hand." Drawing her card, she looked at it and then spun it around, revealing the card Horn of the Unicorn, and then placing it into her hand."
"I activate Dual Summon," Luca then declared, "and conduct a second Normal Summon. Come, Trust Guardian (ATK: 0, LV: 3)!"Luca then called forth the came blue-clad pixie that Jack had used earlier, making it clear where he had gotten it.
"A tuner and a non-tuner," Johan noted. "This can only mean one thing…"
"I Tune my Level 3 Trust Guardian to my Level 4 Sunlight Unicorn!" Glowing, the pixie then changed into 3 white orbs that became green rings, the white horse jumping through them as though on a course and thus changing into an outline. This then released 4 white orbs and disappeared, entering the green rings and forming a column of light.
"Emissary of the sunlight," Luca chanted as the light turned golden, "shine down upon this earth to illuminate the path to peace. Synchro Summon! Arise, Ancient Holy Wyvern (ATK: 2100, LV: 7)!" Out of the light then came a long white dragon-like serpent with arm-like wings, a yellow mane, black lines upon its body and red trim for its head.
"This monster gains ATK equal to the difference in our Life Points when my Life Points are higher. That means, it gains 2500 ATK (ATK: 4600). Because this monster is an Angel, it is also unaffected by VENUS," she pointed out, irritating Reggie.
"Then she can send come major damage Reggie's way," Lua realized. "This is awesome! You rock, sis!"
"This duel's yours for the taking," Taiyou said. "Even if the Savior does not appear now, this would still help us to fortify our world; or at least buy time."
"Then I equip my Horn of the Unicorn to Wyvern for 700 extra ATK and DEF (ATK: 5300)!" The monster then roared as a golden spiral horn appeared on its forehead, giving it more power.
"This duel is over, Reggie," Luca stated. "I had some fun, and I hope you did too. Ancient Holy Wyvern, attack Goddess of Light – Tethys!" Roaring and rearing its head back, the dragon-like monster then shot a blast of white lightning-like energy straight at the tall, thin angelic figure on Reggie's field, the girl herself smiling as Reggie looked on with contempt.
"I'm sorry my dear," Reggie stated, turning around a card from her hand. "I'd love for you to win; but I cannot allow it. I discard Honest and add the ATK of Holy Wyvern to that of Tethys for Damage Calculation (ATK: 8200)!" With that the angel shot back a blast of white energy that struck that from the other monster, forcing it back upon the monster and hitting Luca with the shockwave.
Luca: LP 1100
Reggie: LP 1500
"Because my Life Points are lower," Luca stated, "my monster loses ATK equal to the difference; and, by paying 400 ATK, my monster is not destroyed (ATK: 2000)."
"Very well," Reggie stated. "But now you've lost your edge. With no monster able to stop me, this duel is mine, along with your dragon.
"That won't happen," Luca said defiantly.
Card of the Week – Luca
Ancient Holy Wyvern
Type: LIGHT
Level: 7
Family: [Angel/Synchro/Effect]
Effect: LIGHT Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner Monsters
If your Life Points are higher than your opponent's, this card gains ATK equal to the Difference. If your Life Points are lower than your opponent's, this card loses ATK equal to the Difference. When this card is destroyed in battle, activate by paying 1000 Life Points. Special Summon this card from your Cemetery.
ATK/ 2100
DEF/ 2000
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