The Rise and Fall of History: A Past Unseen

by Medigo

The world of dueling has reached a standstill. Many stories have been told through these cards, and the final story pits every side against each other. It is a game no more. Duelists are divided, and an unknown enemy watches from afar. In the midst of all this chaos is one man who brings a new power that can forever end the conflict; a stranger to this world and to himself.

84. Veni Vidi Vici

Annex 084: Veni Vidi Vici

"Uhh..where.." Emily woke up on a soft bed, inside what looked like a large bunker. "You're in the private suite. One of the safest rooms inside the castle." Cassius' voice came in through an intercom hidden in the walls. "Cassius? What the hell is this for?" Emily rose instantly. "For your own good, Emily. The XYZ-Guild and Fusion Guild have started their attack. You're not a prisoner, but it's best for you to stay inside." He assured her. "Well it looks like a prison to me! What about the others? Where's my sister?" She started yelling in every direction. "We'll rescue them in time. Then we can restart the process." He answered calmly. "That's not what I was asking about! Damn it Cassius, you have to let me help them!" Emily looked around. She did not have her dueldisk anymore. All she had was her clothes and her cards. "I cannot do that, Emily. I wont put you at risk. Just stay calm. There is food and water to keep everyone going for months. If the worst comes of it.. Just..stay put." Cassius terminated the call. "No! Cassius! Come back!" She started pounding the metal door. "Let me out!"

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"You betrayed us! You led us to them!" Iria immediately pointed fingers at Adamant when the XYZ-guild swarmed and surrounded them. "No. That's not true, is it!?" Alice did not want to believe it, in spite of all the overwhelming evidence and Adamants damning silence. "Hey. You can do what you want with me, but let Alice go! She has done nothing to any of you!" Uno struggled as he was grabbed by several soldiers. "On the contrary, she has done quite a great deal of harm to our plans." Ichirou approached Uno, getting right up in his face. "And so have you. You two are going to stay with us for a little while. And.." His hand delved into Uno's dec, taking several cards out. "We will be taking this one." It was Uno's set of Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragons, one of which was the real one. "You may have fooled the Fusion guild, but we know what we are looking for." Ichirou scanned all three and placed one of them inside his own dueldisk and locked it up. "Are you still after the decryption keys? Do you really believe Dom has the cards you need?" Iria still could not imagine such power hiding within Dreamworld. "Oh. Has Adamant been telling you things?" Ichirou snickered as he tossed the two other copies back at Uno's feet.

"Well, I forgive you. Come Adamant, Roma will be pleased to see you." Ichirou and his troops guided the four into the heart of the XYZ-encampment. There, in the biggest tent, was Roma himself. "What is this supposed to be?" He greeted this display with mild apprehension. "It appears Adamant did us a favor and lead the rogue duelists to us. We have one of the three keycards." Ichirou happily explained. "Interesting. Is this true, Adamant?" Roma eyed the former leader carefully. "...What is our status." Adamant responded dutifully. "I knew it." Iria cursed under her bearth "No.." Alice whimpered. "How.." Uno could not even make sense of this. "Oh, we are holding our ground. Those synchro-duelist rats are holed up underneath, and we can't get through. The fusion guild is keeping their hands clean, sending in occasional attackers. They're trying to claim terrain, but they wont succeed. In due time we will have this entire place conquered. And it all thanks to your original design, Adamant." Roma said wryly.

At that moment another explosion sounded in the distance. "Oh, there they go again." Ichirou sighed. The fusion guild was challenging their outer guards again. "Squad B will handle this." Roma gave the command to a section of duelists on the left. "No. You shouldn't hold back, Roma." Subito countermanded the order. "Send as many as you can spare. I have seen what the fusion guild is willing to do. They have to be crushed." Roma looked at his 'subordinate' with a slight scowl on his face, but then turned his expression into a smirk. "Heh. I am in a good mood. Very well." Roma ordered half of his men to march out through the gate. "Ugh. Are you really going to do this, Adamant?. All this fighting is pointless!" Uno yelled. "Do your men even know what you are fighting against? Did you tell them who the enemy is? Do they know that you expect them to wage war on an entirely new world, and why?" The reward for his outburst was a grazing laser shot from one a monster that a soldier near him had summoned and solidified. "Shut up. Don't talk nonsense!"

