Chapter 229
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Chapter 229: Karoso vs. Saaya
Karoso’s gaze fell on the tall young man behind Saaya.
He looks somewhat like Teresa, but lacks a bit of Teresa’s unique wildness.
Karoso’s Second Brother seems more like a carefree young master, while this person, Karoso finds a bit difficult to understand…
Easley… Teresa’s Second Brother.
This is the person who planned their father’s death in the future and imprisoned Teresa.
From the bullet comments, I learned that Teresa, like me, also succeeded in a rebellion later on.
Surely, he will also die under Teresa’s sword.
"Hello." Karoso reached out his hand to him.
"Grand Duke Osiris’s son, Karoso Colloa, very nice." Easley shook Karoso’s hand and showed a gentle smile, "The first Card Maker in three hundred years with a spirit power potential of S++, capable of reaching a Card Maker above the ninth tier."
Above the ninth tier, that would be a demi-god, and there is currently no one like that in this world.
It is clear how much Easley appreciates Karoso’s potential.
"I have heard for a long time that the Second Prince is a qualified politician who has proposed many reforms that the empire is willing to adopt," Karoso said.
The reforms proposed by the Second Prince are very interesting; Teresa has talked about them with Karoso.
In simple terms, it is just like the game of thirty-three taels of silver from the Qing Dynasty.
The Second Prince suggests that common people work very hard and cannot save money or change their social class.
Unless they are extraordinary talents who can achieve success through excellent learning abilities, but such people will be directly absorbed by the empire.
Both Karoso and Teresa want to make life better and more comfortable for common people.
And this person…
How should I put it? The policies he proposed are indeed beneficial for the empire.
From Karoso’s position, it is hard to judge.
"You are very familiar with my sister. She often praises you for being a Card Maker who can hold your own against a warrior, both in skills and fighting spirit. You are the most outstanding person she has ever seen," Easley continued.
"That’s too kind," Karoso said, putting his hands down. "Are you here to have fun, Your Highness?"
"I’m just very interested in The Kingdom of Knights and plan to watch the Knight Tournament," Easley said.
The Knight Tournament is quite important, and that is also why the bullet comment suggested Karoso go there to assess Neymar.
This year, in the eyes of the netizens, is a year full of major events, and Karoso can take advantage of many situations to benefit himself.
So, Karoso can forget about having a peaceful school life…
"I have a few things to do in The Kingdom of Knights," Karoso said, looking at Saaya. "The things I have to do are related to Canglang Province. Didn’t Second Brother know?"
Saaya immediately felt a headache.
Do you know?
What the hell do I know?
Why does Father only look for you and Big Brother? I feel like I was just picked up!
Easley glanced at Karoso and Saaya, deep in thought.
This Saaya is not as valuable as Karoso.
But…
I need to see what this Karoso is after.
"Alright, my opponent is you, let’s play cards quickly." Saaya waved his hand, "I didn’t even know you could play these games."
In no time, many people gathered around the table.
It is clear that there is someone manipulating the match between Karoso and Saaya.
Although not everyone knows Colloa, seeing the same last name makes them want to join in the excitement.
The two of them drew cards to confirm who would go first.
This time, Karoso used the Thief Card. When he played against Carrey, he used a more standard deck, which did not overwhelm Carrey.
"Ha, thief! Before, you caught the Quant family boy off guard with your fast attack, and then you switched to a standard Thief Card deck, which only has cards for clearing the field. In the end, it didn’t do much, but I must say, this match was very exciting. You certainly haven’t forgotten the strategies of the Colloa family," Saaya remarked casually.
Karoso and Saaya share the same father, and even before attending Marl Academy, they had the same teacher, so they were raised under one mentor.
From the very beginning, Saaya started a psychological battle with Karoso.
In card games, psychology is very important. Carrey lost because he panicked and couldn’t keep up with Karoso.
Easley stood beside them, quietly watching as they battled with their cards.
"Pass." Karoso took the first turn and didn’t do anything in the first round.
When it was Saaya’s turn, he quickly used Forged Coin to summon a two-star minion with stats of 2-3.
"Pass." Saaya looked at Karoso with a smile that seemed real and yet not.
