Dragon-X: The Dimension of Dragons

by Fantasymaker76

The First Year of Duel Academy is over and the Summer Holidays are here. But an Old Enemy returns to steal the Old God Cards and use their power to take over the world. The team must band together again on another adventure to defeat them and recover the Old God Cards, an adventure which would take them to a whole new world.

20. The Battle of Redcliffe

The Battle of Redcliffe:

Solona Amell stood on the walls that surrounded the town of Redcliffe. She was overlooking the surrounding area. She had been in Redcliffe for some time and had been able to help the people here be better duellists so that they were ready when the Warrior Faction decided to attack. She was a bit worried about her friends. She was more worried about what they were thinking, she was trapped in a whole new world and they had no idea where she was. There was also still the threat of the Venatori who could still be looking for her. She really wanted to find a way back home but she had no idea on how to do that. Eventually she heard someone approach her.

"Teagan told me that you were up here" the voice of Evangeline stated as the former Warrior Faction member approached her "How are you doing"

"Oh, I thought I would just look at the view" Solona stated and then she sighed "I'm also worried about my friends. We've been separated for some time and I have no idea if they even know I'm okay."

Evangeline looked at her "You said that your friends are strong duellists" she stated "I'm sure that they're all okay."

"I sure hope that they are" Solona replied and then she noticed the worried look on Evangeline's face "Is everything alright?" she asked "You seem a bit worried."

"I am worried about something" Evangeline replied "I have a feeling that we may be getting visitors soon. We've lost contact with several villages around this area and Tomas didn't return from his patrol last night. I have a bad feeling that the Warrior Faction is on the move, I told Teagan and he has ordered Perth and Murdock to prepare for a fight. Murdock was the man in charge of the defence of the town people while Perth was one of the best duellists in Redcliffe.

"You're worried that he may have encountered a force of Warrior Faction members?" Solona questioned

"I am" Evangeline stated "The Warrior Faction really wants this place and we're all worried about a full head on attack. Sure Redcliffe has managed to defeat these attackers before but they were small in numbers. If the whole Warrior Faction attacks then we're in trouble, we can't hold on forever and Teagan wants us all to be ready. If the attack comes then he wants all the Civilians out of the town so they don't become targets."

"How long can this fortress hold?" Solona asked

"That depends on the strength that attacks us." Evangeline stated "We have enough food supplies and we can catch fish in the lake. But a whole army could summon monsters using their Duelling energy and if they are strong enough, then they could storm through the gates and take out the non-duellists."

Solona carried on looking towards the nearby forest "If those Warriors come here then I will help you defend this place."

Evangeline smiled "Your dragons will be big help. If we had a way of making them come real then they could inflict serious damage to the Warrior Army."

"Is that possible?" Solona asked

Evangeline sighed and shook her head "The Warrior and Spellcaster Factions have special duel disks which turn their defeated opponents into small crystals but they also absorb duelling energy. That's what gives them the ability to make monsters real even when they're not duelling. That's how they fight these battles; they summon monsters to battle the enemy. Non-duellists are weakened but not killed and then turned into crystals and more energy."

"That's just horrible!" Solona gasped

"That's why this war has to end" Evangeline stated "We have to find a way to get both sides to stop fighting but right now, that's impossible."

"Why is it impossible?" Solona asked

"The leadership" Evangeline answered "Fiona, the leader of the Spellcasters wants to protect her people and has a distrust of Warriors but never wants world conquest like the Warriors claim she wants. The Warrior Leadership on the other hand want to destroy the Spellcaster Faction and rule this world. Taking out Commander Meredith isn't enough; there are more fanatics in the Warrior Faction such as Alrik, Karras and Rylock. They'll just take over and Thrask's rebels are not strong enough to take over the Faction. If the Warriors suffer a major defeat then they might start to crumble."

Solona carried on looking ahead but then she saw something in the forest. It looked like someone was in the forest so she looked at Evangeline "Hey, I see some people in the forest, do you think the Scouts are back?"

