Liu Ye's eyes flashed, Dias's strength was a little beyond his expectations, fortunately, this person had no malicious intent, otherwise he would be a troublesome opponent.

"Whew-" Dias tidied up his shirt, and the playing cards automatically fell back into his palm one by one, he walked up to Liu Ye and flicked his wrist lightly, threw the cards into a fan shape, and said, "Solitaire divination, do you want to draw one?"

Liu Ye groaned slightly, stretched out his right hand, and gently touched it on one of them with his index finger.

At this touch, all the playing cards in Dias's hand were scattered on the ground.

"Ah, sure enough, it wasn't an accident last time. With a move, Dias took back the cards one by one, "This time there is not even a single card left, and it seems that your fate has become even more unpredictable." ”

"Oh, what do you mean?"

"I don't know, haha, my divination is inaccurate. Dias smiled slightly, "By the way, why are you here?"

"Let's look into something else. Liu Ye casually said perfunctorily, "I didn't expect to meet someone from the Black Gold Alliance here." ”

"Let's get out of here first. Dias picked up the suitcase, threw it into the bin next to him, and then pointed to the door, "Someone is coming, do you have a place to go?"

"Nope. Liu Ye didn't tell the truth, he didn't want to bring trouble back.

"Then, follow me. ”

The aqua blue curtain of light flashed, and the two disappeared in place.

"Knock knock...... Bang!" A moment later, Lu Chen slammed the door open with a pistol, but the alley was already empty.

The two appeared in a very ordinary apartment, pushing open the door to a slightly crowded space, the dining room and the kitchen and living room are connected together, a set of tables and chairs, a few sofas, and a wooden photo frame on the coffee table, Liu Ye's eyes inadvertently stayed on the photo frame for a moment, this thing is already a very rare antique in this era.

There is a pile of miscellaneous items in the corner, all of which are magic props, black top hats, and coats with many pockets? A transparent locket containing black and white dice? There are also several silk scarves in different colors.

There are several posters on the walls, all of which read, "Grand Show! The Magical World of the Great Magician Dias!" and "The Most Talented Young Magician of the Century, Ruben Dias?" Take you on a fantastic adventure!".

"Please take care of yourself? This is a small stronghold of the monster thief Dias, a little shabby? Thank you for your understanding. Dias took out two empty glasses from the cabinet and held them in his hands and only shook them. Then he placed the cup full of grape juice on the coffee table.

"Is this magic?or is it magic?" Liu Ye raised his eyebrows. Asked.

"Nature is magic. Magic is an art, magic is not. Dias pushed one of the cups to Liu Ye, "Please." ”

"Is this you?" Liu Ye picked up the photo frame on the table, the teenager in the photo was wearing a tannin jacket? Sailor suits? With an explosive head on his head, the expression on his face is full of studentishness, which is completely different from the current Dias temperament, but there is a bit of similarity between his eyebrows.

"It's me. ”

"It's completely different from now. ”

"A lot has happened. ”

"What do you want to tell me when you brought me here?" Liu Ye put the frame back in place? Said.

"How much do you know about playing cards?" said Dias.

"I don't know much, but I see it a lot in magic. ”

"Almost everybody has seen playing cards. Playing cards circulating in the ordinary world? The history is less than a thousand years. The French think it was the French who invented it, and the Belgians think it was the Belgians who invented it? The Italians say that it was invented by the Italians, and there is still no conclusive conclusion. "Dias reached out and wiped it gently? Spread out a deck of playing cards on the table? "But few people know? Playing cards were originally invented as a magic prop. ”

"Magic props...... Liu Ye's gaze fell on the deck of playing cards, the blue star pattern seemed to be moving, flashing with dazzling light, and it made people feel a little dizzy after staring at it for a while.

