Goodness! Is this the potential of a legendary 5 - star hero? Lincoln let out an exclamation.
It was the first time he'd witnessed the terror of the S - rank [Absorption] ability.
After just dealing with the first wave of wild wolves, this guy had leveled up and gained quite a few attribute points from the wolves' corpses.
Rimuru, now at level 2, didn't seem to have changed much in size, but its combat power had soared.
[Attributes]: Attack: 100 - 120; Defense: 110 - 130; HP: 1200/1200; Mana: 660/660
[Combat Power Evaluation]: 70
...
Just by leveling up one level, it had gained 10 points in combat power. Lincoln knew that this wasn't just the result of leveling up; it was also because Rimuru had devoured the corpses of more than a dozen wild wolves.
"If just eating wild wolves can boost combat power and experience like this, what about the ferocious beasts and monsters in the doomsday mode?" Lincoln got excited at the thought.
The current wild wolf pack was nothing compared to the beast tides in the doomsday. Even the lowest - level ferocious beasts had several times the combat power of a wild wolf.
That's why blank - slate heroes were powerless against the beast tides.
Just as Lincoln was about to send Rimuru out to hunt the beasts around the territory, the chat box started to flash.
Looking down, he saw a private message from "Sea Buckthorn".
[Sea Buckthorn]: Boss tycoon, you're amazing! You actually drew a legendary hero! The chat channel is going crazy!
Taking a look, Lincoln realized that the news of him drawing a legendary hero had been announced across the whole server.
He himself had been so focused on Rimuru that he'd missed the message prompt.
[Server - wide announcement: Congratulations to "Millionaire's Hamletfor " successfully recruiting a legendary hero and achieving the first recruitment of a legendary hero across the server. This is hereby announced!]
[Ding! Congratulations! You have achieved a server - wide achievement +1. The reward has been sent to your mailbox. Please check it.]
Checking his mailbox, Lincoln found that the system's reward had already arrived.
[Reputation points +1000]
[Ascension stones (first - order) * 100]
The rewards were quite generous! Lincoln looked at the mailbox in surprise. With 100 ascension stones, he wouldn't have to worry about ascending Rimuru later.
Of course, the most valuable thing was the reputation points! A lord's reputation points were very useful.
Apart from increasing the loyalty of the villagers, many later - stage modes could only be unlocked when the reputation points reached the standard.
Combat power was the standard for evaluating a hero's value, while reputation points were the foundation for a lord.
If the reputation points were low, not only could you not keep high - quality heroes, but even the villagers in the territory would run away every now and then.
In short, if you wanted to develop well, you couldn't do without reputation points.
Lincoln happily put all the rewards into his inventory and then opened the public chat channel. As soon as he entered, he saw countless players discussing the legendary hero he'd drawn!
"Oh my god! He really did it!"
"I saw him collecting recruitment orders this morning, and he drew a legendary hero this afternoon. His efficiency is so high!"
"How many recruitment orders did he use? I've never seen anyone draw a legendary hero before."
"Just awesome!"
"@I'm a big tycoon. Boss tycoon, share the information of the hero card. Let us have a look."
Regarding those who asked him to share the hero's panel, Lincoln chose to ignore them.
Come on! If this were just an ordinary game, he wouldn't have minded. But after the upcoming doomsday version update, the city - war mode would officially start, and players could attack each other.
Revealing his trump card in advance was definitely a stupid move.
Seeing that Lincoln didn't respond, some jealous players started to sneer.
"Pfft! It's just a legendary hero. What's so special about it? This game doesn't need that at all, okay?"
"Yeah, I've been playing for so long, and I haven't even repaired the hero tavern. It's still in a dilapidated state."
"What's the use of spending so much money to draw a hero! It's better to build a few more nice houses."
"To put it bluntly, it's just for fun. Even a mythical hero would be useless just sitting at home."
"Yo yo yo, why do I smell a sour smell? The tycoon can spend his money however he wants. What business is it of yours?"
"Exactly. This is just a casual game. Whether you farm or draw heroes, it doesn't matter how you play."
"I'm really fed up with these know - it - alls in a casual game."
"Is it easy to draw a legendary hero? I'm tempted to try a few times myself."
"..."
There were those who said sour things and those who stood by Lincoln.
Anyway, the news of Lincoln drawing a legendary hero had caused a small stir across the server.
Some players even saw him draw a legendary hero and decided to repair their hero taverns and try their luck at drawing heroes.
And soon after, these players would be extremely glad they'd made that decision.
Lincoln looked at those players who said they were going to repair their hero taverns and draw heroes with interest.
"There are still some smart ones..." Memories of the tragic ending of humanity in the future flashed through his mind.
"I wonder how much this will change the future situation." Lincoln shook his head and didn't think about it anymore.
Even if it could make the slightest difference, it would be a good thing. As for those players who said sour things, he didn't bother to care.
Soon, there would be a bunch of people jumping up and down in regret, wishing they could slap themselves.
In his previous life, Lincoln was one of those players. So, he felt a bit of "pity" for these players.
However, even if he stood up now and said that the world would end in a few days, no one would believe him. Some might even laugh at him and call him crazy.
Over there, Sea Buckthorn quickly sent another message: "Boss tycoon, are you still buying recruitment orders?"
Lincoln was about to say no, but the other party immediately sent another message: "Boss tycoon, don't fool us.
We've stocked up tens of thousands of recruitment orders here." "We're just running a small business. If you don't buy them, we'll be stuck with them."
Lincoln let out a chuckle and replied, "I can buy all your current stock. Just don't regret it later." Sea Buckthorn quickly replied, "No regrets, definitely no regrets.
As long as you're willing to buy, boss." Seeing how afraid the other party was that he'd go back on his word, Lincoln just smiled.
Then he told the other party to list the recruitment orders on the exchange, and he'd buy them right away.
Originally, after recruiting Rimuru, Lincoln didn't plan to buy any more recruitment orders. The current ones were all novice recruitment orders.
Later, the hero tavern would be upgraded to intermediate and advanced levels, and the novice ones would become useless.
But he didn't reject Chubby either. After all, after the doomsday version update, the price of these recruitment orders would skyrocket.
At that time, he could resell them and make a fortune.
"I wonder if this guy will regret it so much that he'll cry later?" A faint smile played on Lincoln's lips as he quickly bought recruitment orders worth over a million from the exchange.
With tens of thousands more novice recruitment orders in hand, he also found more than a hundred rare - grade recruitment orders among them.
"I'm probably the one who has all the rare - grade recruitment orders in the early stage of the game, right?"
He gasped in surprise and couldn't help but marvel at Sea Buckthorn's efficiency.
On the other end, Sea Buckthorn let out a sigh of relief when he saw that Lincoln had completed the purchase.
Then he continued typing: "Boss tycoon, I've also collected some blueprints for defensive buildings. Are you interested?" Lincoln's eyes lit up again. Had he really found them?