Evangeline looked at the nearby forest but her eyes widened and she gasped in horror "Oh no, that's not our scouts, that's the Warrior Faction army." Then several figures wearing armour came out of the forest and Evangeline looked shocked "Sound the alarm!" she called "Sound the alarms, they're here, the Warrior Faction is here!"

…

Far away from Redcliffe, several figures were walking along the old desert trail. Crowler, Zane and Sereda had come a distance since they left Wycome but they were all still in shock from Crowler's defeat by Servis. Crowler had never seen those duelling methods and they the thought of what could have happened had made them slower. The heat wasn't helping either and they often had to wait for some time in shade before they could travel again.

"We must find a new location to stay soon" Zane stated "We can't keep walking around in this desert forever."

"These trails connect this land to other lands but I don't know how far" Sereda stated "But we must be careful, we don't want to run into another member of the Venatori or someone else who might not be friendly."

"I agree" Crowler stated as he looked at them "I guess I should be lucky with my defeat. I spent nine years in duelling school and I was defeated. These new duelling ways such as XYZ make it harder for our decks as they have cards that we've never seen and even more powerful Fusion monsters."

"And if we lose a duel then Alexius said that we could be turned into crystals." Sereda stated "I know what it's like to have your soul trapped in something. Frenic sealed me inside some kind of magic ball after he took my key."

"And I remember being trapped inside a doll after Camula defeated me" Crowler added "The worst part was that I could still feel someone touching me."

"Camula kept me on a display shelf" Zane added "He kept me like I was some kind of treasure; I could see my surroundings but I could do anything."

"We just have to hope that we can all stay safe" Sereda stated "Now we should get moving, the longer we wait, the hotter it will become." The three of them then got up and carried on walking in hopes of finding another town.

...

The bells were heard all over Redcliffe. The people in the village were fleeing into the castle while the guards were arriving on the walls. The people were terrified and children were clinging to their mothers as they arrived into the safety of the castle.

On the walls, Solona along with Evangeline watched as a large army emerged from the forest. It looked like the entire Warrior Army had arrived and they all looked like they were ready for a fight. Teagan arrived on the walls and he sighed at the size of the army "Redcliffe has defeated armies before but not one this big."

Solona then saw two people getting nearer to the castle. One was a woman with blond hair and the other was a man with a bald head. Solona looked at Evangeline "Who are they?" she asked

Evangeline sighed "They are the leaders of the Warrior Faction." She told Solona "The woman is Commander Meredith, the leader of the Warrior Faction while the man is her second in Commander Otto Alrik. Both are cruel people and care nothing for anyone other than the Warrior Faction and they don't like those who fail."

The woman known as Meredith walked closer and began calling up "You know who I am?" she stated

Teagan nodded "I know who you are Meredith" he stated as he narrowed his eyes at her

"That's Commander Meredith to you!" Alrik spat

"Not to us she's not!" Teagan snapped "And I know what you want and my answer is clear. You are not having this place; I won't let you slaughter any more people."

Alrik held up several crystals that he had "I wonder if how your scouts will feel if they knew that they would be helping us take this place" he stated "Their power will be useful in helping is take this place."

"You are welcome to try!" Teagan spat "Even if you take this place, we will weaken you as much as we can."

Meredith sneered and rode back to her army with Alrik, "Warriors, prepare to fight!" she ordered and then every single Warrior activated their duel disk and place cards on them. The crystals they had started to glow as they began to fuel the Duel Disks. Then many Warrior and Beast Warrior type monsters began to appear.

Solona looked in worry at the collection of monsters appearing. It seemed that she was about to witness how war was fought in this world. Then Teagan place his hand on her shoulder "I need you and Evangeline to come with me" he stated "I have to tell you something." He then looked at one of the people "Perth, I need you to lead these people. I know I'm asking for the ultimate sacrifice but I need you to defend this place as long as you can. Give is time to evacuate."

Perth nodded "We will do what we can to hold this place as long as we can" he stated "It's been an honour to serve you."

