Hiccup and the others were looking at Mason, who was standing over a large crevice inside which led the down underground. Closing in on them from behind were a large group of Duel Ghouls, but Hiccup was more focused on Mason than them.
"Mason! Listen to me you don't want to mess with the Sacred Beasts cards," said Hiccup strongly.
Mason merely laughed and then they heard the sound of a monstrous roar emerging from the crevice.
"Then perhaps you shouldn't have messed with me," he said.
"What's he talking about?" Hiccup frowned.
Then suddenly they heard the roar yet again.
"That my que," said Mason looking down into the crevice. "See you around."
He then jumped down into the crevice.
"Come back, Mason!" Mildew yelled.
They watched as Mason landed on the platform and laughed at them.
"Mason!" Hiccup yelled.
Mason then jump down onto a series of stairs that lead downwards. "Don't think of following me," he said as he ran down the stairs.
"Don't disobey your grandfather!" Mildew yelled.
Pharaoh yawned and Banner exited out of him. "Hello, Hiccup. As you know these Sacred Beasts are powerful and dangerous creatures. You must stop Mason from acquiring them."
"Understood," Hiccup nodded. "I'm on it."
Blaze turned around and saw that the Duel Ghouls were almost upon them. "Oh no, look Duel Ghouls," she cried.
"Don't these guys ever take a break?" Hiccup moaned. He then turned and looked at Blaze. "Blaze you and Mildew have to get back to Astrid and the others."
"Right," Blaze nodded. "But aren't you going to come with us?"
"I have to stop Mason," said Hiccup.
Mildew looked up at him. "Hiccup, please help my grandson. He's a good kid."
"He'll be okay, I promise you. There's no need to worry," Hiccup assured him. "Now get out of here!"
"Okay," Blaze nodded.
Hiccup then jumped down into the crevice and landed on the platform.
Blaze and Mildew turned and saw that the Duel Ghouls were practically on top of them.
"It's too late, we're cornered," said Mildew.
Then, from out of nowhere, Pharaoh pounced causing several of the Duel Ghouls to part and created a path for them.
"I have to find Mason," said Hiccup jumping down onto the stairs and ran down them.
"If Pharaoh got through so can we," said Mildew as he and Blaze ran down the path that Pharaoh had created.
The Duel Ghouls just stood there in a daze as the two of them ran back to the Academy.
Hiccup meanwhile was running down the stairs as quickly as he could and felt himself going deeper and deeper into the surface.
'I've got to find him before he gets to those cards,' he said to himself.
Mason was further ahead of them and was running down the stairs and ran across a passageway. Then emerging from the passageway was Snotlout, who blocked Hiccup's path as he just turned round the corner.
"Snotlout," Hiccup stared. "What are you—"
He then heard moaning and groaning directly behind him and saw more Duel Ghouls had just walked down the stairs towards him.
"Not good," he said.
Snotlout chuckled. "Hiccup, I hope you're not in a hurry."
"Snap out of it!" Hiccup yelled. "The Sacred—"
"We're going to duel," said Snotlout cutting across.
Hiccup knew that he was trapped with Snotlout in front of him and more Duel Ghouls behind him and the longer he remained here the better the chances of Mason acquiring the Sacred Beasts cards.
Snotlout then drew from his deck. "Duel."
Hiccup looked at his duel disk very reluctantly.
Hiccup: 4000
Snotlout: 4000
"Otherwise you won't pass," said Snotlout plainly. "It's my draw." He then drew from his deck and immediately summoned the monster he drew. "I summon Return Zombie."
Suddenly emerging from the ground was a zombielike creature dressed in wrapping. (ATK: 1000/ DEF: 1600)
"Now I play the spell card Quick Rush which my Zombie to attack!" he said holding his spell card. "Now strike him directly! Go, Bandage Wrapped Snap."
Suddenly return Zombie races hand immediately launched a strike on his own wrapping at Hiccup slapping him across the face three times.
Hiccup: 3000
Snotlout: 4000
"He's quite the whippersnapper isn't he?" Snotlout joked. "And this is just the start. Soon all your life points will be snapped up."
