"Feh! You gang of losers…" Cain growled as he scrambled to his feet.

"Why are you doing this Cain?" Everest demanded.

"Why? Why the hell not? You've seen firsthand what I can do with this power! When Reynar found me, all he did was caution me against using it. But now that I've joined up with these guys, they let me do whatever I want!" Cain laughed. "Plus, they helped me revamp my deck even more."

"You're one twisted guy…" Travis muttered.

"If I was as stupid as Mura was, I'd say I'd take you all on! But I haven't the patience for that. Instead, if we're doing this, it's a battle royale." Cain said.

"I say we take we accept. After all, we can just gang up on him." Tasha whispered to Demetri, who nodded slowly. Demetri nudged Everest and passed the information on.

"Eh? Well… if you say so…" Everest said, scratching his chin. "We accept."

"I'll pass. My deck got looted for cards." Travis sighed.

"You three are fine enough. Now, let's not dilly-dally." Cain smirked as he activated his duel disk, the other three doing the same.

"Duel!"

[Cain: 8000 / Everest: 8000 / Tasha: 8000 / Demetri: 8000]

"Since I orchestrated this, I'll be going first! I activate the field spell Roulette Field!" Cain declared.

The room around them changed, the lights growing dim and a circular surface appearing under each duelists feet. Other than that, the room remained unchanged.

"Then, I activate Field Barrier to protect my field spell. That'll be all." Cain finished.

"What does this place do?" Everest asked.

"Well, we're all assigned a number. I'm one, you're two, she's three, and Mr. Silent over there is four. Whenever we declare an attack, we roll a die. Whichever number it lands on is who we attack. But if we get an invalid number, like five, six, or whatever number the attacker themself has, the die is re-rolled." Cain explained.

"Damn it… so we can't focus all of our efforts on him…" Everest grumbled, gritting his teeth.

"I told you, I'm not as stupid as Mura was." Cain smiled. "Anyway, continue on with your turn."

"Well, if it's only when I attack than that won't be a problem yet," Everest smirked. "I summon Laval Magma Cannoneer!"

A hulking purple monster with steel armor on its torso and shoulders appeared. Mounted on its shoulders were two cannons that very closely resembled sideways volcanoes. [ATK: 1700]

"Now, I'll use Magma Cannoneer's effect. By discarding a Fire monster from my hand, I can deal 500 points of damage to you. I can use this effect twice, so I'll discard Laval Lady of the Burning Lake and Laval Volcano Handmaiden to deal 1000 damage."

The two cannons and Magma Cannoneer's back began to rumble, and then they spewed forth streams of lava which washed over Cain, who merely stood there with an amused expression as his life points burnt away.

[Cain: 7000 / Everest: 8000 / Tasha: 8000 / Demetri: 8000]

"Also, when Handmaiden is sent to the graveyard while I have another Laval in there, I can send another Laval from my deck to the graveyard. I'll send a second Handmaiden, who will let me send a third Handmaiden, who will let me send a Magma Cannoneer." Everest explained, rapidly filling up his graveyard. "I'll set one card and end my turn there."

"I'm up. I'll set a monster card and another card, and that'll be all." Tasha said.

"I'll summon Malice Doll of Demise, and then set two cards face-down." Demetri said quickly.

The possessed doll appeared, its mouth turned up in a horrifying grin as its axe swung slowly by its side. [ATK: 1700]

"Go." The black-haired duelist finished.

"Draw! I'll activate Contract with the Dark Master! I'll send Ritual Raven to the graveyard as a tribute, and thanks to its effect if Ritual Raven is being used for the summon of a Dark Ritual monster, it can be treated as the entire tribute. Now…" Cain grinned, raising one card high into air. "Great lord of the shadows, I beseech you to rise again! Use your power to lead this world to ruin! Ritual Summon! Arise, and slay the very gods themselves! Dark Master - Zorc!"

