Chapter 89: Arrowhead

Chapter 89 “Arrowhead!”

''“I am a Grand Master now, Clayou. It is time to become God.”''

Aruya and Clayou leave the hall. Aruya being followed by the eyes of Coloseius and she knows that he is watching her. She turns around and nods to the guards guarding the doors. She takes one more look at the five other Grandmasters and then the Guards close the doors of the Hall.

“Fools,” Aruya mutters when she was out of the way of the Guards. “Little do they realize that there is more behind it. We are after the powers of all the Grandmasters at once. I will become the Grandmaster of the Divine God.”

“How do you wish to proceed now?” Clayou asks Aruya.

“We have to get rid of everybody that worked with us,” Aruya tells Clayou and then turns to the outside. “And we have to start with Master Kaito. He is still after the Light. If the Light is at our side we can turn the Divine Cult into a tool for me to become the Grandmaster of the Divine God. But he is after the Light for different reasons then we are. He still thinks we are in it for the good for the Divine Cult.”

“And we have his sister, setting her to the Judgment Chamber as soon as he breaks his end of the deal,” Clayou nodded to another guard who was standing guard next to another door which was opened. It was revealed to be a round room behind the door and in the middle of the room was a triangular shape in the ceiling and one in the ground. In the space between those two shapes there was energy flowing.

“There is only one problem I fear,” Clayou tells Aruya.

“I know,” Aruya answers and sighs while watching the shapes and the energy. “Coloseius.”

“Correct, he is more powerfull then the other Grandmasters. He is the Grandmaster of the Divine, Grandmaster Aruya. He’ll be the most difficult to beat,” Clayou sighs. “Not even I can defeat him. And if you want not to face him, you will never obtain all 6 Elemental Spheres.”

“Agreed,” Aruya admits. “However my possession of the Darkness Sphere provides me with some help as we can deceive him until we beat the others. And then we still have the problem of Oracion and his minions. He wants us out of the way in order to make sure his army can enter the Human Realm for his master. He is one of the masterminds behind the things that have occurred here.”

“And what about Marek?”

“Marek`s whereabouts are unknown at the moment, Clayou. We cannot expect him to help us out this time. After his defeat on the hands of Kamon McFlinn in that massive duel, we don’t know where he is or what he is planning to do next. He did agree that the Grandmasters should be out of the way before the grand arrival of the Master, the Ultimate Darkness,” Aruya opened a secret door in the other wall. “We are making sure of it that it will happen even if Master Marek is not available.”

“Can we expect help from his minions?”

“I don’t know about Rontaro, Master Marek had his doubts with him for some time, but Raven will be someone we can trust. Master Marek always said Raven was the most trustworthy ally he had and we should cherish it,” Aruya opens the door and walks through. “I have to get going. There is a High Master Meeting starting shortly. Make sure you are there.”

“Yes, Grandmaster Aruya,” Clayou smiled while bowing.

