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This shows the strength of the Demon deck. Tulu also needs to draw "Rye Bread" in his hand to directly summon the hero candidate Mino.
Elwin can complete the summon simply by banishing cards from his deck.
The zombie maid's defense is just higher than Mino's 3500 points. As long as she is summoned in a defensive stance, she can perfectly withstand the next round of Tulu's attack.
But Erwin was clearly not satisfied with this.
With five cards still in hand, his summoning at this moment was merely the prelude to an attack.
"I choose to attack by summoning the zombie maid to the field. At the same time... I activate the effect of 'Eighth Demon Official - Demon Sword': After discarding two cards of the Light and DARK attributes from my hand, I can equip them as Equip Cards to the Demon Official character cards on the field!"
"The Ninth Demon Official - Zombie Maid's attack power has increased by 1500 points!"
The light and shadow in the room suddenly changed, and a majestic greatsword with dark-toned holy runes appeared in the blue-haired maid's hand!
The values next to the projection also began to slide and change:
【Demon Official Combo - Greatsword Maid: Attack 4500 / Defense 4000】
Originally focused on defense, the zombie maid's stats skyrocketed, reaching a terrifying level that could overwhelm the hero candidate Mino with 1000 attack points.
This means that once it launches an attack, the hero candidate Mino will be destroyed instantly, and Tulu will lose 1000 health points.
Although Elwin used up three Lent cards for this—incidentally, the two Light and Dark cards he sent to the graveyard were "Lena's Holy Water" and "Rek's Cuisine".
But the price was clearly worth it.
The conditions for summoning high-level human character cards are far more difficult than those for summoning demon characters.
As long as Tulu is not given the opportunity to develop and summon, then Elwin can basically be considered to have victory in his grasp.
With only two cards left in his hand, he naturally wouldn't let such a good opportunity slip by.
"Greatsword Maid, attack Hero Candidate Mino!"
Each round, each character on the field can attack the opponent once. Only one character is facing off at a time, so there's no need to choose. The maid projection in front of Erwin has already teleported to the blonde warrior's front, and her greatsword is swinging down—
"Don't even think about succeeding." Tulu immediately reached out his hand.
Behind the projection of the hero candidate Mino, a card hidden in the back row was suddenly flipped open, revealing its contents to everyone present.
The card depicts an elderly woman with white hair and dressed in white kneeling on the ground, covering her face and weeping.
Strangely, she was surrounded by countless pure white flowers, and a group of clergymen applauded and praised her.
"I activate the effect card 'The Awakening Moment of the Ice Saintess'."
"Choose a character on the field and cover them with a layer of 'Ice Heart' to resist one attack from an enemy character."
Click.
The greatsword maid's blade didn't strike the blonde warrior's body; instead, it created a special effect of ice shattering, coating the greatsword in frost, and the greatsword maid stopped attacking.
"As expected, it's not that easy." Erwin wasn't too surprised.
If it's that easy to eliminate the character that Tulu summons by spending two cards, then he should start to doubt Tulu's deck construction.
However, being able to consume one of the opponent's powerful effect cards, "The Awakening Moment of the Ice Maiden," is still quite good.
Irwin had only two Lent cards left in his hand, but instead of ending the turn immediately, he placed another Lent card face down on the field.
However, it wasn't in the backfield, but in the frontfield.
"I usually summon a character in the middle of the field while in an overlay state."
Since both the Demon Maid and the Demon Sword are summoned directly to the field under special conditions, Elwin has one more chance to summon a character. As the card is pressed, a card projection in defense position appears next to the Greatsword Maid.
“My turn is over,” Erwin said.
It was Turu's turn again, but the situation had changed dramatically.
The greatsword maid with a whopping 4500 attack power stood there, greatly reducing Tulu's options; at the very least, a direct attack was not an option.
Turu remained calm and collected, first drawing a card from his deck to replenish his hand to three cards.
Then, his steady gaze fell on another effect card he had set to the side of the field during his first turn: "I activate the Ritual Card 'Awakening Ritual of the Hero's Friend'!"
On the card, a mage dressed in black robes activates a sacred awakening circle, but his eyes vaguely reveal disbelief and despair.
Erwin was well aware of the card's effect.
That's a powerful card that needs to be placed on the field for a turn to prepare before it can be activated.
After activation, the Brave Candidate - Mino will evolve into "Mino - Brave Mark Form"!
It can also summon the character card "Holy Archmage - Chief Lak" to the field, but it can only exist for one turn and will be sent to the graveyard at the end of the turn.
Both "Brave Mino" and "Chief Lak" have a full 4000 attack power. Although they still cannot break through the Greatsword Maid's 4500 attack power, it is not certain that they can when combined with other effect cards.
A glint flashed in Erwin's eyes, and he stretched out his hand without hesitation: "At this very moment!"
