Ancient Gems:
Most of the Hissing Wastes was a desert wasteland reduced to this due to years of drought that came after the fall of the Dragon Faction during the fight against the Zombie and Fiend factions. This land was once one of the wealthiest areas of the Dragon Faction and held many ancient cities and fortresses. Most of them now have vanished from the land. Some have been buried in the sands of the desert and others have vanished entirely. But there are a few that still exist but are completely abandoned.
One such place was an old fortress known as Griffin Wing Keep. This old fortress had once been one of the largest fortresses in the land and had been an important part of the war against the Fiend and Zombie faction. The fortress was said to have one held out for months until reinforcements arrived and was one of the few fortresses left in the region after the war ended. However when the land changed into a desert wasteland, the keep was abandoned as there was no use for the keep anymore and the keep remained abandoned.
Now Griffin Wing Keep was being used again but this time by the people it once fought against. The Venatori had taken this keep to use as their headquarters for their missions in the Wastes. They had taken the keep for several reasons; one was because the Keep was one of the few locations where fresh water was available. The Keep had an underground lake as well as a lagoon nearby for more water. The Keep was also very close to several other ruins in the region such as an old prison known as Coracavus which held very important prisoners. There was also an old research outpost south of the Keep as well as some very old ruins west.
Several senior members of the Venatori led the operations from the keep. These members were not part of the Elder One's senior circle like Livius or Gordian but they were still very important members. The man leading the operations was a man known as Macrinus who had tanned skin along with a thick black beard and he wore a dark robe which mostly covered his face. Along with Macrinus was Lucanus, a Venatori member who was one of those assigned to hunt for the final Old God card in the Wastes. The final senior member was Servis who was also hunting for the card.
The three of them were discussing what they have done "So" Macrinus stated "Did any of you two found any sign of the Old God?
Servis shook his head "The old prison is pretty much empty" he stated "There was nothing there except old documents which only talk about the prisoners that were once held there. Many of the tunnels were caved in and there was nothing of use to us."
Macrinus looked at Lucanus "Did you have any luck?" he asked
"I check the ruins to the west of here" Lucanus claimed "After visiting the research tower to the south of here, the main research base here was the old ruins located in the mountains. After a while of searching, I found it and have left some of my men there. However, the ruins are sealed shut so we're trying to find a way inside"
"Well you better otherwise the Elder One will be furious with us" Macrinus stated "And he is not that forgiving"
It was then that a scout came in "I'm sorry to intrude but some scouts arrived and they have news"
Macrinus opened the scroll that was given to him and he read it "Interesting" he stated "It seems that the friends of the girl that the Elder One wanted are in the region. They were spotted at the arena in Wycome."
"Wycome?" Lucanus gasped "That puts our operations at risk"
"Then we should take care of them" Servis stated
Macrinus looked at him "Not us" he stated "You. You know more about them than we do and your mission here is complete. I'm sending you over there to take care of them."
"I don't have the crystallising powers that the others do but I can make sure that they don't come here" Servis stated "But before I head out, I need to find out which of these friends they are."
Macrinus looked at the message again "It seems that it includes that short haired girl who is now a champion of the arena. The others include that greenish haired kid along with the male teacher who looks like a girl"
"Right" Servis stated "I know who it is and I know what to do" he turned and left leaving Macrinus and Lucanus alone.
Lucanus looked at Macrinus "Are you sure he can be trusted to do this?" he asked
"Don't worry" Macrinus stated "Gordian's brainwashing has full control over him. He's been a useful tool for the Venatori and he was trained in that harsh environment where he's going now. He'll be strong enough now that he'll be using his full deck including the cards he was unable to use last time.
