Since Shade is required to defeat his opponent in the card game, he cannot waste time playing cards one by one. After consultation with the staff of the Prophet Association, this time a multi-player card game will be used. And this kind of card game usually only involves
It only appears in very formal Rhodes tournaments.
Shade returned to the second floor one step ahead and asked the people from the Prophet's Association to check his deck. Of course he saw Luvia in it, and Dorothy had already joined her.
The eager Marquis Grassley said that no one would give in to Shade in a short game of cards:
"This is the genesis of darkness!"
The Marquis with combed hair raised his eyebrows. He was so excited that he couldn't control the smile on his face:
"If Duke Lucas had known that this would happen, he would never have missed the banquet because of the flu. Ha, he might have regretted it until he entered the coffin. Even if we beat you, we can't get it.
This card. But since you want to get the card of the founding series, Mr. Hamilton Knight (private rha fan lton), you must go through the test!"
He probably regarded Founding Darkness as a treasure, while Shade was a knight hunting for treasure.
"Of course, but how do you play this game? I've never played a multi-player game."
This is actually what Shade is worried about.
"It's okay, it's very simple."
The Marquis smiled and put his arm around Shade's shoulders:
"You'll enjoy the rest of the game."
After the Oracle Association arranged the rules of the card game and selected four other people to participate in the card game with Shade, the servants went upstairs to ask Queen Diana to come down.
This interesting thing happened at the Queen's birthday party. The newspaper reporters who were invited were more excited and excited than the people who were going to participate in the card game later.
When the Queen arrived to watch, Shade and his opponents, Marquis Grassley, Earl Tarancon, Viscount Fordman and Mr. Spears all sat down. When the crowd of onlookers began to predict the outcome of the game, the flashing lights were almost as bright as
It was still on when Queen Diana appeared for the first time just now.
Surrounding the card table are a knight, a marquis, an earl, and a viscount. Mr. Spears, who does not have a title of nobility, is the first permanent secretary of the Kingdom Parliament. According to regulations, the person who holds this position shall retire or serve.
Upon death, one can immediately obtain the non-hereditable baron status.
"Everyone, please note that I will be the referee for this card game, and the dealer is Mr. Ciccone from the association."
Vice President Cyndia Mark’s voice attracted everyone’s attention. It was he who led the team to Yodel Palace tonight:
"There are five players in total today. After discussion, we adopted the following rules: Each player has ten gold stars!"
The staff of the Prophet Association placed fifty pure gold five-pointed star buttons provided by Queen Diana in a brass box and distributed them to the five people at the card table. The person beside Shad was Luvia.
"Mr. Hamilton, please put it away."
She pretended not to know Shade, and while putting the box away, she leaned over and whispered in Shade's ear.
“After getting the first dark card in each round, you can choose to use Venus to place bets.
After everyone suspends trading, except for the last suspended player, everyone can choose to use gold stars to make additional bets. After each round, the winner takes back from the table the number of gold stars multiplied by 2 for his first bet and the number of gold stars for his second bet multiplied by 2.
1.5 gold stars, rounded up. If there is a surplus of the official bet, it will be handed over to the referee for safekeeping; if the official bet is not enough, it will be obtained from the referee; if the table bet and the bet in the referee's hand are both insufficient, you can only get the full bet on the table."
Mr. Mark said, asking the five people in turn if they understood the rules. After everyone nodded, he announced:
"If you lose all the gold stars, you will automatically exit the game. When there is only the last person left on the table, the final winner wins the game. If someone in the game holds more than or equal to 25 gold stars, he will automatically become the winner."
Many of the guests who came to the banquet were Rhodes enthusiasts. After hearing this rule, they discussed with each other, and some even asked if this was the final rule for this year's "Big City Players".
Shade did the math. According to this way of playing, if everyone can stay rational and only bet one gold star in each game, then even if someone can win in a row, they will have to win at least 10 games in a row to win. But no one can win in a row.
In a winning streak, if everyone chooses a gold star in each game, the game will be longer.
"But it's really fun."
Shade thought in his mind, twisting a star in the box at hand and preparing to throw it to the center of the round table. In the first game, let's check the situation first.
There is only one dealer, but each person has his or her own deck, so Mr. Ciccone from the Prophet Association has to use five decks to deal the cards. Although this is a waste of time, it can also give others something to think about.
Chance.
Shade added all the special cards in his hand to the deck, but none of the nine special cards appeared on the first card. The first card was Moon 6.
Throwing a star to the center of the card table was similar to Shade's idea. Except for Count Tarancon, his other three opponents also chose to throw a star as an attempt in the first game.
Earl Tarancon was the youngest person at the poker table besides Shade. He looked like he was only about thirty years old. He pretended to look at the expressions of the others, and after hesitating for a moment, he actually threw
Two stars.
"Did you draw the king or the queen?"
asked Marquis Grassley.
"Marquis, why can't I be confident that I can win the first round?"
