The Era of Gods

10 Chapter 10: The Legendary Five Star Card
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
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“Of course!”

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As his voice fell, the screen in front of him suddenly changed and condensed into the projection of the form teacher. He stretched out his hands with palms facing up, holding a 20-sided crystal dice in his left hand and a card enveloped in divine light, unclear in detail, in his right hand. Wu Hai, holding the dice and the card, said:

“Next, I will let you roll this dice yourself. The number displayed on the top side of the dice after it stops spinning will represent the difficulty level of the test you must undergo.”

“If the number on top is 2, you will face enemies twice the number you faced during the baseline test. If the number is 20, you will face enemies twenty times the number you faced in the baseline test, and you may make use of any power within the Divine Realm, including Descending in your True Body.”

The form teacher then lifted the card in his right hand, and with a flash of light, the card revealed its true nature.

Five Star Divine Realm Card—Fertile Earth (Legendary): One-time increase of a Divine Realm area by 2 kilometers by 2 kilometers, limited to fertile land.

“Holy cow!”

Lin Xiao almost popped his eyes out—it was a Five Star Card for expanding the Divine Realm’s area, and the quality was so high, an Orange Legend, something he had never seen before.

One should know that card rarity, from low to high, is as follows—Common, Rare, Uncommon, Epic, Legendary, and Golden Myth.

It is said that there are even rarer cards beyond Golden Myths, but even an Orange Legendary is already super rare, let alone Myth-tier cards, which are practically unheard of, not to mention seen.

An increase of the Divine Realm by 2 kilometers by 2 kilometers is already more than half the current size of Lin Xiao’s Divine Realm, and it’s even limited to fertile land, which makes it all the more precious.

Even though his main race in the Divine Realm is Fishmen, who are unsuited for farming, this does not diminish his desire for the card.

Just because the main race is Fishmen now doesn’t mean it will always be Fishmen. The races within the Divine Realm can be changed or additional ones added. If Fishmen cannot farm, then other farming races can be brought in.

Almost instantly, Lin Xiao decided that he had to give the additional test a try—such an opportunity should not be missed.

“So, are you tempted?”

Seeing the eager expression on his face, the form teacher Wu Hai said:

“Consider it carefully. If you’re unlucky and roll a high number, the enemies that appear could cause a devastating blow to your Divine Realm, and you might never recover, becoming trapped in ruin.”

The voice of the form teacher was laced with a thread of Divine Power, like a resonating bell that woke Lin Xiao from his frenzy.

Cooling down from his feverish state, he began to weigh the pros and cons.

Indeed, as the form teacher had said, the difficulty of this extra test truly depended on luck.

If he was lucky and rolled only a few points, he could withstand the extra difficulty. But if he was unlucky and rolled seven or eight times the difficulty, it would be unmanageable. Even if he used his True Body with all his might, it would be risky.

A player’s True Body strength is related to the overall strength of the Divine Realm—more believers mean a stronger Divine Realm Master, and fewer believers mean a weaker one.

But for new players like them who had only recently opened their Divine Realms, even at its strongest, it wouldn’t be that formidable. If he were to face difficulties above tenfold, encountering over two hundred Snake People and twenty Snake Man Leaders, even if he were to Descend in his True Body, victory was far from guaranteed.

Even if he could win, it would be a pyrrhic victory.

Losing wasn’t the big deal—with the form teacher present, they would intervene before too much damage was done to the Divine Realm, acting as a sort of stop-loss line.

The crux of the issue was the True Body—if it were injured, the repercussions would be severe.

Divine Beings, upon receiving the blessing of Divinity and transforming into transcendent beings with great strength, also found that once injured, recovery was extremely difficult. It was not something that could be remedied by ordinary Divine Arts. Instead, it required a massive expenditure of Divine Power or a long healing slumber.

This slumber could last for centuries, which in the Main World could mean hundreds of days—greatly affecting one’s progress, or one could say, rendering them practically finished.

“If only I had a little more time,” Lin Xiao muttered to himself, beginning to contemplate retreat, his thoughts returning to a calm rationality. He knew the extra test was too risky, and even though a card that could expand the size of the Divine Realm was exceedingly rare, but…

Wait a minute!

He suddenly looked up and asked,

“Teacher, can I get the reward from this preliminary test first before I try?”

Wu Hai was taken aback, then said without thinking,

“You really want to try?”

And then replied,

“Okay, I have four Five Star Cards here, you can choose one from them.”

Five Star Species Reproduction Card (Rare): +300% birth rate for the species, +300% survival rate, duration 10 years.

Five Star Soldier Card—Boar Knight (Common): Summons 100 Level 2 Bear Goblin Boar Knights, note: equipped with standard weaponry and five days’ worth of rations.

Five Star Resource Card—Sheep Flock (Common): Summons 500 sheep at once, note: half male, half female.

Five Star Weapon Card—Short Spear (Common): Obtain 1,000 Short Spears at once, note: wooden shaft, fine iron tip.

His gaze swept over the four cards, and when he saw the second and the last one, Lin Xiao’s eyes lit up.

“Just as I expected!”

The reward Cards given by the homeroom teacher always include a variety, offering choices for the students, and he guessed there was a high probability of there being some weapons.

In fact, there were not only weapons, but he also found a Soldier Card, a card that could directly summon one hundred Bear Goblin Boar Knights of Level 2 strength. Whether it was the Weapon Card or the Knight Card, either would greatly enhance his strength, giving him enough confidence to attempt the additional test.

However, Lin Xiao found it difficult to choose specifically which one to take.

Normally, choosing the Boar Knights would be better as they are immediate combat power and a bit more stable than the Weapon Card.

But, in reality, he couldn’t choose that because he couldn’t afford to keep them.

Bear Goblins were over two meters tall, robust and extremely fierce, truly big eaters, and their fifty boar mounts were even more voracious. Maintaining the Fish people tribe was already nearly unaffordable in the Divine Realm, let alone so many Boar Knights.

The most critical issue was that these Bear Goblins were all male and couldn’t reproduce, so keeping them in the Divine Realm meant they’d pretty much all have died of old age after a few decades.

In other words, they were purely consumable goods, for one-time use only.

Whereas the Weapon Card, though consumable too, could increase the overall strength of the Fish people tribe. Most importantly, even if the weapons were damaged, the fine iron spearheads could be recycled, not making them a one-time use.

“Let’s go with the Weapon Card.”

He said as much.

The teacher had nothing to say about this but handed over the Weapon Card to him. Then he took out a large stack of Cards and said,

“You also have one Level 2 Card, what type do you need?”

“Resource Card, preferably something like a school of fish for food.”

“Here’s a Level 2 Cod Fish Card.”

Wu Hai drew a card out and sent it flying into Lin Xiao’s hand. With a flip of his hand, all the cards disappeared, revealing only the twenty-sided crystal dice in his left palm, looking at him.