"This is close-range magic." Shock flashed across Shirley's eyes. It wasn't easy to perform close-range magic because the audience could easily see through it. Hence, Magician had to be extremely skilled and have a good grasp of the details.
Shirley loved close-range magic because it was a type of magic that allowed her to interact with the audience. She enjoyed the thrill of being able to trick people up close.
Hence, Shirley observed more closely.
Magician remained calm and composed. He turned to the most luxurious person in the room. "Next, please draw a card. You don't have to tell me what it is. Once you're done, you can insert it into the deck in front of you. "
The person followed Magician's instructions. It was hard for Magician to cheat under everyone's watchful eyes. He began shuffling the cards in his hands.
Not long after, Magician took out a card. "Was this the card you drew?"
The crowd roared with laughter. "No."
Magician was disappointed. He shuffled the cards again and took out a new one. "Is it this card?"
"No." Everyone began to mock him. Magician's expression turned anxious.
Although everyone was mocking him, Sally could see that Magician's expression was one of calmness, even though he appeared to be anxious.
Magician didn't draw the third card but this time, no one mocked him because he had drawn an Eight of Spades.
Magician had drawn two cards. The first was an Eight of Hearts and the second was an Eight of Diamonds. They hadn't noticed and thought it was a coincidence. But the third time, he had drawn an Eight of Spades. Something was clearly wrong.
"Since it's none of the three." Magician glanced at the three 8s in disappointment. He sighed and drew the last card from the deck. "This should be it, right?"
Eight of Clubs.
When the person who had drawn the card saw the Eight of Clubs, shock flashed across his eyes. He had drawn the Eight of Clubs!
Magician had performed a small trick and showed off his skills. He had fooled everyone before ending it with a loud drum beat. It had been a roller-coaster ride and everyone couldn't help but clap.
Shirley initially thought that this was due to the image on the back of the card, such as a mark left by a magician, but she couldn't find anything out of the ordinary upon closer inspection.
What's going on? How did Magician do it without using any supernatural power?
As a magician herself, Shirley had a hunch that the trick had something to do with the changes in the number of points, the finesse of the technique, the mystery of the position, the ability to read people's expressions, and most importantly, psychological hints.
However, Shirley still didn't know how Magician had found out about it. But she didn't plan to ask Angor. She was a professional, magician, and she knew how to decipher the trick was. Magician's's's's's's would rather's's's's mind...
The illusions didn't stop there. The magician went to a few more tables and performed a magic trick at each of them.
This included card reading, card divination, and card vanishing … a series of magic techniques that looked incredible but did not actually involve supernatural powers.
The more Shirley watched, the more excited she became. She had already discovered some tricks to decipher card tricks, which were simple yet dazzling. She couldn't help but marvel at them.
She wondered why a magician would use poker cards as a standard trick. Now she fully understood. Although the magician in the illusion had only performed a few card tricks, she could see the ingenuity of the card art behind the development of these magic tricks, as well as the profoundness of the whole leopard from a single spot.
Just by looking at this illusion, Shirley already couldn't wait to do the card magic herself. She didn't need anyone to teach her how to do card tricks. With her talent, she could create new tricks on her own.
When the illusion ended, Shirley was still immersed in the world of card tricks. It took her quite a while to regain her senses.
Shirley looked at Angor with glowing eyes. "I don't know the secret of card tricks yet, but I do know why they exist in the first place. They're amazing! "
Angor chuckled. "Card tricks are, but they're only for mortals. I didn't make these cards just for card tricks."
Shirley looked at the cards that were still hovering around her, and she was naturally aware of this. Angor didn't give her a simple deck of cards. There must be something else.
"The iron box and the cards are part of each other. When you open the box, you'll enter a special illusion."
"An illusion?" Shirley looked around in confusion. She couldn't sense any illusions at all. Even Greya raised an eyebrow. She sensed faint energy ripples around her, but she didn't find any nodes to create illusions.
"It's a special illusion. I call it 'Poker Time'." Angor considered. "You can think of it as a stage for playing cards.
When you open the iron box, you'll automatically enter Poker Time. When it's time for poker, every card in the box will become an illusion cornerstone. "
While speaking, Angor randomly picked up two cards from Shirley's hands.
One was the clown, while the other was the Plum Guard. Both cards were activated at the same time. The clown and the Plum Guard jumped out of the card with a long sword in hand.
The darkness came again. Before Shirley could react, she saw a blade flash in front of her.
She tried to dodge, but a cold wind still brushed past her cheek.
She shivered, and light returned to her. The guard and the clown returned to the cards, and everything returned to normal. However, the cut on Shirley's cheek and the blood oozing out indicated that things weren't as simple as they seemed.
He put the two cards back in front of Shirley's deck. "You can choose any combination of cards you want during the game. You'll get different effects depending on the illusions you see."
"Heal, defend, attack, confuse, trap, summon, or create an illusion stage. You can do whatever you want.
"The deck just now was a game of Night Ambush with two cards."
Shalee didn't know what to do after hearing Angor's explanation. This sounded very complicated, but inexplicably … it was very moving!
Shaly acted obediently in front of Greya and Angor, but that was only because she was much weaker than Greya and Angor. Everyone knew that the real Shirley was actually an extremely mischievous witch.
Poker Time was full of unknown challenges, and Shirley's stubbornness, which she had been suppressing for a long time, began to reignite.
Moreover, these card combinations could not only be used for attack and defense, but different illusion combinations were also very useful for her magic performance.
Shirley had already figured out how to use Poker Time to toy with the audience. She even came up with a name for the game. Poker Death!
Angor only briefly explained the function of the cards and did not go into details. It was better for Shirley to figure it out on her own. Besides, Angor's idea might not be suitable for Shirley.
Shalee didn't ask any more questions. She was already immersed in her research.
Angor didn't need to ask to know that Shirley was very satisfied with the deck.
Greya also praised, "This deck is probably the most interesting alchemy creation I've ever seen in years. I'm sure it'll attract a lot of fans once it's released. Maybe even other alchemists will try to copy it. "
Angor didn't comment. Alchemy creations were often picky. Poker Time might be suitable for Shirley, but it might not be suitable for other people.
"However, what I'm most interested in is the story behind the cards. After all, Sleepless City is still an unsolved problem. "Greya looked at Angor curiously.
Angor didn't give her an answer. It wasn't that he didn't want to tell her, but he didn't know.
Who knew where the Nightmare Realm's Poker Time came from? For example, Angor didn't know why the names of the people from Padt Manor could be found in the Nightmare Realm.
Perhaps when Jon was brought to this world by the Alien Eye, some things had already begun to change.
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