"Come on, you played cards with me in the Good Luck Club when you were still underage. I know you are not the kind of person who gambles on luck."
Marquis Grassley touched his chin and said, then looked at the dealer:
"After drawing the king and queen, you cannot continue to ask for cards, so do you want the dealer to continue dealing cards?"
"I can honestly say that what I drew was not a kingdom, but I still didn't ask for more cards, and of course, I didn't raise the bet either."
Earl Tarancon said with a smile, and then asked the other four people:
"what about you?"
If the hidden card in his hand is really the queen, then he will not continue to ask for cards to comply with the rules. But if not, when the other four people think he is, they will definitely try to hit the blackjack. Once the other four people have busted their cards
, and the earl’s trump card is not the queen. He is the only one who does not blow the card and is the winner of the first game.
"I don't believe you are so lucky."
Viscount Fordman smiled and said:
"I'll keep asking for cards."
"Me too."
Mr. Spears also said that the 43-year-old First Permanent Secretary of Parliament, with sunken eyes and thin hair, is the kind of person who looks very smart.
"I don't want cards and I won't raise the bet."
Marquis Grassley said, becoming the second poker player to be suspended. But he also did not reveal his cards to show them. After all, giving up the cards is not admitting defeat.
"I'll keep asking for cards."
Shade said, observing the expressions of his opponents, listening to the discussions of the bystanders around him, and thinking under the crystal chandelier:
"In this kind of multi-player card game, we must not only consider the opponent who continues to ask for cards, but also consider the points of the person who stopped playing, to prevent the two sides from fighting and letting others win. In this case, if you have the ability to read minds, you will definitely be able to defeat the opponent.
Invincible."
So will you specifically learn the ability to read minds because of Rhodes?
The voice in my ear whispered.
"Who do you think I am?"
Shade asked rhetorically.
A person who replaces other people's trump cards and lets his opponent be cheated.
She whispered into his ear with a smile in her tone.
On the second card, Shade got a flower 6, for a total of 12 points. Just when he was considering whether to suspend trading, Mr. Spears took the lead in announcing a suspension and no increase, while Viscount Fordman continued to ask for cards.
Shade thought for a while and glanced at the count who seemed to have drawn "Queen". The latter smiled at him, but it was unclear whether he was nervous.
"I will continue to ask for cards."
Shade said.
So the only ones who got the third card were Viscount Fordman and Shade.
"I'm suspending trading."
The Viscount glanced at his third card, and then revealed the hidden card;
"8+2+9, 19 points. Talankan, I don't believe you are the queen! Add a gold star."
Seeing that someone finally revealed their cards, Marquis Grassley and Mr. Spears, who had already suspended trading, also revealed their cards, because they could not win. The former had 13 points, so they were suspended in the first round, and the latter
It's 17 o'clock.
"It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not."
Earl Tarancon said, without revealing his trump card, but asked Xiang Shade:
"Then knight, do you want to continue asking for the fourth card?"
When each card is thrown out, it is thrown out from the back, but except for the first card, it needs to be displayed before other opponents and you choose whether to continue to ask for cards. Because there are no other opponents asking for cards, Shade
The third card has not yet been revealed.
"I, Count Tarancon, no matter what your trump card is, you will definitely lose."
He said hesitantly.
"Oh? You drew the king?"
The earl was very surprised, but Shade shook his head:
"Earl, I guess your hole card is the king, and my third card is, flower 8, the eastern style of the Old World - Lake Tees."
Seeing that the earl was stunned, Shade continued to explain:
"After drawing this card, guess the number of a card that the opponent has not shown. If it is correct, you can choose whether to force the number of the opponent's card to be increased by one after the opponent shows the card. If the opponent reveals the card first,
It has no effect. Now your trump card is unknown, I guess it is the queen."
He revealed his trump card:
"6+6+8, I'm at 20. Count, start shooting."
There was silence at the card table for a moment, and then Marquis Grassley couldn't help laughing. The other two gentlemen also tried hard to control their laughter:
"Haha, Talankan, you'd better not be the queen. Although we are all losing, if you were the queen, you would be laughed at by us for months with this kind of card."
“Excellent poker game.”
Queen Diana, who was watching behind Shade, also understood and said with a smile, and the onlookers also smiled.
If the earl with only one card is not the queen, then Shade wins; if he is, according to the rules of special cards, the queen plus one means the card is busted.
Earl Tarancon's face suddenly turned red. He panted heavily and looked at Shade. It took him a long time to say:
"After playing Rhodes for so many years, this is the first time I have encountered this annoying situation. Oh, it is indeed annoying. I heard that someone won a King's Message in downtown last week, Mr. Hamilton, it seems
That's not luck."
He revealed his trump card, and it turned out to be the queen.
There was a polite laugh from the crowd of onlookers. The Earl put his right hand on his forehead and shook his head. Marquis Grassley tried hard to control his laughter, and his whole body shook in his seat: