Chapter 247
A shady underground gambling hall. The middle-aged man, who was sitting in the corner and fiddling with his goal plate, shook his head.
“… … I will die.”
His nose was draped with an item called glasses from the West Station. A few days ago, it would have been enough for dozens of hermits, but now it is not because the glasses, which are said to magnify things several times and show them, are cracked like rice fields in a drought.
There were two people watching the middle-aged man from afar.
“Am I right? The author is that… … ?”
“That is Kwak Cheol-yong. Are you sure.”
“Oh my God, I never thought I would see the legendary Dogon in person.”
The two men, each with a bird’s eye and a goatee, were ordinary gamblers that could be found anywhere.
Goatbeard looked at Kwak Cheol-yong, who was turning the plate again, and asked.
“But why are you like that?”
Like his question, Kwak Cheol-yong’s behavior was not words.
A haggard complexion and an untrimmed beard. The dirty silk clothes were torn in places.
He is said to have amassed tremendous wealth by wandering around the gambling board all his life.
But now he was a failed gambler, nothing more, nothing less.
“Has anything happened?”
“There was. That is a very big thing.”
The puppies nodded their heads. Unlike Goatbeard, who arrived late in Hanam, he was well aware of what had recently happened to Kwak Cheol-yong.
“What is it? Don’t tease me, just let me know.”
“I lost the gamble.”
“Isn’t it common to win and lose on this floor?”
“It is common. But what if it’s a 1,000 nyang plate?”
“omg! A thousand hermits!”
Goatbeard widened his eyes.
Wouldn’t that be an astronomical amount that would allow three generations to live happily ever after?
He licked his lips and asked, regretting that he hadn’t seen such a large plate.
“It must have been the best match since the founding of the country. Who was the opponent? crotch? Or pair?”
“This friend is hard of hearing. Preta had her wrists cut off by a bastard named Qingseong Sanjakdu a couple of months ago, and Jjakgwi has been gone for a long time.”
“Then, who besides the two of them can defeat Kwak Cheol-yong in the world?”
“Shanxi sleepy dragon.”
“who?”
“Jin Tae-gyeong of Taewon’s Jinga, a disciple of the King of Fire.”
The King of Hwa is one of the Ten Kings and a transcendent master with a prominent reputation in the world. A disciple of such a person would never gamble with Dogon.
Goatbeard, who had been rolling his head for a while, shouted like a sigh.
“Dodo! You did the Seongra Daeyeon.”
“That is correct.”
Seongra Daeyeon’s betting is called Dodo because it is said to be the best gambling in all parts of the world.
Finally grasping the situation, Goatbeard clicked his tongue.
“Tsk tsk Kwak Cheol-yong did something stupid. He has high qualifying odds, but he should have thought that he was just as dangerous.”
“He must have walked without thinking. He must have been quite sure of himself.”
“Who did you call?”
“The head of the preliminaries of the Iron Dragon.”
“Well, since he’s a disciple of the King of the Seas, he’s strong, but I don’t think he’s particularly strong.”
She shook her head.
“It looks like you’ve recently come to an epiphany. A tenth of the cliff was blown away by the shipwreck of the Shinryong Cheolsu.”
“… … Does that make sense?”
I’ve heard rumors that Murim’s masters break the earth and split the sky, but I never thought it would be this much.
At that time, when the goatee was startled, another word that made me doubt my ears continued.
“What doesn’t make sense? Right after that, the Shanxi Jamrong even collapsed the cliff.”
“……!”
Goatbeard stuttered with his disheveled eyes.
“I said I broke the cliff?”
“Right. According to eyewitnesses, it crashed and collapsed with a thump.”
“……”
Goatbeard didn’t answer. Instead, he stared at his friend with distrustful eyes.
“Isn’t that a rumor?”
“Others, myself included, dismissed it as nonsense at first. It doesn’t make sense for a person made of flesh to tear down a cliff with his bare hands.”
“I know yeah.”
“But what if it’s true? Kwak Cheol-yong over there is a representative living witness.”
“Why Kwak Cheol-yong… … Ah, I must have lost a thousand hermits.”
“Five thousand nyang.”
”what?”
“How would you feel if you lost money on a game you thought you would win?”
