Chapter 322 Ryan's Death
Metternich was willing to accept the loss and chose to tell fortunes for Ryan.
Originally, when Ryan heard that the divination would consume his life, he had no intention of exercising the rights of the winner of the bet.
But as soon as he opened his mouth, Metternich's first poker card was turned over.
A "J of Clubs".
The difference is that this poker card is surrounded by a layer of black gas that looks like flames.
Metternich looked at the card, raised his lips slightly, thought for a moment, and said, "Black flame-type extraordinary... The one who is qualified to enter the 'JAKE card' should be the chief priest of the Omar court, the [Yan Mo] Hemos Zakaria, one of the ten legendary ones. But it seems that the card's motto is 'evil'..."
Ryan listened to the squinting eyes and the mumbling explanation of the divination cards, his brows furrowed.
Is this how you judge a person's fortune?
How did he do it?
However, I think it should be derived through divination and deduction.
This [Yan Mo] Hemos Zakaria is the teacher of the eldest prince Quentin, and is definitely a descendant of the queen. If there is political turmoil tomorrow, this great wizard, even if he is one of the "Ten Legends", may not be able to gain any benefits.
However, although this divination did not seem very scientific, since it came from Metternich's mouth, Ryan chose to believe it.
He didn't ask any more questions.
At this time, Metternich did not say much about this card and turned over another one, a "JAKE of Hearts" holding a knife and an axe.
However, on the card, the guard armor on this card has a strong dark style and looks more like a mecha.
"This should be Mr. Ryan's legendary mechanic..."
Metternich thought for a moment and continued, "The cards are good. Good luck."
Then he turned over another one, and then another one...
One after another.
…
Ryan also saw that this poker divination did not give a direct result. Instead, it would reveal some "clues" and allow the divinationist to use his own cognition to deduce what would happen.
All the people who appeared in his divination were prominent figures, and all of them were important figures who might be involved in the succession of Omar's royal power tomorrow.
However, Ryan was not interested in caring about the fate of others. He cared more about the people around him.
It was not until this time that Metternich turned over another card, which was a "Queen of Hearts", also known as the "Queen Card".
There was a chill emanating from the surface of this poker card.
“Yo…”
Seeing this, Metternich suddenly smiled.
Then he looked at Ryan and Ymir beside him, as if he understood the relationship between the two, and said meaningfully: "The people around Mr. Ryan are all lucky."
However, he did not explain the meaning of the card.
But these words naturally refer to Ymir.
Then he turned over the next card and found a "Queen of Spades", a black queen card with a beautiful woman on it.
At this time, Metternich's expression changed slightly, and he raised his eyebrows and said sarcastically: "Tsk tsk... No matter how many times she turns over, this vicious woman will definitely die."
He didn't say much. A dying person wasn't worth his words.
Two more cards, "7 of Spades" and "10 of Diamonds", were turned over.
Then, another big card was turned over.
A card with scarlet blood on it, the "King of Diamonds", the Scarlet King.
He didn't seem surprised and said, "Rogier of Theed will also intervene in tomorrow's matter..." (Emperor Theed)
When Ryan heard this, his eyes turned.
Will Emperor Sid intervene in the succession of Omar's imperial power?
This matter seems to be getting more and more complicated.
Ymir and Andrew, who were standing by, looked unhappy when they heard this.
No matter which prince is in power, this is their own internal affair of the Omar Empire. If the emperor of Sid comes to power, the nature of the matter will be different.
They are very angry and confused, wondering which force has colluded with foreign forces in order to seize power?
Then a few unimportant small cards were turned over, and then a big card appeared - "King of Spades".
Emperor Omar’s cards are dead cards.
Metternich also didn't say much. He just snorted and sneered, then continued to flip through the pages.
Then, a "King of Hearts" appeared.
The King is the luckiest card.
But when this card was turned over, something unexpected happened in the divination!
…
"This should be the King of Glory City, Kipling Winster... Now he is the only one who is qualified to become this card."
Metternich was explaining the divination cards, but at this moment, he suddenly thought of what Ryan had said before.
And just this thought seemed to connect me to some unknown existence.
At this moment, Metternich seemed to sense something horrible and his face suddenly changed!
Ryan and the other two also noticed the abnormality in his expression at once. When they looked closely, they saw that the "King of Hearts" was suddenly shining with white light, which was getting brighter and brighter.
In the blink of an eye, it was as bright as the sun.
At this moment, a strange scene appeared...
