Otaku Translation: The villain only wants to live a Buddhist life Chapter 237

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While waiting for the summoning spell’s cooldown to end, John Smith let out a cold breath, the cold environment made him feel refreshed. His magical spirits were mainly ice-type, so they could play to their strength better in an icy environment like a duck in water. However, that was not the main reason why he used a Magic Charm card first.

The main reason was that he just wanted to show off!

John was not a low-key person since he was a child, but after entering the Saint Marian Academy, he was suppressed by the environment he was in. When everyone around him was ignorant, no matter how he tried to show off, it had very little effect. Therefore, he had been very dissatisfied with the fact that he was assigned to the Fool House.

Since being assigned to Fool House, his luck got worse. Not only did he encounter unspeakable things during both Halloween events, but he also missed both recruitment events of the dueling club because of his gastrointestinal problems.

This time, if he hadn't asked Sister Kaleid for the medicine to improve his condition in advance, he would have missed the recruitment of the dueling club again! Of course, he would not admit that it was because he liked to eat ice cream.

But John didn't realize that the biggest reason he was assigned to Fool House was that he was neither of noble blood, tough enough, or even calm and wise. It was only because he didn't fit the traits of the other three houses that he was kicked to the Fool House…

Now return to the match.

There was nothing wrong with wanting to show off one's skills, the only mistake John made was that he shouldn’t have underestimated Dark.

Dark's hunch was right, John indeed looked down on him.

Starting with a Magic Charm card looked gorgeous at first, but once it was ineffective, it was tantamount to exposing the Magic Ball to danger.

If his opponent's magical spirit was a 3-star flying magical spirit or a magical spirit with precise ranged skills, then the remote control of the Magic Ball may not be able to save him.

After all, there was also a limit to how fast a dueler could move the Magic Ball. So normally, no dueler would take this risk - unless the dueler didn't have a magical spirit card in their hand! This was something that Dark had experienced before, so he was very clear about this.

After Dark saw the situation clearly, he did not immediately try to use tribute summoning, but let Hawlucha and DemiDevimon temporarily change to the defensive.

[Miltank] belonged to the main tank-type magical spirit amongst all his 4-star magical spirits, and its attack power was only 1000. If it couldn't use [Rollout] smoothly, it wouldn’t be able to deal with that Frost Troll very well.

Besides, Dark didn't want to sacrifice Hawlucha when facing an opponent who could remotely control the Magic Ball. In terms of DemiDevimon, it was the evolution material of [Black Gatomon]. Once he drew [Lust 3] in the next round, he would be able to summon the 4-star magical spirit of the second tier without using sacrificing summoning.

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On the other side, looking at the life barrier with only 521 magic energy points left, John finally decided to be cautious.

The movements of both sides stopped at the same time, and the pace of the entire duel suddenly slowed down.

The 30-second countdown for the first round ticked away bit by bit, and it was finally pushed to the second round.

"Tick!"

Draw cards!

Dark drew two new magic cards from the deck and checked them immediately.

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[Shuckle]

[Sylveon]

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"Yes!"

Using [Shuckle] instead of Hawlucha as a tribute to summon [Sylveon] was obviously a very good strategy.

But just as he was about to start summoning, he suddenly noticed that John was holding up a magic card in his hand with a look of ecstasy on his face, and there were pale blue ice crystals flowing on his wrist.

Obviously, he had also drawn a powerful card!

Dark immediately changed his mind and pointed to [Shuckle]. No matter what card it was, he must summon Shuckle first.

"Shuckle!" In a confident shout, Shuckle, who had appeared many times in the class and left a psychological shadow on some people, was summoned right in front of the Red Player’s Magic Ball.

And in the summoning area on the opposite side, an ice-blue magic circle suddenly appeared in front of Frost Troll after it took a big step forward, then a cylindrical handle slowly emerged from the magic circle.

Frost Troll reached out, grabbed the handle, and then pulled out a blue ice crystal lance.

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"A Weapon Card!" Dark's pupils shrank suddenly.

Weapon Card was a branch of Item Card. Under normal circumstances, a Weapon Card would add attack and special effects. And higher-level Weapon Cards would even come with their own skills!

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Seeing that Dark was surprised, John couldn't help but gesture and grin: "Frost Lance, only for ice humanoid magical spirits, can add 300 attacks!"