Sickly green energy began to pour out of the center of the room. A small black bird with two gold plates displaying smiling faces on either side of its torso appeared, circling the area from which the energy was pouring out. A monstrous roar shook the room as a hand reached out from the mass of energy and grabbed the raven, pulling the struggling creature down to the green mass. There was a pulse of energy which exploded outward, sending the green energy flying into the air and obscuring the duelist's vision. When it began to settle, a demonic creature stood in front of Cain, its red wings spread wide and green energy radiating from its body. [ATK: 2800]

"Now, for Zorc's effect!" Cain declared. A virtual dice fell from the sky, and after rolling around a bit it became still, the result being a 2.

"A two…?" Tasha asked.

"Zorc's effect is based on whatever number I roll. A six means all of my monsters are destroyed. A three, four, or five means I can destroy one monster on my opponent's side of the field, and a one or two…" Cain paused, grinning madly. "Means all monsters my opponent controls are destroyed!"

Zorc threw back his head roared, green energy surging up around him. It spread out across the field, its tendrils wrapping around the three monsters his opponent controlled and pulling them down into the energy, from which they did not resurface. However, a tiny teal bird appeared on Tasha's side of the field. [DEF: 400]

"When Gulldo is sent from the field to the graveyard, I get a level two or lower Gusto monster, like Gusto Egul, from my deck." Tasha explained.

"Don't care. Next, I summon Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands!" Cain declared.

A grey creature with a fierce expression on its face appeared next to Zorc. The monster didn't even look like it had a proper body; it just looked like its head sat on a mass of arms. [ATK: 1400]

"When Manju is normal or flip summoned, I can add a Ritual spell to my hand. I'll add Advanced Ritual Art, and then proceed to the Battle Phase. Now, let's see which of you gets to feel Zorc's wrath." Cain smirked.

The circles below each of the duelists began to light up in turn, as if a roulette was spinning. It began to slow down, and eventually Demetri found himself on the only lit up panel. Zorc raised a hand and sent a wave of energy towards the black-haired duelist, who endured it nicely.

[Cain: 7000 / Everest: 8000 / Tasha: 8000 / Demetri: 5300]

"Manju is up next!" Cain continued.

Again, the lights began to flash, but it stopped on an unoccupied space. They started up again, and Everest grimaced when it stopped on him. Manju rocketed forward and delivered a series of punches to the Security Officer with its multitude of hands.

[Cain: 7000 / Everest: 6600 / Tasha: 8000 / Demetri: 5300]

"That'll be all." Cain finished.

"My move. I activate Fissure to destroy one of my opponent's monsters that has the lowest attack. I pick you Cain, so that mean Manju is a goner." The large man smirked as a crevice formed under Manju, the monster falling into it with the crevice closing up immediately afterwards. "I set one monster, and end it there.

"During your End Phase, I'll use Fires of Doomsday to get two Doomsday tokens." Demetri said quickly.

In front of him appeared two swirling masses of black flames, which simply hovered in the air. [DEF: 0]

"Draw. I'll summon Musto, Oracle of Gusto. Then, I'll tune the level one Gusto Egul to the level four Musto!" Tasha declared. "Glorious green wings will take to the sky once more, and bring about the winds of change! Synchro Summon! Take flight, Daigusto Gulldos!"

A larger, more mature version of Gusto Gulldo appeared, hovering in the air in front of Tasha. On its back was Winda, Priestess of Gusto, who appeared to be controlling the larger monster. [ATK: 2200]

"Now, for Daigusto Gulldos' effect! I shuffle Egul and Gulldo from my graveyard into my deck to destroy one monster you control!" Tasha smirked.

Daigusto Gulldos began to flap its wings, whipping up a storm below Zorc which sent the Dark Master spiraling up into the air, where its hologram shattered. Cain didn't seem particularly annoyed by this though.

"It's still only a 1-in-3 chance of hitting me." He reminded her.

"Well, I'll have to take that chance! Gulldos attacks!" Tasha ordered.

