Turn 26: Ruins of the Infernal

'''Yu-Gi-Oh! Infinity Hunter''' ARC 2 “Infinite Search.”

Turn 26 “Ruins of the Infernals.”

”A boat?!”

Blake and Gillian were standing on the deck of the huge freighter on which they were. After having been gassed by Mr. O`Hare`s systems, they and Leon who was left on the boat as well, found out by going out that they were on a boat.

“Yes a boat.”

Leon already walked back inside. Gillian looked after him as she noticed Blake did not proceed to follow Leon.

“Shouldn’t we follow him?”

“Why? He was in league with your father after all.” Blake renounced Gillian`s argument. “Besides we do not even know how he got into this mess.”

“I suppose so, however as he acted before, it seems he is suffering from the same symptoms as Jason, Jennifer and Dyllan were suffering off.” Gillian defended Leon. “Besides he might have some clues on why and where your cards are taken too. Maybe his memories will come back.”

“I suppose you are right.” Blake considered his options for a minute and then made a decision. “Alright then. Let`s follow him.”

At that moment Leon came back outside with a shocked expression on his face, running almost directly to the border of the ship. He looked down and then tried to see to the other side.

“What is wrong, Leon?” Gillian tried to communicate with the boy.

“There are no life boats……..” Leon realized and he rushed over to the other border of the ship, Blake and Gillian following him. “And here are none as well. Great…..”

“That sounds sarcastic enough to start worrying,” Blake makes up from Leon`s reaction. “What is it?”

“There are no life boats and from what I have seen in the control room, there is no-one on this boat.” Leon rushed his breath, while supporting himself on the border. “Which means…..”

“Which means……” Blake started to realize.

“Which means what?” Gillian asked them and Blake turned to her. “Which means what, Blake?”

“This ship is a ghost ship now….” Blake announced with a suppressed smile. “And we are the only ones on board, alive.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">---

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">In the forests where the dojo where Troy and the Professor live and have their laboratory, a lone man was standing in front of the entrance. The man was wearing a brown dirty cloak and was wearing a golden medallion around his neck with a black-golden core in it. As he raised his head, the hood fell off revealing it to be Rau, the duelist belonging to the new generation of Gakyru`s group.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I am here.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I know.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Troy came out of the dojo, wearing his training gear, equipping himself with a duel disk. He was wearing beige training gear and he had his deck taken out of his belt, having inserted it already into his duel disk.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You know why I am here?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Obviously you are here either for the professor or for me,” Troy concluded and Rau smirked. “Judging from your smirk, I am right. And from you wearing a duel disk I can conclude you are not here for social talk.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“My master wants you beaten, so I am here.” Rau showed Troy his dark red and black duel disk, which was rather basic except for the colors. “You’ll never live through the assault of my relentless deck. You are one of the few adversaries that actually managed to beat Blake Connolly. Your potential reaches high and so you have become an enemy of the remnant members of the Aurora Remnant.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“What the heck are you talking about? Yes, I have beaten Blake, but before you can even land a hit on me or the professor, you’ll need to get through my Power Machine deck.” Troy shuffled his deck and after that his deck was auto-shuffled again by his duel disk. “And so will you fall against me.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“We’ll see about that, Troy. There is no way either one of us gets out of here alive unless the other is beaten. This game is mine.” Through his calm tone, Rau sounded confident. He activated his duel disk and saw how one of the camera’s on the outside of the dojo turned to them. ‘ ''Good professor, watch our duel. You will be next.''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“No, this game is mine.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Duel!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Troy – 4000 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Rau – 4000

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Draw!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Troy was quite confident in his abilities, definitely seeing what he had drawn. He had no idea what kind of deck his opponent was wielding, but he did know this duel would be his anyway. He shifted a card from his deck.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Summon  Ancient Gear Cannon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> (500/500).” The rusted cannon appeared on his side of the field. Troy shifted another card from his hand and smirked. “Next I cast the spell  Machine Duplication<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">, allowing me to summon forth two more  Ancient Gear Cannon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">.” Two more rusted cannons appeared on his side of the field.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“The usual in a Machine Power deck.” Rau shakes his head and looks to Troy. “I have seen you duel against Blake Connolly before.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Then you know what is coming.” Troy placed a new card in his duel disk and it flipped up on the field. “Activate  Double Summon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">. Now I can normal summon again. Come forth  Cannon Soldier<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> (1400/1300).” His soldier wearing the cannon on top appeared on his side of the field.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“And now you are going to utilize his effect.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Correct, which means you are going to lose a lot of lifepoints. Tribute  Ancient Gear Cannon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> number one!” The first rusted cannon disappeared with a bang blowing up in Rau`s face. “Since both my Cannon and  Cannon Soldier<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> deal damage when tributed or use others for tribute, I hit you for a full 1000 lifepoints damage.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Rau – 4000 -> 3000