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<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">In the Twilight Zone, Oracion was still standing on the deck of the ship, overlooking the endless desert as it seems and thinking about various things. He hears a sound and turns around, seeing how Genesis enters the deck and walks to Oracion.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Master Oracion,” Genesis bowed. “They have arrived and brought the guests with them.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Two people, one female and one male person arrived on the ship`s deck and bowed to Oracion, who nodded. He turns around again and sighs. “I expect you were succesfull in your mission?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yes, Master Oracion.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Good, I have a new mission for you,” Oracion continues. “The Divine Cult is as we know a toy of Marek, the other chosen Master to set the world ready for the arrival of our Master, the Ultimate Darkness. I do not want the Divine Cult to be succesfull in their mission. The newly appointed Grandmaster in the Divine Cult, Aruya, is a stubborn master who has her own agenda to keep the Divine Cult on track of the plans of Marek. The way they were doing things right now, is like I want them too. You need to set her straight, Archer.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yes, Master Oracion,” the male person spoke.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“And you, Paladin, I have a mission for you as well. There is another accomplice of Marek which I want defeated. He may pose a big thread in the future. I want you to clear Rontaro, the Traitor to the Twilight Zone out of our way. You both have decks that can easely oppose them. I want you to take them down,” Oracion commands.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yes, Master Oracion,” the female person spoke.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Very well, you may go now,” Oracion waved with his hand. “Genesis, I want you to personally take care of our guests. Someone will be coming after you soon. Prepare for that. I expect someone to come after me soon as well. Especially because one of our guests are pretty important to them.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Genesis bowed and left to somewhere. Oracion smiled and looked to a light far away. He shook his head and picked a scope from his pocket and looked through it. He saw it was a triangle portal with white and golden energy flowing inside it.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now the time is there to wait,” Oracion said to himself.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Outside a big building in Hisehade City, there were a few people walking. People are returning to Hisehade City, now the barrier around the city seems to be down again. The mountains mysteriously have retracted themselves back into the ground and no scientist who are here, have yet been unable to explain what happened or caused this unnatural phenomena. A news crew was outside the big silver building as well.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“We are here standing in front of the corporate building of Divacult Corp, a genetic and medical research corporation, working for the best of human mankind,” the male news reporter said. “It seems that the globe surrounding Hisehade City for the past few days has disappeared and people can freely move in the city. There have been some frightening reports of sightings of monsters in the form of Duel-Monsters. However whether this is due to the fault in someone`s dueldisk or whether someone is holding a giant dress-up party, is unknown. The CEO of McFlinn Corp, Glenn McFlinn is not releasing any info until now.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“ So the peace has been returned to the city for the moment?<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">” the voice of the news center came through in the male`s ear.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“For the moment it seems so, Ronald. After the happenings of the last few days, the globe with the mysterious symbol on top of it and the eruption of the Mormenth Generator in Domino City,” the male reporter tells the studio. “Emergency services are getting into the city as we speak together with the National Guard in order to bring order into the chaos.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“ ''Thank you. We will get back to you when there is more news, when you know more about eventual casualties and disappearances like two years ago,''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">” the man in the studio concludes the conversation.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">At that moment the front door of the Divacult Corp Building opens and a single shadow appears behind the door. The news crew turns around into filming the door and the shadow behind it. The camera man zooms in onto the door and the door fully opens, revealing a man in a silver overcoat. He had some kind of light-weight white armor under it with black accents and black sunglasses over his eyes. It was Raven.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Wait, Ronald. There is someone coming through the front door of Divacult Corp. He seems to be some kind of security, according to his dress code,” the male reporter starts walking down to Raven, who however did not take notice of the news crew and walked straight away from them, facing the buildings at the other side. “Excuse me sir?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“If you want your news report to be finished, you better get out of my way,” Raven intervenes, before the male reporter could ask him a question.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Uhm, John?” the camera man asks the male reporter. “You might want to look around.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">The male reporter, apparently John, turns around and sees how a portal starts to open in the wall of a building opposite of the Divacult Building. From the portal a man with spiky brown hair and a moustache appeared. He wears a white jacket, black jeans with a black belt and a T-Shirt which had two red colored lines on it. He walks down to the news crew and extended a hand, which the reporter shook.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Guten tag, meine name ist Archer,” the man said. “Oh, pardon my language, I have been in Germany for the past few days and I had to get used to its culture, so I decided to learn the German language. Good day my name is Archer and I am here to announce to the world that the real savior from the Divine Cult has appeared. I am returning the Cult to the Abyss.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“What are you talking about? What is this kind of Abyss? And what cult are you referring to?” the reporter asks Archer.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You’ll find out soon enough when the Abyss descends onto earth,” Archer replies and then walks straight to the Divacult Building, where he notices that Raven was waiting. “And who may you be?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I am Raven,” Raven calmly replies.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Then step aside, Raven,” Archer tells Raven. “Unless you want to get hurt. Unless you want to stand in the way of me who has to do a job.” Archer started to move towards the building, but Raven did not move. Raven was standing his ground as he did not at all want to let Archer through. “What is it you want?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You cannot enter this building.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Oh, I can and I will,” Archer said. “You see, I am tasked with a very important mission and you cannot stop me from doing that. Now move.” Raven did not move an inch. Archer tried to push him aside, but Raven stands pretty vast on the ground.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“And I have gotten special orders from Master Marek not to let you through,” Raven counters.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Oh, Master Marek. The Master that has mysteriously disappeared. Tell me, what did he tell you? Was he planning on creating the place for the Ultimate Darkness to appear?” Archer asks Raven. “You know he has done this before right? He wasted more people like you on his experiments.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Master Marek always had the best for me, he would never let me down,” Raven equips himself with his dueldisk and inserts his deck. “You’ll pay for your insolence. Master Marek might not be here but his plans have been set into motion. And your Master, Master Oracion, is just another pawn in the plan to make the Ultimate Darkness arrive in the Human Realm.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Then I know more than you do,” Archer tells Raven. “Master Oracion will be the one in the end to prepare the Human Realm for the ascension of the Ultimate Darkness. And if you and Master Marek are in the way, we will vanquish you.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Let`s see about that,” Raven smiles as he activates his dueldisk. “You are just a bug to be squashed.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Fine then, let`s duel.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Raven – 4000 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Archer – 4000

