6. Demon Blade Kirika
"Those people who left are players right?"(Jin)
"You are correct young man."(???)
"Then you're supposed to be a player right? Then how did you become a card then?"(Jin)
"Hmm? You're very odd for asking this kind of questions as this is suppose to be a common knowledge."(???)
"Master, the penalty of losing for a player is to be turned into a card itself. You can see how many life you have in your status, if you lose when your life count is 0, then it means game over. Players that were trapped in a ruined world also automatically get turned into a card, though still in their summoned state while being ownerless."(Silvanaz)
"So that's mean I can make you mine right?"(Jin)
"That's what come into your mind first huh *giggle*, what greedy master we have here. Though how much I have to admit it, I'm just an ownerless card right now which can be claimed by any players out there, including you."(???)
"But that doesn't mean you can take me for free like that, well that's what I was going to say if I met any weak players. My test was to defeat me in a battle, if you win you can take me as your card, if you lose than I will kill you, as simple as that. But with that girl over there, I know that I will lose for sure so you can take me as your card for free."(???)
'What?'(Jin)
I was completely dumbfounded as I didn't expect it would be that easy to get her. I mean, I was expecting some test first and maybe I need to prove myself worthy or something like that.
"Master, you don't need to be that surprised. A trapped card like her have to set a certain condition themselves to be obtained by a player when they got first trapped inside their own ruined world and those condition cannot be changed by all means. She already knew that she won't be able to win against me so instead wasting any time, it's much better to be done with this deal and get free from this place."(Silvanaz)
"She is right master, well since I already admitted that I'm yours now, you just have to think about retracting me and the process will be all done."(???)
[Demon Blade Kirika, a Silver grade card has submitted to you, do you want to retract her back as a card?]
[Demon Blade Kirika]
Grade : Silver/Gold
Faction : Imperian
Rank : Commander
Cost : 15 Spirit
Power : 175
Defense : 135
Health : 110/110
Skill : Swirling Blade - Swing the naginata in circle with the user as the center to deal 200 % damage to the enemies around the user.
Additional Faction Skill : Summon 10 Onna Bugeisha(Iron) and 1 Shrine Maiden(Lead) when this card is summoned. Last until this card is unsummoned.
Though it I want to retract her back as a card and summon her later for her additional faction skill, right now I don't have enough spirit to summon her later.
"Rather than turning you back as I card, can't I keep you here?"(Jin)
"Unfortunately it will affect negatively to you master to do that. Having her still summoned here means that your spirit usage shoot through the limit and that will cause your body to weaken as much as 90% of your original capabilities."(Silvanaz)
Hearing how bad my idea was, I decided to stop being greedy and summon her later when I already increase my level.
"I see, well I don't want to take any risk so I will turn you back into a card, Kirika. When I got enough spirit, I will call for your service."(Jin)
"Yes, master." (Kirika)
I start to think about having her back in her card form and then Kirika start to disperse into particles of silver light before gathering in my hand and forming int a card.
After that, I continue to open the bronze colored chest and surprisingly this time I got 1 Bronze card pack, 1 Lead card pack, 2 Lead artifact cards, 1 Bronze artifact card, and 2 bronze spell cards.
I opened both of the packs gained 12 more cards so in total I gained 17 cards which is quite a lot for a newbie like me.
[You have opened 2 card packs (Lead and Bronze), you have received Axeman Apprentice (Iron) 2x, Archer Apprentice(Iron) 2x, Swordsman Apprentice(Iron) 1x, Healer Apprentice(Iron) 2x, Spearman Apprentice(Iron) 1x, Archer(Lead) 1x, Swordsman(Lead) 1x, Steel Gauntlets(Lead) 1x, Darksteel Sword(Bronze) 1x]
Beside the one I got from the card packs, I got Steel Helmet(Lead), Steel Boots(Lead), Coldsteel Armor(Bronze), Area Heal(Bronze), and Team Haste(Bronze).
[Axeman Apprentice] - Follower
Grade : Iron
Faction : Imperian
Rank : Soldier
Cost : 1 Spirit
Power : 15
Defense : 8
Health : 15/15
[Archer Apprentice] - Follower
Grade : Iron
Faction : Imperian
Rank : Soldier
Cost : 1 Spirit
Power : 5
Defense : 1
Health : 5/5
[Spearman Apprentice] - Follower
Grade : Iron
Faction : Imperian
Rank : Soldier
Cost : 1 Spirit
Power : 12
Defense : 9
Health : 15/15
[Archer] - Follower
Grade : Lead
Faction : Imperian
Rank : Soldier
Cost : 2 Spirit
Power : 25
Defense : 12
Health : 10/10
[Swordsman] - Follower
Grade : Lead
Faction : Imperian
Rank : Soldier
Cost : 2 Spirit
Power : 30
Defense : 15
Health : 25/25
[Steel Gauntlets] - Artifact
Grade : Lead
Faction : Neutral
Cost : 4 Mana
Defense : 15
Durability : 20/20
[Steel Helmet] - Artifact
Grade : Lead
Faction : Neutral
Cost : 4 Mana
Defense : 15
Durability : 20/20
[Steel Boots] - Artifact
Grade : Lead
Faction : Neutral
Cost : 4 Mana
Defense : 15
Durability : 20/20
[Darksteel Sword] - Artifact
Grade : Bronze
Faction : Neutral
Cost : 10 Mana
Power: 30
Durability : 35/35
Skill (Passive): +5 Power in dark places.
[Coldsteel Armor] - Artifact
Grade : Bronze
Faction : Neutral
Cost : 10 Mana
Defense : 30
Health : 15
Durability : 40/40
Skill (Active): Cast a barrier of ice that can hold a total of 100 damage, can only be used once a week. (0/1)
[Area Heal] - Spell
Grade : Bronze
Faction : Neutral
Cost : 10 Mana
Effect : Cast a healing spell 10 meters around the caster area that recover 35 Health every second that last for 1 minute.
[Team Haste] - Spell
Grade : Bronze
Faction : Neutral
Cost : 10 Mana
Effect : Double your own team speed for a day.
Satisfied with my gains from this one raid alone, I couldn't help but grin as my cards keep increasing. I even joke that having Sil here is actually quite a cheat but she said that it's not that common for a rookie like me to have a rare cards like me as their first card. She said it's not common but there are people that have a rare card as their first card just like me.
The difference between me and those players are that I was lucky enough to find her card on a random ground while those players came from a family or organization that have a very big background.
I was to full of myself to the point I even forgot that this is a game where I put my life on the line. I cannot underestimate anyone nor anything here and need to always proceed with caution.