Trading Game

by PandoraJail

When you get reincarnated in another world where the main entertainment and also the source of all human suffering is a card game, what do you do? Why sell them of course! DP is needed to actually buy food after all, and what better way to use the shop system than to sell them on retail in a much higher price? Because that's exactly what she's doing!

46. 45th Pack: Fusion Trench

Comment Corner:

Anthony Galupo: Yep, she is indeed raiding genders.

Aegis18: Yea it was a rough one. Based, I too, never bother reading and merely skim cards. F, I'm stuck with Maxx C since I'm in Asia, and I'm taking a long break from MD since I can't play Raika there yet. Who knows~ probably. The problem with that is that Konami prints cards faster than I put chapters out, and I have been keeping it to mostly rogue decks instead of actual competitive decks for the most part of the fic.

CrazyQuilava: Thanks! It means a lot honestly. Both in the character and duel parts, it really does mean a lot. Glad that you enjoyed it. Thank you! Here's the next chapter!

XelaZagity: It is a rogue deck of all time. Boss Stage is their main strategy, an MST loses them the game. Yeah that's pretty much the gameplan for the deck. Well, here's the next one~

UrAniki: Yes indeed.

Pjo crossovers: She was short on time and had a lot of things on her mind, that and he really was in the way of something far more important to her. Glad that you enjoy me having to read more cards, this one was lucky timing if anything.

demonoid217: I'll try my best to keep things in line, though power creep will of course happen, it won't be at the level of today, heck, I wrote badly deck built Branded and no one seemed to have complained about that. That's the beauty of writing rogue decks, at least some people have considered and or skimmed over them once. That's true because it is a 4k format, and it basically has been otks lately because even those single digit turns are already like, over 5k words for a single duel, and no, most of those aren't just from setting up lethal. Yeah, still so far yet so close.

Itsuki Amari: Basically most rogue decks are in a format like this really, but Generaider does put out more plays in the opponent's turn more than others, but not without their down sides yes. *Glances at MST*

joshiro99: Hey, its development. Just backwards. That basically is how she sees things now pretty much. "Chuckles, I'm in danger."

StormySpartan: Yes. Certainly is a possibility isn't it? I'm not warping it to anywhere close to the actual competitive meta of today, I'm just pulling it up to actually be more interesting than just the battle tricks or Action Card reliant Arc-V that everyone knows of with some actual modern perspective on the game. I guess it also helps that for the most part I've been using relatively rogue options and all that. Glad that you enjoyed it! Here's the next chapter!

Zet4: Thanks for reading! Here's the next one!

Zarc Ryuga: Why must you remind me of my mortality.

King Atem: My guy we haven't even gotten to Pends yet I haven't even been thinking about Links.

Yugioh Guest: More or less yes. It has a handful of tops, you can always search for those on Yugioh Top Decks : )

A Synchron Fan: It is a deck of all time. She did basically get the card off screen yes. They're doing Academia stuff, which has always been vague. Thanks! Glad that you enjoyed reading them really. I am having fun, for the most part. Glad to have you back, here's the next chapter!

Shadow Guest: Cool, glad that I made someone so mad that they actually made more content for yugioh, go for it really, I don't even mind you making a fanfic of a fanfic, you have my blessing for writing Yuuna and what not. Post them if you want, the internet is relatively free like that, and read your own wall of comments. Cool, those are indeed ideas and differences. Well good for you really, having a positive outlet and what not. Its less you being a devil's advocate than claiming an opinion that clashes with my own, but you do you. It is a thing of all time indeed. Lmao welcome to writing hell.

Guest92: Welp, read to find out~

Guest: Funny, will probably do.

King of Bot: Ah yes, nice catch. Glad you enjoyed it, I took that part mostly from the fact that the original Numbers are written in Astral language or whatever its called, so its basically spirit shenanigans. Lmao no he is not. One of the other choices was Madolche, but it was out picked since I didn't think it was a good choice for a control player like Yuuna, then the Madolche support came out right after the chapter was finished. That is yet to be seen. The meeting is going to happen, at some point. True. No sadly, no Links anytime soon when we haven't even gotten to the main new mechanic of the titular series lmao. Boss music is very fitting. Probably not.

Peter Kim: Where did you get that from? I'm shocked, shocked I tell you! No spoilers :) I'm keeping myself from using actual competitive meta decks so probably not. I haven't played the deck personally, mostly because I don't really want to, but I do know how to play them to the best of their abilities, and that's why I don't want to put them in because it would eclipse all the other decks I've written so far in this fic. Frogs are fun, I enjoyed Paleo and did think about writing it for Yuuna's XYZ Deck of choice, but went with Generaider instead because of Discord poll and all. So sadly I probably won't be writing Paleo Frogs or Frognarch anytime soon for the main story, maybe for a side or interlude.

magostera: It is a very fun deck yes. It isn't just an XYZ Deck yes, you can just play it as Bosses turbo. Very true, Laevatein is a fun card.

Guest: Who knows.

XxGuestxX: Rogue, god if Generaider was meta I would laugh so hard. They had a few tops, but thats that.

Gamermisogi: It is indeed the other Nordic archetype.

Misaka Phenex: Oof. Glad that you enjoyed it at least lmao.

Guest: Now I guess.

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Trading Game

45th Pack

Fusion Trench

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"But sir this wasn't what was agreed on! If we were to this then-"

"The choice of when this begins, is down to my decisions. Do you perhaps have an objection to my judgement?" Asked a man who stood tall, overseeing the entire city that was shaped according to the vision of another.

A city that would soon be truly under his rule. As soon as his plan was complete, then his reign would remain uncontested. None would be able to stop him with the strongest duelists at his beck and call.

"I-no sir. But-"

"Then we shall start soon. Such is the good doctor's request after all." So said the flamboyant man to one of his faceless underlings, and his orders were obeyed.

She entered the warehouse that she was quite sure was one of the Academia's hidden bases, and it was immediately clear that the place was not deserted.

As was evident by the fact that she now has several clearly Academia spies looking towards her. All known from the shield-like duel disk that lay on the table in front of them.

"Wha-"

"That's-"

"No way, it's her-! The Red Reaper!"

She sighed as she looked at the three panicking Academia people. "I guess something like this was expected." She muttered aloud as she extended her left hand, and with a flick, activated her duel disk. "It seems an extermination is in order. Do not try to run, it won't do you all any good."

"Kuh, we'll see! Everyone! Get ready!" One of them took charge, one with red hair, hastily attaching the typical Academia duel disk onto his hand and activating its blade-like duel blade. And the rest, a girl with short purple hair and a large boy with blue braided hair, followed suit, activating their own.

"We'll show this traitor the true strength of the Academia!" The red haired one shouted, backed up by the others as well.

"Yeah I doubt that." She said back.

""""DUEL!""""

Red Hat: 4000LP

Bernie: 4000LP

Emma: 4000LP

Jacob: 4000LP

And so began a 3v1 duel, and of course, she took the initiative. "Then I shall go first." She declared, taking the first turn to start her plays. "I will start by normal summoning Lonefire Blossom."

With that she placed her first card onto her duel blade, and the infamous Plant combo starter, and in some cases extender, appeared onto her side of the field. The plant-like creature blooming on the battlefield.

Lonefire Blossom - Fire/Plant/Level 3/Effect: 500/1400

"And then I'll use its effect." She declared aloud, immediately activating the monster's effect as soon as soon as it was clear that her opponent had nothing in response. "Once per turn, I can tribute one face-up Plant monster, to special summon another Plant monster from my deck."

Then she waved her hand forward, gesturing to the one and only monster on her field. "I will tribute Lonefire Blossom itself as cost." She said, and seeing no response from her opponents, as she had expected, proceeded with its effect. "And I will special summon Mardel, Generaider Boss of Light."

And with a flash of light the small budding flower disappeared from the field, and in its place came a gigantic monster that took on the form of a butterfly-winged lady, with luscious green hair and a dress of flowers.

And with that, a Generaider Boss descended onto the battlefield.

Mardel, Generaider Boss of Light - Light/Plant/Level 9/Effect: 2400/2400

"Wha-!"

"A Level 9 monster just like that!?"

"No way!?"

She ignored their surprised comments as she waved her hand again. "Mardel's effect." And declared the effect of her newly summoned monster. "If she is normal or special summoned, I can add one 'Generaider' card or one Plant monster from my deck to my hand, except another copy of Mardel."

Done with explaining the monster's effects, she proceeded to show the one that she would be adding to her hand. "I will add Vala, Seidhr of the Generaider Bosses from my deck to my hand." So she said, revealing said monster and then adding back to her hand of cards, then shuffled her hand.

"Then I will activate the Spell, Kuji-Kiri Curse." She continued, placing the Spell Card to her duel blade, and having its holographic projection shine before her.

"Kuji-Kiri Curse lets me send one Level 9 monster from my hand or face-up field to the graveyard in order to draw two cards." She explained its effects, then revealed the card that she had just added once more.

"I will discard Vala, Seidhr of the Generaider Bosses, to draw two cards." And she did just that, sending the monster to the grave to draw two additional cards, going even in card advantage.

She inspected the new cards in her now four card hand, and hummed as she shuffled it once more and continued on with her turn. "Then I will use the effect of Vala in my graveyard." She declared.

"If this card is in my hand or graveyard, I can send one other 'Genraider' monster from my hand to the graveyard to special summon this card, but it will be banished when it leaves the field." She explained the card's graveyard effect, then proceeded to pay its cost.

"I will send Harr, Generaider Boss of Storms from my hand, to special summon Vala onto the field." And then sprouts of gigantic grey scales appeared bursting from the ground below, and sitting on top of them was a red robed figure who waved her staff as she arrived onto the battlefield.

Vala, Seidhr of the Generaider Bosses - Fire/Fairy/Level 9/Effect: 2500/2500

"Vala's effect." She declared again, activating the monster's effect as it hits the field. "If Vala is special summoned, I can special summon one 'Generaider' monster from my hand or graveyard except another copy of herself."

And took out the one and only target from her graveyard. "I will special summon back Harr, Generaider Boss of Storms." And came the deck's most known monster, clad in a cloak of storms and carrying a staff of gold.

Harr, Generaider Boss of Storms - Dark/Spellcaster/Level 9/Effect: 3000/3000

"That's-"

"Three Level 9 monsters!?"

