Whispering Verse

[Modern Girl·Flower Shop Girl], Flower Moon 7. When this card is drawn, if the total number of cards in hand is no more than two, then if the opponent holds a kingdom or queen this round, the king and queen will be invalid and the points will be regarded as 0.

This card was a special card in the new deck launched last year. Shade had only heard Baron Lavender talk about it, but he never thought he would be able to see it. Because of the development of the printing industry driven by the steam industry in recent years, the card surfaces of Rhodes cards have become more and more exquisite and beautiful. On the card of [Modern Girl·Flower Shop Girl], the girl holding a watering can and wearing an apron is watering the plants in the flower pots in the flower shop, which is very consistent with Schade's aesthetics:

"But the luck of this card is based on the luck of the opponent. Unfortunately, I am not that lucky."

Shade said humbly, and then asked doubtfully:

"Since this card can't work for the time being, you don't actually need to turn over the cover. Now, I know your trump card."

"If you draw a special card but don't reveal it, what's the difference between not drawing it?"

The middle-aged man raised his neck and asked. Shade was stunned for a moment and did not answer. He and Mr. Walker drew the second card together.

Mr. Walker has the 9 of the Sun, and his hand totals 16 points. Shade is still a flower, with 2 points and a total of 15 points in his hand.

"I'll continue."

"I'll continue too."

Mr. Walker was Sun 4, totaling 20 points, which put a smile on his face. Shade was at Moon 5, which was also a total of 20 points. He narrowed his eyes.

"Well, Mr. Hamilton, do you want to continue?"

asked Mr. Walker, who didn't know Shade's cards and therefore didn't know the situation. But no matter what Shade chooses, there is a high probability that Mr. Harry Walker will not continue to draw cards. In other words, unless Shade goes crazy and continues to draw cards, there is a high probability that this round will be a draw.

Shade thought for a moment, glanced at Miss Louisa, and then said softly:

"Want to bet your luck with me? A draw would be too boring."

He also turned over his hole card, revealing 20 points, and looked at Mr. Walker:

"They are all 20 points. I don't think we will choose to continue drawing cards. So why not try our luck and draw another card? Although there is a high probability that the cards will be busted, someone may be lucky enough to draw 1 point."

Mr. Walker thought about it and thought this was fair:

"Of course, I won't miss this exciting gambling game, so we agreed to draw cards in the next round."

He reached out and opened his fourth card, Suit Stars 3, which was undoubtedly a bust:

"Oh, that's true."

His tone was rather regretful, and he seemed to be looking forward to being favored by the god of luck.

Shade also reached out to draw the card, but instead of picking up the card from the top of the deck, he pressed it on top of the deck and lifted a corner. His plan was to take a look, then make a sighing expression, press down the card, and then draw out [Kasenlik Southern Folklore·Moon Dance Festival].

Moon Dancer is blessed by two ghosts. When the card is in the deck, you can draw it even if you have already seen the card. In contrast, although [Origin·Balance] has a similar effect, it doesn't even have to be in the deck, Shade can draw it if he wants.

When drawing [Kasenlik Southern Folklore·Moon Dance Festival], if you hold a card of the moon suit in your hand and the sum of the points does not exceed 7, then if the card is busted this round, the total points will be adjusted to 1. Now Shade only has a Moon 5, which just meets the requirements.

Although this is considered cheating, since there is no gambling this time, even if Mr. Walker loses, he will not suffer much loss. So Shade opened a corner as planned and sighed immediately after seeing the colors and numbers.

The plan failed, he couldn't press the card.

Shade looked up at the middle-aged man playing cards with him, frowned and squinted his eyes to open the fourth card, and used a spell to control it to float in the air and show it to the other party, Suit Moon 1, Shade 21 points.

"Is there such a thing?"

The middle-aged man was very puzzled and looked at the cards for a long time.

As for Shade, he knows exactly what kind of luck he can bring with holding two Founding Series cards.

Mr. Walker was willing to admit defeat, of course, because the stakes were not big. He accepted Miss Louisa's thirteen pounds and handed over the rolled parchment.

When mentioned about the information about the out-of-control angel-level relics, although he showed reluctance, he still told the news:

"This angel-level relic is not an item. This relic is an event. Do you understand?"

[Relic] does not necessarily have to be an actual item, it may also be a piece of information, an event, or even something that is even more difficult to describe in human language. Shade had heard about it when he met Dr. Schneider for the second time, but now was the first time he learned about the [relic] that was not an object.

"Incident? What is it specifically?"

Miss Louisa asked, while Shade stood aside and looked towards the corridor behind them to prevent anyone from suddenly appearing.

"My news may not be correct. You can just listen to it as fresh news."

Mr. Walker counted the money as he spoke:

"The location is in the southeastern town of Tobesk City, but I can't tell a more specific location. The form of expression is darkness, a darkness that covers the entire area. Outside the area covered by darkness, that is, in the normal world , any information about the area shrouded in darkness will disappear. At the same time, indescribable creatures will continuously appear within the range shrouded in darkness, and those creatures will gradually migrate out of the dark area, bringing the darkness to further places."

