Stop, I'm about to become a boss!

Chapter 122 The Tough Rival

Before dawn, Iris had already opened her eyes.

Although she felt a little tired from running around for several days, the habit she had developed over the years still made her open her eyes at this time.

But compared to the past, perhaps because she first arrived in a strange environment, she woke up earlier than usual.

Stretching lazily, the lady knight tidied up her appearance in the bathroom that came with the room, and then prepared to walk towards the yard with the knight sword in hand.

Whether it was intentional or unintentional, or perhaps because she was not familiar with the environment, she walked to Linton's room "inexplicably" after leaving the room.

"Has he not slept all night?"

Seeing the faint light seeping from under the door, Iris unconsciously tightened her hand holding the knight's sword.

That's right, with his behavior, when he first arrives in an unfamiliar area, he must make plans for the future.

It is indeed his style to spend the rest of the night thinking about what needs to be done next.

Taking a deep breath, Iris left the door, came to the yard, and started her morning exercises.

The blade pierced through the air, and her figure moved around. Soon, she practiced a set of sword skills for warming up.

But for some reason, Iris felt that today's practice seemed to be very easy.

After thinking about it, maybe it's because someone is working hard with her?

Shaking her head, the lady knight started the next round of practice again, and did not put down the knight sword until the hazy skyline in the distance lit up.

After returning to the castle to clean up again, Iris looked at herself in the mirror and wondered if she should call Linton to the arena.

Yesterday's experiment has proved that even if Linton doesn't come, she can stand in the arena and compete for his ranking. It's just that she has been following him since she came into contact with him.

Except for the accident in the church and Linton's own request, she almost never left the distance of more than ten meters from him who took the initiative, let alone acted according to her own mind.

After thinking about it, although she thought that Linton's answer must be based on her own thoughts, Iris decided to ask him first.

However, when she stood in front of the door again, but couldn't see the glimmer of light flowing through the crack of the door, she couldn't knock down with her raised hand no matter what.

"Is he... resting?"

The sky is not yet bright enough to illuminate the entire room, and even a necromancer, after running around for so long and consuming countless experiences in making plans, definitely needs to rest.

Iris put down her hand, turned and went downstairs, greeted Sargerus who appeared in the hall with a flushed face, and asked her to tell Linton who woke up that she had gone to the arena, and she followed her memory, Go in the direction of the arena.

"He works so hard, I have to work harder," Miss Knight thought to herself.

In fact, in her opinion, what Linton has borne far surpasses him who is a full-time military force.

From the moment she followed him, she no longer needed to worry about interpersonal relationships, food, clothing, housing, transportation, and planning for the unknown future. He would take care of everything, and it seemed as if the sky would fall on him first. .

Compared to before, Iris feels that life is extremely easy now.

Perhaps part of the reason for this was being alone, but more importantly, someone was willing to block for him things she was not passionate about and not good at.

All I need to do is stand up when he needs it.

Not even allowed to pay with life in return.

Perhaps talking about Linton's deeds with outsiders, and knowing the relationship between the two, outsiders may say that this is the responsibility of the master, and this is what the master should do.

But in fact, Linton, who has accepted the complete modern education system, has never treated her as a servant, so even if Iris unilaterally admits that she is a servant, she can't get a response from the slap.

Standing on the arena of the arena, Iris took a deep breath and let it out slowly.

She was grateful to Linton, but could not repay her.

After all, I belonged to him completely, so what would I get in return?
Therefore, she can only work hard where he needs her most.

Strength, upgrade your strength as soon as possible, and get more powerful!

And there is nothing that can improve one's strength faster than actual combat.

It's just that Lapa City is really rotten. She stood in the ring for a long time, not to mention the people who came up to challenge, there was not even a single mosquito in the huge hall.

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For a moment, Iris even wanted to ask if it was convenient to travel to and from other city-states here?

Instead of standing here waiting, it's better to go back and cook two dishes for Linton.

