Chapter 55: Cheating in Playing Cards
In the following time, Josh talked a lot with Viselmir, probably wanting to know more about Josh as a person, and his body had also recovered to a peak that made him energetic, so he also talked a lot.
For example, the war situation in this world, and some interesting facts about witchers.
In short, the amount of information is quite large, and Josh is also listening well, although he knows a lot about this world, but it is all learned through games, and there is no way to compare with Viselmir, an old guy who has lived for more than 400 years and experienced all kinds of great changes and vicissitudes.
Especially the stories about Geralt's past, and some of the stories of Ciri's childhood, which Josh found very interesting.
And Ciri listened a little speechlessly, she knew that she could be mischievous when she was a child, but she didn't expect to be so mischievous.
It's the same as a bear child who grows up knowing what he was like when he was a child, but knowing something else from someone else's mouth.
This made Ciri a little speechless and felt a little warm at the same time, so many years have passed in the blink of an eye, and he has grown up.
"It's good that Ciri didn't become like Geralt's guy. To be honest, I was quite worried at the time, because both Geralt and Yennefer are very good people, but their private lives are ......."
"I know, needless to say. You can only thank the two of them for not teaching this to Ciri, can you? ”
The two men touched their glasses and touched them, which made Ciri roll her eyes even more, but she had nothing to say.
Josh also sighed a little, thanking those Polish stupid asses for not exactly following the rules, otherwise God knows if the game would still be so appealing to the middle of the city - well, maybe even more attractive?
Later, Josh also told some stories about his own world, and he was idle anyway, and Josh was not worried that Viselmir would talk nonsense.
What's more, Viselmir can be regarded as doing something for himself now, so that he can better understand the situation on his side.
The situation was similar to what he thought, and Viselmir behaved a little distorted after listening to what Josh said.
Especially after hearing about the area of Josh's territory of the Rhine, as well as some of his abilities and academy aspects, as well as the comparison of the strength of the two worlds.
But fortunately, such an existence does not seem to be interested in its own world, but even if it is interested, it seems to be a good thing!
This part of the world is now at war, and it might be a good thing if this mysterious person in front of him really rules this place. Of course, this was just his thoughts, and she quickly threw the dangerous idea out of her mind.
"So, should I call you His Highness Josh?"
"It's better to call it a name or a magician, I'm not a prince in this world, I can just be bored and come here for a vacation, by the way, find a pioneer in a training place for the students in my territory."
"Your world has special abilities...... Well, you're called professionals, right? None of your professions are disgusted or anything....."
"No kidding, man, in our profession we are a group of beings with a higher status than ordinary people. I don't know exactly what the worldview of your world has been distorted, but I can tell you responsibly that we who are hated like you are respected by us. ”
The worldview of The Wizarding World III is indeed a bit strange, and those who wield great power are often the objects of disgust and fear. Just like when Josh was playing at the time, he was often called by the villagers passing by by with a freak, white hair, or something like that.
To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that the setting doesn't allow attacking civilians, Josh would have done a massacre of the city just like he did when he played The Elder Scrolls.
It can only be said that the stupid donkey saved the lives of the foolish people, and Josh had no choice but to vent his unhappiness in the wild.
"Is it respectable? It's really a place to look forward to. ”
"Actually, you can also go over and have a look in the future, after all, my territory is just starting, and I need a lot of talent. Moreover, I have the confidence to get you all over, and do not doubt my words. ”
“.....”
Josh and the others had come to the inn in White Fruit Orchard at noon, and since Geralt was out, they just stayed here and chatted.
But when they knew everything they wanted to know about each other, they started to have nothing to say again.
It wasn't until Viselmir asked if he wanted to play a Gwent card that the atmosphere slowly picked up.
I have to say that the Gwent card is indeed very attractive, and Josh will find a game when he passes by a place at the beginning, or when he has no money in his pocket, he will go back to find a rich guy to gamble on a game to make a fortune.
Although Josh doesn't have any cards now, this doesn't stop a magician like Josh at all. Josh made a casual deck from memory, and then began to fight with him under Viselmir's slightly surprised gaze, and the result was ......