"No way, is she going to-"

"I'll take the Level 9 Mardel, Generaider Boss of Light and the Level 9 Vala, Seidhr of the Generaider Bosses, and overlay them." Such was the declaration she made as she raised her right hand, and the two gigantic monsters let out their cries as they turned into golden and crimson pillars of light respectively.

Then as was the norm of summoning an XYZ Monster, a giant vortex of black and gold appeared right before her. "I will create an overlay network with these two monsters."

With that command, the two pillars of light danced around one another, before they then entered the galactical vortex, and as soon as they did, it exploded into a pillar of light.

"XYZ Summon." She said as she brought her hand down, completing the simplest summoning chant possible.

"Appear, blazing sword that heralds the end. Laevatein, Generaider Boss of Shadows." And the pillar of light morphed to one of fire, one that was cut in half, and from it a demonic and monstrous form of Loptr appeared onto the field, on its right hand floated a glowing burning magical sigil, a sign of the Generaiders while it wielded a large burning blade in the other.

The demonic fairy let out a maddening cackle as it rose ahead of her, the mass of tentacles supporting its now large form, with two glowing red overlay materials orbiting around the summoned XYZ Monster.

Laevatein, Generaider Boss of Shadows - Fire/Fairy/XYZ/Rank 9/Effect: 2500/2500 OV: 2

"WHA-WHAT IS THAT!?"

"N-no way!? A Rank 9 XYZ Monster!?"

"O-on the first turn too!?"

Once more she ignored their chatters as she continued with her turn. "I will be setting two cards face-down." She said, placing two of the remaining three cards in her hand on her spell and trap zone. "And I will end my turn."

Then she proceeded to end her turn, ending with a board of monsters, one being an XYZ and the other being her signature monster of choice, along with two backrow set on her spell and trap zone, with one card left in her hand.

Though she hadn't ended with the Field Spell, it was merely a temporary setback. It was one of the positives of using some of the lesser used Generaider cards.

"Tch, f-fine then! It's my turn!" And as per the rules of the battle royal, the red haired boy did not draw for the start of his turn, and could only use the five cards in his starting hand, nor could he even declare battle.

Then, as soon as he entered the Standby Phase, it was time for her to actually perform an experiment. "On the Standby Phase, I will activate the Trap, Generaider Boss Fight." So she declared as she flipped up one of her two set cards, revealing the Generaider Trap card that she had opened in her five card hand.

Then, as the card's holographic projection before her began to glow, she explained its effects. "Generaider Boss Fight allows me to activate one 'Generaider' Field Spell directly from my deck or graveyard, then my opponent can draw one card."

"Wait-are you serious? You're letting us all draw one card?!" The red haired boy blinked as he then let out a laugh, a mocking grin on his face. "Well sure! Go ahead! Set your Field Spell or whatever and give us all a draw why don't you!"

"W-Bernie!"

Uncaring of their inner banter, the card's effect then resolved. Having no Field Spell on her graveyard, she sets the archetypal Field Spell directly from her deck. And as the floor began to be cloaked in a fog of darkness, a giant symbol began to shine above them all.

And then the card's effect continues to resolve, and all three of the Academian spies drew a card from their deck.

With that, she could activate her cards of choice. "Then I will activate the effect of Generaider Boss Stage, and I will chain the effect of Harr as well." She declared, chaining the activation of the two cards who had met their activation conditions.

"Wha" "Huh-" "How-"

"Once per turn, if my opponent adds a card from the deck to their hand, except during the Draw Phase, I can make them send one monster of their choice from their hand or field to the graveyard."

And with how the Trap had affected all of them before, then it was only logical that this one should affect them all as well shouldn't it?

"N-no way!? It affects all of us!?" The red haired boy screeched with wide eyes, before frantically going through his six card hand with gritted teeth. "Fine! I'll send Ancient Gear Hunting Hound to the graveyard!"

"Kuh! I'll send Ancient Gear Soldier from my hand to my graveyard." The purple haired girl said reluctantly.

"... Then I shall send Ancient Gear Golem to the grave." The largest of the three answered with a grunt, sending the card in hand to the grave.

With that end of Harr's effect resolved, she continued to resolve the chain of effects. "And then Generaider Boss Stage's effect." She declared as she then began to explain the Field Spell's effect.

"Once per turn, if a card is added from the Main Deck to your hand, I can special summon one 'Genraider' monster from my deck in defence position." She explained calmly, waving her hand forwards as the glow of the gigantic symbol that flew above them took on an ominous red.

And the effects resolved. "I will special summon Loptr, Shadow of the Generaider Bosses in defence position." And of the symbols glowed a crimson colour, shining a light down onto her side of the field, and from it came her chosen monster.

And with that she summoned the deck's one and only in-archetype normal summonable monster during her opponent's turn. The fairy in the guise of a man giving her opponent a condescending smile as he bowed at his entrance.

Loptr, Shadow of the Generaider Bosses - Fire/Fairy/Level 4/Effect: 1500/1500

The red haired boy, being ever talkative, clicked his tongue. "Another monster!?"

"And while Loptr is on the field, all 'Generaider' monsters that I control gains 1000 attack and defence during the opponent's turn, including himself." And with that, the many monsters on her side of the field were cloaked in auras of energy, their strength boosted by Loptr's mere presence.

Harr, Generaider Boss of Storms - Dark/Spellcaster/Level 9/Effect: 4000/4000

Laevatein, Generaider Boss of Shadows - Fire/Fairy/XYZ/Rank 9/Effect: 3500/3500 OV: 2

Loptr, Shadow of the Generaider Bosses - Fire/Fairy/Level 4/Effect: 2500/2500

"W-wha-"

"4-4000 attack!?"

"A-an even that Level 4 monster is huge too!?"

"Then Generaider Boss Stage's effect activates." She continued on. "If I special summon a 'Generaider' monster during your turn, I can special summon as many 'Generaider Tokens' as possible in attack position, but they are destroyed during the End Phase."

The effect resolves, and with a wave of her hand, the rest of her field was then filled by tokens. "Come, Generaider Tokens." She said as the gigantic symbol above the field sent a pulse of energy once more

And from it came a duo of fluttering angels, dancing across the field next to all of her other monsters.

Generaider Token - Light/Fairy/Level 4/Effect: 1500/1500

Generaider Token - Light/Fairy/Level 4/Effect: 1500/1500

"M-more monsters!? That's-that's a full board of them!?"

"No way, and it's on our turn too!?"

"That's just…"

"And with Loptr on the field, both their attack and defence increases by 1000." She added on, and the two newly summoned fairies too glowed with an empowering aura as both their attacks and defence were increased.

Generaider Token - Light/Fairy/Level 4/Effect: 2500/2500

Generaider Token - Light/Fairy/Level 4/Effect: 2500/2500

Then she gestured towards the red haired boy. "Well? Do continue your turn." She said, adding with a tilt of her head.

"Wh-why you! Fine then! See how you like it! I'll activate the Spell, Polymerization!" He roared loudly as he slammed the card onto his duel bale. "Bet you already know what this card does! I'll fuse the two other Ancient Gear Hunting Hound in my hand!"

Internally she baffled at how he essentially had drawn a three ofs of the monster, and quite surprised that he hadn't bothered summoning one of them and using its effects to burn before fusing.

The two figures of the mechanical hounds briefly manifested before him, and the red haired boy raised both of his hands as he began a chant. "Mechanical hounds who carry on the ancient spirits, flock together and become one with new power!"

The two mechanical monstrosities were then absorbed into a vortex of orange and blue. He then clasped both hands together, and brought them down as he finished the chant. "Fusion Summon! Appear now! Double Ancient Gear Hunting Hound!"

And the newly summoned twin headed behemoth let out an ungodly mechanical roar as it hit the field.

Double Ancient Gear Hunting Hound - Earth/Machine/Fusion/Level 5/Effect: 1400/1000

Ah right, there was also this wasn't it? "Then Laevatein's continuous effect would then affect Double Ancient Gear Hunting Hound." She declared with wave of her hand, as the demonic fairy laughed with manic glee, straddling her enemies.

"Huh-!?"

"All monsters that my opponent controls loses 1000 attack and defence while Laevatein is on the field." She said as she tilted her head, and the blade wielding XYZ Monster cackled maniacally as it sent a wave of flames with a swing of its blade, lowering the power of the newly summoned Fusion Monster.

Double Ancient Gear Hunting Hound - Earth/Machine/Fusion/Level 5/Effect: 400/0

"N-no way! M-my Double Ancient Gear Hunting Hound!" The red haired teen lamented as he glanced at his weakened Fusion Monster, before snapping his head and growling at her own Extra Deck summoned monster, balling his hand into fists.

"N-no way! Doesn't that mean that there's always a-a 2000 attack point difference!?"

"That's…"

Yet such wasn't even the end of his turn, because the red haired boy still had some cards left in his hands. "I'll set the rest of my hand face-down!" He shouted out loudly, setting the remainder of the cards in his hands, no doubt intending to end their turn. "Then I'll-"

"Hm, so it's like that then." Such a strange way of using the cards in his hand as well. "Then as before you move out of the Main Phase, I'll be using Loptr's effect." She declared, waving a hand forward, and then began explaining the monster's effect.

"During the Main Phase, as a Quick Effect, I can tribute one 'Generaider' monster that I control to special summon one Level 9 'Generaider' monster with a different name from my deck."

And then continued on with the cost of its effects. "I will tribute one of my tokens to activate his effect." So she said as she tributed one of the two tokens that she had, and removed it from the field.

The effects then resolved, and at the place where the token once had been, and a gigantic flying castle took its place. The illusory castle flew right beside her other monsters.

Utgarda, Generaider Boss of Delusions - Light/Rock/Level 9/Effect: 2200/2700

Which was then promptly boosted from the effect of Loptr.

Utgarda, Generaider Boss of Delusions - Light/Rock/Level 9/Effect: 3200/3700

"A-another Level 9 monster!?"

"Well? Do continue with your turn." She called him out once more, to the strangely haired boy. "Anything else that you want to do for the turn?"

"Khhh! Why you-! I end my turn!" The red haired boy shouted aloud, going to the End Phase with a board consisting of a Fusion Monster and two set cards, and nothing else remaining in his hand.

"Then I'll be using the effect of Urgarda during the End Phase." She declared, continuing to play during her opponent's turn. "As a Quick Effect, I can tribute two 'Generaider' monsters and or Rock monsters, then target one card on the field and banish it"

As she finished explaining the monster's effects, she then proceeded to then tribute the required costs to activate its effects. "I will tribute Utgarda itself and the last remaining Generaider Token, to target the first backrow that you have, and remove it from play

And intending to systematically dismantle her opponent's field, she proceeded to then promptly remove it from the field, revealing it to be Fusion Reserve.

