Chapter 24: Right Heart Faction
"Wow! It's a C-rank card!"
Just then, a cry of surprise came from the card table over there.
This sentence is also equivalent to a disguised explanation of Slime's words.
Shi Li looked up at the big screen, which was showing a close-up of the C-level card.
A giant lizard with scales like diamonds stood proudly on the card table.
At the same time, its face is also revealed.
【Glass Lizard】
Determined, 25 points, C
Attack 25, 100/100, 0/3
[Hard Face - Passive]: When the Glass Lizard is attacked from the front, the damage is -10
[Glass Bomb - 3 Energy]: The Glazed Lizard uses a skill on a target, dealing 50 damage
"It can be used for both offense and defense. This is a good card."
Shi Li nodded in praise.
The key is that this card is not the opponent's trump card.
It can be seen that there must be better options in its trump card position.
"Black Mist Clan, Black Smoke."
"I heard that this guy came here just for the championship prize, the Monster Card Dungeon."
"It even took drugs to force itself to drop from LV15+ to LV5."
At this time, Slime reported the other party's information.
"Drugs? Are there any drugs like that?"
"And can the association just sit back and watch this kind of cheating?"
Shi Li expressed doubts.
He took a quick look and saw that the opponent had already revealed 4 regular cards on the field, namely 3D + 1C.
Although the idea of forced downgrade is a bit far-fetched, it is an indisputable fact that the strength of this deck far exceeds that of LV1-5 players. No wonder even Slime is not optimistic about itself.
"That's why I heard, Master. The association must not have caught any flaws and allowed it to participate. After all, it didn't obviously break any rules."
"Where did you get this news?"
"I bought the information from the security guard, bobo~"
"..., don't spend money recklessly even if you have it."
"Also, this guy is from the Right Heart World, because the Black Mist Clan is a unique race in the Right Heart World."
Slime's last words made Shi Li raise his eyebrows.
People who travel to the Cubic Card Metaverse are divided into two categories, coming from two different worlds.
Someone once described the cubic metaverse as being similar to a piece of glass.
The front of the glass faces one world of the heavens, and the back faces another world of the heavens.
In fact, no matter where they come from, most people don’t really care.
Everyone just wants to live and work in peace and play cards.
However, two organizations with extreme ideas were born with the support of different groups from all over the world.
These two organizations are small in scale, but absolutely notorious.
They call themselves the left and the right.
What is a left-hearted person? It is a person who is judged based on the body structure of humans or human-like beings, that is, the heart is on the left.
The Right-Heart Faction, as the name suggests, refers to the humans or human-like people in their world whose hearts are on the right side and are mostly left-handed.
In fact, the reason why these two organizations are said to be extreme is that the world of left heart and right heart is not so-called mirror symmetry.
But the left-minded faction says that the right-minded faction is the opposite of the left-minded faction, and the right-minded faction says that the left-minded faction is the opposite of the right-minded faction. Both think that their side is the orthodox one, and that the other side's existence is a threat and should be eliminated.
In a nutshell, the left-minded and the right-minded have always been incompatible.
The left-heart faction sometimes sends people to the right-heart world to cause disasters, and the right-heart faction does the same.
As for these two worlds, each has its own unique race or civilization.
Just like the Black Mist Clan, they are a race that only exists in the Right Heart World.
After learning this information, Shi Li's doubts about the [City of Miserable Beasts] were finally answered.
In other words, the strange black shadow they encountered in the projection of the world at that time was the Black Mist Clan from the Right Heart Faction.
It seemed that it had used some magical means to use Dr. Li to cause the disaster of zombie beasts.
"So the original reason why that group of players gathered around it was not because of the strength of this guy's deck, but because they discovered that it came from the Right Heart World."
Shi Li understood.
The cubic metaverse is also divided into regions. Travelers from a third-tier city like them all come from the Left Heart World. Occasionally, a unique race from the Right Heart World comes over, which naturally attracts curious onlookers.
At this point in the poker table, the winner has been decided.
With his powerful deck, Black Smoke defeated his opponent without revealing his trump card.
“It’s definitely an opponent worth watching.”
Shi Li stared at the other person.
At this time, the black smoke climbed up to the audience seats, then sat down, motionless.
If the opponent is really as powerful as Slime said, and if his goal is really to become the champion, then this guy will definitely become a hurdle that he must overcome.
