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Chapter 27 Asking For Favors
Chapter 27 Asking For Favors
?"Yesssss!!" Daniel shouted in excitement as he saw the iconic cards of The Crusade Of Light And Darkness set.
Card: Vlad Dracula - The First Ancestor of The Vampire
Picture: A handsome and elegant middle-aged man in black and red full plate armor standing proudly in the throne room amongst his other dark creature servants. His shadow and cloak transform from a horde of bat-like shade that flew toward him.
Rarity: Legendary
Type: Unique - Creature - Vampire Ancestor
Mana Cost: 3 Dark, 2 Light, 2 Non-element
Description:
[Undying] [Flying] [Drain Life]
When cast, Create an Artifact token called "The Ancestor's Coffin" with the abilities
Each time "Vlad Dracula - The First Ancestor of The Vampire" returns from the graveyard remove 1 blood counter.
Each time an opponent creature dies, Put 1 Blood Counter on "The Ancestor's Coffin"
If the opponent creature dies because of the damage source from "Vlad Dracula - The First Ancestor of The Vampire" add 2 Blood Counters instead.
"Vlad Dracula - The First Ancestor of The Vampire" Get +1 Power and +1 Toughness for each Blood Counter on "The Ancestor's Coffin"
Other Vampire creatures you control get +2 to Power and +2 to Toughness
Power: 3
Toughness: 3
Flavor text: The first sip of Jesus' blood made him more than a man as the wrath of God stripped him of the right to ascend to Heaven or descend to Hell.
Daniel remembered that this card set mechanic revolved around the blood counter that will be put on something on the battlefield when a creature dies. And this card could be very powerful to the point of nearly being broken when all of the blood counter mechanics are concentrated on this card.
Even when the Artifact token that comes with this card got destroyed, this card was still quite formidable on its own.
But the booster packs after that didn't have anything notable, but Daniel still considered this to be a lot of gain from this booster pack's opening session.
He got a lot of living being cards that could serve him as his subordinates, some of the cards that could be used as bluffing materials for others to have an illusion that he was a powerful magician who was also the head of some underground organization.
He just needed to plan ahead as the rumor was a double edge sword and could bring disasters to him.
The only thing that he regretted a little in this session is that he was unable to find a resurrection spell. Of course, it is the true resurrection that could resurrect a dead person as a living being, not an undead. Because what he got so far was the dark element resurrection that will resurrect the target as undead or vampire.
He wants to repay Murphy by resurrecting his daughter. This is why he needed the resurrection spell card that could resurrect a human without any drawback.
Thinking back to what Murphy said about forgiving the betrayal made him feel a little bit lost and complicated. It was because he knew that his girlfriend doesn't really want to betray him like that. She might even have done so out of concern for him, that's why he didn't hate her at the moment he lost his life.
But some part of him still felt a little bit resentful towards her and it might take some time before that feeling goes away.
Daniel kept all of his wandering thoughts to himself then said goodbye to The Keeper and came out of the shop and began to dial his phone to the Veneziale gang.
After a few moments, the line connected, and a domineering voice came out from the phone.
"Who the fuck are you and where did you get this number." Ardito's domineering voice begins to interrogate him.
"It's me Magitek, I got this number because of your insistence. If you don't want me to have it, that's fin…" He was about to say fine but Ardito's alarming voice cut him off.
"MY APOLIGIES! MR.MAGITEK!!"
"...."
"How may I serve you Mr.Magitek?"
Ardito's voice and demeanor flip 180 degrees as if he were a humble servant of Daniel, not the most influential mafia in the city.
"I need a favor from you, a favor for a favor, no.. a few favors in fact. Do you want to listen?" Daniel replied blandly.
"Yes, Please continue," Ardito replied.
"Good… then listen well." Daniel nodded then continued.
"First, I want to establish a new identity, not a fake identity but a genuine citizen ID. This will be a secret between you, me, and whoever you find trustworthy enough, no more than three more people.
Second, After I have my identity. I want to use that identity to own several pieces of land, but it must have a long history. I don't care even if it's a haunt, I can deal with whatever haunting that place. Few of them must have a history related to water, Fire or have a history related to church or some sort of holiness.
Third, I need a large place for my new workshop, 100*100 Square meters in size. It should be located in a secluded area.
