Andoral's Reach:
The Spellcaster Leader, Fiona, sat in one of the towers of the ruined fortress known as Andoral's Reach that was being used as her headquarters. This tower was one of the few parts of the castle that was still in good condition and it also had a good view of the valley below. Her second in command Anders was also at the fortress since Fiona wanted to make sure that the fortress was ready for a fight as she knew that Anders was a skilled Duellist.
"What reports do we have Anders?" Fiona asked
"We've heard nothing from Redcliffe in a while and it's starting to get me worried" Anders replied "There's a possibility that the castle may have fallen."
"If that has happened then the Warrior army might be preparing for an invasion and an attack on Andoral's Reach may be imminent." Fiona stated and she looked at Anders "I need you to make sure that our forces are ready for an attack, even as a ruin this place can still hold them off if we have a surprise attack from the hills. I need you to select a group that will hide in the hills and then attack when we give the signal."
Anders nodded "I'll go find a group, but first I must ask you about those strangers who you brought back. I still don't trust them, how do we know they aren't spies."
"I can tell because of what I saw." Fiona answered "I've only seen three of that group duel, one used a Spellcaster deck and was skilled. One used a Warrior deck but he didn't act like a member of the Warrior Faction, he was not hunting Spellcasters down, he was trying to protect innocent people. And the third one used a mixed type of deck. But I know Cullen, he doesn't make a mistake and if he claims they aren't from the Warrior faction, then they aren't. But even so, you do have a point so I'll have someone keep an eye on you."
But then the door opened and Anders turned and glared at the man who entered without knocking. The man was young and looked a bit scared and wore full robes "What is it Alain, this better be important!"
"It is" Alain answered "The lookouts have reported that a large group is heading this way."
"The Warrior Faction's army?" Fiona questioned
Alain sighed "They don't know for certain but they didn't look like Warriors except for the leader."
Fiona looked at Anders and she nodded and the two of them grabbed their Duel Disks and went to the walls to confront this approaching force.
...
Solona stood alongside Evangeline as they led the survivors from Redcliffe towards Andoral's Reach. Solona was worried about one thing "Evangeline?" she questioned "What happens if the Spellcasters won't listen to us? What happens if they turn us away. You're a Warrior so they may not trust you."
Evangeline smiled "Don't worry about that, I have something to say to them that will make them listen and even if we don't, we'll go North where the Warriors don't have any power."
They group soon approached the fortress and Evangeline saw that the spellcasters were preparing for a fight. So she looked at Solona and the two of them walked alone to the wall. As they approached, they were called by the leader of the men on the wall.
"Halt!" a male voice called which was Anders "I cannot let you go any further until I know who you are and why you are here."
"We come in peace" Evangeline stated "I'm leading these refugees from Redcliffe to safety and to warn you. The Warrior Faction has taken Redcliffe and Teagan has fallen. The Warriors will be coming here soon."
Anders glared at her "How do we know that you're not with them. I can tell that you're a Warrior Faction member from your looks."
Evangeline sighed "I had a feeling that you would say something like that so I need to remind you of something. What did Rhys tell you about me?"
Then a woman dressed in blue robes stepped forward with wide eyes, it was Fiona, the leader of the Spellcaster Faction "So you're Evangeline, you're the Warrior that saved Rhys. He did say that we could trust you." She turned to her guards "Open the Gates let them in. But keep your eyes peeled for the Warrior Faction's army, they'll be here soon."
Evangeline sighed in relief and then the Gates opened and the refugees from Redcliffe entered the fortress and they were happy that they were safe for now and were no longer at risk of being attacked. Solona followed the refugees in and saw that here at Andoral's Reach; the Spellcasters looked like they could hold themselves in a fight much better than what Redcliffe could. But then she heard someone shout her name and when she saw the person who shouted, her eyes widened in shock when she saw who it was and that person's eyes widened too.
...