At the other end of the audience, Hei Yan seemed to notice Shi Li's gaze.
He pulled the brim of his hat down to completely cover his face.
"Master, don't worry. When the main competition comes, I will team up with you to kill it in the dungeon."
Slime transformed into a jelly hand and clenched its fist.
"Then you have to survive two rounds of poker."
Shi Li spread his hands.
According to the schedule of the comprehensive competition, after two rounds of the main competition, the remaining 100 players will enter the copy to compete.
Eventually 32 survivors were selected to compete for the title of champion.
But he was not too worried that the Slime would not be able to survive the first two rounds. After all, this guy was trained by himself, so it would not be a problem for him to beat some weaklings.
All 200 games of the fifth round of preliminaries were completed in the morning.
At noon, the association reserved two hours of lunch break for each contestant.
Because the Slime insisted on treating him, Shi Li followed it to a restaurant.
After knowing each other for a few months, this was the first time they sat at the dinner table instead of the card table.
"Master, eat more, bobobo~"
"this……"
Shi Li looked at the sumptuous dishes in front of him and seemed a little embarrassed.
Because all of this was ordered by the slime for him. As for itself, the slime clan does not need to eat.
He just realized that this amazing species doesn't even need to breathe.
He also took this opportunity to learn about Slime's talent as a card player.
[Mascot]: When the team completes the dungeon mission, they will receive additional cubic coins as rewards.
When it's just the Slime itself, it can also be considered a one-man team, gaining additional rewards.
No wonder this guy has so much money.
"Master is also a card player now, so can I go to dungeons with you in the future?"
At the end of the conversation, Slime finally revealed his purpose.
Shi Li: "Of course no problem, but how about you lend me 100,000 cubic coins first."
Slime: "I'm sorry, our family has an ancestral teaching that we can't lend money to others, Bobobo."
Shi Li: "Sorry, I don't have any plans to form a team to go to the dungeon recently."
Slime: "If you are my master, I can lend you 10,000 yuan. This is all my wealth."
Shi Li: "Huh? Do you really have that much money?"
Slime: "Of course, but I need to charge 10% interest, bobobobo."
Shi Li: "10% a month? What kind of loan sharking is this?"
Slime: "Damn it, Master is such a joke, it's 10% a day."
Shi Li: “???”
Slime's tone was very serious, and it didn't seem like he was joking.
So this topic was eventually passed over by Shi Li .
When we returned to the association, the last round of competition officially began.
There are a total of 200 participants in this round, and opponents are randomly matched, 2 to 1.
When it was Shi Li's turn, it was almost evening.
When I walked onto the stage, my opponent was already waiting.
His opponent is a green-skinned, bald boy with a pair of tentacles on his head, and he is from the Piccolo tribe.
"Player Shi Li, Level 2 poker player."
The Piccolo boy smiled at him.
"Do you know me?"
Shi Li raised his eyebrows.
"Of course, word of your performance spread during lunch break."
“Listed as one of the top 10 players that everyone least wants to meet in this round.”
Piccolo put his hands on his hips.
"Then you are very unlucky."
Shi Li spread his hands.
"No, it's probably because you're unlucky."
"...How did you know that?"
"Because I was listed as one of the top five players I least want to meet."
"It's okay, just lay out the cards."
The so-called one of the top 10 or one of the top 5 were all nominated by some curious contestants out of boredom during lunch break.
Shi Li didn't know about this list, but many players knew about it, so when they found out it was 1/10 versus 1/5, many people rushed over to watch.
Shi Li doesn’t really care about 1/10 or 1/5.
He was curious. Since this person was so arrogant, he wondered if he had the ability to reveal a C-level card at the beginning of the game.
【Protect my companions! 】
Unexpectedly, Piccolo actually revealed a C-level card at the beginning.
I saw a warrior wearing fine steel armor walking out from the light column on the card.
He was not holding a weapon, but instead held a large shield in both hands, the kind that could almost cover his entire body.
【Giant Shield Warrior】
Determined, 25 points, C
Attack 10, 100/100, 0/3
[Heavy Equipment - Passive]: Giant Shield Warrior's attack power -15
[Giant Shield Protection - Passive]: When the Giant Shield Warrior [Defends], the card [Defended] by the team will receive damage -5
"Not bad, not bad."
