The Whispering Verses Chapter 297: The bet of the ring warlocks
After confirming Shade’s identity, Mr. Walker spoke to him warmly, but was rudely interrupted by Miss Louisa:
"Stop, Walker, Shade has no reason to help you. Besides, he only has the title of knight, but he has no ability to help you get out that truckload of prohibited items. We are not involved in your business of brewing moonshine. Okay. Okay, let’s move on to the discussion, can we lower the price?”
Miss Louisa was delayed here not only because of the arrival of the police just now, but also because when she received the goods, she learned from Mr. Walker that the parchments made from the skin of the wild three-horned antelope she ordered were actually Temporary price increase.
It’s not that Mr. Walker wants to rip off Miss Isa, but the unexpected events on Thursday night caused the cost price of these rare materials to be transported into Tobesk from other places to change significantly:
"Originally, 20-inch parchment paper sold for 12 pounds and 3 shillings, but now I only increased it to 17 pounds, which is not much."
"But the price increase was before Miss Louisa placed the order. This was an unexpected event. You are disrespecting the spirit of the contract."
Xia De opened his mouth to help, but the middle-aged man shrugged:
"I admire the spirit of contract, but I also have to have money to spend. No one's gold pounds fall from the sky, and I can't let myself suffer."
"Oh, Walker, don't think I don't know. The price you get from other places will never exceed 11 pounds and 7 shillings. Listen, the most I can pay you is 13 pounds, otherwise the business is over."
Miss Louisa frowned and said, pretending to turn around and leave with Shade:
"15 pounds, this is the lowest price."
The middle-aged man shook his head and said, without any intention of stopping Miss Louisa:
"Recently, because of those **** lunatics, the prices of all materials in the Tobesk area will rise. I know it is wrong to notify you of the price increase only when delivery is made, but I also want to have money to support my family."
"How can you support a family as a bachelor? I think you are going to the club to play Rhodes."
The blonde girl sarcastically said without mercy:
"I also know your team leader, and he has told you about your bad hobbies."
"Playing Rhodes is as important to me as eating."
Mr. Walker responded with a smile. Shade suddenly raised his eyebrows and had an idea:
"Want to play Rhodes?"
Miss Louisa looked at him in surprise, but Mr. Walker smiled and showed interest. Shade was very familiar with this expression, and the opponent was definitely a Rhodes player.
"Mr. Hamilton, what do you mean?"
"Let's play a game of cards. If I win, Miss Louisa will buy the parchments for 13 pounds. If you win, we will buy your goods for 15 pounds."
"Do you have any special cards? I don't play with players who use normal decks."
Mr. Walker narrowed his eyes, and Shade laughed.
Pulling out the cards from his formal pocket, with Miss Louisa's "Why do you carry this thing with you?" expression, he sorted it out a little, put away the two founding series, and then pulled out [Ancient Fairy Tales·Matches] Female], [Northern City・Coldwater Port City] [Eastern Old World Style・Lake Tees] [Original Steam Engine・Mark 9] [Carsonlik Southern Folklore・Moon Dance Festival] five cards for the other party to check.
Although he carries the deck with him, it is impossible to carry the identification document with him.
Mr. Walker looked at the five cards with wide eyes, obviously not expecting that the young detective had so many good things. Shade paid attention to his expression. The middle-aged man seemed not to notice anything special about the Moon Dance Festival card.
"How about it? Do you want me to play a game with you?"
Xia De asked again, thinking that the other party would definitely agree. But this time he thought wrong. Mr. Walker reluctantly handed the card back to Shade, and then shook his head:
"You have so many special cards, you must be an experienced player. This time you offered to play cards with me again, so you have a high probability of winning. In this case, what reason do I have to play cards with you?" ”
This was the first time that Shade encountered someone who refused to play Rhodes. He motioned to the blonde to stop talking for the time being, and then asked in a low voice:
"Aren't you confident in your Rhodes skills?"
This simple method of stimulating generals will definitely not work, so Shade added another sentence:
"As a Rhodes player, if you refuse when others propose a game, can you still say that you are a real poker player?"
The middle-aged man hesitated with a sullen face. Listening to the opera music in the distance, he thought for a long time before speaking:
"I can bet against you, but I can't just bet on Rhodes. We bet three times, winning two out of three. The last round is Rhodes. In the first two rounds, each person proposes a bet, and I go first. ”
Shad glanced at Miss Louisa, saw the latter nodded, and said:
"Okay, so what do you want to bet on first? The card draw ratio? The dice points?"
"Of course not, we are competing. The faster one can move 30 feet (about 9m) from the current position without attracting the attention of ordinary people."
"Oh, that's not fair!"
Miss Louisa took Shade's hand and said with a frown, she knew Shade's [Raglai's Jump]:
"I know your magic skills, but Shade can't defeat you."