"I don't have any choice," said Hiccup as he recovered from the surprise attack.
Hiccup then activated his duel disk. "To stop Mason I've gotta get past Snotlout," he said as he drew his five cards.
Snotlout merely chuckled.
"Let's duel," said Hiccup as he drew he then held at the card he just drew. "Okay, I'm summoning Dragon Knight Fanghook in attack mode!"
Suddenly appearing on the field was Hiccup's musclebound Dragon Knight. (ATK: 1400/ DEF: 800)
"Now burn that zombie to ashes! Attack with Flame Uppercut!" Hiccup commanded.
Fanghook fist were set ablaze and he slammed it right into the zombie causing it to explode. The explosion slammed right into Snotlout and the smoke hid him from view.
Hiccup: 3000
Snotlout: 3600
"This could be our chance, Fanghook!" Hiccup yelled as he and Hookfang ran into the smoke. "Let's see if we can charge our way through Snotlout."
"Nah-huh," said Snotlout as he drew. "I'm going to distinguish your flame." He then held out the card he just drew. "I summon Vorse Raider!"
Suddenly appearing on the field was and manlike beast holding a fierce looking axe. (ATK: 1900/ DEF: 1200)
"And now he's going to raid your life points," Snotlout smirked.
Hiccup watched as Vorse Raider struck Fanghook with his axe causing him to explode. The explosion then slammed right into Hiccup.
"Fanghook!"
Hiccup: 2500
Snotlout: 3600
Then Vorse Raider grabbed his throat, lifted him up into the air and pinned him to the wall. Snotlout merely laughed at the site and close by Agnar was enjoying the show was well.
Agnar then watched as Mason ran by. 'Off to find the three Sacred Beasts are we? I always wondered if the stories about the Shadow Riders and Sacred Beasts cards were true. Rumour has it that whoever possesses them also has the power to destroy or rule the world. Looks like someone is planning to see if there's any truth to all of this.'
He then watched as Mason turned and ran down into a deep dark passageway within the rock. He then exited out of his hiding place and began to walk towards the passageway. 'Well, he's got some company.'
Meanwhile outside the Academy, the students were starting to grow restless as there was no sign of anyone giving them passage to the food storage facility.
"So what gives where our food?"
"We won that was the deal."
"Yeah, now how come we haven't heard nothing from anybody?"
"My Mum was right. I should have done some home-schooling this year."
"I'm so hungry, I can barely stand up any more. If I don't get food soon I don't know what's going to happen."
Astrid and the others noticed that the students were starting to grow restless.
"Guys, the students are growing more and more restless," said Camicazi.
"Camicazi is right," Wartihog nodded. "We've got to come up with some kind of plan."
"Does anyone know where Hiccup went?" Spitelout asked. "He's usually the one that saves us."
Astrid then turned to the dunes. "Look it's Blaze and Mildew."
"Yeah, but Hiccup doesn't seem to be with them," Ragnar noted.
Gobber looked at them. "Do either of you to know where Hiccup is?"
"We sure do," said Blaze, who was carrying Pharaoh. "He went after Mason."
"He did what?" Wartihog gasped as he, Astrid and Ragnar run up to them.
"Down some craven."
"He did?"
"And then what happened to him?" Astrid asked kneeling down towards the.
"Well, he decided to go stop them from getting the Sacred Beast cards," said Blaze.
"Sacred Beast?" Astrid and Ragnar gasped in unison.
"Now just a sec, you don't mean the Sacred Beasts do you?" Thuggory asked. "This can't be good."
"And it will only get worse," said Gobber. "We must go and help Hiccup. Those monsters were locked up for a good reason. If they're unleashed it would be pure chaos. They're sure to destroy everything in their path."
"We missed a bullet the last time they were released," said Heather.
"Then let's get a move on," said Camicazi.
Unfortunately, the students disagreed with this plan of action as they were more concerned for their stomachs.
"What about the food?"
"Yeah, we want some chow!"
"Well it appears that we were all misled," said Spitelout looking at them.
"Then I'm done following!" an Obelisk yelled and then turned to the other students. "Guys, let's get that grub. You with me? Or do you want to stay out here with all of them and starving?"