Daylen Amell had woken up to another normal day at Andoral's Reach. Ever since he, Aedan, Kallian and Neria had arrived at the fortress, the four of them had been duelling the Spellcaster members and slowly been building a friendship with them. At first, the Spellcasters had been very suspicious of them but they were more suspicious of Aedan and Kallian since their decks were Warrior decks but slowly, they had been able to show that they weren't like the Warrior Faction. Although some people such as the second in command, Anders, were still suspicious of them.
As he left the hut that he had been sleeping in and looked around, he saw that a large crowd had gathered near the main gate which was open and he was wondering what was going on. He soon saw his friends, Aedan, Kallian and Neria standing nearby and he walked over to them.
Neria was the first one to notice him "I see that you're awake now." She stated
"I am now" Daylen sighed "I haven't been sleeping well ever since we got here, I can't stop worrying about my sister and our other friends." He then looked at the gathered crowd "Do any of you have any idea on what's going on here. Why have all these people gathered?"
Aedan looked at him "Alain told me about how he spotted a large force heading here and they thought it was the Warriors preparing for an attack. But it turns out that these people are refugees from Redcliffe. That means that the Warriors will be here soon so we must be ready."
Then they watched as the refugees entered the fortress. Many of them looked tired and scared but relieved that they had found shelter at last. Many of these people did not look like fighters so Fiona would send them to a better place where they would be safe. But then Aedan noticed that Kallian was just staring ahead and he looked at her "Hey Kallian?" he questioned "Is everything alright"
Kallian just pointed forward "Are you guys seeing what I'm seeing?" she questioned "Is that really her?"
Daylen was confused as to what Kallian was talking about but when he looked at the refugees again, his eyes widened when he saw one of them. It was a woman who looked to be the same age as him with long black hair. She looked just like Solona but then he realised that this had to be his sister. So he went over to the refugees and shouted "Solona!" that shout got everyone's attention and everyone looked at him including the person who looked like Solona.
The girl started at him with wide eyes before gasping "Daylen!" Daylen now knew that this defiantly was his sister and then the people cleared the space between them and then the two of them ran at each other and embraced.
Everyone stared at this in shock. Fiona was up on the walls and smiled as it seemed that she had been able to reunite a lost family.
...
Far away from Andoral's Reach, at Ville Maurel, Aristide Amell along with Alexis and Avexis were reunited with Theorn, Jaden and Chazz after they had defeated General Maliphant and taken the main Freeman stronghold. With Maliphant's death, the power of the Freemen was pretty much broken and it was safe for Fairbanks to move his people from the campsite in the gorge to this place. Fairbank's people had settled in and now Aristide and his group were leaving the forest to continue their search for Solona and the others.
Aristide and Fairbanks were talking to each other while Jaden stood with Alexis, Theorn, Chazz and Avexis near the main gate.
"I want to thank you for what you and your friends here have done for my people" Fairbanks told Aristide.
"While we wanted to carry on our search for our missing friends, it was just wrong to abandon people in need" Aristide stated "We had to do something to help you. Maybe now that the Freemen have been defeated, your people will be safe now."
Fairbanks looked at him "Ser Auguste is still out there but he's no leader" he stated "Without Maliphant, the Freemen won't be as strong as they were before and my people should be safe here. I wish you luck in your search."
"And I wish you luck in helping your people" Aristide replied and the two of them shook hand. Then Aristide walked over to the gates where the others were waiting for him.
"So where do we go now?" Alexis asked
"We are still lost in this forest" Chazz stated
Aristide smiled and pulled out a map "Fairbanks recovered this when his people moved here. This map shows a path that leads out of the forest. We just have to go north of this place to find a large river and if we follow the river west, then it will lead us to the edge of this forest and towards the mountains where we may find a sign of our friends."
"Well, what are we waiting for?" Jaden questioned "We should get going, our friends need us."
Aristide smiled "Thanks to Fairbanks, we have more supplies so we should be alright for a few days where we can hopefully get out of this forest. Now let's go." Aristide then led Jaden, Alexis, Chazz, Theorn and Avexis out of the gates and towards the river he'd found on the map.
