Who Let Him Play Yu-Gi-Oh! novel Chapter 436

Chapter 436: Chapter 435: Mirror Knight (Bonus)

"Ritual Spell ’Orichalcos Mirror’!" the Arbiter declared. "Tribute monsters from your hand or field whose total Levels are 6 or higher to Ritual Summon the Ritual Monster ’Mirror Knight Calling’ from your Deck!" (Anime card)

The Arbiter sent one card from his hand to the Graveyard.

"Tribute the Level 6 ’Timeater’ from my hand to Special Summon ’Mirror Knight Calling’ from the Deck."

What appeared on the field was a monster shaped like a prism, its body reflecting clear, crystalline light. It had a bizarre appearance and didn’t seem to have any combat power.

[Mirror Knight Calling, ATK 0 → ATK 500]

"When Mirror Knight Calling is successfully Summoned, you can Special Summon any number of ’Mirror Knight Tokens’ to your field."

The Arbiter chuckled lightly.

"And ’Orichalcos Tritos’ inherits the effects of the previous two barriers. You haven’t forgotten the effect of the first barrier, have you?"

"The Monster Zones and Spell/Trap Zones are shared," Kira said.

"Correct."

The Arbiter raised his arm high.

"Therefore, I have up to eight remaining zones where I can Summon monsters! Special Summon eight ’Mirror Knight Tokens’!"

Weird arcs of light reflected from the towering prism, splitting into eight beams that landed in the eight empty zones on his front and back fields.

Each beam transformed into a knight clad in armor, like a medieval knight covered in plate mail. One hand held a gleaming longsword, the other a square shield. The shield’s surface was smooth as a mirror, clearly reflecting the opponent’s field situation—Kira and his controlled Cyber Twin Dragon were distinctly mirrored on that reflective surface.

[Mirror Knight Token, ATK 0 → ATK 500] x8

Midori was stunned: "Summoning eight monsters at once?"

What kind of card is this that defies common sense!?

Kira didn’t speak, but in his heart, he thought, as expected of the Orichalcos arc—full of fake cards. The anime’s Orichalcos Chapter is overflowing with overpowered fake cards that are countless.

Of course, some of those that players once thought would never become real cards have gradually been released over time.

So, even these remaining unreleased ones seem ridiculous, but it’s possible that Konami might suddenly remember them one day, add some self-restriction, and release them.

"The strongest enemy a duelist will face in their lifetime is always themselves—no one is exempt," the Arbiter said. "And the Mirror Knights are the embodiment of the reflective mirror that reveals the true self within."

The Arbiter waved his hand.

"Then, ’Orichalcos Tritos’ activates the effect gained from the second barrier. It can absorb life from the monsters I control!

Once per turn, recover LP equal to the number of monsters on my field x 500."

Everyone was shocked.

"Oh no, he has ten monsters on the field now!"

"Correct," the Arbiter said calmly. "Therefore, I recover 5000 LP."

[Arbiter, LP 4000 → LP 9000]

Kira also frowned slightly.

9000 LP.

"Set two cards face-down in my back row, then enter the Battle Phase."

The Arbiter raised his hand.

"First, the first ’Mirror Knight Token’," the Arbiter said. "Attack ’Cyber Twin Dragon’."

"By the way, ’Mirror Knight Calling’ has another effect. Once per turn, it can repair the shields of all Mirror Knights on my field whose shields have been destroyed," the Arbiter said.

"Such an outrageous ability!?" Midori was shocked inwardly.

The Mirror Knights can copy the ATK of the battling monster, and during battle, they can use their shields as a substitute for destruction. Then, the destroyed shields can be repaired once per turn.

And there are eight such Mirror Knights on the field.

With just these eight knights, it’s already close to invincible!?

Whether it was Midori or Jaden, they increasingly realized that in Arbiter’s previous duels against Koyo and Jaden, this person hadn’t exerted himself at all. His strength was unfathomable, indeed not something a regular duelist could face.

Only Kaiba remained calm and composed. After all, they had encountered the Mirror Knights back then and suffered quite a bit.

In fact, Dartz had once sealed the souls of the captured Yugi, Pegasus, Mai, and Joey into several Mirror Knights as hostages, making Atem hesitant to act, until Kaiba broke the stalemate.

In comparison, the situation Kira faced now was less dire than theirs back then.

But back then, Atem and Kaiba had teamed up against Dartz, while now Kira was facing the Arbiter one-on-one. No teammates to rely on, no one to assist from the side—this made it tougher than their experience.

Though Kaiba wasn’t on the stage, watching the duel progress, he couldn’t help subconsciously comparing himself to Kira. Though they had just settled their score, his duelist’s soul couldn’t suppress its restless urge.

"Battle continues," the Arbiter said in a hoarse voice. "The second ’Mirror Knight Token’ attacks ’Cyber Twin Dragon’."

"Huh?" 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Mokuba was greatly surprised.

Even knowing the attack is meaningless, he’s still going for it?

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