"Hey, you bastards!!! How dare you think you'll be fine in this city after touching the Red Balloon?!!"
"I will not let you get out of here again!"
The gangsters who shouted so crawled out of the blacksmith's barn.
[The Gambling Nightmare's Favourites are growing in favor.]
"Oh, yeah, it's been renamed a gambler.’
"Thank you!!! Thank you so much!!!”
Jae-ho received his handshake with a wobbly face.
"Oh, of course your forest friends too!!”
"Heung--"
Just sniffing, the elves didn't really answer back.
"I don't know how to repay you. Ah! You said you needed weapons, right? I'll give you a free gift!!”
"......well, that's good."
I was very nervous, but there was no reason to refuse to give it for free.
"Let's see... ...do you have any useful materials?"
"Give me materials?"
"Is there anything special you want to use?"
"Hmm......."
Jae-ho took out the junk that he had been sitting on.
Vulka, who was looking down at them, picked them out with her eyes shining.
"The claws of a brown bear. It's a pretty good material."
"Well, let's use that."
Even if Jae-ho had them, he had nothing to use.
* * *
The Red Balloon is an organization that controls the back alleys of the Rasel Kingdom, and the kingdom's guards have not been able to touch it.
Chief of the Red Balloon 3rd Division, Sid.
When he saw his men who had just returned with bruises all over his body, his eyes turned upside down and ran out.
"What? You bastards! I'll kill you!!! How dare you!
"As expected of you!”
"Brother Sid! We'll follow you!!”
I came here to avenge my fans by beating my men so fearlessly, but...….
No matter how much I thought about it, the elves were not the problem.
A man surrounded by elves.
He was looking around, holding an ignorant-looking glove with some animal's claws.
"Gulp..."
an unknowingly dry dish
That gruesome, weighty presence wasn't just created.
Suu-
Hwang Jae-ho's eyes, who was highly evaluated by the boss of the third division, turned to the front.
There was a dash in the direction of the gaze.
-You must have wanted to die, didn't you?
It sounded like that to his ears.
"Hmm! Are you the ones who messed up our Siou-ha?"
“?”
"Captain?"
His men tilted their heads at the sudden gentle tone of his speech.
But even that was a great courage.
The pressure from Jae-ho was so great.
At that time, the unwitting, vengeful men stepped forward.
"Hahah! You stupid bastards!! Now that Captain Dessie's here, you're done!!!”
"I'm sure they are! Boss! These elves beat our brothers like dogs!!!”
"Give me a good time!!!”
“…….”
Warak-
At that moment, Jae-ho's brows crumpled noticeably rough.
The moment he saw it, Dessie shouted in terror.
"Damn it! Break it all down!!!"
A must-win victory!
The standard of back alley fighting is to knock the opponent down first before he or she shows any action.
"Wow!!!"
"Oh, my!"
"What, what is it? You crazies?!!"
However, Jae-ho was embarrassed by Jae-ho's decision.
I was just checking the information about the new item!
[]
[Class: Legend]
[Use Condition: Force 150 / Agility 110]
[Attack ; 350]
[Clue created by the gambler's field chief in return. But once a gambler is only an eternal gambler.]
[ : In case of a critical strike, the attack is held at 1.]
[ : The use skill randomly brings bad luck with low probability.]
Jae-ho's gaze at Dessie?
I just saw the item information that came to my mind.
Why Jae-ho's face suddenly crumpled?
Look at this option!
How can you not look so ugly?!
Well, the legendary production meant that his skills were excellent, but Jae-ho didn't judge that far.
* * *
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
the harmony of screams.
Inside the blacksmith's barn, people flew and crawled on the floor.
Only 'people'.
The blind elves beat up excitedly, and Jae-ho, the only "human" to be in good shape, also showed off his newly acquired weapons to his heart's content.
[The Red Balloon Gangster has been incapacitated.
[The Red Balloon Gangster has been incapacitated.
It's a different level of attack than it was before!
[If more attacks are made, proceed to the Disposal step.]
[In case of Church, the notoriety increases and you can be arrested by the Rasel Kingdom Guards.]
It was a new fact.
Unlike monsters, it doesn't directly lead to death for humans.
'Wait a minute... ...why did he die the other day?’
Wasn't there someone who lay down on his fist in the Luxi Forest?
'......is it the difference between NPC and player?'
Then, I could beat my opponent hard without worrying that he might die.
"Uk? Ek! Ugh!"
Of course, the one who was being beaten should have felt the fear of death.
