Card Apprentice Daily Log

Chapter 868 Piority Task ʼS.O.Bʼ

Date- 3 April 2321

Time- 09:35

Location- Sky Blossom City, Outskirts, Unknown

”What about the priority task ʼS.O.Bʼ?” Having shown Cole what a generous boss she was, Sansa asked him about the priority task ʼS.O.Bʼ.

”I have made contact with the target,” Cole replied but before he could continue further, Sansa interrupted him asking, ”Is he dead?”

”Sorry, your highness. This slaveʼs strength is not enough to kill the target. And he is under the Southern Emperorʼs constant observation,” Cole answered, and prayed in his heart that his answer does not dis-satisfy Sansa.

”Huh? What do you mean by your strength is not sufficient to kill the target? The target is a card soldier and you are a card overlord. With your realm, you can slaughter an army of card soldiers and now you want me to believe that you cannot handle a single card apprentice?” Sansa was indeed enraged to hear Coleʼs answer but she paused giving Cole a chance to explain himself before she added more punishment under his codename.

”Your highness, this humble salve believes the target has a strong physique that could rival the physique of a peak card lord or an initial card overlord. And I have reason to believe that the target is not far from achieving ultimate comprehension and mastery in a certain blood rule meaning. If we add the broken ruins and other cards given to him by the royal family for his protection, I think his strength is enough to kill an initial stage card overlord.” Cole has seen the tournament video of the target and thought he could complete the task but meeting the target in person he realized that the target has grown strong enough to threaten his life.

”So you mean to say the information on the targetʼs strength was wrong?” Sansa asked Cole if this was his final explanation.

”No, your highness. This salve believes the information on the targetʼs strength was correct a few days ago but the information department failed to keep up with the progress of the target.” Cole answered

”So you are telling me that in the span of a few days the target gathered enough power to kill an initial stage card overlord with the realm of a card soldier,” Sansa asked Cole in disbelief

”Yes, your highness. The target has exceptional talent and with the support of the resources from the southern royal family the target is growing at an exceptional rate.” Cole concluded his explanation as to why he could not assassinate the target despite the huge realm difference in his favor.

”Sigh, that bitch continues to haunt me from the afterlife. MamaPimp, you better tell me you did not call me to report your failure,” Sansaʼs voice turned shrill.

”No, your highness. I have other news. Which may create a perfect opportunity for your highness to assassinate the target.” Cole answered confidently as he felt that the information he had would not only get him back in Sansaʼs good grace but also get him enough merit points to get the resources for him to directly break through to Card King realm.

”Before that, explain to me how the target was able to escape the Nether Witchʼs high-rank curse?” As Anna warned her young love Sansa had indeed contacted the Nether Witch to kill the target using high-rank curses but the plan failed even before it could achieve fruition leaving the Matron dumbfounded.

”Your highness, this Salve has seen the target wearing the Heatsend family heirloom the dummy ring, which can negate high-rank curses, even SSS-rank curse is not an exception,” Cole remembers his uncle telling him stories about the dummy ring which every generation of matriarch gives to the patriarch of the southern royal family and once he saw the ring on the targetʼs finger he immediately recognized it as the Dummy ring, and couldnʼt help but feel jealous. At that moment he wanted to kill the target not because of the mission but purely out of his jealousy.