Agnar: 2100
Camicazi: 3000
Agnar was still facing the possessed Camicazi, who was now feeling very confident about herself due to the fact the most powerful monster in his deck was now gone.
"With Exodius destroyed you're finished!" Camicazi laughed.
"We'll see, my move," said Agnar as he drew. He looked at the card he had drawn.
'Does he actually think he had a chance?' Camicazi frowned.
"I'm playing," said Agnar opening his field card slot and placing a card he drawn into it. "Fog Castle!"
Suddenly frog erupted behind Agnar and began to flow across the field and then a large stone castle appeared behind.
"And with this field spell my reign as King will soon begin and your reign as Queen will be finished and to ensure its collapse I activate my castle is five towers!" he said defiantly.
"I'll turn those into the rubble," Camicazi spat.
"Don't think so, especially not with my Fog King on the watch," said Agnar.
Suddenly appearing on one of the castle towers was an armoured warrior with wings that resembled Fog. (ATK: 0/ DEF: 0)
"You say thanks to my Fog Castle I can summon him without making any sacrifices," Agnar explained. "Next up, I'll equip him with his Royal Sword!"
Suddenly appearing in front of his King was a majestic looking sword with four holes in the blade which he grabbed. "Now as long as he holding that sword whenever my Fog King finishes a battle he is awarded one Crest Counter."
King then turn towards Armityle with a firm grip on his new sword. "Now, Armityle! Time to feel my King's steel! Now before he strikes, I activate his special ability. Now when my King goes to war both monsters engaging in battle have their attack points reduced to 1."
King Fog then launched into the air unleashing Fog beneath his feet and flew towards Armityle. (ATK: 0-1), (ATK: 0-1)
Camicazi scoffed. "So both of our monsters will battle to draw, but remember Armityle cannot be destroyed in battle, but your Fog King sure can!"
"Oh really?" said Agnar and Camicazi stared at him in confusion.
Fog King then struck Armityle with his sword unleashing a surge of electricity before jumping back.
Camicazi chuckled, but stopped when she saw that Fog King was still around and landing on one of the towers. "He wasn't destroyed?"
"No, he wasn't," Agnar smirked as the ball of fire appeared on the tower that Fog King had been standing on a moment ago.
"But why?" Camicazi asked.
"My field spell protected him," said Agnar. "You see Phantom, the five towers are considered monster card zone which means by moving my King to a new tower he saved, but the former tower is off-limits."
Camicazi shook her head. "Agnar, this fog must have you confused. You've just reduce the number of monsters you can play from a King who has 1 attack point."
"And this," Agnar smirked. "Another special ability."
Camicazi frowned and looked up and to her, she saw Armityle evaporating into fog and vanished from the field.
"Where did my monster disappeared too?" Camicazi cried.
"It's been destroyed," Agnar smirked. "When my Fog King attacks another monster that monster special ability are negated."
"You can't," Camicazi growled.
"Yes I can and now my King gains another Crest Counter and for each one added he gained 800 points."
Then appearing in the sword Fog King was holding a blue orb appeared in one of the four holes. (ATK: 0-800)
"It's your move," said Agnar.
Camicazi smiled. "I must admit that I'm impressed with your duelling skills, Agnar." She then looked at him in a mocking way. "Because here I was thinking that you would be little more than a warmup for Hiccup. Silly me, I should get serious or I will be dethroned."
"Do not mock my power," Agnar growled.
"So sorry you're Highness," said Camicazi as she bowed mocking. "Please forgive me for this!" She then drew from her deck. "I summon Phantom Skyblaster!"
Suddenly appearing on the field with the same fiend like creature from before. (ATK: 1100/ DEF: 800)
"My King negated the effect," Agnar reminded.
"Yes, I know," said Camicazi. "And that's why it's going to attack! Take down his tower!"
Skyblaster then fired his cannons directly at Fog King, but he quickly moved to another one of the towers and another fireball appeared on the tower.