...
The reunion between Solona and her friends was unexpected but not unwelcome. She was happy to see that she was not alone in this world but her friends had some explaining to do. Fiona and the Spellcasters had seen that they needed some time alone and she had given them use of a small house nearby. Solona sat at a table in the house along with Daylen, Neria, Aedan and Kallian.
Daylen looked at his sister "So what happened after you got transported here?" he asked
Solona sighed as she relived the memory "I ended up in a place called Kirkwall which I was told is the capital of the Warrior Territory. After I was able to escape with help from Evangeline, I made it to the Redcliffe where I stayed until that place was attacked. I helped Evangeline lead the survivors here after that." She looked at her brother after that "So what about you? How did you guys get here?"
"Dorian and Cassandra" Daylen answered "They brought Alexius over and he told us about this Dimension. He built a new portal machine and Crowler and Jaden had a duel to create energy to take a small team. But the portal overpowered and we all got sucked in."
"All of you?" Solona gasped "Who else is here?"
"Well, as well as us, Jaden, Theorn, Zane and Crowler were part of the team." Aedan answered
"I wasn't though" Kallian stated "But I saw Aristide, Alexis, Chazz, Sereda and Avexis get sucked in before the portal closed on us. Dorian and Cassandra were able to stay along with Alexius."
"So now we have to find them as well" Solona stated
"We'll find them" Daylen stated "But first we must try and survive this incoming attack. If what you said is true then the Warrior Faction will be coming here next."
Solona looked at them "Well I know one thing, this place will hold better than Redcliffe did. Most of the people there were civilians."
It was then that the door opened and the man who Daylen recognised as Alain entered "Commander Fiona would like to see you all."
"Tell her we'll be right out" Aedan stated and then he along with the others stood up and left the house.
They went into the courtyard and saw Fiona standing in the middle with Anders and Evangeline standing next to her. Most of the people in the fortress were also standing around as Fiona began her speech.
"Alright people, this is it" Fiona spoke "The Warrior Army is on its way here and this fortress is all that stands in the way of freedom and the Warriors taking over this whole world and winning the war. But we're not going to just sit by and allow these Warriors to take over. We're not going to go down without a fight. We're going to stay here and defend this fortress down to the last spellcaster. Tell me, will you fight?" the crowd cheered in response "Then we will show the Warriors that they cannot take whatever they want. And we will show them that this is our land." That got more cheers "Our plan is to have Anders hide some of our forces out of sight before the battle in order to attack the Warriors in the rear. Our new friends from Redcliffe will also be aiding us led by Evangeline here." He pointed to Evangeline "Now all of those people from Redcliffe are being escorted out to a safe place so they don't get caught in the battle but a few decided to stay. Now I need everyone here to prepare for when the Warriors come, they will not show mercy so don't expecting it which means you must be as prepared as you can."
Fiona then walked off from the stage as the crowd began to clear away and then Fiona walked over to Solona and her group "Your name is Solona right?" she asked
"It is" Solona replied
"Evangeline spoke highly of you" Fiona stated "I don't think she told you but we trust her because she helped one of my personal friends called Rhys escape from the Warrior prison which is why we trust her. She said you duel with Dragons so I must ask that you remain here. Your dragons may be the strongest weapon we have here and we must hold the Warriors off as long as we can." She then sighed as she looked at Aedan and Kallian "As for you two, I know that just after being reunited, you would want to remain together but Anders has demanded that the two of you go with him as part of the Vanguard. He still doesn't trust you so much."
Aedan sighed "We have little choice but to obey orders." He stated in defeat.
Daylen looked at him "Don't worry, I'll come with you" he stated
"Me too" Neria agreed but Daylen shook his head
"I want you to remain here Neria" Daylen replied "I want one of my friends to remain here with my sister. My deck is a Spellcaster so the vanguard would be more comfortable with me out there."
"Alright" Neria sighed "But promise me that you'll be careful."
