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.

26. The Ancient Temple Part 2:

The Ancient Temple Part 2:

While Zane and Crowler and gone through their tunnel, Solona along with Neria and Sereda walked through the tunnel that appeared after they had been separated.

"Where do you think this tunnel leads?" Neria asked

"My best guess is that this is part of the test." Sereda stated "A Test to see if you're worthy to wield the prize cards."

"Well first of all, we have to find a way out of here first." Solona stated and they carried on walking down the tunnel until they came into a large room just like the one that Zane and Crowler had come into through their tunnel. The room was dark and the only light they had was from a torch that Sereda was carrying.

"This must be where the test takes place." Sereda stated

"Yeah or it could just be a trap." Neria stated and then just as she finished saying that, a bright light flash which made everyone cover their eyes because of how bright it was. Then the light dimmed a bit and allowed the girls to adjust to the light. When they looked around, they saw that they were in a large room that looked like a temple as there was a large alter at the far side of the room. And standing in front of the chest was a man.

This man was dressed in red armour that was made to look like a dragon. He glared at the three girls "I am one of the Guardians of this Temple; until you have proven yourselves worthy then you cannot be allowed to continue to find the treasure."

"We did not come here seeking riches." Solona stated "We came hoping to seek aid to rescue our friends."

"The aid you seek is the treasure of this Temple." The Guardian stated "Everyone must pass a test and beat me in a duel to be granted some of the treasure."

"So we just have to beat you in a duel?" Neria stated "That will take a while if you face us one by one."

The Guardian smirked "I have a better idea." he claimed "I haven't done something like this in a while but I will face you all at once."

"You mean a three on one duel?" Sereda gasped

"Indeed." The Guardian smirked "If you defeat me then I shall grant you the treasure and you will leave."

"But what about our friends?" Neria asked "We were separated from two others when we got here."

"And what happens if we lose?" Solona questioned

"To answer you first question, your friends will be duelling another guardian." The Guardian stated "In fact they're right next door to here on the other side of that wall." He pointed to the wall with was left to the girls "From what I observed before I came here, your friends are having problems facing the power of the Galaxy Eyes but I have a different kind of dragon in mind. And to answer your second question, if you lose then you will still be allowed to leave, we don't trap people here unless they try to steal the cards if they lose. You will leave but you will leave with nothing."

"I guess we'll just have to face him together." Solona stated

"I just hope our decks will work together." Sereda stated "I mean we have completely different decks."

"We'll just have to hope for the best." Neria finished as she activated her duel Disk and placed her deck inside alongside Solona and Sereda.

The Guardian stepped forward and a duel disk appeared from his armour "Now remember, each turn I will draw three cards and no one can attack on their first turn. Is that understood?"

"Understood." Solona, Sereda and Neria stated

"Good." The Guardian replied and they all drew five cards.

"DUEL!"

Guardian: 24000
Solona: 8000
Sereda: 8000
Neria: 8000

"You lot can go first." The Guardian stated

"If you insist." Solona stated as she drew her sixth card "And I'll start by playing the spell card Double Summon, this card allows me to normal summon twice this turn so I summon Alexandrite Dragon and throw a monster facedown." A large blue scale dragon appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 2000 Defence 100). "Then I will end my turn by throwing one card facedown."

"My turn." Sereda stated as she drew her card "And I summon Dwarven Smith in attack mode." A dwarf wearing a blacksmith apron and wielding a hammer appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1400 Defence 1400). "And when my smith is on the field, all Dwarven monsters gain 400 attack points including him." The Smith glowed as he gain attack points (DS Attack 1400-1800). "And I will end my turn by placing two cards facedown.

"And now it's my turn." Neria stated as she drew her sixth card "And I'll start by playing the spell card Charge of the Light Brigade which allows me to add a Lightsworn monster to my hand by discarding the top three cards of my deck." Neria picked the top three cards of her deck and sent them to the grave and one of the cards was Wulf Lightsworn Beast "And since Wulf was sent from the deck to the grave, I can summon him." A large Cat monster wielding a large axe appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 2100 Defence 300). "Then I'll summon Jain Lightsworn Paladin in attack mode." A white haired girl wearing armour appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1800 Defence 1200). "And just like my friends, I'll end my turn by throwing one card facedown."

