Soul of Burning Steel

In the evening, a man was walking on the avenue in the west side of Moldavia. He was wearing a large black trench coat and a jazz hat. Under the shadow of the brim of the hat, he could vaguely see the rigid face lines.

Since the West District underwent a large-scale expansion in 833, it has become an officially planned high-end commercial area. Here, there are the most sophisticated magic workshops, the most gorgeous gem jewelry, and the most advanced magic power. Armed, countless adventurers and factories supply blood to these bustling streets, as long as you have gold coins, you can buy almost everything here.

The man is very familiar with the West District. He walks slowly along the wide street, which is very different from those hurrying pedestrians. Even the guards patrolling the streets seemed to be unable to see this unusually tall gentleman. This man was a little accustomed to this, but stopped from time to time to look at the business conditions of the surrounding shops.

"It's pretty hot."

He stood in front of an alchemy shop mainly engaged in enchanting services and selling alchemy jewelry. He watched the line line up nearly a hundred meters along the street with the help of the shop assistant. With so many people buying it, it seems that the people are indeed rich.”

It can be seen that many people in the team look at their clothes, and they seem to be ordinary civilians. Some of them have children, and some seem to be men and women walking together. Men's hearing can cover the entire city, and they can naturally hear some of them. Whispering.

"Dad, I want to buy that red gemstone pendant!"

"Is it red? Two hundred and seventy-five gold coins... yes, today is your birthday, but you can only choose one."

"Honey, I didn't expect there would be so many people today, thank you for waiting with me, I would have come to line up by myself if I knew it..."

"Hmph, good to know, actually let me stand with you, idiot, for half an hour, you come to clean up this weekend!"

"But haven't I always been the one to do the cleaning?"

"Whispering!"

The man nodded slightly. Ordinary residents of Moldavia can buy jewelry worth nearly 300 gold coins without hesitation. This level of spending power is almost the same as that of the Central District of Redwood City, or Sanshandi. From this point of view, we can know that the development of the territory is very good.

He left here and continued walking along the avenue.

On both sides of the avenue, there are brand-new pyroxene lamps emitting bright light, and not far away, the light prism tower with a height of about twelve floors is rotating its top grid-shaped energy storage structure, Provide remote power supply to all the magic machines around. Of course, this kind of service is not free. The Light Prism Tower will collect the energy data it transmits, and then send a "magic fee" bill to each household who has turned on the Magic Mechanism every month. The mana supply was deactivated after a month.

The man was naturally Joshua. He passed by shops, including a pet store that bought and sold monster eggs, a security company that hired security personnel, a raw material shop that bought and sold magic plants and monster materials, and even an auction house. ——It is next door to a pawn shop and the official bank of Moldavia, which can be said to be a one-stop service for lending, pawning, and auctioning.

However, the most popular one is the original ecological herbal medicine store that obviously has the style of elf druids, and the reason is very simple. Its products have energy potions that can treat hair loss, strengthen yang, and claim to have no side effects. Many middle-aged people can see People go in and out of it anxiously.

Even though night has begun, the number of people on the streets of the West District has not decreased, and even more and more, and at the corner of the street, several closed stores have also lit up their magic signs, which are stores that are specially opened at night. shop.

Seeing his territory develop to this point, Joshua is naturally relieved. Although he has never managed any specific matters, everyone must admit that 70% of Moldavia's prosperity is based on his In terms of strength, if it weren't for a legendary strong man, it is absolutely impossible for this small city in the Northland to develop to this point in just a few years.

However, compared to the prosperous business, what Joshua cared more about was the information terminal that almost everyone had on the street.

"Hello? I'm on Yinghuo Avenue in the West District, oh, I'll go there later."

"Let me tell you that the potion is really effective. This time I will also bring you a copy, brother. Don't say I am not mean enough."

"Hey, if I don't have money, I don't want to pawn this family heirloom sword..."

A series of spiritual ripples spread in mid-air, which was the aftermath caused by the transmission of information from the spiritual terminal into the magic network server. Joshua did not intend to eavesdrop on other people's privacy, but in terms of his strength, as long as ordinary people don't put their heads Letting go, usually just the fluctuation of mental power formed by thinking is enough for him to listen to everything.

Although it is said that the information terminal, as a magical tool jointly developed by Joshua and Barnier, was the first to be popularized in Moldavia, due to its high price, the soldiers did not think that there would be many people at first. However, judging from the pedestrians on West End Avenue, most of them have information terminals.

