Lincoln rubbed his hands together, feeling an inexplicable sense of nervousness. In the early stage, players were at the village - level, and their territory areas were not large. They could only recruit one initial hero. That's why the role of this initial hero was extremely important. If one could draw a high - quality initial hero, they could have a smooth start in the early stage. But if it was a lousy hero, they could only pray that the beast tides wouldn't be too fierce.
Looking at the tens of thousands of recruitment tickets in his inventory, Lincoln wasn't as panicked anymore. "I don't believe that I can't draw a good hero with tens of thousands of tickets!" "If it doesn't work, I'll just stockpile another tens of thousands of them. Anyway, they're cheap." Lincoln was no longer worried. As long as the initial hero wasn't bound, players could keep drawing. However, in his previous life, few people did this. One reason was that players in the previous life had limited recruitment tickets. The second was that the Blood Moon Frenzy came so suddenly that players didn't have time to accumulate enough recruitment tickets. Now, Lincoln not only had the time but also enough recruitment tickets. It was definitely a perfect start!
"I won't be satisfied unless I draw a master - grade hero!"
The Hero Tavern allowed single draws or ten - draw batches. The wealthy Lincoln waved his hand and put ten common recruitment tickets into the draw. Soon, the pitch - black vortex began to shine. Amid Lincoln's excited anticipation, the system prompt soon rang in his ears:
[Ding! Congratulations! You've drawn a common 1 - star hero card: Treant.]
[Ding! Congratulations! You've drawn a common 3 - star hero card: Vulture Demon.]
[Ding! Congratulations! You've drawn...]
The ideal was beautiful, but the reality was harsh. Sure enough, the miracle of getting a top - tier hero on the first try didn't happen easily. All ten hero cards were common - grade heroes. There wasn't even a single elite hero. The highest - rated one was the common 3 - star [Vulture Demon]. It was a very common hero. In the later stage, its only fate would be to become "high - level fodder" and was not worth cultivating at all.
Lincoln wasn't discouraged. This was just the beginning. He threw another ten recruitment tickets in.
[Ding! Congratulations! You've drawn a common 2 - star hero card: Ghost Fire Crab.]
[Ding! Congratulations! You've drawn a common 5 - star hero card: Pale Direwolf.]
[...]
Without surprise, it was another ten ordinary hero cards. Keep going! Lincoln's hand - speed was extremely fast. With little pause, he started his crazy drawing spree. The system prompts kept ringing in his ears.
[Ding! Congratulations! You've drawn a common 2 - star hero card: Multi - segmented Star Worm.]
[Ding! Congratulations! You've drawn a common 3 - star hero card: Assault Boar.]
[Ding! Congratulations! You've drawn an elite 1 - star hero card: Shadow Stalker.]
[Ding! Congratulations! You've drawn...]
...
More than a dozen minutes passed, and Lincoln had used up hundreds of common recruitment tickets. Except for a small number of elite heroes, most were ordinary cards. "This is so unlucky!" Lincoln gritted his teeth in anger. He had thought it would be difficult, but he didn't expect it to be this hard.
Of course, Lincoln understood the reason. All the recruitment tickets he had collected were primary - level ones. The probability of recruiting high - quality heroes with primary - level recruitment tickets was originally very low. That's why most players' initial heroes were of average quality. Later, when players upgraded their Hero Taverns and could use intermediate and advanced recruitment tickets, the probability of recruiting high - quality heroes would increase. However, even if Lincoln could buy intermediate and advanced recruitment tickets now, he couldn't use them.
"Fortunately, I had the foresight to stockpile enough recruitment tickets. Otherwise, a thousand tickets really wouldn't be enough." Lincoln pouted and continued with the monotonous and boring card - drawing process.
The next few hundred draws were still mostly uneventful, but he finally saw a few rare hero cards. Lincoln wasn't discouraged. After reaching 999 draws, he finally stopped. Out of the 999 draws, 900 were common - grade hero cards, 8 were rare hero cards, and the rest were elite hero cards. For ordinary players, drawing a rare hero as an initial hero was already quite good. But for Lincoln, it was far from enough.
