Arthur knew the name 'Maple Leaf Lottery' because it's one of the famous place in this city.
They are a place where you can procure materials for various purposes. But it's also a place to gamble. A Unique Gamble.
One cannot buy anything there with money alone. They have to win gamble to buy something or that is what Arthur heard before. He has never been there so he didn't know the detail exactly.
But Arthur could not understand why they had to go there to buy it. He could buy it from other places but he decided to play along with Mason.
"Ok, let's go to Maple Leaf Lottery "
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Arthur came to Maple Leaf Lottery building for the first time. He was shocked to see the extravagant decorations inside that didn't lose to competition with the most incredible place he had ever been to.
"What the hell! Why do they have more money than the city Lord?"
Arthur felt like he was robbed. This place seemed more luxurious than his home. He thought whether or not they paid the money for tax.
"Young master Arthur, you must not have visited this place before right?"
Mason suddenly asked Arthur kindly which sounded very creepy and made Arthur feel disgusted. But Arthur just pretended to be normal for now.
"Yes, it's my first time. Any problem?"
Arthur spoke sternly and silenced Mason. After what happened outside the city, Mason was genuinely afraid of Arthur. So he flinched when Arthur spoke in this cold manner.
Arthur saw many people inside the establishment, hoping to win the gamble and obtain some valuable products.
But Arthur still didn't know their gambling methods. So he was curious about how they gamble here.
Finally, Arthur saw how they were gambling. However, from the beginning Arthur felt it is very childish way to gamble.
They were gambling on animals egg. Right, eggs! Hilarious!
There were a lot of small round table. People were surrounding them excitedly. There was a formation on each one of them. A time acceleration formation was engraved on them.
The gambling is pretty simple.
First: you buy an egg from the counter. The egg must be bought from the counter, outside egg is not allowed. But the way, the counter charges each egg much higher than normal.
Second: you pay for using the time acceleration formation on the table. This formation is pretty advanced and needs a lot of mana stone to keep it running.
Third: Now this is the main part, what is the use of buying an animal egg? What is it you gamble on? That's simple, gender. You gamble on their gender. You decide first whether it will be a male or female. The host always gets whatever is left.
Fourth: Now about rewards. How much do you get and what do you get? Simple, you bet on your egg, if you win, the Maple Leaf Lottery returnes you double the money. The condition for winning is if the gender of the animal coming out of the egg is as you decided on. If the gender is different or the egg is a dead egg, then it is Maple Leaf Lottery's win.
'And here I thought what sort of bet it might be, turns out that it's just guessing gender,' Arthur thought to himself. At the same time, he also felt a bit speechless.
There is also side bet for the direct participant and the onlookers. The rule for side bet is same but the rewards ratio is a bit different. If you bet on the same gender as the eggs buyer you get a return of 1.5 times than the amount of the betting money but if you bet on the opposite you get a return of 3 times the amount.
Now the only thing that remains to explain is than how do you get the valuable ingredients for various crafts in here. This is a exchange Venter after all. People only go on with this ridiculous betting because the items found here are the real deal.
So the way to exchange is winning money. After winning a certain amount of money from the betting here, the host gives you a special card. This card is also divided into three tier : Silver>Gold> Diamond.
Silver tier card holder can exchange item at the level of silver level. Similarly, Gold and Diamond tier works.
But after how much money winning, one will get a special card is not revealed so it depends on the person's luck and how much the person is valued by the host.
One more noticeable thing is that one must use the card before leaving and they can't come back another day to purchase item using the card. It is a one time daily usage kind of thing. One can only use the card to exchange an item immediately therefore.
Now that Arthur knew the rules and rewards, he was really intrigued by this. Also, he was suspicious of Mason. He wondered what kind of prank he might pull.
' I hope this bastard doesn't go overboard with his prank. If it's money than Arthur couldn't care any less but he has a feeling that Mason and his goons might try something funny '
Arthur looked around and moved around for a while. Mason was also with him, following behind him and explaining the rules, tips and tricks around here.
"Young master Arthur, do you not want to gamble anymore? I know it is your first time coming here and doing something like this. But you can give it a try. If you want, I can introduce you to an expert who is very accurate in this kind of Gambling event."
Mason kept pushing Arthur nervously. He wanted Arthur to gamble here. Only then he can start his plan.
Arthur also felt that he can handle, no.., not handle, he can dominate this gamble. Because he has what no one else has in this world. A Cheat System.
But Arthur was thinking about another thing. He wanted to figure out what Mason is planning and teach him a lesson again that he will never forget.