But this is also normal - Joshua suddenly remembered the group of people who bought jewelry before. The purchasing power of ordinary people is already so high. If he still thinks at the level of a long time ago, he will naturally make mistakes. What's more, regardless of the function, just look at the appearance, the information terminal is also a beautiful gem, and the color can be chosen at will. In a sense, it may not be an epoch-making magical creation in the eyes of ordinary people, but is a special luxury.

"Perhaps we should talk to Israel and the others."

If you buy blood to make money, even if you don't know how to use it, you will still be able to guarantee that you will not lose money. Good things like information terminals may be more popular than he thought.

But Joshua came here today, but he didn't just come here to observe the night life of the people of Moldavia... In fact, he came to the West District with a very common but also very helpless purpose.

That is to find someone.

"It's almost here."

Standing in front of a rather low-key decorated bar at the corner of the street, Joshua looked up at the bar's name 'Furnace and Fire'. He sensed a little and confirmed that his target was indeed in it, and then stepped into the bar. in.

The interior of the bar is very lively, because it is located at the corner of the border between the West and East districts. Many people want to take a break after work, adventure missions or long shopping, and the Forge Tavern can provide them with this service. See, apart from groups of adventurers in the lobby who are chatting and laughing loudly, the cubicle is also full of laughter. Of course, there are also guys who are drinking because of certain things, and service staff rush over from time to time , From the cubicle, recite some guys who have been drunk and are cursing some nonsense, and put them into the rest area behind the tavern.

But Joshua didn't care about such small things. His eyes focused on the area on the edge of the tavern, but it was very lively. There, there were rows of goblin card tables, and many people were drinking with Friends were having a card duel, and besides humans, there were also dwarf elves. Joshua even saw an elf lady who was obviously a ranger fighting a certain dwarf craftsman. The two looked relaxed and exchanged a few words from time to time. It's a good pastime.

But dwarves and elves are not a special landscape for Mycroft Continent. After all, the three races have lived together for thousands of years. The core cities of elves next to the Eternal Lake have a human settlement rate of 21%. There will never be no dwarf elves living, so the most conspicuous thing is not the pointed ears and beard, but a pair of straight, sharp dragon horns, and in the center of the two dragon horns, a light ball that is jingling happily.

The black dragon girl held the ball of light, such a strange scene did not attract many people to watch, it seems that she should be a familiar face here... Thinking of this, Joshua approached slowly, intending to see what Hei was doing .

What else can I do? Playing cards of course!

"This round, I discard a card and activate the special effect of 'White Dragon Knight', causing 3 points of damage to your 'Great Winged Demon'."

The calm voice of the black dragon girl can be heard. At this time, Hei has completely devoted himself to the game of fairy cards, and her opponent, a... Huh?

Joshua blinked. He had been paying attention to Hei just now, and he didn't pay attention to the opponent opposite him. However, this dragon horn and tail wagging slightly behind him, although his temperament seems to be different from before... But it's not Lisa? She also came to the bar to play fairy cards? No, she is underage, how can she enter the bar?

But Joshua also knows that this is a world with magic and alien races after all, no matter how good the bartenders are, it is impossible to guess the ages of two girls with dragon horns who obviously have dragon blood. The same is not reliable.

A duel between two dragon girls? Interesting. Thinking of this, Joshua gave up the idea of ​​going directly to take Hei away. Instead, he quietly stood behind the black dragon girl to see how the other party played.

"Dingling... Dingling?!"

But at this moment, Xiaoguang discovered Joshua's arrival—after all, the light ball didn't turn around, it was a 360-degree angle of view, and ignored Joshua's ability to reduce his own sense of existence, but Xiaoguang But he saw Joshua raised his finger and made a silent gesture, so he immediately stopped speaking, and then shrank slightly.

Of course, neither Hei nor Lisa noticed Joshua's arrival. The two sides were fighting fiercely, and it was difficult to be distracted.

Black used a set of dragon warrior decks with card discarding and elimination as the main core. Various creatures have special effects achieved by discarding cards, while Lisa used a set of mid-term demon mages who dominated the scene The deck can quickly expand the advantage of the scene through the chain summoning of demon spells, and then crush the opponent to death in a wave.

The two sides just met each other at the same time, and the match was very hot. Whenever Lisa was about to organize a wave of big scenes to press in, Black could always clear the field with various supermodel group magic attacks that ignored the enemy and us, but The problem is exactly this. Black's deck seems to have only solution, and there is no way to counterattack or win at all.

Because both the summoning and the solution are basically very fast, the goblin card table shows its excellent magic projection function in each special effect, and the cost of both parties quickly reached ten mana - at this time, with Lisa's voice Sneering, she played the core finishing method of her demon deck, 'Ultimate Sacrifice'.

