Catastrophe Card King

and her secret intervention in the ownership of the “Xismark Holy Grail,”

the mastermind behind the entire plan would never have appeared from start to finish, and no one would have detected a trace of her existence.

Thus, divination, prophecy, and all sorts of mysterious system spells would fail to yield any actionable intelligence.

Only then could the plan be smoothly implemented.

After all, the “target,” Queen Catherine’s identity, was too special.

This might well be the only chance to kill her.

This also allowed Leonard Churchill to experience for the first time the skills of these high-tier strategists.

If one couldn’t see through them, they would likely just think this was a simple act of assassination and revenge.

But seeing through them could yield great benefits.

The most important thing at the moment, however, was the fight between Camilla and Queen Catherine.

Between the two of them, death was inevitable.

…

At the gambling table, the other three Knight Card battles were still raging.

While Leonard Churchill was leisurely collecting the Spoils of War.

While thinking, he also carefully observed the casino boundary around him.

He also confirmed some peculiar places he had noticed before.

Meanwhile, Queen Catherine began her counterattack!

After the Demonic Solution, the Illusion of the nine-headed beast erupted with billowing Demonic Power.

With the power of angels bolstering her, she was domineering and unmatched.

Those dark grey wings on the Queen’s back spread wide as if a genuine angel had descended, and suddenly, a pressure that was hard to describe surged.

Just from looking directly at her, the High-Level Creature’s Might hit everyone’s hearts in an instant, instinctively causing a fear that welled up from the depths of their souls.

Even Leonard Churchill found a “Intimidation” debuff appearing on his status panel.

On the other side, Camilla, holding the “Xismark Holy Grail,” commanded waves of Ice Curse Power like a tide.

She was also channeling the power of kingship from the Holy Grail, wrapping herself in a halo of Holy Light.

Queen Catherine flipped her hand into a sword finger, and a golden card appeared in her hand. After funneling Curse Power into it, she chanted the Incantation: “Forbidden Curse・Crow Inferno!”

The card collapsed, and the Spell formed instantaneously.

Everyone watched as the grey-black feathers on her wings stood up like bristled fur and then, like arrows loosed from a bowstring, they shot forth with whistling wind.

Shadows of feathers filled their eyes.

Amidst the rapid slicing through the air, one could see each feather suddenly transform.

It turned into crows cloaked in grey-black flames.

The flock of crows was innumerable, covering the sky like a torrential downpour.

Even through the Boundary, onlookers could feel the terror of the flames on the crows, hot enough to distort the Void.

This Spell was of extremely high-tier!

Leonard Churchill was surprised and thought, “A Forbidden Curse right off the bat?”

He had read about this Spell in the court secret records Tracy had given him!

This was definitely a Forbidden Curse Level Spell.

Normally, even Sixth Tier Fire Series Card Masters must use it with caution, but this Fourth Tier Queen of Orlan just threw it out effortlessly?

“Borrowing the power of angels, huh… So strong.”

Leonard Churchill, being of werewolf physique himself, was very clear about how such an aberration could augment his own strength.

He squinted at the sky full of fire crows, suddenly understanding why the Queen had fused with angel wings.

This dramatic increase in combat power was simply outrageous.

Was she looking to break through the limits of human tiers, or perhaps elevate the human bloodline to achieve some special goal?

Once the Forbidden Curse Level Spell was unleashed, the vast casino boundary became a sea of fire.

Only then did the guests, who were the audience, realize that the mysterious “Lady Catherine” was outrageously powerful.

Even Carlo, the “Golden Lion,” who was pretending to be in a tough fight, felt some trepidation upon seeing this and questioned whether his decision was correct.

The methods revealed by the Orlan Remnants were far beyond his expectations.

If the plan failed this time, their Lionheart Family might be in for a backlash.

But at the same time, he steeled his gaze, knowing the trouble would only grow if they couldn’t kill her now.

Not just the Lionheart Family, among the guests, individuals from the White Family, Miller Family, and other top Federation elite displayed various expressions.

The former Orlan Royal Family ruled the New World for over two thousand years, controlling almost all of the top-level Card Master resources.

These Orlan Remnants held too many top-tier and even “Super Tier” secrets in their hands.

This was a foundation none of these Senator families had.

Almost no one in the venue fully understood the cause and effect behind Catherine’s Spell.

But in a corner, the “Pursuer of Light” who had just killed the Silver Moon Leader again, seemed to have seen through something, murmuring to himself in a mosquito-like whisper, “Hmm… God Thief, stepping into the God Tier? It seems she planned to leap straight to Legend using the power of angels. Tsk tsk… these Orlan Remnants do control some secrets to breaking through the Sixth Tier.”

If it wasn’t for this early exposure, it was hard to tell what the consequences would be once it really took off.

…

If this Queen Catherine was just a regular Fourth Tier Card Master, Camilla would probably kill her without breaking a sweat.

However, it looked like everyone had “miscalculated.”

The Queen of Orlan’s strength was so formidable it could not be assessed with the normal Card Master tiers.

As the fire crows swept down from the sky, they struck Camilla’s Elemental Barrier bolstered by the Holy Grail.

“Boom!”

“Boom!”

“Boom!”

“…”

The clash of ice and fire exploded into a foggy mist within the Boundary.

Clearly, even though Camilla was supported by the Holy Grail, her Power of Ice Law, which was naturally countered by fire, was at a disadvantage within this Forbidden Curse.

The Holy Grail’s silver light was quickly overcome by the grey-black flames, shrinking into an increasingly small sphere of silver light.