If it is the elves who hide their strength in tenderness, Jae-ho, who shows a passive and overwhelming destructive power.
In fact, it was less than half the attack power of the elves, but in the face of being beaten, the fear toward Jae-ho was maximized due to the visual pressure.
"큭..."...!
The thought of today as the day of death comes from stupid men.
And the opponent on the opposite side is Jae Ho.
Now that we've had this, the head of the group...…!’
Dessie is also a high-level NPC.
It was hard to deal with at the current level of Jae-ho, but...….
Flip-flip-flip-flip.
Elbow, which is now perfectly attached to the body, is truly untouchable.
As the leader of the back alley, most of Dessie's skills were fatal.
It was almost impossible to catch Jae-ho with a normal knife swing.
Furburbuck-
"Crowl!"
heavily swayed by a series of punches
Pod-
And the moment he faltered, Jae-ho's uppercut hit Dessie on the chin...….
'Oh, that's it...….’
[Fatal hit!]
['s attribution skill activates skill.]
[We've given you 1 damage.]
“……?”
“…….”
There was an awkward atmosphere between Jae-ho and Dessie.
'......don't tell me?!'
Dosh realized.
Are you giving me a chance?’
Otherwise, this water fist didn't make sense.
In other words, I didn't know maybe there was still a chance left to break through this situation.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!
Flinch-
Jae-ho flinched when Dessie suddenly raised his spirits with a sudden shout.
Did you leave a single secret?!
flop-
"I'm sorry!!”
“?!!!”
a flat, prostrate dish
"Great, Captain?!!"
"What are you doing?!!"
The gangsters, who had already been lying on the floor, were frightened by his actions.
"Shut up!!!"
The reason why Dessie has been able to come all the way here!
Big voice and foul temper, but not strong pride!
"I don't mind dying! But please forgive those stupid punks for once!!!!!!!!!"
In addition to that, they're perfect at the eyes of their men!
"Dae, Captain... ...!!”
"Laughing..."
The rascals quivered with tears.
[Your presence in the underworld is known.]
Red Balloon, king of the back alleys of the Rasel Kingdom, is watching you.]
[In the city center, merciless assault]]
[Increases notoriety.]
[The assault on a gangster increases the reputation of the residents.]
[Increases reputation.]
The guard of the kingdom of Lassel is watching you.
a series of reminders
'No, why?!'
Jae-ho felt unfair.
They're the ones who blew up the good defense, and they're self-defense.
[The existence itself is a threat...]….’]
a bone-splitting remark
“…….”
Suddenly, Jae-ho became suspicious.
Is the Spirit of Life really NPC?
* * *
It wasn't meant to be, but Jae-ho just accepted the Vulka quest.
I didn't want to pretend I didn't know.
"You mean the anvil of that Dwerf......? Do you know?"
On his knees, Dershi asked, looking back at his men in the back.
"That... ...bulka... He's a regular in our business, and I've put him in security for a visit."
"I was robbed of all the money I borrowed."
“…….”
"Hmmm......."
When Dessie looked at him, Jae-ho was embarrassed.
'This gambler, Dwerf, he did it wrong after all...…!’
"Oh, lie!"
But the Bulka strongly denied it.
"I definitely got all in with a must-win!! The only card that can beat me is "royal straightening," and it's coming out at that timing? I'm being worked on!”
a typical gambler's excuse
"Whoo......."
Jae-ho sighed.
"Anyway, can I get the anvil back?"
It is embarrassing to say such a thing.
"I'm sorry, but......it's out of my control to just return the collateral....if you don't pay...….”
It was obvious.
Does it make sense to ask you to present what you've brought yourself now?
"So how much is it?"
"500,000 gold...….”
"......what?"
The money earned from the croissant is only a few thousand gold.
"...... plus interest, two million gold."
"Crazy. What kind of an anvil would you pay that much?"
"That's... ...a moru made of Adamantium, so it was definitely expensive...….”
"Hmm! The family heirloom is a great thing!"
Jae-ho wanted to pluck out all the Vulka's beard, but he managed to hold it in.
"Whoa... ...this is...….”
a sigh flowing out of a temple
It was an impossible quest for Jae-ho.
"Give up..."
"Ba, there's no way!"
"Huh?"
However, there was a misunderstanding due to differences in positions.
"It's useless for you to talk to yourself as if you were leaving a lingering impression of Jae-ho. It sounded like 'I'm going to die.
"It's a back alley gambling place anyway......isn't it? That's how it is. Besides, all the humans there are half drunk, so it'll be easy."
"What does that mean?”
