Chapter 13: Eye of Atrothus
As Verafia played her first card, the Duel Disk and the Illusion Instrument embedded with Magic Crystals lit up with different lights, summoning legendary heroes wielding powerful weapons before Verafia’s eyes.
Many of the Wargame Cards were based on heroes from history, so Verafia herself knew many of them, having had the chance to spar with them in both illusory trials and reality.
Although the duel mode tested strategy and luck more, a deep understanding of formations and combat still provided considerable buffs… even the manifestation of card combat was influenced by the user’s Spiritual Power and experience.
With her legendary-level past, why should she be afraid of a mere Ig?
Verafia’s lips curved into a smile, and she said excitedly, “Ig, you! Just wait to be thoroughly beaten by this young lady!”
Ig wore a helpless smile, pressing his first card, a high-tier Skeleton Warrior with undead attributes.
In the next turn, a pure white sword struck down from the Bright Knight’s hand, shattering Ig’s Skeleton Warrior without any room for defense. The tall knight stood amidst the burning white bone smoke, pure white light flames incinerating the scattered undead.
“Hmph, you, Ig, thinking of fighting this young lady?”
Verafia became smug. Ig’s Skeleton Warrior wasn’t inferior in tier to her Holy Knight, yet it was destroyed so easily. This was her overwhelming him in strength! Even with the same cards, the power they displayed in their hands was completely different.
However, Ig merely watched the young girl’s excitement, placed a Skeleton Swordsman from his hand, and replenished the damaged formation. Verafia showed a look of confusion.
“Oh? Again… Ig, don’t you know that such weakling cards are just meant to be food for me? Never mind, watch me! Holy Elf’s Light Mage, heed my call and manifest in a dance of brilliant radiance!”
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Ophi wagged her pristine, delicate tail. Although she was a little angry when Verafia pushed her aside at first, the Ice Dragon Girl quickly forgot about the unpleasant little matter and watched Verafia and Ig’s duel with excitement.
However, a hint of confusion appeared on the Ice Dragon Girl’s little face. In her eyes, Ig clearly had many powerful high-tier cards in his hand, but the young man hadn’t used them, merely dealing with Verafia’s attacks with his summoned cards and a Necromancer.
Ig’s life crystal had only one remaining. In the field, besides a few face-down cards, the remaining Necromancer was at low health, and the summoned Skeleton Guards had all been wiped out by the young lady’s previous attack.
And before Verafia stood the Holy Swordsman with his golden battle sword, the Elf Ranger of royal blood drawing his emerald longbow. Among the guarding knights, the summoned magic and divine arts of the legendary Mage and high-tier Priest almost distorted space, while the powerful blessings from the Bard’s Sky Song descended;
And in the sky, among over ten Dragon Knights wielding flaming battle swords, the Dragon God born from frost and light spread its elegant and gorgeous dragon wings. Frost Dragon pupils overflowed with golden light, looking down upon the evil Mage who was about to be completely destroyed, struggling to survive.
All were top-tier cards, and the young lady had upgraded every single one to its highest tier! With the combat power of this legion, if it were equivalently placed in the real world, it would not be without the strength to fight even a Demon King!
“Hmph, Ig, you know how powerful this young lady is now!”
Verafia blinked her golden goblet-like eyes and said proudly, “With your life, which is like a candle in the wind, you won’t be able to withstand my next attack!”
“As expected of Young Lady… you summoned such a powerful legion in just a few turns,” Ig praised, placing one hand on the edge of the table. This was a gesture of surrender.
“Wait!”
Ig’s movement was suddenly stopped by the young lady. The girl raised her delicate eyebrows, “Although games like yours are just a piece of cake for this young lady, I don’t want the first match to end like this. Besides, don’t you still have face-down cards, Ig?”
Ig removed his hand and couldn’t help but spread his hands in a bitter smile.
Verafia looked pleased, seeming to enjoy completely defeating her attendant. She waved her delicate jade hand forward, “Ig, reveal your face-down cards!”
“Come forth, my pride, my soul, my most powerful servant, the means to destroy all enemies before me… cough cough, why are these lines so cheesy? In short, ‘Frost-Eyed Light Dragon,’ show your power – destroy everything, destructive attack, the day-destroying Frost Dragon Breath Bullet!”
The attack of the “Frost-Eyed Light Dragon” suddenly descended. Ig sighed, knowing that if he truly held back, he would definitely provoke this Young Lady, so he flipped over his face-down card.
The eternal tomb land of the dead.
“Hmph, I guessed as much. You summoned so many useless Skeleton Soldiers just to forcefully upgrade this Necromancer at the end!”
“I have face-down cards too. Look at this: ‘Frost-Eyed’ Light Wings! According to its setting, it’s a projection of the God of Light in the mortal world, and it’s a complete bane to these undead…”
Verafia’s voice suddenly stopped, her big eyes blinking with surprise.
The Necromancer summoned by Ig on the field was undamaged, and the power of the dead was rapidly condensing. In fact, not only did the total amount far exceed Verafia’s estimate, but the power of “life” also appeared!
Ig flipped over the first card he drew: the Eye of Atrothus.
“Atrothus, the deity in ancient legends who controlled creation and death… Hmm, Young Lady, you should know more than I do. In this game, whatever the Eye of Atrothus sees, all life and death will merge.”
As the young man’s voice faded, the giant black body of the “Lord of Death,” formed by the sacrifice of endless undead, stood behind him. Its swung attack directly destroyed all the legions summoned by Verafia!
Even the “Frost-Eyed Light Dragon,” which obscured the sky, let out a wail and heavily crashed to the ground, its shattered frost-blue dragon scales being ground and entangled by the power of death.
Ophi covered her eyes with her fingers, seemingly not wanting to see her favorite cards being beaten up.
“Lord of Death… Hmm, what? How can you cheat like that! Ig, don’t get cocky, this young lady still has a way to deal with you: The winged-beast of the God of Light, the Sacred Sword of the Light Realm Angel!”
Verafia panicked and threw down the cards in her hand.
The next second, the “Frost-Eyed Light Dragon,” transformed into a frost-blue girl, discarded her Dragon Spear and condensed a Light Realm Sacred Sword gleaming with golden light in her hand; but the giant arm of the “Lord of Death” was crushed into pieces with a bang!
Ig’s voice was heard at this moment.
“Young Lady, you forgot, the Eye of Atrothus removes the boundary between life and death, so your Light Realm Sacred Sword won’t work…”
Verafia’s little face turned black. She glared fiercely at the boy showing off to her and slapped her cards down on the table with a “bang.”
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Oops, wrote too much…
