I Rely on Drawing Cards to Set Up a Persona

Chapter 28.1: Tacit Cooperation

The next day, before dawn, there were two hundred knights at the gates of the manor ready to go.

Ilir asked the knight captains of each squad to straighten up first, and he looked at the two men in front of the gate.

One of the men wore a white robe, with a hood covering his face. Under the cloak, a black suit outlined his lean and slender body, broad shoulders, and narrow waist. The man stood straight in place and looked like a well-trained and excellent knight.

The handsome silver-haired man leaned against the door frame as if he had no bones. While taking a sip of wine, he also used his hand to poke the white-robed man next to him.

It’s hard to imagine that this man who was hanging around was actually a paladin more powerful than his brother.

Ilir walked over and politely said to the two: “We’ll leave soon. The two of you should be careful when hunting magical beasts, they are very cunning out there.”

The magical beasts here are more cunning than those on the outskirts of the main city. Ilir used to come to this manor with his subordinates to hunt magical beasts and almost got caught in the way and became a meal for the magical beasts.

There was a hint of laziness in Ruiert’s voice, “Okay, thanks for the reminder, chief knight.”

Hearing the other party call himself chief knight, Ilir froze for a moment before coughing, “Just call me Ilir.”

Ruiert is stronger than himself, so Ilir was a little uncomfortable in his heart being called so by the strong, but he did change his view of Ruiert a bit.

The other party was not as rude as he thought.

These are trivial matters. Ruiert did not call Ilir that when he saw that he was not comfortable with it, and he is now more concerned about the cooperation with Zero when they fight magical beasts later.

After seeing Ilir go back to the whole team, Ruiert drank a sip of wine and brushed up next to Zero: “Little wooden man, did the master say anything else?”

Zero said slowly: “You guys, the best.”

Ruiert shook the jug and took a slight sip of wine. The soft wine entered with a hint of spice, which warmed his heart. Ruiert took a few more sips to suppress his overwhelmed heart. After a few seconds, he looked into Zero’s eyes and seemed to be looking at Qiao Xingnan through his eyes, “Don’t worry, master, watch me earn you gold! ”

Zero slowly moved his fingers, he will also work hard!

On the other end, although Qiao Xingnan is still a little worried inside, through the eyes of Zero, he could feel Zero and Ruiert’s fighting spirit. He chuckled lightly, and his mood was much lighter.

Standing at the side of Qiao Xingnan, Ster’s azure eyes flashed with understanding as he looked at the smile on Qiao Xingnan’s face. The master was laughing so happily, so it should be that Zero and Ruiert were caught up in his words again.

Still too young.

Thinking about the two childish juniors, Ster felt an inexplicable sense of superiority. At this time, he had already forgotten how much trouble he had helped the other side solve when Qiao Xingnan called him “Uncle Ster”.

Fifty steps laughing at a hundred steps. 1

Outside the manor, the knights moved well-trained with a neat pace towards the gathering place of magical beasts. Ilir followed the white-robed man and Ruiert at the front of the team.

Saying that it is a gathering place is actually not quite true. After all, it is very close to the manor where the emperor lives. The large gathering of magical beasts is too dangerous, so in the nearby hills, magical beasts are almost scattered. Two hundred knights also need to be divided into several teams of knights to hunt.

Soon, the group arrived at the foot of the mountain. Ilir let the knights go hunting on their own following the usual formation. He took his subordinates with him and looked at the two people: “This is the first time for both of you to come, so I will lead the way. There are relatively more magical beasts on this side.”

“Okay.”

Qiao Xingnan controlled Zero to simply reply and then followed Ilir towards the mountain.

As they went forward, Qiao Xingnan frowned along. This place was not like a hunting place. It was like some forbidden place, quiet and chilling to the heart.

After a few minutes, the hissing sound of beasts could be heard faintly from the mountain, but Qiao Xingnan was not half at ease. Apart from the sound of magical beasts, it was scary not to hear any movement, okay?

There may be some extremely powerful existence deterring other creatures. Qiao Xingnan guessed wildly and temporarily suppressed the worry in his heart. Since Ilir and the others often come here for training, it means that the so-called danger is manageable.

While leading the way, Ilir explained how to quickly find the trail of magical beasts, and at the same time, watched the two next to him unnoticeably.

The white-robed man’s expression could not be seen because of the hood, but his posture was relaxed. His pace and breathing were no different from before, and he looked at ease.

And the paladin next to Zero is even more leisurely. His body carried a fragrant smell of wine, and his dark gray eyes looked around somewhat lazily, without any feeling of surprise at all, as if this place was ordinary, no different from his own room.

Ilir withdrew his gaze. These two are very strong, and since they act so relaxed, it means that there is no danger here in their opinion.

Thinking of his disgraceful appearance when he first came here, Ilir gritted his teeth and realized once again that he really has a lot of room to strengthen.

Following behind Ilir is a pair of twin brothers of the Arthur family. It was not the first time they came to this mountain, and they clearly know that this mountain is very dangerous. At this time, seeing the person walking beside the chief to take a sip of wine from time to time, they subconsciously frowned.

As part of the knights around the emperor, the two brothers are usually very busy. They only know that a few people came to the emperor’s manor claiming to be from afar, but their backgrounds are unknown. Now, it seems to be absolutely false. Drinking while hunting, any knight in charge will not do such a thing.

But the usually serious chief did not sternly speak to the other side at this time, and the Arthur brothers could only mutter a couple of words in their hearts.

Qiao Xingnan did not know the complicated thoughts of the few people next to him. His nerves were tense as he controlled Zero to calmly follow Ilir, and every now and then he would pay attention to Ruiert beside him. Qiao Xingnan was very wary of this mountain with countless magical beasts and a high level of danger.

