Free Web NovelChapter 77: Chapter 37 The Coach is a Talent
[Kung Fu Sheep Rabbit]’s upgrade made Ree Shil satisfied and he went to sleep.
After resting well for a day, his fatigue was mostly gone.
On the day of the competition, he arrived at the venue in the morning.
Although the top 8 would only start in the afternoon, it was necessary to watch the top 16 in the morning.
Getting to know more about the opponents was useful for making some preparations. freewebnovёl.ƈom
Of course, he had full confidence in his afternoon match.
"Master, Master, over here!"
Slame was waving at him from the seats.
Originally, Ree Shil could watch from the contestants’ seats, but Slame insisted on watching together, so he had to go to the audience seats.
"Master, these are the matches for this morning."
As soon as he sat down, Slame handed him a poster.
"The organizer knows how to attract traffic."
As a competitor, Ree Shil had already known the schedule the day before yesterday.
There were a total of 4 matches in the morning with a 4+1 format, each match planned for about 15 to 30 minutes.
The wide-ranging fluctuation of time was mainly due to whether there would be a bladder match with both sides using Defensive and Healing cards. Additionally, it’d depend on whether there were talkative players involved.
There are quite a few talkative players at Cube Card tables.
Some people even like to explain the origin of each card from beginning to end as they reveal it.
This is actually a tactic called ’Bluff.’
Overwhelming the opponent in terms of momentum might cause them to be cautious or make mistakes.
However, Ree Shil felt that this talkative situation belonged to the higher-end cards and shouldn’t appear in the Nova Championships.
After all, these small card players only have a few cards, so how could there be any background story for those cards?
Since the 4+1_card game is relatively short, four games in a long morning are not enough to fill the time. So what to do?
Simple, just insert some show performances and advertisements in the middle.
Especially ads, which are a significant part of the Association’s income.
Don’t think that the association is a charity organization; they also need funds to operate.
Without a source of funds, where would the competition venue and Instance Game come from?
As for why the organizer was said to understand traffic, it’s because this year’s most-watched contestants, oh no, was the most-watched contestants_before the Instance Game - Black Smoke, and their match was scheduled to be the last one.
Soon after Ree Shil and Slame took their seats, the event officially began.
The first performer was a singer.
Yes, there was a song and dance performance before the first match.
The singer’s race was very strange, looking like a meat pillar.
There were many mouths on the pillar, and when they started singing, it turned out to be a chorus effect.
Moreover, each mouth had a different timbre and pitch.
The appearance of such a creature made people feel like they were losing their sanity.
But as it turned out, its singing was very healing, and people could regain their sanity.
Most importantly, the organizers were really good at catching heat.
Having the singer perform Orchid Grass, a song that was deeply impressive to anyone who attended or watched the Instance Game.
Some eliminated contestants even seemed to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, shouting and running out of the venue when they heard the melody.
After the 10-minute performance, there was a 3-minute ad drama.
It must be said that the advertisements here were well done, both in creativity and design, they were impressive.
It was hard to tell what the advertisement was about until the very last second.
Compared to the singing and dancing, Ree Shil preferred watching ad dramas.
If there was a job where you could get paid for watching this kind of ad drama, he would not go to work in the Card Club.
The cycle of performances and ads continued until the Finals began.
The first match included a contestant he vaguely recognized.
It was the Blade Haired Man, contestant number 45, whom he saw with Jane Silk on the first day in the Instance, and was knocked out by a punch from the Wolfhead Guard.
Were there no Instance mechanism to protect him, the Blade Haired Man probably would have been smashed into meatloaf by that punch.
"Master, who do you think will win?"
"How can I answer that when the cards haven’t been revealed yet?"
Ree Shil glared at Slame.
Blade Haired Man’s opponent was an Ironhead.
He wore a neat suit, but his head was a metallic robot’s head.
It looked a bit like the cartoon character he liked when he was a child, Skyreach.
"This Blade Haired Man looks so unlucky, as if he’s not that powerful."
Slame shared his thoughts.
"Remember, don’t judge a book by its cover at the card table."
"Even if your opponent is a piece of shit, don’t take them lightly."
Ree Shil advised.
"..., I suspect you’re talking about me."
Slame’s face was darkened with frustration.
Soon, the two players at the table began to reveal their cards.
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[Boom!]
The Blade Haired Man revealed his first row cards: a [Balloon-blowing Goblin] and an [Exploding Stone].
[Defense! Defense!]
