Chapter 109: Battle of the Swordsmen!(2)

Chapter 109 “Battle of the Swordsmen!(2)”

“ Blindstrike Swordsman!”

Silent Swordsman LV3,  Mystic Swordsman LV2 and Blindstrike Swordsman stood all there lined up before Dragen, with his Surging Fusion activated and the giant  Mobius the Frost Monarch backing the other monsters up. The thing that they are opposing is Fadeless Scorpion, a fusion created by Kamon’s Omnicard Omni Fusion between two trap cards Force of the Known and Force of the Unknown. He also has a face down monster and a Ritual Burner in defense mode with Shadow of the Dark Moon attached to it.

“So that is your big ploy to bring me to your side?” Kamon laughed looking at his old partners one by one, lingering a little longer with Blindstrike Swordsman. “You old friend should know better. You should have joined my new deck!”

“I think at this moment he feels better off in my deck,” Dragen told his friend and Kamon looked at him furious. “He is!”

“Blindstrike Swordsman will join me forever!” Kamon’s eyes glowed and dark mist started surrounding the battling monsters. “Flip Monster effect activates! Magazaru Saurcerer!” A spellcaster covered by bones and red eyes appeared from the flipped monster. “When this monster is flipped I can take control over a monster my opponent controls!”

Blindstrike Swordsman raised into the air, his grey eyes changing into blood red eyes, his face became covered by deep purple veins. He jumped and landed on Kamon’s side of the field. Kamon smirked as he saw the face of Dragen.

“Blindstrike Swordsman…” Dragen was bittered about the play Kamon did. “Now what? Are you going to use him to attack me?”

“Blindstrike Swordsman’s effect activates,” Kamon’s dark mist appearing from around him invaded the swordsman. “It gains 500 attack points once per turn (ATK: 0 -> 500).”

“And it can attack directly…” Dragen realized Blindstrike Swordsman’s effect.

“Yes it can,” Kamon inserted another card. “I play  Book of Moon and flip my Magazura Saurcerer to face down mode. Now I end my turn.”

“It is my turn…” Dragen looked to his deck, seeing a card in it glow. He smirked. “I activate…”

<span style="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 circle expanded around them. Various ancient symbols were displayed around the edge and it expanded around the perimeter where Dragen trapped Kamon inside the Mark of the Savior. The three swords expanded from the middle.

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

<span style="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;">A pair of eyes opened. Someone was sitting inside a with mist filled area and various pillars were surrounding the person sitting there. The head of the person was bent down, facing the ground, which seemed like slimy and root-like things were running through the ground, expanding everywhere.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">‘ Blindstrike Swordsman…<span style="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;">The person was sitting with his head pointed to the ground. His hair was covered with dirt, but streaks of blonde hair were shown through it. His blue eyes were weary. He breathed slowly as he looked down to the ground.

<span style="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 this real?<span style="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;">The man looked up, standing up and looked around the dark misty place where he was. As he turned around, he was revealed to be Kamon. However this was not the Kamon that was fighting Dragen in the Sacred Dimension, this was Kamon as he used to be, without the creepy blood red eyes and the <0>-symbol on his head. His right arm was even outfitted with his personal stylized duel disc.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Kamon saw how the roots came from everywhere as he struggled to stand. The roots binded themselves around his legs, going up. Kamon could not move as he tried too. The roots were holding him in his 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;">‘ Did I truly let go of everything?<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ Kamon wondered and he felt how the roots were constricting him in their grip. ‘ Is this truly too far?<span style="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;">“That is only up to you to decide…”

<span style="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 voice startled Kamon as he looked in every direction. Nowhere the source of the voice seemed to be, however a fading gold light appeared in a far corner, creating a certain symbol. It formed the legendary Sennen Eye, the symbol appearing on the famous and old Millenium Items.

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

<span style="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…” the voice coming from the Sennen Eye. “… is Ma’at.”

<span style="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;">“Mark of the Savior?”

<span style="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 knew you would recognize the card.” Mystical energies from the Mark started surrounding Dragen as he rose up again. “I activate the first effect of Mark of the Savior, gaining 500 life points for every monster I control.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Dragen – 1600 -> 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;">“Then I finally activate Surging Fusion, tributing it and sending it to the graveyard to activate its fusing effect, fusing together the souls of Zaborg, Thestalos, Raiza and Caius!” Dragen chanted as the Monarch spirits all vanished into a  Fusion Gate<span style="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;">From the  Fusion Gate<span style="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 Monarch appeared. This one had four spheres on his chest, one representing each attribute used for the Fusion Summoning of this new monster. It had two large arm pieces, shaped like shields and hidden within was a large sword of which the blade embedded four spheres as well, each representing an 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;">“Rise,” Dragen held his hand in the air as the spheres one by one glowed. “Galactic Monarch – Primus Imperalis (3000/2200)!” The new monarch overshadowed the tiny looking Fadeless Scorpio. Sparks<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> flew from the spheres into the hands of the large monarch. His head was covered by a gold helmet with thunder-like spikes on top of 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;">Next a card within Dragen’s deck glowed as it left the deck and Dragen caught it. Kamon widened his eyes. “I now activate this card,” Dragen continued and inserted the card into his duel disc. “Emerald Tablet. This card can only be equipped to a Monarch fusion monster or a Helix fusion 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;">“He definitely learned a few new tricks,” Marcy sounded relieved. “Never heard of this Primus Imperalis.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Neither have we,” Dyllan continued and looked at the field. “Is it something that came to his deck when he gained the powers of that Mark 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;">“No,” Dragen answered and he looked at his friends. “It was an idea of him.” He pointed to Kamon. “Kamon told me that with the large popularity of Anti-Synchro Monsters, it would be good to have non Synchro Monsters 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;">“Primus Imperalis has a special effect,” Dragen continued and he pointed to the great monarch. “Its attribute is treated as the attribute of the Monarchs used for Fusion Summoning it. That means except for the Light attribute, he also is treated as Fire, Dark and Wind attribute. Now, Primus Imperalis, destroy his Wicked Token!” The cat pole was destroyed by the incoming fist of the Monarch.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Your Monarch is still weaker then my Fadeless Scorpio,” Kamon bit and he looked at his scorpion-like fiend. “Besides I am far from done.”

