Chapter 3511

Xia De handed his deck to the other party for inspection:

"In your opinion, are Delarion people so untrustworthy? Please rest assured, although my age looks younger than yours, I have played cards for most of this life."

The young man across the table just smiled. He didn't understand what Xia De meant, but similarly handed his deck to Xia De:

"Betting four cards at once is still a bit too exciting. Let's bet one by one. It's not that I don't trust you, but the value of four cards is too high. According to local law, betting so much is illegal."

The people around laughed. This was of course an excuse. He was just afraid that Xia De would not admit it if he lost four cards at once. Although Xia De didn't want to delay too much time here, since the other party insisted, he turned slightly to look at Claire behind him:

"Then is it okay if we go back a little later?"

Claire nodded slightly, and Xia De said to his opponent again:

"Alright then, one by one."

"Clement Krug, may I ask how to address you?"

Xia De didn't use the name "John Watson":

"Sherlock Holmes."

"Then it is an honor to play cards with you, Mr. Holmes. I have never encountered this surname. Is this a surname unique to Delarion?"

Not everyone who comes here is willing to bet special cards, so although this Mr. Krug's winning rate is high, the number of special cards in his deck is not as many as in Xia De's deck.

But even so, there are 24 special cards in the 54-card deck, and coupled with the fact that the other party seems to have several special rule cards that cannot be put into the deck because of repeated suits, the number of special rule cards of this person is indeed amazing.

This deck of cards is enough for him to buy a luxury apartment in a big city like Wilndale.

After checking the cards, both sides found no problems, and Xia De just regarded this as an occasional relaxing card game for himself:

"I am not a local, and I don't know much about the playing style popular in Time Wheel City. But since it is for four special rule cards, how about we play some interesting rules? Each time you draw cards, you must stop at the fourth card or later, but if both sides bust, we will simply compare the points of the last card to decide the winner.

Of course, in the case of drawing Kings and Queens and busting, we settle according to Kings and Queens.

If the points are the same, we follow the order of Sun, Moon, Star, and Flower, with Sun being the largest and Flower being the smallest. This can avoid a draw. Every special card is best of three, until one person loses all four cards. In this way, we need at least eight rounds to end the card game, and there is no way to calculate the maximum. So, every three rounds, all cards must be collected back into the deck and shuffled."

This is not a playing style created by Xia De. This kind of anti-draw playing style often appears in formal competitions organized by the Diviner Association, especially in the playing style of point competitions.

Both sides had no objections to the rules, and then agreed that the cards must be handed over immediately after losing, but the won cards could not be temporarily added to the deck. The card game officially began.

Although it was stipulated that at least four cards must be drawn each time, in order to cope with the rule of "effect triggered when drawing a card," they still chose to draw cards one by one.

In order to prevent the other party's accomplice from peeking at Xia De's cards, Claire stood behind Xia De, so she saw Xia De's drawing results quite clearly. The four cards were Sun 6, Moon 11, Sun 1, and Flower 3, totaling 20 points.

In the case of four cards each, such a result is basically a locked victory. But unexpectedly, when Xia De displayed his four cards, the young man across the table flipped over his dark card:

"Sorry, King."

His King card was a special card, but there was no need to trigger the special effect at this time to let Xia De discard the card with the smallest points.

Xia De didn't have any expression on his face, threw away all four cards, and looked at the gentleman on the side who was enthusiastically helping to count points:

"Then please record the result of the first round, let's continue."

In the first card of the second round, Xia De drew Star 13. He had a vague premonition that he would bust this time, and then as expected, he finally got a result of 28 points. His third card busted. But fortunately, the last card was Sun 10, and 10 points could be considered a relatively large number.

Then Claire saw Xia De's opponent reveal his dark card:

"19 points."

"She" in his ear smiled, so Xia De flipped over his bottom card, and then found 【Ancient Fairy Tale·Snow White】 from the deck and threw it to the opposite side:

"Alright, it seems your luck is indeed very good today."

The onlookers discussed, but no one felt surprised by such a result. After all, that young Mr. Krug had been winning all day.

Claire put her hand on Xia De's shoulder, looking a bit worried. But Xia De didn't show anything and started the third round after drawing cards again.

The first three cards were Sun 7, Star 7, and Flower 7. If it were a normal card game, Xia De would have won by now. But according to this rule, he still had to draw cards. Claire saw that the points of Xia De's last card were actually Star 3, and even the witch frowned slightly.