Turn 1 – Raven

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“A duel seems to start,” the reporter tells the studio. “They were talking about something called the Ultimate Darkness and how the Human Realm, I assume they mean our world, has to be prepared for it. This is really weird, Ronald. We’ll get back to you when this over.” With that he nodded to the camera man and they run away from the scene in order to hide somewhere for cover.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“So then I will start this duel,” Raven said. “You wanted a real challenge. You are going to get one. I draw.” He takes a sixth card from his deck. “I summon Rampage Raptor-1 (650/500) in attack mode and set two cards facedown. Now lets see whether you can take this on, Archer.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I can defeat a measly machine, Raven,” Archer replies.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Can you?” Raven asks Archer and two copies of Raptor-1 appeared, although they were smaller. They wore miniature cannons like Raptor-1 had. “I can Special Summon 2 Raptor-0 Tokens to the field. Now I end my turn. Off you go, Archer.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Raven – 4000 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Archer – 4000

Turn 2 – Archer

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I draw,” Archer draws a sixth card from his deck. “I send 1 card from my Hand to the graveyard in order to Special Summon Flare Archer (1400/1000) in attack mode. Instead of attack your monsters, I place 1 Arrow-Counter on each of your Monsters.” A tiny arrow appeared on each of the Raptors.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“What do these tiny arrows do?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You’ll find out soon enough,” Archer continues his turn and he looks at his hand. “Now I summon Guild Archer (1000/1200) in attackmode. Guild Archer attack his Rampage Raptor-1!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Do not think so, reveal Mode-1 Barrier!” Raven counters. “One, it allows me to negate the attack on a Model 1 or 2 monster and the second effect, allows me to select and add a field spell card from my deck to my hand. I choose Rampage Powerplant.” Raven`s lifepoints dropped to 3650.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“It seems your Mode-1 Barrier does not negate Battle Damage,” Archer mocks Raven.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You are lucky with that.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Maybe I am, maybe I am not,” Archer continues with another card from his hand. “I play the spell card Arrow in the Hole. By ditching another card I can select and add 1 Monster with “Archer” in the name from my Deck to my hand. I select and add Midnight Archer from my Deck to my Hand. Now I end my turn.” He lowers his dueldisk.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Raven – 3650 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Archer – 4000

Turn 3 – Raven

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I draw,” Raven starts his second turn and he picks another card from his deck. “Now I attack you directly with Rampage Raptor-1!” The raptor stroke Archer directly lowering his lifepoints to 3350. “Thanks to that effect I can send Rampage Raptor-1 to the graveyard and Special Summon Rampage Raptor-2 (1450/1200) to the field.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Great, more trouble.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yes,” Raven agrees as his field spell card slot opens and he inserts Rampage Powerplant into it. “Thanks to Rampage Powerplant I gain 1 Rampage-Counter. Now I play Gathering Rampage, which allows me to add 1 Rampage-Counter per Levelstar on my field to a certain spell using Rampage-Counters. I have 4 from Raptor-2 and 2 from both Raptor-0 models so I gain 6 Rampage-Counters [7].”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I know, I know,” Archer says. “I know why you are in fact gathering Rampage-Counters. Your Rampage Powerplant harbors a special monster called Rampage Earthwalker. You plan on summoning it, don’t you?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Correct,” Raven said with a malicious smile. “But can you stop it? I summon Rampage Bot-1 (550/400) in attackmode.” A robot appeared carrying two small laser guns. “Now my Rampage Powerplant gains another Rampage-Counter [8]. Now my Rampage Bot-1, attack Archer directly!” The robot stroke Archer directly, lowering Archer`s lifepoints to 2800.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You have lowered my lifepoints a great deal,” Archer admits. “But I am long from done.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Let us see about that. I end my turn.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Raven – 3650 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Archer – 2800

