Chapter 296 Kira's Assessment
Cana and Lucy actually have a lot in common.
From a magical perspective, cards and protoss both belong to the holding and space systems. After Kana changed to Kira's new card, she gained the label of summoning system. And they themselves are the type with special talents, serious magic consumption, and weak melee ability .
Even in the original work, when cheating, you just use the ultimate move.
Whether it is the "History of the Star Map" that Lucy learned in the Six Demons chapter, or the "Fairy's Glory" that Kana obtained in the Tenrou Island chapter, they are all super magic!
Looking at the entire comic, among the younger generation of wizards, only Laxus can use the same level of "Fairy Law", and even Jellal can't use super magic!
It is said that when Mashima first designed the character of Lucy, one of the drafts was a wizard who used cards to summon celestial spirits, so Kira always felt that Lucy and Cana had an inexplicable bond from the very beginning.
"Strength and luck...how do you want to test it?"
Rao had a deep understanding of Kira's character, but Kana was still relieved when she heard that he didn't intend to stop him completely with strength.
“It’s very simple!”
Kira suddenly sat down, then waved his right hand, and the space around him tore apart, revealing a dark storage space. He reached in and rummaged around, finally taking out a set of exquisite cards.
"Let's play cards!"
In Kira's opinion, cards are undoubtedly one of the things that can best test "luck" and "strength"!
"Play...play cards?" Looking at the deck of cards in Kira's hand, Kana was confused. "When playing cards, luck should play a big part, right? And how do you measure strength? Is it to test calculation ability?"
Unlike Cana's hesitation, Lucy was delighted: " Playing cards is better than using force to decide the outcome... There's a chance! I'm very lucky!"
That’s true!
Kira complained silently, beckoned them to sit down, and then explained the rules: "The rules are simple, each person controls a character, and the character will generate corresponding skills based on the user's own strength. Take this, you can inject magic into it and your character will appear!"
Cana and Lucy took the character cards handed over by Kira and injected magic power as instructed. In an instant, their respective portraits suddenly appeared on the originally blank cards, with red and blue values on the upper left and right sides, and the character's skill bar at the bottom.
"The red value represents physical strength, and the blue value represents magic power. Magic power is consumed to activate 'magic'. When physical strength reaches zero, it means the character is dead."
Cana and Lucy each focused their attention on their respective characters, which read:
【Character: Kana】
[Life: 4]
[Magic: 4]
【Skill
Drunkard: Locked skill, discard all cards in hand at the end of the round.
Sober Up: After you receive damage outside of your turn, draw cards of the corresponding number of points.
Card Master: Once during the card-playing phase, you can discard any number of cards and redraw the corresponding number of cards.
Summoning a monster: Consume 3 mana points and summon a random monster.
PS: The monster can resist attacks for you until its life is reduced to zero. When you use the monster's skills, remove the monster. 】
"What is this?" Kana complained while looking at her own cards. "What's up with this [Drunkard]? Is this considered a skill?"
Kira replied: "That's a skill I designed based on each person's personality! Only a few people have it. You should be thankful that your characteristic of 'drinking' is so distinct that you have two more skills!"
Kana laughed out of anger: "Then I really have to thank you!"
Kira pretended not to understand her sarcasm: "You're welcome! By the way, this deck has four types of cards, in addition to the character cards , they are:
Equipment Card: After equipping, you can gain equipment skills. Each character has an equipment slot;
Item Card: A non-consumable special function card. Each character has one item slot.
Magic cards: They require mana, and cannot be used if there is insufficient mana;
Basic cards: divided into three types: attack, defense, and recovery. When you are attacked, you need to play 'Defense', otherwise you lose 1 life point; using 'Recovery', you can choose to restore 1 life point or magic point, but it cannot exceed the upper limit.
After explaining the card types, Kira said to the two people who were checking their skills: " The rules of the game are as follows: who will act first will be decided by rock-paper-scissors, and then they will take turns in a clockwise direction. Each person starts with 4 cards in hand."
