episode_0265

“…Damn it!”

Lee Seol’s subordinates were discouraged by Ho Cheon-an’s overwhelming prowess, but they did not give up even when they sensed defeat.

Yes, no matter how well you can read the dice, you can still make a mistake. With that in mind, Lee Seol’s subordinate stepped forward for the second time and desperately shook the barrel.

defeated.

I tried covering it with my arm to avoid showing the container’s movement, and even kicked the table to vibrate it and make it roll after mixing everything.

“Yuk.”

Ho Cheon-an spit out the number without hesitation, and that was the subordinate’s eyes.

“Keuuu..!”

Lee Seol’s subordinate, who had seen the number from Ho Cheon-an, glared at Ho Cheon-an. The sight of him shaking the container and stopping as if nothing had happened was quite disgusting.

Lee Seol’s subordinate bit his lip and glared at the barrel that Ho Cheon-an was holding.

‘Considering what that kid has shown so far, he must have picked the number 7.’

Lee Seol’s subordinate knew that there was a loophole in his reasoning.

In dice with newcomers, it was a bet that the person with the highest number would always win, so even if you pulled out your eye that way, you could still win, but since it was a bet on eye contact, you wouldn’t be able to keep making the same numbers in the same way.

However, Lee Seol’s subordinate clenched his fist when he saw Ho Cheon-an’s face.

‘That guy will do it.’

On the outside, he was holding the weight of an indifferent enemy, but even though he was able to continuously pull out 20 eyes, he won by just 1, not 20. In addition, even though the bet was changed to match the dice in the barrel, the difference of 1 was maintained in the previous game.

“Seven!”

Lee Seol’s subordinate thought while shouting 7. If it’s not 7, you can just laugh at him. If he really insists on going with a number that is 1 higher than his opponent’s, it may be a little out of shape, but it can eat away at that guy’s stamina and concentration.

“Keuuu..!”

And Lee Seol’s subordinates were furious at the revealed numbers.

Because the number was 5.

I expected 7, which is 1 high, but 5 came out, which is 1 low. Hocheonan prepared a low number, not a high number, as if he knew he would shout 7.

Lee Seol’s subordinate’s whole body trembled as Dice’s eyes seemed to be laughing at Lee Seol’s subordinate who was trying to laugh at Ho Cheon-an.

“Next.”

However, since Lee Seol’s subordinate was a loser, he had no choice but to retreat when Ho Cheon-an urged him to make a bet.

After that, things went strangely.

“Thirteen.”

After Ho Cheon-an guessed the number in the glass, he held the glass and shook it. Lee Seol’s subordinates were lost in thought rather than watching the change with their eyes wide open.

Is it one number higher or lower than thirteen?

“….twelve!”

The die count was 14.

“Damn it!”

Lee Seol’s subordinate was furious and slammed the table. Ho Cheon-an played either a high number or a low number. But why can’t I get it right? It’s this person’s job. Even though the odds are 50%, I’m always wrong!

Dokgo Iseol thought as he watched his subordinates collapsing helplessly.

‘It’s truly a scary feeling.’

Dokgo Iseol saw his subordinate who came out for the eighth time. He was shaking the container, but he didn’t seem to be concentrating at all.

“Seventeen.”

The way he lifted the dice and checked his eyes did not show any indignation at all. I handed the barrel over to Ho Cheon-an as if it was just a natural procedure…

It is only after Ho Cheon-an shakes the bucket that he begins to focus. No, I’m just thinking about it.

Will Ho Cheon-an’s dice roll be 16 or 18?

“Eighteen!”

The number on the dice was 16, and Suha was angry, pulling out his hair.

“Next.”

The ninth subordinate came in snoring. Suha, who was shaking his glass, was brimming with determination to guess the number on the dice in Hocheonan.

‘Everyone has forgotten their duty.’

I was overly immersed in the fact that I couldn’t make eye contact with Hocheonan, which was only a half chance at best.

Is making eye contact with Hocheonan the way to win? It is the way to win. Although it was just a meaningless victory.

