Free Web NovelChapter 43: Chapter 20: Nova Comprehensive Competition_2
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With the transmission completed, his panel made a crisp sound of coins, and he indeed gained 1000 cube coins.
"Try this one too."
Tasting the sweetness, he took out the [Kung-Fu Sheep Lady].
"Alright, please wait."
[Beep!]
"Wow! The price for this card is 3000 cube coins from the head office!"
"This is one of the top 10 valuable C-Rank formulas I’ve ever seen!"
The clerk was also shocked.
"3000?"
At this, Ree Shil was also taken aback.
Strictly speaking, he also thought that [Kung-Fu Sheep Lady] was more valuable than [Giant Zombie Beast].
There was a gap, but it wasn’t that big.
After all, this was just a formula for a C-Class Card, and wasn’t 3000 cube coins too much?
"Hold on."
With this card, Ree Shil went to a few shops next door to compare prices, and quickly returned.
The other shops offered prices between 2100 and 2500, and indeed the price here was the highest.
Could it be that the head office’s technical staff is a fan of the Fortune Charm?
In the blink of an eye, 4000 cubic coins were in his hands.
As the saying goes, Alcohol begets heroism and money begets courage. Ree Shil’s confidence was boosted.
"Excuse me, please bring out the highest level materials in your shop."
"Alright, but the highest level materials in our shop are B-Class, and the cheapest ones are over 10,000 too."
"... then forget it, just show me the D-class materials."
After some screening, Ree Shil chose one D-Level material and added the [Wind Elemental Power Assistance] card to it.
Then, to the exclusive store next door, he selected several fusion material cards that could be used.
He fused them all into the[Iron stick]and [Water Sprinkler Truck], but the cards’ information didn’t change, it should have just increased their effects as equipment cards in the Instance.
This trip cost 4500+ cubic coins, and his total assets fell to exactly 1000 cubic coins.
That was enough for a[LV2 Cooldown Potion], but he didn’t buy one right away. Instead, he headed into the Association Headquarters.
Otherwise, it might be too late and the Association would close for the day.
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On the other side, it was the same office room again.
"Hehehehe~"
The middle-aged man looked at the formula he had just bought using his special privileges, and laughed foolishly.
Fortunately, there was no one else in the office, or they would be surprised to see such a seemingly cold guy having such a wretched side.
In fact, most people in the company didn’t know that he wasn’t married and had no partner.
His biggest hobby was paper figurine wives.
"I didn’t expect to receive such a formula, it’s really worth it."
"So a female kung fu fighter + sheep card can result in a Sheep Lady."
"Let me give it a try!"
As he spoke, he pulled out two cards.
[Take my slash!]
On the face of one card, a projection of a beautiful woman in light armor wielding a long knife emerged.
C-class card, [Greatsword Female Soldier].
[Baaa~~~!]
The projection on the other card was a tall sheepman holding a sickle.
C-class card, [Sheep Temple Guardian].
He pulled the curtains, turned off the office lights, and created an atmosphere that felt more exciting.
"Come out, my Sheep Lady!"
Both hands clapped, and there was a flash of golden light in the office.
Indeed, the formula was effective.
Both cards fused together smoothly, forming a brand new card.
However, "for reference" was, after all, just "for reference".
The fusion result seemed to have gone a bit awry.
[Baaa~~~~~!]
"No! Why is it a Sheep Head Lady instead of a Sheep Lady?!"
The ordinary man exclaimed.
"However... it doesn’t seem that it’s not okay, hehehehehe... "
But he smiled again.
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As before, there were not too many people in the Association.
This time, Ree Shil didn’t have to go to the window again, but instead walked to the self-service machine.
First, he put his card player license on the sensing area.
Then he waited for the scanning head on the self-service machine to scan over his body.
[Congratulations on becoming an LV2 card player]
When retrieving the license, the text on it had changed to LV2.
"Let me see, recently there’ve been some suitable competitions."
He began tapping the touchscreen.
