Lin Yu admitted that he really had not noticed the short fellow in the crowd at first.
But after "Pen Name" gave him a friendly reminder, Lin Yu naturally began sizing the other party up without showing it.
The codename "Mercenary" alone was enough to keep Lin Yu from underestimating him.
After all...
The "All-around Mercenary King" was a top-ranked existence, one of the best among Tier 3 players.
A "Player" like that possessed enough power to change the entire situation by himself, so he had to be given special attention.
A Tier 3 like Captain Good Night, who had barely made it onto the rankings before and had since been kicked off but could still be called a "strongman," might not even last three moves against "Mercenary." He would probably be kicked to death like some stray dog by the roadside.
Although the strength of "Players" was not absolute, the various ability systems, [Items] from different worlds, and "Class" abilities meant that every "expert" had a deep "card pool." Everyone had many trump cards to some extent. It was by no means a rigid hierarchy where someone near the top of the rankings could definitely instantly kill someone near the bottom.
But for a super Tier 3 like the "All-around Mercenary King," there really was a vast gulf between him and all the other ordinary Tier 3 Players.
Lin Yu watched him, committing the many details about "Mercenary" to memory.
Although Zuo Xi was considered relatively tall among girls, "Mercenary," standing not far from her, only reached her chest. Lin Yu estimated that he was at most around one and a half meters tall.
In addition, "Mercenary's" clothes and manner had a distinctly youthful, "student-like" air—a dark green hoodie with a cartoon character collaboration design and loose, oversized khaki