YuGiOh 5D's: Kazuki Takahashi/Konami
(A/N: This chapter will be a songfic. All rights to this sone belong to Crush40.)
Margaret: "While Leo got his hands full with the Dark Signers, Luna and I managed to find Regulus. Problem is, he was inflicted with a Minus Curse, which make him listen to the opposite of what he hears. He chased us around the forest until we crossed a bunch of soldiers who knew that to in order break the curse, you need negative energy to counter it. So after we took one of their staffs, we found him over a river and challenged him to a duel. While he was distracted, I managed to get that anklet off of him and turn him back to normal. Now we're off to raid Zeman's castle! The last part of this trilogy begins now!"
YuGiOh: 5D's
Reverse of Arcadia
Ride 30: Mark of the Monkey
Part 3: Do You Believe in Magic?
A large castle stood atop a rocky peak. Its dark stone exterior casts its shadow over many who would cross its border. This fortress is the domain to one person, a tyrant who has cast his influence across the land: the Ape King Zeman. He was the one who sent an army of monkey soldiers to capture its inhabitants and confine them into stone tablets; who placed a massive curse upon this world, reversing the flow of time until it would all be a barren wasteland; who captured this world's guardian, the Ancient Fairy Dragon, and imprisoned her within a stone monolith. The entire land is completely at his mercy. But there was still one piece missing: the dragon's servant who goes by the name of Regulus. By capturing him, the Ancient Fairy Dragon would be forever his to control. All there is to do now is to capture this last piece of the puzzle...
"What? Regulus and the Signer girl have been captured?" Zeman gasped, having just heard the news from one of his loyal minions, "Most excellent! Tell whichever soldier that captured them to feast on all the bananas his stomach can take!"
"It wasn't one of the soldiers that captured them, my king." the soldier said.
"So then who was it?"
"A wandering witch of some sort."
"A wandering witch? Show her in!"
The huge double doors at the other side of the room opened, and a procession marched through an aisle made of monkey soldiers with minus staves. They rolled a large wheeled cage in which Regulus was feigning sleep. Leading the precession was Margaret, wearing a dark-purple cloak, and a large witch's hat shrouding her identity. In her hand was a scepter with its ornament covered in a cloth. Beside her was Silent Magician, her too-large hat effectively obscuring her identity as well; following her was Torunka and Luna, both of the bound in chained cuffs. The procession stopped before the large reflecting pool in Zeman's throne room, and Margaret and the Magician bowed.
"'O great and powerful Zeman. It is an honor to be in your presence." she mockingly praised.
"You may raise your heads." Zeman permitted. Margaret scanned the area as she raised her head, her attention caught toward the many stone tablets, each featuring a Duel Monsters Duel Spirit. All of these poor souls, petrified in their imprisonment as they are petrified in stone. She hoped they would not be afraid for long. "I'm told that you're a witch, and from the looks of things, a very young one at that. How is it that you were able to capture the mighty Regulus and his band of rebels when they have managed to best and evade my entire army?" asked the Ape King.
"Perhaps it is best that I show you," Margaret said, then turned to Silent Magician, "Release him." The magician nodded and took out a key and opened up the door to the cage. The monkey soldiers winced and back away as Regulus awoke and growled. However, Margaret spun around and pointed her scepter toward him. The lion cringed and he sat back down.
"So! You have cast a controlling spell of some sort over the mighty Regulus!" Zeman said amused.
"Of course," Margaret said, "I inflicted a unique binding spell, which compels him to obey the person who casts it. Sure he still regains his free will, but he will only do as commanded, unless he feels his master's wrath." she turned to her two 'captives'. "As soon as I had the 'mighty' Regulus domesticated, those other two were no problem. All I had to do was convince them that it's in their best interest to submit."
"Wonderful! Now that Regulus is finally captured, all the pieces are in place! Now, to seal him away forever!" The monkeys advanced on the cage with their Minus Staffs.
"I'm afraid you cannot do that!" cried Magic. Zeman looked shocked.
"Why not!"
"If you try to seal him, our two spells will overlap and break my own. And as soon as my spell is undone, I can no longer guarantee his obedience." Replied the 'witch'.
"So what do I do with him? Leave him in that cage and watch him perform tricks all day?" asked the ape.
"I heard your plan to bring the Ancient Fairy Dragon under your Minus Curse and absorb her power." Said Margret. The king looked at her warily.
"And what if it is?"
"As you may already know, Regulus is the loyal servant of the dragon. Therefore, he is bound to her." Said Magic.
"I know that. But I could not get the Minus Curse to work on her, so I sealed her temporarily within the great mountain. Now if you know something I don't, you'd better talk."
"Because of their bond, you can't fully cast the minus curse on one without the other. So you're going to have to remove the seal on Ancient Fairy Dragon, and then act quickly to curse them both at the same time." Said the purple-haired girl. The Ape King narrowed his eyes.
"You're seriously suggesting that I remove the seal and set her free?"
"Do you have any other suggestions?" countered Magic.
Zeman stared at the sorceress for a while with her staring back at him. Finally, he made his decision. "So be it, witch. I will do as you ask." He pointed his large Minus Staff at the pool in the center of the room; it began to shine with light, and a big column of yellowish light appeared. The column receded, and the pool then showed a large tablet of stone with a dragon's fossil embedded inside. It was the sealed Ancient Fairy Dragon. "You've done well to bring me Regulus. Now my plan can be realized. Once the bonds of the Fairy Dragon are removed, I'll use the Minus Curse on her and her loyal servant, to bring her powers under my control, correct?" the witch nodded, "I should hope so. Because if the two of you are wrong, I will seal you all away for all eternity! Now let the ritual begin! Ancient Fairy Dragon, with the power I possess, I release you from your prison!"
In the sky above Ancient Fairy Dragon's stone prison, a giant minus staff changed its hands and glowed. The dragon in the rock began to regain her normal, vibrant color.
"Well, what are you waiting for?" Zeman commanded, "Bring Regulus to me!"
With a swift motion of her staff, Margaret lead Regulus out of his cage and around the edge of the pool toward the Ape King. The Silent Magician tugged on the young witch's robes and showed her what she wrote on her drawing-pad.
'We're doing good so far. Now all we need to do is to use that staff we stolen form Zeman's soldiers to lift his curse.'
"Hey! What's that you got there?" one of the soldiers swiped the pad away from the Duel Spirit and peered at it. "Your majesty! You're gonna want to see this!" he tossed the pad over to the Ape King. What he found did not amuse him one bit.
"You tricked me...?" Zeman growled, crushing the pad with his bare hand, "Do you have the audacity to think you can deceive Zeman the Ape King and live?" he raised his staff in the air and emitted volts of dark electricity from it. The energy arched widely through the throne room, zapping anyone unfortunate enough to get too close to it.
