Chapter 11: Ranch's New Abacus

Talia looked away from the purple glowing card, her eyes showing a hint of helplessness, and she sighed nonchalantly.

She hadn't made a card for a long time, and she had almost forgotten the glow that accompanied the flow of magic on the card.

In particular, the colors are extremely bright when crafted and activated.

This grade largely reflects the strength, value, and rarity of the card.

The lowest [White Normal] can be found everywhere, and it is also the most circulated magic card on the market.

Most of them are life spells, with few additional effects and summons.

Blue Precious Magic Cards have a complete and practical effect, and are delicate and flawless creations that require stable and high skill to craft.

Rookie card makers who can make magic cards of this quality often have a great talent.

And the higher-grade [Purple Rare] grade magic cards have begun to change in value and strength, and ordinary people can't afford their price at all.

For wealthy nobles and most of the strong, purple grade magic cards are often the key cards that match the combat profession and form their own system.

Magic cards of this grade have some useful additional effects, even if they are low, they may be able to have some unexpected effects.

The higher grades, the average person will not even know anything.

After all, the [Pink Divine] grade magic card is more like a symbol and symbol far away in the sky for most human beings.

In a city like this kingdom's border, it may be difficult to see the owner of the sacred card all year round.

The reason for its rarity is not only because of its rarity, but also because it needs to be carefully considered before binding its soul.

Normally, magic cards don't tie up to themselves after using them.

It's just that the higher the grade, the greater the cost of breaking the soul binding.

However, once it is a [Pink Hallow] grade magic card, it cannot be unbound and rebound at will without a combat state like the previous three cards, it requires a cumbersome resealing step, and will cause damage to the binder itself for a long time.

As for the [Orange Epic], it is the highest level magic card that exists in the world and can be seen in the concept of living beings.

Each epic card is unique and anchors the world throughout history.

Once it is tied to one's soul, it is difficult to untie it even at the cost.

Forcibly canceling a contract can cause irreversible damage and damage to both the user and the card.

Therefore, White, Blue and Purple have a high degree of mobility and can change the combination at any time according to tactics, while Pink Orange has more powerful power, but in the long run, even if you have the opportunity to bind, you must think clearly about whether it fits your own system.

In the ancient legends of the Demon Realm, there is a grade above the epic, but it has not appeared for thousands of years. With the demise of the demons, the clues about this card have become more and more nowhere to be found......

For Talia, who has seen so much, the noble purple rare quality is nothing either.

She has made it herself, I don't know how much.

But compared to the quality of the cards made by Ranchi, Talia was even more amazed by the strange effects of the cards.

Generally speaking.

The cardmaker's early works reflect the style of cardmaking during his career.

Nataria, it's a little hard to speculate that this guy will do something more excessive in the future.

Talia, who was lost in her thoughts for a moment, caused the card-making workshop to fall silent again.

“……”

Seeing that she didn't speak, Ranch stopped bothering her.

The tranquil afternoon sun crept through the clouds, and the silhouettes of the window lattices reflected on the brown floor.

When the two weeks of exhaustive work finally came to fruition, Ranch gradually relaxed, leaning back in his chair, feeling sleepy in this nap moment.

Time in the card-making workshop seems to freeze for a short time, and there is a strange atmosphere of tranquility. Tabletops such as pens, alchemy jars, inkwells, and other props are also endowed with souls, whispering sleeping poems in this fantasy country.

However, just as Ranchi may be about to fall asleep, like a string in the wind, Taria's question reawakens his mind.

"How old are you?"

Her voice was as cold as water as always, without any emotion.

"It's going to be my 17th birthday next year."

Ranch looked up at Taria.

He replied with a more rigorous rhetoric.

After all, he didn't know if he would be judged by Talia as a lie if he directly said that he was 16 years old.

The age of his body must be 16 years old, and the age of his soul should probably be calculated according to the age before he crossed over.

"Then it's not too late for you to learn the card."

Talia revisited the boy in front of her.

These days, she has watched Ranch go from being completely rusty to becoming more proficient, so she is sure that Ranch didn't have much experience in card making before.

According to what she has seen and heard over the years from the northernmost part of the continent to the south, passing through many human realms, this young man named Lan Qi can already be called a natural magician in addition to starting late in the human card makers, and his own low rank.

"Tata, do you think the magic cards I made are pretty good?"

Ranch still had a natural smile on his face.

There was no ostentatious meaning in his words, but he seemed to be convinced that Talia had extraordinary knowledge, so he sincerely asked for advice.

“…… If energy is produced, it may become the new general-purpose card once it enters the market. ”

After a brief pause, Talia replied.

The reason why this card is versatile is simple.

Because everybody will want to buy it.

By the time this card is in circulation, the nature of the battle may have changed.

Getting the enemy to their knees may be more important than winning or losing.

And, in a fair competition, this is also a deterrent - "if you dare to make me kneel, I will also let you kneel with my backhand". It can be without, but it can't be without.

Although the thought of Talia having to guard against the enemy's use of this sword shrine spell at any time in the future made her feel that Ranchi really deserved to die.

However, in the long run, if the fighting spirit of the human race is turned into a miasma, it will also be beneficial to her great cause of recovering the country.

Therefore, she will not take the initiative to stop Ranch from abusing this card to pollute the human magic card system and environment.

"That's right."

Lan Qi picked up the card [Basic Etiquette] in his hand and looked at it, the corners of his mouth hooked up a somewhat friendly smile, and turned to look at Talya,

"I can't give you this one, but I'm willing to sell you the next one. According to the success rate, it will take a few more days, and recently I have been busy preparing for the exam, so I can only wait for the exam to be done for you. ”

"How much."

Talia was slightly surprised, but she didn't hesitate to ask, there was no interrogative tone in her words, or the interrogative sentences that came out of her mouth would become declarative sentences.

She knew that before this kind of general-purpose card was officially circulated, it was still in a state of scarcity and undoubtedly had the highest value.

Even, as the first edition, it contains the value of a "recipe".

Since Ranch is willing to trade her the second one, it will certainly not be a small price.