Looking at the hero card shining with a golden glow, Lincoln was momentarily stunned. Then he snapped back to reality.
"Holy crap! Holy crap!!!" Lincoln's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. His mind was a whirlwind of excitement.
"A legendary 5 - star hero! Oh my god! It's a legendary 5 - star hero!"
The highest quality for an initial hero was the legendary 5 - star. Lincoln would never have dreamed that he'd hit the jackpot on this draw.
Moreover, he'd skipped the grand - master grade and landed the top - tier legendary hero card! This was the absolute peak potential in the novice hero tavern, no question about it.
According to the rules of [Sweet Home], any initial hero of legendary quality had the potential to be promoted to a higher grade after awakening.
But according to a mysterious NPC big shot from his previous life, only a legendary 5 - star initial hero had the potential to be promoted to a mythical hero.
Lincoln couldn't believe his luck! In his previous life, among all the human lords in the Blue Star
the hero card with the highest potential they'd managed to cultivate was only a grand - master 1 - star, and it had only reached the level of a legendary 1 - star after awakening.
Lincoln's hands were shaking as he took out the hero card. Even now, he still couldn't believe he'd drawn the top - notch legendary hero!
"The Golden Slime King - Rimuru Tempest?" Lincoln had never heard of this hero before. It seemed that no one in his previous life had ever drawn it.
But that didn't dampen his excitement one bit. Without a moment's hesitation, he immediately locked in this legendary 5 - star hero card as his initial hero.
[Ding! Congratulations, player. You have successfully locked in your initial hero: Rimuru Tempest. Please check the specific information on the relevant page!]
With a flash of golden light, a lump of "poop" shining with a golden glow appeared in Lincoln's field of vision. That's right, it was "poop".
Lincoln's expression was a bit odd. A legendary 5 - star hero that looked like a "golden poop"? Who would believe it if he told them?
If it weren't for the unique golden glow that only legendary heroes had, he might really have thought he'd picked up the wrong hero card.
But he didn't dwell on it for long. Instead, he focused on the Golden Slime King's attribute panel:
[Hero Name]: Rimuru Tempest (unawakened)
[Type]: Golden Slime King
[Quality]: Legendary ☆☆☆☆☆
[Level]: 1
[Loyalty]: 60 + 10 (VIP7 privilege bonus)
[Favorability]: 60 + 15 (VIP7 privilege bonus)
[Attributes]: Attack: 80 - 120; Defense: 90 - 110; HP: 1000/1000; Mana: 500/500
[Inherent Abilities]:
1. Absorption (S - rank): There's a chance to obtain a part of the opponent's abilities or attributes when devouring a monster.
2. Self - Regeneration (S - rank): Has the ability to regenerate severed limbs.
3. Dissolution (S - rank): Has a super - strong digestive ability.
[Combat Power Evaluation]: 60
...
After reading the Golden Slime King's attribute panel, Lincoln could only describe it with one word - incredible! Rimuru at level 1 already had a super - high combat power of 60!
The highest combat power of a blank - slate hero at level 1 wouldn't exceed 10 points, and an ordinary militiaman only had a combat power of 3 points.
In comparison, Rimuru's combat power was insanely high.
What was up with these [Inherent Abilities]? They were all S - rank!!! Just from the descriptions on the ability panel, it was clear that these abilities were no joke.
Both [Absorption] and [Self - Regeneration] were extremely powerful! As for the [Dissolution] skill, from the literal meaning, it seemed to be an ability that assisted [Absorption].
Lincoln reached out and tapped on the screen. The golden - yellow slime gave a "thud" and jumped on the ground.
Its squishy body trembled like a non - Newtonian fluid, with a kind of "Duang Duang Duang" texture. It looked incredibly cute.
Just then, a system prompt rang in his ears:
[Warning! Warning! A large wave of wild wolves is approaching the tycoon's small village. Please prepare in time, lord!]
[Warning! Warn...]
The consecutive prompts brought Lincoln back to his senses, but they didn't really surprise him.
This was a mandatory plot segment after recruiting an initial hero and was also a plot point in the newbie quest.
Newbie lords could learn about the characteristics and abilities of their initial heroes through the first wave of defensive battles.
After completing the quest, they could also unlock the village's defensive buildings.
After reading Rimuru's attribute panel, Lincoln had complete trust in it. Immediately, he formed a personal formation for Rimuru and sent it into battle.
In [Sweet Home], both heroes and ordinary villagers had a high degree of autonomy.
Most of the time, lords only needed to give orders, and the villagers would carry them out on their own.
Of course, if a villager's loyalty dropped below 60, there was a possibility of them defecting, and if their favorability was below 60, they might slack off.
Loyalty was judged based on the lord's personal reputation and the development of the territory, while the latter was related to hunger, mental state, and so on.
Back to the point, Rimuru, just summoned, still had a high level of loyalty. With the VIP privilege bonus, it had reached 70 points.
So, after Lincoln gave the order, it bounced along towards the village entrance.
Don't be deceived by its round and chubby figure, which made it seem a bit clumsy.
In fact, its moving speed far exceeded Lincoln's expectations. With just a few bounces, it crossed the territory and reached the village entrance.
The moment it arrived at the entrance, the wild wolf pack from the plot segment appeared on the outskirts of the village.
Seeing only Rimuru at the entrance, the wolves dispersed and surrounded it in a circle.
Each wolf raised its head and let out threatening howls, as if they would pounce on Rimuru and tear it to pieces at any moment.
Unfortunately for them, they had picked the wrong opponent. Rimuru ignored the wolves' threats and warnings and just bounced around on the spot, making "Du Du" sounds.
Just as the wolves were about to attack, the seemingly harmless "golden poop" suddenly shot forward and disappeared from its original position.
Even Lincoln, who had been closely watching the situation, couldn't catch Rimuru's movements. It was only when the system's kill prompts rang in his ears that he came to his senses:
[Your hero, Rimuru, has killed a wild wolf. You have gained 10 lord experience points and 10 hero experience points!]
[Your hero, Rimuru, has killed two wild wolves. You have gained 10 pieces of wood, 10 lord experience points, and 10 hero experience points!]
[...]
A dozen or so prompts popped up almost simultaneously. Through the phone screen, Lincoln could only see a golden flash darting around the battlefield.
In just a few seconds, all the dozen or so wild wolves had been killed.
[Ding! Congratulations! You have completed the task tutorial: Repel the Wild Wolf Pack. Evaluation: S (Perfect)]
[Reward: 20 lord experience points, 10 reputation points, 20 hero experience points]
[The blacksmith shop and the militia camp have been unlocked. Please go and repair them in time.]
Two more prompts sounded. "It's like a father beating his son. It's so brutal! And it's a perfect evaluation!"
Looking at the corpses littering the ground, Lincoln couldn't help but sigh. But it was normal for the battle to end so quickly.
A single wild wolf only had a combat power of 3 points, the same as an ordinary militiaman. How could it be a match for Rimuru?
The victorious Rimuru didn't hold back. It immediately got to work and "absorbed" the wild wolves one by one.
To be precise, it wrapped its squishy body around the corpses. No one knew how it digested them, but after swallowing a dozen wild wolves, its size didn't seem to change at all.
A few seconds later, the system prompt came again:
[Ding! Your hero, Rimuru, has absorbed 18 wild wolves. Strength +1, Strength +1, Experience +20, Agility +1, Mana +20...]
[Ding! Your hero, Rimuru, has reached level 2. Please check the details on the relevant interface.]