I Rely on Drawing Cards to Set Up a Persona

Chapter 27.1: Qiao’s Big Fool

In the center of the battlefield, Ruiert held his jug. His mind was filled with the need to avenge his wine, not even noticing that his master was already standing not far away.

Really bad luck.

The silver-armored knight looked indignantly at the white-haired man in front of him. Didn’t he just knock over a wine jug?

This man is not on the list of knights and is obviously an ordinary knight.

If it were another time, he would have torn his opponent apart, but now he was too busy running for his life to do so.

Thinking of how the tyrant treated his companions, the silver-armored knight’s grip on the sword was unsteady.

Seeing that there seemed to be someone coming around, the silver-armored knight panicked and hurriedly intensified the attack in his hands, wanting to escape as soon as possible. He thought he could quickly solve this man, but the more he fought, the more frightened he was. The other side even dodged!

How can this be?

The silver-armored knight gritted his teeth fiercely, and countless dark darts flew out of his hands, almost all thrown precisely at Ruiert’s vitals.

This is the dark dart made by the highest-ranked weapon master in the main city. Originally, he wanted to keep them to save his life, but now he can only waste it on this man.

After throwing, the silver-armored knight was ready to take advantage of the moment to hurry up and escape. However, in the next second, the man who should have been hit by the dark dart suddenly stood in front of him.

“You knocked over my wine.”

The white-haired man’s dark gray eyes were full of anger, and he also emphasized the wine jug at him, “My wine, do you understand? You spilled my wine!”

You’re still concerned about wine at this time?

The silver-armored knight broke down in thought. From the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw Howard and Asrit behind him, and his body stiffened.

He now knew that he was not going to survive.

Everyone knows how cruel Asrit treats traitors, and looking at the person who made it impossible for him to escape, the silver-armored knight’s heart surged with great hatred.

If I can’t live, neither can you!

In desperation, he threw his last dark dart at the white-haired man.

The dark darts carried magical elements. They were extremely fast and even had the ability to track. They were more than enough to kill a high-level magical beast, and there were only a hundred of them in the whole empire.

The knight in silver armor was in the midst of a collapse, and there was a crazy grin on his face. He couldn’t kill Asrit, but couldn’t he solve an ordinary knight? Even if I die, I’ll drag you with me to the grave!

In the next second, the silver-armored knight’s smile froze.

He saw the white-haired man stop the dark dart with the hilt of his sword. The sword flashed, and the dark dart broke in half. Then, the white-haired man, taking a sip of wine, let out a laugh as if he was really pissed off.

“Want to come and die?”

With a swing of his sword, the silver armor on the knight’s body instantly shattered beyond recognition.

The silver-armored knight trembled all over.

At this moment, he finally realized that he had provoked a monster. This man was stronger than the paladins of the empire!

Why is such a knight not on the list of knights? Why had he never heard of him?!

The silver-armored knight was completely devastated.

The sound of tearing through the air rang out like a thunderbolt with an imposing force that simply could not be avoided, and in the next second, the snow blade sword came up against the silver-armored knight’s forehead.

Bright red beads of blood from the silver-armored knight’s forehead continued to fall, and the icy sword aura carried a cold killing intent.

The white-haired man wanted to kill him. It would be easy to do so, and under extreme fear, the silver-armored knight directly passed out.

“Ruiert.”

A cold voice suddenly sounded, and the sword against the forehead suddenly stalled, no longer piercing forward.

Ruiert, who was about to finish the man, stiffened when he heard the word.

It’s over. When did the master come?

Seeing that Ruiert still listened to his words, Qiao Xingnan’s heart was slightly relieved but then came a real headache.

The Wine Grabber Must Die skill activated, which either meant that Ruiert’s wine was snatched by the knight in front of him or, as in the case of the card pool party, the wine was spilled and accidentally activated his skill.

Ruiert is not one to take the initiative to provoke other people. No matter which one it is, it is obviously done because Ruiert feels his wine was threatened.

Qiao Xingnan tensed up.

The problem now is that Ruiert injured a knight of the manor and also happened to be caught by the tyrant. Although he immediately spoke up to stop things from going in a worse direction, what happened before is irrefutable.

The most important thing he should do now is to use the reason that the other party has run into Ruiert to minimize his responsibility and protect their persona.

Having thought of a solution, Qiao Xingnan’s eyelashes trembled slightly. On the one hand, he hinted to Ster to keep an eye on Ruiert, while on the other hand, he concentrated on organizing his thoughts, intending to deal with Asrit’s group on the opposite side.

Asrit and Qiao Xingnan came at about the same time and naturally saw the overwhelming victory of the paladin named Ruiert in the center of the battlefield.

The corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, and he slowly asked, “Howard, how do you compare with him?”

Howard looked at Ruiert with a hint of wariness on his usually serious and proper face. Hearing the emperor’s words, he thought for a moment and said honestly: “I can’t compare to him.”

But then Howard seemed to notice something and said in a deep voice: “He is very strong and has a higher control over his body than I do.”

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The white-haired man seemed to have accumulated his energy for a long time and held it back until a certain moment to wield it. With his current ability, he simply could not control his body to that extent.

There was a flash of interest in Asrit’s eyes when he heard this.

On the side, Ilir heard his elder brother’s words, and his dark brown eyes flashed with surprise. Then, he followed his brother to look at the battlefield.

