The Boss King actually disguised himself as a novice village chief?!
Chapter 202 - 186: Linked Jackpot

Chapter 202: Chapter 186: Linked Jackpot

[Star Dragon City Update Announcement]

[Update: Armand’s Loot Warehouse, open for a limited time! Undead can use their Star Dragon Stones to visit Armand’s Loot Warehouse and exchange for Lind Armand’s treasure chests, with limited quantities available]

The update came abruptly, but all Undead of the Star Dragon faction received it immediately.

Most Undead are currently speed running through the Banshee’s Illusion Dream, but sadly, to date, not a second Undead has cleared it, not even the wielder of the Moon Slash Blade himself.

A smaller portion of Undead are farming outside to collect Points, finding tower defense farming to be a happy endeavor—with continuous and stable returns.

The few scattered social Undead hang out in taverns, boasting and chatting, researching new games and sampling new delicacies.

Once the update was received, nearly all the Undead were intrigued.

Armand’s Loot Warehouse? It sounds interesting, but what exactly is it? Regardless, the word "treasure chest" acted like a special signal, striking precisely at the Undead’s G-spot.

Opening chest, isn’t that an instinct?

Especially when mentioning the "Star Dragon Stone," it dawned on the Undead what the stone was for.

They had thought it useless before, but now they knew it was not only useful but very useful!

Swaths of Undead from all corners rushed toward Armand’s Loot Warehouse, looking forward to this chest opening.

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A Star Dragon City Soldier squad, all Great Knights, wearing Rand Kingdom infantry Armor, moved in a unified, orderly fashion.

Lind was just wrapped in a robe, his demeanor casual, toying with a Star Dragon Stone in his hand.

Beside him stood a very classic wooden sign, an update "handmade" and unofficial, and Lind had grown accustomed to these authentic means.

When it was necessary to confront the public with announcements or remain in place to warn others, Lind would choose to put up a sign.

Undead would naturally gather to read, also saving Lind a great deal of effort.

Moreover, it would enhance the game’s immersion. Reading text on the sign indeed creates a deeper impression than seeing the magical announcements from the Lion Badge.

However, what was written on the sign caused the Undead some initial confusion.

[Limited Time Prize Pool: Tomorrow’s magic school collaboration x Four Great Institutes scarf]

[Limited Time Prize Pool: Mystic Rune Sleeve Sword]

Right out of the gate, it’s a collaboration prize pool!

Time to pull!

However, those Undead who hoped for immersion saw content completely lacking in it on the wooden sign, and they felt a surge of desire to complain, only to find there was nothing to complain about.

Just like how Lord always makes a rousing speech before each battle, but the mission scrolls handed out are all standard system tasks, without a single superfluous word.

Lind casually scribbled on the wooden sign; perhaps he used to care about the game’s immersive feel, but now he was all about efficiency. He couldn’t care less about game immersion.

The more delicate gaming experience is something for The Officials to worry about; he’s just an unofficial boss character, responsible for running Star Dragon City his way, seizing opportunities early—efficiency and attraction are what matter most.

It’s also because Lind realized The Officials were mute, and the mysterious hand behind the scenes didn’t seem to quite understand operations, that he dared to proceed this way. Otherwise, just replace him with someone from Earth, and seeing how Lind played fast and loose, they’d issue a [Star Dragon City World Boss Lind Armand] mission on the official website, and naturally, Undead would flock to fight him.

A sense of immersion and disjunction coexist in Star Dragon City; the Undead have long since grown used to it.

And this kind of gameplay experience that makes the game more convenient is what Undead from other regions dream of having.

No matter how late they joined Star Dragon City, in this "MMO style," in this sense of disjunction, the Undead have more or less accumulated Points, and possess a very decent set of gear.

In contrast, the Undead from other regions are still struggling to grind for their equipment.

Not every Lord is willing to sell armor selflessly like Lind; armor is still controlled equipment.

The online game style of Star Dragon City has now even launched a lucky draw feature, while other regions’ Undead are still desperately waiting for "missions," "faction points," "mounts," "pigeon dungeon," "siege warfare," "maps," and other features to be released.

Maybe they don’t realize that they could wait for countless years and still no updates will come.

Setting aside some of the online game trends promoted by Lind, the gaming experience on both sides is actually quite similar; this is a real world after all.

But the problem is these "updates" can mobilize NPC resources, and the compromise of these resources is very convenient—so convenient it makes people envious.

The sign only mentioned two things, the limited-time opening of a special prize pool, hinting that once this chance passes, there will be no other opportunity.

The first one is not too bad, it’s just scarves from the Four Great Institutes, wait a minute, where did the magic school get the scarves from tomorrow, did you collaborate with another magic school!

Cursing Wizards are currently all the rage, but when Undead wear it, they always feel like they are missing something—is it a flying broom?

Now we know, it’s not just the flying brooms, but also the iconic scarves.

And the second item is something everyone eagerly anticipates.

Sleeve Swords! Especially the Undead playing as Rune Messengers, they are still drooling over the sleeve swords, but no matter how they pester the blacksmith, he’s unwilling to help craft them, and it turned out that they were put in the prize pool for the lucky draw all along.

Lin Dog, you’ve got some nerve!

"We have won victory after victory," Lind said loudly, "We have many spoils of war that cannot be processed. With your Star Dragon Stones, you can come to exchange for these spoils of war, which belong to everyone!"

Undead without Star Dragon Stones: Are we not people?

Nearly a hundred people received the first batch of Star Dragon Stones, and with one stone per person, that’s nearly a hundred stones!

Moreover, today’s box opening is just a showcase designed to attract more Undead to work harder and open more boxes; it was never intended to satisfy them in one go.

It’s right that the lucky draw is not fully satisfying!

If you’re fully satisfied, then it would be my turn to be dissatisfied.

The soldiers went into the warehouse and soon carried out a dozen boxes.

The wooden boxes don’t look very nice, varying in size, with obvious signs of hasty craftsmanship, but under the protection of a formation of soldiers, they immediately seem very unusual.

From the outside, it’s impossible to tell what’s inside the boxes. Before choosing a box, the Undead are not allowed to get close.

No one asked why the spoils of war were put into the boxes.

Because in the eyes of the Undead, this is very reasonable. If the lucky draw does not conceal the items in the boxes, would it still be a lucky draw? That would turn into a night market ring toss game.

Nor did anyone ask why scarves and sleeve swords were put inside the boxes, which seem to have nothing to do with the spoils of war at all.

Undead still consider it reasonable because didn’t the sign say "collaboration"? A collaboration can explain all the irrationalities.

Of course, there are still people who are dubious, who can’t understand at all why Lind does this.

He created a bunch of items, stuffed them in boxes, then distributed Star Dragon Stones to the Undead, allowing them to take away the items through a lucky draw.

In the end, Lind was busy, but he himself gained nothing, right?

When Lind made this decision, Brittany, Morena, Milan, Dome, and even the usually silent Lance couldn’t help but ask the same question.

Why can such an illogical matter be so logically explained by you, My Lord, and why are the Undead readily accepting it as perfectly logical, eagerly rubbing their hands together in preparation for the lucky draw?

On this matter, Miss Miko and the nine guards who were the earliest followers of Lind stated that the relationship between the Great Lord and the Undead is such—they have a peculiar understanding that others, no matter how hard they think, cannot comprehend.