Chapter 55
Battle in the Wind
Currently, on the field, Gladia controlled one monster, Gladiator Beast Beastiari, Field Spell, and one Set card. She only had one card in her hand. On Codebreaker's side, he controlled no cards on the field and 4 cards currently in his hand.
"It's my turn. I draw!" He drew his card, adding a total of five in his hand. "I summon C# Data Miner from my hand."
The classic gnome with a pixel pick-ax appeared.
"When C# Data Miner is Normal Summoned, I can draw a card." He drew another one. "Then, I Special Summon C# Webkumo by its effect!"
One of his most staple monsters appeared.
"C# Webkumo can be Special Summoned from my hand if I control another C# monster on the field," he explained. "Now I input the code to the circuit of hope!"
The Link portal opened behind him as he began the chant.
"Arrowheads confirmed! The summoning is two 2 C# monsters! I set my C# Webkumo in the Link Markers, using its effect to treat itself as two Link materials!" His spider split into two blue twisters, shooting into the arrows and turning them red.
"Circuit combines! Link Summon! Appear! Link 2! C# Stream Dragon!" The dragon with a monitor for its face roared as it appeared. It was summoned in the right Extra Monster Zone on the field.
"Then, I Special Summon C# USBee!" A bee shaped of USB appeared, making buzzing noise as it was summoned next to Stream Dragon's bottom arrow. "This monster can be Special Summoned next to a C# Link Monster's Link if I control one on the field."
"C# Stream Dragon's effect activates!" He declared. "Once per turn, it inflicts 400 points of damage for each C# monster it points to! Stream Blast!"
The dragon fired a white energy ball made of fire. It hit Gladia as she protected her face with arms up over her.
Gladia (1h): 4000 – 800 = 3200 LP
"I set two cards and battle! I declare C# Stream Dragon to attack your monster!" He followed up. "Also, did I forget to mention that when C# USBee is next to a C# Link Monster's link, it gains 500 ATK!"
The dragon roared, making its ATK increased to 2500 before it fired its energy ball at Gladia's monster. Beastiari cried as it burned in white flames before it turned into sparkles.
Gladia (1h): 3200 – 1000 = 2200 LP
"Then, I declare C# Data Miner and C# USBee to attack you directly!" First C# Data Miner went first as it used its pixel pick-ax to hit Gladia. Then, C# USBee stung her with its stinger that appeared out of its USB port tail. Despite the attacks, Gladia still stood on her feet, not budging at all as she took hits.
Gladia (1h): 2200 – 400 – 500 = 1300 LP
"Great job, Master Yu. You've damaged more than half of her Life Points in one turn." Rossy praised him.
"Thanks and since I attacked with all my monster, I end my..."
"Since this is the end of your battle, I activate the effect of Gladiator Beast Beastiari that you destroyed!" Gladia interrupted. "At the end of the Battle Phase, if this monster attacked or was attacked, I can shuffle it to my Deck and then Special Summon a new Gladiator Beast monster in its place!"
She shuffled her monster card into her Deck and then added a new one before she placed it face-up on the field.
"Come out! Gladiator Beast Augustus!" A portal opened up on her side, with a giant humanoid bird standing on two feet appeared. It wore black armor, had a big, yellow beak, and wings with a claw at each end of the wing. It had a silver sword for a weapon. It roared strongly, looking ready to fight.
"Just as I expected. She Special Summoned a Gladiator Beast monster, but this one has higher ATK than Master Yu's C# Stream Dragon," Rossy said.
"Gladiator Beast has the power to call out its ally to fight their opponent," Jackal announced.
"I play the effects of my Field Spell: Colosseum – Cage of the Gladiator Beasts!" She shouted. "I can place 1 Counter on this card each time a monster is Special Summoned from either player's Deck. Since I Special Summoned just one right now, I place one counter on my card." A counter was added to the Field Spell.
"Then, all my Gladiator Beast monsters gain 100 ATK and DEF points for each counter on my Field Spell card," she said, with a smirk as her Augustus roared again while its ATK and DEF increased to 2700 and 1100 respectively.
"Now it's even stronger!" Rossy exclaimed.
"And not only that, since Augustus is Special Summoned by the effect of my Gladiator Beast monster's effect, I can activate its special ability!" She revealed. "It allows me to Special Summon another Gladiator Beast monster from my hand in Defense Position."
"Say what?" Codebreaker gasped.
"I summon Gladiator Beast Secutor in face-up Defense Position!" A green reptile in blue armor appeared next to Augustus in Defense Position, showing off its 400 DEF points before it increased to 500 points.
