Volume 1 The Stone of the Philosopher, Chapter 90: Reincarnation

"Add!"

Martin saw Henry, who had fallen to the ground, suddenly stand up, and clutched Eddie's head.

Add struggles violently, making a "whine" sound from his mouth, but to no avail.

Henry's left hand squeezed tighter and tighter, the madness and ferocity on his face were revealed, and Eddie was lifted, her feet off the ground, and as a diminutive woman she had no ability to resist.

Seeing that he couldn't break free, Eddie's left hand no longer grabbed Henry, but hung down.

A coin slipped out of her sleeve, and she held it in her hand and tossed it upward.

The coin tumbled into the air a few times before landing firmly in her palm.

And just as the coin fell, a candle suddenly fell on the desk not far from Henry.

This could have been due to the vines that were growing wildly, or it could have been just a coincidence, and the candle had just fallen to the ground.

After that, the candles lit the thick plush carpet and the flame ignited.

By the time Henry, who had a strange expression, noticed, the fire had spread to his feet and began to move rapidly up his clothes.

A violent burning sensation came, and Henry didn't care about Eddie, and as soon as he let go of his left hand, he began to try to extinguish the flames on his body.

But the flames, like the help of wind and flammables, did not diminish at all, and grew larger and larger, and the target was clearly Henry, and the fire did not even spread in any other direction of the carpet.

Henry's leather shoes and trousers had already been ignited, and the burning stinging sensation hit, and he squinted, and his movements were not panicked, but spread his hands all around.

Strange things happened, and the vines around him, which had no goal and could only grow instinctively, seemed to feel a strong call and attraction, and swarmed towards Henry.

They jumped over the flames on the carpet and wrapped around Henry's feet and legs.

The layers of vines were stacked on top of the innermost vines, and they were quickly burned to dead branches, but the flames on Henry's legs also lost oxygen due to the superposition of vines, and finally slowly extinguished.

Henry, whose lower body was surrounded by vines, looked a little embarrassed, he frowned and looked at Add, who was coughing violently not far away, and said angrily:

"Spinner wheel?"

Eddie, who escaped the catastrophe, finally eased up, just now she was like facing a hungry and ferocious beast, completely suppressed by the other party's momentum, if it weren't for her "passive luck", I'm afraid it wouldn't be so easy to escape.

This is her ability as the "Spinner Wheel" deck of Hearts 3 [Gambler], and she is able to have extraordinary luck at a certain point in the day, which she can open by flipping a coin.

And this luck will also bring her the same bad luck, and this bad luck is unpredictable, which is the negative effect of [Gambler].

As the entry deck of the "Wheel", the Gambler's comment is:

"Luck brings hope, but bad luck brings miracles."

True gamblers will understand that luck and bad luck always come with it, so they are used to accumulating their luck instead of overdrawing it.

This may be the key to the Gambler's advancement to the Four of Hearts [Hermit].

But Eddie didn't understand it yet, she was used to tossing a coin to start her luck when she was at the table, and she didn't worry about the bad luck it would bring.

She also escapes the thrilling consequences of bad luck, which is one of the reasons why she is called a "mad woman".

As a [gambler], she also contains the "wheel" of the plum 3 [God of Gamblers' Poker], which is the three cards that she showed when she was entangled in vines and opened the door.

When the face of the three cards shows good cards such as pairs and straights, the probability of success or avoiding danger in what she is doing will increase, and the better the card, the greater the amplitude, even if it is almost impossible, as long as the cards are good enough, it can be completed through various coincidences.

While she was bound by the vines, the poker was played three singles and failed, and when Eddie tried to open the door later, she played a straight of 678, which was enough to open the door.

At that time, Eddie came to the door, and after playing a straight, he heard a rustling sound outside the door, and then there was a brief click outside the door, and the door could be opened, but she only had enough strength to open a crack.

Henry, who had become a little insane, recognized the name of the genesis card on Eddie's body, which surprised her.

Although the other party's previous plan was a little unexpected, he was generally a normal person, but now he recognized the "wheel" card at a glance, and he was most likely a "savior".

Why did Henry wake up like a different person? Add was puzzled.

The same doubts arose with Salomon, who had never seen anyone who could voluntarily wake up from the Requiem.

Not a single one.

"Looks like Henry's guy is pretty good."

The voice of "Henry" rang out.

I saw that he was surrounded by countless green vines, and the vines on his lower body gathered together like a huge snake tail, which made this "Henry" a little evil, like a half-human, half-beast monster.

