Evil God Follower Alice

Although Shen Sui's vision of a deck full of doll cards couldn't be realized, having a total of six doll Follower Cards, including the three new ones, made Shen Sui feel that it was indeed necessary for Alice to gain a form as a doll mage.

His deck was currently lacking search terms.

At least for now, he hadn't found a good method. He could only blame the rules of this damned Soul Card duel for not having a concept of race.

If there's no concept of race, you could at least have a concept of profession!

Seriously, he didn't know how those professional players managed to build a complete deck with search capabilities.

No wonder so few people from the Duel Academy advanced to become professionals.

Forget it, don't think about it anymore. Quickly write down the effects of these two doll Follower Cards, and then entice Alice to cause trouble and get him more cards.

Shen Sui looked at the two cards on the interface with blank effect and Spirit Value fields, urgently needing him to fill in the values.

Saying they were blank wasn't entirely accurate.

After Shen Sui assigned functions to the two dolls, suggested effects appeared in their effect fields. The general meaning was that if the written effects leaned towards the suggested ones, the cards could accommodate more powerful effects.

The suggested effect for the Substitute Doll was geared towards negating damage, and Shen Sui also planned to make it a hand trap similar to Kuriboh.

However, the Substitute Doll should be able to accommodate some additional effects.

Shen Sui thought about what his deck was missing.

He had plenty of traps and ways to clear the field, but what he lacked most was indeed searching, especially the ability to search for Follower Cards.

As long as he could search Alice from the deck, Shen Sui wouldn't lack the ability to search for spell cards.

So Shen Sui wrote furiously on the card.

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Card Name: [Substitute Doll · Jamie]

Category: Follower Card

Star Level: 5 Stars

Effect: ① If you would take battle damage or effect damage, you can discard this card from your hand during damage calculation to activate, making the damage you take 0;

② Once per turn, you can banish this card from the Graveyard to activate, adding a Follower Card with multiple forms from your deck, Graveyard, or banished zone to your hand.

Spirit Value: 0

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Following a similar line of thought, Shen Sui also edited the effect of [Armed Doll · Soya], resulting in a very powerful doll Follower Card.

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Card Name: [Armed Doll · Soya]

Category: Follower Card

Star Level: 5 Stars

Effect: ① Once per turn, during your Main Phase, after a friendly spell card's effect resolves, activate to return that spell card to your hand;

② Once per turn, when this follower leaves the field, activate to allow one Follower Card with multiple forms on either player's field to undergo an additional form transformation.

Spirit Value: 0

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The ① effect of [Armed Doll · Soya] was the function of the Armed Doll itself. In the game, the Armed Doll's effect was to instantly refresh the player's skills.

The ② effect, on the other hand, was a sudden idea of Shen Sui's.

As everyone knows, in all card games, there's a reason why all "once per turn" mechanics are limited. Skills or effects that remove this restriction will have a certain impact, and in some cases, a very powerful impact.

This is true whether it's the restriction in "Sanguosha" where you can only use "Kill" with "Wine" once, or the restriction of only being able to attack once during the battle phase.

And in Soul Card duels, the form transformation of a Soul Card is also limited to once per turn.

So, what if I could make the Soul Card transform an extra time?

In fact, this effect was indeed more powerful than Shen Sui had imagined. He had to lower Soya's Spirit Value to zero, then reduce the ① effect from three times per turn to once, and then limit this effect to only activate when Soya leaves the field. Only then could he barely write this effect down.

He couldn't even write down an effect that granted immunity to damage.

Then he could only use it when it's released. Anyway, being released also counts as leaving the field.

As for why this effect could choose either player's Soul Card, that's because form transformation is, in a sense, a way to deal with the opponent's powerful follower, isn't it?

Your Soul Card's effect is too strong? Watch me switch its form.

Having obtained three followers at once, Shen Sui already felt a sense of satisfaction that his trip was worthwhile.

With this satisfaction, he turned his attention back to Alice on the main page.

After completing the creation of the sacrificial doll, Alice finally had the confidence to venture into the Anlud Thunder Church.

Before that, she was worried that starting the Evil God's descent ritual prematurely would harm the residents of Anlud City. Now, she didn't need to worry about that at all. Because no matter what harm the ritual caused to the residents, it would be transferred to Alice by the magic circle created by Vivian.

As for whether it would affect Alice?

If he didn't have some trump cards, Shen Sui really wouldn't dare to risk his Soul Card.

If Vivian could avoid harm and influence due to her special abilities, Alice had her Substitute Doll to transfer damage, her Matchbox to resist liberation, and her own magic to defend against various mental pollutions. In a sense, the current Alice, aside from being a rookie, was in a brief phase where no one could harm her.

It was a pity that due to the effect of the Sin Grail, Resurrection was useless on Alice, otherwise she would be even more invincible.

Of course, Alice probably didn't know that she was now stacked with buffs, otherwise she would most likely have started using Arson on the Thunder Church and jumping into the fray.

[Alice, fully prepared, arrived alone at the Anlud Thunder Church.]

[She settled Anna in a safe place. Before Anna was free from the Sin Grail, she wouldn't let Anna come into contact with scenes containing extraordinary power.]

[Alice looked at the majestic church, calculating the possibility of using Arson on it.]

See? Just as I expected.

Shen Sui was not surprised.

[Although Alice was eager to try, she remembered the agreement between you two. She needed to trigger the Evil God's Descent ritual to help you absorb the Evil God's power.]

Alright, the next step is to deliver the item, then lie low, wait for the other side to start the ritual, then launch a sneak attack and snatch the Evil God's power.

Alice should know how to lie low... right?

[Alice knocked on the door of the Anlud Thunder Church.]

[It was already evening, the setting sun had sunk between the mountains, leaving only the orange-red afterglow slanting down, falling on Alice.]

[Bathed in the residual warmth of the sun, Alice quickly adjusted her mindset and expression.]

[Her hand tapped rhythmically on the church door, as if playing some mysterious music.]

Creak—

[The church door was opened. The one who opened the door was a hunched old man. He asked Alice the purpose of her visit.]

[Alice revealed a wicked smile, showing no reverence for the Lord of Thunder in her demeanor: I think you are waiting for this thing.]

[She took out the Evil God's Eye in front of the old man.]

[The old man's expression changed slightly, and at the same time, a powerful force surged from the church, locking onto Alice, as if the wrath of thunder could descend at any moment, turning Alice into dust.]

[Alice held the Evil God's Eye in her hands against her chest, her eyes manic, revealing the fanatical expression of a devout believer: I am the most devout follower of my Lord, following my Lord's instructions, I have come to guide your path forward.]

[You can call me Hozeville.]

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