Whispering Verse

"Let's bet bigger. Flawed sins cannot be used as chips. Each time the minimum bet is 1 moment of ordinary sins. Each time a card is drawn, the bet must be raised. The winner takes all, and the loser loses the betting chips."

This also means that neither winning too much nor losing too much will end well.

After saying that, the old man touched the table with his palm, and a set of Rhodes cards appeared on the table. Shade and Mr. Bernhardt also took out their respective playing cards. Seeing that Sister Devlin was unprepared, Shade took out his spare playing cards and slid them from the table to the other side. The nun thanked her softly.

"The most common rule is that you can add the drawn cards back to the deck after each round. I admit that those cards with special rules will make the game more interesting. But here, there are also special cards left by outsiders in the past. "

The old man said, then fished out a small rusty black iron statue from the bottom of the table and placed it on the table.

The aura that represented blasphemy almost forced the three of them to look away immediately. Even Shade was unwilling to look directly at the statue for a long time. It was the statue of the evil god. It was undoubtedly the statue of the evil god. The statue depicted the image of a fat man with clenched fists and raised arms.

"My bottom line is that this statue of the old god - the spreader of misfortune [Father of Sleep] contains the three treasures [Sloth]. This great man is in charge of sleep, laziness, laziness, The power of misfortune and poverty. If any of you earn this 3-moment treasure [laziness], it can be considered as 30-moment perfect sin.”

He pushed the statue of the evil god slightly forward:

"This building contains too many sins, but treasure-level sins cannot be accommodated by ordinary flesh. The statue of the old god is the best container. May the sin gods bless me. I think the game will be very good. interesting."

With that said, he drew his first card.

Mr. Armand Bernhard also immediately drew a card:

"My ante is an ordinary [Bloodlust] at 1 moment, and I stop trading."

He didn't even look at the contents of his hole cards, which meant that he gave up on this round. After all, all the vampires want is a perfect level of sin. If he wins this round, it will be a bad thing for him.

Sister Devlin hesitated:

"The bottom bet is ordinary [Greed] for 1 moment."

She did not suspend trading.

Shade considered that losing the card game was also a good opportunity to reduce his sins, so he drew cards and bet:

"1.1 moments of perfect [laziness]."

He was taking out the sins he was forced to obtain in the [Sin Mansion].

He took a look at his hole card, Flower 6, a common card.

"Then let's start the second round of drawing. This is the holy emblem pendant of the old god [Sleeping Father], which contains the precious [Laziness] of one moment."

The owner of the mansion took out another black iron pendant and put it on the table, and then pulled out the second card.

Shade looked at Sister Devlin, who shook her head slightly at him:

"One moment of ordinary [laziness], suspension."

Sister Devlin also gave up this game. It was too risky to continue, and she couldn't bear the 4-moment treasure [Lazy].

"Your betting method is not fair to us."

Shade said, but the dying old man just held his second card. According to the rules, in fact, everyone opened the cards together in each round, so he did not immediately show the content of the second card to Shade.

Shade also drew a second card:

"Add 0.1 tick perfect [lazy]."

This takes out all the [Laziness] obtained here, and Shade's second card is [Legend of the Brave: Bard Fletcher] on flower 9. Because the previous card is of an even-numbered flower suit and therefore complies with the special card rules, the number 9 can be adjusted between 9 and 10.

He added all his special cards to the deck. Although this would let the vampire Bernhardt know who he really was, it was better than losing the game. After all, Shade also knew Bernhardt’s true identity.

"My second card is Moon 2 [Steam Mechanical Ship Roaring Blue Lyon]."

The owner of the mansion showed the playing cards to Shade, and when he grinned, he showed his scorched teeth:

"Rule, when [Steam Mechanical Ship·Roaring Blue Lyon] and [Steam Mechanical Ship·Silent Red Yorker] are drawn consecutively, the default points for this round are 21 points."

Then, he revealed his trump card and showed it to Shade:

"Look, my trump card is Sun 2, [Steam Mechanical Ship·Silent Red Yorker]."

He stacked the two cards together, folded his hands and placed them on the table:

"So, do you want to continue drawing cards?"

The corner of Shade's mouth trembled. He didn't remember that the other party shuffled the cards before playing. And even after shuffling the cards, he was quite sure that the other party had definitely cheated.

[Why not good luck? 】

she asked with a smile in Shade's ear.

"Looking at the other person's expression, it looks like he is deliberately irritating me."

Shade was indeed a little angry, but then he realized that the power of the mansion was affecting him, making him even more irrational:

"Well, since he plays cards like this, don't blame me."