Card-playing competitions are very prevalent in this world. Like in this Tier-3 city he lives in, there’s basically a decent-sized competition every few months.
He recalls that when he registered last time, the receptionist sister had said there was one suitable for Level 1~Level 10 players coming up.
"Found it, it should be this one."
On the city’s homepage, he indeed found the announcement in the most eye-catching spot.
He then read it out softly.
"The competition is called... Nova Championships."
"Comprehensive competition?"
"Each round may use different rules like 2+1, 3+1, 4+1; and they even have to enter an instance game as a team?"
"Competing players need at least 7 cards, because the finals are a 6+1 format."
"Card player level: determined at the time of registration."
"Level 1 - Level 5 card players need to participate in preliminaries."
"Before the instance game, you must have 1 dungeon entry opportunity prepared?"
Reading up to this point, he thought to himself that it’s a good thing he hasn’t bought the Level 2 Cooldown Potion yet, or else that would be a waste.
"Based on the rankings, the event will reward winners accordingly."
"There’s plenty of prizes, including generous amounts of cubic coins, hordes of material cards, and keys to high-quality instances."
"Junior card players who meet the conditions are encouraged to enthusiastically sign up."
He had to admit that this was quite tempting.
It was just that Level 2 players needed to participate in the preliminaries, and they still had to enter the instance game later on. These two points were unexpected.
After thinking it over, he took out his phone and called Straw Man.
"Hey, did you wake up already?"
"It’s almost time for dinner."
"There’s a Junior Championship event coming up, and I’m thinking of signing up. Are you in?"
"Fine, don’t join if you don’t want to, no need to curse." freeweɓnøvel.com
After hanging up on Straw Man’s call, he dialed Mossy Mushroom’s number.
"Hey, did you get off work yet?"
"What? You’re working overtime?"
"Huh? How did you know I was calling to ask you to sign up?"
"Some other receptionists also signed up, so the supervisor won’t approve your leave?"
"What a dreadful job, you should quit."
"Well, I, of course, can’t support you."
He shrugged his shoulders helplessly after hanging up on Mossy Mushroom’s call.
"Seems like you can sign up on the self-service machine here. Let’s check."
It looked like he would be participating in this comprehensive competition alone.
Scrolling through the page, he quickly found the registration link at the bottom.
Swipe card player’s license, face verification, registration success.
Several lines of new information popped up.
[Welcome to your registration, Contestant No. 3272]
"Gosh, there are that many people signed up?"
[Your first preliminary match will be scheduled on x month x day, which is 2 days from now]
[Please arrive at the venue beforehand to sign in]
"2 days, that’s neither too much nor too little."
"Looks like I’ll need to prepare properly, though there’s not much to prepare."
[The preliminaries will last for 5 days]
[After successfully qualifying, the finals will be held on x month x day]
[Both the preliminaries and final rounds will be held at the Association Headquarters]
"If I pass the preliminaries, I can rest for another 2 days."
At that moment, his phone rang.
Pulling it out, he saw that it was his supervisor.
"Hey, boss."
"This instance trip was pretty smooth, thank you."
After exchanging pleasantries, the supervisor on the other side got straight to the point.
It was simple, he asked him to go to work.
But the boss seemed polite since he’d just heard the neighboring miscellaneous worker supervisor call Straw Man and got cursed at.
Ree Shil: "Alright, I’ll go in to work for two days, starting tomorrow."
Supervisor: "??? Just two days?"
Ignoring his supervisor’s confusion, he hung up the phone: "Mushroom People sell us out like this, eh. Guess next time I skip work, I’ll need to tie him up at home too."
But working means working, after all, he hasn’t responded to many missed calls from his regular clients these past few days.
At this point, those clients were more like friends, so it was not good in the end to not show up for work.
Since he had to work tomorrow, Ree Shil’s mood was a little down.
He was about to put his phone in his pocket and leave, but before he could turn around, a hand reached over from behind and touched his shoulder.
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