"[End of Era]."

　　 Then, the influence [Steam Kingdom] suspended on the table automatically absorbed this card, and the living statue continued to announce:

"After absorbing enough power and coming to the edge of metamorphosis, the great event [End of Era] has come. This round, under the fate of the spiral, creation that should not have been born will be born. Two kings, you At the final confluence, a miracle creation was created—"

　　 All the cards related to [Steam] in the Jenkins card pile are automatically flying out and fusion with [Steam Kingdom] that are not under his control. He just watched this scene and did not stop the cards from flying.

　　 "Miracle Creation [Great Wisdom]."

　　 That influential card was shining with inexplicable colorful light, and in the mysterious and dazzling light, the power of machinery and steam was appearing. This is not the power coming from outside the strange world, but the power hidden in the body of the living statue by the difference engine. Once that power is formed, it means the kingdom is destroyed and Jenkins is directly out of the game.

　　 In other words, the living statue is about to print a card as the host of the treacherous world.

　　 Jenkins sighed when he saw this and released his hand covering the key card.

　　 Since the other party wants to print the card, he can do the same. It's too low-level to read and write. He doesn't bother to do it. What he has to do is to play the cards that appear.

　　 The cards exposed under the hand are slightly smaller than the cards in the Decisive Lands, and they have different styles.

　　 Jenkins read the name of the card:

　　 "Everything is impermanent-the world."

Chapter 2125: Maintaining Stability

　　 "Impermanence in Vientiane?"

　　 Obviously, Miss Elf also knows the Wanxiang impermanence card. In her time, the rumors about this set of cards were spread more widely than in the Eighteenth Century.

　　 "But is this really okay?"

　　 She understood Jenkins' idea, but because she still couldn't move, she couldn't speak. But Jenkins shook his head as if he had guessed what she was thinking at the moment:

　　 "I think any card-like special items can probably play a role in the game. This is of course cheating, but our level of cheating is obviously better than the opponent who directly printed the card."

　　 The living statue didn't make a sound, but stared blankly at the [Great Wisdom] card, absorbing power in the light. This is the 40th round. Once the [Great Wisdom] is really conceived, Jenkins and the Elf will not even have the opportunity to make a decision in the next round, so Jenkins immediately throws out the card in his hand.

　　 The Wanxiang Impermanence card fell into the center of the table, immediately emitting a little light. Although Jenkins didn't know exactly what role this card could play, its appearance did suppress the light that merged many cards.

　　 Even though there is no "fusion cancellation" effect, [World] does have an inhibitory effect on [Great Wisdom].

　　 "This is not a card in the game."

　　 The statue finally made a noise.

　　 "Yes, it is not, but this is also a card. If the game is not allowed, you can tell me."

　　 "...This card can only be used once."

　　 But obviously this was accepted as one of the rules, and Jenkins let out a sigh of relief. He is sure that this is useful, but he actually found that the opponent is arbitrarily manipulating the game, so he judged that the restrictions on his side in the game should not be strong. But because it is just a guess, it can only be thrown in the last round. Otherwise, once it is useless and alert the other party, it will be even more difficult to find loopholes in the rules.

　　 Wanxiang impermanence card also rose to the top of the table in the little light, reaching the same height as the light of fusion that will soon be [Great Wisdom]. Both are shining. Although the brightness of the light is different, they both contain extremely powerful power.

　　 The three people on both sides of the poker table remained silent and waited for the result. The light gleamed on their faces as well as on the faces of the many wax figures around them. They are all waiting, so no one intends to speak until the results come out.

　　 Miss Elf was especially nervous, the reason she didn't speak was that she really couldn't speak. I was thinking about how to persuade Jenkins to sacrifice the platinum influence card once the Vientiane Impermanence card was useless, but fortunately, at least for now, her worries are unnecessary.

　　 The light of the Wanxiang impermanence card finally suppressed the light of fusion. The cards that were absorbed and merged in an attempt to form [Great Wisdom] were affected by the impermanence of Vientiane at the final moment. As hundreds of cards related to [Steam] fell from the table to the table like snowflakes, the light of fusion It completely disappeared, and all the cards related to [Steam] also lost their power.

