Chapter 21: Boisterous Murasaki
The lift opened, and we were greeted with a long, white corridor that featured a door at the end. We ran through to the door, and it opened to reveal another corridor looking exactly like it… with someone at the end. I couldn't make out exactly what he was
"One of the Overseers… so they were expecting an attack," Carnivore noted
"What a magnificent bunch of upstarts," the man began speaking, coming forward and throwing off his cloak to reveal a purple colored uniform, similar in style to the guards, and short, spiky purple hair. "Okay now, get back to your cages!"
"Forget it, Murasaki!" Rebecca shouted. "We're going through, whether you want us to, or not."
"That line there just needs one alteration, so change 'through' to 'back to our cells to wallow in our own weaknesses'. There is no way any of you can beat moi, Murasaki, the Overseer of Fusions."
"You fucking take that back!" the Beast shouted.
"Are you back in your smelly cages yet?"
"You got some nerve trying to cage the Beast in the first place. We are going through those doors, and we'll trample you if we have to!"
"Is that a challenge to a Duel? Sorry, I don't speak worthless prisoner."
"Dancer, Fairy, you two are joining me in taking this guy down! Carnivore, you take the rest of the pups and move forward."
"Hah! They will do no such thing!" Murasaki shouted, as the roof retracted and the walls to our sides withdrew. The one corridor expanded to the size of a white Duel Arena, with Murasaki at the other end. "The only way they get through is if I'm defeated!"
"Duel!" Beast, Sky Fairy, Dancer and Murasaki shouted. Beast went first, summoning Exarion Universe (1800/1900) and ending his turn. Dancer took over, playing Polymerization to fuse Etoile Cyber and Blade Skater from her Hand into Cyber Blader (2100/800). Sky Fairy's turn involved her summoning Victoria (1800/1500), playing Double Summon to summon another Victoria, placing a card face-down and ending her turn.
Murasaki drew, and activated the Field Spell Card Fusion Gate, allowing Fusion without Polymerization, but banishing the Fusion Material Monsters instead. From there, he Normal Summoned Z-Metal Tank (1500/1300) and removed Gaia the Fierce Knight and Curse of Dragon in his hand from play to Fusion Summon Gaia the Dragon Champion (2600/2100) due to Fusion Gate. He ended his turn with a Pot of Greed for two free cards, then three face-down cards.
Beast drew, and summoned Enraged Battle Ox (1700/1000), and then used Double Summon to summon Shiba-Warrior Taro (800/600). All three monsters were Tributed to Summon Beast King Barbaros (3000/1200). However, Limit Tribute revealed itself on Murasaki's field, limiting the amount of monsters that could be sacrificed to one per turn, foiling the summoning altogether and leaving the monsters on the field. As a replacement tactic, Beast attacked the Z-Metal Tank with his Exarion Universe, but that was when Mirror Force revealed itself, destroying all monsters on his, Sky Fairy and Dancer's fields. Beast ended his turn there.
Dancer's turn came, and she used Monster Reborn to revive her Cyber Blader, whose ATK doubled to 4200 due to Murasaki only controlling two monsters. She chose to attack, but that was when the Overseer revealed Draining Shield, negating the attack and gaining 4200 Life Points to come to 8200. Dancer's turn ended there.
Sky Fairy took over. From what I could tell, she seemed quite angry that her lock had been broken by just one card. She used Soul Charge to revive both Victorias, placed a card face-down and activated Emergency Provisions, destroying her Set Card to regain the Life Points she had lost. The card destroyed happened to be Apple of Enlightenment, allowing her to draw one card. She ended her turn there.
Murasaki's turn came, and he played Card of Sanctity, giving everyone a six-card hand, after which he summoned Y-Dragon Head (1500/1600) and played Double Summon to summon X-Head Cannon (1800/1500). That was when things got nasty, as he sacrificed the three monsters to summon XYZ Dragon Cannon (2800/2600). He didn't have much of a choice as to who to attack: Sky Fairy had an attack lock, and Dancer had a 4200 ATK monster, so Murasaki attacked the Beast's Shiba-Warrior Taro. Sky Fairy revealed her DNA Surgery Trap Card, choosing to treat all monsters as Fairy-types, and extending her attack lock to cover her allies. Murasaki merely discarded two cards in response to this to have the effect of XYZ-Dragon Cannon destroy both Victorias and continue his attack on the Beast, bringing him down to 2000 Life Points. After that, Murasaki played Card of Demise, giving him a five-card hand in exchange for discarding his hand in five turns. From there, came Soul Charge, reviving V-Tiger Jet (1600/1800) and W-Wing Catapult (1300/1500) and the subsequent combination into VW-Tiger Catapult (2000/2100). After that, however, VW-Tiger Catapult and XYZ-Dragon Cannon further combined into VWXYZ-Dragon Catapult Cannon (3000/2800). His last few moves, however, were the use of Fusion Gate to banish Red Eyes Black Dragon and Summoned Skull to Fusion Summon Black Skull Dragon (3200/2500), and a Graceful Charity to draw three cards and discard two.