He didn't set any effect cards in the back row, so the only one he can activate right now is the Demon character card that he previously set to summon.
"I activate the flip effect of 'Seventh Demon Official - Nightmare Mirror'!"
The card took shape and revealed itself to be a magic mirror with an ancient and rustic feel.
Erwin shouted in one breath, "By shattering the Nightmare Mirror, a ritual card can be forcibly rendered invalid!"
The next moment, the magic mirror projection trembled violently, and then the entire mirror shattered, leaving only a dying frame lying on the ground.
Before the Nightmare Mirror could fully reveal itself, its aura suddenly plummeted, turning into a listless projection with "0 attack power / 0 defense power," which landed in the arena.
It is the only common character card in the Nine Demon Officials series, but its effect is also incredibly troublesome.
What Erwin wanted to interrupt was the ritual card that allowed "Brave Candidate Mino" to continue evolving.
If we can stop the hero candidate Mino from evolving further, victory in this game is basically ours.
However, unexpectedly, just as the ritual phantom was about to dissipate, Turu played a card from his hand.
"I activate my Quick-Play Effect Card!"
Erwin's heart skipped a beat.
Quick-play effect cards are the only type that can be played from the hand.
Right now, the only core card in the human deck system that can stop the disruption of the ritual, is a quick-play type, and belongs to the human deck system... is that one card.
Before everyone's eyes, a card shimmering with light appeared:
It was a dashing blond warrior and a deep-featured black-robed mage shaking hands tightly amidst the ruins!
"Bond Card - The Holy Archmage and the Golden-Haired Warrior Unite as One!"
Tulu's words were domineering:
"It has no effect whatsoever, it can't break the strong bond between the hero Mino and the chief of the Round Tower—!"
Chapter 431 His life was like a candle flickering in the wind.
"Your invalidation is invalid!"
The previously scattered radiance of the ceremony now shone brightly.
Beside the hero candidate Mino, a reliable figure dressed in black robes appeared like a ghost, his hands pulsating with magic, as if he wanted to pour all his magic into the golden-haired warrior's body.
The next moment, the Hero Awakening Ritual was successfully completed, and a dazzling Hero Mark fell from the sky, descending into the body of the Hero candidate.
A true hero appeared in the arena.
【Brave Mino - Brave Mark Stance: Attack 4000 / Defense 4000】
Beside him were:
[Chief of the Mage Tower - Lak: Attack 4000 / Defense 3300] (Exists for one turn)
This is terrible!!!
Erwin's heart sank. He hadn't expected that Tulu would still break through his layers of obstacles and successfully awaken the hero candidate Mino into a hero!
The attack power only increased by 500 points, after all, the Brave Mark itself provides very little benefit.
In the eyes of outsiders, what truly enabled Mino Warrior's strength to leap forward in a short period of time was the thirty-seven layers of protection he received during the protection ceremony!
However, the increase in attack power is ultimately just a side effect.
The evolved hero Mino possesses character effects that are the true core of the human deck.
As long as the hero Mino is present, the summoning cost of other high-ranking human characters can be greatly reduced.
This means that once Tulu draws the right cards, he can summon more high-level characters, and the outcome of having "Brave Mino" on the field is that dire.
However, Erwin knew that this wasn't something he needed to worry about right now; the opponent's card effects... weren't over yet.
"The Bond Card 'Holy Archmage and Golden Warrior Unite': In addition to negating the effects applied to Mage and Hero characters, it has another effect: when both are on the field at the same time, they can attack simultaneously, with the attack power calculated as the sum of their attacks!"
During the game, Tulu, who had depleted his hand to just two cards, unleashed his fangs in a counterattack.
He extended his right hand and declared in a deep voice:
"Attack the Greatsword Maid!"
Characters in defensive stance do not lose health when defeated, so Tulu chose the Greatsword Maid in attack stance!
The projections of the blond hero and the black-robed mage instantly rushed towards the greatsword maid, shouting in unison with righteous indignation, "Don't underestimate our bond!!!"
Under the effect of the bond card, the attack power of the two character cards is combined into one, resulting in a staggering 8000 points of attack power!
A violent gust of air swept towards Erwin, causing his health bar to drop significantly.
With 8000 attack power, the greatsword maid with 4500 attack power was able to defeat her, and Erwin directly suffered 3500 damage.
HP: 8000 -> 4500.
"Commander Erwin!!!" Jenny cried out anxiously, the impactful special effects appearing incredibly realistic and instilling despair.
"it's not finished yet!"
A red-haired figure blocked their way.
“Shana?” Jenny stared blankly at Shana’s incredibly serious profile, her eyes seemingly burning with fire.
"The Greatsword Maid isn't so easily defeated!"
Following Shana's gaze, Jenny was surprised to find that when the smoke cleared, the maid's projection, which should have collapsed under the attack, was still standing in the field.