"Wha-! N-no way!" The crimson haired Academia duelist shouted with wide eyes as stumbled and took a step back, before he stabilised himself by shaking his head wildly and shouted. "W-well so what! I still have my Fusion Monster on the field."

"So it would seem." She said with a hum, "then of course the attack and defence gain from Loptr would disappear." She noted aloud, as the turn players change, and as it was still during her opponent's turn, Loptr's attack and defence increase remained.

And the next one to test their mettle was the only girl of the group, said purple haired girl gulped as she placed her hand right atop of her duel disk's deck holder. "T-then it;s my turn!" She declared, and once more she did not draw to start her turn due to the battle royal's rule.

Which was a shame, as it would have triggered her Field Spell's effects. But she has other things that she could do for that.

Then the girl began her turn, scrambling through her five card hand to search for something-anything that she could use in an attempt to combat her board of monsters.

Then she properly began her Main Phase, as she played her first card of the turn. "I'll normal summon Ancient Gear Wyvern!" She shouted as she placed the monster card onto her duel blade, and the winged mechanical dragon made its way onto the field with a screech.

Ancient Gear Wyvern - Earth/Machine/level 4/Effect: 1700/1200

Who was then bathed in a torrent of flames, as her XYZ Monster's mere existence lowered both its attack and defence.

Ancient Gear Wyvern - Earth/Machine/level 4/Effect: 700/200

"And I'll activate its effect!" Then she proceeded to activate its effect, waving her hand outwards while doing so. Oh well would you look at that, it's like they don't even have object permanence.

"This card lets me add one 'Ancient Gear' card from my deck to my hand, but I can't set cards for the rest of the turn!" She explained the effects, which resolved and allowed her to add the infamous Earth Machine card. "And I'll add Ancient Gear Hunting Hound to my hand!"

Then with the effect resolved, a chain of effects begun due to the girl's actions. "Well then, I will activate the effect of Generaider Boss Stage, along with the effect of Harr." She said, once more activating the effect of the two cards in conjunction.

"Wha-that's-"

"The effects wasn't just by drawing!?"

"Unbelievable…"

Then came her turn to resolve the chain of effects. "Then with the effect of Harr, I'll have all of you send one monster either from your hand or field." And glanced at the red haired boy who had done his turn. "And as the only monster on your field is that fusion of yours, it would seem that you would have to send it to the graveyard."

"Gkh!" He jerked and stumbled upon hearing that, and snapped his head to the only monster that he could possibly send, what with him having no other cards in hand. "N-no! My Double Ancient Gear Hunting Hound!" he cried out as the monster vanished into particles of light, being sent to his graveyard.

But he wasn't the only one who was affected by the effect of course, as the only girl in their group clicked her tongue in annoyance as she perused through the hand of cards that she possessed.

But then, inspiration seemed to strike her as her eyes widened, and she waved her hand out as fast as she could. "I'll send my face-up Ancient Gear Wyvern!" She shouted, opting to send her singular monster that she had used her normal summon on instead of sending a card from her hand.

Then came the last of the three, the largest of them never losing his frown as his hand size kept reducing. "I will discard an Ancient Gear Box." He said, lowering to four cards in hand.

"Then of course, the effect of Boss Stage resolves." She declared. "And I will special summon a second Vala from my deck." And the red robed fairy returned, riding atop of the gigantic scales of Jormungandr.

Vala, Seidhr of the Generaider Bosses - Fire/Fairy/Level 9/Effect: 2500/2500

Of course as Loptr still remained, the third Fire Fairy monster on her field received strengthening in both her attack and defence points.

Vala, Seidhr of the Generaider Bosses - Fire/Fairy/Level 9/Effect: 3500/3500

"And then Vala's effect, I will special summon back one Generaider monster from my graveyard." She said, opting not to use the Field Spell's second effect as it would clog up her monster zones. "I will summon back Utgarda."

She took back the card from her duel disk's graveyard slot and placed the card back onto her duel blade, letting it manifest once more onto the field in its defensive position.

Utgarda, Generaider Boss of Delusions - Light/Rock/Level 9/Effect: 2200/2700

Which was then, once more, promptly boosted from Loptr's effect.

Utgarda, Generaider Boss of Delusions - Light/Rock/Level 9/Effect: 3200/3700

"The one that banishes is back!?" The girl screeched as she stumbled back again, balling her hands into fists as she scrambled through the cards in her hand for a way to do something meaningful during this turn.

Then her eyes widened, as she found something to do. "Right! I'll use the Spell, Ancient Gear Double Imitate!" She shouted aloud, placing the card onto her duel blade and have its holographic projection shine before her. "Which lets me target up to two 'Ancient Gear' monster in either player's graveyard, and special summon them but their effects are negated!"

And she then waved her hand out as she shouted the targets for her card's effect. "I'll target Bernie's Ancient Gear Hunting Hound and Double Ancient Gear Hunting Hound!"

She hadn't seen that card in quite a while, so their decks were made specifically for battle royals like this then? She should have expected that the Academia would rely on tricks like these.

But it was about time that she used it anyway. "Then I will use the effect of Laevatein." She declared, and the fiery XYZ Monster let out their maniacal laughter that echoed throughout the building.

"That things' other effect?!"

"No way!?"

"Another effect that could be activated on our turn!?"

"As a Quick Effect, I can tribute this XYZ Summoned monster, to special summon one non-Fairy 'Generaider' XYZ Monster from my Extra Deck, then I can attach cards from any field and or graveyards to that special summoned monster as materials up to the numbers of materials this card had."

Finished with explaining the monster's effect, she waved her hand upwards. "Burn away, Laevatein." And the XYZ Monster in question cackled as it brought its blade high above its head, and slammed it down onto the ground creating a large tremor throughout the building.

A pillar of flame burned from the strike, consuming the XYZ Monster in its entirety, as a different being awoke from the strike. "Awaken, Jormungandr, Generaider Boss of Eternity." And from the pillar of fire came a titanic serpentine monster, one that seemed to stretch to infinity itself, opening its large maw to let out a roar that shook the building. Standing before her defensively in defence position.

Jormungandr, Generaider Boss of Eternity - Earth/Reptile/XYZ/Rank 9/Effect: ?/? OV: 0

Of course like all other Generaider monsters beside it, the titanic XYZ Monster was also boosted by the presence of the original Loptr.

Jormungandr, Generaider Boss of Eternity - Earth/Reptile/XYZ/Rank 9/Effect: 1000/1000 OV: 0

Though with the disappearance of Laevatein, the attack and defence reduction that it possessed too disappeared from the field. Though no monsters on the opposing side of the field remained for the effect to be seen.

"That-a Rank 9 with basically 0 attack?" The red haired boy shouted with a confused blink, before snorting as he regained his bravado. "Ha! You really think something like that can beat all of us together!"

"Bernie! Stop it!" The purple haired girl chided him once more.

"As Laevatein has two materials, I can attach two cards to Jormungandr as materials." She continued on, muting out their pratling. "I will attach both cards that you targeted with Ancient Gear Double Imitation."

"Huh-!?"

The serpentine monster opened it maw once more as the two monsters of her choosing briefly appeared back onto the field. Only for them to disappear as they were consumed by the titanic grey serpent, turning them into floating brown overlay units that orbited its large frame.

Jormungandr, Generaider Boss of Eternity - Earth/Reptile/XYZ/Rank 9/Effect: 1000/1000 OV: 2

"Jormungandr's original attack and defences becomes 1000 times the number of materials that it posses." She informed them. "So with two of them, its original attack and defence becomes 2000." Without the addition of Loptr's attack and defence boost of course.

Jormungandr, Generaider Boss of Eternity - Earth/Reptile/XYZ/Rank 9/Effect: 3000/3000 OV: 2

The Spell's effect then resolved as best as it could, which was to say that it essentially resolved without effect, what with both of the declared targets having moved from their targeted locations and all.

"Darn it! So it can just do that!?" The girl shouted in frustration, getting clearly heated by the amount of interruption she possessed.. "Well fine then! I'll activate the Spell card, Fusion Sage!"

And shouting so she activated the spell, with it shining in front of her. "Which would let me add one 'Polymerization' from my deck to my hand!" She declared, playing the incredibly simple search card from her hand.

She contemplated on whether or not she should interact with it, she only did have four cards left in hand, and with the pool of Fusion Monsters that Ancient Gear, the best that they could have would either be Megaton Golem or Howitzer.

But there was something that she had noted during her time back in that dimension, was that Howitzer was supposed to be a rare card, something that only the elite of the Academia would have.

It was mostly likely the reason as to why that red haired boy whose name she bothered to not remembered even fused into Double Ancient Gear Hunting Hound instead of it, most likely because he doesn't have it.

She couldn't set cards for the turn due to Wyvern, and yet she still had three cards in hand. If any of them had been any set cards of some kind then she would have set them earlier before she normal summoned.

If she was adding Polymerization, then most likely the cards that she had in her hand was simply fusion fodder. And though she could just wait and interact with that instead, this would essentially do the same.

"Then I will use the effect of Harr." She declared, waving a hand outwards once more towards the storm cloaked monster before her.

"That thing has more effects!?"

"Wha-Just how many effects does your cards have?!"

"No way…"

"Once per turn, when a card or effect is actuated, as a Quick Effect, I can tribute two 'Generaider' and or Spellcaster monsters, to negate the activation, and if I do, destroy that card." She said, explaining Harr's hard once per turn negation effect.

Then, continued to pay the cost of its effects. "I will tribute both Harr itself and Vala as cost of Harr's own effect." She said as she waved her right hand upwards, tributing the two gigantic monsters on her field as they turned into glittering fragments of light.

With nothing to respond to it however, the chain then resolved backwards, and with Harr's effect the Spell card's effect was promptly negated.

"Guh!" Her opponent bellowed, as she once more scrambled through the content of their hand, but sadly found nothing that she could do.

"I-I end-" She began to see, yet she interjected.

"Then, at the declaration of the end of the Main Phase, I will activate Loptr's effect." She declared aloud. "I will tribute Loptr itself to special summon another 'Generaider' monster from my deck, I will summon Hela, Generaider Boss of Doom."

