"Let's bet bigger. Defective sins cannot be used as chips. Each bet must be at least 1 ordinary sin. Each time you draw a card, you must increase the bet. The winner takes all, and the loser loses the bet chips."
This means that winning too much or losing too much will not end well.
After saying that, the old man wiped his palm towards the table, and a set of Rhodes cards appeared on the table. Shade and Mr. Bernhard also took out their own cards. Seeing that Sister Defulin was not prepared, Shade took out his spare cards and slid them across the table to the other party. The nun thanked him softly.
"The most common rule is that you can add the drawn cards back to the deck after each round. I admit that there are cards with special rules, which make the game more interesting. But I also have special cards left by outsiders in the past."
The old man said, then he fished out a small rusty black iron statue from under the table and placed it on the table.
The aura of blasphemy almost forced the three to look away immediately. Even Shade was unwilling to look at the statue for a long time. This was a statue of the evil god, undoubtedly a statue of the evil god. The statue depicted an image of a fat man with his fists clenched and his arms raised high.
"My bet is that this statue of the old god, the spreader of misfortune, the Father of Sleep, contains three minutes of rare laziness. This great being controls the power of sleep, laziness, idleness, misfortune and poverty. If any of you win these three minutes of rare laziness, it can be regarded as a perfect sin for 30 minutes."
He pushed the statue of the evil god slightly forward:
"This building holds too many sins, but the sins of the treasure level cannot be contained by ordinary flesh. The statues of the old gods are the best containers. May the gods of sin bless me. I think the card game will be very interesting."
As he said this, he drew his first card.
Mr. Armand Bernhard also immediately drew his cards:
"My ante is 1, normal killing, I'm standing."
He didn't even look at the contents of his own cards, which meant that he had given up on this round. After all, all the vampire wanted was a perfect level of sin, and if he won this round, it would be a bad thing for him.
Sister Defulin hesitated:
"Ante 1 tick normal greed."
She didn’t stop trading.
Shade thought that losing the game was also a good opportunity to atone for his sins, so he drew a card and placed his bet:
“1.1 minutes of perfect laziness.”
He was taking out the sins that he was forced to acquire in the Mansion of Sin.
I took a look at my hole cards, 6 of flowers, a common card.
"Then let's start the second round. This is the holy emblem pendant of the Old God, the Sleeping Father. It contains 1 moment of precious laziness."
The owner of the mansion took out a black iron pendant and placed it on the table, then drew out the second card.
Xia De looked at Sister Defulin, and the nun shook her head slightly at him:
"One moment of ordinary laziness, suspended."
Sister Defulin also gave up this game. It was too risky to continue. She couldn't afford the laziness of the 4-minute treasure.
"Your method of betting is not fair to us."
Xia De said, but the dying old man just covered his second card. According to the rules, everyone should open the cards together in each round, so he did not immediately show the content of the second card to Xia De.
Shade also drew a second card:
"Raise 0.1 ticks of perfect laziness."
This takes out all the laziness gained here, and Shade's second card is the Legend of the Brave, Fletcher the Bard, with flower 9. Because the previous card is an even-numbered flower suit, it meets the special card rules, and the point 9 can be adjusted between 9 and 10.
He added all his special cards to the deck. Although this would let the blood-sucking Bernhard know who he really was, it was better than losing the game. After all, Shade also knew Bernhard's true identity.
"My second card is Moon 2 Steamboat Roaring Blue Lyon."
The owner of the mansion showed the cards to Shade, grinning and revealing his yellow teeth:
"Rule: When you draw the Steam-powered ship Roaring Blue Lyon and the Steam-powered ship Silent Red York in succession, the default score for this round is 21."
Then, he turned over his cards and showed them to Shade:
"Look, my trump card is Sun 2, the steam-powered ship Silent Red York."
He stacked the two cards together, clasped his hands together and placed them on the table:
"So, do you want to continue drawing cards?"
The corner of Xia De's mouth twitched. He didn't remember the other party shuffling the cards before playing. And even if he did, he was quite sure that the other party must have cheated.
Why not good luck
she asked, smiling in Shad's ear.
"Looking at the other person's expression, it seems like he is deliberately trying to provoke me."
