Chapter 18 - This Card Wants to Go to You (Part 1)
"I currently have 250 LP, so the ATK of all the monsters on your field..." Luo Bai looked up at Melonica and said calmly.
"It will all turn into 250."
"With Kingdom's damage increase, adding 500 ATK to your Vamp, Vamp's would be 750."
"However, my Therizia has 1500 ATK. The attack declaration has already been made, and the attack can't be reversed. Vamp will be counter-killed and I deal 750 LP battle damage to you."
"You only have 700 LP left, so yeah, you lose."
The ruthless announcement fell. When Melonica refused to look at the Rexterm's effect, Luo Bai was already planning the scene.
In Kentregina's death activation effect, the reason he didn't Special Summon Therizia to earn cards, but instead Special Summoned Diplos was to deal the needed 500 points of effect damage, leaving Therizia on the field as an attack target, just to see if he could bait her for a counterattack.
And baited her, he did.
With a bang, the mini projection of
[THE GAME IS OVER, WINNER: BLUE SIDE.]
It happened too suddenly.
Melonica was still stunned, seemingly haven't recovered yet, and Luo Bai's last words continued to echo in her mind.
"I lost..."
"I've been deceived..."
From great joy to great sorrow, it only took a moment.
Her eyes red, she pursed her lips, and tried to hold her breath, but she couldn't hide the tears of grievance shining in her eyes. Her fingers were trembling slightly, but the cards she was holding could no longer bring her any hope.
She lost to an Evil God Cultist.
Beings that speak of weird words, people that make perverted requests...
Melonica raised her eyes slightly and looked at Luo Bai's face, or lack thereof.
Hiss... Her heart... It feels like it's about to stop!
Her eyes were so wide that they almost jumped out of their sockets. Her face instantly turned pale, and all the muscles in her body tightened. She clenched the umbrella in her hand, and her breathing became rapid and irregular. She tried her best to suppress the fear in her heart.
Her legs felt as if they were rusted, stepping backward slowly, making a creaking sound as they scraped against the floor.
"What's the matter?" Luo Bai was a little confused when he saw her retreating step by step.
With that look in her eyes, it felt like she was being guarded against a pervert.
However, there's nothing strange with the store.
"As agreed before, I'll do whatever you want." Melonica's voice was like a mosquito, and her expression looked extremely awkward.
However, she was squeezing the handle of the umbrella tightly with her hand, where a knife was hidden.
This isn't for her to assassinate him.
Her grandmother told her that once a duelist has made a bet, they must be able to afford to lose.
However, if the other party's demands are too.... then she can only die to protect her innocence.
"Yes, there's also that huh." Luo Bai suddenly said.
Usually, everyone in the store just plays cards for fun, and knowing that she had no chance of winning, he has forgotten this agreement.
Thereupon, the gaze in his eyes changed, becoming extremely cunning.
"As promised, can I ask for anything?"
Luo Bai raised his eyebrows and looked Melonica up and down.
The expression on his face was very much like that of a villain who wouldn't survive more than 3 chapters.
"You!" Melonica's face turned red with embarrassment before his gaze. "Don't go too far!"
"Oh? Can't afford to lose?" Luo Bai taunted.
"Who the heck can't afford to lose!?" Melonica exploded at that.
So cute, it makes him... want to praise the sun.
"Ahem, maybe that's a bit too much..." Luo Bai coughed and shook off the fantasy that was inappropriate for children.
Glancing at Melonica's smart gamemat...
"I want..."
"You pervert! I'm from the Margulies Family!" Before Melonica could finish listening, she quickly yelled out her family name, trying to intimidate him.
The Margulies Family is a famous noble family in the Level 6 Fortress———
Although she has been expelled and stripped of her surname...
"Margulies Family?" Luo Bai was confused for a moment and couldn't quite understand what she was implying. He could guess she was probably from a big family in the West.
However, upon seeing Luo Bai's reaction, Melonica saw it as him not caring at all.
"Does that not scare him? Melonica saw his calm look, combined with the terrifying aura emanating from the card box on the table.
A frightening guess came to mind.
"Is he from a Level 7 Fortress..."
"Actually, I have my eyes on..." Luo Bai spoke slowly again.
However, as he was about to reiterate his demand, Melonica's face flushed red, and she shouted loudly, "I will not submit!"
Thereupon, she suddenly pulled out a small knife from a secret compartment of her umbrella's handle and slashed at her neck. Luo Bai was shocked seeing this and was speechless.
"Hey, hey, #&@*, stop, stop!"
"I'm just interested in your playmat. If you don't want to give it, then don't. Young lady, is it really worth going that far for it?"
That really scared him.
He had been running the store for 10 years, and there may have been minor scuffles every year, but never has it escalated to someone's death.
How ominous, her action is. Sanbai Board and Card Games is a respectable establishment with a good reputation to their name!
"Playmat?" Melonica's hand movements stopped suddenly, and her eyes became a bit dull.
"Well, having that playmat as a prize is a bit steep, so I can compensate you with some extra money." Seeing her calm down, Luo Bai sighed. "We're just playing cards here, onlookers might think we're engaged in some shadow duel."
The moment the words fell, the blush on Melonica's cheeks reached the tip of her ears, and she covered her face with her hands, wanting to find a hole to drill into.
AHHHHH!
He never had that intention at all!
What the heck are you thinking about, Melonica?
The card shop became extremely quiet for a moment.
An air of embarrassment spread.
After calming down, she lowered her head, glancing at her breasts, looked at herself front and back, and twisted her waist to confirm her figure.
She's literally the epitome of elegance and cuteness, with a nice figure, sweet and attractive.
"I can't compare to a cardmat..."
Whether it was from anger or embarrassment, Melonica remained flushed, her mind recalled the duel just now, and a series of reminders from Luo Bai flashed through her mind like a movie...
"Aren't you gonna activate anything?"
"I have sent a card from my Deck to the graveyard, which triggered
"Monster effects in the graveyard can still be activated."
Finally... She finally understood.
That just now was a
Coaching Match: Only applicable to Biantana, where the two duelists had a huge difference in strength.
When a superior duelist gives guidance to an inferior one, the inferior duelist generally applies for it and the superior duelist agrees. If a superior duelist guides the inferior duelist without their request, it's equivalent to implying that said inferior duelist is a complete novice, which is considered insulting behavior.
After a Coaching Match, the superior duelist would generally not ask a high fee. In Biantana, it's considered a voluntary match, which suits the situation she's currently facing perfectly.
"I'm totally looked down upon..."
Melonica clenched her fists in humiliation, her eyes moist and red.
"I will remember today's humiliation."
A choked-up voice echoed in the silent shop. She wiped away her tears, mustered up her courage, and turned to rush out of the shop, but her footsteps abruptly halted with a click.
She doesn't know where to go even if she rushes out of that place.
She's stuck between a rock and a hard place, a Silver-ranked Card Hunter is ambushing her outside and an Evil God Cultist was lurking around inside.
Astounded, tears welled up in her eyes. After three breaths, she squatted down and cried out in pain.
"What the f*ck..."
Luo Bai was petrified on the spot after watching all her movements.
"Humiliation?"
"Remember?"
Are all the girls in Biantana so fragile?
He really wanted to analyze her movements and psychology.
But currently, something more terrifying occupied his thoughts.
In front of him, the young vampire lady squatted down and cried bitterly, when she was most helpless, confused, and longing for companionship.
He heard it too.
From the card box on the counter of the shopkeeper emitting a glow...
That passionate breathing, the pounding heartbeat.
From that card box... There's a card in it...
It wanted to go to her...
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