[Dammit, Boss Caro, don't get cocky!] [Explain what? Go get her!] [What's with these villains always loving to talk nonsense when they're about to win?] [It's easy to advise others. Just ask yourselves—when you get a hand full of bombs in Landlord, wouldn't you jump up and shout while playing?] [Uh... Boss Caro is still a child, after all.]
"Your gardeners and algae farmers had already begun to lose their way when I took control of the Black Scale Patrol and the Gardener Captain. That's right, you initially managed to summon them through the captain, but they're slaves. Without a supervisor to watch over them, they won't work willingly. And yet, you used monsters like these as sacrifices." Caroso smiled.
"Pfft... Hahahahaha..." Bai suddenly laughed. "I don't know what card you used to control my Naga captain, but... little boy, aren't you a little too confident? Don't forget, I'm your teacher. Do you really think I wouldn't know what you know? What you described could indeed happen."
"But the one they summoned as sacrifices was the Naga Elder. The captain could keep them in line, so wouldn't the far stronger Naga Elder be even more capable?"
[What... is this entering the bullshit mode?] [Boss Caro, you can't out-bullshit Bai. Don't look at how she's only Rank Seven now—she's not far from Rank Eight!] [Bai's bullshit comes with a bit of reality-warping. Yours doesn't.]
At that moment, Caroso's entire body suddenly burst into flames.
His armor, belt, boots, shoulder guards, and knee guards all seemed to have gained patterns of flame.
"Were you stalling for time?" Bai's gaze sharpened.
"Who else talks nonsense in the middle of a fight?"
With that, Caroso charged at Bai once more.
The moment Caroso entered the small pool, the entire pool began to heat up, seeming ready to boil.
Caroso was more than twice as fast as before. Clearly, he had stalled only to build up a burst of speed and shorten the time it took to reach Bai.
Just then, the eyes of the two Epic Nagas suddenly regained their clarity.
In an instant, Bai felt that she had regained control over the two Nagas.
An ordinary person would definitely sacrifice the two captains at this point to strengthen the Naga Elder. After all, the little Nagas were rather slow at casting spells.
But Bai felt a warning signal in her heart. Her sixth sense told her not to sacrifice them, or she would lose!
The Naga Elder decisively stepped in front of Bai and raised the fork in her hand. One mysterious rune after another lit up across it.
Caroso charged straight at the Naga Elder, his gaze resolute.
At that moment, a purple card appeared in his hand.
[Name: Silence is Golden] [Category: Spell] [Star Level: 2] [Grade: Purple Epic] [Class Restriction: Priest] [Description: Silence a minion below four stars, preventing it from using any spells.]
A white magic circle appeared above the Naga Elder. It was as though all her magic had suddenly been drained away, nearly making her cough up blood from the suffocation.
Bai's expression changed.
Caroso leaped into the air and slashed down at her.
The Naga Elder instinctively swung the fork in her hand at Caroso.
Boom!
Who said mages couldn't fight in melee?
Her fork collided with Caroso's sword, and the force of the clash sent the surrounding water flying.
Once the water left the Naga Elder, she seemed to wilt considerably.
The energy from every piece of armor on Caroso's body surged toward the Sword of Flames.
A massive fiery whirlwind centered on Caroso's sword and swept through the area.
The two Epic Nagas stared blankly at the enormous fiery whirlwind, their eyes carrying a trace of fear.
Within the fiery whirlwind, countless souls seemed to be wailing.
A full five seconds later, Caroso landed on the ground.
He gripped his sword and panted heavily.
The armor on his body had already vanished.
The Naga Elder had vanished with it.
Bai stood there, looking at Caroso with a complicated expression. "If I'd had the two of them sacrifice themselves just now, you could have made yourself even faster, couldn't you? The sacrifice would have created an opening of one or two seconds. That would have been enough time for you, right?"
"Mm." Caroso did not deny it.
"Even when I didn't sacrifice them because of my battle instincts, you still turned the tide with a single card." Bai let out a long breath. "I lost. At the end, I used power beyond Rank Three. That strike of yours just now would have been enough to contend with even a Rank Four."
[Holy shit, we misunderstood Boss Caro.] [Damn, so that's what happened?] [Boss Caro's combat instincts are that strong?] [Otherwise, how could he keep bullying us...] [If those three sneak cards hadn't worked back then, Boss Caro would have used this magic sword against Karei. I can't tell who would have won.]
Although the Netizens possessed knowledge from across eras and knew countless ways to use cards,
the one truly standing on the battlefield was Caroso. They could only improve Caroso's odds of victory; when it came to certain decisions, they might not necessarily surpass him.
After all, they were different.
The Netizens were players. If they lost this time, they could simply try again. For example, if they discovered that Silence was useless after all, once they learned that mages could fight in melee, they could go back, adjust their decks, and make another run.
But for Caroso, a loss was a loss. There was no chance to start over, so every decision was crucial.
Caroso was a born warrior. His combat instincts were worthy of being a constant match for the players.
"Teacher went easy on me." Caroso spoke modestly. "If you hadn't used the Naga Deck, the one who lost might have been me."
"Me going easy on you just happened to run into water countering fire, so that doesn't really count." Bai stretched, displaying her curvaceous figure in full. "You truly are impressive. Today, you showed two kinds of cards I've never seen before—cards that could even be called contrary to common sense. I know nothing about cards like that. Even if I went all out, I might still lose to you at the same rank. Tsk, what an interesting little brat. I'm getting more and more interested in you."
[???] [Damn, am I falling for Boss Caro?] [Auntie Bai, don't you dare try to rob the cradle!] [Wait, if Bai dates Baby Caro, does that mean I'm dating Baby Caro?] [Why does that sound kind of exciting?] [I never realized Bai was this sexy before.]
Just as the Netizens began shipping the pair, a figure flew toward Caroso.
Thud!
Caroso turned his head and saw Nimel lying on the ground, struggling to get back up with a pained expression.
Caroso's gaze narrowed as he looked in the direction she had come from. The Vice Principal walked toward them step by step, his hands behind his back and five lightning spheres swirling at his side.
"You were watching this battlefield, weren't you?" the Vice Principal said coldly. "You dared to let your mind wander while fighting me. Are you looking to die?"
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