The Deep Waters of the World! Adventurer Team [Four Weapons]

Tang Zheng had no intention of foolishly waiting around.

Sitting in the outermost area of the arena, he had no idea how long it would take before he could finally leave.

Even so, getting out of the enormous ancient arena still took him around twenty minutes.

The recently concluded duel between Gazef and Brain had truly opened the eyes of everyone who had watched the match.

Thus, even now, the heated discussions showed no sign of dying down. Instead, as people left the arena, the excitement only grew more intense.

Tang Zheng had originally thought he could breathe a sigh of relief after leaving the crowded arena, but the moment he stepped through the gates, he discovered that even more people had gathered outside.

Obviously!

These people had been unable to afford entry into the arena, yet they had been just as eager to learn the result.

Both Gazef and Brain had enormous numbers of supporters.

After all, ever since the Royal Tournament had been established, this was the first time that no nobles—but two commoners—had reached the final battle.

In the eyes of the nobles, this might have been a disgraceful match, but in the eyes of the commoners, it was precisely the opposite.

"Look, it's Red Drop!"

Suddenly, cries of surprise rang out from the crowd.

The next moment!

The relatively spacious flow of people around Tang Zheng suddenly became crowded. Everyone voluntarily made way for a team, opening up a broad road.

Red Drop?

Tang Zheng raised his brows slightly and looked toward the figure at the front of the road the crowd had opened.

A figure with pale golden, shoulder-length hair came into view first. A conspicuous red lock hung over the forehead.

The other person wore a black jacket over a red shirt resembling a noble's formal attire, along with silver-black trousers—a relaxed outfit.

The entire person exuded a noble's elegance and composure. He occasionally waved to the people on either side, immediately drawing a string of cheers from the women. He looked rather flamboyant.

Azuth Aindra!

The name surfaced in Tang Zheng's mind, and his gaze grew more serious.

The captain of Red Drop, one of the Kingdom's only two Adamantite-ranked adventurer teams. He was also a noble of the Kingdom, possessing the title of Knight.

Tang Zheng looked at the four figures behind Azuth Aindra. They should have been members of Red Drop.

One was a middle-aged man in silver armor, his expression cold and indifferent, with an enormous greatsword strapped to his back.

Another was dressed as a Mage, wearing a pale-blue robe. No staff could be seen in his hands, and his entire body was concealed by the broad robe. Tang Zheng could only tell that he was also a man.

The other two were men as well.

One carried a longbow that seemed to flicker with a faint gray light. The other was somewhat short, with an utterly ordinary appearance and outfit. Nothing about his exterior revealed what Class he possessed.

Compared with the others, he had almost no presence at all.

However, according to common sense—

The more ordinary such a person seemed, the more dangerous he was likely to be.

Tang Zheng thought he was probably a Thief-type Class. He simply did not know whether these people represented the entire team.

Red Drop was a rather mysterious team in both the anime and the novels. Aside from its captain, Azuth Aindra, the other members had never appeared.

He had not expected to encounter them here.

Compared with the others, Tang Zheng was more concerned with the captain, Azuth Aindra.

Although he did not know the power levels of the other members, he could guess that none of them had reached the Heroic Realm—in other words, level twenty-nine or higher.

The only truly dangerous one was Azuth Aindra!

His strength was not particularly high. More precisely, he should have been the weakest member of the entire team, yet he was the true core of all Red Drop.

That was because this team existed because of him.

It was not because of his noble status.

Rather, Azuth Aindra possessed a Powered Suit of around level fifty-one!

Because of that armor, Azuth Aindra's mediocre strength was forcibly elevated to the level of the first battle echelon among the human race.

"A Powered Suit isn't something the humans of this world could possibly manufacture. It should be a Legacy of the Players."

"I just don't know whether it's a Relic of the Six Great Gods, a Legacy of the Eight Greed Kings, or perhaps the captain of the Thirteen Heroes."

Tang Zheng lowered his eyelids slightly and thought silently.

Only Azuth Aindra himself probably knew the truth.

