@Strife
Wait, you tried to take on the Red Eyes at level 1? O___O Are you insane?
He can only be taken on at Soul Level 30 or upwards and with much, much skill and practice in the game. The part that he guards is an optional part of 1-1, you won't even get access to it until you finish 1-4, so leave that alone and procede through the Fog Gate that Blue Eyes is guarding.
Edit - You don't want to use strategies on a game that actually begs you to use them? That doesn't even compute, guess you got the wrong game, and should have done a bit of research first hand.
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