Everyone was watching the three duels that were taking place and Camicazi, Axel and Thuggory's opponent with the most unusual players that Hiccup had ever seen.

'This duel is like a three ringed circus,' Hiccup said to himself. 'Camicazi's is duelling a guide who won't say or do anything, Thuggory's opponent has an anger management issue and Axel's stuck with a comic flattered than a pancake. Now they don't defeat these guys Mason won't allow us to get to the food storage facility and if that happens will be going from hungry to starving.'

Camicazi: 4000

Emotionless Mask: 2100

Camicazi was just staring at her opponent. 'I wonder if this guy is ever going to attack,' she wondered.

Emotionless Mask then drew from his deck and then ended his turn right on the spot.

'Again? Turn after turn and still nothing.'

"It's time I break my silence," said Emotionless Mask speaking at last. "With my last straw I now have seven card in my hand so I'm forced to discard one to my grave."

He then discarded card from his hand.

"My draw," said Camicazi as she drew.

"Here goes my Silent Pain card first," said Emotionless Mask as it graveyard glowed and the image of the card he discarded appeared in front of them. "You see when this is the only card in my graveyard during each of your Standby Phases all of your monsters are destroyed and you take 1000 point of damage."

Suddenly Scorpio vanished from the field and turn into a star consolation.

Camicazi: 3000

Emotionless Mask: 2100

"Oh no," said Hiccup.

"So that's what you were planning," Camicazi growled.

"Haven't you ever heard that slow and steady wins the race?" Emotionless Mask marked in a very dull tone. "Which means you have a slow and painful duelling demise."

"The only duelling demise around here is going to be yours," Camicazi glared. "Especially once me on my Knights devour all your life points. I summon Celestial Knight Capricorn in attack mode!"

The star consolation of Capricorn appeared and a few seconds later Capricorn himself appeared on the field. (ATK: 1700/ DEF: 1400)

"You called my lady," said Capricorn.

"I certainly did now take him out," Camicazi ordered.

"Not before I activate the Silent Space spell card," said Emotionless Mask out the card in his hand. "With Silent Pain in my graveyard I can remove this card from play to destroy one of your monsters."

Camicazi gasped in horror. She could only watch as Capricorn vanished on the field and turn into a star consolation.

"Capricorn," she gasped.

"Once again I draw and end my turn," said Emotionless Mask as he drew.

'This guy's Silent cards keep deafening my attacks,' said Camicazi to herself.

"I draw," said Camicazi as she drew.

"Not so fast," said Emotionless Mask. "Due to the effect of Silent Pain you take 1000 points of damage once again and that's not all." He then pulled out a spell card from his hand. "Now I activate the Silent Torment spell card from my hand."

"Another Silent card?" Camicazi groaned.

"When Silent Pain activates, I can remove Silent Torment from play and inflict you in an additional 1000 point of damage. So you lose 2000 life points, is in silence golden?"

Camicazi then felt a massive surge of pain running through her body.

Camicazi: 1000

Emotionless Mask: 2100

"You know I like you better when you were talking," she winced.

"She's losing," said Wartihog.

"Come on," said Hiccup.

The students weren't too pleased either.

"There's food on the line! At least Thuggory knows how to duel!" they said in unison.


Thuggory: 2200

Anger Mask: 4000

Thuggory drew from his deck. "Okay, I now summon Weathering Soldier in attack mode!"

Suddenly appearing on the field was a large stone golem. (ATK: 2000/ DEF: 1200)

"And the forecast looks grim. Now below that Anchor Knight away with Wings Slash Attack," Thuggory commanded.

Weathering Soldier charged at Anchor Knight and slammed its fist against him destroying him instantly.

Thuggory: 2200

Anger Mask: 3500

"Why you!" Agnar Mask glared. "Now you really made me angry."

He then discarded the last card in his hand to the grave. Then from out of nowhere Anchor Knight's gauntlet appeared out of the sand and wrapped itself around Weathering Soldier.

"What's this?" Thuggory stared.

"Did you really think your little breeze blowing my Anchor Knight?" Anger Mask sneered. "You see by discarding one card from my hand I can resurrect my Knight in defence mode."