"Good luck" Teagan stated and then he walked away with Solona and Evangeline. Perth and the others began to get ready to defend their home.

...

In the Warrior Ranks, Meredith looked around at the monsters that had been summoned, this was the biggest amount of monsters summoned at once and required a lot of power. She just hoped that the power they lost could be replaced for their attack on the Spellcaster Territory. Meredith looked at Rylock "You know you mission" she stated "Do what you have to do"

Rylock nodded "Yes Commander." She stated and she left

Meredith looked at Alrik "It's time, begin the attack."

Alrik turned to his men and the monsters that they had summoned "Alrik Men, attack." The Warrior's monsters all began charging towards the Wall of Redcliffe.

...

Inside Redcliffe castle, Teagan took Solona and Evangeline into the basement of the castle. "Where are we going?" Solona asked "Shouldn't we be out there fighting. I can help here."

Teagan turned around "Yes you can help" he stated "You can help by getting the people out of here." He then turned back around "Redcliffe is lost, we won't survive a full on attack by the Warriors but we will inflict as much damage as they can on them. If they're weakened enough then they won't have enough power to defeat the Spellcasters. But we must get the people out of here."

"What about you?" Evangeline asked "Shouldn't you be leading these people."

Teagan sighed "This is my home and I'm not abandoning it. I will do what I can to hold them off. But before you two lead them, I need to give you something." He looked at Evangeline "You know what I'm about to give you and you'll agree that it's for the best."

Solona looked at Evangeline "What it is?" she asked

Evangeline sighed "I said that Meredith stole the deck of the man who led the Warriors against the Fiend and Zombie factions. Well I stole the Dragon cards from that deck so that Meredith couldn't use them. Teagan sealed them here in Redcliffe."

"That's another reason why Meredith is attacking" Teagan stated "So she can get these cards but she'll only get one of them" he unlocked a room and then he unlocked a chest and pulled out three cards "You two will take two of them but I will keep the third. I'll be able to hold them off for longer."

"Teagan, these people need you!" Evangeline stated

"And I'll save them by allowing them time to escape" just then there was a rumble above "They've broken through the outer walls, it won't be long before Perth and Murdock are overrun. You have to get the people out now."

"Teagan" Evangeline stated "It's been an honour to serve with you."

Teagan smiled "I'm glad to have met you" he replied "Now we must get the people ready to go."

...

Outside, the soldiers of Redcliffe had fallen back towards the bridge towards Redcliffe castle. The outer walls had been breached and several had been turned into crystals. But Murdock and Perth had taken them.

"It seems we have a better chance to hold them off now" Perth stated

"How?" Murdock asked

"We use these" Perth stated holding the crystals "Our friends would be happier if their energy was used to save our people" he handed a crystal to all the remaining soldiers "Now summon what you can." Soon their side was filled with many different Water Attribute monsters which included Fish, Sea Serpent and Aqua type monsters.

Alrik and Meredith sneered at the Redcliffe soldier's attempt to defend themselves "Attack!" Meredith ordered and the Warrior's monsters began charging again towards the Water Factions monsters. Some of the stronger Water monsters managed to hold on and even fight back but even Perth knew that it was only a matter of time before they fell.

...

Inside the castle, Teagan had gathered all of the people into a room away from the Great Hall "Alright people" Teagan stated "We all feared that this day will come but I will not let them turn you into crystals. You all must flee this place and spread the word to the rest of the Bufferlands. The Warriors will not stop here, you must encourage the other minor factions to unite and stop the Warrior Faction. I know that you're all scared so Evangeline and Solona will be going with you. They are very strong duellists and will be able to protect you. I regret to inform you that I will not be travelling along with you. This is my home and I will stay here and guard your defence. I know that this is hard but you must be strong." The people cheered and chanted Teagan's name.

Evangeline looked at Teagan "That was a good speech" she said

"Thank you" Evangeline stated "Now get going, I'll open the Secret passage but I will be sealing it behind you."

