Chapter 298 The Gamble of the Ring Warlocks
After confirming Shad's identity, Mr. Walker talked enthusiastically with him, but was roughly interrupted by Miss Louisa:
"Stop, Walker, Shade has no reason to help you. Besides, he only has the title of knight, but he can't help you get that trainload of prohibited items out. We don't participate in your bootlegging business. Okay, okay , let’s continue to talk about things, can we lower the price?”
Miss Louisa wasted time here not only because of the arrival of the police just now, but also because she learned from Mr. Walker when she received the goods that the parchment made of the skin of the wild triangular antelope she ordered had to be temporarily charged. price.
It was not that Mr. Walker wanted to sell Miss Louisa, but the unexpected incident on Thursday night, which caused the cost price of these rare materials to be transported into Tobesk from other places to change greatly:
"Originally 20 inches of parchment sold for 12 pounds and 3 shillings, but now I have only raised it to 17 pounds, which is not much."
"But the price increase was before Miss Louisa placed an order. It was an accident. You are disrespecting the spirit of the contract."
Xia De spoke to help, but the middle-aged man shrugged:
"I admire the spirit of the contract, but I also need money to spend. No one's gold pounds are falling from the sky, and I can't let myself suffer."
"Oh, Walker, don't think I don't know. The price you get from outside is definitely not more than 11 pounds 7 shillings. Listen, I can pay you up to 13 pounds, or the business will be forgotten."
Miss Louisa frowned and said, making a gesture to turn around and leave with Xia De:
"15 pounds, that's the lowest price."
The middle-aged man shook his head and said, without any intention of stopping Miss Louisa:
"Recently, the price of all materials in the Tobeysk region has been going up because of those **** lunatics. I know it's wrong to inform you of the price increase when it's delivered, but I also need to have money to support my family."
"What kind of family do you raise, a bachelor? I think you are going to the club to play Rhodes."
The blonde girl sarcastically said:
"I also know your team leader, but he told you about your bad hobbies."
"Playing Rhodes is as important to me as eating."
Mr. Walker responded with a smile, Xia De suddenly raised his eyebrows, and he had an idea:
"Do you want to play Rhodes?"
Miss Louisa looked at him in surprise, but Mr. Walker laughed, showing a very interested expression. Xia De is very familiar with this expression, the opponent is 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 parchment for 13 pounds. If you win, we will buy your goods for 15 pounds."
"Do you have special cards? I don't play against players with normal decks."
Mr. Walker narrowed his eyes, and Shad laughed too.
He pulled out the cards in the pocket of the suit, and with Miss Louisa's expression of "Why do you carry this thing with you", he tidied up a little bit, put away the two founding series, and then drew out [Ancient Fairy Tales Match Girl], [Northern City·Lengshuigang City][Eastern View of the Old Continent·Lake Tees][Primitive Steam Engine·Mark Nine][Carson Rick Southern Folklore·Moon Dance Festival] Five cards for the opponent to check.
Although he carried the deck with him, it was impossible for him to carry the identification documents with him.
Mr. Walker stared at the five cards with wide eyes, apparently not expecting the young detective to have so many good things. Xia De paid attention to his expression, the middle-aged man didn't seem to notice anything special about the Moon Dance Festival card.
"How about it? Want me to play a game with you?"
Xia De asked again, thinking that the other party would definitely agree. But this time he was wrong. Mr. Walker handed the card back to Shad with some reluctance, then shook his head:
"You have so many special cards, you must be a senior 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 Xia De encountered someone who refused to play Rhodes. He motioned for the blonde girl not to speak for now, and then asked in a low voice:
"Aren't you confident in your Rhodes technology?"
This simple aggressive method will definitely not work, so Xia De added another sentence:
"As a Rhodes player, if you refuse when others propose a game, can you still say that you are a real player?"
The middle-aged man hesitated with a sullen face. Hearing the sound of opera music coming from a 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, two out of three games. The last game is Rhodes. In the first two rounds, everyone proposes a bet. I will come first."
Xia De glanced at Miss Louisa, saw the latter nodded, and said:
"Okay, so what do you want to bet first? The card draw ratio? The dice points?"
"Of course not. We run a race. Move 30 feet (about 9m) from your current position without attracting the attention of ordinary people. The faster side wins."
"Oh, that's not fair!"
Miss Louisa held Shade's hand and frowned and said, she knew Shade's [Ragley's Jump]:
"I know your thaumaturgy, Shade can't beat you."
