"You, 55..."
The captain held the card, his face twitching and showing an angry expression. Because he was too angry, his eyes were particularly bulging, so much so that they looked more like fish eyes.
The light of the skull lamp above was fading, and more vague souls appeared in the cabin. Strong mental pressure swept in from all directions, but the golden light mark on Xia De's body suddenly bloomed with a stronger light at this moment.
It was as if golden embers were burning on his body at this moment, and even Miss Princess standing behind him could feel more warmth.
"You cheated, so I win. Now, let's go."
Xia De said through gritted teeth again, the strange expression on his face was because he was so hungry.
"No, you cheated."
The captain's voice became more eerie, and as the light gradually dimmed, the voice seemed to come from a deep abyss, hoarse and low.
"Where did I cheat?"
Shad asked back.
"This card has your flavor!"
The card was thrown towards Shad fiercely, and the huge force made the card cut through the air like a sharp blade and cut directly towards Shad's head.
Because he was sitting and there was someone behind him, Shade couldn't dodge and could only control the card to stop. But this action undoubtedly proved that the card was under his control.
The Founding Balance fell onto the table, and the captain laughed.
The foul air spread everywhere. Amid the restlessness of the sailors, the captain's stature grew taller, his skin wrinkled and became whiter, his skin was a dull green, and because his clothes were open, his belly was white. Most of his body was covered with fish scales, but a shadow appeared on his back, like a high ridge with scales. His ugly head had more fish features, huge, bulging eyeballs and gills trembling on both sides of his neck, making him a real mermaid.
You have been exposed to "blasphemy".
"Does the other party have the power of the evil god?"
These are the people favored by the evil god, in other words, those favored by God.
The rotten and swollen fish face looked at Shade. Its ugly appearance alone possessed extraordinary power, but Shade also looked at it:
"You cheated, that was despicable, there's no doubt about it."
"You cheated too, and you call me mean? I guess that needs no explanation."
Neither side denied cheating, but this made it impossible to determine the winner of this game.
The captain, who had already revealed his true face, did not want to let Shade go no matter what. After the gambling game just now, he seemed to have more interest in Shade.
They stared at each other, no one spoke. When the evil spirits around them began to get agitated again, the captain spoke:
"Turn over your last set of cards. If you bust, you lose. If you don't bust, I'll give you one last chance to play a round with me."
Xia De nodded and looked down at the cards in front of him. After turning over the first card, he found that it was the queen.
"Um?"
In other words, all his efforts just now were completely unnecessary. If he hadn't thought about letting the other party cheat, Xia De would have won by simply turning over the cards.
"queen?"
The captain did not expect this result:
"You see, fate always plays tricks on people, and all we can do is passively accept it. Let's take one last gamble."
The swollen hand threw a small object towards Shade across the table. The object kept spinning on the table. Shade pressed it and found that it was an ivory dice. Unlike the twenty-sided dice commonly used in Rhodes cards, this one was a cubic six-sided dice.
"You throw the numbers yourself, and eat the dishes based on the numbers you throw. After you finish eating, if you can calmly tell me that you want to leave, I will let you go. Otherwise, you and everyone else here will stay, including the woman behind you. This time it will be absolutely fair, I can guarantee that to God."
The evil spirits looked at Shad. Shad twirled the dice. The voice in his head clearly stated that this was just an ordinary item. There was no conspiracy this time. It was a real gamble of luck.
"Can I help him eat?"
Just as Xia De was about to throw, the girl behind him suddenly spoke.
"sure."
Said the captain.
Xia De turned to look at her in surprise. Her hair had completely turned red. She held the back of the chair with one hand and looked at Xia De with her green eyes.
"I remember what you said. If you can't hold on any longer, it will be my turn. You go first, and if you collapse, I will continue to eat until we leave."
"good."
Her Royal Highness the Princess is not the weak woman in fairy tales. The strong, independent and decisive sorceress is the princess that Shade truly admires.
He casually threw the dice into the air, and all eyes were focused on it. As the dice fell, it bounced twice on the table and then stopped. The number was 3.
"After you finish three courses and are still able to speak, I will let you go. I swear to God, this time it will be absolutely fair."
Said the captain.
"good."
