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episode 7- learning to play with the 'iron' fairy

The girl took the card and looked at it amazed. “ She looks beautiful.” Redstern knew she was as deadly as she was appealing to look at. “ There is a legend behind the 'iron' fairy.” The girl looked up from the card to Redstern. “ Once long ago there was another world. It did not abide by the codes of battle and war. Their only interest was evil and ruin. This was a time the four greater worlds banded together and fought this evil. The battles were always long and tiring and after one particular battle a fae commander of a medical unit were treating those injured. The fae were always considered the weakest in attack and defense but also had the fastest speed and best arts. They were healers and messengers most times till this one day everything changed.

Those of the dark world broke threw the lines and were about to destroy them and the fae commander ordered her unit to take who they could and get threw the dimensional gate. She herself rushed the enemy hoping to buy at least a few minutes but they ignored her and rushed past her with ease. Over and over she struck them to no effect. Those few injured able to thrust themselves into the hoard hoping to save even more of the others just as the fae did. In her sadness and grief that she was unable to help she decided to do something desperate. She used an art to sacrifice her wings in order to become a living weapon for a short time.”

The girl opened her mouth wide surprised and angry. “ Not my fairy.” Redstern nods. “ She did. Because of her sacrifice she saved those of the injured and those of her command. Every world from then on looked at the fae with respect and honor they did not before. No longer did they get mocked for their size or strength but honored for the size and strength of their heart.”

The little girl looked at the fae commander amazed. “ How do I play with her?” Jake sets a KSBS beside the pile of cards on the table. “ This is a store system. Put her card on the screen.” A hologram formed of the fairy with her wings. Jake looks away hearing two in argument. “ I got to deal with this. Redstern you are on your own.” Redstern looked at the stats as well. Her speed was extremely high. “ Look here.”

Redstern points to some stats beside her. “ These are the stats of the 'iron' fairy. The top one 10 represents her attack. The one under it, 0, means her armor rating. The third one is her health, an amazing 100. Last is her speed. This is represented by a heart. Which means her speed is equal to her health.” The girl nods understanding. Redstern puts a hand under the fairy's hologram and lifts her off the screen. Four symbols appear. “ See these symbols. They are very important.”

Redstern lets go of the fairy and she starts flying in place as Redstern pushes the top icon. “ The top is always a tribe icon. She is of the plains tribe of the fae world. Which means she gives each of those on her army +20 speed. This includes herself.” Redstern pushes the icon again and the explanation shrinks back into the icon. He pushes the second one. “ This one is her passive ability. She enables the speed strike rule.

Which means that whoever had the higher speed hits first no matter if they attack or not.” Again Redstern hits the icon then the next. “ This is her activation ability. It is triggered ability. She may use 10 mana a turn to recover 10 health.” Redstern moves to the last icon. “ This icon is the king stand ability icon.” He activates it. “ The 'iron' fairy attack and health increase by the number of attacks her team has taken by 10 for each attack that game. However she loses her heart icon for her agility. Which means her default speed becomes 0.” The girl nods understanding that. “ Which means she is a great late game commander.”

Redstern sets her cards and places them on a mat. On the left he put the spell deck and on the right he put the army deck. “ See the back of the cards. Blue back cards are magic as red are creatures and equipment. Red cards you can use as you see fit but you can only draw one blue card every start of your turn and you start with five as your hand.” Redstern went to his wrist to call his own deck but found it did not have any cards in it. Someone then tugged on his wing. “ You are going to need these.”

He turns to see Lord handing him a new beginners deck. He takes it and almost laughs as it was a fire dragon deck. He opens it and finds all the tokens and a mat that comes with the deck. He took the cards out and set the rest aside as he looked threw the cards. The free rare commander card he set aside as well. He set the cards out as he did hers and drew five cards from his magic deck. “ All right little one. Do you want to go first?” She nods and starts to draw a blue back card. “ Wait a moment little one. Sense you had the very first turn you do not draw a magic card. However you do get to summon your army first. The red cards.”

