Fate’s Seal (Part 23)

Previously…

            “I call upon Seto Kaiba!” called a voice.

            “Who said that and speak in a language that I can understand,” demanded Kaiba.

            “Thee be Seto Kaiba, yes?” asked MC (Marauding Captain for short).

            “So what if I am? All I know is you’re annoying me,” retorted Kaiba.

            “Does thou take request to Duel?” asked MC.

            “If it means you’ll speak normally when I defeat you then yes,” answered Kaiba.

            “Thou turn hast ended so the takes own turn with Mataza the Zapper (1300 ATK) in Attack Mode. Zapper attacks thy Dimension Dragon!

            “I activate Burst Breath and due to its effect, I Tribute my Dimension Dragon and destroy all monsters on the field with DEF less than his 1200 ATK and that takes out all 3 of your monsters!” retaliated Kaiba. *Different Dimension Dragon disappears and MC’s monsters are destroyed.*

            “Thy turn was your last and I will defeat thy with next draw! *He draws his card.* Victory is with thee! I activate thee, Call of the Haunted (Info) to bring back a noble monster to fight again so I resurrect thee, Mataza (Info) (1300 ATK) ! Mataza appears. Next I empower thee with Mage Power (Info), giving Mataza 500 ATK per Spell and Trap cast on the field of thee. Mataza’s ATK rises to 2800. Mataza will do battle with thy Cannon! X-Head Cannon is destroyed and Kaiba’s LP drops to 6000. Mataza’s ability shall let it attack twice per Battle Phase so Mataza, attack the traitor directly! Kaiba’s LP drops to 3200. The turn hast complete,” said MC. (Hand: 0 cards)

            “I’ll end this Duel right now with Card of Demise (Info) and thanks to its effect, I draw 5 cards but 5 turns after doing so, I lose my hand. *He draws his cards* Next I’ll use Polymerization (Info) to discard my 3 Blue-Eyes White Dragons to my Grave for Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon (Info) (4500 ATK) in Attack Mode. Next I’ll boost his ATK since my LP are lower than yours with Megamorph (Info), doubling his ATK! Ultimate Dragon’s ATK rises to 9000. Ultimate Dragon, destroy his Mataza! Mataza is destroyed and MC’s LP drops to 700. I’ll end my turn but your odds of coming back from my attack are next to zero!” stated Kaiba. (Hand: 0 cards)

            “Thou hast angered thee and thou shall pay! Pot of Greed (Info) be activated and it givith me 2 cards. He draws his cards. Next Book of Moon (Info) placeth thy monster face down! Ultimate Dragon disappears, its card back appears and Megamorph is destroyed. Next Mystic Swordsman LV2 (Info) (900 ATK) Summoned and attacking thy face down monster already known!

            “You’re joking, right? Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon has 3800 DEF so your puny monster has no chance at taking it down and you will lose this Duel. The face down Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon (3800 DEF) is destroyed. How could that possibly happen?” questioned Kaiba.

            “Mystic Swordsman haveth an effect to destroy hidden monsters without entering damage calculation. Turn endith for thee,” replied MC. (Hand: 0 cards)

            “You thought you’d be some kind of a challenge to me, but the only challenge was me understanding your outdated language! In case you haven’t learned yet, no one uses the language of William Shakespeare anymore! Now it’s time for me to shut you up once and for all with my Monster Reborn (Info) card to bring back Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon (Info)! *Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon appears* Ultimate Dragon, destroy his Mystic Swordsman LV2! Mystic Swordsman LV2 is destroyed and MC’s score drops to 0.

            “Thy has beaten thee and thee shall leave,” stated MC. He disappears.

            “Man I’m glad that guy is gone,” stated Mokuba.

            “So am I, considering that he clearly was behind in his vocabulary,” replied Kaiba.

            “Well he certainly gave us something to do for the afternoon,” added Mokuba.

            “True, but his skill level meant that it was a waste of time to Duel him. Someone like Yugi on the other hand is never a waste of time to Duel against. After all, the Duelist has a mere loss record compared to his victories,” remarked Kaiba. [Elsewhere…]

            “I sure hope we get to see who these guys are,” said Alexis.

            “Yeah, they give me the creeps and having them unmasked might make me feel better,” added Syrus.

            “What do you mean might?” asked Alexis.

            “You know, like if they turn out to be some kind of new evil then I won’t be feeling any better but if they’re nice guys then I have nothing to worry about,” explained Syrus.

            “Whatever we discover next, we’ll be ready to take it on!” thought Jaden.