So the fighting continued. They could not see what was happening beyond the walls, only the sentries on the battlements could. Most of Roma's troops had their ears tuned to the sound of the duels. Adamant in the mean time had his senses focused on the three prisoners. "What is the next part of your plan, Adamant?" Iria questioned him with venom and spite. "Regeneratio ... Soldier, give me my tools." Adamant ignored her and got one of his men to give him a replacement raidraptor deck and dueldisk. "...Huh?" Alice caught him glancing at her as he inserted the cards into his new disk. Then Adamant walked towards Roma. "Ah. Just as you were before, eh Adamant? For once I can say I glad to have you. The ones responsible for abandoning you will be reprimanded in time, of course." Roma said with his self-satisfied demeanor. "That will not be necessary. I only ask one thing." Adamant placed both feet down in front of the new leader. "That is?"

"A Duel!" Adamant turned his dueldisk on and drew five cards. "A Duel? With you? Adamant, have you lost your mind?" His selected opponent was Roma himself.

Adamants LP: 8000 Roma's LP: 8000

"I invoke the fifth law to challenge your leadership, Roma!" Adamant shouted loud enough so that every soldier could hear him. Though they rose to defend their leader, they had to back off because of Adamants words. With less duelists around, it was easier for Adamant to stay near his target. "The fifth law? That does not apply to you! You lost your spot in the ranks long ago!" Roma opposed his argument. "Actually.. He has the right. Though he has lost two duels, you also lost one. And he has gained more victories since then." Ichirou on the other hand had the records at his disposal and was not shy about pointing them out. "Ichirou. Whose side are you on?" Roma growled. "On the side of the guild, of course. I am not going to stop this." Ichirou walked away from the two. "Tch. My plan has already been set in motion, Adamant. Our demands are sent, you cannot undo what we have done." The leader refused to draw his cards. "Right now all I see is a man who fears me. The future can wait. This is happening now, Roma."

"... So be it." The leader spat and took five cards from his deck. "The rest of you, do not interfere. And make sure our prisoners do not escape." He glared at Uno and Iria before starting his turn properly. "Tch. So all of this was just to get back control of his guild." Iria had no interest in watching anyway. "By the rules of the Law; the current leader gets the first turn. I normal summon Super Quantum Blue Layer." It was the blue quantum pilot(3/1200/2000) who would begin the battle. "By her effect, one Super Quant-card will be taken from my deck. I choose Super Quantal Fairy Alphan." Roma added the new monster card to his hand. "I set one card in the spell/trap zone. That was it. What is your answer, Adamant."

"It is.. Raidraptor Tribute Lanius!" Adamant wasted no time in bringing out his first monster, the blue machine-bird(4/1800/400) of thunder. "Send Mimicry Lanius!" With the first effect of Tribute Lanius a Raidraptor was sent from the deck to the graveyard. "Add Raidraptor Readiness." With the effect of Mimicry Lanius, a new Raidraptor card was pulled from the deck and placed into his hand. The surrounding XYZ-duelists commented on how Adamant was using his favorite moves. The battle phase was similarly straightforward. Tribute Lanius' wings fired off their feather segments and blasted Super Quantum Blue Layer with lasers. Successfully destroying an opponents monster triggered the Raidraptors second effect; the player could claim any quick-play Rank-Up-Magic spell in his deck. "Rank-Up-Magic: Revolution Force." Adamant took a spell that few had seen in action, including Alice. "Revolution?" Once the second main phase came, Adamant placed that card face-down on the field. Another trap was set down beside it. "End turn."

Roma's LP: 7400

"Revolution Force, the best weapon against another XYZ-duelist. You want to take my XYZ-monsters as well as my rank, don't you?" With that face-down spell, Adamant could rank-up XYZ-monsters the opponent controllled into one of his Raidraptors. "But I know Revolution Force cannot target XYZ-monsters if they still have their XYZ-materials. Do not forget that I studied under you. I know every trick in your handbook!" Roma drew his next card. "I control no monsters, so I may special summon Super Quantum Red Layer from my hand!" The red-suited pilot(5/2000/800) jumped in from a ring of fire. "I will take back my Blue Layer now." When Quantum Red was summoned, another Super Quant could leave the graveyard and return to the duelist hand. "Now I normal summon Summoner Monk and I will use his power to summon Super Quantum Green Layer from my deck!" The priest of summoning(4/800/1600) could special summon any level 4 monster at the cost of one spell. Roma discarded an XYZ-Unit spell card to bring forth the Green Quantum pilot(4/1600/1400). "And I shall summon Super Quantal Fairy Alphan!" Green Layers effect special summoned a Super Quant-monster from the hand, the quantums white-colored mascot animal(1/0/0).

