Ch 4 – Codex Runicus

Gemstones, rare hardened substances fashioned from Mother Earth itself. One could say it was the ultimate treasure and coveted by both Man and Shadowkind, albeit having different reasons to it.

The humans would prefer using them as a mere pretty decoration or they make good drills to dig into the hardest substances. Although Shadowkind admitted to those uses at times, but they see jewellery as remnants of the Earth Goddess Gaia's most ancient power invested within them. If polished and channelled properly, they could potentially trigger off spells so powerful that it makes atomic bombs look like AK-74.

Anyways, jewels are in a constant danger from various Shadows who prefer to get the products cheaply… without hard labour or expending their fortune (if any). And I should know, for I am the so-called expert of Runes and Artefacts among the Shadowchasers here…and I am now on a new job.

In a bank belonging to the Bank of East Asia, the nightly situation was very serene and an armoured truck and a black dragon-based D-Wheel were parked outside. However, its driver and 2 bank guards were knocked out in front of the Bank. A dark elf looked at the fallen guards with joy, as he loaded his sack with the contents form the truck. Inside, there were many gold, silver and jewellery like diamonds and emeralds.

"I've hit the jackpot now!" the dark elf exclaimed, "I can sell just a little of it, and make a fortune. And by taking a small amount, those idiotic guards won't know what hit them."

However, a D-Wheel suddenly appeared and leapt through the armoured truck. It landed off with a good clear skid. The D-Wheel was mainly white in design, with several golden trims marked in runes. The rider was a girl in her late teens and a good figure too wearing a white blouse with tie under a black coat with black skinny jeans. Her long blonde hair was streaking out of her helmet, allowing them to flow freely in the air.

"They may not, but I would," she said, "Sleeping Dust, something you can rip off from a Sandman in Dai-Bazaar."

"Yikes! A Shadowchaser of all things!" the dark elf cried.

He quickly jumped off to his D-Wheel and put on his helmet, and then he rode off quickly. The girl's D-Wheel only followed the elf.

"Halt you elf!" she demanded.

However, the dark elf just kept going forward and accelerating, paying no heed to the Shadowchaser.

"Ok this calls for a different strategy at hand," she relented, "You gloried househusband, run like the scared chicken that you are!"

It took that rather common insult to actually get the dark elf to look back. Living in societies dominated by the female, male dark elves had next to no place in society. They were effectively a bunch of househusbands, only able to achieve in life when outside their clans and only they could survive out there too.

"Hey hey, I' m what you call a freelancer!" the dark elf said, "They call me Fre'dom Nada, and I'm not some nobody under a woman's foothold… not anymore."

"If so, then prove it to me in a duel!" she said, "The name's Alisha von Hel and I am a Shadowchaser!"

She pressed a button on her dashboard, and the Speed World card popped up.

"Field Spell Speed World Set On. Autopilot Standby"

With that, the streets of Hong Kong were consumed in another burst of energy from Speed World.

Fre'dom (LP: 8000) Alisha (LP: 8000)

"Ladies first, as your race always believe upon," Alisha said, drawing a card, "I Normal Summon Runic Archer in Attack Mode."

Suddenly, a portal appeared and a Warrior appeared. It was an elf-like creature with long ears, and wore long robes and with a bow and arrow as weapons. (1400/1100)

"He looks almost like you, only that he's more handsome," Alisha said, "I end my turn with a face-down card."

A Set Card appeared in front of Alisha's D-Wheel as it vanished. With that done, Fre'dom made his draw. (1-1)

"Ok, I'm going to teach you a lesson about respect," Fre'dom said, "I Summon the Luster Dragon in Attack Mode."

Suddenly, another portal appeared and a large dragon in sapphire blue scales appeared. It let out a huge threatening roar. (1900/1600)

"And he will Attack your stupid Runic Archer with Sapphire Flames!" he declared.

"I activate the Trap Card, Revolution – Trick Battle," Alisha said, "This card will change the tides of all battles, destroying the stronger monster instead."

The sapphire dragon let out a blast of blue flames, but the Archer countered with his arrows. Those arrows managed to hit the dragon's hide and destroyed it.

"Then I Set two cards face-down and end my turn," Fre'dom said.

"Draw," Alisha said, (2-2) "and my Runic Archer shall attack you directly with Ancient Arrow!"

"Activate Trap Card, Offensive Guard," Fre'dom said, "this will halve the attack damage caused and then, I can draw a card."