"It's my turn now." The Guardian stated as he drew his three cards "And now we'll see how well you can handle the power of my deck, I'll start with a special summon, since I control no monsters, I can summon Red Gargoyle." A red gargoyle that had fire on its wings and tail appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1200 Defence 1400.) "And now I Red Resonator to the field." A fiendish looking fireball wearing a mask appeared on the field (Level 2 Attack 600 Defence 200). "And now my Gargoyle's second ability activates which doubles my monsters level to level 4" (RR Level 4). "Also, my resonator has an effect of its own, now I can summon a level 4 or lower monster from my hand so I summon Dark Resonator." A small black furball wearing the same mask as the Red Resonator appeared on the field (Level 3 Attack 1300 Defence 300). "And now I tune my level 4 Red Resonator with my level 4 Red Gargoyle." The Resonator became 4 rings of light which surrounded the Gargoyle and created a large beam of light "Born in the fires of a volcano and fuelled by anger, I summon one of the most power demons ever created. I Synchro summon, Red Dragon Archfiend." A massive red and black dragon appeared on the field (Level 8 Attack 3000 Defence 2000). "Next I will equip my Resonator with Resonator Fury which gives him an extra 800 Attack points." The Resonator Glowed as he gained more power (DR Attack 1300-2100). "And now Red Dragon Archfiend, destroy that Alexandrite Dragon." Red Dragon Archfiend sent a blast of purple fire which engulfed and destroyed Alexandrite Dragon and the blast sent Solona flying backwards.

Guardian: 24000
Solona: 7000
Sereda: 8000
Neria: 8000

Solona groaned as she pushed herself up "Is that it?" she questioned "Well it will take a lot more than that to defeat me."

The Guardian smirked "You've got fire in you lass." He stated "But I'm not done but I think I will see how your companions fare, Dark Resonator, destroy that Paladin." The Resonator flung itself towards Jain and destroyed the Lightsworn Paladin and knocked Neria back who groaned slightly.

Guardian: 24000
Solona: 7000
Sereda: 8000
Neria: 7700

"And now I will end my turn by placing my own card facedown." The Guardian finished.

Solona narrowed her eyes as she drew her card "Well you may have destroyed my Alexandrite but I still have another monster on my field so I flip my facedown monster, Keeper of the Shrine." Solona's facedown monster flipped to reveal the dragon like priest "But he won't be around for long as now I will sacrifice him to summon a new monster. And Keeper of the Shrine counts as two sacrifices for a dragon type monster; I summon Blue Eyes White Dragon." The Keeper disappeared and a large white scaled dragon with blue scales appeared on the field (Level 8 Attack 3000 Defence 2500). "Next I banish my Alexandrite Dragon in my graveyard in order to summon this monster, Black Dragon Collapserpent." A large black scaled dragon with an orange underbelly and no legs appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1800 Defence 1700).

"Wait, when did Solona get that?" Neria questioned

"That's a new card, Solona's never used that?" Sereda added

Solona smiled at her friends "I modified my deck recently, I added some new cards since we were in unknown territory, and I wanted to be prepared. Anyway, my Black Dragon's ability activates, now I can add his bother to my hand, White Dragon Wyverburster and just like Black Dragon, I can summon him by banishing a monster from my grave but it has to be dark and since Keeper of the Shrine is a dark attribute, I banish him." A white scaled dragon with a blue underbelly appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1700 Defence 1800).

"Three monsters?" the Guardian questioned "None of them have the strength to destroy my Red Dragon Archfiend. That Blue Eyes could but it would also be destroyed."

"Which is why I'm stepping up my defence since I don't know what's coming next?" Solona stated "And I can add another Black Dragon to my hand thanks to Wyverburster's effect. Now Blue Eyes attack that Resonator." Blue Eyes unleashed a burst of Blue fire which engulfed and destroyed the Resonator.

Guardian: 23100
Solona: 7000
Sereda: 8000
Neria: 7700

"That will do it for me." Solona finished.

"My turn." Sereda stated as she drew her card "I'll step up defence as well by switching my Smith to defence mode and placing a monster facedown. That will do it for me."