"Then I end my turn," Codebreaker said.
Codebreaker (1h): 4000 LP
"And now that your turn ends, Secutor must shuffle into my Deck." The armored lizard warrior disappeared as it shuffled into Gladia's Main Deck.
"Now, I activate my set card! Trap Card: Gladiator Beast Shuffle Draw!" The set card flipped up, revealing a Gladiator Beast Augustus card shuffling into a player's deck as a new card, Pot of Greed was drawn. "When a Gladiator Beast monster is shuffled into my Deck during the end of either player's turn, then I can draw card equals to the total of the monster's Level. Gladiator Beast Secutor is a Level 4 monster, so I draw four cards."
"All that just to draw cards?" Codebreaker asked.
"That's right," she said, with a wink. "Not bad for my strategy, right?'
"She summoned a high-level monster, using its effect to bring another monster, but send that monster back to her deck, so that she could draw new cards to her hand. Not only that, but her Field Spell will make her monsters stronger when it gets a counter for each time a monster is Special Summoned from either player's Deck… Gladia uses quite an impressive strategic tactics," Rossy commented.
"Now it is my turn! I draw!" She drew her card.
Gladia (5h): 1300 LP
"So Gladia." She stopped to listen to him. "Why do you want to duel me? You said before that you would only answer questions to me, right?"
She grinned and said, "That's right. It's because that you and I have the same goal in life."
"Same goal?" He repeated.
"Elaborate, please. What do you mean by the same goal?" Rossy asked.
"You're not the only one who's looking for the Legendary Codes, and after I win this duel, the one you have will be mine!" She answered.
This revelation shocked Codebreaker and Rossy, with their wide eyes.
"You want to duel just so that you steal my Legendary Code? No way!" Codebreaker exclaimed.
"I wouldn't say it's a steal. Rather, a wager I say," she said, with a smirk. "If I win, you give me your Legendary Code. If I lose, I don't have your Legendary Code. Simple, right?"
"Oh! Well, that sounds fair," Codebreaker said, thinking to himself.
"Master Yu, be careful! This is most likely a trap and there's a catch to every deal!" Rossy warned.
"Gladia only speak of the truth!" Jackal countered. "Gladia, like Codebreaker, is also on a hunt to find the Legendary Codes. For that is her and Jackal's goal."
"But what do you guys want the Legendary Codes for?" He asked.
"That I won't say for now," Gladia said. "And if you don't mind, I will continue my turn."
"But..."
"I summon Gladiator Beast Samnite!" She ignored him as she summoned a new Gladiator Beast monster. This one looked like a white saber tooth tiger in black armor with bluish green lines over the armor and armored wings attached on the back. Its 1600 ATK and 1200 DEF increased to 1700 and 1200 respectively. It was summoned to Augustus on the left.
"Then I play the Spell Card: Double Summon!" She revealed the card. "This card allows me to Normal Summon or set for a second time this turn. I summon Gladiator Beast Darius!"
The humanoid horse creature in a warrior armor appeared next Augustus on the right.
"It's time! My heart always gets pumped when I do this!" Gladia exclaimed.
"Yes, Gladia! Show your inner power within you!" Jackal roared.
"I shuffle my Gladiator Beast Augustus, Sanmite, and Darius to my Deck to fuse them together!" Her three monsters jumped up and turned into white, purple, and orange particles, mixing into a swirl.
"This is…!" Codebreaker said, surprised.
"Fusion Summon, but she's not using Polymerization or Fusion Spell Card, so how is she doing it?!" Rossy questioned, as she was surprised as her master.
"It's a little something called Contact Fusion!" Gladia revealed. "I fuse my Gladiator Beast Sanmite, Augustus, and Darius!"
The three particles mixed together, turning into a bright purple twister and then two glowing eyes appeared in the twister as it formed into a body.
"Three brave souls come together and turn into one, mighty warrior! Fusion Summon! Appear! Gladiator Beast Andabata!" A skinny light-yellow lizard in dark blue and red armor appeared, roaring with strength and urge for battle. It had a sword and shield with the same color like its armor. It was placed in the other Extra Monster Zone face-up Defense Position, presenting its 1000 ATK, increased to 1100 and 2800 DEF, increased to 2900 due to the effect of the field spell.
"Andabata may not have an impressive attack, but it makes up in its defense and it also has a powerful effect," Gladia said.
"Uh oh. I don't like the sound of that," Codebreaker fretted.
"If Gladiator Beast Andabata is summoned by its effect this way, then I can Special Summon a Level 7 or lower Gladiator Beast Fusion Monster from my Extra Deck, ignoring its Summoning condition," she stated.