Runic Archer launched his arrow, and then fired it off. (700/1100) The dark elf did take some damage, but he still kept his Speed Counters. However, another arrow hit him again and Revolution – Trick Battle disappeared.

Fre'dom (LP: 6800) Alisha (LP: 8000)

"If there is a face-up Continuous Spell or Trap Card on my side of the Field, I can send it to the Graveyard to inflict 500 Points of Damage, that's my Runic Archer's effect," Alisha said, "I Set a face-down and end my turn."

As Alisha ended her turn, they turned to the corner to the right and Fre'dom drew out his card. (3-3)

"Now I activate the Trap Card known as Powerful Rebirth," Fre'dom declared, "this lets me Special Summon a Level 4 Monster from the Graveyard… and I call forth my Luster Dragon again!"

Suddenly, the sapphire dragon reappeared and roared loudly. (1900/1600)

"And what's more… is that it gains 100 Attack and Defence along with one more Level," he continued, (2000/1700) "and I Summon the Ruby Dragon in Attack Mode."

Another portal opened up and a dragon similar to Luster Dragon appeared. But this one was apparently made of ruby. (1600/1300)

"You're some fan of gemstones by any chance," Alisha wondered.

"Why yes, they are the sources of power. These humans don't know what they could achieve with them, other than pathetic drills," Fre'dom smirked, "I'm going to sell these ice that I found and make a hefty fortune out of it. I now play the Speed Spell – Angel Baton!"

He then drew out 2 cards, but then discarded another card from his hand quickly. As Alisha could see from her dashboard, it was a Monster called Carboneddon.

"Battle, Ruby Dragon attacks your Runic Archer now!" Fre'dom ordered, "Ruby Flames!"

"Activate Trap Card, Runic Shield!" Alisha declared.

Her face-down card lifted.

"This card is able to negate an attack as long as I am willing to discard a card," she said, discarding her card.

However, this did not stop the flames from Ruby Dragon to burn through the Archer.

Fre'dom (LP: 6800) Alisha (LP: 7800)

"And now, my Luster Dragon attacks with Sapphire Flames," Fre'dom cried.

The Luster Dragon breathed out searing blue fire at the Archer, but he managed to live through the attack.

Fre'dom (LP: 6800) Alisha (LP: 7200)

"Damn it… end turn," Fre'dom said.

"It's now my turn!" Alisha cried and she drew a card, (4-4) "I had enough of Runic Archer, so I feel like Releasing him and Advance Summon the Runic Priest!"

Suddenly, Runic Archer turned into a globe of energy and then, another creature appeared. It was an elderly humanoid, wearing white robes and he held a staff. (1900/2100)

"For every Continuous Spell or Trap Card on the Field, he gains 300 Attack Points," Alisha said.

Suddenly, Runic Priest raised his staff and he glowed. (2500/2100)

"Attack the Ruby Dragon now!" she declared, "Chant of Cursed Runes!"

Runic Priest aimed his staff at the Ruby Dragon, and he made a chanting. Suddenly, Ruby Dragon groaned and growled until it shattered into pixels.

Fre'dom (LP: 5900) Alisha (LP: 7200)

"Now I end my turn," Alisha said.

"Now I can go," Fre'dom exclaimed.

He quickly drew out his card and their Speeds increased. (5-5) However, Powerful Rebirth suddenly struck an electrical blast at him. (4-5)

Fre'dom (LP: 4900) Alisha (LP: 7200)

"Ha, I hope you know that Powerful Rebirth comes with a price," Alisha said, "you will lose 1000 Life Points every Standby Phase of yours, thus lowering your Speed Counters."

"But my Speed is high enough…" Fre'dom said, "…for me to play the Speed Spell – Speed Fusion. So now I fuse Lord of D. and Divine Dragon Ragnarok…"

The Spell Card appeared, showing the Fusion between Dark Magician and Flame Swordsman. A sorcerer in dramatic cape and dragon skull for a helmet along with a large serpentine white dragon appeared, and both were absorbed into the card…and light shone over.

"To Fusion Summon the almighty King Dragun!" Fre'dom exclaimed.

The bright light then dimmed until the draconic form appeared. Its lower half was clearly that of a dragon, but a man's body was at its head. He held onto a flute shaped like a dragon in his hand. (2400/1100)

"Oh no," Alisha said.