"My move" Neria stated as she drew her card "And I'll summon Raiden Hand of the Lightsworn in attack mode." A muscular man, who was shirtless, had short black hair with a pony tail, wearing a blue scarf and wielding two daggers appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1700 Defence 1000). "And now I activate his ability, so I send the top two cards of my deck to the graveyard and for every Lightsworn monster discarded Raiden gains 200 attack points. The two cards Neria sent were Felis Lightsworn Archer and the trap Lightsworn Judgement. "So since I sent one Lightsworn to the graveyard, Raiden gains 200 attack points" (RHOTL Attack 1700-1900). "And since the monster I sent was Felis Lightsworn Archer, her ability activates which allows me to summon her." A green haired cat woman with a bow and arrow appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1100 Defence 2000). "But she won't be around for long because now I will sacrifice her in order to activate her effect which destroys one monster on your field so long as I discard three cards from my deck. So say Goodbye to your Archfiend." The Guardian gasped as Felis fired an arrow as she faded which struck Red Dragon Archfiend and destroyed him. "And now with that Archfiend gone, you're wide open so Raiden attack him directly." Raiden charged at the Guardian and slashed him with his daggers.

Guardian: 21200
Solona: 7000
Sereda: 8000
Neria: 7700

"And don't think that I've forgotten about Wulf so he'll attack you as well." Neria added and Wulf slashed the Guardian with his axe.

Guardian: 19100
Solona: 7000
Sereda: 8000
Neria: 7700

"That will do it for this turn." Neria stated "Which means I must mill two cards thanks to Radian's effect."

The Guardian smirked "Impressive" he stated "You destroyed my Red Dragon Archfiend and you've increased your defence in preparation." He then drew three cards from his deck "But there are more powerful dragons than my Archfiend. But first I summon Red Sprinter to the field in attack mode." A fiery red horse on fire appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1700 Defence 1200). "And since he was summoned when I control no other monsters, I can special summon a level 3 or below fiend tuner from my grave so now Red Resonator returns to the field." The fiery Resonator returned to the field "But now I tune Level 2 Red Resonator with Level 4 Red Sprinter." Red Resonator turned into two rings of light which surrounded Red Sprinter and created a beam of light "Now I Synchro summon Red Rising Dragon" a dragon made of fire appeared on the field (Level 6 Attack 2100 Defence 1600). "And now his effect activates which brings Red Resonator back." Red Resonator once again returned to the field "And now I'll tune him again with Red Rising."

"Two Synchro summons in one turn!" Solona gasped

"He must be summoning a more powerful dragon now." Neria added

Red Resonator turned into two rings of light which surrounded Red Rising Dragon and created another beam of light "I Synchro Summon Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend." A massive Red Dragon just like the previous Archfiend appeared on the field only this one was bigger and had bigger horns (Level 8 Attack 3000 Defence 2500). "And this one has a special ability of it's own, now I can destroy as many special summoned monsters on your fields as I can and for each one, you take 500 points of damage. Now whoever controls the destroyed monsters takes the damage in this three on one duel." He pointed at Solona "Since that White Dragon and Black Dragon were special summoned, they are destroyed and you take 1000 points of damage." Solona's two Dragon were struck by a large fireball which burnt them and also burnt Solona.

Guardian: 19100
Solona: 6000
Sereda: 8000
Neria: 7700

The Guardian pointed at Sereda's field "Since both of those monsters were normal summoned, you don't take any damage." Then he pointed at Neria's field "That Wulf on the other hand was special summon so he is destroyed." Wulf was burnt in a fireball and Neria groaned as she was burnt as well.

Guardian: 19100
Solona: 6000
Sereda: 8000
Neria: 7200

"And before I attack, I play the spell card Stop Defence which switched that Dwarven Smith into attack mode." The Guardian stated and Dwarven Smith stood up "I'll dealt damage to your friends so I think it's only right if you take damage, Red Dragon Archfiend, attack that Smith." Scarlight unleashed a blast of fire which engulfed and destroyed the Smith and Sereda was sent backwards.

