Ammokkx

Mr Kuro VS Kyogi (Card Battle)

Kyogi felt the cold wash over him as the frostbite from Glacier Guard took effect, but he didn't mind it. He had to think quick now; there wasn't any more time to think. The opponent was playing quickly, but Kyogi had been counting cards.

"Oh, is something wrong Kuro-Sensei? You're burning through an awful lot of cards..."

Jaques grinned as Kyogi taunted his opponent, his astral hand reaching out and grabbing another card. Kyogi was getting used to this fight, but it looked like his opponent wasn't much to begin with. The boy crushed his card and went on to grab a few more.

"Dragonette!"

A female clad in some skimpy-looking dragon-scaled armor appeared behind Jaques, reeling as she did. Despite the cold the woman wasted no time in jumping into the air, getting ready to intercept the flying Dragoon while Kyogi prepare his next few moves.

"How about I stop holding back?"

Kyogi's disembodied voice was calm and collected as he played his next three cards. Two HellBats flew in from behind Jaques, but ignored the knight he was fighting. Instead, they circled around and made their way toward the Elite Marauder, intent on holding him off instead. Ryuji, meanwhile, was still fighting alongside the criminal as a new weapon card materialized in said criminal's hand: A Fine Katana. Jaques swung at his adversary, baiting out a blade lock with them.

Mr Kuro VS Kyogi (Card Battle)

@Ammokkx whoops have to make a small edit, you take minor damage from the glacier guard

@Dynamo Frokane

Yeah I found that a little weird.

Mr Kuro VS Kyogi (Card Battle)

"Hrk-!"

Kyogi recoiled in his spirit body as he felt the impact of the blow on his battle-mage. It didn't hurt too incredibly much, but the shock of not expecting it caught Kyogi off-guard. He held his arm, but knew there wasn't actually a wound to cover.

"I-I guess the damage in these games is as real as it gets, huh...?"

The boy muttered to himself again as he took another moment to assess the situation. Both his creatures were damaged pretty badly and probably wouldn't survive for much longer, and having either of them come to the opponent would be risky in this situation as Jaques is directly in their path. So in this case, the best option open to him would be to...

"Dragoon! Stinger! Ignore the opponent and hold off the Shadow Assassin!"

The Dragoon was weak, but it still leapt up in the air for what would probably be its final leap. The Lava Stinger fired another blast in the direction of the shadow agent, intent on scorching the very earth of this battlefield. Meanwhile, Kyogi took another card floating around him and crushed it. In an instant, Jaques was holding the Spiked Club. Instead of running away, the gambler charged ahead and tried to match the knight blow-for-blow. As this was happening, Kyogi plucked out another card. He hesitated for a moment, but there wasn't any point in holding back here.

"To my side! Ryuji The Oni!"

As Jaques charged, another creature rose from his right. It had a humanoid shape, but the skin was gray and their head looked like the flat maw of a toothy dragon. From the back of its head grew a long, brown mane and the tribal cloth dangling from its hips showed it wasn't afraid of a fair fight. The demon licked its blade and rushed in with frightening agility, coming at the knight from the side in order to make it a two-on-one.

Mr Kuro VS Kyogi (Card Battle)

I'm down 3 cards in the deck total and you expect me to blow my load early? Hell naw, this is gonna turn out to be the advantage game.

Mr Kuro VS Kyogi (Card Battle)

Kyogi's world had warped, his heart had stopped beating. It felt like time itself had come to a halt and his life had ended, an eternity and an instant both happening at once. Now he was in a strange new land, or rather, he was watching over a strange new land. He felt his own presence, but not a physical body. It's as if the boy had become a ghost, a spectator in a showdown that he got caught up in. He saw two figures standing in a frozen wasteland, a knight and a fancily dressed criminal. Somehow, Kyogi felt like he was supposed to be the criminal.

"...Interesting. So that's what these rings were for."

Kyogi muttered to himself and moved his astral hand a little, right before hearing a voice ring out in his head. It was the voice of the other person in this realm, the 'Kuro' he met earlier. He explained how Kyogi's body was still at school. How time was 'frozen' as this showdown was about to happen. It looked to be some sort of game, but the boy figured the consequences for losing were a bit more strict as opposed to a regular game of Mythic Cards.

"I'm flattered you'd choose me as an opponent, Kuro-'Sensei'! I don't have any intention of losing, however..."

Kyogi felt a deck of cards floating around him in this astral space, picking out two cards from the floating pile. He first observed his opponent's moves, careful to not make his decisions too quickly. The opponent summoned an unarmored pirate and some weaponry in this frigid wasteland. As far as the boy was concerned it wasn't a smart move. He already had a counter lying in wait. Now, in the event that this 'Kuro' person still managed to get the upper hand, Kyogi hoped his little backup plan had caught wind of the situation...

"As for me, I'll summon my Lava Stinger and Hell Dragoon."

Kyogi took the two cards and crushed them in his hand, causing two portals to open on the battlefield. Jaques dodged backwards as a lava-covered scorpion materialized in front of him, acting like a barrier between the two battle-mages. A little further away an armor-clad demon rose from the ground and swung once with its mighty lance, bellowing out a fierce roar. Flames oozed from the lance, melting a bit of snow underneath the creature.

"Hell Dragoon, focus on the Elite Marauder!"

Kyogi commanded his support card and then continued to observe, watching it take a running start and then leap up into the air. Meanwhile, Lava Stinger would claw at Kuro if he came close or fire a shot at them if they didn't.

Mr Kuro VS Kyogi (Card Battle)

Just waiting on you to start.

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Yes I was employing A Red Herring keeping instep with the Tall Man's mysterious motives/past. its just the way I've decided to storytell this time around.

@Dynamo Frokane

...Well yes. That's what I'm saying, there was no reason to reveal it as a red herring.

EDIT: nevermind, this argument's pretty pointless.

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@Ammokkx Not at all, a plot point can be built over than just more than one duel.

@Dynamo Frokane

Oh, alright, got me worried there for a sec. Also, uh...

(the person he stole his ring from was dead).

@Dynamo Frokane

idk why you felt the need to specify he stole it off the previous student and that they were dead. He is posing as a teacher, and said he 'confisticated' the ring. It could be speculated he actually asked the student to hand it over, which then verbally confirmed it, thus not making it stealing. I actually thought that's what happened at first, or that he actually had two rings and won the second one.

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@Ammokkx Yes I was building to a plot point, they cant be stolen off a living person, but the Tall Man doesnt actually know that yet, (the person he stole his ring from was dead).

Luckily that particular point hasnt spoiled too much.

@Dynamo Frokane

...So you're saying you're setting me up to lose.

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but Kuro is planning to win the duel in such devastating fashion that he will literally be able to steal the ring in the real world after he has won the battle.

@Dynamo Frokane

Wait, what?

"The mythic rings are not easy to obtain, there are only about 100 or of them in the world, they cannot be destoryed, and they cannot be stolen, the only way to obtain one is to win one wagered in a duel (which you would need a mythic ring in the first place to duel) or to be given one with the original owner verbally handing it over to you."