The girl puts her hand down and grabs the red cards and looks threw them. “ You have four spots for your creatures. You may summon any you want as long as their total level is not over four.” She looks threw them and puts a lvl three emperor dragon in the front and a level one fae healer behind it. Redstern paused seeing the play and relaxed. “ Very good young one. Now you can also equip a card to your commander, the 'iron' fairy. I would suggest your air shield.” She puts a card in the back area and Redstern sighs. “ Young one that is for setting cards to be used for future turns. Such as a magic card with a Q in the top left corner. You can put equipment there but it is better to put them on the commander right away.” Redstern noticed her face bloating and turning red again. “ However I will not tell you how to play.” Redstern goes to the mat and points to a counter. “ That is the mana counter. At the start of every persons turn it goes up by 10. You can put a health counter here to mark how much you have.” Redstern goes into the box and gets a pair of tokens and marks them both having 10. “ After you set a card it is time to attack. Sense it is your first turn you can not do that. So your turn is over. Ask me questions if you need to young one.” Redstern draws a magic card and moves the two magic markers over to 20 before making his move. “ I place a level three striker assault dragon in my front and a level one striker shield defender beside it. Then I equip an arm blade and an arm shield to my senior strike dragon.”

Redstern noticed she was confused. “ How you got two equips?” Redstern smirked. “ Strike class dragons can equip any two arm type equips at the same time. Otherwise I can only have one. That is our race ability.” Redstern then set a magic card and moved the mana counter again. “ It is your turn.” Redstern looked at how the girl has her army and was worried. The set card made him wary as her commander can attack with a front line unit in play. Plus her fae healer increased both her emperor dragon and commander by 20. It all comes down to what she plays as she takes a magic card. “ I cast fae light. By using thirty mana and discarding two magic cards those on my side gain thirty speed. My big dragon then attacks your big dragon.”

Redstern sighs fearing this. “ I use rapid shield defender's ability and increase my rapid assault dragon armor by forty.” Here was the moment Redstern feared. If she equipped emperor dragon with a fae striker then for one turn the emperor dragon could attack again. “ How did it live?” Redstern looked at her surprised. The masterful strategy he thought was going to play out did not work as he thought. “ I sacrificed my rapid shield defender. That is it's activated ability.”

After all the children were on their way home Jake was setting out an extra mattress and a blanket out for Redstern. Redstern looked to the side. “ Can you tell me why you are doing this?” Jake put the pillow on the top and sighed. “ I know what it is like to be raised without your parents. Most of the young dragons that come here are orphans from battles long ago fought. Their fathers long dead and their mothers. You know better than me the fate of most unfortunate female dragons.”

Redstern looked away ashamed for asking. “ This place is a safe heaven for all who seek shelter. This place use to be a bunker during the last world war.” Redstern looked around. It did not look like one. “ That does not seem likely.” Jake chuckled. “ Of the buildings on this street this one is the only one to survive the battle two years ago.” Redstern raised up surprised. “ The one the last thunder lord was killed by you Terrans.”

Jake nods reluctantly. “ That is not something we freely talk about but sense you must know. Yes, that battle. I was there during it and I do not see any honor in that fight.” Redstern looked downward ashamed. “ I did not mean to pry.” Jake sighed. “ It is fine. I do not mind that much but never mention it to Lord or his sister. They lost their father during that fight.” Redstern nods. “ I understand. I guess that is how you know them. They must have met you when they came to honor their father.” Jake sighed again and started heading for the stairs. “ My parents died that same day in that battle. Hammer, the partner to that beastman officer that saved you, lives because my parents gave their lives to save him.” Redstern looked at the wrist device and made a decision. “ I wish to thank you commander for this chance.” Jake paused and hit the lights. “ Be up in the morning bright and early. We will be going to the academy together.