Chapter 153 – Volume 31 – Antinomy of Hope and Despair (3)
“This is really surprising.”
“That’s right, I thought I’d bring out the Despair Deck in the final showdown.”
In order to hide the fact that there is a Hope Deck and a Despair Deck in the tournament, and to some extent to allow players to hide each other’s numbers, the two were not distinguished in player registration.
Therefore, it was okay for the person who used the hope deck to pull out the despair deck in the middle of the tournament, or for the person who used the despair deck to use the hope deck.
In fact, the current final was a situation where everyone took out the Despair Deck after thinking about using it.
Well, you probably know about the basic Marchen of your opponent in the current match.
I would have selected an advantageous deck based on that match, so naturally it has no choice but to be like this.
When Yuri, the match girl, and Rapunzel, the girl trapped in the tower, face each other, Despair in Yuri’s deck is very advantageous to Rapunzel’s Hope.
Since most of Rapunzel’s came up with the Hope deck, she would of course aim for it and try to counter it using Despair.
Conversely, Rapunzel, who predicted it, used her Despair Deck to break the relationship.
If both are desperate, there is not a big difference in compatibility, so it will be judged by luck and skill normally.
Right now it’s like this because there are few decks, but later I need to revise the rules so that I can play with multiple decks.
Anyway, the contest went just as expected.
Since I didn’t know anything about the preliminaries, Despair was a bit good, but Hope won quite a lot due to the difference in performance of the deck itself.
In the finals, the contestants who realized everything came out with both decks.
I really liked the current situation, as it was a competition system that I thought would probably happen like this.
“What is the content of Mergeen, the despair of glass?”
“Actually, the content is that matches are not magic, but drugs that deceive people by showing hallucinations.
In fact, there were some kinds of things in this world that were classified as drugs and banned.
It’s like an aphrodisiac from an orc’s fangs. It’s a racial characteristic, and it doesn’t even depend on it, so it’s only illegal to use it without the consent of the other party, and it’s easy to find out the source of the drug, so it’s easy to punish.
In an empire that values enhancements such as magic and swordsmanship, they were trying to block the distribution of narcotic drugs that interfered with such things and made people into fools who only spent money.
Anyway, the content of selling drug matches is Yuri’s Marchen.
In the end, even the match girl, who was sold and eaten, is poisoned and ends up meeting a terrible end.
The conditions for winning with that deck are also close to that.
“Perhaps the last condition to achieve Marchen was that both you and your opponent were addicted to drugs.”
However, if you are addicted to drugs, you will not be able to play normally.
The difficult part was that you had to match the timing when you and your partner became addicted to drugs.
It’s a deck with a high chance of losing if only you get addicted to drugs.
“The content of the work was to create defeat-addicted idiots who were addicted to that deck and took pleasure in losing. I will defeat you, so I asked them to give me something, so they secretly ruled the world and collected money, right?”
“Yeah, but her family, who she was trying to feed with her money, were killed by people who were afraid of her.”
Like other stories of despair, Yuri’s story of despair didn’t have a very happy ending.
From the concept of despair, I use a lot of things that are considered illegal or dangerous in this country.
Because glorifying it can be very dangerous.
No matter how much comics are not subject to any censorship now, this situation will be maintained in the future.
If there is a controversy because of that, the situation will be a bit annoying.
It’s okay to feel like you’re forced to, but I think it’s dangerous in many ways, including probability, as long as you’re really happy with that choice.
And personally, in the first place, I don’t like that kind of development very much.
“Are you pushing harder than you thought?”
“Yes. I also thought that Rapunzel would be pushed back to some extent.”
This was the first time Rapunzel had pulled out her Despair deck in her tournament.
Yuri used to pull out the Despair deck from time to time.
Comparing the two, of course I thought Yuri with more experience would be stronger.
However, the result is unexpectedly Rapunzel also feels like the glass is boiling evenly.
“Oh, it seems you practiced beforehand.”
“Did you just practice without taking it out?”
“Do you think so?”
I don’t know if it was a pick to save for the finals, or if she didn’t have anyone to use.
For once, it was clear that she was proficient at her usual level of play.
In particular, she must have judged that the characters would be impoverished because they were pickled in drugs anyway, and her decision to quickly impregnate her tentacles and use them as a stepping stone was amazing.
It’s actually a way to block a glass deck that’s close to the standard.
‘Basically, it’s a good structure for both sides to benefit from the opponent’s character. That’s why I’m careful about paying, so the tempo turns into a loss…’
The user of the Rapunzel deck decided to proceed with the game by simply summoning and quickly destroying it in order to finish it as harmlessly as possible.
