Otaku Translation: The villain only wants to live a Buddhist life Chapter 389

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Chapter 389: Also Has Good Luck

The audience's reaction didn't really cause much of an impact on the overall competition.

The went on to proceed in full swing.

"Leah Goethe", who had to leave her original seat, was currently strolling among the crowd.

She truly never thought that Dark Demon would find her among so many students, but their eyes had undoubtedly met just now.

But being spotted was no big deal. She could just simply walk away.

She wasn't really worried about it.

Compared to Dark Demon, she was more concerned about his two magical spirits, [] and [], as well as the [].

Among the people present, there weren’t many who could determine that [] was a [Holy Sword] just by looking at it.

"Leah Goethe" happened to be one of them.

While wondering about how Dark crafted these three magic cards, she simultaneously pinched the "skin" on her face a few times, making herself take on a different look.

For a , there were endless methods to disguise their appearance.

She merely opted for the simplest one.

The oblique sunlight shone on her body.

As if absorbing the rays, her reddish-orange hair turned more and more scarlet.

……

After sitting in "Leah Goethe's" original seat for a while, Dark Demon ultimately got up and left.

He didn’t go back to where Rose and Dianna were. After all, there were only two seats there—he couldn't keep squeezing together with two little girls.

So after thinking about it, he walked towards where Senior Sister Pandora was sitting.

He had noticed that there was an empty seat next to Senior Sister Pandora.

By the time he found , the backstage staff were dragging out the second table of Easter eggs onto the stage.

Afterwards, Judy used a small hammer to crack open two Easter eggs, picking out the first two contestants of the senior group.

As two number tags were drawn out in succession, Dark walked up to Senior Sister Pandora's side and leaned down as he asked, "Can I sit here?"

Pandora turned around in surprise, slightly raised her head, and then smiled and said, "Of course."

Under the stunned gazes of the surrounding students, Dark sat down on the seat next to Pandora.

Then, he subconsciously reached out towards Pandora's arms and grabbed the soft flesh of one of the "chubby little piggies".

"Meow~"

The purebred chinchilla-type cat grass proactively rubbed against Dark's fingers.

Dark couldn't help narrowing his eyes, pinching it a couple more times.

Although the cat grass and fox grass at home were both very cute, how could homegrown flowers compete against the charm of wild flowers?

Dark Demon… ahem!

……

When the atmosphere had slightly settled, Pandora curiously asked, "That sword of yours, can it freely transform between weapon and magical spirit form?"

Dark answered with a nod, "That's right. Has senior sister never seen it before?"

Pandora shook her head. "I’ve seen it before, I just didn't expect you to be able to craft it so quickly. This type of magical spirit that can be specially summoned through Weapon Card mode is extremely rare."

Dark chuckled in response. Untying the card pouch from the side of his leg, he began to recharge each of his magic cards with magic energy one by one.

On the field, the two senior students who had been selected had also walked out of the contestants' passage.

Dark took a quick look and found that he had quite a strong impression of one of them. "Is that the senior who uses the []?"

"(卢克·贝奇), fifth year." Pandora softly said, "A formidable enemy."

Dark: "I can tell."

Pandora nodded and said, "The dragon race is innately dominant, and fellow dragons mutually restrain one another. [Dragon-Slaying Sword] is actually made with dragon-attribute materials as part of its core."

Dark was quite surprised: "Is that so?"

Pandora smiled: "It's not really a secret. By the way, did you really plan this Easter Duel Festival? I mean, the Easter egg figurines."

Dark smiled back: "You can say that."

Pandora blinked at him, then took out two figurines from the purse beside her and shook them at him.

Upon taking a closer look, Dark reflexively rubbed his eyes, thinking he had seen an illusion.

But in the center of that white and tender palm, there were actually two equally white magical spirit figurines lying on it.

One of them was a cute cat, which—amazingly—was [Gatomon]’s figurine, and the other one was actually [], of which there were only three units!

Dark couldn't help asking, "Senior sister, how many Easter eggs have you bought?"

The corners of Pandora's mouth rose. With a hint of showing off, she replied, "Three."

"Th-three???"

Suddenly feeling unwell, Dark subconsciously asked, "What about the other egg?"

Pandora carefully stored back the two figurines in her hand, and then took out the third… egg!

She handed the Easter egg to Dark and said with a smile, "I bought three at once, but who knew I’d actually get white dragon on the second try. Do you want to try opening the third one?"

Without any hesitation, Dark accepted the goose-egg-sized Easter egg from her hand. After staring at it for a long time, he suddenly asked, "If I get a magical spirit with popularity level A from this Easter egg, is it that my luck is good, or that senior sister’s luck is good?"

