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Chapter 436 A perfect start vs... a triple block in the backcourt!
"Luckily, I got the first move again."
With the order of duelists' covenants determined, a smile quickly appeared on Turu's face after he had drawn all six cards.
This hand is much better than the last one, so it seems like I can win the duel without much effort.
Without the slightest hesitation, Turu launched his attack directly:
"I paid the price of sending three faction cards—'Sacred Church,' 'Sorcerer's Tower,' and 'Royal Court'—from my hand to the graveyard."
The second Special Summon condition for 'Freebie Hero - Mino Ray' in my hand has been met! Summon it directly from my hand to the field!!!
Four of the six cards were instantly removed, but the attack made even Erwin tremble:
"What?! How could that be?!"
[Freebie Hero - Mino Lake: Attack 5000 / Defense 0]
In just one round, Tulu summoned the hero who had previously given him nightmares? What kind of luck is that!
If drawing "The Knowledge Seal of the Book Demon" in the last round was a stroke of luck, then Tulu's current hand is simply a divine start!
Getting three different human card factions right from the start, plus a free hero, is statistically no harder than collecting five fragments of the Abyss Archmage in the game.
"How infuriating! Did that guy cheat?!"
Jenny said with concern and indignation.
“No, although Turu bypassed the rules by using the Dark Card, the effect of the Duelist Covenant is absolute.” Erwin shook his head: “Turu cannot and has no need to use even more underhanded methods.”
However, this opening also indicates...
"Could it be that even luck is on Turu's side?"
Erwin looked gloomy. If he were facing the start of this match, he would almost certainly only have one option: to concede defeat at the outset.
"Commander Erwin, don't be discouraged. Look, Shana hasn't given up yet!"
Sure enough, during the match, as Tulu's turn ended, Shana drew her card without hesitation, her expression unwavering.
Because he couldn't attack first, Tulu, after summoning the Free Hero, only had two Lunt cards left in his hand, so he didn't do anything else and ended his turn quickly.
"My turn—!"
Shana suddenly swung her cloak, her index and middle fingers together at her brow, and then with a sweeping motion, drew a Lent card from her deck in an extremely stylish manner!
"Draw a card!!!"
During the game, Tulu shook his head, almost laughing out loud: "Such an exaggerated way of drawing cards is usually only used by young people who haven't been playing Lent for long. Shana, do you think... you can defeat your enemies just by looking cool?"
“Of course not,” Shana said.
"A stylish card draw won't guarantee victory, but a player who doesn't follow their inner card-drawing strategy will definitely not win."
"I don't understand that." Tulu scoffed.
"Half of the victory in a duel is determined when the deck is shuffled. The rest is simply a matter of which side has a better strategy and more skillful maneuvering."
Faced with Turu's relentless ridicule, Shana simply shook her head calmly:
"So... you're just a third-rate dark duelist."
"The Lent cards hold infinite possibilities. Have you already forgotten even the most important sentence from the very beginning of this tutorial?"
“Third-rate?!”
These words seemed to enrage Turu, and his eyes turned terrifying:
"You call my proudest cards 'dark cards'! You call the dark deck I painstakingly built 'drawing cards instead of thinking'! You slander the stats I painstakingly crafted as 'no skill involved'!"
"—Now, you, a duelist who shows absolutely no professionalism, are criticizing me, the victor, as third-rate?!"
"You must know, I have defeated the dragons and the top card players from the human kingdoms! Now, I am the strongest duelist on the entire continent! I am the true victor!"
"It's no use talking more."
Shana adds the Lent card she drew to her hand:
"No matter how many victories you achieve, it's not a reason to win this Lunt card duel. You'll soon understand... I'm summoning 'Hero Candidate - Shana Rek' to the arena in normal form."
With her signature cool pose, as if polished countless times, Shana tossed her character card to the front.
In the arena, the projection of a red-haired girl solidified.
[Hero Candidate - Shana Lake: Attack 2000 / Defense 2000]
"The hero Shana used the weakest human deck?!"
Off the field, Irwin muttered to himself, "This is bad."
He shook his head with some regret. He should have pointed out Shana's mistakes when she was choosing the Lunt brand.
Judging from the character cards Shana summoned, she is clearly using a human deck centered around her own system!
The dwarves would naturally not provide Shana with the same dark cards as Turu.
Therefore, Shana's deck strength is almost equivalent to the lowest tier offered in official tournaments!
