Chapter 2815 [Destiny Casino]
In the frozen dream, a moment seems to last forever. The lady admiring the moon held Shade in her arms, listening to the “other me” in her ears saying things like “the power of the curse has been aroused” and “you have some understanding of time”, and then gradually felt that she was being affected by this. Dreams drive away.
So she looked at Shade for the last time. When she opened her eyes on the seat, the young man was no longer on the seat next to her, and only the silver ring was left lying there, shining brightly.
She picked up the ring and held it in her hand. She sat in the dark performance hall and looked at the empty stage. She felt extremely lost for some reason.
(Little Mia is running.)
Of course, Shade on the other side did not return to the late autumn of 1854. Although Ms. Helena Carter’s conjecture and approach made sense, if it was so easy to go to the future, the temporal stability of the material world would be compromised. It’s a little too bad.
As Shade fell asleep in his dream, he felt vaguely like he was leaning against a big tree, but like he was leaning against something soft. But when he woke up again, he found himself standing in a very familiar white fog:
“So, was this a success?”
The glowing white mist fills every corner of the field of vision, a situation that Shade is all too familiar with:
“It doesn’t look like success, so where is it?”
[Outlander, you have entered the “Casino of Destiny”. 】
“She” chuckled softly in his ear, and Shade blinked, suspecting that he heard it wrong. Although this is the first time he has heard this name, but combined with this naming method and the surrounding environment, it is difficult for him not to think that this is a place like [Space Labyrinth] [Earth Center Furnace] [Holy White Auditorium]:
“Destiny. Casino? Wait, the ancient **** of destiny [Mr. Ring] is also called [Ouroboros], so that [Ouroboros Ring] cannot be”
Take another two steps forward, and the sound of the dice falling and colliding with each other gradually becomes clearer. Continuing forward, countless people’s noises and shouts came from the white mist.
The sound did not make Shade feel too noisy, but it was like a background sound that did not make him pay too much attention.
Continuing to move forward, the white mist gradually dissipated, the surrounding walls rose, and a table appeared not far in front of them.
By the time Shade came to the table, the hall had already taken shape. The four golden walls, ceiling and floor together formed a place that seemed larger than Saint Teresa Square.
Countless tables are arranged densely and irregularly here, but because there is still white mist here, Shade can see the figures of people around the tables, and can also hear that there seem to be countless people here. He yelled, but the only thing he could see clearly was the table in front of him.
The table is rectangular, with curved corners, and a green table blanket is spread on the tabletop. Judging from the squares drawn on the table carpet, this is clearly a standard Rhodes gambling table.
“It’s really a casino. But the problem is that even if there is no need for a referee, there must be at least one opponent before the game can be played.”
Thinking in his mind, he came to one end of the long table, and from another blurry gambling table close to this table, a figure came out of the fog:
“Everyone who comes here to look for a change in destiny will leave behind a trace of themselves, and the opponents of latecomers are those who have won something from this casino.”
The figure said, after arriving opposite Sha De, Sha De saw that it was a tall and thin old gentleman. The other party’s clothes obviously did not belong to the steam age of the Sixth Age, and the other party was indeed not a human being. He was more like a mixture of memories, shadows, spirits and other things that Shade couldn’t explain.
And the old gentleman pressed his hands on both sides of the table:
“What you want to win from here is the opportunity to return to 1854, right?”
Although he still had some doubts about this, Shade still nodded:
“Yes, I can go back as long as I win, right?”
“Don’t be so anxious. Since it is a gambling game, in addition to the prize, you also need your own bet.”
His eyes scanned Shade:
“The key hanging on your chest, or the scabbard sword you are holding in your hand, can be used as a bet. Don’t say this casino is unfair, what you want is to be able to play without endangering the stability of time. In this case, accurately locate a future time point. ”
Shad nodded and acknowledged his words, but did not go to get the key. The key belonged to the long-haired Luvia, and he could not take the risk.
So he put [Night Watch] on the desktop:
“Shall we bet on Rhodes? What are the rules?”
The old gentleman put his hand on the table, and then a complete deck of cards appeared under his hand:
“This is your first time here, and I’m sure you’ll come many more times, so make it simple this time.
Draw a card and we bet on the big or small, the bigger the number is the winner, the sun is bigger than the moon, the stars are bigger than the flowers, the king is bigger than the queen, they are bigger than any number. ”
“Okay, this is easy.”