Suddenly emerging from the sand was Anchor Knight, who took on a defensive position.

"Not good," said Thuggory. "I've got to figure a way to stop them before my Solider loses another 600 attack points."

Due to his special ability Weathering Soldier lost an additional 600 points. (ATK: 2000-1400)

"To bad, I go," said Anger Knight as he drew. "First I switch Anchor Knight to attack mode." And can I then took on an attack position and then he revealed his facedown card which turned out to be a trap. "Then I reveal my trap card, Violent Salvage. When Anchor Knight is still on the field this trap allows me to take the top three cards of my graveyard and then add them to my hand. Thing is, I'm not allowed to use them."

He took the card from his graveyard, but then promptly place them back into his graveyard.

"Hold up," said Thuggory. "You just discarded them again then that means…"

"There is a special delivery coming your way, because by selling three cards to my graveyard Anchor Knight can deliver 1800 points of damage!"

Anchor Knight then promptly fired his gauntlet at Thuggory again dealing him a massive amount of damage.

Thuggory: 400

Anger Mask: 3500

"And next mine Knight drops anchor on Weathering Soldier directly! GoBuster Anchor!" Anger Mask roared.

Anchor Knight then pulled Weathering Soldier towards him spun his gauntlet once again and wrapped it around Weathering Soldier. He then lifted the stone golem up into the air and then sliced into pieces by pulling hard on both arms.

Thuggory: 300

Anger Mask: 3500

Naturally the students weren't too pleased with his display.

"He's about to lose!"

"And if he loses…"

"We all lose," Hiccup finished.

"They have to win so we can access the food! Otherwise were all going to start!" said Spitelout.


Mildew's mind however was focused on other things. 'I must find Mason.'

Blaze was also concerned about Mason. 'Why would he be doing this to all of us?'


Mason had let the communication centre and was wondering through the hallways of the Academy with Duel Ghoul roaming around.

'With all of them distracted, I can now focus upon my true objective,' he said to himself.


Mildew turned his eyes towards the entrance. 'Don't worry Mason, I'll save you.'

Then very quietly he started to back away from the others as their attention was more focused on the duel and made his way to the entrance.

Pharaoh, however, saw him leaving and rubbed against Blaze's leg to get her attention. "Pharaoh?" She then saw Mildew heading towards the entrance. "Hey, where are you going?"

"Nowhere! I have to use the loo!" he yelled as he ran into the entrance with Pharaoh on his heels. "I'll be fine!"

Hiccup was actually more focused on the duel and have noticed Mildew's disappearance.

"Come on you guys. All of us are counting on you, win this!" he said.

Blaze then approached him. "Hiccup!"

Hiccup looked at her. "What is it Blaze?"

"It's Mildew, he just took off and started running."

Hiccup rolled his eyes. "Well that's a first."

"No, he started running into the school."

Hiccup's eyes widened and he turned and stared at her. "Into the school?"

"Yeah, and I'm going after him."

Then before he could stop her she ran towards the entrance.

"Wait up, Blaze! I'm coming with you!" he yelled following her.

"Hiccup?" Astrid stared.

The students could care less what happened to Mildew, because both mind and stomach were focused on the duel.

"Hurry it up, Axel! We're starving!"


Axel: 2500

Laughter Mask: 4000

Axel's mind wasn't on the duel itself, but on the field on.

'Something doesn't add up about this,' he frowned. 'Why did Mason lure us out here when he could have duel us inside?' His eyes then widened. 'Unless, he wants us all distracted for some reason. I better make this quick so I can find out why.'

Axel then drew from his deck and then set the card he had just drawn.

"I place one card facedown and summon Fire Trooper!" Axel yelled.

Then suddenly appearing on the field was a being like creature in blazing armour. (ATK: 1000/ DEF: 1000)

However, the moment he was summoned him promptly vanished from the field.

Laughter Mask laughed. "Your monster just got distinguished. Pretty funny."

"How's this for funny? When Fire Trooper is summoned it gets sent to my graveyard, but not before dealing a 1000 point of damage."

Then Laughter Mask felt his life points to dwindle.

