12dz Chapter 54 Discharge
Chapter 54 Discharge
On the third day after Xing Liang woke up, he was discharged from the hospital.
Even though his vital signs dropped to zero when he was in a coma and a critical condition notice was issued, his body's values quickly returned to normal levels shortly after he woke up.
The doctor forced him to stay in the hospital for observation for a day, and only after confirming that he was really fine did he reluctantly give him a discharge permit.
What was the first thing Xing Liang did after being discharged from the hospital?
He took a taxi directly to the card shop, leaving Xing Ya and the others, who were helping him pack his luggage to go home, bewildered in the car exhaust fumes.
Ignoring the barrage of messages from Xing Ya on his phone, Xing Liang entered the card shop "Senka".
"Manager, could you please show me the store's product catalog?"
Upon entering, Xing Liang didn't waste any words and went straight to the point.
He took the tablet from the store manager, quickly browsed through the contents and selected dozens of cards, then returned the tablet.
"I'll take these magic cards. Also, shopkeeper, do you sell any prohibited cards?"
The store manager was happily tallying up prices when he paused for a moment after hearing Xing Liang's question.
"Banned cards? Aren't those just unusable pieces of waste paper? Mr. Nianzhong, why do you want to ban cards?"
Xing Liang made up a reason on the spot.
“When I teach children at school, they don’t understand what prohibited cards are or why they exist. I want to bring some to show them.”
Cards with overly powerful or overpowered effects are generally banned by the "Balance" system, but some cards with unclear meanings are also banned.
Shopkeeper Baniel only knows a few banned cards, like [Cannon Soldier], which frees one monster on your field to deal 500 damage to the opponent. Is it really necessary to ban it for just 500?
"Because we don't know when magic cards will become forbidden cards, or when forbidden cards will be unsealed, we have a lot of forbidden cards in our warehouse at very low prices. Considering that Mr. Nianzhong has purchased such a large number of magic cards this time, how about this: you can go to the warehouse and choose freely. We will not charge you for these forbidden cards."
Xing Liang breathed a sigh of relief. Although Mayor Onistan had given him a very generous reward, enough for an ordinary person to live comfortably for the rest of their life without working, it was only so-so if he used it to buy cards.
Besides, he wanted quite a lot of cards.
While lamenting how damn expensive playing cards is in this world, he followed the clerk into the warehouse and began rummaging through it.
Years later, when this day is mentioned, Banier, who is now working at the Royal City headquarters, still beats his chest and regrets not charging Xing Liang.
Because on that day, apart from Xing Liang, no one in the human realm knew that almost all the forbidden cards had been unsealed.
The balance has disappeared.
When they got home, Xing Liang locked himself in his room and ignored them when they called him to come downstairs for dinner. Xing Ya, who had painstakingly prepared a table full of dishes, was so angry that she jumped up and downstairs in frustration.
In the afternoon, Xing Liang finished building his deck, dragged Albus into his room, and locked the door again.
Listening to Albus's occasional screams and groans from upstairs, if Xing Ya didn't know that he had been dragged by Xing Liang to practice a new card deck, she would seriously suspect that Xing Liang had broken him up.
It wasn't until evening that Albus, his eyes vacant, was thrown out of the room, muttering to himself.
"A beast...he's an absolute beast..."
Looking at Xing Liang, who was beaming with pride and showing off his meal, and Albus, who was huddled in the corner looking dejected, Axelcia felt that even the food in her mouth didn't taste good anymore.
So after dinner, she offered to practice the new card deck with Xing Liang.
Xing Liang was overjoyed and dragged her into the room without giving Albus a chance to stop him.
An hour later, Acycia staggered downstairs and squatted in the corner with Albus.
"A beast...he's an absolute beast..."
Sera and Xing Ya, who had originally wanted to challenge Xing Liang while he was still getting used to the new deck, immediately backed down when they saw them like this and hid in the living room to watch the evening news.
"The recent riot by the dead at the Ashskaya Ruins has been quelled. With the mastermind, the Golden Lord—the Lich of the Golden Kingdom—defeated by a card master who wishes to remain anonymous, almost all the dead were freed from their possessions at the same time. However, some dead remain and are wandering to neighboring countries..."
Looking at the casualty figures reported in the news, Xing Ya felt it was all too real.
"Didn't they say that several countries were even destroyed? Isn't this death toll a bit off? If we include those who died before they were freed from their possession, then almost no one died, right?"
Even if the news reports include those who have not yet recovered from their deaths as dead, the total number of deaths is still less than three digits.
"It's just a farce; the fact that someone died is already very abnormal."
Xing Liang happened to pass by at that moment and said something inexplicable.
"I don't understand what you're saying..."
Without answering Xing Ya's question, he turned to look at Sera, who was sitting next to her.
"It's getting late, let me take you home."
"Good~"
Sera was also a little sleepy and responded lazily.
It's 9 p.m. and there are no pedestrians on the road. Only cars occasionally drive by.
The moon was hidden behind the clouds, and the stars had disappeared from sight. Fortunately, the streetlights were bright enough that I could still see the road ahead.
After staggering a few steps, a sleepy Sera decided to sit on Xing Liang's shoulders and doze off, holding his head in her arms.
Should he buy a vehicle for transportation? Xing Liang pondered.
Suddenly, a dark figure darted out from the bushes and attacked them.
The streetlights had limited illumination, making it difficult for Xing Liang to see the person's face clearly, but the stench emanating from them allowed Xing Liang to identify him.
They are the deceased who escaped to Inmotor!
Xing Liang swiftly drew a card and activated it, so fast that the deceased didn't even have time to react.
But there are those who are even faster than him.
A bone spur pierced the deceased's shoulder from behind, halting its further movement.
"I finally caught up with you..."
In the darkness, a hoarse, deep voice rang out, and two eerie red lights flickered.
【Returning Souls to Avenge the Dead - Slaying Evil Heroes】
The pain made the deceased want to scream, but the defender who appeared in time grabbed his neck, choking the sound in his throat.
Xing Liang breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that Sera was asleep.
We can't let it scare Sera.
"We've been looking for you for ages! We won't let you escape again, so just accept the purification."
A slightly playful female voice came from behind Xing Liang. He turned around and saw the person holding up a card.
"Summoning [Holy Night Knights - Riel] to launch a direct attack on you!"
The sword energy, streaked with light, struck its body, instantly dispelling the black aura surrounding it. After a series of convulsions, the deceased reverted to human form.
Exorcisms of the deceased must be performed by professional clergy or angelic spirits; other methods of exorcism will result in the death of the possessed person.
The sword energy of the angel elf Riel left no mark, while the damage caused by the bone spikes of the Demon Slayer remained.
"How are you adjusting to working at night?"
Xing Liang was not surprised by the appearance of the Evil-Slaying Hero.
"Absolutely no problem, or rather, it's a piece of cake."
Before Zhu Xiexia could answer, the woman skipped over to him and affectionately took his arm.
She is the wife of the villain who vanquishes evil.