Chapter 394: Old Friend, Reunion and [Fate Coin]

"Xia Nan!?"

"Why are you here?"

When the clear voice from across the card table entered his ears, seeing the familiar face poking out from behind the small mountain piled up by chips.

Memories related to it surfaced in an instant.

Kalanfur, Halfling and 【Fate Coin】...

"Alton?"

Xia Nan recognized this figure that he hadn't seen for a long time.

—Alton.

Light-foot halfling, and also a devout believer of the 【Lady of Luck】 "Tymora".

Remembering when he first met the other party, let alone a professional, he had only mastered one combat technique, 【Spinning Slash】, and 【Tooth Hunt】 was learned from the barbarian Fugang after parting with the other party.

At that time, he was just the most bottom-level adventurer, usually taking simple tasks like collecting and escorting, and he met the other party during a caravan escort commission from Hegu Town to Kalanfur.

Although that mission later had some twists and turns, several people were inexplicably involved in the conspiracy planned by the local sheriff, almost becoming sacrifices for the other party's ritual, but finally relying on his own strength... and a little bit of luck, he successfully defeated the enemy and left the town alive.

Now, more than a year had passed since the last time the two met, and the once Kalanfur was mostly destroyed by the aftermath of the battle between two extraordinary-level powerhouses, and was still in a state of reconstruction when he left the Pan Yun Province.

And he himself had also broken out of the name "Gray Sword" in Hegu Town from an unknown bottom-level adventurer, and after a series of events, successfully advanced, becoming a proper professional, and even his professional level had reached lv3.

Hundreds of days, from Kalanfur to Suoyu Wan.

In a foreign land, suddenly seeing such an old acquaintance who had parted for a long time.

In a trance, it really gave Xia Nan a sense of things being different.

To be honest, if he had to count the time spent together, the duration of his close contact with Alton was not even as long as Kelin, the boy he had just sent to Suoyu Wan.

But perhaps because they had experienced life-and-death crises together when their strength was low, Xia Nan had already regarded the other party as a friend he could trust in his heart.

Of course, that 【Fate Coin】 which was personally gifted by the other party when the two parted, and helped him a lot during the subsequent adventure, was also an important factor in bringing the two closer.

Unlike himself who stayed in Hegu Town to continue his adventurer career, he remembered that at that time, because the other party's "light-foot halfling" didn't like to stay in a fixed place and was keen on traveling, he left Kalanfur after parting.

Now they met in Suoyu Wan in this way, which made people have to sigh at the wonder of fate.

Obviously, for Alton himself, being able to meet Xia Nan in such a place that had nothing to do with Hegu Town was also something completely out of expectation.

That kind of surprise and joy of meeting an old friend unexpectedly was not covered up at all, appearing on his fair and red face.

Two short legs shook, and he jumped down from the high-backed chair.

But he only ran two steps towards Xia Nan's direction, and suddenly realized something, his footsteps paused, and his gaze couldn't help but glance at the chips piled up like a mountain on the card table.

The voice was urgent and carried an apology:

"You wait for me for a while, it will be soon!"

As he spoke, he sat back to the card table with his two short legs, "Pa Ji Pa Ji".

He waved from afar, signaling the other party not to rush, and he was right here.

Xia Nan suddenly noticed two strange gazes coming from beside him.

"Mr. Xia Nan, you... know this one?"

Hela's expression was indescribable, her tone carried some hesitation, and she asked tentatively in a low voice.

The casino person in charge was even more tense, his eyes staring at Xia Nan without blinking.

"He can be considered an old friend of mine." There was nothing to hide, Xia Nan replied directly, "Also, if you are worried about those chips on the table, you can wait a little longer."

After all, according to his experience with this little guy in the casino, winning money... was not the other party's purpose.

As a believer of the Xing Yun Nv Shen, completing the ritual was Alton's goal.

If there were no accidents, the ownership of these chips on the card table would soon change.

"This little money doesn't matter, all of it can be given to him."

"Mainly..."

Different from the nimble and decisive in front of his younger brother, Hela's speech carried a touch of hesitation.

Those who did their line of work, under normal circumstances, for gamblers who won money in the casino, no matter how much they won, as long as they didn't use means like cheating, they basically wouldn't interfere, and might even take the initiative to spread the news of his winning money to the outside as publicity.

The reason why she showed such a vigilant appearance like facing a great enemy right now was entirely because Alton's exaggerated performance of not losing a single hand for several hours without acting at all touched the shadow left in the hearts of casino industry practitioners in Suoyu Wan by that legendary figure.

Now seeing that Xia Nan seemed to know the other party, naturally she wanted to ask clearly.

"I don't know if your friend, Mr. Xia Nan, and that 'A-Lin' we just mentioned... you should understand what I mean, right?"

Hela asked quite carefully.

Strictly speaking, the two really had a bit of a relationship.

After all, the first time Xia Nan saw the name "A-Lin" was on the attribute panel of the 【Fate Coin】 gifted by Alton.

And A-Lin's title of "Tymora's Eyebrow" had already indicated that she was likely a high-level believer of this goddess, sharing the same god with Alton.

But Xia Nan hadn't spent a long time with the halfling, and didn't know the other party that well. Now if he were asked to explain the relationship between Alton and A-Lin in detail to the two beside him, it would inevitably carry some of his own guesses, and he couldn't explain it clearly.

So he took a coin out of his pocket.

In front of Hela and the bald strong man, with a movement that carried a clear hint.

Tossed high, flipped, rose and fell, and held in his palm.

"Perhaps you can go and ask him yourself later?"

Xia Nan said with an implication.

Hearing this, Hela couldn't help but show a thoughtful expression on her face, opened her mouth, and just wanted to say something.

The sudden commotion of the crowd surrounding the card table on one side attracted the attention of several people.

Unlike his fair and green face, Alton, who was always aggressive at the card table, directly pushed the small mountain piled up by chips beside him towards the dealer.

"All-in!"

In an instant, the gamblers surrounding the card table were silent for a moment, and then the noise suddenly exploded.

The sound of shocked, jealous, or resentful words mixed together, and the sound wave raised by it seemed to lift the roof.

People were surprised by this little guy's boldness, but very few people would doubt that the other party would lose everything in this round.

Alton's exaggerated performance of not losing a single game from afternoon until now had already conquered the gamblers on the field.

After a few hours, from the initial surprise to the numbness behind, more people in their hearts held a mentality of watching the fun without fear of trouble.

Even if they couldn't participate in it, they had to watch as bystanders, seeing how long this halfling could win, and seeing when the stewards in the casino would come out to control the situation.

After all, according to the way he gambled, if he kept winning, it was really possible to make "Golden Cod" go bankrupt.

In fact, just the chips he accumulated in these few hours were already a very large number.

One could clearly see that the dealer's right hand reaching for the dice cup was shaking violently, his face was tense, and sweat soaked the uniform on his back.

Further away in the back, many casino staff members in uniforms were busy running around, seemingly urgently searching for and mobilizing chips.

Countless pairs of eyes with bloodshot surfaces from beside the card table stared tightly at the dice in the cup, their expressions were even more focused than their own participation.

And the expression on Alton's face was incomparably relaxed, as if for him, what he bet was not the result he had worked hard for an entire afternoon, but just a copper coin that couldn't even buy snacks at a roadside stall. ===== CHAPTER 395 =====