Axel: 2500

Laughter Mask: 3000

"Ah, shucks. My point went down, still a lot of ucks though," said Laughter Mask not looking concerned in the slightest. "Because by taking Rough Fight from my graveyard and remove it from the play you take the same damage I just took."

Laughter Mask then removed the card in his graveyard and a large programme of the carbon slammed right into Axel.

Axel: 1500

Laughter Mask: 3000

"Let's see if you laugh at this move," said Axel as he activated a spell card. "I play the spell Fire Recovery! And send one Fire monster from my hand to the grave and then I can summon a different Fire monster from my graveyard."

Axel then said the card from his hand at the grave.

"The card I got rid of was Volcanic Scattershot. Now this is where it gets funny, because when its place in my graveyard I can take out 500 of your life points."

Suddenly flames erupted beneath Laughter Mask wiping out an upper portion of his life points.

Axel: 1500

Laughter Mask: 2500

"And now from my graveyard I summon Fire Trooper!" Axel yelled providing his Fire Trooper, who vanished the moment he appeared on the field. "Which means that you're going to lose another 1000 more life points!"

Laughter Mask felt his life points dwindling once again.

Axel: 1500

Laughter Mask: 1500

"And next…" Axel then held out a second Fire Recovery card.

"This just is just not funny anymore," Laughter Mask panicked.

"That's too bad, because I'm just getting warmed up," said Axel as he activated the spell card. "Because I play my spell Fire Recovery! Which allows me to send Scattershot to the grave."

The light before flames erupted beneath Laughter Mask striking at his life points again.

Axel: 1500

Laughter Mask: 1000

Laughter mask was now panicking and with good reason. 'This guy's material is pretty good. If he summons Fire Trooper again all my life points are going to crash and burn.'

Immediately he fell to his knees and began begging as he laughed. "Give me a sec to catch my breath. I can't stop laughing. Oh, the tears of a clown."

Axel looked down at him. "Those will be real tears soon enough, because I've got one last surprise for you. Now I'll summon Scattershot."

Suddenly emerging field in defence position was the three headed fiery beast. (ATK: 500/ DEF: 0)

"It's your move Joker."

Laughter Mask looked up. "I've seen better surprises in a jack in the box."

He then looked down at his facedown card which was Burial from a Different Dimension.

'Little does he know that I got a surprise for him? If I use my spell card to return my Rough Exploders to the graveyard, he will get caught in the fallout and I'll be laughing all the way to victory.'

He then got back onto his feet. "My move," he said as he drew.

However to his confusion Axel walked away.

"Why are you leaving?"

"Because I won," said Axel gesturing to his trap card which he activated. "This is the real surprise. When this trap is played you lose 1000 of your life points want you draw a card."

"I guess I bumbed!"

Suddenly there was an explosion which took out the last of his life points.

Axel: 1500 (Winner!)

Laughter Mask: 0

Axel then looked down at his Bio Band which sapped his energy away from him and then saw the students cheering as his victory.

When the smoke cleared Laughter Mask had returned back to normal.

"Where am I?" the Ra groaned.

Axel looked at Camicazi and Thuggory with a firmed expression.

"Listen up, I think this duel is a decoy," he said.

"Decoy?" they both said in unison.

"Yeah, you got to ditch these duels so we can find out what Mason really up to," said Axel.

"Silence!" said Emotionless Mask. "This duel will continue or else offset this disk blaster to more than just stone."

To prove his point that he fired a blast from his dispatch struck Camicazi.

"Hey!" Camicazi yelled.

"Right then, I guess I ought hop to it and take this guy out," said Thuggory.

"Hey, Stoneson, are you sure about all this?" Wartihog asked.

"What is Mason really is planning on giving us the food?" Astrid asked.

The students weren't too pleased with Axel's announcement either.

"Yeah, what if you're wrong? Then we'll never eat again!"

"Keep duelling! I ain't eating Phlegma's food!"

Axel ignored them. "Blue Berets front and centre!" he ordered. Immediately his unit rushed over towards him. "We're going on a mission, we've got to get answers."

"Yes, sir!" they yelled.

"Time for action," he said.

Mildew meanwhile was running through the hallways as quickly as he could and was moving quite fast for a man of his age.

