𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟎𝟒
‘Sigh, this is driving me crazy.’
I didn’t expect the road to the library to be this difficult.
Only after telling the guild members clinging to me, ‘If you follow me, I’ll expel you all!’ was I able to finally reach the library. I let out a sigh. Of course, even after saying that, some guild members still followed me.
However, since they were watching from a distance and not approaching me, I was able to ignore them and start searching for a book that would grant me Luck stat.
[Handmade Artwork.]
Content: Learn the F-rank skill ‘Basic Sculpture’.
Price: 4 Silver.
[A Single Flame Flying Towards the Enemy.]
Content: Learn the F-rank skill ‘Flame Arrow’.
Price: 11 Silver 50 Copper.
‘Tsk, at this rate, I’ll never find it.’
After looking through a few skill books, I realized that searching one by one was foolish and thought of a different method.
Should I just ask an NPC?
Thinking that I could easily find out by asking an NPC, I approached the counter. At the same time, the guild members’ actions, glancing at me and subtly moving aside, were annoying, but I didn’t show it.
‘I should change my armor completely later.’
In Twilight, players don’t have their IDs floating above their heads. It’s a bit different from monsters, and I thought I could use this to hide the fact that I’m the Vice Guild Master.
“Are you looking for a specific book?”
“A book related to Luck.”
“Ah, if it’s that book, you can find it over there.”
As expected, I easily found out the location, went to where the NPC directed me, and soon found the book related to the Luck stat.
[Test Your Luck.]
Content: Learn the F-rank skill ‘Coin Toss’.
Price: 25 Silver.
‘It’s more expensive than I thought?’
Perhaps because it grants the special Luck stat, the price of the skill book was about twice as expensive as others. However, it was still a small amount of money for me, so I bought it without hesitation and learned it.
[You have acquired the F-rank skill ‘Coin Toss’.]
[As you acquire the skill, your stats will increase.]
[Ding!~ A new stat ‘Luck’ has been created. Luck is a beneficial occurrence that can happen to you. The higher your Luck, the more positive effects you’ll have on all probability-related skills.]
[Luck increases by 1.]
This should be enough, right?
“Status Information Window.”
After seeing the message that the Luck stat was created through Coin Toss, I opened the Status Information Window to check my stats.
[Name: Rudin]
[Title: Guardian of Light]
[Level: 59]
[Fame: 1779]
[Guild: Emperor]
[Health: 11804/11804]
[Magic Power: 4320/4320]
[Stamina: 100.0%]
[Attack Power: 880] [Magic Attack Power: 291]
[Defense: 1653] [Magic Defense: 1076]
[Stats]
Strength: 670 (476+194) Intelligence: 181 (68+113) Agility: 270 (187+83)
Stamina: 538 (363+175) Magic: 322 (106+216) Skill: 175 (155+20)
Fighting Spirit: 100 (50+50) Summoning: 70 (50+20) Luck: 21 (1+20)
[Acquired Skills: 18/20]
‘My Luck is currently 21, so……’
The Luck stat increased by 20 due to the Rare cloak. If I equip the Luck-related title here, it will ultimately become 121. I thought that level of Luck would be enough, so I headed to Loughton, where I could receive the gambling quest.
“Where is Rudin-nim going again?”
“I don’t know. More importantly, are you just going to keep following me like this?”
“Well, we have to at least make an impression.”
“……”
Make an impression? Were they thinking that? It seemed they didn’t know that I wasn’t interested in guild affairs. If they knew me even a little, they would know that I wasn’t interested in the guild.
‘Let’s see how far they follow.’
Fortunately, I was able to shake off the guild members as soon as I used the teleportation device. I don’t know if they didn’t have 1 Gold or if they simply didn’t want to follow anymore, but thanks to that, I felt a little relieved.
I’ve never regretted joining the Emperor Guild, but today, I almost changed my mind.
Anyway, I enjoyed my freedom and checked the title change and the newly learned skill.
“Title Change. Blessed with Luck.”
