The Crystal Empire was normally a bustling city of activity, but when Ernesh and his human minions were teleported in, they found that nopony was there.
“What the? I could have sworn I was just leaving Canterlot…” Daichi said, before turning around to notice that Ernesh had teleported him. “Ah! Master! It is an honor to see you again!”
“It is nothing worth noting Daichi.” Ernesh said. “We are all simply like minded individuals working together towards a common goal. Speaking of which, did you manage to unite any of the ponies I told you to?”
“Well, I didn’t manage to find them all, but I did bring these two.” Daichi said as he held out the cards that he turned Applejack and Fluttershy into.
“This is perfect. These two were some of the six ponies that could stop us from bringing the ponies of this world together until the end of time itself.” Ernesh said as he placed the cards in his binder. “Now what about you Crow? Crow?” Ernesh turned around and saw the bloody remains of Crow stuck in the wall of the Crystal Empire train station. “Well then. He is dead. And I can’t wipe away corpses with my death magic, I’ll have to revive a janitor and have him clean it up, we shouldn’t be here for long, but it’s just bad taste to leave a corpse out like that. Come Daichi! To the castle.”
“Are you sure that the stench from the corpse won’t give away our position?” Daichi asked.
“Oh please, if anything, I want our position to be given away. That way, more ponies will come to investigate, which is when we Duel them, allowing them to be together forever.” Ernesh said. “Now come, to the castle!”
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Ernesh opened the doors to the Crystal Empire throne room loudly, confidant that nopy would be around to attack him, his eyes locking with the human sitting on the Empire’s crystal throne. “You've done well, Kaiba! You must have Dueled the entire Empire into submission!” Ernesh said. “Now tell me, how many of their cards did you collect?”
“You mean these?” Kaiba asked as he threw a deck of cards on the ground towards Ernesh, each one with the picture of a Pony printed on it. “They hold no worth in comparison to my Blue-Eyes. Now, if that was all you wanted, stop wasting my time and get out.”
“What was that?” Ernesh asked. “Did you forget that I was the one who breathed new life into you?”
“I didn’t forget. However, I conquered this kingdom myself, and I’m not going to hand it over to some black cloaked deadbeat.” Kaiba responded. “Especially one cowardly enough to have someone else do his dirty work for him.”
“Very well then, you and I will Duel over this trivial matter.” Ernesh said as he placed his Duel Disk on his arm and activated it, the Main Monster Zones motionlessly illuminating as they powered on.
“Fine.” Kaiba said, activating his Duel Disk as he walked towards Ernesh. “Just make sure you don’t regret this decision!”
DUEL
Kaiba 8000 LP
Hand: 5
Ernesh 8000 LP
Hand: 5
“I’ll take the first turn.” Kaiba said. “I’ll begin this Duel by activating my Cards of Consonance Spell Card! First, I discard a Dragon type Tuner monster with no more than 1000 Attack Points, my White Stone of Ancients, then I draw 2 cards! Now, I activate my Melody of Awakening Dragons card! This lets me discard a card, my White Stone of Legend, and add up to 2 Dragon type monsters with 3000 or more Attack and 2500 or less Defence from my deck to my hand! I’ll add my Blue-Eyes White Dragon and my Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon!”
“So you’re bolstering your hand with high level monsters?” Ernesh asked. “A meaningless effort, you’ll require several more cards to actually summon them.”
“I’m not finished yet!” Kaiba shouted. “When The White Stone of Legend is sent to the Graveyard, even as cost, I can add another Blue-Eyes White Dragon from my deck to my hand! Now, by revealing a Blue-Eyes White Dragon in my hand, I can Special Summon Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon from my hand!”
(Level 8, 3000 ATK 2500 DEF)
“And that’s not all! I also activate the Spell Card Polymerization! I’ll fuse both Blue-Eyes White Dragons in my hand! Arise, the twin headed dragon of destruction! My Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon!”
(Level 10, 3000 ATK 2500 DEF)
“And that’s not all! I activate the Spell card Soul Charge! This lets me Special Summon any number of monsters from my Graveyard, but I cannot declare an attack this turn, and I take 1000 damage for each monster Summoned with this card. Be reborn! My Blue-Eyes White Dragons!”
