There are three fortresses on the field, and each of the two players also has a base. If you want to defend a fortress, you need to leave at least one undead card inside it. If you want to conquer the opponent's fortress, you need to kill all the undead cards left inside it.
"Only after one side has defended three fortresses can they launch an attack on the other side's base. There is no limit to the number of rounds in this game. If all 100 cards are used up, I will reshuffle the cards in the discard pile until one side's base is breached. The game ends then and the other side wins."
"The winner will receive an extra red flower, and the loser will lose one. If you are ready, please place your hands on the stone table."
"Is the so-called 'betting table' just a turn-based card game?" Ayman didn't rush to put her hands on the table. She didn't play this type of game much. Because the cards were drawn randomly, there might be a certain element of luck, but strategy was definitely the most important factor.
"Sitting here, there's no turning back. Let's just adapt to the situation!"
Ayman placed his hands on the table. As long as he could formulate a strategy based on the strength of each card, it shouldn't be too difficult.
Unfortunately, she was too naive; she actually believed that the card would contain information about her abilities.
"These are your starting hands. The blue gems in front of you represent the mana you can use. Mana regenerates automatically by two points each turn. In addition, you can also use certain cards to regenerate mana."
"When you two decide to play cards, you can choose options such as [Attack], [Defend], [Support], [Sacrifice], etc. Each player can play a maximum of three cards per turn. Playing cards does not consume mana, but using skills consumes the corresponding mana."
So many rules were only announced after the game started. I have to say, the referee was really cunning. Jiang Ran looked at his starting five cards. Sure enough, the artwork was exquisite, but there wasn't a single word on them!
Ayman was completely dumbfounded: "Huh?"
"Mr. Jiang Ran goes first in the first round. Please play one card. You have ten minutes to think."
Ten minutes is quite enough; it's enough for him to look at the five cards in his hand.
The referee said there are ten different types of undead cards, and Jiang Ran currently has five cards, four of which are different types of undead.
The first image shows a burly man riding a skeletal horse, wielding a black and blue greatsword; let's call him the "Death Knight" for now.
There is a small black sword symbol in the lower center of the card, with 1/3/5 marked next to it.
If there's any rule that can be associated with numbers, it's mana, but it's interesting that mana has three different values.
Jiang Ran placed the [Death Knight] card in the fortress on the right: "Alright, I choose to garrison it."
When the specific rules of the game are unclear, this is the safest approach.
"Miss Ayman, it's your turn."
Ayman was completely bewildered. She dared not launch an attack rashly and could only draw a card and place it in the wall on the left.
"I also choose to stay here."
It's a giant covered in rotting flesh, so let's call it the "Rotting Flesh Giant" for now. The symbol of this card is a black shield with 3/5/6 written next to it.
"Alright, Miss Ayman, would you like to activate this card's skill?"
"Huh? I can activate the skill now?"
Ayman was taken aback, because the referee hadn't asked Jiang Ran this question when he chose to stay, so she subconsciously assumed that cards chosen to stay couldn't activate their abilities.
"Of course, I'm going to activate my ability!"
"So, which level of ability do you want to activate?"
Another question stumped Ayman, but if she wanted to explore the rules of the skill, she had no choice but to continue!
Instead of making a direct choice, Ayman asked, "How many tiers of abilities are there in total?"
"That depends on the card you play," the referee continued to explain. "The card you played so far has three tiers of abilities to choose from."
During their conversation, Jiang Ran nodded. Although this game seemed much more complicated than the last one, the rules seemed easier to guess.
The symbol below the [Death Knight] he typed was a sword, and the sword represents [Attack]. However, he chose [Defend], so he couldn't activate the skill.
The three numbers next to the symbol represent the amount of magic points required to activate a certain level of ability.
Everything was so simple and clear. The only thing to guess next was what the abilities of the ten types of undead were, which would have a crucial impact on the battle.
"I'm going to activate my first-tier ability."
The referee nodded, first deducting three points of Ayman's mana, and then casting a thin shield over the left bulwark.
As expected, the cards representing "garrisoning" naturally possess defensive abilities.
"Mr. Jiang Ran, it's your turn."
Jiang Ran looked at the three remaining undead cards in his hand and first gave each of them a name.
[Necromancer] Sword, 2/6/9
[Disease Carrier] Sword, 1/8/9
[Skeleton Mage] Sword, 1/2/3
There are two copies of the [Skeleton Mage].
All three types of undead are offensive undead. Logically, Jiang Ran should only be able to choose [Attack] in this turn, but he drew a [Skeleton Mage] and placed it in front of him.
The referee's original words were, "When the two of you decide to play your cards, you can choose options such as [Attack], [Defend], [Support], [Sacrifice], etc." The word "etc." is quite clever, implying that they have other options.
Even if Jiang Ran guesses wrong, it doesn't matter. At most, they can just take the card back and play it again.
The referee merely glanced at Jiang Ran before continuing, "Miss Aiman, it's your turn."
Jiang Ran nodded secretly. His guess was indeed correct, because one of the four options presented by the referee was "Support." If he wanted to fill his own fortress with cards, he could choose "Defend," and if he wanted to attack the opponent's fortress, he would naturally choose "Attack." So what was the point of the "Support" option? And from where would he provide support?
Therefore, before he can provide support, he must first garrison troops!
"You can do that?"
After thinking for a moment, Ayman also took out a card and placed it in front of him, just like Jiang Ran had done, as a "Gathering Troops".
That was a [Necromancer] card.
The difference between the artwork for the Necromancer and the Skeleton Mage is that the former is a mysterious figure hidden in a black robe, holding a staff made of white bone, while the latter is a skeleton wearing tattered clothes, with red light flashing in his fingers, and another skull emerging from the ground.
According to Jiang Ran's deduction, the Necromancer should be a spellcasting class, while the Skeleton Mage is a summoning class!
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