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Chapter 111 – Planeswalker’s Legacy (1)
writer:Fei Yan      update:2022-07-25 14:23
  “These…… are?” Brendel’s eyes looked a bit vacant.

  “They like exactly what they are, my lord,” The Nightsong Tiger’s lips were formed into a straight line to show a sense of mystery and calmness, but his light brown irises were filled excitement: “These are all Cards of Fate!”


  He opened the book, flipped the pages and pointed at the cards.

  “I know what they are, but why are there so many cards?” Brendel’s eyes were glued to the thick lambskin pages.

  There seemed to be six cards in every page and Brendel guessed there were approximately nine thick pages in this book.

  “Hmm,” The Nightsong Tiger’s eyebrow strained a little: “I think it’s better to let Ciel answer my lord—“


  “Ciel? You know him?” Brendel looked up at him with a questioning look.

  “Yes. The cards in your deck are linked together. From a certain point of view, we exist in the same Dimensional Space that my lord created. If we are not summoned, we will stay in the lands that make up the space. The Land Card that you possess pays the Wealth and Element Points required for us. It goes without saying the higher the Card’s rank is, the more wealth you need to pay.” (TL: I understand this as, Land Card is used to pay for summoning a creature, and when a creature goes into the graveyard, it goes back to that specific land.)

  “Right.” Brendel took note of the Dimension Space, and checked the remaining resources he had.

  – Nature Element: 6 points

  – Water Element: 6 points

  – Wealth: 67 points

  – Reputation: 17 points

  His bag also contained Element Crystals; half of them were Fire Crystals.

  “You didn’t tell me these things before.Also for some reason, these words doesn’t sound like something you would say.”


  The Nightsong Tiger laughed: “Haha. You’re indeed sharp, my lord. These are Ciel’s exact words. I’m simply acting as a messenger.”


  “You can converse with him right now?”


  The Nightsong Tiger nodded.

  “I see,” Brendel said: “If that’s the case, ask him to tell me exactly how the Dark Bishop came to get hold of this collection. I remember that you told me that only Planewalkers, his summons and their permitted followers are able to see them for what they are. Why did this bastard have so many cards? Was he a Planeswalker or something similar, or did you get these cards from something else?”


  “No, this is definitely taken from the Dark Bishop, but they are different from the normal cards, this is a Legacy-“


  “Wait, what is a Legacy?” Brendel interrupted.

  The Nightsong Tiger paused for a while as though he was waiting for an answer, then looked at Brendel and said: “Ciel says that a Planeswalker’s life is finite. When a Planeswalker reaches the end of his life, the cards that he collects will be sealed. Under this condition, the cards will materialize and turn solid. Even a normal person is able to see and touch them in this state. These cards would appear to be no different from a fortune teller’s tarot cards to them. However, to a Planeswalker, they are assets and wealth left behind from another Planeswalker. There are other reasons as to how a collection of cards can be discovered but this is the primary reason.”


  “You mean to say that the Dark Bishop got them by chance, but he has no idea what they are?”


  “Ciel says that possiblity is very high, but he also says that it might be possible that my lord’s conjecture the Dark Bishop is a Planeswalker, is the correct answer.”


  Brendel shook his head, if it was true that the Dark Bishop was a Planeswalker, he would have used the cards on him. Ciel’s reasoning was most likely the correct answer, but he was trying to flatter him.

  “If that is the case, isn’t it possible for Planeswalkers to steal each other’s cards?” He asked after thinking for a short while.

  “There’s the possibility, but the majority of the Planeswalkers wouldn’t fight to the death over them. Many of the cards are not unique and unless they are truly insane, very few will kill over these cards.”


  “What do you mean by unique?”


  “There are many duplicate cards in a different location at any given time. Even a newly formed series like the Eversong Card can have similar cards. My lord is able to summon a Highland Squire, Ciel, to work for you. Other Planeswalkers are able to do the same and summon a Highland Squire, except they would summon other names and not specifically Ciel. There might be conditions and rules for their summons to appear, but once they do so, they will not change—” The Nightsong Tiger suddenly shrugged as he raised his hands: “If my lord wants to summon a female eye-candy mercenary commander, with golden flowing hair and azure eyes to work for you, that wouldn’t be possible. Of course, the first half of my reply is from Ciel, the latter half is my humble addition.”


  [Are you telling me that I have a preference for older men?] The corner of Brendel’s eyes twitched.

  “Your input is unnecessary. You mentioned something about seals earlier, does that mean I’m unable to use these cards directly?

  The Nightsong Tiger nodded.

  “And why is that?”


  The cards were brought closer to Brendel.

  “Hmm?”


  “Take the collection, look at the cards and you will know.”


  Brendel took over the book and touched one of the cards.

  – 1400 Reputation

  Words immediately popped up, and he focused on the card to get a better look.