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In the city of Wycome, Sereda had now been given a new room and unlike her last room, this room was much better and it seemed more like a room to sleep in instead of a cell. However, while Sereda was allowed to wander around the city, she wasn't allowed to leave as she had tried but had not been allowed to leave. She was now wandering around the streets and watched as people cheered her. While it was nice to be seen as a Hero, here it wasn't that great as she had sent some people into a life of slavery to get this far. Eventually she came to a more quiet area of the city and sighed as now she finally had some time to herself until she heard someone call her name. Sereda looked around and saw blue hair in one of the alleys. She ran over but saw no one, she looked around again to see if there was anyone around but there wasn't.
She was about to leave until someone grabbed her and she started to struggle until a familiar voice spoke up "Take it easy Sereda" the voice of Zane hissed "It's just me and Crowler"
Zane let Sereda go and she glared at him "Why did you grab me?" she demanded "You scared me then"
"We needed to make sure that no one was around" Crowler stated "We've been wandering around here looking for someone. We saw your duel and we were glad that we've found someone else but there is no sign of the others."
"I have no idea where the others are either" Sereda claimed "I've been here the whole time ever since I got here. When I woke up, I was inside a cell and they forced me into the tournament. But even though I am now a champion, I still can't leave"
"Well we'll just have to break out then" Zane stated "Tonight me and Crowler can distract the guards at the gates with our monsters and we can escape then."
"Fine" Sereda stated "I'll find you at the gate, but first I'll have to escape my guards, my room is guarded at night"
"Well we'll just have to wait then" Crowler stated "Good luck Sereda"
"Thanks Doctor" Sereda stated as she left leaving Crowler and Zane alone.
...
Later that night, Sereda was inside the new room she had been given. She now lived in luxury rather than the cell where she lived before. The room had a comfortable bed along with a place to sit down. But there was one drawback; the door was guarded at all times so she would be unable to leave that way. However no one had thought about the window. Sereda opened the window and began to climb out. Just below her window was a small ledge so she carefully climbed down to that and entered a new room through a different window. She went over to the new door and opened it slowly; she smirked when she saw that there was no guard and so she quickly left the room and closed the door so that she wouldn't alert anyone. Then she quickly snuck through the tower and down the stairs until she came to the main door, this door would lead outside. After being in the city for a few days, she knew many of the streets and how to get to where Zane and Crowler wanted to meet her. So after making sure that the coast was clear, she left the tower and ran into the streets.
...
Over at the meeting place, Crowler and Zane waited patiently for Sereda to arrive. This was dangerous as there were patrols around the area and if they were caught, then everything that they have done would have been for nothing. They had been waiting for a long time and there was still no sign of Sereda.
"Where could she be?" Crowler questioned
"Remember she has to get here through the streets" Zane reminded "And they're crawling with guards."
"I just hope she hasn't been discovered and captured because if she has, then I don't know how we're going to get her out of this place" Crowler stated
Then right on time, Sereda arrived and smirked "Well it's a good job that I haven't been captured" she stated which made Crowler and Zane turn around and see her "Sorry I took so long, I had trouble getting here, these streets are guarded all over and I had to wait all over in order to get here."
"Well now that you're here, we can get out of this place" Crowler stated
"But how will we do that?" Sereda asked
Zane smirked "Remember that Alexius said that duelling is used for war here so our monsters are real. I will use one of mine to distract the guards and then Crowler will use one of his to break this weak spot on the wall."
"We'll have to be quick" Sereda stated "We only have one shot at this"
"It's now or never" Zane stated as he drew some cards from his deck "Now Cyber Twin Dragon, distract the guards." The two cyber dragons appeared and were sucked into a portal and a large two headed machine dragon appeared over the city.
All over the city, the guards looked up at the massive machine which was emitted a large amount of light. They had never seen anything like it. Zane saw that the distraction was working "Now Crowler, do it now while they're distracted."
Crowler drew his card and then used it "Ancient Gear Engineer, make a hole it that wall" a large rusty robot with a drill on one hand appeared and then placed his drill against the wall and very quickly, the drill made a large gap in the wall "Come on" Crowler hissed "Let's go now and get away." The three of them climbed through the hole that had been made and they quickly ran as fast as they could. They could have used one of their monsters but creating these monsters required strength which was difficult for them and they needed to be prepared for anything.
