Chapter 556: Gambling

"Shut up!" Kunstan glared at the Traveling Merchant, then turned to the others at the table, "Wait a minute, I'll be back soon." ”

With that, he walked briskly out of the cabin and towards his room, where the others at the table sorted out their gains for the day and discussed what good things Kunstein could come up with.

Although most of the passengers on the ship were meeting for the first time, they already had some understanding of each other after the game just now. Through conversation, they learned that Kunstein was the heir to the estate of the great collector of the Kingdom of England, Behring Cameron, so Kunstein must have the good things collected by this great collector in his hands.

Returning to the cabin, Kunstan walked to the safe in the room, quickly fiddled with the dial, entered the code, inserted the key, and opened the safe.

The safe provided on the ship was not very large, only suitable for some small items, and Kunstein's safe contained six or seven small cloth bags of different sizes, and he picked up one of the small cloth bags and opened the opening to look at it.

I saw that there were more than a dozen rough gemstones that had only been preliminarily cut in the cloth bag, each of which was about the same size as the fingernail of a thumb, and although the price of each piece would not make an ordinary family worry about food and clothing for a lifetime, it would at least allow them to live a very rich life for a while.

Kunstan closed the mouth of the cloth bag and put it in the pocket of his clothes, and then prepared to close the door of the safe, but he suddenly thought of something, hesitated slightly, and finally opened a small drawer in the safe, and took out a stone box with patterns on the surface, and then opened the box and looked at it.

I saw that there was a jade-like tube lying in the box, the size of which was equivalent to a little thumb, but in terms of the object itself, it was not particularly unusual, but when Kunstan transferred this thing to the sunlight and let the sunlight from the window shine on the jade pipe, the jade pipe suddenly emitted a faint cloud of colored light, and accompanied by a crisp sound, both like wind chimes and raindrops, all in all very good.

Kunstan didn't know that when he opened the box containing the jade pipe and moved it to the sun, the jade pipe emitted an energy fluctuation that ordinary people could not feel, this energy fluctuation was not very strong, but it was very obvious, and it alarmed the three people on the boat.

The leader of the Arminion priests, who was explaining the doctrine of the sea god to the cultists, was so shocked by this energy fluctuation that he stopped, and motioned for the other priests not to say anything more if he asked what was going on, and then hesitated slightly, handed over the task of explaining the doctrine to the deputy, and walked out of the room by himself.

Another person who sensed the fluctuations in energy was the captain of the Ice Queen, who was writing his logbook as usual and reorganizing what he needed to do when he arrived at the next port.

When he sensed the energy fluctuations, his body suddenly trembled involuntarily, this tremor was both uneasy and excited, his body was not even controlled, and some hidden abnormal limbs were also revealed, such as the eyes turned into compound eyes of insects, tentacles growing on the forehead, hard hairs growing behind the ears, and so on.

However, he soon controlled the mutation of his body, allowing himself to change back to his original form, and then put away the log, walked out of the captain's quarters, and walked towards the lower cabin.

The last one is naturally Leo, although he has been experimenting in his cabin for the past two days, mixing potions, and making rune traps, his spiritual web has always shrouded the entire Ice Queen, looking for secrets in this strange ship that he has not yet discovered.

So when the jade pipe emitted energy fluctuations, he was the first to notice it, and even alarmed, his hand couldn't help but tremble, and a bottle of wizard potion that was being refined was also refined.

Omega-level high-level lifeform This is the answer that instantly appeared in Leo's mind after feeling this energy fluctuation, but he quickly denied this answer, because although he felt that this energy fluctuation was very similar to an omega-level high-level lifeform, but in this energy fluctuation, there was no suppression of that kind of high-level life, and in his sense, the life level of this energy fluctuation was very weak, and even only equivalent to a third-level psionic person.

With curiosity in his heart, he also stopped what he was doing, and the cabin he left approached the source of energy.

The source of energy didn't stay in one place, starting out in the passenger compartment, but soon left the passenger compartment and went to the entertainment cabin on the middle level.

When Leo arrived at the entertainment cabin, his eyes fell directly on the card table not far away, and saw the stone box on the table and the jade pipe in the box, so he walked over.

"These jewels should be enough for bargaining chips, right?" said Kunstan, taking out the stones in the stone box and pocket and placing them on the table.

"Of course that's enough. "There were all discerning people who could see the value of these jewels at a glance, and nodded their heads again and again.

"Will I be able to participate in this game?" asked Leo, who had come to the entertainment cabin before him, just as Leo was about to speak.

"Absolutely. Quinstein didn't talk to the rest of the table, just nodded in agreement.

The others had already agreed, and naturally they didn't refuse, only the traveling merchant questioned slightly: "Mr. Captain, our game is not an ordinary gambling game, you must at least take out something we are interested in to be eligible to join the game." ”

"Uh, wait a minute. The captain obviously didn't think that this game was not gambling money, so he turned and walked out of the cabin, apparently going back to the captain's room to find something that could be used to place bets.

As the captain turned to leave, Leo and the leader of the Priests Arminion sat down on two seats at the table, each offering to participate in the game.

And the two of them looked at each other after saying the words of participating in the game, and although they didn't speak, they could both feel that the other party was going towards the jade pipe.

"Of course, as long as you can afford to put up enough chips. Everyone present sensed that something was wrong, but instead of retreating, they looked at Leo and the leader of the Arminion priests with interest.

Without much thought, the leader of the Arminion priests took an old copy of the Poseidon Church canon from his old-looking robe and placed it on the table.

