The night air around the Duel Lodge tasted of ozone and distant fires, and the group gathered with their duel disks ready beneath a half-moon. Yuya looked at his friends, determination steadying his voice. "It is time for us to infiltrate the second base—are you guys ready?"
They all nodded in unison, the tiny movements carrying the weight of every battle they had already fought together. Yuni stepped forward, shoulders squared, and replied with quiet resolve, "Good, now let's go."
A sudden sound cut across the courtyard like a thrown stone—an arrogant chuckle that did not belong to any of their allies. The shadow cast by the Duel Lodge flickered, and a large, imposing figure materialized in front of them without warning.
His girth made his cloak hang like a dark sail, and his boots left deep impressions in the dust as he planted himself between the Lancers and their path. "I won't let you obstruct my feet," the stranger announced, voice booming with theatrical menace.
Katrina's eyes narrowed, her hand hovering near her duel disk as suspicion tightened her tone. "Who are you?" she demanded, stepping protectively in front of the others.
The man bowed with ridiculous ceremony, then straightened, a cruel smile creasing his face. "I am Eviluder, commander of the first Tomahawk fleet," he declared grandly as he swirled his cloak. "I am here to carry out Operation: Numbers Sweep. From now on, my fleet will conquer this planet."
Reisho's jaw slackened for a moment as recognition flickered across his features, the name striking an alarm in his mind. "Tomahawk's fleet..." he murmured, eyes widening. "Wait—that's the moniker for Number 42!"
Katrina's voice tightened into a whisper edged with ice and defiance. "Then you must be one of the Numbers' spirits," she said, already bracing for an attack.
Eviluder laughed, the sound like iron scraping on stone. "We will sink all who impede our subjugation of Heartland," he boomed, spreading his cloak so it billowed like a dark tide. "We will obliterate you."
Yuya drew his duel disk instantly, the familiar hum steadying him like a second heartbeat. He shoved his hand forward and met Eviluder's glare with stubborn fire. "I won't let you. I'll duel you this time."
Both duelists activated their disks as the air around them snapped with electric energy and the Field Magic began to flare. In perfect, shouted unison they cried the challenge that set the world alight: "Duel!" (Yuya:4000)(Eviluder:4000)
"I'll go first," Yuya declared confidently, his duel disk glowing in vibrant red and green energy. "And I'm going to go all out from the start!"
He raised his arm toward the field, the Pendulum Zones flaring open. "With Scale 1 Stargazer Magician and Scale 8 Timegazer Magician, I set the Pendulum Scale!"
Two magicians appeared in twin columns of light, one cloaked in midnight violet, the other wrapped in cosmic emerald. Their energy arcs joined above, forming the vast shimmering curve of a pendulum swinging through the night sky.
"With this, I can summon monsters from Level 2 to 7!" Yuya shouted as his duel disk pulsed brighter. "Sway, Pendulum of the soul—draw an arc of light across the Aether! Pendulum Summon!"
He swept his arm through the air, and portals of light opened above the ground. "Appear now, my loyal monsters! First—Dragoncaller Magician!" (ATK:2400/DEF:1000/Level 7/Scale:4)
A sorcerer cloaked in blue and black robes emerged, staff crackling with lightning as it took position beside Yuya.
"And then appear!" Yuya's eyes gleamed as a crimson flash illuminated the arena. "Wondrous and beautiful dichromatic eyes—Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!" (ATK:2500/DEF:2000/Level 7/Scale:4)
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7. Yu-Gi-Oh ARC-V A New Story of Pendulum (Xyz Arc)
FanfictionThe Lancers have been split into Xyz and Fusion, they are going to stop Academia and face a new threat. Might add a lot of ZEXAL stuff inside this arc.
