Chapter 2 Wanton Zero: The starting point of winning
Merlin didn't plan to gamble again in his life, and his heart was pounding when he watched Amani play with Angola. Why didn't the man in front of him show a nervous look on his face when he should have been nervous? His calm smile erupted all the time, and he didn't mind at all, and he didn't care at all.
That's a lot of money...... Sheldon can't earn it in his lifetime, right......
He was also a little nervous when he had just guessed with Angola, but when he found out that he had won, a sense of joy welled up in his heart. Amani sat back in his seat and closed his eyes again, as if the man had never been here.
"I always think you look happy when you play games." Amani's eyes were closed, his mouth like a small boat, cocked on both sides and sunken in the middle, "If you really want to gamble on something, will you still be happy?" β
Merlin thought for a moment and shook his head with some fear.
"Whoever dares to take anything from us, see that I don't slaughter them!" Nightmare Merlin said from within the little boy's soul space, "If it weren't for the strange abilities of that thing earlier, I wouldn't have ended up like this. β
"You were too impulsive, what if we were really swallowed?" MΓ‘rquez recalls his previous conflict with the stone that would grant someone else's wishes.
"Time and fate are the laws of the same level, not to mention that the level of power held by the other party is not as high as ours, you obviously don't have to worry about this." Merlin said, "You can call that Nightmare Minion back and tell him to report on what's going on outside." β
The little boy secretly looked at Amani, who was sleeping lightly, and carefully moved his middle finger, a dark purple mark on the nail cover was faintly lit, and a little lilac starlight extended from his fingertips, connecting into the distance.
Moore arrived soon, and this guy was familiar with this kind of miscellaneous surveillance, and Nightmare could easily hide his body anywayβ
"Yo, little one, do you still have this kind of good thing?" Amani actually grabbed the nightmare floating in mid-air, and under Merlin's shocked gaze, he was vigorously rubbing the frantically struggling Mohr.
"Help me...... Help meβ"
Merlin pretended not to hear Moore's pleas for help, "Uh...... This was given to me by my father, and he made some kind of contract with me, and it followed me. β
Amani rubbed poor Moore for a while, and casually threw it to Merlin: "It won't attack you, it's been with you for a few years." β
"Almost two or three years, and they have been with me before." Merlin said honestly, "It can also make me have a good dream." β
"Also, nightmares can indeed eat bad dreams." "But I don't know much about this creature, and I almost killed it, haha." β
"This devil, devil! This guy can actually touch me directly......" Moore said aggrievedly, "I was almost torn apart by him......"
After all, he is the one who guards the casino, and he doesn't even have the means to do it, so how can he be competent?
"It's better not to provoke this man, we don't think we can beat him now." Merlin said in a deep voice, "With the current level of magic power, he is more than one level above us. The sword beside him isn't mortal either......"
"Try not to get into a conflict with him...... In case the ban is lifted, it is estimated that he will be scolded by his father. β
Moore's figure trembled in Merlin's hand: "Can't the master beat him?" Obviously the master is so powerful! Supreme! β
"Don't kill me, have you completed the task I gave you?" Merlin didn't need to speak, he could send his thoughts to Moore's soul, "You don't need to worry about Amani's affairs, I will naturally cover you if something happens." All you have to do now is report to me the man's whereabouts. β
Merlin had seen a missionary with strange powers running in the direction of Paradise Lost, so he asked Moore to observe near Paradise Lost. As soon as it spotted the man's face, it would follow it until Merlin summoned him, and then it would return.
"I ...... I see it! β
"Where is he?" Merlin asked urgently, "Are you preaching on the street again?" β
"No...... No......" said Moore with some hesitation, "he disbanded all the other missionaries and let them walk on their own in Paradise Lost, and he ...... by himself."
"What's wrong with him?" Merlin asked, confused. It was at this time that another person came to the "hilltop" area of the casino.
"Well, that's good! Another one who came to the top of the mountain! Why can't you put it up in batches? It's really boring. Amani's bright smile contrasted with the deeply sunken eyes of the man who walked in.
"That's it...... It's him......" Moore held out a small hand, pointing at the man who was slowly walking towards Amani.
"W-" Merlin's eyes widened, and the little boy froze in place after the first sight of him.
Black robes, plain black trousers, and the iconic necklace, a white necklace with mysterious destiny powers...... This necklace can make everything a man do smoothly. Merlin knew that only orcs could make this power disappear, but where did he find them now?
"I want that sword from you." After the man finished speaking, Amani's smile stiffened, and the hand that was originally stretched out gradually let go, "Let's bet." β
This sword is supposed to refer to the sharp sword that the man has casually resting in his hand, although he has never seen Amani use it, but Nightmare says that this sword is very unusual, and it also contains great power inside.
"What's your bet?" Amani sat down in his chair solemnly and crossed his legs, "There are three games in total, guess the number of dice, draw ghost cards, and flip coins. You have to win three games to get this sword. β
"My bet is, all my own." The man smiled faintly, "You don't have a chance to win, it's the guidance of fate." This Mr. Amani, excuse me for being rude, but may you come and hear about the Cult of Didamourβ"
Swish! The tip of the sword was already across the missionary's neck!
