Those paying attention weren't just ordinary players.
Even more so, it was the national Lord representatives, the heads of major conglomerates, and leaders of top-tier organizations.
They were all determined to carve out a place for themselves in Era of Lords.
Yet, in less than half a day—
Lin Chen had already claimed three consecutive first-place rewards.
This didn't just widen the gap between him and the rest of the player base.
It also made Lin Chen incredibly mysterious.
Just who was this guy?
How did he manage all of this?
While players all over speculated about Lin Chen, he had already arrived at the corpse of the Iron-Scaled Crocodile King.
Plenty of loot had dropped.
"You picked up: Purple Resource Pack ×4, Forbidden Spell Scroll ×3, Silver-Grade Equipment Chest ×2, Skill Stone ×50, Random Beast-Type Troop Chest ×1."
A huge haul of resources—absolutely great.
Basic resources and scrolls aside—
What mattered most was that Random Beast-Type Troop Chest.
Bosses had a chance to drop troop chests.
In fact, it was one of the main ways to acquire troops.
Though this mostly applied to standard-tier troops.
Stronger, higher-tier troops were typically obtained through quests, events, secret realms, or treasures.
Next, he opened the chests.
"You opened Gold-Grade Equipment Chest and received: Gold-Grade Equipment [Mana Fountain]."
"You opened Silver-Grade Equipment Chest and received: Silver-Grade Equipment [Swift Boots]."
"You opened Random Beast-Type Troop Chest and received: Tier 2 Beast-Type Troop [Spiked Crocodile]."
Swish swish—Lin Chen's backpack gained two pieces of equipment and a troop unit.
Swift Boots, a silver-grade pair of shoes—no skills, just basic stat boosts.
Lin Chen equipped them immediately. The remaining item was Mana Fountain, a necklace.
[Mana Fountain]
Rank: Gold
Level: 1
Bonus Attribute: All Attributes +6%
Skills: Mana Fountain — Passive skill. Restores 1% of max mana every second.
Seeing the stats on Mana Fountain, Lin Chen's eyes lit up.
This equipment could regenerate mana?
Mages and priests were notorious mana burners.
Without mana, those two classes couldn't even use skills.
So this necklace was very important for Lin Chen.
No hesitation—he equipped it.
In Era of Lords, there were six types of equipment: weapon, armor, boots, helmet, necklace, and ring.
Unless under special conditions, both players and heroes could only equip six items.
Troops had built-in gear and could not equip anything externally.
Next was the beast-type troop: Spiked Crocodile.
Only Tier 2—Lin Chen wasn't interested.
Still, plenty of players would be.
He decided to hold onto it and list it in the trading channel later.
After collecting the spoils from the Iron-Scaled Crocodile King—
Lin Chen and Ina continued searching the nearby area.
If memory served, there should be a Platinum Chest around here.
Sure enough, they found one shining brightly inside a stone cavern.
No hesitation—he opened it immediately.
"You opened a Platinum Chest and received: Basic Resources ×200,000, Food ×50,000, Subject Refresh Card ×1, Gold-Grade Equipment Chest ×2, Resource Gathering Speed Scroll ×1, Blueprint [Spirit Field]."
Another massive batch of rewards.
He opened the equipment chests right away.
"You opened Gold-Grade Equipment Chest ×2 and received: Gold-Grade Equipment [Savage Battle Armor], [Bloodthirst Fang]."
[Savage Battle Armor]
Rank: Gold
Level: 1
Bonus Attribute: All Attributes +6%
Skills: Savage Shield — Grants a shield equal to 30% of max HP for one minute upon activation.
[Bloodthirst Fang]
Rank: Gold
Level: 1
Bonus Attribute: All Attributes +6%
Skills: Bloodthirst — Passive skill. Grants 10% physical life steal.
Both items were solid. The Savage Battle Armor—suited for warriors or knights—wasn't useful for Lin Chen or Ina.
But Bloodthirst Fang—a necklace with a bone-white wolf fang charm that provided 10% life steal—was perfect for Ina.
Lin Chen handed the Bloodthirst Fang to Ina. "Here, this is for you."
Ina's eyes lit up—another piece of Gold-Grade equipment.
"Th-thank you, my Lord… Could you… help me put it on?" Ina said softly, her cheeks flushing.
Heroes in Era of Lords had real emotions—nearly indistinguishable from real humans.
They could feel sadness, anger, joy, even shyness.
Hearing Ina's request, Lin Chen didn't refuse.
He stepped behind her with the necklace, gently circling it around her snow-white neck—
And fastened the clasp.
The wolf fang pendant happened to rest neatly between her two... ahem... assets—
Adding a wild, primal charm to her appearance.
Lin Chen didn't dare stare. He cleared his throat and averted his gaze.
"Let's go. More monsters to farm," Lin Chen said.
Ina nodded.
Together with Lin Chen, she led the Windrunner Archers onward.
As they continued patrolling the lakeside and clearing out monsters—
Lin Chen also discovered several resource points.
Resource points were one of the most common ways to gather resources.
They came in types: wood, stone, iron, gold, and food.
Each point also had a tier—White, Green, Blue, Purple, Orange, and Red.
The higher the tier, the more resources it stored.
And the longer it took to gather.
At that moment, Lin Chen stood before a Green-Tier Gold Resource Point.
[Gold Resource Point]
Rank: Green
Reserves: 30,000 / 30,000
Recovery Time: 2 Days
A green-tier node held 30,000 gold.
After being depleted, it would take two days to replenish.
In his previous life, many "gold farming crews" trained low-tier troops specifically to gather resources and sell them—making a fortune.
As for resource gathering speed: unless the troops had specific gathering talents, the standard rate for any troop was 1 unit per minute.
With 1,500 Tier 5 troops, Lin Chen needed 20 minutes to empty this resource point.
But as a VIP1, he had +10% gathering speed.
So it would only take eighteen minutes.
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