Chapter 263: Act 55 The Path to Transcendence (Part 2)_3

“Therefore, you need to collect more Land Cards and Resource Cards, as they are the foundation of your strength.”

Brand nodded.

“Then let’s start by establishing your territory,” Tu Men continued, “now take out your ‘Holy Tree Secret Land’ and display it.”

Brand followed suit, and the moment he displayed and placed the card horizontally, he felt a flash of green light before his eyes. He quickly realized that it was a breathtaking green unfolding in his spiritual world, extending in all directions, gradually forming a lush, vibrant green forest, with a tall, mysterious oak tree standing in the center of a pool within the forest.

That was the Holy Tree Secret Land.

Brand then understood the meaning behind the phrase on the card, “place it horizontally to construct a forest,” realizing that this was the territory. He could clearly feel the connection between this forest and his spiritual world—he could see this forest by thought alone. But the forest was not before him—it wasn’t even in the same world, Brand could feel the distance on the level of his mind.

It was a unique feeling, both intimate and distant.

Brand couldn’t help but look up at Tu Men with a look of wonder, having been in the ‘Amber Sword’ for many years, nothing had surprised him anymore. The most he felt was excitement, but not surprise, let alone the mixture of wonder and a hint of anticipation he felt at this moment.

This feeling was a delightful pleasure for him.

“This Land Card is already very mature among the ‘Basic Lands,’ and you can see that its area is vast, with the territory’s edges already formed. This is quite an advanced territory, capable of providing you with two points of Natural Elements and one point of Water Elements daily when placed horizontally. However, in the future, you will encounter some ‘Special Lands’ and even ‘Legendary Lands,’ whose territories are far more powerful than ‘Basic Lands’,” Tu Men replied, “but when placing the Land Card horizontally, while you gain mana and elements, you lose the benefits of the Resource Cards and Boundary Cards attached to it.”

“What do you mean?” Brand was stunned.

“First, take a look at the hand you’ve drawn from your deck. The moment you establish your territory, you become a qualified Travel Mage. Your deck automatically enters the deck pile and the hand drawn daily enters your hand.”

Brand opened his hand, and four cards appeared in his palm, namely ‘Holy Sword,’ ‘Rubis Mercenaries,’ ‘Prosperous Gold Mine,’ and ‘Side-by-Side Dash.’

“Look at the description of ‘Prosperous Gold Mine,'” Tu Men, like a teacher guiding a student, coaxed patiently from the side.

The young man scanned the attributes and immediately understood what Tu Men meant:

Prosperous Gold Mine

(City State Alliance VII)

Land 2

[Resource—Mine/Wealth]

Attach Prosperous Gold Mine to a (non-horizontal) Land Card, gaining 4 Wealth.

‘Gold from the Stone—’

“Understand?” Tu Men asked, “Regardless of Resource Cards, Spell Cards, or Creature Cards, according to the casting rules for an Official Travel Mage, any Destiny Card can only be played once a day until the ‘Reset Stage’ from 10 PM to 2 AM the next day. During this period, cards used the previous day will reset. And at this time, the Resource Cards attached to the Land Cards will return to the deck pile, waiting for the next dispatch.”

Brand nodded again, feeling that he had nodded more in this one day than in the past month combined. In front of Frey and Romantic, he was almost an omniscient, mysterious young knight from Karasu High Plateau, but in front of Tu Men, he was merely an elementary student.

“One more thing, during the ‘Reset Stage’ each day, all excess cards that exceed the hand limit or have been placed horizontally (except for maintained Creature Cards on the field) will be reshuffled into the deck. Then in the next ‘Maintenance Stage,’ you will pay maintenance costs for Creature Cards and refill your hand to the limit if it falls short.”

At this point, Tu Men suddenly stopped. His face changed, and he patted Brand’s shoulder, saying, “Looks like this will have to be it for now, your enemies have arrived. I certainly don’t want my inheritor to die just after taking over. Now that you’re a qualified Travel Mage, use the resources you have to deal with them.”