Amani tugged at the sword beside him for a moment, and the blade of the sword was unsheathed with a thud, and before the scabbard that flew into the air fell to the ground, he flicked his wrist and the sword swung around in the air, stopping straight in the dim light. At the threat of death, the missionary simply laughed, looked at each other fixedly, and stopped talking.
The two sides confronted each other for a while, and Amani finally slowly withdrew the sword in his hand and said word by word: "The bet is true." Don't say anything that isn't related to gambling. β
All three games are the same as in Angola, with the first being a guess of the number of a hundred dice.
"You throw it." Amani slammed the vessel on the table, handed it to the missionary, and said earnestly, "You guess first, I'll guess later." β
"A hundred." The missionary actually said his guess before throwing the dice.
Whoa......
Amani's eyes widened suddenly, his pupils constricted, and in an instant, his mind was highly focused. His ears were listening to all the dice inside the vessel to determine their movements. This is not a guess, but it does not conflict with the rules, and he can accurately say the numbers in the vessel, without any difference.
The big hard iron shell slammed on the table, bounced up, and finally rolled twice with a grunt, never moving again. At this time, Amani's expression froze in place, and it was not clear whether he was surprised or frightened for a while. Now that there was no answer, the man gritted his teeth and slammed on the table.
"You won." Amani tapped on the table, and the word "hundred" automatically appeared on the vessel.
This guy ...... How, exactly? Or is it pure luck? A whole hundred dice are one, and this probability is too small, too small. There is no trace of magic on his body, and he has said it before he casts, which proves that he should not be able to make a thousand......
"Tsk! You're in luck, second game! Amani's expression was still relaxed, and although the corners of his mouth were not smiling, the muscles on his face were not tense.
Drawing ghost cards, Amani still gets eleven cards, and the missionary gets ten.
At the moment when the cards were dealt, and Amani had just picked up the cards in his hand, the missionary had already spread out the cards in his hand, and there were five pairs inside: "I won." β
The atmosphere was suddenly depressed to the extreme, and the dim light in the hall seemed to be covered by a hand, and only a little dirty light debris between the fingers could leak into the hands of Amani, who was placed together.
That is, Amani has five pairs in his hand and one ghost card. It was indeed he who lost.
"The last game." Amani said, his voice still steady, "Guess first, I don't believe your good fortune will last until the end." β
"Positive." The missionary said, "I'm just borrowing your sword, and I'll give it back to you if I have the chance." β
"It's useless to talk too much!" Amani tossed the coin to Merlin and motioned for him to toss it upwards.
Merlin swallowed, he clearly didn't want Amani to lose. But the problem is that the necklace on the chest of the missionary opposite can make everything he does successful......
He closed his eyes tightly and threw him upward. At the same time, Amani's voice appeared in Merlin's ears: "I lost, you take the sword." β
Obviously the coin hasn't fallen yet...... Why would he say he had already lost? Amani pursed his lips, his expression visibly deflated. Since I couldn't see anything wrong, I could only suffer this one. He grabbed the sword he had in his hand and threw it at the missionary. The other party also snapped and took it firmly in his hand, and the coin was at this time worthy of falling on the table, turning round and round.
Finally fell on the front.
"It's also my bad luck...... Amani scratched his head and smiled awkwardly at Merlin, "'Legendary Gambler' is unlucky." β
The other party picked up the long sword that belonged to Amani, turned around and left. Before leaving, he left a message: "It's not that you're unlucky, but I'm going to win this bet, no exceptions." β
And so he left. The gamble went so fast that Merlin hadn't even reacted yet. Why the hell did he want this sword? Is it of any use to him?
"It's better not to have too much contact with him." The nightmare reminds MΓ‘rquez, "I guess something big is going to happen." β
"Master, I have one more thing I want to say...... it turns out that Moore has not finished his words, "it seems to be very lively outside, and the one who was traveling with the master before made toys seems to be going to say something in the square, and many people have gone to see it." β
"Really?" Merlin asked in surprise, "When?" β
"It's now. I just saw him open his package, and there was a bunch of parts inside, and he would put it together by himself. β
At this time, Sheldon was also standing in the crowd of people who had come to watch, waiting for what the man would come up with. Laurent's assembly machine does not conform to the stereotype of a maker, he is like composing a beautiful movement, where each part stays perfectly in the score and fits them perfectly. Whether it is the prelude, the main song, or the end of the song, they are interlocking and impeccable.
In the middle of the square is a huge machine suspended in the air, with a glass ball in the center, and its periphery is like a planetarium stand, and the magic in it supports the glass ball to float in the air. The outer bracket is rotating around it, like a satellite around a planet.
There was a flaming mass floating in the center, and Sheldon only sensed that there must be a lot of magic in it, and there was something deeper that he had never been able to feel.
Wait, he seems to see something shiny in these "light flames...... This elegant and eternal brushstroke, a deep and timeless texture......
It's a rune! A complete rune! But he didn't know what the rune meant. We can only wait for this person named Laurent to explain.
"So many people are welcome! Thank you, thank you! The "toy merchant" was sitting on a flyer with a monocle in his left eye, and he was waving at the man below him.
"I am the Master Craftsman, Laurent Mitchell. I came here this time because I have something I want to share with you! This is a great blessing for all humankind...... That's right, a shock moment! β