AN: Hello, I have the next chapter here. Thank you for the warm welcome back as we continue with the last ark of this series. Now, we have eleven duelists left in the tournament, but that will soon be the top ten. Like the last one, this chapter gets very heavy with the damage dealt to match with the raised stakes. Also, I do fudge a bit of the trap effects and timing here in this chapter as a warning, the second AN will explain. Hope you enjoy this chapter, leave a review with your comments and questions, and have a nice day.
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Chapter 70 – The Smothering of Flames
"Arf!" Zwei barked as he lead Yang down the cave's corridor. Soon, the duo reached an opening into a wider area of the cavern. As the fiery Ra Yellow searched the area, she noticed two other pathways, "ARF!" Zwei barked to gain his owner's attention, causing her to look at the sight that made her gasp in horror.
"Ruby!" Yang called out as she ran to her little sister, who was suspended in the air with an updraft of a green aura.
"Arf!" Zwei ran over to the hooded Slifer Red. However, he was then repelled back by a shockwave of the green aura, "Arr…" he whimpered in pain as Yang ran over to check on the corgi.
"What's going on?" Yang checked on Zwei before approaching Ruby, "That symbol? I don't know what it means." She said as she saw the Seal of Oricalcos on the ground under Ruby, then saw the same symbol on her younger sister's forehead. Yang reached for Ruby, but her hand was repelled by the green aura forcefield, "Ouch!" She flinched before gritting her teeth.
"Arf…" Zwei barked as he sat up but was recoiling a bit from the shock.
"Zwei." Yang spoke before kneeling, "You've done so well right now, but I need you to do one more thing for me." She spoke with a smile, "Weiss and Jesse went down the pit to find Jaden. They probably have a way out, but you can find and guide them back here." The fiery Ra Yellow said with a smile, "I'll try and save Ruby in the meantime. Please, I'm counting on you."
"Arf!" Zwei said with a hopeful bark, then began to run through one of the corridors.
Yang waved until her corgi was out of sight, then turned the green barrier trapping her little sister, "I don't care what this thing is made of," She said as her eyes went red, clenching her mechanical fists, "BUT LET GO OF MY SISTER!" The fiery Ra Yellow said before punching the green barrier with a single solid blow. The aura pulsated throughout the area, trying to repel Yang, but she remained steadfast as her mechanical fist ground against the seal's power, "RUBY!" Yang screamed with all her soul.
Inside the darkness of her own mind. Ruby walks with her hands on her head, the voices in the shadow filling her mind with negative words. However, she heard a familiar voice speak her name, "Yang…" Ruby responded to the voice, searching the darkness, and seeing a small flame, "Yang!" Ruby rushed for it with tears in her eyes. As she ran, it felt like she was not getting any closer, "Yang, please help me!" Still, she held out hope and soon saw herself within the grasp of the flame.
Yang could feel her metal fist bending into the green barrier, "Just a…little…more!" Yang said as she was about to dig the souls of her boots into the ground for one final push. However, she felt something coil around her stomach, pulling her back, "What?" she said as the green barrier took advantage of her loose footing, pushing her back in a powerful shockwave, "AAAAA!"
At the same moment, as Ruby was about to grasp the fire, it faded away before she could reach it. Her eyes filled with dread as the voice in her head returned, "No! No! Nonononono!" she cried as she held her head again, tears down her face, "Yang…please…someone…please…I don't want to be here anymore."
"You can't leave here."
The voices spoke in her mind endlessly.
"This is your eternal despair. Your punishment for letting her die."
Outside the barrier, Yang landed on her back as she recoiled from the blast, "What happened?" she said before examining her stomach. She discovered a deep green vine that coiled around her. Before she could rip it off, it was uncoiled on its own.
With her eyes, she followed the path of the vine towards the third corridor in the tunnel, disparaging into the darkness, "Now, we can't have you spoiling her fun?" Yuri spoke as he emerged from the shadows, "She is quite busy with her own pain at the moment."
"Yuri!" Yang spoke as her eyes filled with red rage, "It was you that did this to Ruby!"
"Well, I suppose that's half right." Yuri responded with a smirk, "It was someone else that trapped her in that prison. I simply broke her mind before delivering her to this place."
"You what!?" Yang responded her fist clenched, "Psychopath, I'm gonna make you pay!" she shouted as Yuri looked at her with a tilted head, "What?"
