Almond, Lily, Ainen, Saffa, Clovelle, Fraisea, and Gopu entered the town for the first ti.
"We’ll finally break through to Tier-2." Lily smiled.
Almond nodded.
The dwarves had told them they would break through to Tier-2 once they completed their first deck, but they had already done so, and nothing happened.
So they knew they lacked sothing. But instead of entering the town right away, they had decided to roam around the wilderness, train, and evolve all the cards of their decks before going into the town.
Just the day before, they were going to the town, and they got a ssage from the town chief.
Soon, they entered the Town Chief’s mansion as the guards readily let them go before they even said anything.
"Please welco!"
The person whose avatar they had seen in the ssage last night abruptly appeared before them.
The group was surprised.
They had only seen his upper-half body in the holographic ssage, but he had a lower-half body of a snake.
"Haha, we’ve been eagerly waiting." Tofen smiled.
"Yep. It’s obvious from your face." Saffa chuckled.
Tofen grinned. "Please follow . I’ll lead you to the town chief. Don’t worry. We won’t waste useless words. The first thing you’ll do is break through, which I assu you want to do the most."
"Correct." Lily nodded.
The group followed Tofen inside and arrived on the terrace of the mansion, which was a garden.
The town chief sat on a mattress there, sipping tea.
Seeing Almond and the others, his eyes lit up.
"Hahaha, welco, welco! Please sit."
Ainen raised his right eyebrow. "That face... he’s planning to eat us."
Gopu growled.
Town Chief Rombe laughed out loud. "I’m afraid I wouldn’t be able to do that even if I wanted to."
The group sat down on the mattresses across from him while Tofen sat next to Rombe.
"Alright, I shall not withhold this any further." Rombe grinned. "You have t one of the two requirents already by completing your first deck. The second requirent is simple. Kill yourself."
"..."
"Yes. I am not joking." Rombe added. "Tier-1 rank is called Perishable Lifeform precisely because of this requirent. Because you are in this higher-dinsional world with your old body."
"To beco Tier-2 rank, which is called Adapt, you must die only after completing your deck. This will trigger the pulse of this world to spark you anew, unchaining you from the previous bindings and making you adapt to this world. Hence, Tier-2 is called Adapt."
"You can do this one by one, so you can be on the lookout for each other."
"It’s fine. With Lily’s pets here, it’s impossible to hurt us." Clovelle giggled.
Lily snapped her finger. Instantly, ten overpowering auras manifested around the group.
Tofen and Rombe felt the aura and couldn’t help but sweat.
"And if that’s not enough, nothing survives Almond’s blades." Ainen chuckled.
Almond smiled, his eyes flickering.
Instantly, the rays from the sun beca extrely thin.
Rombe and Tofen looked up, and almost pissed themselves.
The sky was filled with blades in a storm-like manner.
Hundreds of blades!
The people of the town were also shocked and wondered what was going on at the chief’s mansion.
And there were many Tier-5 auras among those blades!
’Told ya, boss! These people are insane! I think it wouldn’t even take ten seconds if they want to completely ravage this town.’
Rombe nodded, his eyes practically shining.
"Our cards’ effects won’t disappear if we die briefly, right?" Almond asked.
"It won’t." The Town Chief shook his head and grinned. "Rest assured. I won’t let anything happen to you all. I need all of you to keep living and get stronger. The stronger you all are, the stronger I am."
"Alright, let’s start," Fraisea said and closed her eyes. In the next mont, her heart stopped, and she fell to the side.
Gopu put on an unwilling expression, but still dropped dead after a second.
Soon, everyone was dead.
And then, they began waking one by one after choosing their decks.
[Please choose the next True Concept you want to utilize to manifest your second deck.]
Almond had already decided. His eyes couldn’t help but glint in reminiscence. ’It’s ti to return ho, folks, in a new form and new life.’
He chose the True Concept—Oblivion Ark.
The True Concept that was the basis of his Spirit Lords’ creation.
