"Are you sure this is not a pirated Rhodes card? Why does it look so new?"

At the wine table, Xia De said with a frown while holding Mr. Darkness's special card. The wine table where the two sides played cards was specially customized for Rhodes players in the tavern. Although the table was wiped clean, wine stains that could not be removed all year round could still be seen.

"I just went to the Prophet Association for a new card not long ago, and the old card has been damaged a bit."

Mr. Darkness skillfully shuffled Shad's deck, so Shad nodded.

Since the issuance of Rhodes cards hundreds of years ago, it is inevitable that special cards will be damaged after being circulated for many years. Therefore, the Prophet Association also provides a replacement service. According to the value of the card, a sum of money is spent, and the Prophet Association recycles the cards that are more than 80% complete and replaces them with brand new cards.

In this way, it is also avoided that special cards and decks are different in newness and oldness, resulting in the ability to recognize cards through the back of the card.

After shuffling the cards, the game officially begins. The young bartender deals the cards to the pair, while the burly bartender keeps score for them.

The first is a hidden card, and in the following two bright cards, Shad is the flower 3, the sun 7, and Mr. Darkness is the sun 9 and the moon 4.

"It doesn't make sense to fold in the first game."

Mr. Darkness said with a smile that he was probably really bored, and he was very interested in playing cards. Thick fingers directly lifted the cover card, the sun is 3, 16 o'clock, he raised his eyebrows, and signaled Xia De to open the card.

Xia De was not nervous at all, and flipped the cover casually. Sun 11, exactly 21 o'clock.

"Good luck."

Xia De said with a smile, and then motioned the bartender to score.

In the second game, Mr. Darkness showed the moon 9 and the moon 7, and Xia Deming played the stars 3 and 13.

Their face cards are all 16, and in the Rhodes card rules, the risk of busting the third card is about the same.

"Do you want to fold?"

Shad made a gesture of invitation.

"Of course not, what about you?"

asked Mr. Darkness, both of whom seemed to be laughing in the gaslight of the tavern.

Of course, Xia De would not fold his cards, so he lifted the cover with his hand. Sun 1, total seventeen.

Mr. Darkness picked up his own Moon 9 and flicked it to open the cover. Star 13, you don't need to count to know the bust.

"At least I'm missing a 13."

He said with a little ease, stacked the three cards and threw them to the side of the table, then signaled the young bartender to continue dealing the cards.

In the third round, Mr. Darkness got the 9 of the flower and the 1 of the moon. He directly opened the cover and got the 9 of the stars, a total of 19 points.

He gave Xia De a smug smile, and Xia De squinted at him, and then looked at his own cards, Sun 1 and Star 11.

He put his finger on the cover card and hesitated for a moment:

"Fold."

Shade lifted the cover, and the sun was 13.

Frowning slightly, the discard was not because Xia De guessed that he would definitely bust this round, or because he was not confident in his luck, but because when he was about to draw the cards just now, the voice in his heart reminded him that the opponent was actually using thaumaturgy .

The traces of thaumaturgy are very slight, and there are no sound and light effects. If it wasn't for Xia De's extremely sensitive perception, he wouldn't even be able to find the traces. The hesitation just now was actually to give the voice in her heart some time to let her determine the effect of the thaumaturgy.

And after Xia De's hand touched the object of the thaumaturgy, that is, Xia De's hole card, she really gave the answer:

[Your hole card was changed by him. 】

"Change cards? Spatial replacement ability?"

[It’s not a space, so I can’t tell you what it is. 】

After coming to this world to play cards for so long, Xia De finally met a guy who would cheat when playing cards. After losing twice in a row, Mr. Darkness began to think differently.

"It's despicable!"

In fact, Xia De used [Blood Echo] when playing cards, or the act of preparing to draw the Moon Dance Festival last time was also considered cheating, but he did not expect that someone went too far than him, and directly changed other people's hole cards.

The rules of the game in the tavern are the same as the regular Rhodes game for ordinary people. Xia De knew that his opponent was cheating, but without evidence, he could not report the opponent because he could not prove his statement.

Under normal circumstances, there will be no cheating in the game between two ring warlocks. The effects of thaumaturgy or incantations are either immediately noticed by the onlookers, or invisible to anyone but the caster.

But that doesn't mean Shad can't do anything about it.

"After the cards are dealt for a while, I will change the bottom card into [Creation · Balance]. If the opponent dares to change the card, I will let him try thaumaturgy."

Unlike [Carson Rick Southern Folklore Moon Dance Festival], which must be placed in the deck to be useful, [Founding Balance] can appear whenever and wherever Shade wants, regardless of whether it is in the deck or not. where it appears.

Moreover, although the founding series of cards do not have any extraordinary properties, under normal circumstances, they accept the effects of thaumaturgy and spells like ordinary cards, but [Genesis·Balance] is different.

After experiencing the night when the evil gods descended on this Rhodes card, Shad found a way to use it, just as Luvia said. Although Shade did not have the power of the chosen one like Iluna, the power displayed has nothing to do with the ancient gods. But as a card, this miraculous card does not accept any spells and thaumaturgy effects other than Shad.

After conjuring this card, Darkness will suffer backlash from thaumaturgy. At this time, Xia De used the other hand that was lowered to change the cards again, changing [Original Balance] into the palm of his hand, so that the original hole cards returned to normal, so that he didn't have to worry about being discovered.