"…Who are you?" Yuri asked.
"What?" Yang responded, "I'm Ruby's big sister, Yang."
"Huh, I didn't realize that she had a sister." He said with his hand on his chin, "Did you just get here for the tournament?"
"I've been at this academy the whole time! I've seen your duel with Weiss and Jaden before." Yang shouted back, "I'm the strongest Ra Yellow at Duel Academy."
"Oh, I see now." Yuri said with a smile, "Sorry, my academy didn't have a Ra Yellow grade. So, I ignored all the students here who wore yellow." He shrugged, "I just assumed they were all pointless."
"You're just begging for someone to punch you in the face, aren't you?" Yang responded.
"And is that someone you?" Yuri countered with a smirk, "Or shall we do this a more appropriate way?" he said while readying his duel disk.
"Either way, you're about to get beaten into the ground," Yang said as she activated her duel disk arm.
"Duel!" the two declared as the battle within the cavern entrance had begun.
Yang: 4000 Life Points
Yuri: 4000 Life Points
"I'll go first." Yuri spoke as he drew, then played the card instantly, "I'll activate the field spell, Traptrip Garden." He said as the cavern area changed to resemble a field of short grass, dandelions flowers, and muddy puddles. "Now, I summon Traptrix Coronatus in attack mode." a young girl with pale skin and light red hair in tattered attire formed onto the field, (1500 ATK / 1300 DEF). "With her effect, I get to add another Traptrix from my deck to my hand." He said as the card ejected, "And thanks to my field spell, I can normal summon an addition Traptrix each turn." He said while playing the card he drew, "I play Traptrix Myrmeleo in attack mode." He said it was a grey-haired girl with red revealing attire. The sides of her dress resemble that of a mandible of an ant, (1600 ATK / 1200 DEF). "And with this monster, I can add a hole trap card from my deck to my hand."
"A hole trap card?" Yang asked.
"Yes, which gives me a great assortment of cards to pick from." Yuri said before placing the card in his hand, then shuffling the cards, "But you won't know which one until you spring it." He said before picking a card from his hand, "I'll set this and end my turn."
"Then it's my move!" Yang said as she drew, "I summon Caninetaur in attack mode." She said as the dog-like centaur was seen, (1500 ATK / 200 DEF), "Now, I'll attack that pink-haired one with my monster." The fiery Ra Yellow said as her Caninetaur charged in, "And I can use his effect to send this level eight winged-beast monster from my deck to the grave to give him 800 more attack points." She said as her monster's sword glowed in a red aura, (1500 + 800 = 2300 ATK). The monster then slashed at Coronatus, but she dodged by backflipping, "What?"
"My field spell also allows me to make my Traptrix monster immune to battle destruction for each monster once per turn." Yuri said as Coronatus landed back on a nearby rock, crossing one leg over the other as it looked at Yang with a smirk, "But I do still take the damage."
Yuri: 4000 – 800 = 3200 Life Points
"Grrr," Yang gritted her teeth as Caninetaur lost the burning aura, (2300 – 800 = 1500 ATK). "I'll set two cards and end my turn."
"I draw," Yuri responded at the start of his turn, "And I play Pot of Greed, assuming in your grade of Ra Yellow they teach you what this card does?" he asked as Yang scowled, causing him to draw two cards, smirking at the cards before putting it in his hand, "Now, I'll summon Traptrix Atrax in attack mode." He said as the purple-haired girl with a glaring red eye was seen, (1800 ATK / 1000 DEF). "I activate the trap card from my hand, Treacherous Trap Hole."
"From your hand?" Yang commented before recalling his duel with Jaden, "I forgot that thing could do that?"
"While I have no traps in my graveyard, I can destroy two monsters on the field." Yuri spoke as the pit appeared over Atrax and Caninetaur, "But since my monsters are immune to hole effects, only yours is destroyed."
"I don't think so." Yang chained, "I reveal my quickplay spell, Circle of the Fire Kings!" she said as her monster was engulfed in flames, "Now, I can swap my Caninetaur for the monster I sent the grave before." The fiery Ra Yellow said as the flames erupted, "Say hello to Fire King High Avatar Garunix!" she said as the crimson phoenix was seen from the inferno, (2700 ATK / 1700 DEF).
