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Chapter 22. Gambling Table (1)
One.
“Double up?”
The moment El Palm mentioned Double Up, everyone, including Divo, tilted their heads.
“What the hell is that?”
Even Miner, who had seen all sorts of items under Captain Kairin, didn’t know about it, so what explanation is needed?
The concept of doubling up was something that was unknown to most adventurers.
‘It’s natural not to know. It hasn’t been that long since I learned about double up.’
Even El Palm was introduced to this double-up concept not so long ago.
Of course, if you knew, the story would be different.
“Whenever you cast any skill, it doubles. If you use Fire Arrow, it’s two.”
The expression on the adventurers’ faces the moment they understood the concept was always the same.
“Huh? No, does that make sense?”
At first, he reacted with disbelief.
Hurrr!
Hurrr!
“No, I mean… … Wait a minute.”
And the moment I saw the result, the moment I saw the clear result, the moment I understood, I thought about it.
“Then does that mean other magic is doubled as well?”
What does this double up mean?
“There are also two reinforced fire arrows?”
“Are there two Thunderbolts?”
“Yes.”
Of course, this concept applies to all skills.
“Hey, wait a minute, does that include Flame Vortex and Poison Mist? Does it double the amount or size?”
“Yes.”
“crazy!”
Literally every skill.
“Does the money double? If you take it out of your pocket?”
“… … That’s not it.”
“hmm.”
If it’s a skill that uses magic power, the amount has doubled without exception.
So El Palm was also surprised.
‘I never knew Fried’s ring had such powers.’
Fried’s Ring, as it was an item owned by a great hero, was expected to have mediocre stats.
But I didn’t know that such great abilities were hidden inside.
“Wow, this is crazy.”
Of course, that was the most surprising thing here.
“From now on, the boss is… … .”
That this enormous object fell into the hands of none other than El Palm, himself.
gulp!
When the El Palm party members recalled that fact, they all swallowed their saliva without exception.
I realized at the same time.
‘The absurd monster has become an even more absurd monster.’
El Palm, why he willingly entered the gambling table.
That’s what El Palm said.
“Then, now let’s go to the second floor.”
At those words, Debo spoke with a confident expression.
“Yes, let’s quickly go past the second floor and go to the third floor, kill the boss, and eat all the unique items!”
El Palm said to the confident Devo.
“No, we go to the third floor last.”
“yes?”
2.
Ariant, a great kingdom above the Nihal Desert.
The adventurers from there had a special confidence in their origins.
It was worth it.
“Ariant’s adventurers are tough. The Nihal Desert, the fact that they live there is proof of that.”
The Nihal Desert made everything strong.
Just surviving is something to be proud of.
Victoria Island was heaven compared to that.
Even if it was a difficult place, it was only as difficult as Sleepywood Forest, and even in that place, there were several hells in the Nihal Desert that made Sleepywood Forest look like a joke.
“To such adventurers of Ariant, adventurers of Victoria Island are nothing but a joke.”
So the adventurers of Ariant ignored the adventurers of Victoria Island.
I set it a little lower than the circle.
When a 4th circle adventurer from Victoria Island comes to Arient, he or she is treated as a 3rd circle adventurer.
Conversely, there was something like that too.
Among the Ariant adventurers, it was considered a disgrace for an Ariant adventurer to go to Victoria Island.
The same was true for the chief hunter Hassan and his companions.
They were proud to be adventurers of Ariant.
“Everyone, take note.”
Nevertheless, the reason Hassan and his colleagues came to Victoria Island was simple.
“I’m going to make a real dent in this place.”
That it has that much merit.
Of course, that was the reason why the gambling table was created.
“Jack Leach’s legacy in particular is ours.”
Of all the things I wanted most, none other than the things El Palm Party had.
“This kind of luck doesn’t come easily. Thanks to this, there’s no reason to kill those guys.”
In fact, Hassan Party had in mind the option of hunting down El Palm Party.
It was clearly a dangerous move. The moment he was caught, Hassan Fatih would become a fugitive and wander the world.
But there was nothing strange.
Jack Leach’s legacy was more than enough to warrant taking that risk.
In other words, risk is risk.
“Aren’t you a fool? To go into the gambling table blindly.”
“I’m not stupid.”
“yes?”
Of course Hassan knew.
“Rather, he knows. If you enter the gambling table, there is competition, but if you don’t enter, you are hunted.”
“ah!”
“No matter how great a unique item is, it’s useless if you’re dead. He knows that. That’s where his ridiculous survival rate comes from.”
That El Palm Party had no choice but to enter the gambling table.
Anyway, to sum it up, the risk is now gone.
So there was only one thing left.
“We will catch the boss monster no matter what.”
Becoming a winner at the gambling table.
“Move to the 3rd floor.”
For that, the Hassan party moved to reach the 3rd floor in the shortest time possible rather than hunting monsters.
“ASAP.”
In the process, Hassan showed.
Why are they renowned adventurers in the Nihal Desert and even in Ariant?
“I found the exit on the first floor!”
From the first floor, which was overflowing with fire bores, the Hassan party was able to find an exit to the second floor in just two days.
It was a tremendous speed.
The second floor we reached was a world covered in snow.
What a cruel world!
“You’re lucky.”
But when he faced that world, Hassan Fatih smiled rather than weep.
It wasn’t a bluff.