[Changing title to ‘Blessed with Luck’……]
And then.
“Detailed Information. Coin Toss.”
[F-rank Coin Toss Effect] (LV1)
━50% chance to recover 10 Health.
━50% chance to lose 10 Health.
Consumes 10 Magic Power upon use.
Consumes 0.5% Stamina upon use.
“……”
After checking, I realized the skill itself wasn’t that great, despite the price of the book being twice as expensive as usual. Is it because it’s an F-rank skill? Honestly, I thought it would be better to use an F-rank recovery skill than this one.
‘It doesn’t matter since the Luck stat was the goal anyway.’
Moreover, even if I raised this skill to the so-called maximum level of 30, the stat increase would only be 30. As someone who still has many skills to level up, I felt like even investing time in this skill was a waste.
“By the way, where is this NPC?”
After taking my eyes off the Skill Information Window, I stopped walking for a moment and looked around the streets of Loughton. I could see quite a few players and NPCs in Loughton, but the person I was looking for wasn’t among them.
“Do I need to wander around a bit more?”
Thinking that, I wandered around for a while and, as I had read online, discovered an NPC sitting on the street.
‘Could that be him?’
Since he was the only NPC sitting on the street, it seemed likely. And now, I had 100 Gold and the Luck stat, fulfilling all the conditions to receive the quest. Therefore, I approached the NPC without hesitation, and he seemed to sense my presence and looked up at me with half-dead eyes.
“What do you want?”
But how do I start?
I knew the conditions to receive the quest, but I didn’t know how to trigger it. I decided to start the conversation normally.
“I was just wondering why you’re sitting on the street.”
“Don’t ask the obvious. It’s because I’m unlucky.”
‘Unlucky my ass.’
He could just say he gambled, what’s with the ‘unlucky’ nonsense? Still, thinking that it wasn’t entirely wrong, the NPC stared at me.
“But I sense Luck in you.”
“Luck?”
“Yes, how lucky do you think you are?”
‘Could this be the trigger condition?’
I felt like the quest would pop up if I gave a positive answer here.
“Well, I’m luckier than most.”
Not stat Luck, but actual luck.
Frankly, if anyone else saw it, my luck would be enough to pierce the heavens and reach space. Five S-rank skills, two A-rank skills, and I’ve earned close to 100 million won in cash.
It was all achieved through Intuition, but looking at the results alone, the expression ‘space’ wasn’t an exaggeration at all.
“Ho, you’re overflowing with confidence in your luck. Then, could you do me a favor?”
“……Sure.”
“Kuku, I like your straightforwardness. Agreeing to my request without even knowing what it is.”
[An NPC quest has appeared.]
Finally, it appeared.
I already knew what the favor was. It must be asking me to gamble on his behalf. Thinking that, I checked the quest.
[Gambler Gent’s Request.]
Description: Gent, who has lost everything through gambling, is looking for someone to take revenge on his behalf. If you want to grant his request, accept the quest.
‘Wow~ the rewards are amazing!’
Does it give me 10 times the wager if I win? The Gold I currently have is 185 Gold. If I bet all of this, I can get a total of 1,850 Gold. However, the Experience Points and Item parts being marked with ‘?’ were strange.
‘500,000 Experience Points……’
It was an amount of Experience Points I had never seen before. Is the quest that difficult to give 500,000 Experience Points? Anyway, since I’ve come this far, it felt awkward to refuse and go back.
“The request is simple. Defeat the guy who beat me on my behalf. What will you do?”
“I’ve already accepted, so I have to do it.”
[You have accepted the quest ‘Gambler Gent’s Request’.]
“It’s decided then. Follow me.”
I nodded and followed Gent. He entered an alleyway, wandered around, and eventually headed down to a basement.
“This is the place.”
Creak━
“Hmm.”
Opening the door revealed a space that couldn’t be described as clean. Perhaps because it was a basement, sunlight didn’t penetrate, and although something like a lantern hanging on the wall emitted light, it couldn’t completely dispel the darkness.