The lights once again began to flash, and much to Tasha's relief Cain's was the one that remained lit. Gulldos flew forward, smashing right into the Ritual duelist's chest.

[Cain: 4800 / Everest: 6600 / Tasha: 8000 / Demetri: 5300]

"I'll set two cards face-down and end." Tasha smirked.

"I tribute both my tokens to summon Diabolos, King of the Abyss!" Demetri called.

The two tokens disappeared, being replaced by a much larger black dragon. The dragon howled and leaned its body forward, strands of drool hanging out of its mouth. [ATK: 2800]

"Diabolos attacks!" Demetri continued.

The lights flashed, and Everest found himself the target of another target. Thankfully, his monster was in defense mode so no damage was taken. Not only that, Demetri noticed it was another Laval Lady of the Burning Lake so the Laval duelist could get rid of any pesky cards his opponent set.

"Set one. End. I get to look at the top card of your deck before you draw." Demetri finished. A hologram of the card Cain was about to draw appeared in front of him, and the black-haired duelist shook his head. "That goes to the bottom."

"Not a problem. Draw! I activate Advanced Ritual Art, which lets me send normal monsters from my deck to the graveyard as tributes for a Ritual monster. I send Cosmo Queen from my deck to my graveyard to summon this card…" Cain smirked. "As the world collapses, the king of the end will rise again! Crush everything that remains standing! Ritual Summon! Rise, and seal the fate of this doomed world! Demise, King of Armageddon!

Purple fire bathed the field, and from them rose a hulking figure in black and grey armor with a skull-like head. The evil king chuckled and raised its shoulders, drawing some attention to the large axe it held in its hands. [ATK: 2400]

"Now, for Demise's effect! At the cost of 2000 life points, every other card on the field is destroyed!" Cain laughed as a red aura surrounded him.

[Cain: 2800 / Everest: 6600 / Tasha: 8000 / Demetri: 5300]

Demise raised his axe high into there and then brought it crashing down into the ground, purple flames erupting from the ground and enveloping every other card on the field, burning them to ashes while the evil king laughed.

"Field Barrier protects Roulette Field. Now, let's see which of you lucky people get to face off against Demise." Cain smirked as the panels began to light up again, this time stopping on Tasha. Demise pulsed with energy and Tasha's eyes widened as the monster slashed its axe across her chest.

[Cain: 2800 / Everest: 6600 / Tasha: 5600 / Demetri: 5300]

"Are you alright?" Travis asked.

"Y-Yeah..." Tasha said after a moment. She looked down at her chest to see that thankfully, the cut hadn't broken the skin.

"Well, that'll be all from me." Cain finished.

"Draw! …I end." Everest sighed.

"Draw… Oh, I can use this." Tasha smirked. "I'll use Miracle Synchro Fusion to fuse the Daigusto Gulldos and Musto, Oracle of Gusto in my graveyard together."

"I'm guessing this is one of the cards you took from that guy in the elevator?" Travis guessed.

"Yep. So is the monster I'm about to summon." Tasha smirked. "By using those two monsters as Fusion material, I can summon Ultimate Axon Kicker!"

A large being with a skeletal appearance and a snake-like lower body emerged from a portal behind Tasha. It had two sets of green and gold wings, and each of its bony hands ended in long, gold claws. [ATK: 2900]

"Now, Axon Kicker attacks!" Tasha continued.

Again the lights flashed, and Everest groaned loudly as he found himself the target of the attack. The monster puts its hands together and formed a ball of dark green energy in them, which it hurled at the Laval duelist.

[Cain: 2800 / Everest: 3700 / Tasha: 5600 / Demetri: 5300]

"Sorry!" Tasha called.

"Yeah, it's fine…" Everest sighed.

"Anyway… you're up, Demetri." Tasha said..

"First, I use Dark Core. I discard one card to banish Demise. Then I summon Sangan and attack." Demetri said quickly.