"Oh no is right! And I use King Dragun's effect and…" Fre'dom continued as he took his cards, "…and Summon a Dragon Monster. Come forth, the Rare Metal Dragon!"

The figure mounted on King Dragun blew from his flute, causing a massive roar. Suddenly, a wingless dragon made out of metal appeared. (2400/0)

"Is your Deck full of dragons and those based on rare stones?" Alisha wondered, "But you can't go attack my Priest who is clearly stronger."

"Then I just Set my last card on the Field and you go," Fre'dom said.

Alisha then wasted no time, and drew out her card. (5-6)

"I attack your Luster Dragon with my Runic Priest!" she declared.

"Surprise, I activate Malevolent Catastrophe," Fre'dom declared, "this card will now destroy all Spell and Trap Cards once you make the move."

Before the Priest could make his move, a violent storm wind blew over the Field. Both Powerful Rebirth and Runic Shield were destroyed by it, and Luster Dragon was destroyed as well. Without anything, Runic Priest had his Attack returned to normal. (1900/2100)

"Fine," Alisha frowned, "I Summon the Runic Guardna in Defence Mode."

Suddenly, a new portal appeared and a Warrior appeared. It was a Roman soldier with twin shields on his 2 arms, and he knelt with his shields covering him. (1000/1900)

"When he is Normal Summoned, I can place him in Defence Mode," Alisha said "And I Set a face-down card and you can carry on."

As such, Fre'dom made off his draw. However, it would seem that Alisha's face-down had opened and their Speed increased. (6-7) Also, the Runic Priest had his Attack increased. (2200/2100)

Fre'dom (LP: 4600) Alisha (LP: 7200)

"But how…" the dark elf exclaimed.

"With my Continuous Trap Card Full Speed Edge," Alisha said, smiling at her foe, "when I have a higher number of Speed Counters during the Standby Phase, I can inflict 300 Points of Damage for the difference itself."

"Whatever… Rare Metal Dragon, attack the Runic Priest now!" Fre'dom declared.

The Rare Metal Dragon growled and made off with a mad rampage towards the Runic Priest. However, the Runic Guardna blocked off the attack with his shields.

"Sorry, but when I possess a Continuous Spell or Trap Card, Runic Guardna can negate just one attack per turn," Alisha said.

"Then we will see how you could dodge this one," Fre'dom said "King Dragun attacks your Runic Priest with Fire Scourge."

The draconic humanoid on top of King Dragun breathed a blast of searing fire at Runic Priest, burning him into ashes. (6-6)

Fre'dom (LP: 4600) Alisha (LP: 6100)

"And now, I Release my 2 dragons," Fre'dom said.

Suddenly, both his 2 dragons turned into a single globe of light.

"And I Advance Summon the all powerful Felgrand Dragon!" Fre'dom declared.

Suddenly, a large dragon loomed over the 2 D-Wheelers. It was covered in golden scales, and it roared with a strong majestic power. (2800/2800)

"With that done, I now end my turn as it is," the dark elf said.

"It's now my turn!" Alisha declared, (7-7) "I Normal Summon the Level 2 Tuner Monster Runic Apprentice."

In a burst of energy, a young kid mage appeared. He wore flowing robes and ancient runes were marked on his cape and robes. (1300/800)

"A Tuner?" the dark elf exclaimed.

"That's right… I Tune Runic Apprentice with the Level 4 Runic Guardna," Alisha said.

Suddenly, Runic Apprentice dissolved into 2 rings of light. They flew past Runic Guardna, dissolving into 4 stars…

"Ut Sol solis exsisto existo, obscurum ignarus est pessum ire. Lux lucis sapientia, fulsi perspicuous." Alisha chanted in Latin, "Synchro Summon! Illustrator atrum, Runic Grand Golem!"

"When the Sun arises, the darkness of ignorance is destroyed. Light of wisdom, shine brightly." Alisha chanted, "Synchro Summon! Enlighten the dark, Runic Grand Golem!"

Suddenly, the ensuing light dimmed down to reveal the new Monster. It was a colossal figure made of bronze, in the shape of a man. As of its relation to Runic Monsters, ancient runes were scribed throughout its massive body. (2300/2300)

"So what… your so-called Grand Golem is not strong enough against my Felgrand Dragon, which is by far the grander one," Fre'dom bragged, "and must you say it in Latin, not that it's any tongue alien to me?"