  – Platinum Angel

  – (The Immortal Alliance XIX)

  – Requirements: Willpower 40, Mana Points 50

  – When Platinum Angel is on the battlefield, the Summoner will not die from injuries.

  – Maintanenace: When Platinum Angel is in the battlefield, pay 10 Willpower, 10 Gems every day.

  – ‘The secret of immortality is buried in the Angel’s heart.’


  – Conditions: Pay 1400 Reputation to unseal this card.

  [1400 reputation?! Marsha above, I don’t think I can even steal that much, are you toying with me!]

  Brendel nearly dropped the card from his hand. The Highland Squire Card gave 1 Reputation per day and he had got 17 reputation from it thus far. Ever since the card went into the grave, it stopped giving out resources.

  He stared at the faceless Platinum Angel which was drawn in a painterly style wordlessly for a moment, then moved on to the next card subconsciously:

  – Balm of Life

  – (The Immortal Alliance X)

  – Requirements: Light Element Points 10, Mana Points 50

  – [Divine Equipment/Wondrous Artifact]

  – Tap card and pay 5 Light EP. Restore half of your life points and shuffle Balm of Life and your graveyard into your deck.

  – ‘The life stored in this bottle doesn’t suit my taste, neither does it taste fresh, but at least the effect is there.’ – Baron Cinder

  – Conditions: Pay 2000 Wealth to unseal this card.

  Brendel bit his lips to resist throwing the card onto the ground. There was a bit of wealth saved up by him, but it was definitely not 2000 wealth. He started to wonder if the Nightsong Tiger brought the book over in order to hurt his pride. The cards looked really powerful, but it was impossible for him to do anything with it. He glanced at him and thought for a while, but he did not recall anything that he did wrongly towards the mercenary. He flipped the pages with suspicion but discovered the quality of the cards became lower and lower, and at the same time the cost was much more acceptable.

  [Lord of Holy Flames, Time Relapse, Iona’s judgment, Lion Nirya…… White and Black Cards occupy half of this collection’s cards, then there’s a few red cards, as well as several Land cards.]

  Brendel ignored the cards which required high amounts of Wealth and Reputation. A few cards had the requirement of the Planewalker to have a certain level, which he also ignored. He was still at level 1 and there did not seem to be anything in the cards that would raise his level. The Nightsong Tiger also expressed that he did not know anything about raising the Planeswalker’s levels.

  Some of the cards required things or terms that Brendel had not seen or heard any hints about them. They were some strange resources needed, or he had to have specific lands and even barriers. The card ‘Time Relapse’, for example, required to have the profession ‘Wizard’ at level twenty. He flipped through the book and discovered there were ten cards that he could afford.

  [Vanguards of Blood, Black Earth Lion, Hymn of Light, Loxar’s market, Rougen’s Swamp, Land of Eternity, etc, etc…… Pristine Archangel. I can unseal three of them with what I have right now. The first thing I need to get is obviously the swamp for Dark Element Points.]

  Brendel unsealed the card and paid 10 Wealth for it. When he inspected the card, he realized that regardless of whether the card was tapped or not, he would still only get 1 Dark Element Point. It was much weaker than the other land card that he had.

  (TL: That other card is the Land of the Holy Tree card. He killed the Golden Demonic Tree and got that. Only untapped Land Cards can be installed with certain things. There’s a gold mine card installed on this card so he can’t tap it, otherwise he can’t get the Wealth. If he does tap the land card, he gains 2 Nature EP and 1 Water EP. Tapped cards reset every day.)

  But it solved half of the requirements to maintain the Unicorn Knight, and it was a matter of Wealth points now.

  Therefore he chose to unseal Loxar’s market. It provided 2 Wealth points and 1 Earth EP per day, and if he tapped it and paid 2 Reputation, provided 6 Wealth. This unique Land Card required 50 Wealth which prevented anymore redemption of other Land cards. (TL: Medissa requires 6 wealth and 1 Dark EP per day.)

  The third card he unsealed was the Pristine Archangel.

  – Pristine Archangel

  – (The Immortal Alliance III)

  – Light Element Points 50

  – [Angel creature/Knight, level 20 Elite]

  – When Pristine Angel enters the battlefield, shuffle one non-black Card into your deck.

  – Pay 1 Light EP every day when Pristine Archangel is in the field.

  – ‘The light of mercy descends from the sky, the messenger of the Gods emerges forth from the light.’


  Although Brendel was able to unseal the card, he had no related Land cards that paid Light EP, and he had no Light Crystals either, so it was still a dream to get Ciel or the Wind Spirit Spiders out from the graveyard. He patted the Nightsong Tiger’s shoulders and told him to tell Ciel to wait a little longer.

  “.…… Hold on, didn’t you tell me the last that only the Dark Element Cards were able to retrieve the cards in the graveyard?” Brendel suddenly looked suspiciously at him.

