Chapter 657 - v4c41 Dominance Over All Profession(4) (1/2)

In reality, the Deer Demon Elaine and the Pendulum Golem drew Brendel’s curiosity as soon as they appeared. After the battle in the catacombs, he finally realized that creatures summoned by cards could also use cards.

Though Elaine had said that she and the Pendulum Golem had only used Kelsie’s cards under a simulation, at the very least this proved that while the great Planeswalker had been alive, he had entertained similar thoughts.

It was indeed so.

Kelsie only left behind some scattered records. He had entertained this thought during the last years of his life – to build a new Law upon the creature cards; if a Planeswalker could summon certain creatures, then why couldn’t Planeswalkers summon other Planeswalkers?

This was, without a doubt, a preposterous thought that nearly approached genius. It wouldn’t be too much of a stretch to praise the hypothesis as imaginative. What was even crazier was that Kelsie succeeded. Or rather, he achieved some kind of success.

First, he reconfigured the Deer Demon Elaine and the Pendulum Golem, two of his strongest cards and the ones to which he was most emotionally attached to. You could say that Elaine and the Pendulum Golem were the product of his first experiments. Though the experiment hadn’t been perfectly successful, it did let Kelsie find his direction.

Unfortunately, this great genius, or madman, could not perfect his hypothesis. Before he could create a perfect summoned creature, the danger from underneath Trentheim exploded. In the end, he and the Queen of Witches chose to sacrifice their lives to seal the entire catacombs.

He also sealed his entire life’s work in the catacombs.

This record was finally given to Brendel by the Deer Demon. In truth, what Brendel got wasn’t the full hypothesis either, since Kelsie never got the chance to perform further experiments and refine it. All he left to Brendel was just a record with gaps.

But that was enough.

Just as Brendel thought, the hypothesis didn’t need to be perfect. He simply needed to use it to its fullest capabilities. Combining that with the experiences of his past life, it wouldn’t be impossible to create a set of the strongest cards that belonged to him alone.

“You want to summon a Planeswalker?” Tuman looked at him and asked nervously.

Brendel nodded.

Tuman immediately looked serious and asked, “But do you know that Kelsie’s method wasn’t perfect? Planeswalker themselves have special privileges. His powers are greater than anything you’ve mentioned. The way he summons Planeswalkers is more like a compromise.”

“I know,” Brendel answered. “What Master Kelsie really did was spread his Planeswalker privileges among his summoned creatures so that they could have the same powers of the Law as he did.”

“This meant he had to face two problems. First, dividing privileges naturally meant decreasing the upper limits to how many cards a Planeswalker could have. Second, because the summoned beings would have the same privileges as the Planeswalker himself, they could, at any given moment, turn on the Planeswalker.”

Brendel was actually someone who loved winning despite the deck being stacked against him. He was completely different from those who calculated and planned before acting. That was why the senior female student paid him the most attention when he previously played the Amber Sword. It was obvious what happened when an individual had both a sense of individual heroism and a desire for adventure.

But after all the adventures and his gaming experience, he was no longer the same impulsive young man as before. He now understood that even on an adventure, you needed to calculate the risk. Most importantly, you needed to know your enemies.

Therefore, even without Tuman pointing it out, he had already investigated all the possible consequences. “Besides,” he continued, “a Planeswalker’s privilege cannot be divided infinitely. Someone with Kelsie’s powers could, at most, produce four extra subdivisions. Considering my powers, I can do two at best.”

“So you know.” Tuman fell silent. The size of the card pool that Brendel talked about was a problem that a Planeswalker needed to face. In contrast to journeymen, who could use other people’s card pools without worrying, every card a true Planeswalker had was a representation of his own Laws. It was tied to his world, so he had to put aside a certain amount of energy to maintain each and every card.

This relations.h.i.+p was usually proportional to the pool of Elemental Powers, typically in a ratio of one to ten, though there were some whose pool was smaller or bigger.

Tuman thought about it and said, “Kelsie almost stood at the apex of the Planeswalkers. His powers could be said to be equivalent to mine. Further up would be Master Odin’s level, and that has only been accomplished by two or three people throughout history. That is to say, if you are thinking of walking this path, you can at most have four or five Planeswalker creatures. Plus, you have to carefully consider that these Planeswalker creatures themselves would have huge weaknesses — “

“I’ve thought it through, Master Tuman. But thank you for those reminders.” Brendel smiled. “Still, I think this is my best choice.”

“Oh… you.” The Elemental Emperor had to shake his head. Then he glanced involuntarily at Sanorso, who stood off to the side and watched all of this detachedly. He said, “This is also your precious student and you won’t even try to convince him?”

The Wind Empress held out her hands. “This is between you Planeswalkers. Besides, I believe in the little guy. So far, he hasn’t made a single misstep. Can you believe that? That, in itself, is a miracle.”

Tuman blinked in astonishment and then fell silent for a while.

Then he looked up and asked, “You’ve thought it through? Then what’s your plan?”

“Leave it to me.” Brendel was confident. From the moment he left the catacombs, he had been thinking about what to do at this moment. After experiencing the Battle for Ampere Seale, he was even more certain of what he wanted to do.

Furthermore, he had a secret he couldn’t tell. He only hoped to validate his hypothesis. If it were true, then he could walk a path that n.o.body dared even consider as a Planeswalker.

“First, I need to confirm the core cards in the knight card set; beginning with the construction of my Elemental Pool and card pool –”

Tuman nodded as he listened. “Very good. Unknown Laws are dangerous for anyone, and being cautious is a good idea. Then go ahead, I’ll be right here watching.

Brendel also nodded and then pulled out a card from the air.

The pattern on the card was so familiar. Under the starlit sky, a female knight holding a lance walked in the forest alongside her unicorn. It was such a peaceful image, as if it told a story that’s never changed throughout the thousands of years of history. Medissa in the painting was just as she had been during their first encounter in the Long Song Forest.

“Medissa, are you sure?” Brendel asked. “This may not be a good thing for you. It might even take away your eternal life.”

The girl’s voice sounded like she was smiling. It came from somewhere in the air, “Leader, Medissa has said this before – it is my honor to follow you, Leader. Besides, have you forgotten that Medissa’s very existence is built upon your cards?”

Brendel understood.

He was slightly touched. Normally, when a Planeswalker divided his privileges, they would have to consider, to a certain extent, the possibility of retaliation by the summoned creatures. But he could be sure that Medissa would never do anything that was not in his favor.

He reached out a hand and pointed at the card. Then he followed the method outlined in Kelsie’s records and extended his Law onto the card. Tuman and Sanorso, present at the scene, saw in that instant a bright silver line of Law extending outwards from Brendel’s body and then surrounding the card with the unicorn knight.

The silver line of Law seemed to be more stable than Brendel’s Law of s.p.a.ce. It slightly vibrated amongst the stone formations and within a second, it seemed as if all the Laws in the same s.p.a.ce vibrated along with it, as if paying tribute to the highest Law.

And a few seconds later, a dark gold card slid out from the envelope made of the lines of Law and landed in Brendel’s palm —