Although he couldn’t manifest them again back in the Grimverse, this world was different!
And he had stored all of their True Spirits within him, so they would have the sa mories and personalities, just different forms, which he didn’t know how would develop as it depended on his card usage and card evolution.
[Your second deck is manifested—Ark of Fabricating Oblivion]
[Ark of Fabricating Oblivion]
Rank: Tier-1 (Exp: 0%)
Card Draw: 10 pulses per star of the card.
Card Pile: [1/4 — Inspiration 0 — Insight 0]
Spiritual Weaving Room
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[Spiritual Weaving Room]
Quality: 7-star
Effect:
—> (Passive) Everything you kill or that dies within 1 kiloter of you will fabricate an Oblivion Spirit mirroring all attributes and aspects in a unique space of the Spiritual Weaving Room.
—> You may weave together one or multiple Oblivion Spirits with external resources to create an Oblivion Familiar card. Each weaving costs Pulse.
—> The quality of Oblivion Familiar cards depends on the creation and resources used. You can summon Oblivion Familiars anyti you wish at no cost.
—> Oblivion Familiars: 0
’Perfect!’ Almond’s eyes brightened as they finally opened. ’And summoning them requires 80 Pulse.’
Next to him, Lily also opened her eyes as she checked her new deck.
[Nexus of Achromatic Ocean]
Rank: Tier-1 (Exp: 0%)
Card Draw: 10 pulses per star of the card.
Card Pile: [1/4 — Inspiration 0 — Insight 0]
Wheel of Achromatic Shade
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[Wheel of Achromatic Shade]
Card Quality: 5-star
Effect:
—> Summons a wheel that steals any single effect or action you perceive from a target and bans them from using it.
—> The stolen effect can be used by you or anyone you decide to give it to.
—> The wheel can store 9 effects at a ti. By spinning the wheel, you can combine the effects or actions as per your selection, resulting in mutated effects or actions.
’Interesting. This card reeks of fun and chaos.’ Lily’s eyes glinted.
"Now then, since you all have managed to break through, I shall give you so more information before sending you away to one of the Layer Two dinsions." Rombe grinned and waved his hand.
A magical hologram showing a stack of disks appeared.
The bottom one was glowing.
"This is Layer 1. There are myriad dinsions here. Layer 1’s ceiling is Tier-5. In short, once you reach Tier-5, you must go to Layer 2, or you won’t be able to manifest your third deck."
"Wait, so the third deck won’t manifest after we reach Tier-3?" Ainen asked.
"Nope." Rombe shook his head. "The third deck will manifest once you break through to Tier-6. Anyway, the requirent to enter Layer 2 is rely breaking through to Tier-2, so you all are ready to go there."
Tofen chuckled and added, "Indeed. Strong people like you have no business here anymore. The above layers are way more fun. And, well... dangerous. That’s why we are living in peace here, haha."
"Now let continue." Rombe cleared his throat. "Layer 2’s ceiling is Tier-10, but to enter Layer 3, you only need to reach Tier-6. And once you enter Layer 3, you can return to the other side at your leisure and co back here. The process only requires unbroken focus for 60 seconds."
Almond and the others nodded.
John said they would be able to return once they reached a certain level, and that level was reaching Layer 3.
"Well, I have no place to return to." Ainen laughed. "This other side is our new ho."
"That’s fine as well. It’s the sa for us." Rombe grinned. "Now, let tell you how to enter Layer 2, and what you can expect there."
"Layer 2 is completely different from this. It’s a layer of entertainnt. No matter who it is and what Tier they are, once they enter Layer 2 for the first ti, they’ll be inside a ga. You can choose the ga you wish to enter, and it’s better to enter separate gas."
Rombe’s expression turned somber. "And every single being inside Layer 2 will have sothing called Anchor Points. Everything costs Anchor Points there. And the only way to earn Anchor Points is by playing gas."
"And if your Anchor Points hit zero... You will cease to exist completely."
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