William and Vikru discussed for three to four hours until it became dark outside. Then, when finished with it, William left with his companions.
Vikru contentedly smiled. He stood up and waved goodbye.
William had achieved his goals in the Red Fire Kingdom.
He had made use of his peerless charms and his handsome face to win over the King and had received ten missions.
Bryan wanted to invite William and his companions to some exquisite services.
But being an outstanding Lord, how could William be tempted by money and women?
It was impossible!
William declined as he wanted to explore the city alone. But he did not stop Burned Cinder and the rest from eating, drinking, and visiting the brothels.
If a professional had money and power, but he did not give time to enjoying every once in a while, he would become sick!
William was different. He had a small princess at home.
More importantly… he was the fusion of a player and NPC!
Even if he gained 1,000 affinity points with the princess, it would be of no use.
He had not reached adulthood yet!
After William departed, Bryan brought along William’s subordinates and lustfully walked to the capital’s hottest green light street!
The name was self-explanatory.
The courtesans of the brothels would help the honest men who came there garner green hats (cuckold) in the future.
Hence the players had named it the green light street.
Under the gazes of the guards who were at the city gates, William entered a complicated old district. This was a district for leisure. Professionals like devil hunters, mercenaries, bored Temple Knights, and dark warriors roamed everywhere.
The district was infested with taverns, gambling joints, and brothels.
It was an extremely chaotic and complex environment.
Three Grandmaster professionals owned most of the shops in the old district. They reaped a lot of profits.
Brawling and murders were common in the district.
As long as the city guards did not obtain evidence, the criminals would be safe. And even if the guards obtained the evidence, they might not be able to capture the criminals.
If the criminals hid in the sewers for months or even years, the arrest warrants would be invalidated by that time.
The three Grandmaster professionals could only carve out a third of the district each.
While in the southeastern region, a Grandmaster professional was considered a local Sword Sage or Grand Mage…
But in Emerald Grand Duchy, a Grandmaster professional could even become a city lord.
William wanted to make use of the memories of his previous life to find and meet his ex-teacher, Old Leather.
Old Leather’s full name was Brandt Peter, but William preferred to call him Old Leather. He was a reckless human.
His favorite haunts were the gambling joints!
That was right.
He lived in the gambling joints. A tavern was located underneath the gambling joint, and every day, he would gamble, drink, then again, gamble and drink.
His actions were a result of his past.
William arrived at a gambling joint named ‘Emperor’s Gambling Joint’.
“Hmm, this is it.” William glanced at two waitresses. He ignored them, as he entered the joint.
The place was bustling with activities inside.
The gambling joint belonged to a Grandmaster professional.
It was not shameful for a Grandmaster professional to create his gang in a capital city.
He could even become the gang leader or deputy gang leader of a district.
His resources and power would not be much less than a Grandmaster professional in a small locality.
Sometimes, rare training resources could only be found in a capital city of a kingdom.
In general, the central locations in the continent had rich but very rare resources.
The cities in the southeastern region could never be on par…
After William entered the gambling joint, he exchanged for 30,000 gold coins worth of gambling tokens. He acted as if he was going to bet all his stakes and earn his profit quickly before leaving.
The service personnel quickly informed the dealers to keep watch on William. They had to make him lose all his clothing!
William had no intention to win!
But he could tarnish the reputation of this gambling joint.
He nonchalantly walked inside the gambling joint before he gravitated towards a Tai-sai table.
When the dealer noticed William, he shouted, “Place your bets for small or big. For small bets, the winning counts are 4-10. For big bets, the winning counts are 11-17. Triple bets are won when the numbers are the same!”
The dealer picked up the dice tumbler and shook it. After a few seconds, he slapped the dice tumbler on the table and said, “You may place your bets.”
William hesitated for a long time. He grimaced as he tossed out 5,000 gold coins worth of tokens and shouted, “Big!”
The gamblers at the side frowned. From the sounds generated by the dice tumbler, the count seemed to be big!
Many gamblers also placed their bets on big.
A drinking gambler was able to detect the dark bad luck engulfing William, and he placed his bets on small!
“Open up the dice tumbler!” Someone shouted.
The dealer opened up the dice tumbler.
Many people were befuddled!
The count on the three dice added to 10, a small number.
When the dealer saw it, he was bewildered. He had purposely shaken for a big number. He did not change the dice to small. He wanted to let William have a small windfall at first, as it was rare for gamblers to exchange 30,000 gold coins worth of tokens.
If William did not win a little, would he not leave?
“Gosh, how can it be small?”
“MD, is there any sleight of hand?”
Many gamblers looked grave.
But they trusted their ears.
They continued gambling!
Still, no matter how good their ears were and how sophisticated the tools were, they could not defeat William’s single point of luck.
For the next few rounds, no matter how hard the dealer tried, or how far the gamblers stretched their ears, when William placed his bets on big, it would turn out to be small, and vice versa.
And when he placed bets on both big and small, it would turn out to be a triple…
Within a short while, the group of gamblers ranted that the gambling joint was cheating. The dealer was in total disbelief.
It was his first time experiencing the dice having a mind of their own. They did not follow the dealer’s operations.
William had successfully attracted Brandt Peter’s attention…
His former teacher had made a windfall from William’s bad luck.
He walked over and patted William’s shoulder. He warily said, “Bro, shall we make a windfall from the joint? I noticed your extreme bad luck. When you place bets, it will turn out the opposite.
“Let’s collude. You’ll place your bets before I place mine. When we make money, we’ll share the profit. How’s that?”
“Is that good?” William smiled. That was what Old Leather had said to William in his previous life. Now it was William’s turn…
“Isn’t it good?” Old Leather scoffed. Previously, he had been the only jinx in the joint. He would lose everything when he gambled…
Therefore, both of them were unlucky…
They made use of their bad luck to cheat the joint of money…
Both of them wandered around the gambling joint. When there were a lot of bets, William would quickly place his bets. Even if the dice were set, William would still lose!
But Old Leather would always win.
Within a night, all the gamblers started to avoid William. They believed that William was an employee of the joint and was cheating the gamblers of their money!
The dealers started to doubt their abilities!
William was losing money and he made the gamblers lose money. It had nothing to do with the dealers.
How could the gamblers accuse the dealers of cheating?
Finally, William scared off all the gamblers in the joint…
He had lost almost all his money.
But Old Leather had made a windfall of several tens of thousands of gold coins…
