"Since this is your first time, Chief, let me give you a brief introduction." Marg raised his finger.
"The way to win the battle is to reduce your opponent's life to zero, and to achieve this goal, you need a variety of cards."
"The use of each card requires a fee, and these fees are generally linked to the level represented by the card."
"For example, the Tirayang Youth Cavalry that the chief is holding now is First Order", which means it costs 1."
"Others include spells, equipment, skill cards, etc., all with corresponding levels and consumption. In addition, each opponent can also equip three ritual cards." These ritual cards can be activated when special conditions are met to produce various effects."
"For example, I have a ritual card Promotion Ceremony·Campaign Knight". It can be effective on all Knight Attendant cards. As long as Knight Attendant kills two creatures during the battle, it can be converted into a third-level creature Campaign Knight"[Attack 5, Life 4]."
"The ritual card is the key to the battle. Many tactics are based on this. Chief Sir, you will understand after you play it a few times."
After listening to the other party's explanation, Sylutia quickly understood the general operation mode of this game.
"Then how to increase the cost that can be used in each round?"
"The cost limit can be increased by 1 point every two turns, but there are also some cards that can give you an additional cost limit."
"I understand." Sylutia nodded, and then Marg helped him build a very easy-to-understand deck.
"This deck mainly uses Knight" as its core, and the three ritual cards equipped are also related to Knight."
"Compared with other creatures, Knight creature cards tend to have higher attack and life, and can have an advantage in battle exchanges."
"Now, let's just start a simple game."
After the two are ready, the battle begins.
"First of all, in the first round, I will go out first and summon the creature card "Cultist"."
[Cultist](First Order·Distortion),[Attack 1, Life 1]
-People who are bewitched by evil knowledge"
Next is Sylutia's turn. She looked at the card in her hand, summoned Tirayang Youth Cavalry"[Attack 2, Life 1], and ended the turn.
"Very good. Next, I will let Cultist" attack and exchange him with the young cavalry you summoned." Then Cultist attacks. After the two creature cards collide, their lives will return to zero and they will die.
In the following rounds, Sylutia summoned 1 Tirayang Youth Cavalry" and 1 White Snow City Guard".
[White Snow City Guard](First Order·Castle), [Attack 1, Life 1], with "Guardian" effect. (Guardian creatures must be killed before attacking the main combatant)
The light of dawn broke through the forest mist, illuminating the spear tips of the guards. After three rounds of fighting, the scene between the two of them changed little. However, in the fourth round, Marg began to use different cards.
"This turn I summon the creature card "Self-Devouring Cultist" and activate its effect."
[Self-Devouring Cultist] (Level 2·Dead Ember), [Attack 2, Life 2], when there are more than three dead creatures on your side, consume the creature cards in the graveyard and transform yourself into a third-level creature Self-Devouring Envoy".
You rarely see these people because they will not expose themselves in advance [Self-Devouring Envoy] (Level 3·Dead Ember), [Attack 4, Life 4], every time a creature is killed, the attack increases by 1.
When the power of death flows through his body, it's not good. Sylutia looked at his situation. Currently, there is only one "White Snow City Guard", which can barely resist it.
"I use the building card Frontier Village" and place it on the field. "Sylutia takes out a card and puts it down.
[Frontier Village] (Level 2·Castle), summons a "Ignorant Youth" to enter the game every round, and this card will be destroyed after three rounds.
A young man here yearns for adventure [Ignorant Youth](First Order·Castle),[Attack 0, Life 1]
There is nothing in the village that interests them, only the legendary adventures that excite them. Now she has two creature cards on the field. Let White Snow City Guard" launch an attack. After deducting 1 drop of blood from Marg, the round ends.
In the next round, Margo controls Self-Devouring Envoy to "kill White Snow City Guard", and its value becomes [Attack 5, Life 4]
(The 1 point of life lost during the battle will be restored and replenished in the next round.)
In the sixth round, Sylutia had two Ignorant Youth" on the field. She summoned Tirayang Youth Cavalry" again and used the skill card First Strike Tactics".
[First Strike Tactics] (Level 2·Castle), gives the creature card on the field +1 attack this round, and can directly attack the opponent's creature in the entry round.
Now the three creatures on her field finally killed the opponent's "Self-Devouring Envoy".
After that, the two continued to fight. With the help of the skill card Steady Tactics", Sylutia finally let the newly summoned Tirayang Youth Cavalry" on the field complete two kills.
[Steady Tactics] (Level 2·Castle), can be activated during the enemy's turn, giving life +1 to all friendly creatures on the field this turn.
And temporarily add the "Guardian" effect.
