Demon Card Enforcer 2: A Deck-Building LitRPG by John Stovall

Author:John Stovall [Stovall, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Capital Station Books
Published: 2024-11-26T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 26

A Happy Hint of Coming Darkness

Victor took them to a table on the outside edge of the great balcony overlooking the rat Arena. The wall was stone in some places and brick in others, incongruous to the build. The table was lower to the ground and had multiple couches around it. A tall man, overweight but not grossly so, with brown hair and brown eyes, was sitting at the table. His only distinguishing feature, besides being big, was a huge wart on the inside of his arm that a hair was visibly growing from. Next to him sat a pretty, blonde-haired girl who was obviously trying to hide her looks. She was dressed like a pile of laundry—she had on baggy, black sweatpants and an oversized black hoodie. She wore glasses and had a black laptop with her.

Victor gestured to the pair. “This is Hans and Lisa Berwick. They move cards that have… issues attached to them. Issues that would make it harder to sell them through a reputable card trading company like Gavin’s.”

Wolfe stared at the pair. They looked like gamers, or accountants, or maybe the kind of people who had been working on a novel in a coffee shop on and off for five years. What they didn’t appear to be were fences for what was probably cards gained by murder or theft, or through the trade that still existed to third-world countries with wars, civil or otherwise, where the cards could be bought far cheaper.

I guess not every jackass I meet can look like they stamped villain on their forehead, like poor Gopal.

Wolfe glanced at Shel.

She nodded.

“All right, we’re looking for Mortal and Divine faction cards,” Wolfe said.

“Particularly civic-type Mortal cards,” Shel said. “Cards that have jobs like police officer, or EMT, or have the word ‘civic’ in their name.”

The pair nodded in near-perfect unison, briefly meeting each other’s eyes.

“Lisa will see what we can do for you,” Hans said.

Lisa stared at her computer, poking away at the keyboard for a minute or so. Wolfe waited, wondering what cards would be offered.

After a bit more, Lisa turned the computer around. “Okay, we have a few options in that area, but also a few other, rarer options for Mortal and Divine.”

A list of cards was on the screen, with prices attached. Shel knelt next to the low table and checked the screen. Wolfe stood, reading over her shoulder as Shel scrolled. First he saw a Veteran EMT, then a couple of the Rookie EMTs, then the same for the Riot Police cards.

Then things started to get interesting.

Shel stopped the screen as she was scrolling. “Is that an enhancer?”

Wolfe glanced at the card.

Caretaker of the Lost

Rare Tier-1 Mortal Enhancer

+2 Health

Special: Fast Age [2]: All minion [orphan] cards grow at twice the rate. This stacks multiplicatively with any other source of minion [orphan] growth.

Special: Find the Lost: When any pack is opened, there is a 10% chance one card becomes a minion [orphan]. This ability does not stack, but multiple copies may each check against the pack.

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