A pair of eyes appear in the darkness, large curved horns come through the darkness as he stood ready to address his servant.
" Yes I did Malfegor. I am in need of another servant, but I must present him with a gift to purswade him to our cause."
" What did you have in mind my lord?"
" I am going to send you to Alara and the plan that was known as Jund. There is a dragon there I wish to have under my control." " Use this golem of my self to do battle with this master dragon, as it is the old way for us dragons."
A gold claw came forth to hand over the scroll to Malfegor, taking it he could only ask one question of his master.
"What should happen if he proves to be stronger than your golem master?" spoke the demon-dragon as he looked down at the ground in front of him.
" Should that happen, then I will just mind crush him and force him to do my dirty work without his will or sanity. " grinned the mighty dragon. " Now go! And Malfegor, do not fail in your mission, we wouldn't want you to end up like the last one who failed."
Malfegor's eyes shot to the mangled mass that was once Tezzeret, the Seeker hurled into a corner.
" Yes my lord Bolas,I shall not fail you." the demonic dragon was off in a flash of light thanks to his master.
"Karrthus, come out and face me you coward!" roared Malfegor.
A great rumble shook the ground where he stood, and a ball of fire came flying forth. With great haste he dodged the ball of flame and cast out the golem. In seconds there stood an exact clone of his master, Nicol Bolas. At this instant Karrthus emerged angry, hungry and determined to kill what ever he could see.
" Who are you to call me a coward!" growled Karrthus.
" I have come to challenge you to battle, if I win you will fight for me." gestured the Bolas clone.
" And what if I win stranger?" questioned Karrthus as he started to calm down and focus on his foe.
" Then you can continue your life as if I was never here." grinned Bolas.
The two took to there stances ready to do battle without another word being spoken.The sun was mid day, shadows were forming yet again. Other dragons were gathering around the two landing on other mountains not far to watch things unfold. Malfegor to cover in the shadow of the mountain as to keep updates to his master.
Bolas made the first move casting out his spell Brainstorm and that was followed by Karrthus letting out his Elixir of Immortality. Bolas would only keep his mana building as Karrthus on the other hand let loose his spell Fervor.
" For someone who has such power, you sure haven't proved a thing to me yet." boasted Karrthus.
"Patients my friend, are you that anxious to lose your life?" gestured the Bolas clone.
Karrthus would cast our his Quietus Spike just building his battle plane as he went. With things still moving slowly the two could only keep on guard. Each not knowing what the other could do next. Finally Karrthus would make the first major move of their battle. A thunderous flash and a horrific rumble echoed through the sky. Clouds began to form over them as the mighty Stormbreath Dragon appeared.
" Ah not so fast my friend. For I have a way to stop this nonsense." spoken with a skin crawling calmness Bolas sent out his plan.
Mana Leak. A powerful counter spell used by many blue mages. Karrthus watched as the clouds subsided, and his precious pet was banished before he even got started. Bolas grinned and sent forth his spell Tidings to gain a little more advantage over Karrthus. Karrthus continued to build his mana supply up, while Bolas sent forth his Augur to defend himself. The sun was continuing to slowly dip down into the mountains the temperature was dropping from the 100 plus degrees to a cooler temp.
Sensing the battle was tipping in his favor, Bolas sent forth his Augur dealing a small amount of damage to the known tyrant of Jund. Karrthus would have enough of this and send himself forward to battle but was abruptly met by yet another powerful counter spell. This time Bolas cast out Countermand and stopped the tyrant in his tracks. Showing his large teeth, the Bolas clone grinned a sinister grin. His planeswalker spark burning, he cast his planeswalker self out onto the battle field and demolished the Elixir Karrthus sent out long ago.
"Now your time is reaching it's end Karrthus. " boasted the proud dragon yet again
Unflinching from this threat, Karrthus grinned his own grin and sent forth another dragon. Ancient Hellkite was now on the battle field and attacked the planeswalker dealing significant damage to him.
"I knew it was you Bolas from the moment we started this battle." Karrthus growled.
" Well then you should know you can not win this battle and you will serve me." smiled the evil dragon.
The sun has now begun to take its place at dusk. The winds began to howl and the crowd of dragons were taking some cover. Every creature in a ten mile radius could feel their magic growing with each move and could sense this was going to be explosive. In one move, Bolas destroyed both the Ancient Hellkite with a Doom Blade and then the enchantment Fervor with his own power. Truly a powerful beast that has shown not to be taken lightly. Karrthus would summon his Oblisk of Jund and Sylvan Caryatid to be by his side.
