The newly established "Tower Coin Casino" on the 91st floor of My Home Tower!
From the outside, it resembles a magnificent crystal palace like a sacred sanctuary, but...
The moment you step inside, that majestic impression is instantly flipped upside down.
This place is... literally the crystallization of desire and entertainment, renovated by Tricia who poured in an enormous amount of Tower Coins!
A massive main hall with sky-piercing golden pillars and hundreds of glass chandeliers!
Endless rows of slot machines!
Tables covered with dazzling chips where games like roulette, poker, and blackjack are in full swing!
At the otherworld beverage bar along one wall, drinks infused with Eriel's unique magical energy are served continuously!
And—
The staff welcoming guests here are all...
Succubi in Bunny Girl outfits!!!
...Of course, out of respect for diverse preferences, a small number of incubi in butler uniforms have also been hired!
It's truly a large-scale casino where everyone can find satisfaction!
Some people might express dissatisfaction, but...
The moment they voice complaints, the "Angel Guardians" promptly step in to politely escort them out physically, so there's no problem at all! (?)
By the way, all the slot machines here run on mana rather than electricity, and they're items that Yurining and Tricia researched together in the past but had left unused until now!
They were able to mass-duplicate the slot machines by exploiting the System's [Object Creation] function!
Of course, this consumed a lot of Tower Coins, but...
Tricia said:
"You reap what you invest!!!"
True to her word, the slot machines here were devouring Climbers' Tower Coins at a frightening speed...!
"Alright, this time for real... I'll definitely hit the grand prize!!"
A Climber sitting in front of a slot machine inserted his tightly clutched Tower Coin into the slot and pulled the lever!
Ding-a-ling-a-ling-!
Ding! Ding! Ding!
[Rabbit picture / Watermelon picture / Cyan picture]
"Arrrgh!!! Another bust?! How many times have I tried now?!"
The Climber fell into despair after spending all his Tower Coins on the slots, only managing to win a few 4th-tier rewards with nothing else to show for it!
For reference, the reward list is as follows:
"1st Prize: Heart of the Emperor Dragon (Mythic-grade item)"
"2nd Prize: Feather Amulet of the Majestic Angel (Mythic-grade item)"
"3rd Prize: Essence of Happy Dreams (Legendary-grade item)"
"4th Prize: Character Card - Cyan Nightmare (Cyan item)"
In the end, this Climber got nothing but five meaningless☆character cards with Cyan Nightmare's cyan(?) picture on them!
Just then, a succubus in a Bunny Girl outfit passing by spoke to him in a seductive voice.
"Would you like... to exchange those cards for a different reward?"
"Huh? These can be exchanged?"
"Hehe, with five Cyan cards, you can get a free drink at the bar over there~ And when you finish your drink, you'll receive a free [Cyan Lottery Ticket]. Who knows, it might be another opportunity?"
"Ohhh...?"
The Climber immediately rushed to the drink bar and ordered whatever the bartender recommended.
He scratched the [Cyan Lottery Ticket] right away, but the result only showed the phrase <It's a bust, how cyan!>
"What the heck is this-!!!"
In the end, the Climber gulped down his drink without even properly understanding the meaning of 'being cyan.'
Somehow... the bitter taste of the drink must be his imagination.
"Sir, is the mandrake juice to your liking?"
"Damn it, no wonder it tastes so awful!!!"
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Nearby, another Climber, Ban Hwi-yeol of the [Fighter] class, harbored grand ambitions.
That's right! One of the very first Climbers to enter this tower... Ban Hwi-yeol from the [Glory] Guild's advance team!
"Okay, I'll exchange my Tower Coins for chips... and make a killing on this slot machine!"
In his hands were 85 casino chips!
Converted to Tower Coins, they're worth about 850 Tower Coins!
In other words, he's about to gamble away enough money to buy two high-end computers!
Plus, he was... a man with nerves of steel!
"Going all in like a real man-!!!!"
Click!
Ding-a-ling-ling——!
[Heart picture / Heart picture / Heart picture]
Bam-pa-ba-bam-!!
"Woohoooo!! Jackpot!!!"
The moment the three heart pictures aligned, the slot machine erupted with fanfare and spewed out a massive amount of chips!
"Congratulations! Your 85 chips have increased 300-fold! You've won a total of 25,500 chips!"
"This is golden———!!!!"
Ban Hwi-yeol, soaking in extreme dopamine while receiving envious glances from all the surrounding Climbers!
He collected the massive pile of chips with the happiest expression in the world.
However!
There was one fact he overlooked!
