Duelling Leaders:
At the ruined fort where the Freemen used as their headquarters, the leaders were having a meeting. A couple of Freemen soldiers had returned with the news that Costeau had been defeated and was gone. Duhaime had used his Duel Disk to turn them into crystals for being cowards and running away.
Duhaime looked at the crystals in his hands "Since you fled, that means that you can take the place of the prisoners who escaped" he said to himself and looked at Maliphant along with another man with red hair, this was Ser Auguste who had now joined them.
"So Costeau has fallen" Auguste stated "That doesn't really surprise me, she was always weak and never took this seriously."
"You're only loyal to the promises that the Venatori made" Duhaime hissed "And from what these soldiers described about the duellist who defeated Costeau, I know who it is"
"Who was it?" Maliphant demanded
"A former member from our ranks." Duhaime stated "We called him Zero but his real name is Aristide Amell, the father of the girl who we are after, Solona Amell."
"So what is our next move?" Auguste asked
Duhaime looked at them "If Fairbanks now has Aristide along with other friends of Solona, and then we are in no position to take them. We'll have to start looking for victims elsewhere. I'll leave the two of you to carry on with our plans here but I must go speak with Samson, he will find us new victims to take. You better hope that you can hold our position here because if you fail, then you will lose all of our aid and you will be on your own"
Duhaime then left leaving Maliphant and Auguste alone. Auguste looked at Maliphant "So what should we do?" he asked
"We'll focus on holding this place" Maliphant replied "I see no further need to attack when we have no victims to capture."
...
Aristide led Jaden, Alexis and Chazz back towards Fairbank's camp along with the people they rescued led by Gertrude. Fairbanks was waiting for them along with a young woman with short blond hair and she looked like she once worked on a farm. Fairbanks looked at them as they entered the camp "So I see that you've returned" he stated but gasped when he saw his people "And you've saved my people"
"Gertrude" the woman gasped "You're alright"
"Yes I am Clara" Gertrude stated "Thanks to these people here"
"What about the Freemen who captured you?" the woman now known as Clara questioned
"Costeau is gone" Gertrude stated "Aristide here defeated her at it seems that she's gone for gone. She vanished when she lost."
"That's the nature of Shadow Games" Aristide stated "When you lose in a Shadow Game, you lose your soul. These Freemen seem to be working for the Venatori. They may have not been originally but the Venatori must have infiltrated their ranks and taken control of them"
"Costeau may be gone but she was only a minor officer in the Freemen" Fairbanks stated "But even so, this is a major victory for us"
"How is Avexis going?" Jaden asked
"Your little girl is doing just fine" Clara stated "She's an Angel here and many of us here haven't seen a child for some time so many of us like looking after her. But now she spends most of her time with the new lad who recently arrived"
"New lad?" Chazz questioned "Who is he"
"He arrived a while ago" Fairbanks revealed "We didn't trust him at first but Avexis recognised him and he talked about Lanaya. She's a leader of a group not far from here and so we welcomed him here. He said he wanted to see you when you got back. He's currently with Avexis over by the Waterfall."
Fairbanks led them over to an area near a waterfall where Avexis was playing with a small wooden boat in the lake where the water fell into. Next to him was a boy around the same age as Jaden and he also had shaggy brown hair. When he heard them approached, the lad turned around and they recognised him right away.
"Theorn?" they gasped
Theorn smiled at them "Hey" he greeted "It seems we have some catching up to do."
...
At the Fortress of Redcliffe, Solona sat at the edge as Teagan along with Evangeline helped Tomas and several other duellists to try and duel.
"Remember that if Meredith comes here with the full force of the Warrior Faction, you people are all that stands in their way" Teagan stated "The people of this village depend on you to protect them."
"Meredith will show no mercy to the villagers" Evangeline added "They will turn everyone into a crystal in order to power their armies. We must stop them before they can advance further into the Bufferlands."
The duellists all nodded and eventually Teagan looked at then "I think that's enough for today" he stated "Now you must make sure that you are all ready for when the armies come. You may be the only ones who can save the people."
