Free Web NovelChapter 81: Chapter 39
Mushroom People and Straw Men are both quite peculiar species.
Even in a diverse place like the Cube Card Metaverse, they are relatively rare.
Especially the Straw Man, who claims that its race once thrived wildly hundreds of years ago, almost overtaking the human race and showing signs of becoming the largest species.
However, for some unknown reason, the race gradually declined.
By the time it reached this generation, there was only one left.
So that’s why it wants to marry many wives, fulfilling the noble mission of passing on its genes and expanding its race.
Ree Shil doesn’t know if it’s true, but that’s what the Straw Man says. frёewebηovel.cѳm
"Commercial performance? What are they going to perform...?"
"You’ll know when you see it."
In just a few words, the Straw Man on stage had already been stuffed into a box by the Mossy Mushroom, with only its grass head exposed.
Then the Mossy Mushroom started to insert a sharp sword into the box, piercing through its entire body.
However, the Straw Man placed in the box was unharmed, sucking milk tea through a straw.
Since the Straw Man’s body is all grass seams, it doesn’t fear being stabbed by the sword.
Such a performance immediately drew boos from the audience, as if their intelligence had been insulted.
But for the organizer, it’s better than the audience having no reaction at all, as their goal is to get the audience emotionally involved.
Moreover, this is also what their advertising sponsor wanted, so they arranged a lousy opening act to enhance the appeal of the subsequent ads indirectly.
While jeering, Mossy Mushroom and Straw Man left the stage.
Then began a three-minute ad.
This time, the ad was different from the previous well-produced ad dramas; for three minutes, an actor repeated a line like "If he’s good, I’m good too."
No wonder they had the Straw Man and Mossy Mushroom perform first.
After the ad finished, Ree Shil and his opponent took the stage.
The top 8 used more advanced holographic projection technology to capture the situation on the card table between the two players, then magnify it 100 times and project it on stage.
"Anyway, I really should thank you."
"If it weren’t for you, I probably wouldn’t have made it into the top 8 so easily."
With a smile, the Blade Haired Man faced his opponent.
"It’s nothing, just stepping on the accelerator," Ree Shil modestly replied.
Soon, both sides had their card decks in place and entered the reveal card round.
He extended his finger and poked two first row cards consecutively.
Ding! Ding!
[Woof!]
[Chase Reading!]
The two cards flipped over quickly.
This time, he didn’t use the Zombie Beast combination but changed it to [Zombie Beast Hound] + [Fox Head Guard].
"Wow! It’s the fox from the Instance!"
"It’s a C-Rank card, and it has an excellent panel!"
"God’s hand, he actually got the Guard!"
As the fox guard holding a book appeared magnified on stage, many audience members gasped.
Back then, many people watched the live broadcast of the Instance.
Fighting with dozens of prisoners, she had caught several groups of prisoners with her elusive vine skills.
She was the only guard who had a direct collision with the alliance of more than a dozen inmates.
She took a wave of attacks and survived in the end.
Not only did she survive, but she was also so out of breath she laid in bed reading a novel afterwards.
So, many people still had a deep impression of this guard.
"Huh?"
When the Blade Haired Man saw the fox-headed person appear, she hesitated for a moment, then revealed his own cards.
[Blow~ a big balloon~]
[Boom!]
His first-round tactic remained the same, playing the same two cards.
An E-Rank 25 points [Balloon-blowing Goblin], a green-skinned goblin continuously blowing balloons.
An E-Rank 20 points [Exploding Stone], an irregularly shaped brown-black stone which continuously produces small explosions on the surface.
Seeing these two cards, Ree Shil felt more relieved.
He wasn’t like the Gundam Head from the previous round.
Now, the lowest card he could put on the table was a D-Rank.
Simply with this card deck strength, it would be enough to crush the opponent.
The action round was determined, and the cards on both sides started to move.
[Woof!]
[Chase Reading!]
First, the Zombie Beast Hound + Fox Head Guard rushed out of their camp and attacked the brown-black stone.
-15, -15
Under the stone’s [Defense], two damage numbers emerged.
At this result, the Blade Haired Man’s expression changed slightly.
Generally, in the first round, opponents choose to attack the card with higher attack power because the higher the attack power, the greater the threat.
So, he likes to place his more critical cards behind the card with lower attack power in the first row, thinking it’s safer.
However, this guy seemed to have seen through his tactical intentions.
Fortunately, in order to be cautious, he chose [Defense] for both cards.
After the action phase, this round officially ended.
Without much thought, Ree Shil quickly chose to reveal his next card.
In this game, he believed that the strength of his card deck was enough to prevent the Blade Haired Man from causing any significant trouble.
However, unexpectedly, the second-round reveal gave him a huge surprise.
[Stand Still for this Official!]
A martial-monk dressed, burly wolf-headed man leaped out from the card.
The reason why the Blade Haired Man was surprised when he saw the [Fox Head Guard] was that he had also drawn a guard card.
