Agnar: 2200
Eret: 4000
Echo was making her way towards the circle of light within the puddle and Agnar couldn't help but smile.
'With Echo's duel energy I will soon control the power of Exodia,' he said to himself
"No!" Eret cried. "Echo, stop! You can't let him use your duel energy!"
"Miss Echo listen to him!" Gobber yelled. "What you're going to do what have dangerous repercussions! Do not do this!"
"I don't think she stopping for anybody, her mind is made up," said Wolflegs.
"And it's not changing," Hiccup added.
"You can't question her loyalty," said Valka.
"Yeah, but what she's doing is totally suicide!" Astrid argued.
Eret turned to Agnar. "How could you ask this of your friend Agnar? Don't you know what will happen to her! Without her duel energy, she will be sent to Valhalla."
Agnar just remain quiet as Echo was now just a few steps away from the light.
"Don't you get it!" Eret yelled in frustration. "You may never see her again and the only think you're going to have left are her memory and Exodia! Is it really worth all that? Is it!"
Agnar did not answer and watched as Echo stepped into the light.
'I know by doing this Agnar you will finally have the power you so rightly deserve,' she said to herself.
She then turned around to face Eret and then shooting out the halls within the door was the arm of Exodia. Everyone gasped as the hand wrapped around Echo and squeezed her causing her to scream as he lifted her into the air.
"Agnar, stop it!" Eret demanded.
Agnar merely folded his arms. "The Ritual of the Ultimate Forbidden Lord has already been activated there is no stopping it now. My destiny is to rule this world and this duel will deliver the power I need."
"Then forget it!" Eret yelled in fury. "Because as far as I'm concerned this duel is over got it!"
"I'm afraid not," said Agnar showing no emotion. "You're not back at Duel Academy. You can't stop a duel, we must continue this battle until one of us is sent to Valhalla."
Then suddenly shooting out of his graveyard was Exodia the Forbidden One. "As part of my ritual effect, I can send all Forbidden One cards in my grave to my deck."
He then placed the card back into his deck.
"But Force of Four spell put a stop to Exodia," Eret stared.
"For the time being," said Agnar. "Now I'll sacrifice two Forbidden One cards from my hand." He then sent both arms of Exodia to the graveyard. "To summon Exodios the Ultimate Forbidden Lord!"
"Exodios?" Eret stared.
Suddenly appearing on the field was a monster that resembled Exodia, but he looked far more human. Whoever he was he was wearing Egyptian clothing and his armour suggested that he had something to do with Exodia. (ATK: ?/ DEF: 0)
"Precisely," said Agnar. "Think of him as Exodia's distant cousin."
Eret grimaced as he looked up at Echo. 'Oh, Thor. Now I've got a raise a family of Forbidden Ones.'
"My Exodios cannot be destroyed and he is also immune to spells, traps and monster special abilities," Agnar explained.
Eret stared at him horrified. "You're joking!"
"Well, I hope you're ready for the punchline," said Agnar. "His attack points are equal to the number of cards in my grave that have 'Forbidden One' in their name and that number is then multiplied by 1000. With two Forbidden Arms in my grave, Exodios gets 2000 attack points!"
Exodios' muscles then began to expand as power flowed into his body. (ATK: ?-2000)
When that happened Exodia's arm began to squeeze Echo and she screamed as she began to glow.
"Hey, duel energy!" Eret gasped. "Exodia is draining it!"
"Now Exodios, it's time to power you up!" Agnar yelled. "You see whenever Exodios is about to attack if I happen to have a card in my hand with a name Forbidden One in it I can then remove that card and send it directly to my graveyard and with that my Exodios gains another thousand attack points!"
Agnar then sent the Right Leg of Exodia to the graveyard and the moment he did the muscles in Exodios' right arm began to expand cracking the restraint of a broken chain around it. (ATK: 2000-3000)
Exoida then tightened his grip upon Echo and she screamed yet again.
