Chapter 1008: Chapter 59 Winning Confidence_4
Yan Shi sneered, "What, is there a rule in this casino that limits how much a gambler can bet? That seems a bit off. Here are thirty-two thousand five hundred Gold Coins. Are you saying I can’t place my bet?"
The short and fat middle-aged man knew he had encountered a tough player today, and if he lost to the other party again, he would have to pay out more than eight hundred thousand Gold Coins, which was more than his modest casino could afford. He said loudly, "Ladies and gentlemen, our casino has some temporary issues and will be closed for the time being. Please come back another day." Dozens of burly men wielding clubs slowly began to surround from that direction. The gamblers, sensing trouble, all left; most of them were minor traders who feared trouble the most. Everyone knew that those who ran casinos always had a powerful backing.
Yan Shi grabbed Yan Li, who was about to get angry, turned to Vatana and said, "Uncle, please wait for us outside." Vatana, pale-faced, seemed only too eager to comply and hurried out. Ah Dai looked at Yan Shi, who continued to smile without saying a word. In a short while, all the gamblers had left, except for Ah Dai’s trio. The short and fat middle-aged man ordered his men to close the main door. Dozens of bouncers enclosed Ah Dai and his companions in the middle. He glanced at Ah Dai, who was dressed like a Magician, and said coldly, "I gather the three of you are not from around here. But since you’ve come, you’re guests. If you wish, you can take your winnings and leave immediately. If you still want to continue gambling, I’ll still keep you company." Although losing over thirty thousand Gold Coins was a huge sum to him, the cunning man understood that these were not easy men to deal with, especially since one of them was a Magician. Even though he was a big shot in the eastern part of this city, he could not afford to provoke the Mage Guild.
Yan Shi laughed heartily and said, "Of course we’ll gamble. The bet has already been placed; let’s start then."
The short and fat middle-aged man said, "I’m the owner here, everyone calls me Uncle Fatty. Although one of you is a noble Magician, this is Dark City. If you don’t want to die, then leave immediately."
Yan Shi snorted coldly, "And if we don’t leave?"
The fat on Uncle Fatty’s face trembled slightly, his narrow eyes squinted, and a fierce light flickered continuously as he said coldly, "Then I’ll have no choice but to send you on your way. Get them, kill the Magician first."
Dozens of bouncers rushed over with a shout, more than ten of them targeting Ah Dai. How could Ah Dai take these weak bouncers seriously? His True Qi surged through his body, his aura filled with intense fighting spirit, and the bouncers charging at him were knocked flying as they came within three feet of him. Yan Shi and Yan Li did not draw their weapons, but with punches and kicks, they quickly had the bouncers scattered and disoriented. The trio did not kill anyone, but in just a moment, these bouncers were down, groaning on the ground, incapacitated.
Uncle Fatty’s fat face trembled endlessly, but he was not afraid and angrily roared at the imposing Yan Shi brothers, "Do you dare cause trouble in my place, not afraid of death?"
A flash of black light, and Yan Li’s Battle Axe was against Uncle Fatty’s neck, laughing heinously, "Looking for death? I think you’ll be the first to die."
Yan Shi said, "You’ve squeezed enough sweat and blood from people on ordinary days. Today, if you don’t bleed a bit, we won’t leave. Hm, a casino of this scale, you must have a net worth of over a hundred thousand Gold Coins at least."
The chilling cold emanating from the Battle Axe caused Uncle Fatty’s chubby face to turn deathly pale, his voice trembling, "What do you want? I—I’m related to the City Lord. Leave now, and I can still plead with the City Lord to spare your lives."
Seeing the fat man’s threatening front, Ah Dai frowned and said, "Yan Shi, how shall we deal with him?"
Yan Shi smiled slightly and said, "Scum like him who run gambling dens, not a single one is a good thing, killing him won’t be too much." Yan Li pushed down the Battle Axe further, and the normally pampered Uncle Fatty immediately collapsed to the ground under the pressure. The sharp edge of the Battle Axe had cut through the skin on his neck, the stabbing pain making the once high-and-mighty casino owner genuinely frightened. "Don’t, don’t kill me. I yield." For him, life was always much more important than dignity.