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Next  Ancient Gear Cannon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> number two. Cannon Soldier<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> fire at will!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Rau – 3000 -> 2000

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Three times the charm. Cannon Soldier<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> fire away!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Rau – 2000 -> 1000

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now then. I place two cards face down and end my turn.” Troy lowered his duel disk while two brown backed cards appeared on his side of the field. “Go ahead, whoever you are.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“My name is Rau and yes I will take my turn indeed. Draw card.” Rau eyed the card he had drawn. Taking two cards from his hand, he inserts both of them into his duel disk. “Activate two continuous spell cards, Infernal Artifact – Cursed Medallion and Infernal Artifact – Opal Orb.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Purple and black mist took over the field as an blackened medallion was placed around Rau`s neck.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“How is that possible?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Well, I am a psychic duelist after all.” Rau continued by taking a third card from his hand. “I summon this monster in face down defense mode and I end my turn.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Well, that was quick. First I play this card,  Foolish Burial<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">. With this card I bury one monster from my deck into my graveyard.” He dropped a monster in his graveyard from his deck. “I now activate  Future Fusion<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">. By sending these three monsters from my deck to the graveyard, I can summon forth a mighty Machine Fusion monster during the second standby phase after this card`s activation.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“ Cyber End Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">…..”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Excuse me?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I know which card you are going to summon.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Then be prepared to go down. Now I tribute summon my  Machine King<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> (2200/2000) by tributing my  Cannon Soldier<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">.” The robotic king appeared on his side of the field. “This card gains 100 attack points for every machine on the field (ATK: 2200 -> 2300).”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I activate the effect of my Opal Orb spell card,” Rau kicked in and the orb he was balancing on his foot glowed. “I gain 300 lifepoints for every monster on the field.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Rau – 1000 -> 1600

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“It does not matter how many lifepoints you have, you are going down regardless. Machine King<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">, destroy his face down monster! Mechanic Crusher Fist!” The  Machine King<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> launched its rocket arms and hit the face down monster. It flipped up, revealing it to be a fiendish monster with a skull like face. (500/500)

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“That thing is to weak!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Really?” Rau asked and he smirked. “Look again.” As Troy looked his mouth fell open at what he saw. The attack points of Infernal Miner were dropping to 0. But when the counter hit zero, it went on below zero.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Negative defense power?!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yes,” Rau was rather serious as he pointed to his fiend. “You see, Infernal Artifact – Cursed Medallion allows me to drop the attack power of my Infernal monsters by 1000, and due to the Infernal`s unique ability to drop their power below zero, you get dealt damage.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Troy – 4000 -> 3500

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Blasted.” Troy thought and decided to lower his duel disk. “I end my turn.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“It is my turn then again and that means Opal Orb grants me 300 lifepoints per monster on the field.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Rau – 1600 -> 2200

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now due to it being my standby phase, Infernal Miner returns to my side of the field, but with 0 attack points.” Rau saw how his monster returned to the field. However at that moment a face down card of Troy flipped up.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“ Triggered Summon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">….” Troy exhaled as he looked to Rau. “Since a monster has been Special Summoned to your side of the field, we can now both summon a level four or below monster from our hands. Come out  Proto-Cyber Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> (1100/600).” The blackened version of  Cyber Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> appeared on his side of the field.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I summon forth Infernal Gigas (900/1100)!” Rau counters. A new fiend appeared on his field with a skull on top of his ruined face. It had huge arms. “Now this card like Infernal Miner can drop his power below zero as well. However what fun would that be? Activate spell card,  Pot of Greed<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">, drawing 2 cards.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I hope you have also some high powered monsters packed in that deck of yours. Otherwise this ain’t gonna be fun.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I declare this card to be a spell card.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">‘ ''He has drawn an Omnicard? Last time I saw someone draw an Omnicard that was Blake actually. I wonder what it is.''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ Troy was bothered by the fact that Rau was holding an Omnicard of what identity it was he did not know. ‘ I wonder what his deck revolves around.<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I end my turn with a face down.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“What? No counters, no offense?” Troy joked, but he saw the rather serious face of Rau. “Even no attack?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“As a new turn begins Opal Orb activates allowing me to gain 300 lifepoints per monster on the field and as there are three monsters on the field that means 900.” Rau concluded as his lifepoint counter goes up.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Rau – 2200 -> 3100

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“He’ll just need one more turn and he is back where he began. I cannot let that happen.” He looks at his  Future Fusion<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> spell card activating. “ Future Fusion<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> resolves which means I summon forth the mighty  Cyber End Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> (4000/2800).” The legendary three headed  Metal Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> appeared at his side of the field.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“There is your magnificent beast.” Rau noted and smirked. “Good job on that.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Before I go any further, I shall save my  Last Resort<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> strategy for later with  Different Dimension Capsule<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">, which allows me to pick a certain card from my deck and remove it from play until my second standby phase starting from next turn.” The golden blue capsule appeared and a virtual card was placed inside.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">‘ He has another Last Resort strategy?<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ Rau thought he had Troy figured out. ‘ Of course, everybody has a Last Resort strategy.<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Next I activate the spell card Cyber  Shift<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">, which forces me to pay half my lifepoints, but now I can tribute my monsters on the field and summon Cyber monsters in place for them.”  Machine King<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> and  Proto-Cyber Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> disappeared in a flash of light.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Troy – 3500 -> 1750