"Echo!" Eret called.
"Now prepare to feel the wraith of Exodios the Forbidden Lord! Go, Lightning Fire Flash" Agnar roared.
Exodios then swung his fist and fired a combination of fire and lightning directly at Dishonesty destroying him immediately and slamming Eret with a massive amount of damage forced him down on one knee.
Agnar: 2200
Eret: 1400
"That was a powerful attack," said Valka.
"And every time he does attack it will just get stronger," Astrid pointed out.
"Not to mention that been completely indestructible," Gobber added.
"Shaken off!" Wolflegs yelled. "And finish what you started."
"Come on," said Hiccup.
Eret looked up at Agnar. "Well, you don't disappoint," he said as he got back onto his feet. "Exodois sure is a powerful monster, but he sees you can't have the monster you really want, can you? And it's all because I played one little spell card and as a result you can't summon Exodia, thanks to Force of Four's effect. Remember what it does?"
Agnar merely stood there. "Of course, in order for me to summon Exodia I need all five Forbidden card in my hand and your spell only allows me four."
"That's right," Eret nodded. "So sorry." His expression and grimaced as he noticed that Agnar wasn't concerned one bit. "Unless you're Exodios…"
Agnar smirked. "Yet another special ability," he finished. "With five card with Forbidden One in their name are in my graveyard I can break Exodia's seal and then its game over."
"Game over?" Eret stared.
He then looked up and saw the doors containing Exodia shaking as the creature inside attempted to break free.
"And with the seal broken Exodia will be free to absorb the last of Echo's duel energy," Agnar explained. "Face it, you can't save yourself which means you can't save her. Once Exodia's seal is broken Echo's duel energy will enable him to rule by my side. A pity you won't be around to see it, because only then will you know why this had to be done."
"You got it wrong!" Eret yelled furiously. "Because you see I'll be right here. I'm stopping you and Exodia."
Eret then drew. "First I place a facedown," he said placing a card facedown on the field. "And then I activate Vanity's special ability. By sending a Demon Knight from my hand to the graveyard you automatically take 500 point of damage."
Eret then discarded Demon Knight Greed to the graveyard and Agnar's point began to drop.
Agnar: 1700
Eret: 1400
Agnar did look phased one bit.
"Eret, you can try all you want but don't you see that in the end your destiny is hopeless," he said.
"Well, my Hunger will fix that right up," said Eret. "Because thanks to his special ability I can activate Demon Experiments." He then retrieved Greed. "Now by removing from play a Demon Knight from play I can then summon a level 4 or below Demon Knight from the same place and guess who's reporting for duty Demon Knight Dishonesty!"
Dishonesty then reappeared on the field once again. (ATK: 400/ DEF: 200)
"And if Dishonesty is summoned from the grave, lucky me because I get to draw two cards," said Eret as he drew two cards. "Then I'm going to sacrifice my Vanity, Hunger and Dishonesty in order to summon Demon Knight Nightmare!"
Nightmare, the monstrous looking Demon Knight, then appeared on the field and roared. (ATK: 3400/ DEF: 2800)
"With that many attack points Eret's monster is stronger that Agnar's Exodios," said Wolflegs.
"And because Nightmare was successfully summoned you lose half your life points once the next standby phase takes place," Eret finished.
Agnar didn't look concerned one bit.
"But why wait until then let's lie some points off now. Go, Nightmare Blade!" Eret commanded.
Nightmare's blade then extended out of his gauntlets and he struck Exodios. However, he was unable to destroy him because of his special ability.
Agnar: 1300
Eret: 1400
"Don't you know that Exodios can't be destroyed in battle?" said Agnar.
"He might be safe, but your life points aren't."
"We'll see about that, it's my move" said Agnar as he drew.
"Not so fast! You lose half you're life points thanks to Nightmare's special ability remmeber!"