A mass of black energy appeared around the evil king, enveloping him completely. When it dispersed, he was nowhere to be seen. A small furry brown creature with three eyes and a big smile appeared on Demetri's field. [ATK: 1000] The lights flashed, and Tasha was the target. The monster charged forward and was promptly destroyed by Ultimate Axon Kicker.

[Cain: 2800 / Everest: 3700 / Tasha: 5600 / Demetri: 3400]

"When Ultimate Axon Kicker destroys a monster by battle and sends it to the graveyard, I gain life points equal to that monsters attack points." Tasha explained as a green glow surrounded her.

[Cain: 2800 / Everest: 3700 / Tasha: 6600 / Demetri: 3400]

"I get to add one monster with 1500 or less attack points to my hands since Sangan was destroyed. Go." Demetri finished as he added a single card to his hand.

"Draw. I summon Senju of the Thousand Hands to add Ruin, Queen of Oblivion to my hand." The dirty blonde duelist began.

A monster resembling a golden statue appeared on Cain's field, glowing with a radiant light. Two of its hands were each holding a staff, while many others simply waved in the air behind the monster's back. [ATK: 1400]

"I'll use Trade-In to discard Ruin and draw two cards… Hehe. Then, I'll use Preparation of Rites. This'll let me add Garlandolf, King of Destruction from my deck to my hand and then add Advanced Ritual Art from my graveyard to my hand." Cain continued.

"Go ahead, summon Garlandolf. My monster can't be destroyed by card effects." Tasha bragged.

"Cute," Cain smirked. "But I already knew what your monster did. I'm going for something entirely different. I activate Shinato's Ark, and send the Senju from my field and Garlandolf from my hand to the graveyard as tributes."

"Not Shinato… it's strong enough to beat Tasha's monster…." Travis groaned.

"The monster which has transcended to a higher state of being shall return once again, heralding the end! Ritual Summon! The glorious being, Shinato, King of a Higher Plane!" Cain called.

A bright light shown above Cain and then slowly, an angelic being descended down onto the field. It looked almost mechanical with its purple skin. It was wearing a white robe, and had several sets of golden wings flapping behind it. [ATK: 3300]

"Now, Shinato! Attack!" Cain grinned.

Demetri was the target this time. Shinato pulsed with energy and fired a blast of purple light towards Demetri. It stuck the duelist head on and knocked him to the ground, where he didn't move.

[Cain: 2800 / Everest: 3700 / Tasha: 6600 / Demetri: 100]

"Hey, are you okay?" Everest asked. He got no response.

"Well, if he can't move, he can't duel. But hey, maybe he'll come around soon enough to take his turn." Cain smirked. "Anyway, I'm done."

"Draw. Since I have three Laval monsters in my graveyard, I can special summon Laval Burner from my hand! Then, I summon Laval Forest Sprite!" Everest announced.

The molten orange beast appeared in front of Everest, bellowing loudly and pounding one of its large fists against the ground. [ATK: 2100] Next to it appeared a small girl with flowing red hair and a dark brown scarf and hood. [ATK: 300]

"Then, I tune the level two Forest Sprite to the level five Laval Burner!" Everest declared. "Beast of rock and flame, emerge from the depths of the earth and incinerate everything in your path! Synchro Summon! Come forth, Laval Stennon!"

Laval Stennon burst onto the field, growling at Cain and raising the large cannon on its arm in his direction. Then, thanks to Laval Forest Sprite's effect, the hulking behemoth gained 200 extra attack points of each Laval monster in the graveyard, and there were currently nine. [ATK: 2700 - 4500]

"He can point that at me all he wants but he actually has to hit me first." Cain smirked.

"I have to discard a card when I summon Stennon. But now, Stenno-" Everest hesitated as he remembered Demetri had both no monsters to protect himself. He stared at the black-haired duelist who was still motionless. They had known the risks, and he rationalized that if Stennon did attack him at least it would be painless as opposed to one of Cain's attacks. "-n attacks!"

