I'm not caught, so why do they say I'm an evil god?

"I bet he'll win ten straight."

"Okay." The receptionist with rabbit ears smiled and said, "New Duelist Li Cheng, ten consecutive wins, right?"

"Yes."

"How much do you want to press?"

The hooded man said nothing, but took out a pocket and poured out all the magic emblem stones inside.

"1, 2, 10, 30... 43 Huishi!" The bunny girl suddenly raised her voice: "Guest, are you sure you want to bet so much?"

And this messy casino became silent at this moment.

Everyone's eyes were focused on the hooded man, and even the sound of his breathing seemed to disappear.

Only the bunny girl waiter's trembling voice was clear: "40 emblem stones can be exchanged for more than gold coins... I can't make the decision on such a large amount. I have to ask the supervisor to come over."

"No need to bother." Li Cheng said softly from under his hood, "I'm in a hurry."

Chapter 23 No one is optimistic about Li Cheng's bet

"Hey, where did this upstart come from?"

"About 40 magic emblem stones... With so much money, why did you come to the casino?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, maybe he is some noble young man who came out to experience life."

"I just hope he doesn't go home crying after losing everything, hahaha."

All kinds of sounds were heard in the casino.

These voices seemed to look down on Li Cheng, but their tone was not sour at all.

"Li Cheng, these people are envious and jealous of you." Lilith couldn't help but complain.

Gambling, gambling, nine times out of ten you’ll lose, and once you’re addicted you can’t quit.

The same is true for the gamblers here. Many of them have already lost everything they have, but they are too used to quick money to do anything else.

I can only stay in the casino, dreaming of turning my life around overnight.

For these people, 40 magic emblem stones, or more than gold coins, is a huge sum of money that can make a big difference.

Listening to these people's voices, Li Cheng's mentality did not change at all.

After all, according to the game settings, as long as the player brings 10 emblem stones to place a bet, he will achieve this "attracting everyone's attention" achievement.

"First, sir, this amount of money is really too much. I, I need to ask my supervisor." The bunny girl wiped the sweat from her head.

Even in the wealthy Storm King City, more than 40,000 gold coins is a huge sum of money.

Assuming an average family spends 100 gold coins a month, it would be enough for decades.

Although there are dignitaries in the casino who bet this amount, they are usually in the VIP room. How could they come here and hang out with a bunch of peasants?

"No need to go through so much trouble. I'll just bet on Li Cheng to win ten games. Is that ok? I'm in a hurry." Li Cheng lowered his voice.

"Well, that's fine." The bunny girl was afraid of angering this distinguished guest, so she spoke carefully, "The rookie duelist has won ten games in a row, the odds are 1 to 12.9, are you sure you want to bet on that?"

"Well, I recommend that you increase the bet game by game, so that your chances of winning will be higher."

Persuading those who have no money to go all in at once to make money from them now, and persuading those who have money to bet slowly to make money from them in the future, this is the business philosophy of all casinos.

"No need." Li Cheng frowned: "If you can't bet here, I'll go somewhere else."

"Okay, okay, I understand, guest." The bunny girl quickly picked up a stone and said, "Then, please leave your information. We need to make sure that you and the duelist Li Cheng from the last match are not the same person."

"Okay." Li Cheng nodded, took off his hood, revealing his purple hair: "I am Hughes Dahl."

The rune stone swept across Li Cheng's body.

"Then Mr. Hughes Dahl, I wish you good luck in gambling." The bunny girl handed the booklet to Li Cheng.

Seeing this scene, the jealousy and envy on the gamblers' faces almost disappeared, and were replaced by pity and ridicule.

经常赌博的人都知道，如果是普通的赌博是10赌9输，那连押5场、10场这样的下注方式，就是真正的10赌10输。

The dealer will never sit idly by and watch a gambler take away such a large sum of money.

They will replace the strongest gladiators in the last two matches and force control of the game.

This is the unspoken rule of almost all gladiatorial arenas.

The gamblers who were originally envious now only felt gloating.

It won't be long before Mr. Hughes Dahl loses all his fortune and becomes a loser like them.

"Haha, I really hope this day will come soon, haha." The two gamblers raised their glasses and clinked them together.

“Who says it isn’t true? The fallen nobles who lost everything left the casino in disgrace, or couldn’t resist the temptation and chose to borrow high amounts of money, which eventually brought down the entire family. Haha, such stories are really worth reading over and over again!” The mocking voices were getting louder and louder, but what no one noticed was that in the corner of the casino, a little girl in a tattered cloak quietly took out the only 50 gold coins she had on her body and walked to the bar.

"I...I also want to bet on Li Cheng to win ten games in a row."

She handed over the gold coin tremblingly.

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Inside the VIP room of an underground casino.

The bunny girl clutched the sack of magic stones and nervously walked to the gambling table at the deepest part, where she whispered in the ear of a middle-aged man wearing gold-framed glasses.

The middle-aged man frowned, stood up from the gambling table, wiped his hands, and smiled politely: "Everyone, I have something else to do today, so I won't accompany you to continue."

"These chips are just a treat for everyone."

"Okay, okay, Manager Hake, you go and get busy first!" The other nobles at the gambling table waved their hands, without even looking up, and continued to enjoy the card game.

Huck then led the bunny girl out of the room.

