I thought it was much more clumsy than I thought that such an obvious scam, but I was wrong.
“I suggest using a dealer.”
Carte was fraudulent in order to get caught in the first place.
“If there is a dealer, wouldn’t it be possible to play games without worrying about each other?”
It is to change coins and dice into a ‘region that cannot be involved’.
“For what? I can figure out all of your low-level finger play, right?”
“Because gambling is fun because it is random, your actions destroy the essence of gambling. If it comes out like that, it’s better to settle the bill and end the game.”
Carte declared that he would not do it without a dealer.
No matter how good the cards are, as long as I continue to scam my skills with coins and dice, Carte has no chance.
“… … It’s fun. I get it. I won’t accept it.”
And this, too, was a car that was slowly getting boring. It’s not fun to hit one-sidedly if it’s repeated two or three times.
“But I decide the dealer.”
“Oh, are you worried that I will send the same piece to the dealer?”
“I’m in a bad mood right now. Another trick I don’t think will be solved without completely breaking the hand. I hope that doesn’t happen.”
I looked around and saw the crowds of people watching. There were a few nobles and many commoners. There was only a stupid face that was pickled in gambling, so my irritation soared.
“… … there, you.”
I found a familiar face in the crowd.
“Me, me?”
It was Marianne, the female student who told me about Bait’s work.
Marianne, badly injured by gambling, is here only because I asked her to keep track of Carte. I thought there was nothing I could do without it, but I have a lot of responsibility.
“okay. you. come here.”
Then it would be okay if you suffered a little more. Although this was the intention from the beginning.
“Ah, that, that… … .”
Marianne came closer to me, a little fidgety. And stared at my face.
“What, did you put something on my face?”
“Oh, no. no. that… … .”
At my questioning, Marianne panicked and looked around. He seemed confused because he couldn’t figure out whether or not I was related to the prince (although he himself).
“I don’t want to hear any nonsense. you do the dealer Do you know the rough rules?”
I commanded, taking my eyes off Marianne.
“… … yes. All right.”
After some hesitation, Marianne made up her mind and stood at the side of the table to play the dealer.
“Oh my goodness.”
Carte looked up at Marianne and smiled happily.
“Miss Marianne, I thought you wouldn’t be coming to the gambling house anymore.”
“Oh… … !”
At that single word, Marianne’s expression turned pale. It must have been a memory of that time.
“hehehehe, I used to take care of things like this… … .”
“Don’t unnecessarily agitate the dealer, Carte.”
I didn’t want to hear it, so I cut off Carte’s words. Carte stopped talking, looked back and forth between me and Marianne, and giggled.
“indeed. I think you know roughly what happened. Did that happen?”
And he laughed, as if he understood the relationship between me and Marianne. It’s a face that’s gotten a little better now.
“Then, after this gamble is over, let’s talk carefully. Miss Marianne. I hope you don’t make a second victim.”
“… … .”
“The dealer is a sacred, absolute position that no one can touch. I hope you will act accordingly. please.”
At Carte’s blatant sarcasm, Marianne lowered her head and did not respond. He just sent desperate eyes at me with an expression that looked like he was going to cry, as if he wanted me to win.
“Then let’s start the next round. Dealer, go ahead.”
“yes. First of all, I’ll do a draw… … .”
The game resumed with Marianne’s nervous voice.
Restart the game after 3 rounds.
‘It’s become a pretty difficult situation again.’
With the advantage of dice and coins gone, I was struggling.
Up until now, Carte’s magic wide-area troops were immediately cut with the first attack and the dice and he won all the way, but now the probability of deciding the first and second attack became 1/2, and the task of choosing the attack target had a 1/6 probability. The probability of succeeding in sniping through those two probabilities is less than 10%.
At least, I knew how to deal with the wide area well and my deck was strengthened quite a bit, so I didn’t get seriously hurt, but several times I was in a close situation.
Currently, Karte and I had 7 and 11 stamina. If you get it right, it’s the end. It has already entered the firing line well enough.
‘I want to make another unit soon.’
With that thought in mind, the card Marianne handed over to her was a card she had never seen before.
‘Slave Gladiator, 7/8, inverted scale.’
It had no special effects, but it was an overwhelmingly powerful card compared to its price. Even if it didn’t have a special function, it was a stronger effect than most unit cards.
‘… … What is inverse magnification?’
But a very ominous word adorned the end.
It may be that the damage done when winning is halved, or the opposite may be that the damage is doubled when defeated.
It’s a dangerous looking card. It must be a trap. Most of these demerit cards are like that.
However, in the current situation, there was no other option. Now that the first attack cannot be guaranteed, there is no card other than this one that has certain physical strength that can withstand the magician’s wide area.
‘I know it’s dangerous, but I have no choice but to try. That’s the essence of gambling.’
I paid gold and brought a slave gladiator. And after adjusting the position in preparation for the wide area, I set it upside down on the table in advance.
“Looks like you got a pretty strong card.”
“I heard something interesting.”
“Then I will think about it a little longer. I was worried about what would come out.”
Carte carefully examined the cards he drew and his own. I put my chin on my chin and watched it.
“Come to think of it, I heard that a commoner went missing.”
And I brought up the story of Byte, the reason I came here.
“… … Did something like that happen?”
“okay. Getting caught up in a very dirty and vile act, I mean.”
“That is a big deal. Well, it must be because I don’t know my subject.”
Despite what he had done, Carte smiled calmly.
“And I don’t think you’re going to talk to me about that either.”
Then, with a sharp glare, he handed in his card. I turned over the card I had submitted earlier.
