Chapter 8: PVE Card Game

"This card game..."

Ree Shil looked at their side, which had a large grid of slots for cards arranged in four rows and three columns.

On the opposite side, close to the wave of Zombie Beasts, there were only grooves in one row and three columns.

He recognized the layout on his side.

Each person had 3+1 cards - three regular cards and one king card.

"There are only three cards on the opponent's side. Isn't that too few?"

"This is something you don't understand. This is a mode in PVE called Wave Mode."

Mossy Mushroom explained to him.

The so-called Wave Mode is where the enemy cards come in waves, one after another.

The characteristics of Wave Mode are quite consistent with this group of Zombie Beasts.

Before the card game starts, it is difficult for card players to know how many waves of enemies will appear.

"It would be great if there were cards that could restrain the Zombie Beasts."

"But our card decks are limited in number, so we can't change much."

"All we can do is try to make our card deck more solid and then leave it to fate."

"Sigh."

After sighing, Mossy Mushroom looked at Ree Shil.

This guy was good enough to be a sparring partner in a Card Club, and his card skills were no joke.

Next, it would be up to him.

"Show me your cards."

"Let me think for a moment."

Ree Shil confidently took command.

Each of them had five cards coming out of the Newcomer Instance.

After equipping one, there were four left.

Ree Shil fused two cards into one, leaving three cards left.

That meant they actually had no choice in which card to play.

They could only do as Mossy Mushroom said, working on their layout.

He had some understanding of the rules of PVE card games.

The biggest difference between PVE and PVP was that there was no card reveal mechanism.

All cards were revealed once they were in play.

For card games like this, where they played three people with 3+1 cards, each person had an upper limit of 120 points and needed to handle one king card position.

If all three king cards were defeated, the card game would be declared a failure.

As for the remaining 3x3 regular card positions, they could be placed as desired.

"Take a look, Grass."

Straw Man obediently took out his cards.

Four E-rank useless burning trash cards.

Mossy Mushroom covered her face on the spot: "I forgot about your four cards. Suddenly, I feel this game is quite difficult for us."

Calling this card useless meant it was genuinely useless.

Because they didn't even have attack power, they were 0-point 0-attack cards.

"Put three cards in the top row."

"You don't have to do anything, just let them be in [Defense] mode."

"OKK, Grass~"

Since Straw Man didn't know how to play cards, Ree Shil's arrangement was perfect.

As for Mossy Mushroom's four cards, they were [Gangster Mushroom], [Hooligan Mushroom], [Bubble Mushroom], and [Cheer Up Mushroom].

3E+1D, overall quality was so much better than Straw Man's cards.

Especially the D-rank [Cheer Up Mushroom], which was a treatment card.

[Cheer Up Mushroom]

Balance, 25 points, D

Attack 25, 100/100

[Go go]: Cheer Up Mushroom selects a card and performs a 5-point [Treatment]

The projection of this card was a white mushroom cap with red spots, holding pom-poms in its hands, looking quite cute.

Soon, he arranged everyone's card positions.

[Burning Tire], [Burning Table], [Burning Trash]

[Iron stick], [Gangster Mushroom], Empty Slot

[Chubby Cat], [Bubble Mushroom], [Rogue Mushroom]

[Sheep Girl], [Oil Mushroom], [Burning Door]

Put the more useful cards as far back as possible.

After the arrangements, the three of them clicked their confirmations.

[Roar!] x3

At the moment they confirmed, the three Zombie Beasts in the opposite horde suddenly came to life from their time-space freeze state.

Transforming into blue light, they floated to the three empty card slots and turned into cards.

Three snarling Zombie Beasts stood on the card table in projection form.

"Luckily, the opponents are pretty trash as well."

Ree Shil breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the three identical cards.

[Common Loss Beast]

Berserk, Attack 5, 15/15

The specifications of monster cards and player cards in Instances are different.

An attack of 5 and 15 health seemed incredibly weak to him.

With the card placements complete, it was time for the action phase.

After confirming the actions of all three, the actual action round began.

[Roar Roar Roar!] x3

Three Zombie Beasts rushed up and gnawed on the three burning cards in front of them.

If they didn't have any special skills, normal cards could only attack the opponent's cards nearest to them.

In other words, if the three burning cards from Straw Man didn't fall, the other cards behind would be safe and wouldn't be attacked.

-2.5, -2.5, -2.5

Three damage numbers popped up on three [Defense] burning trash cards.

"Enemies without brains can sometimes be even more troublesome."

Ree Shil looked at the situation and raised his eyebrows.

Fortunately, he had anticipated this.

"Why do you say that?"

"And why not spread the attack and just wipe out the three opposing cards?"

Mossy Mushroom was confused.

Because, to her surprise, Ree Shil's arrangement was to have all of their cards focus their fire on the same [Common Loss Beast].

"We don't understand the mechanics of the Zombie Beast swarm yet, so I'm just doing a little experiment."

"Let's see if the card is replaced immediately after a card drops out, or if all three cards drop out first, then they're replaced."

For Ree Shil, there was a big difference between these two forms.