Catastrophe Card King

Chapter 1500: 459 Chapter_3 Chapter 1500: 459 Chapter_3 Upon hearing these words, Leonard Churchill and the others received an enlightenment altogether, “Triggered team-shared Grade B hidden plot; investigate the secret behind ‘Poison Sting’ Taylor’s resurrection at Black Crow Fort…”

Now everyone understood.

Just after Sack’s team had entered, they had encountered a suspicious bandit and killed him. To their surprise, “he” came back to life. Due to their carelessness, they lost a knight.

The monster wasn’t strong; it was an ambush, negligence was to blame.

And the resurrected monster, seeing that it was no match, ran away.

It was the dark shadow that Leonard and his team saw rapidly fleeing through the tree canopy when they arrived.

Such an absurd plot similarly furrowed the brows of both Serli’s group and Sack’s group.

However, Leonard had entirely figured it out, and he reached a conclusion that startled even himself, “Vampire!”

…

Leonard and his party were listening to the guard narrating what had just happened.

As the team’s healer, Sister Jessica was helping the fallen knight when suddenly he spat out a mouthful of black blood.

Leonard’s eyebrows rose at the sight, for he was all too familiar with it.

He thought this fellow was going to turn into a vampire now.

Unexpectedly, another pharmacist exclaimed excitedly, “Anthony is alive!”

Jessica took out a Curse Card to dispel the spell while also confirming that the patient had arrived, “There was a strong Dark Power lingering in Anthony’s wound, but I’ve dispelled it; he should recover soon…”

As she spoke, she seemed to recall something and added, “It might be some kind of evil creature or a beast from the abyss. If not dispelled, the wound could become contaminated and mutate. Everyone, be extra careful…”

With the people saved, the gloom from the potential loss in their team had dissipated.

Young Master Sack’s expression finally improved a bit, and looking at Jessica, he praised, “Well done!”

Jessica returned a knight’s salute, “It is my duty, sir.”

Observing this scene, everyone from the two small squads looked at her with admiration and joy evident in their eyes.

Having such a powerful healer in the team greatly ensured their safety.

Only her teammates knew the actual situation, as Garfield muttered, “Jessica’s ‘Resurrection Foul Ritual,’ the secret skill of the Demon God, has been mastered…”

It’s hard to even begin learning Demon God Secret Skills, and even with Mantra, mastering it isn’t easy.

“Yeah. Just got a bit of insight on it not long ago…”

Jessica listened and nodded slightly, her eyes drifting to glance at Leonard.

She had obtained it previously but hadn’t grasped it until she asked Allen for advice and looked at some targeted Classic Books that helped her to learn.

She hadn’t expected it to be so vitally useful so soon.

…

Undead, capablable of flying, contamination.

Completely meets the criteria.

Leonard had confirmed that the previous fellow was indeed a vampire.

Dragon Descendants are not easily contaminated, and with “Resurrection Foul Ritual,” this knight named Anthony was fortunate not to die.

But what Leonard was curious about was, why would a vampire appear in this Trial Space?

The information currently known was very limited, and Leonard couldn’t figure it out.

To solve this riddle, he knew they must delve deeper into the plot.

No casualties happened, which immediately cleared the cloud hanging over both teams’ heads.

Previously, it was just an oversight; they were fully capable of handling such a plot.

Besides, hidden plots in adventure modes usually mean there are more rewards.

Resources are secondary; prestige is more important.

Now that the Landon Family is establishing a nation on the Old Continent, it’s even more crucial to showcase their family strength and recruit more talent.

And the Royal Academy trial rankings are a perfect opportunity to expand influence.

Young Master Sack looked at his highly esteemed Sixteen Team and asked, “Serli, how do you plan to undertake this trial?”

Lizard Mage Serli, the captain of the Sixteen Team, replied, “Young Master, our plan was initially to go to a nearby village to get information about that bandit…”

As he spoke, he recounted the discussion they had earlier.

