The Boss King actually disguised himself as a novice village chief?!
Chapter 507 - 414 Ranking Match_3

Chapter 507: Chapter 414 Ranking Match_3

Romantic Basket Case was indeed the first to complete her card collection at this stage and maxed out her attribute bonuses. Not only that, but she also had three Abyss sets—one obtained with her team, one enhanced by Lind, and another obtained through draws.

She wasn’t too sure about her own fighting style.

However, when she saw her first enemy, she breathed a sigh of relief. Their equipment looked pretty standard, indicating they hadn’t participated in the expedition to the Great Rift at the Gate of Mephisto.

From the Black Marsh Kingdom, an Undead.

If that were the case, she could really outclass them with her equipment.

The opponent had a strong fighting sense and threw two javelins, but Romantic Basket Case dodged them effortlessly. She was quite lucky to have drawn boots that increased her movement speed.

However, the opponent got excited, seeing her continuous dodging, and the style of his attacks became more and more frenzied as he charged straight at Romantic Basket Case.

The opponent’s sword struck Romantic Basket Case’s armor, producing a muffled sound and squeezing out black viscous fluid that almost made it seem like the armor was wailing.

Romantic Basket Case responded with a sword thrust into her opponent’s body. As she waved her blade, flames spat out from the handle, engulfing the entire sword. The flames clung to the opponent’s armor like a ferocious beast, and with a powerful attack, she forcefully knocked the opponent to the ground.

"Damn!" the opponent couldn’t help but curse.

The difference in their stats was too big, wasn’t it? Why can’t my attacks break through the defense, but a random sword stroke from her takes away one-fifth of my health!

The opponent, with the appearance of a Ranger Knight and not wearing Heavy Armor, displayed durability that surpassed even that of an armored warrior.

Romantic Basket Case quickly adjusted her offensive stance. Even if she wasn’t good at fighting, she had her own style after playing the game for so long. Swift Sword thrusts forced her grounded opponent to roll in evasion. Her relentless attacks nearly dismembered him.

With another sword stroke, Romantic Basket Case slit her opponent’s throat. Blood gushed out immediately, but it wasn’t a fatal blow; the opponent was still alive.

She pressed her advantage with a knee smash to the opponent’s head. The opponent raised a hand in support, narrowly blocking it and staggering backward.

The opponent’s health bar was nearly depleted, but Romantic Basket Case didn’t expect such quick reflexes from them, as they suddenly used their elbows to support themselves on the ground, quickly adjusting their position and leaping forward instead of retreating.

As the blade came close, aiming for her abdomen, a spherical Barrier Rune suddenly appeared, enveloping Romantic Basket Case and blocking the sword.

She was quite lucky to have drawn equipment with Barrier Rune in less important slots.

Romantic Basket Case sidestepped, dodging another incoming sword arc while shouting "Crap!" and then with an elegant sword thrust, she quickly decapitated the opponent.

She turned and stood firm.

Her left hand rested on her waist, and her right hand extended in a balletic pose, the blade’s flames spreading like a single-winged butterfly, fiercely flickering like a flag in the wind.

Elegance, purely derived from equipment and stats.

...

Lind occasionally watched the S1 ladder matches when he had nothing else to do.

Being the organizer, he wasn’t sure what the competition would eventually look like, or what kind of Undead would be selected.

There were several Undead he was interested in, for example, "My Huanqu won’t lose" and "The Place of Curling"—purely operational styles with their own fighting flair.

But he was just observing; he didn’t really care about the combat power of the Undead, who were limited to level 30. It might be years before the next major version update, so their strength made little difference.

Fortunately, these two players spent a lot of time online, which justified Lind’s choice to pick them.

Aside from that, some old acquaintances, including Black Tortoise Shield, Moon Slash Blade, Dragon Scale Sword, and "I have early lectures," all performed well, generally winning 7 to 9 out of 10 placement matches.

However, the Romantic Basket Case he had just started watching was different. The remote live broadcast for Romantic Basket Case was also run by an old acquaintance, Ace Aimu, and it seemed they were taking turns streaming.

The Romantic Basket Case was an Undead that appeared back when Lind was with the Star Dragon Outpost Guard, always radiating a lucky aura.

He hadn’t paid much attention to her before, but while watching the live broadcast, he realized that, in an effort to encourage the newbies to grow quickly, he had stuffed good equipment that she had drawn ten percent of.

For others, drawing was a matter of chance; for her, it was like stocking up!

"Is there really such a lucky person in the world?"

Regardless of Romantic Basket Case’s strength, Lind had already included her in his must-recruit Undead team, more important than anyone else.

When exploring new maps, good luck trumps everything.

What use is being able to fight? No one can fight better than him.

What use is being able to grind? The last thing he lacked was manpower.

But hidden overwhelming luck, now that was useful.

Watching Romantic Basket Case in combat, wearing light armor yet able to contest with heavy-armored knights due to the disparity in stats, he almost wondered if he had secretly stuffed her equipment or if she was a transmigrator with a "I returned to the game on opening day and got a lucky system."

The placement matches were done in a day, quite fast.

But not everyone participated in the following ladder matches.

Because they were afraid of losing.

In competitive games, if by chance you achieve a rank you think is pretty good, you start thinking about escaping, afraid of losing points. That’s why many Undead, after playing the placement matches, didn’t want to participate anymore.

Only the weakest and those at the top continued climbing the ladder, fighting head-to-head.

Meanwhile, many players also came up with various "dirty leveling" tactics based on PvP. No matter how unsportsmanlike, if it works, it’s good.

Some people even realized that Wizards might still be the strongest in the current meta.

Lind, Wen, William, and other strong characters were NPCs, after all. Once you really get into the arena, you’d find that spell-casting and Alchemical Tools could grind down an opponent.

"Should I delete my account and start over?" Many had similar thoughts.

"Forget starting over, whether I’m strong or not varies from patch to patch, but being cool is a lifetime thing! I must use a melee greatsword, wearing the most awesome and flashy armor!"

As if hearing their inner cries, Lind suddenly opened a temporary "Respec" or "Downgrade" feature.

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