The lights began to light up, stopping on Everest. Then went around again… yet again stopping on the Security Officer.

"Really now, I better have some good luck to balance this out." Everest sighed.

They went around a third time and landed on Tasha. Everest frowned as his monster shot a torrent of lava towards the Psychic-type Fusion monster, melting it down into nothing.

[Cain: 2800 / Everest: 3700 / Tasha: 5100 / Demetri: 100]

"During the End Phase, Stennon loses his boost." Everest reminded everyone. [ATK: 4500 - 2700]

"I draw. I use Back to Square One, discarding one card to return Shinato to the hand. I set one monster and end my turn." Tasha said; glad to be rid of the angelic being. Now, if only she still had Ultimate Axon Kicker, she might have been able to deal the final blow.

All eyes turned towards Demetri, who after what appeared to be a great struggle, pulled himself into a sitting position.

"Draw. Monster Reborn, revive Greed Quasar. Summon Stygian Security." Demetri said quietly, swaying even though he was sitting.

A floating grey monster with a demonic face on its torso and no legs appeared, hovering in front of its weakened master. [ATK: ? - 2100] Next to it appeared a small purple demon with a red siren light on its head and a nightstick and megaphone in its hands. [ATK: 100]

"Tune Security to Greed Quasar…" Demetri said slowly, some power returning to his voice as he began his synchro chant. "Sadness, sorrow, anger and revenge feed the flames of my soul! From the blackest void, I call you forth! Synchro Summon! Rot, Blood Mefist!"

The top hat wearing fiend appeared in front of Demetri, chuckling softly as it twirled its cane that ended in a skull. [ATK: 2800]

"Attack!" Demetri cried.

The lights began to flash. They slowed down, and stopped on Cain. Everyone's faces lit up, but then the light shifted over one spot so it rested on Everest.

"Oh come on now!" Everest protested.

Blood Mefist reared its head back and then vomited forth acid, which melted Stennon much like it had melted Ultimate Axon Kicker.

[Cain: 2800 / Everest: 3600 / Tasha: 5100 / Demetri: 100]

"I set one and… end." Demetri finished.

"Draw." Cain began. As he did, Blood Mefist activated its ability. For every card Cain controlled, the Ritual duelist would take 300 points of damage. Even though he only controlled Roulette Field, any damage helped.

[Cain: 2500 / Everest: 3600 / Tasha: 5100 / Demetri: 100]

"Well, since you were kind enough to return it to my hand I may as well put it to use. I activate Trade-In and discard Shianto to draw two cards." Cain smirked. "Then, I activate Advanced Ritual Art, sending another Cosmo Queen from my deck to the graveyard to summon a new monster…"

"He's already gone through Demise, Shinato, Zorc… Garlandolf and Ruin are in his graveyard… what else can he have?" Everest wondered.

"The passage of time has only intensified your anger! Now, with this sacrifice you will rise again! Ritual Summon! Break the seal and return to this world! Reshef the Dark Being!" Cain chanted.

A large golden robot appeared in front of Cain. It had a blue orb connecting its left shoulder and left arm, a red one doing the same for the right arm, and a yellow orb connecting its upper and lower torso. Several golden columns also sprouted out of its back. [ATK: 2500]

"Reshef?" Everest wondered.

"Yes, Reshef. You could classify as one of the evil rulers, along with Garlandolf, Demise, Zorc and the like. But ironically enough, even though he is 'The Dark Being' he's a Light monster. Since we're talking about him, this would be a fantastic time to use his effect. By discarding a spell card from my hand, I gain control of one monster on my opponent's side of the field until the End Phase. I'll discard End of the World to take Blood Mefist." Cain said, taking in a deep breath after that explanation.

The three orbs of Reshef's body began to glow even brighter and slowly, Blood Mefist made its way towards Cain's side of the field.

