A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

The golden light reappeared, the door rang again, and the character cards flew once more; Lucy summoned a second Celestial Spirit.

"Wow! Double door opening!" Kira cheered. "That's impressive, Lucy!"

Lucy chuckled confidently, "Of course! I promised I'd help Kana advance to S-rank mage!!!"

[Character: Mistgang]

【Life: 6】

【Magic Power: 6】

【Skill:

Dreamscape: After all other characters draw cards in their next turn, discard one card.

Mirror Water: You can reflect single-target spells used against you.

Mikagura: Once per turn, designate a character, and you and the character each recover 1 point of magic. Draw 3 cards and skip the next turn.

Void: Limited Skill. Designate another character and discard all of their cards.

"It's Mystogan?! What amazing skills!!"

The moment Lucy saw the [Kagura] skill, she knew that the turning point of this game had arrived!

Without any hesitation, Lucy shouted, "Use [Mistgang Mikagura]!"

"Hey... seriously?!" Kira exclaimed, looking at Lucy's character card and exclaiming, "You actually pulled Mystogan? You really are lucky!"

With this move, it means that in the next 8 rounds of the battle, he and Lucy can only fight for 4 rounds, while Cana can fight for the full 8 rounds, directly doubling the chance of winning!

"What an amazing person!!"

"Designate Kira, activate [Mikagura]!"

Lucy and Kira each draw 3 cards and recover 1 point of magic. The character images on their character cards are also covered by a gray-white veil, which means they will skip the next turn.

Upon seeing her hand, Lucy was overjoyed again, pulling out two cards and throwing them on the ground: "Boost my magic power!!"

These are two [Restore] cards! Lucy's magic power has suddenly surged to 4!!

To avoid triggering the "Calling for an Old Friend" event and causing "Mystergan" to disappear, Lucy did not choose to continue summoning the Celestial Spirits. Instead, she removed the Celestial Spirit "Erza" to buy more time.

At the end of the round, Lucy switched the skill [Star Spirit Drive] to [Mirror Water].

With Kira's turn skipped, the third round ends here, and the three characters' current status is:

[Kana:]

Life: 4/4

Mana: 1/4

Hand cards: 0, [Prank] *1

Equipment: [Diamond Armor]

Area: Firewall

Lucy: Flip over

Life: 3/4

Mana: 4/4

Hand: 1, [Prank] * 1

Equipment: [Magic Pen]

Area: [Misthill: Mirror Water]

Kira:

Life: 5/8

Mana: 6/8

Hand: 5

Equipment: [Thunder Spear]

In this round, Lucy turned the tide with her own luck, giving this team, which originally had little hope, a chance to win!

"You're amazing, Lucy!" Cana exclaimed excitedly. "Maybe we really can win!"

Lucy stuck out her tongue and laughed, "Hehehe, it's all good luck! My name, Lucy, comes from 'lucky'!"

They were happy, but Kira wasn't so happy. After all, anyone would feel the same way if they encountered a character like Mystogan in this situation.

In fact, the character [Mistgang] is not strong in either 1v1 or multiplayer battles; however, he is excellent in team battles or 2v1 boss battles.

Moreover, Kira himself had set the "ten rounds" rule, so now he could only swallow his resentment.

Kira glanced at the time, grabbed the two who were about to jump up, and urged, "Ten minutes have passed! The chairman said you only have one hour for the first stage of the assessment!"

The battle has only gone through three rounds so far. At the speed at which the three players play their cards, it shouldn't take much time at all. The ten minutes were mostly spent explaining the rules of the game.

"Here it comes! Round four!"

However, the fourth round of battles was not exciting.

Cana's turn: She draws an [Attack] card and uses it on Kira, but Kira blocks it with a [Defense] card, and the turn passes uneventfully; Lucy's turn is skipped; and Kira takes the stage.

Draw 2 cards, [Prank] 3.

This time, Kira gave Lucy two cards and Cana one card, then activated [Prankster], discarding one [Prank] card from Cana and throwing away her equipment [Diamond Armor].

Kana said regretfully, "Really! If I had known this would happen, I should have changed out of the [Diamond Armor] just now!"

"Too late!"

The current situation is strange. This test should have been about Cana and Lucy overcoming Kira's obstacles, but now it has become Kira's job to deal with them as soon as possible, turning the situation from one of initiative to one of passivity.

'I was definitely too good to them!'

"Use [Word of Power]!"

Kira played a card, using a magic card as a [Magic Pocket Watch], drawing two cards from the deck, and then played a [Seven Star Sword].

[Seven Star Sword (3): Starting from your next player, deal 1 point of damage to each character in turn until you reach 7 points]

The moment this magic card was played, the situation changed completely!

The three were attacked in sequence, each taking 7 points of damage. Kana took 3 points of damage and had 1 point of health left; Lucy took 2 points of damage and also had 1 point of health left.

The two were in grave danger. The only good news was that Kana triggered the [Sobering Up] skill and gained 3 cards.

At the same time, Kira also lost 2 lives under this card, leaving him with 3 lives.

Seeing her advantage from the third round crumble instantly, Kana was shocked: "What is this?! Whose magic is this?! How can it be so powerful?!"

Kira replied, "It's Gerald's!"

“Jeral…” Cana was taken aback at first, then suddenly realized, “Is it the same entity as Mystogan?”

Given that's the kind of person he is, it's normal for him to be a bit strong, but...

"This is a magic card, not a character card. This level of power is seriously disrupting the game balance!"

"How could that be?!"

Kira, as if unable to understand her statement, straightened up and retorted loudly, "This is a magic card that consumes 3 points of magic power! Even I can't use it more than a few times!"

"Besides, this card game is designed for multiplayer. When there are more players, the impact of this [Seven Star Sword] won't be as significant as it is now! It's just that because there are only three of us now, the damage we each take is a bit more."

"It's like Lucy summoning [Mystogan], an exception! But it works surprisingly well..."

Cana had no choice but to grit her teeth and glare at Kira: "Damn it..."

Kira crossed his arms in front of him, saying, "Hey... what's with that look in your eyes that says you want to devour me alive? Don't look at me like that!"

"Stop talking nonsense! Continue!"

"Okay...keep going...keep going..."

Kira turned his gaze back to the six cards in his hand: three [Defense] cards, two [Recovery] cards, and one [Magic Airship] card.

[Magic Airship: Your magic can be used on characters beyond a certain distance]

Such an item card would be very useful in multiplayer battles, but in the current situation where there are enemies on both sides, it can be said to be almost a useless card. However, Kira still equipped it, thinking that it was better than nothing.

"attack!"

"defense!"

After a brief exchange with Kana, during which they each used up one card in their hand, Kira used up two [Recovery] cards. Under the effect of the [Word of Power] skill, the effect was doubled, directly adding 2 points of health and 2 points of mana.

The round has ended, and the fourth round of the card battle has come to a close.

In this round, due to Kira's bad hand, Cana and Lucy unexpectedly escaped with their lives. The current information for the three is as follows:

[Kana:]

Life: 1/4

Mana: 1/4

Hand cards: 2, [Prank] *1

Equipment: None

Area: Firewall

Lucy:

Life: 1/4

Mana: 4/4

Hand: 1, [Prank] * 3

Equipment: [Magic Pen]

Area: [Misthill: Mirror Water]

Kira:

Life: 5/8