She knew how good Xia De's luck was. Losing three times in a row was really surprising to her.

Xia De was also surprised. Although he was not the kind of person who thought the other party must have a problem if he lost, his luck had been good since after the Year-End Festival, and even the effect of luck briefly improving after experiencing the three-act story of fate had not disappeared.

Because in the current scene, the blessing effect of the God of Gambling could also take effect. Losing three times in a row was not completely impossible, but this already belonged to a small probability event in mathematics.

He didn't think he would never lose, but on Fatumunster Island, when encountering such things related to luck and probability, no amount of caution was too much.

He flipped over his bottom card, signaling that he busted this round. At this time, the three rounds were over, and both people had to shuffle the cards again, and Xia De also had time to think.

"The other party is just an ordinary person, right?"

【At least for now, yes.】

"She" whispered gently in Xia De's ear. "She" understood what Xia De wanted to ask:

【Did not perceive abnormal element traces around, and there are no other ring warlocks in this pavilion besides you and the witch Claire.】

The translucent silver-blue giant book unfolded beside Xia De. This time he only let himself see this book, but the book did not say that Xia De's luck had any changes.

Xia De still believed in the "Manual of Fate" quite a bit. Since it was not his luck that had a problem, and the other party did not use cheating means, then it was the other party's luck that had a problem.

"【Cult of Misfortune】 doesn't seem to be very good at making themselves have good luck, they are only good at making others have worse luck than themselves... 【Cult of Ten Thousand Numbers Returning to One】? Or something else, it can't be Infinite..."

Xia De immediately denied his idea. This was not because he was worried that the person opposite would turn into a snake in front of so many people, but because he didn't think that his losing cards was an impossible thing.

But regardless of whether the other party used means, or the other party really had great luck, the biggest trouble Xia De is facing now is actually how to avoid losing all special cards like Elder Harald in the morning.

After losing, you can find a way to win them back, or find a way to buy them back from the other party, but three of the four cards are not Xia De's. Losing other people's cards is not a moral behavior.

【Except for you and the witch, there are no supernatural beings here.】

"She" whispered in Xia De's ear again. Xia De knew what "She" meant, but Xia De also refused to use means when playing cards with ordinary people. If he could prove that the other party cheated, Xia De of course didn't mind proving that his cheating means were stronger, but he was not sure what the situation was at present.

This is not pedantic, just the persistence of the Outlander.

The fourth and fifth rounds after shuffling the cards, Xia De's luck was slightly better, and he won back 【Ancient Fairy Tale·Snow White】, but then he lost the 6th, 7th, 9th, and 10th rounds, not only losing his own cards but also losing 【Power and Conquest·Conscription Order】.

During this period, both Xia De and Claire were sensing what means the other party used, but they couldn't see anything. Claire put her hand on Xia De's shoulder several times, meaning whether to use some means to avoid losing, but Xia De refused.

However, the development of things is sometimes really unexpected. From the 11th round, Xia De won 10 rounds in a row, that is, won 10 games in a row.

He not only got back the two cards he lost but even won back 【Modern Lady·Afternoon Tea Girl】, 【Modern Discipline·Mechanical Engineering】, and 【Tavern Life·Bartender Wiping Wine Glass】 that Elder Harald lost to the young Mr. Krug.

The faces of the three cards were the girl smiling and holding a wine glass at the party, the engineer looking down at a book in front of a large machine that only drew half, and the bartender boredly wiping a glass wine glass with a rag behind the bar in the background of a lively tavern.

The series to which the three cards belong are all new series within the last thirty years. Thanks to the progress of the modern printing industry, the faces of the three cards are quite exquisite.

Although Xia De didn't know why he won again, he was of course happy since he won. And the young Mr. Krug across the table looked quite puzzled. In the 15th round, when both sides shuffled the cards again, and it was also the 5th time he lost in a row, he frowned deeply, and even suggested changing seats with Xia De to continue the game.

By the time the 18th round ended and both sides shuffled the cards again, he stared at Xia De's hand as if suspecting Xia De of cheating. And in the 21st round, he finally won again with Star 5 【Age of Sail·First Mate】.

The special rule of that card involved flipping a coin. When drawing this card, if you haven't busted, you can flip a coin. If it's heads, you can re-draw the same number of cards after keeping any one hand card, and all special cards are invalid; if it's tails, the total points of the hand cards are doubled.

This belongs to the kind of rule with the greatest risk.