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Come forth  Cyber Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> (2100/1500) and Cyber Lancer (1000/1500)!” Next to the metallic dragon a smaller metallic knight appeared holding a lance. “Cyber Lancer is a tuner monster. So now I tune in my Cyber Lancer with my  Cyber Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">! From the civilization the technology develops, creating a bridge between the moon and the sun! Rise from the Moon! Synchro Summon! Rise, Cyber Lunar Dragon!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">The new more advanced version of  Cyber Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> appeared on the field carrying the moon crest, which was glowing.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now  Cyber End Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">, Super Strident Blast that Infernal Miner!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You know what that means. Cursed Medallion`s effect activates, lowering the attack power by 1000 (ATK: 500 ->  -500<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">). And that means, you lose 500 lifepoints.” As the fiend was destroyed, Rau saw how Troy`s lifepoints dropped by 500.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Troy – 1750 -> 1250

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now Cyber Lunar Dragon, destroy his Infernal Gigas!” Troy ordered as the dragon shot forward and destroyed the gigas. However once again the Cursed Medallion activated and Troy`s lifepoints dropped by 100.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Troy – 1250 -> 1150

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">‘ Good.<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ Troy was a little relieved. “I end my turn now with this card face down.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“It is my turn then again.” Rau sounded calm even though he was hard pressed on winning this duel. “I activate the spell card Double Summon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">, which allows me to summon forth my Infernal Crystal – Sanguine (1000/1000).” A crystal, blood red sipping with green liquid appeared on his side of the field.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Another weak monster, but if I choose to attack it, it will simply use the effect of Cursed Medallion. However it won’t reduce below 0, because it does not have below 1000 attack points.” Troy smirked. “I’ll survive without losing lifepoints.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Unfortunately that is not what I am aiming for.” Rau flipped out the card he had declared spell card from an Omnicard. “Activate spell card Omni Fusion. This Omnicard now functioning as a spell card allows me to fuse any monster, spell or trap card on the field to create something new.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You fuse spell and trap cards with monster cards?” Troy never considered the possibility. “That means….”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I fuse my Infernal Miner, Infernal Gigas and Infernal Crystal – Sanguine along with my two Infernal Artifact spell cards!” The three monsters along with the two spell cards disappeared into the fusion vortex. “Come forward, Infernal Crystal Titan – Hared (2900/2000).” From the fusion vortex a humongous fiend appeared.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“So a new Fusion monster has appeared, big deal.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Big deal indeed, as this fusion monster harbors a very special ability. When it is on the field the attack power of all my opponent`s monsters is multiplied by minus one!” The colors of Troy`s cards became inverted. Rau laughed. “You will have to deal with the effects of minus battling now. As for Hared`s second effect, you gain 500 lifepoints per monster on the field when it is summoned.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Troy – 1150 -> 2650

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I thought I was already doing that?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“That, my friend, was just the beginning. Your Cyber Lunar Dragon now has minus 2400 attack points. If you do not increase its attack power to above zero during this turn at the end you lose half of its power. As it is my turn, it is impossible for you!” Rau laughed and watched Troy suffer. “Now I equip my Infernal Crystal Titan – Hared with Shadow Rod and I end my turn which means…..”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I lose 1200 lifepoints.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Correct.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Rau – 3100 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Troy – 2650 -> 1450