Xia De was indeed a little annoyed, but then he realized that it was the power of the mansion that was influencing him, making him even more irrational:
"Well, since he plays cards like this, don't blame me."
Do you want to give the other party a card again
she asked with a smile.
“No, that’s too low-end.”
Shade also revealed both of his cards:
"The first flower is 6, the second flower is 9, totaling 15 points. Continue to raise the bet, 1 ordinary lie."
He took off his mask. Mr. Bernhardt looked at him in surprise, not understanding why this man suddenly revealed his identity while playing cards.
"The third card..."
Shade placed his hand on his deck, narrowed 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 and balance."
This is to use his control over the Vientiane card to directly draw the desired card. Currently, Shade can only do this for the Genesis Balance Genesis Darkness and the Southern Folklore of Carsenrick Moon Dance Festival.
He was a very fair person, so he didn't use this ability even in the "Big City Players". But now that the other party was playing tricks first, Shade didn't plan to play cards seriously with the other party.
Mr. Bernhardt looked at the cards on the table and his eyes widened. As someone who always carries Rhodes cards, he certainly knows the Genesis series, and he also knows who should have this Genesis Balance card:
"Who are you... ... "
"We'll talk about identity later. Look, I'm 22 points, bust. But the rule of Genesis Balance is that after bust, all cards are discarded and a new one is drawn."
Xia De threw away the three cards in his hand:
"Add 1 tick of ordinary lie."
His eyes were fixed on the old man at the other end of the long table, and his hands were covering his deck again:
"You may think I'm cheating, but I've actually been blessed by the Black Hunter of the Old Ones, yes, the God of Gamblers.
Therefore, every time I draw a card, it is destined."
He pulled out a new trump card, but instead of hiding it, he raised it up to cover his left eye. His right eye narrowed slightly, with anger and determination in it:
"Star 11, Origin, Darkness. When you draw this card, if it is the first hidden card, you will win directly regardless of any rules and conditions. The winning priority of this card is higher than any other rules, and after redrawing the cards, this is indeed the first hidden card. Sorry, this time, I win."
Mr. Bernhardt had an expression on his face as if he wanted to laugh but was forcing himself to hold it back. Even Sister Devlin gave Shade a faint smile.
The owner of the mansion was obviously stunned, and it took him a long time to quietly exclaim:
"What a great combination. I see. The rules of the Rhodes cards can actually produce such a wonderful combination. I originally thought that two steam-powered ships would be powerful enough."
"So, do you admit that I won?"
"Of course I admit it. Yes, you have won 4 precious moments of laziness. You can leave with the golden pearl earrings. But you only won the laziness itself. The statue of God and the holy emblem that served as the container still belong to the mansion. Therefore, you need to absorb the sins before you can leave."
The figurine standing behind him moved and brought the statue and the holy emblem to Shade's hands.
The approach of the evil god's power even made Mr. Bernhardt a little uncomfortable. Shade didn't want to harm others 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 person should do. The blasphemous element and the power of the evil god are enough to tempt any strong mind to go crazy.
When Shad was still a 1st ring warlock, he only took a look at the statue of the vampire Duke Laoel, and in the blood frenzy, he obtained the spell of blood echo. And absorbing the sin contained in the statue is obviously a deeper contact with the power of the evil god than just taking a look.
He hesitated for a moment, and did not take the risk of directly observing the evil god's statue and holy emblem. Instead, he looked up at the owner of the mansion on the other side of the table:
“Perhaps, before the next game begins, each of us should reshuffle the cards.”
"Do you still want to continue 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 game more fairly."
As he said this, he divided his deck into two and gave them to Mr. Bernhard and Sister Develin. Of course, the special cards in the deck for Sister Develin were more, with 9 cards, while Mr. Bernhard only had 3 cards.
The two thanked Xia De quietly and then began to shuffle the cards. The owner of the mansion also knocked on the table, and the pile of Rhodes cards began to shuffle automatically.
"Remember the advice I gave you when you came to me with that cat that was as warm as the sun."
The nun suddenly said, Shade was puzzled for a moment, then nodded, ready to absorb the sins in the evil god's statue and holy emblem.
Chapter 707: Unfair Game