Fate’s Seal (Part 21)

Previously…

            “Let’s see what I can do now with a dice roll! *The dice land* Too cool, I got a pair of Level 3 Summon Crests so I’ll unlock Elemental Hero Burstinatrix (15|10|10) in Attack Mode. Plus I’ve got a few movement crests from before so I’ll use 2 for both Avian and Burstinatrix to advance them 2 squares each! *Avian and Burstinatrix advance move forward 2 squares.* You’re up, Duke,” said Jaden.

            “Oh I am and wait until you see what I unleash here! *He rolls the dice and they land.* I’ve got a pair of Level 3 Summon Crests so I can unlock what’s inside the rare black die, the Warp Vortex and when I get the other Warp Vortex, it’ll go on your side of the field so my monsters will have no trouble getting to your Heart Points but until then, I end my turn,” announced Duke.

            “He’s right, I can’t block more than one attack now so I’ll have to get more monsters out! It’s my roll now so let’s get some Summon Crests! The dice land. I’ll Summon out another Warp Vortex!” proclaimed Jaden.

            “How did you get a rare black die?” questioned Duke.

            “Well I just picked up a bunch of dice and I guess it happened to be in my pile. With Burstinatrix near the hole, I’ll have her jump in and reappear on your side. Burstinatrix jumps in and comes out the other Warp Vortex. Plus, since your Warp Vortex is close to your Heart Points, Burstinatrix can attack you because thanks to her effect, I can take out 2 attack crests and have her attack you from 3 squares away so do your thing Burstinatrix!” stated Jaden. Duke’s upper-most Heart Point turns off.

            “That’s as far as you’re getting as it’s my roll now! *He rolls the dice and they land* I dimension the dice to unlock Shadowknight Archfiend (30|20|30) in Attack Mode. With an attack number of 30, and being so close to the same Warp Vortex that you jumped out of last turn, I’ll just take out your Burstinatrix right now using the 2 Movement Crests I rolled since my 1 Movement Crest was treated as 2 on the particular die I rolled. I’ll move Shadowknight to within striking distance of your Burstinatrix! Shadowknight moves 2 squares. Archfiend take out Burstinatrix! Burstinatrix is destroyed. That’s just the beginning as all your other monsters will meet the same fate each round!” announced Duke.

            “Yeah well I’ve still got Card Trooper and Avian with me and it’s time to see who I’ll add to the line-up with a dice roll! The dice land. The only problem is, I didn’t get another 2 Summon Crests and my other monsters are too far away to reach Duke’s Heart Points. I’ll just have to sit this one out for now. I’ll leave it at that,” stated Jaden.

            “How unfortunate, but at least I can backup what I say with my dice rolls and speaking of which, it’s time I start mine so here goes! The dice land. Here comes an Item Summoning and with it, I’ll unlock Dangerous Machine Type-6! *Dangerous Machine appears on Duke’s field* With its effect, I can transfer any type of crests in my Crest Pool to another type but for right now, I think I’ll leave my Crest Pool alone and have my Shadowknight take the Warp Vortex for a spin! Shadowknight jumps into the Warp Vortex and appears on Jaden’s side of the field. Since Shadowknight was a Level 4 Summoning, he has a very powerful special ability and here it comes as I give up all my remaining Magic Crests to let him strike twice and with your Heart Points in his direct line of fire, I’ll get to take out 2 of your Heart Points! Shadowknight, attack! Jaden’s top and middle Heart Points turn off. Once I get my next turn, you’re done!” said Duke.

            “Here goes! Level 4 dice! Time to see if I can bring out a strong monster too! I roll the dice! The dice land. This’ll be good as I got 2 Level 4 Summon Crests and with them, I’ll unlock Elemental Hero Flame Wingman (40|30|30) in Attack Position!

            “Too bad he’s not within striking distance of my monster,” replied Duke.

            “Yeah, but he’s in perfect position for the Warp Vortex so Wingman, jump on in! Flame Wingman jumps into the Warp Vortex and appears on Duke’s field. This is where it ends as Flame Wingman can strike and take out your last Heart Point so let him have it, Wingman! Duke’s last Heart Point turns off. That’s game, Duke,” said Jaden.

            “I’m impressed. You made it seem like you had been playing this game forever when it was only your first time,” remarked Duke.

            “I’m just naturally lucky. We’ll have to do this again sometime, that was sweet!” stated Jaden.

            “There’s still something I need to do and that’s get this new Summoning into the game,” replied Duke.

            “Now that’s something I wanna see! It’ll make this game better than ever before!

