"You know, compared to most of the people I do business with, you are quite elegant."
Oxenfurt said, reaching into his pocket with his right hand to take out his deck, and then pulled out the top card:
"Just in case you think I'm playing tricks on you - I'm not doing this, so I'll first prove that this card is indeed mine."
The cards were placed on the table, and the dim yellow flame illuminated the card surface.
The front of the card is only white, black and cold tones between the two colors. A slender woman wearing a hooded robe, whose face details cannot be seen clearly, stands in the center of the card and opens her arms.
The Holy Grail suspended in the center of the arms is the most detailed part of the entire card.
There was no other clothing in the robe, and the Holy Grail cleverly covered the sensitive parts. Interestingly, the naked body gave this image a wonderful sense of maternal sanctity. There were no shoes on her feet, and she was barefoot.
Standing on the land, the background of the card is endless fields and extremely blurry continuous villages in the distance.
The upper right corner of the front is marked with the number 12, and the upper left corner is the small sign of "Flower". Between the two, in the center of the upper front of the card, there is a black vertical line drawn in a white circle, which is "Foundation".
” series of logos.
At the bottom of the card, there is a slight blank space, and there are four lines of small words written there:
[During the suspension phase of both sides, this card can activate only one effect: remove any sun suit hand card, and adjust the total points to 1 point; remove any moon suit hand card, and the opponent's first special effect activated will be invalid; remove
For any star-colored hand card, the total points of both sides will be increased by 3 at the same time; remove any flower-colored hand card except this card, and remove all flower-colored hand cards from both sides except this card; remove three different suits except this card
Hand card, win directly regardless of conditions.】
Looking at this rule, Shade thought of his own [Origin·Darkness]. The latter also has rules for direct victory, but it requires that the first card must be [Origin·Darkness]. Therefore, when these two cards meet, [Origin·Darkness]
·Darkness] wins because it wins with the first card and does not leave the opponent a chance to draw at least four cards.
"Very good, very interesting rules."
He commented, thinking in his mind whether to kill Oxenfurt now and grab this card. But thinking about it carefully, after so long of planning and making so many preparations, everything was messed up just for this card.
It seems a little unworthy.
Therefore, Shade decided to first listen to what conditions the other party wanted to put forward, and then consider whether to kill people and buy goods now. Whether to get rid of this demon now for the sake of justice.
"What do I need to do to get this card?"
Shade asked.
"You don't need to go looking for something. Today is Tuesday, what you need to do is, come to my manor on Friday night, and then I will give this card to you. I will do what I say.
Swear in name."
Oxenfurt also stared at Shade's eyes, and Shade looked at him suspiciously:
"I believe that you will indeed give me this card, but I also believe that when I arrive at your manor on Friday night, I will definitely not just pick up something. What will happen there at that time?"
Oxenfurt smiled:
"You will know as long as you go. Besides, no matter what I want to do, you can run away, right? Although I am stronger than ordinary people, I can't beat you."
So saying he stood up;
"Then we'll see you on Friday. I'll be waiting for you at the manor."
The fingers of Shade's hand placed on the table trembled, but in the end he still did not take action now. After preparing for so long, there is no need to disrupt the plan just for a card. Besides, when the time comes, then
A playing card also belonged to Shade.
"So, call the doctor over on Friday."
He was thinking in his mind and said:
"Wait a minute."
"Anything else?"
Oxenfurt, who had already taken two steps, turned around and Shade twirled his fingers:
"Have you paid?"
The former grabbed the small bag containing money tied around his waist and threw it on the table:
"Please help me tie it."
With that said, he walked out through the lively tavern. Shade untied the rope on the bag and saw more than 20 kroner coins inside, and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows:
"It's really rich."
Shade checked the small bag, and after making sure there was nothing wrong with it, he stuffed it into his pocket. Then he picked up the glass of rye beer he had on hand, and after thinking about it, he still didn't try it.
Holding the table with one hand, he wanted to get up and leave, but he heard a voice from behind:
"There's no need to leave in such a hurry, how about we talk about it later?"
It was Oxenfurt's voice, but it sounded smoother. Shade turned his head in surprise and saw "Oxenfurt" with slightly darker skin, walking through the crowd of people standing and laughing loudly in the tavern.
Then he sat down at Oxenfurt's seat just now.
It's the devil.