Margaret looked around at his friends, ducking to the floor to avoid the bolts. She then looked back at the staff she was holding. Without a moment to wait, she bit off the cloth with her teeth and threw it aside, revealing a Minus Staff ornament. She turned the hands on it and raised it to the ceiling. 'I hope this works...' she closed her eyes and imagined a lightning storm, about the same as Zeman was creating. The staff she held crackled with energy and then burst into a storm of her own, creating even more bolts of lightning against Zeman's storm. The two opposing energies canceled each other out causing an explosion of bright light blinding everyone in the room. Then the light vanished whatever's left was a large cage-like field of electricity surrounding the throne room. Several small bolts repeatedly crashed to the stone floor.
"Um, did I do this?" she asked, blinking rapidly.
"You fool! Our Minus Staffs are still canceling out! They're out of control!" the Ape King roared, "You leave me with no other choice! I must now destroy you the way you humans are well familiar of..." he raised his hands in front of him as the glowed crimson red. Then, five stone tablets in the form of Duel Monsters cards appeared.
"I had a feeling it would come to this..." Margaret brought out her duel-disk and strapped it around her wrist. But before she could confront the Ape King, Silent Magician pulled her back. "What's wrong?"
The magician said nothing. Without her note-pad, how could she? She placed her hands over her heart and created an orb of light behind them. It then formed into a deck which she gave to Margaret.
"You want me to use this?" Margaret asked.
The magician nodded.
"If you say so..." Margaret inserted her new deck and turned to Regulus, "I need you to get Luna and Torunka to cover! And don't come out, no matter what!" Regulus nodded and led the children into the cage, the lone guarding the entrance from the inside; Magic turned to face the Ape King, "If it's a duel you want, then you got it!"
Zeman: 8000
Magic: 8000
"Ladies first, if you don't mind, your highness!" Margaret drew her first card, "And I'll start by summoning Defender, the Magical Knight in DEF mode!" the sky-blue magician/warrior appeared over the reflective pool, seated behind his large shield (DEF: 2000), "And when he's summoned, his special-ability gets activated, giving him 1 spell-counter!" the gem in the center of Defender's shield glowed (CTR: 1), "I place 1 card face-down and end my turn!" a reverse-card appeared over the pool in front of Margaret. But soon after, the field around her began to gather electricity and then discharged over Margaret, causing her to cry out. She ended up falling to her knees.
Zeman: 8000
Magic: 7500
Luna: "I don't understand! Why did she lose life-points then?"
"Do you not understand?" Zeman said, "The two Minus Staffs are still cancelling out, creating a limbo of negative energy around us! So during each of our end-phases, the player loses 500 points!"
Margaret groaned as she stood on her feet again.
"Now prepare to feel the wrath of the Ape King!" Zeman roared, "I summon (1) Playful Possum(2/ATK: 800/DEF: 800) to the field!" a small possum appeared over the pool (ATK: 800).
"800 ATK points?" Margaret wondered.
"Next I activate the spell card Tribute Doll to sacrifice my monster in order to special-summon (2) Ancient Crimson Ape(7/ATK: 2600/DEF: 1800) directly from my hand!" the possum disappeared and was replaced with a large red simian with sandy blonde hair, wearing large bronze armor (ATK: 2600). "Next, I activate Monster Reborn to bring back Playful Possum!" the possum returned, "Next comes its special ability, which allows me to destroy it once per turn!" the possum disappeared again.
"But why would you destroy your own monster?"
"Because, whenever a monster on my field is destroyed and sent to the graveyard, my Ancient Crimson Ape gives me 1000 life-points!" Zeman was then showered with bits of red stardust.
Zeman: 9000
Magic: 7500
"And there's more: by paying 1000 life-points, I can also summon (3) Green Baboon, Defender of the Forest(7/ATK: 2600/DEF: 1800) directly from my hand!" yet another hunchbacked monkey-based creature appeared. It has forest-green fur with spiky black hair, wearing bronze armor and wielded a giant wooden club (ATK: 2600).
Zeman: 8000
Magic: 7500
"Now, my Green Baboon! Attack that Magical Knight!" the emerald ape raised its massive club and brought it down quick on Defender, creating a shockwave hat traveled across the throne room. But despite its strength, the Magical Knight stood his ground.
"I activate Defender's special-ability!" Margaret exclaimed, "Whenever a spellcaster-type monster is destroyed, I can remove one of his spell-counters to save them from destruction!"
Defender, the Magical Knight: (CTR: 0)
"I shall place one card face-down, and end my turn!" after Zeman's reverse-card appeared, he was hit with an electrical current from the area, but he shook it off as if it were nothing.
Zeman: 7500
Magic: 7500
"It's my turn!" Margaret drew, "I summon Magical Exemplar to the field in DEF mode!" the green-robed magician appeared and knelt over the pool (DEF: 1400), "Next, I activate the Double Summon spell card, which lets me summon an extra monster this turn! So I'll summon (4) Royal Magical Library(4/ATK: 0/DEF: 2000) on the DEF as well!" a large, wooden coffin-like statue appeared; three gems were embedded on the front of it, "And since I activated a spell card, Magical Exemplar gains 2 spell-counters (CTR: 2)! Next I activate the continuous-spell, the Dark Door! So as long as this spell is out, both of us can only attack with one monster per turn! That also gives 2 counters to Exemplar (CTR: 4) and 1 for my Magical Library (CTR: 1)! That would be all for my turn!" another bolt attacked Margaret afterward.
Zeman: 7500
Magic: 7000
"It's my turn!" another stone tablet appeared before Zeman, "And during my standby-phase, Playful Possum is summoned back to my field!" the possum returned (ATK: 800), "Next I activate my face-down card, (5D's) Curse of Minus!" Zeman revealed a continuous-Trap, which then projected a large ornament, in the very shape used on the Minus Staffs.
"Is that a large Minus Staff?" Magic wondered allowed.
"It's a special trap card that can reverse the tides of this duel. You see, whenever a card activates with a certain effect, I can counter them with a few effects of my own: If I were to lose life-points, I gain more instead. If a monster would be special-summoned from your hand, they're returned to your deck instead. And if you were to attack with a monster, that attack can be negated once per turn."
Torunka: "But that would be like doing the opposite of what they were meant to do!"
"That is correct! Now onward with the duel! I set a monster in DEF position! Next I activate my possum's effect and destroy it!" the possum disappeared again, "Then my Ancient Crimson Ape's effect activates, giving me 1000 more life-points!"
Zeman: 8500
Magic: 7000
"But since I cannot penetrate your defenses because of your Defender's special-ability, there would be no point in attacking. I shall end my turn and let the Minus Curse take care of you." another bolt of lightning went after Zeman; but a barrier appeared from Zeman's trap card and absorbed the damage.
