[i]"And you, my crazed opponent, have about as much sanity as a regular in an asylum,"[/i] Ayami thought to herself as her opponent went on a bit of a tirade. The word 'ritual' had many meanings, regardless of the primarily religious undertones, and so the young woman simply stared in silence as the field slowly got more chaotic.

While she had expected a Ritual Summon given how he had been spouting off before, she did [i]not[/i] expect the Synchro Summon soon thereafter. This was the first Tuner played this game, after all...

"A hit and run--kind of crude, don't you think?" she quipped as she drew the card from the top of her Deck.

This... She could work with this. The card was practically begging to be played now, and she had no intention of stopping it.

"My turn. Because I control no Monsters, I activate the effect of Nekroz Cycle; by banishing it and one Nekroz Monster--in this case, Nekroz of Unicore--I can add one Nekroz Spell to my hand. That will be Nekroz Mirror. Next, I activate Brionac's effect and discard it to add Nekroz of Valkyrus to my hand," she began to say, slowly moving the cards around before staring straight at the biker's helmet.

"Logic and faith are simply two sides of the same coin--to explain what cannot be explained, see what cannot be seen, hear what cannot be heard. I believe in no gods, only men--these people who have harnessed that strength to become their own. Let us see which is the strongest."

With that said, Ayami activated Nekroz Mirror, a small smirk faintly passing over her face as she continued on.

"I activate Nekroz Mirror and banish Shurit from the Graveyard to summon Nekroz of Valkyrus, then Normal Summon Hira, Light of the Nekroz. Her ability is to increase the attack of all Nekroz monsters on the field by 200," she said, playing the cards on the field and watching them step forth onto the ground. The latter seemed to be a young girl, slightly younger than Shurit, with white and red hair that reached down to her shoulders. In her hands, she held a staff with the Nekroz symbol emblazoned on it, certifying her heritage to any viewer.

"Battle Phase. Valkyrus, attack Heisei," Ayami declared, pointing forward as the old sorcerer pointed his staff likewise at the monster in front of itself. Hira, off to the side, pointed hers to Valkyrus as if giving him her energy. It took a moment, but soon a large barrage of magical bolts emerged from both, the former's piercing through the Dokurorider's body and bike and the latter's small few following alongside them.

"Main Phase 2. I activate Nekroz of Valkyrus' effect and tribute Hira to draw one card and end my turn."