Turn 4 – Archer

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now I start my turn and activate the effect why I placed Arrow-Counters on your monsters. For every Arrow-Counter I placed I can deal 200 lifepoints of damage to you (3650 -> 3250),” Archer said as all arrows glowed and burned up, lowering Raven`s lifepoints to 3250. “Now I give up my Battle Phase for Flare Archer once again and place another Arrow-Counter on every Monster.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“So you can deal another 200 lifepoints next turn,” Raven concluded. “The Archer series are pretty inventive, but they stand no chance against the Rampage series.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“We’ll see about that,” Archer continues his turn. “Now I play the field spell card, Archery Range. Every Archer-type Monster gains 400 ATK (1000/1200 -> 1400/1200 / 1400/1000 -> 1800/1000). Also all direct attacks cause you to lose another 300 lifepoints. Now I tribute Guild Archer and Special Summon Midnight Archer (2000/1000 -> 2400/1000). Now by cutting its attack power in half it can attack directly. Midnight Archer. Full Moon Arrow.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">The attack, an arrow with a full moon symbol, went straight for Raven, who made no attempt to stop it, lowering his lifepoints by 1200 (3250 -> 2050). Raven did not move an inch or did flinch. He was just looking straight ahead to Archer and preparing for the following move of Archer.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now due to that effect, you can select a spell card from your graveyard and add it to your hand,” Archer tells Raven, who selects Gathering Rampage and adds it to his hand. “Now thanks to Archery Range`s effect, I can deal another 300 lifepoints of damage to you (2050 -> 1750). I set 1 card and end my turn.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Raven – 1750 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Archer – 2800

Turn 5 – Raven

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I start my turn,” Raven sighs as he was wondering why Archer was that confident. Archer should know about Raven`s reputation and so know that Raven would back down from nothing to win a duel. “I draw.” He draws a new card and sees it is his Rampage Bot-5, a card he has no use for at the moment.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Did you draw nothing good for the moment?” Archer asks Raven.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“For later I do,” Raven admits. “I play Gathering Rampage again, which thanks to you got send back to my hand. I gain a Rampage-Counter for each Levelstar on the field. That is 4 from Raptor-2, 2 from Bot-1 and 2 from both Raptor-0`s, which means I gain 8 Rampage-Counters [16]. Now I send Bot-1 to the graveyard and Special Summon Rampage Bot-2 (1550/1300) to the field.” The larger more advanced version of Rampage Bot-1 appeared. “Also I play the continuous spell card Rampage Generator, which allows me to add 1 Rampage-Counter to any card on the field per turn.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Oh great another Rampage-Counter generating machine,” Archer complains.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I’ll add a Rampage-Counter to Rampage Powerplant [17],” Raven continues his moves.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I need to stop him now!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Don’t think you can. I gain another Rampage-Counter because Rampage Bot-2 has appeared on the field [18]. Now I attack you directly with Rampage Raptor-2, by lowering its attack points by 500 (2800 -> 1850).” Archer stepped back, taken some heavy damage after the attack of the Raptor.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“And you can activate its special ability right?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Correct,” Raven agrees with Archer as his Raptor-2 disappeared from his battle field and a new raptor appeared. “Rampage Raptor-3 (2150/2000) can now appear, which allows me to gain another Rampage-Counter [19].”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Your Rampage Earthwalker will never walk this earth again,” Archer vows to Raven.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“We’ll see about that,” Raven said and he inserts another card. “I set one card and end my turn.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Raven – 1750 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Archer – 1850

Turn 6 – Archer

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“My draw,” Archer said. “Uhm, I mean my turn. I draw.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“By this time I activate the trap card, Breakdown Wall,” Raven revealed his trap card and a twister was brought up on the field. “I can send all your Monsters to the graveyard and allow myself to Special Summon a Level-4 or below Monster from my deck to the field.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I was ready for such a move,” Archer counters. “Wall of Arrows, open!” An invisible wall of arrows appeared before him and materialized as the twister came towards Archer. “Not only my monsters, but also your monsters are destroyed now. So much for trying to destroy my defenses.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Oh, but I do,” Raven revealed. “You see I might have expected you to counter it, which is why I set this up. I summon Rampage Sentinel-1 (700/600) to the field. Thanks to Breakdown Wall your Wall of Arrows do not hurt my new monster.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“And my Midnight Archer is unaffected by your trap card as well, which means we still have a standstill on this field and your new Sentinel-1 stands no chance against Midnight Archer. It cannot protect you from my direct attacks either,” Archer announces. “I can’t deal damage to you thanks to the destroyed monsters with Arrow-Counters, but I can attack you directly with Midnight Archer.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I am afraid as long as Rampage Sentinel-1 is on the field, I can negate 1 attack per turn,” Raven said as the humanoid robot punched with his left hand into the earth, raising a wall of sand negating the arrow.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I summon Blizzard Archer (1500/1000) in attackmode. When Blizzard Archer is on the field, my Flare Archer is Special Summoned from the graveyard,” Archer comments and the red-dressed archer reappeared on the field. “I set 1 card and end my turn.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Raven – 1750 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Archer – 1850

