Free Web NovelChapter 57: Chapter 27: Come Again Next Year_2
After all, this is a thankless task. If the results are not satisfactory, the reputation of the Card Club is bound to plummet.
Moreover, he was well aware that even if the curator went all out, it would be extremely difficult for them to achieve good results.
"Curator, shall I call Coach Shil over?"
At this point, he saw Ree Shil already walking away.
"No rush, let’s talk after the match is over."
Show Director waved his hand.
"I’ll go register first, as tomorrow if I want to watch the Instance Game, I have to get Holographic glasses."
Secretary Brown greeted and headed towards the staff on the other side.
After finishing the morning matches, Ree Shil’s opponent in the afternoon was another LV4 Card Player who had come up from the preliminaries.
He easily passed with just the strength of his card deck.
After two rounds of elimination, only 100 players advanced to the next round.
The next day, the Instance Game officially began.
Today, 100 players were assigned to a Grand Conference Hall.
"Master, what do you think this Instance Game will be like?"
Slame sat next to Ree Shil.
He felt quite relieved by Slame’s performance, as he won both of the previous rounds quite easily.
Based on his observation of all players’ overall proficiency levels from watching yesterday’s matches, if Slame could pass the Instance Game, then entering the top 16 should not be a problem.
With a bit of luck, he might even make it to the top 8.
"You’ll know soon enough."
Ree Shil shrugged when faced with the question.
Instance games are actually a common format in competitions.
The Instance Dungeons used for competitions have been specially modified by the Association Headquarters.
As for the technology and principles used, he didn’t know and wasn’t particularly interested.
Generally, the competition instances of the Association have several common modes.
For example, Task Races, Strongest Individual Races, Speed Races, Survival Challenges, etc.
Of course, the Instance Dungeon content will never be repetitive.
Once all the players were seated, the person in charge appeared.
The person in charge was a middle-aged lady, wearing glasses and looking somewhat strict.
"Congratulations to the 100 players present for successfully advancing to the Instance Game."
At her signal, the staff began to distribute props.
Soon, strange discs were handed out to all players.
The silver disc was slightly larger than Ree Shil’s palm, with evenly spaced small holes on the edge.
"Master, this is so amazing! I’m seeing a key for the first time, but how do I use it?"
Slame stretched out a jelly tentacle, placing the disc on its head.
"You might need to swallow it."
Ree Shil teased.
Suddenly, he saw Slame instantly absorb the disc into its jelly-like body.
"Uh, I forgot you’re a Slime Creature."
He didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
"Right now, what’s in your hands is the key to this Instance Game."
The person in charge cleared her throat at this moment.
"Let me briefly introduce the mode of the Instance Game you’ll be participating in."
"It’s a Super Power + Task Race."
As soon as this was announced, it immediately sparked discussions among the players.
"Wow, it’s a Super Power race, how cool!"
"It seems a bit exciting."
"But isn’t it rare for Super Power races to be linked with Task Races? They’re usually linked with the Strongest Individual Races."
These were the players who knew a bit about it.
"Master, what is a Super Power Race?"
There were also some players who were not aware of it, like Slame.
"A Super Power Race is..."
Ree Shil shared the information he knew.
A Super Power Race refers to a competition where players are granted special superpowers within the Instance Dungeon.
Players then compete using these superpowers.
To put it simply, it’s similar to Equipment cards.
However, the difference is that the Super Power card is not your own, but rather given by the Instance Dungeon.
And most of the time, Super Power cards are much more complex than regular equipment cards.
"The duration of this Instance Game is 3 days."
"When the time is up, the top 32 players will advance to the next round."
"For specific details and rules, please check them for yourself once you enter the Instance."
For the sake of fairness and confidentiality of the competition, even the person in charge didn’t know the specific content of the Instance.
Under her organization, the 100 players completed the team formation.
Under normal circumstances, the system would not be able to find Instance Dungeons suitable for a 100-player team.
