Here's the start of Chapter 4! At the start of writing this, I have no idea how long it'll take to finish, but I have hopes it won't take as long as Chapter 3. Either way, here it is!
Star Clusters IV: Evolution of Chaos
Yufa gasped and choked, having little-to-no-air to breathe with. He was just knocked down by an incredible force, one of which he'd never even felt before! It was like... Shadow Duels, or... Wait. It wasn't an actual shadow duel, right? From what Yufa knew, that was only an urban legend. They didn't actually exist, surely? The moment Yufa tried to stand, he automatically felt the weariness and sheer pain his body felt. Even if he could explain the treacherous reach the pain inflicted upon his body had suffered, he was sure he wouldn't want to. Weak, he shakily rose to his feet, and the faint senses barely rushed toward him before he regained full consciousness.
"Gahahaha! Wonderful!" The hooded cultist was in hysterics, but suddenly stopped in an eerie tone. "I set a card and end my turn"
Grandscape City! 'A wonderous splendour for the most forwardlooking tourists!' Such a beautiful place, and around every corner you'd find entertainment! Casinos, Game Stalls, and Arcades! A truly perfect place for any kind of tourist! But best of all, the dueling stadium: Host to the annual Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championships, where duelists aim for the top with the decks they put their hearts and souls into! And Constellation Monsters, whose ethereal powers descended to Earth over this utopic city, revived the classic era of duels!
Yufa did eventually recover, and as the despairéd mist disappeared, he rose up, coated in black char. His legs were shaky, but he knew that staying down wouldn't ever help his position. The rising steam disappeared into the tyrant darkness, and Yufa looked at his disk. "I will WIN!" Yufa drew his card. "I activate the Cometshower spell card Starlegion Starpath! I gain 2 Nebula Counters upon activation! By paying 1000 LP, I can Special Summon a Constellation Monster from my grave and treat it as if it were just Constellation Summoned! But first... Seeing as my Nebula counters are 4 now, I sacrifice my Descendant and offer up all my Nebula Counters!" The 4 counters appeared in an array of light and enveloped Descendant and rose up, above the clouds. Without warning, they crashed down in raw energy and opened the portal to a different dimension.
"Constellation Summon! Appear, Star Clusters 4! Elite Starlegion Swordmaster!"
YUFA'S NEBULA COUNTERS: 0
ATK: 2500.
"When he's Constellation Summoned, I can have him gain ATK equal to half the points of a Constellation Monster in my grave! Naturally I choose Shortbowman!"
SWORDMASTER'S ATK: 2500 - 3500
"Go! Wipe out Tyrmyr with your Starlegion Swordstrike!"
Swormaster raced towards Tyrmyr at extreme speeds, but was suddenly repelled by a strong force.
"Wha-" Yufa halted.
"I used the Trap card, Darkhaos Integration. With it, each of my Special Summoned Darkhaos Monsters gain a once per turn immunity to destruction by battle, and when that effect is applied, I take no damage from that battle! But that's not all! Your monster gets destroyed in place of mine!" Swordmaster was surrounded in darkness, and was incinerated quickly.
"Swordmaster!" Yufa looked on, and as the man laughed, Yufa smiled. "...Just kidding"
"Wait wha-?" The man's laughter was halted.
"I considered ya facedown! I use the effect of Starlegion Necromander in the graveyard! I banish it to revive a Constellation Monster, and treat it as if it were Constellation Summoned! Come on back, Swordmaster!" Swordmaster revived, and gained its 1000 ATK. "Then, I use the effect of Starlegion Starpath! I pay 1000 LP and revive my Shortbowman as if it were Constellation Summoned, by sending the spell to the GY!"
YUFA 1500 - LP - 4000 CULTIST
Shortbowman rose in an array of light.
"With his effect, I gain a Nebula Counter for every other Starlegion I control!"
YUFA'S NEBULA COUNTERS: 1
SHORTBOWMAN'S ATK: 2000 - 2300
"Now Swordmaster: ATTACK! Starlegion Swordslash!" The monster once again ran toward the helpless Tyrmyr, and he was annihilated instantly, before phasing into the darkness which surrounded them. Despite the strong attack, the Cultist seemed to be adapted to the pain, and didn't even fall to a knee.