Turn 7 – Raven

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I draw,” Raven said and he picked another card from his deck. “Now I send Sentinel-1 to the graveyard to Special Summon Rampage Sentinel-2 (1100/1000). Now thanks to Rampage Generator I can place 1 Rampage-Counter onto Sentinel-2, raising its attack points by 300 (1400/1000).”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“It is still to weak,” Archer announces to Raven and then he realizes what Raven was targeting. “Your Rampage Powerplant ….. it has 20 Rampage-Counters now.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Correct,” Raven said and he picked the card from his dueldisk. “Now by sending this card to the graveyard with 20 Rampage-Counters on it along with all the monsters I have on the field, I can special summon Rampage Earthwalker (?/0). It has an undefined attack strength.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“But not for long,” Archer realizes.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Correct,” Raven admits. “For every Rampage monster in my graveyard, which is 7 at the moment, means my Earthwalker gains 7000 attack points. However it cannot attack directly and battle damage it deals gets halved.” The huge robot appeared on his field, raising both laser cannons which were both as big as cars and pointed them at Archer. “Now Earthwalker, Earthshaking Devastation!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Reveal Scrap Iron Scarecrow!” Archer ordered as his trap card flipped up and the cross-like scarecrow appeared and negated the attack. “After activation it can be set face down again.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Fine,” Raven said. “Now I lower my Earthwalker`s attack power by 1000 (7000/0 -> 6000/0) in order to activate its new effect and destroy all of your monsters!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Darn it,” Archer was definitely not happy with the clearing of his field.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I end my turn with a face down card,” Raven ended his turn. “Now let’s see whether you can stop my Earthwalker.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Raven – 1750 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Archer – 1850

Turn 8 – Archer

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I start my turn,” Archer said. “I play Monster Reborn and bring back Midnight Archer (2000/1000 -> 2400/1000). Now I halve its attack points and attack you directly!” This time Raven did not attempt to stop his attack and Raven`s lifepoints dropped to 550.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“That was just a minor dent in my plan.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Oh is it now?” Archer asks Raven. “I equip my Midnight Archer with Moon Bow, which raises its attack points by 400 (2400/1000 -> 2800/1000), but also eliminates all Battle Damage done to the controller when involved in battle. I hate the fact that I cannot attack you again, as I would have defeated you then.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Pity for you then,” Raven tells him.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Indeed it is,” Archer tells Raven and he pulls a card from his deck. “Now when Moon Bow is activated I can draw 1 card and I set two cards and end my turn. Your doom will be lurking around the corner, Raven.” Raven laughed and shook his head.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Let it come.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Raven – 550 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Archer – 1850