　　 Even at the last moment, a black phantom appeared on the light of fusion that almost stopped the hearts of the two living people present, but in the face of impermanent fate, the final fusion did not succeed.

　　 Vientiane is impermanent-the world did not fully exert its power, but only the destiny shifted by stimulation caused Jenkins to be saved once.

　　The numerous [Steam] cards scattered on the table meant the failure of the fusion. It lasted for forty rounds. The continuous manipulation of the cards made [Steam] accidents frequently occur, and the attempt to live statues was finally shattered.

　　 The Vientiane Impermanence card flew back to Jenkins's hands, and Jenkins put it away again. He looked at the living statue. After the power of the differential engine in the statue flows into the light that has disappeared because of the printing card, the living statue seems to have lost energy, and its activity is much lower than before.

　　 "Forty rounds, is it over?"

　　 Jenkins asked.

　　 "No, it's not over yet, for the fortieth round, you still need to go through another event."

　　[Human Puss Eruption] The cards also flew from the deck to the table, and the dark light instantly dyed the used cards piled up on the table black.

　　The black dust floated out of the tabletop, connected into ink lines and flew towards the wax figure in the wax museum. Jenkins sorted out the cards in his hand, set aside the [Elves' Free Wind] [The Heart of the Wild Elf Tree], and then held a total of 30 [Maintain Stability] cards in his hand. These [Maintain Stability] are partly obtained by Miss Elf through the way of dreaming, and partly obtained through the effect of the [Marriage] card.

　　 "Human pus erupts and the kingdom is destroyed."

　　 The living statue announced that the voice was not as emotional as it was just now, and it sounded very much like the way a differential machine speaks at this moment.

　　 "No, the kingdom has not been destroyed yet, I still have a way."

　　 Jenkins threw all the [Maintain Stability] cards to the center of the table.

　　 was originally just a normal effect card [Maintain Stability]. After entering the center of the table, they overlapped, like a big net, pressed against the [Human Puss] that radiated black light.

　　 "I use thirty cards [maintain stability]."

　　 "It's useless, once [human pus] erupts, there is no way to recover it."

"But now it's just erupting, and it doesn't mean it's really erupting. As a male king, I exert [maintain stability] influence on the country, let people stay at home, stay calm and optimistic, and let representatives of public opinion go to the streets to give speeches. , To promote truth, goodness, beauty and chivalry."

　　 "It's useless, human pus is a beast of disaster."

　　 the living statue repeated.

　　 "No, [Human Puss] is just a card."

　　 Jenkins' eyes seemed to glow, he held the table with one hand and looked towards the center of the card table. The golden light flowed out of his hand, [Human Pus Burst] also wanted to blacken the thirty [Maintain Stability], but it couldn't do it at all. Similarly, [Maintain Stability] also wants to suppress [Human Pus Eruption], but they cannot even prevent the power of this card from venting to the wax museum outside the table.

　　 "You look down on me too much. In this game, you have the final interpretation right, so I can't even explain the power of the cards to influence the direction of the duel."

　　 Jenkins said, watching the power of the cards confronting each other. Judging from the current situation, it is indeed 30 [maintaining stability] that prevailed:

"But in fact, there is one thing that you never want me to realize. That is, no matter what happens, the game is not realistic after all, so it must be carried out in accordance with the rules of the game. Therefore, even in reality, it is impossible for humans to be The idea of ​​"is suppressed, but in a game that is more ideal than reality, everything can be achieved as long as it is reasonable. It seems that whether it is reasonable or not is not solely up to you to judge."

　　 He took a deep breath:

"The rule of the country cannot be restored with a game of cards, but I have really experienced that even a disease that has spread to the world will always be suppressed by reasonable governance; even a disaster that is rare in a millennium will always be suppressed. A group of people rushed out...I said too much, but you have to understand, don’t underestimate people’s hearts, and don’t underestimate the history that I know. I won this round."

