"Then Sakra Vendirage's second effect activates!" The metal masked boy shouted, cutting off Shun from his thoughts to focus back onto the duel. "If a monster is special summoned while this card is in my Monster Zone, I can target one other face-up monster on the field, and have it become 'Sakra Vendirage' until the End Phase!"
"What?" The teal haired academy duelist narrowed his eyes upon hearing his opponent's explanation of the XYZ Monster's effect. "It changes a monster's name?" He muttered aloud, confused as to the effect's purpose.
"Fufu, ah you'll find out soon Kurosaki Shun-kun~" His opponent called his name in a sing-song tune and a mocking grin, waving his hand forwards and pointing towards his crimson XYZ Monster. "I will target your Stranger Falcon, and change its name into Sakra Vendirage!"
The enigmatic green lightning-esque aura of the otherworldly monster seemed to surge as it raised its hand, pointing towards the gold and red gigantic avian as it released a mist of energy towards it. Stranger Falcon let out a strangled cry as its body was encased by a cage of green otherworldly lightning,
Sakra Vendirage - Dark/Winged Beast/XYZ/Rank 5/Effect: 2000/2000 OV: 1
"My Stranger Falcon-!" Shun cried out as he saw his monster cry out in pain, turning his head towards the masked boy with a scowl. "Just what are you planning!"
"A-a-ah you shouldn't be that worried this early." Tron chuckled. "You should be happy here shouldn't you? Now those two Continuous Cards that you worked oh so hard to gather can actually work if I were to summon a monster with more than a 1000 attack points."
"Thats-!" With its name no longer being treated as a Raidraptor, both Chain Lock and Reactor would only be able to scale off of his Fiend Eagle with its 1000 attack.
"Ah, but I don't plan on doing so anymore. I've already done that enough this turn after all." His opponent added on with a sly smile as he wagged his index finger towards his opponent, then waved his hand outwards.
"But there's still more to go! I shall activate Genom-Heritage's effect!" The metal masked boy declared with a swipe of his hand. "Once per turn, I can target one face-up XYZ Monster that my opponent controls, and have Genom-Heritage's name, original attack, and effect become that monster's! And the targeted monster's attack would become 0, and its effects are negated until the end of the turn!"
"What!?" As the card's effect was explained by Tron, it was now Shun's turn to be taken off guard. "That new Number Monster-all of that effect and it doesn't even have to use its XYZ Material!"
"Well of course it doesn't Shun-kun~" Tron said with a chuckle that he hid with his hand, calling his opponent by name and sending shivers down the teal haired duelist's spine with its sing songy tune. "After all, those get used for the effect that it's going to copy!"
The metal mask wearing boy raised his hand as he hummed. "Lets see here, choices, choices. I would want to copy the monster with the most attack… Ah but Stranger Falcon's effect can only be activated if it has an XYZ Monster as material doesn't it? What a shame. I suppose I'll have to take the other one then."
With his decision made, the boy thrust his arm to point towards the smaller of the two XYZ Monsters on his opponent's field. "Then I suppose I will target Raidraptor - Fiend Eagle! Heraldry Flash!"
The four legged equine XYZ Monster let out a neigh as it buckled slamming its front legs into the ground as it shot its tendril-like hair towards the red and black eagle, the targeted monster letting out a weakened cry as it's body seemed to lose its colour and luster.
Raidraptor - Fiend Eagle - Dark/Winged Beast/XYZ/Rank 3/Effect: 0/0 OV: 1
All while both its name and effects were stolen, along with its original attack as well.
Raidraptor - Fiend Eagle - Light/Psychic/XYZ/Rank 4/Effect: 1000/1800 OV: 2
"Well it's a bit of a downgrade isn't it? Now my monster's just as weak as yours." Tron mocked as he closed his eyes and let out a sigh. "But well, the effect sure does come in handy won't it? So I'll be using its effect if you don't mind!" The boy immediately snapped back, grinning as he shot his hand forwards.
"What was it again? Oh right! I get to target a monster on your field that was special summoned, and deal damage equal to its attack!" He shouted back, reciting back the effect of his opponent monster that he copied.
The equine-like monster then absorbed one of the two overlay material that it possessed into its featureless mask, letting out a neigh as its body then glowed with power.
Raidraptor - Fiend Eagle - Light/Psychic/XYZ/Rank 4/Effect: 1000/1800 OV: 1
"And lookie here, you have quite the special summoned monster don't you?" The metal masked teen giggled as he made a small circle with his fingers, using it to look right at the imprisoned gold and red winged beast XYZ Monster through his shining red lens.
"I suppose I'll target your Raidraptor - Strange-ah, my mistake, your Sakra Vendirage, and deal 2000 damage!" The four hair-like limbs of the renamed Genom-Heritage pointed forwards as it channeled the energy of the monster that it copied, releasing a wave of darkness that shot right at the targeted XYZ Monster.
"Gack!" Shun couldn't help but cry out in pain as he buckled and fell to his knees while holding both of his hands in front of him. Protecting himself from the onslaught of darkness that cut more than half of his remaining Life Points.
Shun Kurosaki: 1300LP
"So how does it feel? Quite painful isn't it?" His opponent hummed as he tilted his head ever so slightly, looking down right towards his opponent who glared up back towards him. "I'm just paying back for what you gave me earlier you see. It's only fair after all."
With his opponent keeping a steady glare as he slowly stood back up, the metal masked boy chuckled at his opponent's perseverance. "Then I suppose I will continue. I will activate the effect of Heraldic Beast Twin-Headed Eagle in my graveyard!"
As he declared the card's effect, the fancily dressed boy then proceeded to explain its effect. "I can banish this card from my graveyard to target one face-up XYZ Monster that I control with no XYZ Material and attach two 'Heraldic Beast' monsters in my graveyard, and attach those monsters to that face-up XYZ Monster as XYZ Material!"
As soon as he finished reading out the card's effect, Tron then smugly gestured towards his revived XYZ Monster. "I'm sure you know my target don't you? I will target Number 18: Heraldry Patriarch! And take a copy of Heraldic Beast Leo and Heraldic Beast Aberconway from my graveyard, and attach them!"
The boy took back the two cards from his graveyard and placed them under the XYZ Monster, with both the golden lion and red scaled dragon briefly appearing onto the field before the morphed into shining golden orbs that began to orbit the gigantic unformed monster,
Number 18: Heraldry Patriarch - Light/Psychic/XYZ/Rank 4/Effect: 2200/2200 OV: 2
"Now I couldn't activate it earlier during the previous turn because you rudely destroyed it earlier, so I'll use it here!" Tron shouted as he shot his hand forward. "I will activate Heraldry Patriarch's effect!" And calling so, the gigantic crimson core of the monster shone with power.