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">---

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Mr. Connolly, how pleasant of you to join us.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Paul opened his eyes as he moved and sat up against a wall. As he looked around him he saw man surrounding him and Rebecca. The middle man was easily seen by him, an old friend of him, an old researcher used to work with him. Gaspar Yrudonko, one of the few people that actually knew about the Island of Eon.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Gaspar? What is this supposed to mean?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You know why you are here. We both have been researching the same thing, the Island of Eon, but we have different goals with the island.” Gaspar revealed to Paul. Gaspar`s long white hair waved around him as he strode through the room. “You wish to preserve its artifacts and rites to keep them for the world`s well being, choosing not to use any of the information you gather there for your own personal use.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Of course not,” Rebecca called and Gaspar did not even bother to look at her. “That is unethical. Those thousands years of knowledge and artifacts hidden there are preserved for us to examine, to get to know more about the ancient civilization that once lived there.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Shut up you fool. You have no idea what kind of real power there lies within the Island of Eon.” Gaspar shut Rebecca up and he smirks sitting on a wooden chair. “I want to know what you know. I want to see what you have gotten sofar.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Well you kidnapped us,” Paul joked. “Can’t you just get into my lab and get all the information yourself?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I know you want me to do that. But I know you better than that, Paul.” Gaspar pulled him up against the wall. “You have the info always with you. That is the advantage of having worked with you for years. I know you have it with you.” He nodded to the men on the sides who came down to them and searched Paul, finding nothing.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Well, isn’t that a surprise? You overestimated your knowledge of mine.” Paul grinned and kicked Gaspar in the guts. Gaspar double bended as Paul quickly dove for Rebecca. Paul saw one door at the other side and decided to make a run for it. As he heard clicks, he froze in his tracks. Turning around, he noticed he was targeted by the men holding guns. Rebecca had frozen instantly when she heard the sound.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You have it with you.” Gaspar announced and he knocked on Paul`s head. “You have it in your head, but I am pretty sure you have it somewhere written or typed as well.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Then good luck finding it,” Paul challenged Gaspar. “You will not find it.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Don’t you understand already?” Gaspar pulled open a drawer from a closet at the other end of the chamber they were in and pulled out a box. It was a wooden box and on top of it was the symbol of the Darkness Attribute. “You must have noticed the Chamber of Power at the Temple of Eon.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“There were six boxes there,” Rebecca recalled her previous conversation with Paul. “And one was gone. The deck box of the Darkness Attribute.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Correct,” Paul affirmed. “But it seems we have found it now. Turn it over Gaspar, you don’t know what powers that deck holds.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Oh I am pretty sure I know what powers that deck holds. A better question though is do you know what powers it holds?” Gaspar pulled a remote from his pocket. “You see shortly after you received the photographs of the island of the Chamber of Power, something happened. Unexplainable the five other boxes disappeared. The five decks hidden inside these boxes are gone. I plan on finding them.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Good luck with that.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“And you are going to help me find them.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">-

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">It was quite at the dueling lanes around the city as Duel Runners and cars alike were riding around. A few people on their Duel Runners were shouting at each other for reckless driving, a few were taken with police officers and enforcers to the nearest stations to be fined or questioned.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">One duel runner was astonishing blue. It was Lucas, a former student of Lance who tried getting his Riding Duel License along with Grace. As he carefully rounded a corner, he watched the monitor of his duel runner. Despising the fact that he is not allowed to legally duel someone in a Turbo Duel, he decided to partake in turbo duels at night, illegal ones, ones that could get you in jail if you were busted by the police and security.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I want a chance on getting my license!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">At that very same moment a very bright light erupted at the right side of Lucas. A long duel runner shot out of the. It was a black silver duel runner, with lightning symbols on the sides. It had a big wheel at the back and a small at the front. The both wheels were connected by a long nose, which ended in a quite comfortable seat for the duelist. It was Phantom Rider.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I have no use for you now,” Phantom Rider quickly spoke and he sped off. “You will get your dueling license soon, I think.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I have no idea where they can be.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Ken, Lance, Dyllan, Jason, Yuni and Jennifer were sitting and hanging around a bench. As they were talking with each other not many people were around them. The park around them was rather empty.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“We have searched a lot of ground by now. Laurence reported just yet that the security and police have kept an eye out for Blake and Gillian, but they did not either find them either,” Lance explained and he looked at his watch. “It is getting late now, we should go home.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Good idea.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">As they left for the Duel Runners which were stationed outside the park, they found themselves being followed by a man, appearing from behind the bushes and trees. As they sped up to get to their duel runners fast.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Do you want to find out where your friends are?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">They stopped dead in their tracks as they heard the voice in a calm and serious tone ask them the question. The only source it could come from, was the man following them. The man wore casual clothes and a standard duel disk at his right arm.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“And who may you be?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“For the time being, you can call me C,” the man told them as they approached him. “And I can help you find your friends a lot sooner than those police and security units can.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">-

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Where are you taking us?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Rebecca tried to struggle against the man taking them with them as they were taken further into the facility where they were. Paul placed a hand on her arm and shook his head. Rebecca shook her head as well.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“This is kidnapping, Paul.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I know, but don’t talk to loud. Don’t give them an edge over you.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You know, I can hear you folks.” Gaspar was in front of the group, leading them down. “Before you ask, we are not going back the way you came in. I want to show you something, something that might change your view on certain things.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Don’t count on miracles to happen.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Well actually,” Gaspar laughed and he stopped in front of a wooden door. “I think I am going to witness a miracle when we come down where I want to go now. When we get there, you will be more than willing to hand over this information just to get to know more about the decks of the remaining attributes.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“So you know why there are only six attributes?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yes,” Gaspar answered and turned to Rebecca, who asked the question. “I know why there are only six attributes, and the Divine attribute is not present.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Paul,” Rebecca turned to Paul, looking terrified but interested. “Maybe we should hear him out.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Believe me, Rebecca. You don’t want to give in to him.” Paul warned her, but he looked at Gaspar with a frowned face. “You know why there are only six attribute decks? You know the mystery of the Power Chamber?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yes, or at least I think I know the mystery of the Chamber of Powers. It will all become clear to us when you follow me.” Gaspar opens the door and walks through. “Now will you follow me?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">-