With her opponents having no way to prevent her, Loptr disappeared from the field in a flash, and from the depths of the underworld called upon the horned woman who carried a staff clad in a black frayed cape and a regal black dress with golden linings. Summoned forth to her side of the field in defence position just like every other monster on her field.

Hela, Generaider Boss of Doom - Dark/Zombie/Level 9/Effect: 800/2800

And all the attacks of the monsters that remained on her field turned to normal with Loptr's disappearance.

Utgarda, Generaider Boss of Delusions - Light/Rock/Level 9/Effect: 2200/2700

Jormungandr, Generaider Boss of Eternity - Earth/Reptile/XYZ/Rank 9/Effect: 2000/2000 OV: 2

"T-the attack and defence increase in gone!"

"But it's still three monsters…"

"..." The third one of their group opted to remain silent this time.

"And once more Generaider Boss Stage's effect activates." She declared. "And since I special summoned a 'Generaider' monster during my opponents turn, I will special summon as many 'Generaider Tokens' as possible once more. Come."

She waved her hand forwards once more, and a flash of light came from the gigantic symbol in the sky and the empty spots of her field were once more filled by tokens.

Generaider Token - Light/Fairy/Level 4/Effect: 1500/1500

Generaider Token - Light/Fairy/Level 4/Effect: 1500/1500

"These things again!" The red one shouted again.

"So, will you end your turn then?" She asked again, and the purple haired girl slowly nodded her head, confirming her decision of moving into the End Phase and ending her turn with an empty board and three cards in her hand.

"Then during the End Phase-"

"You're still doing more!?"

"I will use the effect of Utgarda, tributing itself and one of the tokens that I possessed, to banish that set card." She said, pointing to the one and only card on her collective opponent's side of the field, that being the red's second set card.

The gigantic castle of delusions once more disappeared from the field, alongside one of the two shining white fairies that had just appeared onto her field, taking themselves off of her field to banish the single last card that red possessed.

And the effect resolved of course, and banished the set card which was… Fusion Trench? That was their floodgate of choice? That's just… sad.

She didn't let go of her advantage however, and kept going. "I will activate Hela's effect." She declared ignoring the red one's interjection. "As a Quick Effect, I can tribute a 'Generaider' monster or a Zombie monster, then target one 'Generaider' monster or a Zombie monster in my graveyard with a different name than the tributed monster had on the field, and special summon that monster in defence position."

As she explained the monster's effect, the witch-like dark monster started raising her staff, the fog beneath her feet starting to dissipate as the ground quaked and the astral spirits that accompanied her appeared more in numbers.

"I will tribute the last token to summon back Harr onto the field." And returning onto the field was the Boss of Storms, resummoned onto the field by Hela as it stared down on her opponents with its singular shining red eyes.

Harr, Generaider Boss of Storms - Dark/Spellcaster/Level 9/Effect: 3000/3000

And finally, she could do it again. The titular combo of Generaider. "Then I will activate the effect of Jormungandr." She declared, using the effect of the newly summoned XYZ Monster that she had cheated out with Laevatein.

"Of course that XYZ also has an effect that she could use willy nilly-!"

"As a Quick Effect, I can detach one material from this, and have each player draw one card." She said, as the gigantic grey serpent opened its large maw, and consumed one of the two overlay units that it possessed, lowering its attack in the process.

Jormungandr, Generaider Boss of Eternity - Earth/Reptile/XYZ/Rank 9/Effect: 1000/1000 OV: 1

"A free draw… no, at this point it has to be…" The purple one muttered as they all drew a card from Jormungandr's effect, replenishing the cards that they possessed in hand.

So she continued on with the monster's effect. "Then each player that drew attaches one card from their hand or field to this card as material." She explained, showing a card from her own hand. "I will attach the Spell, Terraforming to it as material." So she said.

"Wha-but if I only have one card then-GHHH!" Red hair gritted his teeth as the card that he had just drawn disappeared from his grasp as it was taken by Jormungadr's effect, revealing it to be the Spell, Ancient Gear Workshop.

"I'll… attach an Ancient Gear Hunting Hound." Purple hair said with defeat as she gave one of the cards, the card that she had searched even, returning to three cards as she had essentially started with.

"... I will attach Ancient Gear Inspection." The third one said, giving up a card from his hand for the XYZ Monster to devour.

And devoured them it did, as a single activation of the monster had netted it four overlay units, giving it an incredible boost in attack and defence due to its own effect.

Jormungandr, Generaider Boss of Eternity - Earth/Reptile/XYZ/Rank 9/Effect: 5000/5000 OV: 5

"5-5000!?"

"N-no way! That-that much attack is just-!?"

"..."

"But of course, as a card was added to your hand, Harr's effect activates." She declared. "Which would have you-"

"Wha-No! You already activated that monster's effects didn't you!" The annoying one shouted.

"Harr's first effect is a soft once per turn, and as this one was newly summoned it hasn't activated it, so it is now." She promptly shut him down. "Now do send another monster card from your hand or field if possible."

The shouty one could only grit his teeth as he had nothing to give, with no cards in hand or field to fulfil Harr's player targeting effect. The second one bit her lip as the cards in her hand were essentially being lowered to two. "I will send another Ancient Gear Hunting Hound…"

"..." And the stoic one narrowed his eyes as he glanced down at his four card hand. "... I will send Ancient Gear Hunting Hound as well." And sent the titular monster of the Academia from his hand to the graveyard, lowering to three cards now in his hand.

"Now then, I believe it's your turn." She said as she turned her head towards the third one of their little trio.

"... Then I will begin my turn." He said, beginning his turn with an extremely lowered hand, essentially having been hand ripped for two.

"Then at the Standby Phase, I will do the same once more and use the effect of Jormungandr." She said with a tilt of her head, and the XYZ Monster let out a roar as it consumed one of its XYZ Units once again.

Jormungandr, Generaider Boss of Eternity - Earth/Reptile/XYZ/Rank 9/Effect: 4000/4000 OV: 4

"N-no way, you're just going to do it all over again!?"

"It's-it's over…"

"..."

Yet they could do nothing but comply, and attached onto the XYZ Monster more cards for its ever growing array of materials, from herself a second Lonefire Blossom, red's drawn Ancient Gear Knight, the girl's Ancient Gear Gadget, and the third's Ancient Gear Statue.

Now with eight whole cards orbiting around it, the endless grey serpent was strong enough to defeat an opponent in a single blow even in the normal format that she had known.

Jormungandr, Generaider Boss of Eternity - Earth/Reptile/XYZ/Rank 9/Effect: 8000/8000 OV: 8

"Then of course, Boss Stage's effect activates, and I will chain Harr's effect again." She said with a wave, chaining the effect of the two cards in quick succession. "Send a monster from your hand or field."

Once more, red had nothing to contribute. The others however, could do so. "... I-I'll send my last Ancient Gear Hunting Hound." She said, sending her third and last copy of the monster that she had.

The third one however, "I have no monster cards in my hand." He declared aloud, revealing that in the three cards that he had, none of them were monsters. She frowned at hearing that and glanced down at her duel disk, and seeing as there doesn't seem to be a rule violation of any kind, let it slide.

There could be a chance that they have modded their duel disks to allow them to blatantly cheat, and she truly doesn't doubt that they would stoop to something that low, but she could still deal with that.

"Then with Boss Stage's effect I will special summon the last copy of Vala, Seidhr of the Generaider Bosses." She declared as the last copy of the monster was summoned from her deck, sitting atop the coiling serpent that emerged from the ground, returning onto the field once more.

Vala, Seidhr of the Generaider Bosses - Fire/Fairy/Level 9/Effect: 2500/2500

"And with Vala's effect I will summon back Utgarda." And with a wave of her shining staff, the castle of delusions returned onto the field, filling her board to full once more.

Utgarda, Generaider Boss of Delusions - Light/Rock/Level 9/Effect: 2200/2700

"Her board is full of monsters again-!"

"No way, no way, there's just no way…"

"... so this is… the Red Reaper…"

"Go ahead, we're out of the Standby Phase now." She said, urging the third one to continue on with his turn. "If you hurry up I could get this done quickly."

"Why you-"

"Bernie please…"

"... I will activate the Spell, Ancient Gear Double Imitation!" The third one shouted, raising his voice as he slammed the card onto his duel blade, and placed it onto his duel blade. The holographic projection of the spell appeared before him. "I'll summon back two Ancient Gear Hunting Hounds!"

"That card again?" She muttered. "Then I will activate Harr's effect. I will tribute itself and Utgarda to negate and destroy it." And it did just that, with her sacrificing two of her four monsters that she had to negate the card and its effects, then destroying it.

"Tch!" The third flinched from the resulting chain of effects, but still had two cards in his hand, none of which were monsters. "But that's what I've been waiting for! Now I'll use the Spell, Ancient Gear Scrap Fusion!"

The card's projection appeared before him again, an Ancient Gear card that she vaguely remembered but personally had never played. "This card lets me Fusion Summon one 'Ancient Gear' Fusion Monster from my Extra Deck, using monsters from my graveyard as Fusion Materials by banishing them, but its effects are negated!"

"A Miracle Fusion for Ancient Gears?" She whispered under her breath, it's a neat card, but as it negates the effect of what it summoned, it wasn't as good as the example that she had given.

But well, with how most Ancient Gear Fusion Monsters were essentially more or less beatsticks anyway, they were all vanillas in all but name.

"I will banish my Ancient Gear Golem, Ancient Gear Box, and Ancient Gear from my graveyard, and fuse them all!" The third one shouted as he raised his hand, and continued to chant.

"Ancient Giants! Mechanical marvels! Become one now and demonstrate your tremendous power!" He shouted as all three monsters that he had sent to the graveyard through Harr's effect briefly appeared onto the field, all slowly floating before the green and blue vortex of light as they were disassembled into parts.

Then he brought down his hand, completing the chant. "Fusion Summon! Come forth! Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem!"

The second Fusion Monster of the game then appeared onto the field, taking the form of a gigantic mechanical monster of Ancient Gear Golem with its lower half reminiscent of a centaur, and its left hand not taking an even more mechanical feel with its dull metallic grey armour and sharp claws, along with the gigantic gear on it.

Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem - Earth/Machine/Fusion/Level 10/Effect: 4400/3400

But well, she might as well be using her last piece of interaction for now then. "Then I will use the effect of Hela once more." She declared. "I will tribute Vala to special summon back Utgarda."

And with that declaration she waved her hand forward, the horned cloaked monster waved her dark staff and brought back the castle of delusions back onto the field at the cost of tributing crimson robed Vala, summoned in defence position.