"Sea nerves?" everyone showed a look of disappointment when they saw the name of that classic, because this doctrinal classic can be said to be the most printed classic by the Poseidon Church, and almost everyone in the entire Inge Kingdom has a copy, even in the eyes of believers, it only has religious value, and has no commercial value.

It's just that Leo's attitude is different from the others around him, and after he saw this old classic, he couldn't help but show a look of surprise on his face, because he could feel that this classic was clearly a magical thing, but judging by the fluctuations of divine power it exuded, its value was definitely not similar to that of the king and queen in Leo's hands.

Priest Arminion seemed to know very well what these men were thinking, and did not explain much, but turned the first page of the book open, revealing the first page of the signed and handwritten message.

Curious, everyone stood up and looked at the page of signatures and gifts, and when they saw them, they all gasped, and there was a little greed in each other's eyes.

Leo also saw the signature, and although he was not as surprised as the people around him, he was equally surprised and became interested in the classic.

Jay Barossas is the name that appears on the page, a name that is not known in other kingdoms, but is a household name in the Kingdom of England, as he is the only member of the Poseidon Church in the Kingdom of England to be canonized by the Orthodox Church, and the only person to be canonized before his death.

There are countless legends about Jay Barossas, the most common of which is that he assisted the king in punishing some of the evil nobles of the kingdom, and among the various plays performed in the Kingdom of England, as long as the plays related to Jay Barossas are very popular.

A book signed by Jay Barossas with a message is a must-have for any collector, and no one suspects that what Priest Arminion has brought out is a fake, but simply wonders what made Priest Arminion hesitate to take out such a precious religious relic as a bet.

When everyone admitted that the things that Priest Arminion had brought out were enough to qualify for the gambling game, their eyes also shifted to Leo, and they expected Leo to come up with something good.

Seeing this, Leo seemed to take out a few psionic substances from his pocket, but in fact from his own storage space.

These psionic substances are very poor in terms of the quality of psionic energy contained in them, and the reason why Leo keeps this psionic substance is mainly because the psionic quality is too poor and he can't find a place to use it.

Despite this, these psionic substances are very good-looking, they are all natural amber, and they are presented in the shape of perfect teardrops, without any polishing, and what is even more rare is that each amber has two colorful ancient insects in it.

When Leo took out these psionic substances, the greedy gaze that fell on them was several times stronger than that sea nerve, and the most greedy among them was Kunstan, who was sitting not far away.

Quinstein had a lot of business, but the most important of them was the jewelry business, and with his years of experience in the industry, Leo took out these amber pieces that were worth far more than the same size of gemstones, and were definitely the best in the eyes of gem collectors.

Naturally, Leo was also able to qualify for the game.

After a while, the captain hurried in with a box, and then, without talking nonsense, after sitting down, he put the box on the table and opened it, and said, "This is my chip." ”

Everyone looked at the box with great interest, and saw that inside the box was a very peculiar metal plate, with a large number of patterns on the metal plate, which looked like a very mysterious object.

"What is this?" someone didn't recognize the metal plate.

"Can you show me?" but someone seemed to see something, and asked the captain.

The captain pushed the box in front of the inquirer, who very professionally took out a pair of gloves and put them on, then took out the metal plate and examined it carefully, carefully placed it back in the box, and said, "I think this item deserves to be counted in the bargaining chips." ”

"What the hell is this?" someone asked, puzzled.

"Guga Slate. The man replied.

"Guga Stone Plate?" everyone was curious about the metal plate, and couldn't help but look at it.

It is said that the archaeology of some sites in the Guga Desert excavated a total of 54 Gujia slabs, and then the army transporting the Guga slabs was attacked and lost 23 pieces, and these 23 Guga slabs appeared on the black market one after another, and each time they appeared, they were immediately bought at a high price.

Although some people have heard the name of the ancient stone plate, but they do not understand the details of this thing, after seeing the metal plate, they can't help but ask: "But isn't this a metal plate? How can it be called a stone plate?"

As soon as the question was asked, a knowledgeable person immediately explained: "The name of the Gujia stone slab is based on the first stone slab found that records the ancient Gawen, but in fact, among the fifty-four ancient Jia stone slabs found, there are sixteen metal plates, but the names have been fixed, so the sixteen metal plates are also using the old name." ”

After receiving the explanation, everyone's doubts were gone, and the captain's request to join the game was naturally no problem.

The next step was to calculate the price of the chips for these items, and as Leo expected, the amber he took out was naturally the most expensive, followed by the captain's Guga slate, and finally the sea nerve of Priest Arminon.

Kunstan also exchanged his jewelry for chips, but seeing that Kunstan did not exchange the jade pipe next to him, the captain couldn't help but ask.

Kunstan said in a deep voice, "This thing is my lucky thing, and I won't sell it until I have to." ”

Leo and the others did not show regret, but waited for the start of the game.

Soon the game started normally, Leo was playing for the first time and was not very familiar with the rules, so the first few hands were covered with ante bets, no matter how good the cards were, there was no follow-up.

At the gaming table, others are playing very seriously, carefully calculating the cards in other people's hands, and every bet is playing a psychological war with the opponent, and I have to say that each of the people at these tables is a good player at playing people's hearts.

It's just that even if they are good players, there are high and low in them, and this high and low is directly reflected in winning and losing.

Surprisingly, after a few rounds, the biggest winner was not the veteran at the table, but rather the Arminion Priest who didn't look like a leader who knew how to play cards.

The rules of the beast card are very special, the chips can be stacked continuously, and when a hand is down, if there are several winners, then the winner who puts in the most chips gets the most bets.

The leader of the Priests of Arminon was completely like a novice who didn't know how to gamble, and he had all the chips on hand, which made him get the most chips in each hand.