Card of the Day: Demiurge Ema! This card brings out Homunculus Tokens and even gains power from them!
Episode 217: The Ultimate Monarch, Demiurge Ema
Lady Demiurge: I remove the FIRE Attribute Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch, the EARTH Attribute Granmarg the Rock Monarch, the LIGHT Attribute Kuraz the Light Monarch, and the DARK Attribute Caius the Shadow Monarch. Raging fire, shining light, creeping darkness, shaking earth, become the emissary of light. Appear, Demiurge Ema [ATK 3300/DEF 2800 LV 8]
Luna: No way….Demiurge Ema.
Lady Demiurge: Now that Closed Forest is gone, the attack points of Green Baboon decrease [ATK 2600/DEF 1800 LV 7]
Luna: Oh no!
Lady Demiurge: That's not all. The other effect of Blue Moon activates at this time. A face-up Spell or Trap on both fields becomes a Homunculus Token. You were the only one with a face-up card, Closed Forest. That means it turns into a Homunculus Token [ATK 0/DEF 800 LV 2]
Luna: She's giving me a monster? But why?
Lady Demiurge: It's not a good thing. Even thought you have the monster, it is not there to help you. Demiurge Ema gains 800 attack points for all Homunculus Tokens on the field [ATK 4100/DEF 2800 LV 8]
Luna: That means…
Lady Demiurge: My monster can endlessly grow in power. I attack Green Baboon. Light Storm
The wings glow and shoot out feathers. Baboon is destroyed and Luna is blasted far back by the attack [Luna LP = 1500]
Lady Demiurge: I'm really sorry for this. But like I said, there's something I need to fight for. And I will fight!
Luna: Damn. This is going to be trickier than I thought.
Opening
At the castle, most of the Knights are seated around the table.
Sir Caius: Demiurge is doing well. Look out Thestalos, your position as the #11 might be in danger
Sir Thestalos: Don't forget, that would put your rank in danger as well, #10.
Kuraz stands up
Sir Kuraz: I have a script to get back to. Please excuse me.
He leaves the room. Raiza and Willas are the only ones who pay any mind. Raiza stands up and follows him
Sir Raiza: Hey Kuraz, hold up a sec.
Sir Kuraz: What do you want? I don't have time to waste. I need to get the casting call finished.
Sir Raiza: Jeez, you and those thespian metaphors. Anyway, don't you want to see the rest of the duel? After all, Demiurge is fighting.
Sir Kuraz: That does not matter to me. If she wins, then she'll be our new 12th seat. If she loses…then she ceases to be my sister.
He walks off. Raiza looks upset and kicks a jar. It falls over and breaks as Nim was hiding behind it. He shivers
Sir Raiza: It's not polite to eavesdrop….Nim
Nim looks embarrassed and rushes off. Raiza sighs and puts his hands on his hands as he looks in Kuraz's direction. Back at the duel [Lady Demiurge LP = 1500][Luna LP = 1500], Kuraz has Demiurge Ema [ATK 4100/DEF 2800 LV 8], the Field Spell Blue Moon, and no other cards out. Luna has no cards out.
Lady Demiurge: It's your turn. Well, do you think you can do anything against Demiurge Ema?
Luna: We'll see. I'm not about to give up just because you have a strong monster out
Lady Demiurge: I figured you would say that. I really wish you hadn't said it though. I guess we need to continue.
Luna: My turn. Demiurge Ema….alone, all it is a regular old berserker. But with this Homunculus Token out, its power has jumped. I need to get rid of this thing to make victory a lot easier. I summon Ferocious Tiger in defense mode [ATK 1300/DEF 1300 LV 4]. Once per turn, I can deal 300 points of damage for each monster on my field. Including the Homunculus Token, there are two monsters. So you take 600 points of damage!
Tiger slashes the air, sending out shockwaves. They hit Demiurge and she cries out [Lady Demiurge LP = 900].
Luna: I end my turn with that
Lady Demiurge: I see. My brother would yell at me for reacting like that. Still though, nice work. Using the Homunculus Token to deal damage to me. But, you'll need to try harder than that! My turn. I attack Ferocious Tiger.