The people all nodded and left leaving Teagan alone with Evangeline and Solona. When they were gone, Evangeline looked at Teagan "Do you think they'll be ready when Meredith arrives?" she asked "You know when she attacks she will attack with everything she has. She wants this place badly"
"And I will defend it to my last breath" Teagan stated "There is no way that I will allow my people to be turned into crystals and I will not allow Meredith to possess those cards while I breath"
Solona looked at them "I will help defend this place as well" she stated "But I would like to know a bit about Meredith herself"
Teagan sighed "Many people in the Warrior Faction have a dislike of the Spellcaster Faction due to the long rivalry between them but for Meredith, it is personal. Years ago when Meredith was a young girl, her family was murdered by a rogue bunch of Spellcaster users. The Spellcaster Faction has had a number of splinter groups who want to take over other parts of the land. The death of her family made the dislike personal for Meredith."
"When she became Leader of the Warrior Faction, she vowed that she would protect the Faction from the Spellcasters" Evangeline stated
"At first, I felt pity for her" Teagan added "But soon her hatred went further and further and she became paranoid and that was when she decided that war was necessary."
"She even did something no one would expect" Evangeline added "She decided that the Warrior Faction would have to use our ultimate weapon to stop the Spellcaster threat and so she raided the Tomb of Sir Brandis, one of the early leaders of the Warrior Faction. He led them during the fight against the Fiends and Zombies and his deck was buried with him and preserved. But Meredith stole it along with the Dragon cards that he used. This move split the Warrior Faction and caused a group including me to desert. My friend Thrask led us and he gave me the cards to bring here to keep them safe. Thrask now leads a Resistance in the Warrior Faction."
Solona was shocked at the story, she knew that when people in high power got paranoid, it led them to do shocking thinks "So you really think we can hold off an attack?" she asked
Teagan looked at her "I'm not sure myself but we will hold as best as we can."
Evangeline then had a thought "You know, I've seen you duel a few times but I've noticed that there is a lack of Synchro and XYZ cards in your deck."
Solona was confused "What?"
Teagan took over "Do you know what Synchro and XYZ cards are?" he asked
Solona looked at him "I've heard of Synchro but I've never really used it. As for XYZ, I've never even heard of it."
Evangeline and Teagan looked at each other and then Teagan faced Solona "Maybe I should show you so how about we duel." He suggested
Solona looked at him and then she activated her Duel Disk "If this XYZ is big in this world then it will be best if I learn how to use it and to see it in action"
"Very well" Teagan stated and then he activated his own Duel Disk
"DUEL!"
Solona: 8000
Teagan: 8000
"I'll take the first move" Solona stated "And I'll start by summoning Alexandrite Dragon in attack mode" the large crystal dragon appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 2000 Defence 100) "And then I will end my turn by throwing one card facedown"
"My move" Teagan stated as he drew his own card and smirked "And you said you wanted to see this XYZ summoning; well now you can. First of all, I'll going to activate the spell card Hand Destruction, now we both discard 2 cards from our hands and then draw another two to replace them" Both Teagan and Solona discarded two cards and then drew two new ones. Solona was forced to discard one of her Blue Eyes White Dragons along with her Maiden with Eyes of Blue. "But my cards I discarded will be coming back because I activate the effect of one that I discarded, Mermail Abyssgunde, when she is discarded, I can summon another Mermail monster that I discarded such as my Mermail Abyssdine." A small mermaid with pink hair and blue tail appeared on the field (Level 3 Attack 1000 Defence 200) "And since she was summoned by the effect of a Mermail, I can summon another level 3 Mermail monster from my grave so Abyssgunde returns" another mermaid with black hair and an orange tail appeared on the field (Level 3 Attack 1400 Defence 800) "And then I will normal summon Mermail Abyssdine in attack mode" a mermaid with blue hair and a pale blue and red tail appeared on the field (Level 3 Attack 1500 Defence 1200)
Solona looked at Teagan "Those monsters are all low level?" she questioned "Is that part of this summoning."