"Once per chain, during either player's turn, if two or more monsters with the same name are on the field, I can detach one XYZ Material from this card, choose one monster among those with the same name, and destroy all other monsters with that name!" Tron explained, the gigantic crest-like monster spinning the large detached part of its body as one of the two shining materials that it had entered the crimson core in its body.
Number 18: Heraldry Patriarch - Light/Psychic/XYZ/Rank 4/Effect: 2200/2200 OV: 1
"What? No-that means-!" With his eyes widening, Shun snapped his head towards his monster, his Raidraptor - Stranger Falcon. Or rather, the renamed monster.
"I will, of course, choose my own Sakra Vendirage and have yours be destroyed!" The metal masked boy shouted with a grin, his XYZ Monster once more pulsating with power. "Plain Coat!" Which it then released, shooting a wave of energy that shook the forest in its entirety.
"That's! So that's what you were planning!" Shun hissed, finally understanding what his opponent intended to do. 'The reason he turned my monster's name into that thing and why he revived his destroyed Numbers Monster, it was all for this!'
There was no way that he would let that resolve! "As if I'll let you! I will activate my set card! Counter Trap! Raidraptor - Reversal!" The well dressed teen roared back as he flipped his last unknown set card, allowing it to shine
"When a card or effect that would destroy a card or cards is activated while I control a 'Raidraptor' monster, this card negates that effect, and if it does, I draw a card!" The teal haired teen shouted, explaining the Counter Trap's effect as he shot his hand forward to point at his opponent.
"Too bad for you but my Fiend Eagle is still a Raidraptor! Which means that I get to negate that monster's effect!" He roared back as he thrust his hand forwards, the red and black weakened mechanical eagle letting out a cry as it spread its wings as wide as it possibly could.
"Whaaaat!? And you get a draw too!?" Tron cried out childishly as he saw his monster's effect be halted as the weakened Fiend Eagle spun in the air and let out a smokescreen from its wings, engulfing the crest-formed monster and negating its effect.
"Then I draw!" Shun roared out as he took the top card of his deck, briefly glancing towards it as he added it to the other two known cards that he had in his hand.
"That's really disappointing, you know. You're starting to get on my nerves." Tron said in monotone, his voice going slightly deeper as his smile disappeared. "Fine. if that's how you want to play it then we'll go next. Battle."
With that call, the turn moved onto the Battle Phase, with the three XYZ Monster on the fancily dressed boy's field preparing to attack. "Let's end this, why don't we? I'll attack your weak and tiny Fiend Eagle with Sakra Vendirage, and finish out this duel!"
The otherworldly creature stood up on both of its legs, fully using its lanky limbs and extended its right arm forward, gathering its green energy onto its hand as it pointed towards the weakened Fiend Eagle.
"I won't let you!" The teal haired duelist roared as he took out a card from his hand and showed it to his opponent. "I will activate the effect of Raidraptor - Booster Strix in my hand!"
"That's-? The cards that you should have in your hands are-" And with his eone visible eye widening, the boy clicked his tongue as he put things together. "So is that the card that you just drew! Right then and there?!"
"When a 'Raidraptor' monster that I control is targeted for an attack by an opponent's monster, I can banish this card from my hand to destroy the attack monster!" With its effects being explained, the card was then immediately banished from his hand. "So I'll destroy your Sakra Vendirage!"
"What!?" Tron shouted as right before his opponent's weakened XYZ Monster, a bulky mechanical dark green owl appeared, fire firing out if the multiple thrusters that it possessed behind it as it rammed itself right onto the attacking Sakra Vendirage, slamming onto the lanky monster's body and creating a large explosion that engulfed the entire field in smoke.
"Tch! And after I did so much to summon it too!" The metal masked wearing boy clicked his tongue and whined as he held both of his hands in front of him, waving them to clear out the smoke in front of him.
Tron narrowed his one visible eye as he watched his opponent like a hawk. Noting the teen's ragged breathing and the bead of sweat that was falling off the side of his head, the fist that he was clutching at his side, along with the look of frustration that was etched on his face as he grit his teeth while looking at his field of monsters. Trying to find a way to get out of his predicament to no avail.
And he smiled. An unkind smile that did nothing to hide his intentions. 'This could be the perfect opportunity to test it out wouldn't it?'
"Then how about this!" He shouted with glee as he thrust his right hand forwards, getting his opponent's attention. "I'll attack your Fiend Eagle with Heraldic King Genom-Heritage!"
"Huh? But that's-" Confusion flashed through his opponent's face, which only lasted for a brief second as he had to face against the newly summoned XYZ Monster.
"Flash impact!" And with a neigh the equine-like monster shot a beam of energy that it gathered through its four hair-like tendrils. Sending it right through the weakened Fiend Eagle that was engulfed by the opposing attack.
"Guagh!" And in doing so, piercing right through the weakened monster and striking directly onto its summoner. With Shun unable to put up a defence soon enough as the beam of light struck him, throwing him back from its sheer impact. Pain drowning any other sense as he unceremoniously thumped onto the ground with a cough, tumbling onto the grass below.
Shun Kurosaki: 300LP
"Oh and what do you know! You still have some Life Points left apparently! How fortunate!" The boy with the metal masked laughed happily as his one visible eye crinkle with delight as he saw his opponent coughing spit and heaving on the ground below him, all while he waved his hands to the side as he continued to kick his downed opponent even further.
"And last but not least, I'll attack your Stranger Falcon with Heraldry Patriarch!" Tron shouted with glee as the floating crest-like monster shone with power. Before he then blinked twice and tilted his head ever so slightly. "Oh wait. It's Sakra Vendirage now isn't it? Ah well it doesn't matter." He said with a shrug.
"Attack Heraldry Patriarch!" The unformed XYZ Monster then had its large attachment spin as fast as it possibly could, while orbiting the giant crimson core of its main body, glowing with ethereal light. "Plain Heraldry!" And then shit a crimson beam of destruction down towards the giant gold and red XYZ Monster that was still stuck in a cage of green lightning.
And right as it struck Stranger Falcon, the giant mechanical avian exploded. The trees all around them shaking and vibrating as a cloud of dust and smoke filled the area
"GAAAAGH!" All while the already downed teen could do nothing as his last monster was annihilated to smithereens. With the explosion sending him tumbling back to the grassy ground below while his already pitiful remaining Life Points dwindled down even further.
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"""SHUN!""" "SHUN-SAN!" "KUROSAKI-SAN!" Everyone shouted in unison as they saw the teal haired teen hit the ground yet again. The giant screen is filled with only dust and smoke while also noting both duelists' Life Points.
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Shun Kurosaki: 100LP
"Oh! Oh, my, god! Would you look at that!" Tron shouted with both of his hands cupping his cheeks, opening his mouth as widely as possible as he shouted with the most gleeful tone that he could possibly muster. "How could this be? How is this possible? Oh to think that I would make such an amateurish, pitiful mistake like this!"
