Became a tyrant of defense games - Episode 438
◈ 438. [Side Story] Gamble Club (2)
“No matter how much I think about it, it's too dangerous!”
hallway outside the reception room.
Violet whispered to her colleagues.
“Even though he is a prince and spends a lot of money, it is strange to bet that much money right away.!”
“You saw that guy's habit of bluffing. I guess that's the guy's style of betting..”
“but… … It was true that the prince broke my illusion yesterday! If this is a trap too…….”
“Violet.”
Scarlett, the girl in the red cloak, shook her head..
“The opponent is the royal family. He is also a person with so much money that he can build a casino in this remote area of the south. That kind of person... … I'm going to play with our gamblers who are like flying flies, and I'm going to even set a trap for them.?”
“but…….”
“It is true that the conditions are too good for us. Then I have to take advantage of that condition and just think about running away.?”
Scarlett sighed softly at the hesitant Violet..
“Well, I like it. Let's say you ran away from here. After that?”
Scarlett looked at her other colleagues..
“Can you ask for a number that goes beyond this??”
“……!”
“We need one last bite. That's why we gathered together like this..”
Gambling always involves taking risks..
100There is no such thing as a percent safe match. There are times when you need to take big risks and make bold bets..
Scarlett decided now was the time, and so did the rest of her colleagues..
But Violet.
“…….”
I kept thinking about the look in Ash's eyes that I met yesterday..
At that time, Ash's eyes were not the eyes of prey being eaten by them. rather…….
……It was the eye of a top predator that preys on this area..
“We believe in the skills we have honed throughout our lives..”
Scarlett gently folded her little fingers..
“Let's win cleanly and leave..”
The other gamblers nodded. Scarlett smiled faintly under her red hood..
“let's go. To rob a tiger.”
***
The rules of the game are simple.
A one-on-one match between me and the gambler. You play poker with 100 chips each, and you win if you exhaust your opponent's chips first. Repeat this 5 times in a row.
Locations and cards are inspected for magical tampering before play..
If the gambler wins even once, the gamblers win. If I never lose, I win.
It may seem absurd at first glance, but gamblers - gambling clubs have an advantage. however.
‘Actually, I'm not the one cheating.’
I am very relaxed.
That's right... … Because I already know what moves they use..
It's no different from playing poker while looking at your opponent's hand..
‘Characteristics of scammers. They are so obsessed with the fact that they are being scammed that they have trouble thinking about getting the wrong outcome..’
That's why he's just a fraud.
If you can think beyond that, you are no longer called a fraud. You're probably listening to something like Chairman or Your Highness..
Anyway, so the match began - the first round.
The place is the reception room. The opponent is an R-rated hero, a middle-aged man, and Lime..
As his name suggests, this man with lime green eyes bowed politely to me and sat down in front of me..
He shuffled the pack of cards lying on the table in his hand..
Good! Chak!
Eventually, he finished shuffling and was about to hand me the card.-
tup!
I grabbed Lime’s wrist..
“Stop moving. Are you removing the hem??”
“yes, yes?”
“Do I look like I'm wearing hot pants? You bastard?”
Earth - I recited a line from a very famous movie in Korea, but Lime just looked at me with a puzzled look on his face as if he didn't understand the meaning..
“W-I don’t know what you’re talking about, Your Highness. I was just trying to shuffle the cards and hand them over.…….”
“If you admit now that you were just playing around, I'll let you live. Count to three. three.”
“I don't know what you're talking about! I used the card that Your Majesty gave me, and isn't this place also Your Majesty's mansion?!”
“two.”
“It's unfair, Your Highness! Where was there room for me to cheat?-”
“one.”
Crunchy soup!
I roughly pulled the lime and stuck it on the table..
“Lucas! Junior! come in!”
I shouted harshly as the playing cards flew in all directions..
Immediately, Junior, who had been called in to cast the notarized contract spell for this game, came in with Lucas..
I instructed Junior..
“look at the card.”
Junior frowned as he looked at the trump card..
“……There's a magic. It's a very weak magic power, but it can be sensed..”
“The magic effect is?”
“Transparency… … No, this is clairvoyance..”
This world is a magical civilization.
Naturally, Tazzas who exploited others through gambling began to apply magic and skills in addition to their skills as gamblers..
This man, in Lime's case, has clairvoyant magic.
This is a method of applying magic to gambling cards by hand. Cards with the clairvoyance spell appear transparent to his eyes..
Lime trembled when the magic was discovered..
“Uh, how do you not know?…….”
“Don't you think I've caught one or two flies like you on the ecliptic??”
Normally it wouldn't have happened.
Card cards are usually inspected before the game, and even if suspected, it is a magic that operates with a very small amount of magical energy that is not easy to detect..
But there is information about you here, and there is an SSR level wizard..
“Junior, thank you for your hard work. Lucas? Take this bastard away.”
“honorary name.”
Lime lowered her head and disappeared, dragged by Lucas..
As I received a new card pack from Ader, I smiled, raising my eyebrows..
“Okay, next!”
***
second round.
The place is a restaurant. Opponents: R-rated hero, middle-aged woman, orange.
widely-.
Orange, as its name suggests, handed me orange tea made with dried oranges..
“This is orange tea that I brewed myself, Your Highness. I've already taken a poison test. How would you like to taste it??”
“Drink it gratefully. I'm already thirsty.”
I took the teacup, smelled it without drinking it, and then set it aside. Orange looked at me and smiled kindly..
This orange car is the first step to activating her powers..
Even if you don't drink it and just smell the scent spreading, her ability is ready to activate..
mind reader, orange.