Fortunately, there are still people in Lapa City after all, so she won't let her go in vain.

When the time approached noon, Iris finally waited for the first opponent.

However, the opponent was very weak, ranking only in the [-]s, and she couldn't even catch her sword, so she jumped off the ring in horror.

Iris felt that going on like this was not an option.

And just when she was about to go back to discuss with the necromancer, to see if there was any way to make her more opponents, the person she defeated suddenly brought back several companions.

"It's her." The man whispered to the people behind him, "I don't think you can catch her sword."

The companions behind him naturally laughed.

Then, the same fate happened.

Then, the other companions stepped forward to challenge the girl one by one.

And as time went by, their goal gradually changed from defeating her to betting on who could live longer, as if they were using Iris as a dungeon.

But it's a pity that Miss Knight is not a boss who can't move.

She wants to leave.

Defeating these people is of no value to her.

First of all, their rankings are not high, and defeating them by themselves cannot improve their rankings, and secondly.

She is not a player and cannot gain experience through wins.

So these fights are pointless.

— It cannot be said that it is meaningless.

Maybe it's because watching the fun is not a big deal, after all these people were defeated, they went out and brought some people back, and the administrator outside looked stunned.

How many years haven't I seen the arena so lively?
In the publicity of a lot of tap water, Iris finally ushered in her first challenging opponent today.

The opponent's ranking is No. 17. Compared with the people she defeated before, her strength can be said to be a world of difference.

If converted into data, it should be at the level of thirty to nearly forty.

She is indeed much stronger than her current 20th level.

But as a rare genius of the Knights, Iris's combat skills and timing judgment are more than enough to make up for this gap.

Just like ordinary online games, in the early stage of the game, the suppression of levels will not bring a real difference in combat power to the players, but in the later stage, when everyone can destroy the world, the extra attributes gained by leveling up at that time, Or a higher blue volume and blood volume will become the key to victory.

Now, it's still time to compete in skills.

After going through a tough fight that can cover 17 words on water, Iris still successfully defeated her opponent and won [? ? ? ]'s ranking rose to [-].

In fact, this battle is not too difficult, because the opponent's combat skills and combat experience are completely incomparable with the genius knight.

It's just because Iris's level is too low now, and she has to pay attention to the consumption of magic power at all times, so she chose the safest way to make the duration of this battle slightly longer.

Feeling her own consumption, Iris judged that the remaining magic power should be enough for her to fight the next round with a complete posture, so she continued to wait quietly with her sword.

This time no one left.

There are not many people in Lapa City who are willing to run for [Brilliant Gladiator], and almost one-third of them have come here now.

It is not easy to find more people.

"No one else?"

On the ring, Iris spoke lightly, but no one responded to her immediately.

"Come on, don't make people wait too long."

"You will call, why don't you go up?"

"I haven't fought before. Why do you look at me like that? Could it be that you won the fight? Everyone is defeated, so don't look down on anyone."

"All right, all right, after you're cremated, you probably still have a mouth left."

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Iris shook her head in disappointment.

However, just as she was about to leave, the hustle and bustle around her disappeared completely in an instant, and a needle could be heard in the hall.

"clatter--"

That was the sound of high-heeled shoes stepping on the ground, and it came from a road that was consciously given up by the crowd of onlookers.

Iris looked up.

The person who came was a woman.

Very ordinary women.

From appearance, to body shape, to temperament, everything that people can see with their eyes is almost indistinguishable from passers-by who accidentally turn their heads and forget when walking on the road.

The only thing that was unusual was the sudden silence of everyone after seeing her.

"I heard that a very beautiful little girl has arrived today." She emphasized the pronunciation of the words "very beautiful" and "little", "So I want to see who is so sacred that she can attract So many people came to watch."

Iris frowned slightly.

This person inexplicably gave her a very dangerous aura.

The girl calmed down slightly, and her eyes began to become a little dignified.

"Come up." Her reply was short.

If Linton is here, he won't stop it, but he will definitely make Iris think about it.

