Whispering Verse

Since Shade is required to defeat his opponent in the card game, he cannot waste time playing cards one by one. After consultation with the staff of the Prophet Association, a multi-player card game was adopted this time. This kind of card game usually only occurs in very formal Rhodes tournaments.

Shade returned to the second floor one step ahead and asked the people from the Prophet's Association to check his deck. Of course he saw Luvia in it, and Dorothy had already joined her.

The eager Marquis Grassley said that no one would give in to Shade in the poker game for a while:

"This is the Creation of Darkness!"

The Marquis with combed hair raised his eyebrows. He was so excited that he couldn't control the smile on his face:

"If Duke Lucas knew that this would happen, he would never miss the banquet because of the flu. Ha, he might carry regrets until he enters the coffin. Although even if we win against you, we can't get it. This card. But since you want to get the card of the founding series, Mr. Hamilton Knight (private rha fan lton), you must go through the test!"

He probably regarded Founding Darkness as a treasure, while Shade was a knight hunting for treasure.

"Of course, but how do you play this game? I've never played a multi-player game."

This is actually what Shade is worried about.

"It's okay, it's very simple."

The Marquis smiled and put his arm around Shade's shoulders:

"You're going to enjoy the rest of the game."

After the Oracle Association arranged the rules of the card game and selected four other people to participate in the card game with Shade, the servants went upstairs to ask Queen Diana to come down.

This interesting thing happened at the Queen's birthday party. The newspaper reporters who were invited were more excited and excited than the people who were going to participate in the card game later.

When the Queen arrived to watch, Shade and his opponents, Marquis Grassley, Earl Tarancon, Viscount Fordman and Mr. Spears, all sat down. When the crowd of onlookers began to predict the outcome of the game, the flashing lights were almost as bright as It was even brighter when Queen Diana first appeared just now.

Around the card table were a knight, a marquis, an earl, and a viscount. Mr. Spears, who has no title of nobility, is the First Permanent Secretary of the Parliament of the Kingdom. According to regulations, a person who holds this position can immediately obtain the non-hereditary baron status when he retires or dies in office.

"Everyone, please note that I will be the referee for this card game, and the dealer is Mr. Ciccone from the association."

Vice President Cyndia Mark’s voice attracted everyone’s attention. It was he who led the team to Yodel Palace tonight:

"There are five players in total today. After discussion, we adopted the following rules: Each player has ten gold stars!"

The staff of the Prophet Association placed fifty pure gold five-pointed star buttons provided by Queen Diana in a brass box and distributed them to the five people at the card table. The person beside Shade was Luvia.

"Mr. Hamilton, please put it away."

She pretended not to know Shade, and while putting the box away, she leaned over and whispered in Shade's ear.

“After getting the first dark card in each round, you can choose to use gold stars to place bets.

After everyone stops, except for the last person who stopped, they can choose to use gold stars to make additional bets. After each round, the winner takes back from the table the number of gold stars multiplied by 2 for his first bet and the number of gold stars multiplied by 1.5 for his second bet, with decimals rounded up. If there is a surplus of the official bet, it will be handed over to the referee for safekeeping; if the official bet is not enough, it will be obtained from the referee; if the table bet and the bet in the referee's hand are both insufficient, you will only get the full table bet. "

Mr. Mark said, asking the five people in turn if they understood the rules. After everyone nodded, he announced:

"If you lose all the gold stars, you will automatically exit the game. When there is only the last person left on the table, the final winner wins the game. If someone in the game holds more than or equal to 25 gold stars, he will automatically become the winner."

Many of the guests who came to the banquet were Rhodes lovers. After hearing this rule, they discussed with each other, and some even asked if this was the final rule for this year's "Big City Players".

Xia De did some calculations. According to this way of playing, if everyone can stay rational and only bet one gold star in each game, then even if someone can win in a row, it will take at least 10 consecutive games to win. And when no one has a winning streak and everyone chooses a gold star in each game, the game will be longer.

"But it was fun."

Shade thought in his mind, twisting a star in the box at hand and preparing to throw it to the center of the round table. In the first game, let’s take a look at the situation.

There is only one dealer, but each player has his or her own deck, so Mr. Ciccone from the Prophet Association must use five decks to deal the cards. Although this is a waste of time, it also gives others a chance to think.

Shade added all the special cards in his hand to the deck, but none of the nine special cards appeared on the first card. The first card is the Moon 6.

Throwing a star to the center of the card table was similar to Shade's idea. Except for Count Tarancon, his other three opponents also chose to throw a star as an attempt in the first game.

Count Tarancon is the youngest person at the card table besides Shade, and he looks to be only around thirty years old. He pretended to look at the expressions of the others, and after a moment's hesitation, he actually threw out two stars.

"Did you draw the king or the queen?"

asked Marquis Grassley.

"Marquis, why can't I be confident that I can win the first game?"

