A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

Mana: 4/8

Hand: 3, [Defense] *3

Equipment: [Thunder Spear]

Item: [Magic Airship]

Chapter 301, Second Half

Round 5!

Draw cards, play cards.

Looking at the three cards in her hand, Kana fell into deep thought.

Ten seconds later...

"Activate [Card Master]!"

The three discarded cards are two [Attack] cards and one [Storm Attack] card. These attack cards are of no use to Cana at this point.

The cards were drawn again, and this time the cards looked much better: [Restore] [Drain] [Philosopher's Stone]

[Drain: Gain 1 point of mana from a character. If the character's mana is 0, a lifesteal effect is triggered.]

[Philosopher's Stone: Restores 1 mana at the start of the turn, and restores 1 health when this item is lost]

"Phew..." Seeing these two item cards that were practically bug-level, Kana finally breathed a sigh of relief. "That was a close call. If I had won this game today, I might have used up all my luck for the next year!"

The three cards were played in succession. [Restore] was chosen to restore life, and [Drain] was naturally aimed at Kira. Then, [Philosopher's Stone] was placed in the inventory, and the blade hanging over their heads was finally removed.

"Lucy, it's up to you now!"

"Leave it to me!" Lucy forced a smile, but all three of them could see that cold sweat was beading on her forehead.

Kana's face fell, thinking, 'Lucy must be having a tough time too... I'm sorry, it's all because of me...'

Is it that hot here?

Kira looked up at the top of the tunnel, then looked around, reached out and probed the air with his hand, and said in confusion, "It doesn't seem like there's anything there..."

Kana: "..."

Lucy: "..."

"This guy must have done it on purpose..."

"Hmm! I can tell..."

After Kira's brief interruption, Lucy calmed down again. At the start of the turn, any existing Celestial Spirit loses 1 point of mana.

"【Star Spirit Command】Skill change: 【Mistgan: Kagura】!"

As Kira expected, Lucy's choice was to use a one-for-one trade to stall for another round.

After drawing cards again, the magic power and hand cards are now 3 and 2 respectively.

Even with 3 [Pranks], she still couldn't keep her hand. Most importantly, her 1 life point put her at great risk of dying.

Let's take a gamble!

Lucy felt that the bets she made in those ten minutes were more numerous and more difficult than any she had made in the entire year.

"Activate [Protoss Summon]!"

Consume a little more mana to summon a Celestial Spirit! Accompanied by a flash of golden light, another new character card flew out and landed on Lucy's character card.

[Character: Natsu]

【Life: 5】

【Magic Power: 5】

【Skill:

Fire Dragon Slayer: A locked skill that prevents damage from fire and restores the corresponding amount of mana when you are damaged by fire; you cannot use 'vehicles'; all damage you deal is considered fire-based.

Fire Dragon's Ultimate Skill: Select another character and activate one of the following effects: 1. Inflict Burn*2 on them; 2. Deal up to 2 points of fire damage to them.

Flame Mode: Limited Skill. Increases maximum HP and MP by 1, restores 1 HP and MP, and increases the damage you deal this turn by 1.

Dragon's Power: Awakening Skill. When you are near death, other characters can transfer all their mana to you (at this time, your mana has no upper limit), and you will be restored to full health until the end of the next turn. Your damage dealt is increased by 1.

"【Celestial Spirit Command】Select 【Natsu: Fire Dragon Technique】!"

"Activate Celestial Spirit Skill [Natsu: Fire Dragon Secret Technique], targeting Kira and dealing 2 points of fire damage; Activate Celestial Spirit Skill [Mystogan: Kagura], targeting Kira!"

The re-use of [Kagura] puts Lucy and Kira in a 1-for-1 situation once again, with both of them gaining one more magic power and three more cards in their hands.

Lucy, unusually roused, declared war on Kira: "The attack is coming, Kira!"

"Oh? So arrogant? Looks like I'll have to teach you a lesson!"