"That's right, the first deck of playing cards was created by the legendary soothsayer Frank Abagnell, and the four suits are derived from the patterns of ancient European divination. Folklore believes that spades represent olive leaves, which symbolizes peace, plum blossoms, which are clovers, which means luck, diamond-shaped squares, which symbolize wealth, and hearts, which symbolize wisdom and love. In reality, however, it was only a split of the primordial array of divination from ancient times. ”

"Primordial array?"

"It's the basic array, and some sects in the East have also become basic runes, which are essentially the same thing. ”

"After Frank went to great lengths to create playing cards, he unexpectedly discovered some wonderful 'coincidences' in them. "If the king represents the sun and the moon in all 54 cards, then the remaining 52 cards represent exactly the 52 weeks of the year, while the four suits of hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades correspond to the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn, and winter, and each suit is 13 cards, which means that each season has 13 weeks." ”

"If J, Q, and K are counted as 11, 12, and 13 points, and the King and King are half points, the total value of a deck of playing cards is exactly 365 points. In leap years, the big and small kings are each counted as 1 point, for a total of 366 points. Liu Ye said, "Is this really just a coincidence?"

"It's a coincidence for magicians, but behind it is the inevitability of truth. Dias said, "The primordial array contains the truth of this world, and magic is just a kind of analysis and use of them, and divination is one of them. You also know that magic consumes life force, and those consumed life force is the price of borrowing these powers. ”

Liu Ye blinked noncommittally, as far as he knew, magicians didn't seem to have a shorter lifespan than ordinary people.

"Most magic consumes very little life force, and due to the flow of magic, mages are much stronger than ordinary people, and tend to live longer. "But there are two very special arrays, and the magic that is dominated by them consumes a huge amount of life force, and the life span of the mage will be shortened as a result. ”

Liu Ye's eyes flashed, he had heard Smith say that the time array, which was listed as a forbidden array, would directly consume the caster's lifespan.

"Time, and fate. Dias reached out and tapped it on the table, and the playing cards rose one after the other, floating between the two, "Time magic is forbidden magic, and the array of fate is the foundation of divination. ”

Liu Ye carefully looked at the star patterns on the back of those playing cards, although they were all similar, each one was different, and the 54 cards were arranged together, exuding strange fluctuations.

"Routine divination, such as divination of the good and bad fortune of a thing, is negligible and consumed. "But for soothsayers, there are two taboos that cannot be touched. ”

A card turned over, and Liu Ye glanced at it, it was the plum king he drew last time.

"First, don't divinate the gods. The diviner will be punished by heaven, and the soothsayer will suffer great misfortune. This is a legend that has been passed down from generation to generation by soothsayers. Dias stroked his hand, except for the king of clubs, the rest of the cards were all withdrawn into his hand, "Second, do not divinate yourself." Peeping into one's own fate will trap the caster in a cycle of paradoxes of heavenly principles, and perish forever. ”

"In general, it is enough to avoid these two. But occasionally there will be some special circumstances, sometimes special things, sometimes special people, whether intentionally or unintentionally, if the soothsayer calculates the fate of the two, it will cause an extremely fierce backlash," Dias reached out and took off his hat, "When I was young, out of curiosity, I used to divinate the fate of Watson, the current president of the European Magical Association, and then I became like this. ”

Liu Ye couldn't help but be a little stunned, Dias's hair was divided into two distinctly colored halves from the midline, half of which was as black and shiny as ink, and the other half was as white and clear as goose feathers.

"Even though I paid a heavy price of almost twenty years of life, I was able to get some blurry images from that divination. Dias put his hat back on, "But at that grading conference, there was a scene of divination on you that I had never seen before." ”

"You mean, the cards are scattered and fall to the ground?" Liu Ye reached out and pinched the only plum king that was still floating. "Or do you mean, this card?"

"Drawing cards is only one part of the divination technique, and it only gives a rough indication of the 'signs'. ”

"Signs?"