"Hehehehe, did you think that was my only trap?" Yuri said as Yang gasped, "From my hand, I can now play Bottomless Trap Hole." He said as Garunix had a red void appear on the ground below it, pulling it in with heavy gravity, "You monster is not only destroyed but banished."
"Garunix!" Yang called out before her monster was removed from play, then turned to Yuri, "I'm still not done yet, I play Fire King Barong's effect in my hand. Since a Fire King was destroyed by a card effect, I can-"
"Not so fast, I have one more trap to show you." Yuri responded, "Since you activate a monster effect in the hand or grave. I can play my Gravedigger's Trap Hole." He said before pointing, "It not only negates the effect but hits you for 2000 points of damage."
"What!?" Yang exclaimed before her card in the hand was shocked, negating its effect and remaining in the hand. However, a dark aura began to encompass her from all directions. She then reached for her other set card, "I activate Damage Absorbing Monolith. Now, I gain 2000 life points instead." She said with the dark aura turning into light as she was encompassed by the radiance.
Yang: 4000 + 2000 = 6000 Life Points
"But now with an empty field, this is going to hurt," Yuri said as he pointed, causing all three Traptrix to rush in. They surrounded Yang as she put up her fist in a blocking stance. However, all three girls smirked as a black aura encompassed all of them.
"Huh?" Yang gasped as the Traptrix vanished, their red eyes glaring in the darkness. The eyes then went higher than Yang's body, and emerging from the shadows, three massive insects were seen in their true forms. Coronatus was now a massive orchid mantis. Myrmeleo was a giant antlion. And Atrax was a large ravenous spider. Yang gasped in terror, and at that moment, the orchid mantis bites into her skull, "AAAAAAA!" Yang screamed as her body was lifted in the air. She tried to punch the monster, but her fleshy arm was chomped by the mandibles of the giant antlion, "AAAAAAAAAA!" Yang was kicking and screaming in agony, but only screamed as the large ravenous spider bit both her legs at the same time, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" The fiery Ra Yellow whaled in torment as she felt as if all three insect monsters were ripping her body apart from each limb. Outside the veil of darkness, Yuri watched with a smile and focused gaze. Soon, the three Traptrix girls appeared next time to him as the veil fell, and Yang lay on the ground in a seemingly motionless position.
Yang: 6000 – 1500 – 1600 – 1800 = 1100 Life Points
"I'll end my turn, but if you cannot get up. I'm afraid this duel will result in your-" Yuri was saying until he saw Yang start to move again, slowly pushing herself up to one knee. His smile then faded as she glared back at him, "Very well, make your move."
"I…Draw!" Yang said before doing so, taking the card and two others from her hand. "I play swords of Burning Light from my hand and two cards face down." She said as blue flaming blades rained down on the garden, blocking the path to attack her directly, "That ends my turn."
"All you're doing now is wasting my time," Yuri said as he drew, playing the card instantly. I summon Traptrix Genlisea. He said as a white-haired girl with hair in spirals like Atrax's was. She sat near one of the puddles with her feet in the water, (1200 ATK / 1600 DEF). "Now, I'll tribute her to set two Hole trap cards. One from my deck and one from my grave." He said as Genlisea vanished, replaced with two facedown cards around the one Yuri already handed on the field, "I end my turn."
"My turn," Yang spoke, putting the card in her hand, but had no other actions this turn.
"Nothing, I guess that is to be expected from someone like you," Yuri responded before drawing, smiling at the result. He placed it in his hand before activating a spell card, "I play Miracle Fertilizer, this allows me to summon back Traptrix Genlisea in attack mode." He said as the white-haired plant lady appeared at the pound again, (1200 ATK / 1600 DEF). "Due to this spell, I cannot normal summon this turn, but I can still special summon." He said before playing the other card in his hand, "I special summon Traptrix Arachnocampa in attack mode." The sadistic Obelisk Blue said as a veil of luminescent treads was seen, pulling back to reveal a young girl with teal hair in a bob over her right eye, wearing a frilly white dress and blue floaty on her arms and legs, (1300 ATK / 1500 DEF). "That makes five monsters on my field, so your burning swords are destroyed."
"Tsk." Yang gritted her teeth as she lowered her head, the blue flames fading away.