"However, that's impossible. You would need a Link Monster pointing to your Main Monster Zone in order to use your monster, Andabata's effect," Rossy said. "However, you don't control a Link Monster."
"That's true. I don't control a Link Monster, but I can still use Andabata's effect by doing this!" She took one card from her hand and placed it face-up in her middle Spell & Trap Zone. "I play the Link Spell: Gladiator Beast's Battleground!"
"What!?" Both Codebreaker and Rossy gasped.
The new Link Spell showed a battleground, with swords and spears sticking in the ground, shield on the ground, and tattered clothes everywhere while a dust cloud was looming over the land with silhouettes of Gladiator Beast monsters fighting each other in the dust cloud. It had three Link Arrows, all pointing upward.
"With this card face-up, I can now summon a Gladiator Beast Extra Deck monsters from my Extra Deck to my Main Monster Zones! Now, I use Andabata's effect to Special Summon one from my Extra Deck!" She declared as a portal opened up in her middle Main Monster Zone. "Come out! Level 5! Gladiator Beast Essedarii!"
A gorilla in a gold helmet and with a green mallet and gold shield, riding on a golden chariot appeared.
"Now, I activate the effect of my Link Spell: Gladiator Beast's Battleground!" She stated. "When a Gladiator Beast Extra Deck monster is summoned next to this card's Link, I can place one Counter on another card I control on the field. I place one on my Colosseum."
Colosseum now had two counters on itself. "Then, my Gladiator Beasts gain additional 100 ATK and DEF points!" Her monsters roared as their power increased again, with Essedarii's ATK increased to 2700 while Andabata's DEF increased to 3000.
"Then, I equip Andabata with my Equip Spell: Raging Soul of Gladiator Beast!" The said card showed Gladiator Beast Andabata roaring with a raging red aura around itself. "Battle! I declare Andabata to destroy your C# Stream Dragon!"
"You can't do that! Your monster is in Defense Position!" Codebreaker reminded her.
"When Andabata is equipped with Raging Soul of Gladiator Beast, it can attack even if it is Defense Position and I use its DEF points as its ATK points!" She countered. "Go, Andabata! Use Lizard Slice n' Dice!"
Codebreaker and Rossy were surprised by this. Andabata, with its 3000 DEF as ATK, sliced C# Stream Dragon in half so easily. The dragon exploded, causing Codebreaker to step back, but he still stood up on his D-Board, with the smokes everywhere from the explosion as he coughed.
Codebreaker (1h): 4000 LP – 500 = 3500 LP
"Then, I attack your C# Data Miner! Go, Essedari! Attack his monster with Rampage Chariot!" The armored gorilla warrior slammed over C# Data Miner. The mining gnome was flat as a pancake before it exploded into sparkles, but it wasn't over as Essedari rammed over Codebreaker, making him laid down on his D-Board, surprisingly still on it.
Codebreaker (1h): 3500 – 2300 = 1200 LP
"Gladiator Beast Andabata's additional effect! At the end of the Battle Phase, if it battled, then I can shuffle it to my Extra Deck and then Special Summon two Gladiator Beast monsters from my Deck," she explained as her Fusion Monster disappeared. "I bring back my Gladiator Beast Augustus and summon Gladiator Beast Octavius!"
The armored black-winged warrior reappeared and next, to it, a new Gladiator Beast also appeared. This one was also an avian creature that resembled a bald eagle, wearing shiny green armor and giant circle behind its head, like a halo of a saint.
"And remember that my Field Spell gains one Counter for each time a monster is Special Summoned from either player's Deck!" Two more counters were added to her field spell, making her monster gained 200 more ATK and DEF points.
"Also, since Andabata is no longer on the field, my Equip Spell is destroyed, but when it does, it allows me to add one Gladiator Beast card from my Deck," she said as she added one card to her hand. "But I am not done just yet! Now with my two Gladiator Beasts just summoned, their effect activates! Augustus allows me to Special Summon a Gladiator Beast monster from my hand in Defense Position, but since my Main Monster Zones are full, I can't use this effect, but Octavius allows me to destroy one face-down Spell or Trap Card on the field!"
"I choose the face-down card on your right!" Gladia pointed to the said card as it flipped up and then shattered.
"I end my turn!" She finished her turn, ending it with three powerful monsters face-up on the field; Essedarii with 2900 ATK, Augustus with 3000 ATK, Octavius with 2900 ATK.
