“A gentleman asking me to play Card Teri… is what I hear right?” the lady of the red forest asked.

“You didn’t expect that didn’t you?” the old man smiled fiercely.

But what exactly is a Card Teri? Simon who was listening to the conversation just shutted up.

“Hmm… at least entertain me… ” the witch flicked her hand and the large deer turned into a red mist. Her two visitors could tell it was made up of blood.

The witch landed gracefully into the ground, the old man quickly moved to hold her hand as if to support her.

“What is happening old man?” Simon asked.

“Ladies need to be treated as one Simon,” the old man spoke smiling at the witch.

“It seems that you know how to handle our kind,” the witch said smilingly lovely.

“I’ve got experience,” the old man smiled. The lady waved telling them to go into the forest.

They stepped in and after a while, the forest began moving again closing. They walked for a while, the eerie place made Simon think that they were lost.

Then they arrived at an opening hidden by the canopy of the trees.

The witch would flick her hands, wave them up and a table came out… the red leaves began falling down then floating onto the table, and it changed into cards.

“You know the drill… you have to pick your army,” the lady spoke.

“Simon… you could rest for a while, this would take some time,” the old man warned the boy.

“Is it okay to sleep here?” the boy asked.

With a flourish of her hands, the witch wove her magic into the earth, causing the ground to tremble and stir. Slowly, a bed emerged from the soil, its frame intricately crafted from twisting vines and enchanted roots. As it rose, tendrils of ivy unfurled, weaving themselves into a canopy of leaves that shimmered with an otherworldly luminescence. The bed seemed to pulse with a life of its own, exuding an aura of comfort and enchantment that beckoned to the weary travelers.

“You could sleep there for a while boy” the lady smiled. Simon didn’t know if he can trust the lady but the old man just nodded. Simon sat on the bed.

“I will pick the Human army,” the old man said as he took a deck from the table.

“Then I would take the Elven army,” the lady said and the cards floated into her side, chairs started to sprout on the opposite sides of the table.

<--->

Card Teri - it’s a card game with cards representing a part or section of an army.

The cards are mainly, Melee, Range, and Magic all in 3 pieces then a wild card called King or Hero, the single one.

A deck is just made up of 10 cards.

Each deck is assigned as Humans, Elves, and Beast.

* Humans

Knights - Attack 1/Defense 3, Flip: Can’t be destroyed the turn it was flipped

Scouts - Attack 1/ Defense 2, Range 2/3, needs to reach ally front lines.

Engage - Def 1, Range 2/3, Flip: Ends the round into a fight without further flips

Hero - Attack 3, Range 1/2, Passive: Wins a contact if it’s of the same points

* Elves

Warriors - Attack 2/Defense 2

Sniper - Attack 2/Defense 1, Range 3/4, needs to reach ally front lines.

Mage - Flip: Kills one open slot and can only be activated at the start of a round, Range 2/3, needs to reach the targeted card.

Hero - Attack 1/Defense 1, Range 3/4, Flip: shifts any card without flipping it if only the slot allows

* Beast

Berserkers - Attack 3/Defense 1

Bane - Attack 2/ Flip: Cancel any mage, needs to reach ally front lines.

Shaman - Flip: removes 1 point to the other side, needs to reach enemy front lines.

Hero - Def 3/ Flip: Saves a card, Range 2/3

Card Ratings: depends on the position of the card. Both sides could open any possible card to support the front lines. This would depend on the range of the cards.

Positioning: one slot could contain 1 card in a defensive position and 2 cards if it is in attack position. It is also possible to leave a single card in attack position to occupy a slot.

Melee can only support each other when side by side while the mage and the archers can support if the range is enough.

Range is determined by position too, defensive is on a lower range while an offensive position is on a farther range.

Flip Effect: cards would sometimes have special effects, especially the magic and the range cards. It is also not allowed to use a mage in the first round and when a mage card touches the front line it would be instantly removed.

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1 slot: a slot should only contain 1 defensive card and 2 cards if it's in attack position.

How it works?: Depending on the players the first one could start putting down the cards face down. The first card as the base the opponent would place would be his first slot, then the next player could only place his card next to the opponent's first slot making it his own first slot.

The placing of the cards will go backward, at the end of it when the 10 cards are already down they can start opening the cards activating and flipping it.

Rounds: a round is considered ended if cards are thrown because of a points difference.

<--->

The old man and the witch finished checking down their cards and a brief moment to think.

“Ladies first,” the old man said.

The witch smiled she started with her card in an attack position. The old man placed one in the defense position. The lady smiled she knew how the game worked, she placed another in the attack position on the same slot in the attack position.

Another defense position from the old man.

Left Side Old Man Vs. Right Side Witch

“Whatever you are planning I already know it,” the witch said, she was older and had been playing this game since forever.

“Let's see what happens” the old man smiled…

It ends with:

Left Side Old Man Vs. Right Side Witch

All cards were in place now the flipping could begin…

How did the game work?

~Round 1 Witch’s first flip.~

Since it was the witch that placed the first card face down she was the first one to open up the card in the front lines (the purple line) she opened up a warrior card. The other side must open the card that was closest to the front lines.

The old man opened up a warrior card in defense position.

Old man 3 points, Witch 2 points.

Both sides could open all the possible cards to increase the points in the front, with a rule that warriors could only add points when they were on a single slot in attack position.

