Free Web NovelChapter 998: Chapter 363: Newcomer’s First Battle
"I can’t believe I’m not S level."
In the Pure White Space, Ree Shil saw his initial evaluation panel pop up as well.
About the win rate, I won’t mention that; my time as a card player has been short and I’ve rarely lost.
The only time I lost quite a bit was during practice matches with Show Director and the Old Curator, back then when my card deck was weak, and I couldn’t make any waves in front of them.
But because the sample size for the calculation was small, it was quite easy to improve.
Besides, I’m not a perfectionist; I never thought about winning every game. I don’t really care about the level of this evaluation.
Winning the key games is enough, no matter what the win rate is.
Then, regarding the "achievements" section, Ree Shil thought it was a matter of course for him to receive an S.
After all, he has defeated Divine Deity, and not just once.
Presumably, even an experienced card player like Museum Director Phoenix may not have had the opportunity to face Divine Deity, let alone defeat them, at the Card Table.
As for "card deck," there’s nothing to be done.
My talent is "Absolute Card Sense," not the Show Family’s "Collector."
I can maintain quality with my own choices, but I can’t increase the quantity.
The number of cards I hold surely can’t compete with those of veteran card players.
And while others would keep the cards they drew, relying on "Absolute Card Sense," I just keep rubbing them out.
It’s only natural for the quantity of cards to increase slowly.
Perhaps only members of the Show Family or reincarnated Divine Deities could reach S in the "card deck" evaluation.
This aspect is, in fact, the one dragging down my score the most.
As for "Card Performance," Ree Shil felt giving himself an S might be a bit high.
True, I’ve managed to forcefully defeat several S or even Double S card decks with a non-S card deck. frёeωebɳovel.com
But there were also times at the Card Table when I suffered small losses, which often happened during the Lan-Lan Competition Zone Selection Tournament.
With both sides competing, there simply isn’t a card player who always has an absolute advantage every time.
All in all, being given an S for "Overall Evaluation," I do think it’s acceptable. freewēbnoveℓ.com
But while I think it’s acceptable on this end, the Curators in the Manager Hall over there don’t think so.
They were already in an uproar.
"Holy shit, Phoenix A. Wealthy."
Some disregarded online etiquette, openly calling Museum Director Phoenix by his name, "S level evaluation! Where did you dig this one up from?!"
"S level, he’s actually the first S-level player since King Manager went online..."
"Sell him to me, I represent Firm Card House and we are offering a big amount of money for this player!"
"Damn, are we already fighting over people? My offer from Broken Momentum Card House will always be 10% higher than yours."
Even some skipped over their own Card Clubs, speaking directly on behalf of the big ones, suggesting they might have caught wind of something in advance.
Museum Director Phoenix didn’t plan to sell, but hearing these words only made him more vigilant.
"Sorry everyone, this player is a secret weapon that Balance Hall has been nurturing for many years.
A transfer is definitely not possible, and there’s no need to inquire about his origin, nothing to disclose."
Putting other things aside, he was the first to firmly state that stance.
Seeing his firm attitude, some people already started to keep silent and move to the side, beginning to scheme with ill intent.
Of course, many others still persistently surrounded Museum Director Phoenix, trying to get more information.
Mainly, they wanted to know the respective weight of the four components "Win Rate," "Achievements," "Card Deck," and "Card Performance" within the "Overall Evaluation."
They’ve signed powerful and renowned card players before, and some managers have even registered themselves as players.
But so far, there’s only been one player with an S in overall evaluation—Ree Shil.
The Curators were very eager to get something useful out of Museum Director Phoenix’s mouth, so that they, too, could dig up an S-level player.
"Folks, it just happens that today is the last day for new player entries."
At this point, a manager from Balance Hall stepped forward to ease the situation: "Why don’t we take a look at the performance of these newcomers first?"
With the end of player entries comes the start of a new round of the newcomer protection period.
Once registered, they can join this session’s Rookie Contest Area during the upcoming time period.
The Rookie Contest Area is a protection mechanism for new players, where only rookies from the same period can fight each other.
It also provides a platform for other managers and players to observe the newcomers.
There aren’t many rookies this period; counting the two who just enrolled, there are less than twenty in total.
It wasn’t long before the system announced the end of this period’s player registration.
Later, it published the schedule for this week’s season.
Of course, the Rookie Contest Area matches attracted everyone’s attention, especially Ree Shil’s matches.
Perhaps the system also has some intelligence and knows where our interests lie.
So the first rookie match it scheduled was Wang Defa vs Princess Xinxin,
and it was set to begin in just one hour.
With that, all the managers in the Grand Hall perked up.
Almost no one chose to log off; they gathered in small groups to chat.
"Do you guys think Phoenix may have persuaded some retired card player from the older generation to come out of retirement?"
As "King Card Manager Phoenix" was an unpopular name, everyone referred to Museum Director Phoenix by a nickname.
The players they have been scouting are mostly from the new generation and Generation Z.
Of course, in terms of card decks and skills, Generation Z had the advantage.