Utgarda, Generaider Boss of Delusions - Light/Rock/Level 9/Effect: 2200/2700

"And once more, I'll activate the second effect of Boss Stage. I will summon two more tokens. Come, Generaider Tokens." And again, two floating tokens of light appeared, descending down from the large symbol floating above their heads.

Generaider Token - Light/Fairy/Level 4/Effect: 1500/1500

Generaider Token - Light/Fairy/Level 4/Effect: 1500/1500

"Then I will activate the effect of Utgarda." She said as they entered an open gamestate once more. "I will tribute the two summoned tokens, to target and banish that new Fusion Monster of yours."

She said, pointing towards the newly summoned gigantic monster, and the two fairies of light turned into motes that was then absorbed into the giant castle of delusions, empowering it and allowing it to use its ability.

A streak of light was released by the floating castle, striking the giant mechanical centaur, its effect resolving as it was then banished away from the field. And as it was banished and not destroyed, the floating effect that it had was not triggered.

"..." The third one was left silent once more, and could only do one thing with the singular card left in his hand. "I will end my turn." Which was to proceeded to end his turn, ending without a singular card on his field, and but one card in his hand.

"Then it's my turn then, I'll draw." And finally she began her second turn, drawing a card to add to her hand and beginning her turn where she now has a Battle Phase.

In truth none of the cards in her hand truly mattered other than one. "I'll start by using the effect of one of my Valas' in my graveyard, I will discard the Spell, Generaider Boss Quest to summon her back in attack position."

And as she sent the Spell Card from her hand to the grave as its cost, the red robed monster reappeared once again, gracing the field with her presence.

Vala, Seidhr of the Generaider Bosses - Fire/Fairy/Level 9/Effect: 2500/2500

"I will use Vala's effect to special summon back Loptr from my graveyard." She continued on, and with a wave of Vala's wand summoned back the blonde haired humanoid fairy back from the graveyard onto the field in attack position also.

Loptr, Shadow of the Generaider Bosses - Fire/Fairy/Level 4/Effect: 1500/1500

"And finally, I'll use Loptr's effect." She declared with a wave of her hand, "I'll tribute Hela to special summon a second Harr from my deck in attack position." The tattered cloaked Hela then disappeared, and in her place took Harr, summoned in attack position just like all the others.

Harr, Generaider Boss of Storms - Dark/Spellcaster/Level 9/Effect: 3000/3000

"T-that's-!"

"This can't be-! No one can possibly be this strong!"

"... Impossible…"

"I'll switch both Utgarda and Jormungandr to attack, and now, Battle." She declared, switching both of her remaining monsters who were in defence to attack position and entered the Battle Phase.

And with no monsters in any of their respective fields, it was as simple as declaring an attack. "Go, end this charade of a duel." Her monsters then struck, dividing its forces to deal lethal damage to each and every one of her opponents.

"GYAAAAA!" "KYAAAAA!" "GUAAAGH!" And all three of them were sent flying from the resulting offensive strikes, the singular battle phase dealing far over lethal damage that drained all three of their respective Life Points down to zero.

Bernie: 0LP

Emma: 0LP

Jacob: 0LP

And with that, the duel ended. Their defeat was swift, and their bodies crumpled on the ground, defeated and unconscious.

She let out a huff, taking a moment to reorient herself as she turned off her duel disk and began to look around-

"Hmph, as expected of the one that received the name the Red Reaper, your capabilities far surpasses that of them." And leapt away from the source of the noise, finding a man dressed in something befitting of a soldier watching her from atop of the crates.

Said dark blue haired man leapt down and landed right before the unconscious trio of teens, seemingly attending them before turning back to her. Yet not for a single second had his eyes ever strayed away from her, always keeping her in his sights

She was the same. Alert at the man's presence that she had not noticed from the start. The way he dressed, the way he addressed the three people that she had just beaten, the way he carried himself, it was clear that this man was of a higher standing than them. Their commanding officer then? This outpost's leader?

"I'm guessing that you're their leader?" She said her guess aloud, glancing back to the three unconscious duelists who had already disappeared from the corner of her vision with a flash of light from their duel disk.

She clicked her tongue. So there really was no way of getting any sort of information from them if she beat them in a duel as long as they have their duel disks on them then.

"Hm, you assume correctly." He answered back as he seemed to stand taller. "My name is Barret, a Dueling Soldier who was recently promoted as this outpost's commander. My mission is to search and find lady Serena and bring her back to the Academia, as the Professor's orders."

"What!?" She gasped. "Serena's here!?" And he was just blatantly giving her all of this important information just because of that single prompt question!?

No, there had to be a reason as to why he was just blatantly telling her all of this. Was it a trap? A lie? Was he just spreading misinformation to make her let her guard down? She didn't know.

"Hm, so it would seem that you know not of her location then." The blue haired soldier took her reaction as his answer for whatever question he had, and she clicked her tongue as she schooled her expression and scowled as she hid more of her visible face with her hat.

"But it is of no matter. I too was given a mission to apprehend you. And I shall do so now." He declared as he braced himself, activating his duel blade and manifesting an orange sword shaped duel blade from it.

"Tch! Go ahead. You can try." She snapped back as she rearmed her duel disk, purple duel blade manifested before her.

And once more, a duel began on the Academia's hidden outpost.

""DUEL!""

Barrett: 4000LP

Red Hat: 4000LP

And as the duel began she drew her starting hand. Taking the top five cards of her deck and took a deep breath. In truth, she just needed to win, that was all she needed to do.

But the problem was that it has been quite a while. She had been running around the entire city, and has been dueling several times in a row without even a break. It was slowly draining what stamina she had that remained, and it took her a moment to reorient herself.

And it was that short moment that her opponent took initiative. "The one who takes the initiative shall be the victor, My turn!" The blue haired man shouted aloud as he took the first turn, starting out with five cards in his hand.

She shook her head as she focused, as her opponent perused his cards, she did the same with her own-

"..." Stared at it, silently. Eye twitching. Of course in an important duel something like this would happen- her skill was supposed to have made something like this extremely unlikely, but as it was apparent, it was not impossible.

"I will normal summon Carrier Sentinel!" So her opponent declared aloud as he moved on to the Main Phase, snapping her out of her thoughts as he took out a card from his hand and placed it onto his duel blade. The monster then appeared before him, taking the form of a large military styled mechanical carrier, treading the ground beneath as it appeared in front of its summoner.

Carrier Sentinel - Dark/Machine/Level 4/Effect: 1000/1600

"And I shall activate its effect!" The dark blue haired man declared with a wave of his hand. "If Carrier Sentinel is summoned, I can add one Beast-Warrior Type monster from my deck to my hand!"

"An on-summon search?!" She said with genuine surprise, not expecting her opponent to have something like that. "And it's incredibly generic too. No, if anything it's too generic." She mused as her eyes narrowed, and with her never having seen a card like that before could only mean that it was something that was never printed. And from its vaguely defined effects alone, she could understand why.

The monster's effect resolved successfully, and the grizzled man took out a card from his deck and revealed it for her to see. "I will add from my deck to my hand, Reborn Tengu!" So he declared, and alarm bells rang on her mind having known the card that he had added quite well.

Yet she kept her calm as she continued to watch her opponent make their plays, having far surpassed the barrier of expectations for someone of Academia's standards. A low bar with how most of them all ran Ancient Gears, but it was a bar nonetheless.

"Then I shall activate the Continuous Spell, Beastborg Fusioner!" And as he placed the card on his duel blade, an enlarged holographic projection appeared right before him, depicting the card art which shone brightly behind his singular monster.

"And I shall activate its effect!" He declared. "Once per turn, I can Fusion Summon one 'Beastborg' Fusion Monster from my Extra Deck, using monsters from my hand or my side of the field as Fusion Materials. However, while this card is face-up on the field I cannot normal summon or set monsters."

She had to blink when hearing the last clause of the card's effect. That's quite the heavy stipulation for a random once per turn fusion card, yet another card that she's never seen nor heard off as well. He was running an exclusive deck then.

Which means that he was actually a named 'character'. She shouldn't let her guard down then.

And as her thoughts went on, the man in front of her revealed the monster that he had added earlier during his turn. "I will fuse the Reborn Tengu in my hand, and the Carrier Sentinel on my field!" He declared aloud, raising his right hand as he held the two cards while the two monsters floated above him.

"O relentless raven, merge together with the watchman of the holy darkness, and raise a new war cry!" He shouted as the two monsters' forms began to distort inside a vortex of blue and orange. "Fusion Summon!" Then completed the summoning chant.

"Come forth and appear. Beastborg Panther Predator!" And the newly summoned monster appeared, taking the form of a panther, or more specifically Panther Warrior, the old Beast-Warrior card and most likely the actual fusion target for some reason, with its left half garbed in mechanical armour, as if half of it was made of metal. The singular scarlet orb in its chest gleaming under the light.

The monster's singular mechanical eye shone a menacing red as it brandished the gleaming silver blade that it wielded with its right hand. The green cape blowing behind it as it descended right next to its summoner. Ready to attack whatever its summoner wishes in its attack position.

Beastborg Panther Predator - Dark/Machine/Fusion/Level 6/Effect: 1600/2000

Finding the monster's attack quite low, she immediately searched the monster's name on a panel which was only seen by her, and as she read it she could feel her eye twitch.

"And I shall activate its effect." The dark blue haired Academia duelist declared. "Once per turn, I can inflict damage to my opponent equal to half this card's attack!" So he explained as the Fusion Monster hefted both of its hands above its head, before bringing it back down and shooting a scarlet beam from the scarlet orb in its chest.

One that was aimed at her, of course. And she did her best to mitigate whatever realistic damage the solid hologram would deal by positioning her duel blade right in its way.

Still, the damage stings as her duel disk rang the typical chime and static ran through her hand. "Tch. So it's still a burn strategy." She muttered under her breath. Why was she not surprised really, that an executive duelists from the Academia would rely on something like this.

Red Hat: 3200LP

"Hmph. I shall set three cards, and end my turn." So he declared as he set all three cards that he had left in his hand, and proceeded to end his turn. Ending with a Fusion Monster, three unknown set cards, a singular face-up Continuous Spell with essentially no important effects, and nothing left in his hand.

"Alright then, my turn. I draw." She said as she began her turn. Drawing a card for the start of her Draw Phase and-

Her eye twitched. Again. She kept herself from clicking her tongue however. She really should have expected something like this when playing Generaider's off all decks really. Something like this was bound to happen.