"Now, for you to be ripped apart into five pieces." Yuri said as he extend his hand, "All my Traptrix monsters will attack you directly!" All five and the plant and insect girls circled around Yang. They were about to shroud her in darkness again, but a spherical forcefield of orange flames pushed them all back, "Huh?"
"Got you," Yang spoke as she raised her head with a smile, "This is my Blazing Mirror Force. With it, all your attack position monsters are destroyed!" She as a beam of fire blasted out into each Traptrix, piercing them in the chest before engulfing them in flames. Even the continuous spell card was set ablaze from the attack, "I take damage equal to half the attack of all the monsters, then you take the same amount." All the flames gathered into an orb between the two duelists.
"I've heard of that trap card." Yuri responded, "If your plan was for a tie, it will not work. You'll be scorched up before your card effect can even touch me."
"I don't scorch." Yang responded with her eyes red, "I burn, and I reveal my other face down. The Trap of Board Eraser."
"Trap of what?" Yuri responded with half-closed eyes, "What type of outdated card is that?"
"It lets me negate the damage I would take from a card effect and then force you to discard one card." Yang responded, causing Yuri to send the sole card in his hand to the grave, "However since the effect damage is now zero, neither of us take damage." She said as the orb of flames faded away.
"What a pointless combo." Yuri spoke as he crossed his arms, ending his turn.
"Hey, I destroyed all the girls in your twisted harem, but that's only the start," Yang said as she drew. She focused her gaze on Yuri's set of three cards, "I can't go on the offensive yet, I got to play smart now." She thought, "Okay, think. One of those traps is something he set earlier in the duel." She recalled the Genlisea effect, "It wouldn't be that Treacherous Trap Hole, he wouldn't be able to activate it now. So, that leaves it as Bottomless, which will destroy a powerful monster I can summon and then leave me open. Or Gravedigger, which would hit me for 2000 damage if I use a monster effect in my hand or in the grave." She took a breath before looking at her hand, "In that case, let's do this!" the fiery Ra Yellow looked at the card she drew and played it, "I activate my field spell, Fire King Island!" She said as the plains changed to have longer grass, the rocks became heated as steam filled the area. "Now, I can destroy the Fire King Barong in my hand to add Fire King Avatar Garunix to my hand. Who I'll then summon to the field in defense mode." She said as a smaller version the crimson phoenix was seen on the field, (700 ATK / 1700 DEF). "I'll set one card and end my turn."
"I see," Yuri said as he drew, playing the sole card in his hand, "I summon Jinzo – Jecter into defense mode and end there." He said as a scientist clad in black and green leather was seen with cables for dreads in his head, (800 ATK / 2000 DEF).
"Then I draw, and thanks to Barong in the grave, I can add Fire King Avatar Yaksha to my hand," Yang spoke.
"And you've activated my trap card." Yuri responded, "You recall my Gravedigger's Trap Hole. Well, let's you dodge the damage this time."
"I think I will because you activated my trap card!" Yang responded as her set card revealed itself, "Damage Polarizer, now the effect and activation of your card is negated, and we both draw a card instead." She said before both did so, as well as her adding another fire king to her hand. The fiery Ra Yellow then took one card out of her hand, "Since that was your trap, I don't need to fear Bottomless anymore. So, I summon my Sergeant Electro in attack mode." She said as the white armored machine was seen with its blade and gatling gun arms, (1600 ATK / 1300 DEF). "And now, I can stun one of your set cards for as long as this monster is on the field." She said as the thought through her two options, "Okay, the card on the left is the other trap hole card he took from his deck. I don't know what it could be, but chances are I don't want to find out." She then looked to the card on the right, "This one he set on the first turn, right? But he still hasn't activated it yet? He's either up to something, or it's a bluff." She then looked back to the card on the left, "No, he wants me to pick the right-side card so that I will forget about this one also being a hole trap card." Yang then pointed to her target, "I select the card on my left." He said as her monster fired a bolt of green lighting from his other spike arm, shocking the trap card into an unplayable state, "I end my turn. And on my next move, I stun the other before deafening you."
"Too bad, as that was you will not get the chance." Yuri said as he drew, "I think I'm done toying with you now. So, I'll finish this. I play Law of the Cosmos. Now, you have the option to set a trap card from your hand or deck onto the field. But in doing so, I can special summon a Jinzo from my deck."
"And if I don't?" Yang asked.
