Kerykeion cocked her head at Lyall as she waited for him to respond. Shadow Dueling someone on a whim wasn't really his style, but as spontaneous as he could sometimes be, she never knew. Lyall simply stared at Sandra for a few seconds before his face cracked a smile.
"Haha, I'm all for a good duel, but considering you're also a competitor here, dueling you beforehand might not be such a smart idea. Wouldn't want to give my more special /talents/, right?"
Lyall selected his food items, settling for chicken tenders, fries, gravy, a corndog, and a cheeseburger. Oh, and a Diet Coke.
"Makes everything completely healthy!" He joked as he ate some of his food. He wondered who the next competitors would be.
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Wow I really was tired when I saw this, because I could have sworn you posted that in response to Empire's comment about Cybell...
Anyway, posted, though honestly I feel Lyall's character is turning out pretty bland. I dunno, but it just feels like he's missing something....
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Sandra was surprised that he responded to him...and since he failed to notice the smell she figured it was only she imagining things again. The pressure perhaps was getting to her, especially after that display of duelling talent. She really like that merit of being here, that and of course the whole spooky theme of this whole tournament, as she was guiding Lyall she stated to digress She shuffled her deck again, a impulse she had sadly yet not gotten under control. She did however find this whole idea ingenious! How better to make everyone play their best then this? She remember when she was younger and she watched the duellist kingdom tournament repeats on her TV. She loved really how Pegasus used all of his creativity to create one fantastical tournament witch she would have loved to be part of. Sadly she was far to young and inexperienced back then...now however, perhaps she could have won that tournament just as she might win this one. It was all in the cards after all....
Lyall chuckled and shook his head. Clearly this girl hadn't even begun to suspect that there was something more sinister going on and only saw everything as just another cute tournament gimmick. You know, because sealing most of the main exits was something that always happened in family friendly places. Now at the cafeteria, Lyall began making comments of his own.
"I'm more familiar with the Battle City tournament that was hosted by the Kaiba Corporation," he said as he browsed through the various food options available. "Specifically, the finals. There was a certain duelist there I found very intriguing, one by the name of Marik Ishtar. See, he too happened to mention this 'Shadow Realm', and during duels with his opponents..."
Lyall turned his head to make eye contact with Sandra.
"Well... there's clearly something very strange going on, especially considering the fact that his opponents wound up physically injured, even comatose. It's mostly played off as a /creative gimmick/ to keep interest, but some suspect otherwise..."
I am just going to try and stay awake all day. Maybe then my sleep pattern will return to normal and I can sleep through the night in peace. If I still can't go to sleep, then I need to take a shit ton of Melatonin.
(I've been up for hours but still can't bloody sleep! And it's 6 fucking AM over here for Pete's sake!)
"Huh?"
Lyall slowed down his paced and turned his head to look in Sandra's direction. He hadn't expected to be approached by anyone, and he definitely did not expect to get food with someone else. He was hungry though, so it couldn't hurt... especially since Kerykeion was whispering new things about a card that lived within her deck.
"It is powerful," she said, "And it could be a great aid in completing your work back at home."
Hmm... yeah, sitting down to befriend this chick didn't sound too bad, and now that Lyall got a better look at her, not just for the card (though not for THAT either you sick pervs).
"Uh sure, why not? Got anything in mind?" He asked.
"Huh?"
Lyall slowed down his paced and turned his head to look in Sandra's direction. He hadn't expected to be approached by anyone, and he definitely did not expect to get food with someone else. He was hungry though, so it couldn't hurt... especially since Kerykeion was whispering new things about a card that lived within her deck.
"It is powerful," she said, "And it could be a great aid in completing your work back at home."
Hmm... yeah, sitting down to befriend this chick didn't sound too bad, and now that Lyall got a better look at her, not just for the card (though not for THAT either you sick pervs).
"Uh sure, why not? Got anything in mind?" He asked.
(Turn 5)
Ryu brushed imaginary dust from his shoulders and drew his card. His eyes lit up when he saw what it was.
