The Newbie Is Too Strong's
135. Last Day of the Match
It is also the final day that everyone is waiting for. Eight final match participants have finally been determined. Unfortunately, Lia was not one of them.
I wanted to comfort him so as not to be sad. But apparently, that's an unnecessary thing. Lia was a powerful female figure who did not need the consolation of a man. Firmly, he was determined to challenge once again this spectacular stage next year.
But for some reason, when Lia said that determination, my chest felt like it was pounding. I feel a very stinging excitation every time someone talks about performing on the grand stage.
Forgetting that, because no longer one of the participants, Lia was given freedom by the committee to move more freely outside the dormitory. As a result, today we were finally able to sit alone in the audience enjoying our youth.
“Luca, who do you think will win? Do you think Asario from the Silver Hero Team has a chance to win?”
That's Brother Nina. To be exact, we are not alone at the moment. There was also Kak Nina and Kak Raia beside us. That makes me a little disappointed.
For some reason, Aunt Judith could not join us today.
Yes, in principle today, the reason we are still allowed to stay at the hotel for the families of the participants until this moment, is none other than because there is still Senior Asario who was able to survive until the end of the competition.
However, if asked if Senior Asario has any chance of winning, I am somewhat skeptical of answering him. Let alone the chance of facing Ekila as the best participant in the final round, Chung Li the non-favorite of the Ying Xiong Team alone had become a huge obstacle for Senior Asario to pass.
Just look at how that participant humiliated the swordsman Photio, the second favorite, with a very humiliating defeat.
“Hai, Luca, can we join sit here?”
Suddenly a quite foreign female voice greeted me from a distance. I looked towards the source of the sound. Apparently, she is Kak Aghena, who came along with two of her other Lost Child Team colleagues, Kak Goruth and Kak Kalora.
The three of them joined us by sitting consecutively beside Lia. Brother Aghena was sitting right beside Lia. Only one chair separated us, the Lia chair, so we also had a lot of chat to melt the atmosphere.
However, Lia immediately showed an expression of displeasure. I immediately explained to him where we could get to know each other and then also introduced Kak Aghena to him. Thankfully, Kak Aghena's character is basically friendly so that the two of them can get along quickly.
Although today the number of spectators from the family has reduced quite a lot about leaving 6 teams that can survive until the last round, the atmosphere of the audience seats is still very crowded.
That was because the participants from the top 32 Teams who failed to break through the top eight individuals were also invited today to watch the match. I could see Brother Leo there from afar along with the rest of his Max Squeeze Team.
In addition, there is also a glamorous figure who looks to be in the most VIP seats that also blend in the middle of the audience. They all wore the same uniform with a white base mixed in with a hint of blue. I wonder who they are.
But I could immediately see one of the figures I knew mingling between them.
“Hai, Dik Luca!” And that figure was waving his hands towards me.
I had never met her in person in the real world, but from her stature and her disposition when speaking, especially her protruding sex lips were what seemed to be her trademark, even though today she's not wearing her game costume, I can tell right away that it's Lady Virus.
The woman immediately walked up to me separated from her colleagues in the most VIP seats once she saw me.
“Sister Virus Lady?” Sapaku.
“Wah, apparently your view is quite sharp as well huh, Dik Luca. You can recognize me from the look of my uniform.”
“That's because Virus Lady's sister didn't change much of the appearance settings except for the costumes in the game. Hahahahaha.”
“Well, that's true too. But by the way, Dik Luca, it's kind of uncomfortable that you call me by my game ID name here. How about just calling my real name? Oh yeah, I haven't had a chance to mention my real name to you yet? Introduce, I'm Agnes.”
“Ah, Sister Agnes.” I said while watching someone who came with Kak Agnes.
He was a big, tall, burly man, and black.
Maybe because I realized my gaze was too prominent, Virus Lady, ah, I mean Sister Agnes immediately introduced her partner to me.
“Oh yes, Dik Luca, introduce him Duke. You must have heard the name Shadow Monarch in the game, right? He is the owner of that account.”
“Hahahahaha.” I don't know why Sister Agnes laughed out loud after listening to my admiration.
Of course I am amazed because this person in front of me, even though he is black, can become a duke. In my home region on the Astrovia Continent, black people still experience a lot of discrimination about the color of their skin that is identical to the color of the devil nation so they are treated as slaves, so they are treated as slaves, or the one with the ability among them, at most could only be an adventurer or a mercenary.
Almost all kingdoms in the Astrovia Continent still discriminate against black race even though the Emperor has firmly issued a statement that the black race is one hundred percent also human like us that we must appreciate and respect protect his rights, but the stubborn nobles are still on their stubbornness with great admiration for their skin color and hair color.
It had been reduced in the Lalania Empire, but not to the Melodian Kingdom and the Symphonian Kingdom, especially in the highly primordialist Melodian Kingdom.
In Gardenia itself which is mostly made up of players from the real world who only attach importance to the fun of adventure, certainly do not care about all that.
Whatever the color of the skin as long as it is great in fighting, surely you will be recognized in Gardenia.
Just like in the Nostalgic Sword and Magic Academy, as long as you have talent, you will gain recognition.
Only an idiot would currently still discriminate against treating someone based on the color of his skin.
Unfortunately in the Astrovia Continent itself, perhaps arguably, only the Doremi Kingdom ruled by half-beast humans alone could be a convenient place for the black race as they too were getting the same treatment, he said, identified as a nation of demons about their unique ears and tails, and their long feathers.
Although Gardenia and Nostalgia have absolutely no concerns about skin color, those who are reluctant to blend in with us, perhaps because of the trauma to the ill-treatment of other nations they have always received to date.
Ah, why am I telling you so long about this unpleasant thing.
Departing from the cause of why Sister Agnes to laugh out loud because, because,
“Dik Luca, you're funny too huh. Hahaahahaha. A duke in this day and age. Hahahahahaha.”.
“Sister Agnes is teasing me yes.” I also commented angrily.
“I'm sorry, Dik Luca. I have no intention of taunting you. But he's not a duke, only his name is Duke. Duke a duke.. Hahahahahahaha.”.
The lights on my head immediately lit up. That's why Agnes laughed. From the beginning the duke was not a title, but a name.
“Greetings, Brother Duke.” I shook the man's hand.
If he is the Shadow Monarch, it means he is currently the best player in the game The Last Gardenia.
After my brief introduction to Duke, the two of them chose to join us instead of returning to their habitat in the VVIP seat.
Seemed Brother Aghena and two other colleagues greeted the two men politely. Sis Agnes and Duke returned their greetings as if they were in a higher position than Kak Aghena and his friends.
Lia looked back at me with a piercing look and asked who Sister Agnes was. I answered him honestly and thankfully Lia placed such high trust in me that what stuck in her heart soon subsided.
Forgetting that, I immediately knew the answer to why Brother Aghena and his friends treated Sister Agnes and Duke so politely.
“Luca, you know Senior Agnes and Senior Duke?” Ask Brother Aghena to me.
After listening to an explanation from Kak Aghena, I finally knew that Kak Agnes and Kak Duke were former members of Lost Child who had retired after entering a certain prestigious academy located in Prussia Atlantic.
Unfortunately, Brother Aghena seemed reluctant to explain to me the details regarding the academy, so I didn't know much.
The MC immediately brightened the mood.
It then stopped a moment of fanfare with their respective affairs, including me.
The competition of the eight individuals has begun.