Zeman: 9000
Magic: 7000
"We'll see about that..." Margaret drew her next card, "I summon Silent Magician LV4 in DEF mode!" the young magician teleported an appeared with her fellow spellcaster in her original child-like form (DEF: 1000), "I activate a field-spell! I play the Magical Citadel of Endymion!" as soon as she inserted her card into the field slot, several bands of light began to shot out from her disk. Soon, the field around her is surrounded by a barrier formed of floating bands written in glowing runes. "Now whenever I activate a spell card, I get to add one counter onto this card! And since I did activated a spell this turn, Exemplar (CTR: 6) and Magical Library (CTR: 2) gain more spell-counters! Next, I activate another spell, Arcana Barrier!" Magic placed a continuous-spell under her duel-disk, allowing her monsters to gain more spell-counters.
Magical Exemplar: (CTR: 8)
Royal Magical Library: (CTR: 3/MAX)
Magical Citadel of Endymion (CTR: 1)
"Now I activate Royal Magical Library special-ability! When my monster has three spell-counters on it, I can remove them all to draw one more card!" Magic drew an extra card, "Next up, I activate the card I just drew, Spell Power Grasp! This allows me to place 1 spell-counter onto any card on my field, like my Arcane Barrier (CTR: 1)! And that's not all, I also get to add another copy of Spell Power Grasp directly from my deck!" a card spat out of Magic's deck and she added it to her hand. "That also means I get even more counters to my monsters, as well as my field-spell!"
Magical Exemplar: (CTR: 10)
Royal Magical Library: (CTR: 1)
Magical Citadel of Endymion (CTR: 2)
"I think that should end my turn for now."
Zeman: 9000
Magic: 6500
"Then it's onto me now!" another stone tablet appeared.
"Silent Magician's special-ability activates! Whenever you draw a card from you deck, she gains a spell-counter, and 500 ATK points!"
Silent Magician LV4: (CTR: 1/ATK: 1500)
"It wouldn't matter! Not as long as I have my mighty apes in play! But first comes the effect of Curse of Minus; I now must pay 1000 life-points to keep such a card on the field!"
Zeman: 8000
Magic: 6500
"Now I activate Pot of Greed, allowing me to draw 2 cards!" two more tablets appeared. It also gave his opponent's cards more counters.
Magical Exemplar: (CTR: 12)
Royal Magical Library: (CTR: 2)
Silent Magician: (CTR: 2/ATK: 2000)
Magical Citadel of Endymion (CTR: 3)
"Next I revive Playful Possum from the graveyard due to its special ability!" the possum returned (ATK: 800), "Next, I flip-summon Ryko, Lightsworn Hunter! When summoned, by sending 2 cards from the top of my deck to the graveyard, one of your cards are destroyed! I choose your Silent Magician!" a white wolf cub appeared and fired an orb of light at the small spellcaster, buy was intercepted by Defender.
"You forget, I can save any spellcaster from being destroyed by removing one counter from a certain card, like my Magical Citadel (CTR: 2)!" Margaret exclaimed.
"No matter! I equip Green Baboon with when Big-Bang Shot spell card, giving him 400 ATK points!" the giant green simian was given a large mechanical hammer in place of his original wooded club (ATK: 3000), "Next, I destroy Playful Possum, which in turn will activate Crimson Ape's effect giving me 1000 life-points!"
Zeman: 9000
Magic: 6500
"Finally, I activate the spell (5D's) Primal Vengeance! By sacrificing one beast-type monster, another gets to attack twice this turn!" the baboon roared as it beat its chest.
Magical Exemplar: (CTR: 14)
Royal Magical Library: (CTR: 3/MAX)
Magical Citadel of Endymion (CTR: 4)
"Now, my Green Baboon! Cry havoc upon this mortal and her fellow wizards! Starting with the young one!" the monster swung its colossal hammer down on the Silent Magician and flattened her into pixels, creating waves of extreme heat emitting from the hammer itself. "And when he destroys a monster on the field, the controller is given piercing damage!"
"Silent Magician!" Margaret was caught in the wake of the destruction as she was knocked to the floor.
Zeman: 9000
Magic: 4500
Magic then stood back to her feet, "At least her spell-counters won't go to waste! When a monster that carries spell-counters is destroyed, those very counters are added to my magic citadel! And an extra counter goes to Arcane Barrier as well!"
Magical Citadel of Endymion: (CTR: 6)
Arcane Barrier: (CTR: 2)
"Attack one more time, my monster! Destroy that Magical Exemplar!" the Green Baboon swung its hammer once more and obliterated another spellcaster. The force afterward was even stronger this time that Magic was actually swept off and crashed against the electric barrier. Her screams rang across the room as volts after volts of negative energy coursed through her. She then fell from the web of electricity and crashed onto the floor.
Zeman: 9000
Magic: 2900
Magical Citadel of Endymion (CTR: 20)
Arcane Barrier: (CTR: 3)
Regulus: "Margaret, you must get up! If Zeman isn't stopped soon, both your world and the spirit world will be lost!"
Margaret struggled back on her feet, the pain still singing on her skin. Her purple cape was covered in gashes and her hat had been incinerated. It hurt her so badly. She knew the risks but it still hurt. But was she thinking of quitting? Of course not. Her friends owe it to her to play her part in this war. Besides, it was not like she would let her friends down.
"It's my turn... I draw!" Margaret drew her next card; what when got gave her a new light to her eyes, "First I switch my Magical Knight to ATK mode (ATK: 1600)!" Next I activate Royal Magical Library's ability! By removing 3 counters from it, I can draw 1 more card!" she drew another time, "Next, I summon Yuuki, the Ice Maiden!" Magic's signature tuner appeared (ATK: 800), "And now I tune her with Royal Magical Library! Now go!" her two monsters then flew upward. Both of their solid forms disappeared, leaving behind three synchro-gates and four stars. The rings then floated down around Magic, followed by the four stars which surround her. The fragments of light spun around as the green rings began to accelerate. All she need now to do is part her lips and chant...
"Enchanted stars shall bring upon a new generation of ever-lost magic! Help me break the chains of my heart and open its floodgates, so that pure magic may once again be born! Synchro-Summon!"
(Cue: Believe in Myself)
A large column of light erupted and burned a hole through the castle. When the light died out, Margaret was seen in a whole new light. Her tattered cloak was now replaced by a white robe that stopped just mid-thigh, a coat tail billowing behind her, lilac-colored flame spread throughout. Such a loose-fitting dress had a black leather belt with metal studs strapped around her waist. Hiding behind her dress she was suited with obsidian, orange-rimmed armor. The hood she wore over her head was styled like three horns, two of them curved upward on ether side and the top drooping down forward. Her face also changed a bit; her curly purple hair was replaced by a spiky white style, as well as crimson markings across her cheeks. She approached the Ape King, her eyes full of maturity and wisdom.
