"It was an ordinary winter night. When night fell, the people on Silver Cross Avenue did not know what story would happen tonight. The protagonists of the story - the stalker in the dark, Georgori Deus, the charming lady Lydia Pengelo, and the lucky mortal Shad Hamilton, suddenly realized that the gears of fate were turning at this moment."
A hoarse voice sounded in the darkness, and the people at the table subconsciously moved closer to the light source. The three people under the light saw that in the wooden backdrop on the table, small puppets representing the three story characters appeared. The positions of those puppets were exactly where Xia De and the other two should be now.
Someone sighed in the darkness:
"The thief from Tobesk is the target of the three men tonight. No one knows why they are so obsessed with the thief, but they are determined to use the thief to prove their glory. Suddenly, the falling of dice was heard, as if people who woke up from a long dream decided to do something.
So, what do the three of you want to do now?"
In the darkness where no one was paying attention, Ajelina, hiding behind her sister, felt that Leicia put her focus on her, but then she returned to normal.
The Red Butterfly Pendant strengthens the connection between the two ladies. Leicia on the Fishbone Pirate Ship could not be interchanged with Dorothy, but now that they are both Five Rings, they can.
In the living room on the second floor of No. 6 St. Teresa's Square, where the gas lights were on, Dorothy, who was caressing Little Mia while reading a book, suddenly closed her eyes. When Little Mia raised her head curiously, Leicia's soul had already controlled the body to open its eyes.
"Little Mia, it seems we have to go to Shad now, at least to let him know what happened."
She sighed and stood up, reaching for the night watchman by the fireplace. The cat with its eyes wide open blinked and actually stood up from its prone position.
On the second floor of the Prophet's Association, in the divination room that was supposed to be unused, Shad, who had just announced that he was "going to the bathroom," was talking to Luvia.
The moonlight illuminated the side of his face, and Xia De was suddenly startled:
"It's really strange. Half a minute ago, some mysterious force tried to make me forget that I noticed Yin Luna fighting with someone outside. It was as if Yin Luna fell into a special space like the 'Dark Realm' that would make people forget."
He frowned and said to the girl with purple eyes:
"And now, as if there were invisible threads controlling my mind and body, I had a strong urge to go downstairs, walk around the street, and investigate the situation. This was not my own idea, and it was completely out of my plan."
"Minds being manipulated? That's a big deal."
Luvia said alertly, and stretched out her hand to Shade:
"We can't save money at this time."
Shade felt in his pocket and chose between the coins of wisdom, the cat and dog coins, and the dandelion coin, and gave the latter to Luvia.
The coin was thrown directly into the sky and began to decay at the highest point. When the decayed ashes dispersed in the air, the purple-eyed girl opened her eyes and looked at Shade in great surprise:
"You were chosen by Yin Luna."
"What?"
"Very interesting, you have joined a game. Don't worry, they only know your actions, not what you did specifically. Before Yin Luna gives the next instructions, please listen to me introduce the information of an angel-level relic."
She quickly introduced the general characteristics of the Angel-level Relic Dice Story Collection and emphasized:
"They won't know your specific actions, they only know what you did roughly. For example, they won't know about your conversation with me now, unless you stay here too long and don't go downstairs. But this may be better. You now have a full reason to disguise yourself as an ordinary person to capture the thief Jack under the watchful eyes of everyone. The only thing you need to pay attention to is not to expose your identity as a ring warlock. If you successfully get through this incident, the church will never even doubt whether you are a ring warlock again."
She pointed to the door:
"Now follow Yin Luna's instructions and go outside, and she will bring you victory."
"Disguised as a regular detective? I get it."
Shade nodded. Luvia's "divination" almost completely analyzed the characteristics of the relic, but the people who were telling and listening to the story had no idea that he, the "character of the story", already knew everything.
"Wait a moment."
Before Shade left, Luvia handed Shade a divination card:
"Take this."
Luvia handed Shade the divination card "Divination Game".
Shade didn't ask why. He put the divination cards into his pocket and put them together with Rhodes' deck.
"I'm going to 'scout' on Silver Cross Avenue now. Wait for my good news."
He pushed open the door and returned to the corridor. The corridor was not empty, but both the royal guards and the staff of the Prophet's Association seemed to have forgotten that the Mechanicus's ring wizard team rushed into the room a few minutes ago. They didn't even notice Shad. According to the characteristics of the relic, no one could notice Shad unless the "Secret Keeper" mentioned it.
For example, Luvia just now should have suddenly become curious about what she was doing standing in an empty room, but Luvia was obviously surprised. Considering that she could be exempted from even level 0 relics, Shade could also understand the mental suggestion of exempting level 1 relics.
"I'm watching you from the window. If anything unexpected happens, I'll show up. There are actually a lot of loopholes here that you can exploit."
Luvia whispered from behind Shade.