[Ultimate Sacrifice, 10 fees, Mage White Crystal Epic)]

[Destroy all your summoned creatures, lose 8 HP, summon a demon with 8 HP and 8 attacks, randomly resurrect two demons from your graveyard, randomly summon two demons from your hand, and randomly summon two demons from your card. Randomly recruit two demons in the group]

【—The price this time is my soul. 】

After Lisa's hero's HP increased to 30, a red 8-reduction effect appeared, and a magic circle that looked like blood mixed with lava appeared on her half. All the remaining blood creatures that had attacked on the field were destroyed, the magic circle rotated, and a fiery gale suddenly blew up. Two cards in Lisa's hand, the graveyard, and the deck lit up at the same time, and then the seven-headed demon summoned creatures In this way, he appeared on the field in the heat of hell!

Filling the scene in an instant, although the cost is high, can be fully compensated by the special effects of the summoned demons. I saw that the demons on Lisa's field taunted, charged, and recovered. Although some of them were miscellaneous fish, they were not harmful.

Boom! With the charging ability of the 'Scorched Prison Balrog' making a direct attack on Hei, and Lisa's hero himself attacking with a weapon, after a total of 9 points of damage were caused, Hei's HP was only 12 points, and The total attack power of Lisa's summoned creatures exceeds 30 points. Even if Hei's life is full, if he can't clear the field, he will definitely lose in the next round.

"Humph!"

This should have been an extremely desperate scene, but Hei had no intention of admitting defeat at all. She snorted and showed a mysterious expression: "This ultimate sacrifice of yours is from the new version package 'Myriad Realms Void'." Right? The new card pack was just launched yesterday, and now a new card group has been built, tell me, how much did you spend?"

"Let's take care of it, I can afford it!"

At this time, Lisa said rather rudely: "You will lose in the next round, so what are you talking about!"

This is different from Lisa who is usually approachable and gentle in dealing with others. Joshua had a strange feeling in his heart again, but he was too lazy to care about such trivial matters. The soldier looked at Hei curiously, wanting to know how the other party would wipe out Lisa's summoned creatures.

"Hey, I also bought a new card pack... And, I got the card I wanted the most."

And just when Lisa decided to end the round, the black dragon girl raised her mouth, her pretty face was full of a smug smile: "The most important thing is, this card is specially for monsters like you!"

"Feel sorry!"

After clicking the 'Sorry' voice button, Hei randomly drew a card, then chose a card in his hand, and played without hesitation: "This time, I won!"

boom! With the sound of low magic vibration, after Hei played this card, the half field belonging to her instantly turned into raging burning ruins and scorched earth. The red flame ignited the earth, just like igniting a piece of parchment, making everything They all became charred black, and then turned into ashes, and right in the middle of the flames, the shadow of a black-haired warrior appeared on the field like this!

Buzzing, the low humming vibrated the audience, and suddenly, whether it was Lisa or Hei, all the summoned creatures on both sides lost all their affixes and special effects in an instant, and the weapons of both sides were also burning with flames. It turned into nothing, and gloomy dark clouds shrouded the heads of all the summoned creatures, and a big minus 8 appeared! On Lisa's own health, a steel shield appeared, with a big number 8 on it.

[Hessian Exterminator Radcliffe (Warrior Legend)]

[10 fee, 8 attack, 10 life]

[Descent: Silence all units on both sides, destroy all weapons on both sides, the attack of all summoned creatures will drop by 8, and you will gain 8 points of armor]

[Chain: If both sides have summoned creatures on the field, then both sides will not be able to summon creatures]

[Curtain call: put two 'Heavenly Wasteland' into the hands of both heroes]

[This card cannot directly attack the opponent's hero. Whenever an enemy creature is destroyed by this card's attack, it will cause damage equal to the card's attack power minus the enemy creature's attack power]

【——The forest howls, the monsters howl, despair, because the silent destroyer is approaching. 】

The black-haired warrior stood in midair, gray clouds gathered high in the sky, the black forest and the earth floated into the air and burned, and there were countless monsters in their terrified eyes.

[Heavenly Wasteland, Legendary Curse, Unable to be Played]

[At the end of each round, 3 points of life will be lost]

【——Here is the scorched earth after the destruction. 】

In the burning wasteland, Lisa was dumbfounded—none of her summoned creatures had an attack power over 8. After being reduced by the Hessian Exterminator, all of them immediately returned to zero! And all creatures lose their special effects, which means that neither taunt nor reply has any effect, these are blank slates!