"Now… let's see who survives this turn! Blood Mefist attacks!" Cain called. Both monsters pulsed with energy and everyone aside from Cain grimaced, knowing that what Cain meant about surviving just got serious.

The lights did what they'd been doing for the entire match, and as they seemed to have been doing very frequently, came to a stop on Everest. Blood Mefist vomited acid over the Security Officer, who fell to the ground cursing.

[Cain: 2500 / Everest: 800 / Tasha: 5100 / Demetri: 100]

"Now, Reshef!" Cain continued.

The lights began to turn and Tasha smiled as it began to settle on her, but her face fell when it moved over to Demetri.

"Let me guess. Your set card was A Deal with Dark Ruler. Well, maybe if you see him on the other side you can make a deal with him there." Cain chuckled, raising the Disappear card. Reshef fired off several multi-colored lasers, all of which curved towards Demetri and struck the Dark duelist, as well as causing a small explosion of energy. When it cleared, Demetri was gone.

[Cain: 2500 / Everest: 800 / Tasha: 5100 / Demetri: 0]

"Damn it…" Everest cursed as he got back onto his feet.

"Geez…" Travis muttered. Tasha merely covered her mouth.

"Well, since Blood Mefist has nowhere to return to… and no owner anymore, I suppose I'll just keep him." Cain chuckled. "Your move."

"Well… I ain't got any cards, so I can avoid your monster's acid for another turn." Everest grumbled. He stared at his hand for a moment before he noticed he was swaying. His body was still burning from Blood Mefist's acid. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes, setting one card face-down. Suddenly, he felt a very familiar searing pain pass over his body. He opened his eyes just as Cain started laughing at him.

"Whenever my opponent sets a spell or trap card, Blood Mefist deals 300 points of damage to the opponent." Cain explained.

[Cain: 2500 / Everest: 500 / Tasha: 5100 / Demetri: 0]

"That's… all I got in me…" Everest said slowly.

"My turn." Tasha said. She soon knew the same pain Everest had felt, Blood Mefist's effect dealing 300 damage to her as well. She looked over her hand and decided that she could last long enough with her set Winda. "I end my turn."

[Cain: 2500 / Everest: 500 / Tasha: 4800 / Demetri: 0]

"Draw… oh man, this is too perfect! First, I activate Fulfillment of the Contract, paying 800 life points to bring back Dark Master – Zorc and equip it with this card!" Cain began.

[Cain: 1700 / Everest: 500 / Tasha: 4800 / Demetri: 0]

The Dark Master rose again, bellowing loudly as its sickly green energy began to sweep over the field. [ATK: 2800]

"Then… I remove Ruin, Queen of Oblivion and Demise, King of Armageddon from my graveyard." Cain continued.

"No… he couldn't be…" Travis whispered.

"Legendary warrior, raise your blade once more! The gates of chaos are open; now bring about the beginning of the end! Rise, Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning!" Cain called.

The retrained version of the legendary Black Luster Soldier appeared in front of the three other monsters. It's cold gaze swept across the field before settling on Tasha. [ATK: 3000]

"Now… you use Gustos, don't you? So your face-down monster is probably one of their recruiters. I won't be having any of that nonsense. I'll use Envoy of the Beginning's effect! In exchange for not attacking this turn, your monster is removed from the game!" Cain declared.

Black Luster Soldier pointed its sword towards the reversed card, which just… disappeared. Tasha was left defenseless.

"Hmm… looks like I win. Any combination of Zorc, Reshef and Mefist's attacks will end the two of you." Cain smiled.

"I'll activate Waboku, preventing me from taking any battle damage this turn!" Everest countered. "With any luck, I'll get picked for at least two attacks while I have this."

"Well, let's find out! Reshef attacks!" Cain began.

The lights stopped on the spot where Demetri had been standing. Then they spun around again and landed on Everest who grinned proudly.

"Oh, you shouldn't be grinning. You may not be taking any battle damage, but you'll still be taking damage from the actual attack." Cain smirked.

