Card Apprentice Daily Log

Chapter 892: James Cheng

Date- 3 April 2321

Time- 11:49

Location- Blossom District, Sun and Sky route, Floater carrier, VIP Cabin

Demigod Mara was willing to do some good for the array master association at her deathbed which will indirectly help humanity, good for her. Now the question was how do I make use of this to my advantage? I now know what Lorenzo stands to gain from the wager and how much of a role I can play in helping him win the wager. The next time I meet Old Lorenzo it was going to be a war debating what and how much Lorenzo would owe me if I were able to help him win the wager between the five regional heads of the array master association. Knowing my role and its importance in the wager will help me negotiate huge returns. I had all the cards now, and I had to play my hand right.

This made me serious about the array master certification assessment. I am confident that I can ace it but I am not sure if I will be able to score the highest marks in the history of the central array master associationʼs array master certification assessment. One of the main reasons behind my uncertainty was that I did not know anything about the array master certification assessment let alone what was the current highest score in the central array master associationʼs array master certification assessment. Maybe next time I meet up with old Lorenzo, along with negotiating the rewards for my help, I may as well ask him about the array master certification assessment to prepare myself and increase my chances to attain the highest scores in array master certification history.

There was a lot of preparation I had to do concerning the array master certification assessment, and all of them involved old Lorenzoʼs guidance. I tried to get some information about the array master certification assessment, but it couldnʼt provide me with more than what I already knew. So after I have dealt with parasites named the circle in the sun blossom city, I planned to look for Old Lorenzo. For now, I decided to go through the new notes given by old Lorenzo during the entirety of my journey. The carrier had taken off to the sky and was on route to Sun blossom city. 2 hours of travel time should be enough for me to go through the new notes and brush up on the old ones.

Old Lorenzoʼs new notes on array formation were the continuation of Hybrid arrays, more like advanced knowledge of the Hybrid arrays. Asides from the fusion of multiple array formations, it talked about the fusion of array with the abilities extracted from monster cores to form a hybrid array. It also talked about adding rule power to the mix but didnʼt go into details about this. I guess it would continue in the next set of notes old Lorenzo planned on giving me.

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Date- 3 April 2321

Time- 15:08

Location- Sun Blossom City, Airstrip, Floater Carrier, VIP Cabin

From the bay windows of the VIP cabins, I watched the carrier land in the Sun blossom city Airstrip. I was in a good mood because old Lorenzpʼs notes on hybrid arrays and advanced hybrid arrays opened up a whole new path for me in array formation mastery. The techniques and methods mentioned in it were a big help for me to increase my efficacy, I finally had a new understanding of how the normal card creationists and array masters connected soul pathways and enhanced them. Earlier I could be considered a country hick when it came to the method I used for the soul pathway edition as they were the basic methods that young Wyatt learned watching his parents but with my new-found knowledge of various advanced edition techniques and methods stated in the old Lorenzoʼs notes, I could be now considered an old veteran in this field. My gains during this study retreat were good, and thankfully Agatha did not disturb me seeing that I was busy doing my own thing.

With a satisfied smile, I exited the VIP cabin, only to be greeted by old Rami and an old man who tagged along with him. Seeing me old Rami hurried his footsteps and said, ”Master Wyatt, hope your journey was comfortable.”

”Yes, it was,” I replied and looked curiously at the old man next to old Rami believing that this person had to be important since old Rami let him tag along while visiting me.

Feeling my gaze the old man wanted to introduce himself but old Rami was one step ahead of him and said, ”Master Wyatt, this is my good friend James Cheng, the sun blossom cityʼs head of the card creationist association.”

Hearing old Rami introduce his friend I finally knew why Rami let James Cheng tag along with him to meet me. As Agatha pointed out there were not many array masters and almost none in third-rate cities like Sun blossom city and Sky blossom city. So due to the shortage of array masters, the array formation covering the city was managed by the cityʼs card creationist association. As the veteran card creationist were the next best thing to array masters. Since the array formation covering the city was already set up, apart from occasional maintenance and refueling of soul jades powering the array formation, there was not much to tend about the array formation covering the city. Therefore the authorities put the cityʼs protection array under the cityʼs card creationist associations jurisdiction.

As the head of the card creationist association in the sun blossom city, James cheng would be in control of the protection array formation covering the sun blossom city. Making him the first target of my visit to the city. As long as I could control him I did not have to worry about being trapped inside the city array while my forces and I launched a full-on attack on the circle. This time I planned to not leave until I have uprooted the circle branch in the sun blossom city.

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