A red aura then covered Nightmare as Agnar his points declining even further.
Agnar: 650
Eret: 1400
However, like before, Agnar looked completely unfazed.
'Keep smiling, Agnar because with one more attack you can forget about summing out your precious Exodia, because this duel will be all over and Echo will be safe,' he said himself looking at Echo, who was now unconscious from the pain. 'Bring it on.'
"Exodios, it's time to show him your power," said Agnar extending his hand forward.
Eret stared at him. 'He's attacking me? But my monster is stronger.'
Agnar smirked. "I take it you forgot about his special abilities, each time he attacks I can send a forbidden one card to my graveyard."
Agnar then send Exodia's left leg to the graveyard and the door containing Exodia began to shake even more violently. Eret turned and watched Exodia's hand squeeze Echo causing her to yell once again.
"Echo, no!" Eret cried.
"And with that four Exodia cards are now in my graveyard," said Agnar.
"But you need five," Eret reminded.
"That's just to summon the Forbidden One, Eret. They also make Exodios stronger," Agnar reminded him.
Eret then watched as the right arm of Exodios began to expand even further. It was now so large that the armour on his right shoulder began to crack along with the metal brace on his hand. (ATK: 3000-4000)
"4000?" Eret stared. "This is bad."
"Now Exodios attack Demon Nightmare!" Agnar commanded.
Exodios then unleashed his pistol fireman lightning straight at Nightmare destroying him instantly and dealing even more damage to Eret.
"No!" he cried as he withstood the explosion.
Agnar: 650
Eret: 700
"Eret!" Gobber cried.
The door began to shake once more and the chain snapped now was only one chain holding back Exodia and it didn't look too sturdy. The door open to crack and they could definitely see a gleaming red eye from the opposite end.
"Exodia?" Eret stared in horror. "It's coming."
Everyone just stared at the door as it shook violently as the creature inside attempted to break free.
'If Agnar get one more Forbidden card in his grave, Exodia seal will be broken and Echo's duel energy will be drained completely," Eret panicked. He then glared at Agnar. "Let her go!"
"No!" said Agnar stubbornly. "Nothing can be done. Her duel energy is his now and soon Exodia will be free from the bindings that hold him within his prison and he will be mine to command and then nothing will stop me from ruling this world!"
Hiccup stared at him in horror. "Agnar… he's falling to the darkness."
Everyone just stared at one another deeply concerned, because they knew Hiccup was talking about when he mentioned darkness.
"It's just like what I did all he cares about is power, no matter who he hurts," said Hiccup in horror. He then attempted to take a step forward and looked at Agnar. "Agnar! Don't do this!"
"What does he mean?" Gobber asked.
"I'll tell you what he means!" Eret roared glaring at Agnar. "He's saying that darkness corrupts you! It has the power to change what a person is!"
"Nothing is changing me," said Agnar dismissively. "This is who I've always been, you see I'm just finally unleashing who I really am."
"Is that right?" Eret glared. "Did Echo know you really were or did she just do for the person she thought you were?" Agnar merely remain silent. "Are you listening, Agnar! Well are you?"
"Don't feel sorry for her, she knew in order for me to rule I had to let this site out."
"Well, guess what! That side of you is going to Valhalla!" He then reached his deck and drew. "It's now or never and I draw the spell Demon Frontline!"
He held out a spell with which showed Demon Knight Deceit standing alone against an entire army of creatures. "Thanks to this since there are no Demon Knight's out on my field I'm allowed to summon a level 3 or below Demon Knight directly from my deck and I choose Demon Knight Sorrow!"
Then suddenly appearing on the field was another Knight demonic in armour. This one was a female and her eyes were bloodshot red from crying as she whimpered. (ATK: 800/ DEF: 0)
"And next thanks to her special ability I get to draw an extra cards when he summoned," he then drew and immediately held the card out. "And it's my Burial From A Different Dimension!"
