Free Devil Ash Disarray (Devil Ash Saga Book 3) by Mitchell Olson Page B

lost another chunk of KP as well as his only combatant, but that wasn’t even the worst part. “By the way, Beelzebub has an ability I neglected to mention earlier,” he said. “At the end of each turn he siphons one hundred kingdom points from both of us. Of course, as long as my KP stays higher than yours I’ll be just fine.”
    Yikes , Ash thought. I was afraid he’d play this guy. I guess I should just be grateful he didn’t bring him out earlier in the game or I’d be toast.
    Ash had to play the next couple of turns very smart. One wrong or unfortunate move and it would all be over. This is when it really started to bother him that he still knew so little about his opponent. There was something oddly familiar he couldn’t explain. The Noble Vashi acted like the Nobles he’d met before, but something was also different.
    “Are you going to make your move yet?” Vashi Tansa asked, throwing off Ash’s train of thought. He had his arms crossed in agitation, tapping a busy foot under the table.
    “You betcha,” said Ash. He looked over the cards in his hand once again. He was stuck in a dilemma. The only strategy he had left was the toughest one to pull off in his entire deck. He had two of the cards necessary, but he required one more to make his play work. Without wasting more time he drew.
    That’s it , he thought as he looked at the card. The exact card I needed !
    “I’d like you to meet the combatant that’s going to finish you off now,” Ash said smugly. “His name is “Angel Arthur”.” He set his new combatant on the table for all to see. Vashi Tansa wasn’t impressed however.
    “You’re lying. That combatant is weak. Its attack strength is nowhere near my Beelzebub’s!”
    “Sure,” said Ash. “He’s pretty weak right now . But when I equip him with this crush card combo, “Sword in the Stone”, combined with “Knights of the Roundish Table” he becomes something much stronger!”
    The ref explained the rules of the two cards, which allowed Ash to search his deck for a new combatant so long as Angel Arthur was in his army. Then he could add a new champion to his army, a powerful upgrade to his Angel Arthur card.
    Ash played his new combatant with glee. “Say hello to “Archangel Arthur, King of Angels!” This new card had bigger numbers on it than Vashi Tansa’s cards. That was definitely a good thing. “Would you look at that!” Ash said. “An angel that’s stronger than a devil! Did you ever think you’d see such a sight? Kinda shatters your whole world, doesn’t it?”
    “ Your voice annoys me !” Vashi Tansa said. “ I’ll put an end to your pathetic archangel as soon as my next turn comes. ” It was a tense moment, as victory laid just around the corner for one of them. Unfortunately, his next turn would never come.
    CRACK !
    The table they were playing on snapped down the center in an instant. Something grew from the ground underneath the table, something big, thick, and dark green. Anyone in the lower section ran for cover. The spectators in the seating sections jumped to their feet. Many fled, suspecting a demon attack. Some stayed, like Amos Draxler. He gripped his daughter tightly by her arm, protecting her from the stampeding crowd.
    In the competitor area, most of the people had fled with the rest of the crowd. There were only five people left. Two of them, Ash and Vashi Tansa, stood motionless in the exact same spots they had been sitting at moments ago. The sudden arrival of a giant demonic plant did nothing to deter them from their game. The giant plant thing grew until it collided with the giant mirror ball hanging above the game table. Shards of glass rained down as Ash and Vashi dove out of the way.
    “ My gaming arena !” Marni wailed in distress. “ That thing just cost me thousands of skorch in repairs !”
    “This… thing just made a very big mistake in denying me my victory,” Vashi Tansa said, pushing himself off the ground. He stepped