An invincible journey starting from a different race

"Then what are you laughing at, you bastard!" Gan Qiu exploded. "Do you think you have manners?"

Aesop replied, "Yes, but not many."

While several people were arguing, Jer had already retreated with a satisfied smile on his face.

Then he said to Ganqiu and Stank, "She is indeed a very good girl. Ganqiu, your theory is indeed correct. Only small places can have such innocent girls. It is really rare to see such a girl in Dream Town."

After hearing what Jier said, Gan Qiu's mouth twitched wildly. He pointed at the woman with a trembling finger over there who was "smiling like a flower" and said, "Let's not talk about the issue of innocence for now. Can you really hold your head high in front of such a person?"

"Why not?" Jer asked in surprise, "Is it you who can't do it?"

"Of course I can't do it, but I'm not saying that I can't do it, I can't do it in this way!" Gan Qiu said, "You should know which one I'm talking about."

Jer nodded and said with understanding: "I know, you just can't do it."

Gan Qiu: “…”

"But since you can't do it, then let me do this one." Jer licked his lips, looking very happy. "I didn't expect to meet a girl like this here. She's just like Guanghui in her youth."

Aesop asked, "Guanghui in his youth?"

"Yes." Jer nodded and said, "It's Guanghui from ten years ago."

"But wasn't he also forty years ago?"

Jel looked at Aesop in surprise and said, "Isn't forty still young? A forty-year-old human woman, aside from a slightly deteriorated appearance, darker skin, more wrinkles, and a slightly slower movement, is still perfect in every other way."

"You've already mentioned 'a little bit' so many times, how can you still describe it as perfect?" Gan Qiu was a little mad. "Is your perfection so cheap? Then what is imperfection?"

Jel glanced at Stank and said emotionlessly, "Those elves who are over 500 years old and exude the smell of rotten magic all over their bodies."

"Oh..." Gan Qiu nodded, agreeing with Jer's opinion, "That's really too much."

Stank naturally became dissatisfied: "Hey, hey, hey, you guys can talk about yourselves and stop suddenly dissing me! Damn it, seriously, you guys insisted on coming here, I helped you search for a long time and finally found it, and now you're being picky here again. If you're not satisfied, just leave?"

"I didn't say I wasn't satisfied." Jer said with a smile, "Since Gan Qiu is not satisfied, then it's my turn."

Just as Stank was about to nod, Gan Qiu suddenly said, "No, no, this is mine!"

Several people turned around and looked at Gan Qiu in confusion.

"Why is it yours again?" Stank asked in confusion, "Don't you dislike this type?"

"Like it or not, that's a mental matter." Gan Qiu slowly clenched his fists, "But accepting it or not, that's a physical matter! What if this opportunity disappears once we miss it? I can't accept that you have it, but I don't!"

Stank's mouth twitched slightly. "What a petty statement."

"Anyway, you can go now!" Gan Qiu pointed at the 'Night Demon' across from him and said firmly, "I have to deal with this guy! Smashing him with tears in my eyes... that's better than not being able to smite him at all. You must remember my motto!"

"what?"

"It's all here."

Three people: "..."

Then, they watched Gan Qiu follow the woman into the small room, looking exactly like an old woman who kidnapped an innocent child.

Before entering the small room, Gan Qiu turned around and gave everyone a determined look.

Then the creaking sound of a rocking bed could be heard in the small room, accompanied by a woman's teasing voice: "You look so cute, little thing."

And Gan Qiu's roar: "Shut up, don't call me cute, ahhhhhhh!"

After a burst of screams, the sound gradually disappeared, leaving the remaining people looking at each other in bewilderment.

"I say, is this tearful charge really necessary?" said Stank.

Jer said, "Maybe he couldn't bear to see his brothers suffer."

"Suffering?" Aesop looked at Jer curiously. "Didn't you say you quite like this nightmare?"

"Of course not," Jer said. "It's true that I like human nightmares, but I don't like all of them. At least this one, I don't think is a good idea."

Stank was shocked: "Then why did you say that just now?"