However, one person saw them escape. The Venatori agent Servis stood on a nearby tower and watched as they left but Servis just smirked "Don't think that you're out of danger yet" he sneered to himself "It's time for you to see just how powerful I really am." Servis then vanished in a flash of light.
...
Daylen, Neria, Aedan and Kallian stared at the place that they had been sent to. Fiona had taken them to a place that she suspected may be attacked soon and so she had led a group of Spellcasters towards the fortress known as Andoral's Reach. Daylen wondered if this fortress had something to do with the Old God cards as one of the Old God cards was known as Andoral, Old God of Slaves.
The fortress itself looked like it was disused for many years. The old walls were crumbling and the wooden structures had rotted away. The main Gate still held strong and that was a key feature for this castle as the castle was built in a small gorge and blocked the way. This castle was basically, the main gateway into the Spellcaster territory. The border between the Spellcaster territory and the Bufferlands was very mountainous and this was the only path through the mountains so the Warrior Army would have to capture this fortress in order to get into the Spellcaster lands. But the path towards the castle also ran alongside a large lake and the only way to get towards the keep was to take a long road that went past the fortress of Redcliffe which was also a strong fortress.
Daylen looked at Fiona who was busy directing a few soldiers along "So, what is the history of this place?" he asked "And why is this castle only recently being manned, if this fortress was so important, why has it been neglected for many years?"
Fiona sighed "With the Fortress of Redcliffe being built, this castle was no longer needed so we maintained close relations with the Water Faction of Redcliffe since they guard the only path towards the mountains. But with the war going on, that place has been attacked many times but has always been repelled."
"So what's changed?" Aedan asked
"This war has been dragging on for some time and Commander Meredith wants to defeat us in one strike" Fiona claimed "Our reports say that she is gathering every soldier she has and plans to take on Redcliffe, with that many troops, Redcliffe may not survive and then we'll be next. If this fortress is captured as well then the Warrior Faction may have won since they'll have a gateway into our territory."
"Well then we'll do our best to help hold off an assault" Neria stated
"And I would like to capture one member of this Warrior Faction so I can question him about my sister's location." Daylen stated
"And maybe we can use that prisoner to find a way to stop Meredith." Fiona stated
"Well we must be ready" Kallian stated as she walked over to them "Because I have a feeling that our mission is going to get even more difficult."
Kallian, Aedan and Neria left while they went to prepare leaving Daylen and Fiona alone. Daylen looked at Fiona "So what is the history of this place?" he asked "The name Andoral sounds very familiar to me" he did not reveal the Old God card.
But Fiona already knew the name "Andoral was the name of one of the Ancient Dragon Gods" she stated "This fortress wasn't just a military outpost; it was also the slave pens for captured slaves. Despite the heroic stories of the Dragon Faction, they practised Slavery a lot and used the minor factions for their slaves although research shows that many of these slaves were criminals. The Warrior Faction at the time created Slave soldiers for the Dragon Faction. Andoral was the God of Slaves and his temple is not far from here so the name Andoral's Reach was used and the name just stuck."
Daylen looked at Fiona and then back over the horizon, he was worried about his sister but he was also worried about the Old God cards. There were seven of them and four of them were already in the Venatori's hands while two were in Solona and Daylen's hands while the last one was still missing. He hoped that they would be able to find it first because if they didn't then the Venatori would be even stronger than before.
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Crowler, Zane and Sereda walked along the path as they tried to get as far away from the city as they could. They didn't want to travel along the path for fear of a patrol from Wycome coming from behind and capturing them. But they couldn't travel off the path because they would get lost. So at Night, they would hide and one of them would take watch for different parts of the night and then someone else takes over after a few hours in order to watch for someone coming after them.
