Whispering Poems

Whispering Poems Chapter 388

2021-10-10

Chapter 387 Demon scholar

"Special rule card?"

Shade is surprised He looked at the man across the table:
"Of course I'm interested."

But he didn't think that the person he met at the slum hotel on the dock could take out a special card.

The man lowered his voice and spoke with a strong accent, the last note liked to be pressed down. He touched his scalp:

"I heard your conversation with the boss here just now, and saw that you can patiently read your notebook here for half an hour. I bet you are A Rhodes player, and a senior player. This kind of temperament cannot be faked. Are you interested in betting with me? Bet with special cards?"

"Sorry, I don't have any special cards. ."

Shade shakes his head, not wanting to get involved in the investigation.

"Never mind, then we'll bet on something else. If you win, you can buy my cards for a bargain £20. If I win, you'll just give me £20."

This is quite a number, Shade wants to refuse, but the man has put the card on the table, the corners of his mouth raise upwards to the sides, his eyes are bright:
"Look at this. "

Shade glanced down, his expression changed.

【Demon · Soul Stealer Bishop】, color moon 9.

When this card is drawn, if the opponent does not stand, the next round must draw two cards. If the two cards are of different suits, the opponent can choose to discard one of the cards. If the two cards are of the same suit, they must accept the numbers of the two cards at the same time.

"This is the Devil series?"

Shade lowered his voice and supported the table, even the outsiders were surprised at this moment.

The prosperity of Lord's cards has a history of centuries. Except for the founding series, the other five special cards in Shade's hands are actually series in the past one or two hundred years.

In fact, at the beginning of the release of Lord's cards, the Society of Prophets was more inclined to use folktales and legends to select themes for the series of cards. It is only in modern times that it is more inclined to the series of nature and civilization.

The Demon series is one of the early Rhodes franchises. This deck has been reissued many times since then, but each special card is only released once, and the next edition is a new Demon card. As for the one in front of it, the sign at the top of the front shows that this is the first version of the Devil series Rhodes card.

Shade can't say exactly when the first edition of the Demon series will be released, but he can be sure that if the card is real, it will definitely not be worth less than £1,000.

In addition to the [Founding] series, demons, angels, Saint of various Sects, and Legendary heroes of ancient legends are all very valuable Rhodes cards.

"Are you sure it's genuine?"

Shade asked hesitantly, and the long-faced man smiled back and asked:

"If I can confirm, you think I Will I bet you with a 20 pound bet? Sir, I got it by coincidence. Although I am a Rhodes player, I have always avoided demons, so I will not keep this card. I happened to meet you , might as well take a gamble with you."

This is a lot like what happens in a classic con.

"Oh, forgot to introduce myself. I'm a demon scholar. Sean Asmond, recently in Cold Harbor investigating ancient rumors here."

says Then, he reached out to Shade.

Shade shook hands with him, and got a reply from the ordinary person:
“Demon scholar?”

The kerosene lamp between the two was yellowish and the lampshade was I don't know when a black Flying Insect flew into it. It slammed into the flames, shaking the flames, and the stranger's face staggered with light and shadow.

"Yes, I don't teach at the university, but I am specially commissioned by nobles to investigate ancient rumors that they are interested in. Actually, my main research is demonology, oh, of course I don't have this knowledge. , I made up the phrases myself. Although I study demons, I personally shy away from things related to demons, and I will never carry items related to them.”

Mr. Asmond said, eyes still looking towards Shade. He touched his bald head again, which was his habit.

Shade expressed his understanding, this kind of professional he heard from Dr. Schneider mentioned, is the mysticism in the ordinary person. Most of them serve the nobles, and a few are private researchers, a group that the ring warlocks also tire of.

Only God knows what damn things these people who don't know how to fear have come into contact with.

"So did you find the demon in Cold Harbor?"

Shade asked with interest.

"Of course not, and I'm not looking for demons, I'm looking for knowledge and stories about demons. But in this harbor, there are only rumored murlocs and mermaids who are said to have been sighted by fishermen. "

The long-faced man regressively shook his head.

"Well then, I'm John Watson, detective."

Shade continued to lower his voice, introduced to himself:
"I'm here on a commissioned mission, please Keep quiet."

"Of course, I knew you were definitely not from the slums."

Mr. Asmond said politely, and then asked:

"Want to play a game of Rhodes? I know it's risky, but for real Rhodes players, it should be well worth it for a supposedly genuine Rhodes card."

Shade doesn't want to play, if it's true, he may still be interested, but the other party looks like a liar no matter how you look at it, and the professional reputation of demon scholar is not good.

Seeing Shade's hesitation, the long-faced man said again:

"Since you're doing an investigation, it's not as good as this, whether you win or not, I can tell you this. The situation of the hotel. Since you are here to entrust, you must be interested here. Although I don’t live here, I met guests upstairs and stayed all morning, so I am familiar with the situation upstairs.”