Demiurge blasts it away with light
Luna: At this time, I use the effect of Green Baboon, Defender of the Forest. When a Beast monster is destroyed, I pay 1000 life points [Luna LP = 500] and revive him [ATK 2600/DEF 1800 LV 7].
Demiurge: I see. You used Ferocious Tiger to bring back Green Baboon. But even with all its strength, it isn't enough. At this time, I use the Continuous Spell card Immortal Homunculus. Now during each of my Standby Phases, a Homunculus Token is summoned to each player's field. With this, I'll grow an army of Homunculus Tokens and power up Demiurge Ema. Turn end
Luna: This isn't good. Still though, even if she has a lot of attack points, as long as I keep up a good defense, I should be fine. Alight, here I go! I use the Spell card Advance Draw. I destroy a level 7 or higher monster and draw 2 cards. I destroy Green Baboon and draw two cards. Now I summon Scarlet Wolf in defense mode [ATK 1300/DEF 600 LV 4]. Once per turn, I can draw a card for every monster on the field other than Scarlet Wolf. There are two other monsters, the Homunculus Token and Demiurge Ema. This means I draw two more cards. I set a card and end my turn
Lady Demiurge: That's all you can do. My turn. At this time, Immortal Homunculus activates. A Homunculus Token appears on both sides [ATK 0/DEF 800 LV 2][ATK 0/DEF 800 LV 2]. As there are two more Homunculus Tokens on the field, Demiurge Ema gains an even larger power boost [ATK 5700/DEF 2800 LV 8].
Luna: Its attack points…they're over 5000!
Lady Demiurge: Sorry about thus, once again. I equip Demiurge Ema with Fairy Meteor Crush. Now when Demiurge Ema attacks a monster in defense mode, she deals Piercing damage. This is the end. I attack the Scarlet Wolf. Go,
Demiurge holds out its hand and blasts away Wolf to pieces. Luna blocks the light as she quickly discards a card
Luna: By sending Spirit of the Healing Spring to the graveyard from my hand, I can negate any damage I take from a setting.
The light is blocked and forced away.
Lady Demiurge: No! I was so close! I set a card. Man, I really don't want to keep dueling. But I have to…or he'll be really angry
Luna: Look, you obviously don't want to fight. So why are you still dueling?
Lady Demiurge: I don't need to explain myself to a stranger. All I've gotta do is beat you. Please don't be angry at me.
Luna: Alright then, my turn. I summon Bushido Swordfish [ATK 1700/DEF 1000 LV 4]. Now I draw a card from my deck. If it is a level 4 or below monster I can summon it. If it is not a monster, that card is sent to the graveyard. Alright, I draw a card [Ancient Crimson Ape]. Too strong a monster. So I need to discard it. Now I use the effect of Spirit of the Healing Spring in my graveyard. When a monster is sent straight from the hand to the graveyard while this card is in the graveyard, I summon it to the field [ATK 0/DEF 0 LV 3]. I tune the level 4 Bushido Swordfish and the level 3 Spirit of the Healing Spring
Spirit becomes 3 rings that Swordfish flies through, becoming 4 stars [3 + 4 = 7]
Luna: Mystical creatures that hide from the eyes of man, emerge from your dens to fight and protect your secrets. Synchro Summon. Grand Mythic Phoenix [ATK 2400/DEF 2000 LV 7]
Lady Demiurge: That's the monster I was warned about. It's beautiful….but it can't match the power of Demiurge Ema
Luna: It doesn't need to. I use the effect of Grand Mythic Phoenix. It can sacrifice itself and destroy all cards on the field
Lady Demiurge: So you didn't summon it to attack….
Luna: But to nuke the field. Go, burn away all the cards!
Phoenix glows with intense light. Fire resonates from it and all cards on the field are burned away. Demiurge screams as her ace monster is engulfed.
Solider: Lady!
Enzan: Yes, she's taking it down!
Raythe: No…something's wrong
Luna gasps as Demiurge Ema still floats
Lady Demiurge: Trap card, Magical Arms. I release an Equip card and negate the destruction of a monster. Even though the Homunculus Tokens that power it and Blue Moon are gone, Demiurge Ema still lives [ATK 3300/DEF 2800 LV 8]. And all your cards are still gone. Sorry, but you failed.