Karoso drew a card and casually summoned a minion.
[Name: Ice Element Shard]
[Type: Minion]
[Race: Elemental]
[Star Level: 1]
[Grade: Common White]
[Occupational Restriction: None]
[Introduction: Freeze one of the enemy’s minions for one turn]
Even though these cards went into the machine, they will restore their effects. However, this is not the Card Masters Association’s machine, but a counterfeit.
Plus, since this is originally a card game, some card effects may be distorted.
The cards made by players look ordinary in real life, but in the card game, they become very powerful, all thanks to many bored card players who created them.
Saaya raised an eyebrow and summoned another minion, still a normal minion with a size of 2-3.
He used a wizard and did not remove Karoso’s 2-1 small element.
He wanted to see what Karoso was up to.
When it was Karoso’s turn, he summoned an Ice Element Shard again and froze one of Saaya’s minions.
Then, Karoso used a thief’s skill to summon a dagger with an attack power of 1-2.
Bang!
He struck the freedom’s follower with one blow and then commanded the Ice Element Shard to crash into it.
"Are you choosing to clear the field?" Saaya raised an eyebrow, and in the next turn, he decisively cast a fireball to destroy the last Ice Element Shard.
Now, Saaya had two followers on the field, while Karoso only had a dagger with 1 durability and had lost two points of health.
Once again, it was Karoso’s turn. He crashed into the follower again, summoned a new dagger, and then summoned two more followers.
[Name: Armor Merchant]
[Type: Follower]
[Race: Elemental]
[Star Level: 1]
[Grade: White Ordinary]
[Occupational Restriction: None]
[Introduction: Both sides gain three points of armor]
"Ha, are you so afraid of dying? I thank you for that."
Saaya’s turn, used one card.
[Name: Arcane Stupidity]
[Category: Spell]
[Star Level: 3]
[Rarity: Blue Rare]
[Job Restriction: Wizard]
[Description: Draw two cards]
Saaya never had any card before, but when Karoso provided a card, the card-making team also followed this idea and created many cards that allow drawing.
Like this Arcane Foolishness, it is a three-star wizard drawing card that uses less magic than Greedy Hand and is very popular among wizards.
It can be said that Saaya has these good cards thanks to his connection with Karoso.
Seeing Saaya draw cards and continue to place followers, a subtle smile appeared at the corner of Karoso’s mouth.
In the following battle, Saaya found that Karoso was not that impressive; Karoso’s health was rapidly decreasing while he felt just fine.
The field was full of his followers, while there were no followers from Karoso, who had a hand full of cards that seemed useless.
"My dear brother, are you stuck?" Saaya mocked. "Your luck is still as bad as ever."
"You know? Luck is the most important thing. If you only have strength without wisdom and luck, you’re just a fool."
"If Canglang Province really falls into your hands, there will surely be endless disasters."
"Connecting playing cards to Canglang Province, Second Brother, that’s all you can achieve." Karoso retorted, "If managing a country were as easy as gambling, wouldn’t every king be the luckiest gambler?"
"Hmph, no matter what you say, you cannot escape the fact that you are going to lose." Saaya sneered, "Your life is already like a candle flickering in the wind."
"My turn…" Karoso decisively played a card.
[Name: Brian Bronzebeard]
[Category: Companion]
[Race: Dwarf]
[Star Level: 3]
[Grade: Golden Legend]
[Occupational Restriction: None]
[Introduction: Your battle cry will trigger twice]
Karoso played another card.
[Name: Fair Murloc]
[Category: Follower]
[Race: Murloc]
[Star Level: 3]
[Rarity: Blue Rare]
[Occupational Restriction: None]
[Description: Both players draw two cards.]
"Oh, did you help me draw a card?" Saaya saw the big fireball in his hand and was very happy, "Next turn is your end!"
At that moment, Saaya suddenly had four cards in his hand. Even though one card exploded because he couldn’t keep it, he still had three new cards.
Karoso played a card, and a mysterious rune appeared in front of him.
This is a card that hunters often use: Secret!
This card will be triggered when certain conditions are met.
Karoso used the secret and then played a spell.