With the back of his hand hitting his metal temple, the boy arched his head back ever so slightly as he spoke to himself. "What a shame. A true shame!" Then immediately shrug his shoulders nonchalantly. "Eh, what can you do right? Everyone makes mistakes every now and then."
"S-Stranger Falcon's effect!" His opponent's voice cut through his little soliloquy as he spoke through the fog and smoke. With Shun coughing and trembling as he struggled to stay conscious, struggling to keep one eye open to see his opponent as he panted harshly on the ground.
"I-if this card in my possession is destroyed by… my opponent… and-and sent to my graveyard-" He stopped in the middle of his explanation as he coughed and stumbled back down, managing to hold himself steady as he sat with one knee and continue d "I can special summon one 'Raidraptor' XYZ Monster in my graveyard except 'Raidraptor - Stranger Falcon' special summon it!"
With ragged breathing the teal haired teen glanced down as he stared at the screen of his duel disk, taking a moment to choose between the two monsters that he could possibly bring back onto the field.
'I… can probably bring back Fiend Eagle, and use its effect to deal damage to him again.' He thought as the small screen on his duel disk showed the destroyed XYZ Monster. 'But that Counter Trap that he added… or if any of the other cards that he has were to stop that then…'
A glance onto the field had his eyes land on the four legged Number Monster that his opponent had summoned last. 'And if that thing were to just copy its effects, then I won't have any way of winning.'
With a deep breath, Shun made his decision as he took out a card from his graveyard and showed it to his opponent. "I will bring back Raidraptor - Force Strix back onto the field!"
As a small black spiral appeared before him, the metallic black and brown owl returned as it came from the underworld and back onto the field. Letting out a loud shrill chirp as it used its large wings as shields to defend its summoner.
Raidraptor - Force Strix - Dark/Winged Beast/XYZ/Rank 4/Effect: 100/2000 OV: 0
"Then I-I can attach Stranger Falcon onto it as an XYZ Material!" Shun continued on, taking the XYZ Monster card in question and attaching it onto his revived XYZ Monster, granting it a shining purple orb that orbited around it.
Raidraptor - Force Strix - Dark/Winged Beast/XYZ/Rank 4/Effect: 100/2000 OV: 1
"My, my. You're certainly persistent aren't you." Tron said with a hum as he eyed the revived XYZ Monster, the red lens covering his left eye seemingly shining from the glint of the field's artificial sun. 'that monster effect was to add a Level 4 Winged Beast to his hand wasn't it? Though now with that on board I suppose both of his Continuous Traps are active once again. Not that I was going to play into them.'
"W-why?" Shun coughed up as his hand clenched into a fist, grasping the dirt and scattered grass around his hand as he slowly raised his head to glare at his opponent.
"Hm?" Tron sounded out as he saw his still downed opponent glare daggers towards him
"Why… didn't you… attack immediately with Patriarch." The teen whose once clean clothes were now worn with dirt and grass and torn on a handful of places said between ragged breaths, still trying to stabilize his breathing. "If you had attacked… my Fiend Eagle with it… that would have… finished the duel."
Hearing his words the metal mask wearing teen blinked twice. Humming to himself as he tapped the chin of his metal mask. "Hmm… now that I think about it I guess you're right! I didn't-"
"Don't joke with me!" The teal haired teen slammed his hand onto the ground, shaking the grass around him as he glared at his opponent. "You know exactly what you're doing! If you didn't, you wouldn't have attacked with Sakra Vendirage first! So why did you do it!"
"Aww I guess you remembered that huh. Did that fall not give you a concussion? Guess you're just one of those types huh." Tron sighed as he shook his head, placing his left hand on his hip as he spoke. "Guess I might as well give you an answer. Why did I, you ask? Well that's because this is a test!" He said happily with a blinding smile.
"A… test?" The teal haired teen repeated as he slowly and shakily stood back on his two feet.
"Yep yep a test! A test!" Tron grinned as he clapped his hands, entwining his fingers together as he continued on. "There's something that I want to test first you see before I actually go and win the tournament and go after the other competitors…"
Twiddling with his fingers, he then raised his right index fingers as he thrust the hand towards his opponent. "So I'm letting you have another turn! Just one singular turn!" And he retracted his hand as he finished.
"After all…" The boy trailed off as he showed a wicked smile, his eyes curling to show his utmost glee as he spoke his next words. "You're so weak that I could beat you anytime I want! And no matter what you do, you've already lost this duel!"
It was a statement. A fact. A string of words spoken with the utmost confidence without a care to his opponent who stood agape upon hearing it.
And Shun was simply left with his mouth agape after hearing his opponent's declaration, fully digesting the declaration that he had made with utter confidence. Then his mouth closed with a loud crack, his teeth grinding against one another as he shook with rage from the statement.
Yet seeing all that, seeing the teal haired teen pummel his fist down onto the dirt below, simmering with rage at the utter embarrassment and humiliation from the blatantly disrespect that he had shown-
Tron couldn't help but grin. 'Yes. That's it. That's the feeling that I wanted to see.' He thought happily with an ever widening malicious grin. 'But it's not yet enough. It's nowhere near enough to what I want. So entertain me a bit more, Kurosaki Shun.'
"Ah well, it can't be helped though right~ I'll take the rest of my hand, and set them aaaall face-down!" The victorian dress wearing boy said as he set the four cards that he had remaining onto his duel blade with a twirl. "And I'll end my turn! Good luck Shun-kun~!"
With that the metal mask wearing boy ended his turn, finishing with four whole XYZ Monsters and four set cards on his Spell and Trap Zone.
"Oh. And that's right! Genom-Heritage's effect ends as soon as my turn finishes so it goes back to normal." Tron didn't forget as the equine-like XYZ Monster shone with a blinding aura, its effect ending as it hit its time limit.
Number 8: Heraldic King Genom-Heritage - Light/Psychic/XYZ/Rank 4/Effect: 2400/1800 OV: 1
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"He turned it back! The masked duelist Tron managed to turn the whole duel on its head!"
"This is insane!"
"He's so strong!"
"How'd he manage to summon three XYZ Monsters in one turn!? That's crazy!?"
"What the heck happened while I was out!? I only went to the bathroom for five minutes!?"
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WHAT A TURNAROUND THIS IS!" Mr. Heartland's voice boomed drowning all the cheers and shouts of the audience all around the Heartland Stadium.
"Seemingly rising from the ashes, Tron has managed to not only assemble a board of XYZ Monsters and cards in his Spell and Trap Zone, but also destroy whatever field presence that his opponent has!" The man shouted as he clenched on his cane, using it as a pseudo mic with how close it is to his mouth.