“Dae, we will proceed with the confrontation.”
‘This… … In the meantime, the composition has changed drastically.’
“First of all, I’ll toss a coin to decide who goes first and second.”
Marianne, who stuttered badly at first, seemed to have adapted to her duties as a dealer over the course of a few rounds.
Marianne clumsily tossed the coin. The result is on the back. He was Carte’s pioneer.
“Oh my goodness. It’s been a long time since I’ve been in the middle of a long time. Since you have a shield, you don’t have to roll attack dice.”
Carte’s wide-area attack, which received a buff from a nearby card, blazed against my shield. The damage spread only to the right because I didn’t put any cards on the left, but it was enough to kill the shield.
“Oh my goodness. The card on the right… … . Is that the strong card you were talking about?”
The card with spread damage was a slave gladiator with a reverse multiplier that I had just purchased. You currently have 5 stamina left. It was the only card with stamina that could withstand wide-area attacks.
“Did you purchase knowing what inverse magnification means?”
“Half this prayer, twice the loss. isn’t it like that? Which of the two is it?”
Carte was silent on my question.
“… … I guess you could say both.”
And as if it was a big deal, he shrugged his shoulders and replied.
“You didn’t just decide that, did you?”
“I am the designer of this game in the first place, so there is nothing wrong with that.”
It was a trash card that hit the goal more than I thought. I couldn’t help but laugh out loud.
“That, then. Now we will judge the challenger.”
Marianne took the dice, unable to hide her agitation. And trembled, shook, and threw.
“… … ah!”
The number indicated by the dice was 1, and the target was the magic unit that had attacked earlier.
With enough health to exchange at least two other cards of 5, the slave gladiator had already finished his work and attacked the magic unit with 1 health remaining, and died in vain.
“Ahh. Even if you struggle, a slave is a slave… … . It’s sad too.”
Carte said as if he were performing a play with a smile on his face. Marianne shuddered as she turned white, probably shocked that the dice she threw had brought about the worst possible outcome.
“It could be like this. Marianne, go ahead.”
At my voice, Marianne came to her senses belatedly and continued to roll the dice with a cry-like expression. And the results that appeared were, for the best, the worst.
“Where, the cost of the remaining cards in my victory is 3. Originally, it would have been a rather lame attack, but since you had a slave gladiator with an inverse multiplier, if you apply 2x, it’s 6.”
For me, who had a life of 7, I didn’t die, but it was the maximum damage I could receive.
“Oh my goodness. Only 1 left. your life… … . The moment you lose even once, it’s over.”
Carte laughed out loud as if he couldn’t contain his joy, and Marianne was on the verge of crying. Ethel, who was resting her chin on her chin as if bored, was staring at me as if wondering what to do now.
“Funny.”
In front of everyone, I opened my mouth.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve enjoyed ‘play’ like this.”
“… … play?”
Karte’s face twisted.
“Are you aware of the situation you are in right now? If you lose only 1 life in the future, you lose. It’s completely over.”
“I know, even if I don’t explain.”
“You will end up like that ‘disappearing commoner’. not only… … .”
“Ask me first.”
I cut Carte off.
“What happens if you lose and receive damage that exceeds your physical strength?”
“… … Have a good eye too. I was just about to talk about it.”
Carte laughed happily. He then held up the contract and pointed to the small print at the bottom.
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“Of course, that much ‘debt’!”
Carte shouted in a voice cracking with excitement, eyes wide open.
“If my next attack does more than 40 damage… … You lose all your possessions and still have that much debt!”
Holding the table with both hands, Carte brought her face closer. Pure white makeup is unpleasant.
“Losing everything I’ve built up so far, taking as much debt as I’ve built up, and becoming my property! until the death! forever! Alas, if you have children, it will lead to them! awesome!”
As if he couldn’t hold back his appetite, he drooled and shouted. I glared at such a carte and sighed more deeply.
“You are really trash.”
And I put in my mouth what I wanted to say all along.
“I’m proud to say that I’ve seen a lot of trashy people in my life, but you’re the most trashy among them.”
“… … under?”
“The way they look, the way they talk, and the way they think are all really bad. just now ‘… … Ha?’ is also incredibly annoying.”
Veins protruded from Carte’s forehead.
“If a child like you had appeared in the original work, I might have seriously skipped it. I’m glad you didn’t come out.”
Tuk, tuk, tuk. The protruding veins made gold in the thick white makeup.
“Is it dirty to look at? I want you to pull that face back a bit.”
“Whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop. Whoop whoop whoop… … !!”
With the veins protruding, Carte lowered his head and laughed tremblingly.
“I can only say that for this round.”
And White Jawi opened his eyes wide and looked at me and said in a whisper.
“Marianne! Go ahead with the game! Give me your card!”
Carte let out a groan and took the card as if taking it away from Marianne.
“Ah, perfect control! the best! The best card is here! It’s a union of troops!”
“One more draw! Ah, this! I hope this comes out at this time! Ah, my strong luck!!”
“There is nothing more to see! It is impossible to beat this!”
Then, after shouting excitedly alone, he turned all his cards face down and set them down on the table. It happened in less than 3 seconds.
“AA AA AA… … . did… … . I did… … . This is all over. the best. Ahh. Ahaaa… … .”
Carte slumped in his chair. I hated seeing him panting with a face melted with satisfaction.
“With this, everything is over. Kwuk, Kuk, Kuk, Kuk… … .”
“Are you done?”
I shook my head.
“no. The ‘end’ is now the beginning.”
Then he raised his hand high and snapped his fingers.