Gladia (0h): 1300 LP
"She summoned three strong monsters, with each one with ATK points higher than 2800. According to my calculation, it is 99.9% that this situation looks bleak," Rossy groaned. "Not only that, but she is also in possession of Link Spell Card!"
However, Codebreaker didn't look worried. The opposite was true and in fact, he was laughing.
"Master Yu, is there something wrong?" Rossy asked.
"Nothing wrong, Rossy!" He replied. "I'm actually enjoying this duel!"
"Ha, ha!" Gladia also laughed. "You're very funny in person! Usually, my opponent would be screaming and wetting their pants by now!"
"Wetting their pants? Ha, ha, ha! Is that even possible in LINK VRAINS?" Codebreaker chuckled.
"No clue, but once they log-out, they would know!" She joked as they laughed together, but then stopped.
"You're good, Gladia, but I'm not going to lose," he said.
"I know," she replied with a smirk. "Bring it on, Sweet Cake!"
"I draw!" He started his turn.
Codebreaker (2h): 1200 LP
"So answer me this, Gladia. Why do you have a Link Spell Card?" He asked.
"Jackal's the one who made it for me," she answered.
"Is that mean you're from Bowman or The Beast's side?" Rossy questioned.
"No. Jackal's no longer part of Bowman or….The Beast's side," Jackal admitted.
'No longer? Then that means that...' Rossy thought.
"Well, whatever the reason is, this duel has just got interesting!" Codebreaker exclaimed as he continued on with his turn.
"I activate my Set card! C# Bit Clone!" The set card flipped up, revealing to be a Trap Card that shows C# Download Knight being copied and a copy version of it appeared behind it in a row. "By targeting one C# monster I control, I can Special Summon a C# Token with exactly same stat!"
A blue C# Token appeared and it looked exactly like C# USBee.
C# Token-Level 2, LIGHT, Cyberse/Effect, 500 ATK, 500 DEF.
"Then, I activate my Trap Card: C# Bit Recovery in my Graveyard!" He continued.
"Wait, from your Graveyard?" Gladia gasped.
"That's right! It is the one you destroyed from your last turn!" He answered. "By banishing it from my Graveyard, I can Special Summon a C# Monster from my Graveyard! I bring back C# Stream Dragon!"
The graveyard portal opened, allowing the link dragon to come out.
"Two monsters and Link-2 Link Monster…. Hmf, Jackal knows what happens next," Jackal said.
"I input the code to the circuit of hope!" A Link Square portal appeared behind him. "Arrowheads confirmed! The summoning condition is four Effect Monsters! I set my C# Token, USBee, and Link 2 Stream Dragon in the Link Markers!"
The first two monsters turned into blue twisters while the latter split into two white twisters. Each twister sucked into the arrows, turning them red.
"Link Summon! Appear! Link 4! Cyber Magician Girl!" His ace monster appeared as she winked.
Gladia smirked more and said, "So there it is! Your ace monster! Cyber Magician Girl!"
"Cyber Magician Girl's effect! I can target one monster Special Summoned that you control and take control of it and place it next to her Link," Codebreaker explained. "I choose your Gladiator Beast Augustus!"
Cyber Magician Girl turned her wand into a whip. She tied the whip around Augustus, trapping him and dragging him to her side.
"CTRL Execute!" He exclaimed as Augustus pulled over to his side of the field. "Now that your strongest monster is under my control, I will declare it to attack and destroy your Gladiator Beast Essedarii!"
The controlled Augustus flew up in the air and then sky-dived on Gladia's Essedarii, destroying the armored gorilla warrior in half. It only did chip-damage to her Life Points.
Gladia (1h): 1300 – 100 = 1200 LP
"Cyber Magician Girl can attack twice this turn, but she isn't strong enough to destroy my Octavius!" Gladia stated.
"That's true, but that will change when I play my Quick-Play Spell: Cyber Heavenly Ascension!" He revealed the card in his hand, which showed Cyber Heart Magician Girl ascending to the sky as holy light shined over her from the sky, passing through the dark clouds and bringing light to a barren wasteland.
"This card allows my Cyber Magician Girl monster I control to not be destroyed by battle this turn and the damage I would take from a battle is dealt to my opponent instead!" He explained.
"Wait, what?" Gladia was surprised.
"Battle! Cyber Magician Girl, use your Digital Plasma Beam on Gladiator Beast Octavius!" His ace monster fired a laser beam from her wand. Octavius blocked the energy, but some sparks flung out from it, hitting and giving Gladia a burn effect.
"Ugh!" She gritted as she got to burn.
