Daily News: Insect Girls' Heavy Dependence

Richard understood the rules of the insect fighting game after listening to the staff's explanation.

What a load of bullshit insect fighting game!

The rules and gameplay are almost identical to those of chess!

Of course, it's not just Western chess; there are also Chinese chess and even animal chess.

The insects on the chessboard have been specially bred! They can only move and capture pieces according to the rules of each piece!

The only difference!

Insect fighting games are not turn-based!

As long as you stay within the rules and your hand speed and brain reaction time are fast enough, you can move the pieces!

It completely tests the player's ability to deploy troops and generals on the spot!

It's a true real-time strategy game!

Since this is a casino, the insect fighting game naturally involves betting!

The blond-haired men pooled their money and piled up chips worth 300,000 Dior coins on the table.

Richard initially thought it wasn't much money, but after thinking about it more carefully, his eyes twitched...

A 300,000 Dior bag is actually worth 60 million RMB!

Richard initially had this cognitive error.

It's because Dior is a high-level currency unit! And nobles don't use low-level currency units... Plus, he's in contact with top-tier nobles like Yekaterin, so his perspective naturally broadens.

But let's get back to reality.

On the market, 300,000 Dio coins can buy a cheap Tier 3 bug!

These blond-haired guys aren't core members of the family. They even borrowed this money from the casino.

Otherwise, the brown-haired old man wouldn't have helped them by luring Richard or anything like that...

The blond-haired guys put up their bets.

Richard, however, could not produce it.

It wasn't because he was poor or anything. His entire outfit, including his clothes, boots, pocket watch, and various other accessories, was more than just Dior.

After all, he was the Duke of the North, who had prepared these for his future son-in-law in advance... Since they were coming to New Rome, Yekaterin simply picked out a few pieces that suited her taste and gave them to Richard to wear.

As for the Fourteen-Winged Devouring Knight Insect and its various cocoons, those are worth hundreds of millions of Dio coins!

But no matter how much he pleaded, Richard simply couldn't produce 500 Diors from his pocket...

And clothes can't be pawned, you have to wear them! That's the dignity of the old aristocracy!

The cocoon prop is even more unacceptable! Where would anyone use 300,000 to fool themselves into unleashing a multi-million dollar move?

This really stumped Richard...

However, this problem soon became nothing.

Some of the aristocratic ladies who were watching had already sensibly noticed Richard's predicament.

A royal member who is broke... in dire straits... but incredibly handsome!

Isn't this what they call live rubber insect sticks prepared for them?

So, not long after...

The brown-haired old man approached Richard with a large box of chips:

「先生，这些是那边的小姐为你準备的筹码。按照顺序…希尔…小姐20万、…艾柯…小姐30万、…蕾尹…夫人60万、…凯琳…小姐50万、…朱丽娅小姐100万！」

Richard could no longer hear how many noble ladies had given him chips... He simply couldn't remember those complicated names!

They just gave so much! Some syllables from these noble ladies' names went in one ear and out the other…

The brown-haired old man finally finished reading the list of donors.

Under the envious gazes of the group of blond-haired men.

Richard then spoke:

"Please return all these chips and thank these generous noble ladies for me."

Richard doesn't even plan to say thank you in person.

It was absolutely impossible for him to give those hopeful noble ladies any positive response!

After all, he was already being kept by a sugar daddy! He had promised Yekaterin long ago that he wouldn't stray! How could he possibly accept money from such dubious sources!

This sudden rejection.

This sparked a huge discussion among the audience!

On the blond guy's side:

"This guy! Don't give it to me! It's millions!"

"Look at yourself! You blondie..."

"As if you're not blond yourself!"

……

On the noble lady's side:

"No wonder they're royalty! Money really doesn't work."

"Is that so...? But I still think the money was too little. Louis! Let's sell the horse farm!"

"Aaaaaah, my darling! If I don't have money... I don't want to be stripped naked and used as collateral... No way!"

"Hehehehe... It's okay, I've already prepared to take off my clothes and let him wear them. Then there'll be a scene where I return the clothes to my room... Hehehe."

……

Ignore their nonsensical remarks.

Richard simply couldn't understand these people's thought processes!

Who exactly said I was going to gamble?

However, the brown-haired old man was quite out of touch with reality:

"Sir, casino chips cannot be returned or exchanged once they've passed through the card table..."

"Are you trying to morally blackmail me?"

Richard is no pushover; this incessant nagging means he's genuinely angry!

"This...how could this be, sir?"

The brown-haired old man waved his hands repeatedly, genuinely afraid that Richard would also kick him.

"Then let your casino give me 30 Dio coins! You invited me to play the game! Do you expect me to pay for it myself? The Kingdom of Kiel has no such rule!"

This……

The audience was silent.

It seems that's really the case!

Richard had no intention of playing any random insect fighting game!

No matter how unscrupulous a casino is, it can't possibly force a member of the royal family to place a bet!

Fortunately, the brown-haired old man held a relatively high position, and he actually managed to get some leverage for Richard.

There's nothing we can do about it... after all, there are so many noble ladies watching.

If word got out that the August family's casinos were abusing members of the royal family... even the brown-haired old man wouldn't be able to handle it! He'd definitely be chopped up and fed to the horses...

Richard took the chip box and checked it; there was actually 50 inside.

He spoke to the clever blond man:

"Tell me, how do you want to play?"

The clever blond guy was prepared and replied immediately, afraid that Richard would object:

"Best of three! 10 Dior coins bet per round!"

Richard was completely unconcerned:

"I thought it was going to be a big game! I have 50 here, all in on the first round!"

This is the royal way! Who's going to haggle and be stingy with you!

The clever blond guy, naturally not wanting to be outdone, also went all in! But he only had 30.

Now that the stakes have been agreed upon, it's time to set the rules of the game!

The clever blond guy generously let Richard set the rules.

Are you kidding me? Richard doesn't know how to play games. He naturally tossed the difficult question back to Richard in a very gentlemanly manner:

"I have no interest in doing any of this... Don't come back saying I'm bullying you!"

The clever blond guy didn't hesitate either:

"Then let's go with the basic rules of [General Chess]... As long as your hand speed is fast enough, you can move all the pieces within one second. But there's a movement limit: each piece can only move once every half second!"

"Can!"

Richard naturally agreed to play Chinese chess. This was exactly what he wanted; he knew his limitations, as he didn't know how to play Western chess.

"The movement of pieces in this competition is restricted by the third-tier Dreamworm in the casino center... The system will automatically determine whether a move is valid! There's no need to worry about cheating!"

The brown-haired old man made a guarantee statement regarding the competition.

immediately……

On the gambling table, the chessboard for the game of generals and kings is set up!

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The game is about to begin!