The sound was like the center of the whirlpool, and it immediately attracted all the people gathered around the whirlpool.

It was as if time had stood still, and everyone had stopped.

For a moment, there was silence, except for the breeze rustling through the cracks of the crowd. Before you know it, the sun is setting again, and it begins to try to flick each figure for a long time.

Suddenly, someone finally couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, you're talking?" A Fire Spirit Clansman who was very close to the mysterious duo flashed a pair of yellow-orange eyes and asked, "Did I hear me right?" ”

The stall owner immediately put down everything in his hand, and a pair of eyes that were being teased by the sun tried to open them, and looked at the guy who had just spit out grass clippings and still had a touch of dark green on the corner of his mouth.

"Look at the people around you, and you'll know," said the mysterious man, grimly, "you heard you right. ”

That's right.

There were nearly a hundred people gathered in front of the stalls, but none of them walked away silently. This shows that everyone is hearing the same thing.

Who killed the behemoth? Hehe, I know.

It is such a sentence that nails everyone with curiosity in place like an invisible silver needle.

"You say, you say you know who killed the behemoth?" The Fire Spirit repeated it again in disbelief.

The mysterious man did not speak, but with a smile in his eyes, he silently stuck out his tongue and gently licked the sporadic dark green at the corner of his lips.

The crowd was noisy again, like a boiling soup.

"He, does he really know?"

It's an incredible sound.

"He, who is he? Why would you know? ”

It was a panicked voice.

"Well, what a terrible face. No, it's two faces. ”

It's a terrified voice.

"Hmph, another braggart."

This is the voice of a big man.

"Bragging?" The mystery man licked the corners of his lips again, then asked softly, "You think I'm bragging?" ”

The voice was very soft, like thin air, but it instantly brought an invisible pressure to the big man.

He, he smiled?

The big man felt that in an instant, he clearly saw the corners of the mouth of this flowing guy move. But when he really looked closely, he found that the expression on this face had not changed.

It's like a human skin mask!

The big man took two steps back in panic and almost hit the person behind him.

What's wrong? What's wrong with me?

Am I not mistaken?

Could it be that the smiling face is the expression that actually appears behind the mask?

"How?" The mysterious man didn't move, "Scared? ”

"No, no." Dahan immediately denied it.

"Huh." The mysterious man sneered twice, but the expression on his face remained unchanged. He swept over the crowd of onlookers one by one with a pair of cold eyes, "How many people want to know how the giant beast died?" ”

Human curiosity is unstoppable. So, this is a seductive phrase. But at this moment, listening to everyone's ears, this sentence has clearly changed its taste.

This ordinary question was transformed into such a sentence.

How many people want to die?

"He, what did he say?"

"He said, 'Who, who wants to die?'

"I, I don't want to die."

"He really, really said that?"

"It's scary!"

The crowd stirred again.

Everyone looked at each other and looked at each other.

Moments later, as the first person ran away for his life, the crowd began to evacuate one after another.

"Huh." The mysterious man sneered twice.

He neither kept nor ridiculed the fleeing crowd, he didn't care at all. And the man next to him was even more mysterious. He hasn't said a word since he appeared. Moreover, he hasn't even moved since he stood still!

Is this really a person?

The stall owner did not run away with the crowd, not only because of his life on the fish stall, but also because he was different from the crowd on the road. With those two terrible creatures in front of him and a long wall behind him, he had nowhere to run.

The big man didn't run away either, though reason told him he should get out of here at once. But face told him that he had to stay here.

In the end, face triumphed over reason.

After a while, the fish stall that was once "full of people" can be described as "full of birds".

In the end, whether intentionally or forcedly, only four people remained.

The stall owner, the big man, the demon who has a grudge against the big man, and the fire spirit who was the first to ask.

"It seems that a few of you want to know this secret." The mysterious man said solemnly.

"You, you don't pretend." Dahan pretended to be bold and said, "If you know, you can say it generously!" ”

"Hehe, that's not going to work."

"Why?" The stall owner asked.

"Haven't you seen a behemoth?" The mysterious man stared at the stall owner and said, "That's a horrible guy, isn't it?" ”

"I'm ......," the stall owner was stunned for a moment, and finally whispered, "yes, a terrible fellow." ”

"So, it's not easy to kill someone like that, right?"

"Yes, yes." The stall owner nodded, not knowing what the terrible man was trying to say.

