Five Dark Gods descended at once!
Five Blue-Eyes White Dragon–class boss monsters attacking at once really does have terrifying OTK potential—at least on the surface.
"However, your Dark God actually has a downside, doesn't it?" Kira smiled. "Great power always comes with constraints. It might not be as convenient as it looks."
Sarina's eyes flickered.
What Kira said was true.
Dark Creator has another restriction she hadn't mentioned: this card cannot attack directly, and neither can its Tokens.
In other words, even though it can't be destroyed by battle and can duke it out with the The Supremacy Sun, which has the same ATK, the four remaining Dark Gods on the field will just have to stand there afterward—they won't be able to attack Kira directly on his empty board.
But how does this guy know that?
Sarina frowned.
The Dark God and this entire deck are her exclusive set; she's almost never used them in public. How could he know?
Could it be he, like the siblings, can see through the future?
Still, even if they can't attack directly, she has a plan.
Sarina: "I activate the Spell Card 'Brave Attack'! I combine the ATK of all monsters I control into one monster, but other than the chosen monster, none of my monsters can attack!" (Anime card)
It was the very Spell Atem used to defeat the Obelisk that was bound by Orichalcos—on second thought, it's a perfect fit for Sarina's Dark Gods.
With the Dark God's drawback, even summoning five at once looks scary, but if the opponent only has one monster, only one of them can actually attack.
But with this Spell, the Tokens that can't attack can still contribute all their ATK to the one that can.
"So I'll combine the ATK of my five Dark Gods into one!"
[Dark Creator: ATK 3000 → ATK 15000]
Its ATK shot straight up to fifteen thousand!
"If you can surpass destructive fate, show me now!" Sarina shouted. "Battle! Dark Creator, attack 'The Supremacy Sun'!"
"I activate a Trap," Kira said calmly. "Trap Card 'A Hero Emerges.' When the opponent declares an attack, randomly select a card from my hand. If it's a Monster Card, I can Special Summon it."
He paused, shook the card in his hand, and smiled faintly.
"I only have one card in my hand, so you can only choose this one. See, fate often appears full of variance and randomness, but if I first make sure there's only this one card in my hand, then you have no choice but to pick the one I want you to pick.
It seems fate isn't necessarily beyond manipulation."
Sarina: "…"
"And the last card in my hand is this."
Kira revealed it, and said evenly:
"I Special Summon 'Orichalcos Kyutora'!" (Anime card)
[Orichalcos Kyutora, ATK 500]
Sarina: "?"
What is that thing?
ATK 500, in Attack Position—
It gives off a very bad feeling at a glance.
Because the number of monsters changed, the attack rewound. Sarina hesitated.
She had to attack. Brave Attack has a drawback: at the end of the Battle Phase, all her own monsters are destroyed. If she chickened out over some unknown small fry, and it turned out to be a bluff, that would be laughable.
After a beat, she said, "Continue attacking 'The Supremacy Sun.'"
Even though the little monster's ATK was lower, it gave her a bad premonition. Either way, with fifteen thousand ATK, she had more than enough to take down the Sun…
Or so it should have been.
But when the blow landed, the Sun exploded and vanished in flames. The shockwave unleashed did not harm Kira at all; it was completely absorbed by Orichalcos Kyutora's single large eye.
"Kyutora's effect. All battle damage I would take is absorbed by Kyutora," Kira said coolly. "So that 12,000 damage was entirely absorbed. I take 0 battle damage."
"So it's a defensive monster that absorbs damage." Sarina understood.
"Is it really that simple?" Kira smiled mysteriously. "In any case, at the end of the Battle Phase, due to Brave Attack's drawback, your Dark Gods must all be destroyed."
A series of explosions like fireworks—Sarina's Dark Gods were blown to dust in an instant.
"Not bad. But I activate the Spell Card 'Monster Reborn,'" Sarina said. "I revive one of my monsters that was destroyed this turn.
I'll revive 'Dark Creator'!"
The Dark God that had just left the field hadn't even fully dispersed before the darkness it emitted gathered again, reforming into the Dark Creator.