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">---

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Where have I come now?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Kamon looked around as he is surrounded by five giant towers, each depicting a swordsman on the towers. The swordsman was vaguely familiar to Kamon, but he could not remember from where he had seen it before. He had seen the depicted swordsman before.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Whoa,” Kamon looks around and touches the pillars. “Someone really likes himself. Sounds like Seto Kaiba, but then not as spoiled and rich.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Kamon walks around, not noticing there was a shadowy figure watching him from a hill above. It was Silent Swordsman LV3, now the controlled Lord of the Royal Guard. His whole uniform was changed, all colors a Silent Swordsman normally had were inverted.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Kamon walks away from the pillars and notices a small shaft at the left side. Most of the time those things meant bad way, do not enter and stuff, but Kamon as he had no clue where he was walked inside. Silent Swordsman leaped in front of the entrance and pulled out a globe.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Master, he has entered the Temple,” Silent Swordsman told a shady face in the globe. “Goblins have reported the other has entered the Temple from the other side.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Good,” the shady figure said. “Report to Master Oracion to send Paladin down here. We’ll need her in order to keep them up before sealing the Gate.” With those words the shady figure completely disappeared. Silent Swordsman nodded and made a giant leap, landing on top of another hill, watching the shaft which Kamon has entered.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Kamon walked down the small stairs leading down and he noticed a couple of statues on both sides of the small hallway. They were metal knights but their heads were covered by ugly masks with fangs. Kamon walked to it and touched it. It felt normal for some reason, maybe his experiences in this dimension had given him that feeling already. He noticed that a fire was being lit further into the hallway. He decides to walk towards it and finds himself situated into a larger hall. There were sorts of hieroglyphics encrypted onto the wall left and right.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“What do they mean?” Kamon wonders while wandering around the hall.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">The hieroglyphics were centered around a couple of round stones, they were equal in size and surface, which was all steady and heavy. They looked like ancient posts to fix lamps on, but Kamon figured it was pretty impossible that was the case. He touched them one by one, but nothing really happened. Kamon shrugged and went on, seeing more of the hieroglyphics filling the walls on both sides.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Whatever,” Kamon noticed another light somewhere but he could not make out what it was or why it was there. “I have met to much suspicious things to know that that might be a trap.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">He was being overseen by a lizard on a wall. It was red accented and its eyes were bigger than usual lizard’s eyes.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">--

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">In a rough landscape Mysterio was standing still. He was overlooking a plain field, his black cloak waving in the wind. He noticed Core Guardian – Tevez materialized next to him along with Warmillidon. Mysterio nodded and turns around, seeing how Lainna approached him.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“So, is there any news?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“No,” Lainna tells Mysterio. “Everything is going as planned. They are all there where they are needed. Unfortunate for some of them.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yes, but it is necessary to bring down the Divine Cult.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“So, hasn’t it become time to fully reveal yourself to them?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Not yet, Lainna,” Mysterio told her and from under his hood he cracked a smile. “The time is not there yet. When the time has come, I will reveal myself. For now, we have to prepare for the Gate to open.” He turns to Lainna. “Inform Master Lucian how far we are now.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Lainna nods and she steps back, where a centaur is waiting. Lainna steps on its back and rides away. Mysterio smiles and turns around. He then turns around and shakes his head. Then he starts to realize something. Something he had not noticed before.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“She possesses the Four Mythic Centaur cards,” he realizes. “But only one duellist possesses these rare cards. And that duellist is not exactly friendly.” Tevez and Warmillidon disappeared into thin air as he opens a portal and steps through.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">--

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Raven – 550 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Archer – 1850

Turn 9 – Raven

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I continue this duel,” Raven said and he looks at his hand. “By this time I activate Gracefull Charity and draw 3 cards, discarding two.” He shows to discard Rampage Bot-5 and Rampage Stepper. “These two cards increase the attack power of my Earthwalker by 2000 points (6000/0 -> 8000/0).”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now you have a powerfull monster,” Archer said. “But I have ways to get around Earthwalker.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I hope you do,” Raven answers his comment. “Because I reduce its attack power by half (8000/0 -> 4000/0), to halve your lifepoints (1850 -> 925). Now I play Monster Reborn and summon back Rampage Raptor-3 (2150/2000). Now by sending a card from my hand and Rampage Raptor-3 to the graveyard, I can Special Summon Rampage Raptor-4 (2650/2500) to the field.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“It is still is not powerfull enough to destroy Midnight Archer.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now it is,” Raven said and he points to the Rampage Generator. “I add 1 Rampage-Counter to Raptor-4, increasing its attack power to 2950. Now Rampage Raptor-4 destroy his Midnight Archer!” The raptor made a run for the archer and hit it hard, destroying it.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You do dare,” Archer said. “But thanks to you destroying my Midnight Archer I can search my deck for a card and add it to my hand.” Archer`s lifepoints drop to 775.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I end my turn with a card facedown,” Raven said. “Now show me how you will get around Earthwalker.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Raven – 550 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Archer – 775

