Chapter 235 Days of Leisure... Part-2.
Rhymel, South East Area, Inside a Mall.
Women's clothing section.
"The local dresses of the Elven Empire are really quite unique... I am having quite a lot of difficulty on which one to buy..." (Lia)
"Why not buy them both? All of the expenses will be funded by the SS-rankers anyway..." (Ellie)
Hearing Ellie's words, Lia hesitated a bit but then eventually decided to agree with her words and bought both dresses.
The government will pay the SS-rankers an insane amount of money, for them this little expense isn't even worth mentioning.
Just when the two were busy shopping, an unfamiliar voice rang out in their ears.
"Oh, I encountered some famous people it seems..." (???)
A girl with cat ears and a fluffy Blue tail walked inside and smiled at Lia and Ellie.
Her bluish hair waved in the air and her cat ears seemed to be waving in excitement.
"I am Miki Kotov, a candidate representing the cat folk..." (Miki)
Miki walked over to Lia and Ellie with an excited look on her face.Thi/s chapter is updated by nov(e)(l)biin.co/m
"I have always wanted to meet you 'Mad demon Sword' Lia, I have heard that you have defeated A rankers before even though you are only at the peak of rank B..." (Miki)
Miki stretched out her hand.
"I hear that humans shake hands as a sign of goodwill..." (Miki)
Lia was bewildered by her sudden appearance, but she didn't reject the handshake.
[Ugh, one of my descendant bloodlines is still alive? Didn't expect that coming...] (Kai)
'What!? She is your descendant!?' (Lia)
[Well, not physically... The cat tribe with the surname 'Kotov' was once blessed by me with my own blood...] (Kai)
[They were a weak and dying race, I took pity on them and ended up blessing them with my own blood, I can feel that this girl has awakened her bloodline...] (Kai)
[It might not be long before she breaks through rank A too, just like you...] (Kai)
'So is she stronger than me?' (Lia)
[Hmm, that... I don't know, you two both seem to have similar levels of strength in my opinion, it all depends on wits and tactics when it comes to the winner...] (Kai)
'I see...' (Lia)
Lia was quite surprised by the fact that even Kai seemed to have indirect descent roaming this world even though he is just a spirit and can't really have children of his own.
Miki who was unaware of Lia's inner monologue simply smiled.
Beast folk are known for their straightforwardness and thus she didn't hesitate at all and directly stated her business for coming here.
"Actually, the reason I came over was to measure my strength against the candidates of the human team..." (Miki)
"I don't mean any harm though, I just wanted to see for myself and compare my level to others..." (Miki)
Lia squinted her eyes at her straightforwardness and asked:
"So, what's your evaluation of me then?" (Lia)
"Well, you yourself seem equally strong as me... but my instincts tell me that there is something more to you than it meets the eye..." (Miki)
"Perhaps it's just my imagination..." (Miki)
(What she doesn't know is that the Link in the original story was a sadist who liked torturing innocent people for fun...)
"Aside from that, I wanted to pay a visit to the 'Darkstar' title holder, but he seems to have vanished from my perception range..." (Miki)
"he is the only candidate I can't detect so I might have to pass on meeting him..." (Miki)
Lia was secretly relieved that Miki didn't get to meet Rio, her possessive nature wanted to keep Rio all for herself after all.
"Haha, he has always been like that, even we are unable to find him unless he shows up on his own..." (Lia)
Miki nodded her head and chatted with Lia for a few more minutes.
The two of them had a friendly chat about each other's likings and how life was in their hometowns.
Miki told Lia that the competition in the cat race is very fierce, the resources are scarce and the amount of healers they have is quite low.
So, every young talent competes fiercely over there to get their hands on more resources like 'mana potions' and 'healing potions'.
Even Miki came here with the ambition to get a high enough rank in this tournament so that she could help her father in some way or another.
Each of the candidates has the responsibility to shoulder the face of their race in this tournament, no one is going to back off so easily.
After chatting happily with Lia and exchanging a lot of information, Miki left with the same happy smile on her face. Her tail seems to be dancing in excitement.
'It seems not only us are the ones who came here with dreams and ambitions...' (Lia)
[It's cruel if you ask me... students worked so hard to come here, and if they lost too early, all of their hard work will go to waste...] (Kai)
[But I guess that's the way of the world...] (Kai)
'I think being able to experience combat methods of so many talented individuals... that's already good enough... wining or not does not matter that much...' (Lia)
[Haha, you can say that because you aren't lacking resources... even if you lose in the very first round nothing will change for you...] (Kai)
[But for the weaker races, this tournament is an opportunity that comes only once in ten years...] (Kai)
[I feel bad for them already...] (Kai)
'You are talking as if you know that everyone else is going to lose so easily...' (Lia)
[Or else? Do you think they will win against that monstrous guy, Link? Can they break through his 'Dao Rhythm'?] (Kai)
'Well that...' (Lia)
Lia didn't say anything in return as she knew just how one- sided the situation was.
Even without 'Dao Rhythm' Link was already too strong for them and now that he has one of the most broken skills it's near impossible for anyone else to get the top spot aside from Link.
'I wonder what Rio thinks about this...' (Lia)
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Author's Notes.
Yo! It's your beloved author here! It seems nearly everyone knows just how broken Link's strength is, even the enemies don't want to go near him!
Question of the day.
Do you think anyone has a chance against Link?
(Tell me in the comments.)
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