Frost Troll's attack stat was 1500, which was the top amongst 3-star magical spirits. With another 300, it would be a full 1800!

It was strong indeed.

But what was even stronger was that after Frost Troll got Frost Lance, it would get a linking skill that could only be triggered by these two cards together - [Blizzard Stab]!

"Blizzard Stab!" John pointed his hand forward and gave out the command loudly.

Frost Troll stood astride, and the two huge arms that reached its knees held the spear. With a sudden twist, a violent icy wind was released from the tip of the spear, blowing up a visible storm with the handle as the center.

The storm swirled, and the ice and snow piled up, blurry people's sight.

Soon, Frost Troll's figure could no longer be seen in the blizzard.

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Outside the arena, White couldn't help being shocked when looking at the magical spirit that looked exactly like his Troll. It's also a Troll, why is the gap between his Troll and my Troll so big?

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Professor Fox on the judge's seat glanced at Professor Jones next to him, feeling quite proud. John Smith was just a decent student of Fool House in the second year. He never paid much attention to this student before, but he didn't expect that after the holidays, this student would have such rapid progress.

As if to insinuate something, Professor Fox said in an enigmatic tone, "Some young people just don't know how high the sky is. The older people naturally have more experience and knowledge than the younger people."

Professor Jones chuckled after hearing what Professor Fox said: "Time makes it inevitable that the rising generation will always surpass the former one. This has never changed. Professor Fox, times have changed."

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"Bang!" A loud noise suddenly rang out of the arena. It was the Troll who made a heavy step forward after gathering its strength, making the air tremble.

After this step, it tilted forward 45 degrees, turning into a giant lance with the weapon in its hand in the blizzard.

The next moment, Blizzard Stab was activated!

In front of the giant lance that lunged forward, the three magical spirits in the Red Player's summoning area were as small as ants.

"It's over." John smiled.

Even the magical spirit of the second tier wouldn't be able to stop this attack, let alone three magical spirits of the first tier.

After blasting them away with the violent wind, the Troll would pierce the life barrier of the Red Player's Magic Ball in one fell swoop!

Victory is within my reach!

He is just a freshman after all.

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Hawlucha"s vision was blurred by the ice shards of ice crystals blown from the front.

DemiDevimon couldn't help covering its face with its wings.

Shuckle stuck its head out of the hard shell: "Shuckle!"

Hawlucha turned its head and glanced at it suspiciously.

Shuckle nodded affirmatively: "Shuckle Shuckle!"

Hawlucha turned back in doubt.

The next moment, the light of psychic power lit up on its body, and a plentiful force poured into its body.

It suddenly felt that it had become stronger.

On [Hawlucha]'s magic card in Dark's hand, its defense value changed from 1200 to 1700!

It was Shuckle's ultimate - [Guard Split]!

The stronger physique gave Hawlucha confidence in Shuckle's proposal. With a fixed gaze, Hawlucha assumed a stance towards Frost Troll who was rushing forward!

At this moment, its nerve was stretched to the limit, and the scene of training with the wooden dummy in the past flashed through its mind.

It took a step forward calmly, and then jumped up suddenly, throwing out a punch in the wind!

A fist clenched with only three fingers didn't look impressive, but the power gathered on the fist was not fake.

To Frost Troll, who had entered the stage of becoming one with the lance, what Dark's magical spirits were doing at the moment seemed to be as ridiculous as an insect doing its last struggle before dying.

Its intelligence was not high enough to understand the true power behind this move, and all it knew was that the struggle was futile.

It wasn't until its body was surrounded by the light of psychic force that it suddenly felt a little weak.

At that moment, an incomprehensible emotion came to its mind, but it still followed the order and kept going.

"Bang!" The fist and the lance collided in the air as expected, and everyone's eyes were focused on the collision point.

The whole world seemed to freeze for a moment, and then the fist and the lance separated.

Frost Troll, with a huge body and an unparalleled aura, flew backward upside down like a kite!

Hawlucha, on the other hand, spread open its wings to slow down the impact force, landing steadily, like a true martial art master.

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"Impossible!" Professor Fox on the judge's seat slammed the table.

Professor Jones was folding her arms before her huge chest with a smug look on her face.