"Now I can select up to 3 cards that are removed from the game at them back into my grave," he said as he returned Demon Knight Greed. "However, Greed won't be in the wrong, because I'm removing him from the game once again which allows me to summon another Greed from my deck!"
Suddenly emerging onto the field have to be the greediest looking creature in the world. (ATK: 900/ DEF: 1500)
"And next I am summoning Demon Knight Wisp!" Eret added.
Then emerging on the field was a creature made of a strange looking gas. (ATK: 0/ DEF: 0)
"Now I sacrifice all 3 to summon Demon Knight Vengeance! The most powerful of the Demon Knight!"
Then suddenly emerging on the field was Eret's ace and vengeful monster. (ATK: 2000/ DEF: 0)
"And Vengeance then a quick one of the monsters on your field, getting half of it attack points as well that monster's special ability," Eret explained.
Agnar shrugged. "Impressive, but since on the topic of monster special ability you remember that Exodios is unaffected by them," he reminded.
Eret grimaced.
"And once I attack you all the pieces will be in place for Exodia to be released," Agnar added.
"Oh really?" said Eret as revealed his facedown card. Not if I activate my facedown spell Time of Vengeance! This cancels out a game phase I choose the one turn so say goodbye to our Battle Phase! And guess what without a Battle Phase your Exodios is stuck in neutral so he can't attack and you can't send the fifth Exodia card to your grave!"
"That interesting," said Agnar not looking phased one bit.
"Damn right it is!" Eret yelled. 'And so long as Exodios is still in check I'm still in the game.' He then looked back up at Agnar. "Without a Battle Phase there's only one thing I can do." He then grabbed the last card in his hand and placed facedown on the field. "Throw down a facedown and end my turn."
"Oh, Eret. How sterling," Agnar mocked as he drew.
Eret growled at him. "Our show you sterling. Go, Vengeful Roar!" he yelled revealing his facedown card which was a trap card with the image of Vengeance unleashing a powerful roar. "And because my Demon Knight Vengeance is on the field I can please a Vengeful Counter on it." His trap card and glowed as a counter was placed on top of it. "Don't forget, you still have to skip your Battle phase."
Agnar then placed the card he had drawn facedown on the field. "I place a facedown. Your turn."
The door that was containing Exodia shook violently and his hand was still squeezing Echo. Judging from the look on her face she was survived much longer.
'Hold on, Echo,' said Eret to himself.
He then reached for his deck. "Agnar, guess what?" he yelled as he drew. "During the Standby Phase Demon Knight Sorrow special ability activates! Summoning her to your field in attack mode!"
Suddenly launching out of Eret graveyard was Sorrow, who then appeared on Agnar's field. (ATK: 800/ DEF: 0)
"And now my Vengeance attack your Demon Knight!" Eret roared. "Go, Vengeful Soul!"
Suddenly the on Vengeance's chest began to glow."
"Good thing, I have this! My facedown trap, Defence Seal Wall!" he yelled revealing his facedown card. "If this is played with Exodios on the field not only is your monsters attack negated, but the current Battle Phase is ended."
The crystal within Vengeance then started to dim as he was forced to stop charging his attack.
"That maybe, but I'm activating this… Demon Knight Vengeance's special ability! It can exhort half of Sorrow's attack points making vengeance 400 points stronger!" Eret roared.
Sorrow then vanished into a beam of light and entered into the crystal within Vengeance. They could see that she was trying to escape from her prison, but it was futile. (ATK: 2000-2400)
"Next I'll throw down a facedown," said Eret as he placed the last card from his hand on the field. "And end my turn."
He then looked down at his facedown. 'I just have to last one more round.'
"A valiant try," said Agnar as he drew. "But fruitless."
"Do you really think so, because guess what I get one more Vengeful Counter!" Eret yelled at his trap card load once again.
Agnar general concerned one bit.
