Master of Trading Star Card Game

Chapter 46 - Conceiving the Instance Card (Part 1)

Translator: Star River from wangmamaread

Proofreader: Rhith

Xie Mingzhe returned to his individual space to think about how to make the instance card, leaving club issues to the others.

Xie Mingzhe had learnt a lot from reading Legend Chen's private notes this afternoon. He wanted to make an AOE card with the Fire attribute. According to the range of card data stipulated by the authorities, the Fire attribute would create the maximum AOE.

When it came to the Fire attribute, the first thing that came into his mind was Zhou Yu from Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

At the Battle of Red Cliffs, Sun and Liu's allied forces defeated Cao's army, and then Zhou Yu, the governor of the district on the south of Yangtze River, set fire to more than 100,000 soldiers of Cao's army, leading to the situation where three kingdoms stood. Zhou Yu distinguished himself at this battle famous for the few defeating the many. The key element used in this battle was 'Fire'.

Ancient people also spoke highly of Zhou Yu who unfortunately died young. For example, Su Shi, a famous poet, once wrote a poem to commemorate him as well as the Battle of Red Cliffs, "Zhou Yu who just married Xiao Qiao※ was such a heroic figure with great ambitions. He was bold and unconstrained, and he could easily vanquish a large enemy force with excellent strategies."

Zhou Yu was a great man of wit and intelligence who was also handsome.

After thinking for a moment, Xie Mingzhe decided to portray Zhou Yu as a general who commanded troops in a remarkable war.

Elements such as armor and coat armor could build a more heroic image. On the other hand, he was more of a military officer. As the governor of the district on the south of Yangtze River, he was really an intellectual who would spend time with Xiao Qiao reading books and playing traditional instruments in his daily life. In addition, he was a well-known handsome man in history.

After deciding Zhou Yu's image, Xie Mingzhe connected his Inner Spirit to the card-making system and tried to make the card, [Zhou Yu].

He didn't know if he could make it because this was the first time that he tried to make an instance card, so on the basis of saving materials he frugally chose a piece of first-class Nebula paper which was worth 7 gold coins. If he could succeed, he would do it again with more expensive paper.

The card image was finished soon and the skill had already been designed. Xie Mingzhe connected to the database and patiently waited for the examination to end. Five minutes later he heard the voice prompt, "Sorry. The card can't pass the examination. The skill already exists."

Xie Mingzhe took a look at the skill that he designed——AOE with the Fire attribute in the range of 20 meters ahead. This kind of skill could easily overlap with other cards.

So he changed the description and sent the card to be examined again.

However, Xie Mingzhe faced unprecedented trouble during this card making process.

Sorry. The card can't pass the examination.
The skill already exists.

Sorry. The card can't pass the examination.
Please change the skill description.

Sorry......

After consecutively being turned down for ten times, Xie Mingzhe finally realized the reason why Legend Chen said "The functionally easier the card is, the more difficult it is to innovate."

AOE cards with the Fire attribute were the most common instance cards in the game.

The database was already brimming with all kinds of Fire AOE skills, from 'Fire harm in the range of 20 meters' he originally designed to 'straight line Fire harm', 'fan-shaped Fire harm' and 'Fire harm within an appointed area'——all of those were brutally rejected!