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Rau – 3100 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Troy – 1450

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I am running on empty here,” Troy evaluated his situation. “He has a monster that turns my monster`s attack power into a negative stat and at the end of my turn I will simply lose another 1200 lifepoints. I need to do something.” He picks up a new card.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Well look at that. A card I could use. Activate trap card,  Call Of The Haunted<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">. I return my Cyber-Dragon to my field.” Troy`s mechanical dragon reappeared from the graveyard, letting out a mechanical howl. ‘ I wonder though what would happen if I attack that Hared with my Cyber End Dragon having minus 4000 attack points.<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“In case you are wondering what happens when your  Cyber End Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> attacks Infernal Crystal Titan – Hared, you are lucky. The attack is treated with normal attack stats, which means  Cyber End Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> retains his 4000 attack points.” Rau smirked. “However, when Hared destroys a monster while equipped with Shadow Rod, the battle damage is doubled.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“In battle  Cyber End Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> is stronger than Hared,” Troy looks at his hand. “Good. Now I activate the spell card Cyber  Shift<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">. This card allows me to tribute all my monster on the field and summon forth monster with equal or less level. Begone  Cyber End Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">and Cyber Lunar Dragon. I summon forward another Cyber-Dragon (2100/1600) and Cyber Splitter (?/?).” Another copy of the mechanical dragon appeared.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“So you used  Proto-Cyber Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">`s to fuse for  Cyber End Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Correct.” Troy pointed to the other machine appearing on his field. It had sharp razors. “Now Cyber Splitter has been in my hand for the last few turns and absorbed damage. The total damage is now his attack and defense power!” (?/? -> 1700/1700)

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“It is a Tuner so I suppose you have a Synchro monster in mind?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Oh yes,” Troy raised his hand into the sky. “I tune in my Cyber Splitter with my  Cyber Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">! From civilization the guardian of the sun calls upon his apostle! Risen from the new era the guardian ascends into the deep core of the world! Synchro Summon! Rise Cyber Solar Dragon!” A new much more advanced dragon appeared, having a golden orange tint at his mechanical body. “However that is not what I intend to do.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You mean you deem your new monster to be useless?” Rau found it interesting and comical at the same time.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Actually I don’t deem it useless. You see I cannot use it now, but next turn I will send it to the graveyard to summon forth my Cyber Lunar Dragon.” Troy continued and he inserted a new card into his duel disk. “I set this card and end my turn.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“This means you lose 1250 lifepoints due to Hared!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I know.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Troy – 1450 -> 200

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">‘ ''Why mention his strategy? Does he expect me to anticipate on it?''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ Rau questioned Troy`s motive. ‘ ''Never mind. At the end of this turn, his lifepoints are diminished to 0 and I will win this duel.''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Go ahead with your turn, or are you scared?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“No!” Rau pointed to the Shadow Rod Hared was holding. “Now I initialize my Shadow Rod`s second ability. Once per turn I can select and add 1 “Shadow” equip spell card from my deck to my hand. I add my Shadow Puzzle to my hand.” A card flipped out of his deck and was added to his deck.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Shadow Rod, Shadow Puzzle. Interesting cards you have.” Troy acknowledged. Rau nodded and placed the card in his duel disk.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Thank you. Now Infernal Gigas returns to the field, increasing its power by 500 (ATK: 900 -> 1400) .” The fiendish hairy monster returns to the field, raising its black fists. “Now I equip my Hared with Shadow Puzzle, increasing its power by 500 (ATK: 2900 -> 3400). Now Hared, attack his Cyber Solar Dragon! Negative Shadow Array!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“What?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Due to my Shadow Rod`s effect I can double the battle damage done to you!” Rau smirked as the attack connected and destroyed Troy. “You are done for!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Troy – 200 -> 0

