Read Novel Full Chapter 570: Almond’s Cards, Games
Chapter 570: Almond’s Cards, Games
Almond and the others were surprised.
Existence erasure upon Anchor Points reaching 0? That was crazy.
And they liked it!
"But if we go into different games, how will we get together? There should be a way, right?" Ainen asked.
"Indeed. There is a way to get together." Rombe nodded. "At the start, you will directly have to participate in a game."
"But once the game is finished and you earn your Anchor Points, you can choose to pick a place where you want to start living. I know several places, but I recommend Arklight City. It’s not too expensive, but not too cheap to live in. People like you can easily earn enough Anchor Points to live there. Once you think you can live even better, you can choose to pick better cities."
"That’s good." Almond grinned. "I’m sure Rudra, Natalia, and the others will also catch up. We can choose a city and make the name Regalon spread, so they can find us."
"Yep." Lily nodded.
"Now that you all have your second decks and you know everything you needed to know, there’s nothing else keeping you here unless you want to stay here." Tofen grinned.
"Since we reached Tier-2, we might as well roam this world and acquire resources to reach the peak of Tier-2 in terms of stats," Saffa said. "Ainen won’t be there to buff us once we are in the game, so it’s better to get stronger."
"In that case, I know a perfect place." Rombe laughed. "Deporado Valley. That place is the most dangerous place of this dimension, but it is also a cradle of resources. Given your combat power, you would be able to reach the peak of Tier-2 in a day once you go there."
Lily stood up. "Well then, let’s depart right away."
Almond waved his hand, creating a large platform made of blades sticking together.
"We’ll be back once we reach the peak of Tier-2."
The group stood on the platform and flew away with Almond controlling the blades.
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Seventeen hours later, the group returned.
Rombe and Tofen showed great hospitality, bringing them the tastiest food and a place to rest.
The next day, the group departed from this layer and went to the next layer without further ado.
Going to the next layer required a test, and the test of each layer was different.
But Layer 1 didn’t have any tests, only the requirement of reaching Tier-2.
Once done, people could simply wish to ascend, and they would get a magical voice asking them to confirm their decision.
Almond and the others vanished as they confirmed their ascension, and separated.
They found themselves in absolute darkness with a large magical screen showing exactly one thousand squares before them, each square having a unique design and colors with the name of the game on it.
[Identity Matrix Generated.]
[Almond Regalon]
[Lifeform: Adapt | Tier-2]
[Stats: 0]
— Pulse: 2000/2000
— Constitution: 200
— Arihanta: 200
— Will: 200
[Decks:]
— Throne of Grimlord’s Blade (Assessment Ongoing)
— Ark of Fabricating Oblivion (Assessment Ongoing)
[Anchor Points: 1]
’So we start with 1 Anchor Point?’ Almond raised his eyebrows. ’I guess unless one wins a game to acquire Anchor Points, they won’t be able to live properly.’
He looked at the screen ahead.
When he focused on one name, he suddenly saw the rules of the game projecting in his mind.
[Choose the game you wish to participate in.]
Rombe had also told them about some games, so everyone had decided which to pick. Since only one winner could get Anchor Points per game, entering as a group in one game was detrimental.
Obstacle Race Arena
Gravity Flip Field
Lava Floor Survival
Monster Carry Challenge
Moving Platform War
Pot Hole Dominion
Sky Bridge Rush
Falling Island Battle
Trap Room Marathon
Rolling Boulder Run
Giant Maze Escape
Reverse Controls Arena
Shrinking Map Fight
Random Weapon Arena
Raid Switch Survival
Flood City Challenge
Hunting Grounds Game
Invisible Enemy Zone
Endless Stairs Siege
Chaos Dodge Field
Rotating World Arena
Monster Wave Defense
And many more.
Each game rewarded different amounts of Anchor Points, and there were tiers to the games as well.
The ones before Almond were all D-rank games.
’I want to gather Oblivion Spirits, so Rombe told me the best game for me would be Monster Wave Defense.’
Almond found it.
[Monster Wave Defense]
Number of Participants: 5
<Rules>
— All five players will start in a star-shaped fortress, with each one having one side to defend. Behind each player’s defense path is a Nexus Crystal, which, if destroyed, would result in finalizing the score of the player, which is based on the number of monsters slain.