"It's nothing unfair, anyway, it's two out of three games."
Mr. Walker smiled confidently, 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 flash of lightning and appeared 30 feet away. Smiling and looking back at Xia De, he signaled that it was his turn.
Xia De looked at Miss Louisa, and in the latter's unconcealable smile, took out the extract and put it on the tip of his tongue, and then said to Mr. Walker:
One step forward, and the next step appeared directly beside Mr. Walker. The latter opened his mouth wide in surprise:
"Spatial abilities? Louisa, when did your group have a ring warlock with this ability?"
"Walker, don't pry into other people's secrets at will."
Miss Louisa smiled and said:
"We won the first game, Xia De, what will we play in the second game?"
"I want to bet"
Xia De wanted to draw 4, whoever draws first wins. But Mr. Walker interrupted him immediately. He couldn't let Shad ask the question under the current situation:
"Let's bet on Rhodes in the second game!"
"The third game is Rhodes."
Xia De will not do useless things, if he can win easily, 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 tricked me just now, don't rush to refuse. I want to say that the race just now doesn't count. We still follow your original proposal and use the Rhodes card to compete. If I win, It’s still 15 pounds to sell you those parchments. If you win, I will not only sell you the materials at a low price, but also give you a message.”
He looked at Xia De with a serious expression.
"what news?"
Xia De asked, in fact, it's nothing to agree.
Seeing Xia De's question, Mr. Walker smiled, and he knew that Xia De was moved:
"Do you know that Mr. Sarri Pirot, the 'Steel Right Hand', the thirteen-ring warlock originally stationed here, has not been in this city since two months ago?"
"I even know that he led a team to a rural town to deal with an Angel-level (Level 1) relic going out of control."
Xia De said that this news was heard from Miss Bayas (Chapter 177), and that time they talked about the returning president of the Prophet Association.
"You know? That's right, but do you know what that angel-level relic is?"
Mr. Walker asked again, and Shad shook his head, so the middle-aged man in black formal suit laughed:
"Additional information is the news about the angel-level relic. Note that the Orthodox Church has almost completely wiped out [Blood of Mercury], but the sage-level relic [God's Gift Box] has not been found in the underground ruins. Now about that The information on this relic can reach 100 pounds in the black market. Therefore, if you want to be higher at the Angel level, you will not suffer from this bet. Oh, you must agree, otherwise you will not be a real Rhodes player."
He used what Xia De said just now.
"No problem, I'll play cards with you."
Xia De made a hesitant expression before agreeing softly. The blonde girl glanced at him, she knew the level of Xia De's betting on Rhodes:
"Xia De, there is actually no need to take such a risk."
The tone was very worried.
"Louissa, Mr. Hamilton has already agreed, and he cannot go back on his word!"
Mr. Walker said hastily, and then drew out his own deck for Shade to check. This gentleman has two special cards, and the deck looks a bit old, and it is known that it is often used.
"By the way, when I was doing business in Kasenlik, I had the title of 'King of Gambling in Xical Mountain'."
Mount Xical is a mountain range that stretches across the east coast of the central part of the continent, serving as an important dividing line between Carson Rico and De La Rion. Captain Rudds won the Guns of Kindness front on the Windswept Trail, just north of Mount Sikal.
And Mr. Walker's utterance is an important stage of "speaking harshly" before the stranger plays the Rhodes card. On the one hand, it is to show that you are a veteran 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 boast about myself, but I haven't lost a game since I came into contact with Rhodes. Yes, I can swear to Mr. Dawn, what I, Shade Suren Hamilton said just now, is absolutely true real."
Mr. Walker was taken aback:
"Never lost a game? Oh~www.mtlnovel.com~ No, you can't scare me, knight, tonight is the time when you will be defeated. Come here."
The three walked to the window at the end of the corridor together, and the night view of Tobesk was outside. Under the warm yellow gas light, Shade and Mr. Walker shuffled each other's cards, and then put their respective decks on the windowsill together:
"One game determines the outcome."
Shad suggested:
"I still miss the opera."
"no problem."
Mr. Walker nodded, narrowing his eyes to look at his deck.
But no one suggested that Miss Louisa, who was on the sidelines, act as the dealer. According to the unwritten rules of the Rhodes Card, the dealer can only be male.
The two each drew the first card. According to the convention, this is the hole 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 smiled and opened it:
"Look, good luck tonight."
[Modern Girl · Flower Shop Girl], color moon 7.
(end of this chapter)