At the same time, when you destroy it, you can see the benefits through tentacle pregnancy, so you can minimize the damage while taking the tempo first.
That’s pretty much how you put your head down.
“I thought it would be rubbed similarly… But it’s getting pushed behind me before I know it.”
“Yeah, it’s not like these decks have cards that can be flipped over at once. Once you start rolling like this, it’s quite difficult to flip.”
Then, to be honest, she had a bit of a dangerous moment.
In the glass deck tired of being pushed, he declared Marchen at once and pushed for poisoning at the last minute.
In this way, the moment the opponent interferes, you become addicted to drugs before the opponent and lose virtually.
The bet I made with that risk paid off to some extent.
“No…”
“If you just block that, it will work somehow.”
“Wait a minute, huh?”
I didn’t have any blocking cards in my hand, so I thought that the glass deck would win next turn.
The Rapunzel deck user proceeded with Marchen as if he had already predicted this.
Mergen is slower on this side, but I just have to endure this poisoning.
“Merhen Declaration! And draw an additional amount equal to the number of characters conceived by the effect of the card!”
“Ah, I thought you were going to pull it out with that one.”
“Oh, then isn’t it time to come out soon?”
“That’s true, but there aren’t that many event cards that can block that.”
Wait a minute, come to think of it, isn’t there another way?
There was still no card in her hand to prevent poisoning, but she couldn’t erase her smile.
The turn ended just like that.
“What, why is the turn over there…”
“Wait a minute…!”
It was strange when you think about it.
From 2 turns ago, it was possible to hatch tentacles and benefit from it, but it seemed like they didn’t hatch on purpose.
And because of that, the opponent continued to see additional benefits because the drug addict character was alive.
By the way, there’s only one card that makes such a strange situation a condition?
“…Pregnancy poisoning!”
“Now, subject to the start of the opponent’s turn! Pregnancy poisoning activated! Pay the cost!”
All of the piles that were piled up are consumed at the cost.
Only character cards that have been neglected for more than one turn without being able to give birth are on the field, and since the number exceeds a certain number, they are normal event cards that can be activated.
The effect is that it proceeds with its own Marchen turn.
Since she’s already fulfilled her final Märchen condition, she only needs her extra turn.
Using this card was no different from winning by pulling one turn.
“Were you holding that?”
It is difficult to use because the conditions are so difficult and the cost is so high.
In fact, it’s a card that only limits the opponent’s play with shadow boxing, so it’s actually a card that is discarded for cost use.
Strangely, when he said he was holding it instead of throwing it away, he really had an angle to use.
‘I expected it.’
I had it in my hand considering the rapid acceleration.
In fact, it felt like the game flowed according to the framework she had set up in advance.
No matter how much I think about it, I admire it because it is such a great skill.
Rather, I didn’t know the game when I said that the game was rolling with similar skills.
“Five…”
Perhaps because of that incredible skill play, everyone watching the tournament even shouted and applauded.
That’s how the first card competition, ‘Walpurnigis Night’, ended safely.
No, it only really ends when the award ceremony that we are currently doing is over.
“For the winner, a new deck will be created with the winner as a motif, using one of the decks they want. It will be sold as a special edition of the tournament, and a portion of the proceeds will be given away.”
“A card with my motif…?”
“Of course, if you don’t allow it, we can proceed with adding some prize money.”
“Oh no! It’s an honor!”
The effect of the card is exactly the same, but it is sold as a special edition of the tournament.
Whenever we hold a major competition, if we commemorate it like this, the significance of participating in the competition increases.
You can also make money through additional sales.
“Which deck do you want?”
“Ah, it must be Rapunzel. My favorite deck is Rapunzel.”
“Well, you won with Rapunzel, but it would be strange to use a different deck as a concept.”
“Yes Yes!”
“Then Rapunzel, the story of hope…”
“Nope!”
“Yeah?”
“Please do it with despair, not with hope!”
…Is this human being sane?
Of course, I made a card game with such a crazy concept, but it’s still a card deck with its own motif.
Choosing that deck as the Despair Deck didn’t seem like an ordinary idiot.
“Is it because the deck has a deep meaning in winning the final?”
“No! Because I prefer despair!”
“Yeah?”
“Ah, if you use me as a motif, would you need something like a nude picture? A sample to send to the artist? I can do anything!”
“Ah, no. It’s only a motif based on competition standards…”
“Ha, that Marchen is me? Ha ha…♡”
Looking at the winner, who even let out a slightly heartbreaking moan, wondering what he was imagining.
I felt like I was losing my mind in many ways.
