Let's play cards! In a different world of swords and magic

Picking up a stone by the lake, Collis made a beautiful five-point splash.

The so-called world is not at peace because Collis Diane, who is still studying as a boarder at Axis College, received news from her sister Sylvia that her mother suddenly fell ill.

Although it is difficult to describe the specific situation clearly from the simple message communication of the guide insect.

But Collis still learned that her mother's illness was related to the extremely exaggerated duel between gods and tofu over the Elf Continent a few nights ago.

As the family that governs religious beliefs in the Saint Varian Empire, the Diane family's own god was crushed by a piece of tofu. No wonder the mother of the head of the family fell ill.

Looking at the lake surface that gradually calmed down after rippling, Collis sighed and said, "I always feel that something terrible is going to happen soon."

This is more than just an unfounded hunch.

Even though there is a suspicion of self-promotion in it, Collis's intuition is very accurate.

If you ask why, it is because Chris Diane is one of the seven artifacts of the millennium and the holder of the Millennium Jewelry.

The main function of Millennium Jewelry is to allow the holder to glimpse into the short future.

"So... do you see this future, Corliss Dion?"

In the darkness, a figure suddenly appeared beside the quiet lake without any warning, making Collis tense instantly.

He was wearing a black robe at night, approaching silently, and when he appeared, he had already activated the Eye of the Elf.

It goes without saying that the person coming has bad intentions.

"Seeing the future?" Collis captured the key words accurately: "It seems that you also know the secret of the thousand-year-old jewelry?"

"Haha, sorry. All thousand-year-old artifacts are no secrets to me."

A divine weapon slowly emerged from the chest of the mysterious man in black robe, with the sound of metal colliding and clanging in the wind.

"That's the missing Millennium Wheel of Wisdom!"

The shocking development of the facts made Chris Diane, who loved to be a model, not have the extra attention to admire Alice's graceful figure hidden under the black robe.

"Don't worry, the thousand-year-old jewelry on your neck will also be prefixed with 'missing' later."

"I see, this is the goal."

Following the fate that the holders of divine weapons would be attracted to each other, Collis's fingertips gently stroked the thousand-year-old jewelry worn on the fair neck.

"Is there no more room for negotiation?"

When Collis came to her senses again, she found that her body was already blocked by the barrier of the Dark Game. It was obvious that the opponent had no intention of leaving her any chance to escape.

In the dark game, once the duel begins, the outcome will be either death or disability.

"Oh, what are you going to discuss? Tell me about it." Of course, Alice is not a cruel and heartless person.

"There's no need to discuss this." Collis changed the subject: "I've already seen it, the future!"

The few sentences of conversation that were just delayed casually allowed Collis to successfully peek into the short future in her mind through the power of the Millennium Jewelry.

If this is really the case in the future, then there is really no need for any negotiation.

So, knowing the future, Chris Diane made a decision that she thought was the best.

The girl raised her hands above her head.

"Surrender! I surrender!"

There's no way to win.

This is the future that Corliss sees.

A card deck that devours everything, is that kind of power real? Standing in front of me is a real monster.

From just a few scenes in the short future, Collis successfully detected the huge gap in strength between the enemy and us.

Therefore, it is better to fight to the death with the opponent in the dark game when you know you cannot win the duel.

It would be better to just choose to surrender decisively, at least you can save your life.

"Anyway, your goal is just the thousand-year-old jewelry. I am willing to give it to you."

"..."

Alice was silent for a long time.

Collis Diane was a well-known duelist in the third year of Axis Academy. She was at least at a level that allowed her to represent the academy in exchange programs.

So before coming, Alice was already prepared for a big fight.

I didn't expect it would develop like this.

Things went so smoothly that Alice felt that all the emotions she had been brewing were wasted.

Ai La: "As expected of a thousand-year-old jewel that can peek into the future. It has real practical abilities. Hahahahaha!"

Ella in the Millennium Wheel of Wisdom can be felt to be in a good mood from her tone and laughter.

Including the Millennium Jewelry, the number of Millennium Artifacts that Alice has collected has reached five.

The only two items left are the thousand-year-old key sleeping under the Saint Fu Academy, and the thousand-year-old building block on Aisha Carlos' body.

"No problem, I accept your surrender."

Alice nodded slightly, but was extremely cautious. Without extinguishing the Elf Eyes and dispersing the Dark Game barrier, Collis couldn't escape even if she wanted to.

In order to save her life, no matter how reluctant she was, Collis still took off the thousand-year-old jewelry from her neck.

"You just said that all the thousand-year-old artifacts are no secret to you, right? So do you know about this?"

Collis took off the thousand-year-old jewelry and solemnly placed it in Alice's hand.

"I can see it one last time. When the Millennium Jewelry leaves, the holder will see the future for the last time. And this time, the future will not be short-lived."

This is a decisive difference from the usual situation where one can occasionally see the brief future a few minutes later.