<span style="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,” Dragen looked at his graveyard. “Emerald Tablet activates, when equipped to a Helix or Monarch Fusion Monster, I can remove one of their kind from play to acquire their effects as Primus Imperalis. I remove  Zaborg the Thunder Monarch<span style="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 play.” The hand of the great Monarch charged with bright yellow energy. “Now I can use its effect to destroy one 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;">Fadeless Scorpio was blown up and Kamon had to shield itself from the incoming 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;">“Now to finish my turn,” Dragen inserted his next card in his duel disc. “Level Up. This allows me to send  Silent Swordsman LV3<span style="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 the graveyard and Special Summon  Silent Swordsman LV5<span style="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 my deck to the field!” The bigger version of the small swordsman appeared, carrying a larger weapon as well. “I now do 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;">“Draw card,” Kamon flipped over the next card from his deck. “Fear Reaping activates. It is a monster card, so I must pay 500 life 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;">Kamon – 1200 -> 700

<span style="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 my Blindstrike Swordsman gains 500 attack points (ATK: 500 -> 1000),” Kamon smirked and looked at his hand. “And I think I will play this card as well,  Hidden Armory<span style="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 the top card of my deck to the graveyard, I can add one Equip Spell Card from my deck or graveyard to my hand.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“But you cannot summon during the turn that card is activated…”

<span style="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 nearly certain he has a way around that,” Drake commentated. “If Dragen wants to win this he must step his game 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;">Kamon’s eyes glowed as he looked at the card taken from his deck. “I now equip your Primus Imperalis with  Cursed Armaments<span style="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 monarch was encased by chains. “Now it loses 600 attack points for every monster I control, which is two (ATK: 3000 -> 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;">“And he’ll use Blindstrike Swordsman…”

<span style="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…”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Blindstrike Swordsman, activate your special ability. Show this fool what true power is!” Blindstrike Swordsman viciously drove his blade into Dragen.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Dragen – 3100 -> 2100

<span style="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 sorry Dragen.<span style="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 can’t help it,” Dragen spoke to the spirit. “Only he 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;">“Now to end this for now while Blindstrike Swordsman, the weakling, loses its power (ATK: 1000 -> 0), I tribute my Shadow of the Dark Moon Ritual Spell Card and add one Ritual Spell Card from my deck to the hand.” The dark aura around Ritual Burner disappeared and the card flipped into the graveyard while Kamon searched his deck and added a new card to his hand. “I now 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;">Dragen looked at his Primus Imperalis as it was caught by the  Cursed Armaments<span style="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 monarch carried the sword and the helmet as a burden, chained to the ground. Dragen shifted the next 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;">“Mark of the Savior activates,” Dragen informs Kamon. “When I draw a card, I can remove one non Tuner monster from play from my hand to add a Synchron Tuner monster from my deck to my hand.” He showed Kamon his Arms Warrior and pocketed it and than added a card from his deck to his hand.

<span style="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 already used Junk Synchron…<span style="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;">“The Tuner monster I added to my hand is Summon Synchron (0/0). However I discard this card from my hand to the graveyard to add one other Synchron monster from my deck to my hand,” Dragen added the card to his graveyard and shifted another card from his deck. “Now come forward Emperor Synchron (1400/200)!”

<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;">A new machine-like fairy appeared on his field, with mechanical wings and a small red crown. It had a  Tuning<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> fork 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;">“Emperor Synchron’s effect, I can Special Summon one level one monster from my hand. Appear Seed Warrior!” Dragen ordered as a vine covered warrior appeared on his field. “Now I tune Seed Warrior and  Mobius the Frost Monarch<span style="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 Emperor Synchron!” Rings started surrounding the Monarch and the smaller warrior and developed into a bright white beam. “Synchro Summon! Mobius the Blizzard Overlord (3000/1800)!”

<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;">“And its special 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;">“… destroys one spell or trap card on the field and deals you 600 points of damage once per turn. Begone face down card.” The card was blown 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;">Kamon – 700 -> 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;">‘ Only 100 more and he will be freed,<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ Dragen sighed and looked at his friend backed up by Mobius the Blizzard Overlord, Galactic Monarch – Primus Imperalis,  Mystic Swordsman LV2<span style="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  Silent Swordsman LV5<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">. “ Silent Swordsman LV5<span style="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 your thing!”

<span style="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 swordsman went in for the battle with Blindstrike Swordsman, but a wave of  Dark Energy<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> stopped him.

<span style="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 cannot allow you to do that,” Kamon intervened and his <0>-symbol glowed heavily on his forehead. “Shattering Barrier activates when send to the graveyard. Any Battle Damage dealt while Shattering Barrier is in the graveyard, is instead added to my life points. However when Shattering Barrier is removed from play, I lose 4000 life 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;">‘ Damned!<span style="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;">“Absorb!”

<span style="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 shield absorbed the blast for Kamon.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Kamon – 100 -> 2600

<span style="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 to end my turn I use Primus Imperalis’ absorbed effect of Zaborg to knock out that Magazura Saurcerer.” The dino-like skull-covered spellcaster was blown up and Dragen lowered his duel disc. “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;">“My turn it is,” Kamon slipped the next card from his deck and looked at it. “Continuous Spell Card activate,  Ascending Soul<span style="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 activate the Ritual Spell Card I equipped with Ritual Burner,  Contract with the Abyss<span style="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 tribute my  Ritual Raven<span style="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 my hand to Ritual Summon Maza’Ka Dun-Ka.”

<span style="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 ritualistic circle appeared on his side of the field. A enormous beast came through the circle landing on the ground in front of Kamon, who was gloating over the Ritual Monster he had 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;">“Now activating its effect, I equip my Blindstrike Swordsman to it.” The grey clad swordsman was struck by tentacles coming from the beast, absorbing it into its body.

<span style="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’s all?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“ Ascending Soul<span style="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,” Kamon continued. “I return  Ritual Raven<span style="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 the hand. I do have  Contract with the Abyss<span style="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. Next I set these two trap cards 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;">‘ A Ritual Monster that absorbs monsters, why did he just not summon Relinquished?<span style="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;">“Draw card,” Dragen pointed at Mark of the Savior. “Mark activates. I gain 500 life points for every monster I have on the field. And that is currently four.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Dragen – 2100 -> 4100

<span style="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 is on top in comparison to Kamon’s life points again, we are looking bright…” Marcy was a little to enthusiastic.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“If only Dragen could find a way to take out Shattering Barrier to deal Kamon 4000 life points of damage. We are done then and we can 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;">“If we get home,” Xander informed the others. “I got reports from scouts ahead, saying the main portal is wrecked by the damage of the war and therefore difficult to use. We may only have one shot of getting 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;">“Activate  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;">,” Dragen pulled two new cards from his deck. “I activate Mobius the Blizzard Overlord’s effect again and destroy a spell or trap card you control. Begone,  Contract with the Abyss<span style="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;">Kamon – 2600 -> 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;">“It served its purpose anyway,” Kamon concluded as he eyed his deck. The dark aura around one particular card become stronger and stronger.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Than for my Primus Imperalis’ effect!” The soul of Zaborg was shown within the yellow sphere on its armor. “I destroy your Ritual Burner!”