"Let me show you what I learned about XYZ-summoning, Adamant." Roma targeted Green Layer and Summoner Monk. "The earlier you do it, the better.. I XYZ-summon Super Quantal Mech Beast Aeroboros!" The wind pilot and summon priest were overlayed to construct the mechanical winged beast of the sky(4/2200/2400). "And the more often you can do it, the better! I activate Alphans effect! It targets another Super Quant to share its level among all other Super Quant monsters!" The fairy critter jumped on top of Quantum Red Layer and copied its five stars. Now it(5/0/0) could be overlayed along with the red pilot for a rank 5 XYZ-card. "I XYZ-summon Super Quantal Mech Beast Magnaliger!" The warrior of fire and the mascot of light combined to construct the mecha-lion of flames(5/2600/2000). "Both their effects will be used against your Raidraptor! Green!" Roma detached Green Layer from Aeroboros. The green Mech Beast flipped Tribute Lanius face-down. "And Red!" The red Mech Beast used up its Red Layer material to destroy the face-down Lanius.

"Of course. Against someone like you, two XYZ-monsters will not be enough." The effects of the Quantum Layers were activated after they went into the graveyard. The detached Quantum Green discarded Super Quantum Blue from Roma's hand to draw a new card. The detached Quantum Red special summoned that Super Quantum Blue(3/1200/2000) from the graveyard. "Emergency Teleport! I special summon another Blue Layer!" With his face-down quickplay spell card, Roma summoned a level 3 psychic monster; another Pilot(3/1200/2000) dressed in blue. "I take the Super Quantal field spell card from my deck." A Quantum spell was the card that Blue Layer gave her owner this time. "Now everything is in its proper place. I XYZ-summon Super Quantal Mech Beast Grampulse!" The two Blue Quantums overlayed with each other to create their vessel, the deepsea shark twin submarine(3/1800/2800). "And your Revolution ends before it begins! Grampulse destroys your middle face-down card!" Roma nearly detached one card from his new XYZ-monster. "Trap card!" Yet Adamant chained his card to the summoning of Grampulse first. "Overlay Hurricane!"

Overlay Hurricane, Continuous Trap
Once per turn, during either players turn, you can target 1 Xyz Monster that has Xyz Material and 1 other Xyz Monster;
Detach 1 Xyz Material from the first target and attach it to the second target.

"Whoa!" The guild gasped. "What?" Roma was likewise stunned. "Your materials, Red will move to Green." Overlay Hurricane's effect relocated an attached card from one XYZ-monster to the other. Aeroboros now had two materials, while Magnaliger had none. "And now, Rank-Up-Magic Revolution Force! I take the XYZ-monster you control and evolve it to the next rank!" As it no longer had any materials, Magnaliger could be targeted by Revolution Force. The rank 5 Fire Mech Beast was absorbed by the spell and attached underneath a rank 6 XYZ-monster. "Raidraptor - Revolution Falcon!" Adamant XYZ-summoned his bird of rebellion and war, the Revolution Falcon(6/2000/3000). "Feh. You managed to bring it out." Roma knew this monster in an out. He had no means to destroy it. Revolution Falcon would just erase the attackpoints of his special summoned monsters. And with one of his Quantal XYZ-monsters now attached to Adamants monster, he could not use the effect of his field spell to create the Quantal King either. "End turn."

"Ha. Guess you made a mistake." Uno chuckled. Roma had assumed that Adamants face-down trap was Raidraptor Readiness, and that left him open for Adamants counter. "I told you to be quiet!" One other XYZ-duelist snarled at Uno. And Iria felt like agreeing with the duelist. "Are you cheering him on? Whoever wins, we lose." She whispered angrily. "Better him than Roma." Uno shrugged. He couldn't explain it, but he felt there was more to this than what Adamant was saying.

"Again." As soon as it was Adamants turn, he activated the effect of Overlay Hurricane to steal an XYZ-material from Aeroboros. He gave it to his own Raidraptor Revolution Falcon. "Hmph." In retaliation, Roma activated the effect of Grampulse to destroys Overlay Hurricane, while that XYZ-monster still had an XYZ-material. "Detach." Adamant detached one of the Falcons materials, enabling its multi-attack effect. Now it could bombard all of Roma's Q. "Raptors Ultimate Mace." To cap it off, Adamant equipped a spell card to the XYZ-monster(3000/3000). The mace added an additional 1000 attackpoints to its wielder. "Attack." And so Revolution Falcon waged its war against the Super Mech Beasts. The Quantals could not retaliate because their quick-effects became normal trigger effects if their perspective Layers were not attached to them. The Raidraptor released jetflames from its wings to sear away the attackpoints of Grampulse(0/2800) and Aeroboros(0/2400). Then it made a rapid pass to cut them down while they were weakened. "RGhh!" The flames and the heat shot past Roma.

