DanMachi: Starting with a Sword Soul Template

Chapter 144: Let's Declare War on the Human Traffickers

"Respected Lord Sword Soul Liam, and Mr. Bell, and these two beautiful ladies.

Hello, I am Tli Cervantes.

I am the operator of this Grand Casino, Golden City Paradise. I am very happy to thank you all for coming from afar."

It was just that this Cervantes's gaze, upon seeing the nearly three thousand chips worth a million Valis each, his eyelids twitched wildly.

This amount was too exaggerated. He absolutely could not let them take this money away!

This was nearly three billion Valis!

Previously, Liam winning two hundred million Valis in a bet was already very exaggerated.

And now, he had actually won nearly three billion Valis!

This Liam, and this Mr. Bell, just how did they do it?

Regarding Cervantes's character, Liam had a slight understanding.

It could be said that every pore of his was filthy.

Forced sales, using blood and violence, twisting the will of others, enslaving others...

For this kind of character, Liam naturally had no pressure in dealing with him.

However, if he really wanted to deal with him, he naturally had to wait until he was standing on the moral high ground.

Then carry out justice and expel the evil!

Liam and the others exchanged some pleasantries, and then he noticed Cervantes's gaze was fixed on Syr.

It was the gaze of someone who wanted to sell Syr for a sky-high price, like appraising a rare pet.

This made Liam very unhappy. Syr was his friend.

And Cervantes actually showed such a lewd gaze. Then that meant he was thinking about how to seize Syr, right?

"Hmph!"

An extreme killing intent erupted from Liam's body. The almost tangible killing intent firmly locked onto Cervantes.

From Liam's body, Cervantes seemed to feel the deterrence of a prehistoric giant beast.

In the face of that monstrous killing intent, Cervantes's face turned deathly pale, and his gallbladder twitched violently in pain at this moment.

His legs went weak, and he knelt directly in front of Liam.

Liam released an even more terrifying killing intent. This was the sword momentum and sword intent he had been honing since his very first kill.

To put it in a more common way, his aura had an astonishing influence.

Just like how being in contact with some people would make one very happy, and being in contact with certain people would make one feel fear.

And after Liam's own aura changed, Cervantes felt as if every pore on his body was being targeted by a sharp sword.

It seemed as if he himself had already mounted the guillotine, and the blade was ready to fall at any moment.

"Mr. Cervantes, I hope you understand. The people around me are all my close friends, and I just single-handedly killed the floor lord, the two-headed dragon Amphisbaena.

If an accident happens to the people around me, then I hope someone's neck is harder than a Lv5 two-headed dragon.

Otherwise, it would be too unchallenging."

With one hand, Liam helped the over-two-hundred-pound Cervantes up from his kneeling position on the ground.

"The floor lord, the two-headed dragon Amphisbaena?"

Cervantes's heart was filled with incomparable regret at this moment. He actually hadn't controlled his eyes.

Of course, just killing a two-headed dragon was nothing.

But then thinking about the time since Liam became an adventurer, this speed of strength improvement, it wouldn't be long before he would definitely become a super-first-class powerhouse in Orario.

If Liam grew to that level, and his relationship with him, Cervantes, was still not good, then he would only be waiting for death.

And now, with his power and resources, it was completely impossible to assassinate Liam silently.

Since he couldn't kill him discreetly, then he could only think of a way to become friends.

With this thought, Cervantes revealed a humble smile.

"I'm really sorry, Mr. Liam. The staff told me just now that you won two billion, nine hundred and forty-three million and eighty thousand Valis.

How about I help you round it up to three billion? This fifty-plus million Valis can be regarded as my personal sincerity.

I hope you can be magnanimous and forget my presumptuousness just now."

Liam smiled, "Fine. I hope there won't be a next time."

"Definitely, definitely."

Looking at Cervantes's pale, fawning expression, Liam didn't press the point.

Only by becoming strong can one gain respect.

Liam also became more profoundly aware of this point.

At least his Familia, this Cervantes wouldn't dare to touch.

So, he still needed even greater strength. He had to become stronger as soon as possible!

Raising his level to fifty and completing his awakening, this goal was already imminent!

