Whispering Verse

"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 protagonist of the story - [Stalker in the Night] Chogory Diu Si, [Charming Lady] Lydia Penglo. [Mortal Luck] Shad Hamilton, in a trance, 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 on the table. The puppets were also positioned exactly right. This is 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 obsessed 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, as if from a long time ago People who woke up from the big dream 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 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 are both fifth rings.

In the living room on the second floor of No. 6 Saint Teresa Square with gas lights on, Dorothy, who was reading a book while caressing 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 announced "go 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 realized that Iluna was fighting with people outside. It was as if Iluna had fallen into a similar 'dark field', which would make people forget. Special space.”

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 urge to go downstairs and walk around the streets to investigate the situation. This is not my own The idea is completely inconsistent with my plan.”

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

Luvia said alertly, reaching out to Shade:

"There's no point in saving at this point."

Shade 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 great 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 specifically did. Before Iluna gives the next instructions, please listen to me introduce an angel. Information about level relics.”

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 the conversation you had with me, unless you stayed here for too long and didn't go downstairs. But maybe it's better this way, you Now there is a good reason to disguise as an ordinary person to capture [Jack the Thief] in front of everyone. The only thing you need to be careful about is not to reveal the identity of the Ring Warlock. If this incident is successfully overcome, the church will never be seen again. There will be no doubt whether you are a ring warlock."

She pointed to the door:

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

"Pretending to be a regular detective? I get it."

Shade nodded. Luvia's "divination" almost completely analyzed the characteristics of the relic, but the people who were telling and listening to the story had no idea that he, the "character in the story," already knew 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.

Shade 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. There was no one in the corridor, but neither the royal guards nor the staff of the Prophet's Association seemed to have forgotten that a few minutes ago, a team of ring warlocks from the Mechanicus Church rushed into the room. 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 appear. There are actually many leaks here that can be drilled."

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're cheating again!"

Professor Angs shook his head:

"That's 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 can reduce injuries during combat. In combat situations, he rolls dice for defense and gets a 20-point bonus;

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

Because he carries the symbol ‘Broken Candle Match’, he gets a 25-point bonus when investigating in the dark.

Because he carries the symbol 'Profaned Silver Cross Holy Emblem', 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.

The cultist Dion on the side also revealed the "symbols" carried by the character he manipulated, [Charming Lady] Lydia Pengelo, and the number he named was four.

The so-called "symbols" are not items with extraordinary power, but ordinary items that are judged as special items by the "Dice Story Collection" based on 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 effects that are not read out will not take effect:

"[Mortal Luck] Shad Hamilton, carrying the symbol 'Invincible Rhodes Deck', increases his luck. Whenever he rolls the dice, he automatically gets a 5-point bonus."

Professor Ons was not surprised:

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

“There’s a fine line between good luck and bad luck.”

The cultist murmured softly.

Iluna 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 discovered 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."

Iluna 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, and 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 on the street. Action. 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 table 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 credibility 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 himself worthy of being captured. I believe it. Because the target is an ordinary person, the judgment is passed directly, and an additional charm bonus of 50 is obtained; the character's special skill - speaking skills, an additional bonus of 32. The total is 140, 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 will not 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, there is no hope of winning."

Iluna 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."

Shade 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 because of those wonderful rumors.

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

"Charisma bonus is..."

Iluna 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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