Chapter 37 Gambling in the Floating Port
When Geralt came down from the second floor refreshed, he saw a strange atmosphere permeating the entire tavern.
Many drinkers gathered around a table, watching something quietly. They were all concentrated, without any noise from before. Although other drinkers did not stand aside to watch, their eyes always drifted to the table from time to time. Over there, they are obviously paying attention to something.
Geralt was a little curious and wanted to step forward to see what was going on.
Suddenly, I heard an exclamation from the onlookers. A somewhat rich voice laughed first, and then sighed and said, "What a wonderful
showdown, Mr. Wayne."
"I spent a lot of money to carefully prepare it." The combined deck actually lost to your ordinary cards that can be seen everywhere." "
For me, this is a meaningful competition. It taught me to be humble, cautious, and not to look down on anyone." "
This Three hundred orens, you won."
After hearing this conversation, Geralt probably guessed what happened.
Sure enough, when the surrounding drinkers were marveling at this huge gamble, he took a few steps closer to the table and saw Wayne sitting opposite a fat businessman, with a smile on his face and humility in his tone. :
"Thank you for your bet, Mr. Revarden. You are an honest businessman, which is a virtue worthy of admiration." "
However, according to the rules of the Gwent game, as the winner, I should be able to draw from your cards. A card, as my reward, right?"
"Will you abide by this tradition?"
Upon hearing this request, Rewarden twitched the corner of his mouth with some pain, as a man who came here from the southern Kingdom of Nilfgaard A businessman, he understands the importance of the spirit of contract and will not ruin his reputation because of trivial matters.
So he forced a smile and said loudly:
"Of course, I will not be clever in this kind of thing, Mr. Wayne. It is my principle to do things sincerely."
Then as he spoke, he piled his Gwent cards into a pile, handed them to Wayne, and motioned for him to randomly pick a card.
Wayne was not polite, and he took out the special hero card that he had been eyeing for a long time. Then he looked at the pained Revarden and praised: "
Your moral character is admirable, Mr. Revarden. ."
"It's still early, how about we enjoy a dinner together and play a few games after the meal?"
Rewarden twitched the corners of his mouth. In the previous games, he had already seen Wayne's Queen. With his special skills and luck, he felt that he could never continue to bet with him before he had enough confidence. As a businessman, he could not do business that was destined to lose money.
The fat businessman pretended to be distressed and shook his head, and said half-truthfully:
"Sorry, Mr. Wayne."
"In two days, I will be transporting a large amount of goods to Vizima City. Tomorrow will be very busy. , please allow me to take leave now, I have to keep my spirits up and cope with tomorrow's work."
Wayne nodded pretending to regret, he knew this was just an excuse, but he did not force Revarden.
He took out a dozen orens from the three hundred orens he won, threw them into the hands of the bartender aside, and then shouted loudly to the surrounding drinkers: "I have good luck today,
I am very happy."
"I am." I want to invite everyone in the tavern to have a drink and share my luck." "
But you don't need to thank me, but you should thank the generous Mr. Revarden."
When they heard someone buying a drink for free, everyone howled with excitement. After making a sound, some old-timers who knew how to stir up the atmosphere immediately sent words of praise, praising Revarden and Wayne loudly, which made the fat businessman's somewhat stiff expression soften a little.
Wayne looked at the sky and found that it was still early and the sun hadn't even set yet. The bet he had just played with Revaden was a win out of three. Even with his luck and skills, he lost one and still won a bit. difficult.
However, the proficiency of up to five points in Gwent also made him very happy. There are still many people in the tavern who can play Gwent. In his eyes, these people are all walking experience points and can help him improve Gwent. With the level of the special card, there is no way he could let it go. After announcing the news of the dinner party, he then announced loudly:
"Everyone, I haven't had all the fun in the gambling game just now. Now I want to play a small game with you." "
Tonight, any friends who can play Gwent, Everyone can pay one Oren as the registration fee and play a game with me." "
The winner can directly take away one hundred Orens until all three hundred are won. Everyone has three chances."
" Of course, the loser will follow the rules and I will take away a Gwent card as a trophy."
He glanced at the people around him who were watching the fun and not taking it too seriously, and said with a hint of anger:
" You can tell everyone in the floating port this news, I will stay here for about two days, and this game will be valid until I leave the floating port." …………
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the bank of Temeria In , one Oren can be exchanged for one hundred copper coins, and it only takes a dozen copper coins to buy the bread a family needs for a day.
The temptation of three hundred Orens directly attracted everyone in the town who could play Gwent.
As the news released by Wayne continued to spread, whether it was people watching the excitement or people who wanted to use an Oren to make a fortune, they all gathered in the largest tavern.
When the mayor in charge of managing the floating port heard the news, he immediately wanted to terminate the gambling game directly, but after seeing the enthusiasm of the participants with his own eyes.
He glanced at the instigator angrily, and finally gave up on such tough tactics that could easily cause riots. Instead, he chose to transfer a dozen soldiers from the military camp to maintain order in the tavern.
The atmosphere in the tavern was very lively, there was a constant stream of challengers, and the enthusiasm of the onlookers continued unabated. The gambling game went on for four hours without anyone noticing.
Geralt stood next to Wayne with a serious face, holding his steel sword and scabbard in his arms, his eyes occasionally glancing at some people in the crowd.
With his white hair, tall figure, and sharp eyes, Geralt exudes an aura that is not easy to mess with.
He watched Wayne defeat the participants who came to challenge him one after another. He looked at the increasingly lively atmosphere among the crowd and the increasing number of Oren gold coins on the table. He couldn't help but whisper to Wayne. :
"Wayne, you are too high-profile today. Winning so much money will definitely attract the prying eyes of some people." "
We'd better be careful and don't capsize in the gutter."
After hearing this, Wayne looked up at Geralt At a glance, he knew that Bai Lang's words were very pertinent. As the saying goes, wealth should not be revealed. If this huge sum of money is placed in the eyes of everyone, it will definitely attract the ill will of some people with ill intentions.
However, in just these four hours, he defeated more than 40 Gwent players. The level of Gwent has been upgraded from level two to level three, and his luck value has increased a little.
Such a rapid improvement made him want to stop, and this unexpected big gamble also made Wayne see a good way to quickly improve his Gwent level. How could he give up so easily.
He nodded comfortingly to Geralt, and then looked at the time. It was almost late at night.
So, Wayne stood up and said to the crowd of spectators and other contestants who wanted to participate:
"Everyone, it is too late today."
"I am also very touched by everyone's enthusiasm."
As he said, he From the coins on the table, he casually pushed out seventy or eighty Orens, and said to a squad leader and the tavern owner who had been standing by: "Thank you for your
enthusiasm. Since everyone thinks so highly of me, I will do the same." Generous host."
"Tonight, everyone present is free to dine here, with unlimited beer and barbecue, and the expenses will be deducted from this money."
"After lunch at noon tomorrow, after everyone has rested and recovered, our gambling game will continue."
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