"End the round." Hei looked at his opponent's expression and ended his round with a smile. Although the Hessian Exterminator has powerful special effects, it will be the next round to launch an attack.

If this continues, he will have to wait for the Hessian Exterminator to attack him, and then execute him Ling Chi! Even though she thought so, Lisa was not helpless. She gritted her teeth and threw a card with trembling hands: "I launch the Void Vortex!"

[Void maelstrom, neutral spell, 10 charges, destroys all creatures, amulets, weapons]

【——The cemetery of the world is the vortex of nothingness】

Immediately, a huge vortex effect like a galaxy swept across the audience on both sides. Immediately, all the demons on the field, whether it was the Hessian Exterminator Mage Lisa, disappeared completely, and the four cards were also extinct with Hessian The player's card is destroyed and entered into the hands of both players.

"Woo! End this round."

Immediately, the two effects of 'Heavenly Wasteland' were activated, and Lisa's HP decreased by 6. She glanced at the curse card in her hand, and then glanced at it, even if the Hessian Destroyer was destroyed. His face was indifferently dark, and he suddenly thought of something, and then his complexion changed suddenly.

"Hey, that's right!"

When it was her turn, the black dragon girl showed an intriguing smile, and she casually threw out a card: "I summon the 'Awakening Black Dragon' to end this round!"

[Awakened Black Dragon (Warrior Gold Rare)]

[6 fee, 4 attack, 4 life, ridicule]

[Discard all your cards, each card +1+1]

【—The sleeping dragon will finally open its eyes】

There are not many cards in Black's hand, including the wasteland of the sky and only 5 cards drawn this round, but even so, the awakened black dragon piled up to the point of 9 health and 9 attacks, but even so, it was scary enough —— Lisa, who didn't have many cards in her hand, thought for a while, then clicked Surrender.

"I'll admit it this time, I lost." The dragon girl curled her lips, and said a little sourly: "I didn't draw a legendary card."

"Haha, I won!"

After winning a game, the black dragon girl suddenly laughed arrogantly, and just when she was about to continue speaking, a hand gently pressed on her shoulder, and patted with a familiar force, causing the black face to suddenly change .

"It was a lot of fun."

This hand slid down and wrapped around the black dragon girl's slender waist, Joshua bent down, put his head over Hei's shoulder, and whispered in the other's ear: "Number 3 said she was very angry because she didn't come home for dinner. "

"This...Master, listen to my explanation!"

Although she was treated so intimately by Joshua, the black dragon girl was shocked. Not only did she not have any thoughts, her body even trembled with her voice: "Well, there is a reason for everything! Yes, a friend invited me My offline party duel or something..."

After speaking, the black dragon girl immediately raised her hand, pointed to the opposite side, and said righteously: "Yes, she asked me to play cards! I really want to exercise myself, but in order not to lose face of the Lord's Mansion, so... …Eh?"

Hei looked at the empty seat and was suddenly stunned.

When Joshua appeared on the stage, Lisa, who was originally opposite the black dragon girl, disappeared quietly, as if melting into the air, but the next moment, Lisa, who had already run out of the tavern, was breathing a sigh of relief In front of him, a tall figure immediately appeared.

"Why are you running?"

That was Joshua with Hei in his armpit. The soldier looked at his student and said curiously: "It's not that I won't let you play games, it's just that Hei skipped class and didn't go home for dinner—" —Although you are all underage, you are already grown-up children with self-control, as long as you don’t drink alcohol, it’s no big deal to go to bars, after all, I’m an enlightened guardian... Lisa?”

After Joshua appeared, Lisa, who knew she had no hope of escape, kept her head down and said nothing. This immediately aroused Joshua's suspicion—you know, from the very beginning, Lisa's behavior was very serious. It's strange, she doesn't look like the usual girl at all... And if what Hei said is true, then the one who took the initiative to ask Hei this time is actually a dragon girl who doesn't use the information terminal very much?

This is a bit strange.

Thinking of this, Joshua took a step forward, wanting to take a closer look at the other party's situation, but when the soldier's heart became serious, the vision of steel, which could see through everything, naturally turned to him. Everything is placed in its own observation.

Therefore, Joshua opened his eyes wide, and said incredulously, "Wait?"

"syndicate?"

Don't say the title is rubbed, and the powerful title Little Fairy doesn't know, anyway, a new version will be released in the future. Didn't Bahamut of Shadow Poetry reappear in the environment—and the five words are also It is convenient for me to count the words.

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