<span style="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 I said,” Kamon repeated. “It served its purpose.”

<span style="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 Maza’Ka Dun-Ka monster rested on his field as the Monarchs looked over it. Mystic Swordsman gripped his sword firmly.

<span style="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 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;">’ Dragen concluded as he looked upon the hideous monster. Its large fangs covered nearly all of its face, with the glowing yellow eyes visible between them. “Nevertheless, Silent Swordsman attack Maza’Ka Dun-Ka!” The warrior stroke Kamon, but one of Kamon’s cards 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;">“Lullaby of Silence,” Kamon spoke. “I can negate the attack and gain 300 life 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;">Kamon – 2000 -> 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;">“Mystic Swordsman, attack him now!” Dragen ordered as the smaller samurai-like warrior pulled his blade and drove it into the Maza’Ka Dun-Ka

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Kamon – 2300 -> 1400

<span style="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 did Maza’Ka Dun-Ka survive?”

<span style="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 special effect,” Kamon explained and pointed to the absorbed Blindstrike Swordsman. “If a monster is equipped and no monster has been summoned through it’s effect, he survives the battle. In the end it is only a tool to my victory and my entrance to Raven.”

<span style="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 exactly do you want Raven?”

<span style="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 would I not?” Kamon angrily countered. “He killed her!”

<span style="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 killed who?” Dragen calmly retaliated. “Who Kamon?”

<span style="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 does not matter now,” Kamon continued. “Your minds are tainted by the lies that have been spread. You should have protected her!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Who? Do you mean Arabelle? She is alive as far as I know!” Dragen continued defending himself. “She betrayed you, remember?”

<span style="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, not Arabelle…”

<span style="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 it is time for me to knock some sense in you,” Dragen looked at  Mystic Swordsman LV2<span style="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 shame I cannot use its 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;">“That thing is useless to 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;">“It was once one of your partners!” Dragen countered and looked at his other monsters. “Mobius the Blizzard Overlord, attack his Maza’Ka Dun-Ka!” The fist of the Ice Overlord attacked the beast, but this time another card 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;">“ 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;">!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Damned,” Dragen sighed and lowered his duel disk. “Then by all means begin your turn, because I end 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;">“My turn indeed,” Kamon lifted of the next card from his deck and looked at it. “It is a trap card and Fear Reaping activates. I must tribute one monster on my field. Be gone Fadeless Scorpio. And now to activate the effect of my Maza’Ka Dun-Ka again. I equip this card to 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;">A light appeared behind him and it turned dark, the outline of a dragon became visible. The dragon was bittered and evil. Dark auras spat all over the body as it roared and lowered its eyes 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;">‘ Death God – 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;">’ Silent Swordsman confided into Dragen. ‘ We thought we got rid of that thing.<span style="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;">“What is 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;">“My soul, my partner, my eternal friend,” spoke Kamon before Silent Swordsman could react.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">‘ Or in other words,<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ Mystic Swordsman spoke while holding the firm grip around his blade. ‘ Mega-Eternal-Seadragon…<span style="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;">“Kamon,” Dragen turns to his friend directly. “What have you done? Have you even taken your favorite dragon into your fall? Blindstrike Swordsman, the rest of your deck, Horus?”

<span style="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,<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ Silent Swordsman intervened. ‘ Horus is still on our side.<span style="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;">“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;">“Maza’Ka Dun-Ka’s second effect activates. Fuse!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Blindstrike Swordsman, controlled by dark strings of aura and energy, was forced into a fusion vortex with the Death God – End Dragon. The  Fusion Gate<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> expanded as a new warrior started taking form inside it. The warrior held the grey eyes of Blindstrike Swordsman, but they were completely emotionless. His armor was comprised of dark steel, with a red tint on it. It held a great spear that had a dragon’s head on the end.

<span style="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 removing Maza’Ka Dun-Ka along with it’s monsters equipped I can Fusion Summon one monster with the monsters removed to the field,” Kamon explained. “Knight of the Death God (2000/2000) rise!”

<span style="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 such a Fusion I expected a lot more…”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Knight of the Death God gains 500 attack and defense points for every Ritual Monster residing in my graveyard or removed from play pile (ATK/DEF: 2000/2000 -> 4000/4000).” Kamon lowered his eyes on Dragen’s field. “Knight of the Death God, destroy that wrinkle’s Overlord!”

<span style="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 swordsman jumped and crushed the Ice Overlord with its mighty spear. It crumbled to dust as Kamon laughed loud.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Dragen – 4100 -> 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;">“Long will you not stand anymore when I am done with 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;">“Codex Imperalis activate!” Dragen ordered and his card flipped up. “By sending one card from my deck to the graveyard, I can return Mobius the Blizzard Overlord from my graveyard to my extra 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;">“When Knight of the Death God succesfully attacks, I can destroy one monster on the field and deal 500 points of damage to you!” Kamon searched the field for a moment before picking a choice. “Be gone,  Mystic Swordsman LV2<span style="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!<span style="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 voice of the warrior went through Dragen’s soul.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Dragen – 3100 -> 2600

<span style="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 with one less psychological factor on the field, the only one I need to take care of is Silent Swordsman,” Kamon pondered, after which he received a chuckle from Dragen.

<span style="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 the old Kamon again…”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Knight of the Death God’s effect prevents me from conducting my Battle Phase during the next turn,” Kamon continued and he looked at his new warrior. “I end my turn now.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Kamon – 1400 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Dragen – 2600

<span style="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;">“Ma’at?”

<span style="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.” The Egyptian dressed being raised its many artifacts carrying around. “I am the Balance, the Judge of Dark and Light. And you, Kamon McFlinn have lost yourself on the crossroad of those two.”

<span style="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 done what needs to be done.”

<span style="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.” Ma’at took place in a seated position and started hovering in front of Kamon, placing the staff, the golden staff with the Sennen Eye on top of it next to him. “You have lost yourself, but you have a chance to redeem 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 do not need to redeem myself,” Kamon spoke. His eyes were blue, like they used to be before the dark presence in Kamon himself grew stronger. “I have chosen what needs to be done. They killed my beloved one, they will pay.”

<span style="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 the cost of your 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;">“At the cost of anything!” Kamon countered. “She was like a sister to me, a very close friend to me. She replaced her when my sister died.” Kamon stood up, but Ma’at did not move. Ma’at kept hovering in front of Kamon.

