Skirting the round table in the hall with the attendants, Draenor and the captain were placed by the fireplace on the right hand side of the door, an oval wooden table with just two chairs. From the moment he approached the fireplace, Draenor felt like he had suddenly returned to the tropics, and he sat down with his trench coat on the back of his chair.

"You should have seen the game just now, it's the Prod card. You may not have heard of it, but this is a game invented by the dwarves, and there are sixteen cards in total......"

Draenor wanted to stop Dino at the moment he spoke, but in fact he had already figured out how to play the Prod cards more than a month ago, this kind of game has no skills at all, and it is basically a matter of luck to win. But seeing that the captain was so patiently introducing the gameplay, he didn't plan to tell the other party the facts...... He came up with the idea of pretending that he had never heard of a Prood card and then "unexpectedly" winning the game, playing the role of a chess player or something.

"Hey! Draenor! Dino noticed the other party's dull gaze, waved at him, and said with a frown, "Do you understand?" The rules are like this, there are a total of four rounds of player battles, and the winner advances to the next round. The winner of the final round is the champion and will receive a prize of 1,000 deli! ”

"So much!?" Draenor almost shouted, he looked at the guests sitting around, only to find that they were all holding those wooden cards, and it seemed that there were more than one or two opponents in this game, "Isn't it just playing cards!" There must be twenty or so people here, right? Is it necessary to make the game so grand? ”

"Tut-tut......" Dino stretched out his finger and waved it in front of him, pointing sideways to the poster hanging on the fireplace, "Don't look at the crowd, there are only sixteen actual contestants, half of the people sitting around you are coaches, except for a few local residents, the rest are basically prize hunters from surrounding cities." ”

"Bonus Hunter ......" he repeated the word, turning his head to look at the poster, and in the bottom row of contestants, he saw his own name and Dino's.

"You've already signed up? I don't know anything yet! ”

"Calm down man, how many people have no chance to sign up, but I entrusted several friends to do it! I'll leave it to you, I really want to try my luck. You see, we may not be placed in one group, but if that's the case, how can one of them make it to the finals, right? As long as you get the top four, it is enough, and you can earn at least 200 deli for nothing! The final bonus will be shared equally between the two of us, and I invited this meal today, so I will take it as an apology, okay? ”

Advancing to the finals is a bit of a high expectation...... Draenor felt a little flustered, his previous confidence in his card reading was cut in half, and he was obviously just a rookie who had just figured out the gameplay!

As he hesitated, Draenor suddenly noticed a lonely figure sitting at the bar, wearing a pair of copper-rimmed round glasses, a short black and white robe, holding a felt hat on the table with one hand, and a wine glass with the other. Unlike the so-called gentlemen, this man looked like a scholar, with a reflective head in his sparse gray hair, as if knowledge was about to overflow.

"What are you looking at...... Oh, he? The inventor of his game - Dillard. Mr. Hearst, a scholar of divinity. I heard that the champion will get a chance to play cards with him, and maybe he will be accepted as an apprentice. ”

Scholars of divinity? Draenor was intrigued, and the questions that had been left in his memory suddenly came alive again: how does divinity work, how can it be perfectly harnessed, and is there room for it to grow......

Draenor was lost in thought, and his fighting spirit was already burning inside. The contest must be won, and the opportunity to approach that scholar and learn the answer about divinity from his mouth!

"We don't have that blessing anyway...... Now that you've signed up, it's useless to worry. Fast! Clean up the table, let's fight first! ”

Before Draenor could react, Dino had already removed the suede cloth covering the table, and the wooden Prod cards were already in front of him, and there was a metal scorer on the right side, which was already the most formal tournament table.

Give it a try, the first step has to be taken well...... Draenor muttered inwardly, following the captain's rhythm by shuffling the wooden cards and arranging them in a circle according to the grid carved on the table.