"I'm with you," said another Obelisk. "I'd rather take my chances in the school."
"Yeah!" a Ra agreed.
Soon them and most of the students rush towards the entrance before anyone could stop them.
"Don't do it come back!" Camicazi yelled.
"Duel Ghouls can't be beat! You've got no chance against them!" Wartihog yelled.
"Not to mention the whole lot more of them then there are us!" Ragnar yelled.
"You will be able to get past the foyer!" Heather yelled.
"You better listen! It's too dangerous!" Thuggory pleaded.
"Please don't go!" Gobber yelled.
However their warnings fell on deaf ears as they climbed their way over the barricade. Leading the assault were three Obelisks, who then turned to the students that had joined them.
"Now listen up."
"We're going to go in first and make fools of them Ghouls."
"Yeah, and the rest of you follow after. Got it?"
The students nodded and the three Obelisks made their way inside.
"They're going in," said Spitelout.
"Don't!" Camicazi yelled as she and the others ran towards them.
"Stand down!" Thuggory ordered.
The students just dismissed them.
"Forget it, we're not listening to you anymore."
"See ya."
However before any of them made their way inside screams coming from inside. They quickly turned and saw that the obelisks were now surrounded by an entire army of Duel Ghouls.
"Easy does it," said one of them as they backed away slowly.
However they were soon surrounded by the Duel Ghouls with no means of escape.
Camicazi and the others could only watch as the witness the entire thing.
"We're too late," she said.
"Poor fellows," said Thuggory.
"There's just too many to duel," said Wartihog.
"And their completely surrounded," said Ragnar.
"There's nothing we can do to help them," said Heather sadly.
They watched as the Obelisks were overwhelmed be the Duel Ghouls. The dark clouds was soon casting itself around two of the Obelisks.
"Please, I just wanted some brand!"
"I just wanted to say my Mummy!"
The last Obelisks backed away slowly as his two friends collapsed.
"Guys, you okay?"
His two friends then pick themselves up, but they were no longer themselves in a more. They had been transformed into Duel Ghouls.
"I'm feeling better."
"Much better."
Camicazi and the others just looked away as the last Obelisk screamed as he was transformed into a Duel Ghoul.
Ragnar then looked at the other students. "Now you prepare to listen to us?"
The other students just looked at him and nodded.
Not far away was Axel and he and his Blue Berets heard the screams.
"You heard that?" he asked. "I knew it was a divergent. All right, everyone back to Duel Academy."
They were just about to leave when one of his men saw something.
"Wait, look," he pointed.
Axel turned around. "What's up?"
"Are you saying what I'm saying? There's something up there."
He was right electricity was flowing for the pylons and they could hear some kind of voice. Then suddenly an image appeared in between the pylons and it was none other than Professor Eisenstein.
"Hello, hello. Can you hear me? Come in. It's me Professor Eisenstein" said Eisenstein. "Is anybody there?"
"Yes, sir," said Axel.
"Good, because we need to plan your rescue."
Meanwhile Mason was the running down the passageway that would lead him to the Sacred Beast cards.
'The three Sacred Beast cards will be mine soon enough,' he said to himself with a large smile on his face.
You remain completely unaware that Agnar was following him. He then looked up and saw that Hiccup was still facing against Snotlout and saw that Vorse Raider was still strangling him.
"It's your move, Hiccup," said Snotlout. "What's holding you up?"
Agnar then followed Mason.
Snotlout chuckled upon seeing Hiccup gasped for breath. "Oh yeah, my Vorse Raider."
Hiccup then reached for his deck and drew.
Snotlout merely chuckled. "Come on, Hiccup don't lose your grip. I know my monster won't."
Vorse Raider then lifted them have higher and tightened his grip. Hiccup then looked at the card he drew and saw that it was Polymerization.
"I fuse Dragon Knights Barf and Belch," said Hiccup activating it. "To form Dragon Knight Twins Swordsman."
Suddenly a vortex appeared behind Vorse Raider and the two mischievous knights appeared behind him and entered into it.
"Now attack Vorse Raider!" Hiccup commanded.