Because he could clearly see the number representing the rank on the woman's head.

That is a larger number than the one on the head of the [Spiritual Hand Gross] invited by Sargerus.

【Grewin (Lv.49)】

[Brilliant Gladiator] is restricted to only those of level 50 and below who can participate, and this level is already infinitely close to the highest limit level of [Brilliant Gladiator].

And her ranking in this arena is .

——NO.1!

Everyone present did not expect that this beautiful and capable lady would actually attract this lady's attention.

But that's not a good thing.

Grewyn's nickname is "The Spirit of Sorrow", which means a person who is always in a state of worry.

Worry about whether your appearance is beautiful, worry about whether your wallet is full, worry about whether your strength is strong or not.

Once a certain worry is calmed down, her strength will usher in a boost.

Logically speaking, Grewyn's strength should improve quickly, because human beings are creatures that think all the time, and the more they think, the more they fear.But in recent days, Grewyn has almost lost all her worries.

As the strongest person in Lapa City who can participate in [Brilliant Gladiator], she naturally cannot lack money, and the sorrow of strength has disappeared for a long time after reaching the top of the ranking list, and her appearance is anxious.
Grewyn is an extremely narcissistic person.

Before meeting Sargerus, who had become the former city lord, she never thought that anyone could surpass her in appearance, so she had almost never experienced appearance anxiety.

Today, when everyone was reporting that a girl warrior as beautiful as an angel had come to the arena, she caressed her face and laughed endlessly.

However, when she really saw her standing with her sword upright and her head held high above the uninhabited arena, Grewyn felt jealous of her appearance for the first time.

Various emotions in my heart began to surge like weeds.

Why is she sought after by so many people?

Why does she have such power at such a young age?

Why is this face not mine?

In that case
Grewyn stepped onto the ring and announced softly, "You are mine."

Iris raised her beautiful eyebrows slightly.

When she was clearly aware of the malice contained in the other party's words, she naturally would not regard it as a confession of the same sex to the same sex.

"Then. Let's see what you can do."

The magic power gathered in the girl's right hand like a tide, and immediately spread upwards, sinking into the knight's sword.

Indistinctly, ghostly shadows wandering in its lines can be seen.

【Knight Sword Skill · Variable Speed ​​Slash · Change】

In the case of not knowing the specific strength of the opponent, it is a safer choice to try first.

Of course, it is based on the situation that there is a way out.

Iris' calculation was very clear.

With her ignorance of defense and magic shields, it is almost impossible for someone to take her sword uninjured if the gap in strength is not too large.

And as long as the opponent dodges, she will also push away.

In a short confrontation, at least one can see where the opponent's strength comes from.

Is it a swordsman?Or a magician?Or other professions?
Therefore, when Grewyn raised the cane condensed from brilliance, Iris' goal had been achieved.

But in the process, there was a little accident.

Grewyn had no intention of dodging or stopping the knight's sword at all.

She held up the staff inlaid with cloudy black gemstones, and sang in a low voice.

【Nightmare's Trick · Same Body】

The majestic black mist swept in like a tsunami, and the waves flooded the entire arena almost at the same time as the purer sword of the same color pierced the shoulder of its caster.

"Pfft-"

The blood of the big puff was brought up as the blade was pulled out, and a bloody carpet was laid on the ring in a moment.

But obviously, to accomplish such a "feat", it is impossible to achieve such an achievement unless one person's blood is left dry.

Retreating a few meters away, Iris wiped away the blood splashed on her cheek, looked at the same puncture wound on her shoulder, and her face became more and more serious.

The trick of killing each other?
No, definitely not.

Since opponents regard it as the most important technique, they must have ways to avoid its side effects.

as predicted.

The next moment, the knife wound on Grewyn's body began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye, but her eyes also became increasingly dim.

"It's really... difficult enough."

Iris gritted her teeth.

This is the first time she has faced such a difficult enemy since she became a puppet.

And, alone.

(End of this chapter)