Stronger control of his body than his brother?

Their family has practiced swords for generations. Each move is very ruthless, and the requirements for body control are extremely strict. Even the four paladins of the empire are not as good at body control as his brother, which is why the emperor came to the manor with only his brother.

“Why have I never heard of someone like Ruiert before?” Ilir felt a toothache. Could the foreign races and the four empires really order such powerful people around?

Such thoughts surfaced from the minds of those present at the same time.

Asrit said softly, “Go back and investigate Ruiert.”

A strong person of Ruiert’s level would certainly leave a trail on the continent, and it would be easier to investigate than the three of Qiao.

Howard looked at the emperor and agreed in a positive voice. Immediately afterward, he noticed that the emperor’s eyes crossed the battlefield and looked at the one opposite.

The young man with black hair and golden eyes looked cold, and his eyebrows were picturesque. He did not seem to notice that they were standing here, and when the situation on the battlefield was settled, he slowly walked up and said something to Ruiert.

Howard paused and looked at his emperor again. He suddenly noticed from the emperor’s green eyes that he was about to make a move, and sure enough, Asrit headed that way in the next second.

It’s coming.

Noticing the situation on the opposite side, Qiao Xingnan steadied his mind, and his cold face showed an appearance of having just discovered them.

He nodded toward Asrit but had no intention of initiating the conversation.

In this situation, it is easy to make a mistake by being the first to speak out. Gradually taking control of the initiative is the most effective way to make yourself invincible at this point.

Asrit did not think much of it. He turned his head slightly sideways to let Howard take the spy away, then smiled and said, “Thanks to Qiao for helping me restrain the other guy. He is a traitor to our manor. You have helped us a lot.”

Hmm? This person is a bad guy?

When Qiao Xingnan heard this, his cold expression remained unchanged, but inwardly he threw back the words he had just thought of and started over.

“No need to be polite.” He slightly inclined his head, looked at the silver-armored knight who had fainted, and said with a hint of apology in his calm eyes, “It’s just a coincidence. If he hadn’t rushed into Ruiert, he wouldn’t have been stopped by him, but it was my subordinates who made such a big commotion in the manor.”

“After this, I will restrain their behavior.”

More than that, Qiao Xingnan is not clear about what exactly happened and can only vaguely muddle through the reason for this incident, just like that.

After a few polite words, Asrit prepared to leave, seemingly wanting to deal with the silver-armored knight.

Qiao Xingnan had long been impatient inside to urge the tyrant to hurry up and leave, but on the surface, his face was light, and his golden eyes carried a hint of softness for his friend, “Well, goodbye.”

Asrit laughed lightly, once again looking at Qiao Xingnan before turning around and leading a group of people to leave with great fanfare.

Feeling the other party’s gaze cross his face, Qiao Xingnan tensed his expression. It was only when Asrit left that he breathed a sigh of relief, and his eyes looked at Ruiert with no difference from his usual attitude: “Let’s go back first.”

Then, he left the place without looking back.

Ruiert screamed in his heart.

If he had been indifferent or disgusted with himself, he wouldn’t have panicked, but Qiao Xingnan’s attitude, which was the same as before, made him feel weak in his heart.

What does this mean? Would he go back to the Chaos card pool?

On the side, Ster’s azure eyes were full of gentleness, as if he was on good terms with Ruiert: “Come on, let’s go back and talk.”

Humming a song while walking, it looked very much like he was gloating.

Ruiert looked at the old man’s back and resisted the urge to draw his sword.

He composed himself, took a sip of wine, and took two steps forward next to the white-robed man, Zero.

“Little wooden man, do you have any experience with this? Is it time for me to go straight back to the Chaos card pool after we return to the room?”

When the previous masters encountered this kind of thing, they directly let him go back to the Chaos card pool.

Ruiert was not afraid but just wanted to be mentally prepared in advance. After all, the degeneration is still a bit painful.

Zero didn’t know.

The master had never been angry with him before.

Zero’s face was expressionless under the hood of his white robe, and all he knew in his empty mind was that he didn’t want to talk to the person next to him right now.

Zero hated Ruiert.

He really doesn’t want to see the other person now, even if the master has comforted him, but in essence, the person in front of him stole the money that the master gave to Zero.

It was two concepts when the master asked Zero to give money to Ruiert and when Ruiert stole money from Zero.

The R-grade Zero’s brain was still a bit wonky, but that didn’t stop Zero from now siding with Uncle Ster in opposition to Ruiert.

“Ster, uncle, wait for me.”

Zero expressed this idea slowly and clearly word by word.

Ster was certainly happy about this, and he smiled as he walked next to Zero, giving Ruiert a mild smile mixed with disdain.

What a poor piece of trash, can’t even handle the most innocent Zero.

Ruiert was a bit speechless at the fact that he was excluded by the two cards. However, he didn’t really care and took a sip of wine and slowly followed the few people.

It was not until the moment of entering the room and closing the door that Qiao Xingnan slowly exhaled and truly relaxed. Fortunately, the final result was good and did not collapse their persona. Otherwise, he would have been tortured along with the silver-armored knight.

Qiao Xingnan winced, sat in his chair, raised his eyes, and motioned for the other three to sit down as well.

They needed to have a little meeting.