Shad also took out his deck and put it on the table, but the old gentleman did not ask Shad to shuffle the cards or check each other’s decks, but motioned to Shad to join him and said:
“Let’s play a fair bet in the name of Mr. Huan. May the Ouroboros protect me in my unpredictable destiny.”
Only by swearing in the name of the ancient **** will you avoid cheating.
After that, Shade revealed the top card of his deck. Although he remembered that the top card of his deck was Star 12’s [Big City Player, 1853 Tobesk Champion], but he revealed After opening, it turned out to be a common card “Flower 11”.
As for the old gentleman opposite, the card he revealed was Moon 7:
“You win.”
He shook his head:
“Newbies always have novice luck. Congratulations, and I look forward to your coming back next time and bringing more valuable bets. Destiny Casino welcomes people like you who have an unpredictable destiny.”
“But how do you get in here?”
Xia De was puzzled, put down his cards, and pressed the edge of the table with both hands again. The old gentleman then smiled and said:
“When you are ready to use everything you have to seek the possibility of a change in destiny, [Destiny Casino] will definitely open the door for you. Or, the Ouroboros will point the way for you.”
(Little Mia is running.)
The present world, the sixth era, autumn 1854 in the universal calendar, 2:07 a.m. on the 16th of the Moon of Dead Leaves, Accordion Hotel, Vista City, Carsonrick United Kingdom.
The red-haired girl who was waiting for the news in the hotel seemed a little anxious. When Iluna received the news and left half an hour ago, she was already worried about Sha De’s situation. Soon after, the news came to Sha De It’s safe over there, but counting the time, they should have been back long ago.
Besides her, there were Miss Bell and two witch followers from Central who were in the hotel at this time, but she didn’t want to tell them her worries.
The blocks in the eastern part of the city seemed to be on fire, and the golden lightning that flashed across the sky not long ago had long since disappeared. She already regretted that she had agreed to stay instead of letting Flora stay.
There was nothing she could do about being anxious, but she decided that if there was no news by three o’clock, she would leave the hotel and go look for them in the woods by herself.
I returned to the sofa from the window and wanted to pick up the book spread out on the coffee table, but I felt that I was not in the mood to read it even if I picked up the book. At this moment, a white and silver light appeared around him, and then a letter floated out of the flash.
She recognized that this was the letter-delivery method used by Professor Pigman, the principal of St. Byrons and the “Keeper of Silver”, and the short letter read:
[Professor Danister, come to the principal’s office to see me. I have something urgent to talk to you about. It will take about five minutes of your time. 】
Below is the signature and the red principal’s seal, and the envelope also contains a piece of fiery red feather. This is the feather of a sage-level relic called the “Peer Bird”, which is the most commonly used space type in the academy. thing. Unfortunately, the effect of this relic can only make the triggerer of the feather appear around the relic, instead of traveling through space at will.
“It’s two o’clock in the middle of the night. Will there be anything important about Emilia at this time?”
So she said hello to Miss Bell, held the feather and appeared in the corridor on the fifth floor of the academy’s main castle. After reaching out to let the big fiery red bird that wanted to beg for food return to its cage, he said a few words to the students who were guarding the relic, and then knocked on the door of the principal’s office.
The door of the principal’s office is made of silver. It was made by the “Silver Guardian” himself. Its strength inside the college is second only to the college door and the library door.
Behind the door is not an ordinary office, but a spiral staircase. Because the principal’s office is not a single room, but the east side tower of the entire college’s main castle.
You don’t have to climb the stairs. Once you step on them, they will automatically rotate upward. Behind the door at the end of the stairs is the principal’s office, and the other areas of the tower are the principal’s private rooms.
The room is lit by gas lamps, a brass clock is clicking its hands in the corner, and there are several decorative oil paintings hanging on the walls of the office, but they are not portraits of past presidents of the college, but portraits of various members of the college. The scenery here – these oil paintings are actually portals that can directly connect to the locations described in the paintings.
The pet mouse was lying on the purple cushion in the corner of the desk with its eyes closed, while the principal in formal clothes was waiting for her behind the desk:
“Good evening, Professor Danister, please sit down.”
The red-haired girl was already very familiar with the furnishings in the principal’s office. She nodded, removed her illusion disguise, and sat on the chair outside the imposing desk:
“Good evening, Professor Pigman. Where is Amelia? Isn’t this the case? You didn’t call me over so late. Do you want to discuss next year’s college funding?”
PS: I really shouldn’t have put that paragraph into the text yesterday, so I’ll add another chapter today.