Which ended up with: Old Man 5 points, and Witch 6 points.

* Old man card first-round breakdown.

* Warrior on defense position 3 points.

* Archer on defense position 2 points.

* Witch card first-round breakdown.

* 2 warriors on attack position 4 points.

* Archer on attack position 2 points.

The old man threw his archer card. The warrior card couldn’t be destroyed the turn it was flipped unless it's some kind of magic.

“Damn of course that was a good trade”, the old man commented.

“Tee-hee-hee your turn” the witch playfully said, the front line moves now.

~Round 2 Old Man’s first flip.~

He flipped up the hero and the mage cards. It became a 6 vs. 6 and since the hero’s effect is to win when it’s the same points the witch discarded 2 warriors and 1 archer.

Which ended up with: Old Man 6 points, and Witch 6 points.

* Old man card second round break down.

* Warrior on defense position 3 points.

* Hero on attack position 3 points. Wins even situations.

* Witch card second round break down.

* 2 warriors on attack position 4 points.

* Archer on attack position 2 points.

The witch had to discard 3 of its opened-up cards and the old man threw his mage since it didn’t have position points. With them ending up like the following.

“Hmm… my turn,” the witch smiled bewitchingly it was her round to play now.

~Round 3 Witch’s first flip.~

She flips 2 mages and destroys the knight and the hero, then she flips her front line which is also an archer card.

The old man had no choice but to open his next front-line card as his cards moved closer to the center (Purple Line). He opened up another warrior on defense position then followed up by a mage immediately ending the round.

Which ended up with: Old Man 3 points, and Witch 2 points.

* Old man card third round break down.

* Warrior on defense position 3 points.

* Mage forces the round to end (Throw cards)

* Witch card third round breakdown.

* 2 warriors on attack position 4 points.

* Archer on attack position 2 points.

“Oh, am I going to lose,” The witch waved her hair but she was smiling.

“It's your turn now” the old man smiled fiercely his probably going to win, he thought. Since it was the old man that flipped last then it was the witch’s turn again.

~Round 4 Witch’s first flip.~

The witch used her hero card making the warrior change its position into attack, its point became 1 then she opened up a warrior card that had 2 points.

The old man didn’t have any card to open up technically making him lose the warrior card and the next attack position card which was a mage since he had to open any contact card in the front lines and a mage was instantly thrown out when it contacted front lines and it couldn’t activate its effect.

The front lines pushed forward again the old man now had to open up his cards. He opened up a warrior and an archer. This turns his front line points into 5 vs the witch’s which was only 3, the witch needed to open her last possible card which was an archer and it added another 2 making it 5 vs 5, the old man finished this with another archer in defense position.

Which ended up with: Old Man 7 points, and Witch 5 points.

* Old man card fourth round break down.

* Warrior on defense position 3 points.

* 2 archers on defense position 4 points.

* Witch card fourth round break down.

* Warriors on attack position 2 points.

* Archer on attack position 2 points.

* Hero on attack position 1 point.

Since the Mage in the last slot couldn’t be only activated at the start of a round, it would instantly be thrown because after the front line moves the mage card will touch the front lines.

“You beat me Hahahaha!!!” the witch started laughing… although it was a laugh, it sounded scary for the old man, he could tell the witch was a bit annoyed by the result.

“Now should we continue?” the old man said in a gentlemanly manner.

“Hmm next round then,” the witch said, she was planning on continuing the use of the elf deck but the old man smiled.

“I want to use the beast deck,” he said laying down the human deck on the side of the table.

“So be it,” The witch smiled at him

<--->

The old man's smirk deepened as he clinched the win for the second time, his eyes gleaming with satisfaction. Across the table, the lady of the reddish woods feigned annoyance, though her lips curved in a sultry smile.

“Old man... you're quite the cunning player,” she purred, her fingers tapping the table in a rhythm that matched the racing of his heart.

“You ought to dabble in a bit of bluffing. When your opponent levels the field, it becomes a battle of wits,” the old man suggested, his voice dripping with seductive charm. They had danced this dance before, a flirtatious exchange of strategy and innuendo.

“Hmm... I might just take that advice,” she conceded, rising from her seat with a graceful sway of her hips. With a flick of her wrist, two wooden sticks sprouted from the earth beneath her command.

“They're yours... you're free to go or…” she trailed off, a coy smile playing on her lips as another corner of the forest unfurled before them.

“Stay with me for a while,” she whispered, her cheeks flushing with a warmth that matched the fire in her eyes.

The old man chuckled softly, a twinkle of desire flickering in his gaze. “In all honesty, my dear, I'm not sure if my aging body can keep up with you... but you're a vision of beauty,” he confessed, his grin widening at the playful challenge.

“Do not worry,” she reassured him, her voice husky with desire. With a flourish, she conjured a bottle from thin air, its contents swirling with a crimson mist.

“It’ll grant you the vigor of three Orcs,” she promised, stepping closer to him and placing the bottle in his hand.

“And you're not planning to do away with me afterward, are you?” he quipped, his tone teasing as he met her gaze.

“I wouldn't dream of it,” she giggled, her laughter ringing like the chime of a young maiden.

“Well then... I suppose I'm ready to... engage in some... vigorous activities,” the old man stammered, his cheeks flushing with a mix of anticipation and excitement.

With a knowing smile, he followed her into the depths of her chamber, ready to explore the depths of passion and desire.