When all alone in my chair, I just go about wishing
I wanna be strong, I really wanna be trusted
"How delightful. Another magician for me to crush!" Zeman growled.
"You won't find me as easy prey like the others!" with a flick of her wrist, Margaret summoned a metal rod with an open ornament carrying a green glowing crystal sphere; she then pointed it toward Zeman, "It's time someone shows you some real magic! Prepare to face yours truly, the (6) Arcanite Magician(7/ATK: 400/DEF: 1800)!"
When all alone in my bed, I just go about yearning
I wanna be cool, I also wanna be like him
"And what could you do that makes that monster so special?" Zeman scoffed, "It only has 400 ATK points!"
"First of all, the first thing it does while Arcanite is summoned is give me 2 spell-counters, and 1000 points per counter!"
Arcanite Magician: (CTR: 2/ATK: 2400)
"And onto Yuuki's special-ability, which allows me to add a spell card from my deck and straight into my hand!" Magic plucked a card out of her deck, "Next, I activate the Spell Power Grasp card and add one spell-counter onto Arcane Barrier!"
Arcane Barrier: (CTR: 4/MAX)
Magical Citadel of Endymion: (CTR: 21)
"And since I activated Spell Power Grasp, another Spell Power Grasp is added to my hand!" Magic added another copy to her hand, "Next, I send Spell Power Grasp to activate the spell card, Double Spell!" after she played her spell, Magic spread out her arms. Her hands then held a pair of electrically-charged balls of energy; one red and the other green. She then slammed the orbs against each other, creating a single violet orb, "By sending one spell card from my hand to the graveyard, I can select one spell card in your graveyard and use it as my own!" she threw her arms down and dropped the orb into the pool, which created a sort of wormhole which rippled the physical space above it. A large version of a spell card rose from the ground, "And the spell I decided to use is...Monster Reborn! So I can bring back my Magical Exemplar!" the green-robed magic summoner was revived (ATK: 1700).
Magical Citadel of Endymion: (CTR: 22)
But that's not something I can do so easily
This is not simply my way, my style
Gotta get a hold of my life
"And now I activate her special-ability, allowing me to summon another monster from my graveyard by removing a number of spell-counters from her equal to that monster's level!"
"In case you haven't noticed, she has no counters to use!" Zeman replied.
"That's where my Magical Citadel comes in handy! You see, whenever I activate a card-effect involving spell-counters, I can use the ones stored into my citadel as substitute! So by removing 4 spell-counters, I use Magical Exemplar's special-ability to summon Silent Magician back from the graveyard!" the young, silver-haired magician had returned from the grave (ATK: 1000).
Magical Citadel of Endymion: (CTR: 18)
"And now for the true purpose of my citadel! By removing 6 spell-counters I can summon one of the post powerful magicians of all time!" a large glowing circle then appeared above the pool, another monster rising up through it. It appeared as a tall man dressed almost completely in black magician robes lined with golden lines and rims.
I wanna fly high
So I can reach the highest of all the heavens
Somebody will be waiting for me so,
I have got to fly higher
A large violet cape flowed behind him, through a large silver-and-gold circle behind him, embedded with purple crystals, which also decorated his chest, hips and his large fanned shoulder pads. He wore a black-and-gold horned helmet with a single purple gem on his forehead as well. He carried a long black staff, with a crescent-moon-like ornament with several crystal spikes lined across it, somehow carrying a floating purple crystal sphere in the space around it. "I summon (5) Endymion, the Master Magician(7/ATK: 2700/DEF: 1700)!"
Magical Citadel of Endymion: (CTR: 12)
"And when summoned on these conditions I can add 1 spell from my graveyard! Next, I activate Arcane Barrier's effect, sending this card to the graveyard and releasing one spellcaster on my field! Then I can draw as many cards equal to the number of spell-counters on it!" after sacrificing Magical Exemplar, she drew 4 more cards, "Finally, I activate the spell Level Up! So now my LV4 Silent Magician becomes a LV8!" blinding light surrounded the young magician as she evolved. She soon became her original adult form. Silent Magician LV8 now had her magic staff armed and ready to fight alongside her mistress (ATK: 3500).
Gotta keep goin'
Everything is a brand new challenge for me
I will believe in myself
This is the only start for me
"You can summon as many monsters and draw as many as you like, but you still won't stand a chance against my Apes!" Zeman said.
"I'm not done yet!" Magic replied, "Now I activate Arcanite Magician's special-ability! By removing a number of spell-counters on my field, I can destroy cards on your field equal to the number of counters removed!" and with that, Magic raised her staff and three large globes of light appeared over her head. She twirled her staff around leading the orbs in a serpentine fashion, and the thrust it forward, launching them towards Zeman and his army of apes. Each one collided with one of the evil beasts, the two monsters afterward obliterated. The third one clashed with Zeman's barrier. In due time it was shatter by Arcanite's magic, destroying Zeman's Curse of Minus trap card." And last, but not least, I can send one spell to the graveyard so Endymion's can use it's special ability and destroy one more card on the field! And what better than my own Dark Door spell card!" Magic's continuous-spell then shattered. Zeman was not looking too happy about how this was going.
Meanwhile...
We enter back to Leo's duel just as we left it: a battered Power Tool Dragon was defending against Devack and his Mighty Zeman the Ape King.
Power Tool Dragon: (ATK: 2000/DEF: 2200)
Zeman, the Ape King: (ATK: 3000/DEF: 1800)
Devack: 2500
Leo: 2000
"After I send you to the netherworld, Leo, your sister's next!" Devack assumed.
"That's only if you can beat me! And in case that Dark Signer brain of yours doesn't work too well, I'll remind you that I get a random equip-spell thanks to my dragon!" Leo shouted as his duel disk shuffled the cards and a card stuck out. 'Just please be the card I need to take out that Ape King!' He took the card out and Leo's eyes lit up as saw what he had and added to his hand, 'Now that monkey's a goner!'
When all alone in my sleep, I just go about dreaming
I see myself there, having the same adventure
"It's time I take the leash off my dragon, Devack!" Power Tool switched to DEF mode (ATK: 3000), "Now, if you've thought he was tough before, just wait 'til you see the upgrade that I give his hardware! First up, I add the equip spell Double Tool C and D, so not only are we going full-on pneumatic, but I get to add another 1000 ATK points to my beast!" The drill and circular saw instantly replaced Power Tool's shovel and jackhammer as it shone with radiant power (ATK: 3000).
