Chapter 2475: Lucky Draw and Coupons
“Coupons stacking? What do you mean?” one Adventurer asked, and the others seemed to realize something.
The Gnome Commander smiled and replied, “The opening special offers a 20% discount on all in-store items, right? If you draw a 10% off coupon here, it becomes a 30% discount, and if you draw a 20% off coupon, it’s a 40% discount.”
“Tsk, we don’t want discount coupons, we want prizes. Keep drawing,” the Bard leading the group said unhappily. They had played the most expensive amusement rides precisely to get more chances to draw prizes.
“Consolation prize, Dark Moon Flower.” “Sixth prize, Sleepy Tea.” “One 20% off coupon.” “Seventh prize, one Dark Moon Rabbit Doll.” The Elf Girl in charge of the lucky draw kept announcing the prizes.
They drew more than ten times, and all they got were flowers that could only be used as decorations, some snacks and drinks, or unknown small gifts. The rest were discount coupons, most of them for 10% off.
Passersby who were watching found it strange. Although some of these items were valuable, they were mostly small prizes to enhance the experience of playing. Was it worth them drawing so many times?
Just then, the Bard drew a silver bead. The prize-drawing girl jingled her bell and smiled, “Congratulations, you’ve won a Dark Moon Small Gift Pack.”
“Small gift pack?” everyone said. They saw the beautiful prize-drawing girl hand him a long gift pack. This gift pack didn’t look small at all.
“It’s just a small gift pack, but it’s okay. At least we didn’t lose that badly,” the Bard sighed. He opened the gift pack and took out a Short Spear. He examined it and then extended it, and the Short Spear became a spear.
“Customer, your lucky draw chances have been used up. Please come again,” the prize-drawing girl said with a smile.
“What a shame. If it were a medium gift pack, it would be at least Exquisite Equipment. Although we might not be able to use it, let’s distribute it when we get back,” the Bard said.
The onlookers immediately understood. They were not here for the amusement rides but for the prizes. Playing on the Phantom Flying Dragon was just to get chances to draw prizes.
At this moment, a father with his little daughter came to the lucky draw booth. The little girl was about seven or eight years old. They weren’t here for the lucky draw; the little girl just wanted to ride the Merry-go-round, and her father took her for a ride.
Each ticket came with a chance to draw a prize. They only played the cheapest game, so they only had one chance to draw. Thinking that since they had already played, they might as well draw a prize, the father took his daughter to the prize collection counter.
“Daddy, I want that, the Dark Moon Rabbit Doll. It’s so cute!” the daughter said, holding her father’s sleeve as she looked at the rabbit doll being held by the Tiefling girl.
“Daddy might not be able to draw that,” the man said with a smile. Although the doll was only the seventh prize, the lower the prize level, the more items there were, making it difficult to draw what one wanted.
However, he still reached out to shake the prize drum. To his surprise, a small golden bead came out. The prize-drawing girl happily said, “Congratulations! You’ve won the second prize, a Dark Moon Card Pack! Please draw your card.”
She then handed a card pack to the man. Although he didn’t know what a Dark Moon Card was, he knew it was a rare and good item seeing the envious glances of the surrounding Adventurers and the fact that it was the second prize.
So he drew a card. The moment he drew it, the card flickered with golden light. The prize-drawing girl jingled her bell and smiled, “This is a Hero card. It has a chance to heal you when you’re attacked. It’s yours now.”
The man showed a wry smile. He knew this card might be very precious to an Adventurer, but he was just a normal citizen. The chance of getting healed when attacked was completely useless to him. He couldn’t even withstand one attack from a Monster, and even if he did, he couldn’t escape the next one.
Before he could figure out what to do with the card, the Bard beside him rushed over, hooking his arm around the man’s shoulder with an overly enthusiastic and intimate gesture, “Sir, how about I trade you that Dark Moon Rabbit Doll for your Hero card? Your daughter wants the doll, doesn’t she?”
The man was naturally willing, but he looked hesitantly at the Elf Girl in charge of the lucky draw. She smiled and said, “Since it’s a prize, it belongs to the customer the moment it’s drawn. How you deal with it is your freedom as customers. Trading is fine too.”
Thus, both parties were happy. The little girl, hugging the cute Dark Moon Rabbit Doll, left holding her father’s hand. The Adventurer Squad obtained a very practical Dark Moon Card, while only the Tiefling girl pouted, as she was quite fond of the Dark Moon Rabbit Doll.
At this time, other Adventurers and regular customers had also finished their first round of games. They came to the counter to draw prizes. It could be seen that the probability of drawing the desired prize was very low. Most of them received coupons, but the discount levels varied. The highest discount drawn was even 50% off. Combined with the opening discount, it was a 30% discount!
“We can’t waste these, can we? Shall we go inside and take a look? Maybe there’s something we need?” the Bard suggested. The other Adventurers thought the same. Since they had drawn them, they might as well go in and look. If they didn’t find anything suitable, they wouldn’t buy it.
Everyone then realized that they were initially attracted by the Dark Moon Circus and had forgotten that it was the opening day of this so-called Magic Item Shop.
A Rich merchant who understood business affairs secretly shook his head, “The idea of using the Dark Moon Circus to attract customers is quite novel, but the circus is too spectacular and ended up overshadowing the main event. It’s really not a good idea.”
His assessment was not without reason. Even ordinary people who didn’t play the amusement rides or want to draw prizes were generally attracted by the free magic shows and circus performances. Very few people actually entered the shop, and the plan to attract traffic had clearly failed.
Moreover, when opening a shop, they should open their doors wide for everyone to see what goods were inside. But this shop had hung a curtain at the entrance, and people didn’t even know what they were selling inside. How could anyone be interested in patronizing it?
However, just as the first batch of Adventurers who received coupons entered, passersby outside heard a surprised exclamation: “Wah?!”
“What’s wrong?” The passersby looked at the shop entrance in surprise. Some could recognize that the exclamation came from the Bard who had been leading the group earlier. What had he seen to let out such an astonished cry?
Immediately after, other Adventurers who entered also cried out in surprise: “Ah! What is this?” “How is that possible? It’s so big!” “All of it? That’s impossible! Absolutely impossible!”
“What did they see?” Many people could no longer sit still and rushed into the shop. The moment they lifted the curtain, they felt their eyes were about to be dazzled.
Everywhere they looked, there was a brilliant glow. The interior of the shop was like light emitted from diamonds. In particular, a huge raptor made of diamonds in the center of the shop was lifelike and ferocious beyond measure.