Guardian: 19100
Solona: 6000
Sereda: 6800
Neria: 7200

"And I will end this turn by throwing one card facedown." The Guardian finished

"My move." Solona stated as she drew her card "I may have lost my Collapserpent and Wyverburster but I can now remove Wyverburster from my grave to summon a second Black Dragon Collapserpent." A second black dragon appeared on the field "And now I can add another Wyverburster to my hand and by removing the Collapserpent from play in my grave, Wyverburster appears on the field as well." A Second White Dragon Wyverburster appeared on the field. "And while they may not be strong enough to destroy that Archfiend, I have another monster I can use instead, now I play Polymerization to fuse the Blue Eyes White Dragon on the field with a second one in my hand." The two Blue Eyes White Dragons were sucked into a portal "When two dragons become one, they form a mighty beast that can blast anything in it's path, I fusion summon Blue Eyes Twin Burst Dragon." A large crystal blue scaled dragon with two heads appeared on the field (Level 10 Attack 3000 Defence 2500). "While he has the same attack points as your Archfiend, my Twin Burst cannot be destroyed in Battle and if you think about making your dragon immune to being destroy then forget it because if Twin Burst attacks a monster that is not destroyed then it gets banished at the end of the damage step."

"Alright!" Sereda cheered "Now Solona can take out that Archfiend."

"Twin Burst can also attack twice but only on monsters so you are lucky for now." Solona added. "Now Twin Burst, attack that Scarlight with Double Burst Stream." The two heads of Twin Burst shot a blast of blue fire which combined into one and struck Scarlight and destroyed him. "Now Collapserpent and Wyverburster will attack you directly," both dragons spat a fireball which struck the Guardian and threw him back slightly.

Guardian: 15600
Solona: 6000
Sereda: 6800
Neria: 7200

"And now I will end my turn." Solona finished.

The Guardian started clamping "Well done. You've destroyed my Scarlight. Too bad for you that it won't be for long because now I play my facedown Call of the Haunted which brings him back." Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend returned to the field.

"Great, now he has the dragon back." Neria hissed

"Well he may have brought it back." Sereda smirked "But that means I can just take it down again. And I'll do that by flipping my facedown monster, Dwarven Scout, now since he was flipped, I can destroy one card on the field and I choose that Scarlight."

But the Guardian only laughed "That would be the case if I didn't have this in my hand, my Red Gardna." He stated "By discarding him, monsters on my field cannot be destroyed by card effects this turn."

Sereda groaned now that her plan had failed. She looked at her hand and smiled, she may not be able to destroy that Scarlight but she could still deal damage to the Guardian. "I sacrifice my Scout in order to summon Dwarven Silent Sister." A female Dwarf wearing Leather armour and wielding two daggers appeared on the field (Level 5 Attack 2200 Defence 1800). "And now I play the spell card Carta Strike, now by discarding one card in my hand, my Silent Sister can attack you directly." The Silent Sister slashed the Guardian with her daggers.

Guardian: 13400
Solona: 6000
Sereda: 6800
Neria: 7200

"That will do it for me." Sereda finished

Neria drew her card and looked at what she had 'I could summon Lumina and step up my defence.' She thought 'But that won't do much good as that Scarlight will just destroy them on the Guardians turn and I have nothing that can help me right now so I guess I should just normal summon.' "I place a monster facedown and switch Raiden to defence mode. That will be all which means I have to discard two cards thanks to Radian."

The Guardian smirked "Well I guess there isn't much you can when I have very strong monsters on the field." He stated as he drew three cards "Now before I do anything, I think I will use Scarlight's ability so all three of those dragons are destroyed and you take 1500 points of damage." A fireball engulfed Solona's field and destroyed Solona's three dragons and also burnt Solona.

Guardian: 13400
Solona: 4500
Sereda: 6800
Neria: 7200

"And now I play the spell card Tribute to the Doomed, now by discarding one card from my hand, I can destroy that Dwarven Silent Sister." The Guardian stated and the ground shook and swallowed Sereda's Silent Sister. "And now I play Monster Reborn which allows me to bring back the card I discarded, my Red Dragon" a fiery red dragon appeared on the field (Level 5 Attack 2100 Defence 1200). "And now I summon Flare Resonator to the field in attack mode." A small fireball with a mask appeared on the field (Level 3 Attack 300 Defence 1300). "And now I have what I need to perform another Synchro summon, I tune my level 3 Flare Resonator with my level 5 Red Dragon." Flare Resonator turned into three rings of light which surrounded Red Dragon and created a beam of light "When the fiery pits of a volcano are open, they unleashed a dragon that can burn the land, I Synchro summon Hot Red Dragon Archfiend." Another massive dragon just like the other Archfiend dragons appeared on the field only this one stood on two feet and had a massive fist on one hand (Level 8 Attack 3000 Defence 2000). "Also since Flare Resonator was used Hot gains 300 attack points (HRDA Attack 3000-3300).