"All those power tools and no safety goggles," Devack laughed, "You should be more careful, especially since all you've done is match the ATK points of Zeman the Ape King.
"That's what I was hoping for! Now attack! And give this Ape King the royal treatment!" Power Tool Dragon surged forwards towards Zeman.
If I just follow you, I will never see the light
Now is the time to find my way through this life
I'm trying so hard to be strong
"What a wasted effort," Devack stated, the realized, "Unless-"
"That's right! You forgot my Dragon has a little bonus when he's equipped; he can't be destroyed!" the mechanical dragon then collided with the wicked Ape King...
I wanna fly high
So I can reach the highest of all the heavens
Somebody will be waiting for me so,
I have got to fly higher
Gotta keep goin'
Everything is a brand new challenge for me
I will believe in myself
This is the only start for me
Margaret raised her staff towards the sky, along with Endymion and Silent Magician who crossed their staffs across hers. Defender, however, had now choice but to touch their staffs with their short swords. There created a multicolored sphere of magic around the center. "Magicians, all-out blitz!" the three magicians pointed their staffs forward and fired off the sphere. The Ape King had no choice by to brace the attack as caught the sphere with his bare hands. The gravity between them intensified as he strained to shove the sphere back after its sender. But due to its combined power it was a losing battle. Soon the surface broke and Zeman was caught in the middle of said orb, waves of light ripping through his very being as he was thrown back through his throne and crashed into the wall behind him, creating a large crater around him.
Many friends help me out, in return I help them
Certain things I can do and there are things that only I can do
No one's alone!
The beast man growled as he freed himself from out of the crater. He could hardly believe such a mortal could be capable of such magic. He was supposed to be the all-powerful Ape King, who would seize the entire world into his own power. He could not let all his hard work be in vain due to a single human being. He snarled as he gripped his Minus Staff, the smoke obscuring his vision. "When I get my hands on-"
A loud battle-cry interrupted him as he saw a shadow up in front of him grow, and the Arcanite Magician appeared hovering towards him, her staff pointed directly at the Ape King. Zeman had no choice as he swung his Minus Staff and defended himself. The two sorcerers clashed and ripples of negative energy had emitted from the deadlock. More of the smoke cleared and, to Zeman's horror, Margaret was countering with a Minus Staff of her own, the two ornaments locked into each other.
I wanna fly high
So I can reach the highest of all the heavens
Somebody will be waiting for me so,
I have got to fly higher
Due to the two forms of negative energy clashing, the two were still canceling out. Zeman tried to release himself from the deadlock but could now release his staff. A huge flash of light was created and formed a wave of positive energy, wiping out all the monkey soldiers that were present. Luna, Torunka and Regulus would have been caught in the crossfire if it were not for the barrier Luna created using her Sign.
Gotta keep goin'
Everything is a brand new challenge for me
I will believe in myself
This is the only start for me
"You may destroy me, but not before I transfer the power of the minus curse to the Dark Signer Devack!" after those final words, Zeman roared as he was enveloped in white light, erasing him from existence completely!
"Yea-haah! I'll just toss that Double Tool C n' D, and Power Tool Dragon gets to hang around for a little R n' R! Leo said as Devack shielded himself as Zeman the Ape King exploded in a fiery blaze. Power Tool Dragon's drill and circular saw also shattered in its wake.
"Nice move! Now that Devack's gone and lost his little monkey friend-!" Trudge cheered.
"Leo's gotten himself into more trouble!" Yusei said. It was then and there that Devack chuckled.
"So you think that's funny, huh?" Leo demanded.
"Yes, I do. I always find it amusing when a young duelist walks so willingly into one of my traps. And with the power of my Dark Matter, I can summon two monster face-down in DEF mode that will be escorting you straight to the netherworld!" two reverse-monsters appeared in front of him.
"While you keep hiding behind a bunch of face-downs, I'm gonna equip my Dragon with a Power Converter spell!" a big machine appeared and was equipped on to the machine dragon's back. "You're up!"
Back in the Spirit World, Zeman's castle was in ruins. Moonlight and smoke filtered through a hole blown through the ceiling, and dust hung in the air inside. Margaret was slumped on the broken throne, overlooking ruins. She stepped off and began to look around. "Luna! Regulus!" she called, "Where are you!"
A small mountain of stone collapsed as Regulus rose from the debris, with Luna under him. "Magic?"
"Luna!" Margaret ran over to her and gave her a hug, "But what about Torunka? And Silent Magician? Where are they?"
"Over here!" an elder voice said, "It looks like you were able to lift the curse after all!" The dust cleared as they turned to the source of the voice. Torunka has transformed back into the old and powerful wizard he once was. He was very tall and his helmet and shoulder pads were still very reminiscent of the Dark Magician; his robe carried simple, strong designs, and he has a thick black cape. His staff had also grown taller. It was the Duel Monster the Dark Sage. And beside him was Silent Magician, still in her adult form.
"Is... that really you?" Margaret asked.
Torunka laughed and then winked; they could see the resemblance between him and the boy. "Told you I was an old man!"
"Yeah, but... grandpa-old?" Luna questioned, "You're... you're older than a wrinkle on dirt...! That means it worked! Magic broke the curse! That means my Ancient Fairy Dragon is free!"
"I'm afraid part of the curse still lives, Luna." Regulus said,
"What?"
The Silent Magician scribbled something on a spare note-pad she had and showed everyone what he wrote: 'We and the other free wizards have regained our true age, but the other duel-spirits remain trapped. Zeman transferred the power of the curse to Devack. Until he's defeated, the duel spirits are his prisoners."
"It's my turn, Leo," Devack drew his next card, "And it looks like thanks are in order for enabling me to summon two monsters to the field last round."
"Why's that?"
"You see, I need two sacrifices to summon out my Earthbound Immortal!" the Dark Signer laugh as he presented his immortal.
"Not good!" Yusei cried.
"'Not good' is right, Yusei." the two monsters (Ape Magician and Ape Fighter) faded into rainbow light that rose into the skies and formed into the Earthbound Immortal seal…
"Oh no! It's gonna take me an' my friends away!" Leo cried.
"You don't have to worry about that; this Immortal requires a different kind of power source: one that exists in the Spirit World. By the power of the Dark Signers, I summon (7) Earthbound Immortal Cusillu(10/ATK: 2800/DEF: 2400)!"
Margaret, Luna, Regulus, Torunka and the Silent Magician watched as the Monkey Nazca Line appeared upon the storm clouds above, and purple soul-lights flew from the sealed spirits within the stone tablets to it.
"That thing's absorbing the Duel Spirits!" Margaret cried.
"We have to find a way to stop this!" Torunka said.