With six cards in his hand, three of which could be used as [attacks] and [defenses], Kira was fearless.

"Use the item [Magic Wand]!"

[Magic Wand: The magic card you use costs -1]

"Use [Memory Erasure] on Kira!"

[Memory Erasure (1): Discard one card from a character]

Lucy used a spell card that Kira had never used before on the field, discarding one of his [Defense] cards. Because of the [Wand], this spell card had no mana cost!

"attack!"

"defense!"

The subsequent probing attacks failed, but this was merely a way to deplete the opponent's hand. Lucy didn't have much hope to begin with, so she wasn't discouraged.

“Activate the ability of the equipped [Magic Pen] to replace the [Illusion] trap card,” Lucy regained a new hand, “Use [Restore] to increase your health!”

The last card is [Defense]. Lucy cannot use it because she has 3 [Pranks] in her hand, which take up the hand limit. She can only discard this [Defense] during the discard phase.

At the end of the turn, [Celestial Spirit Command] is activated again: "Replace with [Mystogan: Mirror Water], [Natsu: Fire Dragon Slayer]".

Kira's turn was skipped again, and the fifth round ended. The three players' information is as follows:

[Kana:]

Life: 2/4

Mana: 2/4

Hand cards: 0, [Prank] *1

Item: [Philosopher's Stone]

Area: Firewall

Lucy: Flip over

Life: 2/4

Mana: 3/4

Hand: 0, [Prank] * 3

Equipment: [Magic Pen]

Props: [Magic Wand]

Areas: [Mystogan: Mirror Water], [Natsu: Fire Dragon Slayer]

Kira:

Life: 3/8

Mana: 4/8

Hand: 4, [Defense] *1

Equipment: [Thunder Spear]

Item: [Magic Airship]

So far, half of the agreed-upon game has been completed.

In the first round, both sides tested each other; in the second round, they displayed their abilities, but Cana and Lucy were suppressed by Kira and lost their magic; in the third round, Lucy launched a counterattack thanks to her luck and skipped half a round; however, the two were suppressed again in the fourth round; in the fifth round, the challenger was able to recuperate by using skills.

At this point, the assessment has entered its second half.

Kira's placement of [Prank] into the hands of the two strictly controlled the number of cards that Cana and Lucy could draw in this game. Like [Mistgang]'s [Mikagura], this skill is not as effective in multiplayer battles because once the number of [Prank] cards is dispersed, the effect becomes relatively smaller.

With the help of the Philosopher's Stone, Kana recovers 1 point of mana at the start of the turn, bringing her total to 3 points, enough for her to use [Summon Monster] once, but she is actually quite hesitant.

Kana knew that the life and skills of monsters were completely random, and she couldn't determine whether the [Man-Eating Plant] with 3 life points belonged to the category of more or less.

If it's the former, then using 3 mana points for summoning is a huge waste; if it's the latter...

'Want to gamble? Is it even possible? Has the current situation brought us to the point where we need to rely on luck?'

Cana glanced at Lucy and Kira's cards, her mind racing. 'Lucy only has 2 health points left, [Mirror Water] can only reflect single-target magic, [Useless Seduction] is too unreliable, and she'll skip a turn! There are so many powerful cards in this game; if I just leave her alone…'

'I'll take the bet!'

After a few seconds of thought, Kana made up her mind, drew a card from the deck, and found that it was an [Attack] card.

"Change cards!"

[Card Master] activated, she gained a new card, which is [Defense]!

Kana's face fell instantly; this was even worse than the previous one! If [Attack] allowed her to hit Kira and deplete his hand, then [Defense] would simply have to be discarded at the end of the turn!

"Summon a monster!"

She activated the [Summon Monster] skill, instantly depleting her 3 mana points. A monster card flew out of the deck and landed on Kana's character card.

[Pumpkin King (4): Deals 1 damage to all characters]

"Pretty!"

Upon seeing the Warcraft card, Kana's face lit up with joy, just like a player who pulls a golden legendary card in a single draw.