The light soon faded and exiting out of the vortex was the tall, blonde haired, green armoured knight. (ATK: 2400/ DEF: 1800)
Vorse Raider turned around to see the duel bladed swordsman standing over him. He then released Hiccup, who immediately gasped for breath. Then Twin Swordsman struck Vorse Raider with his sword destroying him instantly creating a massive explosion that struck Snotlout.
Hiccup: 2500
Snotlout: 3100
Snotlout recovered from the impact of the explosion to see Twin Swordsman standing above him.
"Don't worry you won't be left out, because thanks to his special ability he's able to attack twice in one turn," said Hiccup.
Twin Swordsman then struck Snotlout with his sword hard. So hard that he sent him flying into the wall.
Hiccup: 2500
Snotlout: 700
"Take it easy him, Twin Swordsman. It's still Snotlout in there after all." said Hiccup.
Twin Swordsman merely shrugged as Snotlout picked himself up.
"Not yet, Hiccup," said Snotlout as he drew. "Because look at this…"
He then held out the card he drew which was Polymerization.
"Polymerization?" Hiccup gasped as the vortex appeared behind him.
"And with it I fuse Dark Blade and Pitch-Dark Dragon," said Snotlout.
Suddenly appearing on the field was a dark armoured warrior and a pitch black of dragon. Soon the two of them entered into a vortex.
"To create… Dark Blade the Dragon Knight!" Snotlout laughed.
Suddenly appearing on the field was Dark Blade riding on top of Pitch-Dark Dragon. (ATK: 2200/ DEF: 1500)
"My Twin Swordsman is still stronger," Hiccup pointed out.
"Not when I play this," said Snotlout as he grabbed a card in his hand. "I equip the spell Fusion Buster! Which gives my Dragon Knight 300 extra points."
Hiccup watched as Dark Blade's swords vanished and was replaced with a long fearsome looking blade. (ATK: 2200-2500)
"Now go mediaeval on Twin Swordsman!" Snotlout ordered. "Go, Dark Sword Dragon Slash."
Dark Blade then flew towards Twin Swordsman struck him with his sword. However, instead of destroying Twin Swordsman something unusual happened. There was a powerful explosion and when the smoke cleared Twin swordsman was gone and taking his place was Barf and Belch. (ATK: 1200/ DEF: 100)x2
"What happened?" Hiccup stared.
"Fusion Buster forces Fusion Monsters to become unfused," Snotlout explained. "So, you're Twin Swordsman has been busted back into the two weaker monsters he came from and now one of those monsters suffers my Knight."
Hiccup could only watch as Dark Blade charged at Barf and struck him with his sword. Seconds later there was a huge explosion that struck Hiccup with immense force.
Hiccup: 1300
Snotlout: 700
"And by the way there is still more," Snotlout smirked. "You see if you activate a Polymerization card I can Buster to the graveyard to negate its effect."
Hiccup grimaced.
"Face it Hiccup. You just can't win," Snotlout smirked. "There's no getting past me."
'I better think of something fast or we might just have front row seats to the end of the world,' said Hiccup to himself.
Meanwhile Axel had managed to get Astrid and the others and inform them of Eisenstein's appearance.
"Are you there?" said Eisenstein. "Hello, come in!"
"So what you make of it, Speedfist?" Axel asked knowing that he was the best person to explain.
"What do I make of it? It's my old mentor, Professor Eisenstein!" Speedfist yelled. "Is that really you?"
"It is, Speedfist and now that you can see and hear me you must…" Unfortunately at that point Eisenstein image began to fade in and out and they had trouble understanding what he was saying.
"We need more power!"Speedfist yelled rushing to the power generator.
"But the power generator is broke," Camicazi reminded.
"I can work around that. We just need pry these doors loose," said Speedfist as he tried to open the generator doors.
"Let's dig it out," said Wartihog.
Camicazi led the boys to the generator and began digging the sand away from the doors as quickly as they could.
"It stuck," said Speedfist as he struggled to get the doors open.
"Move," said Axel pulling out one of his spikes. He then tossed it at the door and tightened the rope to another spike. "Blue Berets, time to heave ho."