Turn 10 – Archer

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I draw a new card,” Archer continues the duel and smiles. “Now thanks to your move, I can play this card, Spirit Archer (0/0). This monster gains 500 attack points for every monster in my hand (0/0 -> 1500/0). However the attack score is always permanent.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“So you think you can overpower my Earthwalker?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I do not wish to wait that long,” Archer tells Raven and he picks a card from his hand. “I play Pot of Greed and draw 2 cards. There is one Monster card in it, which means I can increase the attack power of Spirit Archer to 2000. Now Spirit Archer attack his Earthwalker!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“My Earthwalker is to strong,” Raven counters.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Incorrect,” Archer counters Raven`s counter. “You see with Spirit Archer attacking your monster, it gets reduced by 2000 lifepoints (4000/0 -> 2000/0). Now the attack still continues!” Spirit Archer fires a rain of arrows onto Earthwalker and it gets destroyed, but Spirit Archer did not.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Why?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Spirit Archer cannot be destroyed, by sending my top two cards from my deck to the graveyard,” Archer send two cards to the graveyard, both spell cards. “Now I can deal 300 lifepoints to you. (550 -> 250). Now I end my turn.” Archer lowers his dueldisk and looks at Raven.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Raven – 250 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Archer – 775

Turn 11 – Raven

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I start and I think this duel will end soon,” Raven said. “You see, you brought down my Earthwalker. But my Rampage Raptor-4 is still around. I place 1 card facedown and then place another Rampage-Counter on Rampage Raptor-4 (2950/2500 -> 3250/2500).”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“So another power-increase?” Archer asks Raven. “You should know when my Spirit Archer is destroyed, you get dealt another 300 lifepoints.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“So any way I should lose,” Raven realizes. “But I can turn it around. You see, there is more to Rampage Earthwalker when it is in the graveyard all effect damage is getting lowered to 0. So I am afraid you cannot allow me to lose through your Spirit Archer`s effect.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Which means you lose in one more turn.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“No again,” Raven said. “You see when Rampage Earthwalker is in the graveyard I can select and add 1 field spell card from my deck to the hand.” He pulled out a card from his deck and placed it in his hand. “Now, I activate Rampage Emergency HQ, which can only be activated when my lifepoints are lower than yours.” Around them a high-tech base appeared with search lights and multiple laser cannons.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“What kind of effects does it provide you with?” Archer curiously asked.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You’ll find out,” Raven said. “I remove Rampage Earthwalker from the game and gain 2000 lifepoints (250 -> 2250). Now you are back behind me and I will be the victor.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“No, you cannot win,” Archer shakes his head. “I am finishing you off next turn.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I do hope then,” Raven answers. “That you will be able to stop the next effect of Rampage Emergency HQ. I flip a coin. I call heads!” The coin was flipped into the air and ended at heads.”Now you see I can place three Rampage-Counters on you. When all three are suspended, you lose the duel. If I called wrong, well, I would have been the one having to win the duel in these three turns.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Oh, really?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yeah.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“So I have until my next turn, I can defeat you.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“If you get that far,” Raven said. “You see, I have one other card in my hand.” He picks it up and shows it to Archer. “I play Counter Assimilation. I can remove 1 card from the graveyard from play in order to lower the Rampage-Counters by 1, which is now 2.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Oh darn.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Which means you either have to win next turn,” Raven answered. “Or lose in my turn. I end my turn. Go ahead, Archer. Try and defeat me. Try and surprise me.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Raven – 2250 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Archer – 775

Turn 12 – Archer

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I start my turn,” Archer entered his turn and he was shivering after what Raven had done last turn. “Spirit Archer returns to my field now. Because I have five cards in my hand it gains another 2500 attack points (2500/0 -> 5000/0). Now I equip it with Starlight Bow, enabling it to be indestructible.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Indestructible,” Raven smiles. “So you think you can defeat me with an indestructible monster?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Probably,” Archer says. “Spirit Archer attack Rampage Raptor-4. Arrow of Silent Spirits!” The arrow hit the Raptor, destroying it and lowering Raven`s lifepoints by 1750 (2250 -> 500). “Now you are back below me, Raven. You see, I must defeat you and get into the Divine Cult for my Master.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“We are both on the same side,” Raven tells him. “But then again, we are not. Master Oracion seems to be wanting to come into good grace with the Master. Master Marek is the one who will prepare the world for the arrival of our Master, the Ultimate Darkness.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“We’ll see about that,” Archer says. “Now I remove Starlight Bow from the field and from Spirit Archer and attack you again!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“And I remove Rampage Stepper from the graveyard and negate that attack,” Raven just ditches the card into his pocket.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“It is over,” Archer realizes and he drops onto his knees. “It is over. It is really over.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yes.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Raven – 500 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Archer – 775

