Beastmaster of the Ages

Chapter 362 – An Ominous Premonition

"There are a total of 100 halls in our Trump Casino. Each hall has 160 gambling tables. There are even 60 rooms for VIP players. However, in our casino, the Wind and Cloud Pavilion only has one. Wind and Cloud Pavilion opens once every three years. Today is exactly three years since the last time it opened."

Lei Luo touched his chin and said, "Don't tell me you want to invite me to the Wind and Cloud Pavilion?"

"If the Wind and Cloud Pavilion doesn't open, the wind and cloud showdown in these three years will end. As the owner of Trump Casino, I can't let others think that our Trump casino is so unpopular."

Lei Luo was silent for a while and asked, "Who is my opponent?"

"One of the Empire's three biggest gamblers, Byron," said Trump.

Lei Luo had been gambling for almost two years.

Lei Luo was not unfamiliar with the name Byron.

He was a legendary existence.

Therefore, even with Lei Luo's temperament, he could not help but be stunned when he heard this name.

Although he said that he was prepared to fight an expert, he felt that this expert was a little too big for him to take head-on.

"What's the matter? Sir, are you afraid of losing?" Trump asked with a smile. "I believe that you will win."

"Why do you believe that I will win?"

This time, Lei Luo really didn't understand.

Trump blinked his eyes and said with a smile, "It's very simple. Like you, I am also a gambler. Moreover, it's very likely that I like gambling more than you."

While Trump and Lei Luo were talking, Byron had been standing upstairs, quietly watching the two of them.

Standing beside him was his only student, Thor.

He had been with Byron since he was born and had been with him for twenty-five years.

Legend had it that Byron had taught Thor everything he had learned in one go.

But the strange thing was that for twenty-five years, Thor had never participated in any gambling games, either publicly or privately.

"This person…How do you feel about him?"

Byron tilted his head and asked his student.

"As early as a month ago, I've been paying attention to him. I've watched him in all his gambling games."

"It's not difficult to win money, and it's not difficult to lose money, but it's very difficult to win whenever you want and lose whenever you want, so much so that you have complete control over the entire gambling game."

"Even if he's facing a gambler who's much worse than him, it's the same."

Thor turned his face looked at Lei Luo, who was standing in the distance.

Then he continued, "However, it's not that he doesn't have a weakness."

"Oh? What do you think his weakness is?" Byron asked with interest.

"He doesn't have passion, nor does he have fanaticism. He has to be so persistent," Thor said lightly.

"If he is over thirty years old, then he is just a brilliant mediocre person. But if he is less than twenty years old—"

Thor was interrupted by Byron.

"My intuition tells me that he might be younger than you."

"That's impossible!" Thor shook his head almost immediately.

Byron shook his head and said, "When you started to pay attention to this person, I was also paying attention to him. Just like you, I was just browsing through the game as usual, but I soon became addicted to his gambling game. Other than being extremely calm, smart, and able to manipulate others to perfection, I also saw a kind of vitality in his gambling game. It was a kind of vitality that only belonged to young people. It was infinitely vigorous and filled with the desire to expand."

"If he's really younger than me…"

At this point, Thor couldn't help but turn his head and look at Lei Luo once again.

At this moment, Byron once again took over his words.

"Although the world is very big, it's still very small for true experts. If my guess is true, you'll meet sooner or later. He's either one of your closest comrades or one of your most outstanding enemies."

"Now you understand why I agreed to Trump's bet, right?"

The smile on Thor's face slowly faded, revealing an indescribable solemnity.

"Let's go into the pavilion. Later, you'll sit beside me. You must remember the entire process in your heart. This will be beneficial to your growth."

Thor did not say anything more. He just nodded and followed Byron into the already open Wind and Cloud Pavilion.

Not long after, the door opened again.

With Trump accompanying him, Lei Luo walked in.

Trump stood in the middle of the room and asked Byron with a smile. "Do you need me to introduce you?"

Byron shook his head and said, "It's better for gamblers to get to know each other at the gambling table. Do you agree?"

Lei Luo looked at Byron and Thor and nodded. "I agree."

With that, the two of them took their seats.

Thor sat behind Byron.

Trump sat behind Lei Luo.

"Since ancient times, gambling has been changing in all kinds of ways. However, the changes are always the same. The changes are at least superficial."

"I don't want to play with these boring portraits today. Let's play the most primitive red-black array. How about nine bowls to decide the winner?"

"Nine Palace black-red formation?"

Lei Luo recalled the game that Byron was famous for.

He was betting on the Nine Palace red-black formation!

That classic game had made Lei Luo think about it many times, and he couldn't put it down.

However, he didn't expect that he would have the chance to play against the person involved today.

It made people sigh.

"Byron seems to be nostalgic in reality."

It was said to be the easiest, but the red-black knight's formation was precisely the most difficult of all the gambling games.

And the reason for this was precisely because it was too simple.

It was so simple that there was no complicated data or information for you to calculate and analyze.

You could only rely on your intuition towards the atmosphere, your talent in gambling, and most importantly, your luck to win.

It could be said that this was also the weakest point for a gambler like Lei Luo, who had been training for a long time and relied on rational calculations.

"Maybe."

Byron smiled and asked, "What do you think?"

"What's the bet?"

"You have 100,000 gold coins on your gambling card. How about this⁠—100,000 gold coins."

Upon hearing this, Lei Luo knew that the other party already knew a part of him.

This included his relationship with Katz as well as Katz's identity.

Everything that happened before his eyes, what he saw, what he heard, and what he felt⁠—all of this gave Lei Luo a bad premonition.

Although this gamble had not yet begun, a faint sense of defeat had already risen in his heart.

It was as if he had already lost. This was the first time in the two years he had gambled that he had felt this way.

At a certain moment, Lei Luo even wanted to withdraw from this match.

But the thought only flashed through his mind.