'Legendary Kill!'
How did I not think of this earlier?!
Ron sprang up and grabbed a stack of Legendary Kill cards from his bookshelf, his thoughts racing.
The leaves of the Chameleon Radish had a firm yet flexible texture—they weren't stiff, and squeezing them felt surprisingly good.
If the leaves could grow in the shape of cards, their flexibility would make them easy to shuffle and handle just like regular playing cards. Plus, their resilience meant they wouldn't get deformed easily.
Looking at it this way, it was perfect!
Mason and the others had previously suggested that Ron open a factory to mass-produce 'Elemental Cards' and 'Legendary Kill'.
After all, Ron had already made a fortune through Ron's Wonderful Flower Shop. Letting the money sit there gathering dust didn't make much sense.
But in the end, Ron had passed on the idea.
Why? Too much hassle.
Or, more accurately, not worth the effort.
As a certified max-level slacker, Ron already had enough money to live luxuriously for decades. If something wasn't both fun and easy, he couldn't be bothered.
For example: hotpot.
Buying a proper hotpot pot and stove wasn't hard. With his Rank 1 Warrior strength, setting it up in the living room was a breeze.
A hot meal of lamb on a cold winter day? Absolutely worth it.
But opening a hotpot restaurant, managing business, logistics, and marketing? That was just asking for trouble.
If he were that kind of person, he wouldn't have sold the seasoning recipe to Lyle so casually back then.
But this situation was different now—
Because of the Chameleon Radish.
Ron spent 10 Wealth Points to exchange for a new Chameleon Radish seed from the system shop.
He spread out the Legendary Kill cards and selected a [Peach] card, then placed it on the ground along with the seed.
Seed Acceleration Spell.
Plant Manipulation Spell.
Chameleon Radish, matured!
A vine as tall as a person burst from the ground. Countless fine branches stretched out, and dozens of [Peach] cards blossomed.
Ron stepped closer and plucked one of them, weighing it in his hand.
Hmm. Light and handy.
It felt smooth but with a nice tactile texture—very satisfying to hold.
He squeezed the card from both ends—[Peach] bent into a perfect arc.
As soon as he let go, the card immediately returned to its original shape, with no creases or damage.
Ron picked about twenty more [Peach] cards from the vine and stacked them in his hand like a proper deck.
The texture, the subtle friction between cards, the feeling of shuffling and dealing—it was all top-notch!
Even better than the Three Kingdoms Kill cards from his original world!
It was like they were tailor-made for this!
Ron broke into a wide smile. The idea of mass-producing Legendary Kill cards was starting to look very promising.
He was suddenly excited about the thought of bringing tabletop culture from another world to this one.
He imagined people in the streets, gathered in small groups, playing Legendary Kill. The thought genuinely thrilled him.
This wasn't even about making money anymore.
It was about fun.
Ron dropped the handful of [Peach] cards onto the table and began analyzing the feasibility of mass-producing Legendary Kill and Elemental Cards using Chameleon Radish.
Then he hit a snag.
A full Legendary Kill deck had over a hundred cards.
The basic cards—like [Strike], [Dodge], and [Peach]—each had multiple duplicates, but the types were few. For those, he only needed one Chameleon Radish per card type.
So just three Chameleon Radishes would cover the basics.
But what about the others?
Special action cards like [Undead Invasion], weapon cards like [Aegis Crossbow]—they were numerous, and each would need its own dedicated Chameleon Radish.
That was easily thirty different card types.
Not to mention identity cards, health markers, and the most resource-intensive ones: the character cards!
He'd already designed over thirty characters.
Putting it all together, to form a complete production line, he'd need at least 70–80 Chameleon Radishes growing simultaneously!
Yet his dimensional farming space was only 11 square meters.
Ten of those were already dedicated to growing Nether Orchids and Crimson-Gold Chrysanthemums.
The last 1 square meter was currently occupied by a mother vine of Scalevine, which was still growing.
If he wanted to keep all production within the dimensional space—without starting a factory—he'd have to expand that space to 70–80 square meters first!
But that was just not realistic.
Right now, every additional square meter of farming space costs 1,000 Wealth Points, with an upper limit of 20 square meters.
Ron currently had just over 20,000 Wealth Points, so in theory, he could buy the max space.
But the moment he maxed out the expansion, the system would almost certainly jack up the price.
Knowing how shameless and greedy the system was, Ron wouldn't be surprised if the next square meter cost 10,000 Wealth Points.
So expanding to 70–80 square meters?
In your dreams!
Ron picked up the stack of [Peach] cards from the table and squished them in frustration.
He glanced at the two Chameleon Radishes in his study and started thinking of alternatives.
Maybe he didn't need to rely on the dimensional space. What if he just planted them outside?
Given his status as the Seventh Prince, it wouldn't be hard to request a plot of land outside Chaos City. Money could handle that.
But there was a catch.
If he grew Chameleon Radish outside, 70–80 plants wouldn't be enough.
In the dimensional space, he could accelerate dozens of Chameleon Radishes at once, harvest the leaves, replenish nutrients, and quickly regrow them for another cycle.
That kind of tight production loop was only possible in the dimensional farm.
But outside, he'd have to mature the Radishes one by one in the dimensional space, then transplant them into the field.
After harvesting once, the leaves would need natural time to regrow.
There'd be no way to rush it like inside.
Sure, he could use Plant Manipulation Spell to help them grow, but with dozens of Radishes, his humble Tier-2 spell wouldn't cut it.
Like pouring a glass of water on a burning house.
What was he going to do? Hire a team of Wood-element mages to work for him?
Even ignoring the insane cost of hiring mages who could cast compound spells, what kind of mage would agree to be a glorified plant caretaker?
In this world, mages were among the most prestigious classes. They wouldn't demean themselves doing labor for someone else.
Even though Ron believed that magic was the number one productive force in this world, the deep-rooted class hierarchy meant that mages working for others was basically impossible.
So if he wanted to produce Chameleon Radishes in the outside world, he'd need multiple copies of each card-producing Radish.
The basic cards like [Strike], [Dodge], and [Peach] would each need dozens just to meet production demand.
To complete the full Legendary Kill production chain at scale, he'd probably need to grow 400–500 Chameleon Radishes.
And if he wanted to build a closed production cycle—harvest one plant, let the next one mature, and so on—he'd need even more.