Yellow lightning struck again and again around the duel as the flames that form the monkey symbol climb higher. Purple lights osmosis from the flames and soared toward Devack's seal, "Watch as all your pathetic spirits become the fuel for your destruction! With their energies I can summon the most powerful monster ever!" the seal exploded into a pillar of purple light. Then that vanished, and the earth began to rumble. The Immortal rose from the flames with a roar, a gigantic, emaciated black monkey with yellow geoglyph symbols running across its form (ATK: 2800).
Trudge: "Oh, come on! What's with this guy and the monkeys?"
Yusei: "You got me; all I know is Leo's gotta figure out a way to tame that beast!"
"Behold my Earthbound Immortal Cucillu!" Devack rejoiced, "There's nothing in your deck that can stop its power! It's immune to any attacks, traps, and spells you might throw its way!"
"Just my luck." Leo groaned.
"There's also the not-so-little matter of his graveyard bonus. Thanks to my Closed Forest field-spell, it receives an extra 100 ATK points for every monster in my graveyard (ATK: 3600)! Perhaps next time you'll think twice about taking your sister's place in a shadow duel! Earthbound Immortal, attack!" Cusillu roared and drew back a fist to throw a punch that would crush Leo…
"I trigger my equip-spell Power Converter!" Leo shouted, "Soon as I send it to the graveyard, all of my Dragon's ATK points are converted over to lifepoints! The move might make 'im a little weak until next round, but at least there will be a next round!" Power Converter shattered and he glowed with energy as Power Tool Dragon groaned (ATK: 0).
Devack: 2500
Leo: 4000
The giant monkey dragged its fist into the ground. Leo ran away, but cannot outrun the whole attack; he landed on his face on the ground, covered with a blanket of dirt raised by the impact.
Devack: 2500
Leo: 400
The boy groaned, "If you're out there, Luna, I could use some sisterly advice. If not, I'm done for..."
"Leo! He needs my help!" Luna cried as she heard his cry of agony from the geoglyph. Suddenly, the five of them suddenly rose in the air and were getting sucked into the geoglyph. "You've gotta do something, Torunka! Or we'll all be sucked into that thing!"
"Unless we find a way to stop Devack, he'll take each and every spirit from our world!" Regulus growled.
"Well, then, let's stop him!" Torunka said.
"But how?" Margaret asked.
"Like this; I have just enough strength to send Luna back to your own world. Now, listen Luna! You must defeat that Devack!" Torunka meditates over his staff a moment, then holds it out; bright flash...
A ball of light appeared next to Leo in the duel. The bubble disappeared and there stood Luna, back in her normal clothes, hands clasped, and glowing with reddish energy. She opened her eyes and saw Leo on the ground. She dropped to her knees next to him. "Leo! Please tell me that you're alright!"
Leo raised his head with effort, covered with dirt and scratches. "Luna... Everything's under control!"
"Of course it is," Luna gently helped him sit up, "But now it's time for me to help you. I'm gonna take over your duel, okay?"
"I guess I really let you down, huh, sis?" Leo groaned weakly, "I couldn't even win one little match. Just look at me; I'm the sidekick who can't do anything..."
"Except be my hero." Luna replied, as she held him close to her and cried, "It's true; not as a duelist... but as my brother!"
"Not so hard!" he groaned, "You're squeezing the tears out!" and that caused Leo to cry as well.
"I'm glad you've finally joined us, Luna." Devack laughed, "My Earthbound Immortal has been waiting patiently. Let's duel, Signer!"
"Oh, we'll duel, Devack!" Luna glared at him, "And when I get through with you, you're gonna wish you never messed with any of my spirit friends!"
"Will I?"
Luna started detaching Leo's duel-disk from his arm, "Don't worry, Leo. I promise I'll be fine."
"Be careful out there." Leo warned, "As long as he has this field up, that Earthbound monkey is practically invincible!"
"I'm not worried. I'm not doing this alone; I've got your deck. You know it's kind of like we're dueling together, isn't it!"
"I guess so, but if we're dueling together I'm staying by your side!"
"I hoped you would. Now let's win this duel." duel-disk strapped on, Luna got into a dueling stance, duel disk held out across her chest and her Mark of the Dragon blazed brightly on her arm.
Devack: 2500
Luna (Leo): 400
"Let's role-call." she declared, "Looks like I got Power Tool Dragon on my field, and you've got a giant Macy's-Brand balloon on yours!"
"I'm glad that you can make jokes at a time like this," Devack grinned, "it's no fun taking the spirit of someone who's lost hope, and speaking of someone who's lost hope, it's time I reintroduce you to one of your oldest friends! But first I activate the Cursed Prison trap! Now I can summon a synchro monster of my choosing regardless of summoning conditions, and it just happens to be the very same one you failed so save back in the Spirit World!" A cage of black iron appeared beside Cusillu, Luna's eyes widened as she saw its prisoner, "Allow me to introduce my prisoner, your precious (8) Ancient Fairy Dragon(7/ATK: 2100/DEF: 3000)!" the Spirit World's protector appeared, chained and a bit worse for wear.
"What did you do to her, Devack?" Luna demanded, "She's not some stray dog you can lock up in a cage!"
"That's exactly what she is: a wild animal. And if she doesn't learn to behave, I'll tear her card in half!"
"We'll see about that!" Luna started her turn, "Thanks to Power Tool Dragon's ability, I can search my deck, find an equip-spell, and then send it to my hand...!" she pulled out a card and played it, "And this one's going right into immediate action: Central Shield!" A red U-shaped shield appeared in front of the machine dragon and seven circles surrounded the shield also. "So if you're gonna have that immortal attack anything, Power Tool's your only option!"
"I forgot I had that!" Leo said, "And now even though Luna can't stop Devack's Immortal from attacking, at least she can protect her dragon! So you don't have to worry, 'cause my sis isn't gonna let anything happen to you! Isn't that right, Luna!"
Luna nodded, "I just hope that I don't let the three of us down. I think I'll end my turn with two face-downs!" two reverse-cards appeared.
"A shield and a couple face-downs don't exactly lead the Dark Signers to tremble in fear. If that's all you can offer, I'm afraid the Crimson Dragon made a grave mistake in choosing you as a Signer. Please tell me they didn't entrust the fate of the world to you and a toy dragon!" Devack drew his next card, "You can't win! And now, Earthbound Immortal Cuscu Lu, send this pathetic Signer to the netherworld!" The giant monkey raised its fist and went for Power Tool Dragon.
"This Signer's not going anywhere! I play the quick-play Limiter Removal, which doubles this toy's ATK points." Power Tool's strength multiplied (ATK: 4000).
"How dare you!" Cusillu's fist collides with the mecha and the impact send shock waves both directions; Devack and the twins both withstood the wind, as did the spectators.