Solona nodded and then Teagan pressed his ring into a small slot and then the fireplace opened. The people then started getting in with Solona going first and Evangeline went last. As soon as Evangeline entered Teagan called "Good luck" then he pressed his ring into the slot again and the passage closed leaving the people of Redcliffe alone.

With his people safe, Teagan walked back towards the Great Hall and he could hear the banging against the door which meant only one thing. Perth, Murdock and the others had fallen. He lowered his head in respect for his followers and then he rose up and prepared his duel disk. Then the doors were forced opened and the Warriors were now in the castle. They were led by the Warrior known as Karras.

Karras sneered "Well look what we have here?" he stated "It's the leader of Redcliffe himself. Have you come to beg for mercy?"

Teagan narrowed his eyes "Never!" he hissed "I will fall like a fighter defending this place until my defeat."

Karras laughed "Then you fall in vain!" he sneered "Just like all the others who we just defeated" he threw a bag of crystals onto the floor and Teagan could see Perth sealed in one of them.

But then just as Karras prepared his duel disk, a voice called "Stop, he's mine!" everyone was silent as Commander Meredith walked in "So the leader of the Warrior Faction verses the leader of the Water Faction, this will be good."

"I know what you want Meredith and if you want it, you'll have to duel me for it" Teagan hissed

Meredith activated her duel disk "It's been a while but it feels good to have a challenge again. But soon my deck will be the most powerful in this world!" she smirked

"Not as powerful as some decks I know" Teagan snarled "And you'll never be the best. Now let's do this!"

"DUEL!"

Teagan: 8000
Meredith: 8000

"Since I am the Commander, I'll take the first move" Meredith stated as she drew his sixth card "And I'll start by summoning Samurai of the Ice Barrier in attack mode" a samurai warrior wearing armour made from ice appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1800 Defence 1500) "And then I will end my turn by throwing one card facedown."

Teagan narrowed his eyes "I can't believe that you're using the deck of the Warrior Factions Greatest Hero in order to perform your selfish deeds. Brandis would be ashamed."

"He would be proud that I'm purging the spellcaster corruption from this world" Meredith snarled

"Not everyone believes that! My draw." Teagan spat and then he drew his card "And I have better monsters now that I've changed my deck a bit so that I was ready to face you but I still have some of my old tricks. First I play Hand Destruction so now we both must discard two cards and draw two more" Teagan and Meredith discarded and drew two new cards "And I activate the effect of one of the card's I discarded, since Mermail Abyssgunde was discarded, I can summon the a Mermail in my grave so the other card I discarded Mermail Abyssdine" a small mermaid with pink hair and a blue tail appeared on the field (Level 3 Attack 1000 Defence 200) "And since she was special summoned, I can special summon Abyssgunde from my grave." A mermaid with black hair and an orange tail appeared on the field (Level 3 Attack 1400 Defence 800). "And I still have my normal summon so I summon Double Shark in attack mode" a blue shark with a metal bar in his mouth appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1200 Defence 1600). "And now for one last summon, I overlay my two Mermails in order to build the overlay network. With two level three monsters, I XYZ summon Shark Caesar in attack mode." A large blue Shark with a yellow face appeared on the field (Rank 3 Attack 1800 Defence 2000). "And I will play my Caesar's ability, by sacrificing one overlay unit, I can add a Shark Counter to him" one of the balls of light was sucked into the Shark's mouth (SC SC: 1). "Now during the damage step, he gains 1000 attack points so he can now destroy your Samurai." Shark Caesar charged and struck the Samurai and destroyed him.

Teagan: 8000
Meredith: 7000

"And now my Double Shark will attack you directly and thanks to his ability, he can attack twice" Teagan added and the Blue shark charged towards Meredith.

"I activate my trap" Meredith countered "Call of the Haunted so now my I can summon a monster in my graveyard and thanks to your Hand Destruction earlier, I can summon General Gantala of the Ice Barrier in attack mode" a bald headed warrior with a glowing blue tattoo on his forehead appeared on the field (Level 7 Attack 2700 Defence 2000).

Teagan groaned "Then I guess I have no other choice but to end my turn" he stated.

