John looked back. About himself who entered [Frantimo’s Gambling Room], an event that could not be cleared in the original story.
There is a starting point for making this choice in the first place. It was because of the [Jailer Kirov] event that kept getting delayed.
Wizard Kirov.
Apart from her cruel temper, she is a tremendous hard worker. As a disciple who caught the eyes of Archmage Ong at the academy, she is a woman with terrifying qualities as a wizard, and from the beginning of the game, she is set as a wizard who is about to awaken as an archmage. The fact that the showdown with her is delayed means that the difficulty of dealing with her continues to rise.
So it was.
The reason why Yohan decided to go ahead with this event.
In the trap event [Frantimo’s Gambling Room], it was nominal, but it was because the clear reward was set.
It’s [Flesh of Perm].
A special arrow made only for dealing with wizards.
Since it was an impossible event to clear anyway, this arrow has a slightly different meaning from its meaning as a weapon. In addition to financial difficulties in the beginning of the game, to entice the player.
In the tense atmosphere, the last gambler opened his mouth.
“And I wasn’t lying.”
“Who did you say it to?”
“you.”
Pirallo, who was watching the game from the table, glared at the last gambler and said,
“You mean it wasn’t a lie?”
“This card game, ‘Empire’, was created by two people 100 years ago.”
“… Who did you hear that from?”
“I do not know. I haven’t really heard of it.”
The last gambler just looked at his hand and said.
“That doesn’t mean that what you said is wrong. Did I tell you earlier? This game, made by mathematicians and historians.”
“therefore.”
“The historian among them is Ong.”
“… How did you know that?”
The Last Gambler paused for a moment before speaking.
“Because that mathematician is me.”
The last gambler then raised his eyes and looked at Pirallo. Piralo did not hide his bewilderment. It’s because it’s unthinkable for a person over 100 years old.
“you… What does it have to do with Ong?”
“I am his son.”
John sighed. See you already experienced it, all the settings for Ong were added by Miri with an update. But there was more to John’s surprise.
“At the same time, I am his father.”
It was absurd to understand. After a brief pause, the voices of the onlookers broke out.
“Eh, what?”
“What, crazy noise… .”
The last gambler nodded. In the sense of understanding people’s reactions.
“You said it earlier. Ong said that the concept of time itself was different from ours. I know. You may think you understand him as a mage, but I grew up experiencing him firsthand.”
Then, an expression I had never seen before appeared on the last gambler’s face.
“Do you think you can understand me on the same basis?”
John was a little surprised. He didn’t show his anger even when he threw a knife at Pirallo’s stomach in the simulation.
“What do you mean I can understand you? I don’t know if I need to understand it in the first place.”
The words contained a smirk, but the last gambler continued.
“Can you understand a man who witnessed the man he called his father be reborn in his wife’s womb? Can you understand someone who has a child whose first words after being born are not ‘Dad!’ but ‘Son!’”
Piralo is also a wizard who sees fate in his own way. As a wizard who gets to experience many oddities firsthand, what the last gambler said was neither unusual nor surprising.
However, I felt that it would be a bit awkward to ask back, “What is it about?” in this atmosphere.
Rather, if there was any doubt, it was the intention of this man who dared to reveal his family’s dog genealogy here.
“Why do you bother to bring up such a story?”
“I thought that would let you know what I think about wizards.”
“What do you think?”
“This is a gambling hall run by a boss who hates wizards.”
“therefore?”
“If you’ve said this, I’d like you to know a little bit about me. If you’re exposed to being a wizard, please get out of here. Because the fact that I entered this store itself is unpleasant.”
It’s an unconventional story, but Yohan thought it was a good chance. Anyway, now it’s a game and the last gambler is facing Pirallo.
There he is in a state of excitement.
Yohan tried again the technique he had been using in the game. That skill was also the reason he was able to pick up chips.
John picked up a card pretending to check his hand again. At least that’s how it would have seemed to the onlookers.
The difference is that John uttered small words.
“Inventory.”
In front of his eyes, an inventory window that only he could see appeared.
It had been like this before. I once solved the problem using the inventory window.
Hidesolau’s Fang met with no luck during the [First March], when the march route went wrong.
Blocking his spear was also using a bug in the inventory.
And this time, I was thinking of using its features, not the bugs in the inventory. And a noisy environment makes it easier to cheat.
Of course, the culprit causing the commotion is Piralo. she said in a vulgar tone.
“How much money I put in here, really… Fuck, I’m going because it’s dirty.”
Then Pirallo, who was walking towards the exit of the gambling house, stopped walking. Then he looked around at the people around him and said.
“These gentlemen. two lives? … The boss here said he would throw a knife if he made a mistake, right? You don’t go to a gambling house like that.”
As for Piralo, he said it with the hope that at least Pato would come out. However, people did not respond to her words even though they were buzzing.
In the massive refund situation, in the appearance of the magician, in the direct participation of the last gambler, in the warning that he will not hesitate to use a knife, in the case of the beautiful blonde haired lady who first appeared today, I will give 80% of the stake to get out of the game. .
For a third person, the flowing stories were too stimulating.