It is like the thousand-year-old jewelry itself, the final legacy left to the holder.

At this moment, Collis saw the furthest future in her life.

"Do you think what you're doing is worth it?" Collis, who peeked into the distant future, asked meaningfully.

"It doesn't matter whether it's worth it or not. Someone has to bear this darkness." After accepting the thousand-year-old jewelry, Alice disappeared without any delay and turned away.

The lakeside of the town returned to tranquility. Collis hugged her knees and sat quietly on the ground outside the town.

"Someone will stop you on my behalf, absolutely!"

Among the scenes in the distant future, there was one that left the most profound impression on Chris.

The girl he liked, Yilin Austin, took the initiative to pick up the Millennium Key in order to prevent all the artifacts from being collected by the Millennium Wheel of Wisdom.

The next day, in the imperial palace—

You Ling once again came to the throne of the emperor of the empire.

Perhaps knowing that You Ling and others would leave the empire tomorrow, Queldes specially summoned You Ling... alone.

The familiar cold palace, the familiar cold throne, and the familiar cold girl.

Two days ago, You Ling was kidnapped here and almost raped.

Now, back in the palace, You Ling has become the hero who saved the Saint Varian Empire.

Sometimes the way things develop is so miraculous.

"You Ling, although I have expressed my gratitude to you, words alone are not enough to express my respect for you saving the empire. So, if you want any reward, please ask me before you leave."

“So it’s a reward?”

Before coming, You Ling made a lot of assumptions about why Queldes summoned him alone.

Perhaps it was because that night, the memory that Quildes left on You Ling was too deep.

All the reasons assumed by You Ling are subconsciously related to coercion, genetics, and having children.

The result is just to reward myself.

But if it was just a reward, would Queldes have to go through the trouble of avoiding everyone and summoning me alone in front of the throne?

Seeing that You Ling was silent, Queldes frowned and asked, "Why, You Ling, don't you have any reward you want to ask me for?"

What did he want? As the emperor of the empire, Queldes suddenly asked so seriously that You Ling didn't know how to respond for a moment.

Rare cards?

Today, You Ling, with the blessing of the Knight Badge of the Republic, no longer lacks high-level spell cards.

Money and wealth?

You Ling still didn't know how to spend the millions of gold coins Kaima gave him. He really didn't lack money.

Power status?

This must be the thing that You Ling hates the most. You Ling wasted a precious reward opportunity and specifically asked Queldes for the thing he hates the most. There is nothing wrong with his brain.

However, when he thought about it, You Ling suddenly discovered.

I seem to be very selfless!

But looking at Queldes's extremely serious look, it seemed that if You Ling didn't ask her for something, he would be giving face to her, the emperor of the empire.

"Sa, You Ling, tell me quickly." Queldes urged, "Whatever you want, it's fine."

"Really, you can have anything you want?"

"You have no joke."

Since Queldes said so, You Ling decided to order something extreme.

"Give me this ring."

You Ling waved his finger, and on his finger was the Emperor's Ring which contained the extraordinary power of water of the strongest emperor, which he had not yet returned to Queldes.

"You Ling, do you want the Emperor's Ring?" Queldes raised his eyebrows.

"It really doesn't work."

You Ling also knew that his request might be a bit ignorant.

After all, this is a national-level magic item that has only been passed down among successive emperors of the empire.

The fact that Queldes was able to lend him the ring during the final battle was already an unprecedented exception under special circumstances.

"Even if it doesn't work..."

"no problem."

"Oh, really?"

"I've already said it, you don't joke."

I was actually tricked by You Ling into giving me the ring.

But no matter how much he thought about it, it was impossible to hand over the Emperor's Ring to an outsider. Queldes gave it to him so easily, which made You Ling feel uneasy.

Could it be that Queldes was planning some weird ring recycling plan?

"Actually, since I gave this ring to you before the duel, I never intended to take it back."

“But the ring passed down from emperor to emperor was suddenly taken away by an outsider like me. Wouldn’t it destroy the tradition of the empire?” You Ling confirmed again.

"You Ling, you have to understand that I am the emperor now. Whether something is traditional or not can be decided by just a word from me."

As expected of the strongest emperor of the empire, he is quite willful, which is the personality that You Ling likes.

"But what I didn't expect was that you, You Ling, would use the Emperor's Ring as a reward. Is it okay to use an item that I had no intention of taking back as a reward? If you have other requests, feel free to tell me."

"No, Queldes." You Ling confessed, "I don't have anything else I want at the moment. Even if you force me to think of it, I can't think of it."

"Is that so? All right." Queldes nodded slightly.

"Since you can't think of what to ask me, I'll give you a suggestion. I wonder if you are interested."

"proposal?"

"Let me ask you, You Ling, do you want to go to the Holy Land of Elves this year?"

"Holy Land of Elves!"

This is indeed the place that You Ling wants to go most at the moment.

However, in this elven continent, the restrictions on going to the holy land were so strict that they were almost like world rules.