"Unwise! I guess you don't know what happens when I get angry! It doesn't end well for anyone! And that, I'm afraid, is terrible news for both you and your precious Ancient Fairy Dragon, dear Luna! For when my immortal would be destroyed in battle, I can sacrifice another monster instead as well as half your life-points. If you have any parting words for her, you had better share them now; if not, you might want to shut your eyes. This won't be pretty. "Ancient Fairy Dragon was tribute and Luna lost half her life-points.
Devack: 2500
Luna (Leo): 200
Luna started to collapse until Leo caught her. "Are you okay? I'm here, Luna!"
"Don't worry, Leo..." she moaned, "It's time to take back my Ancient Fairy Dragon."
"But she's in my graveyard." Devack groaned.
"And that's just what I was hoping for. As long as she was stuck on your field, it would've been impossible to get 'er back. But you 'sacrificed her', making her a free agent! And now, by playing Respect Synchron, she can join my team!" Luna revealed a continuous-trap, "And with a heavy-hitter like Ancient Fairy Dragon on my side of the field, you and your Earthbound Immortal don't stand a chance of winning this duel! Thanks for helping me get 'er back!" the dragon returned and appeared on Luna's field, still bound in chains. But she would rather be bound to her friend than to a tyrant like Devack. Malice shone in clear amber eyes as she spread her gossamer wings and roared to the heavens (ATK: 2100).
"You did it! You got 'er back!" Leo cheered.
Luna nodded, "Ancient Fairy Dragon, I kept my promise!"
"Thank you, Luna. I asked your help to free me, and you risked your life and your spirit to see that I was delivered from Devack's prison," the serene dragon thanked, "Now that I am free, we can begin to heal the Spirit World."
"Normally Limiter Removal's effect would destroy my Dragon," Luna said, continuing the duel, "but if I send Central Shield to the graveyard, my dragon doesn't have to go anywhere!" Central Shield disappeared, "Looks like that's two dragons to your none!"
Power Tool Dragon: (ATK: 2000)
"Very clever. But even one hundred dragons wouldn't be enough to help you now!" Devack said, "Now let's just see you try and take out my Earthbound Immortal!"
"Feel up to it, Leo?"
"Yup! Let's draw that card, sis!" Leo answered.
Leo and Luna started their turn and drew their next card at the same time, "But before we play anything, we activate our dragon's special ability, which uproots your Closed Forest field-spell! It also gives us 1000 life-points!"
"No! You wouldn't!" Devack gasped as the dead trees shattered to pixels and disappeared one by one until there were none and Cusillu's attack points went back to normal (ATK: 2800).
Devack: 2500
Luna (Leo): 1200
Yusei: "All right! With that field-spell gone, Devack's monkey has no special abilities!"
Trudge: "He's done for, now!"
"But I'm not. 'Cause Power Tool Dragon lets me add another equip spell straight to my hand!" Luna activated Power Tool's effect and added another spell to her hand, "And now that I've got two, I think I'll power up both my dragons!" a white stole hung on Ancient Fairy Dragon's neck and a big rocket attached to Power Tool Dragon's arm, "Devack! This is the end of the line for you and your monkey!"
"I'm afraid this is the end of nothing, little girl!"
"We'll see about that!" Power Tool Dragon flew towards the big monkey and hit it in the chest with the rocket. The after shock of the blast caused the twins to cling to each other and brave the storm.
Devack: 2500
Luna (Leo): 400
"And what did I tell you!" Devack laughed, "All you've done is destroy Power Tool Dragon and hurt yourself!"
"Try reading the card!" Leo shouted.
"Yeah, he can't be destroyed as long as he's equipped with Rocket Pilder," Luna said, "And that's not the card's only bonus. Your monster loses ATK points for each of our Power Tool Dragon's ATK points."
"You can't!" Devack gasped as he looked at his big monkey and saw there was a big hole in its chest.
Earthbound Immortal Cusillu: (ATK: 800)
"I'm afraid we can, and we did! And now, my Fairy Dragon's equip-spell kicks in! All the life that I just lost was worth every point; thanks to Pain To Power, it all gets converted to ATK points!" the blue dragon roared as she gained more power (ATK: 2900), "I think she's still mad about being locked up! And it's finally time for her to get some payback! Whaddaya think about that! Ancient Fairy Dragon, chase those shadows away!"
I wanna fly high
So I can reach the highest of all the heavens
Somebody will be waiting for me so,
I have got to fly higher
Ancient Fairy dragon rose up in the air, its wings glowed in different colors and then it shined its light and it was bright as the sun itself. Cucillu recoiled from the light, and slowly dissolved into sparkles. Devack stood braced against the blast, but it was too strong; it blew back his hood, and he shouted into the explosion as his life-points drop to zero.
Gotta keep goin'
Everything is a brand new challenge for me
I will believe in myself
This is the only start for meeee-eeee-eeeee
The Mark of the Monkey disappeared from the landscape as though it had never been, not even disturbing the dust.
Devack: 0
Luna (Leo): 400
The duel disks deactivated, the holograms faded, and the purple flames of the Monkey Geoglyph extinguished.
"You did it Luna!" Leo cheered.
"No Leo, we did it." Luna corrected, "No, Leo, we did it. Now the spirits will be safe from De-"
"You!" Devack groaned. Everyone looked to see Devack lurching toward them, obscured by shadowy streaks in the air as a fearsome specter. Leo had put himself between Luna and the horror, arms protectively outstretched, "You think you've won? You... will not stop... the shadows... from devouring this world... for I will... destroy you, I will... drag you down into the netherworld..." with that, Devack began to fall forward, reaching for them. Yusei tackled them out of the way, and Devack kept falling, disintegrating into a pile of black dust that fell lifelessly to the ground. The twins stared, frightened and awestruck, over Yusei's shoulder.
In the Spirit World, the Mark of the Monkey vanished from the sky, and little wisps of purple light flitted from the heavens, swirling into the ruins of Zeman's castle through the huge hole in the ceiling and returned to the designs on the wall. The purple lights each shot into a tablet on the wall, and the duel spirits appeared in the air overhead.
"We did it! The Spirit World is safe!" Torunka cheered.
Margaret dropped onto her knees, exhausted, "It's finally over. I'm just glad I had a small part of this."
"What are you saying?" Torunka asked, "It's thanks to your Zeman was destroyed and our city is safe again!"
"Huh?"
"When you activated that field-spell, you gave use the bit of power we needed to prevent any more soldiers from entering our home!"
Margaret looked through her deck and took out her Magical Citadel of Endymion card, "So that village I woke up in was actually part of this card?"
"Mmhm! And when all the spellcasters gained all their magic back, first thing they did was go back and power up the city!"