Fate’s Seal (Part 19)

Previously…

            “I activate Pandemonium and with this card out, Archfiend monsters stay out for free so I’ll Summon Shadowknight Archfiend (2000 ATK) in Attack Mode and attack your Sparkman with it! *Sparkman is destroyed.* That ends my turn,” concluded Duke. (Hand: 0 cards)

            “Then I’ll draw and play Fifth Hope, which shuffles the 5 Elemental Heroes in my Grave into my Deck and I would normally draw twice but since my hand and field are empty, I can draw 3 cards instead. *He shuffles his Deck and draws 3 cards.* I use my second Polymerization to discard Avian, Bubbleman and Sparkman to my Grave for Elemental Hero Tempest (2800 ATK) in Attack Mode. Tempest, attack Infernalqueen! Infernalqueen is destroyed and Duke’s LP drops to 4000. I’ll have to leave it at that,” stated Jaden. (Hand: 0 cards)

            “Then I’m up and I play Roll of Fate (Info), which lets me roll a die and draw cards equal to the die result, then remove from play cards from the top of my Deck equal to the die result. Come on, big numbers! The die lands. Four cards for me. He draws his cards. Perfect, just what I was waiting for. I activate Contract with the Dark Master (Info) to discard my last 2 Snipe Hunters for Dark Master - Zorc (Info) (2700 ATK) in Attack Mode. Using his effect, I roll a die and if it’s 1, or 2 you lose all your monsters. If it’s a 3, 4 or 5, you lose 1 monster of my choice but if it’s a 6, I lose all of my monsters so here goes! *He rolls the die and it lands* A 3 so I’ll take out your Tempest. Tempest is destroyed. Zorc, attack Jaden directly! Jaden’s score drops to 3000. Shadowknight Archfiend, attack directly as well! Jaden’s LP drops to 2000. That’ll end my turn,” concluded Duke. (Hand: 0 cards)

            “It’s now or never. I gotta draw the right card now or I lose. He draws his card. I play Necro Gardna (Info) (1300 DEF) in Defense Mode and end my turn,” stated Jaden. (Hand: 0 cards)

            “No problem, all I need to do is get rid of it and I can win this Duel. I activate the effect of my Dangerous Machine card! He rolls a die and it lands. A 6?! That means Dangerous Machine self-destructs! Dangerous Machine is destroyed. Next I’ll use my Zorc’s ability! He rolls another die and it lands. Another 6?! Now all of my monsters are destroyed! Zorc and Shadowknight are destroyed. I set 1 card face down to end my turn,” said Duke. (Hand: 0 cards)

            “Then I’ll play Graceful Charity (Info), letting me draw 3 times, then toss out 2! He draws his cards, then discards 2. Then I use Pot of Greed (Info) to pick up 2 more cards. Next I use Neo Space (Info) and with it being a new Field Spell, Pandemonium gets destroyed! Pandemonium is destroyed. Then I use Monster Reborn (Info) to bring back my Card Trooper (Info) (400 ATK)  in Attack Mode! *Card Trooper appears* Next I Summon Elemental Hero Wildheart (Info) (1500 ATK) in Attack Mode. Now I switch Necro Gardna to Attack Mode. I think I’ll also use Card Trooper’s effect to dump the next 3 cards and power him up by 1500! Card Trooper’s ATK rises to 1900. Now I attack you directly with my monsters! Duke’s LP drops to 0. That’s game, Duke Devlin!” announced Jaden.

            “Now that was some great Dueling there. Now I can teach you the game of Dungeon Dice Monsters. A screen appears. With Dungeon Dice Monsters, you select 15 dice to put in a small slot that shuffles your dice and pulls out 3, all of which you pick up and roll on your turn. There are six types of crests: Attack, Defense, Magic, Trap, Movement and Summon. See those numbers on the sides of the die? Those are for the Level of your monster but notice that the low-level dice have more numbers. This increases the odds of Summoning that particular monster, but it also makes it a weaker monster. Any crests you roll except Summon crests can be stored in what’s called your Crest Pool and you can use them later on. Similar to Duel Monsters, if the opponent has no monsters to protect what’s called their Heart Points, you can attack the Heart Point directly and when all 3 of their Heart Points are gone, the opponent wins. Oh and turns are generally pretty short in this game unless you have other crests to use in your Crest Pool. Ready to play?

            “You bet!” proclaimed Jaden.

