Chapter 1070: Chapter 255: The Last Moments Underground, Farewell (Part 2) (Two Chapters in One) #4
"In simple terms, you lack the conditions to perform graveyard cycling on the battlefield. Most of Adversity Heaven’s magic cards enter the graveyard after a single use, and creature cards often involve sacrificial effects, Desperate Trojan requires death cards. This ensures your graveyard will maintain a considerable number of cards during battle, and if you can’t retrieve them in due time, you’ll lack sustainability."
"Lastly, your land cards are far from enough. Land cards are the core strength for a Travel Mage and are not easily given away to others. For example, I won’t give you my master’s land card because it’s now the power maintaining this Array’s operation. Therefore, you’ll have to find ways to expand your element pool. As I know, running Adversity Heaven’s basic card cycle with your current element pool is rather difficult, do you understand?" the Deer Demon Sister asked as she looked down.
Brand nodded. Last time Tu Men taught him these things, time was quite limited, and many details weren’t thoroughly explained. The advice given by the Deer Demon Sister was undoubtedly invaluable, some of which Brand deeply felt himself, such as the perpetual lack of land cards.
As they conversed for a short while, the digging sounds above grew increasingly clear, enough to interrupt their dialogue. Brand suddenly stopped, realizing the time to part was very near. Reflecting quietly, he couldn’t resist asking once more, "Are you really not leaving, Lady Yilin? There’s no binding for you here. I can have someone help guard this ancient tomb from outside. Your back injury isn’t entirely incurable; I know of some miracles that could heal it."
"Remember, little one, Travel Mages don’t believe in gods because they themselves are sovereign over destiny—" The Deer Demon smiled slightly and patted Brand’s shoulder, "But I’m very pleased you thought of this. Perhaps I should be thanking you, but at least for now, I won’t leave here. Time is short, and I’ll answer one last question. Do you have any doubts about the destiny of Travel Mages?"
Brand fell silent.
He looked into Yilin’s eyes, knowing he couldn’t persuade her, contemplating, then asking, "How can one truly become a Travel Mage?"
"Becoming a genuine Travel Mage isn’t easy; you must first possess your own rules." The Deer Demon Sister looked at Brand, turning serious, "I heard of your deck concept. Although I’m unclear on what ’All Professions Dominance’ means, since you’re starting from your own abilities, you should own as few creature cards as possible. You might consider focusing on deck structure in terms of ’Abnormal Ability’ and ’Spell’ as my suggestion."
"For Travel Mages, it’s not the more cards the better, nor the larger the territory the stronger. What’s important are your own rules. Among many Travel Mages I’ve seen, even those with countless cards and land cards ultimately didn’t surpass the apprentice phase to become Official Travel Mages. My master became an Official Travel Mage at the age of forty-five, considered one of the finest geniuses among Travel Mages throughout history. Little one, I hope you can reach this milestone sooner, which is my wish, I suppose—"
On saying this, the Deer Demon Sister couldn’t help but smile slightly.
"Thank you."
As Brand whispered these words, sounds of sand and stones collapsing above reached them. Both raised their heads, looking towards the passageway, where they saw Fire Claw Lizardman Lord Lopar holding a Trident coming down. Hunched over, his tall figure seemed humorously awkward in the small cavern, but Brand knew that someone with Vampire Girl Andreg’s temperament would never come down to inform her master.
Indeed, Lopar stood above, slightly bowing and speaking softly, "Char has already excavated a pathway, my Lord."
Brand turned back to Yi Lian, perceiving her decision from the gentle smile in her eyes. "Go ahead," the older sister smiled, as if encouraging, "Adversity Heaven will go further, carry it forward. One day, perhaps countless years later, someone will tell your legend upon the earth, just as I share my master’s today—do not disappoint me, little one."
