Chapter 1402.
This alchemy expert that the witch Audrey recommended to Ronan looked to be in his forties or fifties. He had a thin figure, wore a wrinkled gentleman’s civilian clothes, had thinning hair and pale skin, his lower eyelids drooped down to his high cheekbones, and the glasses he wore were broken halfway down, making him look pitiful.
This old Jack, who by all rights should be standing on the podium teaching, was huddled at the edge of the corner next to the gambling table, the corner of his mouth swollen to a high level, with the slightest trace of blood still remaining.
There was no doubt that he had just endured one of life’s severe beatings.
“Old Jack…”
A scar-faced big man grinned and clenched his fist, saying, “You’re a regular customer here, and as a matter of fact, we should give you some face, but you shouldn’t break our Copper Anchor’s rules.”
He raised two thick fingers, “Now I’ll give you two choices, either you cut off one of your hands yourself, or we’ll do it for you, take your pick.”
Old Jack didn’t want to choose any of them and trembled in defense, “Wrongly accused, I really didn’t cheat, no!”
“Wrong answer.”
The scar-faced man shook his head, “Then let us help you, don’t worry, my knife is fast, it won’t hurt.”
Saying that, he pulled out a short-handled curved knife.
The snowy light of the knife instantly illuminated Old Jack’s miserable face, he instinctively tried to run away, only to be grabbed by the person next to him and pressed dead center on the gambling table.
“Ah~”
Old Jack let out a pig-killing scream, “I was wrong, I’m willing to compensate, don’t cut my hand!”
The scar-faced big man was as if he didn’t realize it, and raised the machete in his hand high.
He didn’t care that such an on-the-spot execution would affect the other gamblers around him, because cheating is a big taboo in casinos, and if you don’t use blood as a deterrent, then the casino will have no prestige to speak of.
So Old Jack’s hand must be broken!
The scar-faced big man suddenly swung down his scimitar.
But the next moment, the sharp machete stopped just three fingers away from Old Jack’s wrist.
Because someone had held the knife in the nick of time.
The scar-faced big man was creeped out and immediately turned his head and shouted in a deep voice, “Let go!”
Before his words fell, the scimitar in his hand had already changed owners.
The one who grabbed the knife was none other than Luo Nan!
Although Luo Nan also felt that cheating should be severely punished, but Old Jack was related to the alchemy he was going to learn, so he could only step in to stop the other party.
The scar-faced man who had his weapon taken away changed greatly, he took two steps back, and his eyes became ferocious and dangerous as he looked at Luo Nan: “Friend, this is not something you should be in charge of!”
He was scornful of Luo Nan, who had suddenly appeared, but he didn’t have much fear.
Anyone who could open a casino in Ceres had powerful backstage forces, and the Copper Anchor Casino was certainly no exception.
Several strong men watching the venue spread out left and right, surrounding Luo Nan in the blink of an eye, each eyeing him intently.
The atmosphere of swords and crossbows was suffocating.
Old Jack, who had no one to hold him hostage, retracted his hand and prostrated himself on the ground, not daring to move, his heart even more fearful.
He didn’t think Ronan was his savior.
“I know.”
Luo Nan smiled, “I’m willing to offer a sum of money to buy this hand of his…”
He pointed at Old Jack, who was curled up on the ground, “What do you think? Make a bid.”
The scar-faced big man frowned.
This casino fighter was ready to fight, but he didn’t expect Luo Nan to actually talk to him about buying and selling.
The scar-faced big man stroked his chin and suddenly asked, “What’s your relationship with Old Jack?”
“Not much of a relationship.”
Luo Nan replied frankly, “I just came to Celestia, I’m looking for Old Jack because I need his help for something, why don’t you make a price?”
The scar-faced big man carefully sized up Luo Nan for a moment, the corner of his mouth slightly hooked up, “Alright, then I’ll sell you a face.”
“You give one thousand gold pounds well.”
One thousand gold pounds!
The surrounding immediately resounded with the sound of sucking in cool air – how daring to ask for it!
Although the prices in Celes were high, in the Old Harbor District, this amount of money would be enough to buy ten lives.
“All right.”
What turned out to be even more surprising was that Luo Nan actually didn’t even bargain, directly fished out a stack of cash checks from his pocket and drew out one to hand it to the pugilistic big man.
The scar-faced big man took it with skepticism.
How experienced he was, he knew it was the real thing as soon as he had it in his hand, and there was no problem with the watermarks and dark marks on it, as well as the amount of money.
This confused the casino hitman.
In fact the surrounding beaters as well as the gamblers were also dumbfounded, even including Old Jack on the ground.
The latter never expected that someone would actually be willing to shell out such a large sum of money to save himself!
“Can you get up?”
Luo Nan waved his hand at Old Jack, “Let’s go.”
Old Jack hurriedly climbed up from the ground, even squeezing out a fawning and pleasing smile, “Thank you.”
He didn’t recognize Luo Nan at all, then this wasn’t a problem at all, the current Luo Nan was his benefactor and gold master!
“Wait.”
Old Jack was just about to walk away, but he didn’t expect the scar-faced big man who had just collected the money to suddenly reach out and stop him.
This casino hitman grinned at Luo Nan, revealing a mouth full of burnt and uneven teeth, “One thousand gold pounds for his hand, you can take it away now, as for the rest of the parts you still have to stay.”
Crap!
The surrounding people cursed in unison.
None of the people present were fools, anyone could see that the scar-faced big man was up with greed and wanted to ruthlessly slaughter Luo Nan again.
This was actually quite normal.
Luo Nan seems to be a stranger, he also said that he just arrived in the old harbor area, he does not talk and act like he has a background, and he has brought so many cash checks on his body.
The big fat sheep ah!
If you don’t kill such a guy, you will regret it in your sleep and dreams at night.
The scar-faced big man made a wink at a few companions, indicating the meaning of seeing a person’s share.
The other casino hitmen had their eyes glowing, and some even licked their lips with a knowing smile.
“This is no fun.”
As the center of attention of the whole scene, Luo Nan said indifferently, “I’ve given you both the lining and face, if you don’t follow it up properly, then you’re going to be my enemy.”
“My enemies are only kneeling and lying down!”
As soon as his words fell, an invisible force suddenly enveloped the scar-faced big man’s group.
These brawny and ferocious casino fighters were caught off guard, and were also unable to resist at all, kneeling down on the cold floor in unison.
Their knees hit the ground heavily, emitting heart-pounding muffled sounds.
There was also the sound of shattering mixed in!
The intense and incomparable pain caused the faces of the beaters to instantly distort, and they wanted to wail and scream loudly, only to find that they could not speak at all with their mouths open.
Wizard!
The scar-faced big man and the others realized that they were afraid that they had bumped into the legendary male witch.
That was a transcendent spell caster that was even rarer than witches!
In the next moment, the surroundings were in an uproar as the watching gamblers involuntarily backed away from the game.
A look of fear spread across everyone’s faces.
Immediately afterward, the entire casino was affected, falling into a short period of chaos!