Chapter 217: A Fated Disaster
The Alchemy City was gone, and this incident shocked everyone on the entire continent.
The situation suddenly changed, and the Dwarf Kingdom was eyeing the Alchemy City covetously, so that all people coming from the Alchemy City became the subject of strict scrutiny, and even a high bounty was offered to capture them.
The unlucky Harvey was captured by a group of orcs who were half mercenaries and half bandits before he even entered the city.
This was a group of orcs who inherited their heritage in the form of a matriarchal clan. They stopped Harvey outside the city of Ganlu, then rushed up and tied him up.
Then, Harvey saw the female orc, or half-orc and half-elf, beside him.
This female orc who called herself "Sawtooth Knife" used the simplest and most primitive method to force a confession, and Harvey became like this.
Harvey even began to doubt whether luck is conserved. He had been so successful for so long, but now it was time for him to have bad luck.
After being beaten, Harvey barely convinced the group of orcs and proved that he knew nothing about the disappearance of the Alchemy City. However, "Sawtooth Knife" was not happy. He worked so hard to capture the man and spent so much effort to torture him, but in the end, he got nothing?
Just when "Jawtooth" was about to kill Harvey and sell him to those black market necromancers, Harvey loudly stated that he could make her a lot of money.
"I'm good at gambling!" Harvey said with a leaky mouth.
The orc naturally didn't believe it, so someone took out a few dice and played the simplest game of betting with him.
He said that if Harvey lost once, he would cut off one of his fingers. As a result, Harvey won thirty times in a row until the orc couldn't stand the cheating anymore.
However, Harvey saw through his cheating and he was completely defeated.
In life-or-death situations, a prophet can always trust his intuition.
When Sawtooth saw that Harvey had this ability, he immediately decided to keep this human in captivity.
He just gave Harvey a quick bandage and then took him into Ganlu City, hoping to make a fortune.
Harvey, with a bruised face and a broken hand, looked very miserable, and Amber was almost unable to help him. But after thinking about it, he saw that Harvey didn't have any injuries when he saw him again, so he thought that he had solved the problem by himself, so Amber didn't help.
After deciding to save Harvey, Amber accepted this student, so he was also very interested and wanted to see how Harvey would solve this trouble.
Harvey had no idea that his unfortunate appearance was seen by Amber Xiu. He was forcibly dragged by "Sawtooth Knife" to sit at the gambling table.
This is the gambling table for playing dice, but the dealer is not the tavern owner, but some local prestigious mercenary groups. The taverns on this continent seem to have an unwritten rule that the tavern owner only sells alcohol and operates commissioned intermediary business, and does not touch anything else.
The tavern serves more as a platform, giving adventurers freedom to play.
As soon as Harvey sat down, the adventurers who were gambling stared at him and laughed mockingly.
The drow who was biting the sieve said loudly, "I've seen a lot of gamblers, but this is the first time I've seen someone who wants to gamble after being beaten like this. Have you lost everything and are you ready to gamble your life for the last time? Do you want me to introduce you to a loan company? I know a lot of loan bosses."
Harvey just threw out a gold coin and said, "You shake yours. You're not a bard who makes money with his mouth. Why are you talking so much nonsense?"
"Huh? This pighead still has a temper? Fine, today I'll make sure you lose all your gauze!"
The drow looked at the position of Harvey's gold coin, which landed on the "big" position, and immediately smiled.
Anyone who can be a dealer must have some skills. As a veteran dealer, it is easy for him to shake out a small number.
After slapping the sieve, the drow elf opened it confidently, and it was indeed one, two, three, and six small.
Just as he happily accepted a gold coin from Harvey, the drow felt something was wrong because there was a pile of change on the other side of the big board, which added up to more than the price of a gold coin.
Although he won this time against Harvey, he made his boss lose money.
He frowned, wondering how he could make such a stupid mistake. If he got angry with someone and asked his boss to pay him, he would be in big trouble. But it was just a small amount of money, so he just had to not make the same mistake again next time.
Harvey threw down the second gold coin without changing his expression. It was still a big one. This time the drow saw clearly that most people were buying the big one, so he decided to go for a small one.
The dice was precisely controlled by the drow elf, and it rolled a four, five, six, and fifteen.
This time the other gamblers complained a lot, as they also lost a lot.
At this time, some people said that Harvey was a bright light and started to buy specifically for him.
Now the drow was in trouble. He couldn't afford to pay compensation to his boss, so he had to shake for a number of points that Harvey could win.
But the drow was shocked to find that this time he couldn't shake it out.
No matter what Harvey bought, he always lost, while those who bought against Harvey won a lot of money.
The drow's head was sweating. For several consecutive times, he had made his boss lose thousands of gold coins.
