The Amber Sword

As the Pendulum Golem made its last stand, Ina was shaking from the boiling rage within her. Her hazel colored eyes seemed to be emanating rage, “You pendulum idiot! There was no need to remove your defenses! You bastard! Don’t you want to live anymore?!”

The Pendulum Golem’s body was creaking, yet he stood tall to speak to his companion, “My dear comrade, all this that is going on is a battle between the Planeswalkers. It had always been since the beginning of the century. And we can do nothing but to obey it. Master had pursued such a world her entire life, existences like her, who can simply utilize the Laws of the world. As such, we have nothing but revere against the entire system.”

The Pendulum Golem shook its head, “I may be powerful to most, but on the battlefield, we were no different.”

“You paranoid bastard!” Ina stomped the ground, pointed her finger at the Pendulum Golem and shrieked, “Pendulum Beast! you will regret this! I’ll defeat you this time and then I’ll step on your fictional vain on the ground, you stupid fool! Apprentice planeswalker, let us defeat that rin brain!”

Brendel glanced back at Ina. He more or less knew the reason she was so pissed.

The Pendulum Golem, nearing its final moments, stood with pride at its location. The two had been fighting one another for a thousand years, but instead of saying the two as archenemies, they were friends with varying ideals. However, it was beyond Ina’s imagination that it would be willing to give up its life.

Her heart was cold, some sort of indescribable rage boiling within her. She looked back and met Brendel’s sorry gaze, “Planeswalker?”

Wait a second. The Alliance of City-states I?! How can this card be the core of the deck? How is that possible when it merely raises the levels of my summons by 1!

Brendel was confused. How can that Card be the core of his deck? The Alliance of City-states had always seemed to be an unorganized deck having Cards like The Mercenaries of Lopes, The Golden Mine, and the Sprint Drive. There just does not seem to be any powerful Cards in the deck and it cannot even compare to the Paradise of Adversity. Even the Flame Tribe and the Visionary Artifact decks were better than it.

He was hesitating, but time was running out. Whether or not it was a core Card or not, it could raise his summons’ levels by one. And that was enough for him. He was trying not to have any regrets in his life as he took out the Card that he had and was about to activate it.

That was when it happened.

The normally emotionless Pendulum Golem had a shocked expression on his face.

He stared at Brendel unbelievably and even dropped the staff in his hands.

“You..!” It bellowed, sounding defeated somehow.

“Me?” said a shocked Brendel as he continued, “What is it about me?”

The Pendulum Golem pointed to the Card in his hands, accompanied with a terrified look, “Legendary! How can you have a Legendary Card?! Impossible! You’re just an apprentice! That’s impossible!”

If it was not for the seemingly incredible act that he was playing through, Brendel would have thought it was mocking him. The Golem was definitely in a winning position, but now it looked as if he was about to lose the fight. Even when Brendel felt that the odds were all in his favor, the Golem was unfazed. But now…

He stared at the card in a daze. How can this Card even be strong? But Brendel was a smart person. He noticed the Golem’s odd expression and knew that something was definitely amiss. While he did not know what it was, he raised the card high up in the air.

It was then.

A blinding golden light flashed across the place, a rectangular flag with the white emblem of the Alliance of the City-States appeared in his hand, shining with golen light. He was standing soaked in blood with Halran Gaia in his right hand, and a golden flag in his left. His appearance, under the light of the Flag, had a striking resemblance to a general.

Then, a miracle happened.

Within the radiance, Brendel could see all the change that was happening to his summons and comrades. Ropar suddenly grew out a bone armor that covered his entire body, with spikes protruding out of it. The trident in his hand also became a hot red halberd with runes inscribed onto it. His flames rose in temperature, and Brendel knew that he could finally unlock his Elemental Power.

A high-grade Fire Elemental Power.

Meanwhile, Andrea’s evening gown had changed into a lavish dress that seemed to be for a princess. A befitting set of chest armor was matched to it, along with a pair of dark gauntlets. Her shoes had also changed into a pair of high heels made of steel. Her eyes, one with green and the other with red, was burning with flames under her battle-state. It was evident that she unlocked her Elemental Powers as well.

But the biggest change happened to the Wind Spirit Spiders. When Brendel arched his head up, he did not see any Spiders. There were only Wind Spirit Dragons there, a pseudodragon. Albeit being only level thirty or so, with their numbers, they could make up any weakness they had individually. The Holy Swords, on the other hand, turned into armor befitting the marvelous dragons.

“This…”

Brendel suddenly went blank. Was there such an epic change when the level was increased by 1? Am I still dreaming after being knocked out by the Devil? Or perhaps there was an error with the Planeswalker’s system? Just before he was about to check the system’s menu, he could hear a terrible screech.

“Brightman’s Flag! The Alliance of the City-states! Planeswalker Tuman!” The Pendulum Golem seemed like he was about to tear his face apart as he glared at Brendel, “You……. You’re Tuman’s apprentice!”

Brendel was still in a daze. That was because he had opened the Planeswalker’s menu from his system. In that instant, he understood the true effect of the Golden Battle Flag.

The Wind Spirit Spider and Holy Sword Cards had turned into silver, while the Fireclaw Chieftain and Andrea’s card had turned into a gleaming golden. He could hear his heart rumbling, So this what it meant! So misleading!