Under the setting sun.
The orange-red light shone on Anri's slightly pale cheeks, leaving a mottled area. The light and shadow slowly moved up, covering her eyes.
"Mm..."
Anri let out a soft groan. As her consciousness returned, she felt a sore and swollen sensation throughout her body.
This was the kind of exhaustion she used to feel after a hard day's work during the busy farming season in Karn Village, where her whole body felt weak. No, this feeling was even stronger.
Captain...
What's the situation with everyone now!
Thinking that she was still on the battlefield at this moment, Anri quickly opened her eyes. What came into view was a hazy yellow light, and her opened eyes closed again.
She raised her palm to block the light before opening them again.
This... isn't the battlefield?
Anri's blurry vision cleared. Looking at the lamp post above her head and the familiar surroundings of the inn, her eyes showed confusion and panic.
"Morning... oh, it's already evening now."
"It's about the time I calculated. You've slept for two days and two nights, Anri."
A gentle chuckle came from the side.
The familiar voice relaxed Anri, who had just woken up with tense nerves and anxiety.
"—Captain"
"I, I can help now."
Tang Zheng was startled. He hadn't expected Anri's first words upon waking up to be this.
"You have to believe that you possess unimaginable talent," Tang Zheng replied with a smile.
Although this talent was a bit different from what he had originally expected... Speaking of which, one could more or less notice from the light novel version that Anri's luck seemed to have always been good.
"Mm!"
Anri's eyes were slightly red, and she nodded vigorously.
From the beginning, only the Captain had acknowledged her, even when she herself had doubted whether she truly had the talent the Captain spoke of.
She felt more and more that the Captain was amazing.
"Gulu gulu~"
"Gulu gulu~"
A strong rumbling from her stomach interrupted their conversation, as if protesting. Anri's cheeks instantly turned bright red.
"Good timing."
"There's a banquet inviting us to attend in a moment," Tang Zheng said with a hearty laugh.
A moment later.
The Evil Spirit Dog pulled the carriage, traveling along a main street in Calinsha, slowly weaving through the crowd. As usual, it drew attention wherever it went.
Compared to the past when passersby only discussed and were surprised by the terrifying Demon Creature that was the Evil Spirit Dog, now, upon seeing the Evil Spirit Dog, many people already knew which Adventurer Team this Demon Creature represented.
"Captain, could that carriage be..."
On one side of the street, a five-person Adventurer Team stared intently at the carriage passing in front of them.
"Only they would use a dangerous Demon Creature like the Evil Spirit Dog, with a difficulty of 30 or higher, as a carriage horse."
"The Adventurer Team 'Free Will'!"
The captain of the Adventurer Team, a tall man with a hammer on his back, spoke in a deep voice, his eyes filled with awe.
"Is it really them?"
"They say those two legendary Undead were both dealt with by this Adventurer Team?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? No matter how you think about it, that's impossible."
"However, reliable news seems to mention that the legendary Undead Soul-Eating Demon was resolved by 'Free Will'."
"Legendary Undead... Before, let alone seeing one, I hadn't even heard of them. Captain, what's the difficulty of a legendary Undead?"
Someone in the team asked curiously, their voice filled with disbelief.
"Probably a difficulty of 100 or higher," the burly captain with the hammer on his back hesitated slightly.
Hiss—
A sound of drawing a cold breath rang out.
"That's fake, right!" A voice, overly surprised and sharp in tone, exclaimed.
"Who knows? That's what the rumors say."
"It's terrifying beyond imagination!"
"We low-level Adventurers might actually get to see powerhouses of that level today."
"Haha! Let's go, everyone!"
"Today might be the most unforgettable moment for all Adventurers in our Holy Kingdom."
The burly captain reluctantly shifted his gaze from the departing carriage, sweeping across the numerous Adventurer Teams lining both sides of the street, a number he had never seen before. He straightened his chest.
Over the past few days, the events that occurred in the Abelion Hills had gradually begun to spread.
The legendary Undead Death Knight!
The legendary Undead Soul-Eating Demon!
An army of tens of thousands of Undead!
The evil organization [Zuranon], and so on. Every piece of news was already an unimaginable and unbearable disaster for commoners and nobles alike.
And this disaster, which was said to be able to threaten a country and cause hundreds of thousands of deaths, was actually resolved without the knowledge of most people.
This indescribable sense of shock made anyone who heard the news think it was a joke!