Chapter 2126 Sacrifice

After 　　 unilaterally announced his victory, Jenkins narrowed his eyes slightly and continued to look at the "struggle" on the table. Now it is the cards he spilled that prevailed:

"The eruption of human pus is the eruption of human evil. Correspondingly, if the evil thoughts in people's hearts can be suppressed, then the eruption of human pus can be prevented. This is my idea, and it is very reasonable. These thirty [maintenance] Stability] On the one hand, it comes from my own experience and on the other hand from the practical teaching of the princess. This is the combination of the two worlds and the common method of the two worlds. I think I am not a good king..."

　　He paused and continued:

　　 "But I think these are enough to suppress human pus."

　　 "Do you think this is reasonable?"

　　 asked the living statue, its gaze no longer looked at the card table, but at the dense black lines extending from the table. Those lines were making a brand new change to the wax statue in the wax museum.

　　 "Of course it is unreasonable."

　　 He put his right hand on the table and leaned forward slightly:

"But don’t underestimate the power of human beings. Although I am not a qualified king, there are people who help me wholeheartedly gather around me. In the game, although the protagonists are me and Miss Xirufu, in the kingdom of the game, our There should also be people around you who are wholeheartedly loyal to the royal family, or who wholeheartedly want to change society?"

　　 A strange light appeared around Jenkins, and the emblem of the [Uncrowned King] appeared on his head. It was originally only the size of a palm, but it quickly grew larger until it covered the entire desktop.

　　 "The difference machine wants to prove that I am not the king of mankind by cards. It is a bit simple."

　　 He said softly, not in a hurry, he knew that he had won the game. The emblem of the [Uncrowned King] was expanded to the entire desktop, while the [Uncrowned King] was directly engraved on the [Maintain Stability] card.

　　 "I think I am not a very good king, but that doesn't mean I think I really don't have that ability."

　　 He leaned on the table top, straightened up and stood up, looking at the living statue on the opposite side. The latter seems to have made up his mind to stop talking, and even no longer pay attention to the final battle on the table.

　　 "The eruption of human pus was finally stopped because of the king's measures. From the first year to the tenth year of the epoch, the two kings dedicated almost all of their power to the kingdom."

　　 Jenkins said, leaving only the Magic Sword card and two symbol cards on the left, and the rest of the unused cards on the right:

"The domestic situation has changed, various disasters have followed, and social development has made the lives of the poor more painful. But even so, in just ten years, our country has made rapid progress and has been reborn from the last destruction. Ten years will not solve much. The problems, the problems accumulated over the past ten years, will take more ten years to solve. But the efforts of the two kings are obvious to all..."

　　 He didn't actually want to praise himself deliberately:

"Although ten years are short, the people already know the hard work and determination of the kings. Therefore, in the last winter of the tenth year, when the king suddenly announced that he would maintain stability with the utmost strength, even if people no longer wished, they Still did this. Because people know that the existence of a king is the order of this era, and even if they yearn for other things, they also know that order is the first thing to survive.

　　 Then, the burst of human pus only appeared in a limited number of individuals. More people have responded to the king's call, try their best to think about some beautiful things, and suppress their own evil thoughts.

　　 In the last winter of the tenth year, because of the eruption of human pus, the kingdom suffered a great deal, which even spread to the entire world, making the world almost fall to the end of the world again. But because of the uncrowned king, because of the efforts of the uncrowned king wearing the crown, even though the power of the beast of calamity was terrifying, people finally led it to the eleventh year. Even if you are faced with the ruins and the corpses of relatives, the days will always go on.

　　 People can be knocked down, but they will continue to stand up. If you underestimate human beings, then it is really ridiculous. "

　　 Jenkins picked up the three unused cards and said to the living statue:

　　 "The tenth year is over, the year-end summary is over, and the kingdom enters its eleventh year. This game is very good, but we won."

　　[Human Puss Outburst] card is still exerting its strength, and [Maintaining Stability] is still suppressing it. But just like Jenkins said, the game is over. Even though it had the upper hand in the season of the outbreak, it did not have the upper hand, so the kingdom was not destroyed in the 10th year.

