The Traitor: Relic War
Chp. 58 Cheating for Cheating

"So what kind of game are we going to play?" Zen asked because he was curious about the type of gambling they would play, but of course it was a card game.

"We're going to play the rich and the poor..." Answer the gambling king, start shuffling the cards in his hand then hand them to a woman who may be his servant.

"What are the rules in the rich and poor..." Zen watched every card played by the maid, and he sighed a little.

"That's easy... Each card will have its own value... Aces will be worth one, 2 will be worth two... So it continues until the king has a value of 13... One person will get two cards... And add up the numbers that are there... But if for example one person gets two As then the number is 50... How easy is not..." The gambling king explained in a very easy language to understand then Zen slightly nodded his head to understand the rules of the game.

"It's a simple game... Thank you for making it easy, sir..." Zen said back to playing his role as a polite person.

"No need to bother Rein... You don't mind if the first card starts from me?" Poking his palm politely, the expression on the face of the gambling king was very opposite to his action where from his face there was a great intimidation.

"Well... Please sir..."

"Then let's start..."

Set... Set... Set... Set...

After finishing with her sentence the maid who was next to the king of gambling began to distribute cards in sequence starting from the king of gambling to Zen.

The distribution of cards is quite fair if only seen from the eyes, but it is so.

"I'm sorry but I only got one card..." Zen Lifting one card up then shows that there is only one card there which is 8 spades.

The waitress was a little confused because she thought she had split the cards correctly but from what seemed to be true there was only one card in Zen's hand.

"What are you doing... Share the cards correctly..." The gambling king seemed to be snapping at the female servant which made him a little surprised after that immediately gave one more card to Zen.

"Thank you..." Zen speech then opens the card that is distributed and queen with the clover logo emblazoned There.

"How are you ready?" Ask the gambling king on the zen who seems quite happy with his cards.

"Ah. yep... I'm ready..." Answer Zen and then slip the card onto the table.

"8 Spade and Queen clover... Total's 20..." Zen said After making sure the cards were high, the audience was a little amazed by the luck of Zen who got a high card at the beginning of the game.

"A good card... Too bad, but my card's only 18..." The gambling king put on a resigned face throwing the two cards in his hand onto the table where the card is 7 Heart and Jack Diamond.

"Yeah..." Zen was a little happy with his luck, and from the results of the first game he had a profit of 2,500 ril.

"Ready with the second game?" Ask Cald when Zen takes the betting money that is on the table.

"certain... Whenever you're ready..."

Set... Set... Set... Set...

Cards are shared and immediately Zen Lifts his cards.

"Are you ready?"

"Ahaha... I seem to have been out of luck..." Zen's little laugh threw his card at the table.

"7 yeah... Then this round is mine..." Cald threw his 16th card on the table.

"Ahaha... Let's try it in the next round..."

The game continued and as Zen had expected before he would only get one win in the game and the rest was a defeat, he said, Cald won 3 times in a row against Zen with the number of card values at odds.

"Gahahahha... That was the last one... You lose and have nothing to bet on anymore... But if you want you can make your clothes your next bet..." Cald laughed again with his mouth wide open, trying to ridicule the defeated Zen with just one victory.

"Will you play one more game, sir... This time my bet is myself... I'm willing to be a slave or whatever..." The bargain Zen may be a bit surprising, because everyone knows when someone offers himself as a betting material then and loses then his life can be said to end at that time, too, zen has no qualms about doing that.

"Are you serious about what you said..."

"Well, I'm serious... But in return I want a balanced bet from you..." Zen's face was no less serious than Cald's when he said that.

"What do you want at stake..."

"You seriously asked me that... Then from what I heard the Cald family is running the biggest property business in town... What if I told you that I wanted you to hand over some of that business income to me..." Zen began his thinking.

"What did you say hahhh???... You think how big my family's business income is... Even you yourself will be silent when you hear it..."

"That's why I want her... What's at stake here is my life... It's possible that if you hand over my head to the Kingdom of the Knights you'll make a greater profit..." Zen was serious in those words, he knew that he was currently a fugitive in the Kingdom of Terarria but he was not afraid to reveal it all to everyone present.

"Who are you really..."

"Only a reckless young man..."

"alright... I concur... That's a decent pay... But if you say the right lies then I'll make sure that you don't reach the next life..." Cald now begins to signal to continue the game with this crazy bet.

"You can confirm that later..." Said zen now he is ready to receive the card that will be given.

Set... Set... Set... Set...

The cards were already in hand and Zen stared fixedly at his cards that were only worth 4 that was one As Spade, and 3 Diamond, a number that was too small for him to be able to win this match.

"You ready?"

"Well... Please you first..." His words allowed Cald to open his cards first.

"I hope you're not sorry about what you said..."

Sretti... The cards are thrown and it looks like a huge amount of value where it is a combination of Queen Heart and King Clover.

"The value is almost perfect... That kid can't win anymore..." Say some people watching.

"I never regretted my words... Because..."

Sretti... Zen threw his cards so gracefully after that look two aces side by side, namely As Spade and As Clover.

"My card value is 50. Unfortunately but... You lost this match..." Zen said coolly enough, he picked up the card he had hidden from the first round because he realized he was going to lose.

It would not have happened if at the beginning he did not get an ace of clover which he then hid in his shadow after that asked for an additional card.

"A... What's... That's not possible..."

"The poor have become rich..."

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