Big Capitalist

Merlin patiently explained, "These are chips. The numbers on them represent the corresponding gold denominations. You can use these chips to exchange for gold coins of equal value at the casino."

Alicia looked at the golden chip with the number "" written on it in her hand and said in shock, "So, such a small chip is worth 10,000 gold coins?"

Merlin nodded affirmatively, then took out a chip worth one hundred gold coins from his hand, walked to the pinball exchange machine nearby, and put the chip into the machine.

In an instant, a large number of marbles fell into the basket below.

Merlin handed the basket full of marbles to Alicia, put the remaining marbles into the pinball machine, and began to teach Alicia how to play the pinball machine with great interest.

Merlin stood beside Alicia, pointing at the pinball machine and patiently explaining, "Look at this pinball machine, Alicia. It's very simple to operate. You just need to keep pressing the launch button to shoot the marbles out."

Merlin demonstrated it himself, pressing the button. Marbles flew out one by one, jumping and rolling on the track inside the machine.

"As the marbles roll, if they land in these specific areas," Merlin pointed to the small, illuminated holes on the machine, "there will be corresponding rewards. For example, if the marble lands in this small hole, you'll get 50 marbles. If the marble lands in the larger hole next to it, the reward will be even greater, 200 marbles."

At this time, various patterns were scrolling rapidly on the display screen of the pinball machine. Alicia was shocked to find that the person appearing on the screen was Captain Moonlight played by Stacy. Then, like a cutscene, a scene of fighting against the followers of the Lord of Plague appeared. The cool lights and dynamic music made her unable to help but sink into it.

Merlin continued, "Look at this display. When a certain number of marbles are consumed, or when they enter a specific hole, a reward mechanism is triggered. Once triggered, the display will start to spin rapidly, like this."

As Merlin spoke, a large number of marbles, under the influence of the lights and the performance of the video, transformed into streams of light, giving strength to the Moonlight Captain Stacy on the screen, and defeated the followers of the Lord of Plague. The display screen instantly began to spin wildly, and various patterns flashed by rapidly. The defeated believers turned into marbles and fell from the pinball machine.

Merlin continued, "See? Defeat the Plague Lord's followers and you'll earn marbles. During this time, marbles entering specific holes can trigger skills. After a critical hit or killing an elite monster, you can unlock a special mode and win even more marbles!"

Alicia's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she couldn't help but be eager to try it.

Merlin smiled and offered her his seat, encouraging her, "Come on, give it a try. I believe with your luck, you'll definitely win a lot of marbles. Oh, and these marbles can be exchanged for chips. One gold chip can be exchanged for one hundred marbles, and one hundred marbles can be exchanged for one gold chip."

Alicia took a deep breath and carefully pressed the launch button. A marble shot out, and she began her first exploration in the world of pachinko. As the marble jumped in the machine, her mood also fluctuated, and she was completely immersed in this novel game.

At first, Alicia stared at the pinball machine nervously, watching the marbles enter the invalid holes without any suspense, her heart seemed to be pulled by an invisible hand.

After all, one marble is equivalent to the value of one copper coin, and each marble represents real money.

Even though it was not her own money, she still felt her heart bleed when she saw the numbers jumping on the screen.

However, the twist of fate always comes unexpectedly.

Suddenly, a marble, as if guided by the god of luck, fell precisely into a specific hole.

In an instant, cool lights flashed like stars, and the passionate BGM sounded, as if a grand carnival had begun.

Alicia instantly perked up, and her originally depressed mood disappeared.

Alice and Lianna, the followers behind him, shouted excitedly, "Your Highness, enter the special mode!"

Alicia's eyes immediately focused on the display screen, where she saw Captain Moonlight, who was transformed by Stacy, looking heroic and valiant, as if she was in an empty space, madly killing the followers of the Lord of Plague.

A prompt to press the button quickly appears on the screen at the right time, and it is also displayed below that the more marbles you put in, the stronger the power of Captain Moonlight represented by Stacy will be.

Alicia's fighting spirit seemed to be ignited in an instant. She pressed the buttons frantically, and a large number of marbles poured down like a waterfall.

Immediately afterwards, the screen flashed and a special plot appeared in a grand manner.

Moonlight Captain Stacie leaped high into the air, the weapon in her hand gleaming brightly as she unleashed a powerful attack – “1000 Marbles Moonlight Slash”.

The light was like a giant silver sword, directly splitting the huge elite plague creature in front of it into pieces.

Accompanied by a shocking sound effect, an animation of a big victory appeared on the screen. The characters of the marbles flashed colorfully, and the marbles gushed out from the bottom of the machine like a torrent.

This sudden scene instantly caused the group of elf girls to exclaim in surprise, their eyes full of surprise and excitement.

Merlin seized the opportunity and shouted at the crucial moment, "Alicia, you're amazing and so lucky! You actually won 100,000 marbles right off the bat! This is already a huge jackpot. Above that is the million-dollar jackpot for defeating the Lord of Plague. I believe you can succeed!"

"One hundred thousand marbles?!" Alicia looked at the large number of marbles that were continuously spraying out from the bottom of the machine, and was a little flustered for a moment.

She quickly calculated in her mind, "One hundred marbles equals one gold coin, one thousand equals ten gold coins, ten thousand equals one hundred gold coins, one hundred thousand...that's one thousand gold coins!"

She couldn't believe her ears and eyes. She had earned a thousand gold coins just by sitting in front of the machine for a short while.

Alicia's eyes instantly began to glow with gold, as if she saw countless treasures waving to her.

At this moment, the machine flashed again and entered the plot mode again.

Alice and Lianna behind him immediately shouted again: "Your Highness, it has entered special mode again!"

Alicia threw in the marbles without hesitation.

Amid the exciting BGM and cool flashing lights, she was completely lost in the gambling trap carefully designed by Pachinko and completely immersed in this game full of excitement and temptation.

Merlin looked at Alice, Lianna and the other elf sisters who were noisy and excited, and felt secretly delighted in his heart.

He had long been keenly aware that although the elves appeared to reject gambling, deep down they actually had a strong gambling gene.

With just a little bit of "seduction", these innocent elves will be eager to rush to "give him money".