"We'll make a proper plate. So you're going to eat everything and find the day after tomorrow.….”
"You're saying you've finally hit the job!”
Gambling addicts and crooks.
I couldn't tell who was worse.
[Increases notoriety.]
One thing for sure is that Jae-ho, who has his feet in here, has become a bad guy.
Since then, Jae-ho has learned from Vulka about the most popular card game in the gambling house.
'I have no idea what you're talking about.’
After learning only the basic rules, the rest learned dark slogans and gestures to communicate with the gambling house side.
When all the preparations were so complete, Dipsy said.
"In fact, it's impossible to collect that much money at once at a gambling place in this neighborhood."
"What?! What if you say that now?!”
"Heehee!"
When Jae-ho crumpled his face, he panicked and backed away.
"Oh, I'm not saying no!! First of all, you have to build a reputation and invite ghosts!!!”
"A ghost?"
"Yes. It's the Taoist Angler......... the hand of God wandering through the gambling den of the kingdom of Rasell."
“…….”
"As long as you bring him in......you'll be able to recover the money at once."
"You're a god to the point. Will such a ridiculous trick work?"
"It'll work!! He's costing us a lot of money. So I'll get it right!"
Dessie's excessive confidence only had adverse effects that undermined Jae-ho's trust.
* * *
"Hoo-hoo... ...it's finally time for revenge.”
"Don't be crazy."
Jae-ho, who has no more respect for the Bulka.
"I'm just going as planned so I don't get my hands cut off because I got caught installing it.”
From some point on, no honor has been offered.
"Of course! I'll get up with a clean sweep of my hands if I find my own money!"
"Not the main course, but the anvil, the anvil!"
Jaeho and Vulka walking down such a gloomy alley...the elves of... and ten people
"......will you please not follow me?"
The bulka alone is making me nervous, but it was driving me crazy to follow the Elf like a flash.
"Don't worry! We'll disguise ourselves as if we were other customers!"
"You think that's gonna work?”
They've already stood out from the moment they entered the city.
Moreover, they had not even tried to hide that they were elves, showing their unique sharp ears.
"Hoo.... ...then it's good to go, but don't stay as close as you can, just spread out.”
"Of course! I will never miss what happens to Alsia!!”
“…….”
Elf wouldn't be deaf.
Are you pretending you don't understand me in part of it doesn't understand me?’
Such doubts arose of itself.
Too strong to grow only flowers
25
a gambling house reached through a winding alley
I finally set foot in the place where the smell of alcohol and tobacco is already strong.
Go-yo
the hustle and bustle of noise that vanished in a flash
Everyone's eyes were on Jae-ho, but there was one thing to think.
'Ball X. Is there a crackdown?!'
"Well, don't worry about it! He's a new customer! Our eternal protection......No, my friend Bulka brought you here!"
Only then did people find the bulka at Jae-ho's knee level at the cry of a quick worker.
"Woman- Bulka! How did you get the money again?"
"Isn't the blacksmith the only thing left now? Hahaha-!"
Jae-ho's presence was ignored, and they were relieved of tension by mocking the easy-going bulka.
"Dear, you bastards! Because today will be different!!!"
"Hahahaha! Do you know what you did every time you heard that?"
"큭... ...you bastards!"
Jae-ho stopped him from trying to resist his temper.
"The results tell us everything anyway. 'Cause a scaredy-cat talks a lot.'
“?!”
a low-key remark from Jae-ho
It became a loud echo and spread gently through the gambling den.
"... ...that's right.”
"My teacher always said, too. Empty carts are loud."
"You're as heavy as you seem...….”
The gamblers instinctively sensed.
He's not the same kind of guy as a bulka.
a sudden solemn mood
Then, they changed their gaze at the gambling table in front of them.
Seriousness was flowing out of his drunken eyes.
What's wrong with this?’
Jae-ho was embarrassed.
A word to calm the Bulka led them to a state of awakening.
"Hmm....... Ee, come here for now.”
Following the guidance of the staff, Jae-ho headed to the table in the corner.
* * *
I couldn't get into the big game from the start.
He had to start from the bottom, so Jae-ho's assignment was also in the corner seat.
The bulka held up the pennies Jae-ho gave him and put them on the other table moderately, and the elves were sitting in a row at the bar, spouting their presence.
- Aren't those elves who came to the city during the day?
-I think so, don't you think?
There was no way that the rumor would not go unnoticed.
-There's a story about the elf he plays.
-What... ...I'd believe you'd be a slave trader just by looking at that bloody face.