And then he swooned, placing the back of his hand on his forehead as he lamented. "But! But it seems he miscalculated! A simple mistake that even plagues the competitors of the World Duel Carnival! Oh the agony! A single mistake like that and he let his opponent go Scott free!"
Gripping his one free hand on the railings of the flying machine that he rode, the most famous man of the city roused the audience's spirit yet again. "Now the one that is pushed into a corner is his opponent! Just how will he respond to this!"
"No, no, no, no! No way! He started off so well too!" Allen shouted while gritting his teeth as he slammed his hands on the armrest of his chairs. Hissing as he glared at the screen that zoomed right on the metal masked duelist's hidden face. "That guy! He's the worst! Why'd he have to do something like this!?"
"The lock that he put is impressive, but he overextended, I think." In contrast to the poncho wearing boy's heated words, Mei cooly attempted to analyse the duel, her left hand propping the other as she eyed the board state as closely as she possibly could.
"Wha-the heck are you talking about Purple?!"
"Purple? Two of us have that shade of hair you know." She muttered with a glance back at Allen before shaking her head. "I'm saying that he probably could have kept himself from going too far. If he had just gone for only Stranger Falcon and not summon Fiend Eagle, then he might have just been able to slow the game down enough to not be in that situation."
"He went greedy." Serena nodded her head in agreement, making others turn towards her. "I assume that he specifically made those two XYZ Monsters because he wanted to set up those two Continuous Traps. From the start, one was sent by Tribute Lanius, and then was added back by Heel Eagle's effect."
"Which he could only get to the graveyard by detaching it from Fiend Eagle." Myu tacked in, joining with an uneasy expression. "It was all deliberate, but maybe… if he was just a bit more aggressive…"
True enough to the silver haired girl's thoughts, Mei nodded her head as well. "Yes. If he had just chosen to either be more offensive, not choosing to go for those two Continuous Traps, then he might have won on his second turn."
"So we got this instead. Damnit Shun." Serena clicked her tongue as she also balled her hands into fist. "You better have a way to turn this around."
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"So, what will you do now Kurosaki Shun-kun?" Tron hummed as he looked towards his still shaking opponent, who could only barely stand while heaving for air.
"I will say that was a nice little combination that you did with those two Trap cards, though they didn't do so well did they? Ah I guess you couldn't have expected that I would play around it oh so easily did you?" The masked teen lamented with a chuckle as he shrugged his shoulders and shook his head.
Only for him to then smile widely and clap his hands. "Though a congratulations are in order I suppose! Now with only Force Strix on the field, I basically can't summon anymore monsters with how all of them have over 1000 attack!" He laughed while clapping his hands, his one visible eye eyeing the gigantic mechanical owl that nested on his opponent's side of the field.
"Not that I need to of course. With the monsters that I have on hand, the next turn could easily end the game. Don't you think so?" He raised his right hand towards him, and then moved his fingers towards him repeatedly in a 'come and get me' gesture. "I believe 'show me what you got' is what people call it these days? So go ahead and hit me with your best shot why don't you? You only have one turn left after all."
Boiling with rage at his opponent's taunts, Shun's anger reached a level never before seen as he bared his teeth at his opponent and roared, ignoring the pain that it brought to his lungs as he did so. "I DRAW! I WILL ACTIVATE FORCE STRIX'S EFFECT!" He shouted as he drew a card, and immediately flew into the Main Phase to activate his monster's effect.
Lowering his head slightly with a grunt of pain, the teal haired teen continued. "I will detach one overlay material, to add a Level 4 Dark Winged Beast from my deck to my hand!" And with a painful swing of his hand, the giant owl's last remaining overlay material was absorbed onto its body to power its effect.
Raidraptor - Force Strix - Dark/Winged Beast/XYZ/Rank 4/Effect: 100/2000 OV: 0
"I will add Raidraptor - Mimicry Lanius from my deck to my hand!" Shun declared as he added the card he named into the repertoire of cards he had in his hand, before taking another and placing it onto his duel balde.
"I will normal summon Raidraptor - Vanishing Lanius!" Right beside the revived XYZ Monster, a dark green and dark blue coloured mechanical winged beast appeared with a cry, flying into the field as it manifested.
Raidraptor - Vanishing Lanius - Dark/Winged Beast/Level 4/Effect: 1300/1600
"Ah yes, the one that you added a whole turn ago. My how time flies." Tron spike out with a smile as he saw the monster be summoned. "Are you going to be summoning the other monsters in your hand as well?"
"Then I will special summon Fuzzy Lanius!" The teen shouted, making Tron's guess correct as the purple winged mechanical monster appeared onto the field as its special summoning requirement was met.
Raidraptor - Fuzzy Lanius - Dark/Winged Beast/Level 4/Effect: 500/1500
"That's two." Tron counted, tilting his head slightly. "Then how about the one that you added to your hand? Does it have a way of summoning itself like all the others as well?"
"And then I will activate Vanishing Lanius' effect!" Shun continued on, gritting his teeth as his body jolted in pain at the exaggerated movements that he was making. "Once per turn, if this card was normal or special summoned this turn, during the Main Phase, I can special summon one Level 4 or lower 'Raidraptor' monster from my hand!"
"AH there it is! I was waiting for that!" Tron clapped as he grinned. Before lowering his head ever so slightly at his opponent's ever present glare. "Do continue."
Clicking his tongue at his opponent's annoying antics, the Heartland Academy student took out the card that he had just added to his hand and revealed it to his opponent. "I will special summon Raidraptor - Mimicry Lanius!"
Slamming the card onto his purple duel blade, the a new mechanical winged beast formed onto the field, one with a more musical aesthetic as it released a musical cry while flying alongside its brethren.
Raidraptor - Mimicry Lanius - Dark/Winged Beast/Level 4/Effect: 1100/1900
"My oh my would you look at that! Three whole monsters with the exact same Level!" Tron gasped in mock surprise as his eyes widened and a hand placed right in front of his mouth. "Could you possibly be thinking of making a brand new never seen before XYZ Monster that could possibly deal with my entire board?!"
Then as his hand lowered, Shun saw the smile that was half visible on his masked opponent. "Well we can't have that can we?" And upon hearing him say that, the teal haired teen couldn't help but straighten his back, readying himself for whatever it is to come.
"So I will activate my set card! The Quick-Play Spell, Flash of Heraldry!" Tron shouted as he threw his hand forwards, flipping one of the many set cards that he had face-up and revealing it to be one of the cards that he had added with Stad Whale's effect.
"You see, Flash of Heraldry lets me target as many monsters that you control, and turn aaaall of their names to 'Unknown!'" He explained with a wide grin, waving his hand as he threw it forward.
"So with that said, I will target all of your monsters, and change their names to 'Unknown'!" The metal masked duelist declared as he then swiped his hand to the side, the equine-like Number Monster letting out a neigh as it buckled and slammed its front hooves into the ground, its four hair-like limbs emitting a wave of energy that slowly crept onto the Winged Beast specialists' field.
