Card Apprentice Daily Log

1033 Hermitʼs Retreat

Date- 4 April 2321

Time- 02:13

Location- Southern Region, Blossom District, Sun blossom city, Sewers

A figure burrowed down from the ceiling of the sun blossom cityʼs sewer system and began to rush towards the exit of the sewers which ended at a cleared lake field dungeon 100 miles away from the city. Ignoring the nauseating and repulsive smell of the sewers the figure ran at the highest speed it could muster as if its life was on the line. The sound of the rushed footsteps echoed in the tunnels as the figure kept running without looking back feeling that it could not afford to entertain any sort of distraction and it was right to think so but unfortunately for it whatever it was running from caught up to it and before a second could pass both the running figure and its pursuer had vanished from the tunnels of the sewer.

After the figure and its pursuer vanished the sewer tunnels once again regained their peace. Except for the hole in the ceiling of the tunnel of the sewers from where the figure had burrowed into the sewers, there was no trace left of the figure and its pursuerʼs presence in the tunnel.

In the debris under the hole in the ceiling of the dark maintenance tunnel, there was a slight shimmer, if one looked closely it would appear to be a small gem of sorts. Five minutes in a small organic appendage began to grow from the gem and within no time it grew to cover the gem, then into a fully grown naked teenage boy.

Coming to his senses the boy did not waste any time investigating his surroundings instead he summoned his grimoire. Considering the chill weather and the fact that the boy was naked one would think the boy summon something to wear but he did not rather he summoned a small hermit crab monster shell. The shell was worn out and very dirty, it looked no different hand a rock.

Holding the ugly hermit crab monster shell, the naked teenage boy suddenly vanished and the ugly shell he was holding fell to the ground and fell among the debris. Due to the appearance of the shell, it was very difficult for one to distinguish it from the debris surrounding it.

After vanishing from the dark sewer tunnels, the naked boy appeared 300 sq meters size room with no doors or windows. Yet the ventilation, thermostat, and lighting in the room were maintained to an optimum level thanks to the various array formations arranged in the room.

The boy soon assessed one of the arrays and pull up a translucent screen into the air which displayed the live video of the sewers, to be accurate the tunnel from very he had vanished. Turns out vanishing from the dark tunnels of the sewers the boy had entered the small ugly shell of the hermit card monster. The room he was currently present in was a sub-space within the hermit card monsterʼs shell.

Using the translucent screen the boy monitored the entire 360 degrees surrounding the shell, feeling that his plan has worked he did not relax instead he summoned a rotting coffin and opened the lid to find a middle-aged man sleeping peacefully with a stake stuck in his heart.

[Card Name: Corpse Wood Stake

Card Type: Item Card

Card Rank: A-rank, Rare grade

Card Rate: 7 stars

Card Durability: [100/100]

Card Effect: Corpse wood is an A-rank card ingredient with an incredible property to deprive a being of soul energy just by being in contact, a similar effect is noted with regards to rules and runes but the corpse woods effects are more exaggerated with soul energy than rule power.

As a Stake made using corpse wood, the wounds made using corpse wood stake cannot be healed using soul energy or rule power, they can only be healed naturally.

Additional ability: Soul energy deprivation, Rule power Deprivation, Roots

Note: When used in combination with Corpse wood coffin the effect of the card and all its skills increases by 5 folds]

Soul Energy or Rule Power deprivation: These are skills created based using the natural trait of the corpse wood. When the corpse wood stake is in contact with the victim, they cannot access soul energy or rule power.

Roots: When impaled on the victim the corpse wood stake takes root within the body like a plant or tree taking root in the ground. These roots of the corpse wood stake will be constantly depriving the victim the access to internal and external soul energy or rule power.

[Card Name: Corpse Wood Coffin

Card Type: Item Card

Card Rank: A-rank, Rare grade

Card Rate: 8 stars

Card Durability: [100/100]

Card Effect: Corpse wood Coffin, as the name suggests is a coffin made using corpse wood. When the victim is laid in the coffin, they cannot access their soul energy or rule power.

Additional Effects: Eternal slumber

Note: When this card is used in combination with the corpse wood stake the effects of the card and its skill are increased by 5 folds]

Eternal Slumber: Losing access to soul energy and rule power the victim will go into a deep sleep.

[Card Name: Hermitʼs Retreat

Card Type: Item Card

Card Rank: A-rank, Rare grade

Card Rate: 7 stars

Card Durability: [100/100]

Card Effect: Hermitʼs Retreat is an item created using the shell of a mutated hermit crab monster which showed a trace of developing a subspace within it.

Hermitʼs Retreat allows the user to access a subspace of 300 sq meters in size.

Additional ability: Master Key, Space affinity]

Master Key: This skill gives the user full authority over the sub-space within the Hermitʼs Retreat. Without this key, no being can enter or leave the sub-space within the Hermitʼs retreat.

Note: The authority of the Master key can be challenged if the opponent has a strong mastery of the Space rule.

Space affinity: The hermit crab monsterʼs shell used to create the Hermitʼs retreat card was mutated and had developed an affinity for space managing to show a trace of developing an independent space within it.

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