"Latin's my mother tongue you gloried househusband. Runic Grand Golem has a powerful effect of course, one that can only used when there is a face-up Continuous Spell or Trap Card like now," Alisha said, "once per turn, by paying 1000 Life Points, I can destroy any card of the opponent and deal 1000 points of Damage to you."

Suddenly, the rune patterns marked on Runic Grand Golem glowed. Felgrand Dragon also let off the similar ominous glow, and it roared in pain as it was being destroyed. (6-7)

Fre'dom (LP: 3600) Alisha (LP: 5100)

"However, this means that my Golem cannot attack," Alisha said, "but I end my turn now."

"Draw," Fre'dom grunted. (7-8)

Fre'dom (LP: 3300) Alisha (LP: 5100)

He drew out his card and looked at it.

"Since you don't want me to have Speed Counters, I abide by that," Fre'dom said, "I play the Speed Spell – Shift Down. By removing 6 Speed Counters, I can draw 2 cards."

"But he'll lose more Points…" Alisha thought.

The dark elf's D-Wheel made a sudden slowdown that resulted in it being behind Alisha's. (1-8) Then, he quickly drew out 2 cards.

"And I Set those two face-down here," he continued, "and you can move on."

Alisha then made her draw, and Speed Edge charged up. (2-9) However, Fre'dom face-down Dust Tornado opened and destroyed the card instead.

"Just swell that you must have drawn that," Alisha remarked sarcastically, "and my Golem can't use his effect now, but he can attack you."

"All part of the plan," Fre'dom smirked, "I activate the Trap Card, Call of the Haunted! Now I can Special Summon a Monster from my Graveyard… I choose my Felgrand Dragon as such!"

Suddenly, the Felgrand Dragon reappeared in a burst of energy and it roared fiercely. (2800/2800)

"The Felgrand Dragon is one unique Monster, being only able to be Special Summoned if it was destroyed on the Field first," Fre'dom said, "but it gains strength from those slumbering deep in my Graveyard if it actually went there earlier, 200 times the Level of that monster. So I choose the Level 7 King Dragun."

Suddenly, Felgrand Dragon glowed and roared again. (4200/2800)

"Fine, I shift the Golem into Defence Mode," Alisha said.

The rune-marked Golem crossed its arms to protect itself.

"I throw down this face-down and end turn," she said.

"My draw," Fre'dom said happily, (3-10) "If you would recall, what is the card I sent via Angel Baton?"

"Angel Baton?" Alisha exclaimed, "…that card…Carboneddon…"

"That's right! I'm sure that when carbon is under heavy pressure, it hardens to…" Fre'dom said.

"Diamond," Alisha said, "one of the hardest and most powerful mineral substances in existence, seconded only to adamantine."

"Precisely, and Carboneddon is under the pressure of 10 cards," Fre'dom said, "For answering those questions so well, here's your prize. I can remove my hardened Carboneddon and Special Summon the Diamond Dragon…Hyozanryu!"

Carboneddon appeared on the Field; it was a dinosaur in a form of metallic plating. It suddenly hardened up, changing into diamond stone. The diamond ore imploded, and a large white dragon appeared. The limited street lamps were reflecting onto the diamond-based form of the dragon. (2100/2800)

"Felgrand Dragon, attack her Grand Golem!" Fre'dom declared.

Upon his command, the Felgrand Dragon swooped down on her Golem and fired a blast of fiery light. The Golem stood no chance against, as it melted upon the blast.

"Good thing for you that that thing was in Defence Mode," Fre'dom said, "but this will hurt you more. Hyozanryu, attack her directly with Diamond Devastator!"

Hyozanryu let out another roar as it flew high into the sky.

"Activate Trap Card Wicked Rebirth," Alisha declared, "by paying 800 Life Points; I can Special Summon a Synchro Monster in Attack Mode. Seeing as I only has one such Monster, I Summon Runic Grand Golem again!"

Fre'dom (LP: 3300) Alisha (LP: 4300)

The card opened up, and the Grand Golem reappeared again. (2300/2300)

"Hey hey!" exclaimed Fre'dom, "I demand a replay! Hyozanryu, cease your attack."

With that, Hyozanryu descended and flew alongside Felgrand Dragon.

"But if I'm not right, Synchro Monsters Summoned by this card here get their effects negated," Fre'dom pointed out, "so you can't destroy my Ace just yet. I end my turn."

"Draw," Alisha said, (4-11) "I could attack your Hyozanryu easily…but I have other plans."