"A round consists of a card drawing phase (2 cards), a card playing phase (using skills and playing cards), and a card discard phase (cards in hand cannot exceed life). If life reaches zero, the character dies. By the way, when dying, you can seek 'recovery' from everyone in turn. If someone saves you, you can continue the game."
Kana has more than ten years of experience in playing cards and can be said to be an expert in this area. No matter what type of cards it is, she can familiarize herself with and utilize the rules in a short time.
After listening to Kira's explanation, she only thought about it for half a minute before she suddenly understood. She then asked Kira to confirm: "It doesn't sound difficult! Besides this, are there any other rules to follow in this game?"
This is finding game loopholes!
"Hehe... What a sinister fellow!"
Kira thought for a moment and replied, "Everyone's unplayed cards must be kept secret, and no communication in this regard is allowed! Other than that, both character skills and card skills are public!"
Kana was stunned: "Then can we also see each other's skills?"
"Of course!" Kira agreed happily, "This game is more fun when you know everyone's skills and card types!"
Hearing this, Lucy also looked at her role card:
【Character: Lucy】
[Life: 4]
[Magic: 4]
【Skill:
Useless Seduction: Whenever you are damaged by a male character, make a judgment. If the result is a "magic card", the damage received is -1.
Summoning Star Spirits: During the card-playing phase, you can consume a little magic power to randomly summon a character, called a "Star Spirit"; at the beginning of the round, you lose a little magic power for each Star Spirit you have. If you do not have enough magic power, you will need to discard the corresponding number of Star Spirits; you can remove Star Spirits at any time.
Star Spirit Drive: When you summon a star spirit, you gain one of its skills (except limited skills and awakening skills), which can be changed at the beginning and end of the round;
Calling Old Friends: Awakening Skill. At the beginning of the round, if your mana and star spirits are not less than 3, you will discard all star spirits and consume 3 points of mana to summon the "Star Spirit King". The Star Spirit King will consume 3 points of mana at the beginning of the round. If the mana is insufficient, it will be removed without consuming any mana.
Star Chart History: Limited skill, consumes all magic power, and causes a total of corresponding points of damage to any character. 】
"You bastard! What do you mean by useless seduction?!"
Seeing her own skills, Lucy instantly became furious and threw the cards in her hand at Kira.
Kira quickly dodged, "I heard from Happy and Natsu, what's wrong, isn't this very realistic?"
"These two guys! Wait until I get back to deal with them!!"
Knowing that this was not the right time, Lucy suppressed her anger and asked, "What about the 'Star Spirit King'? What are the skills of this 'Star Spirit King'?"
But Kira refused to answer this question: "Sorry, I can't tell you this for now! Anyway, the awakening skill will be triggered as long as the conditions are met. You can't choose not to activate it just because you don't want it! How powerful is the 'Star Spirit King'? You will know it when he is summoned!"
"So, the timing of the trigger is important? It really is a test of 'luck'!"
In terms of IQ, Lucy has a considerable innate advantage, so she quickly understood the rules of the game; and in terms of luck, as the "real protagonist" of the original work, she is also superior.
Not to mention anything else, just in this assessment in the original time and space, they met Philid and Bigusro, the only ones who would go easy on them. Otherwise, if they met anyone else, they would not be able to pass this level at all.
"One more thing. Since this is Kana's test, we will use the '2 on 1 mode' and the 'main and deputy mode'! That means, you two fight against me one; and once Kana's character dies, the game ends immediately; on the contrary, if my character dies, you win!"
Just as Kira continued to explain the assessment rules, Kana suddenly said, "Wait! You just said that this is a dual assessment of 'strength' and 'luck'. I understand what you mean by luck, but what about strength?"
"Strength? Strength is generated based on your own strength, the life, magic power and skills of the character card! Of course, there is also calculation ability!"
Kira said as he showed the two his character card: "By the way, this is my character, you guys should familiarize yourself with it first!"
