Episode 1019 What did you say just now? (4)
An interior filled with acrid smoke.
“open it.”
“He’s dead.”
“This damn board was stolen too.”
The goal tiles were spinning non-stop.
Onlookers who noticed the enormous stakes gathered in, but a strange silence fell over the round table where the goals were being played.
“three.”
“I’m Sam too.”
“Hehe. I buy. “I ate it this time.”
Silver coins, a sum of money that most people would find difficult to touch in their entire lives, were flitting around like toys. The eyes of those watching the scene gradually turned red with greed.
“You lost.”
A ronin wearing a red long robe threw the goal card in his hand onto the round table. Although he lost three silver treasures at once, there was no sense of regret or anger in the man’s attitude.
‘You idiot.’
Chae-gyu barely suppressed the smile that was threatening to appear on his face.
Even if he pretends to be calm on the outside, that person’s blood is probably dry and his mouth is dry right now. The status of those who sit at the gambling table is very different, but the emotions felt by those who lose their stake are all the same.
It’s worth acknowledging that he doesn’t show that he’s getting nervous. If it were a gambling place other than here, you might win a decent amount of money. But at least this Hwanheewon is not a place so easy that you can escape by just pretending to be calm.
Little by little, very slowly.
This place eats up money like a swamp swallows people.
“this!”
“oh.”
“It is flesh.”
“…Damn it. “What kind of meat is going on?”
“I thought I was going to eat it, but damn it!”
“That guy is lucky. “How much does one take?”
Silver rounds were piled up in front of the red long gun that won the big game. About half of the money he had lost so far was recovered in an instant.
However, Chae-gyu, who frowned as if he was in a bad mood, felt differently. The reason is simple. This is because he lost it on purpose.
Unless you’re a nerd, there’s no way you wouldn’t notice that your stake is decreasing. He’s a gutsy guy, and he’ll try to make a comeback until the last stake runs out, but most people get scared and quit the game after losing half of their money.
‘That can’t be possible.’
So, you have to show the taste in moderation from time to time. Don’t lose hope that you can recover the money you lost with just one good hand.
‘Hehe.’
The corner of Chae-gyu’s mouth twitched.
Gambling is done for the fun of winning money, but watching a person fall into ruin is also an indispensable entertainment. In that sense, today’s round table can be said to be truly perfect.
“I am.”
“Day.”
“buy. Hehehe. “I’m sorry about this. What should I do?”
As the golpae pairs came and went again, the silver wonbo piled up like a mountain in front of the ronin gradually decreased again. It didn’t seem easy to lose all that huge money, but when I came to my senses, I was almost at the bottom.
This is a situation that would drive an ordinary person crazy.
However, the red-robed ronin just stared at the round table with the same indifferent eyes as before.
yet.
“I won.”
Chae-gyu swept up the stakes placed on the round table with a triumphant look on his face. In front of him and his colleagues, Yin Won-bo formed a tower. However, in front of the red long-robed ronin, Eunwonbo could no longer be found.
“Oh my. “I think the stakes are all gone.”
“I’m sorry about this, what should I do?”
The three men smiled sheepishly.
“Do you have any money left? “If you don’t have it, I think you’ll just have to leave.”
The red-robed ronin quietly lowered his gaze to where his stakes had been piled up, and then slowly raised his head.
“There is no money left.”
“Tsk tsk tsk. You had an unlucky day today. “Let’s do it again next time.”
“There are days like that, too. Take this, Gashu.”
Each of the men picked up one of the silver cloths placed in front of them and pushed it in front of the man wearing the long cloth.
Three silver beams.
It may be an enormous amount of money to an ordinary person, but if you think about the money the ronin lost today, it was an amount that could not even be called money.
The corners of the ronin’s mouth curled up slightly as he stared at the three silver treasures.
“…There is no money. But I have a bet.”
“This place doesn’t accept anything unless it’s money.”
“You will receive it.”
“…hmm?”
Chae-gyu frowned slightly and looked at the man.
‘Tsk tsk. It would have been better to just lose the money.’
That was when Chae-gyu lowered his hand under the table and quietly grabbed the handle of the sword on his waist.
“Before that… let me ask you one question.”
“…what?”
The ronin slowly leaned back against the back of the chair. Then he tilted his head back and tilted it back.
Goosebumps appeared on the back of Chae-gyu’s neck.
‘what?’
He was embarrassed as he could not understand the change in himself. I’m not particularly afraid of the man in front of me, so why is my body reacting like this?
At that time, the ronin’s voice pierced his ears.
“Are you happy?”
“….”
Chae-gyu, who was flashing wariness, narrowed his eyes.
“What do you mean?”
“Literally.”
The ronin’s head slowly returned to its original position. His long, messy bangs still covered his eyes. Because of this, Chae-gyu had no way of knowing with what kind of eyes he was staring at her.
“Are you happy?”
“…You crazy guy…”
Chae-gyu exchanged glances with those sitting on his left and right. So that if you do something stupid, you can deal with it at any time.
Ronin said.
“It’s the stakes. Yeah, there’s no money left. But there is still something to bet on.”
“…What is that?”
“life.”
The ronin’s dark lips curled up eerily.
“…Damn it. “They don’t accept anything other than money here!”
“What are you doing? “Don’t drag this bastard out!”
At that time, the ronin lightly waved his hand. The red long gun shook.
“There seems to be a misunderstanding. “I’m not saying I’m going to risk my neck.”
“…what?”
“It’s not mine, it’s your lives.”
“…crazy.”
“No, the lives of everyone here. Furthermore, the lives of everyone in Hangzhou. “It could be the lives of everyone in this central area.”
Chae-gyu suddenly realized that this situation was very strange.