Suddenly, her Runic Apprentice appeared again in a burst of energy. (1300/800)

Fre'dom (LP: 3300) Alisha (LP: 3500)

"Hey, where did that come from?" Fre'dom exclaimed.

"Excellent question here, let me enlighten you," Alisha said, "when I control a Continuous Spell or Trap Card, I can pay 800 Life Points just to Special Summon him from the Graveyard. But it will only be a one-shot and removed from the game he goes."

"So what was the use in Summoning him in the first place?" Fre'dom wondered, "…wait…you got a Tuner…and a non-Tuner!"

"How clever, I will be Tuning the Level 6 Grand Golem with the Level 2 Runic Apprentice," Alisha said.

Runic Apprentice turned into 2 rings, that passed through the Grand Golem. It then dissolved into 6 stars…

The Versailles Settlement Region was a location settled upon by wealthy Shadows about the times of the French King Louis XIV. During crisis such as the French Revolution or the German Occupation, these Shadows were protected by the Shadowchasers and various hired merchants, thus sparing them from the bloody fights of the Mundane. To this day, Versailles remained as a settlement estate in Paris, a place only fit for the wealthy Shadows of Europe to live out.

Jalal was currently in a conference with the resident mercanes of the Region. Mercanes were tall thin blue-skinned humanoids with extra joints, a race of natural businessmen of Shadowkind and to be rich was their norm. Those living in Versailles were known to be wealthier than most mercanes elsewhere (on Earth at least) could be, and a good source of funding for the Shadowchasers in addition to Jalal's own personal wealth.

"I have been Summoned…" Jalal thought.

"Rutilus singulus lux lucis inter obscurum sic creber, fio Is quisnam sentio malum quod profugus ignarus," Alisha chanted again in Latin, "Synchro Summon! Vitualis minae, Jalal the Dragonborn!"

"Shining single light amongst the darkness so thick, become He who judges evil and banishes ignorance," Alisha chanted, "Synchro Summon! Virtues' paragon, Jalal the Dragonborn!"

Suddenly, the light surrounding them sublimed into a humanoid form. It strangely was similar to Jalal, the immortal founder and leader of the Shadowchasers. However, he was clad in the armour of a medieval knight and armed with a shining long sword on one hand and a golden shield with a dragon engraving on it on its other hand. (2600/2400)

"Jalal…as in the founder of the Shadowchasers…that Jalal…" Fre'dom stuttered, in his first stance of fear as he gazed at the impressive Synchro Monster before him.

"There's no mistaking of him when you see him," Alisha said, "I will now invoke his inner powers and offer half my Life Points for it. With that done, I can remove a Spell or Trap Card that is in either Graveyard from play. And that card I select…is Malevolent Catastrophe."

The Malevolent Catastrophe card slid out of the dark elf's Graveyard compartment. Jalal raised his sword, and a glowing runic sigil appeared on it.

Fre'dom (LP: 3300) Alisha (LP: 1750)

"What was that all about?" Fre'dom wondered.

"Due to this, Jalal gains a Rune Counter. As for what it does, all will be shown in due time," Alisha said, "but now… Jalal attacks Hyozanryu with Sword of the Ancients!"

Jalal was ready to strike down the diamond dragon and turned back towards it. With a single blow, the dragon's head was severed and its body collapsed.

Fre'dom (LP: 2800) Alisha (LP: 1750)

"I will throw down this face-down card and end my turn…" Alisha said, "…and on my way to Maximum Speed…"

"Huh?" Fre'dom wondered on her last words as he drew out his card…when he realised that his opponent had already reached the speed limit for the Riding Duel. (5-12)

"So what if you have Maximum Speed on your hands when I have a Monster that can destroy you like no other," Fre'dom said, "in fact, just one attack from my Dragon and your Dragonborn is dead along with you. Attack Jalal now, my Felgrand Dragon!"

"I activate the effect of the Rune Counter invested upon Jalal himself!" Alisha cried, "By expending the Counter, I can use the effect of the removed card. Since it was your card, I'm sure you know what it does."

"When the opponent attacks…" Fredom shouted out, but then stopped, "…all Spell and Trap Cards on the Field are destroyed… Oh shit!"

As Felgrand Dragon let out a blast of light, Jalal's sword glowed and the sigil vanished from the sword. A sudden tempest struck the area, and Call of the Haunted was destroyed. Soon after, even Felgrand Dragon was destroyed along.