Gladia (1h): 1200 – 900 = 300 LP
"And thanks to that I control your monster next to her Link, she can attack again this turn! Go, Cyber Magician Girl, use your Finale Digital Plasma Beam!" He declared.
His ace monster charged up a much stronger laser beam and then fired it at her target.
Gladia smirked to this as she was consumed by the energy beam.
"Sweet! I win the duel!" Codebreaker cheered.
"But Master Yu, the duel is not over just yet! Look!" Rossy exclaimed.
When he did, she was right. Gladia was still standing or rather riding on her D-Board with her Life Points unaffected at all.
"What? What just happened?" He asked, surprised.
"I activated the last effect of my Link Spell, Gladiator Beast's Battleground!" She announced. "By shuffling a monster it points to to my Deck or Extra Deck, I take no battle damage from one battle!"
"No way!" He gasped.
"Yes, way!" She responded. "And not only that, but I also get to draw one card!"
"Well, it looks like this duel won't end soon, but I like how it's going and continuing on," he remarked. "I end my turn!"
Codebreaker (1h): 1200 LP
"Gladia's draw will determine the outcome of this Speed Duel. What Gladia would do to counter this?" Jackal said to his partner.
"Any advice, my beastly AI friend?" She asked.
"Jackal can only say that the next draw will decide the outcome. Jackal's instinct tells that there is one card that can allow Gladia to win this duel. Gladia must draw that card, but it's not that simple," Jackal answered.
"Thanks for the honest tip," Gladia said sarcastically. "Here I go. I'm putting my instinct to the test! I draw!"
She drew her card, creating an arc. She slowly looked at it and grinned.
"Yes! My instinct was spot on!" She shouted.
"Yes, Gladia! Unleash that inner power within you!" Jackal roared.
"I play the Spell Card: Link-Seal of the Gladiator Beast!" The said card showed Gladiator Beast Dragases standing in the middle of the Link Square while magical blue seal encircling it with Augustus, Darius, and Gaiodiaz standing away from Dragases as the trio created a triangle seal. "With this card, I can shuffle one Gladiator Beast monster on the field to my Deck, and then Special Summon two Gladiator Beast monsters with total Level equals to or less than the shuffled monster's Level."
"So you would be shuffling your Octavius then?" Codebreaker assumed.
"Nope," she replied as she then pointed to Augustus. "I'm shuffling Gladiator Beast Augustus to my Deck!"
Suddenly, the dark armored bird warrior disappeared with the gust of wind, surprising her opponent.
"Now I Special Summon Gladiator Beast Murmillo and Beastiri!" The first warrior summoned was a humanoid blue carp in blue armor and the second one was the humanoid bird in green armor. "Since I Special Summoned these two from my Deck, my Colosseum gets two more counters!"
Her monsters' ATK all increased again. She continued on and said, "Thanks to the effect of Link-Seal of the Gladiator Beast, I can use the summoned monsters for Link Summon! Now, open! The circuit of the warrior's heart!"
A Link Square portal appeared just above her as she began her summon chant.
"Arrowheads confirmed! The summoning condition is two Gladiator Beast monsters! I set my Gladiator Beast Murmillo and Beastiri in the Link Markers!" Her two said monsters turned into a watery blue twister and windy green twisters, shooting into the arrows and turning them red. "Link Summon! Appear! Link 2! Gladiator Beast Dragases!"
A red-armored bald eagle warrior with sword and shield appeared. It cried with a battle cry as its ATK increased by 600 points. It was summoned to the unoccupied Extra Monster Zone.
"Battle!" She decided. "First, my Dragases will attack your Cyber Magician Girl and use its effect! If a Gladiator Beast monster I control attacks, it cannot be destroyed by battle nor that my opponent can activate cards or effects until the end of the Damage Step!"
"Say what?" Codebreaker gasped.
"Go, Dragases! Destroy his magician with Pride Sky-Dive!" Her ace Link Monster sky-dived on Cyber Magician Girl, cutting her in half. She cried in pain before she exploded.
"Sorry Cyber Magician Girl!" Codebreaker apologized as he took the damage.
Codebreaker (1h): 1200 – 600 = 600 LP
"At this point, I activate C# Blocker's effect from my hand!" He revealed a monster card, which looked like a golem with single red eye and shiny body with blue and green lines all over its body, arms, and legs. "When my Link Monster is destroyed by battle, I can Special Summon this card at the end of the Damage Step!"
The giant golem appeared face-up in Defense Position on his side.
C# Blocker-Level 4, DARK, Cyberse/Effect, 0 ATK, 2100 DEF.
"Then, I attack your C# Blocker with Gladiator Beast Octavius!" Her second air-born warrior attacked the golem, but the golem blocked the attack.
