Masters Quarters

Obadiah watched as Amber managed to pick up the movement quite well for a first timer, most people had to practice a couple times, but she was a quick understudy, which meant he would have to give very minimal instruction
=Obadiah Traevis=
Well, Let's get this game of Dueal Beasts one-oh-one underway. Each player starts with 5 cards...
Obadiah then drew 5 cards from the top of his deck and placed them in his left hand, whilst keeping his attention on Amber so that she could hear him clearly
=Obadiah Traevis=
In a game of Duel Beasts, each player's turn is divided up into 6 phases. These are the Draw Phase, Set Phase, Summon Phase, Attack Phase, Set Phase 2, and the End Phase. The first phase, the Draw Phase, consists of the player drawing one card. Like so... I Draw!
Obadiah then drew one card, holding it just off to the side of his face, giving it a quick check before placing it in his left hand with the rest of his cards
=Obadiah Traevis=
Now comes the Set Phase. During this Phase I am only allowed to set two kinds of cards face down: spells and traps. Spell cards are a blue colour, whilst Trap cards are more reddish colour. So let's see...
Obadiah exampined his hand closely for the first time since the start of the duel. Currently he was holding a Huo Warrior, Galgarrow the Firemancer, Galgarrow's Blazing Zweihander, The Temple of Adroushan, Warrior Wall and Burning Trap. He grabbed Warrior Wall and Burning trap and placed them face down into the Spell/Trap card zones
=Obadiah Traevis=
I place two cards face down...
The Duel Blade then shimmered and made a short sound effect before holograms of two cards were projected in front of Obadiah, floating off the ground a little, with their backs facing upwards. Obadiah always enjoyed using his Duel Blades, especially since the holograms always caught first timers by surprise a little
=Obadiah Traevis=
Now this, this is what I contributed to my father's game. Each card is printed with a micro chip embedded in them, which the Dueal Blade reads, before processing which card was played and how it was played, before projecting the appropriate 3D model. As you can see, my two face down cards are now being projected onto the field in the same way that I played them. Now comes the fun stage. In the Summon Phase you can activate Spells cards, set and summon Beasts, or add Equipment cards. Beast cards have a more brown colour to them, whilst Equipment cards share the same colour scheme as magic cards. Be mindful though, you can only normal summon 1 Beast per turn, under normal circumstances, but we will cross that road if we come to it. For now, let me introduce you to a thing called a Field Spell Card...
Obadiah then grabbed The Temple of Adroushan as a extra card slot extended from the end of the Duel Blade. He slotted the card in, before the slot retracted. The Duel Blade shimmered and played it's sound effect again, before the inner sanctum of a Temple was projected around the field, with rivers of magma flowing down from the roof into fountain bases
=Obadiah Traevis=
As you can see, Field Cards alter the field of play, they are designed to give Beasts certain advantages. For example, The Temple of Adroushan, the card I just played, gives all Fire element Beasts a 400 Attack and Defence point boost. Now, let's see it in action, I summon Huo Warrior!
Obadiah then draw Huo Warrior from his hand and placed it face up on his field in attack mode, moments before a holoprojection of Huo Warrior appeared just in front of the two face down cards Obadiah had played earlier. Suddenly a small box appeared, displaying Huo Warriors Attack and Defence points, before the attack points went from 1500, up to 1900. The box then faded out
=Obadiah Traevis=
As you can see, controlling the field has it's advantages in this game. Now, since this is the first turn of the Duel, I have to skip my Battle Phase, but during it, I would be able to have my Huo Warrior either attack your Energy Points, or attack a monster you have on the field. For now I move to my Set Phase 2, in which I could set any final Spells or Traps. But for now I'll move to my End Phase, in which all I need do is say this: I end my turn...
With that, Obadiah had now finished his turn and allowed Amber to begin hers. He had started off pretty aggressively, but this was only a beginners match, and the more cards he introduced her to, the better she could play the game
=Obadiah Traevis=
Now that it's your turn, it's time to go through the 6 phases. But be wary though, face down cards on my field mean that I could spring a trap or spell card at any moment, so be careful...