Eventually, the three of them arrived at what looked like a small pass through a gorge and they stopped "I don't like this" Sereda stated "This is just the perfect place for an ambush"
Zane looked around "But this is the only way ahead" he stated
"Zane's right" Crowler added "If we go back then we'll just be going back the way we came. This is the only way"
"But we'll go with caution" Zane stated "So at least we'll be ready"
But just as they were about to go through the pass, there was a loud laugh "Or maybe the threat will just reveal himself now" the three of them gasped in shock and looked around for the source of the voice, but then they were blinded by a flash of light and when the light faded, a new person stood in front of them blocking the path through the gorge.
Sereda recognised him "I know you" she stated "You Servis" Servis had changed his clothes, instead of wearing his Obelisk Blue uniform; he wore a white robe which had the Venatori symbol written on.
Servis smirked "Yes, it is me and now I can reveal my true colours"
"I can't believe you work for the Venatori" Zane hissed "We trusted you and you spied on us"
Servis smirked "You may have been able to trust the original me" he stated "The Venatori took me as a child and trained me to be the best before they sent me to Duel Academy in the world that I came from. You three of you currently threaten our plans here and so I must duel one of you to send a message"
"And who will you face?" Sereda demanded
Servis smirked "You did an amazing job at Wycome, not many people can beat Vartag, I duelled him once before he was a champion and I barely managed to pull through. But they didn't send him to the mines since that duel was a friendly. I could duel the new champion but I have someone else in mind" he eyed Crowler which the teacher noticed
"You want to duel me?" Crowler questioned
"I sure do" he stated "I watched you duel back at Duel Academy and I want to see how good you really are"
"Well I spent nine years in duelling school and have a PHD in duelling" Crowler smirked
Servis shook his head "That won't help you here, and its worse for you since now I can use the full power of my deck. The Restrictions of your world won't hold me back this time so now I can use the full power of my deck." Servis then pulled out a new duel disk, back at Duel Academy, he used a normal Duel Academy Duel disk but now he was using one that looked like a black dragon wing. Crowler normally used his duelling vest and like the other Duel Disks, that had also arrived with Crowler in his bag which he took out and the two duel Disks were activated. The two duellists then drew 5 cards each.
"DUEL!"
Crowler: 8000
Servis: 8000
"I'll take the first move" Servis sneered as he drew his sixth card "And now I play the spell card Gem Knight Fusion which allows me to fuse Gem Knights Tourmaline and Emerald in my hand in order to fusion summon Gem Knight Topaz in attack mode." The green knight and the yellow thunder knight appeared on the field and they were then sucked into a portal and an orange knight wielding two axes appeared on the field (Level 6 Attack 1800 Defence 1800). "And I still have my normal summon so I summon Gem Knight Garnet in attack mode" the red pyro knight appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1900 Defence 0) "And that will do it for my turn"
Zane looked worried "Crowler needs to do something about that Topaz otherwise Servis will have a huge advantage"
"Why's that Zane?" Sereda asked
Zane looked at her "Topaz can attack twice each turn and when he destroys a monster, Crowler takes damage equal to that monster's attack points."
Crowler looked at his hand and smirked "I know the effects of that Topaz and what it will do to me next turn. But it won't be around that long. First I'll start by playing the spell card Ancient Gear Castle which gives all my Ancient Gear monsters 300 extra attack points. But it won't be around that long because now I play another spell card, Ancient Gear Catapult, since I control no monsters, I can destroy my castle and then summon 1 Ancient Gear Monster from my deck ignoring the summoning conditions. So now I summon my Great Ancient Gear Golem in attack mode" the massive Golem made from scrap metal appeared on the field (Level 8 Attack 3000 Defence 3000).