"There's nothing unfair, it's a best of three games anyway."
Mr. Walker showed a confident smile, then snapped his fingers, and a subtle crackling sound appeared in his ears. He rushed forward suddenly, and his whole body seemed to turn into a bolt of lightning and appeared 30 feet away. He looked back at Shade with a smile, signaling that it was his turn.
Shad looked at Miss Louisa, and with the latter's unconcealable smile, he took out the extract and put it on the tip of his tongue, and then said to Mr. Walker:
"Don't blink."
Take a step forward, and the next step is directly next to Mr. Walker. The latter opened his mouth in surprise:
"Space ability? Louisa, when did your group have a ring warlock who has this ability?"
"Walker, don't pry into other people's secrets."
Miss Louisa smiled and said:
"We won the first game, Shade, what are we going to do in the second game?"
"I want to bet..."
Xia De wants to draw 4, whoever draws first wins. But Mr. Walker immediately interrupted him. Under the current circumstances, he could not let Shade pose the question:
"Let's bet on Rhodes in the second round!"
"The third round is Rhodes."
Shad will not do useless things. If he can win the simple, he will not play cards.
The middle-aged man knew that he was unreasonable, so he put forward other conditions, waved his hands and said:
"You and Louisa really deceived me just now. Don't refuse in a hurry. I want to say that the race just now does not count. We will still follow your original proposal and use Rhodes cards to compete. If I If you win, I will still sell you those parchments for 15 pounds. If you win, I will not only sell you the materials at a low price, but I will also give you a message."
He looked at Shade with a serious expression.
"What news?"
Xia De asked. In fact, it doesn't matter if he agrees.
Seeing Shade asking questions, Mr. Walker smiled. He knew that Shade was moved:
"Do you know that the thirteen-ring warlock originally stationed here, Mr. Sari Pilot, the 'Iron Right Hand', has been away from this city two months ago?"
"I even know that he led a team to a rural town to deal with an incident where an angel-level (level 1) relic went out of control."
Shad said that this news came from Miss Bayas (Chapter 177), when they talked about the returning president of the Prophet Association.
"You know? Yes, but do you know what that angel-level relic is?"
Mr. Walker asked again, Shade shook his head, and the middle-aged man in black formal suit laughed:
"Additional information is the news about the angel-level relic. Note that the Zhengshen Church has almost completely destroyed [Mercury Blood], but the sage-level relic [God's Gift Box] was not found in the underground ruins. The current information about that relic can reach 100 pounds on the black market, so the angel level is higher. Oh, you must agree, otherwise you are not a real Rhodes player."
He used what Shade said just now.
"No problem, I'll play cards with you."
Xia De made a hesitant expression, and then agreed softly. The blonde girl glanced at him. She knew how good Shade was at playing Rhodes:
"Xia De, there is actually no need to take such a risk."
The tone showed great concern.
"Lucasa, Mr. Hamilton has already agreed, and you can't go back on it!"
Mr. Walker said hurriedly, and then pulled out his deck for Shade to check. This gentleman had two special cards. The deck looked a bit old. You could tell at a glance that it was frequently used.
"By the way, when I was doing business in Kasenlik, I was known as the 'Gambling King of Sikal Mountain'."
The Sikal Mountains are a mountain range that stretches across the east coast of the central continent and serves as an important dividing line between Carsonlik and Delrayon. The front line of the Windy Trail where Captain Rades won the [Gun of Kindness] is at the northern foot of Sikal Mountain.
What Mr. Walker said was an important stage of "talking harshly" before a stranger played Rhodes. On the one hand, it is to show that one is an experienced player, on the other hand, it is to intimidate the opponent and overwhelm the opponent in terms of momentum.
Xia De smiled:
"I don't want to brag about myself, but I haven't lost a game since I started playing Rhodes. Yes, I can swear to Mr. Dawn, what I, Shad Suellen Hamilton, just said , absolutely true."
Mr. Walker was startled:
"Never lost a game? Oh, no, you can't scare me, Knight, tonight is the moment you are going to lose. Come this way."
The three of them walked to the window at the end of the corridor. Outside was the night view of Tobesk. Under the warm yellow gas light, Mr. Shade and Mr. Walker shuffled each other's cards, and then put their respective decks on the windowsill together:
"One round determines the outcome."
Xia De proposed:
"I'm still thinking about opera."
"No problem."
Mr. Walker nodded and narrowed his eyes to look at his deck.
But no one suggested that Miss Louisa, who was watching, act as the dealer. According to the unwritten rules of Rhodes, the dealer can only be male.
The two of them each drew the first card. According to convention, this is the trump card and they can choose to reveal it at the end. Shade's card was 13, and Mr. Walker looked at his hole card for a moment, then turned it over with a smile:
"Look, I'm lucky tonight."
[Modern Girl・Flower Shop Girl], Flower Moon 7.