Obadiah stood almost motionless as Amber launched her first attack. The holo projection of Galgarrow the Watermancer charged across the field, before slicing his Huo Warrior in half with the Zweihander that Amber had equipped Galgarrow with. The Energy Point counter on his Duel Blade and the one projected by the rooms projectors both decreased by 500 points, leaving Obadiah with 3500 points.
He smirked over at Amber, quite pleased by her move. Sure, he could have activated his Burning Trap, but he had a much more interesting strategy in mind, provided of course he was able to draw the right cards over the next couple turns. He had faith in his deck though, and considering the amount of experience he had with the game, he was certain of his victory, even if his opponent doubt it
=Obadiah Traevis=
An excellent move Amber. But what else have you got?

Obadiah shielded his eyes as Jormungandr attacked him, the bright light coming at him a little too intense for his eyes. As he lowered his arm, his Energy Point meter dropped down to 900 points. It definitely proved that Amber was picking up on how to play the game quite quickly. Obadiah then placed his right hand on the top of his deck, before drawing his next card
=Obadiah Traevis=
I draw!
Obadiah held the card off to the side of his face, managing to have drawn another Huo Warrior. He then placed the card in his left hand, before taking Galgarrow the Firemancer and Galgarrow's Blazing Zweihander. He then placed Galgarrow in attack mode and equipped the Blazing Zweihander
=Obadiah Traevis=
I summon the Firemancer, with his Blazing Zweihander...
A box then appeared, displaying Galgarrow the Firemancer's attack and defence, before it went from 1900 to 2800, befoire the box faded out. Obadiah smiled at Amber
=Obadiah Traevis=
You have done quite well so far, but that all finishes here... Galgarrow, turn her Watermancer into steam!
Galgarrow the Firemancer nodded, before lifting his Blazing Zweihander and rushing across the field to strike Galgarrow the Watermancer down, inflicting 400 points of damage to Amber's Energy Points. Obadiah then winked at Amber
=Obadiah Traevis=
With that, I end my turn...

Obadiah was quite impressed as Amber managed to destroy his Temple of Adroushan and replace it with her own Sunken Temple of Kamino. He moved his field card to the graveyard, before his field card slot retracted, considering the move only a minor set back to his plan, but not a complete game changer. Amber then ordered her Jormungandr to attack
=Obadiah Traevis=
Not so fast, I activate my Burning Trap!
One of Obadiah's face down cards then activated, before a flaming animal trap launched at Jormungandr, lowering the beasts attack by 500 points. He then braced himself a little as his Galgarrow was still destroyed, since the loss of Adroushan had removed 400 points of Extra points, before the Sunken Temple removed a further 300 points, leaving Galgarrow at 2100, compared to Jormungandr's briefly weakened 2400 attack points.
Obadiah's Energy Points then dropped down to 600, the duel now looking very much like it was in Amber's favour point wise, but looks could be deceiving. After all, Obadiah still had one face down card, and right now he had the right card in his hand to activate it, he just needed Amber to declare her next attack
=Obadiah Traevis=
Not bad... for a rookiee...

=Obadiah Traevis=
Just the move I expected you to make, I activate Warrior Wall!
Obadiah's second facedown card then activated, revealing the Warrior Wall trap. Obadiah then sent his Huo Warrior to the graveyard, before fire balls of light erupted from Warrior Wall and materialised into 5 Warrior Wall tokens, all in defence mode. Due to their element being Fire, they all lost 300 defence points, but it didn't matter, because Obadiah would not take damage from the attack.
Amber's Megalodon rushed forward and struck the middle Warrior Wall token, destroying it. Obadiah chuckled as his Energy Points were left untouched. He had to admit, Amber's moves would have caught any body else off guard, but he was a seasoned veteran of the game, meaning he could keep his cool, even under the most intense and surprising of moves that his opponent tried throwing at him
=Obadiah Traevis=
Not bad...