"We'll be fine Neria" Kallian stated "You managed to defeat the Shadow Riders and the Sacred Beasts; we can survive this if we work together."
Daylen nodded "She's right. We can do this but even so Neria; I want you to promise me something. If anything bad happens then I need you to protect Solona."
"Don't talk like that!" Solona snapped "You'll be fine."
Daylen smiled at his sister "You always were able to help with your words."
Fiona smiled at them as she saw that they had a close friendship but Anders was not as impressed "Alright" he stated "Now that we have done that, we must prepare to head out."
Daylen nodded and then he along with Aedan and Kallian walked with Anders and Evangeline as they left Andoral's Reach and followed him towards a place where they would be waiting to strike.
...
After the Fall of Redcliffe, the Warrior's army had begun their long march towards the fortress of Andoral's Reach where they would strike against the Spellcasters and then end the war and win where they would finally bring order to this world. They were about a day's march from the fortress but Meredith had decided to send a few scouts ahead led by a man known as Tavish. Tavish had now returned with the scouts with his report.
"So Tavish?" Meredith asked "What did you find?"
"It seems that sending a small group to scout was a good idea" Tavish stated "It seems that the Spellcasters have sent a small group to a small valley in order to attack us in the rear."
"Ha!" Karras laughed "They will never defeat the full might of the Warrior Faction."
Meredith looked at Karras "I like your beliefs Karras but remember, these Spellcasters are well trained. They're not like the people of Redcliffe."
"Speaking of that, the survivors from Redcliffe are here as well" Tavish added "The traitor Evangeline is with the small force who got away along with two other Warrior Duelists who I heard being called Aedan and Kallian but I have no idea about what they duel with."
That caught Meredith's attention and she knew what she would do next "Alrik, I want you to keep the main army here. Karras and I will take a small force to deal with this group of Spellcasters. I'm going personally since they have something I want."
Alrik nodded "As you command" he replied.
Meredith led a group through the hills and smiled as she looked at the Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier card that she took from Teagan. She knew that Evangeline had one of the others with her which was why Meredith wanted to go "Just you wait Evangeline, soon I will have the second Dragon card that should be mine."
...
Night had fallen over the valley. There was very little light as Anders didn't want the Warrior Faction to notice that they were here so he wouldn't allow a fire to be made. But he had special crystals that made a small amount of light so at least they could see each other. Anders had a few scouts to keep an eye out but most of the reinforcements were near Anders.
"So what happens after we're defeated the Warrior's army?" Daylen asked
"Hopefully we can inflict enough damage to the Warriors to show that they can be defeated and weaken then so they'll be easier to fight in the future" Anders replied
"And afterwards, Commander Fiona can start planning our counter attack." Evangeline added "We show that the Warriors can be defeated and we can slowly regain the land and push our way to Kirkwall or at least take out Meredith. The only way for this war to end is to take out Meredith, Alrik and Karras. They're the main leaders of the Warriors; most of the others just follow her orders."
"Well hopefully this counter attack can happen soon." Kallian stated
"We might want to start getting a bit of rest." Daylen added "It's going to be a long day."
Anders agreed "Just remember, when we see the signal, we must start our attack on the Warrior army." He stated
It was then that they heard a soft growl with made them look around "What was that?" Aedan asked
Evangeline stood up and looked at where the growl had come from and she heard it again only it was much louder. But this made her widen her eyes "Oh no!" she gasped and then she turned around "They've found us! It's the Warriors." Then a large snake like dragon with ice blue scaled appeared and blasted Evangeline with ice like breath which knocked her aside. Then many Warrior type Duel monsters appeared. Daylen recognised some of them such as Marauding Captain, Twin sword Marauder and Command Knight which began attacking the Spellcaster duellists. Daylen, Kallian and Aedan stood up and activated their duel disks.
Anders stood up too "Summon your monsters!" he yelled "We have to battle these things!"
