The Whispering Verses Chapter 978: Dice and words

“This is an ordinary night in winter. When night falls, the people on Silver Cross Avenue still don’t know what story will happen tonight. And the protagonists of the story-[The Stalker in the Night] K2 ·Dius, [Charming Lady] Lydia Penglo and [Mortal Luck] Shad Hamilton, in a daze, realized that the gears of fate were turning at this moment."

A hoarse voice sounded in the darkness, and the people at the table subconsciously approached the light source. The three people under the light saw small puppets representing three story characters appearing on the wooden background of the table. The position is exactly where the three Shade should be now.

I don’t know who sighed in the darkness:

"The thief in Tobesk is the target of the three tonight. No one knows why they are so persistent with the thief, but they are all determined to use the thief to prove their glory. They heard the falling of the dice in a trance, It was as if people had woken up from a long dream and decided to do something.

So, what do the three want to do now? ”

In the darkness where no one was paying attention, Agelina, who was hiding behind her sister, felt that Lesia put her focus on her, but then she returned to normal.

The red butterfly pendant strengthens the connection between the two ladies. Lecia and Dorothy on the [Fishbone Pirate Ship] cannot be interchanged, but they can now that they both have five rings.

In the living room on the second floor of No. 6 Saint Teresa Square, where the gas lights were on, Dorothy, who was reading a book while stroking little Mia, suddenly closed her eyes. When little Mia raised her head curiously, Lesia's soul had already controlled the body to open its eyes.

"Little Mia, it seems we must go to Shade now, at least let him know what happened."

She stood up with a sigh and reached for the [Night Watch] by the fireplace. The wide-eyed cat blinked and actually stood up from its lying position.

On the second floor of the Prophet's Association, in the divination room that was supposed to be unused, Shade, who had just declared "going to the bathroom," was talking to Luvia.

The moonlight illuminated the side of his face, and Xia De was suddenly startled:

"It's really strange. Half a minute ago, some kind of wonderful power tried to make me suddenly forget that I was aware that Iluna was fighting with people outside. It was as if Iluna had fallen into a similar 'dark realm', which would make me forget that Iluna was fighting with people outside. A special space where people forget.”

He frowned and said to the purple-eyed girl:

"And now, as if there are invisible threads controlling my mind and body, I have a strong impulse to go downstairs and walk around the street to investigate the situation. This is not My own ideas are completely inconsistent with my plan."

"Thoughts being manipulated? This is a big deal."

Luvia said alertly, reaching out to Shade:

"No saving at this time."

Shad touched his hand in his pocket and chose among the [Coin of Wisdom], [Cat and Dog Coin] and [Dandelion Coin] to give the latter to Luvia.

The coin was thrown directly into the sky and began to rot at the top. When the decaying ashes dispersed in the air, the purple-eyed girl opened her eyes and looked at Shade in surprise:

"You were chosen by Iluna."

"What?"

"It's very interesting, you have joined a game. Don't worry, the other side can only know your vague actions, not what you did specifically. Before Iluna gives the next instruction, please listen to me now. Introducing information about an angel-level relic."

She spoke quickly and introduced the general characteristics of the angel-level relic [Collection of Dice Stories], and emphasized:

"They won't know your specific actions, they will only know roughly what you did. For example, right now, they won't know your conversation with me unless you stay here for too long and don't go downstairs. But this may be more Well, you now have a good reason to disguise yourself as an ordinary person to capture [Thief Jack] under everyone's watch. The only thing you need to pay attention to is not to reveal the identity of the ring warlock. I will never doubt whether you are a ring wizard again."

She pointed to the door:

"Now follow Iluna's instructions and go outside, and she will bring you victory."

"Pretending to be an ordinary detective? I know."

Shad nodded. Luvia's "divination" almost fully analyzed the characteristics of the relic. However, the people who were telling and listening to the story had no idea that he, the "character of the story," had already known it. everything. .

"Wait a minute."

Before Shade left, Luvia handed Shade a divination card:

"Take this with you."

What Luvia handed to Shade was the divination card "Divination Game" just now.

Shad didn’t ask why, he stuffed the divination cards into his pocket and put them together with the Rhodes deck:

"I will go to Silver Cross Avenue to 'reconnaissance' now and wait for my good news."

He opened the door and returned to the corridor. The corridor was not deserted, but neither the royal guards nor the staff of the Prophet Association seemed to have forgotten that a few minutes ago, a team of ring warlocks from the Mechanicus Church rushed into the room. things. They didn't even notice Shad. According to the characteristics of the relic, no one could notice Shad unless the "Keeper of Secrets" mentioned it.

Just like Luvia just now, she should have suddenly wondered what she was doing standing in an empty room, but Luvia was obviously surprised. Considering that she can even save level 0 relics, Shade can also understand the mental implications of saving level 1 relics.

"I'm watching you from the window. If there is an accident, I will take the initiative to show up. There are actually many leaks that can be drilled here."

Luvia said softly behind Shade.

In the closed room, the only light source fell from the sky and illuminated the table. Although Iluna was angry, she still suppressed her expression:

"You are cheating again!"