"I'd like to see you pathetic animals get past this assault!" Murasaki shouted. "Unfortunately, I've already used my Battle Phase this turn, so I have to end there, but remember: I've got 7200 Life Points by myself, while you only have 10000 Life Points between the three of you!"
Beast drew, quite angry about his Life Point loss from what I could tell, and set a card face-down. After a nod from Sky Fairy, he used Emergency Provisions to destroy her DNA Surgery and his set card, bringing him back up to 4000 and allowing him to draw a card as an Apple of Enlightenment was removed. He seemed quite happy with the card he got, and I then found out why: it was Mystical Space Typhoon. Playing it, he destroyed the Limit Tribute that was blocking his Summoning attempts, and from there, it was Monster Reborn, reviving Shiba-Warrior Taro, which he Tributed along with his Exarion Universe and Enraged Battle Ox to Summon Beast King Barbaros (3000/1200). Since it was Tribute Summoned with three cards, all of Murasaki's cards were destroyed. His next move was to attack Murasaki directly, but was stopped by the Special Summoning of a Battle Fader (0/0) on his opponent's side of the field which ended the Battle Phase.
When Dancer took over, she also attacked, but her attack succeeded, albeit with the 2100 ATK point Cyber Blader, bringing Murasaki down to 5100 Life Points. She placed a card face-down and let Sky Fairy take over. Bountiful Artemis was summoned and sacrificed to bring out Tethys, Goddess of Light (2400/1800), and from there came a Pot of Greed, allowing for the drawing of two cards and the activation of Tethys' ability. Sky Fairy revealed her Gellenduo (1700/0) to draw one more card, drawing and Special Summoning Watapon (200/300). Another Double Summon brought out Gellenduo, and both monsters were sacrificed. Gellenduo, counting for two Tributes for Fairy-type monsters, was sacrificed to bring out Archlord Kristya (2800/2300), and Watapon was Tributed to bring out Airknight Parshath (1900/1400). I thought she was going to win now that she had those monsters out. When she attacked, however, Murasaki revealed Rescuer from the Grave from his Graveyard, removing five cards from play to negate the attack and end the Battle Phase.
Murasaki drew, and used Spell Reproduction, discarding two spells to get one back. He just happened to pick Card of Demise, playing it again to refill his hand to five cards.
"Hahaha, I drew it. Prepare to die!" Murasaki laughed. "I activate Cross Sacrifice, so I can Tribute your monsters to summon my own. I Tribute Airknight Parshath, Tethys, Goddess of Light and Archlord Kristya on the girl's side of the field to summon my ultimate monster: The Wicked Avatar!"
The black sphere appeared, and its ATK and DEF increased to 3001, 1 point higher than the strongest monster on the field. Murasaki also pointed out that The Wicked Avatar is unaffected by any Traps or Monster Effects, and that Spells targeting it only last for one turn. With that, he attacked the now defenseless Sky Fairy directly, damaging her and putting her on 999 Life Points. He ended his turn there.
Beast drew, and played the Continuous Spell Card Hidden Passage. Since his one monster's ATK was lower than the monster with the lowest ATK on Murasaki's side of the field, with The Wicked Avatar being at 3001 ATK and Beast King Barbaros at 3000, Beast could attack his opponent directly with one monster. From there, the attack brought Murasaki down to 2100 Life Points.
Dancer drew, and from what I could tell, she seemed quite happy with what she drew. She placed a card face-down to end her turn. Sky Fairy took over and did the same. I didn't see how they were going to destroy The Wicked Avatar; it was built to be the strongest monster on the field.
Murasaki drew, and used Monster Reborn to revive VWXYZ-Dragon Catapult Cannon (3000/2800), and used a second Card of Demise to refill his hand to five cards. From there came a second Monster Reborn, reviving Black Skull Dragon (3200/2500), and another Spell Reproduction to discard two spells and retrieve one. This in turn led one of the Monster Reborn cards to be used a second time, three times in total, to revive Gaia the Dragon Champion (2600/2100).
"You should never have left your stinking cages in the first place!" Murasaki shouted, after which he attacked Sky Fairy with Gaia. That was, however, when she revealed Rainbow Life, discarding a card to turn the damage taken into Life Points, coming up to 3599.
"We will blast through you!" Dancer shouted back once Sky Fairy saved herself. "Trap activate: Ring of Destruction. This destroys a monster and damages everyone by its ATK value, and I choose my Cyber Blader!"
Her monster was destroyed, and it brought her and Beast down to 1900 Life Points, Sky Fairy to 1499, and Murasaki to 0.
I felt relieved, and as the walls and ceiling returned to their original position, Beast, Sky Fairy and Dancer forced Murasaki to open the door and told me, Carnivore, Rebecca, Bombardier and Queen to go on ahead.