Thinking about things in my heart, the fourth round has already begun. Xia De's revealed cards were Moon 6 and Star 10. He put his fingers on the cover cards, and then looked at the opposite Mr. Darkness. The latter was checking his two cards and did not use thaumaturgy for the time being.

[Do you want to replace the hole card with Founding Balance? 】

She seemed very interested in it.

"Wait a little longer, I want to give him a surprise when the other party is unprepared."

To a certain extent, Xia De is also a stingy person.

But this time, Mr. Darkness didn't change the cards. The reason for changing the cards in the third round was that Shade had won the first two rounds, but his thaumaturgy probably couldn't be used at will, and with so many ring warlocks watching, how many The risk of exposure for the first use of thaumaturgy is significant.

In this way, it came to the 8th round. At this time, the decks of the two sides were close to half, and Xia De led by 8 points in terms of points. Mr. Darkness hasn't changed his cards since the third round, but when he saw that both sides showed 17 points in the eighth round, Xia De knew that the opponent was about to cheat again.

"It's about to start! It's about to start!"

He fixed his eyes on his opponent, amused by his own emotions at the moment. But at this moment, a hand suddenly fell on Xia De's shoulder from behind.

Looking back, it was Miss Prince who put her left hand on Shad's shoulder. Because he was wearing a mask, Xia De couldn't see her expression, but he could see her shaking his head slightly:

"Mr. Watson, your luck has been very good."

Saying that, he touched the ruby ​​earring on his right ear again.

[The ruby ​​relic works. 】

She whispered in her heart.

Xia De sat upright and looked at the cards under the light in front of him. He has always liked the pattern on the back of the Rhodes card:

"What is the relic effect?"

[Don't change your cards, you open your cover and have a look. 】

Xia De opened the cover, Sun 3, a total of 20 points. On the other side, the middle-aged man with severe ectropion looked at the opened card in surprise, apparently not expecting this result.

"you......"

Of course he couldn't say "Why hasn't your hole card been changed?"

"You're really lucky."

He closed his mouth and snorted out of his nose, then lifted his cover and busted a total of 23 points.

Mr. Darkness pinched his lips with the nails of his right index and middle fingers, and he began to tense up.

[The effect of the relic held by Miss Prince can only be guessed, probably the effect of prohibiting thaumaturgy. 】

"Prohibition of thaumaturgy effects? Miss Prince's earrings, is such a strong relic?"

Xia De frowned slightly, watching the dealer continue to deal the cards.

[This is just speculation, and of course it is impossible to ban all thaumaturgy. But according to my feelings, the relic level may be above the sage level. 】

"What? That ruby ​​earring is...Miss Princes, what is it about? But since she is still helping me, I don't think there is any need to be too suspicious."

Thinking in his heart, he stacked the three cards that had already been opened and threw them aside, then turned his head to look at the blonde girl standing behind him again:

"After leaving here for a while, where is the next stop?"

"Want to see the sea?"

Her voice came from behind the mask, and it seemed a little dull.

After Mr. Darkness's cheating methods were ineffective, the outcome of this game was already doomed. Even though the method of drawing an entire deck is more skill-testing than the normal method, Xia De relied on luck and finally won easily with a 23-point lead.

The middle-aged man who cheated in the game did not play tricks. After the game was over, he took the 9 pounds that Shade paid in advance from the bartender, and then sat back at the small round table against the wall and continued to read the newspaper. Didn't tell Shad.

The onlookers also gradually dispersed, and this matter will probably become a topic of conversation in the tavern in the next week or two.

After Xia De paid the broker's fee, he also got the poet-level relic [Universal Currency].

Observed carefully under the gas lamp, the coin is engraved with very fine words around the periphery. After translation, the meaning is [equivalent substitute, equivalent luck].

"If I choose to use this coin, can the twenty-sided dice of fate rebound the bad luck it brings?"

【certainly. 】

"Then who is the object of the rebound? Rebound to the coin? Rebound to me who uses the coin? Or to the existence that made the coin?"

[Do you want to try it? 】

She asked with a chuckle in her ear.

"I'm just kidding."

Xia De quickly stuffed the coin into his pocket~lightnovelpub.net~ Of course, in order to prevent confusion with other coins, this coin is stored separately.

"I have nothing else to do here. Shall I buy you a drink before I leave?"

After the game was over, Xia De, who was in a good mood, asked his companion. After this game of cards, his favorability towards Miss Princes has greatly increased.

"Would you like a drink too?"

Miss Princes asked back, Xia De thought for a while:

"I think I'll just have a glass of iced fruit juice."

"Then I want a glass of fruit juice, too."

she said, and motioned to Shad to choose a seat. Both of them are wearing masks, but they will definitely have to lift up after drinking, so it is best to choose a remote location:

"Mr. Watson, you seem to be very good at playing Rhodes cards, why don't you take this opportunity and tell me about your Rhodes card experience?"

She carefully chose the topic of chatting in the tavern, and asked Xia De a question in a relaxed tone.

The gas lamp shade on the wall was a bit dirty, giving the yellowish light an ambiguous halo. For Shad, the feeling of getting acquainted with a stranger within a few hours is very strange.

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