"C# Blocker's effect! It cannot be destroyed by battle once!" He stated.
"I end my battle to activate Gladiator Beast Dragases' s monster effect! If it battled, I can return it to my Extra Deck and then Special Summon two Gladiator Beast monsters with different names from my Deck! I return Dragases, and then summon Gladiator Beast Augustus and Gladiator Beast Tygerius!"
The dark armored birdman warrior reappeared along with another humanoid warrior. This one looked like a white tiger wearing black armor with two huge round shoulder pads and gold wings attached to each pad. Both monsters cried out their battle cry as their ATK power boosted.
"Gladiator Beast Tygerius's effect!" She declared. "When it is Special Summoned by the effect of Gladiator Beast monster, I can discard one Gladiator Beast card to add 1 Gladiator Beast monster from my Deck to my hand."
She discarded her only one card and then added a new one to replace the card she discarded.
"I end my turn!" She completed. "If it wasn't for your C# Blocker, I would've won this duel, but that's fine. I control three monsters with higher ATK than your monster's ATK. I have this duel in the bag!"
She was right. She controlled three powerful monsters; Octavius with 3300 ATK, Augustus with 3400 ATK, and Tygerius with 2600 ATK.
"This is the most troubling situation we got into, Master Yu. Gladia controls three monsters with ATK higher than your monster and you control one without any cards in your hand," Rossy said.
"Meaning that if I don't draw the right card, then I will lose," Codebreaker said. "But there is one last trick we can use that we haven't used it!"
"Yes. I understand what you mean, Master Yu," Rossy noted.
"Then, let's do it!" he shouted as strangely the data winds were picking up.
"Hmm...The winds..." Gladia noticed the winds were getting stronger.
"Jackal sense it. There's a data storm ahead of us!" Jackal exclaimed.
They flew around the corner until a huge twister of data storm presented itself. Gladia, with her quick reaction, dodged away safely.
"Woah! That was close!" She gasped and she remembered something. "Wait for a second…. Did I check his Life Points right? Doesn't Codebreaker has less than 1000 Life Points now?!"
"Codebreaker's going to use Storm Access!" Jackal shouted.
Codebreaker flew straight into the data storm. The storm was powerful, but he kept steady on his D-Board as he reached out his palm.
"Skill Activate! Storm Access!" He exclaimed, gathering the data material into the palm of his hand. Inside the storm, a humanoid shadow with giant shape appeared inside the winds.
A few seconds later, Codebreaker returned and came out of the Data Storm.
"He must have got a new Link Monster in that storm!" Gladia claimed.
"Jackal senses that he will summon it this turn, but how would Codebreaker do it? Codebreaker only controls one monster," Jackal said.
"My turn! I draw!" Codebreaker drew his card. "Eureka! I summon the Spell Card: Monster Reborn! With this, I can Special Summon a monster from either player's Graveyard and I choose mine! Returning from the grave, Cyber Magician Girl!"
His ace monster returned to the field.
"Could this be?" Gladia thought aloud.
"Now, I input the code to the circuit of hope!" A Link Square appeared above him as he chanted. "The summoning condition is three or more non-Token monsters! I set my Cyber Magician Girl in the Link Markers!"
His ace monster split into four clones, turning into a twister and shooting into the arrows. The arrows turned red as light shined from the circuit.
"Link Summon! Appear! Link 4! Cyber Fighter Magician Girl!"
The new form of Cyber Magician Girl and her last form finally appeared. Her eyes were green, and her hair was blond and long that reached her chest. She wore brown armor with a black lining that covers her chest and part of her stomach and brown knee-high boots. On her head, a golden tiara shined with a pink heart on the center. She also wore brown gauntlets, black capes, and white skirt, which doesn't cover the front, but revealed her white sumo belt. Instead of wand or scepter, she wielded with a long battle ax and a round shield with a giant pink heart in the center.
Cyber Fighter Magician Girl-Link 4, EARTH, Spellcaster/Link/Effect, 2000 ATK, Top-Left, Bottom-Left, Bottom, Top-Right.
"So this is your new Cyber Magician Girl? She doesn't look like a magician, but more of a warrior," Gladia commented with a confident smirk. "Not bad. Not bad at all. Though, like all your other, this one has 2000 ATK."
"Not for long she is," Codebreaker said. "Battle! I declare Cyber Fighter Magician Girl to attack your Gladiator Beast Augustus!"
"What!? Didn't you get what I just said? Your monster is too weak to fight any of my Gladiator Beast monsters!" Gladia yelled.
