Journey Of A Legend

Chapter 72: Game Of Luck and Two Cards

Taking over the cards from Cloud, Mistress of Fortune looked at the cards in her hand with a calm expression.

Thinking for a while, she looked around and looked at everyone, but for a moment, her eyes stopped on Greg's face, while her eyes brightened for a bit. However it was for only a bit.

After looking at each and every person in the hall, she opened the pack and started to shuffle the cards.

After shuffling for a moment, she stopped, grabbed the edge of a single card and started to pull it out slowly.

When it was fully out, she raised her hand and showed it to everyone, while Cloud on the side said with a smile,"It's the symbol of fish. Who has this one? Please stand up."

As he looked around, suddenly a guy in a casual clothing stood up in the left rear corner and raised his hand.

"Splendid! Please come up here.", said Cloud and looked at Mistress of Fortune to go and choose another card.

Seeing Cloud's eyes, she nodded and started to shuffle the cards again, but as she did that her eyes looked at Greg's direction and with something in her mind she pulled out another card.

When she raised her hand with the card between her fingers, Joe and the others looked at Greg with a smile, while Cloud's voice sounded in the hall.

"It's the symbol of a hand! The one who has it please come up to the stage."

Greg saw as the symbol on the card was exactly the same as the one he had, stood up and started to walk toward the stage.

As he did that almost every eye fell on him, making him a bit uncomfortable, but on the outside he still showed confidence.

After the two walked up onto the stage, Cloud smiled and said,"Thank you. Well then, before we decide the ultimate winner let me show you all what the rewards are."

As he said that, two boxes made out of glass, appeared behind him. In each, a strange looking card cloud be found, but the difference between the two was the material and the color they were made out.

The one on the left was made out of emerald, which was half transparent, which gave it a very unique look. However the one on the right was tottaly different. It was made out of several unknown materials, while it had almost every color in it from blue to pink, making it look like a beautiful rainbow.

"These two are special cards. Each has different advantages, but before I say anything else about them, first let's finish the game."

As he said that, he took off the hat from his head and put his other hand in it.

When Greg saw that Cloud's hand was almost fully inside and only his shoulder could be seen he thought with suprise,"Amazing! It's just like my shadow, which can store things. I wonder how big the space inside that small item could be."

As he thought about it, Cloud started to pull out his hand, while holding a strange looking dice.

It's color was black and it had 12 faces with each having a number carved on it. 

"As you can see, I'm holding a dice with numbers on it from 1 to 12. The rules are very simple. I will throw it up and the two of you only need to say that if the number in the end will be odd or even. The one who is correct will have the chance to choose first from the two cards here next to me. However there's another rule. If your opponent chooses to say a number and ends up being correct, then it's no matter that you were correct or not, the other one will win both of the cards here automatically. Any questions?"

"And what will happen, if I choose to say a number, but I'm not correct?, asked the guy next to Greg with a raised hand.

Hearing the question, Cloud smiled and said,"Then you lose and instead the other one will win both cards."

Hearing this, everyone in the hall looked suprised.

"So basically I have a fifty-fifty chance, but I can also take a risk and tell the exact number to win  or lose everything. Interesting.", thought Greg as he looked at the dice in Cloud's hand.

Seeing as the two looked at him without asking, Cloud spun the dice on his finger and said,"Well then. Until the dice doesn't hit the ground, you have time to choose what you want to say, but the moment it touched the ground, no matter what you said after it, you lost."

And just like that, Cloud threw the dice high up into the air, making everyone in the hall watch the dice and the two on the stage with visible excitement.

"Odd", said the guy next to Greg without any hesitation.

Greg looked at the dice in the air and he thought,"Well, I don't want to risk things, cause the chance that I will be correct is less than 9%, so let's go with even."

Looking as the dice stopped for a moment in the air and a second later it started to fall, Greg opened his mouth without taking his eyes away from the dice.

"Even"

The moment that word left his mouth the dice hit the ground and started to bounce here and there.

Seeing as the numbers on the top changed everytime it hit the ground, made Greg a bit nervous.

*Clatter*

*Clatter *

Bounce after bounce, the dice hit the ground faster than previously and after it bounced for more than five times, it finally stopped and stood still on the ground.

Cloud seeing this walked next to it and picked it up slowly, but the moment he saw the number on it, he started to smile and said quietly,"Yet again, Milady was right."

With that he raised the dice with the side, which was above on the ground and said,"It's number 8. The winner is Greg Hyde!"

Hearing this, Greg was shocked and looked at the number 8 on the dice, which Cloud was holding, while behind him Joe and the others started to clap loudly, making everyone else follow their act.

Cloud seeing this, stepped between the two cards and said,"Well then, let's see what we have."

Saying this, Cloud pointed at the colorful card on his left with his staff and said,"This one is a Crystal Card. With this, one can go into the Soul Association in Mythbreak and by showing it up, one can get a personally chosen fourth ranked Soul Creature or can choose to get a unique accessory, specially made by his request."

Hearing this, people in the room started to talk between each other in amazement.

"However this one on my right side is a much more intriguing one. With this card, one can choose to study from one expert for an entire month! And when I say that, I mean It's your choice to choose an expert from all around the world, from which you want to learn for an entire month."

In an instant after hearing this, everyone in the hall was dead silent.

"Are you kidding me? Learning for an entire month with the expert I choose? This can't be true."

"Oh my Lord. That guy is a lucky bastard."

"That's unfair! Why couldn't it be me the one who stands there?"

People talked with awe, shock and jealousy in their eyes as they looked at Greg.

"Well then, Mister Hyde. Please choose one.", said Cloud as he looked at Greg with a smile.

Hearing this, Greg started to think quietly.

He knew real well how big an opportunity was before him this moment. It was a priceless object for which anyone would go and kill, but somehow he didn't feel that way.

"However I'm not the same as everyone else. I have Alice and my unique Soul Stone. Also I can't rank up as a normal person could, so the help of an expert should be utterly useless for me. Therefore the best choice for me is the Crystal Card."

Seeing Greg thinking like that, everyone was a bit confused. Even Mistress of Fortune and the legendary man who was standing in a corner looked at Greg with a somewhat confused look.

"Why is he thinking so much? Isn't it obvious which one he should choose?"

"If I were him I wouldn't hesitate to choose the emerald card. It's too obvious!"

As people started to talk, Sandra looked at Greg with a confused look and asked in an unsatisfied tone,"Now why is he standing there like an idiot?"

It wasn't just her, but Juan and everyone else looked at Greg with a confused look too.

As they were thinking for solutions, why Greg would hesitate, suddenly Joe next to the started to smile and a while later he started to chuckle.

Seeing as everybody was looking at him confusedly, Joe tried to stop his laughter and said,"Haha. My apologies, but I couldn't bear it. I needed to laugh. Ah, that guy always suprises me with something."

Hearing this, Jonathan and the others didn't know why Joe said that, but the next moment they heard as Greg stepped forward and pointed at the colorful card on his right.

"I will choose this one."

In an instant after he said that, silence descended on the hall.