"Bet? Pannis, with his eyelids down, replied without hesitation: "I'm fine, but are you really a mage?" I don't remember seeing a mage who likes to use gambling to solve problems. ”

"Then you've seen one now. Victor said very leisurely and slowly: "Before being favored by the teacher and becoming a mage apprentice, I was a professional gambler, and my favorite thing is to use gambling to solve problems, and even learning magic from the teacher depends on gambling to decide. Gambling is the best way to make your own decisions, and it's fair to say that all the big decisions I've made in my life are inseparable from gambling, and this time is no exception. ”

"How do you want to bet?" Pannis didn't comment on Victor's choice, but asked, "Also, what's the bet?"

"Well, it should be considered fair. Victor spoke slowly, without any hesitation or pause, and it seemed that he should have thought of the content a long time ago: "Battles in the realm of the Innate Mind tend to be fierce and full of devastating power, but I would love to study in what direction the battle will go when there is Legend as a collaborator. Now, there are two of us on our side, one demigod and one legend, so please choose two people on your side to have a head-to-head duel in the realm of both sides, and rely on the results of the duel to make the final judgment, how do you think this way, is it acceptable?"

"What about the stakes?" Pannis, still without comment, continued to ask, "I suppose there must be other stakes besides the lives of the combatants." A professional gambler is not naïve enough to make an unequal bet and expect it to be acceptable to the other party, so let's be honest, what do you want to bet with?"

"First of all, the first bet is definitely each other's lives. Victor slowly pointed at Ferek and himself, then at the six members of the party and Moore in turn, and said in a long voice: "Two choices, first." Except for the two who participated in the battle, the rest of you leave immediately, then the bet is the life and death of the four of us, and if we win, the remaining five of you will not be affected. If we lose, all of you can naturally live. The second option, all of you stay here, it doesn't make a difference if we lose and the result if we win. Naturally, there will be a second battle, but without the assistance of the demigods, the legend wants to fight the demigods, and I don't need to say what the result will be. ”

"Go on. Pannis waved his hand and said, "There is a first, there is a second, and as the first bet, the two choices obviously have nothing to do with fairness." ”

"Of course, the most important thing in gambling is the fairness of the bets. Victor nodded slowly, "If you choose the first way, everyone else leaves, and we win in the end." Naturally, you will notify other forces to intervene, and in order not to be intervened, the measures we take must be to complete the plan as quickly as possible, even if the plan is not finally ready, and if you choose the second way, if the others stay here, what will happen after we win will probably have nothing to do with you. ”

"What if you fail?" said Pannis, "and what good is it to us who are victors?"

"Have you forgotten what I said a few minutes ago, Mr. Kyle. Victor didn't feel it, staring at Pannis's face. He said slowly: "If we fail, we will leave you the design drawings of the Flame City Circle sequence, and we will also mark the other cities with the magic circle and pass the drawings." You can solve all the hidden dangers once and for all, and it will not lead to the death of any civilians. Of course, after this, it is not certain whether the believers who are hiding in the secret belief in me will redo this plan, but at least this incident can be perfectly resolved, and this is the benefit you get. ”

"It doesn't really sound that fair. Pannis said with a smirk, "Besides, you really think we're going to be unprepared." Are you going to come to the city you control to make trouble for you?"

"It's pretty fair, isn't it? Victor said: "Moreover, I do think so, this is the teacher's territory, without the teacher's consent, even if you find more backup, it is impossible to enter here." As you can guess from what you said, it is impossible for the teacher to agree. What's more, don't underestimate the master's control over your territory, if there is a strange strong person approaching the territory, as the controller of the territory, we know better than anyone else, so you can't scare me if you say this. Of course, it is not ruled out that you have other preparations, but what does it matter? if you have the courage, you can try other methods, but what will lead to the end, I can't guarantee what the end will be, maybe you can solve all the problems without the drawings, such as completely destroying this temple, maybe you can destroy our plans, how about trying?"

Pannis didn't speak again, took a few steps back and retreated behind Catherine, the six members of the adventure party exchanged a few glances with each other, as if they had made a decision, and finally everyone's eyes were focused on Catherine, indeed, as the head of the adventure group, the knight girl must make the final decision for the team, and others are not qualified to make decisions in her place.

Catherine took a deep breath and raised her voice and said, "We accept the gamble, and we will have a duel with me and Pannis as the representatives. ”

"Sister, I'll come. Vivien shook her head, leaned into Catherine's ear and whispered: "The matter of the demigod is left to the demigod to solve, and the matter of the mage is naturally left to the mage to solve, I know that you made this decision because of your high defense, but in the face of the demigod's attack, no matter how high the defense is, it is meaningless, and you can survive by some other means." I'm more experienced than you in battle mages, don't worry, we've all grown up, and we won't let you down. ”

Catherine bit her lip and thought about it, and nodded with difficulty, the knight girl actually knew very well that Vivien was right, she just didn't want the girls to be in danger before, so she had to fight by herself, but as Vivian said, they have grown up and can face any danger together, so believing in her teammates and believing in her sisters is what she should do now.

"Now that it's decided, there's no need to waste time. Victor's stiff waist suddenly straightened, his momentum climbed wildly, and invisible pressure poured out of his body: "Let's start the gamble." (To be continued.) )