Chapter 157 Dark Demon’s Deck
***edited by x10***
Dueling hall No. 1
Dark was counting his magic cards on the bench at the edge of the hall.
Last night, he was immersed in studying until twelve o'clock and didn't have time to count and arrange his cards in the card pouch.
As he did not have a large number of cards, he finished his count quickly.
Spirit cards:
①[Phantom Magic Beast: Eevee]✪
②[Trash Slime]✪
③[Shuckle]✪✪✪
④[Gatomon]✪✪✪✪
⑤[Miltank]✪✪✪✪
⑥[Sylveon]✪✪✪✪
Magic Spell cards:
①[Card of Happiness]
②[Pride I]
③[Pride II]
④[Lust III]
⑤[Magic Bullet Spell] X2
⑥[Push Push Curse]
⑦[Obstruction spell]X2
⑧[Fade Spell]
⑨[Blinking Spell]X2
Item cards:
①[Energy Potion]X5
②[Silence Potion]
③[Manifestation Powder]X2
...
A total of 26 magic cards.
With 26 cards, he met the minimum requirements to join the Dueling Club.
But the composition of the deck was not normal and quite unreasonable.
He was actually lacking spirit cards with 1-3 stars in the first tier.
Dark needed first-tier spirit cards that could be summoned quickly at the start of the duel but he only had three first-tier spirit cards in his hand which made it improbable that he would have a first-tier spirit card in his opening hand.
So in order not to get stuck with a bad starting hand, Dark had to reduce the number of cards in his deck to a certain extent.
"Anyway, there are no restrictions on the number of magic cards in this game, so I can try to filter out some."
...
Dianna leaned over, took a glance at Dark's deck, and exclaimed: "Dark, you already have so many magic cards!?"
She covered her mouth as she was expressing her surprise, which was quite cute.
Dark said casually: "There are many trash cards."
"Oh." Dianna also started to sort out her magic cards.
Dark also took a glance at her deck and found that Dianna also had quite a number of cards which was unexpected.
But when he wanted to take a closer look, Dianna turned around with a blushing face, covered her cards, and said in a low voice, "Don't look, they are all trash cards."
Dark: "..."
Dianna didn't lie.
They were all really trash cards!
In the first semester of the first year, there were three ways to make magic cards in normal lectures.
They were "Phantom Magic Beast Refining Method", "Basic (Random) Refining Method" and "Generic Spells Card Refining Method".
Although Phantom Magic Beasts were great, most of them were one-star spirit cards with 100 points of magic attack and defense.
Additionally, the refining materials for the Phantom Magic Beast refining method were actually very rare and hard to buy.
The Generic Spells card was limited to Magic spell cards. There were only five kinds, and the difficulty and the cost of refining would increase for stronger spells.
Only the "basic refining method" was simple and hence, most suitable for refining cards easily.
Therefore, if the little magisters wanted to improve their combat power quickly, they could only bet on the "basic refining method".
If they were lucky, they could get one or two three-star cards!
If they were even luckier, they could even get one or two three-star purple or orange cards!
Some people liked to call this refining technique "card gambling".
It meant that most people would lose everything =.=!
The number of credits Dianna had was among the highest among first-year students, so she had enough credits to bet on "cards".
That was why she got a bunch of trash cards.
The so-called trash card usually referred to a white card without skills and with below-average magic attack and defense for its star level.
However, right now, Dark only wished he had a few Tier 1 white cards that he could use to fill his deck.
He calmed down and continued to sort out his cards.
"First, three magic spirit cards of the first tier are necessary, and then three magic spell cards of the deadly sin series."
"Based on these six magic cards, I should add three third-tier magic spirit cards."
"And then add one each of [Magic Bullet Spell], [Fade Spell], [Energy Potion], [Manifestation Powder]."
"The ratio of spirit cards to magic and item cards is 6:7."
"Emmm, I should get rid of one [Fade Spell] and [Manifestation Powder]!"
"I'll keep it like this for the time being, and I will adjust it later if necessary."
In the absence of a limit on the number of cards in the deck, there was no need to put extra cards in order to fill the deck.
Although it was stated that the in-class competition this time was conducted in accordance with the rules of formal duels, with the number of cards the first-year students had, it could only be meant for gaining experience and was part of the course.
Dark didn't take it too seriously.
So his final deck was:
[Phantom Magic Beast: Eevee], [Trash Slime], [Shuckle]
[Gatomon], [Miltank], [Sylveon]
[Pride I], [Pride II], [Lust III]
[Magic Bullet Spell], [Energy Potion], [Manifestation Powder]
...
"There are twelve magic cards in total, and the ratio of spirit cards to the rest of the cards is 1:1, which should be enough."
With that in mind, Dark stacked the remaining cards into a group and placed them separately.
...
"Ring, ring, ring!"
The school bell rang as scheduled.
"Let's go."
Dark stood up from the bench.
The rest of the students also started to gather in the middle in twos and threes.
Professor Jones appeared at the door of the dueling hall with a relaxed expression.
With one hand she was pulling a trolley with Magic Balls and other items in it.
After entering the venue, Professor Jones clapped her hands: "Two laps."
Although the students groaned in dissatisfaction, they had become accustomed to it.
While the students were running, Professor Jones started making arrangements.
This time, the in-class competition directly used venue equipment, so it was faster to arrange.
By the time the students finished running the two laps, the venue layout was almost complete.
Five minutes of rest time.
Professor Jones blew the whistle, and the first-year students from the four houses regrouped in front of her.
"I won't talk about other things today. This competition will adopt the official rules, and the competition will be divided into two rounds."
"In the first round, students will form groups based on their respective houses, and each group will determine four players through a single-elimination system."
"In the second round, a total of 16 contestants will adopt a double-elimination system to determine the ranking."
"These sixteen contestants will all receive a certain amount of credits."
Professor Jones briefly described the rules of the competition and then clapped her hands.
"In addition, today's referees are!"
Then, three professors walked in from the entrance of the venue.
Professor Lily yawned and didn't seem to have slept well last night.
Professor Silver's face was serious, and she looked at the students with sharp eyes.
Professor Claire Kate's smile was gentle, like a spring breeze.
Together with Professor Jones, there was one professor for each house.
The students were separated at the arrangement of the professors.
As the head of Noble House, Professor Jones naturally led Noble House.
The Noble House students, including Dark, followed in the footsteps of Professor Jones and came to the dueling arena ①.
The size of the indoor dueling arena was 30X20, which was a little bigger than a basketball court.
On both sides of the arena, there would be a player platform about five meters high.
Duelers needed to use the magic cards on the player's platform to duel.
