Even goblins are dangerous in this other world!

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After doing all this, he secretly returned to the fourth area and joined the uneven ranks of the fourth-tier mushroom monsters, continuing to work hard.

The group was not well-organized, and no one noticed that the mushroom monster disappeared twice along the way, each time for about seven or eight minutes.

Everything is proceeding smoothly.

Until nine o'clock in the morning.

Chapter 179 The Casino's Deepest Secret

Luo Xiu glanced at the pocket watch hidden by a slender hand. When the time reached nine o'clock, he heard a faint "click" sound coming from the ceiling.

The sound was barely perceptible in the empty hall; ordinary gamblers could not detect it, but only a mushroom monster of the first rank could hear it.

The men in gold shirts, who had been resting after moving their belongings, stood up and headed towards the stairs leading to the second floor.

There weren't many gamblers in the fourth area at this time. After what happened, anyone who dared to sit at the gambling table today was a true warrior.

The mushroom monsters that went upstairs weren't just from the fourth area; there were also fourth-tier mushroom monsters in the first three areas, and some third-tier mushroom monsters also followed them upstairs.

Luo Xiu mingled among the mushroom monsters, taking light steps as he went up to the second floor.

The second floor doesn't look much different from the first floor; the only difference might be that the view from the second floor isn't as open as from the first floor.

The four areas on the first floor are mainly halls, while the area on the second floor is similar to the scene when we chose Hugh, mainly consisting of small cubicles.

The mushroom monsters moved with practiced ease through the corridor outside the cubicle and arrived at a black door.

This door is quite different in size from the other cubicle doors; it's tall and wide, almost as tall as two people.

However, for the already tall and thin fourth-tier mushroom monster, the size of this door was just right.

Luo Xiu stood in the middle to back of the line and slowly walked into the cubicle.

To his surprise, there was a figure standing in the cubicle, but it wasn't the mushroom-monster supervisor he had imagined.

He had assumed that the morning meetings of the mushroom monsters were convened by the mushroom monster supervisor, but now it seemed that was not the case, because standing in the cubicle was a girl who looked like a waitress.

A third-tier girl was actually the leader of such a large group of mushroom monsters.

"One, two, three... ten."

The girl was pure and lovely, with two short braids. After counting the number of fourth-tier mushroom monsters, she clapped her hands together:

"Everyone's here."

Suddenly, as if in a movie, the light and shadow on her face changed abruptly, half of her expression was covered by darkness, and in an instant, her cute smile turned into a disgusted and disdainful face.

"I've heard that you bunch of animals have been quite disobedient lately."

Luo Xiu hid among the mushroom monsters, marveling at how quickly the girl's expression changed.

If the girl had multiple whips in her hands at this moment, and was dressed as a waiter, she would probably have been quite popular in her past life.

The girl did not disappoint Luo Xiu. Although there was no whip, her subsequent actions were even more exaggerated than whipping someone.

A fireball burst into flames in her palm, which she then hurled at the densest concentration of mushroom monsters.

boom--

The falling fireball struck the low-level mushroom monster, immediately igniting a raging fire that sent flames soaring into the sky and rapidly raising the room's temperature.

The crimson light made the girl's face glow red as she continued throwing fireballs, laughing amidst the flames.

"You are not allowed to put out the fire. Let it burn like this. This is your punishment."

In the swarm of mushroom monsters, Luo Xiu smelled something burning. Sparks landed on him, but he ignored them and let the flames spread and burn.

These flames wouldn't harm him, and he knew they wouldn't burn for long.

In his eyes, the emotional state of the mushroom monsters around him showed that their anger was rising, climbing, and approaching its limit amidst the girl's laughter.

The girl clearly didn't know that these mushroom monsters were actually demons; she was simply using them as tools.

When her tools broke, she would smash them hard before repairing them, just like when she was a child and would throw toys.

But this mistake was fatal; judging from the way these mushroom monsters killed the people at the intersection of Rum Street, these guys had already succumbed to their bloodlust.

"Pfft-"

The girl's chest was pierced by the tentacles of a fourth-tier mushroom monster, and blood gushed out. She stared wide-eyed in disbelief, still unwilling to believe that she had been killed by the very tool she had always used.

Just like no one would believe they were killed by a doll they used when playing house as a child.

The scorching flames had not yet been extinguished. Reflected in the brilliant firelight, the mushroom monsters, their eyes bloodshot, remained silent, seemingly waiting for the arrival of some being.

Luo Xiu sensed something approaching; it was quite powerful, and the aura it exuded was stronger than that of the golden-robed men around it.

He remained calm and composed. The reason he went to such lengths to infiltrate this meeting was not only to wait for the mushroom monsters to gather so that he could harvest them as quickly as possible, but also to see what rank the strongest among the mushroom monsters was.