Fortunately, thanks to Jae-ho's appearance, he was able to move on to a proper misunderstanding and threat.
'Hoo-Hoo... Let's see....’
Jae-ho's eyes turned toward the dealer and the guard wandering around.
I have mastered the basic rules.He doesn't know any details.
So all I could believe was the signal they secretly sent me.
As a result
"The winner is Al... ...It's Mr. Xia.
"Damn it..."!
"As expected... ...was a great power...….”
"Bulka brought you here, and this is it? Where the hell is this guy...…!”
Victory in battle!
It was true that Jae-ho, who suddenly appeared and swept away the money, was suspicious, but no one could easily protest.
After that, over the next few days, Jae-ho began to build his reputation by consistently attending the gambling house.
[ You have earned the title.]
[All probability options increase randomly.]
[ Skill acquired.]
[I can play the cards more skillfully.]
[Increasing reputation in the underworld]]
[If fraudulent gambling is discovered, the notoriety increases dramatically.]
And finally, it was the day of the showdown.
"Hey, there."
Someone called Jae-ho, who came out to the gambling house and tried to grab a table, as usual.
With an eye patch on one eye, he is as fierce as Jae-ho.
"I've heard rumors that you're pretty good. What do you say? Why don't you have a fight with me?"
Jae-ho has been waiting for his opponent.
"Huh? 'The Taoist Angler!'!”
"Oh, how long has it been since you showed up?”
"It's the first time I've eaten up Emil's entire fortune about two months ago!"
Other gamblers around shouted with great excitement.
"It smells unpleasant."
In the meantime, there were complaints from the elves.
"......good."
Jae-ho answered calmly.
Trying to hide the joy...….
"Let's stick together."
a godless angler
The ghosts of the Rasel kingdom of Normphan
A creature who suddenly appears in front of a gambler who has built a reputation and disappears.
He is the object of respect and fear for all gamblers.
But nothing was known about his identity.
One of the most famous anecdotes.
Several people who had been robbed of their entire fortune by Angler had followed suit for revenge.
However, while chasing with eyes wide open, it suddenly disappeared like dust.
'That's a big deal.
Jae-ho, sitting opposite the angler, thought so.
a strange appearance that is hard to guess age and a feeling that is completely invisible to the outside.
It's NPC, right?
Jae-ho thought it was impossible for a person to maintain a poker face that perfectly.
'It's not easy. No one's ever shown that much poker face to the Taoist.…!’
And it was the idea of all the onlookers who saw Jae-ho.
"Then... ...let's get started."
The game began with a word from the dealer.
* * *
There was more silence at the gambling place than when Jae-ho first appeared.
All I can hear is the sound of the card swirling and the breath of breath.…?
"Slurp..."….”
Jae-ho was irritated by the rough-nosed bulka from behind, but he couldn't get rid of him during an important showdown.
Suu-
The shadowy eyes of Jae-ho quickly glanced around.
Acting that became very natural after a few days of gambling.
Three, two, Quinn...….’
Jae-ho touching the cards according to the information secretly informed by the staff.
'Angler said he only plays one game.’
He said that the one round would wipe out everything of his opponent.
When asked by Jae-ho, "How is that possible?"
-The people facing the anglers are all in as if they were possessed. But the winner became an angler when he became an angler.
"You're all in like you're possessed."….’
Now, Jae-ho's hand has been steadily manipulated, and it was unimaginable to loseable.
"I'll bet everything."
At that moment, to my surprise, the angler came first.
"Huck?"
"The angler bet the game first!!!"
"Now, how will you respond? Whoo-hoo."
'......don't let that kind of embarrassing sound out of your mouth.
Despite the unexpected situation, however, Jae-ho remained calm.
'That's weird.
Jae-ho's current hand was good, but it was so good.
So, relatively, Angler's hand is not very good, so what did he believe in and all in?
A glance-
Jae-ho's eyes turned to a spectator behind the angler.
Chuck--
His suspension went up.
'Go?'
There was a sign that there was no problem going further.
It's very suspicious, but......Okay. Let's go! It's your responsibility to eat if you fail anyway!’
[This one's a little...….’]
"Then I'll bet everything."
It was the moment I reached the coin with the horse.
Dark hands are upon you.
“???”
a sudden reminder
[Cards in your hands will be replaced.]
"Magic? Curse?"
Jae-ho's forehead wriggled as he stared at the angle.
His twisted mouth was a clear smile.
Damn it! After all, this guy's a scam, too?’
This was why the angler could always win.
To change the opponent's hand in some way!
But... ...