"You wanna play hardball fine let's play. Since I have four Lightsworn monsters in my grave with different names I can special summon this to the field. Rise up Judgement Dragon!" he shouted as an enormous beam of light appeared behind him and a white dragon with long whisker-like bits on his face flew out of it landing next to him and roaring in defiance.
"Now by paying 1000 lifepoints I can activate his effect and wipe the field of all cards except Judgement Dragon!" He added as a brilliant gold light appeared above them in the shape of the Lightsworn crest. "Go Judgement Flare!" he shouted as the swarm of insects exploded in a flash of white light.
"Now you're wide open, Judgement Dragon attack!" Ryu shouted as the dragon roared and a huge ball of gold energy formed in its mouth before a beam flew forward toward Lyall hitting him for 3000 Lifepoints.
(Turn 6)
Lyall grimaced and clutched his chest in pain as the majestic dragon's attack connected, blasting his lifepoints down to 4000. How unfortunate. He had also lost the majority of his swarm due to Judgment Dragon's purging light...
The majority.
Rising up from one knee, Lyall looked at his hand. Though there had only been one card there when he had ended his turn, he now held two because when Ryu activated his monster's effect, Lyall had activated Infestation Infection's effect. The blinding light blocked people from seeing the husk of Cell release another dark mist which absorbed Evilswarm Castor and returned him to the deck. The empty husk had then "revived" itself, flying to Lyall and appearing in his hand as Steelswarm Cell.
"Heh, glad to see you're up for it, brother," Lyall remarked as he drew his next card. The next card felt promising. Maybe he would pull another Moth, or maybe even Steelswarm Girastag!
"Too bad that monster won't last a-"
Shit. The duelist stopped short when he saw that he hadn't drawn Moth, Girastag, or any monster for that matter. That meant that the only thing Lyall could use as protection was Steelswarm Cell, but that thing had no attack OR defense, and even if it did it would just get blasted apart by Judgement Dragon's attack!
"..."
From disappointment, Lyall's face turned to cruel glee. He actually could do something with this card. Recurring Nightmare allowed him to select two monsters in his graveyard with zero defense and return them to his hand. All of his Steelswarm had zero defense, including Steelswarm Moth.
"Ahem. As I was saying, that monster won't last a second longer on this field! Activate spell card, Recurring Nightmare! Now I can select two dark monsters in my graveyard with zero defense, monsters which you generously placed there for me to use again!"
The hologram of the spell card appeared on the field, from which flew several swirling wraiths that circled above the field before plunging into the ground. A hole collapsed downwards, and up rose the spirits of Steelswarm Diebefly and Steelswarm Moth.
"Let's head on to the grand finale! Since I control no monsters now, I can special summon Steelswarm Cell from my hand, in defense position!"
The small beetle appeared on the field, almost trying to roll into a ball to defend itself in any way possible.
"Now I can tribute it for the monster that will end this duel! Come to me, my Steelswarm Moth!"
Cell flew away to the graveyard on this command, and for the second time, Steelswarm Moth descended from the sky to bring powerful gusts of wind that battered relentlessly against the great dragon. Lyall paid the cost once again, bringing his lifepoints down to 3000 to give his Moth the boost it needed to blow Judgment Dragon away. Glowing with pale gold energy, Moth released this power in a final great flap of its wing, causing the dragon to become overwhelmed by it and return to Ryu's hand.
"Steelswarm Moth! Finish him off with Infestation Surge!"
The Steelswarm began acquiring power in its palms, and in a final "kamehameha" motion, sent a stream of dark power that burned away the rest of Ryu's lifepoints.
"Looks like I win," Lyall said with an arrogant smirk.
Ryu dropped to his knees and punched the ground. He had lost he swore he wouldn't and he did anyway.
"Ryu are you okay?" Jain said from his side.
"No...I've failed myself, I've failed the Lightsworn and worst of all I couldnt help Lyall see what he's become." he replied angrily. HE looked up to his brother with some anger still in his eyes.
"That was fun as always. and as usual you win." he said before turning and walking away to find a seat.