If anything, she was glad at the low power level of the world, or rather worlds' current 'format'. If anything else, she at least shouldn't be getting hand trapped anytime soon.

Yet she still had an opponent to defeat, and there was no use for whining. So she moved on to the Standby Phase, and then to the Main Phase as she then played her first card of the game. "I will start by activating the Spell, Generaider Boss Quest."

So she declared as she placed the card on her duel blade, the Spell Card's holographic projection shining in front of her.

"Hmph. So you indeed have discarded and changed into a new deck then." Her opponent muttered as he saw her activated card. "But it is of no matter. I have already seen what you are capable of, your tricks will prove of no match against me."

She continued on ignoring his banter. "Generaider Boss Quest allows me to reveal one 'Generaider' monster in my hand, and if I do, add up to two 'Generaider' Spells or Traps with different names from each other from my deck to my hand, except 'Generaider Boss Quest'. Then I place the revealed card on the bottom my deck."

Finished with explaining the Spell Card's effect, she revealed the monster that she had had in her hand. "I will reveal Hela, Generaider Boss of Doom in my hand, and add The Field Spell, Generaider Boss Stage and the Continuous Trap, Generaider Boss Room."

So she said as she showed and added the two Spell and Trap cards, before then shuffling back the revealed monster back to her deck."Then I will activate the Field Spell, Generaider Boss Stage."

And with that she played her deck's signature card, and blue circles began to expand between the two of them from the middle of the warehouse. And the ground beneath them began to be cloaked with dark fog-like shadows.

"The same as before." Her opponent exclaimed at the sudden change in terrain, stumbling slightly as he saw a new source of light from above him. The grizzled man arched his head, and saw the Generaider's titular symbol, representing the nine worlds of Norse Mythology that it was based on.

"The troublesome Field Spell that they all had to encounter!" He noted aloud. "But as I said, it will be of no match against my own cards!" The man shouted as the monster before him also let out a cry, and again she ignored him, and continued with her incredibly short set of plays.

"Then I'll set three cards face-down, and end my turn." So she said, ending her turn after activating a Field Spell, and setting one measly card face-down. Finishing her own turn with two cards still remaining in her hand.

"Ha!" The large man exclaimed, a menacing grin. Gaining a sense of confidence as he saw the play that she had done, and the essentially empty field that she had ended with. "I guess you weren't as strong as they all said you were!" He said with a laugh.

"It's my turn! I draw!" So the man declared as he began his turn, drawing a card for his turn as he went second and starting off with six cards in his hand.

"Then, I will activate the effect of Generaider Boss Stage." And in response to him simply starting his turn, she declared so as the giant symbol hanging in the air shone.

"This effect was!?" Her opponent shouted in alarm.

"Once per turn, if a card is added from the Main Deck to your hand, I can special summon one 'Genraider' monster from my deck in defence position." She explained calmly, waving her hand forwards as the glow of the gigantic symbol that flew above them took on an ominous red.

"It would activate even if I were to draw for my own Draw Phase-!?"

And the effects resolved. "I will special summon Loptr, Shadow of the Generaider Bosses in defence position." And of the symbols glowed a crimson colour, shining a light down onto her side of the field, and from it came her chosen monster.

And with that she summoned the deck's one and only in-archetype normal summonable monster during her opponent's turn. The fairy in the guise of a man giving her opponent a condescending smile as he bowed at his entrance.

Loptr, Shadow of the Generaider Bosses - Fire/Fairy/Level 4/Effect: 1500/1500

With how the deck building was in this world, or worlds in this situation, she hasn't even needed to worry about Ash Blossom or Ghost Ogre too. For the most part.

And seeing that, her opponent clicked his tongue in annoyance. "Summoning during the opponent's turn! But that is no matter, a measly monster such as that will not be able to face-"

"And while Loptr is on the field, all 'Generaider' monsters that I control gains 1000 attack and defence during the opponent's turn, including himself." She explained as a red glow encompassed the robe wearing fairy, both his attack and defence increasing at the face of adversity.

Loptr, Shadow of the Generaider Bosses - Fire/Fairy/Level 4/Effect: 2500/2500

"2500! For a mere Level 4 monster!?" The man said with wide eyes.

"Then Generaider Boss Stage's effect activates." She declared. "If I special summon a 'Generaider' monster during your turn, I can special summon as many 'Generaider Tokens' as possible in attack position, but they are destroyed during the End Phase."

"That effect-!" He shouted with wide eyes.

"Come, Generaider Tokens." She said with a wave, as the gigantic symbol above the field sent a pulse of energy once more. And from the pulsing lights came what she could only describe as a biblically accurate angel, with bodies made of gleaming silver and colourful gems decorating their forms. A bladed halo floating above what seems to be their head as four of them floated around her singular monster.

Generaider Token - Light/Fairy/Level 4/Effect: 1500/1500

Generaider Token - Light/Fairy/Level 4/Effect: 1500/1500

Generaider Token - Light/Fairy/Level 4/Effect: 1500/1500

Generaider Token - Light/Fairy/Level 4/Effect: 1500/1500

"Four monsters?! In quick succession?! So it could summon that many…" The grizzled man shouted with alarm, eyes opened wide as he saw the Field Spell's hard once per turn effect.

"And with Loptr on the field, both their attack and defence increases by 1000." She explained simply as all four tokens shone with golden auras, both their attacks and defence boosted by Loptr's mere existence.

Generaider Token - Light/Fairy/Level 4/Effect: 2500/2500

Generaider Token - Light/Fairy/Level 4/Effect: 2500/2500

Generaider Token - Light/Fairy/Level 4/Effect: 2500/2500

Generaider Token - Light/Fairy/Level 4/Effect: 2500/2500

"This is-all of this from me simply drawing a card for my turn?! How ridiculous!" The man shouted, gritting his teeth, yet did his best to kept his calm. "Then I shall activate my own Continuous Trap, Beast-Borg Medal of the Steel Chain!" The man declared flipping up one of the three set cards that he possessed.

"And I shall do the same with my other set card, Beast-borg Medal of the Blade!" So the man declared as he flipped up another of his Continuous Traps, whose effects she now knows having read their effects ahead of time with the help of her System.

Once more, the chain of effects then resolved backwards, as a giant medal appeared ahead of her opponent, bearing the image of crossing swords and the other being a gigantic metal medal encumbered by chains.

"Beast-Borg Medal of the Iron Chain's effect, while I control a 'Beastborg' monster, if a monster or monsters is special summoned to my opponent's side of the field, I can activate this effect; those monsters cannot attack, change their battle positions, or be destroyed by battle!"

Even after hearing that, she still kept her calm. Knowing full well that this effect wasn't really that important compared to one of the cards that he actually had that she was truly wary of. But even then, this was one of the hand's that could actually beat his set up.

Something that was, much to her surprise, was something that was only possible mostly because of the scuffed hand that she had begun with.

And her opponent still continued, waving his right hand outwards towards the shining tokens on her field. "And I shall make all those monsters of yours useless!" Then metal chains appeared out of the metal medallion in front of him and chained down all four tokens, with them all letting out a saddening cry as it happened.

Yet she wasn't deterred at all. She merely raised an eye as she saw her opponent activate the effect that the Continuous Trap could only activate once while face-up on the field on monsters that would disappear at the end of the turn, or perhaps even sooner if she had her way.

A missplay perhaps? She wondered what the last set card that he had seen wasn't the actual brain turn off floodgate that she had almost double taken after scrolling past. Perhaps it was the battle trap?

Well whatever it is, her Cosmic Cyclone would check it either way if needed be. Though there certainly wasn't a need of drawing all three of them was there?

"Tch, but those monsters will do nothing! Even with that attack boost, I will still defeat them!" So the man declared as he waved his hand forward. "I will use the effect of Beastborg Panther Warrior once more! And deal 800 points of damage to you!"

The mechanical Fusion Monster then raised its hands once more, the red orb in its chest shining as it prepared to shoot.

"Then I will chain Loptr's effect." She declared, chaining the effect of her own monster. "During the Main Phase, as a Quick Effect, I can tribute one 'Generaider' monster that I control to special summon one Level 9 'Generaider' monster with a different name from my deck."

Done with explaining Loptr's effects, she then waved a hand to pay its cost. "I will tribute one of my tokens." She declared, as one of the four chained tokens then disappeared at the wave of Loptr's hand.

"What!?" He declared with wide eyes, before they regained their gleam as he shouted. "You fool! Then I shall activate the Continuous Trap, Fiendish Chain!" The dark blue haired man declared as he flipped up the unknown set, revealing it to be Fiendish Chain of all cards.

Her eyes narrowed as he began explaining the effect of a card that she's known for years. "I can activate this card by targeting one Effect Monster on the field, negate the effects of that face-up monster while it is on the field, and that face-up monster cannot attack!"

"So the last set was Fiendish?" She muttered, before shaking her head. "Then I will chain the Continuous Trap, Generaider Boss Room." She said, flipping up one of her own set cards in response.

The card that depicted Hela was then flipped face-up as the holographic artwork shone, and she began explaining its effects. "Generaider Boss Room's effect can be activated when you activate a card or effect in response to the activation of my 'Generaider' card or effect." She began.

"It allows me to discard one card, and change your activated effect into 'each player draws one card'." She said, finishing explaining the Continuous Trap's effect to protect her cards in a chain.

"Impossible!" Her opponent shouted with shock at her explanation, and she then paid the card's cost of activation.

"I will discard Cosmic Cyclone, to change the effect of your Fiendish Chain to have both of us draw one card instead." She declared as she discarded the backrow removal option from her hand, and had both of them draw instead much to her opponent's dismay.

Then of course, Loptr's effect resolves. "Appear before me, Harr, Generaider Boss of Storms." And with a mad grin the human-like fairy raised his hands as high as he could as dark purple lights shone from the gigantic symbol that hung above their heads. And from it came her deck's titular 'Boss Monster'.

What came was a monster clad in a cloak made of darkness, and garbed in dark grey armour adorned with golden accents. He carried with him a giant staff, and a pair of large horns protruding from his unseen face, his singular right eye shining ominously as the only part of its face which could be seen. And Loptr sending her opponent a condescending smirk from behind Harr's large form.

Harr, Generaider Boss of Storms - Dark/Spellcaster/Level 9/Effect: 3000/3000

Though sadly, as Harr was only summoned at the second part of the chain, she didn't get to use its handrip effect from Boss Room's draws. Chains truly are something aren't they.

