Chapter 784: Chapter 475: The Alice Equation Holds True! (Ten-Thousand-Word Chapter)

How come during the duel, the opponent suddenly vanished?

Even though Extraordinary Invasion is no longer news, such a supernatural event would definitely make headlines.

[Charles VII looked at Freymia with disdain: "Hmph! Don’t think that two people can escape death; the Abyss will swallow everyone!"]

Well, it seems that natural attribute elves are the most effective against the Abyss.

And..... you’re stuck at the fourteenth tier because that’s your limit, but Freymia is at the fourteenth tier because she can’t advance to the fifteenth on Dawn Continent without the Four Source Powers.

[Freymia was just planning to vent some anger.]

[Freymia charged forward.]

[Charles VII died.]

[Ding! Your Soul Card has acquired a new form: Elf Life Card Master·Freymia]

After completing all this, Freymia returned to reality as quickly as possible.

Shen Sui had just tuned into Freymia’s match livestream when he saw Freymia suddenly reappear on the duel field, right as her opponent had just completed their setup.

No, Freymia, your opponent seems off too.

For the opponent to mysteriously vanish halfway through a match, and you don’t even show a hint of surprise, continuing with your setup as if nothing happened, that requires some incredible mental fortitude.

Soon after, Freymia acted as though nothing happened and let the finals continue.

The referee thought something was strange, but couldn’t find any reasonable rule to stop the match.

After all, there’s no rule against a Life Card Master traveling through dimensions during a duel, and Freymia did return, didn’t she?

However, Shen Sui didn’t have time to finish watching Freymia’s final match.

Because at that moment, the first round of the cruise tournament had just ended, and Shen Sui saw Fujimoto Kyosuke striding down from the stage arrogantly, not forgetting to glance in Shen Sui’s direction.

Upon realizing Shen Sui was watching him, this Fujimoto Clan scion even threw a provocative look his way.

The second round tomorrow would be a duel between Shen Sui and him.

Meanwhile, Louise also finished her duel smoothly, coming over to greet Shen Sui.

Shen Sui exchanged a few pleasantries with Louise, agreeing to meet in the finals.

When Shen Sui turned back to the match, Freymia’s final had already concluded.

Unexpected but understandable, Freymia lost this duel.

Shen Sui wasn’t actually surprised by this; though Freymia had become familiar with the style of modern Life Card Duels, her skill level... was really hard to say, even with Shen Sui building her a solid deck using some good Life Cards from his own collection.

However, more noteworthy than the duel’s outcome was the bizarre event that occurred mid-match.

Soon, Freymia’s opponent, a Life Card Master named Ye Guitu, accepted a post-match interview.

—"Was there anything particularly memorable about this duel for you?"

—"Freymia’s psychological tactics were rather unique; I have no idea where she learned that vanishing magic trick."

Goodness, you stayed calm because you thought Freymia was doing magic tricks?

Shen Sui saw this and didn’t know what to say.

When Shen Sui returned to his room, Freymia’s overseas call had already come through.

Our former Elf Empress was on the phone, angrily criticizing Alice for her abrupt and irresponsible summoning behavior.

"That may be so, but things are really unsettling on Dawn Continent this time." Freymia didn’t actually care much about winning or losing the match; after venting to Shen Sui, she dismissed it and started talking about the Abyss, "The Church’s power struggles have already thrown the continent into chaos, and now the Abyss’ forces are interfering. It looks like the once in a thousand years Abyss invasion is coming again."

"Speaking of which, although it’s supposed to happen once every thousand years, it didn’t come last time." Freymia suddenly mentioned.

Vivian, who was listening, also chimed in: "Yeah, it’s strange; the Abyss invasions used to be very regular, yet during our time, we didn’t see it happen."

The Abyss, a very special geographical term on Dawn Continent.

Essentially, it can be considered an Otherworld, but because the world of Dawn Continent is so powerful, it pulls the Abyss close to itself, making it one of the many auxiliary spaces of Dawn Continent.

If we use gaming language, the Abyss is actually one of many repeatable dungeons in "Dawn Link," with its entrance originally deep within a mine, and after Shen Sui mined to the deepest part, he’d go to the Abyss for a run.

Like many dungeon openings have certain conditions, to unlock the Abyss dungeon, you need to complete the side quest of Abyss Invasion.

During Shen Sui’s second playthrough, he was speedrunning purely to complete Vivian’s route. Thus, at the game’s early stages, he had no time to unlock the Abyss dungeon. After completing the main storyline in his second playthrough, as he idled away, he finally remembered the Abyss dungeon hadn’t been unlocked, so he went ahead and finished the Abyss Invasion storyline.

"Is it possible that the Abyss did invade a thousand years ago?" Shen Sui said softly.