Lyall smiled. Of course he did. He gave a haughty wave to the dumbstruck audience before walking off the stage with his arms crossed. He looked at the wrapping around his right hand, and could faintly see a glow coming through.
"Excellent..."
"Tell me you didn't..."
The duelist looked to his side and saw Kerykeion floating next to him. He first wanted to ask where she had been the entire time... the entire SHORT time, but still. Picking up on his thoughts, the spellcastress answered before he could even ask.
"If you're curious, I was scoping out your competition."
"Ah. And? Any of them look more promising than Lamesworn Warrior over there?" Lyall laughed.
"There is a one-eyed female with a duel partner I believe to be of the Koa'ki Meiru monsters. Machines, most of them at least. It could prove troublesome to us given the lack of effect darkness has on them, but I trust you'll pull through."
Lyall nodded. Of course he would. Machine or not, everything was susceptible to his Iswarms. Even some of the constructs of the Mist Valley warriors became infected with the Iswarm Virus, so there wasn't a doubt in his mind that he could hold his own against One-Eyed Willy.
"Anyone else?" Lyall asked.
"Yes. A fierce looking white-haired girl. I happened upon her roughly beating up a would be competitor somewhere outside, probably taking his spot at the tournament. She's cute. I think you'd like her. Also, she's followed by an innocent looking maiden spirit."
"Gee, how terrifying."
"Oh yes. A maiden spirit who for some reason has the exact same aura of the legendary Blue-Eyes White Dragon. I'm sure you know of it considering you at one point used it along with the rest of its kind."
Lyall scoffed. Still, he made note to watch out for this one. Judging by Kerykeion's cautionary tone, he felt this white-haired girl could be extremely dangerous if he underestimated her...
"Thanks for the information. Let's go find a place to watch the rest of this show."
Ryu brushed imaginary dust from his shoulders and drew his card. His eyes lit up when he saw what it was.
"You wanna play hardball fine let's play. Since I have four Lightsworn monsters in my grave with different names I can special summon this to the field. Rise up Judgement Dragon!" he shouted as an enormous beam of light appeared behind him and a white dragon with long whisker-like bits on his face flew out of it landing next to him and roaring in defiance.
"Now by paying 1000 lifepoints I can activate his effect and wipe the field of all cards except Judgement Dragon!" He added as a brilliant gold light appeared above them in the shape of the Lightsworn crest. "Go Judgement Flare!" he shouted as the swarm of insects exploded in a flash of white light.
"Now you're wide open, Judgement Dragon attack!" Ryu shouted as the dragon roared and a huge ball of gold energy formed in its mouth before a beam flew forward toward Lyall hitting him for 3000 Lifepoints.
(Turn 6)
Lyall grimaced and clutched his chest in pain as the majestic dragon's attack connected, blasting his lifepoints down to 4000. How unfortunate. He had also lost the majority of his swarm due to Judgment Dragon's purging light...
The majority.
Rising up from one knee, Lyall looked at his hand. Though there had only been one card there when he had ended his turn, he now held two because when Ryu activated his monster's effect, Lyall had activated Infestation Infection's effect. The blinding light blocked people from seeing the husk of Cell release another dark mist which absorbed Evilswarm Castor and returned him to the deck. The empty husk had then "revived" itself, flying to Lyall and appearing in his hand as Steelswarm Cell.
"Heh, glad to see you're up for it, brother," Lyall remarked as he drew his next card. The next card felt promising. Maybe he would pull another Moth, or maybe even Steelswarm Girastag!
"Too bad that monster won't last a-"
Shit. The duelist stopped short when he saw that he hadn't drawn Moth, Girastag, or any monster for that matter. That meant that the only thing Lyall could use as protection was Steelswarm Cell, but that thing had no attack OR defense, and even if it did it would just get blasted apart by Judgement Dragon's attack!
"..."
From disappointment, Lyall's face turned to cruel glee. He actually could do something with this card. Recurring Nightmare allowed him to select two monsters in his graveyard with zero defense and return them to his hand. All of his Steelswarm had zero defense, including Steelswarm Moth.
