Metternich was willing to admit defeat and chose to do a divination for Renn.
Originally, Renn heard that this divination would consume his life, so he had no intention of exercising the power of the bet winner.
But as soon as he opened his mouth, Metternich's first card was already revealed.
A "jack of clubs".
The difference is that this poker is surrounded by a layer of black energy that looks like a flame.
Metternich looked at the card, raised the corner of his mouth slightly, thought for a moment, and said: "The Black Flame Extraordinary... Those who are qualified to enter the 'JAKE Card' should be the great enshrinement of the Omar Palace and the top ten legends [ Yama] Hermos Sakarya. But it seems that the slogan is 'fierce'..."
Ren's brows furrowed as he listened to the explanation of the divination cards with narrowed eyes.
Is this how to determine a person's bad luck
How did he do it
However, I think it should be derived from divination + inference.
This [Yama] Hermos Sakarya is the teacher of the eldest prince Quentin, and is of the Queen's lineage. If the political situation is turbulent tomorrow, this Archmage, even one of the "Top Ten Legends" may not be able to benefit.
However, although this divination seemed not very scientific, it came from Metternich's words, and Renn also chose to believe it.
He didn't ask much.
At this time, Metternich did not say much about this card, but turned over another one, a "JAKE of Hearts" holding a knife and axe.
However, on the card, the guard armor on this card has a strong dark wind and looks more like a mecha.
"This should be Mr. Lane's legendary mechanic..."
Metternich tasted it for a moment and continued: "The card looks good, good luck."
Then another page was turned over, and another page was turned over.
One after another.
... ...
Renn also saw that this poker divination does not directly produce results. Instead, some "clues" will emerge, allowing the diviner to use his or her own knowledge to deduce what will happen.
The characters who can appear in his divination are all prominent figures, and all of them are important figures who may participate in the change of Omar imperial power tomorrow.
However, Renn was not interested in caring about the fate of others. He was more concerned about the people around him.
Until then, Metternich turned over another card, which was the "Queen of Hearts", which is also the "Queen Card".
There is a faint chill on the face of this poker card.
"Yo... "
Seeing this, Metternich suddenly smiled.
Then he looked at Ren and Ymir beside him, and seemed to understand the relationship between the two, and said meaningfully: "The people around Mr. Ren are not bad in luck."
However, he did not explain the slogan.
But these words naturally refer to Ymir.
Then he turned over the next card and found a "Queen of Spades", a black queen card with a beautiful woman on it.
At this time, Metternich's expression changed slightly, and he raised his eyebrows and said sarcastically: "Tsk, tsk... No matter how many times I turn the page, this vicious woman will definitely die."
He didn't say much. A mortal man was not worth his words.
Two more "7 of spades" and "10 of diamonds" were turned over.
Then, another big card was revealed.
One card has the "King of Diamonds" with scarlet blood on it, the Scarlet King.
He didn't seem surprised and said: "Rogier of Sid will also intervene in tomorrow's matter..." (Emperor Sid)
When Ren heard this, his eyes rolled.
In the transition of imperial power in Omar, will Emperor Sid also intervene
This matter seems to be getting more and more complicated.
Ymir and Andrew on the side looked very unhappy when they heard this.
No matter which prince is in power, this is their own internal matter within the Omar Empire. If Sid's emperor comes to help, the nature of the matter will be different.
They were angry and confused, wondering which force had colluded with foreign forces in order to seize power.
Then a few more insignificant small cards were turned over, and another big card appeared - "King of Spades".
The old emperor Omar's card is a dead card.
Metternich also didn't say much, just snorted and sneered, and then continued to read.
Then, a "King of Hearts" appeared.
The one with the most luck among the king cards.
But when this card was turned out, something went wrong in the divination!
... ..
"This should be Kipling Winster, the King of Glory City... Now he is the only one qualified to be this card."
Metternich was explaining the divination signs, but at this moment, he suddenly thought of what Ren said before.
And just this thought seems to be involved with some existence in the dark.
At this moment, Metternich seemed to sense something terrifying, and his expression suddenly changed!
The three Rennes also instantly noticed the abnormality in his face. After a closer look, the "K of Hearts" suddenly shone with white light, and it became more and more brilliant.
In the blink of an eye, it was already like the glare of a solar panel.
At this moment, a strange scene occurred.
The king on the card slowly opened a vertical eye on his forehead. This change also gave the card a sudden aura of sanctity.