"That's-! I won't let you!" Shun roared back as he slammed a card from his hand onto his duel blade, allowing a holographic projection of the card to appear before him. "I'll use the Quick-Play Spell! Rank-Up-Magic Revolution Force!"
As the card shone right before him, the haggard duelist did his best to get through explaining the card's effect. "During my turn, this card allows me to target one Raidraptor' XYZ Monster that I control, and special summon from my extra deck a 'Raidraptor' monster that is one Rank higher than that target!"
"A Rank-Up all of the sudden!? That was what you drew for turn too!?" Tron said aghast as his mouth hung open and one visible eye wide.
"I will target the Rank 4 Raidraptor - Wise Strix! And use it to reconstruct the overlay network!" The teal haired teen shouted as he thrust his hand forward with all his remaining might, the mechanical owl-like monster letting a loud caw as it spread its wings wide, flying above the treelines and into another forming dark clouds.
"Ferocious falcon! Break through this fierce battle and spread your wings! Destroy our gathering foes!" The teal haired teen chanted as the black clouds roared with thunder, until a burning flame pillar emerged from it.
"Rank Up Xyz Change! Appear! Raidraptor - Blaze Falcon!" And sweeping down with force that blew back all the trees around them, was a newly formed XYZ Monster. A brand new crimson gold and black gigantic mechanical winged beast sweeped on the the field with its large mechanical wings opened wide as it flew onto the field.
Raidraptor - Blaze Falcon - Dark/Winged Beast/XYZ/Rank 5/Effect: 1000/2000 OV: 1
Then as the monster fully descended onto the field, the wave that Genom-Heritage released struck the other three monsters that was on Shun's field, all three mechanical birds letting out weak caws as their movements became disjointed erratic.
Unknown - Dark/Winged Beast/Level 4/Effect: 1300/1600
Unknown - Dark/Winged Beast/Level 4/Effect: 500/1500
Unknown - Dark/Winged Beast/Level 4/Effect: 1100/1900
"Well this certainly wasn't what I thought would happen, but I suppose I'll take what I can get." The metal masked boy said with a sigh as he lowered his head. "I'll activate Heraldry Patriarch's effect!" And immediately raised it again as he shouted.
Shooting his hand forwards, the victorian dressed boy grasps his hand into a fist as he declares his target. "I'll target the Unknown, I suppose that used to be Vanishing Lanius, and destroy all the others!"
The gigantic floating crest glowed with otherworldly power yet again as its newly added overlay unit entered its crimson core, shining with power as its intense aura drowned the field.
Number 18: Heraldry Patriarch - Light/Psychic/XYZ/Rank 4/Effect: 2200/2200 OV: 0
"Plain Coat!" Tron roared out as a wave of energy shot to Shun's side of the field yet again, destroying all the other monsters on his field that shared the same name as the chosen monster.
"Ugh!" Wincing as he held a hand to protect his eyes from the raised dust clouds that came from the remains of his destroyed monster, the teal haired duelist swiped his hand to clear it away as he shouted. "Fuzzy Lanius' effect! As its sent to the graveyard, I will add another copy of itself to my hand!"
"But since you special summoned one already you can't summon it again with its effect this turn." The metal masked teen noted with a hum as the Heartland Academy student added the third and last copy of the card into his hand.
"That's fine with me! I will-" Yet with his hand hovering over his duel blade, Shun stopped. 'Wait, those set cards.' He thought as his eyes narrowed towards the three remaining face-down cards that his opponent had.
'One of the cards that he had added was a Counter Trap wasn't it?' He remembered, the two cards that his opponent added to his hand alongside the Quick-Play Spell that changed all of his monsters. 'And knowing what Counter Traps are like, chances are it would be able to prevent Blaze Falcon's effect.'
With that though, his hovering hand grasped into a fist. 'So what I should do here is-'
"Battle!" The scruffed and hurt Heartland Academy duelist shouted at the top of his lungs as he waved his hand outwards. "I will attack directly with Blaze Falcon!" He shouted as the monster's thrusters burst with fire, its wings spread wide as it took flight.
"Huh?! Directly!?" Tron shouted agape.
"That's right! This card can attack directly while it has XYZ Material!" He roared out as he gripped his hand into a fist. "And when Blaze Falcon inflicts battle damage to you, I can target a monster that you control, and destroy it!"
"And it also destroys one of my monsters too!? That's crazy!" Tron shouted as the flying XYZ Monster began to dive down, its mouth opened as it charge its attack. "Well we can't have that can we? So I'll use this then!"
And with a wave of his hand, one of the three remaining set cards that the masked boy had was flipped face-up. "The Trap, Heraldry Burst!" He shouted as the card shone on the field in front of him.
"During the Battle Phase, Heraldry Burst returns all cards in your Spell and Trap zone to your hand and then end the Battle Phase!" He shouted out its explanation as the card shot out a wave of shining orange light, forcing the flying mechanical winged beast back with a screech.
"Tch! So it stops my attack!" Shun clicked his tongue, much to his opponent's amusement as he giggled into his hand.
"Ah, but if that's just all then it won't be that fun would it?" The victorian dress wearing boy giggled to himself as he wagged a finger in front of Shun. Because during the End Phase of this turn, I get to inflict 500 damage to you for each card returned!"
"W-what!?" Shun shouted with wide eyes as he stumbled back. "Then that means-!"
"Yep yep yep! Since you have both of those cute Continuous Traps that you made, that means at the end of the turn, you take 1000 damage!" Tron said with the widest grin he could muster.
"1-1000 damage!?" Shun choked, knowing full well that the amount surpassed what Life Points that he had left.
-
"W-wait-doesn't that mean that Shun just lost?! For real!?" Allen shouted with his hands on his head, the others in the same state of distress as the poncho wearing teen.
"No-no way. This is-this is cruel." Sayaka whimpered with her hands close to her chest. Shaking her head repeatedly as she looked away from the screen.
"No. There's still a chance." Serena growled as she leaned in forward, gritting her teeth as she gripped both of her hands together.
"Is there? How would he even manage to do that?!" Myu shrieked as she snapped towards the ponytailed girl, only to be answered by friend.
"There's a handful. I've dueled against Shun a bunch of times already and I know he had some cards under his sleeves that could get him out of this situation." Mei spoke as she mimicked Serena's pose, only with a hand in front of her mouth as she began muttering to herself.
"Without the Battle Phase he can't go for an OTK, but he's been whittling Tron's Life Points enough that if he got some more burn damage in then-"
"Doesn't he also have that card? That Trap card?" Serena spoke out, to which Mei caught as she nodded her head.
"Ah right! If he could get Readiness to the grave then he could just prevent any damage for the rest of the turn!" The purple haired girl exclaimed as she snapped her fingers at Serena. Only to immediately bit her lip as she mumbled yet again.
