Chapter 2091

"A special rule that can only be activated when the total points of four cards are less than or equal to 8? Although the effect of adjusting to 21 points is quite strong, can this really be used?"

Little Mr. Wood on the side asked, and Viscount Gra smiled and showed his four cards at this time. Besides the special card of Sun 1 itself, the other three were Moon 3, Moon 1, and Flower 3, and the points were exactly 8.

"The points of four cards are 8, this probability is even smaller than four cards totaling 21."

Xia De didn't mind losing the first round either. He showed his 18 points, while the points in Herman Wood's hand were also 18 points. So in the first round of the first game, neither of them scored, and Viscount Gra accumulated 2 points.

"To tell the truth, I didn't expect to be able to draw a special card and be able to use it in the first round. I have obtained this card for two years, and this is only the second time the effect of the card can be used."

The Viscount said with a smile, and the three continued to draw cards. This time they all stopped at the third card. Xia De flipped over the hole card and showed it to Miss Belindell. While the latter showed a smile, he announced:

"Moon 7, Flower 7, Sun 7, 21 points."

Herman Wood and Viscount Gra both threw their cards on the table. It was normal to lose in such a situation.

So the first game came to the last round. At the beginning of this round, all three people became nervous. Xia De glanced at his hand cards, and then flipped over the hole card to take a look, confirming that it was not a King or Wang Hou before continuing to draw cards.

Unexpectedly, the other two people at the table stopped at the second card. This was not a normal situation:

"Could it be that you drew a King or Wang Hou?"

Xia De teased and probed, and Viscount Gra shook his head immediately:

"I don't have such luck."

Herman Wood smiled and said:

"Although our card game does not require mandatory card revealing, since you asked... Yes, Wang Hou."

He showed his hole card:

"If I win this round, then the three of us are a draw in the first game."

"If what Viscount Gra has is 21 points, the Wang Hou is less than 21 points."

Xia De reminded, glanced at the Viscount, seeing that he still didn't open his first card, so he touched the third card on his own:

"Viscount, how come I feel like you are forcing me to risk busting?"

"Young people really have patience. Then what do you think my card is?"

The Viscount asked.

"Is it a special card? Although I didn't determine in advance what special cards you have, the activation rule of this card should have something to do with the opponent, right?"

He drew a fourth card:

"You don't reveal your cards, is it because you are waiting for me to have a result here before deciding whether to use the special rule?"

He didn't touch the fifth card, but said to the referee invited from the Diviner Society on the side:

"I stop drawing cards. According to the rules, I have the right to choose to reveal my cards after others. After all, I drew the most cards."

This was also a basic rule, so Viscount Gra, who was still waiting for Xia De to take the initiative to say the result, could only shake his head helplessly:

"Young people nowadays are really amazing. Alright, let's try our luck, I want to activate the effect of this special card."

He flipped over his hole card, showing another special card:

"【Charity Organization · Diagonal Cross Club】, suit Moon 10. Choose whether to exert the effect when settling points. When one's own points are less than or equal to the opponent's, the opponent's total points increase by 2, and one's own total points decrease by 1."

"I remember when encountering point adjustment, King and Wang Hou are defaulted to..."

Baron Wood asked, and the referee immediately gave an answer:

"Point adjustment does not affect occasions where both King and Wang Hou appear. But if it is just a single card, it is defaulted to 21 points, which means, Mr. Herman Wood's final points are 23 points, busting."

The young man who finally drew a "Wang Hou" covered his forehead and threw away his hand cards:

"Drawing a Wang Hou and still losing, is my luck too bad tonight?"

So Viscount Gra looked at Xia De again:

"I know your luck is very good, so I am betting that you are either 20 points or 21 points in this round."

The Viscount's second card was Star 8, which meant his total points were 18-1=17 points.

Xia De smiled and asked:

"Your four cards in the first round could actually be 8 points, so you don't allow my four cards to be less than 20 points? From a probability point of view, less than 20 points is normal."

He flipped over his hole card:

"Star 5, Sun 9, Moon 1, Moon 3. I'm really sorry, I am also at 18 points, it's just that it is 20 points after adjustment."

The four cards were lined up together. Viscount Gra stood up and widened his eyes to look, and then sat down dejectedly.

Count Eddington on the side patted his shoulder as comfort, as if the one who was going to give out two beloved horses was not Count Eddington, but Viscount Gra.

Although the result of 20 points beating 18 points was far from being as wonderful as "King and Wang Hou" against "21 points," the fact that activating the special card instead made Viscount Gra lose the third round was indeed interesting. Although Viscount Gra would definitely not take the initiative to publicize this matter after tonight, such a way of losing really hit his self-confidence.

