Everyone in the Hanging Axe Fort knew that Gray Eddie was an ignorant and incompetent bastard, but this bastard was living a carefree life, which made many people envious.
This was all because Gray Eddie was a very powerful Gwent master.
In Prandal, the Gwent cards made by the bored magicians of the Star-Moon Tower were almost the only kind of entertainment for the people. Because of the large number of participants, some rare cards that were sold in limited quantities could be sold at a very high price among the enthusiasts.
And Gray's way of making a living was gambling.
With his superb skills, he could win the rare cards that his opponents had bet on, and then sell them to others at a high price, or let his opponents redeem them at a price ten to twenty percent higher. In this way, he could make a lot of money without risking anything. Moreover, he did not have a family to worry about, so he lived a very carefree life.
Recently, Gray had spent all his money in the brothel, so he decided to go out for a stroll and find a few fat sheep to make some money.
After spending half a month in the brothel, Gray suddenly walked out and looked at the ground that was faintly glowing with green. He felt like he was in another world.
Gray wandered to the place where the Gwent enthusiasts often gathered. It was a tavern called "House of the White Wolf." The Gwent enthusiasts in the Hanging Axe Fort often gathered here after work to learn from each other.
"Hey!"
Gray pushed open the door with a playful smile. "Mr. Eddie is here! Come and greet him! "
"Gray?"
The customers in the tavern looked at Gray in surprise. "You're still alive? We thought you died on top of that bitch Delia's belly! "
"What nonsense are you talking about? It's not like you don't know what I'm capable of. That bitch Delia was no match for me at all. In the end, she had to call all her sisters over before she could barely deal with me. "
Gray's face was full of pride. "They're so comfortable that they don't want me to leave. They don't even want the money. If I didn't insist that we're even and don't want to have any emotional entanglements with them, I could even freeload there."
"Hahahaha, here he comes again! Grey Eddie's Bragging Time! "
"That's why I say that you bunch of jealous fellows don't know anything at all. Come, come, come, cut the crap. I haven't played cards for half a month, and now my hands are itching. Who wants to play a round with me? I'll bet a Leader-class Epic-level card. Who's going to buy it? "
Gray took out his bait, a rare gold card of Zeon Augustine – Master of the Stars and Moons. For Gwent enthusiasts, the rarest, most popular, and most expensive gold card was the rare gold card of Aegwynn – Crescent Silver Blade. Those who could get their hands on it were the luckiest of the luckiest. Even in the black market, there was a price but no supply. Next was the Zeon Augustine – Master of the Stars and Moons. In the black market, the price had already risen to over 10,000 gold.
Those Gwent enthusiasts looked at the shiny leader card in Gray's hand, their faces full of envy, jealousy, and hatred. At first, they thought that Gray had used up all his luck to draw this card from the card pack. But in the end, Gray used this card to catch a lot of big fish, and made a lot of money.
Gray proudly waved the Gold Leader Card in his hand. This card had never failed him, and it had never disappointed him. Today, I should be able to earn some money as well. Gray licked his lips.
However, something strange happened. He waited for a long time, but no one answered. Those fellows didn't take the bait because of jealousy?
Gray took a closer look and found that those fellows were all gathered in front of a table, looking at something with great interest. From time to time, he could hear words like "eat" and "touch".
Gray squeezed in. "What are you guys looking at? … Eh? What is this? "
"You don't know? Oh, you've been staying at Delia's place recently. No wonder. "
A person next to him said with a smile, "This is called Dragon's Treasure, but it's also commonly known as Mahjong. It's a new game that Tang En Majesty used to let us ordinary people kill time after work."
In order to make it more down-to-earth, Tang En changed the face of the Mahjong cards slightly. The rope cards were changed to flying dragons, and the tube cards were changed to gold coins. He also changed the name to a more acceptable name, while retaining the common name of Mahjong.
"Dragon's Treasure? Mahjong? What does that mean? "
"Well, the rules are written there. You'll understand when you see it. It's not difficult. Everyone is tired of playing Gwent. Recently, everyone has been quite interested in this game. It's just that Mahjong is too difficult to buy now, so White Wolf only got one set. Fortunately, one set can be played by four people."
Speaking of which, the person laughed again. "Speaking of which, the biggest advantage is that you don't have to buy a card pack. There will always be 136 cards, which saves a lot of money."
Gray looked at the rules briefly. 136 cards meant that Shenron was guarding the treasure. Players had to rely on the cards in their hands to seize Shenron's treasure. One to nine dragons (rope), one to ninety thousand, one to nine gold coins (tube). Players had to gather three sets of three straights or play a set of the same set of cards to win. This was only the basic way to win. There were all kinds of tricks beyond this …
Gray raised his eyebrows. The rules seemed simple at first glance, but considering the number of players, the number of cards, the playing styles of different players, and the different ways to win, how could there be only a myriad of changes?