'I must find Mason and talk some sense into him,' he said to himself.

Directly behind him were Pharaoh, Blaze and Hiccup.

"Mildew!" Blaze yelled.

"Wait up, Blaze!" Hiccup yelled. "It's not safe! The Duel Ghouls remember?"


Mason was in fact at the entrance walking quite calmly.

'Now that all the students are outside watching this duel, I don't have to worry about anyone interfering with my plans,' he said to himself.

Agnar however was watching him as he walked off.


Outside the students were starting to grow restless and impatient and everyone could sense the tension.

'If this duel is really a divergent and if these bozos aren't really giving us food, we are going to have much more than a bunch of hungry students on our hands will have an all-out riot,' said Thuggory to himself.

Thuggory: 300

Anger Mask: 3500

"It's my go, I draw," said Thuggory as he drew. "All right, I activate the Specimen Inspection spell!" He then discard Sample Fossil and then activated his spell card. "By sending one monster card to my graveyard I call out a type and level of a monster and you gonna take a card that matches and send it straight to your graveyard. Match a Level 4 Warrior-Type monster."

Anger Mask looked through his deck and looks slightly annoyed. "Only Anchor Knight fits the bill, unbelievable," he said grudgingly as he discarded a copy of Anchor Knight.

"Perfect, now with that out of the way I activate Fossil Fusion!" he yelled holding out a spell card. "Next I remove Weathering Soldier and Anchor Knight from our graveyards to fusion summon Fossil Warrior Skull Bone."

Soon Weathering Soldier and Anchor Knight emerged onto the field and were quickly removed from the game. Then erupting from the sands was a dinosaur like creature with armour made of bone. (ATK: 2000/ DEF: 800)

"Next up from my hand I activate Time Stream!" he yelled holding out a spell card. "By paying half my life points I can change your monster from Cenozoic era to be Mesozoic era. So I'll devolve my Fossil Warrior."

Thuggory: 150

Anger Mask: 3500

"Devolve?" Anger Mask stared. "Into what?"

"Into something stronger like Fossil Warrior Skull Knight!" Thuggory yelled.

Skull Bone then started to change until he was now a skeleton with the sword, shield and armour. (ATK: 2400/ DEF: 1100)

"Then I further devolve it!" Thuggory yelled holding out a second Time Stream card.

Thuggory: 75

Anger Mask: 3500

"And your life points," Anger Mask noted. "You're almost out."

"It's worth it every pointer bring out by Fossil Warrior Skull King!" Thuggory yelled.

Suddenly Skull Knight began to change once again until he was a man with shining armour and wielding a massive sword. (ATK: 2800/ DEF: 1300)

upon seeing him the students cheered.

"Skull King!"

"Snap this guy down!"

"End this!"

"Skull King! Go, attack with King Sword Play!" Thuggory commanded.

Skull King then drew his sword and sliced right through Anchor Knight.

Thuggory: 75

Anger Mask: 2200

"My Knight is not going anywhere," Anger Mask growled. "By sending one spell card to grave my Anchor Knight returns in defence mode."

Suddenly emerging from the sand of Anchor Knight's gauntlet which wrapped itself around Skull King's arm and he pulled himself out of the sand into a defensive position.

"I was hoping you'd do that," Thuggory smiled.

"How come?" Anger Mask asked.

"So I can see Skull King strut his stuff," Thuggory smirked. "His special ability allows him to attack again when a monster is on your field and give it in defence mode the extra point are dealt straight to you. Go, Second King Sword Play!"

Skull King then sliced the chain that was around his armour and then charged in Anchor Knight with his sword raised high. He then dealt a devastating slash against him and he instantly exploded. The explosion was so powerful that Anger Mask was not right off his feet.

Thuggory: 75 (Winner!)

Anger Mask: 0

He then reverted back to normal and the students cheered for his victory.

"Two down," said Wartihog.

"And one to go…" Astrid finished looking at Camicazi.

"It's all down to, Camicazi," said Ragnar.

"And if he doesn't win this turn he loses," said Heather.


Camicazi: 1000

Emotionless Mask: 2100

It was still Camicazi's turn hand she knew that she was in deep trouble.