[Name: Shadow Step]
[Category: Spell]
[Star Level: 0]
[Grade: White Common]
[Occupational Restriction: Thief]
[Description: Return a friendly follower to your hand. Its mana cost is reduced by two points.]
Karoso used this card to return Bronzebeard, and then he played a copy card to add three Murlocs to his deck.
"It’s my turn, die!"
Saaya casually threw a Fireball, hitting Karoso in the face. Karoso’s health was reduced to three points.
Just at that moment, the mystery was triggered.
[Name: Dodge]
[Type: Spell]
[Star Level: 2]
[Grade: Purple Epic]
[Occupational Restriction: Thief]
[Description: Your hero gains immunity for this turn when taking damage.]
Saaya frowned slightly, "Are we just delaying for one turn?"
Then, Saaya removed the card from Karoso’s field and said "go ahead."
In the next round, Karoso called upon Bronzebeard and the Fair Murloc again, then used a Shadowstep card to bring back the Murloc.
The Murloc, which only used a little Mana Crystal, arrived on the field, and Saaya started to draw cards again.
Karoso played a card.
[Name: Wait for an Opportunity]
[Type: Spell]
[Star Level: 0]
[Grade: Purple Epic]
[Occupational Restriction: Rogue]
[Description: In this round, the mana cost for your next spell is reduced by three points.]
It was another copy, and three Murlocs entered the deck…
Something surprising happened to Saaya; Karoso began drawing cards like crazy.
The number of cards in his deck was much greater than Saaya’s; not to mention, Karoso had already filled his deck with many cards at the start.
The strategy of using forty cards was quite different from the thirty cards familiar to netizens in Hearthstone.
Hearthstone uses thirty cards, which undoubtedly increases the difficulty for the Explosive Deck Thief. However, due to the DIY card system, netizens invented many cards suitable for the Explosive Deck Thief, and these ten cards entered the deck, making it much stronger.
If it weren’t for Karoso’s bad luck, he could have activated it two turns ago and not lost so much health.
Watching his cards blow up one by one, Saaya’s heart hurt.
The most crucial part was that Saaya ran out of cards, yet he was still exploding cards!
As for Karoso? The Murlocs seemed endless, with all kinds of cards that lowered the stars of Murlocs appearing one after another.
In fact, Karoso even drew two Mana Crystals to refill his magic power.
What happens when you run out of cards? Of course, you start losing health.
Saaya’s health began to drop from one point, and the more cards he lost, the more health he lost.
Before he could react, his health bar was already empty.
"What is this…?"
Saaya’s face looked quite bad.
This way of playing, not only he has never seen before, but no one in the world has either.
Or rather, only a few people knew about the Explosive Deck Thief cards that Karoso used before; Saaya was not worthy enough to hear the news.
"What kind of strategy is this?"
"I have never seen that before."
"This kind of strategy won’t exist in real life, right…?"
"What will happen if the cards in the backup deck run out?"
"Oh no, does that mean even eighth-tier will die…?"
"This strategy is too scary!"
"It’s not impossible to counter, just be careful and play aggressively."
"Yes, this kind of strategy really needs certain conditions to start; just defeat them quickly."
"This fast attack deck that Karoso used before was pretty good…"
"How deep has he researched gambling cards to come up with this strategy?"
"Studying the thief’s card feels a bit scary."
"Yeah, isn’t the Thief Card forbidden to study?"
"Fun and real battles are different; fun cards can be used freely…"
[Hahaha… Alright, the Explosive Deck Thief is here!]
[Let’s bring some explosive shock to Second Brother.]
[T7 Hunting, Explosive Deck Thief, the risk is still a bit high. I say, why not just use Goufuh instead?]
[Goufuh is unbeatable in this era!]
[Master Karoso’s deck has Emperor Goufuh.]
[The five-star Emperor Goufuh is invincible!]
[With Emperor Goufuh, the high-risk Druid cards will become useful.]
"The winner, Karoso Colloa!" the servant said. "Please proceed to the next round."
"I still use the Thief." Seeing Saaya not moving, Karoso called out to him, "Second Brother? Are you too stunned from losing?"
