Tomorrow is the third day of the First Bud Month, which is also the traditional First Bud Festival in Gloria.
In the ancient calendar of the imperial people, this is the first day of spring, a festival that symbolizes the resurrection of all things and the beginning of the new year's farming.
On this day, people will get up early in the morning to collect the fresh and tender branches of the Mangur willow that are the first to show their greenness and still have dewdrops, and weave them into a vibrant crown.
Then, people will wear these crowns and dance around the fire to celebrate that the sun has warmed the earth again, and to pray for good weather and abundant harvests in the next half year.
It was on this day that the triennial Pamir Academy Competition officially started.
This is an important night, and most students are preparing silently, hoping to get a good ranking in the competition and attract the attention of the empire's senior officials and top experts.
And Avis was playing arcane cards with Fiona who came to him to play.
In the living room of the residence, the girl held a handful of cards with a smile and curled up softly on the sofa.
The seductive legs wrapped in white lace stockings are tilted together, and the lovely crystal toes are moving restlessly, as if they have already won.
The little flying dragon Feia was shrunk by the secret technique to the point where she is only slightly bigger than Kate. At this time, she was lying next to the girl obediently, and she and Kate were immersed in the world of "Fiona in Wonderland".
In fact, Avis was very doubtful about what Fiona could learn in the Summoning Academy.
After half a year of study, the girl's magic level has not improved much. However, under the influence of her classmates, the noble ladies, her skills in playing arcane cards have improved a lot.
Already able to have a close relationship with Anvis.
However, because all the things recorded on the secret cards of this world are real.
The process of playing cards is also a process of becoming familiar with and understanding the characteristics and weaknesses of various powerful beings. Especially Fiona, who is from the Summoning School, needs to understand this knowledge even more, so Avis can't say much.
"Activate the secret card [Lost Altar], sacrifice a specific combination of sacrifices [Alchemy Warrior], [Giant Armor], [Heart of the Furnace], and special summon [Ancient Secret Weapon - Furnace Titan]!"
At this time, Fiona, who had learned how to play the new deck, hurriedly came to find Anvis, planning to take advantage of the fact that Anvis was not familiar with the card effects and torture her severely.
In a flash of light, a terrifying mechanical Titan with a bronze body and red eyes suddenly crashed onto the chessboard, accompanied by three alchemy warriors less than one third of its height, causing a cloud of illusory smoke and dust.
The blazing red furnace light lit up on its chest, and its cold mechanical arm suddenly waved.
In contrast, all the spell cards on Fiona's field and the three cards in Anvis' hand suddenly turned into ashes.
"not bad!"
Anvis looked at Fiona with a somewhat surprised look on the field, the terrifying mechanical titan that exuded a sense of oppression.
It is the latest collector's edition gold card launched by the Golden Dragon Chamber of Commerce. It has ten lives and nine attacks. It can destroy three cards in the opponent's hand every round. During the summoning round, all spell cards on the field will be cleared.
The Furnace Titan was first unearthed in a dilapidated ruins in Morbizar, and was later confirmed to be the supreme secret weapon of an ancient lost civilization.
Not all ancient civilizations were powerful. On the contrary, the vast majority of lost ancient civilizations actually did not even have ninth-level combat power, and the number of civilized individuals was only tens to hundreds of thousands.
That civilization seemed to have a crazy worship of Titans. It gathered the power of the whole clan to build a huge mechanical Titan and installed a mysterious magic source called [Furnace Core] on it.
Then, due to unknown reasons, the Mechanical Titan went out of control and went berserk, directly destroying the capital of that civilization, and finally stopped running due to exhaustion of energy.
The mage who excavated the ruins obtained the core technology of the furnace from the remains, packaged the remains and sold them to the Aslade family at a high price.
At this time, the girl looked at Anvis triumphantly, as if she had seen the scene of Anvis shaking his head helplessly and admitting defeat with a wry smile.
On Anvis's field, there was only one Secret Cult Night Watchman with two lives and three attacks, as well as two covered secret cards, and there was only one card left in his hand.
The Furnace Titan had a whopping nine attacks, plus three Alchemy Soldiers with four lives and three attacks. She couldn't figure out how Anvis could survive the next round.
The two of them had already made an agreement before. Whoever loses will have to agree to the other party's request that is not excessive——
Hehe, when the time comes, what request should the smart and lovely Miss Fiona make?
Should I let my brother tell me a new story, or should I let him call me sister in a place where no one is around?
Oops, it would be nice if there were a few more requests.
With her pink mouth pouting cutely, the girl has already started to raise her white fingers.
Looking at the girl who was already fantasizing about what to do after winning, Anvis suddenly smiled and dropped the only card in his hand.
"Activate the secret card [Forbidden Ritual], exchange life and mana. Then activate the spell card [Standstill Time]."
As the card effect took effect, Avis's two points of mana and seventeen points of life were instantly exchanged, and the blue light of the life crystal dropped to a precarious level.
Then, an hourglass shadow flashed past, and the twelve points of mana disappeared instantly.
The projections of the three alchemy warriors on the field suddenly turned into a mass of darkness. They could not attack for one round and could not be targeted by any card effects.
The projection of the Furnace Titan only flickered for a moment and then stabilized again. Since the life on the card reached ten, it was directly exempted from the spell effect.
"Activate the secret card [Blood Sacrifice], sacrifice [Secret Night Watchman]. Special summon [Mind Control Priest]."
From the deck, a card lit up slightly, and a shadow wearing a dark red hooded robe appeared in the Avis field.
Seeing this summoned object, the girl's expression suddenly froze, and an extremely ominous guess flashed through her mind.
Mind Control Priest Effect: When the number of summons on the enemy field is greater than or equal to four, you will randomly gain control of one of them.
"The summons are good, how about lending them to me? The old gods will thank you——"
With a smile that could no longer be fake, Anvis activated the effect of the mind-control priest.
Since the three Alchemy Soldiers cannot be selected, there is only the only optional target left on the field.
"Whoa...Forge Titan!"
A flash of light flashed, and the terrifying Titan shadow on the girl's field instantly transferred to Anvis's field.
There is nothing to say about the next plot. The girl wanted to withstand the attack and kill the last bit of blood from Anvis. But she failed, and instead, Anvis stole a card again.
In the end, the girl's desperate struggle failed, her health completely dropped to zero, and her mentality exploded.
"Okay, don't be angry. In fact, you played well this round."
After sorting out the card game, Anvis gave a very perfunctory comfort.
"Woo——"
Upon hearing this insincere comfort, the girl's soft cheeks bulged directly into buns, her light blond hair began to flicker, and her big lake-blue eyes stared at Anvis fiercely, as if she wanted to bite him to death.
So, Anvis skillfully took out a slightly glowing crystal ball and placed it next to it.
The upgraded version of the resentment crystal ball has an absorption speed and capacity six times that of the old version!
After seeing the crystal ball, Fiona's resentment became a little stronger again, so the crystal ball became a little brighter, almost as bright as her hair——