He’s not the type of person who would normally listen to bullshit like that. How many people would he have met here who lost their money and made a fuss? Normally, he would have already drawn his sword, cut off one of that bastard’s limbs, and kicked him out. Either that or cut off his head.
But…
‘Why am I silently listening to that bullshit?’
“I would like to ask.”
The ronin slowly opened his mouth.
“How much is your life worth?”
“….”
“Isn’t it because you have that life that you can enjoy throwing your life into the gutter like this? That’s why I’m asking. How much is that life worth? “That way you can get that money.”
Yeom-ho, a ghost-seeing beast who was sitting next to Chae-gyu, could not stand it anymore and shouted.
“How dare this damn bastard be such a dwarf! Why is my life worth so much? “Why are you receiving that…”
It was that moment.
The ronin lightly raised his hand. Then Yeomho’s body, which was screaming, flew over the round table. As if I was being tied up and dragged somewhere.
‘what?’
That sudden and unnatural sight made Chae-gyu freeze for a moment.
Craddangtangtang!
The game cards and silver beads scattered around the round table bounced and scattered in all directions.
The money he had won was scattered everywhere, but Chae-gyu’s eyes did not turn to Eunwon-bo. No, I couldn’t go. Because the ronin’s hand was grabbing Yeomho’s face, which was lying face down on the round table.
‘How…?’
Sticky sweat ran down Chae-gyu’s back.
‘An attack object?’
It is a sight that cannot be explained otherwise.
But that interpretation also makes no sense. Even someone who has reached a very advanced level can even pull an object with energy.
But how can one attract a person with energy rather than an object? It’s like a feral dog named Salt Lake!
While Chae-gyu was confused, unable to understand the situation unfolding before his eyes, the ronin in a red long robe pulled Yeom-ho, who was in his hand, toward him with slow hand gestures.
“Why am I taking it?”
A cute smile was drawn on the man’s black lips.
“The reason is very simple. Because now your life is just a mortgage. “The reason everyone in this central plain can live is simply because the church still allows you to live.”
“Off… off….”
“But… it’s a shame. No matter how I look at it, I don’t think the price of your lives will exceed a penny. “These are such cheap and useless lives.”
“Off…aaaaaaaaaah!”
Bright blue veins began to sprout all over Yan Hao’s body. He was trembling and writhing in pain as if numerous needles had been stabbed all over his body.
And at that moment, Chae-gyu saw clearly.
Yeomho’s body, exposed outside of his clothes, is dried out, twisted, and cracked like a rice paddy in a drought.
‘Um…’
Meanwhile, the ronin calmly and slowly combed his bangs with his other hand.
“Uh…”
Chae-gyu took a step back without realizing it.
The eyes of the man with his bangs slicked back were eerily red. It is not at the level of redness. The eyes looked as if they were full of blood.
The dark lips, pale skin, and blood-red eyes gave Chae-gyu an eerie feeling he had never felt before.
“Kwaaaa….”
Yeomho’s twitching body finally went limp.
Tongue.
Yan Hao’s body, withered like a mummy, was sprawled out on the round table. Instead of the money and goal cards that had been passed around, what was placed on the round table was a miserable corpse that was now cold.
“Uh…”
“Trivial things.”
The ronin’s prayer changed in an instant.
A creepy aura flowed from him as he slowly got up. Just encountering it made me suffocate and it felt like my whole body’s blood was rushing backwards.
“Who… who…?”
Chae-gyu trembled and barely asked.
rebellion? resistance?
I didn’t even dare to do something like that.
This is a problem before discussing the difference in force. The indescribable difference in rank made him freeze like a rat in front of a poisonous snake.
“Who are you?”
The man in the red long robe slowly shook his head.
“It’s hard to answer. “Because I am nameless.”
“….”
He sneered, slightly twisting the corner of his mouth.
“If you think about it, all of this might just be a struggle to gain a name.”
At the same time, red blood flowed from his eyes.
Chae-gyu didn’t understand anything, but there was no need to. Because people don’t have to worry about what happens after they die.
Chae-gyu’s body was sucked into the man’s hand.
“Gagging!”
The man who immediately grabbed Chae-gyu’s neck looked directly into Chae-gyu’s eyes.
“Compared to the price of that insignificant life, it is such a glorious death. yes?”
“Mi… crazy….”
Quad-duk-duk.
The bones of my entire body were crushed and rolled up.
“Ahh… ah… ah….”
Chae-gyu’s body, unable to vomit even a single word, was lying on the floor. The beautiful corpse was so horrifying that every bone in its body seemed to be twisted.
Astonishment, disbelief, and above all, fear, weighed down the gambling hall.
The man stared coldly at them, who had frozen like a rat in front of a snake, and opened his mouth as if in a monologue.
“If you build a mountain out of corpses…”
“….”
“If you kill and kill and kill enough to create an ocean with the blood…”
That’s it.
He took a step.
“Everyone in the world will know what’s happening here. Yes, everyone in the world.”
“…Ugh.”
Someone’s groan of fear spread throughout the silent gambling hall.
The man raised one hand upward, his eyes glowing with blood.
Giiiiiiing!
The black energy emanating from the fingertips pierced the ceiling of the gambling hall like a jet-black blade.
“The Second Coming of the Heavenly Demon, Manmaangbok!”
The man’s ear-piercing howl rang out as if it were going to explode.
“Your worthless lives will be our cry. “Our cry to Him who has returned somewhere in this world!”
Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
The palaces that filled the back alleys of Hangzhou exploded like firecrackers at once.
It was a scream, a scream. It was the evil of fanaticism that reverberated throughout the world for the first time in a hundred years.