“Oh, maybe.”
“Is there anything special about Kwak Cheol-yong? In the end, everyone is crazy about gambling.”
Baepsae eyes looked at Kwak Cheol-yong with pitiful eyes.
The scruffy looking man was looking at his hand with a blank face.
“Three days ago that day, when Cheolsu Shinryong gave up the Seongla Daeyeon and went back to the Yangtze River, Kwak Cheol-yong was blinded.”
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“Did you continue doing Dodo?”
The puppies nodded their heads.
“The next thing Kwak Cheol-yong chose after Cheolsu Sinryong was Jong-sam of Honroegak (? 雷脚). I bet he gets the highest score in each law review.”
“Are you the ultimate adherent that no one can follow in the land of Guangxi with each law?”
“huh. But now there must be quite a few people following. One leg is broken.”
“Could that be the Shanxi Dragon?”
“Are you getting the hang of it? That’s right. The two of them got into a small fight and decided to end it neatly by exchanging blows, but I heard that Shanseo Jamryong broke his shin with one kick.”
“Uh, how?”
“I don’t know. They say it broke because it was kicked.”
“……”
“Even though Honroegak made a save, Shanseo Jamryong scratched his calf a few times before it was over. And then maybe… … “
Even after that, the behavior of the Shanseo Jamryong that continued to flow from the mouth of the bird’s eye was astonishing itself.
Kunlun Yunlong (崑崙雲龍) of the Kunlun faction, who is said to have the best light engineering skills among the late exponents of the world, jumped five feet from the spot, but fell while being stepped on by Jin Taegyeong.
The aftermath of the opening (後?) is extremely angry when the gap with Jin Tae-gyeong is not narrowed at all during the examination of the new law. Unable to hold back her anger, she said she grabbed him by the back and was literally beaten like a dog.
“The fifth screening was an engine-breaking ceremony. Everyone believed that my Galsegae Sogaju would take the top spot this time, but… … “
Goatbeard, who had been listening to the story with a bewildered face, cut off his words.
“It must be the Shanxi Sleeping Dragon again.”
“You got it right.”
“Anyway, it is. How the hell did he become so good at suffocation?”
“no. Just proficient in martial arts. This ignorant guy doesn’t know what it is, so he just broke through everything.”
“……”
“Anyway, that’s how Shanseo Jamryong became the chief of this preliminary round, and Kwak Cheol-yong, who had been betting on different places each time, became a dog’s hair. He said he used the money he earned so far, collateralizing the manor and the land he would be living in after retirement for usury… tsk tsk.”
Baep Bird Eye looked at Kwak Cheol-yong with a pitiful look.
In front of the legendary Dogon, who had once amassed great wealth, a few hermits were all. And maybe that was his entire fortune.
“Earning is one shot. Throwing is also one shot. Isn’t that so?”
Only then did the goatee come to his senses and lick his parched lips.
“Five thousand hermits. I don’t know who won it, but it must have been a jackpot.”
“You played well. How can you be called the Golden Face Confucius?”
“Golden Face Confucius? Did that bastard bet on the Shanxi Dragon?”
The puppies nodded their heads.
“He has great foresight. You must have won tens of thousands of hermits in this Dodo? I wonder if he would wear a mask made of gold.”
“Huh.”
“They say he’s a young guy who hasn’t moved yet… … That’s how you become the person you’ll become.”
“Fat. No one has a proper house until this age. Whoa…”
When the two sighed deeply, one person stood up with the sound of a chair being dragged.
As Kwak Cheol-yong staggered out of the gambling hall, all he had in his hand was a few pennies from Gaepyeong.
* * *
Seongra Daeyeon is a long-term race that lasts from at least 15 days to a month at the longest.
After the three-day preliminary screening, the applicants were given one day of free time, which was also the case for me.
“Adventure. Ughhmm!”
“Maknae, maknae!”
“Chief! I’m the captain!”
“… … Oh, please.”
do not do that. Don’t scream in a crowded place like this. I’m still worried about the people around me, but they’re staring at me more.
Ride on!
I approached the party at a faster pace than anyone else. As if he had waited, Jin Wei-kyung, as big as a bear, rushed in with his arms wide open.
“Youngest! My great brother!”
