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Chapter 22. Gambling Table (3)
5.
“It’s a deal. We’ll be the bait.”
The moment El Palm uttered those words, the adventurers’ minds began to weigh things surprisingly quickly.
And they could quickly anticipate it.
What will El Palm say next?
“Instead, I will receive 5 unique items.”
That is why, when those words came out, the adventurers who heard El Palm’s proposal, including Hassan, were not surprised.
Rather than being surprised, everyone’s eyes turned cold.
It was because I knew.
“You’re talking nonsense.”
That what El Palm said was nonsense that wasn’t worth listening to, let alone thinking about.
It was natural.
Hassan said earlier.
“I told you earlier how many people I needed.”
It’s a job that requires at least ten people.
And that’s not just possible with ten people, it’s only possible after ten people have completed sufficient training.
If necessary, we have reached an internal agreement to recruit more adventurers.
“But are just five people going to be the bait?”
It was impossible with El Palm Party’s abilities.
“On a topic where most people are 3-circle?”
Even in everyone’s eyes, the El Palm Party was the weakest party to enter the Mystic Gate this time.
The worst level that could never be reached by common sense.
Still, there was one reason why I was able to come in.
“Are you bragging about the legacy of Jack Leach?”
The El Palm Party had something special.
But utilizing it properly is another matter.
In any case, the adventurers’ opinions were clear.
I didn’t want to put my life in the hands of El Palm Party.
And not just for free, but by all means, give me a unique item in return!
El Palm responded to their comments.
“You think too complicatedly.”
“complication?”
“We’ll be the bait to attract Head Hector’s attention. If we succeed? Then everyone can run to the exit. If we fail, then you can retrieve the items from our corpses.”
At that suggestion, Hassan and everyone else’s expressions changed.
I started weighing things that I thought were impossible.
At that time, El Palm looked at Divo.
Divo tilted his head at that gaze.
With an expression that said, “Why are you looking at me?”
But others were different.
Hassan and the other adventurers could immediately tell that Divo was there as soon as they saw him following El Palm.
‘The Legacy of Jack Leach!’
What does El Palm mean by recovering the items?
There was no weighing at that moment.
“Can you really do it?”
A question was asked, and El Palm answered the question.
“As I said, whether we can do it or not, it doesn’t matter. If we fail, we can just draw lots. Again, our party is not interested in drawing lots. If each party receives one unique item, we will gladly serve as bait. And we will choose that unique item.”
The reaction to those words that followed changed.
Just giving a unique item is fine, just giving something appropriate is fine.
But choose?
“Are you kidding me?”
Something that can’t be happening.
“I’m not asking for too much. In this bait operation, it’s important to strengthen our party’s power. That means I’ll only accept what we can use. My colleagues are the ones who opened the 3rd circle.”
But everyone was convinced by the explanation that followed.
“I will exclude from the options any unique items that have skills that are more than 4 circles long. Since there are no thieves in our party, I will also exclude thieves’ items.”
As you increase your power, the success rate of the bait also increases.
In that situation, El Palm delivered the decisive blow.
“I’m not saying I’ll take it again. If it fails, you can take it back.”
6.
El Palm, at his suggestion, the survivors on the third floor, including Hassan, began discussing among themselves.
The same was true of the El Palm Party.
“Boss! Why is something like this suddenly appearing? Huh?”
El Palm’s proposal was unannounced.
Naturally, Debo complained.
“How can we suddenly become bait?”
“It’s too dangerous.”
Kiri took his side in the complaint.
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“Yeah, it’s too dangerous. We don’t even know the situation yet.”
Miner was the same.
“That’s right. It’s very dangerous.”
Even Ralph got involved.
The remaining three colleagues were also surprised by that fact.
‘This guy?’
Rather, Ralph, who is happy that he made money through El Palm’s bargain, appears like this?
“It would have been a reasonable amount if we had received an additional 1 million mesos per person in addition to the 5 unique items. We could have pulled in at least 200 million mesos.”
Of course, the three were no longer surprised by what followed.
In any case, their complaints were valid.
I don’t know what the situation is here right now, what kind of guy Head Hector is, or how many Hectors there are.
Of course, I knew El Palm’s intentions.
“If you receive a unique item and strengthen your power, things should change.”
The reason El Palm requested a unique item.
Because the opportunity to properly strengthen one’s power never came easily.
“But isn’t this a situation where we need to strengthen our power?”
However, if interpreted differently, it meant that even El Palm saw that it was impossible with just this power.
That means it’s not easy!
To such a cry of Devo, El Palm spoke clearly.
“That’s right, it’s not easy.”
At those words, the expressions of the remaining four hardened.
El Palm always showed them.
Confidence.
‘The boss is like this?’
The confidence that if you believe in yourself, you will get the answer.
‘Is it really that difficult?’
It was the first time that difficulties were emphasized this much.
“It’s a life-threatening task. But we must do it. If we are chosen by lottery, we must go forward without any reinforcements.”
And with those words that followed, everyone realized.
‘This is it.’
The reason El Palm made the proposal.