'That's right Agnar with two counters I can send Vengeful Roar to the graveyard on my next turn,' he said to himself. 'Then I can destroy a monster and you take half of it attack points as damage. It won't work with Exodios, but I could destroy my own Vengeance. All I've got to do is last one more round.'
The tension in the air was electrifying, because if Eret wasn't careful this will be his last round. After all Agnar have to do to win was place the last Exodia card in his graveyard and he would win automatically.
"You can do this, I know it," said Hiccup.
Astrid looked at Valka. "Can he do it?"
"It depends whether he would protect himself this turn," said Valka grimly.
The doors containing Exodio shook once again and this time they could see the Forbidden One's face from the crack in the door as he attempted a pry the door open with his only remaining hand.
"And now my Exodios attacks!" Agnar roared.
Exodios roared, Exodia pry the door open even further and Echo screamed as Exodia tightened his grip around her.
"And this duel now, unleash your fury!" Agnar commanded.
Exodios then charged towards Vengeance.
"Hold on!" Eret yelled revealing his facedown card which was a trap card with the picture of Vengeance writing a document. "I play the trap Vengeful Decree. By destroying one quick on my field…" Sorrow's soul then exited from the crystal Vengeance's chest and her card vanished. "The battle phase taking place is rendered useless! Which is a fancy way of saying you can't attack!"
Exodios then stopped right in his tracks and Exodio lessened his squeeze on Echo.
'All Agnar has to do is ended his turn and I can win this,' said Eret as he watched Agnar lowering his reptilian hand. 'Come on.'
Then he heard Echo screamed and then she went limp.
"Echo?" Eret stared. Then he saw something falling off her. "What is that?" He then recognised as a locket. "Her pendant?"
He then fell to the ground and opened up revealing the picture of Agnar. Then a split second later the spirit of Echo appeared in his mind.
'I'm sorry, I caught you in the middle of this,' she said apologetically. 'All I wanted was to prove to Agnar that I will do anything for. Eret, despite what's happened here it's all for the best.'
"But Echo… look what he did! How can you say that?" Eret cried. Echo then vanished into thin air much to his confusion. "Echo? Echo!"
Back in the real world Eret looked at Echo and saw that she was not moving and growing even more brightly than before. He then looked at Agnar and saw that he was reaching for a card in his hand and in that moment he knew he was about to lose and closed his eyes.
The others knew what was about to happen as well.
"No," Gobber breathed.
"It's all over," said Valka.
"Is there anything we can do?" Astrid asked.
"No," said Wolflegs as Agnar reach for the card in his hand.
"I now activate the spell card, Rage of the Forbidden One!" he yelled as he held out a spell card. "This spell cancels any effect you activated this turn and because of that my Exodios can now attack! Finally all the pieces will be in place and Exodia's seal will be broken!"
He then held out the final piece of Exodia. "By sending this fifth card to my graveyard this game is over and my rule shall begin! Exodia meet your master!"
"He can't," Hiccup stared.
"He can," said Astrid as tears formed in her eyes.
"Eret?" Hiccup stared.
The moment Agnar placed the last Exodia card in his graveyard the crack behind the doors began to open they heard a monstrous roar. The door was being forced open from the opposite side and eventually broke the last chain.
Light shot out of the doorway blinding everyone and covering the entire field. Once the light dive down Exodia demolished the doors and towered over them holding Echo in his left hand. She then began to glow and then disappeared particles of light.
'And with the last of Echo's duel energy absorbed, Exoida is mine to command,' he said to himself as he made his reptilian hand. A dark mist exited from it and it reverted back to normal. 'And my bonder Phantom is broken.'
He then opened his eyes and looked directly at them. "And now I am King!" he yelled a powerful force flowed around him. "Exodia destroyed Eret and his friends!"
Eret gasped. "You can't!" He then looked down at his duel disk and saw that his life points were diminishing. 'I have to buy them sometime. Just another for them to escape.'
