Chapter 9

Tang Zheng didn't intend to foolishly wait in place.

Sitting in the outermost area of the arena, he didn't know how long he would have to wait until it was his turn to leave the arena.

Even so, it still wasted about twenty minutes to come out of the huge ancient arena.

The showdown between Gazef and Brain that had just ended indeed gave everyone watching this match a feeling of having their eyes opened.

Therefore, even until now, the excited atmosphere of discussion hadn't diminished by half, but instead became even more intense as people left the arena.

Tang Zheng originally thought that leaving the crowded arena would allow him to catch his breath, but he only realized after stepping out of the arena's gate that even more people had gathered outside.

Clearly!

These people were commoners who didn't have the money to enter the arena to watch but were equally looking forward to the result.

Whether it was Gazef or Brain, both had a very large number of supporters.

After all, this was the first time since the establishment of the 【Imperial Tournament】 that there were no nobles, and only two commoners had boarded the final showdown.

This might be a shameful showdown in the eyes of nobles, but it was the exact opposite in the eyes of commoners.

"Look, it's 【Red Drop】!"

Suddenly, exclamations came from the crowd.

The next instant!

The crowd around Tang Zheng, which was still quite spacious, suddenly became crowded, and all the people took the initiative to clear a wide road for a team.

Red Drop?

Tang Zheng raised his eyebrows slightly and looked up at the figure walking at the very front of the road cleared by the crowd.

Light golden semi-long hair, with a conspicuous strand of red hair in front of his forehead, first entered his eyes.

The other party wore a black jacket on his upper body, with a red shirt inside similar to noble formal wear, and wore silver-black trousers on his lower body in a lazy outfit.

The whole person exuded a sense of noble elegance and composure, waving to the people on both sides from time to time, immediately causing a series of cheers from women; it looked really somewhat high-profile.

Azuth Aindra!

Tang Zheng's mind flashed with this name, and his gaze also became more earnest.

One of the only two adamantite-ranked adventurer teams in the "Re-Estize" Kingdom, the captain of 【Red Drop】, and also a noble of the kingdom, possessing the title of "Knight."

Tang Zheng looked at the four figures behind Azuth Aindra; they should be the members of 【Red Drop】.

A middle-aged man wearing silver armor, with an indifferent expression, carrying a very wide greatsword on his back.

Another was dressed as a mage, in a light blue magic robe, without seeing a staff in his hand; the whole person was covered by the wide magic robe, and one could only tell that he was also a male.

The other two were also males.

One carried a longbow with a faint gray light flickering, and the other was smaller in stature; both his appearance and attire were very ordinary, and one couldn't tell what class he was from the surface.

Compared to the rest, he was quite lacking in presence.

However, according to common sense.

The more such a person was, the more dangerous they were.

Tang Zheng felt that the other party was very likely a thief-type class, but he didn't know if these few people were the entire personnel of this team.

【Red Drop】 was a relatively mysterious team whether in the anime or in the novel; besides the captain Azuth Aindra appearing, the rest of the members hadn't appeared.

He didn't expect to be able to see the members of the other party here.

Compared to the rest, Tang Zheng was more concerned about the captain, Azuth Aindra.

Although he didn't know the strength level of the other members, he could also guess that the rest hadn't reached the Heroic Realm, which was level 29 or above.

The only truly dangerous one was Azuth Aindra!

The other party's strength wasn't strong; to be precise, he should be the lowest in the entire team, yet he was the true core of the entire 【Red Drop】.

Because this team existed because of him.

This wasn't because of his noble status.

But because Azuth Aindra possessed a set of "Powered Suit" around level 51!

Also because of the existence of this armor, Azuth Aindra's strength, which wasn't very strong, was forcibly pulled to the first tier of combat power for the human race.

"Something like a 'Powered Suit' is definitely not something that humans of this world can manufacture; it should be a legacy of players."

"I just don't know if it's the legacy of the Six Great Gods, the Eight Greed Kings, or the captain of the Thirteen Heroes?"

Tang Zheng's eyelids drooped slightly, thinking silently in his heart.

This matter was probably only truly known to Azuth Aindra himself!