The environment of the entire VIP room was clearly more comfortable and quiet than the area on the first floor.

Not only was the decoration more luxurious, but it was the kind where just coming in would make one feel a dual pleasure of spirit and body.

The environment affects people. It's like playing cards in a rural field versus playing cards in the world's largest casino.

The card-playing experience in these two places is naturally worlds apart.

Everyone who could come to this VIP room was either rich or noble.

Either they were the powerful and noble class of Orario, or they were the top-tier powerful and noble from all over the world.

Therefore, at the gambling tables here, there were only three or five guests per table.

Cervantes beckoned, and a servant approached, replenishing the chips in the cart Ryuu was watching to thirty billion.

Seeing this scene, Bell's admiration for Liam became even stronger.

Just by saying a few words, he made the person in charge of the Grand Casino pay tens of millions of Valis in apology?

Was this Senior Liam's charisma?

Exaggerated, truly too exaggerated.

Cervantes had a smile on his face, "Then, everyone, please have a good time at this table?"

Liam pulled Bell to sit at the gambling table. As for Ryuu Lion and Syr, they stayed behind Bell to block the line of sight behind him.

Yes, this was Liam's plan.

If they entered the VIP room, to prevent the people around from cheating, then they had to prevent anyone from seeing Bell's cards.

So the line of sight from behind had to be guarded against.

And the situation naturally did not go beyond his expectations. About a dozen or twenty staff members had already surrounded this area.

And, it was the kind where they didn't even bother to act.

Then, Bell.

It's up to you next. Let me see, even if you are cheated by others.

Just how far can your strong luck go?

A beautiful young woman, holding a tray, placed wine beside Liam.

Clearly so beautiful, yet the smiling pretty face was lifeless, as if it had lost its soul.

In Ryuu Lion's heart, her evaluation of Cervantes naturally became even worse.

She looked at Cervantes, "Operator, the beautiful girls I just saw are?"

Cervantes revealed a smug smile, "They are...

Although it sounds a bit unpleasant to say, they are all my lovers.

It's a bit strange for me to say this myself, but I am a passionate man, and my courtship has received a sincere response.

But if I were to monopolize such a beautiful princess, wouldn't the gossip of the beautiful goddesses fly everywhere?

So I over-ambitiously provided everyone with an eye-pleasing service, such as pouring wine for the guests."

Ryuu Lion's heart was naturally burning with anger.

Seeing this, Liam was also angry in his heart.

However, this fire was not enough.

According to Liam's understanding of Cervantes, this guy was not interested in women, because this guy was gay.

Showing a liking for women was mainly to cover up the fact that he was gay, which was embarrassing for him. Secondly, it was naturally in the hope that these women he had snatched could be sold at a high price.

So at most, he would have them pour wine and such. Only a virgin could be sold at a good price.

Just like clothes, shoes, and even food.

Apart from starving vagrants or beggars, customers naturally preferred brand new items.

If a guest really took a fancy to one, Cervantes could obtain a sky-high ransom from it.

Ryuu Lion, on her side, had obtained this news through the information network.

Cervantes, by using his financial resources and various means, had obtained many "collectibles" through trickery and plunder.

And the collars on the necks of these "collectibles" seemed to be a sign for people to see that they belonged to that man.

This room was Orario's true extraterritoriality.

If no one criticized the sanctimonious operator, the visiting guests would find ways to buy these "collectibles" at a high price.

The gambling game had not yet started. Although Cervantes really wanted to win those Valis from Liam's hands.

But that also had to be done through reasonable channels.

Since the girls surrounding Liam were so good-looking, he thought Liam was probably the lecherous type, right?

And, Cervantes had also heard.

In the Hestia Familia, currently only Liam was male.

So, Cervantes understood Liam very well.

Cervantes had been humiliated by his enemies in his early years, causing him to lose his stick and balls.

That's why his body became fat, and he became gay.

Because, he no longer had a man's pride!

Women could no longer make him feel pleasure!

He could only become a eunuch; only men could get him high!

At this time, a man from the atmosphere group came over, "Lord Operator, I heard you've acquired a peerlessly beautiful young lady?"

