From Now On, My Name Is "Dark Hound" (3)

Red Monkey froze for a moment, then asked in wild delight, "So that means there are low-grade and mid-grade ones in there. No matter what I pick, even with the worst luck, I'll get a low-grade ability, right?"

Duke Inuarashi smiled. "NO!"

"Ah?"

"Young man, don't be so greedy."

"Wh... what do you mean?" Red Monkey sensed that something was wrong.

"This is merely the reward bestowed by the master upon first place, but taking it away won't be so simple. There are ability items, money, low-grade inheritances, and Intermediate Inheritance inside. Intermediate Inheritance accounts for roughly ten percent, which is already quite a high ratio. Low-grade inheritances make up sixty percent, ability items twenty percent, and money and miscellaneous items ten percent."

Red Monkey panicked.

He knew that a one-in-ten chance really was quite high.

As a planner, he understood these sorts of tricks very well. Usually, people would lower the odds of winning the grand prize to one percent, one in a thousand, or even one in ten thousand.

A one-in-ten chance was undeniably already very high.

It depended on luck, but...

Hadn't his luck run out during his journey here? He had been the first to enter, the first to reach the Inheritance Land, and so on. If he picked now...

"If you give up this one and only lottery mechanism, I can give you the ordinary option instead. That one contains only low-grade inheritances and ability items!"

After going back and forth in his mind several times, Red Monkey finally asked, "What are ability items?"

"Ability items are all kinds of 'equipment.' When you wear them, they grant you abilities beyond those of ordinary people. There are two types of items. One has no limit on the number of uses, but has a duration, usually from