Daylen pulled a few cards from his deck "I summon my old pal Dark Magician in attack mode!" he yelled and the purple robbed magician appeared "Use Dark Magic Attack!" Dark Magician blasted Command Knight backwards which destroyed her.
"I summon Knight Commander in attack mode" Aedan yelled and his Knight Commander appeared and began battling the Warrior monsters.
"I'll help with my powerful Grand Jupiter in attack mode" Kallian added as the Grand Jupiter appeared on the field.
Evangeline had managed to recover and grabbed Anders "Get back to Andoral's Reach!" she yelled "You must warn them of this attack, we'll hold them off!"
Anders looked worried but knew he had no choice as he watched other Spellcaster Duellists fall. "I know we didn't get on well but good luck to you all." He stated
Evangeline nodded and then Anders ran off as Evangeline activated her own Duel Disk.
Daylen, Kallian and Aedan's monsters were able to hold off the Warriors attacking monsters but the Dragon was a problem. Just like their monsters, the dragon was powerful and the Grand Jupiter was now fighting it. But then they heard a laugh and watched as a blond haired woman appeared.
"Let's see how that monster of yours handles this" she stated as she held a card "Ice Blast." The large dragon roared as it gained power and then gained the upper hand and it grabbed the leg of the Grand Jupiter and threw him aside causing the monster to shatter.
"No!" Kallian yelled and before anyone could react, the Dragon fired an ice blast which struck Dark Magician and destroyed him as well. Knight Commander didn't last much longer and was soon overwhelmed.
Kallian, Aedan, Daylen and Evangeline were surrounded by Warrior Duelists who summoned out more Warrior type monsters. With their best monsters already gone, Daylen, Kallian and Aedan didn't know what to do.
But then the blond haired woman stepped forward "That's enough men" she stated "I'm handling this personally." She looked at Evangeline "You remember me don't you Evangeline."
"Yeah" Evangeline replied "I remember you Commander Meredith."
"Then you know what I want." Meredith laughed "I came here personally to take it. I've already taken one and I will take the other two."
Evangeline pulled out a card from her deck and showed it which was one of the other two Ice Barrier Dragons that Teagan had given her "I'm not going to just hand this over to you. I will fight you over it."
Meredith laughed "Done" she stated "I win and that card will be mine."
"And if I win then you'll let us all go." Evangeline stated
"Agreed" he stated "It's doubtful that you'll win but even if you do, then I'll still attack Andoral's Reach and end the Spellcaster Faction."
"We'll see about that!" Evangeline hissed as she activated her Duel Disk:
"DUEL!"
Evangeline: 8000
Meredith: 8000
"I'll take the first move" Meredith sneered as she drew her card "And I'll start by playing the spell card Cost Down, now by discarding one card, all monsters in my hand have their levels decreased by two so now I can summon General Raiho of the Ice Barrier in attack mode." A warrior with long black hair and wearing a long blue robe with a sword on his hip appeared on the field (Level 6 Attack 2100 Defence 2300). "And now I end my turn by throwing one card facedown."
"My turn" Evangeline stated as she drew her card "And I'll start by playing the spell card Double Summon which allows me to normal summon twice this turn. So now I summon The Six Samurai Irou in attack mode" a black armoured warrior with a long katana sword appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1700 Defence 1200). "And since I can summon another monster, I also summon the Six Samurai Kamon in attack mode." A red armoured samurai with a small bomb in his hand appeared on the field (Level 3 Attack 1500 Defence 1000). "And now I activate the spell card Book of moon which flips your general facedown." The general vanished as he was flipped facedown. "And now my Irou will attack that facedown monster. And I know he's weaker than your monster even in defence mode, but since I control another six samurai monster, when Irou attacks a facedown monster, it's automatically destroyed." The facedown Raiho shattered "And now I can attack you directly with Kamon" Kamon threw the grenade which exploded near Meredith.
