Destined to be Yours

Chapter 37: Dungeon Dice Monsters Part 2

"Dice roll!" Otogi rolled his dice. He smirked as he placed one of his rolled dice on the field. "I'll summon Yaranzo (ATK: 10 / DEF: 10 / HP: 10)."

The die unfolded, connecting to Otogi's previous one, getting closer to Akia. When Yaranzo materialized, Otogi used one of his movement crests to advance him one space. "That ends my turn. Let's see how long you can survive."

"Heh! I won't just survive; I'll win this!" Akia then rolled her dice as well. The yellow and blue ones landed on a star and the black die ended on the movement symbol. On her display screen, the number next to the symbol went up from 0 to 5. Akia then took her yellow die and pushed it into the field, connecting with her last one. There wasn't much space left until her dice collided with Otogi's. "I summon Nuvia the Wicked (ATK: 10 / DEF: 10 / HP: 10)." She then moved her Bubonic Vermin up until it was right behind Nuvia, using up 3 of her 5 movement crests.

Otogi rolled again and summoned yet another monster, Gator Dragon (ATK: 10 / DEF: 10 / HP: 10). His die platform was now connected to Akia's. He then moved his monster up to Akia's Nuvia.

"I'll show you just how serious I am to make you bite the dust! Gator Dragon, attack!" The creator of Dungeon Dice Monsters exclaimed.

"Wait! What is he doing? Don't they have the same attack points? Won't that destroy them both?" Against Akia's expectations and thoughts, her monster was the only one destroyed. She didn't get it. She tried hard to think and find a reason why.

"You must be surprised. After all, it didn't go like how Duel Monsters normally plays out. I just love that confused face you're making," Otogi chuckled.

"That's it! It's not Duel Monsters. There are similarities, but it's still a different game. I can't apply the same rules to it. If anything, the battle is completely different. Monsters don't just have attack and defence: they have hit points or health points too. When my monster was attacked, the heart on its head blacked out. 10 attack... 10 hit points... It's like an RPG! Subtract the attack from the hit points! Then if I think of it as an RPG, then defending would negate attack to a certain extent, depending on how much the defence is. I think I've got it! This game isn't so complicated after all. All this time playing video games with Jounouchi finally paid off." A smile appeared on Akia's face as she found herself figuring out more and more of the game's rules.

Otogi frowned. "What are you smiling about? Do you understand the situation you're in right now?"

"I completely understand the situation I'm in, but I can't help it. It's just so much fun to figure out how a new game works."

Yugi smiled at his sister's passion for games. His heart was now at ease, since he was fully confident that she would win this. Her enthusiasm, however, caught Otogi off guard. He didn't expect her to be enjoying herself. He expected her to be panicking, to feel despair at how utterly powerless she was in this situation.

"Fun... Fun?! You think this is fun?!" Otogi was furious at how carefree she was. Akia looked at him, knowing that he still thought she won against Pegasus by cheating. Needless to say, her duel against Pegasus was anything but normal, but she didn't cheat, and she knew that very well.

"It's all your fault! You can't be having fun! Don't you have a conscience?!" He yelled out at her.

"Otogi... How many times..." Akia tried to explain.

"Shut it! I don't want to hear any more of your lies! Get on with your turn!" Otogi cut her off.

Akia took her next dice and rolled them. She rolled no stars this time, but tallied one attack, one defence, and one movement, bringing the movement crests up to 3. "Alright... Time to get things done. I'll move Bubonic Vermin up to your Gator Dragon. Using one of my Attack crests, I'll attack your monster!" Doing so, Akia used one of her movement crests and her only attack crest. She was able to successfully destroy Otogi's monster. "Just like I thought! I end my turn."