When the fourth round of cards was dealt, Baron Cobol could no longer conceal his nervousness. He probably thought he had a great advantage in this game and had high hopes for the Rhodes card. Now that Shade had won two rounds, he was constantly worried that he would lose.
With this mentality, the chances of losing are actually higher. Even Xia De understands this principle.
They all got their respective cards, and the Baron took a quick look and showed a disappointed expression, it seemed that it was not the king or queen.
The second card they dealt was the 9 of the Moon and the 1 of the Moon. The Baron, who got the 9 of the Moon, hesitated for a while before deciding to continue asking for cards, which made the people around him almost guess the range of points in his hand.
After looking at his bottom card, Shade directly chose to ask for a card. The third card of both parties was even more strange, Baron had the Sun 1, and Shade had the Flower 1.
Baron Cobol hesitated again, and even Baron Rwanda, who dealt him the cards, couldn't help but remind him:
"If you hesitate for a while, I won't even need to look at your cards to know what the value of your hole cards is."
This made the people around laugh, and Shade also laughed:
"Baron, do you want to try your luck?"
"Mr. Hamilton, do you want to continue filming?"
Baron Cobol asked instead.
"certainly."
The baron's mouth twitched:
"Okay, I'll keep asking for cards."
Then a king was dealt to the Baron, and his eyes widened for a moment, and his mouth closed tightly as if he couldn't breathe. Unless Shad had 21 points, it would be a 2-2 situation.
The people around were whispering, and the Baron suddenly looked up at Shad's card, which was an 8 of the suit.
After drawing this card, guess the number of the opponent's unrevealed card. If it is correct, you can choose whether to force the opponent's card number to increase by 1 after the opponent reveals the card. If the opponent opens the cover first, the Old World Eastern Landscape · Lake Tis has no effect.
Of course, if the opponent is the king or queen, adding one point means busting, which is also one of the basic rules.
When the Baron saw Shade's card, he was stunned and knew the effect of this card. At this time, he remembered the rules and immediately reached out to reveal his own hole card, but his hand was not as fast as Shade's mouth:
"Nine, I guess."
Xia De said this without any nervousness on his face. There was no penalty for guessing wrong. His points now added up to 11, so he could continue to ask for cards.
Baron Cobol stopped there, holding a corner of the card.
"I guess it's 10!"
Baron Lavender, who was dealing the cards, immediately said with a smile.
"No, the probability of 9 o'clock is higher!"
Another dealer, a Rwandan baron in a curly wig, retorted.
"Open the cards quickly, what is it?"
People urged, and everyone looked at Baron Cobol's hand. The baron showed an unpleasant expression on his face, then laughed dryly, flipped the cards and threw them on the table:
"I shouldn't have hesitated just now, okay, Star 9."
He then threw out the small bag of blood money, which slid along the table to Xia De's hand:
"I shouldn't have hesitated just now."
He repeated again.
Xia De opened the bag and looked at it, then nodded with satisfaction:
"Thank you for your generosity, Baron."
"Let's play cards together sometime."
Baron Cobol stood up with a look of regret:
"Although I lost, Mr. Hamilton, I found it really fun to play cards with you. I can remember this kind of game for 20 years... Hesitation will lead to failure."
He made such an exclamation, and the onlookers laughed again.
After winning the bet, the ball was about to start at 9pm. The onlookers dispersed, and only a few people were still playing Rhodes cards. Shade took this opportunity to return to the lounge on the second floor with his antique knight's sword and found Miss Bei Yasi and Miss Anat waiting.
"Look."
He threw the tightly tied small bag on the coffee table and returned the banknotes that Miss Annat had just given her.
Miss Bei Yasi curiously opened the bag and marveled at the gold coins without any patterns. Miss Anat was surprised by Shade's behavior:
"What do you mean by giving me my money back?"
"I didn't spend any money. I won it playing Rhodes."
He smiled with a relaxed look, and was very happy because he won the game:
"You know, I've always had good luck playing Rhodes."
He was referring to the founder, Silver Moon.
Miss Anat then took the banknotes and asked jokingly:
"Remember what the priest said?"
"Of course remember—don't get addicted to Rhodes."
Shade repeated, thinking of the priest's worried look:
"Ms. Beas, do you think I look like a gambler?"
He asked the young lady who was playing with the old gold pounds, trying to find out what was special about them. The young lady glanced at him and said:
“No.”
Now Xia De felt much more relieved.
Since she had obtained the extra five blood coins, Miss Annat immediately decided to perform the so-called "precise divination".
Since Miss Carina had not left yet, Shade was worried that the witch with very sharp senses would see through Miss Anat's secret, so he reminded her a little, but Miss Anat didn't care:
"My secrets may only be guessed by God."