Solona, Sereda and Neria gasped at the sight of two massive dragons which let out loud roars which made the three girls cover the ears "That can't be good." Sereda gasped.

Neria was safe for now as she still had monsters on her field but Sereda and Solona were wide open for a direct attack. Neria widened her eyes in horror when she realised something "Solona, if both those dragons attack you then you'll lose the rest of your life points!" Solona gasped as Neria was right, she didn't have enough life points to withstand both attacks.

The Guardian smirked "She's right, which this attack, one of my opponents will be finished, Hot Red Dragon Archfiend, attack that Dragon girl!" Hot Red Dragon Archfiend fired his flaming fist towards Solona which created a large explosion that blew Solona backwards and she landed on her back.

Guardian: 13400
Solona: 1200
Sereda: 6800
Neria: 7200

"And it looks like it's over for you." The Guardian stated

Solona slowly pushed herself up but she smirked "You would think so but you've forgotten one thing." She pointed to the facedown that she had placed back on her first turn, the Guardian had forgotten about it since Solona never used it "I play my trap card Damage Condenser, now by discarding one card, I can summon a monster from my deck with equal or less attack points than the monster I lost, so now I summon my third Blue Eyes from my deck." Solona's third Blue Eyes appeared on the field.

The Guardian smirked "Well I can still deal a lot of damage to your friend so Scarlight, attack Sereda." Scarlight unleashed a blast of fire which blew Sereda backwards.

Guardian: 13400
Solona: 1500
Sereda: 3800
Neria: 7200

"Sereda!" Neria gasped

"And I will now end my turn with that." The Guardian finished.

"Great!" Solona groaned "Every time we destroy his dragon, he just summons it back. But if I can open his field for all of us then maybe we have a chance." Solona drew his card "I play the spell card Pot of Greed which allows me to draw two new cards." Solona drew two new cards from her deck and smirked "I play Fusion Recovery which returns Polymerization and one of the Blue Eyes in my grave to my hand and once again, I will fuse my two blue Eyes to create a second Blue Eyes Twin Burst." Another Blue Eyes Twin Burst appeared on the field "And now I equip him with the Equip spell Black pendent which increase his attack points by 500." A black necklace appeared around Twin Burst's neck (BETBD Attack 3000-3500). "And now once last time, I will summon my final copies of Wyverburster and Collapserpent." The Black and White Dragons once again appeared on the field "Even if you summon back your dragons, at least I will knock your life points down low before you do. Twin Burst, destroy both of those Dragons." Each of Twin Burst's heads unleashed a breath of fire which struck and destroyed the two Archfiend dragons.

Guardian: 12700
Solona: 1200
Sereda: 3800
Neria: 7200

"And my two remaining Dragons will attack you directly as well." Solona added and Collapserpent and Wyverburster unleashed a blast of fire which struck the Guardian.

Guardian: 9200
Solona: 1200
Sereda: 3800
Neria: 7200

"I will end my turn by throwing one card facedown." Solona finished

Sereda drew her card "There isn't much I can do other than play the spell card Monster Reborn to summon back my Dwarven Silent Sister who will now attack you directly." Dwarven Silent Sister slashed the Guardian with her daggers.

Guardian: 7000
Solona: 1200
Sereda: 3800
Neria: 7200

"And I will summon another monster facedown and throw another card facedown." Sereda added "That will be all for me."

Neria then drew her card "I'll start by flipping the monster I had facedown, Lumina Lightsworn Summoner." A short blond haired woman with a white dress and balls of light in her hands appeared on the field (Level 3 Attack 1000 Defence 1000). "And now I activate her ability which allows me to bring Jain back from the grave." Jain Lightsworn Paladin returned to the field "Next I'll switch Radian back into attack mode. And now all three monsters will attack you directly." Jain slashed the Guardian with her sword, Radian slashed his daggers and Lumina threw a ball of light which struck the Guardian.