"Then the Jinzo card goes to my hand." Yuri answered, "So, what do you pick?"
"…I'll set a trap card." Yang answered, searching her deck and them placing the card in her spell and trap zone. "Now go ahead and summon it."
"As you wish." He said as the android psycho shocker appeared with red glowing eyes, radiating a green electricity, (2400 ATK / 1500 DEF). "Now, I tribute my Jecter for its effect to add a Jinzo monster to my hand." He said as card the scientists faded, and a card ejected that he added to his hand, "Then I can reveal your backrow to special summon Jinzo monsters from my hand equal to the number of trap cards you have. But no need to show me, I already know that sole set card is a trap."
"Too bad because this trap will be your undoing." Yang responded.
"Doubtful." Yuri said before playing the card he had added to his hand, "I can special summon The Menacing Jinzo to the field." He said as an identical android psycho shocker was seen, (2400 ATK / 1500 DEF). "And now, both will destroy your two monsters. Go, Duel Cyber Energy Shockwaves!" The sadistic Obelisk Blue said as both Jinzo monsters gathered black electrical energy in their palms before unleashing them on their targets. Sergeant Electro and Garunix were obliterated with the former in attack mode, meaning Yang was pushed back by the damage.
Yang: 1100 – 800 = 300 Life Points
"No matter what, you have no chance against me," Yuri said as his Jinzos stood at his side with crossed arms. However, he saw a pillar of fire emerge onto the battlefield, "Again?"
"Don't act so bored, you did this to yourself." Yang said as she smile, her eyes red again, "The Garunix you destroyed now allows me to summon out its ultimate form that is in my deck."
"But you're High Avatar was removed from play?" Yuri asked.
"I'm not talking about my High Avatar," Yang spoke as the flame grew brighter, her blond hair also glowing in the heat of the flame, "Summon my Sacred Fire King Avatar Garunix!" the fiery Ra Yellow spoke as the flame took shape of the crimson phoenix, now adorned with more tribal dress on its wings, and its tail feathers set ablaze, (2700 ATK / 1700 DEF). "And if this one is summoned. I can destroy a Fire monster in my hand to give the Sacred Fire King half its attack points." She said as the Yaksha in her hand was destroyed its embers filling into Garunix as the flames glowed brighter, (2700 + 900 = 3600 ATK). "And now that you're playing Jinzo, those traps you have set are useless."
"Hahahaha," Yuri laughed before laughing louder, "HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Yang scowled before smirking at her, "Who said they're both traps?" he said as Yang gasped, "The one you stunned was of course a trap card, you knew that from my Traptrix monster's effect." He then turned to the other card, "But this one is a spell card, a quick play at that." The sadistic Obelisk Blue then revealed the face down, "I activate Super Polymerization."
"But that's-" Yang was saying until a sudden storm emerged overheard.
"I don't have the patience to explain it to everyone." Yuri said with a smirk, his eyes glowing purple as he discarded the last card in his hand, "I'm just going to fuse my two Jinzo monsters together." He said both android psycho shockers were sent into the vortex storm, "To fusion summon the level eight Starving Venom Fusion Dragon!" As the sadistic Obelisk Blue then clasped his hands, the clouds parted with the ravenous plant-like dragon appeared with a roar, (2800 ATK / 2000 DEF).
"RRRRRAAAA!" The Venom dragon roared as it faced down against the Sacred Fire King.
"Your monster would have scared me if I didn't use mine's effect to boost its attacks," Yang commented.
"How ironic, my monster has a similar effect." Yuri said as he pointed, "Starving Venom gains the attack points of one special summoned monster on your field this turn." He said as Yuri's monster began to absorb flames, the orbs on its body became engulfed by the fire, "Now attack her Garunix!"
"RRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAA!" The Venom dragon roared at its power raising, (2800 + 3600 = 6400 ATK). It then opened its back to unleash the teal laser barrage, but not each of the beams was charged with enteral flames that rained hellfire onto the Sacred Fire King Avatar Garunix. Yang's monster recoiled in agony before it was destroyed.
"AAAAAAAA!" Yang screamed as she took the rest of the damage from the heat blast, reducing her life points to zero.