"Now, I'm a loser monster card zone, but my King survives," said Agnar as his King landed on another tower.
"And you still take damage," Camicazi pointed out.
Agnar winced as his life points took the hit.
Agnar: 1800
Camicazi: 3000
However, another orb appeared within Fog King's sword. (ATK: 800-1600)
"It's worth the pain, because he gains another crest and 800 more attack points," said Agnar gesturing to his King. "And with two additional Crest Counters my King will have all four and when I send them to the graveyard you lose 4000 life points which means it will be game over for you and your rule."
Camicazi smirked. "From the looks of things, you don't need Exodia. So tell me is it really all worth it? Sacrificing Echo for him? I need to do all that and then not have to use him, I'm glad to see that you do have a darkness in your heart and then darkness will help me win this duel!"
Meanwhile Hiccup and the others had managed to reach the metal cylinder within the fog.
"I think we're here," said Hiccup. "I can't explain it, but I can sense that Phantom inside which means Camicazi is in there as well."
"I think we could have figured that out for ourselves, Hiccup," said Astrid.
Suddenly a door opened directly in front of them.
"Looks like we're expected," said Gobber.
Hiccup looked at them. "You guys don't have to come with me."
Astrid looked at him firmly. "There's no way were going to let you tackle a psychopathic duel monster spirit alone. We're going and that's final."
Hiccup nodded and they made their way inside the cylinder and once they were inside the door closed behind them causing Yellow panicked.
"Looks like we're not going back the way we came," said Valka.
"And it looks like we can't go forwards," said Gobber noting the deep ravine.
"What now? Do we jump down?" Fishlegs asked.
"No," said Hiccup. "We let Phantom know we're here." He then looked down in the ravine. "Phantom, guess who? Now show yourself!"
Hiccup suddenly found himself in a strange looking cavern and saw that the others were gone.
'Where is everybody?' he said looking around wildly. Then it he saw the bubbles floating up towards him. 'Uh-oh, what of those things?'
One of the bubbles then struck him and he roared in pain as an image of Sky Scout appeared in his mind. 'What just happened?'
Then more of the bubbles struck him and images of Freeed, Tania, Brron appeared in his mind. 'What are these things? Memory bubbles?'
Then suddenly another one entered his mind, it was that when he was a kid duelling against Sven in his neighbourhood. 'There's another, it's when I was a kid.'
Suddenly the image changed to the dimension machine that contained the capsules containing the Dragon Spirit and Phantom.
'That's when they send my winning design of the Dragon Spirits into another dimension to be infused with that special cosmic matter. I remember asking them to send Phantom as well, hoping that same cosmic matter would make her safety use again. So, is that what is causing all this? The alternate dimensions? The loss of my friends? It is all because what I did to that card?'
"Hiccup," said Astrid's concerned voice. "Hiccup!"
Hiccup was suddenly brought back to his thought and found himself back at the ravine and the others.
"Look there!" Yellow pointed.
Suddenly a purple holographic platform extended across the ravine.
"Whoa, it's a bridge," said Yellow as he began jumping up and down on it. "It's purple! That means it's friendly, right?"
"Ojama, something tells me you're way off," said Hiccup looking up towards the ceiling.
Meanwhile above them, Agnar and Camicazi were still duelling.
"So where were we?" Camicazi asked. "Oh yes, I remember now. We were discussing how the darkness in you is the key to my victory. I wonder how Echo would feel knowing that the key to unlocking your reign is the same key that seals your fate. It's quite tragic isn't it?"
Agnar merely stood there and said nothing.
"But what's worse is that in the end you took advantage of her feelings," said Phantom, speaking through Camicazi. "You sent her Valhalla just as I was. You see we were both betrayed, by our closest friends. How could you Hiccup?"
"What is this all about, Phantom!" Agnar yelled. "What did he do?"