"My Dragon…it's all gone…" Fre'dom cried in horror, "…I Set a Monster...end turn…"

Alisha quickly drew out her card, and her foe's Speed built up. (6-12)

"I activate Jalal's effect again, removing a card from my Graveyard this time," she said.

A card slid out of her Graveyard, and the same sigil appeared on Jalal's sword.

Fre'dom (LP: 2800) Alisha (LP: 825)

"And now, I play the Speed Spell – Speed Energy," Alisha said, "this can be played if I have 6 or more Speed Counters, and I have double that amount. Now Jalal gains 200 more Attack Points for every Speed Counter I have."

Jalal suddenly roared and glowed with a sudden explosion of energy. (5000/2400)

"Jalal the Dragonborn attacks that hidden beast with Sword of the Ancients!" Alisha commanded.

Jalal turned around and prepared to attack under his mighty sword. The face-down Monster opened up, revealing to be a short dragon made of stone. (100/2000)

"A Golem Dragon eh… I remove my Rune Counter right now," Alisha said, "and then, I can use that card's effect."

"But Jalal can't copy Continuous Trap Cards, something you are in an abundance of," Fre'dom said.

"True, but have you even wondered why I chose to use Jalal's first effect for Malevolent Catastrophe instead of Dust Tornado," Alisha said.

"Well…uh…" the dark elf wondered.

"Ok, this night will be long over by the time you say an answer and I will miss the midnight shows, so I will tell you," Alisha said, revealing her card, "I had just removed Meteorain, which will allow Jalal to break through that stone dragon of yours."

"Wait a sec, that was not in the Graveyard!" Fre'dom exclaimed.

"Oh yes it was, back when I triggered the first Rune Counter and destroy all Spell and Trap Cards," Alisha said, "and now… Jalal, finish this now!"

Jalal responded with a direct slash of his sword at the Golem Dragon. It quickly broke up into many pieces that flew at Fre'dom. His D-Wheel effectively stopped midway and collapsed.

Fre'dom (LP: 0) Alisha (LP: 825)

After that last attack, all the Solid Vision had ended and Fre'dom laid on the road with his broken-down D-Wheel. Alisha was already standing next to the dark elf, holding a glowing sapphire and a long staff.

Suddenly, Fre'dom quickly took off with his bag of riches.

"You will take me alive, Shadowchaser!" Fre'dom cried.

"For the love of… just give up!" Alisha cried.

She leapt up across with her staff used as a driving force. She landed in front of the dark elf, and hit him at his back. The next thing Fre'dom could see was a pointy spearhead from Alisha's staff lunging at his throat.

"One dumb move and you're toast," Alisha said, "Stealing is bad, but the penalty won't be so high if you confess your crimes. Then you can get your clan to bail you out."

"But they would…I would be downgraded to the very bottom…" Fre'dom objected, "Please don't!"

"Sorry, but rules are rules. Your clan leader will teach you those…when they bail you out," Alisha replied.

She took out the gemstone, and it glowed brightly on the dark elf. Soon, he was gone from sight. After that, Alisha withdrew the spearhead from her staff and strapped it to her back again. She then took out a handphone and called a number 999.

"Is this the Hong Kong Police Force?" she said, "well, I am just a concerned citizen here and I am reporting of a bag of gold and jewellery that seemed to be stolen property of the Bank of East Asia. Yah, it is in… let me check that…Lung-Cheung Street. Ok, do come fast."

Alisha then kept away her phone in her pockets, and rode off in her D-Wheel.


Cards Used

Runic Archer
EARTH/Warrior-Effect/LV 4/ATK 1400/DEF 1100
When you control a face-up Continuous Spell Card or Continuous Trap Card, this card gains the following effect:
-By sending 1 Continuous Spell Card or Continuous Trap Card to the Graveyard, inflict 500 Points of Damage to the opponent.

Runic Shield
Continuous Trap
Activate only when you control a face-up "Runic" Monster. By discarding a card, negate an attack involving a "Runic" Monster. If there is no face-up "Runic" Monster on your side of the Field, this card is destroyed.

Runic Priest
EARTH/Spellcaster-Effect/LV 5/ATK 1900/DEF 2100
When you control a face-up Continuous Spell Card or Continuous Trap Card, this card gains the following effect:
-This card gains 300 ATK for every Cotinuous Spell Card or Continuous Trap Card on the Field.