Evangeline: 8000
Meredith: 6500
"And that will do it for my turn." Evangeline finished
Meredith narrowed her eyes as she drew her card "I play my facedown card, Call of the Haunted, now I can summon one monster in my graveyard and I choose to summon the monster I discarded with my Cost down last turn, General Gantala of the Ice Barrier." A muscular man with a fist made from ice appeared on the field (Level 7 Attack 2700 Defence 2000). "And I know the effect of Kamon; you can destroy my Call of the Haunted which will also destroy my Gantala so I will take care of it now. Attack with Ice Fist." General Gantala threw a power fist made from ice which struck Kamon.
Evangeline: 7000
Meredith: 6500
But Evangeline smirked "Even though you attack Kamon, he has another effect so now I can destroy Irou instead." Irou shattered instead of Kamon.
Meredith growled "Well Gantala has another effect, now I can summon Raiho to the field." General Raiho returned to the field ready to fight.
"My move" Evangeline stated as she drew her card "And I play the spell card Pot of Greed which allows me to draw two cards." Evangeline drew two cards from her deck "And now I summon the Six Samurai Nisashi in attack mode" a Samurai with a green aura appeared on the field wielding two green Katanas (Level 4 Attack 1400 Defence 700). "And now I play the equip spell Fusion Sword Murasame Blade which gives Nisashi an extra 800 attack points." One of Nisashi's swords changed into a purple blade (TSSN Attack 1400-2200). "And now I activate the effect of Kamon, now since I control another Six Samurai monster, I can destroy your face up Call of the Haunted trap which also destroys Gantala."
Meredith sneered "Before you do that, thanks to my Raiho's effect, you have to discard one card in your hand to activate that effect."
Evangeline sighed "So be it," she stated as she discarded one of the cards in her hand "Now your Call of the Haunted and Gantala are destroyed." Kamon threw his fire bomb which destroyed both cards. "However, Kamon cannot attack when this effect is used but since I control another Six Samurai, Nisashi can attack twice this turn, so attack that Raiho." Nisashi slashed Raiho with his Katanas which destroyed him.
Evangeline: 7000
Meredith: 6400
"Now attack her directly" Evangeline added and then Nisashi slashed Meredith which sent her falling backwards.
Evangeline: 7000
Meredith: 4200
"That will do it for my turn" Evangeline finished
Daylen cheered "Alright! Meredith has lost nearly half her life points!"
"But this duel's still not over yet" Aedan commented "We'll just have to hope that Evangeline can keep this up."
Meredith narrowed her eyes "My draw!" she hissed "And I play the spell card Pot of Greed which allows me to draw two cards." Meredith drew two cards from her deck "And now I play the spell card Tribute to the Doomed, now I can discard one card and destroy your Nisashi." Meredith discarded a card and Nisashi was dragged into the ground by a large zombie hand. "And there's more, the card I discarded was known as Soldier of the Ice Barrier and when he is discarded to the graveyard, I can special summon him." A warrior wearing armour made from ice appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1500 Defence 1200). "And now I normal summon Cryomancer of the Ice Barrier in attack mode." A brown skinned made wielding an ice dagger appeared on the field (Level 2 Attack 1300 Defence 0). "And since Cryomancer is a tuner monster, I tune him with Soldier." Cryomancer turned into two rings which surrounded Soldier and turned him into a beam of light "With the power of water turned into 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 light blue dragon that was more of a sea serpent appeared on the field (Level 6 Attack 2300 Defence 1400).
"That's the card you took from Teagan!" Evangeline gasped
"And you know what I can do with it?" Meredith smirked "By discarding another card in my hand, I can send Kamon back to your hand." Kamon faded as he was sent back to Evangeline's hand "And that means I can attack you directly with Brionac." Brionac sent a blast of water which threw Evangeline back who screamed in pain.
Evangeline: 4700
Meredith: 4200
"And now I will end my turn" Meredith finished "And now you're in a whole lot of trouble now."
"She's right!" Daylen gasped "Even if Evangeline summons something to protect, that Brionac will just send it back to her hand."
Evangeline drew her card and looked at it before sighing "I summon a monster facedown and end my turn."