However—
Their Holy Kingdom's most elite Paladin Order and Shrine Priest Order, two forces, were actually stationed in Calinsha, and some people even saw the commander of the Paladin Order, Lord Remedios.
Besides that!
The most lively thing in the entire "Calinsha" recently was the surging number of Adventurers, with a large number of Adventurers rushing in from both the North and South Holy Kingdoms.
To celebrate the birth of an "Adamantite Rank" Adventurer Team in the Holy Kingdom!
Due to the Holy Kingdom's long-standing national policy, the status of Adventurers had always been relatively low!
But at this moment.
Because of "Free Will," all the Adventurers who appeared in "Calinsha" felt the different gazes of the common people looking at them compared to before.
Inside the carriage.
Anri held a piece of soft white bread that she had bitten in half, her fingers clenched.
"Is Miss Cui Ye staying in the Abelion Hills?"
Tang Zheng nodded.
Anri's shoulders relaxed. She hadn't seen Miss Cui Ye just now and thought something had happened. Although she didn't understand why the Captain had made such arrangements.
But the Captain must have his own reasons.
"Anri, what did you feel when you swung your sword and attacked?" Tang Zheng was somewhat curious about more detailed information regarding Anri's class.
He needed to determine how Anri's strength would improve next.
"I don't know either."
"I just felt..." Anri pursed her lips in recollection, telling him in detail and without reservation the situation she had experienced at the time.
Tang Zheng was lost in thought.
The Soul-Eating Demon had the ability to release "Fear Aura" and "Instant Death Aura." The distance between them at the time shouldn't have been far.
Because of the "Fear Aura," everyone was subconsciously fleeing, causing panic to spread, and Anri was able to ignore that situation.
And the "Instant Death Aura"!
The lower a person's level, the less likely they were to pass the "Instant Death" judgment. At that time, Anri's level was undoubtedly the lowest on the entire battlefield.
However, at that distance, Tang Zheng couldn't be sure if Anri had been affected by "Instant Death." If she had been affected?
—Then
Tang Zheng's eyes flashed.
The "Hero·Believer" class, at the very least, had the passive abilities of "Complete Fear Resistance" and "Instant Death Nullification."
Special Classes generally had 2-3 Class Skills!
"Heroic Moment" was just one of them. The other skills would need to be determined through level increases later.
Actually, there was no need to think too much.
Just from the effect of the skill "Heroic Moment," Tang Zheng already had a basic idea of Anri's class structure in his mind.
"I originally just wanted to be a supporting character in this incident."
Tang Zheng felt a headache as he heard the heated discussions on the street outside the carriage.
"High-profile" was never what he wanted.
Even eliminating the Death Knight and the Alliance Leader of Zuranon was done with the help of the Slane Theocracy's power. These could be explained away with excuses like combat awareness and potions.
Only Anri's situation...
An ordinary girl eliminated a Soul-Eating Demon with a single blow.
It was truly a bit exaggerated.
"The Theocracy will probably make some kind of speculation about Anri," Tang Zheng mused inwardly.
Should he have Anri impersonate a "Player" and stand in the spotlight?
The moment this thought appeared, Tang Zheng immediately extinguished it!
Impersonating a "God-Human" was safer than impersonating a "Player."
Moreover, Anri could withstand investigation!
The biggest difference between Players who descended to this Different World and the local natives, besides the difference in power, was that their past was completely blank, appearing out of thin air in this world.
Anri was from Karn Village, with parents and a younger sister. As long as this point was investigated thoroughly, the Theocracy would withdraw their suspicion of Anri being a Player.
The problem was...
Would the Theocracy become suspicious of him because of Anri? This was what Tang Zheng was worried about.
"Fortunately, Imina had already been preparing for this," Tang Zheng thought to himself.
Since he knew the "characteristic" of Players having a blank past.
How could he not be prepared? Secretly controlling Eight Fingers from the beginning was precisely to use Eight Fingers to control the power of the Kingdom's underground world.
Making something fake become real was sometimes not difficult!
"Ultimately, it's still a matter of strength."
"These were originally prepared to confuse the Great Tomb of Nazarick." Tang Zheng thought of the ritual he had arranged in the Lava Zone according to his plan, and his heart burned with anticipation.
Perhaps his strength would usher in a significant improvement!
"Still a little short."
The "Spiral of Death Ritual" appeared in Tang Zheng's mind, and he began to modify and adjust it.
The birth of the Death Knight and the Soul-Eating Demon gave him a deeper understanding of the "Spiral of Death Ritual," especially the Soul-Eating Demon that Khajiit transformed into.
