"This is close-up magic." Surprise flashed in Xia Li's eyes. Close-up magic is not so easy to perform because it is too close to the audience and is very likely to be exposed. Therefore, the magician needs to have very superb techniques and
Fine grasp of details.
Xia Li actually likes close-up magic the most, because it is a type of magic that is highly interactive with the audience. She enjoys the pleasure of deceiving all living beings at close range.
Therefore, Charlie looked more carefully.
The magician was still calm and composed, and said to the most noble person present: "Next, please draw a card. You don't have to tell me what card it is. After you read it, you can insert it into the deck in front of you at will."
The man did as the magician told him. With everyone watching, it was difficult for the magician to cheat. He just took the cards in his hand and started shuffling them.
Soon after, the magician took out a card: "Is this the card you just drew?"
The audience burst into laughter: "No."
The magician looked disappointed, shuffled the cards again, and took out another one: "Is it this card?"
"No." Everyone began to laugh, and the magician's face seemed to be scorched.
Although everyone was laughing, in Charlie's view, the magician's expression seemed anxious, but there was a kind of indifference deep in his eyes.
On the third card, the magician still didn't win, but no one laughed at the magician anymore, because this time the magician drew an 8 of spades.
The magician drew twice before, the first time was an 8 of hearts, and the second time was an 8 of diamonds. They didn't pay attention before and just thought it was a coincidence. But the third time, the 8 of spades was drawn, and something was obviously wrong.
"In that case, it's none of these three." The magician looked at the three 8's in despair, and finally sighed, and casually drew the last card from the deck: "Then this is probably the card?"
Plum Blossom 8.
When the person who drew the card before saw this 8 of clubs, surprise flashed in his eyes, because he had drawn 8 of clubs before!
The magician performed a little trick, showed off a skill, toyed with everyone, and finally ended with a loud drum beat. It was full of ups and downs, and everyone couldn't help but applaud non-stop.
When Charlie saw this scene, she initially wondered if the pattern on the back of the card was causing trouble, such as the magician marking a trace number, but when she looked carefully, she couldn't find any clues.
What on earth is going on? How does a magician do it without using extraordinary powers?
As a magician herself, Charlie could vaguely guess that it might involve changes in the number of suit points, the subtlety of techniques, the mystery of position, the ability to observe words, and the most important psychological hint.
But Charlie still doesn't understand how the magician found out. However, she doesn't plan to ask Angel. She is a magician who respects the profession, so she naturally understands how rogue it is to decipher magic. Instead of asking, she will find out. A general "that's it" answer is worse than slowly pondering and studying it yourself.
The illusion did not stop, the magician went to several more tables and performed magic at every table.
Including mind-reading with cards, divination with cards, and disappearing cards... and a series of other magic techniques that seem very incredible, but actually do not involve extraordinary power.
The more Charlie watched, the more excited she became, and the more she watched, the more fascinated she became. She herself had actually discovered some tricks to card magic. The simple yet very dazzling technique amazed Charlie.
She used to think that why playing cards became the standard equipment of magicians? Now she completely understands that although the magician in the illusion only performed a few card magic tricks, it can be seen from the development of these magic tricks that
The unique art of playing cards, and the profoundness that reveals the whole story at a glance.
Just looking at this illusion, Charlie can't wait to start doing card magic by herself. She doesn't need others to teach her how to do card magic. With her talent, she can develop new magic tricks by herself.
When the illusion ended, Charlie was still immersed in the world of card magic, and it took a long time before she came back to her senses.
Charlie looked at Angel with a sparkle in her eyes: "Although I haven't understood the secret of card magic yet, I now know why card magic exists. It is indeed magical!"
Angel smiled: "Card magic is very magical, but it is just a mortal trick. The deck of playing cards I refined does not exist just for card magic."
Charlie naturally understood this when she looked at the playing cards still floating around her. Angel couldn't just give her an ordinary deck of playing cards. It seemed that it had a deeper effect.
Angel: "This tin box and the playing cards are a whole. When you open the tin box, you will enter a special illusion."
"Illusion?" Charlie looked around in confusion, but she didn't sense the existence of the illusion at all. Even Greya raised her eyebrows. Although she could feel vague fluctuations around her, she didn't notice any.
Node of illusion.
"This is a special illusion. I named it Poker Time." Angele paused: "You can understand it as a stage that carries the illusion of poker cards."
"When you open this iron box, you will automatically enter the poker time. After entering the poker time, every playing card in the box will become the cornerstone of an illusion."
Angel said as he casually took two cards from around Charlie.
One is the black and white clown card, and the other is the plum blossom guard card. Following Angel's movement, the two cards burst out at the same time, the black and white clown jumped out of the card, and the plum blossom guard also jumped out of the card with a long sword.
Darkness struck again, and before Charlie could recover, she felt the light of a sword appearing in front of her.
Charlie subconsciously dodged, but was still hit by a gust of cold wind on her face.
Amidst the trembling, the light returned again. The guards and the clown returned to the cards, and everything seemed to be calm. However, a cut on Charlie's cheek and the blood oozing out showed that things were not that simple.
Angel put the two cards back into the deck in front of Charlie and said softly: "During the poker time, you can randomly select cards and combine them. The combination will have different effects due to different illusions."
"Heal, defend, attack, confuse, trap, summon...or simply create an illusion stage, you can do whatever you want."
"The deck just now is a night attack composed of two cards."
After Angel briefly explained the effect, Charlie was stunned. It sounded very complicated, but it was inexplicably... touching!
Even though Xia Li behaved very well in front of Grea and Angel, this was just because of the difference in strength and status that made her dare not make mistakes. Everyone knew that the real Xia Li was actually a very
A naughty witch.
This kind of poker time full of unknown challenges made Xia Li's stubborn heart that had been suppressed during this period begin to burn brightly.
Moreover, these card combinations can not only be used for offense and defense, but different illusion combinations are also very useful for her magic performances.
Charlie has figured out how to use poker time to play with... the audience. She even thought of a name, and called it Poker Kill!
Angel just briefly introduced the function of poker and stopped, without going into details. Many things are better left to Charlie to study by herself. Moreover, the gameplay that Angel developed is not necessarily
Applies to Charlie.
Angel didn't say anything more, and Charlie didn't ask anymore, because she was already immersed in research.
Judging from the way Xia Li was studying, Angel knew without asking that Xia Li was very satisfied with this deck of playing cards.
While Xia Li was researching, Greya also praised: "This playing card is probably the most interesting alchemy work I have seen in these years. Once it is announced, it will probably arouse a lot of fans. Maybe there will be many alchemy works.
Warlocks will imitate each other."
Angel was noncommittal. In many cases, alchemy works are also selective. Playing cards are very suitable for Charlie, but they may not be suitable for other people.
"However, what interests me the most is the story behind the playing cards. After all, the matter of the Sleepless City is still an unresolved problem." Greya looked at Angel curiously, trying to find an answer.
However, Angel didn't say anything. It wasn't that he didn't say anything, but that he didn't know either.
Who knows where the playing cards in the nightmare world come from. Just like how the people in Pat Manor can find the corresponding names in the nightmare world, Angel doesn't know either.
Perhaps, when Jon was brought to this world by the Outer Eye, something had already begun to change.