"It is" Teagan replied "XYZ summoning requires monsters of the same level and sometimes of a certain type or attribute. But now you are about to see, I overlay my 3 level 3 Mermail monsters in order to build the overlay network" the three Mermails turned into black particles which were absorbed by a black vortex and Teagan placed the three cards on top of each other on his duel disk "Now I XYZ summon Shark Caesar in attack mode" a blue shark with a white head and second dragon like head on top appeared on the field (Rank 3 Attack 1800 Defence 2000) "Now you can see what an XYZ monster is"
Solona looked at the new type of monster "It seems very complicated to summon" she stated
"They can be" Teagan stated "But even low ranked XYZ monsters can be worth it, since I used 3 monsters to summon him, Shark Caesar has 3 overlay units one of which I will now use to activate his ability. By removing one overlay unit, I add a Shark token to my Caesar which gives him an extra 1000 attack points" one of the lights surrounding the shark was absorbed and then the shark grew more powerful (SC Attack 1800-2800) "And now he's stronger than your monster so attack, destroyed Alexandrite Dragon" the shark swooped forward and bit the dragon on the neck causing him to roar before shattering
Solona: 7200
Teagan: 8000
"And now I will end my turn by throwing one card facedown" Teagan finished
"My move" Solona stated as she drew her card "And first of all, I'm going to activate the spell card Dragon's Mirror, this allows me to fuse my Alexandrite Dragon along with my Blue Eyes White Dragon in my graveyard thanks to your Hand Destruction." The spirits of both dragons appeared on the field which were then sucked into a vortex "Two normal dragons merged together to create one of the earliest dragons. I fusion summon First of the Dragons in attack mode" a large blue snake like dragon appeared on the field (Level 9 Attack 2800 Defence 2000) "And now my dragon will attack your Shark" First of the Dragons fired a blue fireball from his mouth
"But won't both our monsters be destroyed?" Teagan questioned
Solona smirked "First of the Dragons cannot be destroyed in battle except against a Normal monster and she is also unaffected by monster effects"
Teagan gasped at that but he still had a plan "I activate my trap card, Negate Attack which allows me to negate your attack." A magical barrier blocked fireball.
Solona sighed "Then I guess I'll end my turn"
Teagan smirked as he drew his card "First I will play Pot of Greed which allows me to draw two more cards" Teagan drew two extra cards from his deck "Then I will play the spell card Soul Taker, now I get to destroy one monster on your field but you gain 1000 life points and since there is only one monster on your field, that means your Dragon is gone" Solona gasped as her First of the Dragons shattered but then Solona absorbed the particles.
Solona: 8200
Teagan: 8000
"And now I will use my Shark's special ability again to remove another Overlay unit and give him another Shark Token and an extra 1000 attack points" Shark Caesar started glowing again and gained more power (SC Attack 2800-3800) "Now attack her directly" the Shark swooped forward and slapped Solona with his tail.
Solona: 4400
Teagan: 8000
"And now I will end my turn" Teagan finished
Solona drew her next card "I'll start my turn by summoning Luster Dragon in attack mode" a large purple dragon appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1900 Defence 1600) "Then I will activate the spell card Dragon Shrine which allows me to send my second copy of Blue Eyes White Dragon in my deck to the graveyard, and since he's a normal monster, I can send my third copy to the grave. And it gets better, now I play Dark Factory of Mass Production so now my two Blue Eyes return to my hand" the dragons appeared in Solona's hand "Now I play Polymerization in order to fuse my two Blue Eyes together." The two blues eyes dragons were sucked into a portal "Now I fusion summon Blue Eyes Twin Burst Dragon in attack mode" a large two headed dragon with crystal blue scales appeared on the field (Level 10 Attack 3000 Defence 2500) "And now my dragon will attack" the first head sent a blast of blue fire which struck the shark but did nothing and the shark managed to launch a bubble of water which struck Solona.
Solona: 3600
Teagan: 8000
"What was the point of that?" Teagan questioned "You've only dealt yourself damage"
Solona smirked "This is where my knowledge comes in" she stated "Twin Burst cannot be destroyed in battle and when my dragon attacks your monster which is not destroyed, the monster is banished at the end of the damage step" Teagan gasped as his Shark Caesar was faded from the field. "And my Twin Burst can attack again so go" the second head fired a shot at Teagan which knocked him back a bit.