Pandora's eyelashes faintly trembled. Her smooth and glossy lips slightly opened and closed as she uttered, "Of course it's my luck that's good. After all, I bought the Easter egg."

Dark asked again, "What if it's an E-level one?"

Pandora answered matter-of-factly, "Then of course it's because your luck is bad. After all, even when it's the Easter egg I bought, you only manage to get the worst one."

Dark: "..."

After a while, he solemnly looked at the Easter egg in his hand, thinking about whether to summon [].

So far, by relying on [DemiDevimon]'s "good luck", he had successfully obtained a C-level [Troll] figurine, an A-level [Pure White Dragon Maiden] figurine, and later on also purchased from a senior sister a [DemiDevimon] figurine that she disliked.

As a matter of fact, compared with Senior Sister Pandora's D-level [Gatomon] figurine and A-level [Heavenly White Dragon] figurine, their value wasn't considered inferior.

However, although both were A-level, the value of [Pure White Dragon Maiden] was still a little lower than that of [Heavenly White Dragon].

The figurine of [Heavenly White Dragon] completely deserved to be called "above A-level".

Putting his hand on the top of the Easter egg, Dark lightly said, "Speaking of which, I’ve also bought a few Easter egg figurines, but I didn't open any of them myself."

Pandora smilingly asked, "Then wouldn't this be your first time?"

Dark chuckled, "Indeed so."

As he spoke, he pressed down with his fingers, and they pushed in with a "pop", breaking through the layer of eggshell.

Afterwards, without hurrying, he peeled the surrounding eggshell little by little.

Once the eggshell was peeled to a certain extent, he finally dug in with his fingers to fish out the figurine inside.

"Looks like my luck is pretty good."

Dark picked up the figurine and shook it at Senior Sister Pandora.

The figurine under the sunlight glowed with a faint white light, opening its eyes as if it were a newborn.

There seemed to be intelligence exuding from the cyan cat eyes.

The white cat that was supposed to be a figurine suddenly licked Dark's finger.

As realization flashed in his mind, Dark instantly exclaimed in surprise, "It's actually a moving magic figurine!"

Impressively, this magical spirit was also [Gatomon]!

"Good, really good~"

Looking at the figurine in Dark's hand, Pandora suddenly took out the other [Gatomon] figurine from her purse.

Then, she stuffed the motionless ordinary figurine into Dark's palm, swiftly took away the moving magic figurine, and declared with a sweet smile, "Alright, it's mine now~"

Dark: "..."

Since he got a [Gatomon] figurine for free, Dark certainly wouldn’t and couldn’t have any objections.

He held the ordinary [Gatomon] figurine and hesitantly said, "Then, I’ll accept it?"

Pandora: "No ‘thank you’?"

Dark: "Thank you."

Pandora: "Good boy~"

……

In the time it took Dark to open the egg, the two contestants from the senior group had already climbed up the contestant platform.

The red side contestant was Luke Bech, who possessed the [Dragon-Slaying Sword], whereas the blue side contestant was a senior sister Dark didn't have much of an impression of.

Although Judy had given a brief introduction of each of the contestants earlier on stage, Dark wasn't a tape recorder, so of course he wouldn’t remember about the people he wasn't interested in.

However, Pandora obviously knew plenty about them. Immediately, she casually rattled off information about the two contestants as if reciting from a dictionary.

Luke Bech vs Elluri Clarissa(艾露丽·克拉丽莎)

[Dragon-Slaying Warrior] VS [Fairy Princess].

Fifth year VS fourth year!

"Luke Bech is a fifth-year student of Fool House. For a period of time, he used to be the rival of fellow fifth-year [Night Baron] Noah Sharp(诺亚·夏普), thus earning the title of [Dragon-Slaying Warrior]."

"Elluri Clarissa is a fourth-year student of Noble House. She has a noble status and is of royal lineage... I originally thought you would more or less know about her."

"Luke Bech has many decks, and the one he’s most skilled in using is the dragon-slaying deck. Elluri Clarissa, on the other hand, specializes in fairy-type magical spirits. She's a very troublesome opponent."

The fairy-type possessed a certain level of resistance against dragon-type.

On the surface, both Bech and Clarissa were obviously aiming against the dragon-type.

But thinking about it carefully, this situation was a very normal outcome.

After all, among the current batch of Saint Marian Academy students, the two star duelers with explosive popularity were both specialized in dragon-type!

But since these two people were facing each other in the first round, one of them would definitely be eliminated.

In this way, [Night Baron] Noah Sharp (诺亚·夏普), who barely qualified in eighth place, would have a much easier competition.

[Night Baron] would probably be snickering right now, wouldn’t he?

While listening to Senior Sister Pandora's explanation, Dark attentively watched the match.

High-level duels were hard to come by.

By watching it carefully, one could always learn something from it.