It sat down with a smile, holding a withered black rose in its hand. Seeing Shade looking at the rose, the devil said:
"The last time you and Oxenfurt made an appointment to meet at the door of the church in the city, you brought this kind of rose. So, I thought that you must have this kind of rose before you are willing to meet me."
With that said, it threw the flower on the table. It said this to remind Shade that it knew about Shade's private meeting with Stone Oxenfurt.
"Did you meet Oxenfurt who was walking out just now?"
Shade asked.
"I saw him, but he didn't see me."
It pointed with its finger at the glass that Stone Oxenfurt had just drained, and the beer refilled the glass:
"Your meeting today was very interesting. I didn't expect that you would actually find those three items before spring."
"what do you want to say in the end?"
"I want to say that it's a good idea to make an appointment to meet on Friday night. So, are you ready to complete my commission?"
It picked up the wine glass.
"Of course, Friday night, when I get that card, I'm going to do what I promised and teach him a lesson."
As he spoke, Shade reached for his waist, took out the hilt of the sword, and placed it under the kerosene lamp:
"The weapons have been made by others."
The two finger bones are in a cross pattern and are embedded in the metal hilt. Although there is only a hilt, it is actually a telescopic sword that can be divided into four parts to pop out the sword body.
“Very good, very good.”
The devil just observed it without touching it:
"It seems that you are quite well prepared. This can indeed be effective against the undead. However, in order to ensure your safety, maybe you can prepare an extra weapon as a backup."
It took out a black dagger and placed it under the gas lamp. It was not a demonic weapon, but a relic dagger. Considering the price of weapon-type relics, no matter what function this dagger has, the price will not be lower than
1,000 pounds.
"Oxenfurt revealed the contract between you and him. I remember that the contract seemed to prohibit using your power to break his immortality."
Shade reminded, but the devil asked:
"Is this dagger my power?"
Shade nodded suspiciously and took the dagger over for inspection. Demonic runes were engraved on the short blade, and the shaking kerosene lamp formed the sentence:
【I am waiting for your soul.】
Although the origin of this relic is most likely related to the devil, it is indeed not the power of the stone mirror devil Goethe.
So Shade put away the dagger, but he did not intend to use it in this incident. Instead, he asked the doctor to help check it, then kept it, and then sold it or used it for himself after the incident in Randall Valley was over:
"Are you worried about me? Even if Oxenfurt is immortal, he cannot be my opponent."
"I do worry about you, but I'm not worried that you won't be able to defeat Oxenfurt, but I'm worried"
Those terrifying dark eyes stared at Shade:
"Recently, I heard about a very interesting person - the Thirteenth Ring Warlock, the God Caller. I don't know if you know about it."
"Of course I know. Since last summer, this person's reputation has begun to spread."
On the other side of the tavern, someone was playing the lute. Shade said to the sound of the lute:
"The summer night god descends in Tobesk, the giant fish-man corpse in Coldwater Port, the darkness falls in early autumn, and the death chaos in Fort Midhill. Oh, and there is winter, deep in the deserted swamp with no one.
, the God Summoner summoned a beautiful witch from the Fifth Age. Although not all of these things have been spread, people who are interested can still find out if they want to inquire."
"A heroic epic."
The devil praised, but still squinted his eyes and stared at Shade on the other side of the table:
"You, don't play any tricks with me."
"You don't think I have anything to do with the Godcaller, do you? Don't worry, I will go to the manor alone on Friday."
"I will not break my promise to give you the reward, but you also have to know what will happen if you try to play tricks on me."
"Are you threatening me?"
Xia De asked in surprise:
"Although I will never break my promise, I am still curious, what are the consequences?"
The devil raised his right hand, raised his index finger, put his middle finger and thumb together, and then snapped his fingers in front of Shade.
At that moment, the world became completely silent. Even the flame of the oil lamp that was shaking in front of me a second ago froze.
Shade looked around. Everyone kept their expressions and movements as they were at the last moment. The men sitting at the next table applauded together, and three apples were thrown over the table by the man sitting among them, and then suspended in the air.
. The people laughing in the distance opened their mouths, while the shopkeeper behind the counter turned around and held the bottle without moving. The door of the tavern was pushed open, but only one lifted boot entered the door, which was blown because of opening the door.
The swaying storefront flag was parked at a 30-degree angle, and the string was pulled out into an arc.
The sound stopped, the wind stopped, the flames stopped. Time was once again stopped by the devil.