Solona: 3600
Teagan: 5000
"And my Luster Dragon still has his attack, so go" Solona added and then Luster Dragon fired a blast made of tiny crystals which struck Teagan
Solona: 3600
Teagan: 3100
"And now I will end my turn" Solona finished
"My move" Teagan stated as he drew his card "And first of all, I play Card of Sanctity so now we both draw until we hold 6 cards in our hands" Teagan and Solona drew until they held 6 cards in their hands "And now I play the spell card Burial from a Different Dimension, this allows me bring my banished Shark Caesar to the graveyard. Then I'll play Monster Reborn which allows me to summon back my Shark Caesar, but he won't have any overlay units or shark counters" the Shark monster returned to the field "And now I will show you the next part of XYZ, I play the spell card Rank up Water Magic. Now I can use my Shark Caesar in order to summon a new Water XYZ monster that's two ranks higher" the Shark was engulfed in light "Go, Rank up XYZ Revolution, I XYZ summon Shark King in attack mode" a new larger black shark appeared on the field (Rank 5 Attack 1000 Defence 1000) "When you Rank up a monster, that XYZ monster and any overlay units it has then becomes overlay units for the new monster so Shark King has one overlay unit which I will now use to activate his ability. Now I can destroy one monster on your field and then all its attack points are added to my Shark King so say goodbye to that Twin Burst" Solona gasped as Shark Caesar grew bigger and swallowed her Twin Burst Dragon. (SK Attack 1000-4000) "And now my Shark King will destroy that Luster Dragon" the large Shark shot forward and grabbed Luster Dragon and destroyed him.
Solona: 1500
Teagan: 3600
"And now I will end my turn" Teagan finished "Now my King's Attack points returns to normal" (SK Attack 4000-3000
"My move" Solona stated as she drew her card "And thanks to you, I can now play Magical Stone Excavation, now by discarding two cards from my hand, I get a spell card in my grave back and I choose my Dragon's Mirror Spell card" the spell card returned to Solona's hand "And now I will use it in order to fuse the two Blue Eyes White Dragons along with Twin Burst, Luster Dragon and my First of the Dragon." The spirits of the five dragons appeared on the field and then they were sucked into a portal "With the power of five dragons, I'll summon a powerful dragon made up of different elements. I fusion summon Five Headed Dragon in attack mode" a large dragon with five heads, each one made up of a different element appeared on the field (Level 12 Attack 5000 Defence 5000) Teagan gasped when he realised that the duel was over "Now Five Headed Dragon, end this duel" the dragon heads each fired a blast which then combined to form one massive blast which engulfed Shark King.
Solona: 1500 (Winner)
Teagan: 0000
Teagan smiled "Even against my XYZ monsters your deck is still strong" he stated
Evangeline smiled "And now you will know how to use them" she claimed
Solona looked at her "But there are still no XYZ monsters in my deck or any that I know of that will work"
Teagan looked at her "Maybe one of these days you will find one and then you will know how to use them." He told her "Well I better go and help the other recruits prepare." He then walked back into the castle.
...
Far away from Redcliffe, a small convoy of wagons went along a hilly valley covered in grass as they came to a large city. This city was very different from other settlements in this world, the walls and buildings were made of white stone and there were people practising magic all over. Stalls were selling duelling cards and other things to do with magic while people dressed in mage robes walked all over the streets. The convoy eventually pulled up to a large tower where a few robbed figures were waiting. The man in front who was dressed in fancy robes with gold thread and rich dyed cloth stepped forward towards the leading wagon.
"Fiona" the man greeted "It is good to see that you've returned"
"Orsino" Fiona greeted back as she stepped off the wagon "It's good to be back here"
"So what did you find?" the man known as Orsino asked
The blond haired man Anders stepped down "The bastard Cullen got away again!" he growled "I can't believe that these Warriors think that we're a threat to this world. The only ones conquering people are those Warriors"
"Anders, calm down!" Fiona snapped at him and then she looked back at Orsino "The Warrior Faction has been moving more soldiers recently and they've taken out many of the villages among the Water Tribes. Redcliffe still hangs on but I feel that the Warrior Faction are about to make a big move there."