"But he already used his normal summon for the turn. And getting that to the grave isn't really that easy but…" She trailed off as she stared at the screen showing the harshly breathing teen.
"He can do this. He'll find a way. Come on Shun…"
-
"So, what are you going to do now? Kurosaki Shun-kun~" Tron teased as the gigantic mechanical winged beast returned down to Shun's side of the field, hovering right beside the monster whose name had been changed.
"You-!" The teen grit his teeth and balled his fist, his entire body shaking and trembling with rage as he was essentially toyed by his opponent. "I will activate the effect of Mimicry Lanius in my graveyard!" Shun declared as he jerked his hand forwards, hiding a wince of pain that it brought him in doing so.
"During my Main Phase, if this card is in my graveyard because it was sent there this turn, I can banish this card, to add one 'Raidraptor' card or a card that mentions it from my deck to my hand, except another copy of itself!"
As the card was then banished for the cost of its own effect, Shun then resolved Mimicry Lanius' effect as he took out an archetypal card from his deck to reveal to his opponent. "I will add the Equip Spell, Raidraptor - Iron Heart from my deck to my hand!"
As he revealed the card, he then immediately slammed it right into his duel blade. "And use it!" He shouted, allowing the card's holographic projection to shine in front of him.
"This Equip Spell can only be equipped to a 'Raidraptor' XYZ Monster, and it gives it 500 attack points!" As the card's projection shone in front of him, it then morphed and turned into a shunning orb that flew right towards the gigantic XYZ Monster, becoming a giant metallic brand that shone on the monster's chest as it screeched while spreading its wings.
Raidraptor - Blaze Falcon - Dark/Winged Beast/XYZ/Rank 5/Effect: 1500/2000 OV: 1
"A 500 attack boost?" The metal masked teen asked aloud as he tilted his head to the side. "Uh, huh? What use is that when you already used your Battle Phase already? Did you already forgot? You didn't hit your head too hard did you?"
"Shut up!" He then roared as he threw his hand forwards. "I will activate Blaze Falcon's effect!" He declared. "I can detach one XYZ Material from Blaze Falcon, to destroy as many special summoned monsters that you control, and deal 500 damage for each of them that was destroyed!"
"Wha-wha-wha-whaaaaat!? It destroys all of my special summoned monsters!? And also deal damage!? No waaaaaay!" Tron gasped as he clasped his face in both of his hands, his single eye wide as the one singular overlay unit that the Winged Beast XYZ Monster had was absorbed into its metallic body.
Raidraptor - Blaze Falcon - Dark/Winged Beast/XYZ/Rank 5/Effect: 1500/2000 OV: 0
"No, no, no way! If that goes on then-then-!" With his opponent shaking his head left and right repeatedly, with his command the newly reformed XYZ Monster took flight once more, swirling in the air past the treeline and hovering in the air as it spread its mechanical wings wide.
Before compartments began to open in its body, along with the silos behind its back and wings, revealing a multitude of missiles ready to be fired to decimate his opponent's monsters.
"Raptor's Break of Thunderclap!" And with his roar Blaze Falcon let out a mechanical screech as it shot its salvo, trails of smoke trailing as the fired missiles all cut through the air and fired down onto the ground.
"NOOOOOOOOO!" Tron shouted as he hid his face with both of his hands. Yet, just as the missiles was about to close in-
"Just kidding~!" Tron sang as he showed his face, cupping it with both of his hands before he swung it forwards. "The Counter Trap, Heraldry Record!" And flipped up one of the many set down cards that he still had in front of him.
With the card's holographic projection shining, the metal masked duelist explained the card's effects as it was activated in sequence to Blaze Falcon's bombardment. "You see, when an effect of your XYZ Monster is activated by detaching its own XYZ Material, Heraldry Record lets me negate its activation, and if I do, destroy it!"
The shining Counter Trap's projection then dragged forth from the grave a shining purple orb that then shot forth past the flying salvo of missiles towards the flying XYZ Monster, circling it before the trail of light that it left restrained it, making the mechanical monster screech in pain before exploding, making all the shot missiles deactivated, falling towards the ground harmlessly before disappearing into motes of light.
"Tch. I thought so." Shun clicked his tongue as he swayed slightly, managing to ground himself as he kept his eyes on his opponent. "I knew you had something up your sleeve. Dan it."
"Eh~ you mean you saw through my acting~! How amazing~!" Tron cooed as his one visible eye curved with delight upon hearing what his opponent had to say. "Well I didn't even try to hide it that much honestly. It was really blatant now that I think about it isn't it?"
"It's annoying is what it is!" Shun gritted his teeth as he stumbled, wincing as pain wrecked his body yet again. But with sheer determination of winning this duel, and with determination to defeat the opponent before him, he held on.
'At the very least-! I can't allow someone like him to go through!' He thought through gritted teeth. 'For someone that would disrespect their opponent and toy with them like this to appear at an illustrious stage like the World Duel Carnival, I can't allow it!'
"I will activate the effect of Raidraptor - Iron Heart in my graveyard!" He shouted as he threw his right hand to the side, swinging it wildly as he declared the card's effect.
"It has one of those?"
"During the turn this card was sent to the graveyard, I can target 2 'Raidraptor' XYZ Monster in my graveyard, and special summon one of then and attach the other to the summoned monster as XYZ Material!" The battered teen shouted, explaining the card's graveyard effect.
"Wait whaaaat?! It's graveyard effect is revival that also gives the summoned XYZ a material?!" Tron shouted in mock shock as he squished his cheeks, though in reality all that he managed to do was place his hands on the cool metal mask that he wore.
Ignoring his opponent's unserious reaction, Shun grit his teeth as he took out a pair of cards from his graveyard, both being XYZ Monsters as were the targets for Iron Heart's effect. "I will summon back Raidraptor - Stranger Falcon!"
Calling upon the card's name as he slammed it onto his purple duel blade, a vortex of darkness appeared right before Shun as the giant crimson and golden winged beast rose back from, reappearing onto the field as it was summoned back from the grave.
Raidraptor - Stranger Falcon - Dark/Winged Beast/XYZ/Rank 5/Effect: 2000/2000 OV: 0
"And I will attach Raidraptor - Blaze Falcon as material!" And then placed the other card that he took under the monster on his duel blade, with it manifesting as a shining dark purple orb that orbited the revived monster.
Raidraptor - Stranger Falcon - Dark/Winged Beast/XYZ/Rank 5/Effect: 2000/2000 OV: 1
"Ah! That monster!" Tron shouted as his one visible eye went wide, pointing towards the monster in question. "That's the monster that can destroy my monster and damage my Life Points!"
