CH.44 Trying out Card Summoner
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Pack Opener</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Collection</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Sleeve maker</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Instructions</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Daily Pack tokens: 5</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Current Pack tokens: 2</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Metal Raiders</td>
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<span style="font-weight:400">“So this is your unique skill.” I heard Lucia say quietly.
<span style="font-weight:400">“It’s a part of the system?” Trystan seemed to question.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yeah,” I said in a voice so that everyone could hear. “With ‘pack opener’, I can open some packs every day, and from the packs I get cards that can be summoned.” I told everyone. “I’ll demonstrate now how it works.” And open the two packs I didn’t open in the morning while at it. I’ll just open some Legend of Blue Eyes. I want a toploader Pot. Or you know, just a Blue-Eyes White Dragon would be nice as well. And even if I get nothing good, they will act as decent summoning fodder for everyone.
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Use a ‘pack token’ to open 1 pack of ‘Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon’</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">[Yes] [No]</td>
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<span style="font-weight:400">As always, yes.
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<span style="font-weight:400">Nothing good here. But that’s to be expected.
<span style="font-weight:400">I hear the students, more like observers mutter things like “so that’s where he gets them” and “I see”. I don’t want to exin this part, so no questions on it.
<span style="font-weight:400">Let’s just quickly open up the other one so we can get to the good stuff.
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<span style="font-weight:400">Another one with just basic stuff. The equips I’ll probably use as sleeve fodder and the monsters we’ll use as test subjects.
<span style="font-weight:400">“So that’s how I get these cards. I won’t answer any questions about this part, so don’t ask.” I told everyone. Not that I would even know the answers to the questions. I don’t know how my skill really works. It just does, OK.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I have a question.” Christina said. I said no questions. “What are those symbols on the cards?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Symbols?” What does she mean? “What symbols?” I asked her.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Could you take a card out and I’ll show you.” She said.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Sure.” I pulled out the Lesser Dragon, from thetest pack. Even with the window further away from me, I could do it just fine.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Here,” She pointed at the top of the card. “Some strange symbols. And here as well.” She moved her finger to the effect text box. Well Lesser Dragon is a normal monster, so more like to the lore spot. But what does she mean by strange symbols? That’s just normal text.
<span style="font-weight:400">“This is where the monster’s name is written.” I told her. “And this is where some information about it is written.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“But, it’s all just symbols.” She said. Alice didn’t react this way yesterday. What gives?
<span style="font-weight:400">“Alice,” I asked her. “Can you read this?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“The ‘lesser dragon’ part?” She read it perfectly. “Or the bottom part?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yes, that. Well more like both.” I said to her. “So you can but your mother can’t.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“How is this possible?” Christina wondered. “I should be able to read all thenguages that Alice knows.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Does anyone else see symbols instead of readable text?” I asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I can read it.” Lucia said.
<span style="font-weight:400">“So can I.” Alex continued. The knights were also nodding.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I can’t.” Trystan admitted.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I can’t either.” Jenna came out of nowhere and said so. I guess she was just standing off to the side.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I see…” I guess some just can’t.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Master, have you forgotten, without ‘Card summoner’ it is impossible to read the text on the cards.) Laura reminded me. Thank you Laura. And yeah, it does match. Christina, Trystan and Jenna weren’t with us, so they don’t have Card summoner.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I know now why.” I said to them. “You can’t read it without the ‘Card summoner’ skill.” I told them.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I’ve never heard of such a skill.” Trystan said.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Well, it is an extra skill, so that’s to be expected.” I told him
<span style="font-weight:400">“Extra skill? How wonderful. And yours was a unique skill. I’m so happy to be alive to witness this.” Trystan seemed ecstatic.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Does that mean I can’t use these cards?” Christina asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“No, I think you can still use them.” I told her. “You just need someone else to tell you the name of the monster beforehand.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I see.”
<span style="font-weight:400">It’s actually good to have someone without ‘Card summoner’ here, as we will be able to confirm the effects of that skill.
<span style="font-weight:400">—
<span style="font-weight:400">“Well now that we know that, who wants to start?” I asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I will, I will.” Alice came onto me.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I think someone more calm should be the first one.” I told Alice.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I could.” Trystan offered.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Someone with ‘Card summoner’ would be better for the first try. Alex, how about you? Or one of the knights?” I asked. The three of them looked at each other and then quickly yed some sort of rock-paper-scissors game. Alex got out on the first try and after another two, one of the knights became our test subject.