(Level 8, 3000 ATK 2500 DEF) X2
Kaiba 8000 -> 6000 LP
“Lastly, during the End Phase of the turn that The White Stone of Ancients is sent to the Graveyard, I can Special Summon Blue-Eyes White Dragon from my deck. With that I end my turn.”
(Level 8, 3000 ATK 2500 DEF
“I see, 5 Blue-Eyes monsters with 3000 Attack, all impatient to eat away at me, very good!” Ernesh said. “However, you will see why I’m the master and you’re but a servant to me. I draw!”
Kaiba 6000 LP
Hand: 1
Ernesh 8000 LP
Hand: 6
“First, I’ll discard my Dark Creator to Special Summon Dark Grepher from my hand!”
(Level 4, 1700 ATK 1600 DEF)
“Now, with Dark Grepher’s effect, I’ll discard my Dark General Freed as cost to send Dark Resonator from my deck to the Graveyard!” Ernesh said, placing the cards in his Duel Disk’s Graveyard slot.
“So you’ve summoned a low level monster, left it in Attack Position, and are now filling the Graveyard with all these low power monsters that could never hold a candle to my Dragons.” Kaiba said. “What did you say about who was the master and who was the servant?”
“That was the preparation. The preparations for this! When my Graveyard contains exactly 3 DARK monsters, I can Special Summon Dark Armed Dragon from my hand!”
(Level 7, 2800 ATK 1000 DEF)
Looking at Ernesh’s dark dragon, Kaiba began to laugh out of sheer amazement. “That’s all you can amount to!? That dragon comes close, but it doesn’t match the might of my dragons! On my next turn, I’m going to destroy all your monsters and defeat you!”
“I activate my Graceful Charity!” Ernesh said, ignoring Kaiba’s declaration. “This lets me draw 3 cards, but I have to discard 2. The cards I’m discarding are my Armageddon Knight and another Dark Creator. Now, I activate the effect of my Dark Armed Dragon! By Banishing a DARK monster from my Graveyard, I can destroy a card on the field, so by banishing all 5 DARK monsters in my Graveyard, I’ll destroy all 5 of your monsters!” As Ernesh removed his cards from his Duel Disk’s Graveyard slot, Dark Armed Dragon began to thrash about the field, destroying all of Kaiba’s dragons in a single swipe with its tail.
“By jove!” Daichi exclaimed. “The master used a single card to wipe Kaiba’s entire field! I must remember not to cross him.”
“Battle Phase! Dark Armed Dragon attacks directly! Jaws of darkness!” Following its masters command, Ernesh’s dragon swiped at Kaiba with its claws, ripping out a small piece of the floor in the process.
Kaiba 6000 -> 3200 LP
“Now Dark Grepher attacks directly!” Ernesh’s warrior of darkness eagerly ran towards and slashed at Kaiba with its sword, a large smile plastered on its face all the while.
Kaiba 3200 -> 1500 LP
“Lastly, I’ll set 2 cards face down and end my turn.”
“It’s my turn! I draw!”
Kaiba 1500 LP
Hand: 2
Ernesh 8000 LP
Hand: 0
“I activate my Dragon’s Mirror!” Kaiba shouted, sliding the card into his Duel Disk’s Spell/Trap slot. “This lets me perform the Fusion Summon of a Dragon type monster by Banishing materials from my field or Graveyard, and the monsters I’m Banishing are my three Blue-Eyes White Dragons! Feast your eyes on the most powerful of all dragons, in its fully evolved glory! Fusion Summon! Show yourself, Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!”
(Level 12, 4500 ATK 3800 DEF)
“Now I activate Raigeki! All monsters you control are destroyed!” As Kaiba slid the card into his Duel Disk, a strike of lightning destroyed both of Ernesh’s monsters. “Battle Phase! Neo Blue-Eyes White Dragon! Direct attack! Hyper Ultimate Burst!”
