/ Duel Universe
/ Author: The Cowboy of Oklahoma
/ Ch 5: Invader Duel!!
/ word count: 2115
/ (Author's note: All duel actions are random. Multiple choice decisions made by coin toss.)
Coronado Base: Ka'an vs Intruder
"For invading this base, I think I'll start us off! I draw!" I began.
He stood ready, though I noticed a faint look of worry crossed his face. I looked at my hand and I decided to feel out his strategy first.
"First I'll activate Pot of Duality, and have a look at the top three cards of my deck. Hm, interesting, I think I'll keep this card, then reshuffle the rest back into my deck."
He was looking over his cards but he kept peeking to the side for some reason.
"Now I summon my Mathematician in attack mode!"
A light shone from the ground, and a short dwarf like creature with a long white beard, walking staff, a graduation cap and gown formed up from the light.
"Now my monster grants me the ability to add one monster from my deck to my graveyard, just so long as it is a level 4 or lower."
Picking up my deck, I fanned it out to see them all. Again, I peeked up to see him looking sidelong at something, or someone. I lifted a card from my deck and revealed it.
"I'm sending my Pandora's Jewelry Box to the graveyard. Now I'll set two cards facedown and end my turn." I said.
He almost didn't seem to notice me ending my turn, when he suddenly cleared his throat and drew a card.
"I draw!" He started.
Looking over his hand, he grinned.
"I activate Monster Reborn to special summon your Pandora's Jewelry Box from the graveyard, then I'll sacrifice it for my Fiend Megacyber in attack mode!"
"Tch." I huffed.
"Now you can't get your pendulum monster back and use it's effect for drawing extra cards. You thought I wasn't paying attention, didn't you?" He said smugly.
"Well your attention was being divided, but don't think this minor setback will really affect the outcome of this duel." I shot back.
He frowned, "now battle! Fiend Megacyber, attack his Mathematician with Cyber Swipe!" His fiend flew forward and slammed a fist down onto my Mathematician, blowing him up with a cloud of smoke left behind.
"Grr!" I growled as 700 of my life points disappeared with my monster. 7300lp "Don't think we're done! When my monster is destroyed in battle, I'm allowed to draw one new card." I said as I drew a card.
"Now I set three cards facedown and end my turn!" He ended. "Let's see you come back from that."
Losing my Pandora does hurt my intended strategy, but thankfully I already have the cards to make him regret taking my monster.
"During your end phase, I activate my facedown trap card, Heavy Storm Duster! Now I can destroy two of your backrow cards, and those two you just played look like prime targets!" I said as a virtual set of twin tornados swirled into existence and destroyed his two cards.
"Grr!" He gritted his teeth.
"Now I draw! Time for some payback. I activate the Monarchs Stormforth, now I can use one of your monsters as tribute for one of mine!" I stated while holding a card over head, a faint golden light appearing through the clouds above.
"What!?" He questioned.
"I tribute your Fiend Megacyber to summon my Prime Material Dragon in attack mode!"
His monster shattered into a million bits of light which floated high into the air, disappearing into the clouds. The light grew brighter as a beam suddenly shot down and impacted the ground in front of me. It took a moment as the light shrank and then burst outwards with a snap and roar as a dragon that looks like it was made almost entirely out of gold with six wings flared into existence.
"My dragon is none too happy about losing its comrades the way you just came in here and blasted this place apart and he wants to repay you in kind! Now battle! Prime Material Dragon attack him directly! Prime stream burst!!"
The dragon reared its head back, flaring its wings as it filtered light from its wing tips to its mouth, it's body glowing from the build up. The power filled it's maw until all the light was absorbed, then it lowered its head and opened its mouth at the intruder, hurling a stream of pure light straight at the man.
"Aaaahh!" He screamed as he took the full force of the blow from the attack, knocking him off his feet and flinging him backwards several feet, skidding across the ground. His life point counter dropping 2400 points. 5600lp
"Now I'll set one card facedown and end my turn." I announced as he was struggling to his feet.
He was breathing a little heavily, but the duel was still young, I don't think it'll be much longer for him to be done for. He stood and walked back to his position, then he lifted his arm and drew.
"I draw! Now I summon my Goblindbergh in attack mode."
An old WWI prop plane flew out the clouds above and circled the field just above us.
"Unfortunately I don't have anything to use his second effect with, but that hardly matters. I activate the spell Back-Up Rider, this grants one monster 1500 extra attack points till the end of the turn, my Goblindbergh should do."
"Hm.." I wondered.
"Battle! Goblindbergh attack his dragon with Diving Bombardment!"
As the little plane flew high into the air, "Not so fast! You activated my trap card Pinpoint Guard! Now I can special summon a level 4 or lower monster from my graveyard in defense mode, my Mathematician will do."
"It doesn't change my plans one bit. Now attack!"
The plane looped over, a few dozen bombs appearing all around it, and made a bombing run on my dragon and my life points. The bombs slammed into the ground all around us, hitting me with 500 points damage. 6800lp
"Argh!" I grunted, then I raised my head and glared at him. "Now I activate my second facedown card, Soul Rope trap! Whenever I lose a monster by battle, I can then pay 1000 life points to special summon one level 4 or lower monster from my deck. I choose my Vylon Prism in attack mode!" I exclaimed.