Yang: 300 – 2800 = 0 Life Points
"I…I…" Yang was on her back, trying to push herself up with the last of her strength. However, she gasped as looked up at Venom Dragon, seeing it had not yet faded away. The left cernuous mouth on its back extended with a vine, plunging and biting down onto her midsection, "AAAAAAAAAAA!" Yang screamed as she was tossed into the air, about to be chomped. However, she gritted her teeth while pivoting herself in midair. Her hands and feet held back the upper and lower jaw, but the pressure was slowly pushing her down, "I don't know what you're thinking, but I'm not dinner!" she spoke as her eyes went red again, hair starting to glow, "I'm not going down like this, I'm not going to lose like this!"
"Don't you realize? In nature, most creatures only get one loss in their life." Yuri commented. "Still, you have a bit more fight in you than that girl with the black bow in her head did?"
"What!?" Yang said in shock before the Venom Dragon moved the jaw closer to Yuri, "You mean Blake? What did you do to Blake!?"
"The same that's about to happen to you." Yuri answered smiling as he tilted his head, "But she cried in terror, screaming for help, and nobody came." He said as he leaned towards Yang, "And nobody will come for you, because nobody cares for some blondie with anger management issues who thinks the only solution to her problems is to punch them in the face." he said with a smirk, "No wonder you're a Ra Yellow, it truly is a class of people everyone wishes they could abandon."
"YOU SON OF A BI-" Yang said as she reeled her metal arm back, attempting to punch Yuri in the face. The fist rocketed towards him, but Yuri remained still. At the last moment, the knuckles stopped just short of his nose. The sadistic Obelisk Blue's smiled as he looked at the clamped-down jaw of his venom dragon's carnivorous mouth. The metal arm then fell off the edge of the plant-like mandibles while the rest of the jaw went back to venom dragon.
"RRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAA!" The fusion dragon fully retracted its secondary mouth to it back again before roaring, then faded away.
Yuri sighed, "At this point, I'm starting to wonder if anything is even worth my time now." He said before looking down at the metallic arm, "Hm?" Yuri then ejected the deck and tossed the cards away, "Could she use this?" he then had a small smile, "It's not like anyone else needs it now." The sadistic Obelisk Blue started to walk away, but looked back to Ruby, "Don't go anywhere, I'll be right back." he said before walking away as the Hooded Slifer Red hoovered in the wake of the Seal's aura.
AN: There you go, Yuri now has beaten all four members of Team RWBY in this fanfic at this point in time. This one with Yang was a lot of fun to make to show off the cards both duelists have gained throughout this fanfic. Yuri now has a better grasp of how to play his Traptrix and Jinzo cards and Yang utilizes her Fire Kings more here, even busting out the new boss monster of the deck. Both had a lot of trap cards played in creative ways here. However, if you are being technical, Yang would not have been able to negate the damage of Gravediggers either time here, I think. Monolith would not work because Atrax was on the field to prevent negation like that, and Damage Polarizer might be a case of missed timing. Still, I kept these in because they hopefully do not take away from the duel experience, (If you want an in-series reasoning, Monolith's effect is worded like Prime Material here and for Damage Polarizer, it does not miss timing). Again, sorry for these, but I did not want to change the setup here that much. I did a test with Blazing Mirror Force and Trap of Board Eraser and that totally does work like that, which made me happy. Outside of this, we are in the top ten now. Yuri has Yang's arm, but what does he mean by his last words here, you will have to wait and see. That is all for now, thanks for reading, and hope to see you in the next chapter.
Now, time to answer some questions. There was the Snake Eyes archetype shown off, which is cool, but I think I like the Diabellestarr the Dark Witch that appears in one of the card arts more. She looks cool and has a fun effect. Also, a lot of people have been talking about what is happening to characters here and are worried. I'm not going to spoil anything here, but you don't have to worry about this storyline having a bad ending. This will be in tone with how the Yu-Gi-Oh GX series ended, with a lot of despair before finally pulling through to a good end. When and how that will happen, you will have to wait and see here. Finally, I think a lot of people will ask, what was the trap Yang set? I can't spoil it, but I will say that if she did get a chance to activate it, she would have most likely won the duel. Those were all the questions I had, feel free to ask more, and I will answer them in the next chapter.
Edit: I messed up on the Burning Swords effect. I always read it as needing five monsters on the field, not five cards in the hand. Oh well, chalk that one up to a Fanfic version of the effect here. Again, sorry, but I'm not changing the chapter over this.
