Chapter 1382: Genesis: Earth

"You know, compared to most people I deal with, you are quite civilized."

Ossenfort said, his right hand reaching into his pocket to take out his deck, and then he pulled out the top card:

"To prevent you from thinking I'm playing you—I'm not doing that, so, I'll prove that this card is indeed here with me."

The card was placed on the table, and the dim yellow flame illuminated the card face.

The front of the card only had white, black, and cold colors near the two colors. A slender woman wearing a hooded robe, whose facial details could not be seen, stood in the center of the card, spreading her arms, and the Holy Grail floating between her arms was the part depicted most delicately on the card face.

There were no other clothes in that robe, and the Holy Grail cleverly covered the sensitive parts. Interestingly, the naked body gave this image a strange, maternal sense of holiness. There were no shoes on her feet; she stood barefoot on the earth, and the card background was an endless field, as well as an abnormally blurry, continuous village in the distance.

The number 12 was marked on the top right corner of the front, and the small logo of "Flower" was on the top left. Between the two, which was the center of the top of the card face, a black vertical line was drawn in a white circle; this was the logo of the "Genesis" series.

At the very bottom of the card face, there was a little blank space, where four lines of small text were written:

【During the card-stopping phase of both sides, this card can activate an effect limited to once: remove any one Sun suit hand card, adjust the total points to 1; remove any one Moon suit hand card, the opponent's first activated special effect is invalid; remove any one Star suit hand card, both sides' total points increase by 3 simultaneously; remove any one Flower suit hand card other than this card, all Flower suit hand cards of both sides other than this card are removed; remove three hand cards of different suits other than this card, ignore conditions and win directly.】

Looking at this rule, Xia De thought of his 【Genesis: Darkness】. The latter also had a rule to win directly, but it required the first card to be 【Genesis: Darkness】. Therefore, when these two cards met, 【Genesis: Darkness】 would win, because winning with the first card would not leave the opponent a chance to draw at least four cards.

"Very good, very interesting rules."

He evaluated, thinking in his heart whether to kill Ossenfort now and snatch this card. But thinking carefully, having laid out so long and made so many preparations, it seemed not worth it to disrupt everything for this card.

Therefore, Xia De decided to listen to what conditions the other party would propose first, and then consider whether to kill and loot now... whether to eliminate this devil for the sake of justice now.

"What do I need to do to get this card?"

Xia De asked.

"You don't need to go find anything. Today is Tuesday; what you need to do is come to my manor on Friday night. At that time, I will give this card to you. I mean what I say... I swear in the name of Hela."

Ossenfort also stared at Xia De's eyes, and Xia De examined him suspiciously:

"I believe you will indeed give this card to me, but I also believe that when I arrive at your manor on Friday night, it will definitely not just be to take something. What will happen there at that time?"

Ossenfort smiled:

"You'll know when you go. Besides, even if I want to do something, you can run, can't you? Although I am a bit stronger than ordinary people, I can't beat you."

Saying this, he stood up;

"Then see you on Friday. I will be waiting for you at the manor."

Xia De's fingers on the table trembled, but in the end, he didn't make a move. Having prepared for so long, there was really no need to disrupt the plan for a card... really no need to disrupt the plan for a card, and besides, that card would be Xia De's by then.

"So, call the doctor over on Friday." He thought, and his mouth said: "Wait a minute."

"Anything else?"

Ossenfort, who had already walked two steps, turned around, and Xia De twisted his fingers: "Did you pay the bill?"

The former grabbed the small money bag tied to his waist and threw it onto the table: "You help me pay."

Saying this, he put on his sleeves and walked out through the lively tavern. Xia De untied the string on the bag and saw more than 20 crowns of coins inside, and couldn't help raising his eyebrows:

"Really rich."

Xia De checked the small bag to make sure there was no problem, and then stuffed it into his pocket. He picked up the rye beer by his hand again, thought about it, and didn't try it.

He held the table with one hand, wanting to stand up and leave, but heard a voice behind him: "No need to be in such a hurry to leave, let's talk more, shall we?"

It was Ossenfort's voice, but it sounded more slippery. Xia De turned his head in surprise and saw the "Ossenfort" with slightly dark skin walking over through the crowd of people standing and laughing loudly in the tavern, and then sat down in the seat Ossenfort had just occupied.

It was that devil.

It sat down while laughing, holding a withered black rose in its hand. Seeing Xia De looking at that rose, the devil said:

"Last time you and Ossenfort made an appointment to meet at the church gate in the city, you were holding this kind of rose. So, I thought, there must be this kind of rose for you to be willing to meet me."