"Ahem. As I was saying, that monster won't last a second longer on this field! Activate spell card, Recurring Nightmare! Now I can select two dark monsters in my graveyard with zero defense, monsters which you generously placed there for me to use again!"
The hologram of the spell card appeared on the field, from which flew several swirling wraiths that circled above the field before plunging into the ground. A hole collapsed downwards, and up rose the spirits of Steelswarm Diebefly and Steelswarm Moth.
"Let's head on to the grand finale! Since I control no monsters now, I can special summon Steelswarm Cell from my hand, in defense position!"
The small beetle appeared on the field, almost trying to roll into a ball to defend itself in any way possible.
"Now I can tribute it for the monster that will end this duel! Come to me, my Steelswarm Moth!"
Cell flew away to the graveyard on this command, and for the second time, Steelswarm Moth descended from the sky to bring powerful gusts of wind that battered relentlessly against the great dragon. Lyall paid the cost once again, bringing his lifepoints down to 3000 to give his Moth the boost it needed to blow Judgment Dragon away. Glowing with pale gold energy, Moth released this power in a final great flap of its wing, causing the dragon to become overwhelmed by it and return to Ryu's hand.
"Steelswarm Moth! Finish him off with Infestation Surge!"
The Steelswarm began acquiring power in its palms, and in a final "kamehameha" motion, sent a stream of dark power that burned away the rest of Ryu's lifepoints.
"Looks like I win," Lyall said with an arrogant smirk.
Ryu dropped to his knees and punched the ground. He had lost he swore he wouldn't and he did anyway.
"Ryu are you okay?" Jain said from his side.
"No...I've failed myself, I've failed the Lightsworn and worst of all I couldnt help Lyall see what he's become." he replied angrily. HE looked up to his brother with some anger still in his eyes.
"That was fun as always. and as usual you win." he said before turning and walking away to find a seat.
Lyall smiled. Of course he did. He gave a haughty wave to the dumbstruck audience before walking off the stage with his arms crossed. He looked at the wrapping around his right hand, and could faintly see a glow coming through.
"Excellent..."
"Tell me you didn't..."
The duelist looked to his side and saw Kerykeion floating next to him. He first wanted to ask where she had been the entire time... the entire SHORT time, but still. Picking up on his thoughts, the spellcastress answered before he could even ask.
"If you're curious, I was scoping out your competition."
"Ah. And? Any of them look more promising than Lamesworn Warrior over there?" Lyall laughed.
"There is a one-eyed female with a duel partner I believe to be of the Koa'ki Meiru monsters. Machines, most of them at least. It could prove troublesome to us given the lack of effect darkness has on them, but I trust you'll pull through."
Lyall nodded. Of course he would. Machine or not, everything was susceptible to his Iswarms. Even some of the constructs of the Mist Valley warriors became infected with the Iswarm Virus, so there wasn't a doubt in his mind that he could hold his own against One-Eyed Willy.
"Anyone else?" Lyall asked.
"Yes. A fierce looking white-haired girl. I happened upon her roughly beating up a would be competitor somewhere outside, probably taking his spot at the tournament. She's cute. I think you'd like her. Also, she's followed by an innocent looking maiden spirit."
"Gee, how terrifying."
"Oh yes. A maiden spirit who for some reason has the exact same aura of the legendary Blue-Eyes White Dragon. I'm sure you know of it considering you at one point used it along with the rest of its kind."
Lyall scoffed. Still, he made note to watch out for this one. Judging by Kerykeion's cautionary tone, he felt this white-haired girl could be extremely dangerous if he underestimated her...
"Thanks for the information. Let's go find a place to watch the rest of this show."
Posted /part/ of the duel in the IC. Enjoy!
Lyall turned his attention to the voice coming through the speakers. The voice was sinister sounding, making Lyall begin thinking that one of these guys would not be willing at all to come to his side. That was troubling, he needed all of those powerful duelists of their kind to complete what he was planning back in Aria City. Turning his attention back to his brother, Lyall saw that Ryu was offering him a handshake before their duel started. Lyall accepted it with a grin. Ryu might have spotted the Iswarm crest on the back of his right hand, but the owner of the Iswarms had taken care to cover it up using hand wrappings. It sometimes acted up when in intense duels.