<span style="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 see,” Ma’at calmly spoke and his golden eyes glowed through the mask he was wearing. “I see what you say, but hear what you do not mean. Your speech spits venomous words towards those you cared 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;">“My sister, Marcy, betrayed me by siding with him…”

<span style="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 siding with your best friend,” Ma’at corrected him. “Dragen is your best friend.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Was my best friend,” Kamon retaliated. “Until he stopped me from getting to Raven, the one who killed her.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Ma’at did not say anything. Instead two boxes raised from the ground. The tops opened and revealed two duel disks in it, both loaded with a deck. Ma’at stepped up to the boxes and Kamon looked to them 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;">“You have a choice,” Ma’at continued. “Either the 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;">Ma’at pointed to the left where the customized duel disk of Kamon was lying, with the main part shaped as a dragon’s 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;">“… or the dark.”

<span style="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 right box contained a duel disk, shaped like the customized duel disk of Kamon, but much more vicious looking. The <0>-symbol was carved in 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;">“You must make your choice, Kamon.”

<span style="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;">Kamon – 1400 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Dragen – 2600

<span style="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,” Dragen flipped over the next card from his deck. “Mark of the Savior’s third effect activates. By returning all Tuner Monsters in my graveyard to my deck, I get to draw five new cards.” As he shifted cards like Emperor Synchron, Summon Synchron and  Junk Synchron<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> into his deck and it auto-shuffled, he pulled five new 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;">“Let us hope Dragen drew something 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;">“Now I can special summon one level-3 or below monster from the cards drawn,” Dragen pulled out a card and smiled. “Mirage Guardna LV0 (0/0) appear!” A new warrior, dressed in white and gold appeared, holding a large red shield.

<span style="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 dare you…” Kamon blurted but stopped in his tracks.

<span style="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 there he is again…” Dragen pointed to the new warrior. “Mirage Guardna levels up once per turn (LV0 -> 1 / 0/0 -> 100/300) and as long as it is in defense mode, it cannot be destroyed by battle.”

<span style="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 what Mirage Guardna’s effect 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;">“Good, then you’ll be happy that I use it,” Dragen joked and he slipped a card in his duel disk. “I set this card and use Galactic Monarch – Primus Imperalis’ effect to use Zaborg’s effect and destroy one monster you have. Be gone! Knight of the Death God!”

<span style="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,” Kamon intervened and he discarded one card from his hand. “Since it is your Main Phase, I discard  Effect Veiler<span style="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 the graveyard and shut down your card’s effect 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;">“He actually used  Effect Veiler<span style="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;">“Is that bad?”

<span style="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 considering the fact that  Effect Veiler<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> negates the effects of one monster on the field until the end of the turn,” Drake responded to the question of Marcy.

<span style="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 that is bad.”

<span style="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 I cannot use Primus Imperalis’ 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;">’ Dragen looked at his hand. “No worries, I still have Silent Swordsman! I switch Silent Swordsman to defense mode. That will be all for now. I end my turn.” He looked as his two defending monsters, Mirage Guardna LV1 and  Silent Swordsman LV5<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">, kneeled, ready to protect their master who used them and the Galactic Monarch – Primus Imperalis, still held by the  Cursed Armaments<span style="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;">“Start 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;">“Mirage Guardna levels up (LV1 -> 2 / 100/300 -> 200/600)!” Dragen explained as his defending white-golden warrior became slightly bigger.

<span style="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 it seems I cannot conduct my Battle Phase, because of my own Knight of the Death God, I’ll activate this card,  Graceful Charity<span style="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 the modest flick of his hand, he dropped two cards into the graveyard after drawing three cards. “Now activate spell card, Book of Terror. Since I just dropped my Storm Sorcerer in the graveyard, I can activate it. I deal you 500 points of 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;">Dragen – 2600 -> 2100

<span style="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 summon Messiah’s Curse (0/500)!” A dark robed fiend appeared on his field. “Once per turn I can drop your monster’s power by 500 to increase Messiah’s Curse’s power by 500 for every monster on your field (Silent Swordsman: 2300 -> 1800 / Primus Imperalis: 1800 -> 1300 / Mirage Guardna: 200 -> 0 – Messiah’s Curse: 0 -> 1500).”

<span style="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 now it can take on two of my 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;">’

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Fortunately my Messiah’s Curse cannot rip your heart out this time, but when your next turn is done…”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“If you have a 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;">“When your next turn is done,” Kamon repeated and pointed at his field. “These will all be free to 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;">“Actually we will see about that,” Dragen looked at his deck, the hybrid deck of him and Kamon he was using against Kamon himself. “Make your move, buddy.”

<span style="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, so I will,” Kamon placed a card in 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;">Kamon – 1400 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Dragen – 2100

<span style="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;">Coloseius and Pamadala followed Lucian into a cave. Pamadala had joined Lucian’s side now, and Coloseius did nothing but eyeing Pamadala/Lainna. Lainna knew that, but she knew whose side she was on, whose side she had joined. The side of Lucian had sided with Kamon and friends, with the good guys. The Divine Cult was the thread to be eliminated.

<span style="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 cave they were in was a long hallway actually that followed deeper into the earth of the Island of Eon. About several meters apart from each other, a beacon of light was shown, a torch actually, and lit to show the next few meters of rock, dirt and weed that came through the ground.

<span style="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 even know where we are going?” Coloseius wondered out loud. “Do you know where you are right now?”

<span style="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 wouldn’t be here if I did not,” Lucian countered and he turned with his head towards his adversary. “I know why you are here. Because of the exact same reason why I am here. To prevent one another from getting to the Sacred Deck of Eon. And to prevent one another means one actually will obtain the deck, and I cannot allow you to obtain 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;">“Neither can I allow you to obtain 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;">“At least we agree on one thing than,” Lucian sighed, while Lainna followed the verbal fight between the two Grand Masters, one of the Divine Cult and one of the Remnant Cult. The Divine Cult that was falling apart anyway, the thread to be elminated. “Lainna, you may or may not know this, but my and Coloseius’ history go way back further than I told 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;">“Really?” Lainna in her guise as Pamadala asked interested.

<span style="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 your name is not Pamadala… it is Lainna.”

<span style="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,” Lucian answered, ignoring Coloseius’ remark. “Coloseius and I go way back, we were both born here.” He continued to head the group further into the cave, to a bright yellow-white light in the distance.”

<span style="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 only were we both born here,” Coloseius intervened, unquestioned. “We are brothers…”

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

<span style="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;">Large white doors opened as Grand Master Aruya entered the chamber of the Light Element Grand Master, who actually unlike his other Element colleagues was not asleep but in a meditive state sitting on a heightened platform in the chamber. The eyes of the older grey haired man were closed.