  “.…… I was guessing.” The veteran mercenary hesitated for a long time before he answered.

  Brendel felt tears forming in his mind.

  volume 3 - 203 – Underground fog

  The Dimension Space had over five hundred sets of armor from the Holy Cathedral of Fire. These were meant for their soldiers and were all low-class magic equipment, but there was also equipment meant for paladins.

  The exceptional suits of armor were carved with Magic Formations and were imbued with physical and magic resistance. Longswords and broadswords were placed opposite of the armor’s location, and they were easily identified as there was a fire symbol on every blade.

  [These are definitely stolen equipment meant to spply the Unifying Guild, and their rarity is on par with the Thorn of Light. Hah. Now they are my victory spoils and can be used to equip my White Lion Army…… Though some modifications to their appearances are required.]

  There was a messy stack of random equipment floating in the air. However, he discovered that they were not high-grade. Amman probably looted them from his enemies and did not bother to arrange them.

  [Hmm? Wait. That’s interesting.]

  Brendel discovered an accessory with a black gemstone in the center near the floating equipment. He was sensitive to great loot and found the accessory’s shape familiar, and he could not help but grab it to inspect it in detail.

  The center of the black gemstone had silver runes in them that seemed like it was made by nature.

  [Tear of the Witch Demon? It’s even rarer than Halran Gaia!]

  – Tear of the Witch Demon (300 OZ)

  – Adds Stoneskin trait to the user

  – 300 HP, +1 Defense, Curse Spell Level +1

  – Rune Activation: Instantly cast an Eighth Circle spell and below.

  – Remaining Charges: 0/30

  “I see, so it’s this thing that allows Amman to cast his defensive spells so quickly. This thing is really a cheat item. As a Warrior profession, I have one of the higher HP count out there, and it’s at 411. Wearing this is clost to doubling my HP. No wonder Amman is like an undying cockroach. He probably has the hp of a level 80 warrior.”


  Brendel grumbled to himself. There were many types of fantastic equipment in the game, and it was a bad thing to judge someone with common sense. There was a lot of truth in the sentence ‘Never underestimate your enemies or your head is forfeit’ in the game.

  “An equipment with 300 OZ, hmm. Even Halran Gaia has just over 100 OZ. Technically speaking my level is too low to wear this accessory now. If I insist on wearing it a few weeks ago, I will have to strip myself naked just to use it. But now I have insane Will stats, and my OZ limit is at 300 + 1240 OZ. Hahahaha.”


  The youth immediately wore it. The Charges could be restored over time like the Ring Of the Empress’s Wind Bullet, though he did not know how long it would take since it had such a large capacity.

  He heard footsteps just as he was done admiring the pendant.

  It had only been a couple of minutes.

  “Scarlett……? No, it’s not her.” Brendel’s ears focused on the footsteps, but they were heavy and stable, while Scarlett’s footsteps were light and guarded.

  The youth hurriedly dropped off the fragments of Mavekart’s Grimoire and dashed out of the Dimension Space. He then poured his immense Will into it and closed the sphere-shaped hole into a silver line and tethered it to his mind. As long as he lived, no one else would be able to access it.

  This silver line was a weakness in this world that led to a different plane of a different time and space. By tying it up with one’s Will, they would be able to carry it around. A Bag of Holding was a physical entity created by wizards that did the same thing, but the difference was that the Bag of Holding ‘s durability was no different from a normal bag.

  In order to prevent these bags from being torn apart, some of the players in the game actually stuffed them in their underwear. There was never any limit to being shameless. Brendel chuckled at this random thought before he looked up at the approaching person. He squinted his eyes to look past the layer of dust and discovered a tall figure.

  The person was just as he had expected, Mephisto.

  “You should come right now to take a look at what we found,” the Sword Saint of Ashes stood at the edge of the crater and said.

  His gaze was composed and serene. It was if the massive bloodlust that he had when he chased Brendel was like an illusion.

  [How the heck did this bloody airhead get raised as a kid? Not even an apology for chasing me all over the place. It’s like he believes he has the right to do anything he wants.]

  Brendel wondered how to describe his personality. Arrogance? Smug? Excessive pride? How would one describe a person who dared to challenge the Empire alone?

  “What did you discover?”


  “There is something below the ruins.”


  [Something below this courtyard? No matter how I look at it, it’s just a simple market. What did they find instead of going to the World Tree?]

  Brendel nodded to Mephisto and climbed out of the pit.

  “Are you sure you don’t want to be on your guard around this man?”


  “Don’t worry. I know him better than Veronica.” Brendel answered.

  Mephisto detested attacking someone sneakily. Honestly, it was rare for him to take an interest in anyone if it did not concern his revenge for the Empire. Furthermore, their interests were currently aligned and he would never disrupt it with his own hands.