YUFA 1500 - LP - 3300 CULTIST
"Now go for it! Shortbowman attacks you dir-"
"Hmph. You're so weak and predictable" the Cultist interrupted. "I use the other effect of Darkhaos Integration! When a Special Summoned Darkhaos monster I control is destroyed and sent to my graveyard, I can Special Summon 1 Xyz monster with Darkhaos in its name from my extra deck, whose positive strength classification is 1 lower than the monster that was just destroyed, by using the destroyed monster as Xyz material!" A thick cloud of darkness descended, and lightning struck the feeble concrete beneath them. From it, a broadsword emerged and crashed back onto the ground, held by an extremely strong warrior. As the cloud was destroyed by the shadows, he emerged."It is here! Darkhaos Ruler of Shadows, Ylmya!"
ATK: 2600. ORU: 1.
"That's not all! If I took battle damage as a result of Tyrmyr's destruction, I can place 1 Rank-Up-Magic card from my deck on top of my deck!" A card which Yufa could not recognize was placed onto the deck, without being sighed. "I end my turn..." He realized his entire plan had been torn apart.
"Then I DRAW!" The man drew his Rank-Up-Magic Spell card. "I activate the effect of Ylmya! I use one overlay unit, and I can draw 2 cards, then discard 1 card! If I happen to discard a monster this way, 500 damage is inflicted!" The man drew 2, and proceeded to discard a monster."Since I discarded a monster, I inflict 500 damage right to you, YUFA!" Yufa was immediately engulfed in immense heat, from black flames.
YUFA 1000 - LP - 3300 CULTIST
"Now I'll activate it: Rank-Up-Magic - Darkhaosform Force! This card ranks up a DARK-Attribute monster I control into an Xyz monster one rank higher! And, by paying 1000 points, I can use one monster in the graveyard as additional material!"
YUFA 1000 - LP - 2300 CULTIST
Tyrmyr rose from the graveyard, and he, alongside Ylmya, was converted into balls of raw energy, which let of a bright purple light.
"I take Ylmya and Tyrmyr, and reconstruct the overlay network! Rank Up Chaos Evolution!" Both balls of energy rose into a spiral-shaped vortex, and lightning emerged from the vortex's center.
"I call upon the superior warlord, whose very presence shatters the fragile light! Ascend from your rightful place in hell to destroy the opposition! Appear now!" The lightning crashed angrily onto the ground, and in an infinite, furious burst of power, a shadow emerged from the light, and a mighty broadsword crashed onto the ground instantaneously. "Chaos Xyz Darkhaos Warlord Xoltatl!" RANK: 6. ATK: 3000.
"Darkhaos Warlord...? Chaos Xyz...?" Yufa felt a sense of fear and negativity bearing down upon him, like thousands of tonnes on his back. "Now for his effect! I detach all its overlay units, to negate the effect of one of your monsters, and thereby reducing its ATK by 1000 for every material detached! I'll reduce Descendant to rubble! What's more, for every unit used, I can destroy one of your monsters that were summoned from the Extra Deck!"
"W-What?! That kinda effect..." Shortbowman and Swordmaster were immediately incinerated.
DESCENDANT'S ATK: 1900 - 0
"Now go! Destroy his Descendant, and wipe out the rest of Yufa Goyami's LP! Darkhaos Hypercannon!" Xoaltl raised his hands above him, clutching his sword, and began to absorb energy, powering up his sword and readying it for an extremely powerful blast.
"Destroy Yufa Goyami!" The Cultist roared, and the energy rushed toward Descendant, and exploded.
"...I use the effect of Starlegion Guardian in my hand! When my Starlegion Monster is attacked, I can discard it to negate the attack of that monster!"
's attack was immediately halted and disrupted. The explosion hadn't even connected with Descendant.
"...After that, I gain 1 Nebula Counter for each of my monsters!"
YUFA'S NEBULA COUNTERS: 3
"Hmph. Then I end my turn!" The Cultist sighed.
"It's my turn! I draw!" Yufa knew what had to be done. One last Constellation Summon! "I activate the other effect of Starlegion Guardian in my grave! By banishing it, I gain 1 Nebula Counter!" Yufa smiled. The conditions were set! "I offer up all 3 Nebula Counters, and sacrifice Starlegion Descendant!" The three counters appeared in the form of 3 red lights, raw energy, and encapsulated Descendant. Descendant was converted into raw energy, and they all floated above the clouds.