Mr. Walker shrugged and stuffed the counted coins into his pocket:

"If we leave it alone, sooner or later, the darkness brought by those monsters will swallow the whole world. Fortunately, the regular inspection team of the Orthodox Church discovered something was wrong in time. To be precise, there are inexplicably many things on the map of Tobesk City. However, the church’s geographers believed that there could not be a plain in the southeast of Tobesk. Although even the ring magician could not observe the darkness, as long as the approximate scope was known, the church used its methods to find clues. . I don’t know the specific name of the relic, nor do I know more detailed information about it, but at least the darkness has been controlled.”

"Are you sure it's under control? From your description, once this thing gets out of control, we'd better think about applying to the college to leave this area."

Miss Louisa said.

"The news I heard is that it is under control. Louisa, you are also a native of Tobesk. You should know how powerful Mr. 'Iron Right Hand' is. Although the evil incident a few days ago shows that the Righteous God Church is not omnipotent, But that is an evil god after all, and it is different from this matter."

The middle-aged man waved to the two of them and planned to leave:

"Even if the sky of the material world collapses, there is still the support of the Zhengshen Church and the academy. Even if they cannot hold on, there are still the rumored 'God Summoners' or similar high-level warlocks. Correspondence-level warlocks like us are still You should think carefully about your studies. Although the exam week is over, there are only five months until the winter end-of-year exams."

He crossed over to Shade and left here. Judging from the content of his complaints, the exam weeks for the three major thaumaturgy academies should be at the same time, and this gentleman's results were obviously not ideal.

"Shad, what do you think?"

Miss Louisa ignored Mr. Walker who left and asked Shade instead.

"If the sky collapses, I can't stand it."

He said with a smile, and then spoke seriously:

"Although the church failed to stop the god-summoning ceremony, if it was just an angel-level relic, I think it should be no problem. A few days ago, I was at the Prophet Association and met Mr. Stan, the president of the association. That gentleman was corrected some time ago. The Church of God has been mobilized to help deal with the relics that have gone out of control. Now that he is back, the matter should be resolved soon."

"I don't think the church can't control the relics that are out of control. I just feel that so many things have happened in the Tobesk area in just one month. I have grown up in this city since I was a child, and I have never felt that this city is so... Danger."

The blonde sighed.

The outsider did not think that these were brought about by his own arrival. After all, he had not yet come here when the darkness appeared.

It was calm tonight, just like what Priest August said, ring warlocks are not so easy to encounter out-of-control relics, and the divine descending incident frightened ring warlocks in the whole city, and there were no strange things this night. people.

He spent a week at home without incident. If he encountered an accident just after leaving the house, Shade would really have to check to see if there was something wrong with him.

Shade sat next to Miss Louisa, chatting with the voice in his heart about the stories and singing of opera performances, while whispering to the blonde girl about the status of other correspondence magicians in the city.

The opera ended at nine-thirty in the evening, and tonight's "lesson" ended here. Shade took Miss Louisa in a carriage back to Quill Street in the university district where she lived.

Miss Louisa hoped that Shade would not forget that the real purpose of going out tonight was to study "Kiss of the Tree", so she talked to him on the way about the impact of "enlightenment" elements on the mind and spirit of ring warlocks.

Later, we talked about Shade's Mystery Lock. Everyone was very tired tonight and she had no chance to touch the Mystery Lock again to gain enlightenment. But Miss Writer thought of another thing:

"Shade, since you obtained the Mystery Lock because you left traces in the past, have you opened the second time key? Did you have any special experiences this time? Or is this time just like ordinary people? Like the investigators?"

She finally asked the question, and Shade glanced at the night view of the city outside the window. Today is the first day after the curfew is lifted. There are a lot of people going out to drink, and there are also a lot of people vomiting against the wall:

"It's opened. It's the key to the fifth era, 3002."

Shade said, wondering what the cat at home alone might be doing:

"I met Miss Myrna Feliana in the past."

"Who? Huh? Oh! I know."

The blonde girl sitting opposite Shade whispered and covered her mouth. The sigh just now was a bit too loud:

"Miss Philiana, Shade, don't talk to me about what you experienced in the past. The mystery of time is too profound for me. I don't have the power of time. Listening too much to your experiences may cause my own problems. question."

In a world where occultism exists, Shade's unusual time travel experience itself can be regarded as part of abnormal knowledge. Because of the fragility of the mortal Shad, the Old God [Innocent Creator] could not reveal more secrets of the era and the gods to him. Now, it is best for Shade not to tell others too much about his time travel experience. This is also due to the fragility of mortals.

"However, if you want to influence the future from the past this time and give yourself another [Enlightenment] Spirit Rune, you can tell me what you did after the event."

Miss Louisa said.

"No, [Enlightenment] probably won't work this time. But if things go well, I might get one more [Miracle] Spirit Rune. Oh, and [Eternal Youth Leaf], I still need to ask you to help keep one."

There are no spiritual runes in the Ancient God's rewards, but once the God-Calling Ceremony is successful, he may gain power from contact with the Old God [Yahua Gate].

The blonde girl showed a gentle smile:

"That's really good. [Miracle] comes from the past, and [Enlightenment] comes from our courses. Are you ready to advance from the second ring to the third ring in the same month?"

Shade shook his head:

"I don't have any reason to gain strength as soon as possible. Rather than being promoted quickly, I want to have a more solid foundation."

"You're right, we still have a long way to go, so we don't have to go so fast."

Shade always felt that this sentence seemed strange.