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

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Grand Master Serseja,” Aruya spoke as she approached the man sitting. “I have 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;">“I know why you are here, Grand Master Aruya. Quit the cherade.” The older Grand Master stood up from his meditative stance. “Do you honestly believe your takeover shall change anything?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Something will change,” Aruya spoke as Clayou positioned himself in front of the doors. She pulled out the same dagger, dripping with the little blood there still was on, from under her cloak.

<span style="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 older Grand Master turned to face Aruya. Various glass penals started coming down from the ceiling surrounding the Grand Master. The symbol of the Divine Cult, the three rings intersecting in the middle, glowed on his gloves as the panels layed down on the floor. The Grand Master resumed the seated position again, being surrounded by the glass panels.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Aruya stepped in front of the older Grand Master, before the glass panels on the ground. She leveled the dagger from her cloak to the same level as the head of the Grand Master. The Grand Master, while having resumed his seated position, closed his eyes with a sigh and waited for the inevitable to 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;">“For your betrayal of the Divine Cult,” Aruya leveled the dagger to the heart of the Grand Master, placing it in front of the body. “For your ignorance of our true goals, I deem you guilty.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">She pushed the dagger’s tip onto his body, the Grand Master not moving simply keeping his eyes closed while it happened.

<span style="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 deem you guilty and I hereby sentence you to the Judgment 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;">The lifeless body of the Grand Master fell on the floor. Aruya looked down at the body and moved to Clayou, who already had joined her and picked the fallen man’s body up. Clayou moved around and looked at Aruya.

<span style="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’ll bring it to the Judgment Chamber,” Clayou told Aruya. “I’ll meet you at Wind.”

<span style="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,” Aruya placed her hand on the ground, while Clayou, dragging the body, left the room. The glass panels came together again and formed a glass globe, showing Coloseius, Lainna and Lucian going forward. “Everything is going according to plan.”

<span style="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;">Kamon – 1400 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Dragen – 2100

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Than it is my turn indeed,” Dragen slipped the new card from his deck into his hand, taking a deep breath. “Mirage Guardna levels up (LV2 -> 3 / 0/600 -> 100/900). As it still cannot be destroyed by battle because it is in defense position, I can be sure to survive this round. I still have a face down card,  Mystical Space Typhoon<span style="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 is going for Book of Terror!”

<span style="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,” Xander looked upon the field of Dragen and Kamon. “Kamon kept Dragen’s Primus Imperalis at bay with one card, Cursed Armaments<span style="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;">“Exactly,” Dragen shouted as the winds picked up and went as a typhoon towards the card Kamon had face up on his field for a couple of turns now. “Destroy  Cursed Armaments<span style="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;">“Clever,” Kamon admitted. “However  Cursed Armaments<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> has a second 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;">“I know, but I have Primus Imperalis’ effect,” Dragen explained. “Using the effect of Emerald Tablet to replace Zaborg’s effect absorbed by Primus Imperalis, I return  Mobius the Frost Monarch<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> back to the graveyard, to have Primus Imperalis absorb its effect, destroying up to one or two spell or trap cards on the field. Begone  Cursed Armaments<span style="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 it will equip itself again…”

<span style="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 it won’t,” Dragen pointed at the Mark of the Savior surrounding them. “Mark of the Savior’s fourth effect. I pay 500 life points to activate one spell or trap card from my deck. Activate Imperial Court!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Dragen – 2100 -> 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;">“I know that card,” Marcy told the others. “It is another Monarch specific support.”

<span style="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,” Dragen continued. “During the turn Imperial Court has been activated, all spell or trap cards targeting or effecting Monarch or Overlord monsters are removed from play after activation.”  Cursed Armaments<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> was destroyed and Kamon was forced to pocket 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;">“Cursed Armanents is gone,” Xander and Dyllan sighed.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Set card face down,” Dragen slipped a new card into his duel disk. “Activate spell card Dragon Scale.”

<span style="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 don’t have a 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;">“Yes I do,” Dragen showed the deck he was holding and to Kamon’s big surprise a card flipped out. “Dragon Scale is actually one of your cards. I thought it to be pretty handy to add to the deck I would 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;">“And now 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;">“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;">“My turn then.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Mirage Guardna levels up again (LV3 -> 4 / 100/900 -> 200/1200),” Dragen intervenes.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Knight of the Death God can attack you again!” Kamon asserted and the dragonic devilish knight raised its blade again. “Go! Death Sword Flame Burst!” The sword was filled with dark flames as the blue energy surrounded the sword and the Knight stroke Galactic Monarch – Primus Imperalis. “No more Imperalis!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Dragen – 1600 -> 600

<span style="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!” Dragen intervened and the trap he held activated.

<span style="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…” his friends gasped.

<span style="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 actually have one!” Kamon was astonished. Silent Swordsman and Mystic Swordsman’s duel spirits appeared. They nodded as Kamon looked at the familiar art of a trap card he was used to 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;">“Dragon Egg Cracked!” Dragen kicked in his trap 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;">“But how?” was the question that both Kamon and his friends wish to 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;">“When you turned, you lost all your partners,” Dragen explained. “Your friends, your companions, all because of some wicked lie that has been given to 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;">“It was not a lie…”

<span style="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!” Dragen, Silent Swordsman and Mystic Swordsman bellowed. Dragen continued, “When your former partners came to me, they told me there was one soul within the box that could turn you back apart from what you seek. Your real eternal friend, the only true dragon you have ever held.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">An egg appeared on Dragen’s side of the field. It burst and from it a gigantic shining dragon appeared. It had the stature of a  Blue-Eyes White 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;">, but was very different. Its golden eyes glowed as it eyed the fiendish swordsman standing opposite of 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;">“The dragon you are holding is nothing more but an empty shell of the dark side that your former partners had defeaten to get back, to get back to me,” Dragen explained. “When they defeated it, its real soul was released and turned its back on the master holding it, the fiend you used to call Dark Messiah.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Dark Messiah is gone,” Kamon returned. “And so will you and your attempt to bring the Light of the Twilight be soon.”

<span style="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 it,” Dragen pointed to the new dragon appearing on the field. “Mega-Eternal-Seadragon (3400/3000)!”

<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;">“That won’t stop me,” Kamon pulled a card out of his hand and placed it in his duel disk. “I set this card. I will end up being victorious. 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;">Kamon – 1400 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Dragen – 600

<span style="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;">“Brothers?”