"Ancient being with the capability of resurrecting the deceased; fight alongside me to rid of the threats which plague our world! Come to us now!" The energy crashed onto the ground, opening a portal to a different dimension.
"Constellation Summon! Appear, Star Clusters 3! Elite Starlegion Necromancer!" A hooded man, with purple robes and orbs of blue fire floating around him, formed from within the darkness, and let out a shout of confidence.
ATK: 1900.
"When Necromancer is Constellation Summoned, I can revive one Starlegion from my graveyard! Come back, Descendant! And when he's Special Summoned when I control another Starlegion monster, I can revive another! Return to me, Shortbowman!"
ATK: 2000"Because he was summoned this way, I can treat it as a Constellation Summon! Which means, I gain a Nebula Counter for every other Starlegion I control!"YUFA'S NEBULA COUNTERS: 2
"I use the effect of my Reinforcements! I gain 300 LP for each of my Starlegions, then I can draw a card if I gained 600 or more points this way! I have 3, so..."
YUFA 1900 - 2300 CULTIST
"With that, I draw a card!"
Yufa nodded at his draw. "I activate the Cometshower Spell Card, Starlegion's Sacrificial Sanctuary! I send any amount of Spell or Trap cards I control to the grave, and then gain 1 Nebula Counter for each! Plus, I gain 1 upon activation!"
Yufa sent all 3 he controlled to the grave, allowing him to gain a total of 4 counters.
YUFA'S NEBULA COUNTERS: 6
"Now I have 6 counters, Shortbowman gains 1800 points!"
SHORTBOWMAN'S ATK: 3800
"Now go and finish off Xoaltl! Supreme Bowshot!"
Ylmya should have been destroyed, but for some reason wasn't.
YUFA 1900 - LP - 1500 CULTIST
"Hahaha! A monster summoned using Darkhaosform Force cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects! You're hopeless!" The Custlist let out a hearty, sadistic laugh.
"...Not entirely hopeless. I activate the Cometshower Spell, Quick Constellation! This quick play Cometshower lets me immediately Constellation Summon, during any time! What's more, I can summon thst Constellation Monster from my GY! I offer up all my Nebula Counters, and Descendant!" Like before, the 4 bits of energy would envelop Descendant, rise above the clouds, and crash down to open the portal to another world, in order to call upon Yufa's monster. "Constellation Summon! Be revived, my beloved warrior! Star Clusters 4; Elite Starlegion Swordmaster! Since he was Constellation Summoned, he gains ATK equal to half the ATK of a monster in my GY! I'll have him gain Descendant's ATK!"
YUFA'S NEBULA COUNTERS: 2
SHORTBOWMAN'S ATK: 2600
SWORDMASTER'S ATK: 2500 - 3450
"I can't destroy your monster but I can damage your points! Go, Swordmaster! Attack Xoaltl!" Swordmaster rused toward Xoaltl and landed a successful strike.
YUFA 1900 - LP - 1350 CULTIST
"With that, I end my turn!"
"Then it is mine. I draw!"'The Cultist looked on menacingly, before revealing the card he drew. "I activate Double Khaos - Blind Rage! This spell allows one of my Darkhaos Monsters to attack twice this battle phase, provided I destroy it after its second attack! Furthermore, when he attacks for the second time, he gains ATK equal to the ATK of a monster you control, that I don't attack!"
"No way! So then...?" Yufa couldn't believe it. Had he really lost?!
"Go, attack Elite Starlegion Shortbowman! Darkhaos Cannon!" The blast incinerated Shortbowman, and Yufa was thrown into a wall with excessive force. Despite being in large amounts of pain, Yufa stood shakily.
YUFA 1500 - LP - 1050 CULTIST
"Now finish him! Attack Elite Starlegion Necromancer! And don't forget, now he gains ATK equal to one of your monsters! AND I CHOOSE SWORDMASTER!"
XOALTL's ATK: 3000 - 6450
"6-6400 points?! You gotta be kidding..." Yufa appeared to have lost all hope.
"GO! END THIS NOW! OVERCHAOS CANNON!"