"Right," they nodded.
They grabbed the rope and began to pull as Camicazi and the others began digging the sand away from the doors.
"You need to listen closely," said Eisenstein, who kept on fading in and out.
"The sands shifting the doors are opening," said Speedfist as he provided the doors fully open.
He then immediately pulled out his PDA and some of the wires within the generator. "Now if I install the crossover cable into my student notebook's core power supply it should generate enough power to stabilise the transmission," said Speedfist as he inserted the generator wires into his PDA.
"Speedfist," said Eisenstein, whose voice was now much clearer. "We're working on a way to rescue you."
"Thank goodness for that Professor," said Speedfist relieved. "Things were starting to get a little bleak to say the least. Where are we?"
Eisenstein was actually at Duel Academy in a mobile command centre. Helicopters were flying around the massive crater and machinery was being set up.
"Well, something extraordinary happened. Now don't be alarmed, but it appears you've all been transported to an alternate dimension."
Back at the dimension everyone watched as Eisenstein was replaced by Eret.
"Speedfist, are you all safe?" he asked.
"Well I'll be," said Wartihog. "Eret Eretson."
"It's hard to say," said Speedfist. "You see some of the students have… well have become the sort of duel ghouls. It a little hard to explain, but the bottom line is the sooner we all get back the better." Speedfist faced and lit up as he looked at the holographic projection. "Wait, if we can use your signal as a beacon…"
"I'm way ahead of you," said Eisenstein. "This signal is been sent by a small portal in the dimensions that connect our two worlds. We might be able to use this portal as a means to bring you home. However, for this to work we need to get you one very special card. It's known as the Celestial King."
"Wait, a card?" Speedfist frowned.
"Yes, and it alone has the power to return you to this world," said Eisenstein.
Camicazi eyes widened. "Well, that's bad news, because that card has never been made. See only the stone tablet can make the Celestial King into a real card and no one knows where it even is."
"No one until today," Eisenstein smirked. "The Order of Knights along with Pegasus and Stoick have found the stone tablets location and are on route."
"But how?" Camicazi stared.
"When Hiccup and Drago were duelling I sent the location Viggo gave you about the Celestial King," said Ragnar. "Clearly they were able to find the valley."
Helicopters were making their way towards the location of the tablet. Inside one of them was Stoick, Pegasus and Mala and they were wasting no time to get the location.
"They should be arriving at the site any moment now," said Eisenstein. "Once the stone tablet has been recovered Pegasus can use it to design the card himself."
"I never thought I'd see the day," Camicazi stared.
"So what power does this Celestial King have?" Speedfist asked.
"You see because of your power generator failure you will need a new power source that will make this portal strong enough to get you back home safely."
"But how will you get the card to us?" Speedfist frowned.
"Duel energy, my dear boy. Fortunately, you all have it inside of you. Now you must create your own power spike and this should result in the portal expanding…"
"And us getting that card," Speedfist finished.
Eisenstein nodded. "But it won't be easy, the duel flux will need to occur at exactly at the right time and exactly the right place. Trans-dimensional portals are quite fickle, if we don't secure one soon it will close."
"And we'll be stuck here forever," Speedfist finished.
At the Academy, Eisenstein of pulling himself onto his mobile lab.
"As I was saying, we must generate a duel energy flux at exactly at the right spot and exactly at the right time. And Speedfist, I'm sure you're wondering how."
"You read my mind," said Speedfist.
"Behold!" he yelled as a large transport carrying a very advanced duel arena towards them. "An interdimensional duel system."
"Bravo," Speedfist stared.
"That thing is gigantic," said Ragnar.
"This machine will allow us to transform duel energy into a power source," Eisenstein explained. "But only the tennis court offers the ideal environment with synchronising system with you and connecting to dimensions. So, go now and start duelling!"
At the power station, Speedfist just been sent the coordinates and extractions for the interdimensional duel system.
"No time to waste," said Speedfist. "Let's move!"
"But what about the duel ghouls?" Astrid asked. "They probably run the tennis courts by now."
"Not to mention most of the Academy," Ragnar added.
