Card Apprentice Daily Log

Chapter 2625: Extreme Rolls

Date: Unspecified

Time: Unspecified

Location: Myriad Realms, Card World, Southern Region, Southern Capital, Guild Association Mall, Warehouse No. 234, Limitless Celestial Domain, Gainover Manor, Unparalleled Arena

"My daughter, thank you for the gift."

As Gainover uttered those words, Anna did not get the time to voice her astonishment as she immediately felt a mysterious yet powerful suction seize the arm she had driven through his chest to destroy his divinity. Her eyes widened as her gaze dropped to her embedded hand, only to find Gainover’s flesh wrapping around it, drawing her deeper inside him.

Shock and revulsion surged through her, but she did not allow them to cloud or delay her response. Without hesitation, Anna resolved to sever her own arm and abandon it. However, before she could act, Gainover’s body deformed, morphing into a massive blob of flesh-like dough that rapidly expanded, swallowing her whole.

"Booster Dice!!" Anna activated, straining with all her might to resist the crushing grasp of the flesh dough.

[Booster dice are being rolled!]

[Dice one rolled a 3! Dice two rolled a 2!]

[Extreme Divinity influences the Booster Dice.]

[Booster dice will keep rolling until both dice get the extreme rolls.

Note: Extreme rolls mean dice landing at the far high or low ends of the probability range, i.e. any result between one and six triggers a reroll.]

[Dice one rolled a 5! Dice two rolled a 4!]

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[Dice one rolled a 6! Dice two rolled a 6!]

[Card apprentice’s next attack will gain dodecat-booster.]

Anna blasted the blob of flesh encasing her, bursting out from within like a piñata struck open, sending chunks of flesh scattering across the arena of the amphitheatre. She did not let her guard down and immediately activated a cleansing card, attempting to purge the flesh clinging to her body. However, at that moment, all the other fragments of flesh strewn across the arena dried up and died, while the flesh still attached to Anna suddenly began to replicate at a terrifying rate, slowly spreading over her body. Soon enough, her entire form would be engulfed if she failed to get rid of it.

The eyes of the statues belonging to the unparalleled bloodline predecessors in the amphitheatre’s gallery began to glow, their wills straining to warn Anna of the grave danger she faced and the means to resolve it. Overwhelmed by a flood of soul whispers, Anna snapped in frustration, shouting at the statues, "I’m still not well versed in using soul whispers. So shut up and let me think."

Anna did not need the statues to warn her. She knew that Gainover was not dead. If he were, she would have been able to retrieve the unparalleled arena and leave. Since she was still within it, she knew he remained alive, and it most likely had something to do with the flesh that had taken root on her body and was slowly spreading throughout her form.

Anna immediately began activating various poison resistance and curse purification cards on herself, attempting to rid her body of the grotesque flesh from Gainover’s remains that was spreading over her like a massive hairy mole, with some areas even growing teeth. The horror gnawing at her mind was evident in her eyes, yet she forced herself to remain calm and think of a solution, knowing she was neck-deep in trouble as the statues bombarded her with soul whispers.

Under the influence of the unparalleled glory of the unparalleled arena, the effects of the poison resistance and curse purification cards were amplified tenfold, yet they were still unable to help her rid herself of the flesh burrowing into and spreading across her body.

From outside, I saw Anna in her current state, and all the sexual tension between us vanished instantly. All that remained were my pure feelings for her. Without hesitation, I made use of my dual presence to mimic Agent Louis’s teleportation, breaching the Unparalleled Arena’s boundary and appearing beside Anna by using her spiritual channel, the one that connected her to the spiritual plane and allowed her to draw rule power from it.

"Wyatt!" Anna exclaimed when she saw me appear next to her. "What are you doing here? Didn’t I ask you to stay out of—wait, how did you get in here?"

"Don’t sweat the small details, I have my means. I hurried over to save your life, but seeing that you still have an attitude about it, I’ve changed my mind," I said, watching Anna continue to lash out at me even when her life was on the line.

"Great, but I never asked for your help to begin with," Anna retorted, unaware that her body, empowered by the tenfold amplification of the poison resistance and curse purification cards, was struggling violently against the curse of Gainover’s flesh burrowing into and spreading across her form. As a result, the infected areas had become swollen and red, and as they rubbed against the tight armor she wore, blisters and lesions began to form across the afflicted flesh.

Following my gaze and overwhelmed by the uncontrollable itching spreading throughout her body, Anna finally noticed how alarmingly bloated and inflamed she had become. Seeing the grotesque and hideous state of her own body, she shouted at me in panic, "Don’t look at me, I’m too ugly."

"I don’t care about such things," I said, reaching for Anna as she retreated, putting distance between us, then turned away to hide her face. At that moment, concealing her hideous form from me seemed to take precedence in her mind over ridding herself of Gainover’s flesh infesting her body.

"Liar," Anna muttered, clearly not believing me. I stepped in behind her and wrapped my arms around her, whispering in her ear, "Believe what you will."

Her body trembled as I embraced her from behind, her eyes growing teary as my words reached her. Then, with disarming honesty, she said, "Please, Wyatt. I’d rather you not be here for what could be my final form. Keep your eyes averted and remember me as I was before."