"That's right!" Shun shouted as he gripped his hand into a fist. "If I have to go down by the end of this turn, then to win I'll just have to take you down first before that happens!" Shun shouted with all his strength.
"I see. So that's what you're aiming for then." Tron said with narrowed eyes. "You're going to keep using your monsters with effects that deal damage, and beat me that way before you get to the End Phase and lose from Heraldry Burst."
The metal mask wearing boy hummed as he nodded his hand, placing a hand on his chin as he seemed to contemplate on his opponent's last ditch strategy. "That's not a bad idea I suppose. But how will it work I wonder?"
"You're about to find out! I'll activate Stranger Falcon's effect! Since it has an XYZ Monster as XYZ Material, I can detach a material, to target a monster you control and destroy it, then deal damage equal to its original attack!"
And with a wave, he thrust his pal towards the four legged monster that remained on Tron's side of the field. "I will target your Genom-Heritage! And destroy it to deal damage equal to its attack and burn all of your remaining Life Points!"
With the declaration, the newly revied XYZ Monster absorbed the sole overlay unit that it possessed, letting a loud mechanical screech as it spread its wings, the compartments on its back unfolding and opening to reveal a gigantic cannon that was pointed towards the equine-like XYZ Monster as it charged up its shot.
Raidraptor - Stranger Falcon - Dark/Winged Beast/XYZ/Rank 5/Effect: 2000/2000 OV: 0
"Hm, hm, hm, hmmmmm~ then I suppose I'll have to do this then right~" tron hummed as he swung his hand forwards. "I will flip up another of my set cards then! The Counter Trap, XYZ Block!"
With the third of the four set cards flipped face-up, Shun couldn't help but grit his teeth upon seeing it. "Another one!?"
"You see, when you activate a monster effect, I can detach an XYZ Material from a monster that I control, to negate the activation, then if I do, destroy that monster!" Tron hummed as he twirled his hand.
"Oh and would you look at that? Genom-Heritage still has one left over!" He grinned as he giggled into his hand. "So I'll just use that to negate Stranger Falcon's effect, and destroy it!"
The last golden material that the Number Monster possessed flew and went into the Counter Trap, being used to empower its effect.
Number 8: Heraldic King Genom-Heritage - Light/Psychic/XYZ/Rank 4/Effect: 2400/1800 OV: 0
"So say goodbye to your monster~!" Tron giggled happily as he waved his hands, the flipped Counter trap shooting a golden chain of energy that ensnared the revived XYZ monster and dragged it back down to the graveyard with an explosion.
"Kuh!" Shun hissed as he held a hand in front of him to protect from the ash and dust that the explosion caused, gritting his teeth and closing one of his eye before swinging his hand outwards to cut through the smoke.
"Stranger Falcon's effect! If its destroyed by your card either by battle or effect and sent to the graveyard, I can target one 'Raidraptor' XYZ Monster in my graveyard except Stranger Falcon, and special summon it back onto the field!"
"Ah right it does have that effect doesn't it?" Tron hummed as his smile slowly faded down to a neutral expression. "You really do have a lot of those don't you?"
"I will summon back Blaze Falcon!" Shun called out as he summoned back the XYZ Monster that he had just summoned in this turn, allowing the return of the other Rank 5 XYZ Monster that he had summoned in this duel.
Raidraptor - Blaze Falcon - Dark/Winged Beast/XYZ/Rank 5/Effect: 1000/2000 OV: 0
"Then I attach back the Stranger Falcon onto it as material!" He said, taking the card and throwing it towards the monster, with the card transforming into a purple orb that shone as it orbited the revived monster.
Raidraptor - Blaze Falcon - Dark/Winged Beast/XYZ/Rank 5/Effect: 1000/2000 OV: 1
'I… can use Blaze Falcon's effect again.' Shun thought as the monster floated down to hover just above the ground right in front of him. 'With the effect being a… what did Mei call it? A soft once per turn, I can use it again as it is a different copy in a way. Just like how I can use multiple Force Strix in a turn.'
Yet as he eyed the monsters that were on his opponents field, he couldn't help but grip his hand into fists. 'No it's not enough.' Shun Gritted his teeth 'Even if it destroyed all of his monsters, He'll still have some Life Points still remaining! There has to be something else that I can do!!'
And as he racked his head to search for a way, any possible cards that he could possibly use to get out of this situation, one of them shone in his mind.
"That's it!" He shouted as his eyes widened, a grin slowly taking form in his face as he swiped his right hand forwards. "I will use the effect of Rank-Up-Magic Raid Force in my graveyard!"
"Hm? Another one of your graveyard effects is it?" The metal mask wearing boy hummed, placing a hand on his hips as he tilted his head ever so slightly. "So, what does this one do then?"
"I can banish this card from my graveyard, along with a 'Raidraptor' card from my hand, to then target one other 'Rank-Up-Magic' Spell Card in my graveyard, and add it to my hand!" He shouted, explaining the Rank-Up-Magic's graveyard effect while revealing a card that he had shown quite a while earlier.
"I will banish it and the Raidraptor - Fuzzy Lanius in my hand, to target Rank-Up-Magic Revolution Force and add it back to my hand!" The teal haired teen declared as he banished both the card in his graveyard and the card in his hand, all in order to add back the Quick-Play Rank-Up-Magic that had allowed him a leg in this stretch of the duel.
"Oh! A recovery effect! So you're going to keep going then? Ranking up and summoning a new XYZ Monster?" Tron asked, a hint of excitement glinting in his singular eye and his ever present smile.
"Well you're about to find out!" He shot back, taking the card that he had just took back from the graveyard and immediately placing it. "I will activate the Quick-Play Spell! Rank-Up-Magic Revolution Force! Targeting my Raidraptor - Blaze Falcon!"
With that declaration, the targeted monster let out a cry as it spread its wings, all while a giant galactical vortex appeared right beneath it, with the monster slowly lowering itself into it.
"With this monster I will once more reconstruct the overlay network!" He shouted as a pillar of light then appeared ahead of him from the gigantic vortex of darkness, and he continued the summoning chant. "O' prideful falcon! Spread your wings high in the air, dyed in the blood of heroes, and charge through the path of bright revolution!"
With that, he grasped his right hand in front of him and completed the chant. "Rank Up Xyz Change!" He roared, and thunder struck down, heard all throughout the man made forest that the duel took place on.
"Appear! Raidraptor - Revolution Falcon - Air Raid!" And following the chant, the newly summoned monster let out its signature mechanical screech. Spreading its metallic featherless wings wide as it hovered right in the air, its presence overshadowing all other monsters on the field.
Raidraptor - Revolution Falcon - Air Raid - Dark/Winged Beast/XYZ/Rank 6/Effect: 2000/3000 OV: 2
"Haha! That's great! So it's a Rank 6 this time hm?" Tron laughed as he clapped his hands. "Aren't you full of surprises! You certainly have quite the plethora of cards don't you!"