Shana, you really don't know anything. The only person who could defeat your opponent with such a deck is the legendary girl S, the champion of the Lent Card Tournament at the time...
Erwin paused, suddenly feeling that something was amiss.
"But if we use a human deck, we don't have to worry about being countered by that 'freebie hero' on the field, right?"
At this moment, Jenny innocently said from the side, "After all, the effect of 'Demon Affinity' is almost a counter to the entire Demon deck."
“That’s not how you analyze things, Jenny,” Erwin instinctively began to correct him.
"You need to understand that restraint is only one aspect that affects the course of the battle, and you can't deny the function and strength of the entire deck because of it."
Just like the core of Tulu's dark deck, which is the universally hated 'Free Hero', his overall strength is quite weak before it's summoned.
"While the Demon deck is countered by 'Free Hero,' that is only based on the advantage of Tulu, which allows him to defeat Demon characters one after another."
"If we can take advantage of the early-game strength of the Demon deck to suppress it, and even prevent it from summoning its core cards, then both the Light and Dark decks will be at a disadvantage:"
Like in the last game, if I had known he was going to summon 'Free Hero' instead of 'Blessed Hero', and after I used Book Demon's Seal to declare another key card, Turu would have had no choice but to concede defeat.
"Therefore, even when facing some form of countermeasure, using the strongest cards is always the optimal solution."
"Unless you encounter a perfect hand like the one right now, where the opponent summons their core cards right at the start..."
At this point, Erwin suddenly froze.
Isn't this exactly the situation Shana is facing right now...?
If she really did use his demon deck as he had suggested at the beginning, then now—a chill ran down Erwin's spine, and he instantly broke out in a cold sweat.
The analysis that belonged to the top players just now seems to have become as useless as theoretical discussion.
Irwin cast a somewhat bewildered glance at the arena.
Could it be that this... was also part of Shana's calculations, which is why she chose the human deck?!
But how can the human deck win against such a strong opening, and how can they overcome the formidable Minotaur?!
Erwin stared intently at the arena, trying to find the answer in Shana's performance.
However, in this short round, Shana simply played four Rent cards and then did nothing else.
Compared to Tulu's aggressive offensive, Shana's response seemed as ineffective as her deck:
"—Also, I'll set three effect cards face down in the back row... End of turn."
Chapter 437 The same applies to the brother Mino's situation.
"Shana, danger!"
"How can a regular character with only 2000 points withstand a free hero with 5000 points?"
Erwin looked worried, but he knew that if he were in that situation, he probably wouldn't be able to do anything either.
"It seems Shana's luck with the cards isn't too good either."
"This is too cruel." Jenny covered her eyes, unable to bear watching any longer.
"Using the Mino Warrior's character card to fight against Shana's character card, is this what dark cards are all about? This is outrageous!"
"That's not quite right. After all, in the official card game, the two systems, which are siblings, are not a set, but exist independently as hero systems."
Erwin wasn't so sentimental; instead, he touched his nose and gave a wry smile.
"After all, the cards derived from the sibling relationship between the two are mostly those of His Highness Ota and Princess Kalia..."
Suddenly, he froze.
The decks he mentioned are all older Lent decks, and their applicability is limited to the Prince and Princess decks, which are sibling decks, making them extremely uncommon.
But with the sudden appearance of Shana the Brave, it seems that there are more than just one pair of brother and sister decks in the Lent deck.
If it's that card—Erwin's heart skipped a beat, and then he stared intently at the arena.
"Freebie Hero, attack Shana!" Turu declared without hesitation.
Just then, Shana suddenly waved her hand:
"I activate the Continuous Scenario Card - 'Sister Complex Maniac'!"
In Shana's back row, a card suddenly flips over, revealing a blond prince facing his sister, Shasha.
"Scene Card - Sis Complex Maniac, can exist permanently on the field before being destroyed: Select an enemy or ally character who is siblings to activate this card! At the cost of the sister character not attacking, the brother character card also cannot attack!"
A permanent ban on attacks between the two sides?!
On the field, both Tulu and Erwin's expressions changed!
Using a character with 2000 attack points to seal a character with 5000 attack points seems like the best way to maximize the effect.
"It's this card... I'd almost forgotten about it," Turu said, somewhat surprised.
Although he wasn't as meticulous as Erwin, remembering the effects of all the Lent cards, he could recall most of the mainstream Lent cards. However, he had little recollection of the less common and niche Lent cards.
"After witnessing that battle just now, you came up with such a powerful countermeasure and assembled the deck in such a short time?"