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< Trick >
The man was guided to a hidden underground gambling hall on the fourth floor.
As we descended through the dark secret passage, a scenery that was clearly different from before began to unfold.
“Kwaaaaak-!”
A scream could be heard faintly from the bottom of the stairs. And the pungent smell of blood rose, irritating my nose.
The man asked the old gentleman who was leading the way ahead.
“What was that scream just now?”
The old gentleman looked back at the man with a friendly smile.
“It’s nothing special. People who come here are not motivated by money, so they often bet on other things.”
“A bet? For example?”
The old gentleman had a talent for telling eerie stories with a friendly face.
“To put it simply, if you lose at gambling, you can amputate your body or gouge out your eyeballs.”
“···It is provocative.”
After a while, the two of them came down the stairs and arrived at the 4th basement floor.
Contrary to expectations that it would be much more extravagant than the third floor, the fourth basement floor had a dark and gloomy atmosphere.
The man walked slowly, looking around.
A long hallway. And the doors on the left and right had only numbers written on them. All of the doors looked very thick.
It feels more like a dungeon than a casino.
The man expressed his feelings honestly.
“Whatever you do inside will be kept secret, I’m sure. It’s not gambling… I guess you could do other things too?”
At those words, the old gentleman stopped walking for a moment, then continued walking and spoke.
“Some of the people who gamble here don’t want their identities to be revealed. That’s why we operate in this way.”
“Oh? I see.”
The man nodded obediently, but inside he was snorting.
‘This is just a gambling house?’
The presence and magical power reactions felt everywhere far exceeded what the man had expected.
And those horrible sounds…
If the old gentleman had known how sensitive the old man’s senses were, he would not have dared even think of bringing him here.
After a while, the two arrived in front of a room.
“This is it.”
The old gentleman guided the man to a room with the number 7 written on it.
Creak. He opened the door, looked back at the man, and smiled.
“I prepared this especially for you because I think you like the number 7.”
Inside the room, dozens of people were sitting around several tables, gambling.
As the man entered the room, the door slammed shut behind him.
At that moment, a sly smile appeared on the old gentleman’s face, which had been so kind until then, but the man standing in front of him did not see that smile.
“Hey! Do you want to come over here?”
One of the men sitting at the table turned to the man and said.
“If it’s your first time, you can watch a few rounds and then join in···.”
dump.
The man sitting on the empty chair placed a large pile of black chips on the table. Black chips were only used on the fourth floor and were worth 30 times the value of gold chips.
The man said.
“What are you doing? Why don’t you start quickly?”
Sigh. A smile appeared on the men’s lips.
There were various types of gambling prepared in the room. However, at this table, they were enjoying simple dice gambling.
“The simplest things are the most fun.”
The rules were simple: roll three dice and get the highest total to win.
However, it is better to have a card with consecutive numbers (such as 1.2.3 or 3.4.5) rather than the sum of the numbers.
An even better hand would be if all the dice showed the same number (such as 3.3.3 or 4.4.4).
“The best hand is 1.1.1 in a row.”
The man nodded after hearing the explanation.
“It’s easy. It’s just my style.”
The game started right away. Everyone placed a chip and took turns rolling the dice.
The man who rolled 4, 5, and 6 on the dice in a row grinned and said.
“I’ll take this round.”
But the laughter lasted only until the man rolled the dice.
“It’s finally my turn.”
The man rolled the dice one by one lightly on the table.
The dice that had been spinning stopped one by one.
1.
···1.
······1.
When the best hand came out from the first game, the men looked at the master with puzzled expressions.
The man looked at them with a grin.
“I guess I’m really lucky today.”
“what···.”
At that moment, the old gentleman standing behind the man nodded. Then, the men quickly regained their relaxed expressions.
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“Well, at first, no gamble is without luck.”
“Is this what is called beginner’s luck?”
“Let’s keep going!”
In fact, these men were not customers of the casino, but rather its employees.
And the one who created this board was the old gentleman standing at the back.
The old man, who was also the manager of the casino, looked at the man with cold eyes.
‘You little brat who doesn’t even know the subject. I’ll completely ruin you here.’
He knew from the beginning that the man was cheating, but he pretended not to know.
Because there was circumstantial evidence, but no physical proof. There were too many eyes watching to accuse the other person of being a fraud without any evidence.
But it’s different here.
‘First, I’ll show you with my own eyes what kind of tricks you’re using. Then, I’ll make you kneel down and beg for mercy. After that, I’ll break your limbs one by one…’
A friendly smile appeared on the old gentleman’s lips as he recalled his favorite method.
“Then continue on. I hope you all show off your skills to the fullest.”
And so the game continued.
The second time, the dice rolled by the player came out as 1. 1. 1.
The third time it was 1. 1. 1.
And then again, and then again.
The man continued to manipulate the dice, making 1. 1. 1.
At this point, it was obvious that they were using trickery.
“Oh my god. How can I be this lucky?”
The older gentlemen and men’s faces became more and more distorted.
‘This kid···!’
Even though I’ve been scammed several times already, I still can’t figure out how the other person is cheating me right in front of me.
The men exchanged glances from time to time.