Xia De opened his mouth but didn't ask any further questions, and the same went for Miss Beatrice beside him.
When Miss Annat was doing divination, she did not avoid Miss Shad and Miss Beas. According to her, they saw the whole process but could not see any clues.
In fact, the process is very simple. First, Miss Annat holds the blood money that she has used, tosses it twice, and then puts the coin down:
"The secret of the chosen one is not something that can be easily divined. One blood coin is not enough."
So he used the method of "trading with himself" to activate one of the blood dollars that Shade won from playing cards, but two blood dollars were still not enough.
"After all, I am the chosen one. This is the beginning of the legend of the Sixth Epoch. If the result was predicted so easily, it would make me doubt it."
Shade said this and handed another coin to Miss Annette. But before Miss Annette could use the coin, Miss Beas reached out and snatched the coin. She shook her head and said:
"Even if the blood money will be consumed soon and the curse will disappear, it is probably not easy to bear so many curses in a short period of time."
She placed the antique gold coin in her palm, and seeing that Xia De and Miss Annat were looking at her, she said embarrassedly:
"You are helping me. Although I don't know how to tell fortunes, I want to do my part."
Then, following Miss Anat's practice, he traded with himself to activate the blood money. After the pattern on the front and back of the gold coin appeared, he handed the blood money to the female fortune teller.
"No, it's still not enough..."
Three gold coins were stacked in her palm. Miss Annat looked at the relic under the gaslight with some uneasiness:
"It doesn't matter. Even if six isn't enough, I have other ways to pay the price... other ways."
Judging from her expression, other methods would not be simple and might even cause harm to her.
"I'll be next."
Xia De also picked up a gold coin from the small cloth bag on the table. After activating it, he thought he would feel something like "a cold breath entering the body", but in fact he felt nothing.
My luck was pretty good, four blood coins were finally enough.
Miss Annat took a deep breath, and then in front of Miss Shad and Miss Beas, she threw the gold coins containing the ocean undead curse one by one.
At this moment, time seemed to have stopped. Shad looked up at them. Under the light in the room, his eyes clearly saw every detail of the gold coins spinning in the air.
The air became sticky and some rustling sounds appeared in my ears.
As the blood money spun and rose in the air, it decayed rapidly and eventually completely rusted at the highest point. As it fell, it turned into ashes, which completely dissipated before falling to the ground.
Shade didn't know what Miss Beas could observe, but he saw that among the blood money that turned into ashes, several gray streaks of light passed through the air and gathered at the back of Miss Annat's head.
He tilted his head and looked at the purple-eyed female fortune teller. In a trance, he actually saw a transparent and illusory female figure, leaning over and gently lying behind Miss Annat. The power of the blood money was completely absorbed by her. She put her arms around Miss Annat's neck and whispered something in her ear.
Miss Beas seemed not to see this scene, and even Miss Annat could not see the person lying behind her, but Shad saw it:
"This is... ... "
The transparent illusory female figure was Miss Anat, but she looked more mature. Her expression was a little sad, and her transparent body seemed incomplete, with some parts of her body being illusory and basically shapeless.
She also noticed that Shade was looking at her, and a look of surprise appeared on his face, and then he disappeared.
This is her "other me".
"But why... Miss Anat's so-called divination that requires a price seems to be the special ability of her other self, not some powerful relic. But... that figure just now... it doesn't seem to be a normal 'other self' either."
Miss Bei Yasi was trying to catch the blood money that had turned into ashes, while Miss Anat tilted her head to listen to words that no one else could hear. The two of them really didn't see the figure that appeared just now.
"Did you see that just now, too?"
I saw it, but I can't give you an answer. I can only tell you that her "other self" seems to be hurt and incomplete.
"How badly injured?"
It's impossible to tell unless you get closer.
"The doctor's alter ego is related to the devil, and Miss Anat's alter ego can actually use the power of the relic..."
While Shade was still thinking, Miss Annat had already revealed a satisfied smile, and it seemed that she had come to an end:
"The answer obtained by spending four blood coins - To become the chosen one of balance, the first condition is to have an artifact that contains the power of the ancient gods, the second condition is to have some understanding of balance itself, and the third condition is a ritual, a special ritual -"
She looked at Miss Beas, who was sitting upright:
"Please go ahead."
"Pray to the ancient gods, voluntarily offer one of your eyes, and gain the wisdom to measure balance. Hanging upside down, in the presence of people with special destinies, judge your destined enemies impartially, thereby calibrating your own balance scale, mastering the power of the judge, and becoming the true chosen one."