"If Redcliffe falls then they'll have a way to get into our territory" Orsino sighed "The only fortress that can defend that road is Andoral's Reach and that fortress is a ruin"
"We'll have to start sending our fighters there just in case" Anders sighed and then he looked at Fiona "And are you sure that it was a good idea to bring those people here, I don't think we can trust them"
Orsino looked at Fiona "What is he talking about?" he asked
Fiona sighed "We ran into a small group who were taking on Cullen" she stated "They didn't seem to be working for the Warrior Faction so we decided to bring them here"
"I still think that it's a bad idea" Anders stated "We saw one of them duelling against those rogue spellcasters and he used Warriors"
"But with how they took on Cullen, I don't think they're members of the Warrior Faction" Fiona protested
Orsino looked at her "And where are these people?" he asked
Fiona went over to one of the wagons and helped Daylen, Neria, Kallian and Aedan out. The people all glared at Aedan because of his armour but looked confused at Daylen.
Orsino looked at the three of them "Which of you three is the Leader?" he asked
Daylen stepped forward "I am the leader of us" he stated
Orsino looked at him "So what is it that you're doing?" he demanded "Who do you work for"
"We work for no one but ourselves" Daylen claimed "We were looking for my sister who was kidnapped a while ago. We hoped that someone might know where she is but so far, we don't know"
"And who was it that kidnapped her?" Fiona asked
"A group calling themselves the Venatori" Neria answered "They were after both our friend Solona and something that she had"
Fiona and Orsino looked at each other "I've heard of the Venatori but I thought they were destroyed many years ago?" Orsino stated
"We have had reports of fiends and zombies in the Forest" Fiona stated "The Warrior Faction have not hit that area yet."
Anders still didn't trust them "Now hold on!" he hissed "How do we know that they're telling the truth" he demanded "How do we know that they're not lying and are spies for the Warrior Faction."
"Then I guess we should settle this right now" Orsino stated and he looked at Daylen "You will have to duel, should you lose then you will be ejected from our territory and will never be allowed to set foot here again"
"I agree" Daylen stated as he wanted to show that he had no problems with these people.
Anders stepped forward "I'll take you on!" he hissed but Fiona stepped in front of him.
"I'm the leader here" he snapped "I'll be the one to take him on" Anders grumbled and went back to stand with Orsino. Then Fiona and Daylen activated their Duel Disks.
"DUEL!"
Daylen: 8000
Fiona: 8000
"Since this is my territory, I'll go first" Fiona stated "And I'll start by throwing a monster facedown, then I will play the spell card Foolish Burial, this allows me to send a monster in my deck to the graveyard." Fiona sent one monster to her graveyard "And now I will finish my turn by throwing one card facedown." A facedown card appeared on the field.
"My turn" Daylen stated as he drew his sixth card "And I'll start by summoning Skilled Dark Magician in attack mode" a magician in black robes and holding a magical rod appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1900 Defence 1700)
Orsino looked at the Magician "It seems that he uses spellcasters as well" he stated "Maybe we can trust him"
Anders snorted "Just because he uses Spellcasters doesn't mean that he's one of us" he claimed
"And now my Skilled Dark Magician is going to attack that facedown monster of yours" Daylen stated and then the magician swung his rod around and sent a black ball of magic which struck the facedown monster and revealed it to be some sort of falcon puppet.
"This is my Shaddoll Falco" Fiona stated "My Shaddoll monsters have their effects activated when they get flipped, and since when you attack them, they get flipped, my Falco's effect activates so now I can summon another Shaddoll monster in my graveyard in facedown defence and I choose the monster I sent earlier, Shaddoll Dragon" a small dragon puppet appeared on the field which was then flipped upside down and then Falco shattered.
Daylen sighed "Well I guess there is nothing else I can do other than place a card facedown."
"My move" Fiona stated as she drew her card "And first of all, I'll start by flip summoning my Dragon" the dragon returned (Level 4 Attack 1900 Defence 0) "And now his ability activates which allows me to send a card on your field and then send it back to your hand so now your Magician returns to your hand" the puppet dragon sent a blast of fire which made Skilled Dark Magician fade and then reappear in Daylen's hand "And now I will summon Shaddoll Squamata in attack mode" a long snake like puppet appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1800 Defence 1000) "And since you have no monsters, both my monsters will attack you directly"
Daylen watched in horror 'my facedown is call of the Haunted, that won't help me" he thought and so he closed his eyes as the Dragon breathed fire on his and Squamata spat acid at him which made him groan in pain.