‘How on earth did you do that?’
‘I don’t know, but I’m sure it’s a trick.’
‘You son of a bitch! You’re toying with us!’
There was a magic circle installed in the room that detected magic. If magic or artifacts had been used, it would have been detected immediately.
It wasn’t a switch or a trick. The man simply rolled the dice lightly with his right hand.
The men were going crazy because they were completely unaware of the method even though it was so obvious.
‘f*ck!’
‘What the heck!’
In the end, they didn’t figure out the man’s trick until they were out of chips.
He said as he swept all the chips on the table into the bag he had brought.
“What do you want to do? Do you want to hang up your hands now?”
“Ugh···!”
On the back of the hand of the man who was giving medicine to the men, a translucent spirit was writhing.
Slowly.
The spirits made with ancient magic that had now disappeared had the advantage of not being affected by magic detection magic or detection devices. Although their power was still weak, it was expected to improve over time.
‘There’s no way to detect it unless your senses are developed to the level of a sword master or a great magician.’
But there was no way that someone that strong would be gambling in this room.
The man stood up from his chair and whistled.
“Then I’ll go. This is Gaepyeong, so let’s split it.”
The moment the man who threw a few chips to the men was about to leave with the bag on his shoulder,
Swish.
An old gentleman who had been quiet blocked the man’s path.
He was angry, but now he had only one choice.
“Put that thing down gently.”
The gentle smile disappeared, and the old man’s expression turned cold as he glared at the man.
“What are you talking about? This is my own money?”
The old man glared at the absurd question as if he found it disgusting.
“I acknowledge your guts and skills, but the jokes end here.”
Exactly!
As the old man snapped his fingers, the men in the room all stood up and surrounded the old man.
In each of their hands was a dagger, drawn at some point.
“······.”
The old man looked back at the men without saying a word. The old man, who thought he was scared, showed his true colors and growled.
“I knew from the beginning that you were cheating. I thought you looked fun, so I tried to hang out with you for a while, but…”
Slurp.
The old man drew a sword from his staff.
I was so embarrassed that I couldn’t figure out the trick, so I decided to vent my frustrations now.
“I’ll make you confess with your own mouth what kind of tricks you used.”
The man said with a sly smile.
“Do you have any evidence? You can’t accuse someone of being a fraud without evidence.”
“I guess you still don’t understand the situation.”
As the old man snorted and nodded, the men surrounding the man rushed at him all at once.
They were all trained by the old man himself. Not only were their gambling skills better, but their swordsmanship was also better than that of most young knights.
The only problem was that I met the wrong person.
Pubber pubber!
Men fell to the ground as soon as they rushed in. In an instant, dozens of them were knocked unconscious and fell to the ground.
“What the…!”
The old man, his eyes wide open in surprise, shouted outside.
“Guards!”
At the same time, he drew his sword and rushed directly at the man. Aura flowed over the old man’s sword.
“Roughly intermediate level Sword Expert…”
The man muttered as he pushed the old man’s sword aside. At the same time, he kicked one of the swords that had fallen to the floor and picked it up in his hand.
And the moment the swords clashed, the old man doubted his eyes.
-Crunch!
“Auror Blade!”
The sword that had the Aura Blade attached to it cut his sword in half.
dump.
The old man sat down and muttered while looking up at the man.
“Why Sword Master···.”
In that moment, a cold aura emanated from the person whose atmosphere had suddenly changed.
“The person who manages the organization’s finances has a poor eye.”
“!!”
The astonished old man looked up at the man. The man looked down at him with an indifferent gaze and said:
“Do you think I pulled this prank for nothing?”
“That’s, what···.”
The old man looked at the man with a face filled with confusion and fear.
At first, I thought he was a rascal who came to the casino to cheat and make a killing.
But then I found out he was a sword master.
Besides, he was talking as if he knew a lot about the organization.
All the old man could do was be careful.
“Who are you…? By any chance….”
Instead of answering, the man took out a crystal ball from his pocket. It was the crystal ball he had purchased as soon as he arrived at the hotel.
“Do you really want to know who I am?”
The man smiled coldly. Seeing his appearance, which was completely different from before, the old man swallowed and nodded.
The man injected magic power into the crystal ball.
Woohoo!
As magic power was injected according to certain rules and sequences, a shape began to emerge on the crystal ball.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
A blazing hexagram.
Distorted images of demons are carved on it.
It was the symbol of ‘Pandemonium’, a secret organization that had been kept under wraps until now.
‘The goblin told me quite a bit.’
Where and how to contact members of the organization.
With just these two things, the person could guess quite a lot.
‘At first it was all just speculation···.’
To confirm his guess, the man deliberately drew attention from the casino and went down to the hidden 4th basement floor to check with his own eyes and ears.
And I could be sure of it from the old man’s reaction just now.
That this is their money tree, or one of them.
It also means that they are operating in multiple cell structures.
That’s why,
Swish.
The man took out a mask from his bosom and put it on his face in front of the old man.
A red goblin mask that looks like it was just dipped in blood.
A cold voice flowed out from within.
“Is this a sufficient explanation?”
From now on, the Great One planned to blame everything that happened on the Red Goblin.
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