Aside from Azuth Aindra, the other person who possessed a Powered Suit was Platinum Dragon Lord. His suit was around level eighty-five, and according to the light novel edition, he seemed to possess more than one.

Platinum Dragon Lord had far more Player legacies in his hands than just that.

There were also several other True Dragon Lords. Those creatures all knew of the existence of Players and the game YGGDRASIL.

In short, the waters of this world ran very deep.

If Nazarick's strength had not been so overwhelming, it might truly have suffered several major setbacks.

The leader of the Thirteen Heroes, the "Player" known as Rick, had been utterly doomed.

Not only had Platinum Dragon Lord completely extracted information from him about Players and YGGDRASIL—

He had even publicly claimed that the captain of the Thirteen Heroes had been mentally shattered after accidentally killing a companion, causing him to die young and refuse resurrection.

The people of the New World might believe that.

But as a transmigrator, Tang Zheng knew very well what Players were like.

Refuse resurrection?

That was simply ridiculous.

Platinum Dragon Lord was clearly lying. He was nothing but a sinister schemer.

Red Drop passed along the road the crowd had opened. Several more adventurer teams followed behind them, once again provoking cries of surprise from the people.

Tang Zheng had originally expected to see the other Adamantite-ranked adventurer team, Blue Rose, but that was not the case.

He did not recognize any of the adventurer teams that appeared, but judging by how warmly they were welcomed, they should have been Orichalcum- or Mithril-ranked teams.

Clearly, the duel between Gazef and Brain had attracted quite a few powerful individuals.

"It's time to leave. Next comes leveling up, as well as building my Class." Tang Zheng withdrew his gaze and thought silently as he prepared to turn away.

Hmm?

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

There were only four people in the team, yet they had a striking presence.

Two men and two women!

The two women walking at the front attracted the most attention. One was a woman with long black hair, blue eyes, and a cold, beautiful face, clad in Full Body Armor.

The other had long pink hair and wore the robes of a priest.

The outfit should have looked sacred, yet the lower half of her robe was split up both sides like a Qipao, revealing black boots and thighs wrapped in stockings.

The appearance of these two women instantly drew the gazes of most of the men present.

Tang Zheng recognized this adventurer team.

"If I remember correctly, they're called Four Weapons. I almost failed to recognize them."

Tang Zheng recalled the details, then could not help letting his gaze fall on the pink-haired priest, especially after seeing her outfit. The corner of his eye twitched.

"The clothing in this world really is hard to understand."

"Still, it must have something to do with the Six Great Gods or the Eight Greed Kings. The Players' influence on this world is at least pretty good when it comes to clothing."

This thought flashed through Tang Zheng's mind.

In the future, this adventurer team would be Mithril-ranked. At present, however, it seemed they had not reached that rank yet.

"Black hair. No wonder I didn't recognize her at first." Tang Zheng looked at the cold, black-haired woman in Full Body Armor.

In the future—

Her hair would be white. This was not due to any special reason, but because she had dyed it deliberately.

On closer inspection, one could see a faint golden color at the roots beneath her black hair.

That was right. Her natural hair was actually golden!

The Re-Estize Kingdom was primarily a land of blondes. She had dyed her hair black because black attracted more attention and could raise her adventurer team's fame.

Her hair would later be dyed white because of Ainz Ooal Gown.

To gather information, Ainz Ooal Gown had created a team called Black. After it became an Adamantite-ranked adventurer team, Four Weapons dyed their hair white both to avoid suspicion and because whenever people mentioned "Black," they would think of Ainz Ooal Gown's team.

Thus, she dyed her hair white again.

Tang Zheng seriously suspected that there might have been some trickery involved in Four Weapons becoming a Mithril-ranked adventurer team.

Still, they would later be able to battle a Death Knight for a while, so they should have possessed some strength among adventurer teams.

In short—

Whether it was the pink-haired woman or the blonde who liked dyeing her hair, neither of them seemed like respectable people.

As for the other two male members... Tang Zheng had no impression of them at all.