[You who are loved by nature! Protects against impure forces not allowed by the natural world.]
[ Successfully resisted with passive.]
“?!!!”
One of his spleen's facial expressions hardened noticeably.
'He's... ...now I can see his face.’
Jae-ho smiled gladly at the nervousness of his opponent's sweaty face.
"Yi........Yi.....”
Angler turned his eyes upside down by the ridicule he got back!
"Hey, this is a scam!!!”
A word from the angry man calmed the surroundings.
I don't think the world's anglers are going to claim fraud...….
Tub-
Then, the angler snapped the dealer's wrist holding the last card to come to him.
"This thing you gave me! This is definitely a two-slave!!!"
Blame--
As he said, it's two slaves in the hands of the dealer!
"And the next ten kings to give to him! Aren't you going to finish me off by completing Royal Straightening like that?"
When the next card was turned over, Angler's words turned out to be true again.
"Now! Did you see that?! What these bastards have done so far has been a scam!"
"Ma, my God......! We've been fooled all this time?!
"Damn it! Who do these bastards know as idiots?"
Spectators were so excited that they grabbed the gambling house employees by the collar.
'Well, then it is.’
Jae-ho kicked his tongue inwardly.
There was no way that a human being to the point of being called an axe could not have been so tactless.
'You believe in the curse, and you know it.’
However, Jae-ho didn't intend to sit back and accept it.
"I didn't know you had such a long tongue."
"Keu...... did you think such a nasty thing would work against this body?"
"You sat wearing a scenario."
'The moment I'm scared, it's over. You really have to gamble!’
The moment I slipped here, everything I had built up so far was done.
[You've become a gambler...]….’]
As always, Jae-ho ignored it.
"Are you confident?"
Jae-ho asked the angler.
"I'm always confident."
"Okay."
Jae-ho pushed all the chips he had into the middle of the table.
"If the card I'm holding isn't Royal Straightening anyway, it's a must. Like you said, if you get 10 kings, the game is definitely my victory."
He was 100 percent 10 kings.
"But it's not as fun as it is, is it? Let's change the betting."
People began to clamour at Jae-ho's sudden suggestion.
"I bet my whole fortune that I'm not Royal Straightening. What do you think? The winning side loses, the losing side wins."
"......what?"
A slightly atrophied angler when Jae-ho came out strong.
But soon, with his face hardened, he hit the table.
"Okay!! Accept."
"Oh, come on, open the door!!!"
The moment Jae-ho touched his card at the urging of the onlookers.
"Don't touch the hand!!!"
The angler roared.
"You can't let the scoundrel turn it upside down.….”
The said angler pointed to a nearby spectator.
"I'll have him flip it over. What do you say?"
"As you please."
Jae-ho stepped back, raising his hands.
"Well, then... ....”
A nervous spectator slowly raised his hand on Jae-ho's card.
"Keu...... you don't know what you should be most careful about at the gambling place.”
With a confident angler's words...….
Took-
Finally, the front of the card was revealed.
“…….”
“……?”
Go-yo
"0 Slave?"
"What is it? Is it 0 Slave?"
"Well, then... you're a total asshole, aren't you?”
A card that has nothing to do with royal straightening!
"Oh, my... ...what do I do with this?"
With his arms crossed, Jae-ho smiled leisurely.
"Ma, no way...….”
an enchanted angler
"I guess I'm the winner of this game.”
It ended up being a fraud, but...….
All these years, I've honed in the gambling house, a level 22 skill!
Use the [] skill.]
[Changing the cards in your hand quickly.]
In the midst of a war of nerves with the angler, Jae-ho secretly used his skills.
[ Title effect increases all random probabilities.]
Another gambling passive that went off with it!
['s attribution skill activates skill.]
The skill of bringing random bad luck gave Jae-ho the worst card.
Needless to say, Jae-ho's complete defeat!
If it was a normal game.
"Buy, it's a scam!!! This is a scam!!!!!!!"
[This 'agree...]….’]
Boom-!!!!
Black light came from the body of the angler, who overturned the table.
"0 Slave must have been held by me!!!!"
[Lower devil reveals his true self.]
-Hold it!!! Are you trying to destroy this body that will be the god of gambling!!!
"Huck?! Ah, it's the devil!!!”
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
The gambling house was in a state of chaos in an instant and people rushed to the entrance, but no one was able to get out because of the red shroud.
-No one can get out of here!!! All of you have to gamble here forever with your soul...…!!!
But there was something that the angler overlooked.
When it comes to demons, there are many strong and strong people who grind their teeth.