Let's Start This Game

This afternoon Claude asked Lucien to come to his study to discuss his main task. This was her second day joining the group and it didn't take long for her to get the assignment.

"Master Claude, I'm coming in!" He said as he pulled the door knob.

"Come in!" Claude answered from inside his study. Claude was not alone, there were already 11 other people in the room including Jonathan and two of them were women.

Lucien walked in and stopped right in front of Claude and Jonathan. Jonathan looked at him with a disdainful smile. He was the Captain of a team of five and became one of the best jockeys that Supernova Revenge had.

"Welcome home, Lucien! I'm glad it didn't take long for you to take up your first assignment here. You know Jonathan, right? He's the Captain of team five in the gambling division. I know being called captain sounds too nice, but we have special standards even though our business seems dark and mostly illegal."

"I will be his underling?" Asked Lucien who immediately focused on the point.

"Do you mind, Lucky?" Jonathan said following how Claude called him.

"Absolutely not!"

"Tsk, really?"

"Jonathan will be your boss and all of them here are your teammates. Supernova Revenge owns five casinos and two of them are located in Las Vegas. In the gambling business, we have 10 teams and Jonathan's team of 10 is one of the groups." the best we have. They have great skills and every five games they play, three of them are won and so far the highest record is still held by Jonathan who has held 100 games and 90 of them he has won for his clients and also for our casino ."

"Don't I sound great?" Jonathan chirped proud of himself.

"It's the only thing you can do, Jo. So don't be so proud, man!"

"Hey Kevin. You can say that if you beat my record!"

"I have absolutely no interest in that!"

"May I continue?" Claude said.

"Yes, Sir!"

"Besides Jonathan, these are Sebastian, Kevin, Hans, Richard, Paris, the beauties Madison and Chloe, Jim and Harry.  There are three more members currently carrying out their duties, Galiard, Keith and Jennifer."

"One more person? Shouldn't there be 15 of them?"

"Adam has completed his mission, he is in hell now!" Kevin said.

One of their comrades had disappeared after Lucifer picked him up because his assignment had ended. Lucien wondered how that person would leave once their main mission was accomplished?

"Sooner or later every member will complete their main mission of being revived. Adam just left a week ago and I saw how his body slowly turned to fire and disappeared. He didn't say anything, but he looked peaceful." Madison said. This woman looks very sad as if she has a very close relationship with Adam.

Chloe patted Madison's shoulder to calm her down, she wanted Madison to quickly forget about Adam and get back to focusing on their duties.

"Lucien, have you thought about a new name you will use in your duties from now on?"

"Levi, my name is Levi."

"Levi, huh? Well, from now on you have to show the humans that you are no longer Lucien Sanders and you should try to forget that name because Lucien Sanders has died and the one alive today is Levi. It doesn't matter if you want to be Lucien among your comrades. -Your comrades. But don't let your life affect you in carrying out your mission. Remember, the longer your revenge mission lasts, the more you will increase your potential as a complete devil."

"What if the revenge mission still hasn't been completed even though decades have passed?"

"I'm only five years into my new life as a half-demon and this is my second year as an Alpha. But Jayden, he's by far the longest serving member, he's been here for 15 years and to this day he still hasn't found the whereabouts of the person who killed his wife. and her two children."

"His family was killed? What about him? How could he die?"

"He died in an accident while trying to demand justice for the death of his wife and two children. Jayden is a former soldier who served as a guard at the border for many years. But when he received news that his wife and two children were found trapped dead in a car that sank in a the lake. The police called it a suicide and murder committed by his wife and two children, but Jayden insisted that what happened to his wife and two children was premeditated murder. Three days before being reported missing, Jayden's wife sent a voicemail saying that he is often followed by mysterious people. Jayden believes that the mysterious people his wife says are the perpetrators of the murders of his wife and children."

"What a poor man. I can't imagine how devastated the Commander must have felt." he said.

Seeing how Jayden's expression and reaction when he met him made Lucien understand a little why he looked so hateful to someone he thought would rival his strength. It was because he wanted to quickly find his family's killers and avenge their deaths.

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Lucien drives a black sports car which from now on belongs to him to the Supernova Casino which is one of the largest and most luxurious casinos in the world which is located in the middle of Las Vegas City.

Lucien looked at this building carefully, of course this was not a strange place for him because a few years ago he often played here for clients who had paid for his services as a jockey.

The clients are certainly not random people, on average they are billionaires who secretly have a hobby of gambling to just waste their money or just to measure their wealth.

Lucien has a record of never losing, which is why he is a jockey and a mainstay player who is being fought over by the power-hungry elite. They were having fun with their money, drinking expensive wine and champagne while watching the jockeys they paid to play. The jockeys who succeed in bringing their clients to victory will be paid fantastic amounts and their names will become the target of the elite gambling enthusiasts.

Lucien couldn't possibly forget his past and all the memories he passed in this place. Not only gambling and drinking, it was not uncommon for the elite to rent a special room, where they could watch their jockeys play while they would make love to prostitutes in the same room.

Hate, disgust, a place filled with the smell of alcohol, cigarette smoke and the smell of vomit of the elite who are too drunk to control themselves. Not to mention the sighs and cries of prostitutes who are often treated inhumanely. The prostitutes were crying naked with bloody noses while picking up dozens of dollar bills that had been deliberately thrown on the floor.