<span style="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,” Lucian did not look back or at Lainna. “We are brothers. We share the same blood, not only from this island, but also biological. We have been born here on the Island of Eon and one of us will die here at 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;">“Actually,” Coloseius intervened. “I plan on leaving the Island unharmed and with the Sacred Deck of Eon, the fabled Second Deck. So you better decide your side soon, Pamadala or what your name is. The Divine Cult will not fall!” Lucian snorted by hearing those words and Lainna and Coloseius turned their attention to him.

<span style="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 really think your Divine Cult is so powerful?” Lucian asked Coloseius. “The Divine Cult has diverted from their original goals and believes. Now it is all about purifying the world and containing the darkness.”

<span style="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 your Remnant Cult will do any better?”

<span style="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 are the good side here,” Lainna intervened in the brother twist. She did not know who she had to believe, she served as a spy for the one, but the other treated her with equal respect and both seemed sincere here. But Lucian was right, if one side was dangerous, it was the Divine Cult.

<span style="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 honestly believe his intentions are pure?” Coloseius bit toward Lainna. “Do you honestly believe that without me, his hunger will slow 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;">“His hunger is for the greater good.” Lucian smirked at the remark of Lainna toward Coloseius. As they moved on, Lucian was the first to enter a bigger cave within the Island, lit by various torches but also by pits in the ground. Fires were lit everywhere as they moved into the circular cave. Lucian pointed to the center of the circular cave, where a cabinet was placed, made of glass. A golden-white box was within 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;">“Behold…”

<span style="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 glass box broke open as Lucian and Coloseius both stepped over the line drawn around the cabinet and the box within hovered into the air. Lainna saw how the water around the cabinet started to rise, so that a perfect island was created with only Coloseius and Lucian 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;">“… the Sacred Deck 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;">--

<span style="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 man was hanging in the air, up side down, with his eyes closed. He held two large swords on his back. He was clad like a ninja, but also was wearing the ceremonial robes of the Divine Cult, from where the two swords stuck out. His eyes were continuously moving as the doors behind him opened.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Aruya stepped through again, with a firm stare at her target, hanging from the ceiling. She was not surprised to see the new Grand Master hanging like that. The Grand Master had not moved since she entered and the doors were closed as Clayou stepped in as well. However in one sudden and swift movement he turned around, hanging still up side down but facing Aruya.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">His face was bearded, his eyes were formed like slits. His mouth formed into a smile as his bright white teeth were shown. He did not reach for one of the two swords he was holding on his back. As he opened his eyes, his clear blue eyes were revealed, which was an unlikely feature as most of the Masters within the Divine Cult had either black or brown eyes.

<span style="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 old apprentice…”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Grand Master Harudama.” Aruya, unlike with the other Grand Masters, bow before the elder Grand Master. “You never change.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Quit the cherade,” Grand Master Harudama flipped from his position into a standing position. “I know why you are here. It was bound to happen some 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;">Aruya hesitated. She kept her eyes on the face of the Grand Master, who had not moved, not winked, not motioned at all. They were just standing there and Clayou was waiting at the doors. Aruya slowly moved her left hand below her cloak and pulled out the blood stained dagger.

<span style="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 were always different, you know that?” Harudama asked Aruya and Aruya nodded. “You always wanted more, you always wanted to reach your goal no matter how, no matter 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;">Aruya moved closer and stabbed the Grand Master several times in short fashion. She held his body as it fell down on the ground, motionless with no movement in it anymore. As she wanted to stand up again, the Grand Master managed to pull her back on the ground with a last effort. She could not move, but he pulled her towards his mouth.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Whatever you do, do not forget one thing.” The Grand Master took one last deep breath. “They always betray one another.”

<span style="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 those words he closed his eyes and Aruya stood back up. She shot one last look at the fallen Grand Master as she wiped away a tear. She then turned to Clayou who had already stepped forward.

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

<span style="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 Judgment Chamber,” Clayou nodded. “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;">As he pulled the body of the Grand Master over his shoulder and left, Aruya looked around the room, before taking a jump and hanging up side down like the Grand Master did. She closed her eyes as she saw visions. Visions of herself with a young boy, who looked like her. A boy with dark blonde hair. A vision of herself handing the young boy a deck box.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">She opened her eyes in a shock. Was that the future? Was she meant to get kids? No, she was meant to become what she was working for now? Eliminating the remaining Grand Masters and overtaking the Divine Cult. She was meant to do that, not relate to the vision she just had. But why did she get that vision, why her?

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">She smirked and jumped down, landing in a perfect fashion. She moved towards the doors and they opened automatically for her as she strolled out and looked around, seeing no-one in the green-silver hallway behind those doors.

<span style="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;">Coloseius and Lucian both were eyeing the white-golden box hovering in the air above the cabinet. The air was vibrating, but not impossible to move in. Lainna stood outside the drawn circle with her eyes spread wide, looking how both the Grand Masters had approached the cabinet.

<span style="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 Sacred Deck of Eon,” Coloseius was the first to have actually reached the cabinet and tried touching the deck box. “Long has the Divine Cult searched for the Second Deck, long have we fought to gain ownership over the instrument that will help us reach purification. Long have we searched for one of the few tools that can actually stand up against the powers of the Sacred Guardians.”

<span style="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 long have you been decieved,” Lucian continued. “Long have you been decieved into thinking you can actually command the powers of the Sacred Deck 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;">“I have studied its history, I have studied its powers…”

<span style="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 have I,” Lucian pulled back his cloak and revealed his own white-golden deck box. “And I have built the perfect supplement of the Sacred Deck of Eon. My Infinity deck will infinitely strengthen the power of Eon’s 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;">“I cannot allow the Grand Master of the Remnant Cult to obtain the powers of the Second Deck,” Coloseius stated and he turned to Lucian. His eyes were both fixed on the Grand Master. “The powers of the deck only belong to the rightful one, that has been born here on 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;">“And that can be contested,” Lucian’s eye-patch with the three circles intersecting in the middle glowed. “Besides I was born here 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;">“Masters…”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Quiet,” spoke not Coloseius but Lucian as Lainna had attempted to interrupt them. Lucian moved closer to Coloseius, suddenly pulling his cloak off and his sword from his back. It glowed as Lucian in one swift movement placed the sword’s blade on Coloseius’ neck. “Now I will contest your ownership.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Coloseius lowered his head and pressed his hands together, pushing Lucian back against the wall behind him. Lucian jumped up again and was in one swift movement back at the island. His eye-patch glowed and the sword he was holding was surrounded by white energy. He pulled the attack, but Coloseius caught it with his bare hands, before pushing it back against Lucian himself.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Lucian leaped back over the water that came up from the ground and waited at the other side for Coloseius. Coloseius walked over the water, but Lucian was the first one to strike again and Coloseius managed to dodge the attack. Coloseius duck as the swinging of the blade nearly hit him and kicked Lucian back, grabbing the falling blade. As Lucian was on the ground, Coloseius leveled the blade to his face.