Then other members of the atmosphere group came over, "Yes, I heard that too. It seems she was married from a very distant foreign land or something."

"Please, let us have a look."

Cervantes laughed heartily, "Everyone's ears are so sharp. Just as the rumors say, a new lover has arrived.

Now is a rare opportunity, so I'll introduce her to everyone."

Money, women, power, fame, status, and so on, are what can most easily corrupt a man's will.

And Cervantes was betting, betting that Liam was lecherous enough.

As long as he was lecherous, then he would definitely proactively walk into the trap set by him, Cervantes.

A waiter, following the operator's command, walked outside.

Then he opened a certain door nearby, and a beautiful young woman in a wedding dress, like a celestial fairy, walked in.

Without a doubt, she was Anna.

Without much makeup, Anna was already unbelievably beautiful.

And now, after being carefully dressed up and wearing a wedding dress, Anna was even more stunningly beautiful.

Without a doubt, after Anna appeared.

The many men present all showed shocked expressions.

How can she be so beautiful, like a celestial fairy?

How can she be so peerless?

How can she be so breathtakingly beautiful?

"How can she be so beautiful?"

"This must be what they call a goddess descending to the mortal world, right?"

Anna came to the side and rear of the operator. After seeing Liam, her soul-lost eyes instantly contracted.

Her heart, which had already been sealed, opened at this moment.

Her heart was filled with warmth and a feeling of happiness.

Liam-kun, is he here to save her?

If so, that's really great.

If not, it doesn't matter either. At least after coming to this hell, she could see Liam-kun one more time.

She had no regrets.

At the very least, Liam-kun, to save her, really came here.

He must have paid a heavy price, right?

It was said that even members of Orario's law enforcement agencies couldn't get in here.

Cervantes laughed heartily, "This young lady, I happened to meet her in a foreign land.

It must be the guidance of the gods, right? This loveliness and beauty also made us acquainted immediately."

Anna had clearly prepared herself mentally for falling into hell, but her gaze couldn't help but always look at Liam.

Ryuu Lion's gaze looked at Anna. Why was she so concerned about Liam?

This even made Ryuu Lion's heart a little unhappy.

Cervantes looked at Liam curiously, "Mr. Liam, is there something dirty on Anna's face?"

Liam shook his head, just about to say something.

Then Ryuu Lion proactively took over the topic, "I do know a young lady who looks a lot like her.

Someone said that he was tempted by villains and got addicted to gambling.

Not only was all his property taken away, but even his most proud only daughter was also taken away!"

"Shut up!"

Cervantes's mood became very bad. What he was doing was human trafficking, which was a gray industry.

To tear off the mask so bluntly and lay everything on the table, what was this for?

Although Cervantes didn't dare to provoke Liam, he did dare to scold Liam's friends a little.

With his sharp merchant's eye, he could see that Liam's potential was ridiculously exaggerated.

But now, Liam's friend's statement was really too much. It had reached the point where it might affect his business.

Liam was also amused. Was Ryuu Lion being swayed by her emotions again?

It seemed they couldn't follow the original plan. After all, it was the so proper and righteous Ryuu Lion.

So, it wasn't impossible to let Ryuu Lion end this incident in the way she wished.

Liam would back her up, and Liam himself also had a backup plan.

Ryuu Lion pinched the wine glass in her hand. She had no intention of tasting it.

"Is this how you respond to the question just now? As the operator of the Grand Casino, this way of responding is too irrational.

I have conclusive evidence that someone is instigating and plundering a young lady named Anna..."

Cervantes's face turned extremely dark. He had thought this was a very suitable opportunity to cheat all the chips from Liam's hands.

And it would also make Liam owe him a huge favor.

And looking at the current situation, were they here to proactively cut off his source of wealth?

Was this a declaration of war?

Liam's fingers tapped on the table. Everyone's gaze couldn't help but turn to Liam.

Liam looked directly at Cervantes, "Her words are my meaning. So, shall we have a high-stakes gamble?

The winner takes everything from the loser, and bears a debt of three billion Valis!"

(End of this chapter)

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