Daylen: 4300
Fiona: 8000
"Oh great" Aedan groaned "Aedan just lost nearly half his life points and the duel has only just started"
Anders chuckled "I told you that this guy is no match for Fiona" he sneered
Neria narrowed her eyes at Anders and then looked at Daylen "Ignore him Daylen!" she called "You can still do this"
Daylen looked at Fiona "I don't care what your followers think; I never give up on a duel"
Fiona smiled "That is how true duellists talk" she stated "Now I will finish my turn by playing the spell card Book of Moon which flips my Squamata facedown" The Snake like puppet vanished as he was flipped facedown
"My draw" Daylen drew his card 'She must have flipped that monster facedown for a reason' he thought 'I better get rid of it.' He looked at his hand and realised that he had the card he needed to do that "I'll start by summoning back my Skilled Dark Magician in attack mode" the black robbed magician returned to the field. "Then I will play the Continuous spell card Spell Absorption, now every time a spell card is played, I gain 500 life points and it also gives my Magician a spell counter" a light on the Magician's rod started glowing (SDM SC 1). "And now I will play the Spell card Double Summon which means I can normal summon once again, and it means that I gain 500 life points and another spell counter" (SDM SC 2).
Daylen: 4800
Fiona: 8000
"And now I will Breaker the Magical Warrior in attack mode" Daylen added as a red knight with a sword and shield appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1600 Defence 1000) "And he gains a spell counter when he's summoned plus an extra 300 attack points" the sword started glowing on Breaker (BTMW Attack 1600-1900). "Then I will play one last Spell card which will stop you from using that monster's flip effect, the spell card Shield Crush which destroys one defence position monster on the field" Fiona gasped as her Facedown monster shattered.
Daylen: 5300
Fiona: 8000
"But it gets worse because now my Magician gets a third Spell Counter" (SDM SC 3). "And with three spell counters, that means that now I can activate his effect and sacrifice him in order to summon his master, the great and powerful Dark Magician in attack mode from my deck." The Skilled Dark Magician was engulfed in bright light and then the purple robbed Magician with a powerful staff appeared on the field (Level 7 Attack 2500 Defence 2100). Fiona gasped at the strength of Daylen's monsters "Now Dark Magician, attack that Dragon with Dark Magic Attack." Dark Magician swung his staff around and sent a large blast of magic which engulfed the dragon puppet and destroyed him.
Daylen: 5300
Fiona: 7400
"And now my Breaker will attack you directly" Daylen added as Breaker slashed Fiona with his sword.
Daylen: 5300
Fiona: 5500
"And now I will end my turn" Daylen finished
"Well, it looks like they're nearly equal in life points" Aedan stated
"But Daylen has more monsters including one of his best" Neria stated
"We'll just have to see what Fiona does next" Aedan stated
Fiona drew her next card "First I will play the spell card Mystical Space Typhoon which allows me destroy that Spell Absorption card" a typhoon blew away the spell. "Next I will play the spell card Allure of Darkness which allows me to draw two cards from my deck but then I must banish one dark monster in my hand and so I choose my Shaddoll Beast." Fiona drew two cards then removed her Beast "But he will be returning because I play my facedown card, the trap Shaddoll replay which allows me to summon a banished Shaddoll monster so my Beast returns." A large puppet Beast appeared on the field (Level 5 Attack 2200 Defence 1700). "And now my Beast will destroy that Breaker" the Beast pounced onto Breaker and tore him apart as Breaker shattered
Daylen: 5000
Fiona: 5500
"And I will end my turn by summoning another monster facedown along with placing a card facedown." Fiona finished
"My move" Daylen stated as he drew his card "And I'll start by summoning Magician's Valkyria in attack mode" a female spellcaster with long light brown hair and wearing a short blue magician's clothing appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1600 Defence 1800) "And as long as she is on the field, you cannot attack other spellcasters that I control, but first of all, she will destroy that facedown monster" The Valkyria fired a ball of magic from her wand which destroyed the facedown monster which turned out to be some kind of hedgehog puppet.
"Since you flipped by Shaddoll Hedgehog, his effect activates which allows me to add a Shaddoll spell or trap card to my hand" Fiona stated as she added the card she needed.