"Well, for example, the plum blossom represents autumn, and the king is the largest card, and in chronological order, the plum blossom king is the end of autumn, and everything withers and gradually enters the cold winter. And the whole deck of poker represents the whole world, the cards are scattered, and the heavens and the earth are rearranged. When you draw this card, it is a sign that the world will change in the future because of you, but you can't tell what it is. Dias smiled, "With your magical talents, this is not unpredictable. ”

"So, what exactly surprises you. ”

"After the grading conference, I did a full divination on you, and I paid a heavier price as a result, but unlike the divination Watson, I didn't lose a lot of life this time," Dias took off the silver mask that covered his right cheek.

"This is ......" Liu Ye couldn't help but lean back slightly, and Dias's right face was densely covered with some raised lines, which looked very terrifying.

"This is heavenly punishment, which is called misfortune. Dias put the mask back on his face, "According to the legend of soothsayers from generation to generation, this misfortune can only happen when divining the fate of the gods. ”

"What do you mean...... I'm a god?" Liu Ye put the plum blossom K back on the table, "This is too, if I were a god, why would I still sit here and talk to you?"

"That's right. But I still see something very vague in my divination Watson, but divining you, I have given half of my face for nothing," Dias moved his index finger, and the plum K flew into his fingers, "and I haven't seen anything." Your fate is as if it didn't exist, just a gray mist. ”

"I don't know anything. Liu Ye spread his hands, "I don't know divination, I can only barely understand your explanation, if I want to understand the meaning of playing cards, I won't be able to do it for a while." ”

"It's okay, I just want you to understand that you are a very special person. ”

"What do you want to say?" Liu Ye crossed his fingers on his chin and looked at Dias's eyes seriously, "Let's just say it." ”

"The future of the Rose Bandits. Dias's head bowed inadvertently, "I hope you can reach out and save them, in the not-too-distant future, they will encounter a catastrophe, and everyone, everyone is worried about their lives." ”

"What about you?" Liu Ye frowned, "What kind of catastrophe?"

"Unfathomable, unspeakable. Dias shook his head slightly, "Maybe it's because of my ability, I can't measure it." ”

"Dias, you didn't answer my other question. Liu Ye took a deep breath and said, "You only said to save them, I'll ask again, what about you?"

"I ......," said Dias, smiling confidently as he pinched the brim of his hat with one hand, "I am the greatest magician, Ruben Dias, and I am naturally in danger." ”

But his eyelids drooped unnaturally.

"Okay, I see. Liu Ye shrugged his shoulders, he saw the change in Dias's expression, and needless to say, he could probably guess the reason why Dias concealed it.

"You agreed?" Dias was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Liu Ye to agree so easily, he still had a lot of bargaining chips that could be used to negotiate, "No conditions?"

"You don't need a reason to save people, you need to kill people. Liu Ye raised his eyebrows, revealing a very sunny smile, "I will definitely help the Rose Demon Thieves when they are in danger, if I can do it." ”

"Thank you...... Thank you. ”

"Dias, can I ask you a few questions?"

"Absolutely. "A deck of cards rotates between Dias's hands," he said. ”

"What was in that box you stole tonight? Who entrusted you?"

"This ......" Dias looked embarrassed, "I really don't know what the contents of the box are, because the client has a special order not to open it, as for the identity of the client, according to the rules of the trade, it cannot be revealed, but I don't have to care about the rules now, just tell you." ”

"Who's the other party?"

"To the highest technology. ”

Dias said the name that Liu Ye wanted to hear and didn't want to hear the most.

It's the most high-tech again, and they even have a relationship with magicians! What the hell do they want to do?!

"The Black Gold Alliance is actually a magician organization, and this is the first time I know about it. Dias said, "The shadows operating in Boyun City have such a rule: don't, can't, touch the line of the Black and Gold Alliance, and all those who cross the line will die miserably." I didn't expect it to be because of this. ”

Liu Ye's eyes flashed, and Dias revealed an important message!