As Eugene returned to reality, he noticed that the deck case was starting to glow as five shining cards started to float in front of him. He couldn’t believe his eyes; his mana crystal had finally worked! Though… he couldn’t quite figure out what these cards exactly do.
Upon closer inspection, he noticed there was some writing on these cards. It had titles, effects, types, and even an illustration. It’s like they were cards out of a trading card game. Was…. Was his ability some kind of weird card game?! Eugene was panicking, after all how is a card game supposed to help him in this situation.
Though desperate to try anything Eugene took a closer look at each card to see what effects they could have.
Healing Circle
Beast Shield
Shadow Intercept
Frost Breaker
Strength Booster
Heal allies within circle for 30 seconds. Increase effect with additional MP
Block and push back enemy attack
Switch locations between two targeted allies/self
Equip target with Ice Gauntlets and provide ice element
Increase Strength of target depending on amount of MP used
Cost: 10 MP
Cost: 5 MP
Cost: 20 MP
Cost: 20 MP
Cost: 1/more MP
Instant
Instant
Instant
Equipment
Instant
After trying to figure out each cards’ effect Sife started to call out to him. “Uhm if you’re done examining those floating lights of yours boss, I could really use the help now!”
Sife was sweating like crazy, and his arms were about to give out, the look on the beast’s eyes was like that of a hunter ready to attack its prey. If nothing was done now things would be going to go very badly for Sife. With little thought Eugene grabbed the Strength Booster card and tossed it at Sife. Despite the distance, the card flies through the air and quickly hits the bull, but to his surprise the light only disappears and envelops Sife.
“Huh? Wait…. My strength, I can feel it increasing!! HAHAHA amazing boss!!” His arms start to push back, forcing the beast back as Sife releases himself from the beast’s grip.
“I-it worked….it worked!!” The human cheered over the success but quickly composed himself. Everyone was still badly injured, and he needed to do something. He remembered seeing a card that might help and tossed it to the ground.
“Healing Circle!!”
A green circle of light started to envelop the area around everyone, gathering around Eugene and his allies as the damage they sustain start to automatically repair themselves. Ryuze and Abdul got up, regaining composure which relieved Eugene.
“Oh, thank goodne- Wait…. What is that floating over their heads?”
Sure enough, Eugene noticed something floating on top of everyone’s heads detailing information to him like as if he was playing a video game.
“W-what is all this?” The dragon panicked, checking his surroundings, and examining the situation.
Ryuze
HP
70/150
MP
60/200
TP
80/150
It was then Ryuze noticed that his body was regenerating, returning some life back to him.
“My wounds are healing at such a rapid rate, the power enveloped in this light. Interesting…”
He suddenly started to chuckle loudly; a devious smirk formed across his usually stoic face. “HAHAHA TRULY INTERESTING!!~ Seems I have acquired a most interesting lord indeed! ~”
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Meanwhile, Abdul was examining his body as he noticed the exposed wires and damaged parts where had mostly recovered.
“Scanning… analysis complete. Repairs have been made and this unit is no longer in critical condition. Body now at 60% functionality, impressive master.” A bright expression was made across the robot’s face.
Abdul
HP
100/170
HT
70%
TP
100/100
“Hehe quite an interesting ability you have their boss, can’t wait to see what else you can do~” The Beastman chuckles as he flexes his arms with a big grin, still feeling the effects of Strength Booster.
Sife
HP
100/250
MP
50/50
TP
50/200
This was fascinating for Eugene, it really looked like something out of a game. From what he can gather HP probably means Health points, which is a bit concerning since everyone is around half their max points. Sife seemed to have the most which would make him the beefiest which uhm definitely tracks as far as Eugene was concerned. It did strike him as a bit unusual to see that Ryuze, the dragon with definite muscles, would have less health than the leaner looking robot, though he guess he can chalk it up to him having a harder exterior, not that there’s anything wrong with that. varied
Eugene shook his head, right now he needed to focus. He noticed he had only three cards left, he definitely needed more than that so then thought of placing his hand over his deck case, he imitated a drawing motion and to his surprise it worked! A new glowing card had appeared in his hand and followed it as he motioned it to the group of cards in front of him.
Recycle
Draw Cards depending on cost
Cost: Discard
Instant
While looking at the card description, Eugene couldn’t help but squint his eyes, while the card can be useful for filtering out the cards he has on hand, right now it’s too short to afford to sacrifice any of them at this moment! He tries to draw for another card only to get a notification to appear in front of him.