"Well my Dark Magician can still destroy your Beast" Daylen added as Dark Magician fired a blast from his staff which destroyed Shaddoll Beast.
Daylen: 5000
Fiona: 5200
"My move" Fiona stated "And I'll start by activating my facedown card, the trap card Shaddoll Core, this summons it as a monster on my field" a small field like ghost appeared on the field (Level 9 Attack 1450 Defence 1950) "And then I will summon another Shaddoll Falco to the field" another falcon puppet appeared on the field "Then I will use the card I got from thanks to my Hedgehog's effect, the spell card Shaddoll Fusion which allows me to fuse my core along with my Shaddoll Hound in my hand in order to summon El Shaddoll Construct in attack mode" a large blue fairy appeared on the field (Level 8 Attack 2800 Defence 2500) "This card is fusion summoned by using a Shaddoll monster and a light attribute monster but thanks to Core's effect, I can use it for an Attribute summon. And now he will destroy that Valkyria" the fairy sent a ball of magic which destroyed Valkyria.
Daylen: 3800
Fiona: 5200
"And now I will end my turn" Fiona finished.
Anders smirked "Fiona now had him" he stated "She had the most powerful monster on the field."
Daylen and Neria noticed that as well "I hope Daylen has an idea on what he can do, that monster is powerful." Aedan stated
Neria looked at Daylen "I'm sure Daylen will find a way." She claimed
Daylen drew his card and smirked "I'll start by playing the spell card Pot of Greed which allows me to draw two more cards" Daylen drew two extra cards from his deck "And now I will play one of those cards that I drew, Dedication through Light and Darkness, this card allows me to sacrifice my Dark Magician and summon something even more powerful my powerful Dark Magician of Chaos from my deck" the purple robbed Magician was absorbed by black magic which then took the form of a black robbed spellcaster with a headpiece (Level 8 Attack 2800 Defence 2600) "Sure our monsters may have the same attack points but I play the equip spell Wonder Wand which gives him an extra 500 attack points" a small wand appeared in Dark Magician of Chaos' hand (DMOC Attack 2800-3300) "And then I will summon Mathematician in attack mode" a small old teacher appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1500 Defence 500) "And now my Dark Magician of Chaos will destroy that Construct with Sceptre strike." Dark Magician of Chaos swung his staff around and blasted Construct and destroyed him.
Daylen: 3800
Fiona: 4700
"When my Construct is sent to the graveyard, I get to add a Shaddoll spell or trap card in my grave to my hand" Fiona stated
Daylen smirked and shook his head "That won't be happening, any monster destroyed by Dark Magician of Chaos is removed from play"
"What!" Fiona gasped in shock
"And now Mathematician will attack you directly" Daylen added as Mathematician sent a blast from his mind which struck Fiona.
Daylen: 3800
Fiona: 3200
"Now I will end my turn" Daylen finished "Which means that I can activate my Chaos Magician's effect to add my Pot of Greed in my graveyard to my hand" the spell card returned to Daylen's hand
Fiona drew her card "I'll start by playing the spell card Monster reborn in order to summon back my Shaddoll Dragon" the dragon returned to the field "Then I'll play the spell Card of Demise, now I get to draw until I hold 5 cards in my hand but I must discard my hand in 5 turns" Fiona drew until she held 5 cards in her hand "But my dragon won't be around for long because now I'm playing Polymerization in order to fuse my Dragon along with my own Mathematician in my hand. With the power of two spellcasters, I'll create a monster filled with the power of the dolls and the power of earth, I fusion summon El Shaddoll Shekhinaga in attack mode" a large metal contraption that walked on several legs appeared on the field (Level 10 Attack 2600 Defence 3000)
"Not bad" Daylen stated "But it doesn't have the power of my Dark Magician"
Fiona smirked "Be careful what you say" she stated "Because I always have a plan and it starts with this, my monster Shaddoll Hound which I now summon in attack mode" a large dog puppet appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1600 Defence 900) "And now my Shekhinaga attacks your Magician and while that may seem like a crazy idea, I have this card to help" she revealed a card in her hand which made Daylen gasped as she recognised the card "It's the quick play spell Battle Fusion, now since I have a fusion monster attacking, it gains life points equal to your monster's attack points." Shekhinaga glowed as he gained power (ESS Attack 2600-5900) then the machine's laser cannon went through Dark Magician of Chaos and struck Daylen, knocking him back.
