Catastrophe Card King

Chapter 1551: 473 Chapter 1551: 473 “`
A 4 turned into a pair of 4s.

That’s the effect of the “Any” card.

Yes!

This was the basic usage of the [JOKER] card that Leonard Churchill had roughly figured out over the past month.

It could not only inscribe any spell like the other Curse God Cards,
but it also had a magical function, the one right before his eyes–replication!

Replicating all spells!

That feeling was like… a camera recording, able to capture any spell that appeared within a certain range.

Not just the image, but the law, the structure of the curse… a complete replication.

That meant, as long as an enemy used some kind of spell in front of Leonard, he could replicate it with this kind of card.

For Leonard, this was a huge surprise.

Now, as his expertise as a Scholar deepened, he could see that the future use of various spells wouldn’t be a big problem.

Normally, he wouldn’t need to use this Joker card, but once it was needed, it certainly meant facing some enemies with rare and weird methods.

At that time, with one hand copying and the other “using their own methods against them,” just thinking about it made him feel the scene was too beautiful.

Especially replicating the God Skills, Forbidden Curses… and such from top-level card masters.

This thing was simply akin to a BUG.

Thinking thus, Leonard looked at the two Curse God Cards in his hand and couldn’t help but have some thoughts, “Back then, Emperor Lanlingster owned a set of fifty-four Curse God Cards, if they were all inscribed with God Skills, just how powerful must he have been… But then again, how exactly did such a powerful emperor die? Did he truly perish in the Abyssal Rift?”

He first heard the legend of Emperor Lanlingster in the Royal Mausoleum of Augustus on the Rune Highlands.

One of the court tomb guardians said that the emperor went missing during an adventure exploring the Abyssal Rift in the Southern Continent.

But now, it seemed unlikely.

If He had fallen in the Abyssal Rift, those cards should have appeared in the Alternate Dimension, not in a forest.

However, the fact was, those scattered Curse God Cards were found mostly in dangerous areas of the Underground Caves in the Magical Beast Forest.

This meant that the Great Emperor must have battled in those places and left his battle cards behind.

In other words, Emperor Lanlingster fell on the Southern Continent.

But that raised the question: What existence on the Southern Continent could have killed Him?

Only an equal opponent.

Based on the timeline of the emperor’s disappearance, it coincided exactly with that transitional period between the Altranc civilization and the Ariel Empire.

This was very subtle.

And considering the recent appearance of remnants of the Church of Light, a plausible theory formed in Leonard’s head.

Perhaps the fall of Emperor Lanlingster had something significant to do with the Dragon God Airel.

At the very least, He was informed.

As he thought, his mind returned to the present.

Leonard looked at his pocket watch; it was already six o’clock.

He stood up, ready to leave.

This time was the busiest at the Adventurers’ Marketplace.

Every day at this time, he would stroll through the city, looking to find some ancient relics at the marketplace and to gather some new information.

…

Leaving the inn, Leonard walked onto the street.

The city area of Giant Spirit City was extremely large, and without industrialization, the streets were filled with all kinds of flashy beast carriages.

Leonard also hired a Jumping Dragon Beast Carriage, heading towards the West District.

Giant Spirit City was still bustling with activity, even more than it had been over a month ago.

The incident at the Royal Academy seemed as if it never happened, with no one mentioning it, not even the information merchants could sell any news about it.

This was within Leonard’s expectations.

After all, it involved heretics from the Sect of Light, and such news could not be spread.

Moreover, the Royal Academy resumed classes the day after the upheaval.

Even the defection of Gustav, the deputy dean of the History and Mysterious Academy, was forbidden to be discussed by anyone.

This was a directive directly issued by the Holy Tribunal.

Information related to the gigantic hand that broke out from under [Sky-reaching Tower] was also sealed off; discussions within the academy were prohibited. No one knew to which creature the severed hand belonged, nor why it was sealed within the academy.

However, the consequence was, without this stable energy supply, it looked like the trials in Sky-reaching Tower would not be able to resume anytime soon.

As if nothing ever happened, the students continued their regular classes.

It is worth mentioning that although there was an accident in the trial,
the assessment results were still valid.

Sixteen Team at Duke Landon’s Mansion, where the alter ego “Allen” was, unexpectedly earned the third place in the rankings.

Originally, they were ranked eighth overall.

But among the top ten, six teams had participated in the Black Crow Fort battle and received extremely high assessment scores.

Especially the team aiding Princess Sofia of the Red Dragon Royal Family, their lead was monumental.

However, after the situation was clarified, those teams were disqualified, their names even erased from the academy’s records.

Leonard’s team filled the spot and got third place, attaining a reward of one hundred thousand academic credits.

It was quite a coincidence.

Of course, the academy had also investigated Leonard’s team afterward.

But among the four survivors, Garfield had fainted at the very end inside the Seal Space, and Serli was almost the same… neither of them knew anything.

And David was considered to be an escaped slave, so he was not questioned.

There was naturally nothing to find out from “Allen.”

From the original six-person team, only three remained, and later Young Master Sack arranged for three more people to join.

But it wasn’t the original team, and that sense of tacit understanding was gone.

The team gradually faded into obscurity within the academy.

Leonard also felt this was good, as the alter ego could continue to quietly cultivate in the academy.

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