Guardian: 2500
Solona: 1200
Sereda: 3800
Neria: 7200

"I will end my turn by placing two cards facedown which means that thanks to my Lightsworns, I have to discard 7 cards." Neria finished as she discarded 7 cards from her deck, one of which was Neria's Judgement Dragon 'Now we've brought that Guardian's lifepoints very low, depending on what he does now Solona may be able to beat him on her turn.'

Neria was distracted when she heard the Guardian laugh "You three are the strongest opponents that I have faced for a long time. So far there has only been one who had the strength to beat me but now, let's see how you do against the beast that she faced. I'm stepping this up now." He drew his three cards "I'll start by playing the spell card Scarlight healing so now I can remove Scarlight from play in order to gain his attack points as life points." The Spirit of Scarlight was absorbed by the Guardian.

Guardian: 5500
Solona: 1200
Sereda: 3800
Neria: 7200

"Then I'll play Monster Reborn which allows me to bring back my Red Dragon Archfiend." The Guardian added as his Red Dragon Archfiend returned to the field "And now I play the spell card Resonator Call which allows me to add Chain Resonator from my deck to my hand which I will now summon." A black furball wearing a mask and wrapped with a chain appeared on the field (Level 1 Attack 100 Defence 100). "And since he was summoned while I control a Synchro monster, I can special summon a Resonator from my deck so I summon Clock Resonator." A cloaked Resonator with a big clock behind him appeared on the field (Level 3 Attack 1200 Defence 600). "And now my level 3 Clock Resonator and my level 1 chain resonator will double tune my level 8 Red Dragon Archfiend."

Solona, Sereda and Neria gasped as the two Resonators formed 4 rings of light which surrounded Red Dragon Archfiend. "Double Tune?" Solona gasped

"That makes a Level 12 monster!" Neria gasped

The Guardian smirked "Beyond as the stars high above in the sky and the fire deep down below in the air collide in a cosmic explosion. I Synchro summon Red Nova Dragon." A massive red and black dragon with skin that looked like molten lava appeared on the field (Level 12 Attack 3500 Defence 3000).

The girls all gasped at the sight of the dragon, it was more powerful than anything they had faced yet. "I haven't seen a powerful dragon like that yet!" Sereda stated

But then the ground started to shake "Wait, what's going on?" Solona demanded.

The Guardian smirked "It seems that your friends have past their test." He stated "Now they get to watch as your finish your test."

Solona, Sereda and Neria watched as the wall on their right started moving which revealed Crowler and Zane who looked at them "Hey, are you three alright?" Zane questioned

"We're fine Zane" Sereda answered

The Guardian that the girls were facing had other ideas "You may seem fine with the number of monsters you have but none of them are any match for Red Nova Dragon, especially since he gains 500 attack points for every Tuner Monster in my graveyard."

"Wait, how powerful will this Dragon become then?" Crowler questioned as he had no idea as he had not seen the whole duel.

Solona however did know "Oh no, he had his Red, Flare and Dark Resonators in his graveyard before and with the two he just used for Red Nova, he has five in his graveyard."

"Which means Red Nova gains 2500 attack points!" Sereda added as her eyes widened in horror as Red Nova's attack points increased (RND Attack 3500-6000).

"6000 attack points!" Zane gasped in horror and he looked at Solona and Sereda and their lifepoint meters "That means that if he attacks any of Solona or Sereda's monsters then they will lose!"

"And I think I will take out the dragon girl but to be on the safe side, I'll play Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy that facedown." A blue typhoon blew Solona's facedown card away which turned out to be Mirror Force "It seems like it was a smart idea to remove that trap. Now Red Nova Dragon, attack Twin Burst and finish the rest of her life points." Red Nova started to fire a blast which made Solona, Neria, Sereda, Zane and Crowler widened their eyes in shock.

"I guess one of us is going out of this duel." Sereda stated

Neria sighed and looked at her facedown cards. She closed her eyes but widened them with a look in them and she looked at Solona "Solona, it's not over yet."

"No it's not" Solona stated "You two are still in with a chance."

Neria smiled "No, I mean it's not over for you yet, I activate the trap Card Shift which allows me to change the attack target. Since we're working together I can change the attack target from Solona's monster to one of mine which means we all survive since I have more than enough life points to survive."

The Guardian smirked "That is how you work together." He stated

"It is." Neria stated "Now attack Jain." Red Nova's attacked switched to Neria's Lightsworn Paladin "This is going to hurt." Jain was blasted away from the blast and Neria was thrown back by the blast.