If both answers are correct, there is a tie, so you have to shake the barrel again anyway.

‘In the end, even when mixing the cups, you have to win against Yong Yong-maeng… but everyone is neglecting that part.’

Even if his subordinates kept their cool and made the bet from the beginning, the chances of defeating Ho Cheon-an were very slim.

If you think about it calmly, you could say that there was just a glimmer of hope based on a fluke.

But what about now?

“Damn it!”

“I can’t believe I got this right!”

The subordinates, who lost their cool after being captivated by Ho Cheon-an’s easy-choice show, had no chance of winning at all.

‘It’s terrible.’

Dokgo Yi-seol was angry at Ho Cheon-an’s feelings, which eliminated even the slightest chance of winning.

Before I knew it, the lone subordinate was contemplating trying to hit Hocheon’s dice with a desperate look on his face. The number his subordinate came up with was thirteen.

“hour…fourteen!”

When Ho Cheon-an lifted the barrel, the number of eyes he saw… was 12.

“Ahh…!”

“This can’t be right.”

At best, it was just an easy choice. A number higher than the number you made. Or a low number. I can’t believe that not one person out of fifteen could make that simple choice correctly.

It was a time when all of Lee Seol’s subordinates were looking at Ho Cheon-an with devastated eyes.

“Then now it’s the main woman’s turn.”

Lee Seol’s words brought his subordinates to their senses.

“Sorry! My lord!”

“Punish your misbehaving subordinates!”

“ was done.”

Again. Again.

Lee Seol folded his fan and went down from the second floor to the first floor and stood facing Hocheonan.

“You really have great skills. Even the main woman was fooled by the cruel treatment before the start.”

“I was just telling the truth.”

Ho Cheon-an lightly refuted Dokgo Yi Seol’s words.

“I told you not. It’s ‘unfair’.”

Is the meaning of ‘unfair’ precisely in this current situation? Everyone who was listening looked at Ho Cheon-an with eyes filled with half amazement and half admiration.

“Even though you didn’t seem to understand the meaning of my words, in the end, you were the one who put your consideration into words.”

“…Yes, I did.”

Even if he had heard Ho Cheon-an’s words before this bet took place, would he have accepted them properly? It would have been considered just common bravado.

“It’s a shame.”

Dokgo Iseol picked up the dice and said while fiddling with it.

“If I won the bet, I would hold you responsible for the damage to the Black Dragon Gate and take you as my subordinate.”

“One, let me give you some advice.”

Hocheonan opened his mouth at the words of Dokgo Iseol.

“From now on, please make the conditions clear when making bets.”

“Ha.”

Dokgo Iseol burst out laughing. Yes, that was the way it should have been. They say the world is wide and there are many strange people, and it was indeed true. I never thought there would be someone in the world with talent like Ho Cheon-an.

Dokgo Iseol said as he put dice into the container.

“Okay, what did you plan on asking for if you win?”

“I’ll tell you about that after I win.”

He was truly a thorough man to the end. Dokgo Iseol felt contradictory in Ho Cheon-an’s attitude of not giving up even a single bit of his superiority. Self-consolation that I wouldn’t have been able to have someone like this in my arms anyway, and resentment that I couldn’t have someone like this in my arms.

Feeling those emotions, Dokgo Iseol moved his hands.

Rattling. Rattling.

The sound of Dokgo Iseol, which was shaking at a steady beat, stopped.

“Fifteen.”

Dokgo Iseol lifted the can without hesitation and everyone on base swallowed their saliva and confirmed the result.

“Ah…!”

The dice had a count of fifteen. Everyone sighed and Dokgo Iseol looked at the dice. Ho Cheon-an silently held out his hand. It meant asking for the barrel that Dokgo Iseol was holding.

The corners of Dokgo Iseol’s mouth, who was staring at the hand, drew a line.

“Did you ask me to clarify the conditions of the bet?”

Everyone’s eyes were focused on Dokgo Lee Seol.

Wow!

And at the same time, Lee Seol’s left hand moved and split the dice into two. The dice that had been struck by the blade of the master’s hand was split in two and rolled around helplessly.