　　According to the rules, Jenkins won.

　　 He looked at the black lines flying out of the desktop and asked:

　　 "Where is the door to leave?"

"it's here."

　　 The living statue pointed behind him, and on the wall behind him, an unstable door with white light appeared.

　　 Just before Jenkins and Miss Elf left, the space around them suddenly changed. The gray mist sprayed out of the desktop suddenly, blurring his vision for a moment.

　　 Jenkins felt dizzy, not because of the gray fog, but because the surrounding space was changing.

　　 He held the desktop and quickly helped the elf re-arrange the spirit. Miss Elf didn't care about complaining about Jenkins' behavior just now, and stood up abruptly.

　　 The gray mist dissipated, and the entire wax museum seemed to have expanded at least a thousand times. Even though most of the area is still in darkness, that darkness is the darkness that can be seen.

　　 Because of the change in space, the location of the door seems to be a few kilometers away. But what is more serious is that all the wax figures in this wax museum covered their necks and moved. The black fluid flowed from their fingers and fell to the ground, like a pool of black ink accumulated on the soles of their feet. The black fluid squirmed like a living thing, covering the wax statue.

　　 The sight in front of him is the eruption of human pus.

　　 "Do you want to break the rules? The game is over, we have to leave here."

　　 "You did win, but only if I declare that the game is over, can the game be over."

　　 The living statue who is still sitting at the table said that the table has not expanded due to the expansion of the space, so they can still see each other clearly in the center of the vast space.

　　 The living statue took one of the red accident cards and threw it on the table without looking at it:

　　 "The card game did not end because of an accident in the fourth quarter of the tenth year. That was the most dangerous card appeared."

　　 On the card surface is written [Dream Reality], and the pattern on the card surface is the wax museum before the expansion of the area:

"This is the most terrifying card of all event cards. Its effect is to make the last event before this card appear from the table and appear in this wax museum. And the last event is [People Eruption of Pus]. Savior, I did not violate the slightest rules, including the expansion of the wax museum, which is also the effect of this card and has nothing to do with me."

　　 "But this card appears now, isn't it you are making a ghost?"

　　 Miss Xirufu scolded, but the other party kept silent.

　　 "Then how can we end this incident?"

　　 Jenkins asked.

　　 "It's very simple. The eruption of human pus directly contaminates these wax statues. As long as you solve all the statues here, then the incident will be resolved."

　　 The human pus that is currently erupting has not completely contaminated the wax figure, so Jenkins does not know how strong a complete human pus monster is. Moreover, the terrible thing about human pus is not in the monsters at all. The frightening thing is contagious. The frightening thing is the twisting power of the soul's essence that is produced by the fusion of human pus.

　　Miss Xirufu grabbed Jenkins' arm, and at the same time stretched out her hand to fish out the white gold card representing her bloodline from the air:

　　 "There are no other options now, sacrifice me."

　　 The sound of damp dada around is the sound of black fluid dripping continuously. Those that flow from the holes in the soul and body are not only polluting the wax statue itself, but also polluting the world. At some point on the ground, a black blanket of fungus appeared, and it seemed that life was also being born from these disgusting things.

　　 "In the fourth quarter of the tenth year, the rapid eruption of human pus formed an army of human evil."

　　 The living statue made an emotional sound. With its narration, the area of ​​the wax museum continued to expand, and the door on the wall was almost nowhere to be seen.

　　【Dream Reality】Not only does the wax museum discover what happened in the kingdom, it also allows the wax museum to overlap with the kingdom in the card game, so the area expands.

　　 Now this is almost equivalent to a plain, Jenkins even saw the shadow of tall buildings in the distance. Maybe after tens of minutes, they will be here to face a whole black liquid army.

　　 "World Tree, please sacrifice me."

　　 Miss Xirufu pulled Jenkins's sleeve, and Jenkins shook his head.

　　 He touched the platinum card in Miss Elf's hand and pressed it into her chest: