Lucky Draw

Baron Hamilton was troubled by money matters, while Renard had finished studying the map and was lounging on the sofa, leisurely smoking a cigar.

All his lackeys had been sent out on missions, and with no one around to flatter him, he felt a slight sense of unease. "What's the progress on cleaning the sewers?"

Selina was carefully dusting the porcelain on the bookshelf, replying casually, "The progress is fast. In another two days, it should be cleared. That will solve most of the city's waterlogging issues."

After speaking, she turned to her young master with a smile. "Young master has received quite a bit of praise from the citizens recently."

Praise? Renard grinned, a look of disdain on his face. He thought these people were inherently masochistic.

If a good person does one wrong thing, people will latch onto it and say with great conviction: See, I told you he wasn't a good person. His true colors are showing now, aren't they?

If a bad person does one good deed, people will be grateful and say he still has a conscience.

Human nature was such a contradictory thing.

This didn't make Renard happy. He frowned and said, "Tell the lackeys to speed up. I don't want idle hands."

"Yes, young master." Seeing his unhappy expression, Selina couldn't help but shrink her neck. She wisely stopped talking and continued to diligently dust the porcelain in front of her.

If the lackeys heard that, they'd spit up three liters of blood. Clearing sewers that had been clogged for months wasn't that easy.

Just as Renard was feeling dissatisfied with the lackeys' passive resistance, the System's prompt voice suddenly sounded.

"Ding! Bounty Mission Complete: Clean up the garbage dump in the Saint Brieuc Fortress slums. Reward: 80 dinars."

"Ding! Due to exceeding mission requirements, an additional random draw is awarded."

Random draw? Renard's spirits immediately lifted. If not for the System's timely reminder, he would have almost forgotten about it.

He opened the System panel and then the draw interface. A rusty roulette wheel appeared before his eyes.

"Damaged Lucky Wheel. Due to its low level, it can only draw low-priced items from the System. Remaining draws: Two."

Renard's eye twitched. The wheel was huge, very huge, two people tall. The items listed were varied, but the most eye-catching were the words "Thank You For Participating" which occupied a quarter of the wheel's area.

He took a deep breath and asked with a wry smile, "It's not going to be this bad, is it?"

The System, rarely responding, replied, "Host need not worry. After drawing 'Thank You For Participating,' the probability of drawing a valuable item increases. Furthermore, collecting four 'Thank You For Participating' allows you to choose one item from the corresponding store."

The other party's words made Renard slightly relieved. It seemed the System wasn't that bad.

It still had a conscience, it still had a conscience!

Since he had two chances to draw, why wouldn't he use them? He clicked the draw button below, and the roulette wheel immediately began to spin at a uniform speed.

After about ten seconds, the wheel suddenly stopped. Renard's heart felt as if it had been fiercely clutched by someone. The pointer clearly pointed to the words "Thank You For Participating."

He held it in for a long time before finally spitting out two words: "Holy crap!"

He knew things wouldn't be as wonderful as he imagined. Hoping a scummy System would suddenly grow a conscience was less likely than a sow climbing a tree in this world.

Of course, the rules were set by them, so no matter how angry he was, there was nowhere to direct it.

Renard suppressed the anger in his heart and clicked the draw button again.

The roulette wheel began to spin at a uniform speed again. After ten seconds, it stopped again. Before he could even see what he had drawn, the wheel returned to its original position.

The System's prompt voice sounded at the same time: "Congratulations to the Host for drawing the Beginner Bloody Knight Ring."

Beginner Bloody Knight Ring? Renard was stunned for a moment. His first reaction wasn't to check the ring in his hand, but to type "Beginner Bloody Knight Ring" into the System Mall's search bar.

Beginner Bloody Knight Ring: Magic summoning item. Effect: Summons a Beginner Bloody Knight. Summoned creature's strength: Beginner Qi Warrior. Price: 2,000 dinars.

Seeing the final price, Renard almost fainted from happiness. 2,000 dinars was equivalent to 20 shiny gold coins, which was the total tax revenue of Saint Brieuc Fortress for one month.

Had the System become generous? No!

Renard immediately became suspicious. He narrowed his eyes and looked at the annotation below: The Bloody Knight's existence time is two minutes. After use, it requires forty-eight hours of charging before it can be used again.

"Holy crap!" He counted on his fingers. With a cooldown of forty-eight hours, the summoned creature only lasted for two minutes?

"This is a rip-off!" He knew the System wouldn't be so generous. It was indeed a scam.

However, it was still a magic item worth 2,000 dinars, capable of summoning a Bloody Knight with the strength of a Beginner Qi Warrior. It might even save his life at a critical moment.

Thinking of this, Renard immediately felt content. After all, contentment leads to happiness.

Besides the two draws, he still had 148 dinars left. Thinking about the upcoming assassination mission, he felt it was time to prepare a suitable weapon for himself.

He opened the sword category in the System Mall's magic weapon section, and a cold prompt immediately sounded.

"Based on the Host's physical fitness, this System has automatically filtered out 274 of the most suitable sword-type weapons for the Host."

"274 types?" Renard couldn't help but gape. Wasn't it 26 last time?

He pondered for a while and slowly understood. Could it be recommending based on his wallet?

The more he thought about it, the more it made sense. He secretly gave the System the middle finger, thinking, "Always trying to scam me."

Of course, scam or not, this did save Renard a lot of time.

He browsed and selected a magic-infused Longsword worth 300 dinars, which cost him one gold coin and fifty-two silver coins.

"Fine Steel Longsword (Magic Grade). Hilt length: 24 cm, blade length: 66 cm. Suitable for melee combat. Additional attributes: Sharpness, Durability, Cripple. Sharpness attribute increases weapon sharpness. Durability attribute increases weapon durability. Cripple attribute slightly weakens opponent's strength."

All three attributes were very practical, and the price was within his budget.

While Selina wasn't paying attention, Renard took the weapon out of the mall and played with it, his eyes full of joy.

He also chuckled inwardly. Although the price of this weapon was 300 dinars, in a place like the Barren Land, enchanted weapons were extremely rare, so it could be sold for 350 dinars.

This meant that even if he didn't need it later, he could sell it and not only avoid losing money but even make a small profit.

As a veteran gamer, he knew that every game had bugs, and this was the first bug he had discovered.