Sereda gasped "One of Crowler's best monsters and he summoned it on his first turn"
"And I also summon my Ancient Gear Soldier in defence mode to boast my defence" Crowler added and the scrap metal soldier armed with a mini-gun as a hand appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1300 Defence 1300). "And now my Golem will attack Topaz with Mechanized Melee" the Golem threw his fist back and then punched the Golem which broke apart.
Crowler: 8000
Servis: 6800
"And now I will end my turn by throwing one card facedown" Crowler finished
Servis narrowed his eyes as he drew his next card "With a powerful monster on your field, I guess I'll have to go on the defensive, however that Golem deals piercing damage so I'll leave my Garnet how it is. However, I'll summon Gem Knight Sapphire in defence mode." The blue aqua knight appeared on the field kneeling down (Level 4 Attack 0000 Defence 2100). "And I might as well take out that Soldier with my Garnet." The Garnet Gem Knight threw a fireball which struck the Soldier and caused the soldier to crumple into dust. "That will do it for me" Servis finished
"My move" Crowler stated "And I'll just take out that Garnet with my Golem." The Golem threw back his fist and then punched the Garnet which shattered.
Crowler: 8000
Servis: 5700
"And now I will end my turn" Crowler finished
Servis narrowed his eyes "You may be winning on life points but now you will see what I can do" he drew his card "First I play Pot of Greed which allows me to draw two more cards." Servis drew two cards from his deck and smirked at one of them but took the other card he drew. "Now I'll play Monster Reborn which allows me to bring Gem Knight Garnet back to the field" the Red Knight returned to the field. "But he won't be around for long, tell me something, have you heard of XYZ?"
"XYZ?" Sereda questioned "I've heard of the XYZ monsters that Chazz uses in the A-Z archetype"
Servis laugh "It's true that there are cards like that but that's not what I meant" he took a card from his extra deck and showed it to Crowler "I meant this?"
Crowler looked confused at the card "A black card, but there are no black cards in Duelling"
"There are in this Dimension and now you'll about to see it." Servis sneered "I overlay my Garnet and Sapphire in order to build the Overlay network" the two Gem Knights turned into particles and were absorbed by a black portal on the floor. "Now I'll show you a new Knight that is made of small balls. I XYZ summon Gem Knight Pear in attack mode." A new Gem Knight appeared that wore white armour and had white balls surrounding him (Rank 4 Attack 2600 Defence 1900). "Now those monsters that I used to summon him are now Overlay units which are used to activate XYZ monsters special abilities, but sadly Pearl has no abilities but a new knight were. I play the spell card Rank up Gem Power, now I can use my Pearl in order to summon a XYZ monster that's one rank higher." Pearl was sucked into a portal with her two overlay units "Go, Rank up XYZ Revolution, I XYZ summon Gem Knight Jade in attack mode" a Gem Knight wearing pale green armour and wielding a sword appeared on the field (Rank 5 Attack 2800 Defence 2300)
"But that monster isn't strong enough to take on my Golem" Crowler stated "So what was the point of that?"
Servis smirked "Remember that I said these Overlay units activate my Gem Knight's ability and now I will use one of these Overlay units which allows me to destroy that Golem"
"What!" Crowler gasped as then one of the overlay units was absorbed by Jade's sword which then glowed and Jade pointed it as the Golem and a beam of green light shot from the sword which struck the Golem and exploded, when the dust cleared, the Golem collapsed and shattered.
"And now that you monster is gone, my Jade can attack you directly" Servis smirked and then Jade powered his sword and then charged and slashed Crowler causing him to yell in pain and fall to his knees
Crowler: 5200
Servis: 5700
"And that will do it for me" Servis smirked "Now that you've seen the power of what I can really do, are you going to give in"
Crowler narrowed his eyes and then stood up "Never!" he growled "I never give in, you may have taken out my Golem but now I can activate my facedown card, Damage Condenser. Now I can summon a monster from my deck with equal or less attack points than the damage I just took so now I summon Ancient Gear Hydra in attack mode." A massive three headed mechanical Hydra made from scrap metal appeared on the field (Level 7 Attack 2700 Defence 1700)
"I fail to see what he can do" Servis sneered "I place one card facedown and then end my turn"
"Well now it's my turn" Crowler stated as he drew his card.
