Cardfight!! Vanguard SC: Defenders of the Gate

Chapter 5: Making it Official-Prt3

Yudai looked at his hand. Seven cards. He wasn't quite sure what Legion was, but he expected with this amount of cards in his hand, he shouldn't have a problem defending against it.

"I call Perdition Battler, Maleisei (Grade 1, 7000), Bahr and Asticah. Moving Crossfire Dracokid to the soul. Giving a skill to Legion. Now, activating Vortex Dragonewt's skill." He flipped to cards in his damage zone face down, then lifted a card between his fingers and revealed it to Yudai. Perdition Dragon, Whirlwind Dragon. He placed the card into the drop zone, and in Yudai's eyes, it glowed. "I retire Chondrite and Regulus.  Then, you put the top card of your deck into the damage zone as a damage check. Trinity Crimson Flame!" Whirlwind Dragon flew above Yudai's force and breathed down a rain of fire, scorching Regulus and Chondrite. Then, Vortex Dragonewt grabbed Orionus with his deathly large claws and blasted his with crimson flames. Yudai yelled out and fell to his knees. It hurt. It really did. But the question was why did it hurt? Yudai looked at the top card of his deck, hoping for some form of salvation.

[Damage Check] - Compassion Star, Cassiopeia - Heal Trigger

"At least I got a heal trigger. I'll-"

"Wrong again," Izo stated. Yudai looked up at him, worried. "A little added bonus with the damage is that any trigger revealed in that damage check gets its effect nullified. Perdition's true power." The Heal Trigger icon on Cassiopeia card burned and Yudai grunted as he put it in the damage zone.

"Because the Chondrite in front of him was retire, Maleisei gains an additional 3000 power. (Power: 7000>>>10000) Vortex Dragonewt also gains an additional 3000 power for each rear-guard I retire. So, that's 6000." (Power: 11000>>>17000) 

Yudai felt his confidence fade. He felt the seven cards in his hand might as well be zero. "I don't know if I'm gonna make it out of this..." Yudai mumbled under his breath, though Izo heard.

"I would agree. Now for the Battle Phase. Asticah attacks your Vanguard with support from Bahr." (Power: 18000) 

"I guard with Stellar Combustion, Zeke." (Shield: 21000) 

"In that case, I'll have Legion attack your Orionus." (Power: 26000) 

"Grr...I'll have Solar Wingshield Dragon defend me. By discarding a card from my hand, it becomes a complete guard!" (Shield: *Cannot be Hit*)

"I'll check the Twin Drive."

[Drive Check] - Perdition Dragon, Rampart Dragon - No Trigger

[Drive Check]- Perdition Dragon, Break Down Dragon - No Trigger

Izo scowled, knowing he couldn't use Crossfire Dracokid's skill if Legion's attack wasn't successful. "Boosted by the Bahr on the left, Maleisei attacks!" (Power: 21000)

"Twinkle Mage will guard! Along with Alastor!" (Shield: 26000) Yudai declared, leaving him with two cards in his hand. A bead of cold sweat rolled down his face. He had survived...barely.

Izo tightened his gaze. "Not bad. Turn End."

Damage: Yudai-5 Izo-4
Hand: Yudai-2 Izo-4

"Stand and draw. Ok, here goes. If I mess up here, I'm finished." Yudai said in his head. "Liberating the Generation Zone! GENERATION STRIDE! Sacred dragon of the galaxy, strike down the enemy with your cosmic blade! Shine bright, Interplanetary Dragon, Supernova Saver Dragon!" (Grade 4, 15000+)
A dragon with glowing white scales descended from the sky and roared courageously. It had six wings that were coated in heavenly blue flames and, in its right hand, it held a shining, lustrous orb glowing with cosmic energy that had six rings orbiting it. The astral projection of Yudai on Cray looked at the mighty beast. He remembered staring at it in awe as his opened the envelope earlier that day. "Will you lead me to victory?" he asked. The dragon hummed in response.