A rustling sound suddenly came from the surrounding lush forest.

Ilir raised his hand, signaling everyone to stop first.

The five of them were still far from the top of the mountain now, and only low-level magical beasts would appear here.

Qiao Xingnan had heard this from Ilir before, and he controlled Zero to touch the corner of Ruiert’s coat unnoticeably, signaling him not to make a rash move.

Low-level magical beasts are weak, and even Ruiert, who has no activated skills, can easily solve them.

Moreover, several people fighting a low-level magical beast, for their “level” of knights, it is not worth it to let them do it.

Of course, the most important thing is that Zero and Ruiert have to build up their strength to sharpen their skills later on.

As Ilir expected, it was low-level magical beasts that came, but what he did not expect was that the number of low-level magical beasts would actually be so many, a detailed count of more than sixty, which is obviously a bit abnormal.

The low-level magical beasts, as if they had agreed to do so, came out of the forest at the same time. Each one was about as tall as a grown man. The magical beasts spouted ragged breath and ran in their direction. Ilir and the Arthur brothers looked at each other and immediately rushed up.

The three of them have experienced many battles, but because the number of magical beasts is too many, the fight was unbearable for a while.

Qiao Xingnan frowned and overturned the previous statement. It would be okay if it was one, but now there are so many low-level magical beasts. It’s not good not to go up and help.

Underneath the hood, Zero’s black eyes looked at Ruiert.

Ruiert instantly understood the master’s meaning. He took a few gulps of wine and rushed up with his sword.

For a time, the five-member squad was left with only Zero not moving. Qiao Xingnan’s fingers moved slightly to control Zero to instantaneously move away from the battlefield.

Ruiert can defeat the low-level magical beasts.

But Zero is not the same. More than sixty magical beasts are in disarray, it will be bad if their fragile Zero is shattered. Qiao Xingnan let Zero assume the posture of a cool and strong person, then looked at the group that was fighting.

On the battlefield, Ilir’s face was scraped with blood. His sharp sword was stained with foul-smelling blood and pulled out of the beast’s body. Just as he was about to turn around and kill another beast, he realized that Ruiert had also joined the battle, and the pressure on Ilir was suddenly greatly reduced.

He saw the mysterious paladin agilely dodge the attack, and with a slight movement of his wrist, the snow-white sword blade left a fatal wound on the beast in the blink of an eye.

Every time he killed a magical beast, he would drink a mouthful of wine in every way. He would only rejoin the battle when he had drunk enough as if he suddenly remembered what the occasion was now.

Seeing this scene, Ilir felt a bit complicated. At such a time, he was actually so relaxed, how terrifying was his ability?

In fact, Ruiert’s attack power was about the same as Ilir’s, or even a little weaker than the other side, but because of Ruiert’s card attributes, he would also take a sip of wine from time to time on the battlefield, which forced him to appear to be very laid back, giving a false impression that Ruiert was not using his full strength.

Qiao Xingnan’s eyes curved for a moment, and the corners of his mouth rose. Ruiert, the drunkard card, was actually very strong. The swordsman’s skill paired with the attribute of loving wine was a completely powerful tool for pretending. Even he wouldn’t have been able to see that the power Ruiert was using now was all he had if he didn’t know the truth.

After all sixty magical beasts have been beaten, the Arthur brothers were out of breath, and Ilir on the side was also breathing heavily. It was at this time that Ruiert, who was like a fish in troubled waters, was particularly highlighted.

His dark gray eyes lightly looked at the three people of Ilir, and then shouted: “Zero.”

The white-robed man, who was originally far away, reached Ruiert in the blink of an eye.

“Put away the magical beasts with only one mark on the neck.”

Put away?

Ilir frowned. Ruiert alone fought more than twenty magical beasts. How will this be put away? In the next second, his brown pupils constricted.

The magical beasts that had a snow blade sword mark on their necks all disappeared without a trace.

Magic storage tool!

Ilir nearly lost his grip on his sword. They actually have storage tools?!

[Ding, the total value of low-level magical beasts recovered: 125 gold coins. The gold coins have been placed in your system space, please check it in time.]

On the other side, Qiao Xingnan froze for a moment after hearing the system beep. He did not expect that twenty-five low-level magical beasts could be exchanged for 125 gold coins this time.

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Then, after thinking about it, the tyrant helped him collect two boxes of low-level magical beasts last time, but there were only eyes, scale armor, claws, and so on. This time, it was a whole low-level magical beast, which makes a low-level magical beast worth 5 gold coins.

Ruiert is really great. 100 gold coins are for him to drink for 20 days, it is not a loss!

The thought flashed across Qiao Xingnan’s mind and he was about to continue to focus on the Zero’s side when he heard a dinging sound from the system.

[The event that the system applied for you has been approved by the Star field card pool~ Come and try it out!]

Event application?

Qiao Xingnan was a bit puzzled but temporarily suppressed his curiosity. According to the system’s previous money-grubbing nature, this event should be similar to the last time it was selling acceleration packs. He was busy with his business now, so he could discuss other things after it was over.

And Qiao Xingnan did not know how surprised 035, who had just finished exchanging gold coins for him, was to hear this news.

035’s chubby body bounced up in excitement, here it comes! It’s coming!

The one gold coin draw activity it applied for is here! Host, you’re finally saved!

035 barely calmed down, obediently floating next to the host, silently urging the host to quickly solve this matter, let’s go to the event!

Of course, Qiao Xingnan also wanted to settle this matter quickly, but it was clear that Rome was not built in a day, and this matter still had some grinding to do.

Footnotes

The original meaning is that of a person who has retreated fifty steps in battle and laughs at a person who has retreated a hundred steps. Later, it was used to describe a person who has the same shortcomings or mistakes as others, only to a lesser extent, but laughs at others.