"And with Loptr on the field, he gains an additional 1000 attack and defence." She said aloud as a dark purple glow emanated from the newly summoned monster. With Harr letting out a hum as his powers were strengthened.

Harr, Generaider Boss of Storms - Dark/Spellcaster/Level 9/Effect: 4000/4000

"That's-!? No matter! You still take the damage!" Though he faltered upon seeing Harr's being summoned, he regained his ground once more as he resolved the chain of effects. The mechanical beast letting out a roar as it shot a beam of energy that went past her wall of monsters and right directly at her.

Again, she took the brunt of it with her duel disk while she clicked her tongue again. "This truly is getting annoying however." She said with a small frown as her duel disk chimed at her lowered Life Points.

Red Hat: 2400LP

"But that's not all!" The man declared aloud, waving his hand outwards as his face remained stone cold in concentration. "With Beast-borg Medal of the Steel Chain face up on my side of the field, should you take damage, all face-up monsters that you control lose damage equal to the damage that you took!"

Yet that also wasn't the end of it too. "Beast-borg Medal of the Blade activates as well! Once per turn, when I inflict damage to you, I can place 1 Medal Counter on it for every 100 damage that was inflicted to you!"

Ah a chain block, how quaint. With it being an activated effect she could have technically taken it out the last resolving one with Harr, yet she opted not to. There was still something else that she could use it on if the turn goes according to how she envisioned it.

So she let her opponent continue unhindered. "And as you took 800 damage, I shall put eight Medal Counters on Beast-borg Medal of the Blade!" So the dark blue haired man said as eight golden medals appeared right in front of the medallion.

"Then all of your monsters have their attacks reduced by 800!" He declared aloud as the chain covered medal shone, the chains that held up her remaining tokens tightening and all of her monsters let out a cry of dismay as their attacks were lowered, almost making Loptr's stat boost ineffective.

Loptr, Shadow of the Generaider Bosses - Fire/Fairy/Level 4/Effect: 1700/2500

Generaider Token - Light/Fairy/Level 4/Effect: 1700/2500

Generaider Token - Light/Fairy/Level 4/Effect: 1700/2500

Generaider Token - Light/Fairy/Level 4/Effect: 1700/2500

Harr, Generaider Boss of Storms - Dark/Spellcaster/Level 9/Effect: 3200/4000

"Now, Battle!" The grizzled duelist declared aloud as he waved his hands forward. "I shall attack one of your tokens with Beastborg Panther Warrior!" And with his suicide order given, the Fusion Monster let out a beastly warcry as it leapt right directly towards one of her tokens. Heaving the large blade as it prepared to attack.

As she had thought, this was the play that he went with then.

The two monsters clashed, the half mechanical beast clashing its blade against the ethereal fairy, and only losing in the battle of power by a small margin. Destroying the Fusion Monster in its suicide run.

Of course the residual battle damage was taken by the monster;s owner. Who took it without even a change in his expression.

Barrett: 3900LP

"Now! Beastborg Panther Predator's effect activates!" The grizzled man declared as he waved his hand forwards. "If this card is destroyed by battle, and all the Fusion Materials that were used for its Fusion Summon are in my graveyard, I can special summon all of them!"

And here it was. "Then I shall respond with Harr's own effect." She declared with a tilt of her head, and the monster cloaked in storms responded with a heave of his staff. "When a card or effect is activated, as a Quick Effect, I can tribute 2 'Generaider' and or Spellcaster monsters, to negate the activation, and if I do, destroy that card." She said as Harr raised his hand, lightning crackling from his mere movement.

"What!?"Her opponent shouted with clear shock that was shown on his face, stumbling back as she interacted right at the crucial moment of his strategy.

"I will tribute the remaining two tokens." She said simply, and with a wave two out of the three remaining chained tokens disappeared from the face of her field. "And negate the effect of Beastborg Panther Predator."

With a wave of his hand, lighting struck from the dark storms that covered Harr. All directed towards her opponent's field where the Fusion Monster once was. And the Academia soldier instinctively raised both of his hands ahead of him as he braced himself.

"Gagh!" He let out as the crackles of lighting negated his Fusion Monster's floating effect, leaving him with an empty board barring the line up of Continuous cards he had on his back.

It was a solid plan, for what his strategy was, that is. Though it wasn't without its demerits of course, as losing his only Beastborg meant that that one of his Continuous Trap would disappear, but in response he would have gotten a slight bit more advantage if she had read Carrier Sentinel Correctly, that and he could also wall with Reborn Tengu that would be brought onto the field.

But sadly, Harr checks most things that he could have done quite well with it being an omni negate that he couldn't get rid off easily with Loptr on the field. He could have gotten some more damage if he had used the other Continuous Trap's effect to boost his monster's attack, but then she could easily let that go and beat him in the crack back.

Just like what she was going to do on her next turn really.

"... with no Beastborg monster on my field, Beast-borg Medal of the Steel Chain is destroyed." The man said with a grimace as his middling floodgate disappeared from the field, and he scrunched his brows, glancing at the two cards left in his hand, one from his draw, the other from Boss Room's effect.

And he clicked his tongue before playing one of them. "I shall use the Spell, Magic Planter!" He declared aloud, playing the Spell Card that he had drawn for turn, and its holographic projection shining in front of him.

A small frown reappeared on her face before she schooled her features again as he explained the Spell Card's effect. "Magic Planter allows me to send one face-up Continuous Trap that I control to the graveyard, to draw two cards!"

Then the dark blue haired duelist wave his hand forward to the one card that he no longer had use for. "I will send Fiendish Chain to the graveyard, to draw two cards!" And draw two cards he did, sending the useless Continuous Trap for a total of three cards in his hand.

Which of course, counted as him adding cards to his hand. "Then I shall activate the effect of Harr, Generaider Boss of Storms." She declared once more, as Harr's singular eye glowed ominously.

"Another effect!?" The Academia soldier shouted out as he glared at her monster.

"Once per turn, if my opponent adds a card or cards from the deck to their hand except during the Draw Phase, I can make my opponent send one monster, of their choice, from their hand or field to the graveyard." She explained as the gigantic monster clad in storms raised its hand once more, a torrent of power coming out from him.

The dark blue haired man gritted his teeth, his disdain clearly showing as he then sent a monster card from his hand to the graveyard, that being of course the titular Panther Warrior.

"... I will end my turn." The man said with a deep scowl, ending his turn without having managed to break the board that she had formed right on his very turn, a field barren of monsters and what amounts to a useless Continuous Trap on his side of the field, along with a singular card left in his hand.

"Then at the end of the turn the last Generaider Token will disappear." She said as the transient fairy-like existence disappeared from her field. And her opponent's turn then ended.

And along with it the status boost that came from Loptr. Yet the attack and defence reduction from Medal of the Steel Chain still remained.

Loptr, Shadow of the Generaider Bosses - Fire/Fairy/Level 4/Effect: 700/1500

Harr, Generaider Boss of Storms - Dark/Spellcaster/Level 9/Effect: 2200/3000

And from here, the game is all but over. "Then it's my turn. I'll draw." And she started her turn with a draw, and three cards in her hand to finish this duel.

She glanced at the card that she had drawn, and felt her eyebrow twitch. Ah, of course, it was now that she would get a relatively playable turn one card wouldn't it? There wasn't even any need for it anyway.

"I'll activate Loptr's effect once more." She declared, waving a hand to her side, gesturing towards the blonde human-like fairy who sent a malicious grin down her opponent's way. "I will tribute Loptr himself for cost of his effect activation."

Again the shadow of the Generaider Bosses performed a mocking bow, disappearing without a word from the face of the field. Without an interruption, the effect resolves, and Loptr was replaced with a whole other monster.

"I will special summon Vala, Seidhr of the Generaider Bosses." She declared, as the white rober garbed monster appeared onto the field, sitting on top of a fragment of Jormungandr that sprouted from the ground below.

Vala, Seidhr of the Generaider Bosses - Fire/Fairy/Level 9/Effect: 2500/2500

"Two Level 9 monsters-!"

There really wasn't any need to even drag this any longer. "Battle. Go, my monsters." She said simply with a wave of her hand, and the two Generaider Bosses waved their chosen staffs in conjunction, sending a torrent of power towards her enemy.

"G-GAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" Who could do nothing but raise his hand in defence, yet even that wasn't enough as he was thrown from the shockwave of the realistic holograms' attack, sending him flying across the warehouse until he hit the wall on the other side.

And slumping down towards the ground, head hung low as he lay unconscious from the blow.

Thus, the duel ended.

Barrett: 0LP

And she was left alone once more.

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"... so was there nothing that important in this place?"

Such was the thing that she grumbled to herself, having turned the warehouse upside down in search of something, anything, that has any sense of importance that could be left in this place.

Now don't get her wrong, she had already found some things that she would deem important, the handful of duel disks that she had found stashed away, along with of course some rations placed in crates.

An important note however, was that the Academia soldier that she had defeated, along with the other Academia spies along with him, had disappeared after she had defeated them. Just like those trio that had defended that clown and allowed him to lead her here in the first place.

It irked her to no end. Though she had noted that their disappearance had taken some time. A window of time standing around a few seconds, around ten to fifteen or so.

She grimly thought that that window of time would be enough for her to use one of these newly acquired Academia duel disks to turn them into a pile of cards, if she knew how to of course.

The thought sends a twist to her stomach, yet it was true that doing that was basically the most effective way of lowering the number of resources that That Man and the Academia could have on hand. A way to permanently remove them from the playing field.

If they had no way of turning people back from cards to, well, people that is.

But such was the worst of the worst of scenarios, in more ways than one, that would end in either the Academia having virtually an endless force, or them having no such way to turn any victims of their war crimes back.

But she digressed, there was no use of her thinking of what ifs, these were things that she would figure out later. Of that, she had no doubt.

She had searched around this place, and found nothing of true importance. She let out a sigh, a frown found its way on her face as she looked around the warehouse filled with scattered crates.

And a wall of them, neatly stacked, all at one side of the wall.

"Right, I guess I haven't checked that part haven't I?" She muttered to herself.

So with that thought, she placed the rations that she had found back in its crate, as she walked into a part of the warehouse filled with a wall of crates. Empty, wooden crates that, if she remembered the size of the warehouse correctly, took around a third of its size.

