story of a hipposapien

by MidnightFMare

the duel

Chapter three: the duel

ROUND 01

“I draw! I summon ’ MERMAID KNIGHT’ in attack mode, set three cards face down, and activate the field spell ‘A LEGENDARY OCEAN’!” the room turns into a giant castle with tropical fish swimming around “This spell lowers the levels of all water monsters on the field and in our hands by one, and increases their attack and defense points by 200! I end my turn”

“My turn, draw! I too set three cards face down and summon ‘ARCHFIEND SOLDIOR’ and equip him with ‘SWORD OF DARK DESTRUCTION’. Attack ‘MERMAID KNIGHT’!”

The fiend jumps into the air (water?) and slashes “’NEGATE ATTACK!’”

A whirl wind blows the monster back and ends the battle phase.

ROUND 02

“Draw! I reveal my two other face downs ‘ULTIMATE OFFERING’ and ‘TAX EXEMPTION’!”

“’TAX EXEMPTION’? the cat asks

“Yes, this card chains to a continuous trap I activate before it, and makes it so that as long as it’s on the field, I don’t pay the price for the card’s effect”

“Wait” the cat asks, eyes widening “That means that you can summon as many times as you want!” he mutters something about how it’s an ingenious combo.

“I summon ‘ORCA MEGA FORTRESS OF DARKNESS’!”

“BY LUNA’S MANE!” pinkie yells, erecting a barrier (hammerspace, enough said)

“Now I play ‘POT OF GREED’ to draw two new cards, and summon ‘CANNONBALL SPEAR SHELLFISH’ and ’TORPEDO FISH’!”

“Load up cannon ball and torpedo!” the two monsters prime themselves for launch “FIRE!”

<BOOM! BOOM!>

“GAH! Spell card activate ‘FIRES OF DOOMSDAY’!” With a flash of black light, two embers appear on the field

“’MERMAID KNIGHT’! GO! Double slash! Mega fortress! Full metal shell salvo!” the mermaid slashes both embers and the orca fires at the cat

CAT LP: 1700

“My turn! Draw! I play ‘POT OF GREED’! Next I summon ‘MELCHID THE FOUR-FACED BEAST’ in attack mode and using ‘ULTIMATE OFFERING’, I summon ‘GRAND TIKI ELDER’! But they won’t be around for long, because I tribute them to summon one of the strongest cards in my deck, ‘MASKED BEAST DES GARDIUS’!!” as he slams the card down, a huge three heads monster arises, boasting 3300 attack points

“Now, ‘MASKED BEAST DES GARDIUS’, attack the mammal!” the creature turns its head as if to raise an eyebrow (it can’t, but the light gives the illusion) “The whale” he clarifies

“DARK DESTRUCTION!” the monster fires a blast of energy at the whale, causing it to explode

“GAAAAHH!” the queen shrieks, from the shock wave

QUEEN LP: 3000

“We aren’t done yet, trap card activate, ‘RECKLESS SELF-DESTRUCT’! If I only have one monster on my side, and its’ level eight or higher, I can destroy it and we both lose life points equal to its’ attack points!” the monster lunges at coellocatherine and explodes on impact

CAT LP: 200

QUEEN LP: 1500

“Still my battle phase right? ‘MERMAID KNIGHT’, attack her directly and end this!” the mermaid slashes coellocatherine and her life points drop to zero

“H-how?” she mutters

“Simple, my beasts’ effect allows me to equip ‘MASK OF REMNANTS’ to a monster you control when it’s sent to the graveyard, which meant that your knight came to my side. That was fun! You almost had me!” he helps the queen up

“That was so cool!” lyra yells, coming from behind the barrier
(Later at tea)

“You want to meet princess Luna? Why?” the kitty asks, drinking his tea

“to better understand the lady of the eternal night, and to satiate my own curiosity” coellocatherine replies, ushering everyone else out

Author's Note:

the duel is over, hope it was fun and cool for you as it was for me!