Hearing this, Sack frowned momentarily, then nodded, “Alright. Let’s do it together.”

Originally, his plan, like Garfield’s, was to go directly to Black Crow Castle, where the bandits were holed up.

After all, bandit lairs are singular; whoever cracks it first gets a head start.

It wasn’t that Sack was arrogant.

Nor was he unaware of the risks of the trial.

It was that their team was one of the few that had the qualifications to employ such a reckless strategy in this trial!

The Landon family had finally produced a pure-blooded dragon descendant, and naturally, they inclined as many resources as possible toward him.

As a result, the guards in Young Master Sack’s team were extraordinarily well-equipped.

When they were apprentices, a few guards could survive an encounter with a Second Order assassin just by relying on their equipment.

Now that they had advanced to official card masters, not to mention a low-level Alternate Dimension.

Even if it meant spending a fortune, there was no reason they couldn’t handle the A-level difficulty of this space.

However, after experiencing that “immortal monster,” Sack realized there were some problems with his plan.

They still didn’t know how to kill that monster. If they recklessly went to the castle, they might provoke a disaster.

It seemed that the recent attack was a blessing in disguise.

…

Duke Landon’s Mansion’s two strongest teams had merged, and everyone on the team was brimming with confidence, now even more confident about the trial.

Leonard Churchill didn’t interject and continued to be inconspicuous.

However, before they even entered the village, they suddenly saw a burst of Red Dragon flame soaring into the sky from a distant, dark deep mountain valley.

Immediately, someone exclaimed, “It’s the Red Dragon Royal Family’s assembly fireworks!”

Leonard looked in the direction of the fireworks, which were off to the side, most likely not in a village.

But rather in the wilderness.

Did this mean that Young Master Sack and his team had encountered danger and ignited the assembly fireworks?

Moreover, assembly fireworks, like noble emblems, differed between nobles and knights.

Seeing the pattern of the fireworks, Sack immediately realized something and exclaimed in surprise, “Princess Sofia of the Red Dragon Royal Family is also in this Alternate Dimension?”

In the trial, the teams were in competition with each other.

Seeing a strong opponent send up assembly fireworks, the members of Duke Landon’s Mansion’s two teams felt a bit of schadenfreude.

It turned out they weren’t the only ones struggling.

The royal team was no different.

Especially the guards who had nearly lost members as soon as they entered, their expressions eased a lot.

Lizard Mage Serli also analyzed, “Looking at the distance, if the people from the Red Dragon Royal Family didn’t start there, it’s very likely that they headed towards Black Crow Castle…”

Leonard’s deductions were roughly the same.

The royal team, with the best strength and equipment, had no reason not to try some aggressive tactics.

But Leonard wasn’t thinking about whether the Red Dragon Royal Family was in Black Crow Castle.

He was curious why, coincidentally, several strong teams had entered this Alternate Dimension at the same time.

To others, it might seem coincidental, but in the “I Am the World” cause and effect deduction, there must be an underlying logic.

Though it was all fragmented clues, it didn’t yield any results.

But it had greatly piqued Leonard’s interest.

If it had been just Young Master Sack, he might have thought it was mere coincidence; but now that the main team of Princess Sofia of the Red Dragon Royal Family was involved, it was getting intriguing.

Leonard smelled a familiar scent.

That sensation of his blood subtly exalting in familiarity had returned.

In his view, the trial space, from this moment, had suddenly become interesting.

Vampires?

A plot tied to the Seven Catastrophes Monarchs would never be simple.

And Leonard hadn’t forgotten that during the previous assassination attempt on Sack, there was an “insider” in the Royal Academy.

Now that several strong teams appeared in the same trial space simultaneously, he couldn’t help but suspect that it was orchestrated.

However, Leonard didn’t think there was anything wrong with that.

On the contrary, he was greatly looking forward to it.

Previously, he thought following the script of the plot world was somewhat dull;
Now, assuming his conjecture was correct, if there was indeed a “mastermind,” it meant that the story of this space was worth delving deeper into.