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Chapter 1920 The Ritual of Light and Darkness
"Using monsters on both sides' fields, including [Albus's Fallen Blood], as Fusion Material, to perform a Fusion Summon of a Fusion Monster—in that case, my other monsters cannot be used as Fusion Material!" Hayato paused, then remarked with a sigh.

"It's been a long time since I've had this much fun. After all, I've played cards with Yugi a lot, and I've been intentionally controlling the monsters on the field so that they're not easy for me to use for fusion. But your deck is so similar to Yugi's deck, yet you don't guard against me at all. So don't blame me for using your cards to my heart's content for fusion!"

Hayato reached out his hand towards the single monster on the field of Dragon Knight Timaeus, then clenched his fist and declared, "The required fusion materials are a Dragon-Type monster and a Spellcaster-Type monster. I will use my Dragon-Type monster 'Albus's Fallen Seed' and my opponent's Spellcaster-Type monster 'Dark Magician of Destruction' as fusion materials!"

The Fusion of Albus is noble because it doesn't target, but unfortunately, Tymaeus's Dark Magician Dark Chaos has the same resistance as "Dark God"—it must be targeted for its effect to take effect. As a result, the "Albus version of Super Polymerization" can only target the other monster on its field—Dark Magician of Destruction.

"The magical warrior who once reigned over the Dragon's Crown of Mysteries, now the throne has been usurped, and he shall appear as a dragon warrior who wields magic!"

"Fusion Summon, Level 8☆!"

Unlike Tymaeus, the Dragon Knight who doesn't even bother to think of a summoning phrase when summoning a monster, Hayato, amidst Albus's sarcastic remark that "this is preferential treatment," seriously recited the summoning phrase and summoned the card: "Greetings from the Thunder—[The Holy Dragon Knight]!"

【Holy Dragon Knight】【8☆/Light】

[Dragon/Fusion/Effect]

[3000/1500]

The combination of a Dragon-Type monster and a Spellcaster-Type monster as Fusion Material can also Fusion Summon another "Crown of the Secrets," but Hayato used a different Flip combination derived from it—"Sacred Dragon Knight." However, in his original plan, this card was more likely to be Fusion Summoned using his own "Imprint" and "Teaching." Unfortunately, the deck of Demon Dragon Knight - Timaeus was related to "Dark Magician," which led to this card being used as a Fusion Material.

As for the effect of this card—it can be said to be extremely effective against Dragon/Spellcaster decks.

"【Sacred Dragon Knight】's ATK will decrease by 100 points based on the number of cards I banished. And right now I have a 【Teaching Encounter】 banished face-down, so its ATK decreases by 100 points." Hayato glanced at the field of Demon Dragon Knight - Timaeus, "But it's still higher than your 【Dark Chaos Magician - Dark Chaos】."

"But more importantly, as long as the Fusion Summoned [Sacred Dragon Knight] is in the Monster Zone, the opponent cannot activate the effects of any Dragon-Type or Spellcaster-Type monsters they Special Summon!"

While it may seem a bit late to Special Summon "Sacred Dragon Knight" now, after Tymaeus had already used the effect of "Dark Chaos Magician - Dark Chaos," it's never too late to play a monster with such a restrictive effect, especially since this card's effect is a continuous effect that doesn't require activation. The resistance of "Dark Chaos Magician - Dark Chaos" can only block activation effects that don't target, and it can't do much against continuous effects like this.

The actions of Demon Dragon Knight - Timaeus were indeed halted by the card played by Hayato, as if the originally planned development had been interrupted by this card. A card that it seemed to have intended to play was recalled, and after a moment of consideration, Demon Dragon Knight - Timaeus took out another card: "Then, I will discard this [Super Magic Swordsman - Black Chaos] in my hand to activate its effect."

"From my Deck and Graveyard, I place a Continuous Trap Card with the name 'Ritual of Light and Darkness' face-up on the field. I choose 'Two Hearts' from my Graveyard."

The other card that was previously sent to the graveyard by the "Humanoid Blessing" effect of [Sage of the Elves]—the Continuous Trap Card [Two Hearts]—has returned to its back row thanks to the effect of [Super Magic Swordsman - Dark Chaos], which was discarded by Demon Dragon Knight - Timaeus, and it's already activated right from the start. Then, Demon Dragon Knight - Timaeus discards another card from his hand: "Next up is this [Kuriguri]. During both players' turns, discard this card from my hand and activate one of its effects."

"This turn, I can only take 0 battle or effect damage once, or set one Quick-Play Spell or Trap Card with the name 'Ritual of Light and Darkness' from my Deck to the field. This effect can be activated during the turn the card is set."

"I set the Quick-Play Spell Card 'Chaos Hat' to my back row from my deck."

【魔龙骑士-提迈欧斯：3000LP，手牌：6→7→6→7→8→7→6】

【The Magician of Dark Chaos - Dark Chaos】【ATK2800】

Backcourt: [Face Card] x2 [Two Hearts]

After discarding another card from his hand, reducing his hand to six, Demon Dragon Knight - Timaeus said, "The effect of 'Ritual of Light and Darkness' in my graveyard: If this card is in my graveyard, add one card with the name 'Ritual of Light and Darkness' and this card from my graveyard to my hand."

With a casual remark, Hayato described a recycling effect that would make other decks, including but not limited to Ritual decks, envious. This time, Hayato didn't have a second [Yashiki-warashi] to counter this recycling, and Demon Dragon Knight - Timaeus successfully retrieved two cards from his graveyard at once: "I return [Ritual of Light and Darkness] and [Super Magic Swordsman - Black Chaos] to my hand."

"Next, I will activate the Ritual Spell Card [Ritual of Light and Darkness]! This card is a Ritual Spell Card exclusive to [Black Chaos Magician - Black Chaos] and [Warrior of Light and Darkness - Chaos Warrior]. By Tributing monsters in my hand or on the field, or by banishing monsters from my Graveyard as an alternative to Tributeing, I will Ritual Summon two Ritual Monsters!"

Despite saying he was going to perform a ritual summon, Dragon Knight Timaeus didn't seem to have any intention of releasing any monsters on his field. Instead, he took a card from his graveyard: "When performing a ritual summon with only a Level 8☆ Ritual Monster, you can release the number of [Kuriguri] monsters in my graveyard as required for the ritual summon."

"Excluding the [Kurigriff] from my Graveyard, I Ritual Summon [Warrior of Light and Darkness - Chaos Warrior] from my hand!"

[Warrior of Light and Darkness - Chaos Warrior] [8 stars/Land]

[Warrior Race/Ritual/Effect]

[3000/2500]

The new cards in the Chaos Origins card pack are powerful (excluding the Judai rhythm).
It feels like the previous issues of the number box were actually part of issue 12, and this issue is the real 13th, considering the inclusion of oversized cards and the return of anime characters to the card box covers after several years.
Unupdated: 7/9