Professor Angce shook his head:

"This is not cheating."

He unfolded the parchment:

"Before the character we control moves to Silver Cross Avenue, I want to announce——

Because [Stalker in the Night] Chogori Dius carries the symbol 'Broken Bugle', his combat effectiveness is enhanced. In combat situations, he rolls dice to attack and gets a 12-point bonus;

Because he carries the symbol ‘Mother’s Necklace’, he is reduced from injuries during combat. In combat situations, he rolls dice for defense and gets a 20-point bonus;

Because he carries the symbol "expensive Leinster monocle", he can see some subtle traces and receive an additional 15 points bonus during detection.

Because he carries the symbol "Broken Stem Candle Match", he will receive a 25-point bonus when investigating in the dark.

Because he carries the symbol 'Sacred Emblem of the Desecrated Silver Cross', he can roll extra dice to avoid certain attacks when encountering evil creatures. ”

After he finished speaking, there were really five more items on the wooden doll on the round table: a necklace, a bugle, a monocle, a match, and a holy emblem.

Dion, the cultist on the side, also revealed the "symbols" carried by the character [Charming Lady] Lydia Pengloro he controlled at this time. The number he named was four.

The so-called "symbol" is not an item with extraordinary power, but an ordinary item that is judged to be a special item by the "Dice Story Collection" according to some unknown rules. The two people who came prepared prepared these props in advance, so they were confident that they could use the special rules of "Dice Stories" to win the game and capture "Jack the Thief", but Iluna didn't know that these items existed.

She opened Shade's parchment scroll again and read through the dense text, looking for symbols that could be used. The basic rule of the game is that it must be read out to take effect, and the effect that is not read out will not take effect:

"[Mortal Luck] Shad Hamilton, carrying the symbol 'Invincible Rhodes Deck', has improved luck. Whenever he rolls the dice, he will automatically receive a 5-point bonus."

Professor Ance is not surprised:

"Indeed, the chosen one, the target you choose should be the best target, which increases your poor winning rate by at least ten percent."

"There is a thin line between luck and bad luck."

The cultist whispered softly.

Eluna frowned and continued to look at the parchment in her hand. The relics would not be judged as game symbols. Apart from the relics, most of Shad's possessions were toys, and these items were not symbols. But she found that compared to when she first checked the parchment a few minutes ago, Shade had one more item on him:

"[Mortal Luck] Shad Hamilton, carrying the symbol 'The Divination Card of the Beloved [Game]', increases his luck. Whenever he rolls the dice, he automatically gets a 5-point bonus."

Eluna knew that this card could only be given by Luvia, and the word "beloved" made her feel a little uncomfortable. Among the spectators, Dorothy curled her lips, Princess Margaret frowned deeply, and Agelina didn't know what she was thinking.

The figure in black robe drew everyone's attention back with a hoarse voice:

"The people chasing the thieves came to the illuminated Silver Cross Avenue. The bright gas streetlights heralded safety. But the ordinary police patrolling the streets noticed them and rolled two dice to form a number. The number must be higher than 105 to continue. Act on the street. Social reputation and charisma can provide bonuses to the dice."

The puppets representing the three characters have all arrived on the Silver Cross Avenue on the tabletop set, but the highest score of the two dice can only be 100. Theoretically, everyone cannot pass the judgment.

Professor Ance first threw two dice:

"I'll go first."

The dice are thrown to form the number "29".

"[Stalker in the Night] Chogori Dius, with a local reputation bonus of 10 and a personal charm bonus of 19, with a total of 58 points; using the power of the ring in his hand, he used 'Charm Humans' to make He deserves to be trusted. Because the target is an ordinary person, the judgment is passed directly, and the extra charm bonus is 50; the character's special skill - speech, the extra bonus is 32, and the judgment is passed."

The cultist who then threw the dice rolled 51:

"[Charming Lady] Lydia Pengelo, the local reputation bonus is 15, the personal charm bonus is 81, and the total points are 147. Oh, I won't read about the words, the judgment has been passed. ”

He smiled, while Iluna looked at the table hesitantly. Miss Green comforted her:

"It doesn't matter, you have to believe in your luck. Even if Mr. Hamilton is an ordinary person, he is not without hope of winning."

Eluna nodded, that was not what she was worried about.

The dice was thrown casually, and the number was 39:

"[Mortal Luck] Shad Hamilton, local reputation bonus is 64."

Shadow is quite famous in this city, mainly because of his "affair" with Miss Carina, but after all, he is only the lowest noble, so the value of 64 is actually mainly due to those wonderful rumors.

Iluna skipped strange bonuses such as "Spiritual Affinity", "Words Enough to Deceive a Witch", and "Luck under the Moonlight":

"Personal charisma bonus is..."

Eluna looked at the parchment roll in her hand and pursed her lips, which aroused everyone's curiosity.

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ps: Because it involves a lot of "how much is the bonus" and "how much is the value", there seems to be no specific story, so I will add another chapter. Because there are definitely readers who don't like this story format, the game won't be very long.

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