The captain held the card, his face twitched, and he showed an angry expression. Because he was so angry, his eyes were extremely protruding, so that they looked more like fish eyes.
The light of the skull lamp above his head was weakening, and more vague soul figures appeared in the cabin. Extreme mental pressure swept from all directions, but the golden light traces on Shade's body suddenly bloomed with a stronger light at this moment.
of light.
It was as if golden embers were burning on his body at this moment, and even Miss Princes standing behind him could feel more warmth.
"You cheated, so I won. Now, let's leave."
Shade gritted his teeth again and said, his expression was strange because he was really hungry.
"No, you cheated."
The captain's voice became more eerie and terrifying. With the gradually weakening light, the voice seemed to come from the deep abyss, hoarse and low.
"Where did I cheat?"
Shade asked rhetorically.
"This card has your flavor!"
The card was thrown towards Shad with such force that the card cut through the air like a sharp blade, cutting directly into Shad's head.
Because he was sitting at the moment and there was someone behind him, Shade could not dodge and could only control the card to stop. But this action undoubtedly proved that the card was under his control.
Founding Balance fell on the table, and the captain laughed.
The putrid air spread to all directions. Amid the uneasy restlessness of the sailors, the captain's figure became taller, his skin wrinkled and became whiter, and his body skin turned dark green. Because his clothes were open, you could see his belly.
White. Most of the body is wrapped in fish scales, but there is a shadow on the back, which looks like a high ridge with scales. The ugly head has more fish features, huge, protruding eyeballs and continuous lines on both sides of the neck.
The trembling gills make him a real mermaid.
【You have been exposed to "blasphemy".】
"Does the opponent have the power of the evil god?"
[This is a person favored by evil gods, in other words, a person favored by gods.]
The rotten and swollen fish face looked at Shade. Just its ugly appearance had extraordinary power, but Shade also looked at it:
"You cheated and were despicable, there's no doubt about it."
"You also cheated, and you actually called me mean? I don't think this needs an explanation."
Neither side denies the fact of "cheating", but in this way, the winner of this game cannot be determined.
The captain, who has shown his true appearance, does not want to let go of Shade no matter what. After experiencing the gamble just now, it seems to have become more interested in Shade.
They looked at each other, and no one spoke. When the evil spirits around them started to get restless again, the captain spoke:
"Reveal your last set of cards. If the cards are busted, you lose. If the cards are not busted, I will give you one last chance to play a round with me."
Shade nodded and looked down at the cards in front of him. After opening the first card, it turned out to be the queen.
"Um?"
In other words, all his efforts just now were completely unnecessary. If he didn't want the other party to cheat just now, Shade would have won by just opening the card.
"queen?"
The captain also did not expect this result:
"You see, fate always plays tricks on people, and all we can do is passively accept it. We take a gamble in the end."
With his swollen hand, he threw a small object towards Shade across the table. The thing kept spinning on the table. After holding it down, Shade found that it was an ivory dice. It was different from the twenty-sided dice commonly used in Rhodes cards.
, this one is a cubic six-sided die.
"You throw it yourself, whatever number you throw out, just eat a few dishes. After eating, if you can still tell me calmly that you want to leave, I will let you go. Otherwise, you will be with everyone this time
Stay, including the woman behind you. This time it will be absolutely fair, I can promise God."
The evil spirits looked at Shade. Shade twisted the dice. The voice in his head clearly stated that this was just an ordinary item. There was no conspiracy this time. It was a real gamble on luck.
"Can I help him eat?"
Just as Shade was about to throw, the girl behind him suddenly spoke.
"sure."
said the captain.
Shade turned to look at her in surprise. Her hair turned completely red. She held the back of the chair with one hand, lowered her head and looked at Shade with green eyes:
"I remember what you said, it will be my turn if you can't hold on any longer. You go first. If you fall down, I will continue eating until we leave."
"good."
Her Royal Highness is not the weak woman in fairy tales. The strong, independent and decisive sorceress is the princess that Shade truly admires.
He threw the dice into the air casually, and all eyes were focused on it. As the dice fell, it bounced twice on the table and then stopped. The number was 3.
"After three dishes, if you can still speak, I will let you go. I swear to God, this time it will be fair."
said the captain.
"good."