It is a specially processed magical tea, and anyone who smells her orange tea will read to her exactly what they are thinking..
When you drink tea, it is read completely clearly, but when you smell the scent, the image is blurred..
Anyway, poker started like that - after a few rounds,.
“Raise. 50.”
I bet half my chips.
Orange glanced at me. She was closely observing the image of the card in my mind..
Two cards of the same number - one pair.
I bluffed by betting half the stake with just one pair..
She looked at her cards. She has two sets of two of the same number - two pair..
Her hand has a clear advantage. Orange didn't hesitate.
Sigh.!
Orange put all his chips forward..
“I'm all in, your majesty..”
Immediately after, she smiled brightly at me..
“How to fold here… … Would you like to step down??”
clearly provocative tone.
As if I were someone who played poker in an aggressive style, I knew very well that there was no way I would back down from such a provocation..
“Is that possible, all in?!”
Of course I followed along and we revealed our cards..
She has two pairs. and i…….
“……?!”
Five numbers in a row.
It was straight.
My hand is much stronger. I grinned as I placed the cards on the floor..
“I won.”
“Uh, huh……?”
Orange stuttered in embarrassment, but I told her what she was thinking instead..
“It was clearly a one pair, but why did it turn into a straight? … This is it?”
“?!”
“It's simple, Miss Orange. I knew in advance that you were a mind reader..”
I tapped my temple with my index finger..
“So, after receiving the card, I imagined that I had received a different hand on purpose.’.”
“What is that... … does not make sense…….”
“What you read is not my vision, but the image I created in my head. If I knew in advance that you were reading my mind, then of course I could deal with it..”
It's a trap of mind reading..
You thought you read my mind, but I deliberately spread false information so you misread it. It's a very easy fight.
As I stood up and went out to look for my next opponent, Orange shouted with difficulty..
“Then, how did you know my hand and decide to win?……?!”
“There is no reason to even answer that. then.”
I waved my hand and left the restaurant..
……How did you know? That's right.
There was just a small mirror installed behind you..
‘This is my house. I put some work in advance..’
Why do you go through so much trouble using magic to steal my heart and then be deceived because of it? Try a more primitive method. The world would be easy.
***
third round.
The place is the courtyard. The opponents are SR grade heroes, boys, and cobalt..
Cobalt was a boy with an ordinary appearance that you would see anywhere, but his fingernails had a unique color..
The nails were dyed the same cobalt color as the name..
“Your nail color is pretty.”
“Thank you for the compliment.”
Cobalt answered awkwardly and began shuffling the cards with his small hands..
After looking at it quietly, I looked around..
There weren't many people in the courtyard, but some citizens could be seen outside the fence a little distance away..
Children running and playing outside the fence…….
“……It's peaceful..”
Cobalt carefully handed me a card while I was muttering. I took it and asked.
“How old are you?”
“yes?”
“I mean age. how old are you now?”
“ah… … I'm twelve years old.”
I smiled at Kobalt, who was smiling shyly..
“They are at an age where they can run around and play like the kids outside, but they are playing cards in a place like this. I feel a little bad.”
“lol. are you okay. I have the most fun playing cards..”
“no. Don't do that, let's stop the game for a moment and call those kids here and play together..”
As soon as I left my words, the children playing around the fence began to run to the other side of the city, making noises..
“Ah, it's gone…….”
Cobalt muttered something regretful, but I laughed bitterly..
“Can’t you hear me, lord? You can't go, you bastards..”
And I took out my wand from my bosom and,
“I told you to hang out here, I-!”
fired a magic blade.
Sigh! Puuk-!
The flying magic blade instantly hit the children's backs and necks..
Crunchy soup!
Children were thrown to the floor like dolls with their strings cut..
I calmly put the wand back in my arms, and Cobalt watched this scene in contemplation..
Jiik- Jiik-
A moment later, Lucas came into the courtyard, dragging the fallen children..
……it wasn't a person.
It was a doll.
“I've never seen kids like this in this city. Puppeteer Cobalt.”
The children outside were all dolls controlled by Cobalt..
I growled into Cobalt's ear, who was looking down at his doll with a pale face..
“In this small city, I know all the faces of the citizens around me..”
“Ugh, ugh.…….”
“Don't underestimate your lord, you little boy.!”
Cobalt is an SR-rank puppeteer who manipulates puppets with magical threads emitted from his fingertips..
Even if the dolls take just 1 damage, their identity is revealed, but on the other hand, if they don't take any damage, they move like normal people..
It is a technique optimized for robbing a gambling house by oneself, and it is specialized in controlling all the dolls sitting at the table and catching and eating one of the thugs..
However, it was difficult to use in a 1v1 situation like this time, so it seemed like they wanted to place them around and have them read my hand.…….
The opponent was bad.
“Are you wasting this good skill gambling, kid?.”
I snapped my finger at Kobalt's forehead and then stood up..
“Let's settle it today.”
Cobalt, who was in tears, was grabbed by Lucas' arms and dragged away. I snorted and stood up..
***
Next, fourth round.
The location is the guest room. And the opponent.
“…….”
As I approached the girl who was waiting for me in a calm manner in the room, I called out her name..
“miss scarlet.”
Then, the girl in the red cape made eye contact with me and smiled faintly..
Even though I knew that the fact that I had come this far meant that all my colleagues in front of me had been defeated. It was a very relaxed attitude..
N-rank hero, Scarlett.
‘……This kid is the most difficult enemy.’
That's right, this kid doesn't use any magic.-
It's just that he's an orthodox Tazza with crazy hand skills..
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