            “Alright, pick your dice from this bowl. *Each of them picks up their dice and drops them into place* Now them I’ll start this game off with the first roll. *He rolls the die and they land* I dimension the dice to unlock Fiber Jar (0|10|10) in Attack Position. (Note: The next few episodes follow Dungeon Dice Monsters rules and will feature monsters that were added to Duke Devlin's aforementioned game. For monsters Summoned, ATK is the left number, DEF is the middle number and Hit Points are the final number.) By the way, notice that I have a path where the dice were dimensioned. It increases as you dimension the dice and is your path to your opponent’s Heart Points. When I do, you’ll see just how good of a player I really am!

TO BE CONTINUED...

Fate’s Seal (Part 17)

[At his game shop…]

            “How on earth can I get people to buy this age-old game? It’s been in this stinking shop for months and I haven’t made a dime off of any of it. Maybe it’s time to get rid of it for good? I mean it only had popularity a few years back when I faced off against Yugi Muto and while he assured me that it was a good game, it clearly isn’t that great of a game. I haven’t heard from Pegasus in years, probably because he’s too busy with that new Summoning card thing. I’ll need some kind of advertisement. Maybe it’s time to scrap the old ad that’s currently on the outside window and replace it with something else but what? Aha, what if I implement this new Summoning into Dungeon Dice Monsters? The only problem is I don’t know what the new Summoning is. Guess there’s only one way to find out. *He heads out and locks his shop* [Elsewhere…]

            “That guy looks new,” remarked Jaden.

            “Well I’ve certainly never seen him before,” replied Alexis.

            “Hold on a sec, I think that might be Duke Devlin, the guy who owned that dice game shop a while back,” stated Syrus.

            “Doesn’t ring a bell to me, Sy but that game sounds cool. I don’t think we even saw it years back for that special trip I got to choose,” pondered Jaden.

            “Do any of you know about that new Summoning Pegasus talked about? I was considering putting that into my Dungeon Dice Monsters game,” explained Duke.

            “He said something about it being with Tuners and non-Tuners but that’s all I can remember,” replied Syrus.

            “Too cool, this is game I have to see,” said Jaden excitedly.

            “I can explain it to you but you’ll have to Duel me for the rights to that,” warned Duke.

            “In that case, get your game on!” proclaimed Jaden.

            “Let’s go inside to my special Dueling arena in the back of my store,” suggested Duke. *They head inside to the back*

            “This is going to be way awesome, I’m stoked!” stated Jaden.

            “Let’s get on with this, shall we?” questioned Duke. If you win and that’s if, I’ll teach you how to play and we can play one game. Lose and you tell me everything you need to know about that new Summoning or take me to someone who does. Sound good?” stated Duke.

            “Works for me,” agreed Jaden.

            “Then let’s Duel as I play Snipe Hunter (Info) (1500 ATK) in Attack Mode and set 2 cards face down to end my turn,” stated Duke. (Hand: 3 cards)

            “I’ll play Elemental Hero Bubbleman (Info) (800 ATK) in Attack Mode and equip him with Bubble Blaster (Info), giving him 800 more ATK! Bubbleman’s ATK rises to 1600. Bubbleman, take out that Snipe Hunter!

            “I activate Skull Dice (Info) and due to its effect, I roll a die and your monster loses ATK equal to the die result times 100. He rolls a die. 2 sounds good to me. Bubbleman’s ATK drops to 1400 but Bubble Blaster is destroyed instead, leaving Bubbleman with 600. What happened to Bubble Blaster and why wasn’t Bubbleman destroyed when he was weaker and why didn’t you lose LP?” demanded Duke.

            “I gave up Bubble Blaster by its effect and with it, Bubbleman survived the attack and I don’t take any Battle Damage. I’ll throw down a face down and call it a turn,” explained Jaden. (Hand: 3 cards)

            “I’ll use my Snipe Hunter’s effect, letting me ditch a card, roll a die and select your Bubbleman. If the die lands on a number other than 1 or 6, your Bubbleman is destroyed. *He rolls the die and it lands. Nice, a 4, so bye-bye Bubbleman. *Bubbleman is destroyed* Snipe Hunter, attack him directly! Jaden’s LP drops to 6500.

            “Not bad but I’ve got plenty more left,” stated Jaden.

            “No matter, so do I but for now I end my turn,” replied Duke. (Hand: 3 cards)

            “Then I’m up and I’ll play Polymerization (Info) to toss out Avian and Burstinatrix for Elemental Hero Flame Wingman (Info) (2100 ATK) in Attack Mode. Wingman, take out that Snipe Hunter! Snipe Hunter is destroyed and Duke’s LP drops to 7400. Now you take Snipe Hunter’s ATK as damage!” explained Jaden.           

            “That’s a pretty impressive move. Little does he know what else I have in store and by the time he finds out, it’ll be too late!,” thought Duke.

TO BE CONTINUED...