"A good old fashioned normal duel if you'd please," he told Ryu. "The other two types of duels didn't exactly end well for some other guys back in Aria City."
With that, Lyall walked over to his spot and activated his duel disk. Its main colors were black and golden, obviously designed to mimic the carapace of a Steelswarm creature. Near the lifepoint counter was the crest of the Iswarm, and it flashed orange as the duel disk activated. Taking his dueling stance, he waited Ryu to do the same
Ryu nodded and walked to his starting point. He had been waiting for a chance like this for a long time. While observing Lyall he readied his own Duel disk, Ryu's was silver and gold in color intending to replicate the armor of the Lightsworn.
"A normal duel it is then." He said while drawing his cards. "Let me know when you're ready. Oh and if you don't mind I would like to go first." He added with a small grin. Ryu knew all to well that his brother knew most of his deck, but he wasn't about to let that stop him from beating him.
"First, huh? Fine, go ahead."
It made little difference who went first even if Lyall couldn't set up for the next turn now that he was going second. Now though, he could see what Ryu could be planning and answer accordingly with the hand that he drew. His first five cards were pretty good, and hopefully his sixth card would add more efficiency to them. Ryu best pray he could get out that dopey looking dragon of his, or maybe even that Archangel wannabe. Either way though...
Lyall would not make this easy for him.
(Turn 1)
Ryu smiled as he drew his card. This duel may be one of the best he would ever have.
"Alright first off i summon Jain, Lightsworn Paladin!" He said as his spirit partner took on a more solid form in front of him.
"Next I set one card face down and call it a turn. And since its the end of my turn Jain's effect sends the top two cards of my deck to the graveyard." he said as a spell and trap card were sent to the grave.
"Your move Lyall."
(Turn 2)
Lyall smirked at the Lightsworn's version of Joan of Arc in front of him. It was obvious the mosnter had a distaste for him and the monsters that resided within his deck, but he'd be making her see the true glory of the Iswarms in just a few seconds. Drawing his sixth card, he began to set up his play.
"I'll begin by setting two cards face down on the field, and now I'll follow up with a summon! Meet Steelswarm Caller, a fiend feared for its ability to attract Steelswarms for miles around to overwhelm enemies!"
A humanoid insect rose up on the field from a murky ripple created in the ground. It hissed at Jain and began buzzing its wings, calling out to another of its allies.
"Now that Caller is on the field, I can special summon my Steelswarm Diebefly from my hand," Lyall explained as he played the card on his duel disk. Attracted by the buzzing call of Caller's wings, a new Steelswarm flew from a rift in the air onto the field, greeting its brother before turning to face Ryu's Lightsworn monster. It let out a shrill and loud cry as it snapped the claws on its spiny, four arms at her.
"My monsters are eager to fight, but its unfortunate they'll be struck down by the blade of Jain if they do."
Lyall observed his side of the field. Everything was set up well enough for the next turn, so he signaled for his brother to go on with his next turn.
(Turn 3)
Ryu grinned at the weaker monsters on Lyall's field.
"I thought you used stronger monsters then that." He said as he drew his card.
"Alright i'll set one more face down card and summon Lumina, lightsworn Summoner!" He said still smiling as the blonde sorceress appeared from a small ray of light.
"Im a little too warry of those face downs to attack just yet so its your move and this time Lumina sends the totop three cards as well for a total of five." He added sending the cards and grinning when he sees the third monster. "Before you start your turn, wulf, Lightsworn Beast gets special susummoned from the grave after he was sent there from the deck." He says as a tall werewolf with white fur rises from the ground and roars at the small insects.
"Your move."
(Turn 4)
Lyall raised an eyebrow at his brother's hesitnce in attacking, but his face broke into a grin seconds later.
"Sometimes caution can be preferable over great zeal," Lyall said as he referenced an old French poem, all while drawing his next card. It was one of his key monsters, but he didn't want to use it this early in the tournament. Because of that, Lyall waved his hand over one of his face down cards, activating one a trap card.