Shade nodded, assessed his physical condition again, and then pulled the nearest fish soup in front of him. These foods are all dishes of desire. It doesn't make any difference how many they have, so it doesn't make any difference which dish you choose.
No one spoke, and Shade finished the first dish quietly. Then he held the table with one hand and covered his chest with the other, lowering his head and retching to the ground. It was not that he had reached a certain limit, but that his hunger had reached a certain limit.
, his body is instinctively protecting itself.
"Shadow."
Miss Princes put her hand on Shade's shoulder. Shade raised his head and tried his best to smile, then shook his head:
"I can hold on for now."
This is true. If he couldn't hold on, he would have burned his divinity when the dice fell just now.
The second dish was the pot of crystal clear purple grapes. Shade actually rarely ate fruit after he came to this world, because he had been struggling with food and clothing some time ago, and the thickness of his wallet did not allow him to think about fruits.
.
At this time, I was twisting the grapes, and somehow I thought of my hometown again. I stuffed those grapes into my mouth one by one, and even swallowed the peels.
He clenched his hands on the table, closed his eyes and held his breath. At this moment, even breathing would aggravate the feeling of hunger, and his dizziness made Shade feel that the whole world was spinning. He was trying hard to restrain his crazy desire to eat.
Even though he knew that the more he ate, the hungrier he became, his body was still crying out for food. Now he didn't even dare to recall the way he used to eat. Any memory of food would make him feel like he was going to lose his mind.
Judging from the current situation, once he loses his mind, he will most likely turn around and eat Miss Princes, because she is the only living person here, and the taste is obviously better than evil spirits or fish-headed people.
"There's one last dish."
The captain's voice was like a soft corpse being dragged on the beach. The disgusting greasy feeling reminded Shade of colloid, and then of rotting rotten meat.
He opened his eyes and used his trembling right hand to pull the dinner plate in front of him.
【Did you feel it?】
"What?"
[When your hunger reaches a certain limit, the consequences of your desire to eat are not as simple as letting you eat the beautiful girl behind you.]
Under the current situation, she was actually still chuckling. Sometimes Shade felt that even if the world was destroyed, maybe the voice in his head could still make such a nice sound:
"It turns out...I understand."
The last plate he took was actually yellow baked beans. This dish is a common breakfast food in the harbor city, and is sometimes served as an appetizer in taverns.
Shade stretched out his hand to twist one, paused for a moment with his trembling hands, and then put the bean into his mouth with his eyes closed.
As his mouth chewed, he fully felt a certain "limit" at this moment. The limit of hunger he could bear was not far away.
After twisting the second bean and putting it into his mouth, the discomfort in his stomach miraculously disappeared. Instead, there was a feeling of hunger from the soul, forcing Shade to want to eat something. The most primitive feeling in the body
Instinct is gradually wearing away his will. Everything in front of him seems to be unimportant. His perception is searching for something to eat. Once he really makes a decision, the existence of the individual stranger will probably disappear, and
A scary guy will appear on this ship.
After twisting the third bean and putting it into his mouth, Shade was stunned for a while, then fell down on the table and stopped moving.
No one spoke, the evil spirits looked at Shade, the captain looked at Shade, and even Miss Princes looked at Shade.
They were expecting him to sit up again, then turn around and eat the young girl behind him, while Miss Princess was expecting him to sit up again, and then smile and tell her that everything was over and they had won.
But Shade just lay there quietly on the table, motionless. Miss Princes had even forgotten the measure of time. What she saw with her eyes was that Shade had been lying there for ten thousand years.
There was no sadness or crying. She didn't know what was wrong with Shade, but she knew that as a second-level warlock, Shade had already given everything he could, and now it was her turn:
"Now, it's my turn!"
The young girl's voice was hoarse, but the emotion contained in her voice was so warm. Her reddish eyes were very bright. Even though her only companion had fallen at this moment, the five-ringed sorceress was still strong.
Princes means princess, but this princess is definitely not the weak and ridiculous woman in the story:
"Now I will take his place and eat all the food. If I finish eating, all the people on the cruise ship who were robbed by you will be let go."
"no problem."
The captain nodded. The evil spirits were restless, but they could not break the rules and attack the woman directly.
Miss Princes looked down at Shade who was leaning on the table, and then walked to his right side.
He stretched out his hand to twist the beans on the plate and threw them into his mouth with his eyes closed.