They would laugh at those poor women. Whether they really enjoyed their job or not, he was sure that no woman wanted to be treated that way.

Sick, he felt so sick of the situation. Money and power so easily make people become slaves and enslave each other. At that time he always thought whether this is the goal of the demons? Making humans act far more despicable than animals.

"Levi, what are you doing?" Sebastian called out to him while he was still standing in front of the entrance.

"There isn't anything!"

"Jonathan gave me, you and Richard a job here. There are three clients who hire us for high fees. But only one of us three will play and that is you."

"Ok!"

"All right, come on in!"

The three of them entered the casino and took the elevator that took them to the 10th floor. In a special room that had been prepared, the elite who used their services had come and sat chatting on the couch accompanied by women in bikinis. There were five men, four of them were middle-aged men and one of them was quite an old man and four years ago he had played for the old man and managed to make the old man win 30 million dollars in one night.

"Hey, wait a minute! I think I know you?" The old man immediately got up from his place and came to Lucien who was about to sit in his chair.

Lucien looked calm, he knew that he could no longer be Lucien Sanders or Lucky, the gambling god, with a perfect record so far that no jockey has been able to surpass.

Now he has to live with his new identity as Levi Mayr from Canada.

"Sorry, sir! I think you have the wrong person. I'm Levi Mayr!"

"Levi?" This old man frowned. He was sure that he did not recognize anyone wrong. Since Lucien made him win 30 million dollars in one night, it made him want to continue using Lucien's services even though he had to pay a high price. But of course, he wasn't the only one who wanted Lucien, there were so many lines he had to jump through.

"Can we start now?" Said the opponent that Lucien would face at the gambling table.

Lucien sat in his place, he looked so calm and relaxed. There are four opponents that he must face at the poker game table. While Sebastian and Richard stood behind him overseeing the running of the game so that it would run in a sportsmanlike manner.

When the game starts, the four men start partying with the bikini-clad women around them. Several women would pour champagne into glasses and the men would chug it down to the last drop.

Their laughter and screams began to break out as the game went fierce. Sometimes they swear if their jockey barely misses and scream with joy when they almost win.

It wasn't difficult for him, it was too easy and the opponents this time were definitely not the opponents he was used to facing a few years ago. Lucien leaned back in the chair and sat as relaxed as possible. He lit a cigarette and smoked it, the women started to smile watching his figure. They feel lucky because this game is done in a private room, not a public place. So they can enjoy this thrilling sight without much disturbance.

"He's so hot!" muttered one of the women, biting her lower lip. While the other five women tried to hide their smiles and interest, because it was clear that they were not being paid to watch a sexy jockey play poker, but were serving these old men.

Sebastian and Richard were amazed by the way Lucien led the game from the start, he didn't let his opponent get too far and although they tried to stay calm, the looks on their faces made it clear that they were panicking.

"Yeah..." The old man cheered with joy when he won the 10 million dollar bet.

In less than 20 minutes, Lucien made an old man earn 10 million dollars. The other four jockeys were silent, so far they were quite calculated, but suddenly they failed in a relatively short time.

Sebastian and Richard were impressed, Lucien just did his first assignment, but he can do it really well.

"Damn it...! You guys suck, you bastards...!" One of the middle-aged men who was annoyed at his defeat kept swearing in annoyance. He pushed the woman sitting on his lap down to the floor and kicked a nearby table.

"Hey, Robert. Calm down! We can play round two!"

"There's no need! Tch, you lame bastard! This bastard lost so quickly! You're useless! I'm not going to use you anymore!" He said annoyed at the jockey he hired. The young man just kept quiet and tried to hold back his frustration at hearing the man's curse. He hit his mouth, but he knew that in front of the door there were two bodyguards guarding the man. He couldn't be careless and attack her.

"Let's go, we're done here!" Lucien said as he got up from his place and walked away. While Sebastian and Richard just kept silent and followed him.

"Hey, young man! Wait a minute! You have to play for me again...!" The old man tried to prevent him from going and leaving the room. He was enjoying his victory too much to make him not want to miss this rare opportunity.

Lucien paused and turned to the man with his cold, sharp gaze. The old man stopped whining and fell silent awkwardly.

"Looks like you only pay one game profit. No extra time unless you have made an appointment from the start!" he said.

"But that-"

"Hey Levi, I don't think it's a problem if you play for him one more time. We don't have any plans after this-"

"No! That's not necessary. I hate opponents who lose too quickly and become boring. Playing with the same people will only yield the same results! Better save their money and effort for something else!"

"Tch, you're so arrogant, you bastard...!" One of his opponents who had lost was upset that he wouldn't get the rest of the deal because he couldn't get his client to win."

The man growled in annoyance and rushed at Lucien and almost attacked him. Realizing this, Sebastian hastily stopped the pia before Lucien was provoked into fighting him. They knew that Lucien was still too new to his powers and maybe he couldn't control them yet.

"Damn...!" The man grew even more irritated when Lucien remained calm as if nothing was bothering him.

Lucien shot him an indifferent glance and then walked away gallantly and confidently. All eyes were on him, his charisma so strong it was hard to ignore. After making sure that the man did not continue his attack. Sebastian and Richard went after Levi.

"Hey Levi! Why don't you want to accept the man's offer? We can force him to place a higher bet?"

"I don't want to play with people I have beaten. I need a strong opponent."

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