[You want to give the other party cards again? 】

she asked with a smile.

"No, it's too low-end."

Shade also revealed all two of his cards:

"The first flower is 6, the second flower is 9, the total is 15 points. Continue to raise, 1 tick ordinary [Lie]."

He took off his mask, and Mr. Bernhardt looked at him in surprise. He didn't understand how this man could play cards and suddenly reveal his identity.

"The third card."

Shade put his hand on his deck, squinted his eyes slightly to concentrate, then suddenly pulled out the top card, threw it on the table, and announced the card content:

"Flower 7, [Origin·Balance]."

This is to use your control over the [All Things Impermanence Card] to directly draw the cards you want. At present, Shade can only do this for [Origin·Balance], [Origin·Darkness] and [Carsenlik Southern Folklore·Moondance Festival].

He is a very fair person, so even among the "big city players" he does not use this ability. But now that the other party is playing tricks first, Shade doesn't intend to play cards seriously with the other party.

Mr. Bernhardt looked at the cards on the table and his eyes widened. As someone who carries Rhodes cards with him, he certainly knows about the [Origination] series, and he also knows who should have this [Origination·Balance]:

"Who are you."

"We'll talk about the identity later. Look, I'm at 22, and the card is busted. But the rule of [Origin·Balance] is that after the card is busted, all cards are discarded and the cards are drawn again."

Shade threw away the three cards in his hand:

"Add 1 tick to normal [Lie]."

His eyes were fixed on the old man at the other end of the long table, and his hand covered his deck again:

"Maybe you will think that I am cheating, but I have actually been blessed by the God of the Old [Noisy Black Hunter], yes, that God of Gamblers.

Therefore, every time I draw a card, it is destined. "

He pulled out a new trump card with his hand, but instead of hiding it, he raised it directly and covered his left eye. The right eye was slightly narrowed, with anger and determination in it:

"Star 11 [Origin·Darkness], when this card is drawn, if this card is the first dark card, it will win directly regardless of any rules and conditions. The winning priority of this card is higher than any other rules, and the card will be drawn again Finally, this is indeed the first dark card. Sorry, this time, I won."

Mr. Bernhardt's face showed an expression of wanting to laugh but trying to hold it back. Even Sister Devlin smiled slightly at Shade.

The owner of the mansion was obviously stunned, and after a long time he softly praised:

"A good combination, a really good combination. So, the rules of the Rhodes card can actually produce such a wonderful combination. I originally thought that two [Steam Mechanical Ships] would be powerful enough."

"So, do you admit that I won?"

"Of course I admit, yes, you won the 4-moment treasure of [Laziness], and you can leave with the golden pearl earrings. But what you won is only the most [Laziness] itself. The statue of God and the holy symbol as the container are still It belongs to the mansion. Therefore, you need to absorb your sins before you can leave."

The human figurine standing behind him moved and brought the statue and the holy symbol to Shade's hand.

The approach of the evil god's power even made Mr. Bernhard a little uncomfortable. Shade didn't want to harm other people because of your own reasons, so after getting permission, he changed his seat to the end of the long table facing the owner of the mansion.

Touching the statue of the evil god is never something a wise man should do. The element of blasphemy and the power of the evil god are enough to seduce any strong mind to madness.

When Shade was still a level 1 warlock, he just glanced at the statue of [Vampire Duke Loal] and acquired the spell [Echo of Blood] in the madness of blood. And absorbing the sin contained in the idol is obviously a deeper contact with the power of the evil god than just taking a glance.

He hesitated for a moment and did not take the risk to directly observe the statue and holy symbol of the evil god. Instead, he looked up at the owner of the mansion on the other side of the table:

"Maybe, before the next game starts, each of us should reshuffle the deck."

"Do you still want to keep playing?"

asked the dying old man.

"Of course not, I have achieved my goal. I just hope that my two friends can participate in the card game more fairly."

As he spoke, he divided his deck into two parts and gave them to Mr. Bernhardt and Sister Devlin. Of course, there are more special cards in the pile given to Sister Devlin, 9, while Mr. Bernhardt only has 3.

The two of them thanked Shade softly, and then began to shuffle the cards. The owner of the mansion also knocked on the table, and the stack of Rhodes cards automatically started to be flushed.

"Remember the advice I gave you when you met me with that cat as warm as the sun."

The nun suddenly said, Shade was confused for a moment, then nodded, ready to absorb the sins in the evil god statue and holy symbol.