In the evening, a man walked on the avenue of the western side of Moldavia, wearing a large black trench coat and a jazz hat, and the stiff lines of his face could be faintly seen in the shadow of the brim.

Since the Western District underwent a major expansion in 833, it has become an officially planned high-end business district, where there are the most sophisticated magic workshops, the most gorgeous gems and jewelry, and the most advanced magic weapons, countless adventurers and factories supply the blood of these bustling streets, as long as you have gold, you can buy almost everything here.

The man was very familiar with the West End, and he walked slowly along the wide streets, which was very different from those pedestrians who walked in a hurry, and it was very conspicuous, but the ordinary people and professionals who passed by around him invariably ignored this gentleman who was so tall that he was a little abnormal, and even the guards patrolling the streets seemed to be unable to see him.

"It's hot."

He stood in front of an alchemy shop that mainly engaged in enchantment services and sold alchemy jewelry, and watched the team line up along the street for nearly 100 meters with the assistance of the clerk. ”

It can be seen that there are many people in the procession who look at clothes, and they seem to be just ordinary civilians, some of them are carrying children, and some seem to be men and women traveling together, and the man's hearing can envelop the whole city, and naturally he can hear some whispers coming from it.

"Daddy, I want to buy that red gemstone pendant!"

"Red? Two hundred and seventy-five gold coins...... Yes, it's your birthday, but you can only choose one. ”

"My dear, I didn't expect there to be so many people today, it's hard for you to wait with me, I knew that I would have come and queue up by myself......"

"Hmph, it's good to know, let me stand with you fool for half an hour, and you will clean up this weekend!"

"But haven't I always been the one who cleans?"

"Long-winded!"

The man nodded slightly, the jewelry of nearly three hundred gold coins, ordinary residents of Moldavia can buy it without hesitation, this kind of consumption power is almost the same as the central area of Sequoia City, or the Three Mountains Emperor, see the subtlety, just from this point of view, you can know that the development of the territory is very good.

He left here and continued walking along the avenue.

On both sides of the avenue, there are brand-new pyroxene lamps, emitting bright light, and not far away, a twelve-story tall prismatic tower is rotating its own grille-like energy storage structure at the top, providing remote energy to all the surrounding magic machines. Of course, this service is not free, the Prism Tower will collect the energy data it conducts, and then send a monthly 'mana fee' bill to each household that has turned on the magic machine, and those who do not pay will be deactivated after a month.

The man was Joshua, of course, and he passed by one shop after another, including a pet shop that bought and sold Warcraft eggs, a security company that hired security personnel, a raw material shop that purchased and sold magical plants and Warcraft materials, and even an auction house - next door to it was a pawn shop and the official Moldavian bank, which could be said to be a one-stop shop for lending, pawning, and auctioning.

However, the most popular is the original herb shop that obviously has an elf druid style, and the reason is very simple, its products have energy potions that can treat hair loss, aphrodisiac, and claim to have no side effects, and many middle-aged people can be seen anxious to enter and exit it.

Even though it had begun to darken at night, the number of people on the streets of the West End had not decreased, but even increased, and at the corner of the street, several previously closed storefronts were lit up with magic signs, which were shops that were open at night.

Watching his territory grow to this point, Joshua was naturally relieved, although he had never managed any specific matters, anyone must admit that seventy percent of Moldavia's prosperity was based on his strength, and if it weren't for a legendary powerhouse, this small city in the Northland would never have developed to this point in just a few years.

However, more than the booming business, what made Joshua more concerned was the information terminal on the street, which was almost every person.

"Hello? I'm on Firefly Avenue in the West End, oh, I'll be there later. ”

"I'll tell you, the potion is really effective, I'll bring one to your brother this time, don't say I'm not interesting enough."

"Alas, if I didn't have any money, I wouldn't want to pawn this family heirloom sword ......"

Spiritual ripples spread in mid-air, that was the aftermath caused by the spiritual terminal transmitting information into the magic network server, Joshua didn't intend to eavesdrop on other people's privacy, but in terms of his strength, as long as ordinary people didn't empty their heads, the fluctuations of spiritual power formed by thinking alone were enough for him to listen to everything.

Although it is true that the information terminal was the first to be popularized in Moldavia as a magic tool jointly developed by legends such as Joshua and Barnier, because of its high price, the warriors did not think that many people would buy it at first, but now judging from the pedestrians on the West End Avenue, most of them have information terminals.