[Dark Creator, ATK 3000]
"Infinite Fiend Mirror's effect: while Dark Creator is on the field, Special Summon four Dark Creator Tokens!"
[Dark Creator Token, ATK 3000] ×4
"Finally, I set two cards and end my turn."
Sarina let out a long breath.
After a self-sacrificial attack, she had re-established the board, and with backrow defenses to boot. She felt she performed excellently today—she'd done all she could.
If even this can't stop him, maybe this person really—
"My turn. Draw," Kira said. "Standby Phase—Miss Sarina, you haven't forgotten, have you?"
Sarina nodded: "The 'The Supremacy Sun' destroyed last turn revives in the next Standby Phase.
And the Phoenix God destroyed the turn before last—revives in your next Standby Phase… which is now."
"Correct," Kira said. "Therefore I Special Summon these two from the Graveyard.
The Supremacy Sun! Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys!"
[The Supremacy Sun, ATK 3000]
[Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys, ATK 2400]
"Phoenix's effect: upon being Summoned, destroy all Spells/Traps on the field!"
"That won't do." Sarina: "Quick-Play Spell 'Forbidden Chalice'! Phoenix gains 400 ATK, and until the end of the turn, its monster effect is negated!"
[Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys, ATK 2400 → ATK 2800]
Kira smiled, unsurprised. "Indeed, you had no other choice. Sacred Phoenix is the worst matchup for you—if your backrow gets wiped, you'd be in a very bad spot, wouldn't you?"
Sarina: "…"
"Next, I banish from play the 'Orichalcos Kyutora' on the field, the 'Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys' whose effect is negated, and the 'Breeze Sphere' in my Graveyard, to call forth the ultimate air current—
—The Atmosphere, Summon!!!"
[The Atmosphere, ATK 1000]
"The Atmosphere?" Sarina immediately sensed danger from the bird. Without hesitating: "I activate my set card, Counter Trap 'Solemn Warning'!
I pay 2000 Life Points to negate the Special Summon of a monster and destroy it!"
[Sarina, LP 4000 → LP 2000]
"Impressive, impressive—busting out Solemn Warning."
Kira even applauded, seemingly unconcerned that his apparent ace, The Atmosphere, was obliterated by a thunderous divine decree.
"But your vigilance makes sense. The Atmosphere can absorb an opponent's monster as an Equip." Kira said. "That would be… troublesome for you, wouldn't it?"
Sarina took a deep breath—her intuition was right.
When the Dark God leaves the field, the Tokens summoned by Infinite Fiend Mirror are all destroyed. If The Atmosphere absorbed her Dark God, the remaining Tokens would all self-destruct, and one direct hit from The Atmosphere would finish her.
Fortunately, she'd answered everything…
"However, my goal just now wasn't only The Atmosphere," Kira said suddenly, voice calm. "The moment Orichalcos Kyutora left the field, its final effect also activated.
When this card leaves the field by any means, search your hand or Deck for this card, and Special Summon it to the field."
Kira drew the card ejected from his Deck and murmured:
"Well then, Mister Serpent, let me borrow your power for a bit.
The manifestation of Orichalcos's power, bringing judgment and rebirth—
—Orichalcos Shunoros, Summon!!!"
Sarina: "!!!!!"
Orichalcos—this is!?
Emerald light surged skyward as divine radiance shaped a giant green body. The stern-faced divine idol towered to the heavens, emanating boundless majesty just by standing.
Even if this card now lacks a resident spirit and Orichalcos's godly power, the lingering might of a once top-tier spirit was enough to inspire dread.
"Orichalcos Shunoros's ATK becomes the total battle damage absorbed by Kyutora," Kira said. "Therefore, Shunoros's current ATK is—"
[Orichalcos Shunoros, ATK ? → ATK 12000]
"Twelve thousand ATK…"
Sarina was stunned for a long beat.
Only when the attack declaration sounded—when the divine idol released a dazzling emerald halo from its crown, a disc slicing through the air—did Sarina murmur to herself:
"The one who transcends fate really is…"
The halo sliced the Dark God in half, then pierced straight through Sarina.
[Sarina, LP 2000 → LP 0]