Reshef's lasers went off, hitting Everest and causing another small explosion, which sent the Security Officer into the back wall, where he slumped over.

"Blood Mefist is next!"

The wheel spun around, this time landing on Tasha. The Fiend-type monster vomited acid on Tasha, who persevered through the pain.

[Cain: 1700 / Everest: 500 / Tasha: 2000 / Demetri: 0]

"Now… Zorc!"

The lights flashed, and finally, they came to a stop on Tasha.

"NO!" Travis shouted, running to stand between Cain and Tasha. "I won't let you do this! Come on, let's go! We gotta run!" Travis shouted, starting to pull Tasha towards the door.

"You can disappear together then." Cain said flatly, raising Disappear once again.

Zorc howled and his sickly green energy surged, a wave of it coming up behind the retreating Tasha and Travis, wrapping around them and pulling them into the ground. Like the monsters that had been pulled down earlier with Zorc's effect, they too did not resurface.

[Cain: 1700 / Everest: 500 / Tasha: 0 / Demetri: 0]

"Well, since jumbo is just lying there, it looks like I'm the victor!" Cain laughed. Suddenly the Ritual duelist stumbled. "Gah… I've been using too much energy…" He muttered.

"N…o…"

"Eh? You still got some fight left in you?" Cain sighed. "Well, go ahead. There's not much you can do against a monster line-up like this anyway." Cain shrugged.

"Draw." Everest said, struggling to his feet. A small smile crossed his face. Cain gave him a questioning look, but Everest simply slipped a card into his duel disk. Flames formed in the room, consuming the entire field. Then, from them, appeared several monsters.

Two Magma Cannoneers stood next to each other, cannons ready to fire. [ATK: 1700] Then, next to them were two Laval Volcano Handmaidens, who simply smiled at Cain. [ATK: 100] The last was a lone Laval Forest Sprite, who sat quietly with her knees pulled up to her chest. [ATK: 300]

"…Rekindling." Cain said quietly, realizing what card his opponent had just played.

"This… this is my last stand. I tune the level one Handmaiden to the level four Cannoneer…" Everest said, choking over his words. "Warrior of the raging inferno, come forth and cut down every enemy who stands before you! Synchro Summon! Come forth, Laval Dual Slasher!"

The second Laval Synchro monster of the game appeared on the field, slicing through the air with the blades on its arms. [ATK: 2400]

"Then… I tune the other Handmaiden to the other Cannoneer…!" Everest continued, some strength returning to his voice. "The heat of battle calls forth this mighty beast, cry out and scorch the skyline with your unyielding flames! Synchro Summon! Burn, Lavalval Dragon!"

The volcanic dragon took to the sky, enjoying the flames that still ravaged the field. It shrieked loudly and began to descend to the ground, taking its place a small ways away from Laval Dual Slasher. [ATK: 2000]

"Then… I summon Laval Phlogis! Then I'll tune the level two Forest Sprite to the level four four Phlogis!" Everest continued. "Flames whose heat exceeds all known limits converge to call forth this new warrior! Your power will bring the light of a new dawn! Synchro Summon! Ignite, Laval the Greater!"

Another monster appeared briefly, but it was quickly cut down into four stars which entered the two synchro gates Forest Sprite created. Another Laval monster appeared, taking its place between Dual Slasher and Lavalval Dragon. It fixed Cain with a fierce glare as the blue flames on its body began to rise up higher. [ATK: 2400]

"Now… these guys aren't strong enough on their own… but you gotta remember what I sent to the graveyard. Right now, Forest Sprite an' Phlogis's effects activate! I have 11 Lavals in the graveyard, so all Laval monsters gain 2200 attack points! Then, since Phlogis was sent to the graveyard, they all gain 300 more!" Everest shouted, putting his last bit of energy into this.

