Moli’s long eyelashes fluttered.
Richard agreed so easily, which took her by surprise and made her feel there might be a plot.
But the request was made by her, and it was just before the dice was about to reveal the answer, which was already a breach of protocol. It wouldn’t be proper to change the request again; that would be too much.
Moli had no choice but to nod and say, "That’s good."
At this point, Richard took the stone cup and the dice from Su’s hand, smiled slightly, and said nothing more before he began to shake them slowly.
"Clatter, clatter!"
The dice lightly touched the inner wall of the stone cup, making a sound. A layer of grayish-white energy arose on the outer wall of the stone cup, gradually thickening until it completely enveloped the whole stone cup.
"Bang!"
With a sound, Richard stopped shaking the cup, placed it face down on the ground, and stepped back, indicating that he was not cheating in any way.
He looked at Moli and asked, "Alright, what’s your guess? Odd or even?"
Upon hearing this, Moli gazed at the stone cup for a long ti, finding that all her detection thods were blocked by the grayish-white energy on the surface of the cup, even her third eye was of no use. Richard’s trick seed simple but was actually more complex and comprehensive than Su’s, being the stacking of several spells, eliminating any possibility of cheating.
The pressure ca down on her.
Previously, when Su rolled the dice and Richard guessed, the risk was on her side, and the pressure was on Richard. Now it was the other way around.
Now, she must do her best to guess the correct answer to clinch success.
But how to wager?
Moli instinctively pursed her lips, turned to look at her n nearby, and asked, "What do you all think?"
"This—" the usually quick-to-answer One-eyed suddenly beca silent.
The others exhibited similar reactions, staring blankly at the stone cup, clearly uncertain of the number inside.
Moli turned to Xizhe.
Xizhe stood there for a mont, sensing Moli’s gaze, and walked up. After thinking for a bit, he didn’t voice his guess but instead asked Richard a few questions.
"Is the dice inside the cup still the sa one as before?"
"Yes."
"Is the dice intact?"
"Yes."
"Is the dice lying flat on the ground now? It’s not suspended in the air, ready to fall at the instant we reveal our answer, giving a completely opposite result?"
"Of course not."
"Alright then..."
Xizhe had nothing more to say. He had closed off Richard’s last chance to cheat but didn’t have the ability to know the number on the dice, so he helplessly shook his head at Moli and stepped aside.
The pressure eventually fell back on Moli, and she had to give an answer since she was the leader.
Moli slowly clenched her fist, hesitating.
In a corner, Hulk was also hesitating, staring at Moli, wanting to speak but not daring to.
"Hoo—ha—"
Moli took a deep breath, made her decision, looked at Richard, and opened her mouth to give the answer.
Hulk bit his teeth, suddenly shouting, "Captain, it’s odd!"
"Huh?" Everyone looked at Hulk.
"I an... Hulk, you rember when you bet cards with and lost everything, right?" One-eyed couldn’t help but say, "Are you still so confident in your luck?"
"I don’t doubt your luck, but a brain is a good thing. I want to ask, do you have one?" Wood knocked on his head and asked.
"If you’re sensible, you should just kill yourself now; if we guess wrong, we’ll have to do it." Su rolled his eyes and said.
"If we’re wrong..."
Hulk ignored his companions’ jabs and stared at Moli with fiery eyes, saying seriously, "Captain, believe , it’s odd, it’s three, I pledge with my life."
Moli’s eyes flickered, and she looked at Hulk, asking, "How are you sure?"
"My intuition!" Hulk’s gaze was exceptionally firm, "Captain, believe , it really is three, it’s odd!"
Moli watched Hulk for several seconds, said nothing, and turned her head to Richard.
Richard: "What is your answer?"
"Odd." Moli spoke up, "Three!" She chose to believe Hulk.
"Okay, then reveal the answer." Richard said, not moving. To ensure he hadn’t cheated, he signaled Moli to co forward and lift the stone cup.
The stone cup was lifted, revealing the dice on the ground. Everyone’s gaze was riveted to the spot, and they saw, on the square top of the dice, three round dots.
Three dots!
Odd!
Hulk was completely right!
Moli guessed correctly!
Seeing the result, everyone on Moli’s side couldn’t help but look at Hulk, amazed, and then quickly turned to Richard to see his reaction.
Richard smiled in return.
"Odd, you guessed it!" Richard said to Moli, "Congratulations, the Energy Furnace is yours."
Moli raised an eyebrow.
Richard’s politeness put her on alert.
She knew very well that Richard wanted the Energy Furnace; in fact, every ambitious wizard desired the Energy Furnace.
Now Richard had lost his chance to obtain the Energy Furnace but showed no anger or agitation, making one inevitably suspect that Richard had other intentions.
Perhaps, Richard had already decided to tear off the facade and seize it by force?
If that were the case, she wouldn’t be surprised at all. Because if they had guessed wrong and Richard obtained the Energy Furnace, she would have done the sa.
Evidently, Moli wasn’t the only one thinking this. The rest of Moli’s n beca vigilant against Richard’s politeness.
They gathered together, Mana surging from within, ready to respond to an attack from Richard at any mont.
But... Richard didn’t attack.
Richard reached out, calmly indicating to Moli to put away the stone box containing the Energy Furnace, saying, "Since the Energy Furnace is yours now, I’ll select items of equal value from the remaining ones, is that alright?"
"No problem." Moli replied, watching Richard with vigilance, trying to see what trick he was up to.
Richard wasn’t up to any tricks.
He simply calmly picked more than twenty items from the pile: "This one, this one, those, and this scroll, I want them all, is that okay? Of course, if you believe this exceeds the value of the Energy Furnace, you can object, and we can exchange items."
Moli’s eyebrows shot up.
Of course, she wouldn’t do that unless she were crazy.
Indeed, the things from the Ancient Relics held high value but also high instability—simply put, they had high potential but also low reliability. If one had sufficient knowledge of Ancient Wizard Civilization and restored the items properly, they could achieve amazing effects, but most remained at their low potential with little utility.
Therefore, even though Richard selected over twenty items at once, Moli didn’t think they could match the Energy Furnace.
Richard was at a loss, in her opinion.
Yet Richard showed no sign of having lost.
The more this was the case, the stronger Moli’s sense of doubt and vigilance grew, convinced that Richard had so sche.
What was the sche after all?
She didn’t know.
She couldn’t help but clench her fist.
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