……

The duel between [Dragon-Slaying Warrior] and [Fairy Princess] lasted for a whooping thirty rounds.

Even though all forty magic cards from both sides had been drawn in the eighteenth round, the victor had yet to come out on top.

After that, with the remaining cards in their hands, the two sides fiercely attacked and defended, taking turns clearing the field. The battle progression was so intense that the audience were all fired up from watching.

Having never witnessed such a long duel before, Dark too, was inadvertently fascinated.

It wasn't until the thirtieth round that [Dragon-Slaying Warrior] Luke Bech at last narrowly snatched the upper hand and smashed [Fairy Princess]'s magic ball.

When the magic energy value of the blue side’s magic ball fell to 0, the referee's whistle swiftly blared, plunging the entire venue into a boiling frenzy.

Compared with the three-round duel between Dark and Mike Irving, the thirty-round duel between these two senior students was clearly more appealing to the audience and more gratifying to watch.

Dark straightened his back and spontaneously heaved out a breath.

"So strong."

The strength displayed by the two contestants in this duel alone was thoroughly astounding.

In front of them, even Vlad the Vampire would probably be unable to last more than a few rounds.

In the more than ten years since the war ended, magic technology had rapidly skyrocketed, and the students' strength had surpassed that of the past at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In the aftermath of this duel, Dark's slightly impetuous mood after defeating Mike Irving had subsequently calmed down.

"Next will be the junior group's duel segment. But compared to the senior group's duel, the junior group's duel can probably only be regarded as a palate cleanser."

With this thought in mind, Dark continued absorbing knowledge from Senior Sister Pandora's explanation as he simultaneously waited.

……

The first phase of Easter Duel Festival’s main round, the second match of the junior group—Elvis Kevin vs Mary Bond!

……

When the two contestants were selected, Dark blinked his eyes, suddenly becoming interested.

Both Senior Elvis Kevin and Senior Sister Mary Bond were people he had had contact with.

Watching a duel between acquaintances and a duel between strangers would naturally bring forth two different feelings.

As he watched them climb up the contestant platform, Dark couldn't help remarking, "Second year versus second year, Noble House versus Noble House, this is practically an internal fight through and through."

Raising her hand to push back a strand of hair, Pandora asked with interest, "Since you know both of them, who do you think will win?"

Dark frowned and thought about it.

He had previously fought against Elvis Kevin in his Rookie League debut.

Senior Kevin’s [Mech]-series deck was indeed quite special.

Be it the assembly and fusion of [Mechanical Components], the effect that enabled the components to be used as tributes for summoning even after being destroyed and disassembled, or the final Ritual Summon, all of them had utterly amazed him during the duel.

Unfortunately, Senior Kevin’s final trump card, the 6-star magical spirit Mechanical Dragon, was slightly inferior to Bastemon in terms of power.

Otherwise, Dark might not necessarily have been able to win.

As for Senior Sister Mary Bond, he actually never actively targeted her during the preliminary battle royale. The only contact they had was the barehanded duel between [Leomon] and [Berserker Tiger].

If it were a formal duel, such a situation would definitely not occur.

Her [Berserker Tiger]'s fighting prowess truly left a profound impression on him.

However, that was the extent of it.

Based on emotional bias, Dark certainly hoped that Senior Sister Mary could win.

But under normal circumstances, Senior Sister Mary, who spent a lot of energy on self-training, was probably not as adept in terms of dueling skill.

Therefore, based on rational judgment, he reckoned that Elvis Kevin's strength was superior to that of Mary Bond.

As for who would win?

"Fighting-type is strong against steel-type. Senior Sister Mary's chance of winning isn’t low," said Dark.

……

Pandora blinked and said, "Attribute resistance isn’t everything. How about we make a little bet?"

Stunned for a moment, Dark suddenly felt that this situation seemed familiar, but he still asked, "What kind of bet?"

"Let me think about it." Pandora put her index finger against the corner of her mouth, pretending to think.

Dark rolled his eyes and said, "Then let's go with the rules for personal duels, 100 points."

"That's so boring." Pandora immediately rejected, "If you lose, come over and help me do something."

Dark curiously asked, "What thing?"

Pandora put on a mysterious smile. "A little experiment."

Dark said, "If it's just an experiment, even if we don't make a bet..."

Pandora promptly interrupted him, "That won't do."

Dark smiled helplessly ╮(╯▽╰)╭: "Okay then. Then if I win, I'll also ask senior sister to help me do something.”

At this, Pandora finally happily agreed, "No problem."

……

Thereafter, the duel between Elvis Kevin and Mary Bond began.

To Dark's surprise, the previous Crimson Star awardee actually abandoned the [Mechanical Components] deck he had previously used in favor of a completely different deck.