"Take it!" Dino threw him a delicate metal dice, which made a crunch like a bell and stopped in front of him, "You're a novice, give you the chance to make the first move." ”

Draenor grabbed the dice, held them in his hand as if he were trying to rub his luck in, and threw it onto the table, where the number "12" appeared on the side facing the board.

"Valkyrie with a combat power of 4, good luck." He whispered inwardly, and reached out to push the wooden sign corresponding to the number "12" forward.

"Hey, wait a minute!" Just as his fingers were about to touch the wooden card, the captain suddenly got up and grabbed his arm, "Your cards have been looked at, how can you win?" ”

"Is there anything wrong?" Draenor looked at the captain suspiciously, he did follow the gameplay introduced by Uncle Cooper, isn't this a regular way to play?

"It seems that you didn't listen to a word of what I just said...... Dino sighed and sat back on the wooden chair, "That kind of dwarf play has long been outdated, it should be like this, all the decks should be set up in front of you, and the other party should not see your cards!" ”

"But the position of each card is set?"

"Yes, that's the essence of this kind of play. No matter which card the number points to, as long as it's within your range, it doesn't matter if you don't have the prescribed number to play, that's what you want. ”

Yes, so that the controllability increases...... Delano snickered, it seems that it does take some skill to win the game, and with his own good luck, it is not impossible to advance to the top four!

"Like this......" he unhurriedly set up his eight cards, shuffled the order, and threw the dice in front of the captain, "it's up to you, see who good luck will befall you." ”

In less than twenty minutes, the integrator finally presented a score of "1:3", and the warm-up session finally ended with Draenau's victory.

"Gan!" Dino pushed away the wooden card, slammed his fist on the table, but showed a pleased smile, "It's really unlucky, are you a Prod veteran!?" ”

Draenor smiled sheepishly and flipped the integrator back to zero, "Honestly, this is indeed the first time I've tried this game. ”

"Hahaha, I knew you were talented! Get ready! We're not far from the bonus! Dino laughed, slapped the two gold coins on the table, and shouted to the waiter, "Brother! Two bottles of spirits, the kind that can make people choke on tears! ”

"You still want to get drunk and play cards yet?" Draenor frowned and said, he wasn't here to drink in the first place.

"Do you know the shipwreck? What about getting drunk? This is to stir up our belief in victory! ”

"What a brainless hot-blooded man......" Draenor muttered in a low voice, covering his face, as if the confidence he had regained was a little less.

"Gentlemen!" At this moment, a man in a black top hat walked up to the bar and clapped his hands as if to announce something.

"First of all, I wish you all a Happy Winter Day! It's great to see the arrival of regular customers in the new year, and also to welcome new faces! It's the day of the annual Prod Tournament at the Bysville Tavern, huh...... I can already see the hunger in your eyes for the prize money! ”

Then Draenor patted the captain on the arm and asked, "Doesn't that look that formal?" ”

"Don't be careless, it looks easy, but almost every one of those prize hunters has won the championship, and it's inevitable that you'll get nervous...... It is this tense and lively atmosphere that deserves the competition! ”

“…… Now I announce that the Prod Card Contest has officially begun! Please the first group of players: Chadwick. Mr. Delano and Dino. Mr. Tetsuji enters! ”

To the applause, the captain pulled Draenor out of his chair and walked along the path of the crowd to the card table at the bar.

Even the matching order is expected, and there is really enough face...... Feeling himself inexplicably the center of attention in the tavern, Draenor pulled back his chair and sat down, taking two deep breaths as he prepared to fight the captain.

"The one-on-one game is four rounds, and the match points are added for the deuce, are the players ready?"

Dino leaned forward invisibly, staring at the deck in front of him and whispering to Draenor, "This time it's different from the warm-up, I won't release water." ”

The opportunity to talk to the scholar was more enticing than the bonuses. And the first step in front of us is to defeat Dino!

Draenor rolled the dice to the center of the table, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and beckoned to the host.

"Let's go, I already see the Goddess of Victory smiling at me."