Obadiah took note as Amber checked her Energy Points, well aware that she did indeed have the lead on him. But all that was about to change, he was certain of it. He then drew his next card, holding it just to the side of his face as he saw the game changing card that he had been hoping to draw, truly fate smiled upon him
=Obadiah Traevis=
My move! and I'll start by sacrificing 3 Warrior Wall tokens, to allow me to summon Ragnarok the Fire Overlord!
Three Warrior Wall tokens then combined on the field into a ball of light as Obadiah placed Ragnarok on the field, his Dueal Blade shimmering and playing it's sound effect, before the ball of light changed shape and turned into Ragnarok. As far as powerful card went, Ragnarok was amongst the strongest in the Starter Deck series of cards
=Obadiah Traevis=
Let me introduce you to the Divine-Beast known as Ragnarok the Fire Overlord. He is a member of the Overlords, there exists one of each elements Overlord in each of the starter decks, and require 3 sacrifices to summon. This is due to their incredible strength and the abilities they possess, let me demonstrate. By removing 1 Huo Warrior in my graveyard from the game, Ragnarok can inflict 1000 points of direct damage to you...
Obadiah then placed his hand in front of the graveyard slot, before a Huo Warrior was produced. He then move the card to his pocket, before Ragnarok glowed and several fire blasts fired towards Amber, removing 1000 Energy Points
=Obadiah Traevis=
But that's not all, Ragnarok, show her Megalodon what a real attack is like!

Obadiah was a little surprised as Amber activated Typhoon Trap, but it hadn't been enough to too harshly affect the outcome. He was quite glad Amber was still having fun in this duel, despite how rather unfair it was stacked in his favour, considering he was a champion and she was just playing the game for the first time. But that was the idea though, a game people could have fun playing
=Obadiah Traevis=
You've done well Amber. Let's see what you can do with your last move!

=Obadiah Traevis=
It sure has been. It's time to end this. My draw!
Obadiah then drew his last card for the duel and held it just off to the side, in something of a dramatic draw pose. He then tiled his hand a little, and saw that he had drawn Salamance Dragoon. This duel had indeed come to an end, and this card would allow him to do so
=Obadiah Traevis=
I summon Salamance Dragoon to the field! Rise my serpent of flames!
Obadiah then placed Salamance Dragoon on the field in attack mode, moments before the Dragoon of fire rose from the field, it's body burning with intense flame
=Obadiah Traevis=
Now, I remove Huo Warrior from my graveyard, allowing Ragnarok to inflict 1000 points of direct damage!
The final Huo Warrior in Obadiah's graveyard was ejected, before he placed it in his pocket. Ragnarok then shot out several balls of fire, inflicting 1000 points of damage to Amber's Energy Points
=Obadiah Traevis=
Now, Ragnarok, set fire to Jormungandr!
Ragnarok seemed to roar, before a blast of fire incinerated Jormungandr. However as Jormungandr was in defence mode, no damage was inflicted to Amber's Energy Points
=Obadiah Traevis=
And now, Salamance Dragoon, finish this duel off!
Salamance Dragoon darted through the air, before loosing a blast of fire at Amber, reducing her Energy Points to 0. The holo projections disappeared, before the rooms holo projectors displayed only Obadiah's headshot, with the words Winner written in a block font
=Obadiah Traevis=
That was one hell of a duel Amber...

Zion had almost instantly been captured by the fierce and competitive nature of the Dueal between Obadiah and Amber, both of them giving it all they had, and enjoying themselves at the same time. As Akari hugged him, he thought nothing of it, his attention more on his friends who were enjoying themselves in a friend competiton.
It was for this same reason he didn't sense the incoming knife until it pierced his side, the blade manging to come in with such force it tore through the armourweave, before the blade was angled upwards. He suddenly went into shock as he turned his head as Hikari screamed out the words die as she let go off the knife
=Zion Morviael=
Why?
That was the only word he managed to say, before he stumbled forward a little, freeing himself of Akari's hug. He then fell to his knee's, blank expressioned as Prime suddenly went into protection mode and raced across the room. He couldn't help but wonder what he had done to be betrayed by his own sisters in such a fashion.
Had he really been that bad of a protector, was this pay back for not having rescued them all those years ago, despite the fact he hadn't known the girls he had seen die were clones. He gripped the hilt of the dagger, quickly wrenching it free, before he feel forward and landed on his front, his left hand wrapped around the front of his stomach, with a tight hold over the wound to try stem the flow of blood