Card Apprentice Daily Log

Chapter 2456: Dying Beautifully

Date: Unspecified

Time: Unspecified

Location: Myriad Realms, Card World, Southern Way Beyond, SSS-rank Titan Forest Field Dungeon.

Looking at the misfits scared out of their wits and doing everything in their power or just the first dumb thought that came to them to break the mysterious force controlling their bodies against their will, Lois lost her patience for these fools and prepared to shut them up but I signaled her not to, wanting to see if Cannibal Cam could actually overcome his fate with anger alone.

Could emotions ever be strong enough to help one overcome fate?

Within the Celestial Blood Fate domain, I was basically omnipotent. I could control the fate of everything, especially beings with blood coursing through their bodies. What I had in my hands was a rough experiment that could approximately answer the question if mortals can overcome their fate with powerful emotions alone.

I observed Cannibal Cam monitoring his soul energy and soul pathways. However, I didn’t dare to use my Soul Pupils or Celestial Vision to monitor his runes and divinity. With my unparalleled affinity and comprehension of rules, I feared I would comprehend the rules and rule meaning he was using just by perceiving the rule power and runes. I couldn’t risk rule contamination.

Some would think I am too overpowered when it comes to my hybrid ego gem’s synchronization rate, but I would like to think I am not overpowered enough. If I were truly overpowered, I could comprehend rules from any source without having to worry about rule contamination.

With all these variables, I lost my interest in this experiment knowing that it was too restrictive and not adequate enough, especially when I noticed that all the Rage Cannibal Cam gathered was taking a mental toll on him. Without the proper external supply of soul energy and rule power to support his natural soul energy and rule power recovery, he would soon become mentally exhausted, going to sleep, handing the control back to the original Cam...

”I’m sorry, guys. There isn’t enough soul energy and rule power to power the cards that offset the Cannibal Cam’s side effects.”

”It’s okay, honey. You gav—”

”This proves it. I love Kiran more than you.”

”What?”

”What?”

”Care to explain, buddy?”

”Buddy, clearly, you don’t love Kiren enough. Otherwise, you would push through fueled by your love for her instead of complaining about not having enough soul energy and rule power.”

”I agree. You have a point there. But how does that prove that your love for Kiren is greater than mine?”

”Damn it, you truly are out of juice, aren’t you? Otherwise, you would be babbling and screaming like a neanderthal not making a reasonable argument.”

”So, what do we do now?”

”We can try pooling our soul energy to help one of us activate Super-time and break this celestial rule domain.”

”That could work.”

”Your Highness, you proved you are smarter than all of us combined once again.”

”Since I proposed this idea. I will let you guys handle the rest.”

”No, the Celestial Rule Domain is too strong for one of us. What we need now is brains, not brawn. Clearly, you are the only one who has knowledge about it. So, it has to be you.”

”No way. It takes more lifespan to enter super-time alone than all of us entering together. I can’t risk my natural beauty and resort to using cosmetic cards like those old whores from the capital.”

”Christina, we don’t have enough soul energy to enter super-time together. Besides, if we die here, what’s the use of beauty?”

”No, I’m not going. I would rather die beautifully than live hideously.”

”Princess, your priorities seem a bit twisted.”

”I’m different from you guys. My funeral will be streamed to all five regions. I don’t want people to scream in terror seeing my open casket.”

”Then just have a closed-casket funeral.”

”Knowing my siblings, they would take any opportunity to humiliate me.”

”Girl, you might be prepared to die, but I am not. I haven’t even experienced motherhood yet. Cam, after this, you are putting a baby in my oven no matter how many times we have to do it.”

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”Master, they seem to have completely forgotten about us,” Lois said, glancing over the misfits as they brainstormed and argued aloud. What pissed Lois the most was that these fools were telling their plans out loud. Were they mocking her master, or were they really that stupid? She didn’t know what to make of it.

”No, they would rather embrace death than exchange their lives for Redfall’s,” I corrected, impressed by the resolve of the misfits. They talked so much nonsense, but none brought up begging or exchanging for their lives. Not to mention the Western Princess’s guards, these guys didn’t say one word and let the princess decide their fates. Such discipline and loyalty, I can only expect from Field Marshal Lorn.

”Damn, they really hate you, Red. What did you do to them?” Lois asked Redfall. She was aware of the infamous Demigod Redfall’s deeds and past, but seeing the Misfits’ determinations she wondered if they might have personal scores to settle with him.

Redfall shook his head, preparing to answer. ”Nothing actually. It all started with one little boy from the slums of Western Capital. His tears somehow set my demise in motion. I have killed and ruined more lives than I can remember, but that little twerp’s tears snowballed into my downfall. Within weeks, my cult was reduced to ash. Within months, they hunted me down.”

”Before they killed me, they made sure I knew that boy was the domino that started my downfall,” he continued, a grim look on his face. ”But that single irrational act on their part also gave me a chance to find sanctuary in the River of Reincarnation.”

”How?” Lois asked, eager to hear how a crying boy could have brought down one of the most notorious demigods.

”Apparently, the Western Princess was on one of her secret outings in the slums of the Western Capital,” Redfall explained. ”That single crying boy caught her eye. His father had abandoned their family to join my cult. For some reason, among all the other miseries plaguing that godforsaken place, that one detail resonated with her.”

He shook his head in disgust. ”I suppose you can guess the rest. Honestly, I still cringe just thinking about it. That’s how I died.”