"Silence, Gladia! That's not exactly what Codebreaker's doing!" Jackal scolded.
"Excuse me?" She asked.
"Cyber Fighter Magician Girl's effect activates!" He declared. "When she battles an opponent's monster with higher ATK than her, the difference between its ATK and her ATK is increased to her ATK points! Fighter's Soul!"
His new Cyber Magician Girl's body glowed in a red aura, increasing her ATK power to 3400.
"Even so, our monsters are now at the same ATK, meaning both monsters will just destroy each other!" Gladia argued.
"Not so, because when I used just Cyber Magician Girl monster to summon Cyber Fighter Magician Girl, she destroys the monster in a battle, and you take damage equal to that destroyed monster's ATK by half!" He revealed.
"What? But that means!" She gasped.
"Yup! Your Life Points go down to zero!" He stated. "Go, Cyber Fighter Magician Girl! Berserk Beat-Down Slash!"
Cyber Fighter Magician Girl and Augustus collided, but the formal monster over-powered Augustus. Then, Augustus' soul transferred into Cyber Fighter Magician Girl's aura, making her stronger and unleashed multiple slashes at her opponent.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!" Gladia screamed, falling off from her D-Board.
Gladia: 0 LP
Codebreaker WINS!
"Wop!" Codebreaker grabbed Gladia by her arm.
"Codebreaker!" She exclaimed.
He pulled her up, allowing her to get back on her D-Board as it appeared beneath her feet.
"That was a close one. Are you alright, Miss Gladia?" Rossy asked.
"What did you think of the duel, Gladia? To me, I think it was fun and I learned a lot about you," Codebreaker said as he smiled.
Gladia looked at him with both awed and confused expression, but changed to a smirk and said, "Well, it was fun while it lasted, but since you won, you keep the Legendary Code. However, next time we duel, it won't be easy. See ya later."
She logged-out immediately before even responding to her last word.
"You know. I still wonder why she had that Link Spell, Rossy," he said.
"Good question, Master Yu. There is something more about Gladia and Jackal that we don't know," Rossy stated. "However, for now, we should focus on heading to the edge of the world and I believe that we are close now."
She was right. Codebreaker had reached the edge of the world. They just got out of the valley and now they were flying above the yellow clouds and all they see was empty space, with the clouds below them.
"This is the edge of the world? It looks more like we're at the top of the sky, but I don't see anything," Codebreaker said.
Suddenly, the entire space or the world shook like an earthquake, making them wobble on the D-Board.
"Wooooh! What's going on?!" Codebreaker cried, surprised.
"I do not know, but my sense is detecting that…. Move out of the way, Master Yu!" Rossy yelled.
Codebreaker moved out of the way just as a strange giant statue appeared out of the clouds, rising up into the sky. Two giant stone statues of beasts appeared with a single platform that looked an arena in the center. The two stone statues were a lion on one side and tiger on the opposite side, with their paws on the center platform and their mouths opened.
"Master Yu, look down there on the platform!" Rossy pointed.
He looked down to see The Beast and Darkside standing on the platform, looking at them as they waited for him.
New Cards Cheat Sheet
Gladiator Beast Shuffle Draw-Type: Normal Trap, Effect: When Gladiator Beast monster is shuffled into your Deck during the end of either player's turn, draw number of card(s) equals to the shuffled monster's Level.
Gladiator Beast's Battleground-Type: Link Spell, Link Arrow: Top-Right, Top, Top-Left. Effect: If this card is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, all monsters it points to are also destroyed. When you Special Summon a Gladiator Beast Extra Deck monster next to this card's Link, place one Counter on another card on your side of the field. You can shuffle one face-up monster you control to your Deck or Extra Deck, then take no damage from one battle (this effect can be used multiple times) and then draw one card. You can only control one "Gladiator Beast's Battleground" face-up on the field.
Raging Soul of Gladiator Beast-Type: Equip Spell, Effect: Equip it only to Gladiator Beast monster. The equipped monster can attack even in face-up DEF position and when it does, use its DEF points for its ATK points. If the equipped monster is destroyed, destroy this card, too and add one Gladiator Beast card from your Deck to your hand.
C# Bit Clone-Type: Normal Trap, Effect: Target one C# monster on your side of the field, then Special Summon C# Token monster with the same stat as the target monster's stat.
Cyber Heavenly Ascension-Type: Quick-Play Spell, Effect: If Cyber Magician Girl monster you control battles an opponent's monster with higher ATK, then your monster is not destroyed by that battle and your opponent takes the battle damage you would've taken instead.
