Chapter 14: Power of the Dark Dragons
Last chapter, we were continuing the duel between Judas Kaiba and I. I'm in a bad scenario. I'm staring down Thought Ruler Archfiend and Judas has 7100 life points. I have Infernity Destroyer, Infernity Archfiend, and 4500 life points. I have two defenses, but this is one of the ace cards in a Psychic deck. This is going to hurt.
"With this guy out, there is no hope for you," said Judas. "Now I'll continue my turn by playing Vicious Claw! Now with this card, my Thought Ruler gains 300 extra attack points for a total of 3000 attack points!"
"Say what?!" I was in danger here.
"But that's not all. Should you happen to be able to out battle my Thought Ruler, Vicious Claw will return to my hand and save my monster. I'll also equip him with Telekinetic Charging Cell, but we'll get more on that later. Now attack his Infernity Archfiend!" My archfiend was gone.
Ju: 8900 Sh: 3300
"What?! How did your life points go back up?!"
"It's due to my Thought Ruler's effect. Since he destroyed a monster by battle, I gain life points equal to their attack points."
"Grr. This is getting annoying."
"Hmm. So this is his ace. Impressive." Kaiser was calmly impressed at the moves we were throwing at each other.
"Shadow. Come on. You can do this!" Sora thought to herself. She was apparently on my side.
"Err. Now I'm in trouble. I draw!" It was my turn. "I activate Offerings to the Doomed! I skip my next draw phase and destroy one monster on my opponent's field!"
"Nice try. My Thought Ruler will take care of that! Since you're targeting a Psychic type monster with a spell, I can give up 1000 life points to negate the activation and effect and destroy the card."
"Great. Not this again."
"But that's not all there is to it. Since my Telekinetic Charging Cell is in effect, I don't have to pay life points to activate his effect."
"Wow. Impressive move." Even though he's my opponent, I'm impressed.
"Flattery will get you nowhere. Now continue your move so I can crush you!"
"Alright. I switch my Destroyer to defense mode and end my turn."
"And now I'll get straight to business. Attack his Destroyer!"
Ju: 12200 Sh: 3300
"Now I can activate an effect from my graveyard. Since I have no cards in my hand and I lost a monster in battle, I can summon one from my graveyard. Come on out, Infernity Revenger!" I summoned some sort of monstrous deputy with two guns and 0 attack points. "Also, his stars become equal to that of the destroyed monsters. So he is now a level six monster."
"Interesting. Let's see what else you can pull." Judas apparently wanted to see what else I had.
"Hmm? His moods changed," said Kaiser. "He seems to be enjoying the duel rather than just beating his opponent."
"Well, it has been a while since he's found an opponent that can stand up to his psychic monsters," said Arisusa. "This guys got talent if he manages to."
"He saved himself this time. Let's see if he can keep up this momentum." Django was enjoying the view.
"Now it's my turn!" I made my draw. "I summon my Infernity Dwarf!" I summoned a dwarf like worker with a flaming axe and 800 attack points. "Now I tune my Infernity Revenger to my Infernity Dwarf. Now I can synchro summon my Dark End Dragon!" I played a malicious dragon with a face on his chest, horns on the sides of his head, and 2600 attack points.
"Impressive, but that's still not enough to stop my Thought Ruler Archfiend."
"It is if I'm using an effect!"
"Not like spells or traps can work on him."
"Who said anything about a spell or trap? Thought Ruler doesn't negate the effects of monsters, which is exactly what I'm using! Dark End Dragon can give up 500 of his own attack points and send one of your monsters to the graveyard."
"What?!"
"Now release your Dark Evaporation!" The mouth on its chest opened and released some sort of dark substance that caused the Thought Ruler to evaporate. "Now attack him directly with Dark Fog!"
Ju: 10100 Sh: 3300
"Err. Now it's my go! I summon Grapple Blocker in defense mode!" he summoned a blue and yellow alien with octopus tentacles on its back and 2000 defense points. "I'll set one card facedown."
"My turn! I play Pot of Greed to draw two cards. I summon my Infernity Reloader!" I played some weird brown creature with arms and head attached to a double-sided gun and 900 attack points. "I put one card facedown. Now for Reloader's effect. I can draw a card and if it's a monster, it goes to the graveyard and you lose 200 points times its level." I drew. "It is Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6. So now you lose 1200 life points! And then I'll have my Dark End Dragon attack your Grapple Blocker!"