"My turn" Meredith snarled "And I play the spell card Pot of Greed which allows me to draw two more cards" Meredith drew two extra cards. "And since I control a face up Ice Barrier monster, I can special summon Prior of the Ice Barrier in attack mode" a black bearded man wearing white and blue robes appeared on the field (Level 2 Attack 1000 Defence 400). "But he won be on the field for long because now I sacrifice him in order to summon Royal Knight of the Ice Barrier in attack mode" a warrior wearing armour made from ice and carrying an ice made lance appeared on the field (Level 5 Attack 2000 Defence 2000). "And since he was tribute summoned, you get an Ice Coffin token on your field" a small blue gem inside a crown appeared on Teagan's field (Level 1 Attack 1000 Defence 0). "It's pretty much useless since it cannot be used for a tribute summon but it's still a good target so my Knight will destroy it." The Knight charged and pierced the token with his Lance.

Teagan: 7000
Meredith: 7000

"And I may not be able to destroy that Caesar but that other Shark is still a good target" Meredith added "General Gantala, attack that double shark." The General sent a large ice shard which shattered after hitting the Shark.

Teagan: 5500
Meredith: 7000

"And now I will end my turn" Meredith finished "Which means that I can activate Gantala's special ability which allows me to special summon an Ice Barrier Monster in my grave so Samurai returns to the field." The Samurai Ice Barrier monster returned to Meredith's field.

"My move" Teagan stated as he drew his card "And I'll start by summoning Hammer Shark in attack mode." A large shark with the head in the shape of a hammer appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1700 Defence 1500). "And now I activate his ability, now I can reduce my monsters level by 1 and summon another level 3 or lower water monster from my hand so now I summon Fishbog Archer in attack mode" a robotic monster made from fish tanks appeared on the field (Level 3 Attack 300 Defence 300).

"So you're doing to XYZ summon again?" Meredith questioned

Teagan smirked and shook his head "XYZ summoning is not the only summoning method I know. Fishbog archer is a tuner monster so now I tune him with Hammer Shark which allows me to Synchro summon White Aura Dolphin in attack mode." Fishbog turned into three glowing rings which went around Hammer Shark and turned into three lights which created a glowing beam of light and formed a large white dolphin (Level 6 Attack 2400 Defence 1000). "Now once per turn, my dolphin's ability activates which allows me to half the original attack points of one of your monsters so now your General Gantala loses half of his power." A tidal wave washed over Gantala which made him lose some of his power (GGOTIB Attack: 2700-1350). "And my Shark Caesar still has his ability to absorb his other overlay unit" Teagan added and the second overlay unit was absorbed by the Shark (SC SC: 2). "Now Shark Caesar, attack that General." The Shark shot towards the General and shot right through him and destroyed him.

Teagan: 5500
Meredith: 4550

"And my Dolphin will now destroy that Samurai again." Teagan added and then the Dolphin spat some water which froze the Samurai and destroyed him.

Teagan: 5500
Meredith: 3950

"And that will do it for this turn." Teagan finished

Meredith narrowed her eyes as she drew her card and smiled "You've seen my type of Synchro summoning, let me show you mine. First I play the spell card Magical Triangle of the Ice Barrier, now I reveal 3 different Ice Barrier monsters in my hand, this then allows me to destroy that Shark Caesar and then summon one of them." Meredith revealed the Pilgrim, Cryomancer and Secret Guards of the Ice Barrier. Then Shark Caesar started to freeze and was frozen into a block of ice and then shattered "Now I can summon Cryomancer to the field." A small dark skinned man with ice in his hands and holding an icy sword appeared on the field (Level 2 Attack 1300 Defence 0) "And now I normal summon Pilgrim of the Ice Barrier." A blond haired man kneeling in a prayer appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1500 Defence 1000) "And now I can Synchro summon as well since Cryomancer is a Tuner monster so I tune Cryomancer with my Pilgrim." Cryomancer turned into two circles of light which went around Pilgrim and turned him into a beam of light. "Icy Beast of the frozen fields, awaken and guard your loyal subjects. I Synchro summon Dewloren Tiger King of the Ice Barrier." A large icy tiger appeared on the field (Level 6 Attack 2000 Defence 1400). "And now I cast the field spell Umi" the field changed into a large ocean.

