Grand Lust Sovereign-Chapter 141: New Arcana Cards

El had everyone's attention at this point.

"The other species of not just this world, but everywhere else where the Tower lies, are not normal anymore."

Julien frowned hearing that. What did he just hear? He couldn't believe his ears.

"I'll repeat it. No one except the humans are normal. Everyone is controlled or influenced in some way or the other. Through my vast network, it took me some time, but I was able to confirm it."

El explained the reason why she had disappeared for some time.

She was out investigating important matters such as these.

She found out that wherever the Tower lay, the species other than humans got affected.

They were controlled or influenced by the evil constellations and weren't as rational.

The divine constellations were extremely high in numbers, but the demonic ones were a tad bit smarter.

As they possessed nothing and had nothing to lose, they kept experimenting and working on things until they finally reached a conclusion that the only way to beat those divine constellations was by acquiring people.

It mattered not if it was a human or an elf. As long as it was a sentient being who could do rituals and worshipping, it would make do.

All divine constellations preferred humans because they brought high luck, stability, and adaptability.

Humans had a short lifespan as compared to the rest. They did things in a way knowing they wouldn't be alive the next day.

The rest of the species weren't like that. They knew tomorrow would come, and wouldn't do much things today.

Their lives were interesting and their thirst for immortality was entertaining to look at.

Some divine constellations were formerly humans, and their struggle to reach this position fascinated other divines.

Hence, somewhere down the line, other species were not paid as much attention, which the demonic constellations took advantage of.

They had many devotees now, and the universe was about to fall into chaos. The situation was dire.

"…now, you might be wondering why am I saying it to you all. What can you even do? You do not possess the needed strength to make a change. Isn't that right?"

Julien and the ladies nodded their heads.

"There's one reason. And one reason only. It's fate." El said seriously. "The Arcana Card chose Julien, and Julien chose you. The ones related to him can be the only ones who can stop the apocalypse from taking place."

The Arcana Card randomly chose Julien. There were no other factors involved.

The randomness led to him possessing an extremely unlucky life where he suffered through many disasters and even died.

On the other hand, there was one person who suffered through the absolute best. He never had a day in his life he had to worry, and never a day when he went hungry.

Comparing Julien to him, one would think that it was absolutely unfair that someone could live like that.

The good and bad luck cards both were the absolute unfair items in the universe. They should've never existed in the first place, but they did.

"…the gods that made those items have disappeared. Nobody seeks them, and nobody has the power to do so either. If one has their hands on the bad luck card, they cannot contain its power, and lead to a path of self-destruction…"

El continued to explain.

Getting hold of the bad luck card was easy, but keeping it was the real deal as death would constantly loom over the person's head.

Death wasn't the end for such a person either. They could fall in the wrong hands and get tortured for eternity for all one knew.

"Your luck isn't limited to you. Your existence has caused a domino effect and a lot of chaos is about to erupt. We initially thought that…"

As there was a good luck card somewhere, it should've balanced the effects of the bad luck card, but such wasn't the case.

The two cards were independent of each other and stirred problems in their immediate surroundings.

One could think in the following ways: suppose a man is taking his life savings somewhere important. He accidentally drops it due to his bad luck, and these savings are found by someone with good luck.

If a positive effect is considered '+' and a negative effect is considered '-', then this situation results in a +|- effect.

In similar ways, even in the absence of good luck card or the bad luck card, the situation will always be +|- and never +|+ or -|- due to complex laws that went beyond the comprehension of even an average god.

El skipped this explanation for now.

What mattered was that Julien and that good luck card guy's existence had resulted in a lot of chaos. It was time to fight it and restore peace, otherwise everyone and everything was doomed.

"Prepare for battle. That's what I came here to say. You ladies, and you, Julien, have to work together to save the cosmos from the cosmos itself." El dropped wisdom along the instructions.

"How will we prepare?" Julien asked the important question.

El didn't answer.

Instead.

Snap!

Seated gracefully, she snapped her fingers.

The surroundings instantly switched.