“I activate my Negate Attack Trap Card!” Ernesh shouted as his face down card revealed itself. “This card negates your attack and ends the Battle Phase.”
“I end my turn.”
“It’s my turn. I draw.”
Kaiba 1500 LP
Hand: 0
Ernesh 8000 LP
Hand: 1
“First, I activate my face down Reckless Greed. This lets me draw 2 cards, but I must skip my next 2 Draw Phases. Now, I activate my Pot of Greed, this lets me draw 2 cards as well, but unlike my Reckless Greed, there are no strings attached. Now, I activate my Monster Reborn. This lets me Special Summon a Monster from either player’s Graveyard, and my target is my Dark Grepher.”
(Level 4, 1700 ATK 1600 DEF)
“Now, I Normal Summon my Witch of the Black Rose.”
(Level 4, Tuner, 1700 ATK 1200 DEF)
“A Tuner Monster!?”
“That’s right! I’m Tuning my Level 4 Witch of the Black Rose to my Level 4 Dark Grepher! Devil from the pits of Hell, arise and decimate my foes with your unholy might! Synchro Summon! Arise, Beelze of the Diabolic Dragons!”
(Level 8, 3000 ATK 3000 DEF)
“With that, I end my turn.”
“You keep summoning those weak monsters and acting like they’re worth anything in comparison to my Dragons!” Kaiba shouted. “It’s my turn, and I’m about to destroy your sense of worth! Draw!”
Kaiba 1500 LP
Hand: 1
Ernesh 8000 LP
Hand: 2
“Battle Phase! Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, attack his Beelze of the Diabolic Dragons! Hyper Ultimate Burst!” Following Kaiba’s command, his dragon’s three heads all fired a burst of energy from their mouths at Ernesh’s dragon in unison, knocking it over.
Ernesh 8000 -> 6500 LP
“My attack isn’t over yet!” Kaiba shouted. “If Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon is the only card I control, I can send a Blue-Eyes monster from my Extra Deck to the Graveyard to attack again! I’m sending another Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon to the Graveyard to attack again! Hyper Ultimate Burst!”
Kaiba, you really need to pay more attention to your surroundings.” Ernesh said.
“What?”
“If you had paid attention, you would have noticed that not only can Beelze of the Diabolic Dragons not be destroyed by battle, but that its Attack points are equal to those of your dragon!”
(Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon 4500 ATK)
(Beelze of the Diabolic Dragons 4500 ATK)
Just as Kaiba’s dragon fired a blast of energy towards Ernesh’s dragon with its three heads, Ernesh’s dragon fired a blast of energy with both of its head towards Kaiba’s dragon, both dragons falling over from the impact, but Kaiba’s dragon exploded.
“What the-!? But how did it gain 1500 Attack Points!?”
“Whenever I take battle or effect damage while Beelze is on the field, Beelze gains Attack Points equal to the damage I took.” Ernesh explained. “It’s my turn, but due to the effect of Reckless Greed, I must skip my Draw Phase.”
Kaiba 1500 LP
Hand: 2
Ernesh 6500 LP
Hand: 2
“Battle Phase. Beelze of the Diabolic Dragons, attack him directly! Hellfire Blast!” Following its master’s command, Beelze fired a burst of energy from both of its heads directly towards Kaiba, resulting in an explosion where he stood.
Kaiba 1500 -> 0 LP
“So, now that we have that dispute taken care of, Kaiba, there’s...Kaiba?" Ernesh looked around the room, only to see Kaiba turning into a card. "Shit! I forgot to dispel the magic that would turn the loser into a card. Daichi!"
“Yes master!” Daichi said. “Do you have any further instructions for me?”
“Yes, Red Rocket and the ponies will be arriving soon, and they will be the only deciding factor for our quest to unite all beings until the end of time. I'm going to revive someone Red will never be able to defeat, now go! Patrol the lower floors of the castle, make sure the ponies don't make it here. We're down two men and I can only revive one more Duelist to aid in our cause before the ponies arrive." Ernesh said.
“Yes master!” Daichi said, as he ran out of the throne room.