Luna: No way….I set a card and end my turn. I was hoping that would be enough…but how I can keep fighting at this rate?
Lady Demiurge: My turn. I can't play anything else. All I'll do is just attack you. Demiurge Ema attacks you directly. Die!
Luna: Trap card, Material Adoption. This lets me take a Synchro monster that was destroyed and is in the graveyard. Then I select Synchro material monsters that were used to summon it and return them to my hand. Now I discard Spirit of the Healing Spring once again and negate my damage
A barrier appears and blocks the attack.
Lady Demiurge: Not again…I'll never win at this rate. Man, why was I sent for this mission? I don't want to fight…
Luna: Demiurge…if you don't mind me asking, I'm confused. You don't seem to like fighting. So why are you part of the Knights?
Lady Demiurge: …Fate works in odd ways Luna. Had destiny not played out the way it did for you and me, we could have been best friends. But, the winds of fate can change people and things at any given moment.
She closes her eyes and remembers
Lady Demiurge: I was an orphan. The only home I knew was a boarding school. There, I was completely alone. I had no family. No one wanted to be my friend, because I was just that girl without parents. My despair…I only understood despair one day. But one day, he came. Sir Kuraz of the Knights of the Elemental. He was searching for raw talent, someone to join the Knights as a loyal soldier. He chose me, even though I was an orphan. He took me to his home and raised me as his sister. That's why I work for the Knights now. I don't like blood and violence. But my brother, the only man who treated me with the least bit of respect, has a lot of high hopes from me. And no matter what, I can't let him down!
Luna: Well I'm sorry to disappoint you. But I also have people I need to fight for. My friends. And they are counting on me to defeat you.
Lady Demiurge: Well I'm sorry. But I can't afford to lose this duel either. Let's finish this fight now. You don't have any monsters on the field and I have Demiurge Ema on the field. There is nothing you can do to defeat it. You might as well just give up. She is really supposed to be one of the Seven Stars. I want to see it with my own eyes. The power she used against the Seven Dark Stars. The power she used in order to stop the World's End Dragon. The power that sealed the Constellation Demons. What kind of power is it?
Luna: Here we go. It's my turn. Maybe she's right. There are no cards in my deck that are strong enough to beat Demiurge Ema.
Tyson: What's wrong? That monster is still in the air. Luna was unable to defeat it?
Cain: No. The fact the monster is still floating in the air proves that she is still fighting. Still, to think she is fighting against Demiurge Ema, the ultimate of the Monarch series of cards.
Yuji: I wouldn't say anything. Luna is resourceful. You'll see. I know for a fact she is going to win
Takimaru: How can you be sure? Grand Mythic Phoenix failed to destroy Demiurge Ema and was buried in the graveyard. Without that, how can she win? She can't even use Assault Mode
Yuji: She's going to win….using our bonds
Luna: My turn. This card is my last hope. I use Natural Resources. By removing a Field Spell in the graveyard from play, I draw 2 cards. I remove Closed Forest and draw two. The first! Polymerization. But I don't have anything to fuse in my hand. And the second! No way! Void Dragon!? How did this card get in my deck?! Wait…
She remembers Yuji shuffling her deck
Luna: It was then? But…why?
Yuji: This card. Even when it is apart form me, I still have a bond with this card. ..Listen Luna, don't be afraid. We will always be friends.
Luna starts to sniffle and tears roll down her cheeks. Demiurge seems perplexed as Luna smiles.
Luna: I see, Yuji. You're telling me…to go forward. That even if I'm apart form you guys, our power will always be together. Tyson. Alice. Raythe. Cain. Takimaru. Enzan. Yuji. We will….we will always be friends!
Lady Demiurge: Her resolve!
