Nick left the fifth floor and walked to the second one.
For now, the second floor was designated for the unremarkable Physical Specters, like the Money Sink and the Bleeding Lady.
Of course, now, there was a third Specter as well.
Nick went to one of the western Containment Units and stopped in front of its entrance.
'Do I have enough money with me?' Nick thought as he checked his pockets.
Next, he retrieved several long pieces of metal.
Each of these pieces represented a thousand credits.
Nick had an entire stack of them.
'Should be enough,' he thought.
Naturally, since this Specter came from the city, Nick knew how to work with it.
Nick opened the door and walked inside.
Compared to earlier, Nick wasn't in a rush, and he entered at a leisurely pace.
He closed the door behind him and looked to the middle of the Containment Unit.
"Hello, hello! I presume you are a new customer?"
A tall man wearing a fancy suit and a black top hat stood in the middle of the room with a charming smile on his face.
In front of the man was a table with several decks of cards on top.
The table was made of a very rare material, wood, and its top was completely black.
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The Gambler.
Nick walked towards the Gambler, who only looked at Nick with a toothy smile.
"Hi, I'm the Chief Zephyx Extractor of Dark Dream, your new place of residence," Nick said.
"Oh, so I'm in Dark Dream now?" the Gambler commented with interest. "I heard some of my previous customers talking about this place. You're a new Manufacturer, right?"
"Kind of," Nick said.
Obviously, the Gambler was very much sapient.
It was even quite intelligent.
The picture was of a big red slime in the middle of a Containment Unit.
On the top right was a five, and the card's name was in the middle of the top.
The Blood Ancestor.
"Where did you get this deck?" Nick asked as he looked at the card.
"I made it myself," the Gambler said. "I make new cards based on the Specters I've heard about. I don't know exactly how all of the Specters look, but I heard enough about every Specter in here that I can paint a pretty clear picture of them."
"Interesting," Nick said, looking at the card. "And where did you get that information from?"
"Don't you already know that, Nick?" the Gambler asked.
Nick was not surprised that the Gambler knew his name, even though he hadn't told him his name.
And yes, Nick knew how the Gambler knew all of this.
It was also possible to gamble with information.
In fact, one could gamble with almost everything, and the Gambler would accept the bet as long as he had the power to collect what he was owed.
The Gambler had probably worked with people from Ghosty's Lab to get enough information about the Blood Ancestor to create the card.
"So, what did you get?" the Gambler asked.
Nick placed the card down. "The Blood Ancestor."
When the Gambler saw that, he had to laugh.
"Wow, luck is a cruel mistress," he said.
Nick didn't show any reaction, but he felt a bit good.
After all, who didn't feel good when winning a game?
Then, the Gambler placed down his card.
When Nick saw the card, his eyes widened.
It was a forest of huge red mushrooms filled with holes that were dripping with blood.
The entire floor was covered with roots that looked like veins, and there were screaming faces on all the different caps of the mushrooms.
In the top right was a six, and the name of the card was...
The Crimson Fungus.
"To lose with a Fanatic," the Gambler said with a chuckle as he collected the metal plate.
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