Clearly, the world covered in snow was a harsh place for adventurers.
Because it froze everything solid.
“There will be traces.”
Among those frozen things were traces of adventurers who had previously ventured through this Mystic Gate.
Above all, Hassan Fatih thought.
“This is the place that the Kania upper class was trying to secretly attack. The adventurers who entered must have left a mark for the adventurers who would come later.”
There must be a shortcut.
Of course, finding it wasn’t easy.
Because traces of that kind were kept so closely hidden that only fellow adventurers would know about them.
That’s how Hassan gained fame.
“Lamia’s eyes.”
Because he had Lamia’s Bracelet, an item that could use the unique item skill Lamia’s Eye.
And the world seen through Lamia’s eyes that were activated like that was filled with blue and red.
The world could be divided by temperature.
Alive is hot red.
Conversely, the dead are a cold blue.
It was an amazing ability.
There aren’t many things that can help you escape from monsters.
“There’s a body over there.”
And there was nothing better than this for finding traces of the dead.
Once you find the body, that’s when it all starts.
We assessed the condition of the bodies and checked the items in their possession. In the process, we confirmed the clues.
“also.”
Finally found it.
“I found the exit to the third floor.”
“Captain.”
“What’s going on?”
“There is a sign here. There is an arrow carved into the tree.”
A landmark that has already been discovered by adventurers who arrived earlier.
“It’s over there.”
If you follow those milestones, you’ll be able to reach the third floor without any trouble.
“Shall we remove the mark?”
“No way.”
Hassan’s tricks didn’t end here.
“Other adventurers will surely find something like this. So I’ll gladly leave it behind. Bring me some wood, clay, and dirt.”
Swish!
He erased the old traces and created new ones.
It wasn’t a flimsy trace.
What he said was, he used wood, clay and dirt to erase the old marks on the tree and leave new marks on top of them.
Perfect!
“A great adventurer should find something like this.”
After looking at it and smiling with satisfaction, I moved towards the direction the real sign was pointing.
“Go to the third floor!”
After about five minutes, the Hassan party disappeared.
“Boss, you really came to the right place.”
The El Palm Party, which had been holding its breath, has revealed itself.
“Wow, that’s amazing, it’s perfect. How did you erase this and make a new one?”
While Devo was expressing his admiration for the marks he had carved on the tree, El Palm moved.
First, I buried the body again in the snow. After that, I did something similar to what Hassan had done before.
The directional signs were restored to their original state.
“… … The boss is even more lenient.”
El Palm’s results were incomparably more exquisite than what Hassan had achieved.
“amazing.”
“Isn’t it better than someone who does some work among pirates?”
“I can do it for money.”
The rest of the colleagues also expressed their admiration.
But El Palm wasn’t particularly impressed.
Rather, he sensed something and said.
“Here it comes again. Hide.”
At those words, the El Palm Party hid again, and as if they had been waiting, a group of adventurer parties appeared.
Adventurers from the Elnas Mountains, Rebecca’s party.
They also did similar work to Hassan before.
I found the body first, and after finding the mark, I immediately erased it and placed a new mark over it.
After they left, El Palm Party reappeared.
“What you do is the same, the same.”
Divo looked dumbfounded at the sight.
El Palm, on the other hand, was different.
“That’s why we came here.”
I guess I’ve survived until now because I did that much.
My colleagues, including Devo, also knew.
Although this sight may seem comical now, the level of adventurers who come here is not ordinary.
That’s why.
“If we keep doing this, won’t we lose the boss monster?”
“That’s right. These guys are not ordinary. What are you going to do if you send them all to the third floor like this?”
“Wouldn’t it be better to just take the money and teach them?”
The reason why everyone is worried is.
No, I didn’t understand it, leaving the worries aside.
“Wouldn’t it be better to just go and catch it?”
Why would you tell your competitors in a gambling table where they are hunting boss monsters the way to get to the boss monster?
El Palm answered the question that had just arisen.
“This is where the Kania upper class has been messing around. Like the giant swamp monster we’ve been experiencing recently.”
“yes?”
Everyone was terrified by the warning.
“No, then… … that’s crazy, isn’t it?”
This isn’t just any Mystic Gate, it’s a 300-person, yellow-tier, highest-difficulty Mystic Gate.
But does such a change happen in such a place?
El Palm, on the other hand, was not surprised.
He knew from the beginning.
‘There’s no way that the Kania Group would have revealed this stage to the world without any preparation.’
This is a trap.
It’s not just a trap targeting El Palm.
So El Palm prepared until the end, ready to give up the adventure at any moment if necessary.
‘I can break it now.’
But the moment he got the ring of Fried, the word failure no longer existed in El Palm’s mind.
‘But there’s no need to force it.’
However, El Palm had no intention of doing anything reckless.
That’s why.
“That’s why we send the powerful people first. They will take care of reducing the monsters over there.”
Why El Palm gives them directions.
After that, no one asked any more questions.
It was just creepy.
‘I’m glad I’m in the same party as the real boss.’
The horror of not having such an absurd monster as a competitor at the gambling table.
So the El Palm party stayed on the second floor for six days, sending 17 parties and 255 people to the third floor before finally moving to the third floor.
And there they could hear.
A world covered in snow.
Awww!
“Everyone run! Hector’s gang is coming!”
A pack of gray-furred wolves that filled the world.
fantasy,