"Oh... I just said it casually, but I didn't expect Gan Qiu to actually want to take advantage of it."

Stank: "..."

After the three of them stood there for a while, Aesop suggested, "How about we go find a new one?"

"I agree."

“I totally agree.”

So the trio left Gan Qiu alone here and left together.

The small house was still shaking, as if telling the story of the friendship between the three people, which was beginning to crumble like the small house.

"I say, don't you even have a legitimate nightmare shop here?" After leaving Ganqiu, Jel couldn't help but ask Stank, "I'm not being picky, but this is really not okay, right?"

Stank rolled his eyes and said, "If there really is such a good nightmare shop here, why did I leave in the first place?"

"Isn't it for the sake of adventure?"

"Yeah, but isn't the purpose of adventure to visit more nightmare shops?" Stank said lazily, "The entertainment activities here are really too scarce. It's not as interesting as outside. After all, I, an old man, only care about my own enjoyment. That's why I won't stay here."

After hearing what Stank said, Aesop asked, "Then why don't you inherit this territory and open all the Dream Shops? It's your territory anyway, so it doesn't matter what you do with it, right?"

Stank was slightly stunned, and his first reaction was how could such an operation be possible?

The second reaction was... this operation seems to be really feasible!

So he slapped his head and said, "This is really great! Why didn't I think of this before? You are a genius!"

Jer was a little speechless and said, "No, you've already inherited the territory, but you only want to open a nightmare shop? Why don't you just follow your father's example and open a harem?"

"You don't understand this," Stank said with some disdain, "How can domestic flowers be as fragrant as wild flowers?"

Aesop kindly reminded, "But the flowers your father brought home also seem to be wild flowers."

Stank fell silent.

This guy Aesop... is really good at talking.

But he just didn't know how to refute it.

Oh, what a damn old man.

Stank sighed in his heart.

At this time they were back on the main street.

There are still a population of tens of thousands in Olde's territory. Judging from the governance ability alone, Stank's old father is still relatively reliable.

"Putting aside all that nonsense, I'm definitely no match for my old man when it comes to governing the territory." Looking at the streets, now busier than when he left, Stank lamented inwardly, but spoke lazily, "So, I'd better not cause him any more trouble. I'll wait for him to train someone more suitable. My journey is still to the stars and the sea."

Jair and Aesop also understood Stank's awareness, so naturally they would not really persuade him to come back and inherit the family business.

It turns out that it is more interesting to have fun.

Just like that, as the three of them were wandering aimlessly on the street, a girl dressed as a dealer waved at them: "Hey! Want to come in and play? Our casino just opened, and we have a big promotion."

Stank and Jer just glanced at him, and without even turning their heads, they said, "Sorry, we are not interested in gambling," and then continued walking forward.

"But our dealers don't wear clothes."

So the two of them came back.

"That could still be interesting."

299 Dream Demon Casino

"Sexy dealer dealing cards online?" Stank asked, somewhat puzzled, as he listened to the dealer's introduction. "What does that mean?"

"That's exactly what it means," the dealer said with a smile. "Is it hard to understand?"

"Your ambiguous conversation is making me feel very dangerous," Stank said again. "Your place isn't playing by the rules, is it? Let me tell you, we despise playing by the rules the most... We always prefer to be straightforward!"

Jer turned to look at Stank and asked in confusion, "What's a 'graze'?"

Stank explained it in detail in Jer's ear, which puzzled Jer: "Why does this happen?"

"Heh, that's pretty common among humans." Stank folded his arms and said, "This is probably the unique shrewdness of humans. After all, if you just wipe the ball, you can deal with many people at once and make more money."

Jer was speechless: "You humans are really..."

Overhearing the conversation, the dealer chuckled. "This customer is overthinking things. This must be your first time here, right? You don't look like a local. So, let me be frank with you. We're essentially a nightmare parlor, just a themed one. The dealers are all professional nightmares skilled in card tricks."

This made Stank even more confused: "A professional nightmare shop? Why is it here? I remember my dad... ahem, I remember that professional nightmare shops were not allowed to operate here before."

