Molly's long eyelashes fluttered.
Richard agreed so readily that she was quite surprised. She could not shake the feeling that there was some conspiracy at work.
But she had made the request, and she had made it at the very moment the dice were about to be revealed. She had already overstepped somewhat, so it would be too much to change her demand again.
Molly could only nod. "Good."
At that moment, Richard took the stone cup and dice from Su's hands. He smiled faintly without saying anything more and slowly began to shake them.
"Clatter, clatter!"
The dice lightly struck the inner walls of the stone cup. A layer of grayish-white energy formed around the cup's outer surface, gradually thickening until it completely enveloped the entire stone cup.
Bang!
With a sound, Richard stopped shaking the cup, turned it upside down on the ground, and took a step back, making it clear that he would not cheat.
He looked at Molly and asked, "All right, tell me your answer. Odd or even?"
Hearing this, Molly looked at the stone cup for a long while. She discovered that every method of detection was blocked by the grayish-white energy on its surface. Even her Third Eye was useless—Richard's method looked simple, but it was actually more complicated and comprehensive than Su's. It was a combination of spells that eliminated any possibility of cheating.
The pressure immediately shifted onto her.
Before, when Su had shaken the dice and made Richard guess, her side had borne the risk while Richard had faced the pressure. Now it was the exact opposite.
Now, she had to do everything she could to guess the right answer and gamble on success.
But how was she supposed to gamble? Molly unconsciously pressed her lips together and turned to