In the closed room, the only light source fell from the sky and illuminated the table. Although Yin Luna was angry, she still suppressed her expression:
"You're cheating again!"
Professor Ans shook his head:
“That’s not cheating.”
He unrolled the parchment:
"Before our characters move to Silver Cross Avenue, I would like to announce that -
Because the night stalker Chogori Deus carries the symbol of the 'Broken Bugle', his combat power is enhanced. In combat, he rolls the dice to attack and gets a 12-point bonus.
Because he carries the symbol of his mother's necklace, he is less likely to take damage in battle, and rolls the dice for defense in battle, gaining a 20-point bonus.
Because he carries the symbol of the expensive Linster monocle, he can see some subtle traces and gain an extra 15 points when investigating.
Because you carry the symbol of the Broken Stem Candle Match, you will get a 25-point bonus when scouting in the dark.
Because I carry the symbol of the 'desecrated silver cross holy emblem', I can roll extra dice to be immune to certain attacks when I encounter evil creatures."
As he finished speaking, five more items appeared on the wooden doll in the background on the round table: a necklace, a bugle, a monocle, matches and a holy emblem.
The cultist Dion on the side also revealed the "symbols" carried by the character he controlled, the charming lady Lydia Vongolo, and he said the number was four.
The so-called "symbols" are not items with extraordinary powers, but ordinary items that are judged as special items by the dice story book according to unknown rules. The two people who came prepared prepared these props in advance, so they were confident that they could use the special rules of the dice story book to win the game and capture the thief Jack, but Yin Luna didn't know there were these things.
She opened Shade's parchment again and read the densely packed text, looking for symbols that could be used. The basic rule of the game is that it must be read out loud to take effect, and the effect will not take effect if it is not read out loud:
"Mortal's lucky Shad Hamilton, carrying the symbol 'Invincible Rod Deck', luck is enhanced, and whenever you roll the dice, you automatically get a 5-point bonus."
Professor Ans is not surprised:
"Indeed, the chosen one, the target you chose should be the best target. It will increase your pitiful chance of winning by at least ten percent."
“There’s a fine line between luck and bad luck.”
The cultists whispered.
Yin Luna frowned and continued to look at the parchment in her hand. Relics would not be considered as game symbols, and most of what Xia De had on him, besides relics, were toys, which were not symbols either. But she found that compared to the first time she checked the parchment a few minutes ago, Xia De had one more item on him:
"Mortal's Lucky Shad Hamilton, carrying the symbol 'Loved One's Divination Card Game', luck is enhanced, and whenever you roll the dice, you automatically get a 5-point bonus."
Yin Luna knew that this card could only have been given by Luvia, and the word "beloved" made her feel a little uncomfortable. Among the spectators, Dorothy curled her lips, Princess Margaret frowned deeply, and Ajelina didn't know what she was thinking.
The figure in the black robe drew everyone's attention back with a hoarse voice:
"The people chasing the thieves came to the brightly lit Silver Cross Avenue. The bright gas street lamps indicated safety. But the ordinary police patrolling the streets noticed them and threw two dice to form a number. Only those with numbers higher than 105 could continue to act on the street. Social reputation and charm can add value to the dice."
The puppets representing the three characters have all arrived at the Silver Cross Avenue on the table setting, but the highest number of points on the two dice can only be 100. Theoretically, no one can pass the judgment.
Professor Ans first threw two dice:
"I'll go first."
The thrown dice form the number "29".
"The stalker in the night, Chogori Deus, has a local reputation bonus of 10 and a personal charm bonus of 19, for a total of 58 points. He uses the power of the ring in his hand to cast 'Charm Humans' to make himself trustworthy. Because the target is an ordinary person, the judgment is passed directly, and an additional charm bonus of 50 is obtained. The character's special skill - Speech, has an additional bonus of 32. The total is 140, and the judgment is passed."
The cultist then threw the dice and rolled 51:
"Ms. Charming Lydia Pengelo, local reputation bonus is 15, personal charm bonus is 81, total points are 147. Oh, I won't read the speech, the judgment has been passed."
He smiled, Yin Luna looked at the table hesitantly, and Miss Green comforted her:
“It doesn’t matter. You have to believe in your luck. Even if Mr. Hamilton is an ordinary person, he still has a chance of winning.”
Yin Luna nodded. This was not what she was worried about.
I threw the dice and the number was 39:
"Mortal's Lucky Shad Hamilton, local reputation bonus is 64."
Shade is quite famous in the city, mainly because of his "scandal" with Miss Carina, but he is only the lowest noble after all, so the value of 64 is actually mainly due to those wonderful rumors.
Yin Luna skipped over some strange bonuses such as "affinity with spirits", "speech that can deceive witches", and "luck under the moonlight":
"Charisma bonus is..."
Yin Luna looked at the parchment scroll in her hand and pursed her lips, which aroused everyone's curiosity.