He continues to bewitch Shade.

But his words mean that he is not Mr. Darkness's companion.

"In addition to the information about the inn, I also want to ask you some knowledge about demons."

Shade thought about it and thought it was appropriate. Darkness's intelligence value is this. Price. But even if he won, he had to pay twenty pounds, so he made another request.

He didn't believe that the card was real.

"No problem, we can chat while playing cards, I like to share that bizarre knowledge. Let's play some interesting rules, draw four cards at a time, not the size of the points, but who is the first Don't bust three times. If the king and queen are drawn, no matter what the other points are, it will be considered a bust."

The long-faced man suggested.

"Yes."

Shade has never played this kind of game.

Mr. Asmond took out his deck, and Shade took out his deck too.

While shuffling the cards, he said cautiously:
"Mr. Asmon, what do you think a demon is? A rumored alien creature like elves and murlocs, or something that people think of as weird and evil. The product that comes together?"

"That's an interesting question, Mr. Watson, and my research shows that both of your answers are correct. Xenobiotic demons do exist, but demons also contain some People can't tell the real existence of evil, the evil monsters in the mouths of the country folk, or the foreign objects in the mouths of the nobles."

Shade nominates, these things are mentioned in Miss Feliana's notes, see There is still some ability to come to this Mr. Sean Asmond.

He continued to shuffle the cards:
"Do demons live on people? Just as rumored, they live on beautiful women and require special means by male slayers to remove them."

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"Those people are all liars, greedy and lustful liars."

Mr. Asmond said with a smile, under the light of the kerosene lamp, although his smile looked normal, But there's something uncomfortable about it:

"Why don't I tell a story about demons?"

"Okay."

Shade At the same time, Mr. Asmond and Mr. Asmond patted their respective decks on the table. Both of them gently pulled, and the cards were pulled apart on the table in an arc.

Shade used [Treasures] to control the Rhodes card to ensure that the deck would not fall apart this time. From this point of view, this ability derived from [greed] is really useful.

[You also said that choosing this ability is not for playing cards. ]

She lightly said with a smile.

Shade ignored the voice in his ear, because Mr. Asmond's story had already begun, and the hoarse voice seemed very accented in the yellowish kerosene lamp and the intoxicating smell of alcohol:

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"I've forgotten which ancient book I read this story in. It was a very long time ago, so far back that the sun was brighter than it is now, so far that the three moons didn't appear in the sky at the same time. ”

Shade is not surprised that some of the documents that the ordinary person can contact do indeed record the number of moons.

"A monstrous being born of lies, deceit, betrayal, hatred, death. People don't know what it is, so they call it a demon. Because of what people think, it really has The power of a creature like a demon.”

Both of them drew four cards, and after they opened it, Mr. Asmon was the moon 9, the stars 2, the stars 7, and the flowers 13. .

Shade is Sun 1, Moon 13, Flower 2 and Flower 5, exactly 21 o'clock.

"You're lucky. That weird demon has no name because it wasn't even a demon. It's traveled a lot, and every time it stops, there's bound to be a conspiracy of deceit and betrayal there."

The second set of four cards, the middle age person with a long face is the sun 3, the sun 7, the star 3, the flower 7, and it is exactly 20 o'clock.

Shade is Sun 7, Moon 1, Star 4, Queen.

"tsk tsk, Queen, it seems that I have met a very difficult opponent to deal with."

Mr. Asmond shook his head, skillfully selecting the third round Solitaire:

"It's evil by nature and enjoys its own calamities. It prefers to make contracts with people under the pretext of helping people achieve their wishes, and then exploit the loopholes in the contract to take away everything from people. ."

This is quite in line with the ordinary person's view of "devil".

"But according to rumors, this demon has failed once."

Mr. Asmond stopped talking and opened the third set of cards with Shade.

The first picture of the former was actually [Demon · Soul Stealer Bishop], which made him smile. Shade is Sun 4, Sun 5, Sun 6, Moon 5, Twenty.

Shade won three games without busting.

"How did it fail? Someone saw through its contract trap?"

Shade was intrigued by the story as he threw the cards on the table.

"No, the man said—I have no wishes."

Mr. Asmond looked at the cards on the table, shook his head and laughed. Shade laughed too and took out 20 pounds from his pocket:
"It's yours."

"Aren't you afraid I'm using fake Rhodes cards to deceive you?"

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He stretched out his head slightly, with an inexplicable smile on his face, his naked head reflected under the kerosene lamp.

"If you can tell me about the third floor, the £20 information fee is worth it."

Shade said with narrowed eyes.

"I like people like you."

Mr. Asmond took the note, tucked it into his notebook, then passed the kerosene lamp and handed the card to Shade .

PS: Among all the Rhodes cards described so far, I feel that this one is the most natural. Playing cards while talking about things, it really is the right tone.