But this is also normal - Joshua suddenly remembered the group of people who bought jewelry before, the purchasing power of civilians is already so high, and he still thinks at the level of a long time ago, so naturally there will be mistakes. What's more, don't look at the function, just look at the appearance, the information terminal is also a beautiful gem, and the color can be selected at will, in a sense, it may not be an epoch-making magic creation in the eyes of ordinary people, but a special luxury.

"Maybe we should talk to Israel."

bought blood to earn, even if you can't use it, you won't lose money, and the good thing of information terminals may be easier to popularize than he thought.

However, Joshua came here today, not to be idle and boring, to observe the nightlife of the Moldavian people...... In fact, he came to the West End for a very common, but also very frustrating, purpose.

That's looking for someone.

"That's pretty much it."

Standing in front of a rather low-key bar on the corner of the street, Joshua looked up at the bar's name, 'The Crucible and Fire', and he sensed it a little, confirmed that his target was indeed there, and then stepped into it.

The inside of the bar is bustling with activity, because it is located on the corner of the border between the West and East Ends, and many people want to take a break after a long day of work, adventure or shopping, and the Crucible Tavern can provide them with this service, you can see, in addition to the groups of adventurers in the hall who are talking and laughing loudly, the cubicles are also full of laughter, of course, there are also guys who are drinking because of something, and every now and then a service staff arrives in a hurry, and from the cubicle carries some people who are already drunk and confused, At this time, the guy who was angrily cursing some nonsense was put into the rest area behind the tavern.

But Joshua didn't care about such a trivial matter, his eyes focused on the area located on the edge of the tavern, but it was very lively, where there were rows of fairy card tables, many people drank while playing card duels with friends, among which in addition to humans, there was no shortage of dwarven elves, Joshua even saw an elf lady who was obviously a ranger fighting a certain dwarven craftsman, the two looked relaxed, and exchanged a few words from time to time, thinking that it was a good pastime.

But the dwarf elves are not a special scenery for the Mycrof continent, after all, the three races have been mixed for thousands of years, and the elf core cities next to the Lake of Eternity have a human settlement rate of 21%, and there will never be no dwarf elves living in the big human cities, so the most conspicuous thing is not the pointed ears and beard, but a pair of straight, sharp dragon horns, and in the center of the two dragon horns, the ball of light that is happily jingling bells.

The black dragon girl was holding a ball of light on her head, but such a strange scene did not attract many onlookers, it seems that she should already be considered a familiar face here...... With that in mind, Joshua slowly approached, intending to see what Black was doing.

What else can you do? Playing cards, of course!

"This turn, I'll discard a card and activate the 'White Dragon Knight' effect, dealing 3 damage to your 'Great Wing Demon'."

The calm voice of the black dragon girl can be heard, and at this time, black has been fully engaged in the game of fairy cards, and her opponent, a ...... Hey?

Joshua blinked, he had been paying attention to Hei just now, and he didn't care about the opponent opposite the other party, but this dragon horn, as well as the tail that was wagging slightly behind him, although his temperament seemed to be different from before...... But isn't this Lisa? She actually came to the bar to play fairy cards? No, she's underage, how can she get into a bar?

However, Joshua also knew that after all, there was a world of magic and aliens here, and no matter how powerful the waiter at the bar was, it was impossible to guess the age of two girls with dragon horns and obviously dragon blood, which was as unreliable as distinguishing elven dwarves by their appearance.

A duel between two dragon maidens? It's kind of interesting. Thinking of this, Joshua dispelled the idea of going directly to take Hei away, but stood quietly behind the black dragon girl to see how the other party was playing.

"Jingle Bell...... Jingle bells?! ”

And at this moment, Xiao Guang found out about Joshua's arrival - after all, the light ball did not turn around, it was a 360-degree perspective, and it also ignored Joshua's technique of reducing his own presence, but Xiao Guang saw Joshua raise his finger and make a silent gesture, so he immediately stopped making a sound, and then shrank slightly.

Of course, neither Hei nor Lisa was aware of Joshua's arrival, and the two sides were facing off hotly and were difficult to distract.

Black uses a set of dragon warrior decks with discard and settlement as the main core, and all kinds of creatures have special effects achieved by discarding, while Lisa uses a set of mid-stage demon mage decks that dominate the scene, and can quickly expand the field advantage through the chain summoning of demon spells, and then crush the opponent in a wave.

Whenever Lisa prepares to organize a wave of big scenes, Black can always clear the field through a variety of group spells that ignore the enemy but are supermodels, but the problem is that there is only a solution in Black's deck, and there is no means to counterattack and win.