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Not exactly.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“What?!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Activate trap card, Emergency Mode. The card I placed face down on the field last time meant to be a  Last Resort<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> in case you would defeat me. Now I can send my Cyber Solar Dragon back to my Extra Deck to summon forth Cyber Divine Solar Dragon (3000/2700), a monster only capable of being summoned through the Mode Summoning technique. Furthermore Cyber Divine Solar Dragon is a Spirit Guardian type monster, a special kind of monster that can only be Mode Summoned when my lifepoints hit by destruction of Cyber Solar Dragon. As long as Cyber Divine Solar Dragon is on the field, I cannot lose.” Troy smirked as his dragon was replaced by a new dragon looking similar but with long silver tentacles and golden gems.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I activate spell card Infernal Artifact – Demon  Shift<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">. This card will come into play next turn, but for now I set this card and end my turn.” Rau lowered his duel disk and looked at Troy. ‘ Due to his Cyber Divine Solar Dragon my Hared`s effect is of no use, I have to destroy that Spirit Guardian monster next turn.<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“My turn then.” Troy looked at the drawn card. ‘ ''I am lucky I added the Spirit Guardian form of Cyber Solar Dragon to my deck, I am not all too familiar with Mode Summoning. I have to figure something else out as well. I still hold a second Cyber Dragon on my field. If I successfully summon that monster by tributing Cyber Dragon I may be able to turn around the duel.''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Make your next move, or don’t you have any?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Don’t worry I will.” Troy flipped a card on his duel disk, taking off the second  Cyber Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">. A new mechanical dragon appears on his field. “I tribute my  Cyber Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> to summon forth  Blowback Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> (2300/1200).”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Aha,  Blowback Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">, a card I am familiar with. It requires you three coin tosses. So you have a small chance of defeating me like that.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“And I will still try.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">‘ You can try, but you won’t succeed.<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I flip three coins and if at least two of them are successfully heads, I can destroy 1 card on your field.” The first coin was flipped and it landed on heads. The second coin was flipped and it landed on tails. “Oh, that`s bad.” And the third coin was flipped and landed on heads! “ Blowback Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">, activate ability! Blowback Cannon!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">The cannon targeted Infernal Crystal Titan – Hared. The shot connected however when the smoke disappeared, only the puzzle disappeared and not Hared itself.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“What?!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Shadow Puzzle`s effect, when the equipped monster is attempted to be destroyed, the puzzle is destroyed instead. This means Hared is still in the game.” Rau smirked and eyed the dojo behind Troy. ‘ It won’t be long before I will be able to enter the dojo.<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Activate spell card Double Converter.” Troy flipped a card in his duel disk. “All Battle Damage is doubled when I attack. Cyber Divine Solar Dragon attack his Hared. Solar Strident Blaze!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Rau – 3100 -> 2900

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now I gain 1000 lifepoints! Blowback Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> attack him directly!” Troy ordered thriumphantically. “This duel is over!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Troy – 0 -> 1000

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I am afraid not.” Rau cut Troy`s party short. “Infernal Artifact – Demon  Shift<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> activates. When an Infernal monster is destroyed, I can summon one from my hand. And due to Demon  Shift<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> it can be Level-6 or lower. Come forward Infernal Squeelak (500/500).”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Sounds like a really painful way to die.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“It does. It increases its attack power by half the attack power of the monster that attacks (ATK: 500 -> 1650).” Rau smirked as the snail-like fiend picked and absorbed the attack of the mechanical dragon.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Rau – 2900 -> 1800

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I am so damn lucky that the attack scores revert back to their normal values in the Battle Phase.” Troy sighed and he looked at Rau. “I end my turn with a face down card.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“It is my turn then.” Rau flipped a card from his deck. “I activate Card Split. I select two cards in my deck. If you guess their types correctly you gain 1000 lifepoints and I add them to my hand. If you guess them incorrectly, I gain 1000 lifepoints and add those cards to my hand.” He picked two cards from his deck.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Monster and spell,” Troy was quite confident to say it that quick.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You are confident, that is admirable.” Rau turned around the cards. They were both monster cards. “Unfortunately you were incorrect and I gain 1000 lifepoints plus the two monster cards I selected.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Rau – 1800 -> 2800

