Lord of Mysteries: Yao Guang

When Esther walked to the card table, Mateo also turned his head and said, "Hey, you can come here. It doesn't matter if you stand in front of me and watch."

Esther glanced at him with raised eyebrows, but did not refuse Mateo's kindness. Instead, she squeezed to the edge of the card table by taking advantage of the petite height of the whole group.

On the left side of the card table is a blond man who has taken off his shirt and is naked from the waist up. His blue eyes were wide open due to nervousness, the corners of his eyes were bloodshot and red, and the hand holding the cards trembled slightly. It was obvious that he was completely absorbed in this gamble.

"Hurry up, do you smoke or not? I told you before, don't cheat if your heart is not strong enough, the God of Luck will no longer favor you."

The man on the right side of the card table rapped the table with his knuckles politely. The cigarette hanging from the corner of his mouth did not affect his speech at all.

After he knocked the sound, he raised his hand to lift a handful of fine black hair scattered in front of his forehead, and raised his head proudly to the crowd watching the gambling game, his dark blue eyes filled with pride.

This man was wearing a rough-made black tuxedo, with one leg on a chair to prop up his elbow, and the other leg resting diagonally on the ground. The shiny cowhide shoe was shaking constantly, showing an arrogant impatience.

Although he wore a pair of gray-framed glasses, he only exuded the exaggeration of a polite scumbag.

The black-haired man had a Loen-style gray formal suit, plaid vest and white shirt hung on the back of the chair. A cane lay across the floor, and the finely crafted half-top hat had been flattened by him.

Obviously, these are not his things.

Esther looked at the card table. The black-haired man had more than a hundred golden horns piled in his hands, and there were also a lot of silver coins sandwiched in them. The corner of the other man's table was empty.

There are fewer types of poker games played by two people than by three or four people. The emergence and promotion of poker cards were the work of Emperor Russell. He retained the rules of suits, colors and numbers, and also left behind a variety of ways to play.

The cards of this gambling game are the simplest way to catch kings and eights: a small king and an eight are taken from a deck of cards. The two people take turns to draw cards from their hands, point out pairs of numbers and put them on the table, and then take the cards from the opponent's hand. The players draw from each other, and the person who gets rid of all the cards first will win.

Knowing the method of betting actually reduced Esther's previously strong curiosity.

The blond man held six cards in his hand, but the arrogant black-haired man opposite him only had three cards left in his hand.

number of cards with them

Esther was standing at an angle to the right, so she could only see the blond man's hand.

When the blond man tried to draw the card, the dark-haired man's eyes were not on the hand of the person opposite him, but on his face.

Esther noticed the reflection on the black-haired man's glasses. The reflection slid slightly and became distorted, reflecting a little of his cards.

Esther had an intuition that the reflected scene had been changed.

She smelled a strange smell, a little sour and spicy, which stimulated her appetite. Esther sniffed subconsciously, but with her height, when she was blocked from the innermost side of the crowd, she couldn't see the restaurant across the aisle at all.

So Esther's eyes fell on the black-haired man.

She remembered that the last time she smelled a similar smell was when she met an Extraordinary who was on the same path as Klein.

Is this person also a "divineer"? Don't know what sequence it is.

I don't know whether Esther's careful eyes were too deliberate or her indifference among this group of people was too conspicuous, but the black-haired man opposite also raised his eyes and looked at her.

Then, with his other hand that was not holding cards, he quickly clicked three times on the table.

Behind the lenses, those blue eyes became secretly deep and dark.

As the man clicked his fingers three more times, his eyes quickly returned to normal, but he never met Esther's gaze again.

He also used spiritual vision to observe my situation. He was not as arrogant as he appeared, but was actually quite cautious...

Soon, the blond man drew a random card that matched the number, which made him let out a long sigh of relief.

But when the black-haired man pulled out another one, all that was left on his opponent's face was pale.

A pair of Aces was thrown on the table, and the black-haired man turned over the cards in his hand. The clown on the trump card was showing the same exaggerated smile as his face.

His tone was very kind: "You can make a choice now. Do you honestly admit that you cheated, or do you take off your pants and get out of here?"

Esther patted Mateo on the shoulder and whispered: "Let's go, the results are out, I still need your help with something."

As a result, she didn't expect that she would be called out. The black-haired man suddenly turned his head and said loudly: "Hey that little lady! Don't leave, we can also have a few words. I am very gentlemanly, I won’t bully a lady!”

The smile on his face was only malicious, and anyone with eyes would not be able to see the gentlemanly demeanor.

Esther raised her lips: "No need, we are not familiar with each other."

Then she pressed Mateo's shoulders and squeezed out of the crowd, feeling unhappy with the man's invitation to play. Vika smacked her lips in disbelief, glanced at the lost blond man, and quickly followed Esther and Mateo.