Besides Azuth Aindra, the other one who possessed a "Powered Suit" was the Platinum Dragon Lord, who possessed a set of "Powered Suit" around level 85; according to the light novel, it seemed there was more than one set.

That Platinum Dragon Lord had more than just this bit of player legacy in his hands.

There were several other True Dragon Lords; these guys all knew about the existence of players and the game "Yggdrasil." In short, the water in this world was very deep.

If it weren't for the "Great Tomb of Nazarick" being too strong, it might have really suffered several big stumbles.

That leader of the Thirteen Heroes, clearly named Riku, the "player," was a head-first death.

Not only was he completely exploited by the Platinum Dragon Lord for information about "players" and the game "Yggdrasil."

He was even claimed by the Platinum Dragon Lord to the outside world that this leader of the Thirteen Heroes had accidentally killed his companion and suffered a blow, so he died young and refused to be resurrected.

People of the other world would believe this point.

But as a transmigrator, Tang Zheng knew very well what kind of character a "player" had.

Refuse resurrection?

It was simply a joke.

The Platinum Dragon Lord was clearly lying; he was purely a shady guy.

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【Red Drop】 passed through the road cleared by the crowd, and several adventurer teams followed closely behind, causing another round of exclamations in the crowd.

Tang Zheng originally thought he would see another adamantite-ranked adventurer team, 【Blue Rose】, but it wasn't.

These few adventurer teams that appeared, Tang Zheng didn't recognize, but looking at their level of welcome, they should be orichalcum or mithril-ranked teams.

Clearly, Gazef and Brain's showdown attracted quite a few powerhouses.

"It's time to leave; the next step is leveling up, and then class construction." Tang Zheng withdrew his gaze, thought silently in his heart, and prepared to turn and leave.

Hmm?

When Tang Zheng turned, the corner of his eye happened to see the last adventurer team following behind.

The other party only had four people, yet they had a feeling that made one's eyes light up.

Two men and two women!

What attracted the most attention were the two women walking in front: one woman wearing full-body armor, with long black hair, blue eyes, and a cold face.

The other had long pink hair and was wearing priestess attire.

Clearly, it should have been sacred attire, but the lower half of the other party's body was split from both sides like a cheongsam, revealing black long boots and thighs wrapped in silk stockings.

The appearance of these two could be said to have instantly attracted the gazes of most men in the field.

He recognized this adventurer team.

"If I remember correctly, they are called 【Four Weapons】. I almost didn't recognize them."

Tang Zheng recalled, and then his gaze couldn't help but fall on the pink-haired priestess, especially seeing the other party's attire, and his eyelids couldn't help but jump.

"I really don't understand the attire of this world."

"However, it's definitely right to relate it to the Six Great Gods or the Eight Greed Kings; the influence of players on this world is at least not bad in terms of attire."

Tang Zheng flashed this thought in his heart.

This adventurer team would be a mithril-ranked team in the future; it didn't look like it was now.

"Long black hair, no wonder I didn't recognize her at first." Tang Zheng looked at the black-haired woman wearing full-body armor and looking cold.

In the future.

The other party's hair was white; this wasn't because of any special reason, but because it was dyed on purpose.

If one observed carefully, one could see that the roots of the hair under the black hair were faintly glowing with a golden color.

That's right, the other party was actually blonde!

The "Re-Estize" Kingdom was originally dominated by blonde hair, and the reason she dyed it black was because black attracted more attention and could increase the popularity of the adventurer team.

Dyeing it white in the future had to do with Ainz.

Because Ainz, in order to collect information, created a team called 【Darkness】; after becoming an adamantite-ranked adventurer team, 【Four Weapons】, one for the sake of avoidance, and two because as long as people mentioned the two words "Darkness," they would think of Ainz's team.

Therefore, the other party dyed her hair white again.

Tang Zheng very much doubted whether there was a certain amount of water in the fact that they could become a mithril-ranked adventurer team.

However, being able to tangle with a Death Knight in the future, they should still have some strength among adventurer teams.

In short.

Whether it was the pink-haired one or the blonde one who liked to dye her hair, neither were serious people.

As for the other two male members... he had no impression at all.

(End of chapter)