The king on the card slowly opened an eye on his forehead. This change suddenly gave the card a sacred and inviolable aura.
Ryan blurted out in his mind: "Three-eyed evil god!"
On the other hand, Metternich's pupils shrank suddenly, and he responded immediately. He changed his hands frequently, as if he was fighting against some kind of existence in the dark.
But the next moment, he seemed to have suffered an irresistible blow and suddenly spurted out a mouthful of blood!
When the blood dyed the poker red, the dazzling white light finally dissipated.
The next moment, the dozen or so cards he had already turned out were suddenly in disarray...
All the "divination signs" that had just emerged were messed up at this moment, as if an invisible hand had disrupted the fate of these cards, causing all the results originally deduced by Metternich to become disordered again.
Ryan looked at Metternich, whose face was as pale as gold paper, and asked with concern: "Mr. Metternich, you...?"
Metternich shook his head to indicate that he was fine.
But his expression was very solemn, and his eyes, staring at the poker cards, narrowed narrower and narrower, almost into a line.
After a few breaths, when the turbulent blood and qi seemed to have calmed down, he explained: "A powerful will interfered with my divination... No! In other words, my divination touched upon some existence that was beyond the reach of my ability and cognition."
Ryan mentioned: "That evil god?"
Metternich nodded and said, "Before, I didn't know about His existence, so I made a preconceived deduction of the divination results and came to some conclusions. But because the deduction involved Him, all the divinations became disordered again."
"Um……?"
Ryan looked doubtful, he didn't understand what was said at all.
Metternich explained without waiting for anyone to ask: "The living god has enough energy to stir up the whole situation... In a sense, his existence forces all rules to follow his arrangements."
"this……"
Hearing this, Ryan suddenly thought of the missionary in Glory City's ability to change people's beliefs and cognition.
Isn't this ability to forcibly change the rules the same as allowing the old emperor to issue an edict to pass the throne to the second prince?
He felt that this matter must be spoken out, and perhaps this fellow with almost demonic intelligence could help with some reference, so he said: "Mr. Metternich, there may be a situation I need to tell you..."
Ryan explained in a few words the missionary's strange methods.
…
Hearing this, Metternich's eyes turned very quickly, and he was very surprised: "Is there such a thing?"
This guy was thinking about something, and he muttered to himself, "No wonder. It almost went wrong again..."
Obviously, Mimiyan was aware of the unpredictable deviations in his divination results due to his limited cognition.
However, there was no sign of frustration or discouragement on his face. Instead, his eyes were sparkling, as if he was facing a challenge and was becoming more and more eager to try.
"Tsk tsk... This situation is becoming more and more interesting..."
Metternich licked his lips. It was unknown what he was thinking of, which made his expression look unfathomable. "What a pity... Since we know that Mr. Ryan is a 'JOKER card', then even if the opponent is really an invincible god, this game can still be played..."
After a pause, the crazy brilliance in his eyes became more and more intense, and he smiled: "It's really exciting for a mortal to play against a god."
Ryan was already accustomed to this guy's abnormal and crazy mentality.
He was not curious about the result of divination before, but now seeing this, he became very interested.
With the involvement of Emperor Sid and the will of a god, how will the political situation in Oma change?
…
"In this case, my previous divination has completely lost its reference value..."
Metternich looked at the cards that had become a mess and frowned slightly.
At this time, he looked at Ryan and said something confusing, "Now it seems that the only person who can be sure of the outcome is you, Mr. Ryan."
"Then... let me see how Mr. Ryan's fortune compares to that evil god!"
As he spoke, he seemed to have made a decision, then took a deep breath and solemnly turned over the next card.
However, the poker card that was obviously easy before, this time seemed as if it was worth a thousand bucks.
Ryan looked at the veins bulging on Metternich's hand as he held the poker card. It seemed as if he had used a lot of strength to lift up a corner of the card.
A "J" was revealed.
It was the colorful clown card.
Even Ryan and Ymir, who were watching from the sidelines, felt inexplicably nervous at this moment.
They knew that this divination foreshadowed Ryan's fate!
The whole process of flipping the cards lasted nearly ten seconds, and before he could see the complete face of the cards, Metternich's forehead was already covered in cold sweat. It was as if an invisible force was preventing him from doing such a divination.
"snort!"
At the last moment, Metternich snorted coldly, and a hint of determination flashed in his eyes.
Then, another mouthful of scarlet blood spurted out.
At this moment, the invisible force seemed to dissipate.
He turned over the joker card!