Ren blurted out in his mind: "Three-Eyed Evil God!"
On the other hand, Metternich's pupils shrank suddenly and he responded immediately. His hands were frequently changing magic techniques, as if he was fighting against some kind of existence in the dark.
But in the next moment, he seemed to have been hit hard and a mouthful of blood suddenly spurted out!
After the blood stained the poker, the dazzling white light dissipated.
And the next moment, the dozen or so poker cards he had turned over suddenly became chaotic.
All the "divination signs" that had just emerged were in chaos at this moment. It seemed that an invisible hand had messed up the fate of these cards, causing all the results that Metternich had deduced to become disordered again.
Renn looked at the golden-faced Metternich and asked with concern: "Mr. Metternich, you...?"
Metternich shook his head, indicating that it was okay.
But his face was very solemn, and his eyes staring at the playing cards became narrower and narrower, almost narrowing into a line.
After a few breaths, the churning energy and blood seemed to have calmed down, and he explained: "There is a strong will that interfered with my divination... No! In other words, my divination touched some of my Existences beyond the reach of ability and cognition.”
Ren mentioned: "That evil god?"
Metternich nodded and said: "I didn't know about His existence before, so I preliminarily deduced the results of a divination and came to some conclusions. And because the deduction involved Him, all divination became disordered again. "
"Um... ?"
Ren was suspicious. He didn't understand the words at all.
Metternich did not wait for anyone to ask, so he explained: "The living god has enough energy to stir up the entire situation... In a certain respect, his existence makes all rules obey his arrangements. "
"this... "
Hearing this, Renn suddenly thought of the ability of the missionary in Glory City to change people's belief in faith.
Isn't this ability to forcibly change the rules just like letting the old emperor issue an edict to pass on the throne to the second prince
He felt that this matter must be told. Maybe this guy with almost magical intelligence could help with some reference, so he said: "Mr. Metternich, there may be a situation that I need to tell you..."
Renn explained clearly the missionary's strange methods in a few words.
... ..
Hearing this, Metternich's eyes turned very quickly and he was surprised: "Is there such a thing?"
This guy didn't know what he was thinking of, and said to himself: "No wonder. Everything almost went wrong again."
Obviously, Squinting his eyes realized that his divination results had unexpected deviations due to his limited cognition.
However, there was no look of frustration or discouragement on his face. Instead, his eyes were shining brightly, like the kind of enthusiasm that makes him more and more eager to try when he encounters a challenge.
"Tsk tsk... This situation is getting more and more interesting."
Metternich licked his lips and didn't know what he thought of, which made the expression on his face look unfathomable, "Unfortunately... Now that we know that Mr. Renn is the 'JOKER card', even if the opponent is really a An invincible god, there is still room for him to play this card game..."
After a pause, the crazy light in his eyes became more and more intense, and he smiled: "It's really exciting for a mortal to be able to play against gods."
Renne has long been accustomed to this guy's abnormal and crazy mentality.
He was not curious about the results of the divination before, but now that he saw this, he was very interested.
With Emperor Cid involved and the will of a god, how will the political situation in Omar change
... ..
"As a result, my previous divination has no reference significance at all."
Metternich looked at the cards that had become chaotic and frowned slightly.
At this time, he looked at Lane and said something confusing, "Now it seems that the only sure card is you, Mr. Lane."
"Then... let me see how Mr. Ren's luck compares to that of the evil god!"
As he spoke, he seemed to have made a decision, then took a deep breath and solemnly turned over the next card.
However, a poker card that was obviously easy before turned out to be a critical moment this time.
Renn saw the veins popping up in Metternich's hand holding the poker. He seemed to have used a lot of force to lift one corner of the poker.
A "J" is revealed.
It was the colorful clown card.
Even Ren and Ymir, who were watching, felt inexplicably nervous at this moment.
They knew that this divination foreshadowed Ren's fate!
The entire card flipping process lasted for nearly ten seconds and before the entire card could be seen, Metternich was already sweating heavily on his forehead. It was as if there was an invisible force stopping him from doing such a divination.
"snort!"
At the last moment, Metternich snorted coldly, with a flash of determination in his eyes.
Then, another mouthful of scarlet blood spurted out.
At this moment, the invisible force seemed to dissipate.
He turned over the clown card!
The eyes of the four people in the room were all focused on this poker card.
However, they also saw something they couldn't understand.
