Chapter 723 - Secondary Quest (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Shang Zetao obviously believed that a mini-card game like Gwent would only appear in an actual game. They were now in a real world. What form would Gwent take here?

Soon, he found himself taking a slap in the face. The tavern was packed with Gwent players. They were even using the Northern Realms deck to play against the Nilfgaardian Empire deck. Anyone who has played the game before knew that both these decks were really newbie-friendly, as there were lots of spy cards in both decks. As long as you had a spy card, you could use it in various ways and earn a relatively easy victory.

Of course, there was actually a precondition to it. You needed a strong enough deck to complement the spy. Not every Gwent player was like Geralt, who could get one card whenever he beat someone. If Geralt won by a landslide, he might even get a rarer card.

In a sense, Gwent was a broken card game. Players with rare cards could easily defeat another player with bad cards. “Godly luck” was not nearly enough to balance things out.

Even so, the big universe had deemed this card game perfectly balanced and had somehow imprinted it into the minds of its denizens that it was amazing, addictive, and worth every second spent. They also carried great value — if you ever had a rare Gwent card in your hand, you would most definitely get rich.

That’s right, nobody could determine any particular founder of this world’s Gwent. It just naturally occurred. An entire continent may only contain one, maybe two rare cards. Of course, these cards would be priceless!

For example, the famed Empress Olivia was featured in a card of her own. She was of a neutral faction. Of course, being neutral was best, as it meant that she could join every side. On top of that, she had ten battle points. Her special ability was to one-shot the opponent’s highest battle point unit. When such a godly card, it would turn most tables, if not all!

Olivia looked rather regal. In it, she lavished on her throne with exuberant confidence. One of her delicate hands supported her chin, while she held a scepter in her other hand. The quote on her Gwent card was —- —- “I came, I saw, I conquered.”

By logic, Olivia should be a leader card. Then, Kaer Morhen would earn a deck of its own. However, it was clear that the old players of Gwent would never accept this. Previously, when the Skellige Isles was made into a new deck, it had caused an uproar.

Therefore, it was best for the characters in Kaer Morhen to be made into neutral cards. Neutral cards were highly favored, anyway. In addition to Olivia, both the cards of Geralt and Cirilla which had 15 battle points were the mightiest hero cards.

So, be it Olivia, Geralt, or Cirilla, their Gwent cards were among the rarest in the world. Any single one of them being put on sale would tear the marketplace up!

Several adventurers hoped that they would be lucky enough to obtain such a Gwent card throughout their adventures. If they actually obtained such a card, they would definitely become rich overnight. However, that probability was far too slim…