Turn 13 – Raven

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I will finish it anyway,” Raven said. “You see, you never stood a chance. You were part of the plan in order to keep the Divine Cult alive. As long as your Master, Master Oracion, exists, the Divine Cult will not fall and lose. This duel is over, Archer. This duel is over.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Finish it.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I play Monster Reborn and bring back Rampage Raptor-4,” Raven said and the raptor reappeared on the field. “Now I send that Raptor and 2 cards from my deck to the graveyard to Special Summon Rampage Raptor-5 (3450/3300). It is over, Archer.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Let it come.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Rampage Raptor-5, attack Archer directly with Rampage Claw!” Raven ordered and the raptor finished off Archer, lowering his lifepoints to 0. While the raptor and the cards disappeared. Raven walked down to Archer.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Raven – 500 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Archer – 0

Duel ends

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Raven stood in front of the shivering Archer, who looked up against the towering Raven. Archer was scared, you could see that on his face. Raven`s silver overcoat and light-weight white armor gave him a little light. Raven deactivated his dueldisk and turned around, walking back to the Divacult building.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“This is not over, Raven!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“No, you are right,” Raven replies and he smiles. “This is not over. Tell your master that he should not touch the Divine Cult. If he does, he has to answer to me and Master Marek. We each have our own ways of reaching the ultimate goal, to prepare the world for the arrival of the Master, the Ultimate Darkness.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I will avenge myself!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I am sure you want that,” Raven said and he opens the door to the hall of the Divacult building and entered it. “I am sure you want that.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Master Oracion was still standing on the deck of the ship in the Twilight Zone, while watching the portal in the distance. He smiles when a fairy mirror is held in front of his face, showing the defeat of Archer. He shakes his head and then turns around as Genesis enters the deck as well. Two Skull Servants drag along two men, who both wear a sack over their head.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Archer lost,” Oracion tells Genesis. “Make sure Raven does not stand in the way next time.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Don’t worry, Paladin will take care of Rontaro,” Genesis replies.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Have the scouts returned?” Oracion questions Genesis.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yes, the scouts have reported the portal leads to Guinivra, a small land not far from the main capital of the Twilight Zone,” Genesis tells Oracion. “We have no idea why it is opened or to what reason.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Good,” Oracion tells Genesis. “Because I might have an idea who would be wanting to use it. Tell him to keep them from the other portal if we want it all to work.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yes, sir,” Genesis bowed and then walks back to behind the people. Oracion walks up to them and pulls off the sacks from the heads of the people. The left one was Seto Kaiba and the right one was Zane Truesdale.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I demand to know where I am,” Kaiba demands to know.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You are in no position to demand, mister Kaiba,” Oracion tells Kaiba.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I am the president of the most powerfull dueling company,” Kaiba retaliates. “I do not accept to be treated like this.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“That is a pity,” Oracion said and he put the sack back around Kaiba`s head, who moved his head, but no sound came through. “Save your breath, Kaiba.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Where are we?” Zane asks.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You are in the Twilight Zone,” Oracion comments on Zane`s question. “You are here because you are bait.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Bait for who?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Bait for a duel for the Throne of the Twilight Zone,” Master Oracion overlooked the Twilight Zone`s wide fields. “For that you are the bait in order to get her here. The Lady of the Twilight Zone. The duel will come. The duel will come very soon, Elm Re, Lady of the Twilight Zone.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">To be continued…..

<u style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Next in Chapter 90 “Curse of the Paladin!” <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">As Kamon explores the temple, Rontaro enters the same temple, unbeknownst to both and encounters Paladin. Rontaro is forced into a duel against Rontaro and the duel is a chase inside the temple`s maze. The Paladin cards are pretty powerfull and it requires Rontaro`s newest Goddess-Rider in order to battle her Paladins. Dragen and the others in the meantime have dinner with Elm Re, who explains some about her history with Genesis and Rontaro, Graem and Lainna meet up with Lucian and Kaiba tries to challenge Oracion to a duel.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">RANDOM DARK DUELLIST TRIVIA:

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Well I finished this chapter sooner than I thought. But the writing gave me so much fun and I hope you liked this chapter as well. It is no longer as chaotic as it was.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Originally this season was meant just to be a travel around the dimensions. It would not involve Oracion at all, only Marek. Raven did not exist at all as well, Rontaro would be the only duellist serving him. These were all last added additions in order to make the story even more interesting.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Well see you for 90 and hope you liked it.