"Still your move," said Emotionless Mask.

'If I can't turn things around this turn time gone,' she said to herself. She then looked at her hand. 'Maybe a change of scenery might help.'

She then grabbed her Ancient Celestial Ruins Field Spell card. "I'm activating the Field spell card, Ancient Celestial Ruins!"

She then placed a card in her field card slot and immediately the scene changed to the arena under the dazzling starlight.

"Next I send Celestial Knights Gemini and Aries to my graveyard this allows me to summon my Celestial Knight Leo!" she yelled as he discarded her two Knights from a hand.

Then suddenly appearing on the field was a star constellation of Leo and a few seconds later Leo himself appeared on the field. (ATK: 2500/ DEF: 1900)

"I'm ready whenever you are, Camicazi," said Leo.

"When I successfully summon Leo, I can take one celestial Knight from either my graveyard, deck or hand and then plated in my Spell & Trap Card Zone. I think I'll choose Virgo," she said as he placed Virgo, and into her spell and trap card zone and then the star constellation of Virgo appeared on her field.

"Not so fast," said Emotionless Mask as he grabbed yet another card from his hand. "I activate Silent Space and destroy Leo."

Leo then managed from the field and his star constellation appeared on Camicazi's field.

"He won't be gone for long, because Virgo is about to struck us that," said Camicazi gesturing to Virgo star constellation.

Suddenly the star constellation to the form of Virgo herself. (ATK: 2000/ DEF: 1600)

"I'm ready to serve mistress," she bowed.

"Then strut your stuff," Camicazi ordered.

Virgo nodded and a few seconds later a bright light emanated from Virgo which touched the other star consolations.

"Now that Virgo is back in action I can summon as many Celestial Knights from my Spell & Trap Card Zone as possible," Camicazi explained.

"Then I'll play Silent Space again," said Emotionless Mask pulling out a third copy of the card.

"Actually, no you don't, because I activate Ancient Celestial Ruins special ability!" Camicazi announced. "You see if there are three or more Celestial Knights in my spell and trap card zone I can take one Knight and send it to the graveyard in order to get negate your spell card!"

The star constellation of Capricorn then vanished and a bright light emanated from the stars negating the activation of Emotionless Mask spell card.

"Uh-oh," he said.

"I summon Leo and Scorpio!" Camicazi yelled.

Suddenly appearing on the field were both Leo and Scorpio.

"Well played, Camicazi," said Leo.

"You ready? Let's silence this guy once and for all!" Camicazi yelled. "Leo attack him directly with Regular Impact!"

Leo then began charging towards Emotionless Mask raising his fist which glowed with a golden light. He then slammed the fist so hard Emotionless Mask that he was actually sent flying.

Camicazi: 1000 (Winner!)

Emotionless Mask: 0

As he fell he reverted back to normal, but before he hit the ground Leo caught him and then placed him down and the holograms began to fade.

"Good job, Camicazi," said Thuggory approaching her.

The students cheered enthusiastically, but their hunger soon won them over.

"They better pay up!"

"Fork it over!"

"Come on!"

Thuggory and Camicazi could sense trouble coming in the horizon.

"Trouble," said Camicazi looking at him.

He nodded in agreement.


Mason was outside of the Academy and was a good fair distance away.

'Those fools must still think that their duelling for food,' he smiled.


Axel was seeking up to the power complex.

'This is what Mason said he was after,' he said to himself.


The truth was Mason was nowhere near the power complex as that too was a ruse.

'I never thought that they would all be so naïve,' he chuckled to himself.

Agnar was watching over him from the dunes and was about to make his move.

"Mason!" Mildew's voice yelled.

Agnar turned and saw Mildew emerging from behind one of the dooms and then scarpered not wanting to be discovered.

Mildew stopped when he reached Mason. "There you are," he said relieved. Mason had his back to him and Mildew approached him. "Mason. Mason, what happened to you? Please tell me."

He then placed a hand on his arm.

The real Mason was in a deep dark fog curled up.

'Interesting,' said the voice of the entity that possessed him. 'So this is where your loneliness comes from.'