Saying this, it threw the flower onto the table casually. It said this to remind Xia De that it knew about every meeting Xia De had privately with Stone Ossenfort.

"Did you meet Ossenfort walking out just now?" Xia De asked.

"I saw him, but he didn't see me."

It pointed a finger at the cup that had just been drained by Stone Ossenfort, and the beer refilled that cup: "Your meeting today was very interesting. I didn't expect you to really find those three items before spring."

"What exactly do you want to say?"

"I want to say, making an appointment to meet on Friday night is a very good idea. Then, are you ready to complete my commission?"

It picked up the wine glass.

"Of course, on Friday night, after I get that card, I will do what I promised and teach him a lesson." Saying this, Xia De reached toward his waist, took out the sword hilt, and placed it under the oil lamp:

"The weapon has already been forged by someone."

A pattern of two finger bones crossing in a cross was embedded in the metal sword hilt. Although it was only a hilt, it was actually a telescopic sword that could be divided into four sections to pop out the blade.

"Very good, very good."

The devil only observed and didn't touch it:

"It seems you are quite well prepared. This can indeed work against immortality. However, to ensure your safety, perhaps you can prepare another weapon as a backup."

It took out a black dagger and placed it under the gas lamp as well. It was not a devil weapon, but a relic dagger. Considering the price of weapon-type relics, this dagger, no matter what its function was, would not be lower than 1000 pounds.

"Ossenfort revealed your contract with him. I remember, the contract seemed to forbid using your power to break his immortality."

Xia De reminded, but the devil asked: "Is this dagger my power?"

Xia De nodded suspiciously and took the dagger to check it. Devil runes were engraved on the short blade, and the swaying oil lamp formed a sentence:

【I am waiting for your soul.】

Although the origin of this relic was highly likely related to the devil, it was indeed not the power of the Stone Mirror Devil—Goethe.

And so Xia De put the dagger away, but he didn't intend to use it in this incident, but instead let the doctor help check it before collecting it, waiting to sell it or use it himself after the Randall Valley matter was over:

"Are you not at ease with me? Even if Ossenfort has immortality, he can't be my opponent." "I am indeed not at ease with you, but it's not because I'm worried you can't beat Ossenfort, but because..."

Those terrible pitch-black eyes stared at Xia De:

"Recently, I heard about a very interesting person—thirteen-ring warlock, God-Summoner. I don't know if you know." "Of course I know, since last summer, the name of this person has been circulating."

On the other side of the tavern, someone was playing the lute, and Xia De said in the sound of the lute:

"The God's Descent in Tobesk's summer night, the giant fish corpse in Coldwater Port, the darkness descent in early autumn, the death chaos in Midhillburg. Oh, and winter, in the depths of the desolate swamp where no one was, the God-Summoner summoned a beautiful witch from the Fifth Era. Although these things didn't all spread, those who are interested can still find out."

"The epic of a hero."

The devil praised, but still stared at Xia De on the other side of the table with narrowed eyes: "You, don't play any tricks on me."

"You wouldn't think I have any relationship with the God-Summoner, would you? Don't worry, on Friday, I will go to the manor alone."

"I won't break my promise on the reward I promised you, but you also have to know what the consequences will be if you want to play tricks on me." "Are you threatening me?"

Xia De asked in surprise:

"Although I will absolutely not break my promise, I am still very curious, what exactly will be the consequences?"

The devil raised its right hand, its index finger curled up, and its middle finger and thumb were pressed together, and then it snapped its fingers in front of Xia De.

At that moment, the world went completely quiet. Even the flame of the oil lamp, which had been swaying constantly just a second ago, froze.

Xia De looked around; everyone maintained the expressions and actions of the previous moment. The men sitting at the next table were applauding together, three apples were thrown into the air above the table by the person sitting in the middle of them, and then floated in the air. People in the distance were laughing loudly with their mouths open, while the owner behind the counter turned around holding a wine bottle and didn't move. The door of the tavern was pushed open, but only one raised boot entered the door, and the tavern flag that was swaying because the door was opened stopped at a 30-degree tilt, and the thin rope was pulled into an arc shape.

The sound stopped, the wind stopped, and the flame stopped. Time was stopped by the devil again. ===== CHAPTER 1383 =====

The sound stopped, the wind stopped, the flames stopped. Time, once again, was stopped by the demon.