Xia De nodded, re-evaluated his physical condition, and then pulled the nearest fish soup in front of him. These foods were all dishes of desire, and it didn't matter how many there were, so it didn't matter which dish to choose.
No one spoke, and Xia De quietly finished the first dish. Then he held the table with one hand, covered his chest with the other, lowered his head and kept retching on the ground. It was not because he was full, but because his hunger had reached a certain limit, and his body instinctively protected itself.
"Shad."
Miss Princess put her hand on Shade's shoulder. Shade raised his head and tried to smile, then shook his head:
"I can hold on for now."
This is the truth. If he couldn't hold on, he would have burned his divinity when the dice fell just now.
The second dish was the bowl of crystal clear purple grapes. Xia De seldom ate fruit after coming to this world, because he had been struggling to make ends meet for some time, and the thickness of his wallet did not allow him to consider things like fruit.
Picking up the grapes at this moment, I somehow thought of my hometown again. I stuffed the grapes into my mouth one by one, even swallowing the peels.
He clasped his hands together on the table, closed his eyes and held his breath. At this moment, even breathing would intensify the feeling of hunger. Shade felt dizzy and felt that the whole world was spinning. He tried hard to restrain the desire to eat crazily.
Even though he knew that the more he ate, the hungrier he got, his body still cried out for food. He didn't even dare to recall what he had eaten in the past. Any memory of food would make him feel like he was going to lose his mind.
Judging from the current situation, once he loses his mind, he will most likely turn around and eat Miss Princess, because she is the only living person here and her taste is obviously better than that of evil spirits or fish-headed people.
“There’s one last dish.”
The captain's voice was like a soft corpse dragging on the beach. The disgusting slippery feeling reminded Shade of colloid, and then of rotten meat.
He opened his eyes and used his trembling right hand to pick at the plate in front of him.
Do you feel it
"What?"
When your hunger reaches a certain limit, the consequences of your desire to eat are not as simple as letting you eat the beautiful girl behind you.
In the current situation, she was still laughing. Xia De sometimes felt that even if the world was destroyed, maybe the voice in his head could still make such a beautiful sound:
“So… I understand.”
The last plate he held was filled with yellow baked beans, a dish that often appears at breakfast in port cities and is sometimes served as a side dish in pubs.
Xia De reached out and picked up one. His trembling hands paused for a moment, then he closed his eyes and put the bean into his mouth.
As he chewed, he now fully sensed a certain "limit"; the limit of hunger he could endure was not far away.
He picked up the second bean and put it in his mouth. Miraculously, the discomfort in his stomach disappeared. Instead, he felt a hunger from the soul, forcing him to eat something. His body's most primitive instinct was gradually wearing away his will. Everything in front of him seemed unimportant. His senses were searching for something to eat. Once he really made a decision, the existence of the stranger as an individual would probably disappear from then on, and a terrible guy would appear on the ship.
Picking up the third bean and putting it into his mouth, Xia De was stunned for a moment, then fell headfirst onto the table and didn't move.
No one spoke. The evil spirits looked at Shad, the captain looked at Shad, and even Miss Princess was looking at Shad.
They were expecting him to sit up again and turn around to eat the young girl behind him, while Miss Princess was expecting him to sit up again and smile and tell her that it was all over and that they were the winners.
But Shade just lay there quietly on the table, motionless. Miss Princess had even forgotten the scale of time, and it seemed as if Shade had been lying there for ten thousand years.
There was no sadness or crying. She didn't know what happened to Shade, but she knew that as a second-ring warlock, Shade had already given everything he could. Now it was her turn:
"Now, it's my turn!"
The young girl's voice was hoarse, but the emotion contained in her voice was so passionate. Her slightly red eyes were bright, and even though her only companion had fallen, the Five Rings Sorceress remained strong.
Princess means princess, but this princess is definitely not the weak and ridiculous woman in the story:
"Now I will take his place and eat all the food. If I finish, all the people you have robbed on the cruise ship will be released."
"no problem."
The captain nodded. The evil spirits were restless, but they could not break the rules and attack the woman directly.
Miss Princess glanced down at Shad, who was leaning over the table, and then walked to his right.
He reached out and picked up the beans from the plate, then put them into his mouth with his eyes closed.