The uproar can no longer be suppressed at this moment. Even though this is a noble banquet, even if Prince William Anjou is present, people still cannot hide their excitement:

"The first three cards are three 7s, and the fourth card is the queen? If he hadn't met Mr. Oxenfurt, how would John Watson have lost this game? How can anyone have such luck?"

Xia De took a deep breath, looked at Mr. Oxenfurt who was also surprised, and then asked Margaret's brother:

"Prince William, according to the Rhodes card rules, after the queen is drawn, you cannot draw cards. But I draw cards this time because of the requirements of special rules, and the rules require two cards to be drawn. There is no order for these two cards order, so I can continue to draw cards?"

"this......"

His Royal Highness hesitated for a moment, and then sent someone to find the staff of the Prophet Association. Tonight's banquet only invited local nobles. Businessmen like Mr. Oxenfurt came with friends and were not counted as invitees. Therefore, there was no Rhodes card arbitrator from the Prophet Association at the banquet.

The game was forced to suspend for 20 minutes. Under the urging of everyone, the servant rushed to the Prophet Association to find someone. When the elderly man who was wearing the uniform of the association and the Ouroboros brooch on his chest arrived, he listened to the situation of the game, then reviewed what happened just now, and after thinking for a while, he said:

"The special rules are greater than the basic rules. About 45 years ago, a similar thing happened. Yes, although this Mr. John Watson has drawn the queen, he can still draw the last card."

The curiosity that had been suppressed for 20 minutes had reached its peak at this moment. Everyone was looking forward to what Shade's last card would be. It wasn't that he had the possibility of winning, but the possibility was too slim and unbelievable.

The old man of the Prophet Association took out the record book and prepared to record the result, as a rare case, adding it to the "instance" at the back of the rule book.

Xia De pressed his hand on the last card, and people did not dare to urge him, even Prince William looked at his hand with his mouth closed. But Earl Granger, who was familiar with Shad, could say what they had in mind:

"Mr. Watson, as I said just now, you can take a sneak peek at the cards, but you must come to see the cards from the Prophet Association. Quickly open the cards, isn't it... isn't it?" ..."

His eyes widened, and Xia De frowned slightly. He has fantastic inspiration, he doesn't seem to deserve to win this game, if he wins, something bad will happen.

[So, do you want to win? 】

"Win or not, it's not up to me."

Xia De said in his heart, and under the gaze of countless pairs of eyes, he turned over the fifth card—

king.

The single queen and king are less than 21 points, but the king and queen appear at the same time, and the game is directly won.

Although Mr. Oxenfurt's "combination of special rules" is very good, but fortunately Shad's luck is better.

Mr. Oxenfurt's eyes were serious, and he raised his hand to press his temple, and the surrounding exclamation almost pierced Shad's eardrum. He didn't show joy, because the voice of "her" came from his ear again:

[Outlander, you feel the curse of bad luck. 】

Xia De put his hand into his pocket, frowned and looked at the man opposite. The other party just sighed regretfully, then looked at the cards in front of Shad again, and did not show any characteristics of a ring warlock:

"Winning him, I was cursed, is there something to do with it?"

[Unable to determine the source of bad luck. Do you want to fight back with 【Twenty Sided Dice of Fate】? The effect of the curse is very weak and has almost no effect on you. 】

After hesitating for a moment, Xia De didn't use his dice. He tries not to use the power of fate if he can.

"It's very interesting, Mr. Stone Oxenfurt..."

"Mr. Watson, this card belongs to you."

The card slid along the coffee table to Xia De, and the precise force control made the card just stop at Xia De's hand.

[Southern City Randall Valley], color: Sun 7. When this card is drawn, if there is a card with the same point value as 7 in the hand, the remaining cards in the hand can be adjusted to 7 points.

"We don't seem to be betting on special cards?"

Shad reminded, but Mr. Oxenfurt shook his head slightly:

"I don't remember the last time I lost. If you win me, it belongs to you. I won't touch this kind of card that is tainted with bad luck. If you have time, you can come to my manor as a guest. Looking forward to the next match with you."

Then the business card was slid over.

After speaking, Mr. Oxenfurt stood up, said goodbye to Prince William softly, and then left directly, not even giving Shad a chance to talk to Prince William to return the ring. Prince William didn't care about Mr. Oxenfurt, and he still looked at Shade's five cards on the coffee table in disbelief:

"It actually happened, what kind of luck is this?"

Shad picked up [Southern City Randall Valley] and stared at the back of Mr. Oxenfurt. He still felt that this person was definitely not as simple as he seemed.

