CHAPTER 19: CHAPTER 19: THE MASTER OF THUNDER DECIDES TO BACK DOWN

Looking at the prompt on the dueling device to add a blank card, Shen Sui once again marveled at Alice’s talent.

He also sighed over his wallet; 500 yuan per blank card, buying twenty would be 10,000 yuan, and the money he just pocketed was going to be spent again.

However, this should count as an investment.

After all, if some cards are really useless, he could just sell them.

Shen Sui’s gaze lingered briefly on the [Vivian’s Matchbox].

Vivian Yimiti, the main character in the "Dawn Link" Twilight of the Gods storyline. When Shen Sui met her, she was selling matches on the icy streets of a city, a beautiful girl with red hair and scarlet eyes, dressed in tattered clothes, moving among the crowds, desperately hoping people would buy a box of matches so she could purchase winter supplies.

Who would have thought that such a hopeless girl from the bottom would one day stir up the twilight of the gods’ downfall.

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Card Name: [Vivian’s Matchbox]

Category: Equipment Spell Card

Star Level: 10 Stars

Effect: Equipped followers cannot be released. When either side’s followers are released on the field, you can trigger one of the following effects:

① Draw a card from your deck;

② Choose a Life Card from your banished or graveyard and return it to your deck;

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Release, similar to Yu-Gi-Oh, is also part of the Life Card Duel rules. However, unlike Yu-Gi-Oh where release summons higher-level monsters, in Life Card Duel, release is used to free up slots and recover costs.

During the Life Card Master’s turn, they can release followers on the field to gain costs equal to the follower’s star level.

Therefore, even though the rules of major tournaments in Life Card Duel provide only 16 Soul Points, many decks can still have enough costs to develop because they gain extra Soul Points through special summons and releases.

Since it’s game rules, normal resistance naturally cannot be immune to it.

But so far, Shen Sui had not seen any effects or followers that needed to release the opponent’s followers as a cost to activate or summon.

Ah, indeed, I should use this opportunity to print some follower cards for the opponent to release strong followers.

His gaze fell on [Fish King Paiyiga], well, after I buy some blank cards, I’ll come back and modify your effects.

Turtles and fish kings are both in the water, so having similar effects is reasonable.

Having gained the favor of the Spring Fish King, under the awe of opening Claude’s Treasure Box, Alice naturally became the leader of the villains present.

Although Shen Sui didn’t quite want to accept this fact, he had to admit that the process was very reasonable—except for the fact that his treasure box became a landmark point for criminals he couldn’t quite understand.

At least for now, Alice’s performance is relatively normal; becoming the leader of the villains is just an accident; Alice’s main intention was still to open that treasure box.

Shen Sui breathed a sigh of relief and began seriously considering whether to spend money subscribing to the program that would make the dueling device emit a harvest sound effect.

This treasure box opening was very impressive, allowing Shen Sui to acquire a batch of Spell Cards. After choosing some cards to fill his deck, the rest could be sold.

Every time he opened the dueling device and saw Alice suddenly causing a ruckus, anyone would be overwhelmed.

Am I being too lenient? It’s time to carry out some ideological education.

Dawn Continent is really "dangerous"!

Shen Sui thought, scrolling to the bottom of the homepage to check the latest Soul Card information.

It’s good that Alice found an identity to blend into the City of Sin; it at least prevented her from causing trouble under Derrodel’s nose trying to enter the city.

Poof!

Shen Sui’s gaze caught the latest information, and the water he was drinking sprayed out directly.

[Alice absorbed the magic crystal from the storage box, and Alice’s magic power was enhanced.]

[Alice passed by a village, encountering the Knights of the Thunder Lord collecting penance fees.]

[The Knights burned villagers’ houses and seized their goods, accusing them of disrespecting the Thunder Lord.]

[Alice recalled her own hometown destroyed by the Thunder Lord’s church, assessed both sides’ strengths, and decided to retaliate.]

Wait a second? What’s your strength now, that you decided to retaliate! Alice, be reasonable!

[Alice announced a grand act of villainy dedicated to the great God of Sin, and the villains enthusiastically decided to follow.]

[Alice declared they would follow and destroy the Thunder Knights’ church, exciting the villains immensely.]

[Destroy the Thunder Lord’s church! In the name of the God of Sin, Derrodel!]

[Ding! You’ve acquired a Spell Card: In the Name of God]

[The group followed the Knights to Enlin City.]

[Alice used arson on the Enlin City’s Thunder Lord Church.]

[Alice led the villains in a fierce battle against the Thunder Knights.]

Shen Sui couldn’t even be bothered to wipe the water stains off his bed, placing his hands on the dueling device, ready to input commands at any time.

On Dawn Continent, the gods’ dignity is inviolable; they watch over every church under their name. In the previous life game, whenever Shen Sui wanted to challenge the gods, he’d set fire to their churches, which absolutely triggered a BOSS battle every time.

So when Alice destroyed the church, Shen Sui knew this would certainly draw the attention of the Master of Thunder.

But it doesn’t matter.

Shen Sui’s gaze carried a piercing coldness.

In the previous life game, I felt that these gods did not act like humans (though gods aren’t humans, to begin with?), and now, with Dawn Continent as a real world, Shen Sui became even more displeased with the gods’ deeds.

They used divine formats to block mortals’ ascent to the 15th tier; they monopolized the interpretation of extraordinary power through the church; they sealed the upward path to surpass classes through bloodline rules for mortals.

As long as the gods exist, Dawn Continent remains a superficially prosperous world that is actually stagnant.

Come on! Let me see how much you’ve improved after a thousand years, Master of Thunder.

In the next moment, the dueling device emitted a sharp alarm.

[Alice’s actions angered the Master of Thunder, who turned his gaze toward it.]

[The Master of Thunder wanted to deliver divine punishment.]

[Suddenly! The Master of Thunder noticed the light of the Star Magic Array on Alice and recalled unpleasant memories.]

[Claude! It’s Claude!]

[Fear arose in the Master of Thunder’s heart.]

[He decided to retreat.]

[Alice successfully destroyed the Enlin Thunder Lord Church, and no divine punishment descended.]

[The villains believed this was the blessing of the God of Sin, Derrodel, affirming that Alice is a blessed saintess of Derrodel; they grew even more reverent towards Alice.]

[Alice’s deeds spread across the Dawn Continent through communication magic, and people learned about the Flame Witch Hozerville’s achievements.]

[Ding! Your Soul Card has gained a new form: Flame Witch Hozerville]

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Card Name: [Flame Witch Hozerville] (Form Transformation)

Category: Follower Card

Star Level: 3 Stars

Effect: Once per turn, during your main phase, you can choose two Spell Cards from your graveyard to return to your deck, then release one follower on the opponent’s field, and special summon a 3-star 1200 Spirit Value Flame Element derivative on the opponent’s field.

Spirit Value: 1000

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