Shi Li admitted that this card was pretty good.
You can add a damage reduction BUFF to your own team without consuming energy.
However, due to the negative attribute of -15 attack, it cannot be considered a top-quality C-level card.
【Boom boom boom! 】
Then, Piccolo's second card was revealed.
This [Stone Brother] is a 30-point E-level card and is not worth mentioning.
【Ahhh woof! 】
[Ah!]
As for what Shi Li revealed, it was still the combination of [Mortal Dog] + [Strengthened Mortal Beast].
It is a common tactic to unveil a defensive card first, which belongs to the classic iron triangle structure: warrior, mage, and priest.
The so-called warrior, mage and priest refers to a team composed of three elements: the wounded, the output and the healer.
So he quickly made a judgment as to what type of regular cards the opponent would play next.
It should be a recovery card and an attack card.
He already knew what he should do in this round.
Without hesitation, he chose to focus his fire on [Stone Little Brother].
The action round begins, and the first to take action is the [Giant Shield Warrior].
[Protect! Protect everything! ]
He just slammed the shield to the ground with both hands, blocking it right in front of himself.
The priority of [Defense] behavior is very high, even above [Control] and [Attack].
Bang!
As he completed the action, a yellowish-brown halo visible to the naked eye spread out.
When the halo came into contact with [Stone Little Brother], it triggered a circle of small shield-shaped special effects.
(It is indeed a Warrior-Mage-Priest routine . All the cards in the first row are [Defense] to reduce damage.)
(Wait for your own healer and output to be unveiled to form a stable team.)
Shi Li looked at the other party's card movements and understood.
【Ahhh woof! 】
[Ah!]
The zombie dogs and enhanced zombies pounced on it without any hesitation, but as expected, the uneven stone chose to stay where it was and adopted the [Defense ] strategy.
-10, -10
Two very undesirable damage numbers popped up.
[Defense] can originally reduce the damage by half, and with the [Giant Shield Protection] of [Giant Shield Warrior], it can be reduced by another -5.
As a result, his two 30-attack cards only dealt 10 points of damage.
Fortunately, starting from the next round, the 5 points of [Poison] damage from [Mourning Dog] can ignore [Defense].
Combined with the subsequent unveiling, it is expected that this [Stone Little Brother] can be dealt with in 3 rounds.
"You see, my tactical system."
"But even if you knew it, you couldn't crack it."
The first round ended, and Piccolo did not hide his smugness.
"So the next card to be revealed is the healing card."
As a result, Shi Li just asked indifferently.
"I told you that even if you knew it, you couldn't crack it."
Piccolo felt a little unhappy when he was hit by that.
There is no one operating in this card-replacing phase. After both parties have chosen the regular cards they want to reveal, the card-revealing phase officially begins.
【Meow～】
Shi Li was the first to reveal his [Wild Fat Cat].
"Hahahaha! That's it?"
Young Piccolo laughed on the spot.
He lifted up his own covered card and slammed it hard on the table.
Bang!
【Buzz! 】
A glowing wooden cross appears on the card.
Apart from the fact that it glows, it looks pretty ordinary.
It is a D-level card.
【Consecration Cross】
Rage, 30 points, D
Attack 30, 100/100
[Sacrifice - 30 HP]: The cross of enlightenment grants a target 20 [Healing]
"This card is pretty good. It can heal 3 times for a total of 60 health points. Don't underestimate these 60 health points. If you use [Defense] throughout the first row of cards, it will be enough to last for several more rounds."
Shi Li had an occupational disease attack and started commenting while stroking his chin.
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Young Piccolo felt that this man was too calm and couldn't help but feel suspicious.
But after thinking about it, I felt that I had nothing to be afraid of.
After all, the three cards on the opponent's side were mediocre and did not form a complete tactical system like ours.
In fact, just as he expected, after the second round, the situation on the table remained what he wanted to see most.
【Cover】【Cross 70】
【Giant Shield】【Stone 65】
VS
【Mourning Dog】【Forced Mourning】
【Cover】【Orange Cat】
The first row of cards only lost 35 health points, so the blood line is still healthy, which is acceptable for Piccolo Boy.
Even though you are at a slight disadvantage in health now, once the last regular card of the next round is revealed, it will be time to officially start the counterattack.