Now the role of Instance Dungeon keys came into play.
[Do you confirm to consume 1 Instance Opportunity?]
Ree Shil clicked confirm.
However, at this moment, an unexpected situation occurred.
[Insufficient team times, Instance generation failed]
A new line of information jumped out in front of him.
At this moment, someone informed the person in charge of the situation.
Then, under the person in charge’s inquiry, it was discovered that there was a careless player among these 100 participants.
This guy had forgotten that his Instance times wouldn’t refresh for another three hours, so everyone was unable to enter the Instance.
Once the reason was clear, the person in charge glanced at the other party.
"Congratulations to the 99 players present, you have successfully advanced to the Instance Game."
She revised her opening remarks.
Being kicked out of the team lazily, everyone clicked on the panel again, and this time it went smoothly.
[Team structure detected]
[Instance Key detected]
[Team and Key matched successfully]
[Instance Opening...]
A series of information appeared in front of everyone. frёeweɓηovel.coɱ
About 10 seconds later, the only Instance option popped up.
[Instance Name: Ancient Palace Prison]
[Instance Participants: 99]
[Suitable Level: LV1~10]
[Time Ratio: 1:1]
[Follower Cards: 0, Equipment Cards: 1]
"Prison?"
Ree Shil raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Master, as we enter the Instance, we must watch out for each other. Boop boop boop~"
Slame’s voice echoed beside him.
"No problem."
Ree Shil gave it a reassuring gesture, and his body began to fade gradually.
Three seconds later, his vision went black then bright again.
"Detention Area?"
He discovered that he was in the Pure White Space of the Instance.
"Strange, isn’t this the place where the Instance ended?"
In his confusion, he saw a card appear out of nowhere and float towards him.
One [?]turned into 50.
Not only was there a Detention Area, but even the draw card link had come early.
[Please select 1 card as your superpower for this Instance]
[After all members have selected superpowers]
[99 players will get a serial number and enter the Instance]
The Detention Area’s emotionless voice rang out.
"I see. First choose a superpower, then enter the Instance."
He suddenly realized.
"Speaking of these cards... can I preview them?"
Looking at these 50 [?], one couldn’t help but be tempted.
Naturally, he pressed his hand against one of the cards.
The card face became blurry, and in a few seconds, the detailed content that could not be seen originally appeared.
"Being able to preview them, doesn’t that mean I can choose any superpower."
"I’m sorry, but it seems like the others will have to wait."
The appearance of the preview information made him smile.
So let’s take a closer look at the card face projection.
An icon of a white figure appeared in the projection, specifically designed to show the superpower demonstration animations.
In front of the stick figure, a target was placed.
Whoosh!
It waved its hand and fired a beam of light.
The beam hit the target and bounced off, but the target remained undamaged.
Next, there were two targets, one in front of the little man and another at its rear.
Whoosh!
Another beam of light fired, forming refraction again.
Only this time, the refraction hit the second target.
Boom!
An explosion engulfed the target.
After the smoke dissipated, the blasted target was missing 1/3 of its surface.
[Refractive Wave Beam]: Can fire an energy beam that has explosive properties after one refraction
"An offensive superpower huh...?"
"Does it mean we may encounter battles after entering?"
He speculated.
But whether it was competing with other players or with enemies in the Instance, it was hard to say; he’d have to see it for himself.
"This superpower could easily catch others by surprise, but it’s probably hard to master in a short time."
He withdrew his hand and gave up on this option.
The reason superpowers are more complicated than equipment cards in this type of Instance is because they all have corresponding side effects.
These side effects could be the cost to consume, the activation conditions, or even their inherent weaknesses.
The obvious cost of the [Refractive Wave Beam] was that it had to go through one refraction to have a lethal effect.
"No rush, let’s take our time to look through all 50 superpowers first."
"There must be a suitable one."
Mumbling to himself, Ree Shil touched the second [?]card.
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