Guardian: 5500
Solona: 1200
Sereda: 3800
Neria: 3000

"Neria!" Zane gasped

Neria pushed herself up "Thanks to me we're all still in with a chance."

The Guardian smirked "You are for now but there is more to my Red Nova, she can't be destroyed by spells, traps or monster effects and if you do attack her then I can remove her until my next turn to negate the attack."

"Great, that means that this duel just got even harder!" Sereda groaned

"I end my turn." The Guardian finished "You must make this turn count otherwise I can finish one of you off next turn."

Solona sighed as she looked at her hand 'What am I going to do, the only way I could win this is by summoning Urthemiel which I have in my hand but there is no way I can summon it. I guess I better make this turn count.' "My draw." Solona drew her card "I activate the spell Card of Demise which allows me to draw until I hold five cards in my hand." Solona soon had five cards in her hand and gasped, she had Dragon's Mirror, Monster Reborn and Burial from a Different Dimension. With these cards, she could summon Urthemiel and make the duel easier for her companions. "I'll start by activating the spell card Burial from a Different Dimension, this card allows me to return Keeper from the shrine as well as one of my Collapserpent and Wyverburster that are removed from play to the graveyard. Then with Monster Reborn, Keeper of the Shrine returns to my field." Keeper of the Shrine returned to Solona's field "Now by using the spell card Dragon's Mirror, I fuse my Twin Burst along with my two Blue Eyes in my graveyard along with the copies of Collapserpent and Wyverburster in my graveyard." The five dragons were sucked into a portal "When five dragons are merged into one, they form one of the ultimate beasts ever created, I fusion summon Five Headed Dragon." Solona's five headed dragon appeared on the field (Level 12 Attack 5000 Defence 5000). "But he won't be around for long because now I'll sacrifice him along with Keeper of the Shrine."

"Solona, what are you doing?" Zane shouted "You removing your best monster?"

Solona smirked "Have you forgotten Zane that I have something even better?"

Neria gasped "Wait, are you bringing her out."

"I sure am." Solona smirked "From the time of ancients, people worshipped this creature of beauty as a god and she came to her people's defence when she needed them." Keeper of the Shrine and Five Headed Dragon were absorbed by a massive dragon which appeared on the field "I summon Urthemiel, Old God of Beauty."

The Guardians both gasped in shock as the massive God Dragon appeared on the field (Level 12 Attack 5000 Defence 5000). "Impossible, she has one of the God Dragons."

Sereda smirked and looked at Solona "Hey, you can win this duel now." She said which made Solona look at her confused, even if Solona did use Urthemiel's ability, the Guardian would just negate the attack and her two remaining dragons did not have the strength to finish the duel "I still have my trap card, Breakthrough Skill, this card negates the effects of your Red Nova until the end of this turn." The Guardian gasped as Red Nova weakened (RND Attack 6000-3500).

Neria smirked "I now activate my trap card, Lightsworn Strength, now by removing my Judgement Dragon which I discarded earlier from play; Urthemiel gains half his attack points." Urthemiel absorbed the spirit of Neria's Judgement Dragon (UOGOB Attack 5000-6500). "I know that Solona could have still won this duel without it but now we all had a role in this attack."

"We do." Solona smiled "Now I activate Urthemiel's special ability, now she absorbs half the attack points of my Five Headed Dragon." Urthemiel also absorbed Five Headed Dragon's spirit (UOGOB Attack 6500-9000).

"9000 Attack points!" the Guardian gasped

"You know what this means, this duel is over." Solona stated "Urthemiel, attack Red Nova Dragon and finish this duel." Urthemiel unleashed a blast of purple lightning which struck Red Nova and blasted the Guardian back.

Guardian: 0000
Solona: 1200 (Winner)
Sereda: 3800 (Winner)
Neria: 3000 (Winner)

Neria gasped "I can't believe it." He stated "We did it, we actually managed to do it."

The Guardian that Zane and Crowler faced walked over and helped the other guardian to his feet "In all my years as a Guardian, there has only ever been one other person who was able to find this temple and prove themselves worthy of gaining some treasure."

