Chapter 65: Card Game and Gossip (Part 1)
Jiangyou divided the baked mushroom cookies into two portions, wrapped one portion in greaseproof paper and set it aside as a prize, and the remaining portion was used as a snack during the game. Paired with the hot tea that the innkeeper refilled, it was a pretty good afternoon tea.
——It was raining heavily outside, but the house was warm. I was having afternoon tea and playing board games. What a leisurely and comfortable afternoon it was.
The card game was in full swing, attracting the attention of other people in the hotel. Even the innkeeper was standing by with a cup of tea, watching in a trance. It can be seen that this leaf card game is indeed a very popular game in the Principality of Huntington.
'Watch the cards without saying a word' was clearly one of the rules the spectators adhered to with great care. Although there were many people milling around the table, including some of the contestants' companions, no one was tipping off the players, nor were there any dictations about the next move, resulting in a harmonious atmosphere.
The two hunters who joined forces are the best developed forces on the field. The combination of merchants and magicians complement each other. Merchants provide funds to magicians to upgrade magic, and magicians provide protection to merchants to escort caravans. The two have completed the initial capital accumulation and started to expand their power outward.
The magician's side bordered Andre's knight territory, while the merchant's side was connected to the land of the servant priest. So the magician's side chose to attack Andre with force, while the merchant maintained superficial friendship with the priest and continued to accumulate war funds on his side.
The servant saw the two hunters' intent to eliminate Andrei first, but he cunningly chose not to help either side, focusing on developing himself. He would occasionally disrupt the situation here and there, causing trouble for both sides and prolonging the fight to buy himself more time.
Andre's luck in this round was not very good. He was always hanging on by a thread. The little money he earned with his left hand was spent with his right hand on maintaining his armaments in this round.
But he remained calm and kept his pace, spending a lot of time and turns to complete all the random tasks, big and small, such as "eliminating bandits" and "helping residents repair houses" near the base, like an enthusiastic side quest enthusiast.
On the magic map interface that other players cannot see, the knight's popularity index among local residents is rising rapidly.
Andrei even had the leisure to lean back and hold out his hand to Jiangyou, who was sitting next to him chewing on a biscuit soul fire: "Give me a few cookies to try."
Jiang You stuffed half a bag into his hand and smiled slyly: "If you lose all, you won't have anything to eat~"
"Don't worry, I can't lose." Andrei was calm and composed. He put a small cookie in his mouth and chewed it. The fresh aroma of mushrooms and the perfect salty flavor rushed into his head, almost making him dizzy.
——We must not lose this round!
The hunters, feeling confident of victory, were incredibly relaxed, drinking and chatting with their companions about the latest gossip. This gossip had nothing to do with the card game, so they could discuss it freely, unaffected by the 'watch the cards and don't talk' rule.
"...The most interesting gossip lately has to be the change of ownership of Neumann's territory. Baron Neumann became history overnight. His Majesty the King reclaimed the territory and distributed it among the new fiefdoms. This is a first in history, right?"
"That's right! Many nobles are panicking and rushing to the capital just to get firsthand information," the servant piqued his interest and joined in the gossip. "My master didn't dare come in person, fearing that he would offend the king and get himself into trouble. He only sent my daughter to the capital... Tell me, doesn't Baron Neumann have a daughter in the capital? Why didn't she inherit the title?"
"Hey, I see you're from out of town, but you don't know the ins and outs of this!" The hunter became interested and said, "Although Baron Neumann's family was wiped out by bandits, he was convicted of treason by the king! Have you heard of Evil Eye Moon? Baron Neumann was involved with them and caused trouble! That's why he was silenced by the bandits! In my opinion, reclaiming his territory is only natural!"
"Oh! Then have you heard who the future new lord is?"
"I'm not sure about that. I heard he's a handsome viscount, but he's probably not an aristocrat that people like us can meet, hahahaha!"
Jiang You: “=v=” In fact, this handsome Viscount is playing cards with you!
Andrei hadn't expected that just playing a card game would lead to him being in trouble. He stuffed another mushroom cookie into his mouth, counted out a few resource point cards, put them on a side quest, and said, "This round is settled."
The magic board issued an instruction: "Side quest completed, you can draw two flower cards."
Andrei took two cards from the deck, his eyebrows raised slightly, as if he had been dealt a very good hand. He placed the two cards on the edge of the land bordering the Hunters and passed the cards to the next player: "It's your turn."
The hunter magician who got the card right happily completed the usual operation of drawing a point card from the deck and paying a little money point to increase his own magic. In the next free activity round, he chose to launch an attack on Andre's territory.
In this game, the magic map only shows the map within the player's own territory. The territories and arrangements of other players are all shrouded in fog. Except for drawing the flower cards of the exploration system and sending out exploration troops to explore and open the fog of the map, all other situations can only be forced to move forward.
Players can only see the enemy's actions on the table in each round, how many cards they draw, discard, and put down, and guess what the opponent is doing in the territory based on the corresponding rules. All actions taken by all players against other players will be publicly broadcast on the magic map board.
The Hunter player's magician unit crossed the border and rushed towards the first stronghold, only to encounter a fortification halfway. The fog in the area briefly dissipated, and two flower cards ambushed beside the fortification automatically flipped over. A powerful group of knights leaped out from the fortification and stopped the unprepared magician unit.
"Encounter: Both sides roll the dice."
The two sides of the battle each rolled a point. The hunter player rolled a 3 and Andre rolled a 6. The magic board automatically added the rolled points and the strength points of both sides' troops together. In the end, the magician's troops got a magic point of 7, and the knight on Andre's side got a magic defense point of 9.
"Counter-killing bureau."
The two sides rolled the dice again. This time, the dice were for Andre's physical attack and the magician's physical defense. The final result was 17:9. The magician who wanted to launch a surprise attack was defeated. The entire attacking team was captured and had to pay Andre three point cards.
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