"Hell! You cheat! You've got a complete deck, right? ”
"Of course it's complete, otherwise how can I fight?"
"You're cheating with magic!"
"If you can't afford to lose, don't play!"
Ciri helplessly watched Viselmir and Josh play cards all night, and Viselmir was still in a state of losing, which made her a little speechless.
Glancing at Akatosh, who was asleep on Josh's shoulder, she wondered why this dragon could sleep so peacefully and not fall down?
However, this time did not last to the point where Ciri could not bear it, and Geralt finally returned around eight o'clock in the evening.
He looked no different except for some tiredness, and silently walked over to Vismere's table, sat down, took a sip of wine, and sighed slowly.
"You're back, it just so happens that you're not playing well with Gwent, hurry up and play with this guy, he's cheating."
"GWENT? No problem, but I have something to tell you before I do that. ”
"Oh? What's up? Did you get information about Yennefer? ”
"Pretty much, but before I can do that, I'll have to deal with one thing, and that's the griffin."
Geralt drank and told Viselmir what he had learned.
During this time, his eyes kept scanning Josh and Ciri, which was a signal if it was time for them to leave, but neither Viselmir nor Josh and Ciri ignored his eyes, which made Geralt a little helpless.
Josh and Ciri were reluctant to go, of course he understood, but Viselmir didn't say anything, which made Geralt a little puzzled.
And Geralt also felt that Viselmir seemed to be a little different from before, and Geralt couldn't say what had changed, anyway, it felt very strange.
"In other words, in order to get information about Yennefer, you took on the task of dealing with the dead companion griffon?" Josh shook his glass and said with some amusement.
"Yes." Geralt nodded, since Josh and they knew about the same, there was no need to deny it.
"Okay, I can help you with this. It's not a difficult task anyway, and I'm planning to find a more reliable mount. ”
"Mounts? Don't tell me you're targeting that griffon, are you? ”
"Who else is it not? I can't think of any other creature that can run and fly at the same time. ”
“......”
This reason is indeed very powerful, and if you really want to say 'value for money', it seems that this griffin is very reliable.
But the problem is that the world treats the griffin as a 'bad luck', especially since this griffin doesn't know how many humans it has attacked.
Although the culprits of all this are the guys in the army, this griffin is also a royal griffin - a relatively gentle griffon that rarely attacks people and villages.
But it did attack ordinary civilians, didn't it?
It doesn't seem good to use this griffin as a mount.
Geralt wanted to retort, but he didn't know where to start, and in the end he could only remain silent. For a witcher, it's true that this is not something he should focus on.
In the case of having a helper, especially this helper is very scary, Geralt also saves a lot of time to prepare.
After a few more small talks, Josh took Ciri to rent two rooms and go to rest, while Geralt and Viselmir sat face to face, and they needed to have a good chat.
"Have you figured out who they are?" Geralt took a sip of his glass, and asked in a low and clear voice.
"Figured it out, they're not from this world." Viselmir sighed and nodded.
"Not from this world? Could it be Ciri......."
"I guess Ciri went to their world and was saved by them. And the purpose of his coming to this world is definitely beyond your imagination. ”
Viselmir glanced around, then told Geralt everything Josh had told him about him.
For Geralt's disciple, Viselmir never wanted to hide anything, and he even felt that he had to discuss these things with Geralt.
Josh is too mysterious, and it's also terrifying. This level of horror is not something ordinary monsters or immortals can replace, and what he did simply subverted Viselmir's cognition for four hundred years - he had never heard of anyone using magic, truly reversing time and returning his body to its peak!
Even if it is injected with vitality, I have never heard of such an effect!
Geralt frowned as much as he listened to Viselmir's speed.
If that's the case, then it's all a little terrible overkill.
He did feel the difference in Viselmir before, but he didn't expect that Viselmir had actually returned to his youthful posture!
"Are you sure you're feeling right?"
"I'm pretty sure that both my body and my thinking ability are something I haven't felt before, a long, long time ago."
"You promised them to be the commander of this mercenary legion?"
"Or else? Geralt, you need to watch them carefully and find out their true purpose, you know? ”
"I see."