Necromancer was destroyed, but Yufa recieved no damage. "Hah! I don't take any damage involving Necromancer! What's more, when it gets destroyed in battle, I can add a Starlegion to my hand, whose ATK is equal or less than the damage I would've taken from that battle!" Yufa added Starlegion Superia General.
"Fine. But Xoaltl won't be destroyed because of Darkhaosform's effect! So you still can't defeat me next turn! I end there"
"I wouldn't be so sure! It's my turn, I draw!" Yufa knew what to do. This duel was over! "This monster can only be summoned by banishing 2 Constellation Monsters from my GY and one on my field! This is the end!"
All 3 Constellation Monsters appeared inside a sacrificial circle, and disappeared into stardust. "Appear now, one of my strongest monsters! Starlegion Superia General!" A blast of white light crashed behimd Yufa, and managed to pierce through the darkness Xoaltl was emitting. From it, a giant wielding a Claymore stepped out, and let out a war cry.
ATK: 0.
"0 ATK?! What on Earth do you plan to do with THOSE measly points?!"
"THESE points? Win! With his effect, his original ATK is equal to one of the monsters I banished to summon him! So obviously, his points become equal to Swordmaster's!"
SUPERIA's ATK: 0 - 2500
"What's more, one of your monsters loses ATK equal to half the ATK he gained this way!"
XOALTL's ATK: 3000 - 1750
"It's... Not possible!"
"You're finished! If my Superia General battles a monster who can't be destroyed in battle, Superia banishes that monster and doubles all battle damage you take involving it!" Yufa grinned at his clear victory.
"No way! So then you... Win...?"
"That's right! Go for it Superia; annihilate Xoaltl and the rest of his LP! Superia Heavenly Swordslash!" Superia General readied its Claymore, and without hesitation, dashed into Xoaltl, giving a clean swipe, causing Xoaltl to cut in half and explode, lighting up the disappearing darkness.
"Gaaaaaahhhh!" The Cultist was thrown halfway down the alleyway as a result of the force of the attack.
YUFA 1500 - LP - 0 CULTIST
WINNER: YUFA
Yufa immediately felt enraged at the stranger. "Now, tell me who you are, and what you people want with kidnapping innocents! RIGHT NOW! And don't give me the bullshit story about wanting to destroy society, we both know that isn't the truth!" Yufa overbeared the stranger in an intimidation attempt.
"No, no, no! GAAAAAHH!" The stranger pulled off his hood, revealing a burning, demented face Yufa couldn't make out. All the features were contorted and bubbling as the flesh melted away. "This is the punishment for losing! SAVE YOURSELF, BEFORE HE KILLS YOU!" The man fell back, breaking the duel anchor.
"Kill me?! Who?!" After a few more prying attempts, Yufa could tell he'd get no more answers, and before long the man was a bubbling pile of flesh, and a skeleton in burnt robes.
"...Kill me?" Yufa frowned.
Welcome back, Duelists! Last week we asked you how to perform a Dark Synchro summon! To do it, you take the level of a dark tuner, and take it away from the level of a non tuner, getting a negative level: This is a Dark Synchro Summon! This week we ask what is meant by the term Strength Classification! Come back for the answer next week!
Cards debuting this chapter:
Starlegion Starpath
Cometshower Spell Card
You can pay 1000 LP: Special Summon 1 Constellation Monster from your GY, then send this card to the GY. The monster Special Summoned this way is treated as if it were Constellation Summoned. You can only activate 1 "Starlegion Starpath" per turn.
This card is a continuous spell card.
Upon activation, gain 2 Nebula Counters.
Darkhaos Intergration
Continuous Trap
The first time a Special Summoned "Darkhaos" monster you control would be destroyed by battle each turn, it is not destroyed, also you take no damage from that battle. At the end of that battle, destroy the monster which battled your monster. This effect applies to all your Special Summoned "Darkhaos" monsters each turn, once each. If a Special Summoned "Darkhaos" monster you control is destroyed by battle and sent to the GY: You can send this card to the GY, then Special Summon the destroyed monster, and if you do, Special Summon 1 "Darkhaos" Xyz monster from your Extra Deck, whose strength classification is 1 lower than the monster Special Summoned by this effect, by using it as Xyz Material.