Servis smirked "Well whatever you're planning, it won't work." He stated "I know that I can't activate my facedowns when your Ancient Gears attack so I'll activate it now, Thunder of Ruler so now you can't declare an attack this turn"
Crowler groaned "Then I guess I'll just have to boast my defence" he stated "I summon Ancient Gear Gadget in defence mode" a large metal gear appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 500 Defence 2000) "And then I will end my turn by throwing one card facedown"
Servis smirked "I guess this will be easier than I thought" he stated "I play my spell card Polymerization which allows me to fuse Gem Knights Lapis and Obsidian together which allows me to summon out Gem Knight Lady Lapis Lazuli in attack mode" a small female knight along with a knight made of black rocks appeared on the field and merged together to form a lady rock warrior wearing blue armour (Level 5 Attack 2400 Defence 1000). "And since Obsidian was sent from my hand to the grave, I can summon a level 4 or lower normal monster from my grave so Garnet returns to the field." The red pyro Gem Knight returned to the field. "And now I will activate my Jade's special ability again which allows me to destroy that Hydra" Jade's sword absorbed another Overlay unit and then blasted Hydra which blew apart "And now my Lady Lapis Lazuli will attack that Gadget" Lapis sent a show of shard which struck the Gadget and blew him apart. "And now my Jade will attack you directly" Jade drew his sword and charged at Crowler.
"Crowler!" Sereda gasped
But Crowler smirked "You know, you should be careful when you attack with a powerful monster. Because I might have something ready for it"
Servis gasped when he remembered Crowler's facedown "Oh no, you laid a trap?"
"I did" Crowler confirmed "And since you fell for it, I can activate Sakuretsu Armour which destroys your Jade" a suit of black armour was equipped to Jade which began to crush him and the warrior shattered.
Zane smiled "I guess there are ways to take out these XYZ monsters" he stated
Servis narrowed his eyes "Well I can still have Garnet attack you directly" Garnet fired another fireball which caused Crowler to cringe as he burnt.
Crowler: 3300
Servis: 5700
"And now I will end my turn" Servis stated
Crowler drew his card 'Even I have to admit that this duel is not going to be easy' he thought 'but I have to pull through and thankfully, I have the cards to help me with it.' He picked on of his cards "I'll start by playing the spell Card of Sanctity so now we both get to draw until we hold 6 cards in our hands" Crowler and Servis drew until they held 6 cards in their hand. "Now I will play my own Polymerization which allows me to fuse my Ancient Gears Box and Engineer together in order to fusion summon Ancient Gear Howitzer in attack mode" a large monster made from different machine parts appeared on the field equipped with cannons (Level 8 Attack 1000 Defence 1800). "I will also summon my Ancient Gear Wyvern in attack mode" a mechanical Wyvern made from scrap metal appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1700 Defence 1200). "And then I will play my second copy of Ancient Gear Castle in my hand which gives my Ancient Gears 300 attack points" a massive castle appeared behind Crowler and his Ancient Gears glowed as they gained power (AGW Attack 1700-2000) (AGH Attack 1000-1300). "And before I attack, I'll activate Howitzer's ability which deals you 1000 points of damage" One of Howitzer's cannons fired a shot which blew Servis back a bit.
Crowler: 3300
Servis: 4700
"And now my Howitzer will attack your Garnet" Crowler stated which shocked everyone since Howitzer was weaker than Garnet. Garnet fired a shot which Garnet resisted and then Garnet threw a fireball back which blew Howitzer to pieces.