<span style="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 easy…”

<span style="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 early!”

<span style="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 one more swift fashion Lucian was back up, grabbing his white-golden armlet and planting it directly in Coloseius’ stomach. Lucian leaped back over Coloseius and managed to take the sword again. The gem on the sword glowed and Lucian planted the tip of the sword on the ground, breaking it apart.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Lainna managed to stand safely at the border of the line but Coloseius was actually in trouble. Unlike Lucian he was not carrying a weapon. Coloseius pushed his hands together again, creating a shockwave, which was not easy for Lucian to escape and threw him off balance. Coloseius was with him in one move and grabbed the sword again. This time the gem of the sword glowed black.

<span style="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…” Coloseius dropped the sword as the blade glowed golden. Lucian did a flying kick to kick Coloseius into the wall.

<span style="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,” Lucian approached Coloseius. “Let’s finish this.”

<span style="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;">Kamon – 1400 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Dragen – 600

<span style="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,” Dragen pulled the next card from his deck. “Mirage Guardna levels up again (LV4 -> 5 / 200/1200 -> 300/1500).” He looked at his hand and then at the dragon he had on the field. The dragon that once was Kamon’s, the dragon that served in so many fights.

<span style="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 cannot sway me with the dragon Dragen.”

<span style="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 bet I can, probie,” Dragen countered and he looked at his face down card. ‘ Not yet, there is one hidden trick probie has not seen the Mark perform and I’ll need my face down card to do 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;">’

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Dragen!” Marcy shouted and Dragen looked to her. She did a thumbs up and Dragen nodded. Kamon had not noticed 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;">“Trap card activate,” Dragen’s face down card flipped up. “ Phoenix Wing Wind 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;">! By discarding one card I can return one card you control to the top of your deck. Bye bye Book of Terror.”

<span style="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 one turn though…”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Bye bye Book of Terror it is,” Dragen continued and he looked at his hand. “Next card, Card Split. I select two cards from my deck and you must guess them. You guess right, you gain 1000 life points and I add them to my hand. You guess wrong, I gain 1000 life points and add them to my hand.” He pulled 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;">“Spell Card,” Kamon answered without emotion, pointing to the left card and then he turned to the right card. “A Monster 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;">“Actually,” Dragen shortly flashed them and they turned out to be a trap card and a monster card. “Which makes me gain 1000 life 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;">Dragen – 600 -> 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;">“Now I set that very same card I had added to my hand.” The card quickly disappeared into Dragen’s duel disk. “I now summon a monster in defense mode 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;">“Oh Dragen,” Kamon sighed. He picked his next card up, knowing it would be Book of Terror, until Dragen’s face down card glowed. “What have you done this 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;">“First my Mirage Guardna levels up (LV5 -> 6 / 300/1500 -> 400/1800), however…” Dragen pointed to the card that just activated. “My trap card, Hidden Box of Memory. When you draw a card, you must send it to the bottom of your deck and reshuffle your deck. Then you can draw one 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;">“Clever.”

<span style="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;">“You won’t stop me though.”

<span style="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.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Kamon pulled the top card from his deck and looked at it, being rather disappointed. It obviously was not the card he had hoped for, Book of Terror again, but that did not matter, he still had his Knight of the Death God.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Knight of the Death God!” Kamon ordered and the swordsman lifted off. “Death Sword Flame Burst!” The knight went for Silent Swordsman, which was weaker because of Messiah’s Curse.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Discard card,” Dragen flashed the card he discarded. “Shining  Kuriboh<span style="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;">“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;">“You remember that card Kamon? It is after all one of your 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;">“Shining  Kuriboh<span style="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;">---

<span style="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 must make your choice Kamon.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Kamon was standing between the two pedestals with the two deck boxes and duel disks on them. His hands were both hovering above the two pedestals, Ma’at was watching him as he tried making his mind 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;">“She is dead…”

<span style="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 sure are you Kamon?”

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

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Ma’at revealed a sphere in front of them, where Kamon saw his own duel against Dragen. How Dragen controlled his dragon, how Dragen was fighting for all the good in the world, what he should be doing.

<span style="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 choice.”

<span style="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;">“By sending Shining  Kuriboh<span style="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 can lower all Battle Damage to zero this turn,” Dragen explained and he looked at Kamon. “Your friends are turning against you, Kamon. It is the best choice to make a choice and join us again.”

<span style="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 far from done here,” Kamon’s hand hovered above his cards, but it was shivering. Kamon looked at the cards, but his view was unclear. The <0>-symbol was no longer glowing as bright as it did before. “This battle is … is … just starting.”

<span style="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,” Dragen stopped him. “This battle is about to end.”

<span style="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,” Kamon pulled a card from his hand. “Earthbound Guidance! Return to me! Maza’Ka Dun-Ka! Dark Sphere of Life! Dark Sphere of Death! Aid in my power!” The monsters returned.

<span style="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 gone mad…”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Didn’t he already?” Dragen asked Marcy.

<span style="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 think it is time for you to end things Dragen…”

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

<span style="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 Reproduction<span style="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!” Kamon ordered.

<span style="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,” Dragen sighed. “Now that I did not expect!”

<span style="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 choice Kamon.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Kamon’s right hand hovered above the dark duel disk with the blood red-black deck box on the pedestal. The <0>-symbol was glowing heavily on the deck box as Kamon fixed his eyes on the deck box.

<span style="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…I…”

<span style="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;">“Discard two spell cards from my hand…”

<span style="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 gone mad, he does not have two spell cards in his hand, he only has one card left in his hand,” Xander noted. “He is broken. Kamon! Return to 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;">“I activate the spell card Shock Draw.” The card in Kamon’s hand glowed. “When I cannot meet the requirements for the activation of my spell or trap card, I draw five cards.” He picked up five new cards from his deck. “Now I discard two spell cards.” He ditched two cards from his hand.

<span style="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 card will he retrieve?”

<span style="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 this unstable state of mind?” Drake answered and looked at Dyllan. “He’ll bring back anything.”

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

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Almost correct, Marcy.” Drake explained to the little sister of Kamon. “Kamon declared it to be a spell card and unless they started a new duel, you cannot change its chosen type. It fits the requirements.”

