The Understated Dragon Lord novel Chapter 534

Manly knew Daniel was looking for Black, but she feigned ignorance and asked, “Country boy, what are you looking for?”

"I'm looking for your brother, not you. You’re not that interesting to look at!" Daniel replied with a look of distaste.

"What did you say? You dare to say I'm not attractive?"

“Stop wasting time! Where's your brother? We were only halfway through the game when he left. Is he quitting because he knows he can't beat me?"

"He's not quitting. My brother had urgent matters to attend to. Now, I'll play with you for the rest of the game."

With that, Manly picked up a black stone and placed it carelessly on the board.

"You’re going to play me?"

"Yes! Why, are you scared?"

“Fine by me."

Daniel made his move and took sixty of the black pieces. But Manly remained unfazed and continued to play the black stones.

"Manly, you’ve lost," Daniel declared after making his move.

"Lost? I won!" Manly countered, placing another stone and pointing to five black stones in a row. "It's my win—look, I've connected five."

Daniel was baffled by her bold play. "Manly, what are you trying to pull here? Are you playing dumb because you can't beat me?"

"Who's playing dumb? Aren’t we playing connect five?"

“Not bad, country boy, getting out of Big Dipper in one piece," Beauty remarked with a smile.

"I've spent all this time in Big Dipper, lost a hundred bucks, and came away with nothing."

"You’re lucky to have gotten out alive."

After saying that, Beauty frowned, her face full of confusion. "Something’s off with Big Dipper today."

"Off? How so?" Daniel inquired.

"The fuss you caused at Big Dipper today was a big embarrassment for them. Typically, Big Dipper would ensure you didn't leave alive, especially after making it through three challenges with four more to go. Plus, The Divine Star hasn’t even shown up. It’s strange that they just let you go... Could it be there’s some internal issue at Big Dipper, and that's why they didn’t deal with you?"

As Beauty mulled over her thoughts, she didn't realize the true nature of Daniel's relationship with Big Dipper. Daniel, on the other hand, knew exactly why he left the way he did because the Old Man had told him about The Divine Star being his uncle. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have left so easily. If it weren't for Old Man's sake, he wouldn’t have let Manly off the hook with four hundred billion.