Chapter 1344: Weak Fate

Weak Fate

"My turn, draw."

Dartz picked out a card from his hand and inserted it into his back row.

"I will first set one card face-down in the back row, and then I will activate this card."

He revealed another card in his hand: "Ritual Magic 'Orichalcos - Mirror Ritual'!"

The Ritual Magic appeared in the back row, and he followed by throwing out a monster card from his hand. That monster card projected an image of a demon with sharp claws, the demon surrounded and enveloped by purple flames, burning into points of light in the eerie ritual, the points of light recombining into a massive polyhedral prism.

"'Mirror Ritual' allows me to offer monsters from my hand or field whose total Level is 6 or higher as an Offering to Ritual Summon 'Mirror Knight Calling' from my Deck!"

Dartz said.

"I offer from my hand the Level—"

"—Mirror Knight Calling!"

【Mirror Knight Calling, ATK 0 → ATK 500】 (Orichalcos Barrier boost)

Dartz: "Mirror Knight Calling's effect: when this card is successfully Special Summoned, I can Special Summon as many 'Mirror Knight Tokens' as possible to my field."

Bakura said: "Oh? Your field has four empty monster zones, so that means you can summon four tokens."

"Not quite," Dartz said. "The Orichalcos Barrier also possesses another effect. That is, as long as I am within this barrier field, my monster zones and Magic/Trap zones can be used interchangeably."

"In other words, my Magic/Trap cards can be set in the front-row monster slots, and conversely, my monsters can also be summoned to the back-row Magic/Trap zones."

Bakura understood: "So that means you have a total of ten monster zones..."

"Correct. Now 'Mirror Knight Calling' occupies one slot, and I have one face-down card in my back row, so there are a total of eight monster slots remaining."

Dartz said.

"Therefore, I will summon a total of eight 'Mirror Knight Tokens' in these remaining eight zones!"

That polyhedral prism immediately flashed with light, and each face of the prism reflected a mirror image of a knight. Eight beams of light shot out from those eight mirror surfaces, landing in one of the empty zones on Dartz's field, transforming into European knights wearing medieval-style armor.

【Mirror Knight Tokens, ATK 0 → ATK 500】 x8 (Orichalcos Barrier boost)

"Eh, you actually summoned nine monsters all at once, how terrifying."

Bakura tilted his head to examine the dozen knights that had suddenly popped up on Dartz's field, then smiled.

"You know? If you used this move in certain other dimensions with other summoning methods, the effect would be much better than it is now."

Dartz: "What are you talking about?"

"Sorry, I forgot again that you're just a poor wretch with a limited perspective. Never mind, you continue," Bakura said.

Although he didn't understand what he was talking about, Dartz felt increasingly dissatisfied with his arrogant attitude.

Dartz continued: "Although these Mirror Knight Tokens have 500 attack points, this is merely power from the Barrier; the knights' own original attack points are all 0."

"But just as their name implies, every knight is a mirror; anyone facing them is facing themselves, and even you are no exception."

After mysteriously showing off a bit, Dartz waved his hand and said: "This turn, I will activate the effect of the second layer of the Barrier, 'Orichalcos Tritos', once again!"

"Once per turn, I can recover Life Points equal to the number of monsters on my field x 500. Now, including the Mirror Knight Calling itself, I have a total of nine monsters on my field. Therefore, I recover a total of 4500 Life Points!"

【Dartz, LP 7900 → LP 12400】

"Life Points over ten thousand, oh oh, how impressive," Bakura said.

"The next part is the impressive part," Dartz said indifferently. "Battle. I use one of the 'Mirror Knight Tokens' to attack 'Dark Armed Dragon'!"

The Mirror Knight with only 500 attack points bravely drew its sword, leaping out with stiff movements, its long sword flashing with cold silver light as it slashed down at Dark Armed Dragon.

"A suicide attack? Interesting," Bakura said. "Then Dark Armed Dragon, strike back."

Dark Armed Dragon opened its mouth, and a vortex of darkness erupted from it. But at the moment of the attack, the giant dragon's image was clearly reflected on the shield in the Mirror Knight's hand, that silver shield acting like a shining mirror, reflecting the phantom of the dragon baring its fangs and brandishing its claws.

Dartz: "'Mirror Knight Tokens' have an effect where, when battling an opponent's monster, only during the battle, the token's attack points become the same value as the monster it is battling."

【Mirror Knight Tokens, ATK 500 → ATK 2800】

Bakura: "Mutual destruction?"

"Not quite," Dartz chuckled. "The shield in the Mirror Knight Token's hand can substitute for the destruction of the main body once."

With a crisp 'snap', the shield in that knight's hand shattered into pieces, clattering all over the ground.

To describe it in more standard text, each Mirror Knight Token comes with a "Mirror Counter" when it enters the field. When a token is destroyed by battle, the counter can be removed to prevent destruction.

Furthermore, the Ritual monster "Mirror Knight Calling" itself has the ability to replenish one counter to all tokens on the field that do not have one, once per turn.

In other words, all tokens can gain an extra life to substitute for battle destruction every turn.

"Now your field is empty," Dartz said. "Mirror Knight Token number two, direct attack!"

Although the knight itself had 0 attack, it gained a 500-point boost through the Barrier. While this attack power wasn't high, Dartz had nine 500-attack monsters on the field including the Ritual monster itself, so attacking with all of them would total 4500 output.

As the saying goes, many ants can kill an elephant; even if they are small fry, nine consecutive attacks are completely sufficient to kill in one turn.

Dartz: "First sword!"

The sword light slashed across Bakura's chest, a transparent sword aura seemingly vibrating and piercing through.

【Bakura, LP 3000 → LP 2500】

"Feel the power of fate, and be forgotten by history in the face of that vast torrent!" Dartz said. "Second sword!"

As he spoke, the second knight had already drawn its sword.

Just when it seemed he had reached a life-or-death crisis, Bakura lowered his head, hummed a few times, and then tilted his head back and burst into loud laughter.

Dartz frowned: "What's so funny?"

"Because this is really funny... because you seem to genuinely believe that you can defeat me like this," Bakura laughed. "If this level is what you call fate, then it's too cheap."

As he spoke, he snapped his fingers.

"Activate face-down card, Trap Card 'Flash Bomb'!"

Endless light erupted from that trap, stinging Dartz so much that he couldn't help but raise his hand to block it. The knights who were attempting to draw their swords and move forward were also forced to stumble back.

"'Flash Bomb' can only be activated when the opponent's direct attack passes," Bakura said. "Forcing this turn to end!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1345 =====