Starlegion Necromander
Level 4
ATK/DEF: 1400
If this card is in your GY, you can banish this card: Special Summon 1 Constellation monster from your GY, and if you do, treat it as if it were Constellation Summoned.
Darkhaos Ruler of Shadows, Ylmya
Rank 5
ATK/ 2600 DEF/ 1500
3 level 5 "Darkhaos" monsters
You can detach 1 Xyz material from this card: Draw 2 cards, and if you do, discard 1 card, and if you do that, if the discarded card was a monster, inflict 500 damage to your opponent. You can only use the effect of "Darkhaos Ruler of Shadows, Ylmya" once per turn.
Rank-Up-Magic - Darkhaosform Force
Normal Spell Card
Target 1 DARK Xyz monster you control: Special Summon, from your Extra Deck, 1 DARK Xyz monster which is 1 Rank higher than the monster you targeted with this effect, by using that targeted monster as Xyz material (Xyz material on that card also become Xyz material on the new monster). If you targeted a "Darkhaos" monster this way, you can pay 1000 LP: Special Summon 1 "Darkhaos" monster from your GY, and if you do, use it as additional Xyz material for the monster you are about to summon. An Xyz monster Special Summoned this way cannot be destroyed by battle or by card effects.
CXyz Darkhaos Warlord Xoaltl
DARK/Warrior
Rank 6
ATK/ 3000 DEF/ 2500
4 level 6 DARK monsters
You can detach any amount of Xyz materials from this card, then target 1 monster your opponent controls: Negate its effect, and if you do, decrease its ATK by 1000 for every Xyz material detached. You can target monsters your opponent controls, which were Special Summoned from the Extra Deck, up to the amount of Xyz Materials detached from this card this turn: Destroy them. You can only use each effect of "Darkhaos Warlord Xoaltl" once per turn.
Starlegion Guardian
LIGHT/Warrior
Level 1
ATK/DEF: 0
If your opponent selects a "Starlegion" monster you control as an attack target, you can discard this card: Negate that attack, and if you do, gain 1 Nebula Counter for every monster you control. During either player's turn, you can banish this card from your GY: Special Summon 1 "Starlegion" monster from your GY, but make its ATK DEF 0, except "Starlegion Guardian". You can only use this effect of "Starlegion Guardian" once per turn.
Elite Starlegion Necromancer
Star Clusters 3
LIGHT/Spellcaster
ATK/ 1900 DEF/ 0
3 Nebula Counters and 1 tribute
When this card is Constellation Summoned: You can Special Summon 1 "Starlegion" monster from your GY, except "Elite Starlegion Necromancer". You take no battle damage involving this card. If this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the GY: You can add 1 "Starlegion" monster from your Deck to your hand, whose ATK is equal or lower than the damage you would've taken from that battle.
Starlegion's Sacrificial Sanctuary
Cometshower Spell Card
You can send any amount of Spell/Trap cards you control to the GY: Gain 1 Nebula Counter for each card sent to the GY this way.
This card is a Normal Spell Card.
Upon activation, gain 1 Nebula Counter.
Quick Constellation
Cometshower Spell Card
Constellation Summon 1 Constellation Monster from your Extra Deck or GY.
This is a Quick-Play Spell Card
Upon activation, your opponent loses 1 Nebula Counter.
Double Darkhaos - Blind Rage
Normal Spell Card
Target 1 "Darkhaos" monster you control. It can attack twice this turn's battle phase. Upon its second attack, if it battles an opponent's monster, you can have it gain ATK equal to a monster your opponent controls, except the monster it is battling. After the second attack, destroy the monster targeted with this card's effect. You can only activate 1 "Double Darkhaos - Blind Rage" per turn.
Starlegion Superia General
Level 9
LIGHT/Warrior
ATK/DEF: 0
Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must be Special Summoned (from your hand) by banishing 2 Constellation Monsters from your GY, and 1 from your field, and cannot be Special Summoned any other ways. When this card is Special Summoned: The original ATK DEF of this card becomes equal to the original ATK DEF of one of the monsters banished to Special Summon this card, and if it does, you can target 1 monster your opponent controls: It loses ATK equal to half the ATK this card gained this way. If this card battles a monster that cannot be destroyed by battle: Banish it at the end of the damage step. You can only control 1 "Starlegion Superia General".