  Brendel leisurely walked ahead with Mephisto looking behind his back without moving a muscle. But a flash of surprise streaked across the latter’s eyes. Either the youth was a fool or a genius at reading someone. Since Amman was furious enough to throw his life away to kill Brendel, then the youth had to be a genius.

  The thoughts in Mephisto’s mind never stopped after he made a deal with Veronica. He naturally thought about the possibility of Brendel failing to light up the Fire Seed, or that the deal would somehow be reneged. Thinking that the deal would really succeed was actually placed all the way back in his mind.

  However, after observing the youth and considering his earlier performance against Amman, there was a sudden shift in his mentality. As long as Brendel gave him a third of this land, he would definitely be able to restore his House. Perhaps working with this youth was not a bad thing, and it was a pleasant thing to be allied with someone intelligent. The youth was merely twenty years old, and he already had a brilliant achievement. It might even be possible that Brendel would be the one who could offer protection to him in the future.

  [I have never thought myself to be someone invincible or one who could continue to fight against the Empire. Those fools from the other factions seemed to think that they are the center of the world and I would be interested in joining their worthless crusades. It’s a question whether House Sutherland is able to continue after my death even if I restore it here. I’m not even sure whether I can find a successor.]

  “Ser Mephisto. are you coming? I don’t know where I’m supposed to go.” Brendel turned around and asked when he realized Mephisto was not moving.

  The Sword Saint of Ashes’s mind was spinning its cogs rapidly, and there was a sudden change in his tone: “It’s over there, I’ll bring you over.”


  Brendel’s head shifted to the right and looked puzzledly at him.

  But Mephisto walked off with large strides.

  “Is it really wise to leave Andesha alone with Veronica?” Brendel suddenly asked.

  “Don’t worry, Veronica and I discussed with each other and we decided to explore the courtyard first, and only make our way to the World Tree when you rejoin us. But there is something of interest that I discovered and want you to look at.” Mephisto said.

  Brendel and the girls followed Mephisto, who led them to the courtyard’s corner. The earlier battle with Andesha made the ground collapse and revealed an empty space. The black vegetation that Brendel grew with his blood had extended downwards into the empty space as though it had been doing so for centuries. It was because of the strange growth that Mephisto discovered the artificially created passage.

  When they finally made their way to the end of the passage, Brendel immediately rubbed his chin in contemplation. There was a Magic Formation, comprised of thinly crafted crystals a few meters wide and two thumbs high, jutting out from the ground. A thin line of crystals that extended out from the Magic Formation led deeper into the passage.

  [Crystal Circuits? These are built to transfer an incredible amount of energy. And if it’s secretly built under the courtyard…… The conspicuous buildings in the World Tree, and the ordinary courtyard that has something so intricate beneath it. Therefore the World Tree is a distraction, while the true identity of this courtyard is—]

  Brendel could only think of one possibility.

  The Fire Seed.

  “Ser Mephisto, I think you have discovered what we have been looking for,” Brendel said in a grave tone.

  The Crystal Circuits repeated themselves in one direction. As long as they followed it, they would reach their final target.

  volume 2 - 109

  TL: Some important stuff that I want to talk about after the intro notes.

  TL: As you know, I tl TSTBGAM along with TAS regularly. The reason why I tl TSTBGAM is mainly because I wanted something to distract myself from TAS ‘serious’ plotline. In the past TAS took just slightly more than 3 hours, because I didn’t really need to worry about the format of the skill names or search for continuity checks.

  However, like I have explained a while ago, the time to TL has gone up. Not only do I have to make the sure the action scenes are making sense, I have to check the skill names in the past and (future) to make sure there’s no TL errors, squash redundancy lines and format stats descriptions. Now one chapter takes 4-5 hours.

  As for TSTBGAM, the recent chapters are killing me. It used to be around 1k words per chapter, but it suddenly ramped up to 3.5k to 4.5k words. What used to be 2 hours per chapter, turned to 7-8 hours. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still fun to watch Sue making life miserable for a bunch of people, but I’m pretty much sitting on the chair without a break for that 7-8 hours.

  For those of you who always wanted more TAS chapters, well, you’re probably going to get slightly more for the near foreseeable future. Note on PROBABLY, so don’t get excited.

  In the mean time, I want to TL a R18 JP series (the series is probably targeted towards the female audience? Haven’t really read it……) that’s going to replace TSTBGAM. If I’m going to spend 7-8 hours to TL then I’ll want to do to improve my kanji dictionary instead.

  How long will the hiatus be? Probably 1-2 months, with a freeze on donations too. Right now it’s at a pretty good point for me to stop because the plot won’t move till a few chapters later.

  Finally, this chapter is brought to you by donators. Thanks for your constant support. Next regular update will be on next wednesday.