"Mildew!" Blaze's voice yelled.

"Mason!" Hiccup yelled.

The two of them turned and saw Hiccup and Blaze rushing up towards them.

Hiccup then marched up to Mason. "I want some answers and I want them now."

Agnar wasn't too far way high-minded you was listening to the entire conversation.

"Why did you bring us here and what did you do to all our friends?" Hiccup demanded. "Tell me!"

Mason's eyes widened upon seeing Hiccup.

'Hiccup, it's you,' said the entity's voice. 'The one I've been waiting for. Finally.'

Pharaoh sense something dark from him and his hair stand on end as he growled.

"Start talking!" Hiccup ordered. "You know a lot of people have been hurt and it all your fault!" Hiccup then realise where they were. "Wait a sec, I thought you wanted the power facility?"


Axel and his Blue Berets were at the power centre, but there was no sign of Mason. Also, Axel couldn't see any strategic value of the place.

"Any sign of Mason?" he asked.

"Negative," said one of his men.


Hiccup looked at Mason.

"What are you after here?" Hiccup asked. "Tell me the truth or else this is really going to get ugly."

Mildew then placed himself between him and Mason.

"You will not," he said strongly. "I will let you threaten my grandson like that!"

Both Hiccup was taken aback by this sudden piece of news. He looked at Blaze, who nodded.

"Your grandson?" Hiccup stared.

"But why keep it a secret?" Blaze frowned.

"Favouritism," he said simply. "I had to be sure to treat them like any other students."

"Dad doesn't play favourites for me," said Hiccup folding his arms. "In the very least you could at least acknowledge that he was your grandson."

"I look after the boy since his parents passed away and like your father I won't play favourites even if there my own blood," said Mildew strongly. "Alienating him was the hardest thing I ever had to do."

Then suddenly Mason revealed his reptilian hand and grabbed Mildew.

"What?" Mildew gasped.

"Mason?" Blaze stared.

Hiccup recognised the arm immediately. "That arm."

Pharaoh hissed and spat at Mason.

Mason smiled at Hiccup. "I'm so glad that you're here Hiccup. After all this has all been for you."

Hiccup frowned." All for me?"

"Hiccup, Duel Ghouls!" Blaze yelled.

Hiccup turned and saw that Duel Ghouls were indeed heading towards them. Upon seeing them Agnar pressed himself against the dune so that he couldn't be seen.

Hiccup looked at Mason. "Whoever you are do you mind telling me what this is all about?"

"How about I show you instead," said Mason.

"I don't like the sound of that," said Hiccup.

Mason's hand then began to glow and he raised it up. "Prepare yourself," he said.

He then showed Mildew away from him and towards Hiccup and Blaze.

"You okay, Mildew?" Hiccup asked hoping him up.

"Mason," he gasped in horror.

Mason then slammed his scaly fists right into the ground and a massive surge of power emanated around them. Suddenly the ground began to open up in the sand was blown away to reveal a rocky surface.

"Mason, what are you doing?" Hiccup yelled.

The movement of the ground can be felt all across the Academy and they could see the dangerous glow as well. Suddenly nine monuments rose from the ground and Hiccup recognised them immediately, because he saw them two years ago.

"What are these?" Blaze asked.

"I've seen this before," said Hiccup grimly.

Pharaoh then yawned and the spirit of Banner exited out of him. A few seconds later his spirit appeared in front of them.

"Hello, Hiccup," said Banner.

"Professor Banner," Hiccup gasped.

"No way," said Blaze.

"It's a ghost," Mildew gasped.

"I see you haven't changed Mildew and for the record I prefer spirit," said Banner. He then looked at Hiccup. "Now I think you have a pretty good idea you know where you are."

"How can I forget," said Hiccup. "This is the place where I battled against the three Sacred Beasts cards."

They then all turned towards Mason as his arms stopped blowing.

"That should really know when to keep its mouth shut, but he will learn right now," said Mason his eyes glowed.

Banner then faded away and retreated back into Pharaoh.

Hiccup then looked at Mason. "What you want with the Sacred Beasts?"

Mason merely laughed menacingly and Hiccup had a feeling that their battle for survival had only just begun.