A portal formed on my field and a string of light shot out of the card and into the hole. My life points dropped the 1000, then a monster made of crystal wearing white armor floated up out of it. 5800lp
"So what, there's nothing left to do this turn. So I end my turn here." He said.
The pain of having lost a few life points from an attack was nothing compared to sacrificing 1000 life points willingly. I staggered a bit, doing this brought our life point to just about even with each others, though I was still in the lead, barely.
"I draw! Now to repay you for destroying my dragon. I tribute both of my monsters to summon my Beast King Barbaros in attack mode!"
My two monsters turned to light and swirled together in a mini storm of swirling lights, growing in size till it stood nearly 15ft high. The light disbursed, leaving a towering four legged lion like beast, a mane covered in armor, with an extra set of limbs welding a spear and shield. It roared, vibrating everything for several yards in all directions.
"So what, you monster can't do much damage to me." He claimed. "I activate my trap card, Battleguard Rage! This raises one of my warrior monsters by 1000 attack points. Now if you attack my Goblindbergh, I'll only lose 600 points.
Grinning. "You shouldn't have done that. Now I get to knock you down even further than before."
"What? How?" He questioned.
"I'll show you. Now my Vylon Prisms effect activates from the graveyard! When it goes to the graveyard, I can give up 500 life points to equip it to a monster on my field, and then it gives my monster an additional 1000 attack points as well." I finished.
The crystal creature reformed on my field then flew forward and combined with Barbaros. 5300lp New white armor formed on Barbaros torso and mane, then his spear was replaced with a crystal broadsword and his shield was increased in size and turned white, making him look like a majestic king of the beasts. With no small amount of worry on his face, the intruder seemed like he wanted to run for his life, but I was just getting started.
"Battle! Beast King Barbaros attack his Goblindbergh with Heavenly Sword Swipe!"
His Goblindbergh turned to fly in a different direction, but Barbaros charged forward and leaped into the air faster than the little plane could get too far. Bringing his sword in a wide side arc, he sliced the plane and the little goblin flying it in half. A small explosion happened and the pieces fell onto the intruder taking 1600 of his life points. 4000lp As the pieces fell, some of them gave him minor cuts and abrasions, and knocked him over onto his back. As he looked up at my monster and me, we both were looking down at him.
"I end my turn."
Coughing a bit and rubbing a small bit of blood from his cheek, he got back onto his feet. He looked around him, not even bothering to try and hide it this time, then he turned back to me.
"I...draw." He said, with a small amount of strain and no small amount of pain etched across his face. "I set one monster facedown and end my turn." He finished and drooped his shoulders.
I looked at him, a small feeling of sorry crossed my mind, then I remembered what they did to my base and closed my eyes. I steeled my resolve and looked at him again. He was like a small animal about to get run over.
"I draw! I summon Thunder King Rai-Oh in attack mode!"
A bolt of lightning shot down from the sky, a creature made of blue conductive material manifested itself and two rings to its side.
His head shot up and the inevitable was etched on his face.
"Battle! Now Rai-Oh attack his facedown monster with Lightning Cannon!"
The ambient air sizzled with electricity as the attack was charged, Rai-Oh taking in power from everywhere at once, his core lighting up. Then it was released from the rings and shot out, electrocuting his monster off the field. He was now defenseless, and he was not going to survive an attack from my Barbaros.
"Come on." He taunts. "Come on! Attack me, finish it!"
"This is it. I'm about to make you pay for everything you did here and anything else I can find out from you!" I stated. " Now during the battle phase, I can special summon my Juragedo from my hand."
A strange purple fiend like lizard appeared on my field.
"This gives me a 1000 life point boost, but that's not all, he also can be tributed immediately to give one monster a 1000 attack point boost as well!"
The look on his face was priceless as Barbaros' attack points rose to 5000.
"No...no...you can't. You can't do this!"
"Watch me." I stated flatly. "Barbaros, attack his life points directly with Heavenly Sword Swipe!!"
Barbaros' charged forward, holding the sword across his chest, then as he reached his target, swung the blade in a wide arc across the intruders torso, blasting him off his feet!
"Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!" He tumbled backwards for nearly 50yrds, finally skidding to a stop, unmoving. His life point counter dropping to 0.
I signaled all troops in the area to move forward and spread out, some approached the fallen intruder apprehending him. Then there was an explosion in the distance, a small cloud rising high enough to be seen over buildings. Shortly afterwards, everyone's radios crackled to life at once.
A sing song southern bells voice filled the area. "Lieutenant Commander Freeman, guess what I found? A fancy schmancy device that blocks radio signals." 627 sounded elated. "It's in about a million pieces right now though."
I put a hand on my face and sighed. "Oh!" She added. "And there be about a dozen people here with their hands in the air. Somethin' about not wantin' to get shot with my cannons. So if ye'd be so kind an send me some boys to arrest these here varmints..."
I nearly laughed at here request. Not looking, head down, and eyes shut, I signaled some soldiers to go and assist her.
"That woman…" I mumbled