Daylen: 1200
Fiona: 3200
"Since my Dark Magician of Chaos was equipped with Wonder Wand, I get to draw one card" Daylen stated
"You're going to need it" Fiona stated "Because now my Hound will destroy your Mathematician." The Hound jumped and bit Mathematician hard and destroyed him
Daylen: 1100
Fiona: 3200
"Now I end my turn, let's see how you do now." Fiona finished
"My turn" Daylen stated as he drew his card "And I'll start by playing the spell card Dark Magic Veil, now by paying 1000 life points, I can summon a Dark Attribute Spellcaster from my graveyard so come on back Dark Magician" the purple robbed Magician returned to the field. "And now I play the spell card Polymerisation which allows me to fuse Dark Magician along with my Dark Magician Girl in my hand" the two spellcasters appeared and were then sucked into a portal "When two powerful spellcasters with the power of darkness come together, they create a powerful Magician filled with Darkness, I fusion summon Dark Sorcerer in attack mode" a monster that had the same build as Dark Magician but wore pure black robes appeared on the field (Level 9 Attack 2600 Defence 2500)
Daylen: 100
Fiona: 3200
"Big deal!" Anders snorted "That monster can't finish Fiona off"
Daylen smirked "My Dark Sorcerer has a special ability which allows me to add any spell card in my deck to my hand and I choose the spell card Spider Web. But before I use it, since my Dark Sorcerer is called Dark Magician while on the field, I can play the equip spell Magic Formula which gives him an extra 700 attack points." The Dark Sorcerer got a magical book which increased his power (DS Attack: 2600-3300) "And now I will play Spider Web, this card allows me to take a card from your graveyard that you used last turn and you have just the card I need to end this duel now"
Fiona gasped as she realised what card Daylen wanted
"Now I'll take that Battle Fusion from your grave" Daylen stated as Battle Fusion appeared on his hand "And now my Dark Sorcerer will attack your Shekhinaga and I'll play Battle Fusion in order for my monster to gain it's attack points" Dark Sorcerer glowed as he gained even more power (DS Attack 3300-5900) then the Sorcerer fired a blast from his staff which struck the Machine and destroyed him and throwing Fiona back.
Daylen: 100 (Winner)
Fiona: 0000
"All right!" Kallian and Neria cheered "He did it"
"No way!" Anders gasped
Daylen looked at Fiona and he walked towards her "Hey, are you alright?" he asked only to be blocked by Anders
"Stay away from her!" he ordered but then Fiona stood up
"No Anders" she stated "They past and that means that they can stay, but it does mean that they'll be expected to help protect this place"
"From what we've heard, the Warrior Faction are the aggressors here" Aedan stated
"They are" Fiona claimed "They started this war and won't stop until we are destroyed and the only way to end this war is to take out Meredith. You can stay in the city for a while but soon you will be coming with me to help protect the region. But I will have to do some planning before we do that."
Kallian, Neria, Daylen and Aedan looked at each other, it was clear that they were on the side of the Spellcaster Faction in this war and they hoped that maybe they could find Solona while in this war. They only hoped that they made the right choice.
Chapter End:
Notes: Another Chapter complete and two duels in this chapter, the next chapter will take a while because I have important work to do at University so I won't get as much time to work but it will look at the characters who we have not seen much yet in the Dimension.
Created Cards:
Rank up Water Magic: Normal Spell card, Tribute 1 Water XYZ monster, summon 1 Water XYZ monster that's 2 ranks higher.
Shark King: XYZ Rank 5 Attack 1000 Defence 1000 Fish Water Attribute: Remove 1 overlay unit, destroy one monster on your opponent's field and add its attack points to this monster.
Shaddoll Replay, Normal Trap Card: Special summon one banished Shaddoll monster
Dark Sorcerer: Fusion Level 9 Attack 2600 Defence 2500, Spellcaster, Dark Attribute: This card is also called Dark Magician while on the field; when this card is fusion summoned, add 1 spell card in your deck to your hand.