"Now I activate the effect of the Promotion Ceremony·Campaign Knight" to convert Tirayang Youth Cavalry" into Campaign Knight"." The girl said happily.
[Campaign Knight] (Level 3·Castle), [Attack 5, Life 4], with the effect of "Impact". (If the enemy creature's life is not enough to offset all attacks during the battle, the remaining damage will be applied to the opponent's main combatant)
These Knight were fighting violently in all directions. "Ah, ah, these chiefs are not easy to deal with." Margo saw Sylutia finally completed a small combo, and praised him with a smile.
"However, I also have an ace at the bottom of the box, using the skill card Doomsday Prophecy""
[Doomsday Prophecy] (Level 3·Distortion), when one's side plays more than six "Cultist" type cards, the effect will be activated, and a "Panicked Commoner" will be summoned every round thereafter.
--Rumors spread, people are panicked [Panicked Commoner](First Order·Castle),[Attack 0, Life 1]
What should I do when I hear that the world is going to be destroyed? "But this is not the end yet." Marg blinked and finally activated a ritual card she had hidden for a long time. "Activate the effect of the Sacrifice Ritual - Summon Sonis", sacrifice three creatures on the field, and summon Sonis Monster.
[Sonis Monster] (Level 3·Distortion), [Attack 3, Life 5], the life of the creature that fights with it is permanently -1.
--These monsters are like blood-red meat sausages spliced together, making people frightened when they see them. Sylutia will also reveal and activate the ritual card that has been prepared for a long time.
"Start the recruitment ceremony·Steel Furnace Knight Order". When the enemy has a level three or higher Distortion creature on the field and more than three civilian creatures are killed on your side, summon Iron Knight "to enter the battlefield." If more than six civilian creatures are killed, summon Steel Furnace Knight "to enter the battlefield."
[Iron Knight](Level 3·Castle),[Attack 4, Life 4]
--Knight who were born as civilians, they swore an oath to protect [Steel Furnace Knight] (Level 4·Castle), [Attack 6, Life 7]
A gray steel armor was full of scars. They vowed to expel Dusk Beast. After that, the two fought several times. In the later stage, both sides also showed their strongest aces in the deck.
[Legend Card·Emerson](Sixth Order·Castle·Gold Steam)[Attack 9, Life 12], When Emerson is present, all Knight will gain "life +1"; if it is Iron Knight "Steel Furnace Knight", they will gain additional attack +1 and life +1.
[Legend Card·Blood-Crazed Beast of Siali](Sixth Order·Blood Law·Distortion) [Attack 11, Life 10], after devouring your own creatures, you can attack once more in this round. If you kill the enemy creatures, you and the main combatant will recover 5 points of life.
In the end, Sylutia barely won and won the game.
"How are you, Chief Sir, have you learned it?" Margo put down the cards in his hand and said with a smile.
"Yes, I understand." Sylutia nodded.
After that, she continued to try other decks and became proficient in them after a few times.
Aside from the fun of card battles, games like this are also an excellent way to popularize science, allowing many beginners to quickly understand each Aspect Power profession and the characteristics of different factions of creatures.
For example, the Knight system with Castle and Aspect Power as the core has a variety of Knight promotion ceremonies, military formation tactics,
Collaborative resonance system, etc.
With the war beast system with Beast Fang and Aspect Power as the core, they can select various beasts from nature, devour them through battle, and evolve into different behemoth monsters, bringing powerful numerical crushing capabilities.
With Nightmare and Aspect Power as the core, the Witch system has a large number of spells with strange effects in the deck, including summoning familiars, transforming creatures, controlling opponents, weakening curses, etc.
The Graveyard system, with Dead Ember and Aspect Power as its core, can very effectively use the creatures in the two graveyards to summon returning skeleton monsters, resurrect skeleton monsters, etc., to defeat the opponent.
There is also a flying system with Vaulted Sky and Aspect Power as the core. With the special effects of flying, you can avoid the opponent's biological defenses, directly attack the main combatant, and defeat the opponent.
In the following days, Sylutia was often invited by other students to play card battle games like this together. In the process of trying various card groups again and again, she also discovered what she was good at.
The first is about the decks Alien Star and Aspect Power. She has never lost when using them, so in order to prevent other students from finding out that she was wrong, she deliberately did not choose this deck to play games, because every time she used it, it was a crushing victory. It seemed that she could easily get the cards she wanted if she wanted, and the deck ran extremely smoothly.
Secondly, she thought it would be a plant deck related to gardening. After playing it, she found that what she was really good at was the Fairy system deck, and her advantages in plants were more like a derivative of the Fairy system.
Whether this is the blood talent of the Mezalance Family family or because she was blessed by High Fairy when she was a child, Sylutia does not know.
