"Let's start the game, shall we?" Lucio said as he smiled inwardly.
There was only one problem in his whole plan and that was the possibility of Kaseo stopping his gambling after the first night or the second, but Lucio bet on the man's skills that he saw with [Inspect].
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Name: Kaeso Arrianus
Age: 30
Title: Shrewd Slaver
Job: Slave trader
Stats
Strength: 1.1
Agility: 0.6
Stamina: 0.9
Vitality: 1.3
Senses: 0.8
Skills:
Gambler's Luck: Winning chances increase when gambling (Also applies to life choices.)
Reckless Greed: Makes rash decisions when an opportunity to make money appears.
]
Reckless greed was a very bad skill unless one had a skill that increased luck. The combination of those two skills helped Kaeso get rich but sometimes his rash decisions caused a catastrophe.
To Lucio, it didn't matter if a person had a skill that increased his luck or probability as it only worked where Luck was involved and luck played a huge role where probabilities were involved, while the probability of Lucio losing was zero if he used the [Inventory] effectively.
(A/N: Yes, scratch your heads.)
"We will play ten rounds. If you win more than five, you double the money that you put on the table and if you win less than five, I take all the money on the table. Everyone in the crowd can bid on one outcome, this man either winning or losing."
"Sure, I have a lot of money so if you tell me how much silver you have, I will bet that exact amount or maybe more." Kaseo said as he smirked.
Lucio bobbed his head up and down before replying "I have five thousand silvers."
His words shocked the crowd, including Kaseo. He fortunately or unfortunately, had only twenty gold and didn't bother carrying silver as it would become heavy.
Kaseo dejectedly placed two towers of ten gold coins and said "Let's start."
To which Lucio nodded before tossing the bronze coin in his hand. He purposefully caught the coin too fast so that Kaseo couldn't see anything and only had to guess.
Kaseo was right but Lucio transported the coin to the other hand before revealing where the coin was.
Lucio progressively slowed down the speed at which he caught the coin and after five wins, he let Kaseo win continuously as he acted frustrated.
"Tch, one more win and I could simply leave this place." Lucio said as he tossed the coin for the nineth time before catching it at a required speed, letting Kaseo clearly see which hand the coin was in.
"Left." Kaseo said as he smiled. The fat man had been sweating when Lucio won for the fifth time but after his first win, he continued to win simultaneously. 'One more win and it will be a draw. Two more wins and I'll double my wealth….'
"Argh! Just how can you do it?!" Lucio asked furiously and Kaseo simply laughed "I'll tell you after I win."
'Yeah sure….' Lucio thought as he tossed the coin again.
Kaseo stared at the coin that was caught by Lucio, a bit faster this time but he could still see it being caught.
"Left again." Kaseo said and Lucio relaxed his grip on the coin, revealing it in his left hand.
"Five wins , Five losses…." Lucio said before continuing "Looks like no one won. It was nice playing with you." He said as he stood up to leave, ignoring the gold on the table as Kaseo's face scrunched up.
"One more round. Let's break the tie." Kaseo said as he looked at the crowd. "What do you guys think? He is leaving because I have seen through his methods and most of you have bet on me. You will lose a chance of making money."
The crowd went into a frenzy as they cursed Lucio with everything they had at their disposal, to which Lucio could only smile depreciatingly before sitting back down "Alright, Let's break the tie."
Kaseo smiled widely as he looked at Lucio who was surprisingly smiling back and it was a smile that made Kaseo feel weird. A feeling he had never felt before crept up to him but it was weak. He shook of the feeling easily just from the thought of his money doubling in a minute or so.
Lucio tossed the coin up in the air and caught it faster than before, making Kaseo lose his confidence but Kaseo was still able to see the coin being caught by Lucio's right hand.
Lucio looked up at Kaseo before saying "Come on, Pick a hand."
"Yes…. I'll pick the right."
"Are you sure?" Lucio asked curiously, playfulness dancing in his eyes. He was ready to press the button that would collapse the merchant standing in front of him.
"Yes. Loosen your fists and reveal the coin. Don't try playing tricks with me, boy."
"Hahaha, sure… sure." Lucio said as he slowly opened his right hand, revealing nothing as he looked at Kaseo's face that turned from confidence to dread in a matter of seconds.
He pocketed the gold on the table and looked at betty who was behind him, who was looking at him in shock, wondering how he did it before handing him two pots filled with bronze and silvers.
Only eight people had bet on Kaseo losing and one of them won big. Lucio didn't mind as he gave the man the amount he had won, twenty silvers. The others didn't win too much as they bet less. They didn't mind it and felt superior to every person who had lost the bet.
Kaseo stared at Lucio who was smiling as he paid all the winners and felt a deep void inside his stomach that seemed to suck out all his happy thoughts and emotions.
After congratulating the winners, Lucio turned to look at Kaseo staring at him before smiling widely. He walked up to him and said "You will never win against me, Mr Slaver. Never."
Kaseo felt anger and embarrassment bubble up inside as he pushed Lucio before pouncing on him.
Lucio fell on the floor somehow managing to keep the pot in his hands intact. The moment he saw the merchant pounce on him, he rolled.
Kaseo was slow although he was quite strong. Before he could reach Lucio, he saw a huge clay pot closing in on him.
Lucio held the pot up high before smashing it onto Kaseo's forehead, breaking the pot to pieces whilst the coins scattered onto the floor.
Kaseo held his head in pain as blood dripped down into his eyes. Lucio was about to kick the living hell out of him when people held him back and Kaseo was sent out by the bar owner for harming people inside the bar.
The scattered coins were collected into a new pot but quite a few were missing. Lucio didn't mind it as he sat on the table counting the coins when Betty interrupted him.
"Sir, you have also won these people. They were gambled off by two people who had no money but were confident in winning." She said as she pointed at five people.
Lucio looked at two women, two boys and a girl before asking Betty "You can gamble off your families too?"
"Yes…."
Lucio nodded, absorbing the new information before asking "What is everyone's worth here?"
Lucio was not new to the concept of slaves as he, himself was sold as a prisoner of war before his regression and he had no intention of being the great liberator of slaves.
Betty pointed at each of them and told him their worth as she explained their history and origins.
They were sold by two men, meaning two separate families. One of them was not an actual family but were slaves who were used in gambling quite a few times but they still "cost" a lot.
One of the women and her daughter were both priced thirty silvers as the mother was a beauty in ragged clothes and the young daughter was preferred by a few degenerate men.
The other group of three was a real family that had met a bad fate of having a shitty father and a husband. The mother was thin and looked malnourished while the two sons looked the same, extremely weak, all the three valued at ten silvers together.
Lucio observed them for a while before asking "Which one of you know how to cook or fight or anything that can be of use to me."
The scrawny woman spoke first "I can cook sir. My cooking used to be praised by my whole village."
She looked desperate as she pushed her sons forward to talk but they simply stood, not opening their mouths.
Lucio then turned to the other two, not bothering with the two boys. The woman weakly said "We can pleasure you well, my lord."
He then looked at the small girl who looked to be around eleven and she nodded in response to her mother, clearly taught to do so.
Lucio sighed inwardly before saying "I don't have time for pleasure."
He looked at Betty "I'll give these two to the bar owner along with some more silver. After all, I have to pay 10 percent of what I've earned…."