‘It’s better to secure items to strengthen your power.’
Rather than relying on luck to avoid being drawn in the lottery, El Palm chose a method that would increase his chances of survival even a little.
That was it.
“El Palm.”
Hassan spoke to El Palm on behalf of the remaining adventurers.
“Don’t trade. Choose a unique item.”
7.
Things moved quickly.
First of all, choosing an item was done quickly.
Rather than choosing an expensive item, you should choose an item that can strengthen your power right now.
“I checked 5.”
I chose 5 items in total: 2 items for Kiri, 2 items for Ralph, and 1 item for Miner.
That was a huge deal.
With this, the El Palm party became a party where everyone owned at least two unique items.
Of course, it was never free.
The moment the handover of the items was over, Hassan spoke with a colder look than ever.
“Lure Head Hector to at most one kilometer away from the exit. I won’t move before then.”
That was a warning.
Now a warning to faithfully fulfill the role of live bait.
Leaving that warning behind, the adventurers, including Hassan’s party, retreated.
fast.
When the adventurers disappeared and only the El Palm Party remained, that’s when Divo opened his mouth.
“Hey, you’re disappearing like a ghost, like a ghost. You don’t seem to want to die.”
Divo, who was spitting out words, was smiling.
“Let’s do this properly.”
It was a forced smile.
“It won’t be easy, though.”
A smile that is made even when one knows the worst is ahead.
It wasn’t just Divo that was like that.
None of the remaining people had sad or stern expressions. They all smiled.
“Well, when has it ever been easy?”
“Hey, that’s okay. When I used to do it, there were things that were even f*cking worse than this. Don’t moan.”
“I’ve received what I deserved, so that’s enough. Meso comes with risks.”
Everyone smiled with determination.
“Boss, please say something too. Be cool.”
To them El Palm said:
“It will be easy.”
“Yes, of course. It’ll be easy. Easy, okay?”
Debo was surprised by those words and asked back.
“What, what did you say?”
“It won’t be difficult.”
“Oh, no, what are you talking about? Just a moment ago, you said it would be extremely difficult, that it wouldn’t be easy.”
El Palm responded to that question.
“That’s a lie.”
It’s not easy, he said, it was just acting.
“Other adventurers are listening, so if you tell them it’s easy, there’s no way you’ll be able to negotiate.”
The moment they heard the reason behind this, all of the colleagues looked at El Palm with blank expressions.
That was when.
“Hey, okay.”
Miner said with a laugh.
“You don’t have to say things like that. Don’t feel pressured. Do you think we’ll be scared just because of this much?”
It seems that El Palm thought he said that on purpose to encourage her.
And that was a valid thought.
No matter how much I thought about it, it wasn’t easy to lure Hector, who numbered in the thousands, and their leader, Heather Hector.
But El Palm was different.
“I’m going to create a route now. And I’m going to place a pouch containing Hector’s blood on that route.”
He told me.
“After that, I will shoot Apollon’s arrows at Hector from a distance of two kilometers. One in the right eye and one in the left eye.”
Your own plans.
“Then he will become enraged. At that time, Miner will sequentially attack and explode the blood bags installed in each route. Then, Head Hector and the Hector group will move following the scent of blood. Naturally, we can lead them in the direction we want.”
When the El Palm party members heard the plan, they could immediately picture it in their heads, and once that picture was formed, they could no longer think of anything as difficult.
Because it was possible with El Palm.
His Apollon’s arrows would have been enough to effectively damage Hector’s head, and he could have easily hit both of his eyes from that distance.
“The purpose of the pack is to protect the king. The moment the king is attacked, their behavior pattern becomes very simple. You can be sure of it. They cannot help but instinctively react to the scent of their comrades’ blood.”
Also, if you use the smell of blood, you can lure the Hector group and the Head Hector.
“and.”
At that point, Debo expressed his admiration.
“He really is the boss!”
As a result, with this easy task, El Palm obtained a whopping five unique items.
“That’s amazing!”
Of course, the happiest thing was that I didn’t have to take any risks.
As always, to an adventurer, their own life was more important than any item.
“If we do it like the boss said, it won’t be difficult.”
Naturally, everyone’s mouths became relaxed and a smile appeared.
“It is not difficult to escape.”
“Of course.”
“The problem is what comes next.”
“Yes? Is there a problem? Is there a problem?”
To them El Palm said:
“After everyone escapes, we stay behind and hunt down Head Hector.”
Instead of running away together, we plan to hunt that ridiculous boss monster.
“Yes? No, why?”
Debo was startled by those words.
The difference between provoking anger and luring someone and fighting them is like the difference between playing with a child and fighting a wild beast with your bare hands.
It was a completely different thing, beyond comparison.
Moreover, if you hunt, it means that you will inevitably be hunting a herd of thousands of Hectors!
It was dangerous.
Even if it was El Palm, it was dangerous.
El Palm knew it too.
“Yeah, it’s not easy.”
“Why should I do that?”
Still, the reason El Palm was willing to do something so difficult was simple.
“Because the gambling table is still valid.”
fantasy,
