Let them print cards, not slay gods 116

Chapter 116: [Fairy Rose · Jìyuè]

Shen Sui hadn’t expected the Exploration Bureau to come looking for him before he could even go to them.

They brought a card trading device with them.

Ye Qing’s meaning was clear: if Shen Sui wanted, he could choose his rewards now.

Zhang Fang kept his promise.

Adding to the compensation for the early promotion tournament,

Shen Sui could choose one Fate Card below 10 stars and one 15-star Fate Card from the Exploration Bureau’s card pool.

“So, what’s the matter?” Shen Sui asked Ye Qing beside him while browsing the Exploration Bureau’s card pool.

Ye Qing, who was pretending to admire the white wall, felt relieved when he heard Shen Sui’s question and quickly said, “Actually, I’m here with a mission from the Exploration Bureau.”

“A mission?”

“Yes, two in total.” Ye Qing said, “Both are from the Dawn Continent’s World One, you know…”

“Oh, okay, tell me.” Shen Sui didn’t refuse. It was rare to have such a reasonable government agency willing to let him take advantage of them; he had to maintain a good relationship.

Mission One: Investigate the War God Temple and determine the current state of War God Baragas.

Mission Two: Gather clues about the Dusk Saint Vivian.

Shen Sui looked at the paper documents before him, deeply moved.

Zhang Fang was indeed a leader with explosive action; after verbally requesting Shen Sui’s help, he immediately put it into writing, giving Shen Sui a basis for claiming rewards from the Exploration Bureau.

Sure enough, people with a dueling spirit are trustworthy.

Mission Two was a long-term mission. Whether it was because the mission was truly important or due to Zhang Fang’s personal wishes, the reward section, in addition to rewards given for achieving milestones (including tax exemptions, bonuses, and choice of Fate Cards), would also pay Shen Sui 8,000 yuan monthly as an execution reward.

The mission didn’t specify the completion criteria, meaning Shen Sui could earn this monthly salary even if he did nothing, just lying around.

Was this an attempt to win him over?

Shen Sui knew, of course, that there’s no such thing as a free lunch.

Although Zhang Fang seemed easygoing, being the director of the China Exploration Bureau meant he was certainly no pushover.

Either Zhang Fang saw something unusual about Shen Sui that day and wanted to use this to win him over.

Or, this was a hush money payment from the Exploration Bureau, to keep him from revealing the interdimensional invasion that happened that day.

Either way, Shen Sui felt the Exploration Bureau’s sincerity was quite good. As one of the departments with the power of violent enforcement, they hadn’t used force to subdue Shen Sui, surpassing most official higher-ups in novels, films, and games.

Not to mention the substantial benefits they offered.

Eight thousand yuan a month, plus the monthly subsidy for a fifth-rank Fate Card Master, meant Shen Sui could live quite well even if he stayed home all day.

He could even find a small city in a third- or fourth-tier area and live comfortably for the rest of his life with this monthly income and the five million yuan in his account.

Shen Sui’s aspirations, naturally, were far greater than that.

In fact, with financial worries no longer a problem, his ambitions grew even larger.

When he opened the Exploration Bureau’s card pool, Shen Sui realized he had underestimated it. As a byproduct of the large-scale soul card world exploration undertaken by the entire Chinese government, the number of Fate Cards the Exploration Bureau had obtained was quite considerable. They even acquired many high-quality cards because they often had to proactively explore high-risk events (this is the obligation of Exploration Bureau personnel; you can’t refuse to go just because you don’t want to sacrifice your soul cards).

Shen Sui even saw several copies of follower cards like the [Surfing Prosecutor].

He even found three of his preferred “sister” cards.

Without hesitation, Shen Sui chose the one with the largest chest among the three.

******

Card Name: [Fairy Rose · Jìyuè]

Type: Follower Card

Star Rating: 15 stars

Effect: This follower can only be summoned normally.

① During both players’ main phases, when a follower effect is activated, this effect must be activated. This follower gains one Rose mark. Afterward, until the end of the turn, the opponent cannot activate follower effects.

② As long as this follower has a Rose mark, it is not affected by other effects.

③ At the start of the opponent’s turn, the opponent may choose to skip their draw phase and battle phase to remove all Rose marks from this follower. If they do so, this follower loses effect ① until the end of that turn.

④ Once per turn, you can remove any number of Rose marks from this follower to gain X soul points (X is the number of removed marks * 5).

Soul Value: 4500

*****

Fairy Rose, from Soul Card World Number Ten.

It’s a beast-taming world where birds, beasts, plants, mountains, rivers, and even disasters can become spirits that humans can control.

On the card, a beautiful girl bathes in a sea of flowers.

Even through a glimpse at the card, you can feel the girl’s aura.

You would hardly imagine that this girl is actually a rose.

Just what part of the rose did this become, though?

Fairy Rose is a legendary existence in World Ten. Shen Sui was surprised to find it in the Exploration Bureau’s card pool and wondered which big shot was so generous.

Until Ye Qing told him it was the legacy of a great Chinese Fate Card Master.

After her death, she donated all her Fate Cards to the country, and this Fairy Rose is the most precious one among them.

“Wouldn’t it be inconvenient for me to choose this card?” Shen Sui felt a little embarrassed.

“There’s no inconvenience.” Ye Qing said, “I think that great master wouldn’t want her cards to remain forever in the Exploration Bureau’s card pool. She was a pioneer in promoting Fate Card duel competitions in China. In her words, it would be a pity if these follower cards couldn’t come alive on the duel field. We listed it as a reward, but until now, we haven’t found the next owner of this card. In that sense, the Exploration Bureau is the one in debt.”

Shen Sui felt like he was receiving a legacy as he looked at the card.

He never expected his first fifteen-star follower card to come not from the Dawn Continent, but from reality.

Can follower cards come alive on the duel field?

Then I’ll reluctantly give it a try.

Shen Sui thought, inserting the card into his Dueling Instrument.

Cards that are no longer owned can be directly inserted into and written to the Dueling Instrument.

Because of this mechanism, a vicious type of person has been created.

If China has more card scammers, then in the United States, where the Fate Card trading is prosperous and prices are high, another profession exists—Card Hunters.

These Card Hunters are of the purest kind, obtaining opponent’s cards through duels.

Of course, they don’t use Fate Card duels.

It’s American-style duels.

First the information is revealed, and then its altered.

Two more chapters.

(End of chapter)

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