The drow slapped the sieve and said to Harvey, "How dare you cheat here, boy?!"
Harvey said innocently, "I keep losing money, and you still accuse me of cheating. Is there any reason for you to argue? Besides, you are the one shaking the dice, I haven't even touched them, how can I cheat?"
The drow couldn't tell, but he was sure that this guy with bandages all over his face had done something.
Otherwise, the dice would not have disobeyed him this time.
Harvey sighed and said, "Oh, if I lose money I'll be accused of cheating. What's the point of playing this game? I'm leaving now."
Harvey stood up and left, and "Sawtooth Knife" hurried over to support him, and the two walked out of the pub together.
The drow felt something was very wrong because the female orc who came with Harvey did not place any bets, which meant that the two of them really came here to lose money, which was hard to understand.
However, shortly after the two left, several orcs also walked out of the tavern.
They arrived earlier than Harvey and had been pretending to be drinkers in the tavern to place bets. They had been betting casually at first and lost a little money. When Harvey showed up, they started betting heavily. Because they were spread over several people, it seemed that each person didn't win much, but the total was about 500 to 600 gold coins.
This is equivalent to several months' income for them, which makes the orcs extremely excited.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
"Sawtooth Knife" was happy and confused, and asked Harvey: "Why don't you just win the money? Why make it so complicated? With your ability, you can win tens of thousands in a day!"
"A person who wins so much, he really must be afraid of falling out. My teacher taught me one thing, when it comes to making money, you have to hold the other party's bottom line. Now we are leaving safely, there will be no danger. If we win too much, we might get bloody, and then I will die the fastest."
Harvey learned a lot from Amber, just like when Amber tricked him into setting up a magic circle, making him think he was going to be sacrificed, so he cleverly modified the magic circle to have a self-destructing effect. Although he found himself being a clown in the end, it was a good lesson for Harvey.
Sometimes, deliberately revealing flaws is actually to cover up more important information.
Harvey used himself as bait and successfully concealed his other companions. It is estimated that the drow elf will figure it out tomorrow.
I have indeed grown up.
Although "Jagged Knife" felt that Harvey was too conservative, he still made a profit after all, so he said generously: "Then let's follow the agreement. I will treat you."
"Sawtooth Knife" slapped Harvey on the body, and a blue-green light began to emerge from the palm of his hand.
Harvey only felt the broken bones in his arm begin to itch, and then completely healed after a few dozen seconds.
Sawtooth Knife panted and retracted his hand. He said to Harvey, "That's all. My healing skills are just like this. Just make do with it."
Orcs are not good at casting spells. Even the blood sorcerers among the orcs can only specialize in a few spells inherited from their bloodline. "Sawtooth Blade" is definitely not a sorcerer. Her spellcasting ability should be related to her half-elf bloodline.
Although the wound on his face had not healed yet, Harvey was very happy that his arm had recovered. These orcs kept their word, so his life was saved.
"Let me discuss something. I'll help you win money. How much money do you have to win in order for you to let me go?" Harvey asked.
"Haha, forget it. How could I let a camel carrying gold leave? From today on, you are my man. Work for me for the rest of your life!"
Harvey's eyes widened under the gauze, and he said in shock: "What did you say?"
Sawtooth Knife laughed and said, "Don't worry, I won't hurt you. My mother caught a drow elf back then, so she was very careful when she did it. This is a family tradition."
Sawtooth Knife picked up Harvey and strode towards the largest hotel in the city.
"Help... Help!" Harvey wanted to scream, but someone immediately stuffed a piece of moldy dried meat into his mouth, making him unable to shout.
Amberxiu secretly saw all of this. He and Catherine hid aside using illusion until Harvey was carried away.
Amber sighed. This kid has made some progress, but not much. How could he reveal his intention to escape to the kidnappers? Of course, he would continue to let them relax their vigilance and then find an opportunity to escape.
"You, don't go save him?" Catherine said in a very sympathetic tone.
After confirming that the victim was a drow, Catherine finally breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that it was not one of her compatriots. But she began to feel sad for Harvey again. How big a psychological shadow must he have?
Amber Xiu shook his head and said, "I've already said that fate cannot be changed. If I take action now, I might accidentally push these two people onto the bed. This is fate's arrangement, and I believe Harvey will accept it."
Harvey once said that if he knew he would die tomorrow, he would face it calmly.
It's just losing your virginity, it's inevitable for an adventurer. Once is new, twice is familiar, you will get used to it soon.
Amber said to Catherine, "Let's take a rest. I have a feeling that we can complete this false prophecy soon. As long as we finish that scene, Harvey will be alive again."
(End of this chapter)