She placed a hand on one, and knocked on the wooden crate. The echo that she heard affirmed her suspicion. She paced, knocking on the other wooden crates and hearing the same echoing noise, with one giving out a different sound.

And with a push, she found the crate moving without disturbing the formation around it. She couldn't help the small smile that appeared on her face. "Well who would have thought. A fake wall. How incredibly villainous of them."

She stepped foot inside the warehouse's hidden compartment, a side hidden by a wall of fake crates, and found all that she was looking for.

More Academia equipment, a wall lined with clothing which blended into the background along with the typical Academia Obelisk Blue jacket and masks scattered about, along with many little tidbits that told her how this place was clearly lived in.

Yet her attention was drawn to the room's centre piece, one that she approached warily. One connected to generators of electricity, a handful of computer screens, and cables and wires that connected them all.

A large circular mechanism that was larger than herself, around two and a half meters in diameter, a technological marvel that hums with power and mystery even as it was unactivated.

While she didn't truly know what it was, she could make an educated guess. The one singular piece of machinery that was hidden and needing this much care and needing this many generators to even function, along with its shape made her draw to a singular conclusion.

This thing that that Academia soldier along with the others were defending wasn't merely a safety warehouse for the Academia in this dimension. But an entry and exit point that they could access.

It would seem that she had hit the jackpot.

The first thing that she immediately did was to turn off all of the power source that was connected to the machine at the centre. She wondered why they hadn't stormed right through that gate the very moment that she had sent their defeated guardians back to their dimension. Did the machine take some time to activate?

Or perhaps, like everything else, the level of response time that the Academia had was as low as the dueling skill of their grunts. Something near nonexistent.

Either way, she was lucky. But luck was sadly something that she couldn't rely on forever.

She wouldn't doubt that news of this outpost having fallen outside of their control wouldn't have been known throughout the rest of the Academians that were stationed in this dimension. More likely than not, they would be ordered to stay low, to ground themselves deeper than before.

"Which would mean that they'll be harder to find…" She mumbled with a click of her tongue, noting how annoying it would be if they were to do so and becoming harder to rat out and find.

"No. Wait." She noted aloud once more, turning and striding as fast as she could towards the stack of papers that was on one of the tables beside the mechanical gate. And began sorting through them as fast as she could. "If this place is an outpost, then surely there should be…"

She was hopeful that there should be an important piece of information on this hidden section of the warehouse, if not in these mess of paperwork, then perhaps on one of the computers-

Her eyes widened as she pulled out a particular piece of paper, one that unfolded to be several times larger than its original folded form. A piece of coloured parchment with several dotted circles, along with 'x's.

A map. Of what she could only assume to be outposts and places of interest, seeing as one of the dots shown to be the exact place that she was at.

"Ha!" She laughed with glee as a grin overtook her frown. "Well good on them for still using printed maps of all things." She fully unfolded the piece of paper and placed it on the table to inspect it, taking it in full.

She noted the amount of outposts that they had, a handful of them scattered around the ring of Heartland City, and a few placed inside of it like this warehouse. Did they plan to box in the Heartland citizens to prevent their escape?

The grin that she had just gotten immediately turned into a solid frown once more, as a solemn aura befell her. That was something that she couldn't stand for, if their aim was to card everyone then-

Then of course cutting their road for escape was the most effective method. To put methods of their numerous mind controlled soldiers in all but name entry directly to cut off any path that anyone could have outside of heartland.

And from then, they would simply cut the size, culling the remaining survivors of whatever initial assault they had planned by shrinking their size of influence slowly but surely.

It sickened her how effective it was. A simple yet effective plan of culling an entire city for whatever wicked desire That Man had.

Her hand balled into fist as she took a deep breath, her mind moved from the handful of dots placed on the map onto the crosses that it held, the areas of interest that it took notes for.

It checks the police stations, of course. Buildings that house duelists who would stop unruly individuals from dueling by, well, dueling them. Figures that she had seen in passing having sent the handful of unconscious Numbers possessed individuals their way.

A logical mark to take down first, she thought. If their assault ambushes the point of security of Heartland, then they wouldn't have a way to respond to anything else.

There were a few other points of interest, local areas, parks, dueling academies, arenas, stadiums, yet the one that she fully took notice of was the one that lay on the centre of Heartland.

Heartland Tower, the titular heart of the city.

"Now why would they place focus on that place?" She mused, crossing her arms in front of her and a hand under her chin. Was it because it was a symbol? To give a show of how futile their resistance will be by taking it down? Or was there something more in play?

She didn't know, and she doubts she ever will know for that matter.

She wondered what other piece of information they had here. Duelists of interest perhaps? That would certainly be something to take note of. She began to skim through the piles of papers once more-

Yet were cut by the vibrating of her duel disk, and she glanced down at her left hand, her duel disk showing her a ping of notification.

Confused, she opened it and was immediately assaulted by noise.

"YUUNA! WHERE ARE YOU!" Screeched her duel disk with a familiar voice, one loud enough to make her wince away from her own hand that housed it.

"Anna?" She asked. "What are you-"

"GIRL DID YOU HEAR THE NEWS! IT'S STARTING ALREADY SO YOU BETTER GET A MOVE ON!"

"Huh?" She blinked, confused at what she was referring to. "What's starting? Anna, what are you talking about?" She asked again.

"Wha-SERIOUSLY!? Did you seriously not hear it!? It's literally all over the city!"

"Anna just tell me what I missed. I'm kind of doing something important here." She ushered the girl from the other side of the call as she kept skimming through the papers on the table, she doubts that it would be all that important-

"It's the World Duel Carnival! It's going to start in just a few minutes!"

That brought her to a stop, her hand stopping just right as it was moving to grab another piece of paper. "What." Was the response that she managed to muster.

"Well, not in a few minutes really, its still-like-an hour or so, but how come you haven't heard of it!? It's literally all over the city!" The cherry haired girl's voice resounded from her duel disk.

"I said I was busy!" She hissed out as she frantically folded the map to something more manageable, hurriedly glancing towards the entire room to take note of anything else that was important for her to take back with her. "How come it's starting earlier than planned!"

"Well how should I know! All that everyone knows is that those blimps flying up suddenly had Mr. Heartland on their screens and said that the World Duel Carnival's starting sooner than planned and that all duelists should prepare themselves or whatever!"

That's-for an event that was world wide, how could they just-unbelieveable!

She took a deep breath to calm herself down. "Alright. Alright, thanks Anna. I probably wouldn't have known this if you hadn't told me."

"Well you're welcome! Though you probably would have noticed it since it's literally hanging above your head! Anyway, I've got to go now bye!" And just as suddenly as she had come, Anna disconnected from the call, leaving her alone once more.

As much as she wanted to explore this place more and uncover more of its secrets, it seemed that her time was far more limited than she had thought. Especially with this just being dropped on her.

She sent a glance down towards the giant machine at the centre of this hideout, contemplating on what she should do with it. She could simply leave it be, but doing so would leave it to a chance where the Academia could simply reclaim the outpost and proceed as planned.

And she wasn't knowledgeable enough about machinery, and most specifically this machine in specific, to fiddle with the machine to try and sabotage them. To actually hamper the machine itself were it to be used.

But in the end, the simplest method that she could think of was the same method that had most possible earned her of That Man's ire. And most likely the reason as to why she was so well known by the Academia grunts to the point where they had just earlier.

A feeling of something bloomed inside her, and she grabbed it as tight as she could.

She took a deep breath, and exhaled as she extended her left hand outwards, and with a flick of her wrist, turned on her duel disk, its purple holographic duel blade manifesting onto the world.

Wordlessly, she drew a card from the top of her deck, and the figure of Harr stared back.

'How poetic, of course the 'Boss Monster' of the archetype would come out.' Such was her thought as she placed the card onto her duel blade.

And then felt something be drained from her.

Though a duel was not committed, though there were no opponents to face, the solid hologram of the giant monster, though sized appropriate to the venue of course.

Her gaze met the giant monster's singular red eye, and she nodded her head. With a wave of her hand, she commanded. "Harr! Crush it!" And felt a pulse of something wash over her, and the gigantic Spellcaster then waved its staff.

A wave of energy washed throughout the room, and a bolt of divine lightning struck the machinery from the ether, and with a flash, it exploded.

The large form of Harr defended herself from the shrapnels that flew from the resulting explosion, sparks that came from the nearby electronics that were fried from the resulting blast.

Within a flash, all that was left of the machinery, and all others connected to it. Was simply junk.

She glanced at her hands, or more correctly the duel disk attached to her, and the card that was placed there. This wasn't the first time that she had done something like this-to use solid vision holograms to cause collateral damage.

This was something that the Academia intended to do, the intended use of solid holograms of their making. Yet her's wasn't fully just that was it? For spirit shenanigans was in play as well.

It was a shame that she couldn't glean any sort of information or data from the electronics, there might have been some form of important data there, but she was in a time crunch. Especially with this sudden bomb dropping on her.

"Thank you." She thanked the monster as it disappeared from the face of the world, and she took a few steps to grab as much of the papers that she could, taking them with her.

The rest? Well, the remains of the now broken machinery did left a small fire, she could use some excuse to commit justified arson.

With that said and done, she exited the hidden room, patting herself from the dust and waving away the smoke that arose from inside. "Might also need to actually call emergency services for this. Don't want to accidentally have the fire spread too far, or outside of this place at all for that matter." She grumbled as she did just so, and walked towards the warehouse's exit.

"Right, that was a thing that I did wasn't it?" She groaned to herself as she walked out of the warehouse. "Now where is-" She said as she exited the warehouse in search of the defeated duelist-

And found him gone. Most likely having regained consciousness and disappearing to anywhere else but near her vicinity.

"As if the day just couldn't get any worse." She mumbled as she stared up towards the gigantic blimp flying high above in the sky, counting down the amount of time that they all had left before the start of the preliminaries of the World Duel Carnival.

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[Numbers Hunt]

Collect all 99 [XYZ Dimension] exclusive Numbers

Rewards: 999999DP, Reputation (?) Up, Reputation (?) Down, Numbers 100: Numeron Dragon [XYZ Dimension] x1, XYZ Master Pack Unlocked

Failure: XYZ Dimension Reputation all Down, ? Will invade the XYZ Dimension immediately

Due to external factors, the time of completing this quest has changed!

[Deadline: The end of the World Duel Carnival (3 Days, 10 Hours, 20 Minutes, 9 Seconds remaining)]

15/99 Numbers collected