Yan Shi snorted coldly and said, "We don’t have to kill you, but you must surrender all your assets to us."
Uncle Fatty repeated anxiously, "Okay, okay, I’ll give you fifty thousand Gold Coins; that’s all I have."
Yan Shi glanced at the gambling den, which was three to four hundred square meters in size, shook his head, and said, "You show no sincerity at all! Fifty thousand? Do you take us for beggars? Here’s the deal, you give us one hundred thousand Gold Coins, and we will leave immediately. However, you must never open this den again, or else, if we see you next time, we will take your head."
Uncle Fatty cried out, "You, you want my life! Where would I find that much money!"
Yan Shi replied, "For a gambling den of this scale, one hundred thousand Gold Coins is actually me asking for less than I could. Hand over the money quickly, otherwise, don’t blame us for being rude."
With a pained expression, Uncle Fatty said, "Although my earnings here are still okay, most of it has to be turned over to the City Lord, I hardly have any left for myself, my lord, please spare me."
Seeing Uncle Fatty’s tearful face made Ah Dai’s heart soften, and he said, "Big brother, let’s just forget it."
Yan Shi glanced at Ah Dai, sighed inwardly, and said, "Ah Dai, have you forgotten how Vatana Uncle was driven to suicide by these vampires? Asking him for one hundred thousand Gold Coins isn’t too much."
Remembering Vatana’s crying from the night before, Ah Dai frowned and said nothing more.
Yan Li was getting impatient, and with a swing of his Battle Axe, there was a crisp crack, Uncle Fatty’s right arm was fractured instantly, and the intense pain made him scream like a slaughtered pig, rolling endlessly on the ground. Yan Shi glared at Yan Li and said sternly, "Choose between money and your life."
The severe pain twisted Uncle Fatty’s chubby face as he gritted his teeth and said, "I’ll, I’ll pay, I’ll pay." While speaking, he shakily reached into his chest and tremblingly took out a card, handing it over. Yan Shi took the card and saw that this black card had many strange symbols, "What is this?"
Uncle Fatty said, "This, this is a nationwide accepted Magic Crystal Card, it records all my assets, you can withdraw money from any bank with it, there’s a total of one hundred and three thousand Gold Coins, all yours, please let me go."
Yan Shi was seeing this object for the first time and looked at it with some confusion. Ah Dai came up to him, sensing the very weak Magical Energy on the card, and said, "This card is made of special metal and has faint energy fluctuations, it should be real. Big brother, let’s go." Actually, Ah Dai couldn’t be sure if the card was real, but the atmosphere in the gambling den was very uncomfortable for him, especially the moans of pain, which made his kind heart filled with conflict. Though he knew these weren’t good people, he couldn’t bear to see them in pain.
Yan Shi nodded and said, "Alright, let’s go. Uncle Fatty, remember this, if I see your gambling den open again, watch your pig head."
Just then, the door to the gambling den suddenly opened, and a troop of soldiers clad in Black Light Armor, led by a General, charged in. Upon seeing them, Uncle Fatty was overjoyed, "General Ma Rui, please save me! These thugs, they want to rob me of my property."
The officer referred to by Uncle Fatty as Ma Rui frowned, surveyed the people lying all around, and bellowed, "Who are you to act wild in our Dark City." His soldiers drew their weapons and quickly surrounded Ah Dai and his companions.
Ah Dai and his companions were taken aback, for while these soldiers were not very strong, they represented the military, and clashing with them would surely affect their main purpose for being there. A sudden idea struck Ah Dai, and he hurriedly said, "This brother, we just came here to gamble and have some fun, but this gambling den was cheating, so we demanded compensation for our losses." With that, he kicked the Roulette, revealing the trembling staff member hidden inside.