The flames on the field began to rise even higher, and the Laval monsters all drew power from it. Dual Slasher roared loudly [ATK: 2400 - 4900] Lavalval Dragon shrieked [ATK: 2000 - 4500] and Laval the Greater stood perfectly still, but the blue flames on its body rose even higher, to the point where they almost touched the ceiling. [ATK: 2400 - 4900]

"Now, end this!" Everest roared, taking several steps towards Cain.

Lavalval Dragon unleashed a torrent of flames which surrounded Blood Mefist and burnt the Fiend-type monster into ashes. Laval the Greater simply raised a hand towards Cain's field and a wall of blue flames shot forward, striking both Zorc and Reshef and reducing them to nothing. Black Luster Soldier however, leapt into the air to avoid the wave. Dual Slasher jumped into the air after it, and the two slashed at each other simultaneously. The Envoy of the Beginning's broken sword fell to the ground, disintegrating slowly as Cain's life points dropped to 0.

[Cain: 0 / Everest: 500 / Tasha: 0 / Demetri: 0]

Kali's eyes flickered open, and she jumped to her feet seeing that the room was apparently on fire. But she calmed down slightly as she saw it was only a duel.

"Winning here means nothing… it's still all over for you!" Cain sneered raising the Disappear card. He pointed it towards Everest. Cain's eyes widened and he gasped. The card fell from his hand and the former King collapsed to the ground, unconscious.

"You missed all the action… It's all over…" Everest smiled at Kali.

"Where's… everyone else?" Kali asked, looking around the room which was deserted aside from herself, Everest and Cain.

"He… he turned 'em to dust…" Everest answered.

"Even Michael?" Kali asked.

"No… I stopped him before he did that… but Travis, Tasha, Demetri… even that Mura guy you'd been playing against… all of 'em are gone…" Everest said quietly.

"You stopped him? Thank you… I'm a little surprised honestly; I didn't think someone from Security would help out a guy from Satellite." Kali admitted. She remained silent as she took in that Travis and Tasha were gone. "Where did he go then?"

"He went on to the top floor." Everest murmured.

"Well, let's go! Maybe we can help him out!" Kali said, starting towards the door. She heard a thud behind her and turned to see Everest kneeling down on one knee. "Are you okay…?"

"Heh… I'd… really love to go… after all… It's my job to help the people but… I'm burnt out." Everest said quietly.

"The duel took that much out of you?" Kali asked.

"I'm not as young… as you an' Michael… I can't just shrug off laser blasts an' having acid vomited on me. You jus' go on ahead… I'd only slow you down" Everest smiled.

"Will… will you be okay if I do?" Kali asked hesitantly.

"We'll just have to wait an' see now, won't we?" Everest murmured. "Now you go ahead. I know you'd rather be up there than down here. More of 'em could come at any minute. If things don't go well for that kid, than you wouldn't want to waste your time trying to help me when you could be helpin' him save the world, would ya? Take these with you and skedaddle."

"…Okay." Kali nodded. She moved towards the man and grabbed the two cards he held out to her. She glanced at them and then back at Everest, who nodded slowly. With that, she turned and ran out into the stairwell, leaving Everest with the unconscious Cain.

"Well… it's all in your hands now…" He whispered. With a quiet groan the Laval duelist fell onto his side, and closed his eyes.

Roulette Field

Field Spell

Assign each player a number between 1 and 6, with no duplicates. Whenever a monster declares, an attack, roll a dice. The monster attacks the player with the assigned number. If the number is invalid or the turn players number, the dice is re-rolled until a valid number is rolled.

Still working on this. Just a note though: My schedule is kinda odd now. I'll be getting home around 7 3/5 days of the week and at 4 the other days. So you'll probably only see updates on weekends. Only reason this is being uploaded now is because of a long weekend. If I can squeeze in more than one a week, that'll be great but don't expect to see one until... probably Sunday or Monday.

That's all I gotta say on my schedule. This is another duel I really liked writing. Just sort of a boss rush of Ritual monsters. I hope you all enjoyed reading it, and I'll see you all next time!