"Infestation Infection," he called out as the deceased husk of a Steelswarm Cell emerged from the card. Lyall then showed the card he had drawn, revealing it to be Goliath, the First Steelswarm. An eerie smoke erupted from the husk of Cell, snatching the card from Lyall's hand and shuffling it into the deck before granting Lyall a newer card.
"Evilswarm Castor was my choice," the duelist said as he placed it into his hand and shuffled it around to keep Ryu from knowing where it was. It was kind of useless though, because moments after he did this action, Lyall summoned Castor to the field in attack position. The Evilswarm materialized from thin air, emitting a distorted, robotic rumbling sound as it pointed its two-edged spear at its enemies.
"I do indeed use stronger monsters, and you're about to meet one of them!"
When Castor had been summoned to the field, he had let out a beacon of the Iswarm symbol towards the sky. It began to glow brighter as it created a portal of itself, indicting Lyall could now summon one more Iswarm monster.
"Castor allows me to summon one more Iswarm monster to my field, and I think I'll summon this one! Come to the duel, Steelswarm Moth!"
From the fiery crest in the air, Steelswarm Moth descended as Lyall tributed Steelswarm Caller. Lyall paid a total of 1000 lifepoints to use its effect, one that would blow back two cards on the field to Ryu's hand. Moth began to beat its wings in the air, targeting Jain and Wulf...
Ryu grinned and waved a hand over his facedown card.
"I may not be able to save them but i can still activate Needlebug Nest. This sends the top five cards of my deck to the graveyard." He said with a smile as all five were Lightsworn monsters.
As the gusts of wind created by Moth increased in fury, Wulf and Jain were violently thrown back towards Ryu, returning to their card forms when they were inches away from crashing into him. Moth finally touched down on to the field, but he looked up to the still burning Iswarm crest in the air. Still flying towards it, the tributed Steelswarm Caller began to buzz its wings to call forth one more of its allies. As it passed through the portal, another Steelswarm Caller came through, after which the portal closed and the crest faded away.
"Whenever Steelswarm Caller is tributed for the summon of another Steelswarm monster, his effect activates, allowing me to summon one level 4 or lower Steelswarm monster from my deck!"
The new Caller fell in line with the rest of its allies, all of which stared forebodingly at the lone Lightsworn before them. They could sense it was weaker than them, and even though her face tried to remain stern and resolved...
They could smell the fear. Facing four Iswarms alone without sufficient power was not a position anyone would ever want to be in. It either meant death or infection, of which death would be most preferable within the Duel Monsters realm.
"I'll now begin my onslaught! Steelswarm Caller, attack Lumina now!"
The Steelswarm dashed forward towrds Lumina, grabbing her by the neck before it carried her up into the air and forcefully slammed her into the ground. Lumina now destroyed, Lyall smirked as Ryu took 700 damage to his lifepoints.
"That's not all for you though... Moth, Infection Stream! Diebefly, Toxin Pierce! and Castor, Javelin Slash!"
Steelswarm Moth to the air as Castor began charging forth with Diebefly taking the lead with its quicker speed. As Diebefly drew nearer to Ryu, it circled around him to latch onto him from behind, "stabbing" Ryu in the neck with its deadly proboscis. Holding him in place, Evilswarm Castor slashed his weapon across the Lightsworn Duelist's body, lowering his lifepoints further. Lyall smiled as Steelswarm Moth gestured to his allies to move away from his target, to which they gladly complied and returned to Lyall's side. Gathering dark energy, Moth released a stream of purple energy which struck Ryu directly.
"How do you like that?" Lyall asked as he watched his brother's lifepoints drop lower. The total damage done by the Iswarms was 6750, leaving Ryu at 1250 lifepoints total, far below Lyall's high 7000.
"I do hope that's not all you had to bring to the table," Lyall remarked as he crossed his arms. "I remember you being a bit stronger than this, but then again, that was when I used unreliable, overgrown lizards as my monsters! Your move!"
