Steampunk: Sixth Era Epic

Chapter 707: 707: An Unfair Game

Chapter 707: Chapter 707: An Unfair Game

“Let’s raise the stakes,” the old man proposed, “Flawed karmic sin cannot be used as chips, with each minimum initial bet being 1 koku of ordinary karmic sin, and each draw requiring an increased bet. The winner takes all, while the loser loses the chips they have bet.”

This implied that both winning too much and losing too much could lead to a bad outcome.

After speaking, the old man swept his hand over the table, and a set of Roder Cards appeared. Shard and Mr. Benhart also brought out their own cards. Noticing that Sister Delphine was unprepared, Shard slid his spare cards across the table to her, and the nun thanked him softly.

“The most common rules, where each round the drawn cards can be reshuffled back into the deck. I acknowledge those special rule cards, as they make the game more interesting. But here, I also have special cards left by outsiders from the past.”

The old man said, then fished out a rusty black iron mini-statue from under the table and placed it on the surface.

Representing the Desecration Spirit, it almost forced the three players to avert their eyes immediately. Even Shard was reluctant to look directly at the statue for long; it was undoubtedly a statue of the Evil God, depicting a chubby man with raised arms clenched into fists.

“My initial bet is this statue of the God of Bygone Days—the Bringer of Misfortune, ‘Father of Slumber,’ which contains 3 koku of the treasure ‘Sloth.’ This great one governs slumber, idleness, laziness, misfortune, and poverty. If any of you wins these 3 koku of ‘Sloth,’ it can be counted as 30 koku of perfect karmic sin.”

He slightly pushed forward the statue of the Evil God:

“This building has housed too much karmic sin, but treasure-level karmic sins are not something an ordinary body can hold. A divine statue of the Old God is the best container. May the Gods of Sin bless me, I think this game will be very interesting.”

As he spoke, he drew his first card.

Mr. Armand Bernhardt immediately drew a card as well:

“My initial bet is 1 koku of ordinary ‘Bloodlust,’ and I stand.”

He didn’t even look at his hole card, signifying that he was giving up this round. After all, as a Vampire Kind, all he needed was perfect-level sin, and winning this round would actually be bad for him.

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