It was a bright blue sky above.

It was a calm blue ocean below.

In the midst of it was a red lotus.

On it was El, sitting at its edge with her legs crossed like a divine figure.

"Choose whatever fits you best."

El said and snapped her fingers again.

Thousands of fluttering pages swirled around them like a breeze.

They were of different colors and glowed brightly. Some were purple, some were golden, and some were a deep crimson. Some were even pitch black.

When Eleanor, Lorene, and Rosalynn saw those, their eyes spun in shock and they felt dizzy.

"W-w-what!?!"

"How is this possible!?!!!?!"

Legendary.

Forbidden.

Eternal.

Mythical.

Celestial.

Void.

Eternal.

Every.

Every single category's Arcana Card was here!

How in the world was this possible!?! They could not believe their eyes.

"I'm giving you the information on these cards. Choose whatever suits you best." El said and snapped her fingers again.

Information poured into their minds.

Julien felt a sharp pain in his head, but it soon subsided and he understood what these cards were.

The cards were divided into different categories.

Healing, support, attack, defense, movement, curses.

These were the categories.

Within these categories were subcategories, and those subcategories had further divisions and so on.

In a moment, it was impossible to determine which card would be the best for one.

The group was here for a week, going through these cards one by one.

Eventually, Julien came to a decision.

Before he could choose though, El appeared before him and said, "Don't remove your Forbidden Card. It is needed. You have two more slots, so focus on those."

After ranking up, Julien obtained an extra slot.

One of his slots was permanently blocked due to the misfortune card within.

"If I keep using it, I'll end up awakening someone who mustn't be awakened." Julien responded.

"Exactly." El nodded. "And that is what we need."

"…"

Julien started at her, baffled.

"Make the chaos more chaotic?" He asked.

El smiled and didn't say anything further.

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Julien got his answer.

Shaking his head, he put one of the three cards he had chosen on hold. He'll use it later when he ranks up.

In the past week, El had clearly stated that they were all underleveled. When they rank up, they can use higher category cards, so she asked them to choose multiple ones.

Eight was the limit, and as Julien had one card blocked, and couldn't remove his Forbidden Card, he chose six of them.

Another important thing was that unlike Julien, the rest couldn't wield as higher level cards as him.

He had the restriction removed in the tutorial, and this gave him somewhat of an edge.

It wasn't going to be an astronomical difference now though as El had given them all multiple cards to choose from.

If such an option wasn't available, Julien was bound to be a unique individual. However, his uniqueness was going to disappear when the rest leveled up.

His bad luck flared up again.

Nothing could be done about it.

Julien selected his two cards.

They were: Spectral Cataclysm(Void), Heaven's Ruin(Celestial).

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Spectral Cataclysm(Void)

The user enters an ethereal shadow form, gaining the ability of instant teleportation at short distances while leaving behind a lingering curse echo at the previous location.

The curse latches onto nearby enemies, draining their life force, reducing their defense, and slowing them over time.

After a short delay, all cursed enemies detonate violently, spreading the curse to nearby enemies and dealing unavoidable spectral damage that bypasses all defenses.

Buff: The more the user moves, the stronger the curse accumulates, prolonging the chain reaction.

Cooldown: 1 year.

Cooldown reduction: Each successful elimination of an enemy ranked higher than the host will reduce the cooldown time by two weeks.

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Heaven's Ruin(Celestial)

A celestial decree that marks targets for divine destruction.

Upon activation, summon divine spears that obliterate everything in their radius, bypassing all physical and magical defenses.

Any enemy struck by the light suffers Absolute Death, preventing reincarnation or resurrection.

Upon near-death, divine light envelops the user and pulls into a state of existence and nothingness, momentarily granting invincibility for retreat. Re-emerge elsewhere, restored with full power.

Can be activated manually to dissolve the user's presence, allowing an instant retreat to a predetermined safe-point.

Cooldown: 10 years upon triggering the passive invincibility effect.

Cooldown reduction: Each judgment on a heretic reduces the cooldown time by one month.

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