Phantom then placed a hand over her eyes and began laughing, but they suddenly turn to cries and Agnar noticed a tear rolling down her cheek. "He left me! All alone! And so now…" She then turned to face Agnar with tears still in her eyes. "He's going to settle for all the wrong that he did to me after the darkness in you restores my power!"
Meanwhile Hiccup and the others were now in the elevator making their way up.
"I'll be sure that this is a good idea?" Fishlegs asked.
"No," said Hiccup.
Then they heard Phantom's laughter above them.
"Phantom!" Hiccup yelled.
Unbeknownst to them there was a duelling going on and it appeared to be anyone's game.
"This ends here and now," said Agnar as he drew. "Fog King it's time attack is Skyblaster and give him the royal treatment!"
Fog King then jumped into the air riding on a trail of fog and striking Skyblaster with his sword. Skyblaster immediately exploded and the impact slammed right into Camicazi.
Agnar: 1800
Camicazi: 2500
"Now, he gets one more Crest Counter and 800 more attack points," said Agnar.
A third orb appeared in Fog King's sword. (ATK: 1600-2400)
"And next I'll lay down three facedown and end my turn," said Agnar placing three cards facedown on the field.
Camicazi glared at him before toppling over and panting. "Looking at you kneeling to me already," Agnar mocked. "So, tell me, you feeling all right because you look a bit winded?"
"Just wait," Camicazi panted. "Before long the darkness in you will give me all the power that I need. Agnar, you are the key to my revenge. You give me strength."
"I give you nothing!" Agnar glared.
Camicazi chuckled. "You can't help it, your emotions will destroy you. You poor thing, the very darkness that you allow to envelop your heart to obtain Exodia is the same power that will end your chances of ruling this world. And soon I'll beat Hiccup!"
She then reached for her deck. "All right, my move!" She then drew and held the card out instantly. "I play the spell card Akashic Record! With this I draw two new cards and if they've been used and I have to remove them from the game. Fortunately, these are all new!"
She then activated one of the cards. "And then I activate the spell, Nightmare Shuffle! With I can get one random card in my graveyard." Immediately a card out of her graveyard and she grabbed it. "Next, I placed the card I got facedown and then when it's my turn I have to send it to my graveyard and start the process all over again. Of course, if I send Nightmare Shuffle to the graveyard I can activate the card I just got, but here's the scary part due to the effect of Nightmare Shuffle if I don't need it requirements then all the cards in my hand and my field all get sent to the graveyard."
"So it's all or nothing then," Agnar concluded.
"Which is the only way I know how to duel," said Camicazi. "You have to live life to the fullest or in your case the darkest. I have to know what you felt when the last of Echo's duel energy was finally absorbed."
Her voice then turned into Phantom's. "Were you proud of the fact that you were finally able to embrace your selfish desires for power? Letting the darkness out of your heart must have been an awe shattering moment. Did it feel good using your friend as a means to an end? Show me the darkness in your heart allow me a glimpse of the power that will restore me to my full strength."
However, when she used her powers to find the darkness in his heart she discovered something that deeply confused.
"What's this?" she cried staring at Agnar. "No! The darkness it's gone!"
"That's because I never allowed it to take over me," Agnar explained.
"But how?" Camicazi stared.
"You see Phantom, everything I did was to create a world void of pain and suffering. A safe world where darkness can't exist."
"Impossible!" Camicazi growled in frustration. "This dream of yours, is nothing but complete nonsense! It is a dream of a fool, not a king! And now I'm going to see to it that my vision becomes your nightmare dear Agnar! You're finished! Your power, and even your precious Exodia cannot help you win! This world where we're in will never be yours and I aim to say to that right now! Prepare to witness the power that you so stupidly turned away!"
Agnar however remain completely silent and unphased by her threats.
"Enough is enough! You have wasted too much of my time," said Camicazi as he grabbed the last card in her hand. "I play Grave Squirmer!"