Meredith laughed "That's it?" she questioned "Well I guess there isn't much you can do but I can once again discard a card to send that monster back to your hand." The facedown monster was sent back to Evangeline's hand "And now I can attack you directly again" Brionac sent another ice blast which threw Evangeline back again.
Evangeline: 2400
Meredith: 4200
"And I will end my turn there" Meredith finished
Aedan watched the duel is worry "If Evangeline doesn't find a way to stop that Brionac's effect then she's finished next turn if Meredith summons another monster."
"We'll just have to hope that Evangeline can find a way to turn this duel around." Kallian stated
Evangeline managed to push herself to her knees and stand up "I have to draw something good this turn, otherwise this duel is over." Evangeline drew the top card of her deck and smiled "I play Graceful Charity, now I can draw three cards as long as I discard two." Evangeline drew three cards from her deck "And I think I'll discard Kamon along with my Guardian of the Six Samurai. And when my Guardian is discarded from my hand, I can special summon him." A samurai warrior with a large shield appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 500 Defence 2000). "Now since I control a Six Samurai monster, I can special summon Grandmaster of the Six Samurai in attack mode." An old man with long white hair, an eye patch on one eye and wielding a sword appeared on the field (Level 5 Attack 2100 Defence 800). "And now I summon the Six Samurai Yaichi in attack mode." A samurai warrior wielding a bow and arrow appeared on the field (Level 3 Attack 1300 Defence 800).
"Those monsters are useless!" Meredith sneered "They don't stand a chance against my Dragon."
"Maybe not but another Dragon might" Evangeline smirked "My Guardian is a tuner monster so I tune him with Yaichi." Guardian turned into four circles of light which surrounded Yaichi and turned him into a beam of light "Dragon made from solid ice, come and help protect those who need help "I Synchro summon Gungnir Dragon of the Ice Barrier in attack mode." A blue dragon made from ice with red markings appeared on the field (Level 7 Attack 2500 Defence 1700).
"The second Ice Barrier Dragon!" Meredith gasped
"And now by discarding a card, I can destroy your Brionac." Evangeline stated and Gungnir sent a blast of water which froze Brionac in ice which then shattered. "It's over Meredith!" Evangeline stated "Both my monsters will attack you directly and you have nothing on your field that can stop me."
"My graveyard can though" Meredith stated "I discarded my Protector of the Ice Barrier on my last turn with Brionac's effect so by removing him from play, Gungnir loses 1000 attack points until the end of this turn.." Gungnir lost some of his power (GDOTIB Attack 2500-1500).
"My monsters will still attack" Evangeline hissed and Grandmaster slashed Meredith with his sword while Gungnir sent a blast of frozen breath at Meredith.
Evangeline: 2400
Meredith: 600
"And now I end my turn." Evangeline stated "Looks like I'm winning now."
Meredith glared at Evangeline "You may have won that fight and destroyed my dragon! But you will lose this duel!" she drew her card and then she laughed loudly as she looked at it which made Evangeline, Kallian, Aedan and Daylen look at her oddly "It seems that I was right, my Ice Barriers can do more and I have more powerful weapons than just my dragons such as playing the spell card "Ice Tomb fusion, now I can remove General Raiho and Gantala from my graveyard and fuse them together. "The spirits of the two Generals appeared and then they were sucked into a portal "When the followers of the Ice Barrier fall, they do their duty in the name of their Emperor, I fusion summon Jurden, Emperor of the Ice Barrier." An armoured man wearing thick armour made from ice and wielding a large sword appeared on the field (Level 10 Attack 0, Defence 0) "Sure he may have no attack points but he gains attack points equal to the attack points of the two monsters used to summon him." Kallian, Aedan, Daylen and Evangeline gasped in horror as Jurdan glowed as he gained power (JEOTIB Attack: 0-4800).
"4800 Attack points!" Daylen gasped in horror
"OH NO!" Aedan gasped "Evangeline could have survived with Gungnir but not that Grandmaster. She's finished!"