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">‘ And he is back on top concerning lifepoints.<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ Troy looks concerned, even a sweat coming down from below his hair. ‘ I will not fail, I cannot fail.<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You will fail eventually. Activate spell card  Pot of Greed<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">. I draw two new cards.” One of the newly drawn cards was a card Rau directly activated. “Activate spell card  A Feather of the Phoenix<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">. Now by discarding a card from my hand I return 1 card from my graveyard to the top of my deck.” He picked the  Pot of Greed<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> spell card from his graveyard and added it to the top of his deck.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">‘ Now why would he do that?<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Next monster card activates from the graveyard. Reign-Beaux, Overlord of Dark World<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> (2500/1800) appear!” Rau placed the card back on his duel disk and the humongous monster appears on his side of the field. “Now when summoned this way I can either destroy all monsters on your side of the field or all spell and trap cards on your side of the field. I choose all monsters!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“That means….”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Goodbye Cyber Divine Solar Dragon. No protection from a Spirit Guardian anymore. Reign-Beaux is pretty handy to have in your deck.” Rau then pointed at Troy. “Now Reign-Beaux attack him directly!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I don’t think so.” Troy flipped a very familiar and famous card up. “ Negate Attack<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">! This negates the attack and ends the Battle Phase.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Good move, I have to say. However I tribute my Infernal Squeelak to summon forth my Infernal Wave Bender.” Rau`s snail-like monster disappeared in a flash and a dark clothed feminine fiend. “Infernal Wave Bender can lower the ATK of one of your monsters by 500 every turn, even below zero, even if your monster originally can’t do that. I end my turn with a face down card.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“My turn then.” No longer having his Cyber Divine Solar Dragon or  Blowback Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> on the field, he had to think of something new. “Aha, I activate this card  Back to Square One<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">. By discarding one card from my hand, I can return 1 monster on your field to the top of your deck. Begon Reign-Beaux!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You got me….”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Not just that, now I activate the spell card  Monster Reborn<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">, bringing back my  Cyber Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">. Now for the fun part, the card I have gained through my  Different Dimension Capsule<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">, is a handy card called  Overload Fusion<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">. I remove ten of my machines in my graveyard and my  Cyber Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> from the field to fusion summon  Chimeratech Overdragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> (?/?).”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“So you have decided to bring out the big guns.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yes, now  Chimeratech Overdragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> gains 800 attack and defense points per monster used for Fusion Summoning it. (?/? -> 8800/8800). Now  Chimeratech Overdragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">! Evolution Resetter Blast!” Troy commanded, hoping for no counter from Rau.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I am afraid not,” Rau`s face down card flipped up. “Activate trap card, Infernal Mirror. Now by removing Infernal Crystal Titan – Hared from my graveyard from play, I end the battle phase.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Then next turn I will reset you in evolution. My  Chimeratech Overdragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> is my most powerful beast next to the Cyber Solar and Cyber Lunar cards.” Troy looks at his hand with doubt. ‘ ''No, he can’t come back from this. Chimeratech is invincible now, I will end it next turn.''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Then allow me to proof you otherwise.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Try me.” Troy lowered his duel disk. “I end my turn.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">‘ ''He must be pretty sure of himself not to use any back up behind that oversized machine. I will break him this turn.''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ Rau draws the next card from his deck and widens his eyes. ‘ ''Reign-Beaux again. Now this is what I am talking about.''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I know you have drawn your Reign-Beaux.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Good for you.” Rau inserted a card in his duel disk. “Then you won’t mind me activating this spell card,  Card of Sanctity<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">. Now we are allowed to draw until we hold six cards. And one of these cards is my  Pot of Greed<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> card, which I activate as well. I draw another two cards.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Draw engine…” Troy still looked at his huge machine.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yes, activate Wave Bender`s special effect. I lower your Chimeratech dragon`s attack power by 500 points (ATK: 8800 -> 8300). Second effect of Wave Bender is to tribute it and decrease my lifepoints by any amount to decrease your Chimeratech dragon`s attack power by the same amount. I lower my lifepoints by 2700 (ATK: 8300 -> 5600).”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Rau – 2800 -> 100

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“It is still not enough.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Incorrect.” Rau smirks and places a new monster on the duel disk. “Infernal Guaqas (0/0) appear!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“And what does that worm do?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“This ‘worm’ gains attack and defense power equal to the amount of lifepoints paid this turn.” Rau smirked and the power of Guaqas rose (ATK/DEF: 0/0 -> 2700/2700).”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“All that for a still weak monster?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Actually yes.” Rau pointed to  Chimeratech Overdragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">. “Infernal Guaqas, attack his  Chimeratech Overdragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Fool, you lose this duel no matter how no matter what!” Troy commanded and the  Chimeratech Overdragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> fired back. “Evolution Resetter Blast!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“No…..”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Troy – 1000 -> 0 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Rau – 100