The arrogant black-haired man frowned, then smiled quickly and looked at his opponent across the table: "So, you should admit it, right? You are just a despicable liar."

The blond man stood up silently, gritted his teeth and began to take off his pants.

The people watching and joining in the fun burst into cheers, whistled loudly, and clapped their hands vigorously.

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"What do you want from me?" Mateo was a little surprised when he heard the noise coming from the direction behind him, "That man really lost his pants?"

Weika also looked back frequently: "It is a serious matter to admit that you are a cheater. If it is not exposed, there will be no evidence, and it can be said that the other party is slandering. If someone is exposed, it is no different from taking off your pants, and even the bottom is The kind that doesn’t even have any pants on.”

"It sounds like you have a deep understanding." Mateo glanced at Vika.

Vika imitated Esther's usual expression and bared her teeth: "It sounds like you are still young. You can go out for more walks when you have time to gain more experience."

Mateo's face was expressionless: "I have enough knowledge, but I have no experience in gambling, because there are many ways for extraordinary people to cheat."

"I'm also going to start collecting extraordinary materials!" Vika wanted to punch Mateo on the shoulder, but he was sidestepped lightly.

"I'm glad to see you two getting along so well." There was a smile in Esther's voice.

Mateo stared at her in surprise: "You call this being friendly?"

"Who is friendly with him!" Vika responded a little slowly, but added viciously.

"I need you to help me divine the effect of an extraordinary item, because I cannot perform divination."

Mateo looked at Esther suspiciously: "You don't know how to divination?"

"Thank you, I can't, it's not that I won't. If I perform divination involving the spirit world, it will easily cause abnormalities, so it will be more convenient to let others do it." After Esther explained, she pointed to Vika next to her. , "You go to his room and wait for me later."

"Why my room?" Vika asked subconsciously.

Esther always felt that Vika became more and more casual after letting go of her fear and guarding: "Because it can open your eyes, and by the way, I want to see how well you understand the occult knowledge."

Vika wanted to give herself a slap, why did she say so many words, and was suddenly targeted.

Mateo raised his thumb and pushed out the source of the two people who ran downstairs instead of doing business: "I have no objection. This guy couldn't stand the lesson and offered to buy me a drink."

As soon as the few people climbed up to the third floor, they heard rapid footsteps coming from downstairs.

Esther's face darkened first, and her disgust shifted from Vika to the stairs. As expected, she saw the man wearing gray-rimmed glasses with a silver coin between his fingers.

After meeting Esther's eyes, the man smiled even more cheerfully. Holding the strong-smelling cigarette in his mouth, he walked quickly through the corridor and stretched out his hand directly to Esther: "Barnabe, there is this. Is it an honor to meet you, ma’am?”

"What's the matter with you?" Esther didn't touch his outstretched right hand.

But Barnabas kept raising his hands in front of Esther, admitting too frankly:

"I'm looking for some news on the sea in Nath, and I think you might be able to help me."

Esther was puzzled by this man's inexplicable eagerness: "What do you think? You don't seem to be that gullible. Be careful that spiritual intuition can also deceive you."

Seeing Esther casually mention extraordinary words in front of the other two people, Barnabas no longer had any scruples: "I'm looking for traces of the mermaid."

"Then you came a little late. Half a month ago you could have shared a boat with my friend."

"Build a boat?" Barnabas chewed on this statement and couldn't understand it, but Esther's words revealed other information, "So you do know where to find the mermaid, right?"

Seeing that Barnabas' hand was still raised with no intention of taking it back, Esther had no choice but to hold it and shake it casually twice: "Yes, I don't know, you can go."

"Don't, don't!"

Banabei just took back his hand, thinking that the other party meant to talk in detail, but he heard such bad news.

Banabei took advantage of Vika to insert the key, push open the guest room door, and flick the cigarette butt into the room. Then the next moment, a burst of flames flew, and he was already standing in the room ahead of everyone else.

Vika stood stunned by the door, looking at Banabei who had picked up the cigarette butts in the room and put it in his mouth again without any disgust, and then looked at Esther outside the door who had a look of disgust on her face.

Vika was filled with embarrassment: "I didn't mean it..."

Mateo covered his mouth, but this was not the right time to laugh, so he did not mock Vika out loud.

Esther only felt troubled. She couldn't figure out why she was entangled with this person. If Barnabas had opened his spiritual vision and looked at herself, shouldn't he have walked around him more?

"Please, I really just want to ask about the mermaid's whereabouts. Don't people believe the truth these days?" Barnabas leaned against the desk in the room with a sincere expression.

Esther walked into Vika's room: "Will you leave if I tell you?"

"certainly."

"Okay, there are mermaids living in the ruins of the God War in the golden ocean at the easternmost part of the Suniya Sea. You go."

Barnabas took a breath of air: "God——"

Esther pointed to the door unceremoniously: "It's time for you to go, Mr. Barnaby."