Suddenly appearing on the field was a creature completely covered in bandages and with small bat like wings on its back. (ATK: 0/ DEF: 0)
"Now put an end to his Fog King!" Camicazi commanded much to Agnar's surprise. Grave Squirmer then jumped into the air. "I know, I know, zero attack points."
It wasn't very surprising to see that Fog King was able to dispatch Grave Squirmer with just a few swing of his sword. Camicazi was then struck by the shockwave of the attack nearly losing all of her life points.
Agnar: 1800
Camicazi: 100
"Now his special ability activates," Camicazi smirked.
"But that's impossible. My Fog King negates it," Agnar reminded.
"You are dead wrong, because that ability worked on only any creature that is alive and kicking and my Grave Squirmer is most certainly neither of those," said Camicazi. "And with him in my graveyard, Agnar I'll search the field and destroy one card and I choose your Royal Sword!"
The spirit of Grave Squirmer appeared next to her and then suddenly turn into a beam of light and struck the sword that Fog King was holding. The sword was gone, but the crests that were embedded in it remained on the field.
"I reveal my facedown, the trap Crest Burn!" said Agnar revealing his trap card. "And I think you'll like it, because for every Crest Counter one of my castle towers is… how should I say without commission."
Then suddenly to Camicazi bewilderment from King Fog vanished from the tower he was standing on and was replaced with a fireball. Soon two more fireballs placed themselves on the two remaining towers.
Camicazi frowned. "Wait a sec, but with that move your monster zones are…"
"All used up," Agnar finished not looking phased in the slightest. "Exactly."
"Interesting," said Camicazi. "It's your turn, not that you can do anything."
"We'll see," said Agnar closing his eyes which was of great concern to Camicazi. "Are you ready for the end?"
Agnar drew from his deck. "Now I will send my Fog Castle straight to my graveyard and when I discard all the cards in my hand I get for cars from the graveyard, but in exchange I am not allowed to enter my Battle Phase," he said calmly. "Exodia will soon be completed and this duel will be mine."
"But I…" Camicazi stared. "I stopped!"
"You merely delayed its arrival, now I send my Fog Castle to the grave as well as the only card in my hand," said Agnar as his castle vanished behind him and he discarded Magical Mallet.
Camicazi just stared at him in horror. "This can't be!"
"Yes it can and it is, your end starts now," said Agnar. "So, with the power of Exodia and the spirit of Echo by my side I will correct the wrongs of my past."
Then shooting out of his graveyard with his four Exodia parts which he added to his hand. "Now I play my facedown, Break the Seal!" he continued revealing his facedown card. Phantom had used that card once against Agnar and knew what it meant. "So if I send this face down I just played and send the second Break the Seal trap card to my graveyard I can add another Forbidden One card from my deck and added straight to my hand and that will be game over."
His final facedown card revealed itself to be Break the Seal and smile appeared on Agnar's face.
"Nothing is over," said Camicazi strongly as the Nightmare Shuffle spell card vanished on the field. "I activate Nightmare Shuffle's effect now I reveal my facedown and hope I can play." Agnar narrowed his eyes at the facedown card revealed itself to be Hand Destruction. "And I can! So now I play the spell Hand Destruction now we both have to send four cards from our hands to our graves, but since my hand is empty I get to draw a card."
Camicazi smirked at Agnar's displeasure as he was forced to discard his entire hand sending the Exodia parts back to his graveyard.
"So much for your Exodia," Camicazi smirked.
"I wouldn't get too cocky, because now I get to draw four more cards," said Agnar as he drew his new hand.
"I'm not cocky, I'm confident," said Camicazi as she drew her one card.
"You played a good game so far," said Agnar as he added Exodia's Left Leg to his hand. "But it's time we end this…" He then grabbed a card in his hand and held it out. "I play Feather of the Phoenix! I take a card from my grave and then I place it on top of my deck."
"What?" Camicazi stared as Agnar discarded card from his hand and then placed it on top of his deck which is known other than Exodia the Forbidden One.