But this confused Teagan "But that helps both our fields." He stated "Both our decks are water attribute."

Meredith smirked "I did not activate it for its effects" she smirked "I did it for my Tiger King. You see, once per turn, I can send any number of face up cards on my field back to my hand, this allows my Tiger King to gain 500 attack points until the end phase. So now Umi returns to the field and my Tiger King gains 500 attack points." The field returned to normal and Tiger King started glowing as he gained power (DTKOTIB Attack 2000-2500). "A now my Tiger King has enough power to destroy your Dolphin so attack" Tiger King pounced on the Dolphin and destroyed him.

Teagan: 5400
Meredith: 3950

"And now my Samurai will attack you directly so go" Meredith added and Teagan groaned as Samurai slashed him causing him to fall to his knees.

Teagan: 3600
Meredith: 3950

"And now I will end my turn" Meredith finished "Make your move."

Teagan drew his next card "It looks like this card won't be the one to help me." He stated and Meredith looked at him "It will be what I draw with it; I play Card of Sanctity so now we both draw until we hold 6 cards in our hands." Meredith and Teagan drew until they held 6 cards in their hands "And now I will discard my Spear Shark which allows me to activate Fishbog Archer's effect in my grave, now he returns to the field" the Fishbog returned to the field. "And now I summon Friller Rabca in attack mode" a large eel like monster appeared on the field (Level 3 Attack 700 Defence 1500) "And now it's time to Synchro summon again and I think you're going to like the monster. I tune my level 3 Fishbog with my level 3 Rabca." Fishbog once again turned into magical circles that went around Rabca and created a beam of light. "With the power of water turned to ice, I awaken an ancient serpent that has been hiding for years. I Synchro summon Brionac Dragon of the Ice Barrier in attack mode." A large slight blue dragon that looked like a sea serpent as it had no legs appeared on the field (Level 6 Attack 2300 Defence 1400).

"That's one of the Dragons that Evangeline stole!" Meredith snarled "They belong in my deck!"

"You are not worthy of them!" Teagan snapped "I activate Brionac's effect, now by discarding two cards in my hand, I can sent both your monsters back to your hand or your Tiger King back to your Extra deck." Samurai and Tiger King vanished from the field "And now that your field is empty, my dragon will attack you directly so attack." Brionac fired a breath of water from his mouth which struck Meredith and threw her back.

Teagan: 3600
Meredith: 1650

"And now I will end my turn" Teagan finished

Meredith narrowed her eyes "I will defeat you Teagan!" she hissed "And then I will claim those Dragon cards from you." She then drew her card "And while I like that dragon since it should be in my deck, I'm afraid it will be going because I play the spell card Storm of the Ice Barrier, now by discarding a monster from my hand, I can destroy every monster on your field with less attack points than the monster I discarded and so I discard General Grunard of the Ice Barrier with 2800 attack points so that Dragon is destroyed." The spirit of a warrior dressed in armour made from ice appeared and then slashed the dragon and destroyed him leaving Teagan's field empty.

"Well at least I still have plenty of life points" Teagan said to himself.

Meredith sneered "Well that won't be the case with Double summon as now I can summon two monsters this turn, so my Samurai returns to the field and I also summon a second Pilgrim of the Ice Barrier." The Samurai returned along with another Pilgrim. "And while these might not end the duel, it will be a different story after I activate Castle of the Ice Barrier field spell" the field changed into large white castle "Now all my Ice Barrier monsters gain 300 attack points."

Teagan widened his eyes in horror "Oh no!" he gasped

Meredith sneered "That's right!" she stated "It over!" Samurai and Dance Princess glowed blue as they gained power (SOTIB Attack 1800-2100) (POTIB Attack 1500-1800). "Now Pilgrim, attack him directly" The Pilgrim ran towards Teagan and punched him in the face which knocked him back.