As for Mr. Herman Wood... drawing a Wang Hou and still losing, this was even more embarrassing than just losing.

But no matter what, Xia De won the victory of the first game openly and honestly. Miss Belindell congratulated him softly, suppressed the impulse to invite Xia De to go horseback riding outside the city on the weekend, and asked Xia De softly if he needed a glass of champagne to drink, and then was immediately refused by Xia De shaking his head:

"Absolutely cannot open champagne in the middle of the game."

Xia De always said things she couldn't understand.

The second game of the card game started quickly. The cards drawn just now were added back to the deck and shuffled. Viscount Gra, who had recovered from the failure just now, regained his confidence, and stared into Xia De's eyes before drawing the first card:

"I will definitely be very cautious this time."

Xia De made an indifferent expression.

The three people drew cards again, and it was obvious that Xia De really didn't have the luck to draw a King or Wang Hou. The only special card in his deck didn't enter his hands in this round either. And when drawing the third card, Xia De clearly saw Viscount Gra's hesitation:

"Viscount, hesitation will lead to failure, playing cards requires being more decisive."

"But for a player, being decisive also means failure for no reason."

Viscount Gra finally gave up drawing the third card, while Xia De stopped at the third card, his points were 5+5+9=19 points.

As for Mr. Herman Wood, he had shown an undisguised smile since drawing the second card:

"Viscount, and Mr. Watson, it seems my luck has also come."

He showed the complex card face that looked like an award ceremony to the two:

"Moon 7, 【Life Ritual · Graduation Ceremony】. If the opponent's total points are greater than or equal to 18 points and are even, force the opponent's total points to decrease by 1."

After reading the rules, he looked at them quite expectantly:

"Gentlemen, you can reveal your hole cards."

"Sorry, my total points are 19 points."

Xia De showed his cards, and Viscount Gra on the side also said regretfully:

"Then I lost again, but fortunately I didn't bust, I am at 17 points, I didn't dare to take risks this time."

Herman Wood looked at the cards in his hand again, and slammed it on the table unwillingly.

"In this way, as long as Mr. Watson wins one more time, it counts as a complete win, right?"

Miss Belindell on the side said suddenly, and several people nodded. So the countess proposed to Count Martin Eddington and Baron Harry Wood again:

"Now it is my 'cousin' who has the advantage. Although saying this makes me seem a bit sinful, I still want to ask: do you want to add some bets for the second game?"

"Count, it's just a card game, what's sinful about this?"

Count Eddington didn't care at all:

"I don't believe your cousin's luck has always been this good, no one can win all the time. Just now I lost two horses to you, so are you interested in oil paintings? I have a painting "Lavender in the Sunflower Field" created by Mr. Henry Malfoy in 1390."

"This is really a big deal."

Baron Wood said while touching his chin, he didn't care either:

"The count invited Viscount Gra, and I also believe in my son. You know I don't like collecting antiques very much, and I don't have suitable oil paintings or statues in my hands. Then how about this, whoever wins, I will cover all the firewood for your manor this winter."

"Thank you for your generosity, actually I am still more interested in the library."

Miss Belindell said, so the three players continued to draw cards for the second round.

Xia De's hole card would naturally not be revealed, but the exposed hand card was Sun 12. But he just frowned slightly, and continued to draw the third card with the other two. After taking a look, he pressed it face down on the table, and then knocked on the table to signal that he stopped drawing cards.

The other two people at the table looked strange after seeing their third card, and then pressed it on the table like Xia De, and then observed the expressions of their opponents.

"Mr. Watson, do you want to reveal your cards first?"

Viscount Gra asked. Xia De nodded, inserted the only exposed Star 12 under the third card, and then flipped it over. That card was Xia De's bet, Flower 4 【Fool Story · Lightning Maniac】, throw two 20-sided dice. If the sum of the two is less than 5 points, you can choose to set the points of this card to zero.

"Do not activate the special rule."

Xia De announced, seeing that Viscount Gra and Herman Wood had different expressions, he smiled and asked:

"Miss Belindell has bets with Baron Wood and Count Eddington, why don't we players also increase some bets? How about this?"

He knocked on his hole card that had not been revealed:

"Let's bet on who wins this round. Yes, just this round. Viscount Gra, I heard from local players that you only bet special cards with the same person once? If I win, how about we agree on a time to bet again? Mr. Wood, I have some personal business I want to talk to you about. I heard that you have many friends locally, maybe we can cooperate."