Runic Guardna
EARTH/Warrior-Effect/LV 4/ATK 1000/DEF 1900
When this card is Normal Summoned, you can place it in Defence Mode. When you control a face-up Continuous Spell Card or Continuous Trap Card, this card gains the following effect:
-Once per turn, you can negate an attack.

Runic Apprentice
EARTH/Spellcaster-Tuner/LV 2/ATK 1300/DEF 800
When you control a Continuous Spell Card or Continuous Trap Card while this card is in your Graveyard, this card gains the following effect:
-You can Special Summon this card from your Graveyard. Remove from play this card whe it is removed form the Field.

Runic Grand Golem
EARTH/Rock-Synchro/LV 6/ATK 2300/DEF 2300
When you control a Continuous Spell Card or Continuous Trap Card, this card gains the following effect:
-Once per turn, you can pay 1000 Life Points to destroy a card on your opponent's side of the Field and inflict 1000 Points of Damage.

The Runic Archetype is an Archetype of Cards designed by me, wyhe.

Revolution - Trick Battle
Continuous Trap
When one of your monsters would battle one of your opponent's Attack Position monsters that has a higher ATK, your opponent's monster is destroyed.

This card is used by Yusei of Yugioh 5D's during a Special non-canon Episode.

Powerful Rebirth
Continuous Trap
Select 1 Level 4 monster from your Graveyard and Special Summon it. The monster gains 100 ATK and DEF and 1 Level. When this card is removed from the field, destroy the monster. When the monster is removed from the field, destroy this card. During your Standby Phase, inflict 1000 Points of Damage to your Life Points.

This card is used by Jack Altus in Yugioh 5D's Ep 25.

Ruby Dragon
WIND/Dragon-Normal/LV 4/ATK 1600/DEF 1300

This card is used by Rebecca of Yugioh Ep 193.

Speed Spell - Speed Fusion
Normal Spell
Activate only while you control a "Speed World" with 4 or more Speed Counters on it. Fusion Summon a Fusion Monster.

This card is used by Jack Altus of Yugioh 5D's Ep 4.

Speed Edge
Continuous Trap
During each Standby Phase, if you have more Speed Counters than your opponent, inflict 300 damage times the difference of Speed Counters to your opponent.

This card is used by the Securities of Yugioh 5D's Ep 31.

Speed Spell - Shift Down
Normal Spell
Activate only while you control "Speed World" with 6 or more Speed Counters on it. Remove 6 Speed Counters to draw 2 cards.

This card is used by Yusei Fudo of Yugioh 5D's Ep 16.

Speed Spell - Angel Baton
Normal Spell
Activate only while you control "Speed World" with 2 or more Speed Counters. Draw 2 cards. Send 1 card from your hand to the Graveyard.

This card is used by Crow and Yusei at various intervals in Yugioh 5D's.

Speed Spell - Speed Energy
Normal Spell
Activate only while you control a "Speed World" with 6 or more Speed Counters on it. Target monster gains 200 ATK for each Speed Counter on your "Speed World" until the End Phase. That monster cannot attack your opponent directly.

This card is used by Yusei of Yugioh 5D's during a Special non-canon Episode.

Carboneddon
EARTH/Dinosaur-Effect/LV 3/ATK 900/DEF 600
If this card is in your Graveyard, and there are at least 10 cards on top of this card, you can remove from play this card in your Graveyard to Special Summon 1 "Hyozanryu" from your hand or Deck.

This card is used by Bastion Misawa of Yugioh GX Ep 21.

Jalal the Dragonborn
LIGHT/Warrior-Synchro/LV 8/ATK 2600/DEF 2400
This card cannot be Special Summoned except via Synchro Summon. Once per turn, during your Main Phase, you can pay half your Life Points to remove from play 1 Normal or Quickplay Spell or 1 Normal or Counter Trap from either Graveyard to place 1 Rune Counter on this card (max. 1). At any time during your or your opponent's turn, you may remove a Rune Counter on this card to duplicate the effect of the card that was removed from play as this card's effect.

This card is made by Cyber Commander and it represents the Shadowchasers Organisation Thus only fanfictions within the lore can use this card.

Coming Up Next:

Harry: That explosion, what was it?

Sunil: Those hobgoblins are now at the Admin Centre, I better get there on the double. Next, Shadowchasers: Hong Kong Knights – Ch 5 – Sunspot! Riding Duel, Acceleration!