Tree Arena, Arena No. 15923 — Ze Shui Ruins.
Before them lay a stretch of shallow water barely covering their ankles. Scattered sparsely throughout the area were broken pillars and crumbling walls. More striking than these was the giant tree at the center, a thousand meters tall, its canopy covering the entire shallows.
The scorching sun was blocked out overhead. Beneath the canopy, the world was shrouded in water vapor. Light particles often drifted up from the water, only to be snapped up by passing insects. The scenery was beautiful, with a hint of dreamlike wonder.
The competitors from the Overlord Hunter team had no time to admire it, however. They had already formed up and were advancing in an orderly fashion.
The captain of these fifty-eight people was a man with long hair tied in a ponytail, rimless glasses, and a right arm replaced by a mechanical prosthetic. His gaze was calm but wary. Unlike the others, who seemed relaxed, he had always felt immense pressure from this battle. An overlord unit matched against fifty-eight people was bound to be extremely difficult to deal with.
At the front of the formation was a three-meter-tall burly man wielding a heavy round shield. He called himself Shield Armor, and his ability system was that of a counterattack heavy Tank. Though clumsy in movement, he was exceptionally confident when facing powerful individual enemies.
Walking shoulder to shoulder with Shield Armor was another burly man, a leylines-type powerhouse, Titan Gritz. Bare-chested, he wore a somewhat gloomy expression because of the setbacks he had suffered in the previous world. After returning to Paradise, however, his lover's comprehensive consolation and encouragement had stopped him from questioning his life.
Farther back was a graceful mature woman in a loose white robe that concealed her voluptuous figure.