"This is close-up magic." Xia Li's eyes flashed surprise. Close-up magic is not so easy to perform, because it is too close to the audience, and it is very likely to be pierced. Therefore, the magician needs to have a very superb technique and a fine grasp of the details.
Charlie herself actually likes close-up magic, because it is a type of magic that interacts with the audience very much, and she enjoys the thrill of deceiving all beings at close range.
Therefore, Charlie looked more carefully.
The magician was still calm, and said to the most luxurious person in the room: "Next, please draw a card, don't tell me what card it is. After you read it, you can insert it into the deck in front of you at will."
The man did as instructed by the magician. Under everyone's attention, it was very difficult for the magician to cheat, and he directly started to shuffle the cards in his hand.
Soon after, the magician took out a card: "Is this the card you drew just now?"
The audience burst into laughter: "No."
The magician looked disappointed, shuffled the cards again, and took out a new one: "Is it this card?"
"Neither." Everyone began to laugh, and the magician's face seemed to show a focus.
Although everyone was laughing, in Charlie's view, the magician looked anxious, but deep in his eyes there was a sense of indifference.
The third card, the magician still did not draw, but no one laughed at the magician at this time, because the magician drew an 8 of spades this time.
The magician drew twice before, the first time was 8 of hearts and the second time was 8 of diamonds. They didn't notice it before and thought it was a coincidence. But the third time, the 8 of spades is drawn, which is obviously not right.
"Since, these three are not." The magician glanced at the three 8s in loss, and finally sighed, and randomly drew the last card from the deck: "That's probably this card, right?"
Plum 8.
When the person who drew the cards before saw this club 8, surprise flashed in his eyes, because it was the club 8 that he drew before!
The magician played a small trick, showed off a skill, played a lot of people, and finally ended with the rhythm of the drum.
When Xia Li saw this scene, at first she wondered if the pattern on the back of the card was causing trouble, such as the magician marking the trace number, but she looked closely, but couldn't find any clues.
What exactly is going on? How would a magician do it without using supernatural powers
As a magician herself, Xia Li could vaguely guess that this might involve changes in the number of suits, subtle techniques, mysterious positions, the ability to observe words, and the most important psychological hints.
But exactly how the magician found out, Charlie has not yet understood. However, she did not intend to ask Angel. She is a magician who respects her profession, and she naturally understands how rascal it is to decipher magic. Instead of knowing a general "so it is" answer after asking, it is better to think about it by herself. study.
The visions did not stop, and the magician walked several more tables, performing magic at each table.
Including card reading, card divination, and card disappearance... A series of magic skills that look very incredible, but actually do not involve extraordinary power.
The more Xia Li looked, the more excited and fascinated she became. She herself had actually discovered some tricks of card magic, that kind of simple yet very dazzling technique, which made Charlie very amazed.
She also thought before that, why would playing cards become the standard for magicians? Now she fully understands that although the magician in the illusion has only performed a few card tricks, from the development of these magic tricks, we can see the ingenious card art and the profoundness of the whole picture.
Just looking at this illusion, Charlie couldn't wait to start doing card magic by herself. She doesn't need others to teach her how to make card magic, with her intelligence, she can develop new magic by herself.
When the vision ended, Charlie was still immersed in the world of card magic, and it took a long while before she recovered.
Charlie looked at Angel, her eyes flashing: "Although I haven't understood the mystery of card magic, I now know why there is card magic. It's really amazing!"
Angel smiled: "Card magic is amazing, but it's just a trick of mortals. The deck of playing cards I made is not just for card magic."
Xia Li looked at the playing cards still floating around her, and naturally understood this. It was impossible for Angel to just give her a set of ordinary playing cards, it had a deeper effect.
Angel: "This tin box and playing cards are a whole. When the tin box is opened, it will enter a special illusion."
"Illusion?" Charlie looked around suspiciously, but she didn't perceive the illusion at all. Even Greya raised her eyebrows. Although she could feel the subtle fluctuations around her, she did not find any nodes with illusions.
"This is a special kind of illusion, and I named it Poker Time." Angle paused: "You can understand it as a stage that carries the illusion of playing cards."
"When the iron box is opened, it automatically enters the poker time. After entering the poker time, every playing card in the box will become a cornerstone of the illusion."
While talking, Angel took two cards from Charlie at random.
One is a black and white clown card, and the other is a club guard card. With Angel's action, two cards burst out at the same time, the black and white clown jumped out of the card, and the club guard also jumped out of the card with a long sword.
Darkness struck again, and before Charlie had recovered, she felt a knife light appear in front of her.
Charlie dodged subconsciously, but was still struck by a gust of icy wind on her cheeks.
In the chill, the light returned again. The guard and the clown returned to the cards, and everything seemed to be calm, but the knife on Charlie's cheek and the oozing blood showed that things were not that simple.
Angel put the two cards back into the deck in front of Charlie, and said softly, "During the poker time, you can randomly draw cards to combine, and the combination will have different effects due to different illusions."
"Healing, defending, attacking, confusing, trapping, summoning... or simply creating an illusion stage, you can do whatever you want."
"The deck just now is a night attack composed of two cards."
After Angel briefly explained the effect, Charlie was stunned. This sounds very complicated, but inexplicable... with a sense!
Don't look at Charlie's good-natured performance in front of Greya and Angel, but it's only because of the difference in strength and status that she doesn't dare to make trouble. Everyone knows that the real Charlie is actually a very naughty witch.
This poker time full of unknown challenges made Charlie's repressed mischievous heart start to burn.
Moreover, these card combinations can not only be used for offense and defense, but also different illusion combinations are very useful for her magic performance.
Charlie has figured out how to use poker time to play tricks... the audience. She even thought of a name, so she called it a poker game!
Angel just briefly introduced the role of poker, then stopped, and did not go into detail. For many things, it would be better for Charlie to study on her own. Moreover, the gameplay developed by Angel is not necessarily applicable to Charlie.
Angel didn't say any more, and Charlie didn't ask any more, because she was already immersed in her research.
Seeing the way that Charlie was studying, she didn't need to ask Angel to know that Charlie was very satisfied with this deck of cards.
When Charlie was studying, Gloria also praised: "This poker card is probably the most interesting alchemy work I have seen over the years. Once it is published, it is estimated that it will attract a lot of attention. Maybe, there are still many alchemy works. Warlocks will race to imitate."
Angel was noncommittal. In many cases, alchemy works are also selected, and playing cards are suitable for Xia Li, but not necessarily suitable for other people.
"However, what interests me the most is the story behind the playing cards. After all, the matter of Sleepless City is still an unsolved problem." Greya looked at Angel curiously, trying to ask an answer.
However, Angel did not say anything. It's not that he doesn't say it, it's that he doesn't know either.
Where did the poker cards in the nightmare world come from, who knows. Just like the people in Pat Manor, Angel didn't know why they could find the corresponding name in the nightmare world.
Perhaps, when Jon was brought into this world by the Eye of the Otherworld, something had already begun to change.