’Nice. This is indeed perfect for me.’ Almond grinned and chose the game without hesitation.
[The evaluation of your decks is ongoing. Once it is done, you can enter the game.]
’Oh yeah. Rombe mentioned this.’ Almond looked at the assessment ongoing status.
This was pretty important, as players’ decks and cards determined the bonus Anchor Points earned during the game if they won.
’I should be at top-tier, right?’ Almond blinked. ’My deck is pretty broken. I also unlocked one more card slot since reaching Tier-2, so I should also start thinking about that during the game.’
[Throne of Grimlord’s Blade Deck]
Rank: Tier-2
Card Draw: 10 Pulse per star of the card.
Card Pile: [4/5 — Inspiration: 0 — Insight: 0]
1. Grimblade Creation (2-star)
2. Grim Severam (4-star)
3. Grim Convergence Slash (9-star)
4. Grimblade Essence Factory (10-star)
5. --
The other two cards he made were pretty strong, and his deck’s cards perfectly synergized with each other.
[Grimblade Creation]
Quality: 2-star
Effect:
—> You can target any inanimated object and transform it into a Grimblade with unique properties that depend on the object.
—> If a Grimblade is destroyed, it will sever its fate of destruction and instead evolve. This only happens once per Grimblade.
—> Number of Grimblades: 743
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[Grim Severam]
Card Quality: 4-star
Effect:
—> You can apply a desired ’Sever’ on a blade, which applies that Sever to the target. On top of that, it increases the selected Grimblade’s power by 100% + 10% per Will stat. Using this card on a Grimblade will reduce its durability to zero after 24 hours.
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[Grim Convergence Slash]
Card Quality: 9-star
Effect:
—> Stack any number of Grimblades together into a single slash, and activate all of their effects ten times.
—> The selected Grimblades will be destroyed. If they haven’t evolved once, they will evolve and manifest.
This was a nuke. And if he applied different types of ’Sever’ on those blades before using Grim Convergence Slash, nothing would survive.
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[Grimblade Essence Factory]
Card Type: Inner Domain
Card Quality: 10-star
Effect:
—> Destroyed Grimblades will transform into Grim Essence in this factory. The Essence is ranked from Common to Exalted. The user can use Essences to elevate Grimblades’ quality from Common to Exalted.
—> Only up to 10 Exalted Grimblades can exist at a time. To increase the capacity, an Exalted Essence must be sacrificed.
This card basically upgraded his Grimblades, making them stronger and stronger while adding one extra effect from a previous Grimblade, allowing him to combo and synergize effects.
Almond was looking forward to making his first Exalted Grimblade, but so far, the task didn’t seem easy to achieve due to how this worked.
For now, he only had 8 Rare-rank Grimblades in his arsenal, which required 80 Common-rank Essences to make.
Any Grimblade he created, be it from a Tier-1 being or Tier-5, started at Common-rank.
Destroying Common-rank Grimblades gave Common-rank Grim Essence.
Ten Common-rank Grim Essences were required to elevate a Common-rank Grimblade to Rare-rank.
Similarly, after making 11 Rare-rank Grimblades, he would have to sacrifice 10 of them to get 10 Rare-rank Essences, and use them on the 11th Rare-rank Grimblade to elevate it to a Breaker-rank Grimblade.
And the ranks went like this — Common, Rare, Breaker, Paradox, and Exalted.
In short, he needed a total of 10,000 Common-rank Grimblades to start processing them into higher ranks to acquire 10 Paradox Essences, which would elevate one Paradox-rank Grimblade to Exalted-rank.
Almond was excited to make one. He just hoped he could use the monsters in Monster Wave Defense to create Grimblades.
[Assessment Complete. Due to your Tier-2 deck having total stars above 20, you will acquire a 50% bonus Anchor Point if you win. But if you lose, your Anchor Points will be reduced to 1 no matter the number in every game.]
Almond grinned. ’50% is pretty awesome.’
As for losing? Almond wasn’t even thinking about it.
[Players Found. 5/5]
[You will enter one instance of Monster Wave Defense in three seconds. All the best.]