Besides the last remaining manager, are there any stronger ones? Luo Xiu believes there are, and they are hidden in this tall building, but he is not sure.

The fact that no one intervened after the huge commotion caused by Gane and the deaths of so many mushroom monsters made him doubt his initial assumptions.

These mushroom monsters don't care that Gane is from the capital.

"pat-"

The visitor finally showed up.

That must be a mushroom monster.

The reason for using the word "should" is that Luo Xiu had never seen such an old mushroom monster before.

Like the previous fourth-tier golden-robed supervisor, this mushroom monster was also dressed in gold. It was tall, thin, and bizarre, but its head was not touching the ceiling; there was still some distance between it and the ceiling.

It wasn't because he wasn't tall enough, but because his back was hunched over, like an old willow tree, and his two long arms were like the branches of an old willow tree, drooping and swaying with his steps.

His hair was completely white, and his face was covered with wrinkles, like the bark of a tree that had aged from wind and sun.

He walked up to the group of mushroom monsters, glanced at the waiter's corpse on the ground, and then kicked it away:

"Well done, hee hee hee!"

The few words fell slowly, like a movie dialogue at 0.5x speed, but they elicited enthusiastic "hehe"s from the many mushroom-like figures in the audience.

They laughed wildly, their stiff smiles stretched out in the firelight, and their slender figures were projected onto the wall, trembling, twisting, and dancing.

Luo Xiu believed that if anyone could see this scene now, they would definitely recognize these mushroom monsters as demons, rather than the "tools" they had always thought they were.

"Who was that person today—?"

The aged mushroom monster would pause for a few seconds after every few words, taking a difficult breath. It was hard to imagine what era it was created from, that even a monster with such a long lifespan had become so old.

A man in gold stepped forward and told the elderly mushroom monster what had happened that day.

The aged mushroom monster nodded slowly:

"As long as it's not—the Creator—who—has noticed—that's fine—"

Creator?

Luo Xiu's mind stirred. He had been observing the emotional and mental states of these mushroom monsters to confirm that they had not discovered him and were not lying.

So he really touched upon the deepest secret of this casino.

Chapter 180 A river of blood

"The Creator—the Creator—the Creator—what are his recent movements—?"

The words "Creator" seemed to carry more weight than the others. The elderly mushroom monster recited them several times before finally finishing, then bent over as if he had exhausted all his strength, supporting himself on his knees with his hands and exhaling with a "heh heh".

A man in gold tried to help, but the old mushroom monster stretched out its extended claws and pressed them against his neck—a merciless warning.

If it accepts this low-level assistance, it means it acknowledges its own aging.

But the monster's nature and instincts constantly remind it never to admit that it is getting old, otherwise it will immediately lose its status in this race and lose everything.

The man in gold, his eyes flashing crimson, slowly retreated back into the horde of mushroom monsters.

"Nothing's been happening lately, hehe—"

Another man in gold stepped forward and spoke up:

"It was our plan that succeeded, hee hee—"

As soon as these words were spoken, the surrounding mushroom monsters erupted in excitement once again. Some of the third-tier mushroom monsters, whose flames hadn't even been extinguished yet, began to cheer and jump, their laughter echoing endlessly.

"The Creator is nothing, hee-ah—"

One of the mushroom monsters suddenly died halfway through its rampage. The elderly mushroom monster reached out and drew a bright line in the air, slicing off most of its head.

"Those who disrespect the Creator—die—"

The aged mushroom monster spoke, its eyes flashing with ferocity, instantly suppressing the lively atmosphere of the entire room.

Even if we succeed—the Creator—is always the Creator—

Standing amidst the mushroom monsters, Luo Xiu seemed to gradually understand.

This so-called creator should be a revered being to these mushroom monsters. They are now plotting a rebellion, but they still have to maintain respect for the creator.

It sounds contradictory, but Luo Xiu gradually came to understand.

It should have a similar meaning to Cao Cao's "serving the emperor to command the disobedient".

Before the group of mushroom monsters, the elderly mushroom monster continued to speak:

"Our leader—we're at a crucial stage right now—losing some of our own kind is nothing—be patient—we can win—"

It gradually became agitated, and eventually began to cough, its aged body drooping to the ground, coughing uncontrollably.

Luo Xiu's eyes remained calm as he finally received the message he wanted.

There are indeed stronger beings above these guys, but they can't spare the time right now.

He had been lurking disguised as a mushroom monster for so long, just to confirm this. Now that he had finally received the news, his heart was already restless, and he wanted to make a killing.

But seeing that the old mushroom monster seemed to have something to say, he tried his best to restrain himself and suppressed the urge to attack.

Finally, the old mushroom monster finished coughing, and its face looked even older, its stiff smile revealing a hint of fatigue.

"Seven days—the final seven days—after patience—we will see the dawn—that's all—"

"Oh!"