The People's God: Sacrificing Trillions to Ascend-Chapter 465 - Curses! Don’t Help a Gambling Addict!
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“What does that have to do with me?” Han Wu growled.
He would have helped if it had been any other issue. In fact, he was even willing to assist the stall owner with his 80,000 Divine Essence. However, he never expected the stall owner to be a gambling addict who wanted him to pay off his debt.
Han Wu wouldn’t do something like that. He knew how greedy one could be. He could technically clear the debt, but the stall owner would likely gamble again.
Would he look for Han Wu to clear his debt again? He would, and Han Wu wouldn’t help him. That refusal would break whatever relationship they had. Since the break was inevitable, he preferred to end things now and walk away without losing money.
The stall owner stared at him with desperation and tried one last plea. “Brother, you are my best brother! How can you not help me when I’m in danger?”
He hoped to sway Han Wu’s sympathy, but the latter was adamant. He would never help a gambling addict. They didn’t deserve it; their losses were their own fault.
Han Wu shoved him aside. “Get away from me.”
The stall owner hit the ground and glared at him. He hated how Han Wu could’ve saved him with a single action and chose not to, though he never once considered why Han Wu refused. They had only met twice, after all.
The stall owner scrambled up and ran toward the opposite side. “You will regret this. You will!”
Han Wu ignored the stall owner. In his view, no gambling addict deserved help. He followed the road to an official shop established by the Divine Civilization, a place that specialized in high-purity Abyssal Netherstones.
He worried that he would scare the clerk if he unloaded too many at once, so he decided to part with only a small portion, about 4,000 pieces. Nonetheless, the clerk almost fainted when she saw 4,000 pieces of Abyssal Netherstone at 100% purity.
“I’ve never seen so many high-purity Abyssal Netherstones in my life!” she exclaimed.
Han Wu thought, Wait until you see the remaining 76,000 in my inventory.
Han Wu kept a serious expression and urged, “Please quickly appraise them and pay me in Essence Coins.”
The clerk got to work and slowly placed the stones into a specialized, neatly decorated box. After a while, they confirmed their quality, and Han Wu received 5,400 Essence Coins!
This was a huge sum. With that much money, he went on a shopping spree through the rest stop. He bought food, water, other equipment, and various systems. The spending rush felt great.
By the time he finished, he had spent almost all his money. None of the remaining systems there caught his interest.
He was ready to leave when the stall owner from earlier marched toward him with a huge group in tow. He pointed wickedly at Han Wu and told them, “There! He’s the one that gave me the high-purity Abyssal Netherstones!”
Han Wu sensed their strength at once. The one in the front was a Major God, and all the others were Gods. They outnumbered him, and Han Wu feared he would lose right now.
“Young man, our boss wants to meet you. Come with us,” the leader said.
Han Wu saw no chance to escape, so he followed them.
Before long, they reached a casino, and Han Wu entered under the Major God’s watch. Many life forms filled the floor inside, each gambling away money and years of their lives.
They brought him to a soundproof room where he met the casino owner, a life form with a tiger head. Han Wu instinctively raised his guard because the other party was extremely powerful. He had a feeling that the casino owner was an Earthsunder life form as well.
The casino owner showed no emotion and kept dealing cards at his custom-built gambling table. Machines whirred to life, and the table gave them each a card.
The casino owner fixed his gaze on Han Wu. “Young man, how about a small gamble? I haven’t tampered with the card in front of me. If you win, I will let you go and guarantee that I won’t come after you again.”
Han Wu glanced at the card on his side of the table. He couldn’t see the number on the other side and decided not to play. “I won’t gamble.”
The casino owner grew impatient. “Why not? Win once and you can leave. You can also enjoy endless riches here!”
Han Wu shot back, “I don’t need money. It means nothing to me. I’d rather earn it slowly and steadily.” 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂
The casino owner’s patience snapped. He gritted his sharp fangs and growled, “Flip the card and gamble with me.”
“I won’t!”
The owner almost choked with rage. He felt that he had finally met a worthy opponent.
“Then you will die here if you refuse!” the owner roared and commanded Han Wu with a fierce glare to flip the card.
Han Wu had been unable to resist earlier, but after stalling long enough, he could sense his units closing in. Now he was eager to fight back. “Kill me? You don’t have the guts or strength to do so.”
The casino owner sprang forward like a bolt of lightning and attacked Han Wu.