Originally, the clown card was supposed to show a red-nosed clown playing with a throwing knife.
But on this card, the clown's flying knife was inserted into his own chest.
The clown is dead!
Moreover, this clown's form is not entirely human. There is also a devil's triangular-pointed tail growing out of his tail vertebrae.
"Hey... this is..."
Seeing this scene, even Metternich, a fortune teller, showed a confused look.
Obviously, he didn't understand what the divination sign was trying to tell him for a while.
... .
"It seems... Mr. Lane will have a 'death disaster'. But something seems to be wrong..."
After a while, when Metternich said this, he had a look of disbelief on his face, and asked to himself: Why did the clown with "great luck" die?
He was sure that Ren was the colorful clown.
Otherwise, he would not have drawn the "Colored JOKER" before, and it would be impossible for him to pull out such a divination now.
Ren frowned when he heard that he was going to "die".
Could it be that he will encounter some fatal crisis in the future
This and the "misfortune" of "turning misfortune into good fortune" are completely different concepts.
For Metternich to be able to tell the "bad" result of this divination so accurately, this has to be taken seriously.
But at the same time, he was very confused, why did he die
Now that Black Dragon City is at its peak, who can kill him
... ..
Ymir on the side heard that the result of Ren's divination turned out to be "death disaster", and a look of worry immediately appeared on her pretty face.
She didn't care and asked directly: "Will the result of this divination be wrong?"
Metternich shook his head and said: "After all, it is the divination result that I spent twenty years of my life on... It cannot be wrong."
After a pause, he explained one more sentence and said: "It is said that in ancient mythology, there were 'prophets' who could predict the future. They would predict what would definitely happen in the future. But poker divination does not predict what will definitely happen in the future. Foreknowledge is a kind of 'derivation' of possibility. Therefore, even a 'death disaster' only means that it is most likely to happen, but it is not absolutely impossible to change. Of course, the probability of change is not high... "
For ordinary people, encountering such a divination result means certain death.
But Metternich's tone was very firm.
It feels as if he can change the outcome.
Ymir naturally heard this. She didn't mince words and asked again: "How to change?"
Metternich squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then said: "Poker, there are poker rules. Since Mr. Lane is a 'color JOKER', it means that he must have great luck. In poker, you can win this Very few people play cards... Now it seems that there is only one possibility."
Having said this, Ren and Ymir immediately thought of something and said in unison: "Evil God!"
Only the three-eyed evil god who is beyond people's understanding can do all this.
Although Black Dragon City seems to be invincible now, it does not include the evil god whose abilities people know almost nothing about!
"It's not so bad that it can't be saved..."
Metternich looked at Renn with a solemn face, and suddenly showed a relaxed smile, saying: "My life was saved by Mr. Renn, naturally I will not stand idly by... Although I have no sympathy for that mist The knowledge of the outer gods is also uncertain, but it does not mean that we will definitely lose."
He used "we".
Whether it was the "Black Dragon City" that could change the social order of this era or a life-saving grace, he would not let Ren die.
Ren thought about the dangers he might encounter, and asked tentatively: "My 'death disaster'... is it because of tomorrow's changes?"
If so, he plans to leave the Omar Imperial Capital now.
Metternich seemed to see through his thoughts, shook his head, and said: "Since it is the highest probability result derived from divination, you cannot avoid it even if you deliberately avoid it."
In other words, there is no point in running.
Ren listened to his tone. Although his expression was solemn, he was not too panicked.
Although he believed that Metternich was not an alarmist, but... this guy obviously already had a way to deal with it.
He asked: "Mr. Metternich seems to be sure that I can solve this deadlock?"
"certainly!"
Hearing this, Metternich smiled enigmatically, "If I were by your side. Although I don't know what will happen in the future, under the existing rules, we will definitely not lose..."
Renn: "Are you by my side? You mean... can you help me resolve this 'death disaster'? Do you know what will happen?"
He thought Metternich had predicted something from divination.
But Metternich shook his head and said: "Like you, I know almost nothing about the evil god's methods. So, I don't know what will happen."
As soon as these words came out, before Ren's doubts appeared on his face, he continued: "But I know there is a possibility of winning."
"???"
When Ren heard this, he listened attentively.
Possibility of a sure win
"Do you still remember what I told you about the principle of 'optimal divination'?"
Metternich said with a smile: "I don't have to know what will happen if I do this. But I know that if I do this, I will get the best outcome."