"A good old fashioned normal duel if you'd please," he told Ryu. "The other two types of duels didn't exactly end well for some other guys back in Aria City."
With that, Lyall walked over to his spot and activated his duel disk. Its main colors were black and golden, obviously designed to mimic the carapace of a Steelswarm creature. Near the lifepoint counter was the crest of the Iswarm, and it flashed orange as the duel disk activated. Taking his dueling stance, he waited Ryu to do the same
Ryu nodded and walked to his starting point. He had been waiting for a chance like this for a long time. While observing Lyall he readied his own Duel disk, Ryu's was silver and gold in color intending to replicate the armor of the Lightsworn.
"A normal duel it is then." He said while drawing his cards. "Let me know when you're ready. Oh and if you don't mind I would like to go first." He added with a small grin. Ryu knew all to well that his brother knew most of his deck, but he wasn't about to let that stop him from beating him.
"First, huh? Fine, go ahead."
It made little difference who went first even if Lyall couldn't set up for the next turn now that he was going second. Now though, he could see what Ryu could be planning and answer accordingly with the hand that he drew. His first five cards were pretty good, and hopefully his sixth card would add more efficiency to them. Ryu best pray he could get out that dopey looking dragon of his, or maybe even that Archangel wannabe. Either way though...
Lyall would not make this easy for him.
(Turn 1)
Ryu smiled as he drew his card. This duel may be one of the best he would ever have.
"Alright first off i summon Jain, Lightsworn Paladin!" He said as his spirit partner took on a more solid form in front of him.
"Next I set one card face down and call it a turn. And since its the end of my turn Jain's effect sends the top two cards of my deck to the graveyard." he said as a spell and trap card were sent to the grave.
"Your move Lyall."
(Turn 2)
Lyall smirked at the Lightsworn's version of Joan of Arc in front of him. It was obvious the mosnter had a distaste for him and the monsters that resided within his deck, but he'd be making her see the true glory of the Iswarms in just a few seconds. Drawing his sixth card, he began to set up his play.
"I'll begin by setting two cards face down on the field, and now I'll follow up with a summon! Meet Steelswarm Caller, a fiend feared for its ability to attract Steelswarms for miles around to overwhelm enemies!"
A humanoid insect rose up on the field from a murky ripple created in the ground. It hissed at Jain and began buzzing its wings, calling out to another of its allies.
"Now that Caller is on the field, I can special summon my Steelswarm Diebefly from my hand," Lyall explained as he played the card on his duel disk. Attracted by the buzzing call of Caller's wings, a new Steelswarm flew from a rift in the air onto the field, greeting its brother before turning to face Ryu's Lightsworn monster. It let out a shrill and loud cry as it snapped the claws on its spiny, four arms at her.
"My monsters are eager to fight, but its unfortunate they'll be struck down by the blade of Jain if they do."
Lyall observed his side of the field. Everything was set up well enough for the next turn, so he signaled for his brother to go on with his next turn.
(Turn 3)
Ryu grinned at the weaker monsters on Lyall's field.
"I thought you used stronger monsters then that." He said as he drew his card.
"Alright i'll set one more face down card and summon Lumina, lightsworn Summoner!" He said still smiling as the blonde sorceress appeared from a small ray of light.
"Im a little too warry of those face downs to attack just yet so its your move and this time Lumina sends the totop three cards as well for a total of five." He added sending the cards and grinning when he sees the third monster. "Before you start your turn, wulf, Lightsworn Beast gets special susummoned from the grave after he was sent there from the deck." He says as a tall werewolf with white fur rises from the ground and roars at the small insects.
"Your move."
(Turn 4)
Lyall raised an eyebrow at his brother's hesitnce in attacking, but his face broke into a grin seconds later.
"Sometimes caution can be preferable over great zeal," Lyall said as he referenced an old French poem, all while drawing his next card. It was one of his key monsters, but he didn't want to use it this early in the tournament. Because of that, Lyall waved his hand over one of his face down cards, activating one a trap card.