This thing was definitely much more difficult than Gwent!
And if a game was easy to learn but hard to master, it meant that this game would be very playable!
This was not good …
Gray muttered. If these people all fell in love with this new game and no one continued to play Gwent, then wouldn't he lose his means of survival? Perhaps the value of the rare leader card in his hand would also plummet.
No, he had to understand this thing as soon as possible. If it could really threaten Gwent's position, then he had to sell the rare cards in his hand as soon as possible!
"Three dragons …"
As soon as the person on the table pushed out a card, the person next to him immediately shouted, "Eat!"
Then, the three dragons flew into the hands of the person next to him with a whoosh. The person next to him smiled brightly and played a white board.
The opponent's eyes lit up. "Bang!"
With a flip of his hand, he was holding two white boards. This time, he had gathered three white boards. After looking at the cards, he grinned and played a flying dragon (one rope). Then, he deducted the cards: "I'll listen to the cards."
What he didn't expect was that just as he listened to his cards, the player next to him touched his cards and directly pushed his cards while laughing loudly. "Four gold! Self-drawn! I'll win! "
"What!? How is that possible!? You didn't call to listen!? "
"The rules don't seem to say that you have to listen to your cards, right?"
The person picked his nose and said angrily, "Don't try to go back on your word! Pay up! "
The other three people had to pinch their noses and pay up. Each of them gave him ten copper coins.
Eh!?
Gray, who was originally worried, had his eyes lit up. "If one person wins, the three of us pay up!? This is good! "
In the past, playing Gwent was a one-on-one game. Even if he won, he would only win one person. Now, in this mahjong game, he could win three people at once. That meant that he could collect money from three people!
"Only if you win by yourself will the three of us pay. If you hit the cannon … Oh, it means that you play a card that someone else is going to win … or win, then you'll have to pay alone. If you gather four of the same cards, then you can bet and the reward will be doubled."
The reward can be doubled?!
Gray's eyes lit up even more. Tang En Majesty was a good person! He knew that we were too slow to earn money, so he came up with this new trick?!
"I'll do it, I'll do it!"
Seeing that they were about to start the next game, Gray hurriedly went up.
"You?"
The people at the table glanced at him. "Eddie, we can't beat you at Gwent, but you haven't played mahjong, right? Do you have money? "
"I don't have money."
Gray said straightforwardly, "But I have Gwent! I'll pay with cards. Is that okay? "
"Oh? Is it the Master of Xingyue?! "
Although they did not play Gwent much recently, rare cards were still attractive.
"Do you think I'm stupid?!"
Gray took out an ordinary copper card. "You guys don't seem to be playing much. This is all it's worth."
The few of them looked at each other and sneered. "Fine, cards it is. If we don't lose everything you've won today, we'll take your last name!"
The game soon began. Gray silently recalled the rules in his heart as he drew his cards. He looked at the cards in his hand.
Not bad, the cards were good. The winning rate was very high!
Gray smiled. However, before he could draw his first card, he saw the dealer grin. "Sorry, everyone. Let's start the next game!"
After saying that, he directly pushed his cards.
"What?! It's the legendary Tianhu?! "
"I've only seen it in the rules. This is the first time I've seen someone touch it!"
The two of them muttered as they took out their money. "What kind of luck is this! I seriously suspect that you've overdrawn this year's good luck! "
Gray was dumbfounded. Tianhu? There was such a thing?
"Thank you, thank you, haha!"
The dealer casually took away Gray's cards with a smug smile on his face.
Damn it! How could he lose so unreasonably!
"Again!"
In the second game, Gray still lost.
The third, the fourth, the fifth …
Gray kept losing cards. Seeing that the sky was getting dark and he was about to run out of Gwent cards, he started to bet on rare cards. However, there was still no trace of anxiety on his face. Instead, there was a thoughtful expression on his face.
"Haha, I've long wanted this rare trap card of yours! I'll gladly accept it! "
"Mm."
Gray suddenly smiled. "Take it. You'll return it to me soon anyway."
"What are you talking about! How many times have you won today? "
"Stop talking nonsense. Let's start the next game."
Gray smiled brightly and began to shuffle the cards.
He had discovered the so-called trick of mahjong.
Listen to the master, keep an eye on the opponent, guard against the master, remember the cards carefully, and play carefully. That was all!
From today onwards, it was the day of the rise of the new God of Mahjong, Gray Eddie!
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