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“…. you are the fool.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“What?!” Troy double bended as he felt the impact of the final attack on him. “How is that possible? This should not be possible.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“It is possible, due to my Infernal Guaqas second ability. When attacking or attacked by a monster with more than 2000 attack points then itself, it can  Multiply<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> its strength by minus one, which goes back to my Infernal trap strategy. When a monster with minus attack power is attacked, you lose lifepoints equal to the attack power.” Rau turned around and walked to the entrance of the dojo. “I told you, you can’t stop me.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“No….”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Troy passes out and Rau enters the dojo, laughing loudly.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“There is no-one here either.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Gillian meets up with Blake and Leon, having scouted a floor herself. Blake was a little dirty and Gillian could not help but sweep off some of the dirt. Blake smiled and Gillian had to smile as well.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“There really is no-one on this ship.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">As they strolled through the halls of the ship, Gillian sharpened her ears if she could hear anything. There was no sound, nothing at all, until suddenly a big bang was heard and they all jumped, Gillian hitting her head.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Oww.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“What was that?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Leon and Blake looked out of a window but did not see anything suspicious.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Well whatever it is,” Blake sighed. “It seems we are no longer alone.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">‘ Wherever I am, how did I get here?<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ Kaito was still strolling through the barren landscape. It looked to him like he was in a desert, with some hills. As he looked on, he could swear he heard someone moving. ‘ ''But I am not alone here either. Is this an illusion, a trick played by the eye? Am I actually dueling in the real world and did I just pass out?''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">He walked up a sandy small hill and suddenly dropped himself on the surface, because he heard voices and footsteps. As he looked around the hill, down the hill, he found himself in the company of two familiar faces. Two people that he knew were beaten seven weeks ago, Jasmond and Lynn. He tried to move, but was unable too.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">He stood up and tried to walk down the hill, but as he did, Jasmond and Lynn seemed to get away from him, not even noticing him. Even though they were enemies, it was good to have a familiar face around. He shook his head, realizing he actually had not moved an inch. Kaito looked around again and then tried to rush after them, before being actually stopped by a voice.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“It is no use,” the all too familiar, the one voice Kaito wished he would not have to see that soon, and hated voice of Tyson intervened. “I have tried already.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Tyson….” Kaito glared a hole through Tyson.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Hello Kaito.” Tyson smirked as his green-black outfit was dirty and scratched but that was all. “How nice of you to have joined us too.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Professor!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Troy hurried inside the dojo to the hidden lab. He was passed out for at least a half an hour before he woke up again, finding himself quite alone in front of the dojo. Going into the ritualistic room where he previously was, the shrine was revealed to be empty.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“They took the card!” Troy shook his head and worried about what might more have happened. “Professor, where are you? They took the card!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">He pushed a button and a secret door opened and lead Troy to the secret lab of the Professor. Expecting to see the Professor at work there, he was surprised to find it completely empty. The place was trashed, computers were broken, screens were trashed, it was a complete chaos and Troy did not see the Professor.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Professor where are you!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">---

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Gakyru was standing in the middle of the pillars in the dark chambers wherever he was as the Mouth of Ne’us, or rather the medallion as it was now, transformed into a portal where Rau came through with an unconscious body, with a lot of noise through a bang.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“It seems you have succeeded?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yes,” Rau reported to Gakyru and smirked. “He is here and the card is here, as you have requested, sir.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Good, I knew I could trust you.” Gakyru looked in the pool of water. “Do you have any idea what He is planning to do?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Not a clue, Master. It is Rhuarc that talks the most with Him, not me. You should ask him.” Rau smartly informed Gakyru. “But after all, I am more capable of doing your bidding then he is. I don’t have a hidden agenda.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I know and that is what I like about you.” Gakyru sounded admiring. He picked a casket from the far side of the room. As he opened it, a silver globe floated out of it. “The Silent Core is in my possession. We are on course to where the Infinity Core is. Our guests should be entertained.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Shall I dispose of them, Master?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“No I will do that myself,” Gakyru picked his two dueling decks from his belt. “Combining these two should not be too much of a problem. If this deck really contains the power He promised through your brother, then it should be easy to use it next to the Silent Void.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yes sir.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now go….”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Rau left the same way he came. Gakyru turned around and pushed a couple of buttons. At the sides of him, windows appeared and Gakyru looked out of the window. He was watching over a huge freighter, a boat.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yes, I will entertain them very much.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">---

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“And I can help you find your friends a lot sooner than those police and security units can.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">C was standing in front of the others as he showed them his duel disk and inserted his deck. He saw it auto-shuffle and the friends of Blake stood up, Ken in front, alerting C that they had duel disks as well.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I will duel one of you.” C informed them. “I will duel one of you and when you beat me, I will tell you where you can find you friends.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Very well, you will duel me then.” Ken stepped forward and inserted his own dueling deck in his duel disk. “Let’s begin.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Very well.” C draws his first five cards. “Duel!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Duel!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Ken – 4000 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">C – 4000

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">To be continued……

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">RANDOM INFINITY HUNTER TRIVIA:

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Okay, this chapter took me a lot longer than anticipated, but I did not have a lot of time. There are a few things I have to say. If by now you have not realized it yet, yes Blake, Leon and Gillian AND Gakyru are on one and the same ship. Judging from the fact that Blake, Leon and Gillian heard a bang suddenly and when Rau appeared with Gakyru, a bang was heard as well, these events took place at the same time. Only thing is Blake and the others have not realized it yet.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Also this turn marks the return of the negative attack power mechanic I introduced in the final duel of Season 2 of TDDS. In the Infernal deck it is worked out as a trap sort of way, there are other ways and I might get into that later on. They are not fully worked out yet, but that will come.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Also the Mode-Summoning saw a return. Introduced in TDDS as well, I have reworked the concept and sofar you have only seen the life-saving Spirit Guardian mode, usually titled Divine Mode. Spirit Guardians are reworked as a specific type like Warriors and stuff. Hope you like it.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Also there are references to DM in this episode. Very easy references btw so if you see them, spill it out. I also added the entries of ?_Joker_? to the Infinity Hunter Episode Guide, so you can find all related Infinity Hunter threads in one place.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Nothing more to say, I will return soon with Turn 27, I am on a roll and have holidays so that is going to be great.