"Come on, you played cards with me in the Good Luck Club when you were still underage. I know you are not the kind of person who gambles on luck."

Marquis Grassley touched his chin and said, then looked at the dealer:

"After drawing the king and queen, you cannot continue to ask for cards, so do you want the dealer to continue dealing cards?"

"I can honestly say that what I drew was not a kingdom, but I still didn't ask for more cards, and of course, I didn't raise."

Earl Tarancon said with a smile, and then asked the other four:

"what about you?"

If the hidden card in his hand is really the queen, then it is in compliance with the rules not to continue asking for cards. And if not, when the other four people think he is, they will definitely try to attack blackjack. Once the other four players all bust their cards, and the earl's trump card is not the queen, he is the only one who doesn't bust his cards and is the winner of the first game.

"I don't believe you are so lucky."

Viscount Fordman smiled and said:

"I'll keep asking for cards."

"Me too."

Mr. Spears also said that the 43-year-old First Permanent Secretary of Parliament, with sunken eyes and thin hair, was the kind of person who looked very smart.

"I don't want cards and I don't want to raise."

said Marquis Grassley, becoming the second player to be suspended. But he also didn't reveal his cards to display. After all, giving up the cards was not admitting defeat.

"I'll keep asking for cards."

Shade said, observing the expressions of his opponents, listening to the discussions of the bystanders around him, and thinking under the crystal chandelier:

"In this kind of multi-player card game, we must not only consider the opponent who continues to ask for cards, but also consider the points of the person who has stopped playing, to prevent the two sides from fighting and allowing others to win. In this case, if you have the ability to read minds, you must be able to defeat everyone. Invincible."

So will you specifically learn mind-reading skills because of Rhodes?

The voice in my ear whispered.

"Who do you think I am?"

Shade asked rhetorically.

A person who swaps out other people's cards and lets his opponent get cheated.

She whispered into his ear with a smile in her voice.

On the second card, Shade got a flower 6, totaling 12 points. Just when he was considering whether to suspend trading, Mr. Spears took the lead in announcing a suspension and no increase, while Viscount Folderman continued to ask for cards.

Shade thought for a while and glanced at the count who seemed to have drawn the "Queen". The latter smiled at him, and it was unclear whether he was nervous.

"I will continue to ask for cards."

Shade said.

So the only ones who got the third card were Viscount Fordman and Shade.

"I'm suspending trading."

The Viscount glanced at his third card, and then revealed the hidden card;

"8+2+9, 19 points. Talankan, I don't believe you are the queen! Add a gold star."

Seeing that someone finally revealed their cards, Marquis Grassley and Mr. Spears, who had already suspended trading, also revealed their cards, because they could not win. The former is 13 points, so trading is suspended in the first round, while the latter is 17 points.

"It doesn't matter if you believe it or not."

Earl Tarancon said, without revealing his trump card, but asked Xiang Shade:

"So knight, do you want to continue asking for the fourth card?"

When each card is thrown out, it is thrown out from the back, but except for the first card, it needs to be displayed before other opponents and you can choose whether to continue to ask for cards. Because there are no other opponents asking for cards, Shade's third card has not yet been revealed.

"I, Count Talancon, no matter what your trump card is, you will definitely lose."

He said hesitantly.

"Oh? Did you draw the king?"

The earl was very surprised, but Shade shook his head:

"Earl, I guess your hole card is the king, and my third card is, Flower 8, Eastern View of the Old World - Lake Tees."

Seeing that the earl was stunned, Shade continued to explain:

"After drawing this card, guess the number of a card that the opponent has not shown. If it is correct, you can choose whether to force the number of the opponent's card to be increased by one after the opponent shows the card. If the opponent reveals the card first, It has no effect. Now your trump card is unknown, I guess it is the queen."

He revealed his trump card:

"6+6+8, I'm at 20. Count, start shooting."

There was silence at the card table for a moment, and then Marquis Grassley couldn't help laughing. The other two gentlemen also tried hard to control their laughter:

"Haha, Talankang, you'd better not be the queen. Although we are all losing, if you were the queen, you would be laughed at by us for months with this kind of card."

"Excellent card game."

Queen Diana, who was watching behind Shade, also understood and said with a smile, and the onlookers also smiled.

If the earl with only one card is not the queen, then Shade wins; if he is, according to the rules of special cards, the queen plus one is a bust.

Earl Tarancon's face suddenly turned red. He panted heavily and looked at Shade. After a long time, he said:

"After playing Rhodes for so many years, this is the first time I've encountered this annoying situation. Oh, it's really annoying. I heard that someone won a King's Message in downtown last week, Mr. Hamilton, it seems That's not luck."

He revealed his trump card, and it turned out to be the queen.

There was a polite laugh from the crowd of onlookers. The Earl put his right hand on his forehead and shook his head. Marquis Grassley tried hard to control his laughter, and his whole body shook in his seat:

"This is the charm of Rhodes cards."