A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

Lucy knew very well that Kira's awakening would greatly enhance his combat power, so she had to reduce his health before he met the awakening conditions!

Now, Kira has 5 life points, 6 mana points, and only 2 cards in his hand, which is the best opportunity for him!

As the skill [Celestial Spirit Summon] was activated, Lucy's character card suddenly emitted a burst of light, followed by the familiar sound of a door opening. The pile of character cards next to her responded to the summon, and a character card immediately flew out and landed in Lucy's area.

Character: Erza

【Life: 6】

【Magic Power: 6】

【Skill:

Fairy Queen: When any Fairy Tail character deals damage to you, they must discard one card from their hand; otherwise, the damage is nullified.

Knight's Gear Change: At the start or end of your turn, if you have no equipment in your equipment slots, you gain an equipment card and use it; you can have multiple equipment cards in your equipment slots; you can use the effects of equipment in your equipment slots at any time, but only one effect can be triggered at a time.

Final Blade of Light: When your health is 1, your damage dealt is increased by 1; when your mana is not higher than 1, your damage ignores the target's equipment effects.

X of X: Awakening Skill, —this part is unclear—]

When the light faded, the three of them could see the information about this "Protoss".

"It's Erza!" Lucy's eyes widened. "What's with this last skill?"

"Hmm... well, you'll find out later. Anyway, you can't use the 'Awakening Skill,' so just pretend you didn't see it!"

Lucy and Cana exchanged a glance: 'Something feels off...'

Although they had doubts, the situation at hand did not allow them to think too much, so they could only obediently continue playing cards.

Erza has high HP and MP, but she has nothing to do with Lucy; she can only use skills.

Fortunately, her skills are quite good, especially the [Fairy Queen] skill, which adds an extra layer of protection for Lucy's safety, which is good news for her;

[Last Light] can increase her attack power; in comparison, [Knight's Outfit] is not as useful and should only be considered when there are enough Celestials and she is safe.

"The counterattack has begun!"

At this point, Lucy has 3 health points and 2 mana points. Of the remaining three cards in her hand, besides [Attack], [Roar of the Fire Dragon] and [Changing Out] are both 'magic cards', and their mana costs are 2 and 1 respectively. She can only choose one of them to use.

But now she faces not only this choice, but also the choice of Erza's skills!

To trigger the [Final Sword Strike], you must use a [Spell Card]. In this case, which [Spell Card] you play is very important!

Choosing to use [Equipment Change] will replace [Emperor's Armor], which is just a gamble on the equipment's effect; choosing [Roar of the Fire Dragon] will deplete your mana, and you won't have Erza's protection next turn!

After weighing the options, Lucy decided to forgo [Roar of the Fire Dragon] and choose another skill, [Knight's Outfit]!

"Change clothes!"

Lucy mimicked Erza's shout and used [Equipment Change] in the hope of obtaining an offensive piece of equipment to increase damage for her next attack. Unfortunately, the result was disappointing; she received a [Magic Pen].

[Magic Pen: Can replace a 'Trap Card' once per turn]

The so-called 'trap cards' are a branch of 'spell cards', and the previous [Spell Trap] belonged to this category.

[Magic Pen] is of no use to Lucy at this point, but fortunately she now has [Knight's Outfit], which allows her to equip two equipment cards at the same time.

Kira joked, "You've imitated it quite well!"

Lucy snorted and continued her attack on Kira: "Attack!"

Kira throws out a card: "Defense!"

"Yosh! The counterattack is over!"

"Huh? What did you say?!" Kira looked at her with a strange expression.

Lucy blushed immediately and discarded [Roar of the Fire Dragon] during her discard phase: "I said, my turn is over!"

Kira's turn. He draws cards as usual, obtaining the magic card [Sweeping Barrage] and the basic card [Defense].

[Machine Barrage (1): Other characters use this to defend, otherwise they will take one point of physical damage]

"A prank is coming!"

Kira draws three cards: [Recover], [Attack], and [Earthquake].

[Earthquake (2): All other characters take 1 point of physical damage]

The prank resulted in two cards being added to the deck, bringing the total to three. Kira discarded the card that restored life magic and focused on awakening, leaving only [Defense], [Mechanical Barrage], and [Earth Collapse] in his hand.