While everyone was frozen at Lee Seol’s sudden action, Lee Seol looked at the two dice and smiled in satisfaction, then put the dice together and placed them on the table.

The dice split in two without any help.

After seeing this, Lee Seol handed the container to Ho Cheon-an and said.

“There’s nothing that says you can’t break the dice when betting, so just make a move.”

Ho Cheon-an said as he handed over the container.

“There was also no rule that said if you didn’t win, you would lose.”

“Oh, I see. So, will this match be invalidated?”

Ho Cheon-an looked at Dokgo Iseol with indifferent eyes.

“Did you intend to do this from the beginning?”

“No.”

Dokgo Iseol shook his head.

“This is the ugliness you do because you acknowledge that you are strong.”

“Ugliness.”

“Yes.”

Dokgo Iseol said while looking at Hocheonan.

“The difference in skill between you and me is significant. There is no chance of winning with normal methods. So should we just be defeated helplessly?”

Dokgo Iseol said that was not the case.

“I don’t want to do that. Even if I have to force myself, I want to win this game.”

“Do you think that is the right thing to do?”

“Right and wrong are not important. What matters is the price my actions will bring.”

The Dokgo theory contained accusations.

“I lost face to new disciples due to my current indecency. Also, there will come a day when my current inhibitions will strangle me. Actions without justification will one day fly back to me.”

“Also, even if I use such force to make you my subordinate, even if you hold a grudge against me and stab me in the back, who will take my side?”

“How could you do something like this?”

“Because I covet you. Because I am a greedy person who has to grab what I want even if I lose more.”

Dokgo Iseol looked straight at Hocheonan and said.

“It’s okay to be disillusioned or hateful. Just be mine. Yong-blindness.”

Ho Cheon-an did not answer.

I just put the two dice in the container and covered it. Dokgo Yi-seol felt deep regret as he watched Ho Cheon-an show his determination to continue gambling.

How can we continue the game with two dice?

Dokgo Iseol accepted Ho Cheon-an’s grasping of the barrel as an expression of rejection.

‘You really had selfish expectations.’

Dokgo Yi-seol knew better than anyone else that his words were nothing more than coercion to Ho Cheon-an. Nevertheless, it was the human mind to harbor a glimmer of hope that such unreasonable pressure would not be responded to.

“…is that your answer?”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

Ho Tian-an just spoke calmly.

“I’m just continuing the betting that was temporarily suspended.”

Rattling! Rattling! Sigh! Rattling!

The sound of two dice crashing loudly into a glass. Hearing that sound, everyone on base opened their mouths.

This was because Ho Cheon-an’s actions and the intentions felt in those actions were so outrageous.

“…No way.”

Combine the dice.

It wasn’t that there was no possibility at all. Since the cross section of the two dice was uneven, the shapes could somehow be combined if the two dice were placed diagonally or horizontally.

However, it was also realistically impossible. Even if one could freely touch the dice without any conditions, creating such a shape would not have been easy.

However, it had to be created in a constantly shaking glass, solely through the shaking of the glass.

If the.

What if the two dice really formed one shape when the glass was stopped? What if it forms one shape and stands tall so that the eyes can read it?

“Impossible…!”

“That is truly not a human talent!”

The words someone shouted represented everyone’s feelings. No matter how amazingly talented Hocheonan is, that is impossible!

however.

Is it really so?

What kind of talent did Ho Cheon-an show?

Throwing the dice 20 times and adjusting all the eyes according to his will, matching the eyes of the dice in a glass mixed by others, and freely controlling the eyes of the dice in the glass are not enough, he confines himself to the choice of easy choice and has never lost. didn’t

If that’s the case… wouldn’t it be possible?

Everyone in the room was obsessed with that thought.

Rattling.

When the bucket stopped, everyone on base swallowed dry saliva. Do dice really form one shape?

Dokgo Iseol thought.

What should I do if the dice in the barrel are really combined into one?