It was understandable why Professor Fox couldn't sit still. Anyone would be shocked when they saw the power of that golden [Shuckle] for the first time.

But that was just the tip of the iceberg of Dark Demon, a rookie magister. If Professor Fox lost his composure simply because of this, she was worried if his heart could continue to bear the shock that Dark was going to bring to him.

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The first-year students from all houses burst into cheers.

They knew about Dark relatively well, and some people had expected this outcome, but they still couldn't help but cheer loudly.

It was so cool! No matter which method Dark used to achieve this effect. The scene where Hawlucha punched Frost Troll just now was really cool!

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On the Red Player's platform, Dark glanced at John Smith, who had completely lost his composure, and slowly put down the [Sylveon] in his hand.

In the arena, Hawlucha, who had landed steadily, had already moved.

The moment Frost Troll was knocked flying was a very good opportunity, and Hawlucha didn't want to let it go.

The collision just now had actually frozen its wings, so instead of being used as a tribute, it wanted to end the fight quickly and win the game while it could still stand in the arena.

Before Frost Troll got up, Hawlucha successfully reached the Blue Player's Magic Ball, and before giving the final blow to the broken life barrier, it raised its head with a puzzled expression, a little bewildered. Did the guy above its head give up?

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"The battle is over!"

"Winner: Player No. 666, Dark Demon!"

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Dark gave Hawlucha some time to enjoy the cheers of the crowd before taking back the magical spirits.

He was a little disappointed that Senior Smith's performance was not satisfactory.

The three magic cards [Ice Dance], [Frost Troll], and [Frost Lance] were all very powerful cards, but their owner lacked a dueler's heart.

Sure enough, some people didn't get into Knight House because other traits were more prominent.

Some people were not selected for Knight House because they were not qualified.

Dark hoped that if he could meet this senior in the duel arena in the future again, this senior would improve.

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Dark packed up the magic cards and walked off the platform.

On the judging panel, Professor Jones shook her head and sighed: "It's a pity that there are no 11 points." Then she held up the red sign marked with 10 points.

As for the other blue sign, it was written with 6 points.

Although John's mental quality was somewhat poor, he had some achievement in the magic card crafting, and his summoning speed was not slow either, which was enough to get a passing score. However, Professor Jones focused more on the spiritual development of students.

Professor Fox snorted coldly and gave a grade. "Red Player · Dark, 10 points. Blue Player · John, 5 points."

Even he couldn't pick out any faults in Dark's performance. The incredible skills of [Shuckle] and the terrifying intelligence displayed by [Hawlucha] in the arena all shocked him.

However, there was unbearable indignation within him. Why was it always him who couldn't get a good student like Dark? Even the Golden Generation, headed by Valkyrie, the Brave One, and others were missed by him as well.

Although he had also taught a lot of heroic characters, and they were still in contact with them, they weren't as good as Valkyrie and the others.

Next to him, the fifth-year senior silently raised the signs. "Red Player, 10 points "Blue Player, 7 points."

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"Three perfect points!" Just after returning from a victory, Doron and the little chubby Pistein saw the shocking three ten points.

He turned around and said, "As expected of Dark, the pride of our Noble House!"

Pistein asked, "How about you?"

Doron smiled: "I popped off at the last minute, averaging 7 points!"

Pistein: "Then, you won't have any problems."

Doron: "It's not that easy. Sigh, it's a pity that I didn't see Dark's duel. Who was his opponent?"

Pistein: "A second-year senior, quite strong... But, not stronger than Dark.”

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While the students were discussing the match now in excitement, Dark was trying to restore [Hawlucha]'s magic energy.

Hawlucha folded its wings before its chest and held its head high, having an "I deserve a praise" expression on its face.

It wasn't until Dark promised to give it a little red flower that its expression softened.

Because Hawlucha was a slow learner, this was actually its little red flower! So it was secretly overjoyed inside.

Of course, since there was a reward for Hawlucha, he must reward others as well.

So the main hero Shuckle and the runner DemiDevimon also received a small red flower respectively.

Dark squinted his eyes after finishing recovering magic energy for his magical spirits, ready to rest for a while before watching other people's duels.

But the players in the next duel caught his attention, and he couldn't help opening his eyes to look at the arena.

It was actually White and Scott!

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