"And I'm sure you can imagine which card it's going to be," Agnar smiled enjoying to see Camicazi sweating. He then looked at his Backup Soldier trap card which would allow him to retrieve the other pieces of Exodia. 'Once I play this facedown I'll be able to summon Exodia next round.'
He then play the trap card facedown on the field. "And with that I'm done, you're up."
The moment the card was placed on the field Phantom sensed a dark presence. 'There is an aura to that card. That's it! The darkness I need isn't from him, it's from Echo. After she sacrificed her duel energy to ensure that Agnar could become king and rule this world has spirit must have used with his deck and now that I'm threatened to end his dream and her hopes it is Echo's anger and darkness that will restore my power.'
"Agnar, this match…" Camicazi yelled as she drew. "Is all but finished!"
Then suddenly appearing on the field were two small mechanical golems. (ATK: 0/ DEF: 0)x2
"With two Grinder Tokens summoned, Grinder Golem is then called out and summon over to your side of the field," said Camicazi. "So he is now yours to command."
"But wait?" Agnar stared.
Then suddenly appearing behind him was a much larger mechanical goal. (ATK: 3000/ DEF: 300)
"And now I sacrifice my Tokens to summon out the power of Dragon Knight Phantom!" Camicazi announced.
Agnar turned back towards her. "Phantom?"
He watched as tokens vanished from the field. "My true form and with this my power will be restored!" Camicazi announced.
Suddenly appearing on the field was Phantom herself. (ATK: 0/ DEF: 0)
Her presence unleashed a powerful gust of wind and then something weird happened to Agnar's facedown. It erupted unleashing a large amount of dark ooze.
"My facedown!" Agnar cried.
The ooze then started to take form surrounding itself on his golem and then began to take form in front of him. His eyes widened when he saw that it took the form of Echo.
"Echo?" Agnar stared.
"Agnar," said Phantom. "You let the darkness go, but she has not. She will be the source I will use to regain my strength."
"No!" Agnar cried as Echo started to make way towards Phantom.
Phantom laughed. "Go on, embraced your hate now let it consume you. Attack!"
Echo then swung effect directly at Phantom as did Grinder Golem.
"What's happening?" Agnar cried as they swung their fists at Phantom.
They struck Phantom, but somehow she wasn't destroyed and was still the power they had unleashed upon her seem to have been deflected, Echo evaporated instantly.
"Echo! Nooo!" Agnar cried
"All the damage I would have taken is dealt to you as damage," said Phantom with a smirk. "It's over Agnar."
Agnar was then struck by a powerful gust of wind and could feel himself being torn apart. Flashes of Echo screaming as Exodia cluster flowed into his mind.
"Echo! I'm sorry," he said.
"Now you Echo can be together forever! Just like she always hoped and dreams it would be!" Camicazi laughed.
The darkness that had been created after the destruction of Echo then flowed into her body and he felt a strength returning.
"I'm sorry," said Agnar as he fell to his knees.
Agnar: 0
Camicazi: 100 (Winner!)
"So sorry!" Agnar screamed.
He then turned into particles of light and vanished leaving only his duel disk behind.
"Thanks so much, Echo," Camicazi smiled. "Ah, all my strength has finally returned." She then made her way over to her throne and sat upon it. "Now I wait for Hiccup."
She laughed as she looked at the elevator waiting for Hiccup's imminent arrival, who could hear her laughter.
Dragon Knight Phantom
ATK: 0/ DEF: 0
10 Level
DARK
Warrior/ Effect
This card is treated as a Dragon-type while face up on the field or in the Graveyard. This card cannot be destroyed by battle. Your opponent takes all Battle Damage from battles involving this face-up Attack Position card. During your End Phase, Tribute 1 monster with Dragon Knight in its name or destroy this card. If this card is destroyed, except by its own effect, Special Summon 1 "Dragon Knight Shadow" from your hand, Deck or Graveyard.
