Yu-Gi-Oh!: This card wants to go to you.

I've decided to leave the western fortress.

It took more than a year.

Crossing half of Biantana, heading towards the eastern fortress.

...

"How much did you say?!"

I stared in shock at the robot before me.

It replied coldly again: "One blood pack costs 10,000 gold points."

[High-purity blood pack worth 50,000 gold points]

I was stunned.

In Fanalia, a blood pack costs 500, and a lower-quality one can even be given away for free.

I knew that blood was scarce in the Eastern Fortress and that blood packs would be more expensive, but I never expected that the price would soar from five hundred to ten thousand.

"I don't have that kind of money!"

At this rate, we'll really starve to death.

Even more terrifying, I was being hunted.

Not surprising.

I'm so cute, yet I'm all alone.

My family had been grooming me as a tool for arranged marriages.

"It seems the college provides room and board."

"We need to find a way to sneak in."

"But... my deck isn't complete..."

Before I could think for a few minutes, the bats and the dog echoed back.

More people are hunting.

They killed one batch after another.

There are so many people in the eastern fortress, it's like we can't kill them all.

...

"I'm so hungry..."

I grabbed the shriveled sheep carcass beside me and lamented like a wronged woman.

It's been a long time since I've had a decent meal.

Sheep's blood isn't very nutritious, but at least it's free.

I think I've awakened a very powerful ability—sleepwalking!

Every time I'm really hungry.

Go to sleep!

There's always food beside me when I wake up.

"Not enough to eat..."

"I really want to trick some big jerk into treating me to a meal."

That night.

I went out to find something to eat again; it was raining heavily outside.

The card hunter is back.

Their blood was so dirty, I couldn't swallow it.

"They're all weak cards..."

I looted their corpses, but all I found were ineffective N cards.

If things continue like this, I won't be able to pass the college's assessment.

A new batch of card hunters arrived soon.

This time things went wrong; there was a silver-level card hunter.

"There's no escape..."

I still have my card, but my acetylene levels are almost depleted, and they won't return if I don't eat.

Faced with the outstretched claws of evil.

I used up my last bit of nitric acid to perform the final sensing and spiritual communication.

Shatter—[Death Meteor]

The attackers aren't targeting their opponents; the card hunters can't be wiped out.

The [Death Meteor] attacked myself.

"Margulies Forever!"

The fire quickly evaporated the rain, creating a layer of mist.

"I'm sorry, Grandmother..."

I can't struggle anymore. Miracles don't exist, gods don't exist.

Those who are abandoned by God should die violently in the streets.

That night.

Perhaps it was a delusion before I died, but amidst the sea of ​​fire and mist, I saw a wooden door.

I walked toward it in a daze and pushed open the wooden door.

"Click—"

...

Welcome!

...

My name is Melonica.

My favorite card is [Vampire Heiress].

...

My grandmother said this to me on the day I left.

Leave here...

[Runaway... she's a rich girl...]

【return...】

[It's the Empress!]

"Margulies, I will definitely come back!"

Chapter 294 Extra - Another Worldline

It was written for the author to read.

(This is unrelated to the main text and can be skipped)

As mentioned before, this book has a predecessor.

In the first volume of the previous work, Luo Bai didn't have more than ten million at the beginning, nor did he know about the Desecration Card.

A very typical poor person.

After serving the first guest (not Ms. Mei), the program rewards you with five cards, which is like a newbie gift pack.

After leaving the card shop, you don't get to choose your landing spot; instead, you return to the entrance, which is the dungeon.

Afterwards, Luo Bai used one [System Crash] and one [Earthquake] to escape the underground city and return to the Upper District.

The first problem they faced was having no food and no lodging.

They happened to run into Melonica looking for roommates.

In the previous work, Miss May had two followers: a somewhat gloomy-looking ghost and a half-robot old man in a suit. They were her grandmother's followers and guards, with no romantic feelings involved and absolute loyalty.

Four poor guys started to struggle.

Luo Bai used a series of manipulative tactics to trick the three of them into agreeing to provide them with free room and board and that they wouldn't have to do any housework.

But I have to tutor Miss Mei in her written exam tonight.

In the first volume, the two have only one task—to earn money to buy cards and get into the academy.

Tuition is 20 per person, and the choice of card deck depends on your own preferences.

What followed was a long journey of making money.

The first stage is the arena, where teams work together to kill high-level wild beasts, and the organizers will give some rewards.

Luo Bai used the reward card from the program again, and with the help of Miss Mei's umbrella, two guards, and Qi Qiankong (a passerby), they won.

After deducting expenses, I made about 50,000.

If divided equally, Luo Bai would receive 10,000, which was a very valuable amount of wealth in the previous work.

The second stage is a wager duel.

Luo Bai raises the hard-earned money from Miss Mei's team to have a duel with someone else.

This duel uses a shared card pool.

That is to say, the organizer will release 300 cards, and the two duelists will take turns choosing 3 cards each time, until both sides have a complete deck.

The player who chooses the card later can choose to attack first or second.