I will also give you a little bonus if you manage to fuck up the royal family business side way. My bottom line is for you to not trouble innocent people." Daniel ordered.
Ardito went silent for a moment after Daniel finished telling his orders, but then Ardito's shaking voice asked through the phone.
"Forgive me for asking this but… If the innocent people who work for the royal family are troubled. Will you…"
This is an important question that also concerns Daniel, but if it was Daniel before he had been affected by the Grand Artificer profession enchantment. He would hesitate for his action to affect them… but right now, It is not the case.
"I don't mind, Consider them as collateral damage, but you need them to believe that their life was ruined because of the Royal family's uncaring attitude toward their people. It would be even better if you could make them hate the royal family also." Daniel blandly said.
He didn't enjoy it that for sure, but he can't cook an omelet if he didn't break the egg first. So he categorizes them as unlucky collateral damage. Besides, there's a certain risk involved in every profession, soldiers risk being killed by their enemy, police risk being killed by a criminal in a gunfight, and journalists risk being killed or arrested if they were to pursue the truth.
Most of the people who work for the royal family are getting a lot of respect and get paid handsomely while taking risk-free in their profession. Much of their work involve oppressing the people who ask questions to the royal family while some even took joy in this line of work.
It's time for them to take some risk that comes with the job!
"Don't worry too much about failure. I'll personally send someone to help you with this matter." Daniel said then hung up before preparing to actualize a few helpers for this mission.
He entered into his mindscape and saw Three cards that could be used to help with this operation.
Card: Benevolence Orator
Picture: A priest in a white robe with kind and benevolent air standing amongst the believers.
Rarity: Rare
Type: Creature - Human Priest
Mana Cost: 2 Light, 2 Non-element
Description:
Pay 1 Light and 1 Non-element Tap: The opponent can choose whether to pay 3 mana or let this card controller draw a card.
Pay 2 Light and 1 Non-element Tap: Gain control of the target opponent creature until the "Benevolence Orator" was untapped. The controller of the "Benevolence Orator" can choose whether to let the "Benevolence Orator" untapped or not.
Power: 2
Toughness: 3
Flavor text: The source of all believer respect, He can even change the heart of the most stubborn atheist.
Card: James - The Brawler of Vatican
Picture: A handsome but brutal-looking muscular man stands proud amongst the people who got knocked out on the ground with some bruises and blood on their faces.
Rarity: Rare
Type: Unique - Creature - Human Werewolf Berserker
Mana Cost: 2 Red, 5 Non-element
Description:
[Regeneration] [Berserk]
If the moon rises, transform this card. (The moon will rise if more than one spell was cast in one turn if the moon wasn't present on the battlefield. The moon will also fall if the same condition was met during the moon's rises.)
p?nd?,no??1,?o? Power: 4
Toughness: 3
Flavor text: Ok, Who else is itching for a punch in the face? - James - The Brawler of Vatican
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Card (Transform): James - The Mad Dog of Wallachia
Picture: A red fur muscular werewolf rampaging on the battlefield killing hundreds of knights, Its claws slicing through their armor like a hot knife through butter.
Rarity: Epic Rare
Type: Unique - Creature - Human Werewolf Berserker
Mana Cost: -
Description:
[Regeneration] [Berserk] [Penetration]
Remove 1 Exhaustion Counter when a creature dies from the damage source from James - The Mad Dog of Wallachia.
When the moon falls, transform.
Power: 8
Toughness: 6
Flavor text: -
Card: Maria - The Eyes of The Count
Picture: A beautiful female Vampire with black hair in a black infiltrator suit, checking the stack of many secret documents.
Rarity: Rare
Type: Unique - Creature - Vampire Infiltrator
Mana Cost: 2 Dark, 2 Non-Element
Description:
[Infiltration] [Camouflage]
When dealing damage to a player, that player needs to reveal their hand until the end of the turn.
Power: 3
Toughness: 2
Flavor text:
**Regeneration: If the creature with [Regeneration] were to die, prevent its death and put 1 Exhaustion counter on the creature.
Exhaustion counter: A creature with an Exhaustion counter gets -1 to toughness for each Exhaustion counter.
**Berserk: When a creature with [Berserk] was damaged, doubles its power.
**Infiltration: Cannot be block
**Camouflage: Cannot be targeted by spell or ability.