Ju: 8900 Sh: 3300
"My turn. I draw! Hah! I activate Monster Reborn to bring back my Thought Ruler Archfiend! Now I'll attack you Reloader!"
"I activate my Negate Attack!"
"Hmm. You saved yourself again. It's your move."
"Now I draw!" My turn. "I summon my Infernity Mirage!" I summoned a fiendish-looking tiki baron with 0 attack points. "Now I'll use my Reloader's effect again, it is my Volcanic Hammerer."
Ju: 7700 Sh: 3300
"Now that reloader is as annoying as that Blaze Accelerator."
"Now I will use my Mirage's effect. Since I have no cards in my hand, he can sacrifice himself to bring back two Infernity monsters from the graveyard. I choose my Infernity Revenger and Infernity Destroyer! Now I will tune my Revenger to my Reloader and Destroyer so I can synchro summon my Infernity Doom Dragon!" I played a dragon with short arms, four eyes, some crown thing on it's head, these other arms that look like grapple claws, and 3000 attack points."
"Wow. Two dragons. Big deal. So what now? Are you going to evaporate my monster again?"
"Not with Dark End Dragon. I'll use my Infernity Doom Dragon's effect this time. Since I have no cards in my hand, I can destroy one monster on my opponent's field and you lose life points equal to half its attack points."
"I activate Psychic Rejuvenation! Now I gain 1000 life points since I have a Psychic Monster on my field!"
Ju: 7350 Sh: 3300
"Lucky. My Infernity Doom Dragon can't attack this turn, but my Dark End Dragon can! Dark Fog! My turn is done after that."
Ju: 5250 Sh: 3300
"Err. Now it's my turn! I play Card of Sanctity! Now we both draw until we hold six cards. Now I summon my Psychic Jumper!" He played a crazy looking blue guy with some sort of helmet on and 100 attack points. "Now I will use the effect of my Psychic Jumper! I can give up 1000 points and choose one monster on your field and Psychic Jumper. Their controllers are then switched."
"What?!"
"I choose your Dark End Dragon! Now I'll use his effect on your Infernity Doom Dragon and he'll attack your Jumper!"
Ju: 5250 Sh: 1800
"My dragon! I'll get you, but that was an impressive move."
"You should be afraid. You're obviously losing. I'll end my turn there."
"Well, this is his final move," said Kaiser. "He better make it count."
"Shadow! You can do it!" Johnny and Kazuya were on my side. After I knew it, some of the audience was on my side. Then I knew what I had to do.
"Alright. I draw!" I felt a surge through my hand as I drew my card. "I play Monster Reborn to bring back my Infernity Death Dragon. Now I play De-Synchro to bring back the three monsters I used to summon him. I also play Premature Burial to bring back my LV6 Horus!"
"What could you possibly be doing?"
"I will summon my Infernity Beetle!" I summoned a big beetle with 1200 attack points. "Now I play the spell Card Rotator. Now by discarding one card from my hand, all of yours monsters switch modes."
"Hmm. So now you just made it even harder to deal damage to me."
"I now tune my Revenger to Destroyer and Reloader to bring back my Infernity Doom Dragon!"
"Him again. Shouldn't have expected so much."
"Now I play my Magical Stone Excavation. I discard two cards from my hand to bring back a spell card. I choose my Monster Reborn. I will play it and bring back my Vice Dragon!" I summoned a dark human-sized dragon with green wings and 2000 attack points. I know tune my beetle to my Horus to summon my Red Dragon Archfiend!"
"Whoa. He managed to summon three dragons in one turn. Impressive." Johnny's attention was caught by my move."
"Er. No! I can't lose!"
"Too bad you're about to. Now I will use my Infernity Doom Dragon's effect again. It will destroy Dark End Dragon and cause you to lose 800 life points! Infernity Death Breath!"
Ju: 4450 Sh: 1800
"Grr! This can't be!"
"It can be. Now Red Dragon Archfiend! Vice Dragon! End this duel!"
Ju: 0 Sh: 1800
"Wow…….he actually did it," said Kazuya.
"Shadow. You really did it." Sora was glad.
"Err. I don't like defeat…….but I do have to give it to you this time. That was a good duel Shadow." I'm surprised to see Judas giving me props. I thought he wanted my head.
"You're awesome too." After the exchange in compliments, we shook hands. We would become rivals from that day on. I took that time to enjoy the moment and everyone cheering for me.