"Haha, that was indeed the case in the past," the dealer explained with a smile, "but that hasn't been the case in recent years. The local lord has given us permission. I'm not entirely sure why, but I heard it said the lord wants his son, who lives far away, to come back more often, so he allowed the out-of-town Dream Demon Shop to open here."

Stank's eyes widened little by little: "You, what did you say?"

The dealer repeated it again.

Stank's expression suddenly became complicated, and he murmured softly, "Is there such a thing? The old man just refused to tell me."

Jer patted Stank on the shoulder and sighed, "Perhaps this is fatherly love. You humans have always had such profound fatherly love. To get your son to change his mind, you even opened up a whole village full of nightmare shops, which you once disliked the most... Even I'm moved, Stank, don't you think so, Aesop?"

Aesop replied, "I don't have a father."

Jer: “…I’m sorry.”

Stank clenched his fist, looking quite excited. "Okay, since it's his idea, I can't refuse. Let's go with this store!"

"Okay!" The dealer immediately moved aside and gestured "please" with a smile, "Then welcome everyone."

So, the three of them followed the dealer inside. But before they entered, Aesop seemed to remember something and asked, "Should we notify Gan Qiu?"

Stank and Jer thought about it and felt that it seemed possible.

After all, they are having fun here, and it doesn't seem like a good idea to leave Ganqiu alone there to "suffer".

"You make sense." Stank nodded and said, "Then let's go call Ganqiu first..."

But before they could say anything, a row of dealers dressed as bunny girls jumped up and said in a sweet voice, "Welcome~"

The dazzling scenery immediately made Stank swallow his words.

He was silent for a while, then glanced at Jer and Aesop and said, "I think we should first step on the landmine for Gan Qiu, and then go back and tell him."

"I agree."

"Agree."

So, the three of them, who didn't want to look back at this time, decisively left Gan Qiu aside.

The dealers led the three people to a table, served them tea, and introduced the rules of the place.

"We have three types of dealers here," said the dealer who brought them in. "They are senior dealers, intermediate dealers, and junior dealers. Just as the names suggest, different dealers have different skills."

Jer raised his hand and asked curiously, "What technique?"

"Of course it's card skills." The dealer said with a smile, "What else do you think it is?"

The corners of Jer's mouth twitched slightly, as if he suddenly understood what Stank meant by "skimming the edge." So he said rather unhappily, "Hey, hey, hey, we're not here for card skills."

"Haha, we understand what you mean, sir. Sigh, I have to admit, you're a bit too impatient. At least understand the rules here," the dealer said. "But if you prefer to be more direct, that's fine too. Just choose a junior dealer."

"why is that?"

"Because the rule here is, first come to the table, then come to X." The dealer winked and said seductively, "Pay with your body."

Jer seemed to understand something and said, "So, you have to beat the dealer?"

"That's about right. Losing is fine." The dealer said with a smile, "But after you lose, you become the dealer's reward. Then you can't do whatever you want to the dealer, but the dealer can do whatever he wants to you."

Oh, so this is how you play?

Now everyone understands, and Aesop also gave a very insightful summary.

"Win against the club's nightmare, lose and become your own nightmare."

"Right, right, that's exactly what I mean." The dealer nodded repeatedly and snapped his fingers. "The guests' understanding ability is indeed very good, so their thinking ability must be very strong as well. In that case, how about trying to challenge the senior dealer directly?"

Stank and Ganqiu, who had been immersed in the Nightmare Shop for many years, immediately smelled a trap.

"You're so eager to promote high-level dealers that it makes us feel uneasy." Stank pointed at him and said, "Can you at least give us a more detailed introduction? At least what level of dealer you are?"

"Oh, are you asking me, sir?" The dealer picked up a stack of playing cards and spread them out in his palm, forming a "little fan." He then covered half of his eyes with them, his gesture rather seductive. "I'm just an intermediate dealer. I have some card skills, but I'm not a particularly skilled one. So I'm suitable for customers who have some card skills themselves and want to enjoy the process of playing cards. It's fine if you want to order me."