‘How could it be…’

The cup has already stopped drinking. It was unknown whether the dice would be separated or joined, and there was nothing that could be done. Therefore, Dokgo Iseol simply chose the best answer.

“Fourteen.”

After Dokgo Iseol’s words fell, Ho Cheon-an raised his glass, repeating the same movements he had shown dozens of times today.

And everyone witnessed.

The dice are exactly combined into one body.

The combined result of the dice was 16.

“Oh my…! Nonsense!”

Everyone was shocked and Dokgo Iseol closed his eyes.

“…You won.”

“I see. Now, let me tell you my request.”

Dokgo Yi-seol strengthened his resolve when he saw the calm appearance of Ho Cheon-an.

“Say. I will perform the training in your name.”

What kind of demand will Yongjimaeng make?

Dokgo Iseol looked into Ho Cheon-an’s indifferent eyes and anticipated that request.

Looking at his lustless eyes, I felt like he wouldn’t ask for my body. It didn’t seem like it would require guesswork or riches.

‘As expected… they’ll demand an apology.’

Considering Ho Cheon-an’s words and attitude, there was a high possibility that this would be the case.

And such a demand could have been a fatal blow to Dokgo Iseol. If an official apology is requested, Dokgo Iseol’s reputation will literally fall to the ground.

At best, the woman of the Great Dark Dragon Gate was defeated and apologized to the wandering warrior.

This was not simply a loss of Dokgo Yi Seol’s reputation.

It is both a disgrace to the black defeated Dokgo Yeongcheon and a shame to the Dark Dragon Gate!

Brothers and sisters who regard Dokgo Iseol as a thorn in their eyes will not miss this opportunity, and in the worst case, Dokgo Iseol may be kicked out of the family register or imprisoned within the Amryongmun Gate under the pretext of probation.

If that happens, my current subordinates will also be scattered. Not only will they be scattered, but they may also be eliminated.

That’s the only thing that should be prevented.

In the back of my mind, I was thinking about how to safely get my men out.

Slurp!

The sounds of weapons being drawn could be heard from all directions.

“…What are you doing?”

“Sorry. My lord…! But there is no need to keep a promise like that to a wanderer!”

“That’s right! My master’s brothers and sisters will not let go of this weakness and will rush in to kill him!”

The subordinates looked at Hocheonan with lifeless eyes.

“You may be worried about the newbies, but we will keep watch day and night!”

“So right here and now…!”

Let’s deal with Hocheonan and make it like it never happened.

“Gal!”

The subordinate’s unfinished words were interrupted by Lee Seol’s shouting.

The spirit of his subordinates was dampened by Dokgo Iseol’s angry eyes.

“People in the world look at the Safa people and point their fingers at them, calling them unscrupulous people! And it does! No matter who sees it, the current match cannot be said to be fair.”

“Master..!”

“You have to keep one thing in order to be called an apostle and not an apostate! Accepting this result is the last line I must protect as a warrior and as a human being.”

Dokgo Iseol looked around at his subordinates and said.

“It was a match I proposed. There was even disgrace in it. Even though he was so forceful, he lost. However, if you try to say that you will not accept the result, how can this Dokgo Iseol live with an open chest? It is better to die than to live in such an ugly and shameful life.”

“Master…!”

Everyone cried out in sorrow for the Dokgo Yi Seol. Those who were deeply loyal even shed tears. Feeling the earnest feelings of his subordinates, Dokgo Iseol looked at Ho Cheon-an, grateful for their loyalty.

“Say. Your request.”

“I understand.”

Everyone in the audience looked at Hu Tianan’s mouth. What kind of demand will that bastard, who doesn’t even blink an eyelid after so many bets and seems to have no human heart, make?

“I came to Kunming to enter the Dark Dragon Gate.”

….What now?

Not only Dokgo Lee Seol but also Lee Seol’s subordinates, who were shedding tears, all their thoughts stopped.

Ho Cheon-an looked at Dokgo Iseol with indifferent eyes and spoke again, regardless of whether they were frozen or not.

“Please accept me as a member of the Dark Dragon Gate.”

The base was engulfed in extreme silence.