“Oh, who do we have here? Isn’t it Gent? Here to challenge me again?”
“……?”
Suddenly, I looked towards where the voice came from. There, I saw a fat middle-aged man, flanked by women on either side, sneering at Gent.
“No, this friend will be challenging you this time.”
“Kuku, of course. You wouldn’t have any money left.”
“……”
The fat middle-aged man laughed out loud as if it was amusing and then turned his gaze towards me.
“Are you going to play against me?”
“Well, yeah.”
“Since Gent brought you, your skills must be insignificant…… but since you’ve come this far, I can’t refuse. So, how much is your wager?”
“The wager is……”
Since I get 10 times the amount back if I win, of course, it wouldn’t be all my assets, right? I was about to say all my money, 156 Gold, but a message window popped up before I could.
[Ding!~ The minimum bet amount is 100 Gold. Betting more than that will add a bonus to your opponent’s Luck, along with their funds.]
[Your opponent’s current Luck is 500.]
‘Huh? What’s this?’
I read the message again. It seemed to mean that if I bet more than 100 Gold, his Luck would increase.
‘The internet didn’t mention this.’
What should I do?
My current Luck, including the title, was 121. In comparison, my opponent’s Luck was 500. With a difference of 379, increasing the wager at this point would be nothing short of madness.
‘It would be difficult if I increased the Luck further, right?’
It was a shame since I would get 10 times the amount back if I won, but even if I got 1,000 Gold, I could still achieve my desired goal.
“100 Gold.”
“Exactly the minimum amount. Hey, how much money do I have?”
When the fat middle-aged man asked, kicking the woman beside him, she answered calmly.
“Yes. 1,000 Gold.”
“Good, that’s enough.”
And then he gestured for me to sit at the table. I followed his gesture and sat across from him, while Gent stood between us and said.
“I’ll shuffle the cards.”
“Isn’t there something more important? Hey, you know the rules, right?”
“What rules are there when I’m here for the first time?”
“As expected. I’ll have to teach you the rules. To think you brought such a beginner.”
He looked at Gent with a somewhat pitiful expression and then explained the rules. As I listened to the rules, something came to mind, and I easily recognized it as the game called poker that I used to play with my friends for fun.
‘What? He wants to settle this with poker?’
“You understand, right?”
“Yeah, roughly.”
“But I’m kind, so I’ll let the first game be practice.”
“……”
Unnecessary kindness.
However, there was no disadvantage to me playing a practice game. I nodded, and when the middle-aged man gestured to Gent, he started shuffling the cards.
[Related stat Luck (121) is applied.]
[The value is overwhelmingly insufficient compared to the opponent’s Luck. The probability of receiving good cards decreases.]
‘……Shit, did I come here for nothing?’
While I was thinking that, looking at the message window, Gent finished shuffling the cards and dealt three cards to me and my opponent. And when I checked the three cards I received one by one, I could see that, as the message said, they weren’t very good.
[♣8] [♣5] [♥4]
‘This is ambiguous.’
“Flip one of the three cards. The person with the higher card gets the cards first.”
‘A higher card……’
I flipped the [♣8] card. My opponent had [♠K].
“Then I’ll go first.”
“……”
After that, I received three cards face-up. Originally, you would bet each time you received a card, but since this was practice, we skipped that part, and the three cards I received were as follows:
[◆4] [♠10] [♥7]
‘Is this One Pair?’
I had One Pair with [♥4] and [◆4]. On the other hand, my opponent’s revealed hand didn’t have anything complete yet. In this situation, wouldn’t I be able to win?
Anyway, the final seventh card was dealt face-down to me and my opponent.
[♥3]
‘Sigh, shit.’
“Now, we’ve all received our cards. Shall we reveal them?”
Thinking that One Pair was still decent, I nodded and revealed my cards.
As expected, I had a Pair of 4s.
However, my opponent had……
[♠K] [♣K]
“Kuku, I win.”
“……”
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