Crowler: 2700
Servis: 4700
"Why would Crowler do that?" Sereda questioned "He knew that Howitzer was weaker than that Garnet"
Zane smiled "Crowler played smart" he stated which made Sereda look at him in surprise "Sure Crowler took damage but now he can use Howitzer's other ability. He did the same thing against the Shadow Rider Camula."
Crowler smirked "That's right, and now that Howitzer has been destroyed, I can summon any Ancient Gear monster from my deck, so now I summon Ancient Gear Reactor Dragon in attack mode" a large mechanical dragon made of scrap metal appeared on the field (Level 9 Attack 3000 Defence 3000). "Now Reactor Dragon, attack Lady Lapis with Steam Breath" the Reactor Dragon fired a blast of hot steam which caused Lady Lapis to burn and then shatter.
Crowler: 2700
Servis: 3800
"And don't think that I forgot about my Wyvern so now he will attack your Garnet" the Wyvern swooped and shot through Garnet and destroyed him.
Crowler: 2700
Servis: 3700
"And now I will end my turn" Crowler finished
Zane smiled "It seems Crowler has managed to make a comeback, sure he has less life points but now he has a powerful monster on my field"
Servis sneered "But that won't be around for long" he stated as he drew his card "I play the spell card Brilliant Fusion so now I can fusion summon from my deck so I fuse Gem Knights Iolite, Lazuli and Alexandrite in order to fusion summon Gem Knight Lady Brilliant Diamond in attack mode" a warrior made from diamonds and holding a large sword appeared on the field (Level 10 Attack 3400 Defence 2000). "However since she was fusion summoned with Brilliant Fusion, her attack points become 0 but I can reverse that by discarding my Burial from a Different Dimension from my hand so now her attacks points are her own until the end of your turn. And my Diamond is stronger than that Reactor Dragon so I will take out that Dragon which is a bigger threat" the Diamond Lady swung her sword and slashed Reactor Dragon which then exploded.
Crowler: 2600
Servis: 3700
"And now I will end my turn by throwing one card facedown" Servis finished
Crowler groaned and looked at Servis 'No matter what I do he always finds a way to defeat my powerful monsters' he thought 'but that doesn't mean I'm going to give up' he looked at his deck. 'With only one card in my hand, this draw must count' he drew his card "I play my own Pot of Greed which allows me to draw two more cards." Crowler drew two more cards from his deck and smiled at them "I now play the spell card Ancient Gear Factory, this card allows me to summon my second copy of my Golem in my hand by banishing Ancient Gear monsters in my grave that have a combined level double my monster so I banish my Reactor Dragon along with hydra to summon my Golem" piles of scrap metal appeared in the factory which then formed the Golem. "And now I play another spell card Ancient Gear, this card allows me to fuse monsters on my hand and field to fusion summon and Ancient Gear Fusion monster. However if I use my Ancient Gear Golem, then I can use monsters from my deck as well so I will use my second copy of my Golem in my hand along with my Ancient Gear Beast and Frame in my deck." The three Ancient Gear monsters appeared on the field and were sucked into a portal. "Unite all the wisdom and savagery of ages past to create a brutal behemoth. I fusion summon Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem." A massive machine that looked like a centaur with Ancient Gear Golem's body appeared on the field (Level 10 Attack 4400 Defence 3400). "And thanks to my Caste, he gains 300 attack points" The Golem gained even more power (UAGG Attack 4400-4700). "Now my Ultimate Golem will attack your Diamond" The Golem lifted his fist and brought it down on Lady Brilliant Diamond which crushed her in an instant.
Crowler: 2600
Servis: 2400
"And I still have my Wyvern's attack so he will attack as well" Crowler added and hen Wyvern swooped through Servis which threw him back.
Crowler: 2600
Servis: 400
"And now I will end my urn" Crowler finished
Servis stood up and glared at Crowler "You think by summoning that powerful monster and knocking my life points down means that you've won?" he hissed "Well you're wrong because you've made your last move"
Sereda noticed that Servis didn't look like he was joking "I have a bad feeling about this." She stated
Servis drew his card "I'll start by activating my facedown card, Fragment Fusion."