Time until next draw: 12 sec
Eugene was about to panic again as he noticed a timer notification across the corner of his eye, while twelve seconds may not sound like a lot, this was a life-or-death situation! The beast was already getting ready for another attack, and he looked really angry.
“Now now boss, take a deep breath, you got this~” Sife’s voice suddenly echoed, soothing Eugene’s nerves for a bit.
“That is right my lord, it is our duty as your familiars to protect you. Focus on support and give us our orders as needed.” Ryuze stated, bruised but already ready for the next round. His focus, completely towards his target.
With confirmation from his familiars Eugene began to gain more confidence. Now feeling calm and ready Eugene began to give his instructions, with a more commanding tone “Alright Sife I need you to use your extra strength to keep him pinned again!”
“Aye aye boss! ~” Sife immediately charges at the beast and grabs his hands and keeps him pinned once again. “Why hello there, shall we have this dance once more? ~”
“RRRRAAGGGGHH!!” The beast could only growl in frustration, finding himself back in the same position as before, though he finds it harder than last time due to the bull’s extra strength.
“Alright Ryuze I’ll need you to evacuate everyone to safety!”
“Your will shall be done my lord.” The dragon bows before disappearing.
He notices that the timer was reset and immediately drew another card, hoping for something useful. Unfortunately it was just another Strength Booster card, he’s going to have to make it work somehow.
“Abdul, can you fire something faster and more rapidly than your last shot?”
The robot presented his hand as the tips of his fingers open up to reveal it also hollow. “Affirmative Master Eugene, switching to Auto-Fire Mode.”
“Good, Sife pull back and Abdul fire at him as soon as they separate!”
Without hesitation the two followed their summoner’s instructions.
“Well hope to tangle with you again~” Sife let’s go of the beast’s hands who in then was ready to jab him with his claws but was immediately stopped when a barrage of light blast him.
“Suppressing enemy target.”
Seizing the moment they created, Eugene threw another card towards the beastman. “Sife equip this Frost Breaker! Maybe we can freeze him in place!”
“Good idea boss!~” The bull clenches his fista in the air while unnecessarily posing as the glowing card crashes to him and and light envelops his hands and transform into jagged ice gauntlets around his fingers.
“Come and let me help you chillax babe!~” Sife just can’t help himself on teasing the husky. Most would have found this annoying but to Eugene, he was admiring over how he could stay calm and confident despite the danger.
Meanwhile, Ryuze had return from retrieving everyone and kneeled behind Eugene. “Everyone is secured and safe, what is your next desire my lord?”
Eugene jumped for a moment after suddenly hearing Ryuze behind him but quickly adjusted himself as he drew another card, this time another Healing Circle. “O-oh good job Ryuze, we’re going to have Sife slow him down with those ice gauntlets I need you to provide back up for him.”
“Understood my lord, your will shall be done!”
The next moment Ryuze joined the battle, blade at hand while Sife was busy punching at the beast, causing ice to form around his body with each hit he takes. Ryuze meanwhile focused on restricting his movement, slashing towards any sign of large movement the husky made, as the ice spreads faster than they can break. Abdul himself had decided it best he kept himself close to his summoner’s side, ready to defend him as needed.
It seemed like everything was going to be alright, soon the beast would be stopped and everyone will be alright. Eugene could only sigh in relief over almost finishing this when he suddenly had a thought. He decided to see if he could see the beast’s stats and started to concentrate. At first he couldn’t really see anything, so he tried to focus harder until he managed to pull up his stats, but what he saw terrified the man.
????
HP
400/????
MP
????/????
TP
????/????
It was unbelievable, his stats were unrecognizable! Exactly how strong is he?!! As Eugene was busy dealing with the horrifying revelation, things were starting to take the turn for the worse.
As everyone continued the plan on freezing the beast in place, the pressure that was coming from the beast starts to condense. While before it felt like it was leaking out of him the power he was emitting was now wrapping around him, fully in his control.
The ice on him suddenly cracks as he easily breaks himself free. The wild nature of the beast was slowly disappearing, leaving only something else entirely different, composure.
The beast was now standing before everyone dignified, his stance was practically regal, while his eyes gave a strong impression as if he was looking down on everyone. He started to speak, his tone that of dominance.
“Congratulations, despite being such simple low lives you have proven to be mildly capable. Come now, let me show you the powers a high class being such as myself can wield.”