"What?! I can't exchange these back to Tower Coins?!"
"That's correct. As stated in the terms and conditions, chips cannot be converted back to Tower Coins."
Ban Hwi-yeol was disappointed to hear that he couldn't exchange his massive winnings back to Tower Coins.
"Tch, I should've read the fine print..."
"Instead, we have many rare prizes that can only be purchased with chips. Would you like to visit our prize exchange counter?"
"I guess I have no choice. Let's see what prizes are available."
Since he couldn't convert them back to Tower Coins anyway, Ban Hwi-yeol headed to the prize exchange counter to buy something.
And he lost his mind when he saw the list of prizes displayed before him.
【Sword of False Judgment - Avnaruk】
- Price: 88,888 chips
- Mythic-grade sword once used by [Avnir, God of False Paradise] (usage restrictions apply)
【Devil's Dice】
- Price: 32,980 chips
- Dice that can overturn the fate of [Chaos, Great Demon of Disorder] (usage restrictions apply)
【Majestic Angel's Silver-Thread Candy】
- Price: 17,777 chips
- Effective for treating baldness
"Baldness... treatment...?"
With an expression like someone possessed by a ghost, he purchased one 【Majestic Angel's Silver-Thread Candy】.
A baldness treatment that had been merely a legend, finally revealed to the world...!
In reality, it's candy made with a single strand of Tricia's hair!
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Throughout the casino, Climbers having their Tower Coins sucked away could be easily spotted everywhere.
Among them, one area particularly drew people's attention—
For some reason, beneath a wall adorned with large portraits of Rukki and Ju Ji-ye, a massive pachinko machine stood proudly!
The scene looked exactly like a frame taken straight out of some famous gambling manga.
"Oh God...! Please take pity on this humble servant and grant me the blessing of salvation!!!"
A Climber of the [Priest] class knelt down in prayer before pouring in Tower Coins to release a large number of pachinko balls!
Drrrrrrrrrrrr—!
Dozens of balls shot out like bullets, and rainbow-colored slots began spinning wildly!
The flashy effects and sounds filled him with anticipation, but...
The result—all balls fell into worthless spots, resulting in complete failure!
"How could this be... Oh God!!! Have you truly abandoned this poor lamb-!!!"
The devastated [Priest] fell to his knees and wailed.
After sitting there for a while, someone quietly placed a hand on his shoulder.
It wasn't a Bunny Girl succubus or a butler incubus—
It was an expressionless maid NPC that Tricia had created during the tutorial!
"Sir. Excessive gambling is harmful to your mental health. I recommend you take a short break."
"N-No! Please, just one more time! This time, I really, truly feel like I'll succeed-!!!"
In the end, the [Priest] was grabbed by the nape of his neck and dragged away by the maid.
He soon began receiving mental counseling and gambling addiction treatment from a Bunny Girl succubus.
...And even the treatment fee was charged in Tower Coins.
It was clearly a multi-level marketing scheme, but he never reached that realization.
So how about the situation at the blackjack table?
"Pathetic~♥"
Here, Rukki is the dealer.
The absolute pinnacle of unfairness!
Even when players were clearly winning, Rukki would slightly provoke them, causing them to make reckless moves and lose—this scene repeated endlessly!
"Damn it! Why did I call for a hit! This is impossible!! This is fraud!!!"
At that moment, as the enraged Climber reached toward Rukki—
An Angel Guardian appeared in the blink of an eye, subdued the rowdy Climber, and escorted him outside.
Watching this, Tricia smiled wickedly.
"Hehe... Gambling really is such a harmful culture, isn't it...?"
The structure of Tricia's Tower Coin Casino is strictly "one-way."
Climbers can spend Tower Coins to purchase "chips," the casino's exclusive currency, but they cannot convert these back to Tower Coins.
Even if they win big rewards from slot machines, blackjack, pachinko, or roulette, it's merely an internal redistribution of resources within the tower.
Chips purchased with Tower Coins can only be used inside the casino, and their value lies in exchanging them for rare items or prizes in the tower.
In other words, this system blocks the external outflow of Tower Coins while simultaneously encouraging voluntary consumption by Climbers—a closed profit recovery structure!
While they can't earn Tower Coins, the system plants hope through other rewards.
As a result, the "Tower Coin Casino" was practically a goose that laid golden eggs for Tricia with almost no risk of loss, but for Climbers, it was nothing short of an endless swamp of temptation.
Desire is always packaged in the form of fantasy.
And here, the "Tower Coin Casino" on the 91st floor was the headquarters of that fantasy...!