He stopped because the Hero Tavern had a hidden attribute. That was, the last draw of every thousand draws had a slightly higher probability of getting a high - quality hero. Many players in the later stage used this mechanism to draw high - quality heroes. At the very least, they could draw a rare - grade hero. Players called this the "guaranteed draw".
Lincoln thought for a moment and skipped the rare recruitment tickets. He put a precious - grade recruitment ticket into the draw slot. Since the probability would increase, he might as well use the most expensive one. Anyway, he still had more than 200 precious - grade recruitment tickets. They were like dirt to him, so he might as well use them.
"Draw!" Lincoln rubbed his hands and clicked the confirm button. As the precious - grade recruitment ticket emitted a gorgeous light, after a moment, a mechanical system prompt sounded in his ears:
[Ding! Congratulations! You've successfully drawn a master - grade 5 - star hero: Thunder Wolf Dragon!]
Damn it, a master 3 - star hero! And it was a dragon - type hero! Lincoln's eyes instantly lit up. Heroes with dragon bloodlines usually had great potential. This [Thunder Wolf Dragon] was a master 5 - star hero, only one step away from being a grand - master hero. It would definitely be a powerful weapon in the early stage. Based on his experience, Lincoln judged that it wouldn't be a problem to cultivate the [Thunder Wolf Dragon] to the 9th rank, and there was even a chance for it to reach the extraordinary level. In his previous life, the strongest hero he had cultivated was only a rare - grade 3 - star, 5th - rank hero. So, when he encountered a master - grade hero this time, he couldn't help but get excited.
But soon, he calmed down. Logically speaking, this [Thunder Wolf Dragon] had great potential, and it would definitely be a good choice as an initial hero. Looking at the tens of thousands of recruitment tickets in his inventory, he hesitated. "I got a master 5 - star hero after just a thousand draws. What if there are even better ones later?"
After thinking it over, Lincoln decided to put the [Thunder Wolf Dragon] aside for the time being. According to the rule of a guaranteed draw every thousand draws, he still had dozens of chances with an increased probability.
After making up his mind, Lincoln got back into the boring card - drawing process. The system kept making "ding" sounds in his ears. As the slots in the tavern kept flashing, his card - drawing efficiency improved a bit. However, the probability didn't increase much. Most of the cards were still ordinary, and there were only occasional rare hero cards.
When he reached the 2000th draw, Lincoln put in another precious - grade recruitment ticket. Unfortunately, this time, the guaranteed draw only yielded a rare 4 - star hero card, which was far inferior to the [Thunder Wolf Dragon]. Lincoln wasn't discouraged. He just lowered his head and continued to draw cards even faster.
2200 draws, 2300 draws, 2500 draws, 3000 draws, 3500 draws... As stack after stack of recruitment tickets disappeared from his inventory, the number of high - quality hero cards Lincoln drew gradually increased. Rare - grade hero cards started to come out like they were free, and the number was approaching a hundred. However, master - grade hero cards were still rare. Usually, it took two or three thousand draws to get one, and none of them were as good as the master - grade 5 - star [Thunder Wolf Dragon].
Even after drawing more than ten thousand times, there were still no hero cards of a higher quality. Gradually, a sense of annoyance welled up in Lincoln's heart. He murmured to himself, "Could it be that I really can't draw a hero of a higher quality?" Although the master 5 - star hero was already excellent, he still felt a bit reluctant to settle.
"Keep drawing. Anyway, I still have so many tickets. If it doesn't work, I'll just collect another batch!" Lincoln gritted his teeth and continued to draw cards without thinking too much. His mood had changed from the initial excitement to a state of calmness.
He suddenly remembered a line from a movie: When you've watched more than 1000 movies, you'll find that there's nothing truly extraordinary in this world. Similarly, when you've drawn more than ten thousand recruitment tickets, you'll find that there's nothing really surprising.
However, probability is always unpredictable. When Lincoln reached the 30,000th draw, his nerves were already numb, and he was just mechanically repeating the card - drawing action. But the next second, a cold system prompt suddenly woke him up:
[Ding! Congratulations! You've successfully drawn a legendary 5 - star hero: The Golden Slime King - Rimuru Tempest.]