"Another Fusion card?" Zane questioned
"Now I can remove monsters in my grave to fusion summon a Gem Knight Fusion monster" Servis stated "So now I remove Garnet and Obsidian in order to fusion summon Gem Knight Ruby in attack mode" a red gem knight wearing a blue cape and holding a large axe appeared on the field (Level 6 Attack 2500 Defence 1300). "However since he was summoned with Fragment Fusion, he will be destroyed at the end of the turn but I won't need to wait for that. Now I play the spell card Monster reborn to bring back Topaz" the Topaz Gem Knight returned to the field.
Sereda looked confused "But that doesn't make much sense?" she questioned "None of those monsters can defeat that Ultimate Golem."
Zane remembered about XYZ summoning and that the two Gem Knights had the same level and he widened his eyes and gasped "He won't need them, he's going to XYZ summon again."
Servis sneered "I sure am" he stated "Now I overlay Topaz and Ruby to build the overlay network." The two Level 6 Fusion monsters were sucked into the portal "Now I XYZ summon Gem Knight Malachite in attack mode" a pale green armoured knight with large mace appeared on the field (Rank 6 Attack 3000 Defence 2500). Servis sneered "Sure he's not as powerful as your Golem but now I use his ability, I remove one overlay unit to activate Malachite's ability, now he gains half the attack points of one monster on your field. So he gained half the attack points of your Golem." Crowler gasped as Malachite glowed and gained power (GKM Attack 3000-5350).
Crowler gasped as he realised that the duel was over but he couldn't say anything.
Servis smirked "Can't think of anything to say?" he mocked "Well then, try this on, Malachite attack that Wyvern" Malachite swung his mace and smashed the Wyvern which exploded and blew Crowler back who screeched and fell face first to the floor.
Crowler: 0000
Servis: 400 (Winner)
Zane and Sereda gasped in shock when Crowler fell to the floor "Doctor Crowler!" Sereda gasped
Servis laughed and walked over to the fallen Crowler who looked up at him "You should consider yourself lucky." He stated "I could have turned you into a crystal which we would have used to power our magic. However my Duel Disk is not equipped to do that. I was just sent to send a message to you, stay out of our way."
Zane narrowed his eyes "You Venatori are after our friend and trying to take over the world and we won't let that happen!" he hissed
Servis smirked "Well if you carry on going after us then this won't end well for you. If I were you, I would suggest you leave us alone and go back to where you came from and leave us to our plans." He pressed a button on his duel disk and Servis faded into a black cloud and vanished from sight.
Zane and Sereda ran over to Crowler and helped him up "Doctor Crowler!" Sereda gasped "Are you alright?"
Crowler gave a few deep breathes "I'm alright but that duel has knocked the energy from me" he stated "I need a rest."
Zane sighed "This could have been a lot worst and we may not be as lucky next time" he stated and then he looked at where Servis had vanished "And I know one more thing, these Venatori are more dangerous than we thought."
Chapter end:
Author Notes: Well here's another chapter and a character that we haven't seen in a while. I showed a bit of Servis' past but basically, he was kidnapped by the Venatori and brainwashed to use as a spy. He will play a bigger role later on but I have introduced some created XYZ cards. Next chapter will be different and you will see why but I'm also planning to start a new Fanfiction story which will be up soon.
Created Cards:
Gem Knight Jade: XYZ Rank 5 Rock Type, Earth Attribute: Attack 2800 Defence 2300.
Once per turn, you can remove one overlay unit from this card and destroy one monster on your opponent's field.
Gem Knight Malachite: XYZ Rank 6 Rock Type, Earth Attribute: Attack 3000 Defence 2500.
You can remove one overlay unit from this card and this monster gains half the attack points of a monster on your opponent's field until the end of this turn.