In addition, she has a feeling that the Radiant Moon" system of decks should not be like this, as if the ideal Radiant Moon" system in her mind should not be some existing decks, but a system that has not yet been developed, or a certain profession that has not yet been exposed.
Although it is just a card game, the Aspect Power path of this world is inextricably related to everything in the world. If you choose a system card group that matches your own, you will also gain great advantages in the game.
Time passed leisurely, and two days later, Sylutia and a group of students arrived at the Owl Mountain Range in the west of the Fourth Continent.
The airship hovered and slowly fell into the valley clearing below. Tall and deep stone walls were built around it, connecting the surrounding peaks to form a Sturdiness barrier.
After landing, Sylutia and a group of students walked down to feel the smell of vegetation in the mountains, and a few birds occasionally flew in the sky.
"There are a lot of people here." Some students looked around curiously.
This valley should be an important station and transit station in "Owl Mountain Range", with many members of the Mage Alliance coming and going. Among them, second- and third-level Mage can be seen everywhere, as well as a large number of hired guards and workers.
"That's right, there are currently about two thousand people stationed here, and many teams entering the depths of the mountains need to use this place as a transit point." The teacher introduced.
"We will stay here tonight, and then we will take you deep into the mountains." After that, he took the students to report to the local the Alliance organization and find a place to sleep.
The dormitories of the students were temporarily placed in wooden houses on the cliffs. These wooden houses were built along the mountain walls and it was difficult for ordinary people to climb up. However, for the official Mage, flying was not difficult.
At night, they came to the cafeteria in the valley. It was made of thick giant trees. The ceiling was not high. When walking in it, you could still see the wood grains and smell the scent of rosin. Iron lanterns were hung on the pillars of the cafeteria, illuminating the surroundings. There were many workers dining here, and the air was filled with the smell of sweat and food, making it lively and noisy.
Sylutia followed and walked in, looking around. The space in the cafeteria is huge, and it is not a problem to seat six hundred people. Many workers rolled up their sleeves, exposing their sweaty arms, and enjoyed dinner here. Their food was mainly bread, vegetable root soup, sliced smoked sausage, paired with low-quality beer.
The food is not bad, the girl thought to herself.
This is a deserted area far away from human habitation, and a large amount of the food needed is flown in. It is already rare to have this.
Soon, under the leadership of the teacher, the students also received today's dinner. The staple food was refined white bread, and the side dishes were sliced smoked sausage, red amaranth soup, fried potatoes and a small amount of Mead. The overall quality was better than that of the laborers on site, but compared with the life of the Academy, it was far inferior.
Facing such a dinner, some students didn't care much, but some students who were used to eating high-end food complained.
"It's too hard to swallow. We are members of Mithril Clock. Do we just eat this kind of thing?" Many people around him echoed this.
However, the accompanying professor was not used to it, and Vekos directly asked the student to stand up.
"Now everyone will stop eating for the time being. I have three questions to ask this student."
"Please calculate and explain, if we want nearly three hundred people to enjoy the same food and drinks as Academy, how much manpower and airships will be mobilized, how much expenses will be consumed every month, and what proportion of these expenses will occupy the development area?"
"Secondly, how can we improve the economic development of the western region and ensure that it reaches a level of financial self-sufficiency?"
"Finally, as a member of the school, how many benefits have you enjoyed so far, and what contributions have you made?"
Although the three questions do not require very precise answers, the process of answering the calculations is a kind of torture, especially in front of a group of classmates and teachers.
Ten minutes later, after the student finished his answer with a pale face, his head lowered, and he was no longer as careless as before.
This severe questioning also woke up many students present and suddenly realized many overlooked issues.
"I know that you are all rare geniuses in the Alliance. You have been treated very well since childhood, so that you are accustomed to a good life. But Academy does not owe you anything, and the school does not invite you to come and enjoy yourself. If you still have some belief in truly pursuing the truth, you should know how to prioritize things and learn to understand the real situation behind the current situation, instead of shouting without thinking when encountering anything, as if you have never received the baptism of knowledge and are like stupid beasts."
Although he didn't explicitly curse anyone, in the social environment of the Mage Alliance, calling a person rude and ignorant is a very low evaluation.
After some lectures, fortunately, the professor did not continue to hold on and comforted him a few words, which made the student's face look better and he was no longer frightened.
"Okay, let's stop talking. Let's start eating. Tomorrow I will take you to know the many Magic Creature and beasts in this area. In the next few weeks, your task is to clean up these monsters in the mountains."
"Learning without actual combat is ultimately shallow. I think this trial will also bring you many new insights.