"43 magic emblem stones, betting on a newcomer's 10th consecutive win? Haha, interesting, really interesting, with odds of 12.9, this guy wants to take nearly 600 emblem stones from us at once? Haha, more than 60 gold coins, this is really not a small amount."

"That's the theory, sir. What do you want to do? Do you want to make Li Cheng's fight more difficult?" asked the bunny girl.

"Well, that's for sure. If Li Cheng can still win after five games, then replace his next five opponents with the strongest ones. Be careful to gradually increase the difficulty and don't make it too ugly."

"Okay, I know."

"Also, have you found out the identity of the person who placed the bet?"

"Xius Dar is the eldest son of the Dar family, a noble family on the border of the principality."

"Border man?" Hake sneered. "A country bumpkin who thinks this is the border? Can he have fun as he pleases? So, be prepared. Let's pass on the news of this fat sheep to those lunatics of the Dark Brotherhood. We must get rid of it cleanly and leave no evidence behind."

"Okay, sir, do you want to report this to your boss?"

"No need. The boss is very busy. There's no need to tell her about such a small matter."

Huck pushed up his glasses and walked into the darkness humming a little tune.

Huck has always believed in one principle - to nip the threat in the bud.

Since you have chosen to raise your foot towards the insect, you must remember to crush it a few more times to ensure that there is not a single bone left of the insect left.

Just by adjusting the difficulty of the duel, Li Cheng still has a one in ten thousand chance of winning ten games in a row, allowing Hughes Dahl to win a large amount of gold coins.

In that case, let the Dark Brotherhood kidnap Seuss Dahl.

As long as Hughes Dahl disappears, he will naturally not be able to collect the prize money that belongs to him.

The border nobles are fat sheep for the lunatics of the Dark Brotherhood.

Maybe we can get a lot of ransom from old Dal.

The casino kept its gambling money and the Dark Brotherhood received the ransom. It was a perfect win-win situation.

As for whether Hughes Dahl would be killed...

Who cares?

The loser loses everything, isn't that the rule of Storm King City?

Huck smiled, and the candle above his head suddenly flickered twice.

His shadow suddenly changed, like a strange monster dancing in the dark.

Chapter 24 Li Cheng said that the female assassin did not satisfy him

Two hours later.

Li Cheng was still wandering around the alleys around the arena in the guise of Hughes Dahl.

"Hey, hey, hey, Li Cheng, why do you want to participate in a duel? That's something only a madman would do!" Lilith floated beside him.

The arena in Storm King City is not a place for competition.

Generally speaking, a battle ends only when one side dies.

This is a place where you truly trade your life for money, so of course Lilith would be worried.

Li Cheng glanced at Lilith.

He participated in the duel because of the side quest from the dragon lady below.

The triggering conditions for this task are very harsh.

Only when players participate in the duel with equipment or abilities that carry the breath of dragons will they attract the attention of the boss of the arena, the dragon lady Liuli.

It is worth mentioning that this astringent dragon girl likes to play role-playing games very much.

The Queen of Storm King City, the owner of the arena and casino, the Dean of Full Moon Academy and other roles are actually just her different aliases.

This matter was originally supposed to be inferred by players from fragmented narratives until later in the game.

Of course, the conditions for triggering the Dragon Girl side quest do not include ten consecutive wins in the arena.

This is an additional operation that Li Cheng performs in order to quickly collect magic emblem stones, increase his dragonization level, and obtain a powerful piece of equipment.

That piece of equipment was used as a raw material to synthesize his favorite weapon.

Anyway, for him, ten consecutive wins are enough as long as he has a hand.

"Hey, hey, hey, even if you don't tell me why we have to participate in the competition, we should go back and prepare now!" Lilith yelled again.

"Hey, stop making noise. I'm fishing." Li Cheng glanced at Lilith.

"fishing?"

"That's right. Hake, the director of the arena, is an extremely narrow-minded person. He will definitely not be happy if I win so much money from him. I guess the assassin he sent has already arrived."

Li Cheng looked around, somewhat curious about which side the killers would come from this time.

Is it the Dark Brotherhood or the Shadow Assassins?

In short, no matter who comes, he will have good equipment.

Sting enforcement, letting the enemy deliver the express to you, is much more convenient than looking for them one by one.

As Li Cheng and Lilith talked, the noise around them became quieter and quieter.

Although there was no wind, the kerosene lamp hanging above the head flickered as if it was about to be blown out.

Gray mist crept up to the ankles along the bumpy asphalt road, and rustling sounds came from the old moss-covered walls.

I don’t know since when, the moon hanging high in the sky disappeared without a trace.

Lilith was like a cat with its fur standing on end. She hid behind Li Cheng with a start. "What, what happened? What happened?"

"I see, is that the guy who came? This is a good opportunity for me to try out a new style."

Li Cheng looked into the darkness.

She saw a woman with her beautiful body tightened by tight clothes and wearing a mask. Her body was almost bursting the clothes. She was twisting her waist and walking towards her with graceful steps.

Brown skin, golden hair, charming face, quite astringent.

But in contrast to her bitter aura was the human head she was holding in her hand.

The Dark Brotherhood's elite killer - Kara Pichu.

Of course, that's just on the surface.

In reality, the killer's soul had long been dead.

The one controlling her body now is a demon called the Abyss Undead.