After introducing Barrek to Bragan and handing over the design, Ben did not stay.
He left the two of them to handle the rest.
A skilled blacksmith and a sharp merchant were enough.
He had bigger problems to deal with.
The design he gave Bragan was not a weapon or an enchanted artifact.
It was a simple thing from his old world, a metal deck of cards.
In a land crushed by pressure and uncertainty, any kind of fun was worth gold.
Cards were more than fun, though.
They were opportunity.
He was not just selling entertainment.
He was planting something deeper.
Gambling.
Gambling existed here, but it was crude.
People only bet on beasts in the pits or warriors in the arena.
Not everyone could enjoy that.
Games like proper card gambling only flourished in the capital.
The rest of the cities barely knew what they were missing, and that included Krahal-Zir.
Ben planned to change that.
He wanted those cards in every tavern and inn.