Agnar smirked, but he quickly vanished when he saw Eret shielding the others.
"Eret?" Hiccup stared.
"What are you doing?" Agnar demanded.
"Saving my friends," said Eret plainly. "Now go!"
Gobber nodded. "Let's go."
"And you? You can't stay here," said Hiccup.
"He has no choice," said Wolfelgs.
"We need to move," said Valka.
Astrid looked at Hiccup. "We can't let the sacrifice be in vain!"
Immediately Astrid and Wolflegs dragged Hiccup away and he fought back to stay.
"Eret!" Hiccup cried.
"It's all good here Hiccup, I promise. Okay!" Eret assured. "Now get out of here while you still can!"
"Eret!" Hiccup yelled.
"Get out of here, Hiccup! You hear me? Now go! There's nothing you can do!" Hiccup just stared at him horrified. "It's too late for me, pal!"
Exodia was now placing his hands together forming a powerful magical blast. Eret looked back at them one last time. "It's the only way. Now go! There's not much time!"
They quickly ran as quickly as they could down the chamber along with Fishlegs and Yellow.
"This ends now! Attack!" Agnar yelled.
Exodia then unleashed his most devastating attack, but Eret was not afraid.
"Hey, Vengeance! What say we go out with a bang!" Eret yelled.
Vengeance then unleashed a powerful blast from his crystal directly at Exodia's attack. The two attacks collided, but unsurprisingly Vengeance is attack was completely annihilated the did slow the attack down a bit.
The moment Eret's life points zero the attack struck consuming both him and vengeance in the blast. They managed to escape the worst of the attack, but they were still struck by its aftermath.
"Eret!" Hiccup cried before the attack consumed them.
Then everything went dark.
Hiccup and the others were unconscious in a mountainous region. Hiccup was the first two away when he heard a massive rumbling sound. He looked up and saw Exodia walking past with Agnar on his shoulder.
Agnar stopped and looked down at Hiccup.
"You? Agnar!" Hiccup glared. "How could you do that to Eret!"
Agnar merely smirked. "Is it any worse than what you did to your friends? I don't think so." Hiccup merely glared at him. "Now if you excuse me, I have to be going. I have a score that needs settling."
Exodia and continue to walk leaving Hiccup and the others, who started to regain consciousness.
"You'll pay!" Hiccup glared.
Agnar and Exodia were now walking through a thick mist and Agnar looked down at his hand which contained Echo's locket.
'Echo, your actions won't be in vain. I'm gonna make it all worthwhile right now,' he said as he placed around his neck.
Demon Knight Sorrow
ATK: 800/ DEF: 0
DARK
Level 2
Warrior/ Effect
This card is treated as a Fiend-Type while face up on the field or in the graveyard. If this card is summoned from the deck you can draw one card. During your Standby Phase, if this card is in your Graveyard, Special Summon it in face-up Attack Position on your opponent's side of the field. If this card is destroyed by battle, remove it from play instead of sending it to the Graveyard. If a card effect would send this card to the Graveyard from the hand or Deck, remove it from play instead.
Demon Frontline
Normal Spell Card
Activate only if you control no "Demon Knight" monsters. Special Summon 1 Level 3 or lower "Demon Knight" monster from your Deck.
Card image: Demon Knight Deceit standing alone against an entire army of creatures.
Vengeful Roar
Continuous Trap Card
During your opponent's Standby Phase, if you control a "Demon Knight Vengeance", place 1 Vengeful Counter on this card. While this card has 2 or more Vengeful Counters on it, you can send this face-up card to the Graveyard to destroy 1 monster on the field and inflict damage to your opponent equal to half the ATK of that monster.
Card image: Vengeance unleashing a powerful roar
Vengeful Decree
Normal Trap Card
Activate only during your opponent's Battle Phase and by destroying 1 equipped Equip Card you control. End the Battle Phase.
Card image: Vengeance writing a document