The eyes of the four people in the room were all focused on this poker.
However, they also saw a scene that they could not understand.
Originally, the Joker card was supposed to be a red-nosed clown playing with throwing knives...
But on this card, the Joker's flying knife stabbed into his own chest.
The Joker is dead!
Moreover, the clown's appearance is not completely human. He has a devil's triangular pointed tail growing on his tail vertebrae.
“Eh… this is…”
Seeing this scene, even the fortune teller Metternich showed a puzzled expression.
Obviously, he didn't understand what the divination cards were trying to tell him for a while.
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"It looks like... Mr. Ryan will have a 'death experience'. But something seems to be wrong..."
After a while, when Metternich said this, he showed an expression of disbelief on his face, and asked himself : "Why did such a lucky clown die?"
He was sure that Ryan was the colorful clown.
Otherwise, he would not have drawn the "Colored JOKER" before, and it would be impossible for him to come up with such a divination now.
When Ryan heard that he was going to "die", his brows furrowed.
Will I encounter some mortal crisis in the future?
This is completely different from the "disaster" in "turning disaster into fortune".
The fact that Metternich could so accurately predict the result of the divination, which was "very bad", must be taken seriously.
But at the same time, he was very confused, why did he die?
Now that Black Dragon City is at its peak, who can kill me?
…
When Ymir, who was standing by, heard that the result of Ryan's divination was "death", a look of worry immediately appeared on her pretty face.
She didn't care about anything else and asked directly: "Could this divination result be wrong?"
Metternich shook his head and said, "After all, it took me twenty years of my life to come up with this divination result... It can't be wrong."
After a pause, he explained further, "Legend has it that in the ancient mythological period, there were 'prophet' who could predict the future. They would predict what would definitely happen in the future. But poker divination is not the prediction of what will definitely happen in the future, but a 'deduction' of possibilities. Therefore, even if it is a 'death calamity', it only means the most likely thing to happen, but it is not absolutely unchangeable. Of course, the probability of change is not high..."
For ordinary people, encountering this kind of divination result means certain death.
But Metternich's tone was very firm.
It feels as if he can change the outcome.
Ymir naturally understood this, and without beating around the bush, she asked, "How do I change it?"
Metternich squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then said, "Poker has its own rules. Since Mr. Ryan is a 'Colored JOKER', it means that he must have great luck. In poker, very few people can win this card... Now it seems that there is only one possibility."
At this point, Ryan and Ymir immediately thought of something and said in unison: "Evil God!"
Only the three-eyed evil god who is beyond people's cognition can do all this.
Although it seems that Black Dragon City is now invincible in the world, it does not include the evil god whose abilities people know almost nothing about!
"It's not so bad that it can't be salvaged..."
Metternich looked at the solemn Ryan, and suddenly smiled lightly, saying, "Mr. Ryan saved my life, so I will not stand idly by... Although I am also afraid of the god outside the mist, it does not mean that we will definitely lose."
He used "we".
No matter if it is the "Black Dragon City" that can change the social order of this era, or the grace of saving his life, he will not let Ryan die.
Ryan thought about the dangers he might encounter and asked tentatively, "Is my 'death calamity'... due to tomorrow's incident?"
If so, he planned to leave Omar Royal Capital now.
Metternich seemed to see through his thoughts, shook his head, and said, "Since this is the most likely result derived by divination, you can't avoid it even if you try to avoid it."
In other words, there is no point in running.
Ryan listened to his tone. Although his expression was serious, he was not panicked at all.
Although he believed that Metternich was not exaggerating, but... this guy obviously already had a way to deal with it.
He asked: "Mr. Metternich seems to be sure that I can solve this deadlock?"
"certainly!"
Hearing this, Metternich smiled mysteriously, "If I were by your side. Although I don't know what will happen in the future, under the existing rules, we will definitely not lose..."
Ryan: "You're by my side? You mean ... you can help me resolve this 'death crisis'? Do you know what will happen?"
He thought Metternich had predicted something from divination.
But Metternich shook his head and said, "Like you, I know almost nothing about the evil god's methods. So, I don't know what will happen."
As soon as he said this, before Ryan's doubts appeared on his face, he continued: "But I know a possibility that I will definitely win."
"???"
When Ryan heard this, he pricked up his ears and listened attentively.
A sure win?
"Remember I once told you about the principle of 'optimal divination'?"
Metternich smiled and said: "I don't need to know what will happen if I do this. But I know that doing this will get the best result."
