Back to the Battlefield: The Veteran Heroes Return to the Fray! Volume 4 [Parts 1 to 2] by Kiraku Kishima

Author:Kiraku Kishima
Language: eng
Format: epub

Isabella’s long-trusted attendant Alicia was deep in thought as she drew her seven cards. Several rules have been added, but the basics are still the same as standard rummy.

In rummy, efficiency and speed are king. It’s in the game’s nature that, no matter how skilled the player, they have to use the cards they draw to form melds of three or more cards, otherwise they can’t “go out” and reduce their enemies’ points. Furthermore, when another player goes out, the more cards remaining in one’s hand, the more damage they will take. In short, the faster a player reduces the number of cards in their hand, the better.

A rummy is worth three times the points under our rules, but aiming for it is a huge risk. For now, I should stick with the orthodox strategy and try to go out as fast as possible, Alicia thought.

Adek started the round. “Let’s see...” First, he drew a card. “Well, well! Luck seems to be on my side,” he said, placing a meld of three aces and a meld of three sixes on the table.

Drat! He already got rid of six cards, Alicia thought.

Adek then discarded one card, leaving him with one. He was already one step away from victory. Fortunately, the special “direct hit” rule they were using was only in effect when someone went out by making a meld of three or more cards, so there was no need to worry about triple damage at the moment. But the rest of the players would still lose points depending on the ranks of the remaining cards in their hands when someone went out. For that reason, they wanted to empty their hands quickly, even if they couldn’t go out.

Isabella only had 100 points. She couldn’t afford to let herself take a big hit.

It was Alicia’s turn next, so she drew her card. These are my cards, Mistress Isabella.

I hear you loud and clear.

Alicia was using popular telepathy magic with Isabella, which allowed the two of them to tell each other about their hands. Their enemies were likely doing the same. Alicia and the troll both had the goal of helping their own master win.

“Understood.” After learning Isabella’s cards, Alicia placed a meld of three jacks on the table. Then, she intentionally discarded one of her two sevens.

“I’ll be taking that,” Isabella said. As per rummy rules, she was allowed to pick up the card discarded by the previous player. She picked up the seven without delay and formed a meld out of the seven, eight, and nine of spades. She added another six to the meld of three sixes Adek had played to further decrease her cards. She finished her turn by discarding a king.

So far so good, Alicia thought.

Isabella now only had three cards left. Going out wasn’t exactly out of her reach, but her remaining cards had nothing in common. Unexpectedly, that wouldn’t be much of a problem. On the troll demon’s turn, it discarded a ten of spades. Instead of adding it to Isabella’s meld like someone trying to win would, it discarded it.

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