Chapter 2

The shop owner of this place gives off a rather confident vibe.

Furina's lips curled up, her heart filled with disdain.

Too bad, too bad, you have a fatal flaw!

Furina had just noticed the promotional sign at the shop entrance.

It actually said that drawing cards could grant supernatural powers!

How could such a thing exist in this world!

She had lived for five hundred years and never heard of such absurd nonsense!

Isn't this clearly just trying to fool idiots?

Finally, something interesting has happened. Furina wasn't in a hurry. She spoke, "Introduce it to me."

Hearing this, the smile on Lu Heng's face grew even brighter.

"As you can see, Lady Furina, this shop sells card equipment devices, priced at 10,000 Mora."

"Card equipment devices, as the name suggests, are used to equip cards and utilize their power."

"And the way to obtain cards is also very simple. This shop is currently only offering the Standard Banner. The highest tier card in the Standard Banner is Tier 5. There are countless cards available for drawing in the banner, with each draw costing 10,000 Mora."

While introducing the system, Lu Heng handed a aluminum card equipment device to Furina for her to examine.

Furina flipped it over, it was just a belt with a slightly strange shape, and she couldn't see anything special about it.

The real highlight should be the cards.

"10,000 Mora?"

"That's quite expensive, isn't it?"

Furina frowned slightly.

The average salary of ordinary people in Fontaine is only around 10,000 Mora, and incomes outside Fontaine are even lower.

10,000 Mora to first buy an equipment device, and then you can draw cards?

Heh!

It has to be said, this shop owner has set a very clever price point!

Furina sneered inwardly.

He must be thinking of tricking a bunch of people into buying equipment devices, and then just running away, right?!

As for someone choosing to draw cards? Anyway, without an equipment device, they can't be used. If they draw, they draw.

As for someone pulling out 20,000 Mora...

Furina hadn't even considered this far.

"Expensive?"

Lu Heng's smile didn't diminish, "Lady Furina, if this is based on the premise that cards can really grant people supernatural powers, do you still think it's expensive?"

Furina was taken aback, and subconsciously shook her head.

If it's real... then 10,000 Mora is really not expensive, it could even be said to be charity!

But... is this really possible?!

She would even dare to say that such a thing has never happened in Teyvat's history!

There aren't many ways for people to obtain supernatural powers. One is to obtain a Vision, and the other is the Fatui's Delusions, and there are some unorthodox methods.

Apart from legitimately obtaining a Vision, most of the other methods are harmful to one's very being!

Therefore, this little card shop is challenging people's common sense!

"Truth and falsehood are often revealed with a single test," Lu Heng said.

"Makes sense."

Furina nodded slightly, and turned to Clorinde, "Give it a try."

"Mm."

Clorinde waved her hand.

Visions have the function of storage, but the internal space isn't large, just enough to store some Mora.

"110,000 Mora?"

Lu Heng asked, "One equipment device and a ten-pull, would you like to do a single ten-pull at once, or draw one by one?"

"Ten-pull," Clorinde didn't say much.

"Alright."

Lu Heng reached out and tapped on the glass surface of the counter.

Instantly, a gacha interface appeared on the glass surface.

Furina was a little surprised to see this.

She hadn't noticed just now, but the glass surface of this counter could actually display other things?

"Here's single pull, and here's ten-pull."

Before he finished speaking, Clorinde tapped the ten-pull button.

On the glass surface.

A scene just like Genshin Impact's gacha animation appeared.

Lu Heng was used to it, his expression as usual.

Furina and the others felt very novel.

"Meteorites?"

"What does this purple light mean?"

"Obviously, this lady has good luck. Purple corresponds to Tier 4, which is very good in terms of quality. As for its actual value, it depends on its effect," Lu Heng explained.

"Oh."

Furina nodded.

Ten cards suddenly appeared on the table, arranged together, their edges emitting different glows.

The first card's edge glowed purple, and the rest were either gray or white.

"What should I do now?" Clorinde asked.