Luna: I summon Bushido Swordfish once more [ATK 1700/DEF 1000 LV 4]. Now I draw a card. And if it is a monster, I can Special Summon it. I draw! I drew Trickster Elf. So he is Special Summoned [ATK 1000/DEF 0 LV 4]. Using this monster's effect, I send him and another monster on the field to the graveyard. This lets me revive a Synchro monster with a lower level than the combined levels of the monsters I discarded. I discard the level 4 Bushido Swordfish and level 4 Trickster Elf. This lets me revive Grand Mythic Phoenix [ATK 2400/DEF 2000 LV 7]
Lady Demiurge: Even with that back, it isn't good enough!
Luna: Yuji…everyone…here we go! I use Polymerization. This lets me fuse together monsters. I combine Grand Mythic Phoenix…and Void Dragon!
Lady Demiurge: What?! Void Dragon?! But…how?!
Luna: I summon the ultimate dragon. One who gives off graceful power. Yuji…thank you. Now I know what I want to do. I Fusion Summon Holy Dragon Phoenix!
The two monsters fuse together and fire flares away like a miniature sun [ATK 3400/DEF 2000 LV 10]
Enzan: It's that monster again!
Sir Mobius: This monster…
Sir Caius: Interesting. I would love to pick that thing apart.
Lady Demiurge: Oh man I'm in trouble…
Luna: I attack your Demiurge Ema
Lady Demiurge: Calm down! Calm down! She can't win by attacking right now. I can still come back
Luna: Holy Dragon Phoenix weakens any monster that threatens its friends. Any non-FIRE monster that battles it loses 1000 attack points [ATK 2300/DEF 2800 LV 8]. Go for this, Saint Fire Storm!
Holy Dragon Phoenix surrounds itself with fire and dashes at Ema. It shoots out light at it and pierces through all the light and hurtles towards Demiurge Ema. Phoenix hits it and tackles it across the sky until it dissolves to ash. The fire burns across the ground and engulfs Demiurge as she screams in pain [Lady Demiurge LP = 0]. She falls to her knees and sniffles, but then smiles
Lady Demiurge: You won. I guess…your resolve was just stronger than mine
Luna: I don't mind. I enjoyed fighting with you.
Chaos erupts from the ground. Luna turns to it as wind sucks it into a tube as Urma closes it
Lady Urma: Wow. This is quite a lot. Nice job Demiurge. I guess this wasn't a total waste of time.
Luna: You….who are you?!
Lady Urma: Who am I? What a stupid question. My name is Urma though. That's U, R, M, A. Now then, come along Demiurge
Lady Demiurge: What? But anyone who loses is kicked out of the Knights
Lady Urma: Yeah, apparently not. So just come along. I don't want to have to kill you and take your corpse back
She runs over and grabs Demiurge, holding her sword to Demiurge's throat
Luna: Hang on! You aren't just going to run away!
Lady Urma: Listen, you're annoying. Get out of the way
She holds out her hand and shoots out a bubble, trapping Luna inside and pushing her into a tree. Demiurge cries out as water pools around them
Lady Urma: Bye bye.
Lady Demiurge: Luna! You have to defeat Chaos King! You must stop his plans! Promise me! Promise…
Water swirls around them and they disappear. Luna is leaning there in pain and clenches her fist. Back with the others, Chaos bursts out of the ground
Cain: More of that stuff…
Sir Granmarg appears and bottles it all in several containers
Cain: You!
Soldier: Lord!
Sir Granmarg: It's been a while, gazelle. Come on, we're pulling out.
Soldiers: Sir!
They walk over to him. The earth swallows them up and they are gone
Raythe: His power….I could sense it.
Luna walks over holding her arm
Tyson and Alice: Luna!
Takimaru: Are you okay?
Luna: Yeah. I beat her, but she got away.
Cain: Same with us. They got away with all that Chaos. But, I was able to grab a sample. I'll study it right away.
Raythe: Sorry this day was ruined
Enzan: Yeah, I know you wanted to make it fun
Luna: Well, nothing you can do. Besides…I know what I want to do now
Yuji: I'm glad.
They smile. Elsewhere, Demiurge is in a dungeon. She looks up as Kuraz stands there
Lady Demiurge: Brother!
Sir Kuraz: Demiurge…you're a disappointment.
He turns and leaves as she looks down
Ending