The Guardian that the girls faced looked at Solona "And that person ended up winning control of a dragon like the one you used at the end. Andoral Old God of Slaves, this was his temple and the location of his card. When the woman known as Calpernia arrived alongside the man known as Livius, she decided to take part in the test while Livius just tried to demand the card, as a result, he failed his test but Calpernia fought with skill and honour and in the end, won control of Andoral."

"But that means that Andoral is in the hands of the Elder One." Solona stated

"The Elder One?" the red armoured guardian questioned "Now that is a name I haven't heard in a while."

"Wait, you know the Elder One?" Sereda questioned

"We cannot answer these questions as we are just spirits and are unable to answer them." The Black armoured Guardian stated "But you should know that there is more to the Elder One and his Venatori than you think."

"But you all have past you tests." The Red Guardian stated "And now you have earned your reward." The large chest that Crowler and Zane saw earlier started to glow "Throughout our duels, this chest has been absorbing the essence of your decks and since you've won, it will create new cards for your decks, these new cards are all yours."

The chest opened and soon new cards were sent over to Solona and the group who looked as they all gained new monsters. Solona gained new Fusion, Synchro and even XYZ monsters while Neria gained new Synchro and XYZ monsters. Crowler, Sereda and Zane gained new Fusion and XYZ monsters.

The Black Guardian looked at them and waved his arm and created a portal "This portal will take you back to the entrance of this Temple. I wish you luck in your journeys."

Solona looked at the others "We should get back to Andoral's Reach." She stated "We have to make plans to rescue the others from the hands of the Warrior Faction."

The others nodded and followed Solona into the portal.

...

Far away from the Ancient Temple, a large force of Warrior soldiers arrived at a large stone tower. The tower was easily the tallest building for miles around and it could be seen from many miles away. Around the tower were smaller buildings that held many Warrior troops that were busy planning and the force of Warriors that arrived were dragging a prison cart with them. Inside the prison cart were the captured Daylen, Aedan and Kallian.

"This must be Aeonar prison that we were told about." Daylen stated

"This means that we are deep in the Warrior Faction's territory." Aedan sighed

"How are we going to get out of here?" Kallian asked them.

There was a wicked laugh and the three of them turned to see Karras, the highest member of the Warrior Faction who had been escorting them "The answer is you don't. No one has escape this place and you will most likely die here."

Daylen glared at the man "You warrior folks speak about justice but all I see are cowards. You seek to bring order but all you do is bring war and chaos!"

Karras laughed "You should be thankful that Meredith wanted you alive. I would have sealed you in a crystal if it was my choice but I always obey Meredith's orders." He turned to the leading prison guard "Take them to cell 125; Meredith wants them to be with those other ones that we brought in."

Daylen, Aedan and Kallian were dragged out of the cart by several Warrior Prison Guards who took their decks and duel disks and dragged them over to the cells. Daylen fought for a bit as did Aedan but the Warriors shocked them with poles which forced them to stop. They were dragged up a set of stairs and one guard opened a cell door and them the three of them were shoved inside and the door was shut again.

"Well, it seems that those cruel soldiers have brought in some more innocents." A female voice called from within the cell.

"Yeah." A male voice with a Spanish accent "I wonder if they are friendly."

Aedan suddenly stood up "Hey, that voice sounds familiar." He stated but he couldn't quite remember where he heard it from.

"And you sound very familiar to us." A third voice from within the cells called.

Daylen, Kallian and Aedan stood up and turned around to see who else was in the cell. They were shocked at the people's faces, the woman had short red hair while the two men had blond hair, one short bright blond and one had pale long blond hair. But they recognised them very quickly, they had not seen them in a long time and they were all confused as to how they got here.

"Alistair, Zevran, Leliana?" Daylen questioned

Zevran smirked "So, it seems that we missed quite a bit."

Chapter end:

Notes: Well, consider this my Christmas gift to you all. This chapter was difficult to write as I did not know the Red Dragon Archfiend deck well and bringing in Sereda's deck to use was awkward for me to write. At first, I didn't want to have Sereda duel but since she was at the Temple, I needed her to duel. And yes, I brought in the former Shadow Riders into this story which I had planned on doing when I started this. The next chapter will be more of a flashback telling everyone how these three got into the Dimension of Dragons. The next story I will be updating will be my Mass Wars story but I really doubt that I will finish the chapter before the end of the year so this will likely be my last update of 2019.