CATASTROPHE CARD KING

Chapter 964: Chapter 297: Dreamer’s Lead-Loaded Dice_2

The good news is, Allen is still alive.

Almost as planned, he saved the daughter of Waren City’s grain officer, Miss Manya, which allowed him to survive the military’s encirclement and capture. He also completed his A-tier main quest.

And the campaign ended more smoothly than expected.

Because the military’s ambush plan was prematurely detonated by Leonard Churchill, the Rebels chose to break through, so the original plot’s intense siege street battle did not happen.

Soon, accurate news came out in the newspapers.

Renowned general Marcus led four hundred thousand city-state allied forces to a great success in the eradication campaign.

The rebel leader Batis and a host of key members were almost entirely beheaded.

Heavy casualties were to be expected.

However, what Leonard Churchill cared more about was another piece of news.

The newspapers reported that nearly a million rebels came to rob Waren City. In reality, less than twenty percent were actual combatants, many of whom were desperate refugees and slaves.

As a result, the military did not encounter intense resistance during the capture, and nearly three hundred thousand “rebels” were taken alive.

This was the point of interest for Leonard Churchill.

Even knowing that most of these three hundred thousand captured rebels were commoners, General Marcus ordered them all to be massacred.

From the ordinary person’s perspective, the rebels deserved to die.

If one were a compassionate person, they would only think that Marcus was too bloodthirsty.

However, Leonard Churchill deduced something else from these strands of fate.

He now saw entirely through the human manipulation behind this rebellion war; the traces were too abundant.

This massacre might be tied to political machinations, or perhaps the pursuit of greater military accomplishments… but it might also be related to the path to Extraordinary Power!

Before entering the Alternate Dimension, Toad had asked him to observe the patterns of war.

Leonard Churchill seemed to glimpse a thread of the cosmic wheel.

He had previously thought that war was merely a product of the political sphere.

But now it seemed, it wasn’t that simple.

The entire war was like a planned… ritual.

Leonard Churchill couldn’t yet understand the directional purpose of this “ritualistic” existence.

But he thought of something else.

He remembered how the New King of Orlan deliberately created terror to comprehend his own Law of Fear.

Wasn’t that also like a ritualistic process?

Could war be something that some people deliberately created, aiming to gain insight into the High-level Laws?

He recalled discussing with Noah Wright at Flood Gang the nature of “The Third Holy Grail War” they had tried their best to understand.

Back then, Mushroomhead used his power to deduce that the war between humans and Demons over the Holy Grail was like a sacrificial ritual needed by God.

In reality, Leonard Churchill encountered the Silver Moon Sect, which enjoyed sacrificing human beings to gain the power to communicate with God.

It was probably the same principle.

And now, seeing General Marcus “massacre three hundred thousand rebels,” Leonard Churchill felt even more certain of that speculation.

This was not just a slaughter.

This was more like a bloody sacrifice set up using the war as a pathway.

Some people who orchestrated the war could sense a type of high-level Extraordinary Power through this bloody ritual.

As for what it was.

Leonard Churchill didn’t know.

But he realized Toad was right, it needed to be comprehended on his own.

This was a cosmic law.

Once understood, he would truly come into contact with it.

….

Leonard Churchill and his two companions dallied in Waren City for most of the day, making sure the “future hero Goron” was safe, thus completing the side quest.

Unfortunately, the main storyline had already ended.

The Spatial Will no longer allowed extra time.

They could not find Master Gamil in the Rune Highlands as the legend went.

However, within his capabilities, Leonard Churchill had dug out as much of the related storyline as possible.

Theoretically speaking, the items should already be in the settlement card pool.

The rest was up to luck.

In a room in Waren City, the three prepared to leave.

The story ended, and the Enlightenment for clearance also appeared.

‘Congratulations on clearing the “Waren City Rebel Camp”‘

‘Space Exploration Degree 87%, fixed reward 90%; additional exploration 44%, receiving an A-tier rating, rare card draw +30%’

‘Unparalleled Wisdom and Bravery: high-tier card draw probability +7%’

‘Hidden Story Explorer: high-tier card draw probability +9%’

‘Live Towards Death: extra rare card draw probability +5%’

‘In Sync Teammates: rare card draw rewards +4%’

‘Insight Seeker: Special cards probability +3%’

‘Rare Survivor: rare card draw reward +1%’

‘Completion of S special storyline ‘Break Through’*1; A+ hidden storyline ‘Heroic Choice’*1; A-tier storyline ‘Survivors of the Encirclement’*1; B-tier story quests ‘Waren City’s Traitor’, ‘Breaching the Governor’s Mansion’, ‘War’s Aftermath’, C-tier quests ‘Breaking the City’, ‘Granary Intelligence’; D-tier quest ‘Decapitating Captain Jim’*1… Treasure box rare chance +26%, total rewards +30%’

‘Overall rating S, receiving 4 Clearance Settlement Treasure Boxes’

As Leonard Churchill had anticipated.

After many experiences in the Alternate Dimension, he had a clear grasp on which actions would improve card draw probability.

Adventurers surviving in small numbers, high story exploration degree, high difficulty, challenging high-difficulty bosses…

Basically, all would increase card draw probability.

Below were the basic card draw probabilities: ‘3% Black Iron, 50% Silver, 41% Gold, Dark Gold 7%, Special 1%’

Surviving the main quest in Fourth Tier Alternate Dimension essentially guaranteed a floor of Silver cards.

Leonard Churchill looked at the four settlement treasure boxes that appeared in front of him and promptly opened them.

‘Upon opening the clearance treasure box, received a special item “One Mysterious Note”‘

‘Upon opening the clearance treasure box, received a Dark Gold card “Summoning Card·Lava Giant”‘

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