“Does the pretty lady over there give me something? When the game is over, come to Hotel 201 across the street. I will return this once payment is complete.”
Pirallo twirled the crocodile skin umbrella he had received from Adrinne and walked away. At the exit of the casino she had escaped from, there was a bang and the sound of the door closing. In line with that sound, Johan quickly put the card I had caught into his inventory, and took out the pile of cards he had removed from his inventory.
4 decks of cards in your inventory.
I divided the ‘Imperial’ card paddles I bought at the store by type and put them in my inventory in advance. The order from left to right is wizard, soldier, commoner, barbarian.
So John’s hand, which was finally heard, was a nut hand along with a community card.
John waited a moment, killing his excitement. Just in case, the last gambler ‘Stop the action.’ I hope it sounds the same.
Fortunately, there was no such reaction. it went unnoticed Then John ate his heart more boldly.
He spoke with a nervous tone to the last gambler.
“A father becomes a son again. If you hear it wrong, it sounds like a new kind of immoral family. It was a very tearful story. president.”
The face of the last gambler who had barely returned to normal was contorted again. However, as long as he wasn’t caught stealing the card, Yohan wasn’t scared. John knows. That the last gambler wouldn’t fight just for provocation.
Yohan wanted to shake his mentality and control the flow of the game as he wished.
John said with a smirking expression.
“I’m all in.”
Adrine declared a fold and quickly gave up the card, and the last gambler silently threw the card to the dealer. The game went on and on, Johan continued his tricks, carefully reading the mood.
“Damn it.”
“Fold.”
“die.”
“check.”
“good.”
“I give up.”
“All in.”
“Quack.”
“I die.”
Since there were three participants, the deal button turned quickly. And among the spectators, there are people who are familiar with the gambling rules. They gathered in groups of threes and threes and whispered.
“In 6 games, all-in is half,”
“I know. that kid You’re brave, you’re stupid I don’t have to go until evening.”
“Since there is a big difference in chips, I guess they’re going to take it down… It does come with chips.”
“hey. But did he keep hitting like that from the start? Even if it’s a tile, if you grow a pot and take it out, it’s all nuts. Did you really get in touch with some kind of thief… ”
“… Niimi. If you want to come, come to me.”
John did not miss the whispers of the people around him. Since it was a game played by three people, it was more difficult not to draw attention. Still, Johann had to continue incorporating tricks into the game. This is because the last gambler’s chips have been quietly raised.
“All in.”
“I die.”
“die.”
Technically, it was Adrin that was losing the chip. The last gambler ate pots that John did not cheat with a ghostly reading. And the strategy Adrine had been using was no longer working.
“Boss, do you think you are good?”
“I do not know. Why, is it showing on my face now?”
“I’m asking because it’s not revealed.”
“Let’s guess. That’s what gambling is all about.”
The Last Gambler was not only the creator of this game, but also an expert. And he knew that among the gamblers he met, there were those who, though rare, were sensitive to the tone of their opponents.
Maybe that blonde haired woman is the same type.
If only a heads-up situation could be created with her, it didn’t seem difficult to defeat her thoroughly.
The problem is with that guy. In a situation where the chip difference was 10 times, he was in a situation where he had to take back such a bold play several times.
And he knew through his long gambling experience. That chance always comes. When the game had been played for about twenty rounds, the chance came just in time.
There were two wizards in the community, and a soldier, a commoner, and a barbarian in his hand.
If you combine this with community cards, you get a hand with 2 cards of all types.
It was the strongest defeat.
“All in.”
“I die.”
“call.”
After a while, the exasperated voices of the onlookers burst out with cheers of waaah.
“I got a call. Got it!”
“Yeah. How many rounds of the game have you played, are you going to lunch now?”
“Do you want to see the boss going all-in in my lifetime?”
The dealer did what he had to do quietly amidst the excitement. she said as she quickly counted the last gambler’s chips and took them from John’s pile.
“All in, call. came out Two minutes heads up. I will open the card.”
The two opened their hands. Then people became more incensed.
“It’s Nutnut!”
“If you’re calling all-in, of course you’re both nuts.”
“Let’s go to lunch!”
Unlike the excited people, the last gambler felt something strange. Of course, any situation could come up, but his intuition was constantly reporting that the situation was fabricated.
he inquired.
‘What am I missing right now?’
The dealer slowly tried to split the next hand. Originally, the manual for an all-in fight at the final table is to deliberately proceed slowly to heighten tension.
But the dealer couldn’t even deal out the first card for lunch. This is because the last gambler, who climbed onto the table with a thud, grabbed the hand of the dealer.
“for a moment.”
“Yes, boss?”
The surroundings became quiet in an instant, and Yohan swallowed. If he throws a knife like this, he will surely die. But fortunately, the opponent did not give off the [smell of death] yet.
The last gambler’s eyes stared at one place. Not at John’s face, but at the deck of cards in front of John.
Then he spoke in a calm voice.
“Full card pair, check it out.”
“… yes?”
“If the match is right… .”
There was a certain certainty in his voice that followed.
“I’m going to lose this game.”