It was clear that Elvis Kevin had a certain degree of understanding of Mary Bond's deck. The moment he realized his [Mechanical Component] deck was weak against the [Fighting]-series deck, he decisively switched to a flying-type deck that was strong against the fighting-type!

The flying eagle he summoned as his starter instantly caught Mary off guard.

Mary Bond, specializing in fighting-type, was not proficient in "special summoning". What she was good was at utilizing [equipment card], [armor card] or enhancement-type [Magic Charm Card]

to enhance the combat power of her magical spirits, enabling them to reach a higher level of battle prowess.

Her greatest speciality was that each of her fighting-type magical spirits possessed above-average fighting capabilities.

Compared to ordinary magical spirits, her magical spirits reacted faster and more fiercely.

But facing Elvis Kevin's flying-type magical spirits, Mary's fighting-type magical spirits were at an obvious disadvantage.

Especially since there were very few among her magical spirits who possessed the ability to fly...

This was beyond fatal!

In desperation, Mary could only give up on attacking and adopt the defensive tactic she wasn’t good at.

Using the "Charisma Guard" tactic Sara Swati had previously used, she had one of her 3-star magical spirits cover the magic ball in its arms to protect it from damage as much as possible.

Meanwhile, the other magical spirits assumed battle formation and built up a defense.

Relying on various strengthening methods, Mary arduously withstood Elvis Kevin's raging offensive.

In the ninth round, she finally drew a magic card that was capable of turning things around—[(重力潮汐)]!

The biggest weakness of the fighting-type was the flying-type, psychic-type and fairy-type.

Among them, the flying-type magical spirits who could generally fly were the most difficult to deal with. It was certainly impossible for Mary not to prepare a countermeasure in advance.

There had always been such a magic card hidden in her deck.

"It's finally here!"

The moment she drew [Gravity Tide], Mary breathed a little sigh of relief.

With a solemn gaze, she looked at Elvis Kevin opposite her and poured a large amount of magic energy into the magic card.

Although it would only take three seconds to summon a [Magic Charm Card] like [Gravity Tide] at the quickest speed, the [Magic Charm Card] activated in this way typically had limited power.

Only by injecting more magic energy and spending more time in summoning would it allow this type of magic card to unleash a power that was close to the highest limit.

With her excellent aptitude in magic energy, Mary spent an entire round to finally fill up the [Gravity Tide].

Currently, on the duel field, flying-type magical spirits were bombarding the fighting-type magical spirits on the ground like bomber jets, plunging the situation into crisis.

But she tenaciously bid her time, waiting until she poured in all her magic energy before finally loudly summoning [Gravity Tide].

"In the name of Mary Bond, magic summon!"

As the summoning chant ended, transparent air currents rushed out from [Gravity Tide]’s card and gradually surged like a tide, charging towards the sky above the duel field under her control.

Elvis Kevin's flying-type magical spirits were immediately affected.

The weakest among them even fell straight down, as if its wings had been broken.

The sudden increase in gravity caused the flock of large birds to lose their balance, forced down from their high altitude.

Although the remaining flying-type magical spirits didn’t plummet on the spot, under the pressure of the tide above them, they could only fly at low altitude.

And once they lowered their altitude, Mary's fighting-type magical spirits would have the chance to counterattack.

Elvis Kevin took on an astonished look. He couldn't fathom how Mary Bond, who was far from excelling in Magic Theory, was able to craft such a [Magic Charm Card] that was close to a field spell skill.

But he reacted very swiftly, promptly offering two of his flying-type magical spirits as tributes to summon a second-tier magical spirit.

It was a magical spirit with metamorphic wings that resembled a wyvern.

Being unable to take down the opponent despite his continuous offense, Elvis Kevin had long since been devising a strategy.

This Wyvern-like magical spirit was able to spray a wide-range breath attack akin to a "sea of fire".

With the assistance of strong wind to control the field, he could control the sea of fire to strictly blow in the blue side’s summoning area, forcing Mary's magical spirits to relocate.

Once they started to move, flaws were bound to appear in the defensive formation they had been maintaining.

As long as he shattered that defensive formation, victory was well within reach.

……

The two contestants’ showdown was extremely intense.

Although it wasn't as spectacular a sight as the senior group's duel, it was just as splendid for a small-scale duel.

……

Mary successfully forced Elvis Kevin's magical spirits down from the sky.

Elvis Kevin also succeeded in forcing Mary's magical spirits out of the blue side’s summoning area.

In the ensuing head-on confrontation, Elvis Kevin relied on the edge he had established in the early stage to steadily gain the upper hand.

Despite struggling to hold on, Mary remained standing.

However, in the fifteenth round, Mary Bond had gathered three equipment cards in her hand. They were namely:

[Beast King’s Leg Guards (兽王护腿)]