"The Spirit World is in your debt as well!" Regulus said, "We are grateful to you!"
Margaret smiled and turned to the Silent Magician, "You ready to go back?"
The magician nodded, and raised her staff. The last thing Margaret saw was a blinding light...
Before she found herself back in the real world. Without a cover of dark clouds, she could see Yusei, Trudge, and the twins are watching the sun rise. "Luna!" she ran over to the little girl, "Are you alright?"
"Yes, I'm fine."
"Hey Leo." Yusei said kneeling on one knee at his level. "You were really great." He said giving a small smile. That got Leo's eyes watering and wiped it away.
"Luna." A voice called. They turned to see a faint image of Ancient Fairy Dragon and Regulus in front of them.
"Ancient Fairy Dragon, Regulus!" Luna acknowledged.
"Where did those things come from?" Trudge asked confused, "Is there a laser light show goin' on?"
"No, Officer Trudge. We are not illusions; we are real."
"Wow! Did that thing just talk back to me?" Trudge asked shocked, before fainting straight backward. The others glanced back at him.
"Grown-ups are so weird." Leo replied.
"Luna. I thought you should know; by defeating that Dark Signer, you have saved us all," the dragon continued, "The spirits captured by the Earthbound Immortal, are free now. And they have returned home to the Spirit World."
"Thank you," Luna said, "But I couldn't have done it without my brother Leo's help. He set up Devack so I could finish 'im off. And Yusei stuck by Leo's side the whole time!"
"Then I offer my thanks to Leo, and Yusei. And a congratulations to you, Magic, for guiding Luna throughout her journey."
"Oh, think you!" Margaret blushed.
"Our fight with the Dark Signers isn't over. Will you help us?" Yusei asked.
"The Dark Signers are like a disease. If they are not vanquished completely, their power will grow back. And the Spirit World will once again be in danger. We must finish this. I will fight alongside you, even if it destroys me!"
"I, too, will fight alongside you, until the bitter end." Regulus said. And with that, the two monsters glowed and went into Luna's hand turning into cards.
"We did it, Magic! I finally have the card Mina said we'd need!" Luna and Leo, Yusei and Magic approached the Monkey control-station, and when Yusei touched the door; it slid open. "So is this one of those towers Mina was talking about? That, like, control the energy reactor thing?"
"Yup. This is it." Yusei replied. Through a second door, stood a plinth, carved with the same monkey image seen on the outside face of the building, with a rectangular frame clearly meant to hold a card. "Luna, do you have the card ready?"
Luna nodded, "This is the part where we hope this works. Here goes everything, I guess." she put the card in the plinth. For a second, nothing happened, then the plinth's carvings lit up around the card. They heard mechanical beeping and the building began to shake.
"I think we might wanna leave now!" Margaret whimpered. Luna grabbed her card, and they did. The doors slid shut behind them, and when they were outside they turned and watch. The tower itself sunk swiftly into the ground. The tower disappeared beneath the surface of the earth, and within moments the spot on which it stood was bare, as though the tower had never stood at all.
"Calm down, everyone, I'm awake! I'm okay!" Trudge groaned and woke up, glancing around "...Where'd the tower go? There... was a tower here, right?"
"Uh... I didn't see any tower." Margaret said.
Trudge groaned, "I need some sleep! I keep seeing things that aren't there! Towers, dragons, flying lions..." the twins and Margaret exchange a look and the three burst out laughing.
"And now it's time we got going." Yusei said, "There's three towers left; and the next one's mine!" he looked towards the direction of the Giant's Mark, "Time to settle things up with my old friend Kalin!"
DUEL-MON DATABASE
(1) Playful Possum
Stats: [Beast/Effect] Level 2 ATK/800 DEF/800
Attribute: EARTH
Description: During your Main Phase, if your opponent controls a face-up monster with a higher ATK than the ATK of this card, you can destroy this card on the field. During your Standby Phase, if this card was destroyed by this effect, you can Special Summon this card from the Graveyard.
(2) Ancient Crimson Ape
Stats: [Beast/Effect] Level 7 ATK/2600 DEF/1800
Attribute: EARTH
Description: When a monster(s) you control is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, gain 1000 Life Points.
(3) Green Baboon, Defender of the Forest
Stats: [Beast/Effect] Level 7 ATK/2600 DEF/1800
Attribute: EARTH
Description: When a Beast-Type monster you control is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, you can pay 1000 Life Points to Special Summon this card from your hand or the Graveyard.
(4) Royal Magical Library
Stats: [Spellcaster/Effect] Level 4 ATK/0 DEF/2000
Attribute: LIGHT
Description: Each time a Spell Card is activated, place 1 Spell Counter on this card (max 3). You can remove 3 Spell Counters from this card to draw 1 card.
(5) Endymion, the Master Magician
Stats: [Spellcaster/Effect] Level 7 ATK/2700 DEF/1700
Attribute: DARK
Description: Each time a Spell Card is activated, place 1 Spell Counter on this card (max 3). You can remove 3 Spell Counters from this card to draw 1 card.
(6) Arcanite Magician
Stats: [Spellcaster/Synchro/Effect] Level 7 ATK/400 DEF/1800
Attribute: DARK
Description: 1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner Spellcaster-Type monsters
When this card is Synchro Summoned, place 2 Spell Counters on it. This card gains 1000 ATK for each Spell Counter on it. You can remove 1 Spell Counter from a card you control to destroy 1 card your opponent controls.
(7) Earthbound Immortal Cusillu
Stats: [Beast/Effect] Level 10 ATK/2800 DEF/2400
Attribute: DARK
Description: There can only be 1 "Earthbound Immortal" monster on the field. If there is no face-up Field Spell Card on the field, destroy this card. Your opponent cannot select this card as an attack target. This card can attack your opponent directly. If this face-up card you control would be destroyed by battle, you can Tribute 1 other monster you control instead, and halve your opponent's Life Points.
(8) Ancient Fairy Dragon
Stats: [Dragon/Effect] Level 7 ATK/2100 DEF/3000
Attribute: LIGHT
Description: 1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters
Once per turn, you can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower monster from your hand. You cannot conduct your Battle Phase the turn you activate this effect. Once per turn, you can destroy a Field Spell Card. If you do, gain 1000 Life Points, and you can add 1 Field Spell Card from your Deck to your hand.
Rico: "In our next chapter, Katherine feels completely down with Jason away. Can a duel brighten her day? Next time on Reverse of Arcadia!: The Hero Express! See you then!"
DUEL-MON TRIVIA-
Hey duelists! Did you know:
'Endymion, the Master Magician' is named for the Greek mythological figure of Endymion who was beloved by the moon goddess Selene and put to sleep forever.
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