"So," the mystery man swept over the four of them one by one with a pair of eyes full of coldness, "it's a big secret, isn't it?" Since it's a big secret, how can I tell you so generously? How can there be such a cheap thing in the world? ”

As soon as the words fell, the earth demons and fire spirits who had stayed behind regretted it. They began to get restless. But these cold eyes were like the eyes of a snake staring at their prey, and they did not dare to move.

"You, what do you want?" The Earth Demon asked, and his voice was much quieter.

"It's easy," the mystery man began to fumble through his clothes, quickly pulling out a small deck of cards from it, "play a game." ”

"Games?" The four of them said in unison.

"It's not a complete deck," said the mystery man, holding the cards between his long fingers, "but it's okay to play a little game." ”

"You, what do you want to do?" The stall owner said.

"Hehe," said the mysterious man with a smile, "I count to three, and I'll throw all the cards in my hand into the sky." Each of us picks a card and grabs it before it lands. ”

"Hey, you're ......," the Fire Spirit said.

"Whoever doesn't draw a card loses, and whoever draws more than one card loses." The mysterious man ignored the words of the crowd and said to himself, "Then, compare the cards in your hand with those in my hand." ”

"You, don't go too far." The big man said.

"Whoever wins me will know this big secret. And those who lose, then I'm sorry. The mystery man posed.

"Hey, you guy......" the four of them said in unison again, and they all reached forward with their hands.

But the mystery man ignored the flustered four.

"One."

The countdown has begun.

The four of them looked at each other, each with fear in their eyes.

"Two."

The fear is even greater.

"Three!"

As soon as the words fell, the silver light flashed, and a deck of cards had rushed into the clear blue sky.

At the moment when everyone raised their heads, the cards scattered in the sky, like a goddess scattering flowers. Each card flipped and fell back to the ground, and the afternoon sun shone brightly on the deck.

The four of them finally understood that there was no way back for them. So, with a desire to search the sky above his head, each pair of eyes searched with longing.

Front, back, front, back!

Everything is changing and everything is fleeting.

I can't see it really, and I don't dare to decide.

When the mystery man had already stood with a card in his hand, the four still found nothing. At this moment, the ground is silvery white.

In the blue sky, there are still the last few cards left to roll and spin.

The four of them finally became agitated.

What size does it matter? Drawing cards is the most important thing at the moment, and the rest will be left to God.

When there is no more clutter in the mind, everything is simple.

When the last card falls to the ground like an infinite attachment to the sky, everyone has an extra card in their hand.

"Good, good." The mystery man said as he reached forward with his hands behind his back, two fingers gripping a card face up, "Now, it's time for us to show the cards." ”

"Wait, wait." Dahan stretched out his hand to stop it.

The mysterious man did not speak, but glanced at the big man with his eyes.

"Well, that," said the big man, boldly, "before you show your cards, what if, if you lose?" ”

"yes, what if you lose?"

Dahan's words were immediately agreed by the other three.

"Hehe," the mystery man laughed again, "don't be nervous, don't worry if you lose." Just pick up the scattered cards one by one and return them to me. ”

"Ah, that's right." Dahan said in disbelief.

"It's okay, it's okay." The fire spirit felt his tense nerves relax instantly.

"Really, I said it earlier." The voice of the earth demon was louder again.

"Scared me to death, scared me to death." The stall owner couldn't stop beating his chest.

All four of them gasped for breath as if they had been resurrected.

The mysterious man didn't speak, and his two slender fingers kept rubbing the cards in his hand, not knowing what he was thinking. And the other guy who seemed to be wearing a mask was even more terrifying, and he didn't move the whole time.

"Let's have a showdown." The mysterious man said suddenly.

"Okay." The four of them answered in unison.

This time, no one was nervous.

"I, my hand is small, I shouldn't be able to win." Dahan has made preparations to check the cards, "I'm just a 3 of hearts." ”

Sure enough, he lost.

In the bright sun, the card in the mysterious man's hand was delicate, and it was a queen of hearts.

"Ugh." The fire spirit sighed, "I also lost, I thought I was not small." ”

In his hand is a J of the Grass Flower.

"I lost too." The Earth Demon said, but his voice was pleasant, "It's not unjust to lose at all. ”

In his hand is a square tablet7.

It was at this time that the stall owner spoke.

"I, I won?" The stall owner was incredulous, and his eyes kept wandering between the mysterious man and his cards, "I, I seem to have really won." ”

He did win.

Because on his outstretched palm, there was a king of spades.