[CH399+ Continued] Dungeon Diver: Stealing A Monster's Power

Chapter 530

I look at the menu and all kinds of options are available for purchase.

There are about a dozen food and drink items on the top half of the menu written in green ink.

The middle half of the menu is written in yellow, and there are less than half as many items as the green.

Below this, there's only one item written in red text. It's a meal and drink combo.

Beside every option, [0 Tokens] is printed.

I look up at the woman and do a quick scan of her status to find that she's over level 700, has extreme water magic summoning, and mana control strong enough to face off against a regional director if she wanted.

However, she's just calmly standing behind the counter polishing an unused glass while we read the menu.

I ask her a question.

"What are these color-coded options...? And- What are tokens?"

I scratch my head and look back down at the paper, but she doesn't respond right away.

I turn to Ember and he shrugs.

"I asked the same thing a few times, but got no direct answers out of her. However, I did pick up on a few clues and think I have a feel for what's going on.."

I tighten my gaze at him as he continues.

"Everything about this first stage of the exams is about luck-"

As he says these words, lights flash in the background and a dinging noise sounds out from one of the casino tables with a spinning roulette machine.

A tall man with blond hair stands up with a relieved look on his face and yells out in excitement as the thin worker behind the machine hands him a small black coin.

A man on the other side of the table looks depressed and pale-faced. I can't quite tell what exactly is going on. It's on the far side of the room and I didn't see what the stakes were before their game, but that coin in the winner's hand may have answered one of my questions already.

Ember grins and continues after they calm down.

"Those are tokens. I've seen a few people win them throughout the last hour or so, and a few have even left through those doors."

He points to the back of the room where the [Exit] signs glow with red neon light.

Then I reply, looking down at the color-coded menu.

"So even this is some kind of game."

The woman behind the counter shows a small grin as she continues to polish the crystal-clear glass reflecting her blue hair in the bright lights of the room.

I point to the menu.

"So what? The green options are safer? And the Red Options are risky, does it work something like that?"

I look her in the eyes, and she shrugs.

"I'm not permitted to answer any questions about the exams without proper payment."

I tighten my gaze, understanding that this means it will be possible to get some information out of her.

If proper payment means tokens, then I'll have to play in these games to win some, but maybe there's a way to get the answers without risking anything. I saw the look on that man's face at the table when he lost, but if everything is free, then I'm not sure why he'd be so down...

I ask another question.

"Do we have to participate in these games? Do we even need tokens? Or can we exit right now...?"