“Oh, the conditions for Jule are not looking very good. He has already lost the first toss of the match,” the commentator announced.
“Hahaha… that’s my son-in-law; he has lady luck on his side. You punk, you can’t do anything to him,” Xander spoke as he looked at Anon with a smile.
‘Ha… what pathetic fools they are. They don’t even know that this coin landed on the lion because of my will. If I wanted, it could’ve easily landed on the snake side, but I don’t want to take control of the game so soon,’ Anon thought as he smiled at Xander.
“Sit down, or I will kick you out of your seat,” Ion said as he pointed his cane at Xander.
“Y-Yes, Father,” Xander said as he sat down on his chair obediently.
“State your rule, Mr. Jeffery,” the principal asked.
“I want to ban magic from this match and only allow physical weapons to be used,” Jeffery spoke as he looked at Anon.
“Okay, now turn any card, and remember this: 2 will be the lowest number, and Ace will be the highest,” the principal ordered.
“Yes, Ma’am,” Jeffery said as he turned the card around. The card was the jack of diamonds.
‘Wow, that’s a hard card to beat. I don’t think he can beat me,’ Jeffery thought as he smiled at Anon.
“Good… Now Jul-” Before the principal could’ve said anything, Anon moved his hand over the top row of cards and picked up a card.
“I want to allow both physical weapons and magic artifacts in the match,” Anon spoke as he turned his card around.
The card was an Ace of Hearts.
“This trade has been won by Mr. Jule. Anything can be used in this match, whether it’s physical weapons or magical artifacts,” the principal announced with a smile.
“Fuck…” Jeffery spoke as he looked at Anon with an angry expression.
“Jeffery, state the second rule and turn your card around,” the principal spoke again.
“No pre-made Arrays will be allowed inside the arena,” Jeffery said as he turned the card around. This time the card turned out to be the queen of hearts.
“Woohoo…. way to go champ,” Xander shouted as he looked at Jeffery.
Jeffery simply bowed to Xander in reply.
“Drugs will be allowed,” Anon spoke as he turned his card around.
Xander stood up from his chair to look at the card and he couldn’t believe what he just looked at.
It was another Ace. Ace of Diamonds.
“That’s impossible… how could he pull two Aces in a row?” Xander shouted.
Bonk
Suddenly Ion hit him with his cane.
“Sit down,” he said with an irritated expression.
“S-Sorry, Father,” Xander spoke as he sat back down.
“Another trade has been won by Mr. Jule. Drugs will be allowed inside the arena,” the principal announced.
This time Jeffery didn’t wait for the principal to tell him anything; he just started speaking and turned his card around.
“Poison will be allowed inside the Arena.” As soon as he turned his card around, he saw the King of Spades on it.
“Haha… try to beat this, kid,” Jeffery spoke as he looked at Anon.
“Now, Jule,” the principal spoke.
“Poison will not be allowed,” Anon said as he turned his card around.
This time Anon left the whole stadium in awe because the third card he pulled out was also an Ace of Spades.
“Dad… he is cheating. That thing can’t be possible even if you manipulate lady luck. Please do something about it,” Xander requested Ion.
“Mr. Jule has pulled three Aces in a row… does this mean that luck has taken his side? It doesn’t look like a good sign for Jeffery,” the commentator announced.
“Well, Mr. Jule has won this trade too, so no poison in the arena,” the principal spoke with a smile.
“Now-” ．ｔ
“Wait.” Before the principal could’ve said anything else, a voice interrupted her.
She immediately turned around and looked at the source of this voice. Suddenly she noticed that the one speaking is none other than Ion himself.
“Yes, Mr. Ion?” The principal asked.
Ion stepped out of his chair and started walking towards Anon and Jeffery.
He started walking in a circle around both of them and started observing Anon from all sides.
Anon also looked him dead in the eye.
After reaching the same position that he started from, Ion stopped and stomped his cane on the ground, and suddenly, a notification popped up in front of Anon.
[You have entered inside the <Null> Area]
Suddenly Anon felt his mana leaving his body.
Both Jeffery and Anon looked down and noticed that a circle was made around them in a circular shape.
‘You sly bastard,’ Anon thought as he looked at Ion who was smiling at him.
“Something wrong, Son?” Ion asked.
“Nothing,” Anon answered as he gave him a wide smile in reply to his little trick.
“Let’s start the final round, shall we?” Ion asked as he looked at the principal.
“Y-Yes, Sir,” the principal replied because even she didn’t know what Ion was doing until he activated his spell.
“Nice move, Father. Now that bastard will get caught easily,” Xander spoke as he looked at Anon with a smile.
“Okay, Mr. Jeffery, choose the last rule,” the principal ordered.
“Huh…? Y-Yes ma’am,” Jeffery spoke as he snapped out of his trance.
“I want to allow the use of healing artifacts and healing potions,” Jeffery spoke as he turned his card around.
The card this time turned out to be a charm for him… it was an Ace of Clubs.
“Yes, My son-in-law. I knew that you are really lucky,” Xander spoke as he started cheering for Jeffery.
“All 4 Aces have been opened; Jule lost this trade,” Eve spoke as she looked at Anon with a very hesitated expression.
Ion smiled at this view and started walking back to his seat.
“Mr. Jule, please-”
‘Ha… I won 3 trades. Losing one is no big deal,’ Anon thought as he turned a random card around because he knew that he is going to lose anyway.
But the next card he turned around changed everything.
“Mr. Jule has won the final trade. Please State your 4th rule,” the principal announced.
As soon as these words fell into Ion’s ears he immediately turned around to look at the card that Anon was holding in his hands.
As he looked at the card, his eyes were left open wide due to the shock.
The card that Anon holded in his hands was none other than the joker itself.