After the war ended, Tang Zheng specifically went to the Corpse Pit to conduct research and investigation.
In addition.
Through resurrection methods, he had obtained complete intelligence from the Alliance Leader. He now knew the specific identities and current locations of all eight remaining high disciples of Zuranon.
The Alliance Leader actually had ties to the Slane Theocracy, but not with the people of the Slane Theocracy as imagined. Instead, he was a figure from 200 years ago, from the era of the Thirteen Heroes.
"If anyone asks about your abilities, just say it's the effect of an Innate Ability," Tang Zheng said to Anri.
"Okay, I understand." Anri was a little confused, but she still nodded vigorously.
...
—Adventurer's Guild.
The Adventurer's Guild in Calinsha was relatively old. Due to lack of attention and the scarcity of Adventurers in the Holy Kingdom, the existence of the Adventurer's Guild was more symbolic.
At this moment!
In front of the Adventurer's Guild, which had always been empty, a dense crowd of Adventurers had gathered.
These people were all Adventurer Teams who had rushed from nearby cities, and even from the South Holy Kingdom.
Gulu Gulu—
The rumbling sound of wheels rolling on the ground came from the distance down the street.
"They're here!"
A soft exclamation came from among the Adventurers.
In an instant, pairs of excited, fervent, and curious eyes looked towards the carriage pulled by Evil Spirit Dogs that was approaching from the street.
As the Evil Spirit Dogs tightened the Chains, stopping the forward momentum of the carriage, the wheels slowly came to a halt.
Crack!
The carriage door opened.
Tang Zheng was the first to step down from the carriage. Looking at the hundreds of Adventurers gathered in front of the Adventurer's Guild, a helpless expression appeared on his face.
Anri followed closely behind, and facing the gaze of those fervent eyes, she subconsciously wanted to lower her head.
"You are no longer the Anri who needed others to take care of her and hide behind them."
Tang Zheng spoke to the figure behind him and walked towards the Adventurer's Guild.
The shadow blocking the front gradually moved away from Anri.
Miss Cui Ye wasn't here either.
Usually, she just needed to follow behind Miss Cui Ye.
Anri's fingers trembled slightly. Looking at the pure white back in front of her, a voice suddenly emerged in her heart.
I can help Captain-sama now.
These were the words she had just said not long ago!
Step~
Anri took a step. The inferiority and cautiousness from the border village, deep within her light brown eyes, were gradually disappearing.
Step—
Anri's other foot landed steadily on the ground. Suddenly, she clasped her hands behind her back and showed a simple, kind smile to all the Adventurers looking at her.
Her three-strand braid bounced slightly on her left chest as she quickly followed Tang Zheng.
A hint of heroism gradually condensed in her steps!
"That young man walking in front, he must be the leader of 'Free Will'."
"That's right!"
"It's 'Genius Alchemist' Tang."
"Only two people? Didn't they say the 'Free Will' team had three people, and one of them was a Demi-human?"
"A Demi-human? Could it be that they knew people in our Holy Kingdom dislike Demi-humans, so they didn't come together?"
"That girl is so young. Could the legendary Undead that was eliminated in the rumors have been killed by her?"
"She feels so weak."
"Wait, she smiled at me, she's so cute!"
"..."
Whispers and discussions constantly rose from the Adventurers on both sides.
President Bert Kin was already standing at the entrance of the Adventurer's Guild, waiting. Seeing Tang Zheng and the other person appear, he quickly stepped forward to greet them.
"Welcome back, Your Excellency Tang, Miss Anri."
President Bert Kin bowed slightly, with a respectful expression on his face, and spoke to Tang Zheng and Anri.
His gaze lingered on Anri for a moment.
If he hadn't received confirmation from members of the Paladin Order, he truly couldn't imagine that this ordinary girl could actually slay a legendary Undead.
Oh my God!
I actually let Miss Anri open the door back then.
However.
Her aura is indeed a bit weak.
President Bert Kin suppressed the various thoughts in his mind and quickly withdrew his gaze after a brief pause.
"This is a bit too lively, President Bert Kin."
Tang Zheng gestured towards the surrounding Adventurers with his eyes.
Adventurers changing their rank plates wasn't actually a big deal. Even for an Adamantite Rank Adventurer Team changing their plates, there wasn't any special ceremony.
The reason for the current situation,
Tang Zheng could roughly guess that President Bert Kin had done it intentionally to address the extremely low presence of the Adventurer's Guild within the Holy Kingdom.
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