Roma's LP: 1400

"Ngh.." Even though the others were standing far enough away, Alice still winced when she saw the pain Adamant was causing Roma. "Ahahah!" Yet the opponent took his loss remarkably well. "For a second there, you had me worried." Roma laughed as he picked three cards from his graveyard. The effect of the Blue Layer XYZ-material, that Adamant had sent back to the graveyard, shuffled three Super Quants (Red, Blue, Alphan) back into the deck. "But it seems you have become incapable of finishing what you start. One more monster and you could have gotten your rank back. Your deck is not helping you much, is it?" Adamant brushed off the mans claims. He set a monster and a trap card. "You waste your breath as always, Roma. Your talk will not change the outcome of this duel."

"Ha! And you talk too little! You never had a clue of just how little your guild believed in you. I was the one who had to save it, I gave them a clear purpose!" Roma gained his next turn. "You've seen what I did for us. If that does not convince you, then.. yes.. I will need to demonstrate the gap between us in a more visual way." His smile turned ugly as he discovered which card he had drawn. "Super Quantum, Blue Layer." He summoned yet another Blue Pilot(3/1200/2000). Quantum Layer Red was added to his hand through her effect. "And Super Quantal Mech Ship Magnacarrier!" The field spell followed. Roma discarded Red Layer from his hand to fuel the Magnacarrier. "I activate its effect; overlaying my Super Quantum monster to XYZ-summon the Super Quantal Mech of the same element!" Quantum Blue flew into the Mech Ship and came back out with her blue Grampulse Mech Beast(3/1800/2800). Meanwhile, thanks to the discarded Quantum Red card, Roma could special summon Quantum Green Layer back to the field. It was quickly absorbed by Grampulse's conversion effect and turned into an XYZ-material. "You remember how my Mech Beasts can attach my Super Quantums on the field, right?."

"You also remember how my field spell needs three XYZ-monsters to create the ultimate Quantal. I have two, I still need the one your Falcon swallowed. You planned it out so carefully. Unfortunately, I never let anything stop me from summoning It." The XYZ-leader unveiled a spell in his hand. "Overlay Capture! Your attached XYZ-material is sent to the grave, and this spell becomes a material for my XYZ-monster!" Grampulse gained a third attachment, while Revolution Falcon lost Magnaliger. "! You.." Adamant had not counted on a card that was only useful for fights between XYZ-duelists.. Even Revolution Force had uses outside of XYZ on XYZ duels. "Yes. I knew this day could come, that someone would fight me for my title. It's not surpising that that turned out to be you." Everything was where Roma needed it to be. "The Magnacarrier will take my Mech Beasts from the graveyard or the field, and overlay them!" Magnaliger, Aeroboros, Grampulse and its three materials; they were the components for the ultimate XYZ-summon of The highest-rank combiner mech(12/3600/3200).

"Victory is mine. I have summoned Super Quantal Mech King Great Magnus! There is nothing you can do now, Adamant! With at least 4 unique XYZ-materials, Mech King Magnus is immune to all card effects. I have surpassed you in every way." Revolution Falcon could not reduce this monsters attackpoints to zero. "All you have done is stepping of the path I layed out." Adamant grunted, knowing what was to come. "Is that envy I detect? That was the last thing I expected from you, Adamant. You don't even know half of it, you have been stuck in a cell for days. I was the one who made this country recognize our power, I was the one who got our army contacts to step in line. You would never have even considered to call on them for aid." Roma placed a trap card down and entered his battle phase. "You are losing sight of the mission, Roma! We were supposed to make them our allies, not threaten them by holding everyone hostage!"

"And that was your problem. You were thinking too small, you were only concerned with defeating the enemy, when we can do so much more!" Roma yelled. "More? What do you mean?" Adamant asked him. "Oh come now, use your imagination. We should not just defend, we should conquer. This world and theirs, they are ours for the taking. We, the XYZ-Guild, are meant to rule. And rule we shall!"

(To be Continued in Annex 085: Mechanical Selection)

New Cards used by Adamant
Rank-Up-Magic: Revolution Force
Raptors Ultimate Mace

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Overlay Hurricane

New Cards used by Roma
Super Quantal Fairy Alphan
Summoner Monk

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Emergency Teleport
Overlay Capture