Because both the summoning and solving of the game are basically fast, the fairy card table shows its sophisticated magic projection function in one special effect after another, and the cost of both sides quickly reaches ten - at this time, with a sneer from Lisa, she played the core finishing method of her demon deck, 'Ultimate Sacrifice'.

[Ultimate Sacrifice, 10 Fees, Mage White Crystal Epic)]

[Destroy your entire minion, lose 8 health, summon a demon with 8 health and 8 attacks, resurrect two demons randomly from your graveyard, summon two demons randomly from your hand, and recruit two demons randomly from your deck]

[——The price of this time is my soul.] 】

With Lisa's hero's health on a large 30, a red minus 8 effect appeared, a magic array that seemed to be blood mixed with lava appeared on her half, and in a terrible wail, all the remnant blood creatures that Lisa had attacked on the field were destroyed, the circle turned, the blazing wind suddenly rose, and two cards in Lisa's hand, graveyard and deck lit up at the same time, and then, the seven-headed demon summon creature appeared on the field in the hot wind of hell!

The scene was spread all over in an instant, although the cost was very high, but it could be made up for by the demon special effects that were summoned, and I saw that the demons on Lisa's field had taunts, charges, and replied, although some of them were miscellaneous fish, but they were harmless.

Boom! With the 'Scorched Hellfire Demon' with the ability to charge a direct attack on Black, and Lisa's hero himself attacked with a weapon, after causing a total of 9 points of damage, Black's health is only 12 points left, and Lisa's minimon attack power totals more than 30 points, even if Black's life is full, if you can't clear the game, the next round will definitely lose.

"Humph!"

This should have been an extremely desperate scene, but Hei had no intention of admitting defeat at all, she snorted and smiled, revealing a mysterious expression: "This ultimate sacrifice of yours is from the new version of the 'Ten Thousand Worlds Void', right?" A new card pack was just launched yesterday, and now a new deck has been built, so how much did you spend? ”

"If you want to take care of it, I can afford it!"

At this time, Lisa said rather rudely: "You will lose in the next round, what are you talking about!" ”

This is not the same as Lisa, who is usually approachable and gentle in dealing with people. Joshua felt a strange feeling in his heart again, but he didn't bother to care about such a trivial matter, and the warrior looked at Hei curiously, wanting to know how the other party was going to wipe out Lisa's summoned creature.

"Hey, I bought a new card pack too...... And, I got the card I wanted the most. ”

And just when Lisa was sure to end the round, the black dragon girl raised her mouth, and her delicate face was full of smug smiles: "The most important thing is that this card is specifically for you kind of paving monster!" ”

"I'm sorry!"

Clicking on the 'Sorry' voice button, Black casually drew a card, then chose a hand card and played without hesitation: "This time, I won!" ”

Rumble! With the sound of a low magic concussion, after Black typed out this card, the half that belonged to her instantly turned into a raging and burning ruin scorched earth, and the crimson flames ignited the earth, like igniting a piece of parchment, causing everything to become charred and then turned to ashes, and in the center of the flames, the shadow of a black-haired warrior appeared on the field!

Buzz, a low hum vibrated in the audience, and suddenly, whether it was Lisa or Black, all the summoned creatures on both sides lost all their affixes and all their special effects in an instant, and the weapons on both sides also turned into nothing in the burning flames at the same time, and a gloomy dark cloud shrouded the heads of the summoned creatures in the audience, and a big minus 8 appeared! And Lisa's own health, a layer of steel shield appeared, with a large number 8 on it.

【Hessian Exterminator Radcliffe (Legend of the Warrior)】

[10 Charges, 8 Attack, 10 Health]

[Arrival: Silence all units on both sides, destroy all weapons on both sides, the attack of summoned creatures on the field decreases by 8, and you gain 8 armor]

[Chain: If there are minimons on both sides, then both players will not be able to summon creatures]

[Curtain call: Put two 'Heavenly Wastelands' into the hands of both heroes]

[This card cannot directly attack the opponent's hero, whenever the enemy creature is destroyed by the attack of the card, causing the attack power of the card to reduce the damage of the enemy creature's attack power]

[—The forest wails, the monsters weep, despair, because the silent destroyer is approaching.] 】

The black-haired warrior stood in mid-air, the gray clouds gathered in the high sky, and the black forest and the earth floated into the air and burned, and there were countless terrifying eyes of demonic beasts in them.