"Getting to the tennis courts won't be easy," said Heather.
"Maybe," Camicazi sighed. "Oh well, that's a risk we'll just have to take."
"One more thing Speedfist. Where's Hiccup?" Eret asked.
Speedfist rubbed the back of his head. "He's um…"
"Is he okay?" Eret asked.
"You know it," said Camicazi. "There's nothing he can't overcome after all this is Hiccup, he always knows what to do."
Everyone nodded.
Hiccup meanwhile was still facing against Snotlout and losing.
'What am I going to do?' said Hiccup to himself in a slight panic. 'Thanks for that Fusion Buster my options are limited. At rate I'll never stop Mason from getting the three Sacred Beasts. Come on, Hiccup, you've got to make something happen with this move.'
"Here goes," said Hiccup as he drew. He looked at the card he had drawn in his eyes widened. "Since you have a monster on the field I can summon Toothless with one less sacrifice. So, I sacrifice Belch so that I can play Dragon Knight Toothless in attack mode!"
Belch soon vanished from the field and then taking his place was Toothless. (ATK: 2500/ DEF: 2200)
"You look like you could use some help," said Toothless.
Snotlout laughed. "Both our monsters have the same power just destroyed each other."
"Not once I played this," said Hiccup activating the card he drew. "I play Banner of Courage!"
His spell card and appeared in front of him.
"As long as this car remained on the field whenever my monsters declaring attack they gain additional 200 attack points," Hiccup smiled.
Snotlout eyes widened. "No!"
"I'm afraid so," said Hiccup.
Toothless then felt a surge of strength entering into his body. (ATK: 2500-2700)
"Okay, bud, now attack his Knight with Plasma Blast!" Hiccup commanded.
"With pleasure," said Toothless as he placed his hands together.
Soon he created a plasma orb and then tossed it straight at Dark Blade and the moment it may impact it destroyed him. Dark Blade exploded and the shockwave slammed right into Snotlout.
Hiccup: 1300
Snotlout: 500
"I'm still here," said Snotlout.
"Not for much longer, because thanks to Toothless special ability you now take damage people to your destroyed monsters attack points," said Hiccup.
Snotlout looked up and saw Toothless firing a second plasma blast directly at him and suddenly there was a massive explosion the moment it hit him.
Hiccup: 1300 (Winner!)
Snotlout: 0
"That's that," said Hiccup.
Then suddenly his Bio Band activated and he felt his strength leaving his body. He looked up and saw Snotlout toppling over towards the edge.
"Don't let him fall!" Hiccup yelled.
Toothless quickly caught him and placed him down on the ground and then he vanished. Hiccup then started to continue his chase for Mason.
'Sorry Snotlout, but I've got the world to save,' he said to himself apologetically.
He soon made his way to the bottom of the crevice and then ran down the passageway Mason had entered.
Meanwhile Astrid and the others had reached Duel Academy which was completely overrun by Duel Ghouls, but despite this they had to get to the tennis courts.
"All right, we've got our work cut out for us," said Axel. "Blue Berets, you know your objectives. Clear a path for us so we can get to the tennis courts."
They nodded.
Soon then Duel Ghouls open the doors and made their way towards them.
'Celestial King, here we come,' said Camicazi.
Mason was making his way down the passageway and soon reached the exit and entered into a deep dark cavern.
"With Hiccup occupied there's no want to stop me from acquiring the three Sacred Beasts," he said.
He heard the monstrous war and began to follow it. "I can feel their power calling to me and in a few moments they will all be mine."
He soon reached the obelisk that contained the Sacred Beast cards, but the nine barriers were now unlocked. No doubt due to the entity transporting the entire Academy and soon Mason was kneeling down towards the container with the Sacred Beast cards will locked away.
However before he could open it, he sensed a presence behind him and turned. Their standing there was Agnar.
"Hope you're planning to share," he said.
Mason got to his feet. "Not without a fight."
A small smile appeared on Agnar's face. 'Now to get what I deserve.'
Hiccup meanwhile was running down the passageway as quickly as he could.
'I've got to find Mason before time runs out and those Sacred Beasts get out.'