"And its effects will activate!" Shun shouted aloud, waving his hand forward completely ignoring his opponents words. "If this card is XYZ Summoned, I can target one monster that you control, and destroy it! Then if it was face-up on the field, I can inflict damage to you equal to the attack it had on the field!"
"Oh so its another destruction effect that also deals damage is it?" The metal masked boy hummed as his singular visible eye rolled. "My I do admit, I expected something different this time. Though I suppose this effect is activated as it is XYZ Summoned so it is something."
"Well that 'something' is going to win me this duel and make you lose!" Shun snapped back, throwing his hand forwards as he roared. "I will target your Number 8: Heraldic King Genom-Heritage, and destroy it to deal damage to you equal to its attack!"
Following the declaration of its target, the giant black and golden mechanical winged beast let out its cry as it spread its wings wide and took off, leaving trails of smoke in its wake as it flew into the air.
The gigantic mechanical falcon then hovered in the air, right above the equine-like XYZ Monster as the compartments under its chest and all across its wings began to open, revealing many a bombs and explosives that it would drop onto it.
"Go! Revolution Falcon - Air Raid! Revolutional Blitz Strike!" Shun roared out as the sky was then filled with bombs, with them all falling as if they were rain drops towards the equine-like Number monster.
"Ah, so that's how it is huh." Tron said without any worry as he stared at the oncoming assault. "Well if this does resolve then I'll lose. And that'll be a really good comeback story won't it? The underdog that was given a chance by the haughty opponent completely flips the script."
Yet, at the face of losing, the masked boy simply snorted.
"Well it won't work here though." The boy muttered, low enough for his opponent not to hear as the plethora of explosions struck his monster.
"Oh noooooo~!" Tron shouted as the bombs dropped and explosions filled the field, his monster letting one final neigh as it was consumed in flames, the entire forest themselves shaking from the sheer scale of the explosion as smoke then filled the field.
"It's-it's over…" Shun let out a sigh of relief as the shaking stopped, with smoke filled the entire forest after the resolution of the attack. Swaying slightly before managing to keep his footing.
"I've… won…" Shun spoke with with a smile as his head arched back, closing his eyes as he took in his victory.
"Well I don't know about that."
And upon hearing his opponent's voice, the teal haired Heartland Academy duelist snapped towards the figure that was appearing right from the smoke.
And that was none other than Tron. still standing with a smile on his face as he dusted himself from the dust that seemed to clung on his victorian era style dress.
"Yeouch, that stings." The metal masked boy said as he moved his left hand away from himself as sparks danced across his duel disk, his Life Points lowering from the effect damage, waving it repeatedly as if to let the electricity disperse.
"You're not supposed to celebrate too early I hear. Something like that could be considered unsportsmanlike. Or so I've heard." The boy said as he giggled into his hand, enjoying the look of absolute shock on Shun's face.
"W-WHAT!? HOW!?" He shouted with his mouth agape, snapping down towards his duel disk as he saw his opponent's Life Point counter, and saw that while he had dealt damage-
Tron: 600LP
It was still not enough to end the duel in this very turn.
"H-how." The teal haired duelist said as he took a step back in shock. Body shaking as his mouth opened and closed repeatedly. "You-you were supposed to have lost all of your Life Points-"
"Well you see, since you've been using cards effects in the graveyard, just like I have admittedly, I though that I might as well add one more!" The metal masked boy clapped his hand with a large smile, gesturing his hand to the side as he revealed a shining projection of the card beside him.
"So I used the effect of Damage diet's effect in my graveyard!" He said with a blinding smile, pointing towards the card in question. "Because you see, while the effect on the field can just halve any damage I take, I can banish this card from my graveyard, to halve all effect damage that I take this turn!"
"N-no..." Shun trailed off as he lost all the power that he had managed to scourge throughout the duel. Despair filling him as he fell to his knees and his arms hung limply by his side.
"Aww, are you sad? Don't be! You were very close, I'll give you that!" The metal masked wearing boy cooed, clapping his hands yet again as he then hid them behind him, smile always present as he continued to speak.
"Though of course, you'd have never been close at all if I hadn't given you that extra turn right?" He said, tilting his head slightly to the side as he continued. "So I guess you were never close at all! Too bad, soo sad!"
Hearing that managed to reignite a hint of fight on Shun, as he gripped his hands into fist and shouted while glaring at his opponent. "You! YOU-!"
"Hm, but I guess you can't really do anything about that now is it?" And those very words took away any momentum that he was about to build, and slammed it away with a dash of reality. "After all, you don't have any cards that you could play in this very moment. All that you could do-"
And on this moment, the smile on the metal masked boy's face turned ever so malicious.
"Is to just give up. End your turn. And lose."
"I-I-!" Shun tried to speak, gis eyes moving back and forth from the monsters that he had on his field and the assortment of cards in his hand, gritting his teeth and biting his lips as he thought, of any possible way that he could turn this back-
"..."
But found nothing. He had already exhausted every single possible card that he could use, and it was all for naught.
The teen could only hang his head down, both in defeat and shame as he spoke his next few words.
"I…End… my turn."
"Finally~! Gosh, I was waiting a while to resolve this honestly. You sure did take your time." Tron sang aloud with a blinding smile, clapping his hands repeatedly as he then spread both of his hands wide.
"At the End Phase, Heraldry Blast effect goes off~ and deals you… 1000 points of damage!" He shouted as the card's holographic projection reappeared onto the field, this time it was pulsing with power as if it was just about to burst.
"Bye bye Kurosaki Shun-kun~!" Tron said as he happily waved his hand, and the pulsing orb of energy then shot forth towards the opponent.
"GUAAAAAAAAAGH!" And striking him right in the chest, making the teen scream at the top of his lungs as he was thrown all the way back, past a handful of trees and forcing him through a handful of bushes and branches, all until he finally hit his back on a tree, giving a loud thump as he stopped.
And then slowly, ever so slowly, slumped down onto the ground with his head hanging down, body entirely limp as the stress from the duel, along with the numerous strikes that he had received took what consciousness that remained.
Shun Kurosaki: 0LP
As his Life Point counter hit zero, the energy that struck him slowly dissipated along with all of the monsters that they had on the field, yet trails of smoke still wafted around the teen.
"I…I…" With him already fallen on his knees, the teen let out an inaudible noise out of his mouth before his eyes rolled to the back of his head. His body following the rules of gravity and falling forwards, slumping face first right into the charred grassy area around him.
"That;s it? Aw. Too bad." Tron said mournfully as he walked past his defeated foe.
"I really did want to try out something more first before I get to the real trials." As he briefly glanced at the back of his opponent who was laid face-down unconscious on the grassy ground below, Tron simply shrugged.
"But oh well. I suppose I can save it for my next opponent then."