<span style="font-weight:400">“What should I do?” He asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Here.” I gave him the Lesser Dragon card. “Just hold it in your hand and call out its name.” I told him. “Everyone else, back up a little so there is enough space.”
<span style="font-weight:400">We all took a little distance and positioned ourselves behind him.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Okay, whenever you are ready.” I said to him.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Sure. Lesser Dragon.” He said out loud.
<span style="font-weight:400">Just like when I do it, a card appears on the ground. From it a little over two meters tall lizard appeared. So it works just like mine.
<span style="font-weight:400">“It, it really dide out.” The knight seemed impressed.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yeah, it appears to have been sessful summoning.” I told him. “Try giving it amand.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“What should Imand it to do?” He asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I actually have no idea.” I admitted. Well, I guess one thing we could do is. “You” I look at the other knight. “Why don’t you summon this one and you can have the two of them fight.” I told him as I handed him ‘Tyhone’. Tyhone and Lesser Dragon both have 1200 attack, so the might just destroy each other, but then again Tyrone has more defense.
<span style="font-weight:400">“They can’t fight here, they’ll destroy the house.” Christina objected.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Well then we just have to summon them and let them go.” I told her. “It would be a little more boring, but I guess that might be the best choice.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Couldn’t you summon Mana and have her protect the house?” Alice asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I don’t think I can do it this soon after thest summon.” I told her.
<span style="font-weight:400">(You can, Master. As long as an equal amount of time the monster stayed summoned has passed, it can be summoned again. If it is in a toploader.) Thank you Laura.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Well, Laura did just tell me I can, so …” I said and looked at Christina.
<span style="font-weight:400">“If you can promise there will be no damage to the house, I’ll let you do it.” She gave permission.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I think Mana by herself might not be enough to guarantee it.” I said my thoughts out loud. “But…” I pull out both Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl. “The two of them can definitely do it.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Brian, let me summon Mana.” Alice begged. Well that should be fine.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Sure, that’s fine.” I told her and gave her Dark Magician Girl.
<span style="font-weight:400">“You are summoning that magician from morning?” Christina asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yes, and her teacher.” I told her. I pulled up the sleeve of my hoodie and activated thebat mode of my terminal.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I summon Dark Magician.” I said as I ced the card onto my DiaDhank. A card appeared vertically this time, and from it, out stepped a tall man in a purple robe.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Hello, Master.” He greeted me.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Hi. I need you to protect the house, while we y around with summoning.” I told him. “Sorry to give you such a boring job.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“It’s fine, Master.” Dark Magician answered. “I will do anything you ask.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Thank you.” I look over at Alice. She hasn’t summoned Dark Magician Girl yet. She also seems like she is going to cry. “What’s wrong Alice?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I’m calling out Mana, but she doesn’t appear. Does she not like me?” Alice asked on the verge of tears.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Laura? Did you lie to me?)
<span style="font-weight:400">(Of course not, Master. She is doing it wrong.)
<span style="font-weight:400">(Wrong how?)
<span style="font-weight:400">(She is calling out the wrong name.)
<span style="font-weight:400">Ahh, I see. She is trying to summon Mana, not Dark Magician Girl.
<span style="font-weight:400">“It’s not that Alice.” I told her. “You need to say the name on the card.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“The one on the card? So I can’t just call out Mana.” She seemed to realize the problem. “Dark Magician Girl.”
<span style="font-weight:400">A card appeared in the air above her and from it down came the excited magician.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Ahh, I’m back. And summoned by my adorable pupil.” She said as she hugged Alice.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Mana!” Alice greeted her by returning the hug. “I thought you hated me, when you didn’t appear as I was calling your name.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I’m sorry.” She said. “But I can onlye if you call the name on the card.” She exined.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Well, now that the protection squad is here, we can continue.” I said. “Go ahead and summon it when ready.” I said to the knight with Tyhone.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Tyhone.” He said and from a card, a weird looking winged head thing appeared.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Good.” I said to him. “Now try to order them to fight each other.” I told the knights.