At the awards ceremony.
As the runners-up, the Dwarf Empire Team did not even have the right to take the stage.
The team competition was different from the individual competition.
Other than the champions, placements such as runner-up and third place in the team competition all involved an element of luck.
Because of the grouping system in the individual competition, the champion and runner-up titles carried substantial weight.
On top of that, there were simply too many people in the team competition.
As a result, the event organizers could not afford to hand out that many rewards.
If you gave the runners-up a B-rank skill book as a reward, they would complain that you were stingy.
But if you gave them an A-rank skill book, it would feel like the runners-up did not deserve such a good reward.
So they simply rewarded only the champions and told the other teams to get lost.
At this moment.
The same three "familiar faces" stepped onto the stage to present the awards.
Mr. Liu Jinglong, Vice President of the Global Class-Changer Association.
Ms. Daphne of the International Sub-Profession Association.
And Ms. Cathy, the honorary president of the Global Adventurers Association.
It was worth mentioning...
No one knew whether it was intentional.
Cathy wore a red cheongsam unique to Dragon Kingdom, stepped onto the stage in high heels with a bewitching smile on her pretty face, and stood right beside Ling Zhan.
A five-clawed golden dragon in shimmering gilt thread was embroidered onto her red cheongsam.
It complemented the Dragon Kingdom battle robe Ling Zhan wore, and combined with her tall figure rivaling that of an international supermodel, many people nearly mistook the two for a couple at first glance.
Li Chaoge furrowed her delicate brows as well and hurriedly stood to Ling Zhan's