"Cards of purple quality and above need to be appraised. For the rest, there's a self-service machine over there. You can choose to decompose them into equipment device experience. Of course, if the effect of the purple card is not ideal, it can also be decomposed."

"Do you need me to appraise it for you?"

"Yes, please." Clorinde nodded.

Although the idea of obtaining supernatural power through card draws sounded absurd, the sudden appearance of ten cards on the table... Clorinde felt that this shop might have something to it.

She was also a little expectant, what would the purple card be?

Lu Heng picked up the purple card and flipped it over.

Furina fixed her eyes on it.

As the card was flipped, the light dissipated, and a blurry afterimage was drawn on the card. You could vaguely make out that the afterimage was a person, seemingly due to extremely fast speed resulting in an afterimage after executing a move.

"?"

Furina couldn't quite understand.

Lu Heng reached out and touched the card, and card information immediately appeared on the card.

[Unbreakable Speed]

[Tier]: Tier 4 - Purple

[Type]: [Skill Card]

[Trait]: [Continuous]

[Description]: After equipping this card, as long as you wish, all your movements will have increased speed.

"Presumably, I don't need to explain?" Lu Heng looked at Clorinde.

Clorinde was a master, so she could naturally understand the card's description. She asked, "How to use it?"

"First, bind the equipment device."

Soon.

Clorinde bound the equipment device.

"Note, this tier of equipment device can only equip one card. If you want to equip more cards or even switch cards, you need to decompose cards to gain experience to upgrade the equipment device."

"Understood."

Clorinde chose to equip [Unbreakable Speed].

In the next moment, she revealed a surprised expression.

"How is it?"

Furina couldn't wait to ask, "Does it work?"

Clorinde took a deep breath and nodded heavily.

It really works?!

Furina wouldn't doubt Clorinde's feelings about this, after all, Clorinde is one of the few top masters in Fontaine!

In the next second.

Clorinde suddenly took out her gunblade.

Her speed was so fast that it reached its limit. In just the blink of an eye, she loaded the gun, cocked it, and then put the gunblade back at her waist.

Clorinde's voice couldn't suppress the shock, "This set of movements is more than five times faster than usual..."

Many of her moves were originally known for their speed, and now the card's speed boost further increased her speed, which was a very significant boost to her overall combat power!

The Fontainians who were watching as bystanders also showed shocked expressions upon hearing this.

"It's actually real?!"

"Ah?! Even seeing it with my own eyes, it's still hard to believe, it's too magical..."

"Does such a thing really exist in this world?!"

Furina's eyes gradually widened.

Drawing cards can really grant power!

Her hands had unconsciously clenched tightly.

Clorinde only spent 110,000 Mora!

For ordinary people, it was a considerable expense, but she is the Hydro Archon!

Furina suddenly regretted it very much.

She wished she could secretly pinch herself twice, why was she usually so extravagant with Mora!

If those Mora had been saved, how much powerful strength could they have become!

With powerful strength, would there still be a need to be so cautious?

If only this shop had appeared sooner!

However, it's not too late now!

"Very interesting!"

Furina praised with a smile, "Very good, my people also have another way to gain power to protect themselves, not bad, not bad!"

"Lady Furina, we are short of Mora..."

The Fontainians looked embarrassed.

Drawing cards is obviously very dependent on luck. If you have bad luck, you'll really lose everything.

Look at Clorinde who is decomposing the other cards, obviously the other nine cards are all useless!

But on second thought, this is indeed an opportunity to gain supernatural power, it just depends on how thick your wallet is!

"Are there any other customers who want to try?" Lu Heng asked.

Someone immediately looked at Furina, "Lady Furina, why don't you try?"

"Me?"

Although very tempted, Furina still smiled calmly, "I am the Hydro Archon! This kind of power is nothing to me!"

But she changed the subject.

"Presumably, you haven't had enough of watching Clorinde's ten-pull just now, right?"

"Alright, alright~ Who told you all to be my people? Let me help you test the waters and see what it's like!"

Lu Heng smiled without saying a word.