[Heavenly Wasteland, Legendary Curse, cannot be beaten]

[At the end of each turn, lose 3 life]

[—This is the scorched earth that has been destroyed and has nothing to lose. 】

In the burning wasteland, Lisa was dumbfounded - none of the creatures she summoned in the audience had an attack power of more than 8, and they were all reduced by the Hessian Exterminators, and all of them were instantly reduced to zero! And all creatures lose their effects, which means that neither taunts nor replies have any effect, these are blank slates!

"End the round." And Black looked at his opponent's expression and ended his round with a smile. Although the Hessian Exterminator has powerful special effects, it is the next round to attack it.

If you continue like this, you can only wait for the Hessian exterminators to attack you, and then Ling Chi will be executed! Despite this, Lisa was not helpless, she gritted her teeth and threw a card with a trembling hand: "I will unleash the Void Maelstrom!" ”

[Void Maelstrom, Neutralization Spell, 10 mana, destroy all creatures, talismans, weapons]

[——The graveyard of the world is the vortex of nothingness]

Suddenly, with the huge vortex special effects like the galaxy, all the demons on the field of Lisa, the mage of the Hessian Exterminator, disappeared completely, and the four cards also entered the hands of both sides with the destruction of the Hessian Exterminator.

"Woo! End the round. ”

Suddenly, the effect of the two 'Heavenly Wasteland' was activated, and Lisa's health appeared a large reduction of 6, she glanced at the curse card in her hand, and then at the black face that didn't matter even if the Hessian Exterminator was destroyed, she suddenly thought of something, and then her face changed abruptly.

"Hey, that's right!"

When it came to her turn, the Black Dragon Maiden showed an intriguing smile, and she casually threw out a card: "I summon the 'Awakened Black Dragon' to end this round!" ”

【Awakening Black Dragon (Warrior Gold Rare)】

[6 Fee, 4 Attack, 4 Life, Taunt]

Discard all your cards, +1+1 per card】

[——The sleeping dragon will finally open its eyes]

There are not many cards in Black's hand, including the Heavenly Wasteland and only 5 cards drawn in this round, but even so, it will pile up the awakened black dragon to the point of 9 lives and 9 attacks, but even so, it is terrifying enough - Lisa, who had only a few cards in her hand, clicked to surrender after thinking for a moment.

"I'll admit it this time, I lost." The dragon girl pursed her lips and said a little sourly, "I didn't draw a legendary card. ”

"Haha, I won!"

Winning a game, the black dragon girl suddenly laughed arrogantly, and just as she was about to continue talking, a hand gently pressed on her shoulder, and the familiar force patted it, which suddenly made the black face change abruptly.

"It was a lot of fun."

This hand slid down, wrapping around the slender waist of the black dragon girl, Joshua bent down, his head over Hei's shoulder, and whispered in the other party's ear: "I didn't go home for dinner at night, No. 3 said that she was very angry." ”

"This ...... Master, listen to me! ”

Although she was treated so intimately by Joshua, the black dragon girl was shocked, not only did she not have any thoughts, but her body even trembled with her voice: "This, everything is justified!" Yes, my friend invited me to meet offline and face off or something......"

As she spoke, the black dragon girl immediately raised her hand, pointed to the opposite side, and said righteously: "Yes, she is the one who asked me to play cards!" I actually wanted to exercise, but in order not to lose face in the lord's mansion, I ...... Huh? ”

Kuro looked at the empty seat and froze.

Just as Joshua appeared, Lisa, who was originally opposite the black dragon girl, quietly disappeared, almost as if she had melted into the air, but in the next moment, Lisa, who had already run out of the tavern and was breathing a sigh of relief, immediately appeared in front of her eyes.

"Why run?"

It was Joshua with black between his armpits, and the warrior looked at his student and said curiously: "It's not that I don't let you play games, it's just that this guy skips class and doesn't go home to eat—although you are all underage, after all, you are already big children with self-control, as long as you don't drink, it's not a big deal to go to the bar, I'm an enlightened guardian after all...... Lisa? ”

After Joshua appeared, Lisa, who knew that there was no hope of escaping, kept her head down and did not speak, which immediately aroused Joshua's suspicion - you know, from the beginning, Lisa behaved very strangely, not at all like she usually goes...... And if what Hei said is true, then this time it took the initiative to ask Hei to come out, and it was actually a dragon girl who didn't use the information terminal much?

That's a little weird.

Thinking like this, Joshua took a step forward, wanting to see the other party's situation up close, but just as the warrior's heart was filled with 'serious' emotions, the Steel's vision, which could see through everything, naturally put everything in its own observation.

Therefore, Joshua's eyes widened and he said incredulously, "Wait? ”

"Syndicate?"