"Talented people have arrived!"

Kira activates the skill [Prankster], removing 2 [Prank] cards from each person's hand, reducing their magic power by 1 point, and discarding Cana's [Torch] and Lucy's [Emperor's Armor].

"Machine-fire!"

Like the roar of machine guns, Kana's [Ice Shield] effect activated, negating the damage. Lucy activated [Useless Seduction], drawing a 'magic card' [Storm Attack], narrowly escaping disaster.

"The earth collapses!"

This time, Kana couldn't stop it, and the monster lost one point of health; Lucy made another judgment and revealed [Moon Drop].

"How lucky!" Kira sighed. "What a pity, those two cards were pretty good; they should have been Cana's."

Lucy looked apologetically at Kana, who comforted her, "Ignore him! He's just trying to sow discord!"

"Don't talk nonsense! I'm not that kind of person!"

Kira denied his sinister intentions and activated the skill [Word of Power], turning the [Defense] in his hand into [Attack], and with the blessing of [Thunder Spear], adding the attribute of lightning, aiming directly at Cana.

"attack!"

The monster [Carnivorous Plant] disappeared after being attacked, and Kana didn't even have time to use her skill before it was gone. This is equivalent to using 3 points of magic to offset 2 points of damage, which is undoubtedly a loss!

Cana looked disappointed, but Kira didn't care; he was happy as long as he was happy!

The second round has ended, and the information for the three players is as follows:

[Kana:]

Life: 4/4

Mana: 1/4

Hand cards: 0, [Prank] *1

Equipment: None

Area: Firewall

Lucy:

Life: 3/4

Mana: 0/4

Hand: 0, [Prank] * 1

Equipment: [Magic Pen]

Area: Magic Potion *1, [Erza: Knight's Outfit]

Kira:

Life: 5/8

Mana: 3/8

Hand: 0

Equipment: [Thunder Spear][Diamond Armor]

In the third round, Cana and Lucy finally realized how terrifying Kira was.

With their magic depleted and their card draws strictly controlled, the two were utterly powerless to resist and could only be slaughtered at his mercy.

Fortunately, Kira didn't have any cards in her hand at that moment, otherwise they would have been finished!

'We absolutely cannot let him awaken!' Kana draws a card and gets a [Magic Pocket Watch (1)]. 'Great! There's a chance!'

Play the pocket watch to obtain the magic card [Theft] and the item card [Fountain of Magic].

[Steal (1): Obtain one card from the adjacent character]

[Mana Source: Restores 1 point of mana to all characters]

After reviewing the effects of the two cards, Kana didn't hesitate and immediately used [Mana Source]. This was extremely helpful to them, restoring a small amount of magic to everyone.

Next, Cana used [Theft] on Kira to steal [The Vajra Armor] and put it on herself.

"Ok, Ok……"

Kira felt no regret at losing his equipment, because he immediately triggered the skill [Item Master], drawing two cards from the deck.

When it's Lucy's turn, since she only has one piece of equipment left, she chooses Erza's [Final Blade] this time; the mana potion restores 1 mana, but it is consumed again due to the presence of the Celestial Spirit [Erza], so her mana is now 1. Draw 1 card.

When Lucy saw the cards in her hand, she froze for a moment: "This is..."

[Topology: Triggers the effect of any "Item Card" used on the field]

This is a prop card!

'The only item cards that have been used on the field are Kira's [Moon Drop], my [Magic Potion], and Cana's [Mana Fountain].'

Should I give myself 2 points of magic, or give everyone 1 point of magic?

Chapter 300 A Chance to Turn the Tide

If this were not an assessment but just a game, then some consideration would be needed; but right now, Lucy made her choice quickly for the sake of her team's victory.

"Use [Topology] to imprint [Mana Source]"

Everyone's magic power increased by one again.

Kira smiled and thanked the two of them, saying, "Thank you! You're so kind!"

Kana and Lucy looked up, glanced at him expressionlessly, and continued analyzing the battle situation.

"You guys are making me really embarrassed..."

Just then, Lucy used her skill again: "Activate [Celestial Spirit Summon]!"