"I only need two more locator cards to advance to the finals. The energy of the duelists' cards who advance there should serve as bountiful meals for The Wicked God Cards.", Tirek said with an evil smile. "But for now, I must seek out my next victim." Tirek caught sight of the perfect duelist to take down. "And I believe I've found the perfect one..." Rafael froze.
"Eatos. Can you feel that chill in the air?", he asked as he summoned Eatos. "I can taste the evil intent it's leaking..."
"It..can't be!", Eatos gasped. "They were defeated by the God Cards ages ago!"
"Monsters that rival the power of the god cards?! Who are they?"
"You're about to find out.", Tirek said with a dark smile as he approached them. "You have great love for your cards. It gives them great energy. And that energy shall make a suiting meal for The Wicked God Cards!"
"If you wish to harm my guardians, you'll have to go through me!", Rafael said defiantly as he activated his duel disk!
"Oh I intend to..."
Tirek: 8000
Rafael: 8000
"I summon Celtic Guardian! Now I'll equip him with Gravity Axe-Grarl! This boosts him by 500 attack points! And since I have no monsters in my graveyard, I can special summon Guardian Eatos! Then I'll equip her with Celestial Sword Eatos! I'll set a card and end my turn."
"I draw!" Tirek had an evil grin as he looked at his hand. "Perfect! I end my turn! Come at me!"
"I don't know what you're planning, but I'm not going to waste this chance to put an end to your malevolence! Celtic Guardian! Eatos! Attack him directly!" Tirek howled in pain as both monsters slashed at his life points! But as soon as the damage was done, Tirek smiled.
"I can special summon Gorz the Emissary of Darkness since you inflicted damage! And since it was battle damage, I can special summon an Emissary Token with attack points equal to the damage I took!" A fearsome looking token appeared boasting 4900 attack points!
"I summon Arsenal Summoner and end my turn.", Rafael said with a steeled gaze.
Tirek: 3100
Rafael: 8000
" End indeed. I draw! I play Card Advance! This lets me perform an additional tribute summon to my normal summon this turn! I summon Hardened Armed Dragon! Now I'll tribute all three monsters on my field to bring out one of the Wicked Gods! I summon The Wicked Eraser!" A gigantic serpent-like fiend with enormous wings rose from a wave of black water. "And since I tributed him with Hardened Armed Dragon, he can't be destroyed by card effects!"
'Blast! My face-down is useless!', Rafael thought!
"You shouldn't have put so many cards on your field. Eraser gains 1000 attack points for every card you control! Last I checked, you had 6 cards on your field! And now I shall further his strength! I play Hidden Armory! This lets me add an equip spell from my deck to my hand! And now I'll activate the spell I added! Megamorph! Since my life points were lower than yours, Eraser's attack points double!" Rafael's jaw dropped in horror. "So now you realize why I let you get in that huge hit earlier? Good. And now...I'll erase you precious Guardian Eatos! Eraser Stream of Destruction!" A stream of pure darkness spewed from Eraser's mouth! Smothering Eatos! "And to think it all ended in one turn. And now..." Energy began to leave Rafael's cards! Leaving them grey and lifeless.
"Eatos....no....", Rafael whispered. Tirek smirked as he took Rafael's locator cards.
"Now I need only wait until the next set of prey advances to the finals...", Tirek said as he strode towards the location displayed on his duel disk from the six locator cards he had collected.