Shad and Mr. Oxenfurt's brilliant Rhodes game overshadowed all the rest of the party. Even though the game is over, people are still enthusiastically talking about the details of the game just now. Shade believes that maybe in the near future, even Tobesk can hear the rumors about this game.

Of course, he didn't forget what he was here for. After accepting the big lottery and [Southern City Randall Valley], while Prince William Anjou was invited by the niece of Earl Granger and the daughter of the Marquis Caragher to dance, Shad had a private conversation with Earl Granger.

"Yes, it's still Mr. Thomas Granger's business."

The two stood outside the dance venue with wine glasses in their hands, Xia De said softly:

"You didn't seem to be telling me the truth last time."

He swung his glass:

"I know this is about your family history and shouldn't be disturbed again. But please forgive my curiosity, your great-uncle...what happened?"

Earl Granger glanced at him, shook his head slightly and took a sip of his wine glass:

"Yes, I did hide something about my great-uncle last time. You sent back such a precious relic that I shouldn't have concealed it, but... it doesn't really matter, just hope, Mr. Watson , it’s enough for you to know about it.”

"Yes, I can swear to [Mr. Dawn]."

Speaking of drawing the holy emblem on his chest, the earl nodded:

"As for the uncle Thomas Granger who ran away from home, in fact, the family did not find any clues in the long search afterwards. It's just that this involves a matter that everyone doesn't like to talk about, so we are very concerned about this Don’t talk about this matter. Mr. Watson, you also know that noble families always have many inexplicable relatives. If we really want to go back, we even had a blood relationship with the royal family of Anjou hundreds of years ago.”

He smiled self-deprecatingly:

"The whereabouts of Uncle Thomas Granger's whereabouts after his disappearance, the family really did not find out. But my grandfather once found out that my uncle had frequent conversations with our distant relatives, the eccentric Farmer family, before he disappeared. contacts, the amount of correspondence between them was high."

"Are the Farmers also local nobles?"

"No, no, it's just our distant relatives. They are small rural nobles who are down and out in the north of the kingdom, but now they have no descendants. Yes, there are no descendants."

"what happened?"

Xia De asked somewhat unexpectedly, it is not very common for nobles to die out. But unexpectedly, the Earl asked an even weirder question instead:

"Do you know about the Pantanal?"

"...Of course, I heard that Delarion and we both plan to open up new trade routes in the outskirts of the swamp. By then, we will be able to strengthen the traffic in the southern part of the Old Continent and form a new commercial city in the western part of the Old Continent."

This is what Shad saw from the newspaper.

"Yes, but the trade route that needs to be penetrated recently is on the outskirts of the swamp. What I want to say is that there is an island in the center of the swamp. You probably haven't heard of this."

The sound of the piano could not cover the voices of the two, but Xia De believed that no third person could hear their words at this moment, and his fingers unconsciously tapped on the body of the glass:

"...I haven't heard of it, it's too remote, and I don't know anything about that swamp."

"Yes, there is a huge lake in the middle of the Pantanal swamp that is not inferior to Lake Eldron. There is an island in the center of the lake. Although the island in the center of the lake is deserted, it actually has an owner~www. lightnovelpub.net~Although De La Rion and Carson Rick are unwilling to develop that barren land for some reason, about 70 or 80 years ago, Carson Rick sent soldiers to station on that island, It is an oath of sovereignty. And the island, according to the title deed that was unknown hundreds of years ago, actually belongs to the Farmer family, the distant relatives of the Granger family."

Xia De nodded. Although the island in the middle of the lake is extremely remote, the two countries are indeed thinking about it. After all, it is a nominal national boundary. It is not cost-effective to station troops for a long time, but the Church of the Five Gods will not stop them from sending people to plant flags or maintain facilities such as lighthouses and barracks every few decades.

What's more, 70 or 80 years ago, the power of the Pantanal Voodoo Society was far less powerful than it was last year. The sealed evils also showed no sign of breaking through the seal at that time.

"The extinction of the Farmer family is related to that island in the middle of the lake?"

Shad asked again, Earl Granger nodded solemnly:

"About seventy or eighty years ago, when the kingdom sent soldiers to enter the island again, the Farmer family also accompanied them, wanting to vacation in a deserted manor on the island, and then come back with the soldiers...they always Strange, it is rumored that this family has a hereditary mental illness. But in short, their family did not come back, and neither did the soldiers. Afterwards, the investigation was in vain, and there is still no result. People are very shy about talking about it. , and... It is said that the Farmer family's insistence on going to that small island for vacation has something to do with my uncle's correspondence with them. Baron Farmer was obsessed with the occult, and my uncle. .....Also like this."

This kind of family scandal is really not suitable for telling strangers.

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