Teagan: 1800
Meredith: 1650

"And now Samurai, end this duel" Meredith ordered and then Samurai slashed Teagan with his sword which caused Teagan to fall onto his back.

Teagan: 0000
Meredith: 1650 (Winner)

Meredith smirked "I win, the Water Faction is finished and those Ice Barrier Dragons are mine" she walked over and picked up Teagan's Duel Disk and pulled his deck out. She then went through the deck and pulled out Brionac but she couldn't find the other two Ice Barrier Dragons. "What, it's just Brionac!" she glared at Teagan "Where are the other two cards?"

Teagan laughed "I already gave them away, you'll never find them"

Meredith smirked "Oh I think I will. I know about that secret exit of yours. Your people have most likely been caught in my trap." Teagan had a look of shock on his face and then Meredith held her Duel disk above him and activated it. A beam of light shot out from the Duel Disk and hit Teagan. Teagan glowed and then vanished and a crystal came out from the disk with Teagan trapped inside.

With the duel over, Karras walked over to Meredith "What should we do now Commander?" he asked

Meredith looked at him "Tell the rest of the men to secure the castle and find anyone else who is hiding. Then go and find Rylock and tell her to bring all of the Duel Disks to me so that I can retrieve the other Ice Barrier Dragons."

"At once Commander" Karras stated as then he left leaving Meredith alone as she started at the Ice Barrier Dragon card.

...

Meanwhile while Teagan was duelling Meredith, Solona and Evangeline were leading the remaining people of Redcliffe through the old tunnels. These tunnels would help them escape from Redcliffe towards an old windmill that had collapsed during a previous attack by the Warrior Faction. Then they could make their way to the Spellcaster territory, with the fall of Redcliffe, there was no place that was safe in the Bufferlands.

"I hate it that Teagan sacrificed himself" Evangeline stated "He meant a lot to these people."

"Teagan made his choice" Solona stated "We shall honour it. The Warriors may have won this battle but the war is still not over. We can fight back but we may have to gather the other minor factions to stop the advance of the Warrior Faction."

"Maybe we can convince the Spellcaster Leaders to help" Evangeline stated "But they will be very suspicious of us since I am from the Warrior Faction."

"We'll just have to hope that the news of Redcliffe's fall managed to convince them" Solona suggested and they all carried on through the tunnel.

Evangeline then saw light and saw the hatch that would open to the tunnel's exit "Looks like we've made it." She then opened the hatch a little and looked through but then she quickly closed it.

"What's wrong?" Solona asked

"The Warrior Faction knows of this tunnel!" Evangeline hissed "Rylock's there waiting. Our captured scouts must have told them about this. What do we do know, I can duel her but it would take a while and more Warriors could show up."

"Rylock is alone?" Solona asked and Evangeline nodded "I'll take care of this; I can defeat her quickly with my dragons."

"Do it but please do it before more show up." Evangeline stated

"I will" Solona stated and then she went up through the hatch.

...

Rylock stood outside as she waited for the refugees to exit. As soon as they left, she would summon her monsters to prevent them from escaping and then they would become crystals to power their monsters. She smirked at performing her mission for Commander Meredith. Then she stood ready when the trap door opened. They she watched as one person got out. This person had long raven black hair but Rylock knew her as she had been sent to capture her before "I remember you" she stated "You were the girl that appeared in Kirkwall and I was sent to capture but failed."

The girl smirked "My name is Solona Amell" she stated "And I won't let you do what you are planning to these people. They're just innocent but you want to use them as fuel."

"It's for the good of this world" Rylock smirked

Solona narrowed her eyes "No, it's just for power and it seems that I must defeat you in a duel to protect them." She activated her Duel Disk.

Rylock smirked "This makes thing better, by capturing you alive, the Commander will have better knowledge on Dragons."

"Well then you should know that Dragons are not easy to beat" Solona smirked "Let me show you what they can do."

