Previously…

            “Anyone seen Jaden?” asked Alexis.

            “Nope, I haven’t seen sergeant Jaden anywhere,” said Hassleberry. We’d better call for backup.

            “Good thinking, Hassleberry,” said Syrus. Maybe the other students have seen him.

            “I’m not a student but I found ya, mate,” said Valon.

            “Who are you?” asked Syrus.

            “The name’s Valon it’s time that we duel, Truesdale,” said Valon.

            “Fine,” said Syrus.

            “I’ll start with The Seal of Oreichalkos!” said Valon. With this card in play, we can’t leave until the duel’s over. It also gives my monsters a 500 ATK boost and lets me hold up to 10 monsters in play at once. Next I summon Psychic Armor Head (0500) in Attack Mode. Then I set 1 card face down and end my turn. (3)

            “I summon Truckroid (1000) in Attack Mode,” said Syrus. Truckroid, destroy his Armor Head! Psychic Armor Head is destroyed and Valon’s LPs drop to 7500. Next, since Truckroid destroyed, your monster, it gets equipped to mine, raising its ATK by 500! Truckroid’s ATK rises to 1500. I set 2 cards face down and end my turn. (3)

            “Pretty good, mate,” said Valon. Now it’s time for me to return the favor and I have just the monster to do it. I summon Big Bang Blow (0000) in Defense Mode. Then, I play Full Armor Gravitation, lettin’ me draw 10 cards and if I draw Armor monsters out of the 10 then I can summon them! All the rest are sent to my Graveyard. Since I picked up 4 Armor monsters, I summon Buster Knuckle (0500) in Attack Mode, Active Guard (2500) in Defense Mode, Burning Knuckle (0500) in Attack Mode and Advanced Shield (1500) in Attack Mode. Burning and Buster Knuckle’s ATKs rise to 2000. I forgot to mention that for every Armor monster I control, Buster Knuckle and Burning Knuckle get 200 more ATK. Buster Knuckle, destroy Truckroid!

            “I activate Magic Cylinder, dealing you damage equal to Buster Knuckle’s ATK!” said Syrus. Valon’s LPs drop to 5500.

            “I end my turn,” said Valon. (2)

            “My move,” said Syrus. I summon Steamroid (1800) in Attack Mode. Steamroid, destroy Burning Knuckle!

            “You gotta be outta your mind, your monster can’t go head to head with mine,” said Valon. It should be fun though!

            “Steamroid has an effect that gives him 500 ATK when he attacks a monster!” said Syrus. Steamroid’s ATK rises to 2300. Steamroid, destroy his Burning Knuckle! Burning Knuckle is not destroyed and Syrus’ LPs drop to 7800. How’s your monster still standing and why did I lose LPs?

            “Simple, mate,” said Valon. Each Armor monster I control has a unique ability that lets me choose which Armor monster you attack and I moved it to my Active Guard.

            “I end my turn,” said Syrus. (3)

            “Alright,” said Valon. I summon Black Hole Shield (0500) in Attack Mode. Burning and Buster Knuckle’s ATKs rise to 2200. Burning Knuckle, destroy his Steamroid! Steamroid is destroyed and Syrus’ LPs drop to 7100. Why did your LPs drop to 7100 when I only did 200 damage to you?

            “When Steamroid is attacked, he loses 500 points,” said Syrus.

            “Fine by me,” said Valon. Buster Knuckle, destroy his Truckroid! Truckroid is destroyed and Syrus’ LPs drop to 6400. Advanced Shield, Big Bang Blow and Black Hole Shield, attack him directly! Syrus’ LPs drop to 3900. That ends my turn. (2)

            “My move,” said Syrus. I play Power Bond, discarding my second Steamroid, my Drillroid and my Submarineroid to my Graveyard for Super Vehicroid Jumbo Drill (3000) in Attack Mode. Thanks to Power Bond, my Jumbo’s ATK doubles! Jumbo Drill’s ATK rises to 6000. Jumbo Drill, destroy his Black Hole Shield! Active Guard is destroyed instead. Why didn’t you lose LPs? Jumbo Drill’s ability deals you damage equal to the difference in his ATK and your monster’s DEF!

            “Active Guard negates any Battle Damage I take to 0,” said Valon. You’ll have to better than that, mate! You’ve got nothing against my deck of armor!

To be continued…