Link-Seal of the Gladiator Beast-Type: Normal Spell, Effect: Shuffle one Gladiator Beast monster from the field to your Deck, then Special Summon two Gladiator Beast monsters with total Level equals to or less than the shuffled monster's Level. Then, you can use the summoned monsters as a material to Special Summon a Link Monster (This summoning is treated as Link Summon).
C# Blocker-Level 4, DARK, Cyberse/Effect, 0 ATK, 2100 DEF. Effect: If a Link Monster you control is destroyed by battle, at the end of the Damage Step, you can Special Summon this card from your hand.
Cyber Fighter Magician Girl-Link 4, EARTH, Spellcaster/Link/Effect, 2000 ATK, Top-Left, Bottom-Left, Bottom, Top-Right. Effect: 3+ non-Token Monsters. When this card battles an opponent's monster with higher ATK, it gains half of that monster's ATK until the end of the Damage Step. If this card is Link Summoned using just "Cyber Magician Girl" monster, then destroy its attack target and inflict damage equals to the destroyed target's ATK halved to your opponent's Life Points.
Post-Chapter Show
"Hey, Y'all!" Kitty appeared, jumping in joy.
"Welcome back to another episode of Kitty and Mimi's Post Chapter Show," Mimi announced.
"So Mimi, what did you think of this chapter? The first duel between Codebreaker and Gladia!" Kitty exclaimed.
"It was interesting, but I'm still curious about her and the Ignis, Jackal," Mimi said.
"Good point! But let's discuss more about that later and move on to our today's Key Card!" Kitty decided as the monitor popped up and the show today's Key Card.
"This chapter's key card is Cyber Fighter Magician Girl," Mimi presented. "This is Cyber Magician Girl's final form with the EARTH for the Attribute."
"Awesome! So that means that..." Suddenly, confetti popped everywhere on the screen. "Codebreaker has caught them all!"
"Well, more like he got them all," Mimi corrected. "But yes, Codebreaker now has all the Cyber Magician Girl forms, each representing different Attribute element of the dueling world. Cyber Magician Girl, the original, Cyber Heart Magician the Light, Cyber Knight Magician Girl the Fire, and Cyber Valkyrie Magician Girl the Dark."
"Next, Cyber Dancer Magician Girl is the Wind, coming after that is Cyber Sprite Magician GIrl who is Water, and finally Cyber Fighter Magicial Girl represents Earth," Kitty finished.
"Including Cyber Magician Girl of Chaos, that makes up a total of 8 different forms for Cyber Magician Gir!" Mimi announced, with a bit of surprise in her tone.
"Me-Wow! That's a lot of form!" Kitty gasped. "That's more than how much tuna sandwich I eat daily!"
"You can't even finish the first half of the sandwich," Mimi stated, making the invisible audience laugh.
"Well, that's all for today," Kitty said.
"Please check out the preview for the next chapter, but until next time..." Mimi said.
"See ya later, alli..."
"HOLD IT!" Mimi yelled, interrupting Kitty.
"What's wrong, Mimi?" Kitty asked.
"I almost forgot to mention that we have one important announcement to make from the author and our boss," Mimi said.
"Really? What is it then?" Kitty asked, with curious, big eyes that most cats make.
"I have the note here," Mimi said as she took it out and began reading it.
"Hello, guys! For all of you living in New Jersey, USA, please be safe indoor during the winter storm over this weekends. Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS Codes of Secrets will take a temporarily break due to a new story is in the work. I am going back to work on something that I've been neglacting and it will be starting both old and new. It's a story I am taking over for someone. Please look forward to it."
"...Is that all?" Kitty asked.
"Pretty much," Mimi answered.
"Well, whatever that means, I guess we will be taking a break for awhile, which is a good timing because I know a cool avatar design shop I found in LINK VRAINS!" Kitty exclaimed.
"Oh joy..." Mimi mumbled.
"Well, until next time folks..."
"See you later, alligators!"
Preview for Chapter 56
Truth or lie. Fact or fiction. Codebreaker faces The Beast in their rematch duel, but what she says surprises our hero and his Ignis partner!
Codebreaker: What?! My dad never do such thing!
The Beast: LIE! That's the kind of man he is and for that, you will be punished for his sin!
Rossy: Illogical! Your argument is full of lies, but...even for me, I cannot prove if it isn't or if it is.
Codebreaker: Rossy, you don't just have to prove it, but you also have to believe in it. You and I know that my dad never did anything wrong and what The Beast is full of...!
Next time in Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS Codes of Secrets, Enter the Beast's Den!
Codebreaker: Into the VRAINS!