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

<span style="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 this monster in defense mode.” Kamon straightened himself up and looked at Dragen. “This is the end of 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;">“Then my turn it shall be…” Dragen pulled a new card, seeing how his deck count was getting lower. He needed one more card and he had his back up in place already. Silent Swordsman, Primus Imperalis, Mystic Swordsman, Blindstrike Swordsman, they were all waiting for him to finish this.

<span style="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;">Lucian was on top of Coloseius again, knocking him on the ground. He placed his weapon on the throat of the Grand Master of the Divine Cult. Coloseius kicked him from behind, making Lucian roll over. Coloseius stepped up and kicked Lucian in the guts before pulling out 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 want a battle eh?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Lucian placed his sword on his arm and it transformed into a duel disk. He pulled the first card from his deck and placed it on the duel disk. A heavily white-golden armored knight appeared, with infinity symbols all over it. It carried a weapon like Lucian carried and Lucian smiled as he held Coloseius 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;">“Infinity Guardian – Divine Crusader!” Lucian ordered as he stepped up and the monster hovered above Coloseius, disabling his duel disk. “Finish this.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Lainna watched in horror as the monster of Lucian raised his sword and plunged it into the fallen Grand Master. Lainna’s mouth fell open, both of horror and of relief. It was over, the Remnant Cult had defeated the Grand Master of the Divine Cult. However, something did not quite feel right. Not right at all.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Check him if he is gone,” Lucian asked Lainna who hurried over to the fallen Grand Master and she listened to his chest. The pulse was weak, but some breathing was still heard. She turned to Lucian and nodded. Lucian turned around, but Lainna was pulled toward Coloseius.

<span style="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 not forget,” Coloseius whispered, so only Lainna could hear. “They always betray one another.”

<span style="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 those words he closed his eyes and blew his final breath. Lainna closed her eyes as she stood up. She shook her head and opened them again. Lucian had approached her with a smile, extending his hand and Lainna, not knowing what to do, shook it and smiled back. Lucian looked down on the fallen Grand 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;">“Congratulations Lainna,” Lucian smirked and looked at Lainna. “We have done it, we have won.”

<span style="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;">‘ Will he use the Omni Fusion he retrieved, or will he engage in a different way?<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ Dragen was bothered by the move Kamon had made. ‘ I cannot make a mistake now, there is one last trick I can pull now.<span style="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 glowed in his deck, but for now Dragen ignored 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;">“Did you see that?” Xander asked the others and pointed to Dragen’s deck. “Did you see thát?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yeah we 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;">“I tribute my face down monster to Special Summon  Salvage Warrior<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> (1900/1600)!” Dragen ordered and the new warrior appeared on the field. “Now by its effect I can Special Summon one Tuner monster from my graveyard to my hand. Come forth  Junk Synchron<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> (1300/300)!” The familiar machine-like warrior appeared 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;">“A Level 8 synchro?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Does he have a Level 8 Synchro?”

<span style="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 look at me!” Dyllan answered his friends. “I don’t 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;">“You are a good friend of him.”

<span style="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;">“Spell card Level Pact!” Dragen slipped a new card into his duel disk. “By discarding two cards, I can increase the level of my  Junk Synchron<span style="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 two! Now I tune in my  Salvage Warrior<span style="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  Junk Synchron<span style="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;">“Level 10…”

<span style="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 did not have a Level 10 synchro!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Kamon does,” Dustin points 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;">“When the sun blackens, a new savior has to rise. Hear my voice and protect the earth! Synchro Summon! Black Emperor Dragon – Envoy of the Sun!” Dragen chanted and the synchro gate appeared revealing a dragon, not much unlike Chaos Emperor Dragon, but only black and white and various sun like crests on its body. “Effect activates. I draw until I hold five 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;">“My Black Emperor Dragon!” Kamon raged as his eyes glowed with a red glow.

<span style="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 with your two favorite dragons on the field, will you listen?!”

<span style="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 PAY!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yeah, they tell me that every time I am in a store,” Dragen joked and Kamon raged on. “I end my turn with three face down 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;">“My turn!” Kamon was in full fury now. He looked at his field, which contained the two Spheres, Knight of the Death God and Maza’Ka Dun-Ka. “I activate Omni 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;">“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;">“You knew this was coming,” Kamon smirked as he raised his hands into the air. Clouds were packing together above them as thunderous lightning hit the ground. “This will be my ultimate stand, my ultimate weapon to get through to him.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Kamon!” Dragen warned him. “There will be no turning back if you defeat and kill 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;">---

<span style="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 will be no turning back if you defeat and kill 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;">Ma’at raised its various items into the direction of Kamon who was still hesitating between the two pedestals. The Sennen Eye’s on all the Millenium Item-like items were glowing like a maniac. Kamon had a devious smirk on his face as both of his hands went over to the black pedestal.

<span style="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;">Kamon nearly placed both of his hands on the deckbox on the pedestal when something caught his eye. Something in the sphere, something around the duel that was happening. Something he had not expected.

<span style="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 fuse my Dark Sphere of Life, Dark Sphere of Death, Knight of the Death God and Maza’Ka Dun-Ka!” Kamon roared as his monsters disappeared into the  Fusion Gate<span style="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 Fusion 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;">“Kamon!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Kamon’s concentration was broken, his ritualistic murmors and movements were stopped as he heard the soft voice. The voice he had not heard in a while. The voice he was waiting on for so long. Drake and the rest of the group parted to reveal Melody supporting a girl coming onto the platform. Marcy walked over to support her 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;">“Kamon, please.”

<span style="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 girl turned her head 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;">“Kamon, please, don’t do this…”

<span style="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 Sara, she was there, she was there in the Sacred Dimension.

<span style="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 DARK DUELIST 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;">If you thought the last scenes within the fight of Kamon and Dragen were chaotic, then you are right. They are and they were always supposed to be chaotic. It was supposed to reflect the struggle of Kamon between dark and light and his unstable state of well… being at the moment.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Various cards make a new appearance. Card Split was used by Kaiba in the duel with Merel. Level Pact was used in Infinity Hunter. Dragen’s deck was a mix up because he wanted to get Kamon back to the Light. If that is truly going to happen, we’ll see about that next chapter, but eh the effort is 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;">I had hoped to introduce Junk Shot Dragon, a first step towards a dragon synchro for Dragen in this chapter. It would have been a vital part of his strategy. Another scenario would have been Dragen using both Galactic Monarch – Primus Imperalis and Helix Draken, yes the Fusion monster I yet have to show you, to bring Kamon to the point where he is now. I however want Dragen’s Monarch set to keep playing a role, that is why I only chose for my favorite Overlord and Primus Imperalis.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">See you for 110!