"She is!" Meredith sneered "Jurden, destroy that Grandmaster and the rest of her life points!" Jurden drew his sword and charged across the field before slashing Grandmaster of the Six Samurai and there was nothing Evangeline could do to stop it. Jurden then slashed Evangeline which threw her across the ground and she fell onto her back.
Evangeline: 0000
Meredith: 600 (Winner)
Daylen, Aedan and Kallian all stared at the scene in horror "Evangeline!" Daylen yelled and then he ran over towards her. But just as he got near her, he was knocked to the ground by a large net. Aedan and Kallian turned to see the Warrior known as Karras holding a card.
Karras laughed "I don't think so lad!" he sneered and before anyone could react, two more Warrior members knocked Aedan and Kallian to the ground.
"Let go of me you bastards!" Kallian yelled in anger
"You won't get away with this!" Aedan added.
Karras laughed and he knelt down and kept a firm grip on Daylen.
Meredith walked over to Evangeline and took the Gungnir card from her deck "You won't be needing this anymore" she sneered "Now I have the second Ice Barrier Dragon."
Evangeline narrowed her eyes at Meredith "You may have beaten me Meredith, but the Spellcasters will defeat you. You cannot break their spirit; they will fight you until the end."
Meredith laughed "They will fight and they will fall as a result. Once we purge their kind from this world then we can rebuild anew. You could have been involved with us but instead you betrayed us. Now I'm only going to ask you this once, where is Thrask and where is his Resistance based?"
Evangeline spat into Meredith's eye "I don't know and even if I did, I'll never tell you. Thrask has more honour than you ever had!"
Meredith glared at her "So be it." She stated as she held her duel disk above her.
Daylen began fighting against Karras' hold but the Warrior was too strong for him "No! Stop it! Leave her alone! No!" Meredith pressed the button and a bright light was emitted from the Duel Disk which engulfed Evangeline and when it faded, Evangeline was gone and a crystal appeared in Meredith's hand. "You monster!" Daylen yelled
"You'll pay for this!" Aedan yelled
Karras sneered at Daylen "You want to join her lad?" he sneered and then looked at Meredith "Do you want me to crystallise them as well Commander?"
Meredith looked at Daylen, Aedan and Kallian but then to the surprise of everyone, she shook her head "No Karras." She stated "I sense something different about these three. Take them alive, I want them taken to Aeonar where they can join the other three strange people we found?"
'Other three' Daylen though, had the Warrior managed to capture one of the other groups that had come to help Solona but had been separated from them. That was all Daylen, Kallian and Aedan could think about as Karras and the Warriors dragged them away and threw them into a large prison cart.
Chapter end:
Notes: I'm sorry for the long wait but this chapter was difficult to write. I had planned for Daylen, Aedan to get captured but couldn't decide between Neria or Kallian until I decided to go with Kallian and you'll see why in a few chapters time. I had wanted to keep Evangeline around but I decided to crystallise her because one of the other major characters will be using the upgraded version of Six Samurai. I'm going to be working on a chapter of Mass Wars next but I'm also planning out the next chapter of Rise of the Divines.
Created Cards:
Soldier of the Ice Barrier: Level 4, Water Attribute, Warrior Type, Attack 1500 Defence 1200. If this card is discarded from your hand, you can special summon this card to the field.
Guardian of the Six Samurai: Level 4, Earth Attribute, Warrior Type, Tuner, Attack 500 Defence 2000. If this card is discard to the graveyard from your hand, special summon it.
Jurden Emperor of the Ice Barrier: Level 10 Fusion, Water Attribute, Warrior, Attack 0 Defence 0. Fusion materials, 2 level 5 or higher Ice Barrier monsters. The attack and defence points of this card are the combined attack and defence points of the monsters used to summon this card.
Ice Tomb Fusion, Normal Spell card. Remove water attribute monsters in your graveyard from play, Fusion summon one Water Attribute fusion monster from your extra deck.