Bolas is unmoved but this, and promptly summons his Painful Quandry to the battle and then destroys the Quietus Spike. Another sinister grin formed on the evil dragon's face. Finally a lucky break for Karrthus. Bolas was out of blue mana since he also used Divination. A flash of white, a thunderous rumble and things have changed yet again. Karrthus managed to set loose his spell Violent Ultimatum taking down the Quandry, Augur and even the planeswalker version of Bolas. Suffering some life gain was worth it to Karrthus in the end to change the battle more to his side yet again.
An evil chuckle echoed through the air. " Well aren't you just full of surprises. Here I am confident this battle is over and you have yet again changed things. " the dragon could not hide his excitment.
Malfegor was watching this match even closer now, almost forgetting why he was there in the first place. He did not even notice the sky has become dark with night settling in upon them. A thought came to him, could this dragon Karrthus be strong enough to defeat even a clone of his master?
Bolas was at his tricks yet again. He sent forth his Archaeomancer to get back one of his spells from earlier and has begun to play even more mental games with the tyrant. The tyrant of Jund activated his Raging Ravine to begin the assault of Bolas. Archaeomancer would step in and take the blow for its master.Bolas just kept his mana supply up as he made his way into battle himself after another attack from the Ravine.
" I have grown weary of this battle, enough games I will end this myself. " growled the dragon as he stood ready to fight.
Desperation was starting to kick in. Terminate came flying in to deal with the clone of Bolas but was stopped by Put Away. Seeing there was no other risk from counter magic, Karrthus again appeared on the battle filed to confront his nemesis.
" We stand here to battle each other. What will you do now Bolas?" boasted Karrthus knowing its a stalemate for the time being.
Dreadbore, another killing spell comes flying to the dragon's head. Mana Leak is again sent forth to stop it but alas Karrthus has the mana to pay its cost. Bolas is sent from the battlefield for now, but Psychic Spiral is cast to recycle all the spells he has used now. Karrthus hurled a giant ball of flame scratching Bolas as he attempted to dodge the flame.
" It would seem things have yet again tipped into my favor Bolas.Your time is nearing its end. Not even you can defeat me in a honorable battle." Karrthus could feel the winds changing. The dragons that have been waching the battle unfold have inched closer to the edges of their cliffs The night sky was glowing from the volcanoes smoldering in the dark. Malfegor suddenly finds himself almost completely out from behind the mountain he was hidding paying great attention to every detail.
Bolas has yet again appeared on the battlefield keeping the battle at a stalemate yet again. Karrthus casts his Noxious Revival to regain his Elixir and even send out an enchantment known as Dictate of Karametra. The Elixir is sent forth allowing Karrthus to recycle his used spells. The Raging Ravine was unleashed yet again activating its ability four times. This made the land and incredible power house standing with a power of 11. Bolas had a land of his own to transform, Dread Statuary would come to life to defend its master from the attack.
Hmm, even the land will fight for this tyrant. Now I wonder how will the clone escape this battle with a victory Malfegor thought to himself. Now feeling like the calm before the storm has happened. The winds have died down, the other dragons have slowly retreated into their caves still watching things unfold. What do they know that we do not he thought.
Liliana's Shade is out to defend the evil dragon. Karrthus would send his Ravine again to attack Bolas only to have it met by the shade. Bolas has been unable to get an answer for this massive creature land that only kept growing in power. Failing to gain an answer yet again he could only imagine what would happen next, but he never thought this would happen..
" Ha, the end to this battle is finally here Bolas. Feast your eyes on the power of Thundermaw Hellkite!" Karrthus felt the surge of power and victory was with in his reach.
The Ravine's power surged yet again with its ability activated again, the dragon's ability tapped down Bolas. With one powerful blast Karrthus, Thundermaw and the Ravine would end this battle handing the victory over to Karrthus. Malfegor could not believe what he has witnessed. A clone of his master has been defeated with brute power. He snapped back to reality in order to contact lord Bolas.
"My lord, your pawn has fallen what should I do next?" questioned the servant.
As the golem smoldered into a pile of ash, Karrthus could only grin some how knowing this was not the real Bolas. A bright flash and another thunderous crack through the night sky. The other dragons have retreated to their caves in fear, he was here. Nicol Bolas himself has appeared on Jund.
" What do you want with me Bolas?" growled Karrthus arching up for battle again.
A skin crawling chuckle echoed in the mountains, Malfegor knew what was about to happen.
" I just want one thing, that is you!" lashed out the ultimate evil. In a flash of blue magic and a blood curling roar Karrthus fell to the ground. He has been mind crushed by the evil dragon and now serves as his puppet.
" Now, to go on with the next phase of my evil plan. Come Malfegor we have other business to attend to."
"Yes my lord."
Another flash and they were gone... What terrible horror is Bolas up to now? Will his evil ambitions never end? I must find Elspeth and the others, they will want to know this as soon as possible.
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