The oppressive force of this scene far exceeded that of the vine he had just now.

"It's this feeling of blending, blood coming from all directions... Is this the power of xenomorphs......"

"It's not 'pollution' at all!"

"Henry" roared, and the vines all trembled, and then spread more rapidly, forming a huge "cobweb" around Henry.

Martin frowned, and Henry, who was opposite, actually uttered the word "xenomorph".

He noticed that Henry's body just now was surrounded by mainly clear green mist, and now, those mist had become viscous, and the color had turned dark green, like a pool of clear water had become turbid.

Martin understood that something had changed dramatically about this "Henry", although he was still the same on the surface.

He raised his hands and looked at the wound on his palms with interest, smiling with satisfaction.

"The wheel... And the one who just put Henry into a deep sleep... It's 'Libra'......"

The Henry put down his hand and began to look at Salomon.

"It's a [mortuary], but it's only a [mortuary]... It's a pity, I want to ask you about the monastery, it seems that you don't know much. ”

Salomon frowned at the babbling Henry, he instinctively sensed that something was wrong.

The next moment, Salomon took out the harmonica again, and was about to blow the [Requiem] again.

Before the harmonica could touch his lips, several vines struck at him.

Their speed was far faster than the ones that Henry had just controlled, and in the blink of an eye, they were close to the front, and all Eddie and the others saw was an afterimage.

Salomon was amazed at the sudden increase in the agility of the vines, and quickly backed away to dodge the stinging vines.

Could it be that Henry just now was just retaining his strength?

His mind was full of doubts now, if those vines before were so flexible, I was afraid that there would be casualties as soon as they saw each other, and he didn't even have a chance to blow the [Requiem].

But [Undertaker] was originally a role that was biased towards field control and support, and Salomon inevitably showed fatigue after dodging a few tricky angle drills, and he was about to be unable to parry.

At this moment, Martin stepped forward and grabbed Salomon, and relied on his nimble figure to lead the young man to avoid several almost unavoidable vines and retreat away from Henry.

He held Salomon, who had almost fallen, and stared into the eyes of the "Henry" in the distance.

There was not the slightest emotional fluctuation in those eyes, just a sense of banter like a cat and a mouse.

"You're not Henry..."

Martin sank down, took a defensive stance, and spoke.

The eyes flickered slightly, then narrowed slightly.

"This mask... This seems to be the effect of the 'mask'... Did you use it to fool Henry, who owns the Vine of Desire? ”

This "Henry" had been calling himself in a third tone, and when Martin heard this title, he confirmed his thoughts.

"You're a dead old sir..."

Both Salomon and Eddie looked incredulous at Martin's words, they had both heard Henry describe his father's absurd and cruel behavior towards the descendants of the family, but only now had they really come into contact with it.

Face this evil ghost who has been "living for hundreds of years".

"Oh?"

"You have an aura on you that makes me familiar..."

The old knight began to look at Martin earnestly.

His expression grew stranger and stranger.

Just as he frowned and began to show doubts, the many vines in the doorway suddenly shrank into the room.

"Henry" glanced back at the doorway, and then at the wall clock on the wall, and the vines around him no longer spread outward, but gradually retreated and gathered together.

"Those people are coming... It's a shame I didn't have time to talk to you properly. ”

"Henry" straightened his blonde hair, fumbled in his arms, and pulled out a pair of somewhat old glasses.

The moment he saw the glasses, he smiled with satisfaction, and then said to Martin:

"Next time, I'll come back to you next time."

"The alien aura on your body really makes me curious."

As he spoke, he put on the old glasses, and his whole personality changed completely after putting on the glasses.

Aside from the fact that his beard was a little out of place, he looked like a handsome governess.

"The next time we meet, I'll be sure to cut your chest open and see how you've managed to fuse this xenomorph almost perfectly."

"Henry" stared at Martin through the lens and uttered the words that made his body tense instantly.

Then he turned to Salomon and smiled at him:

"If you can see the old dean, say hello to Boaz, his uncompetitive student."

"One last piece of advice for you, if you still want to live, get out of this castle quickly, I don't want a near-perfect specimen to be taken away by the Rose Society."

The corners of Henry's mouth curled slightly, and then the vines surrounded his body, and a "cocoon" made of vines quickly took shape, and quickly moved towards the open door, and disappeared into the darkness outside the door in the blink of an eye.