"Bring it on" Rylock sneered as she activated her Duel Disk.

"DUEL!"

Solona: 8000
Rylock: 8000

"I'll take the first move" Rylock stated "And first of all, I play the spell card Double Summon, this allows me normal summon twice this turn. So I summon X Saber Airbellum in attack mode" A large armoured lion with large claws on his hands appeared on the field (Level 3 Attack 1600 Defence 200). "And I will also summon X-Saber Uruz in attack mode" a small red Beast Warrior wearing a black cloak and wielding two daggers appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1600 Defence 1000). And now I tune Level 3 Airbellum with Level 4 Uruz." Airbellum turned into 3 circles with engulfed Uruz and created a beam of light "I Synchro summon X Saber Souza in attack mode." A large muscular warrior wearing a red cape and wielding 2 sabre swords appeared on the field (Level 7 Attack 2500 Defence 1600) "And finally, I play Monster Reborn which allows me to bring Airbellum back to my field." Airbellum returned to the field "Now I will end my turn."

Solona looked at her hand and smiled as she had what she needed to end this duel now "My draw" she stated "And first of all, I play the spell card Dragon's Shrine, this card allows me to send a Dragon card in my deck to the grave so I send one of my Blue Eyes White Dragons and since Blue Eyes is a normal monster, I can send another to the grave." Two Blue Eyes White Dragons were sent from Solona's deck to the graveyard. "And now I summon Kaibaman in attack mode" a small monster wearing a white hoodie that looked like a dragon appeared on the field (Level 3 Attack 200 Defence 700). "And now I activate his effect, now by sacrificing him, I can summon my Third Blue Eyes White Dragon in my hand" Kaibaman was engulfed in light and then a massive white scaled dragon appeared on the field (Level 8 Attack 3000 Defence 2500). "And now I play another spell card, Dragon's Mirror, this allows me to fuse the Blue Eyes on my field with the two in my graveyard." The spirits of the other Blue Eyes appeared and the three dragons were sucked into a portal "With the power of three mighty dragons, I will created a three headed dragon with extraordinary power. I fusion summon Neo Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon." A large three headed like blue dragon with crystal like scaled appeared on the field (Level 12 Attack 4500 Defence 3800). "And now my dragon will attack that Airbellum." The three heads fired a blast which combined into one and quickly engulfed Airbellum and blew Rylock back.

Solona: 8000
Rylock: 5100

"And now that your Airbellum is gone, you are no longer able to protect your Souza" Solona stated

Rylock smirked "But your dragon has already attacked so it won't be able to attack again this turn."

Solona smirked "That's where you are wrong, you see since my Ultimate is the only monster I control, at the end of the damage step, I can send a Blue Eyes Fusion monster from my extra deck to the grave which allows my Ultimate to attack again, so by sending Twin Burst, Ultimate can attack again." The heads fired again and blasted Souza which blew Rylock back again.

Solona: 8000
Rylock: 3100

"And guess what, I can use my dragon's ability again to send the normal Ultimate to the grave and attack once again" Solona smirked

"No!" Rylock shouted "This can't be, I can't lose like this!"

"Well you just did" Solona smirked "Neo Blue Eyes end this" Neo Blue Eyes Ultimate fired a blast which blew Rylock back and knocked her out when she hit the ground.

Solona: 8000 (Winner)
Rylock: 0000

Solona deactivated her Duel Disk and then opened the hidden door "its okay, I've defeated her."

Evangeline exited first "Is there anyone else nearby?" she asked

Solona shook her head "Not right now but there will be soon. We should get going now while we still can." Evangeline nodded in agreement and she began helping the people out of the tunnel and they all began making their way away from the castle.

When everyone was out, Solona and Evangeline followed them over the hills as they made their way away from the castle. Evangeline stopped and gave one last look as the smoking ruins of Redcliffe and then she carried on.

Chapter End:

Notes: I'm sorry with how long this chapter took but I have been really busy and I have my exams in a few weeks so I've been studying a lot. The next chapter probably will be a long wait since I have to concentrate on my exams.