Whoo! snap!
As the soles of the bear’s paws squeezed my upper body, Hyuk Moo-jin grabbed the back of my hand and rubbed my cheek.
“Oh, Captain! Seongra Daeyeon Chief! The pride of Taewon Jinga! Lanterns of Shanxi! our foreman! You are my lord!”
“……”
Even if it’s Jin Wi-gyeong, why is Hyuk Moo-jin’s son doing this?
I tried to hide my absurdity and asked.
“Did you turn?”
“yes. Crazy! I’ve gone crazy with the captain’s strength!”
“Are you really crazy? Let it go, won’t you let it go soon?”
f*ck! f*ck! f*ck!
Hyuk Moo-jin was immovable even though he gave three consecutive hits to the top of his head at the speed of light.
Even though she sheds tears in pain, she does not let go of her hand until the end.
“thank you! Thank you for hitting me!”
“… … Are you that way?”
I heard only words. There are people who feel pleasure while being hit.
I wondered why he hadn’t left even though he had hit me so many times, and thinking that he was there sent goose bumps running down his spine.
“Right to respect taste!”
puck!
Hyuk Moo-jin, who was accurately hit in the temple, collapses.
At the same time, something glittering in his arms fell to the floor.
“Eh? A gold mask?”
what else is this
Is it a prop used for that kind of play? I took the mask in my arms with a serious face.
Hyuk Moo-jin This dangerous bastard, the mask is confiscated for the rest of his life.
‘There’s no way.’
At that time, when I was determined, a person I had forgotten for a while came into my eyes.
“Uh hmm. Cuckoo hum!”
“Are you not feeling well?”
Jeokcheongang, who had been coughing for a long time while staring at the distant mountains, flinched.
“What, what nonsense!”
“No, he just kept coughing.”
“Kheuheum!”
Looking at Jeokcheongang, which seems to be about to say something, and smokes a different color, the corners of my mouth go up.
“Did I do well?”
“……”
“Perfect score for five examinations. unanimous overall chief. Well, that’s all I’ve said. Isn’t it?”
“Chemm. Anyone can be just that proud, so don’t get excited about it.”
“I heard that this is the first time in the history of Seongra Daeyeon.”
“It’s only the qualifying round. Did you forget the old lady’s words that the world is wide and there are many masters?”
“Did you defeat three of the ten dragons?”
Cheolsoosinryong of the Yangtze River Channel Alliance, Kunlununryong of the Kunlun faction, and finally, the Shinki Myolong (神奇妙龍) of the Zhuge family.
Opening Hou Kai was also a master comparable to him, and Hun Lei Pavilion was the pinnacle master with an outstanding reputation in the land of Guangxi.
Although their origins and specialties were different, the five of them had one thing in common.
“I won them all.”
Jeokcheongang, who was speechless for a moment, shook his head.
“Ah, weak things.”
“I am strong.”
“Again, being c*cky again.”
“Can you just say that you did well? I’m a slave, no, I’ve come here to raise the name of Master’s honor and yeolhwamun.”
“not there yet!”
He said so, but the area around his mouth twitched.
It was clear that he was barely holding back the laughter that was about to burst out.
Even if he hadn’t bothered to hear the transmission of Jinwigyeong that came the next moment, it was a fact that he could have guessed.
– Don’t worry too much. It seems that the leadership has already boasted to their heart’s content.
“Kuhhmm!”
As if he had overheard, Jeokcheongang coughed again at the perfect timing and spoke with a stern expression.
“Don’t be arrogant just because you beat a few unknown minors, prepare your mind and body for the finals. Do you understand?”
He’s right. The preliminaries were only over, and the finals, where the true strong were revealed, hadn’t even begun.
Among those who survived the siege of the preliminaries, there must be a considerable number of masters comparable to or better than the Tenbongryong.
I already ran into a few of them while watching the qualifiers.
‘Heaven is wide. That makes sense.’
The fact that he didn’t show his real skills in the preliminaries means that he is both strong and smart.
I smiled and took a fist at Jeokcheongang.
“I will keep this in mind, Master.”
”That guy. haha. Hehehe!”
A smile that could not be hidden appeared on the corner of Jeokcheongang’s wrinkled mouth.