"Infestation Infection," he called out as the deceased husk of a Steelswarm Cell emerged from the card. Lyall then showed the card he had drawn, revealing it to be Goliath, the First Steelswarm. An eerie smoke erupted from the husk of Cell, snatching the card from Lyall's hand and shuffling it into the deck before granting Lyall a newer card.
"Evilswarm Castor was my choice," the duelist said as he placed it into his hand and shuffled it around to keep Ryu from knowing where it was. It was kind of useless though, because moments after he did this action, Lyall summoned Castor to the field in attack position. The Evilswarm materialized from thin air, emitting a distorted, robotic rumbling sound as it pointed its two-edged spear at its enemies.
"I do indeed use stronger monsters, and you're about to meet one of them!"
When Castor had been summoned to the field, he had let out a beacon of the Iswarm symbol towards the sky. It began to glow brighter as it created a portal of itself, indicting Lyall could now summon one more Iswarm monster.
"Castor allows me to summon one more Iswarm monster to my field, and I think I'll summon this one! Come to the duel, Steelswarm Moth!"
From the fiery crest in the air, Steelswarm Moth descended as Lyall tributed Steelswarm Caller. Lyall paid a total of 1000 lifepoints to use its effect, one that would blow back two cards on the field to Ryu's hand. Moth began to beat its wings in the air, targeting Jain and Wulf...
Ryu grinned and waved a hand over his facedown card.
"I may not be able to save them but i can still activate Needlebug Nest. This sends the top five cards of my deck to the graveyard." He said with a smile as all five were Lightsworn monsters.
As the gusts of wind created by Moth increased in fury, Wulf and Jain were violently thrown back towards Ryu, returning to their card forms when they were inches away from crashing into him. Moth finally touched down on to the field, but he looked up to the still burning Iswarm crest in the air. Still flying towards it, the tributed Steelswarm Caller began to buzz its wings to call forth one more of its allies. As it passed through the portal, another Steelswarm Caller came through, after which the portal closed and the crest faded away.
"Whenever Steelswarm Caller is tributed for the summon of another Steelswarm monster, his effect activates, allowing me to summon one level 4 or lower Steelswarm monster from my deck!"
The new Caller fell in line with the rest of its allies, all of which stared forebodingly at the lone Lightsworn before them. They could sense it was weaker than them, and even though her face tried to remain stern and resolved...
They could smell the fear. Facing four Iswarms alone without sufficient power was not a position anyone would ever want to be in. It either meant death or infection, of which death would be most preferable within the Duel Monsters realm.
"I'll now begin my onslaught! Steelswarm Caller, attack Lumina now!"
The Steelswarm dashed forward towrds Lumina, grabbing her by the neck before it carried her up into the air and forcefully slammed her into the ground. Lumina now destroyed, Lyall smirked as Ryu took 700 damage to his lifepoints.
"That's not all for you though... Moth, Infection Stream! Diebefly, Toxin Pierce! and Castor, Javelin Slash!"
Steelswarm Moth to the air as Castor began charging forth with Diebefly taking the lead with its quicker speed. As Diebefly drew nearer to Ryu, it circled around him to latch onto him from behind, "stabbing" Ryu in the neck with its deadly proboscis. Holding him in place, Evilswarm Castor slashed his weapon across the Lightsworn Duelist's body, lowering his lifepoints further. Lyall smiled as Steelswarm Moth gestured to his allies to move away from his target, to which they gladly complied and returned to Lyall's side. Gathering dark energy, Moth released a stream of purple energy which struck Ryu directly.
"How do you like that?" Lyall asked as he watched his brother's lifepoints drop lower. The total damage done by the Iswarms was 6750, leaving Ryu at 1250 lifepoints total, far below Lyall's high 7000.
"I do hope that's not all you had to bring to the table," Lyall remarked as he crossed his arms. "I remember you being a bit stronger than this, but then again, that was when I used unreliable, overgrown lizards as my monsters! Your move!"
I'm also going to hold a poll here...
Do you guys think I should lower or completely remove the attack boost Abyss of Infestation gives?
Do you guys think I should lower or completely remove the attack boost Abyss of Infestation gives?
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