Dimensional Codex System: I'm really not a cultist!

Chapter 903: Chapter 902: Women Really All Have Gossip Attribute Levels

When Fang Zheng arrived at the teleportation point, people from the Dark Nebula and the Red Knight Order were already waiting there.

”Welcome to join us, Mr. Fang Zheng.”

As Fang Zheng walked towards them, Black Snow Princess, whom he had met a few times before, smiled and approached. She was wearing a pitch-black dress, looking elegant and noble. To be honest, if it weren’t for the rapier in Black Snow Princess’s hand, Fang Zheng might have thought she wasn’t going to fight the BOSS but to attend a ball.

”It’s been a while.”

Seeing Black Snow Princess greet him, Fang Zheng nodded to her, and she smiled back at him, then glanced to his side.

”Yuna... it’s been a long time.”

”Hello there, little Princess.”

Compared to Black Snow Princess’s somewhat complicated smile, Yuna appeared much more straightforward. She waved to Black Snow Princess and then took out her lute.

”I’m here to cheer you on!”

”Thank you, Yuna. With you here, I feel much more at ease.”

Hearing Yuna’s response, Black Snow Princess also breathed a sigh of relief. Since Fang Zheng wrote about the conditions and guesses for acquiring hidden skills in the previous issues of the ”Survival Manual,” many players had tried it. In Black Snow Princess’s team, a few indeed obtained the ”singing” skill like Yuna after trying.

This skill is relatively easy to master. You just need to sing in public to enough people, and sing well, of course... Being able to play a bit of an instrument helps too.

Even so, Black Snow Princess still trusted Yuna more. After all, she was the first player to acquire the ”singing” skill, and her skill proficiency level was the highest. Plus, she had been in the Dark Moon Sword raid group for a long time, so her experience was definitely richer than that of her team members.

After greeting Yuna, Black Snow Princess turned her gaze to the person on Fang Zheng’s other side.

”And this is...?”

In Yuna’s eyes, the girl before her seemed a little odd. She was also wearing the super cool uniform of the Dark Moon Sword, but she had a hood on, showing only her mouth and a head of pitch-black hair, giving off a bit of a mysterious vibe.

”She’s Black Cat. You both have ’Black’ in your names, get to know each other.”

Fang Zheng gave a simple introduction, and upon hearing this, Black Snow Princess didn’t know how to respond for a moment.

What does it mean to both have ’Black’ in their names...

Black Snow Princess’s mouth twitched, and it was lucky she was, after all, a well-raised young lady, or she might have grabbed Fang Zheng to rant by now. She then smiled at Black Cat, nodded, and greeted her before turning to lead Fang Zheng’s group toward the team.

Fang Zheng did not introduce Black Cat in detail, not for any particular reason but out of embarrassment. Black Snow Princess and the others didn’t know what Black Cat was here for and just assumed Fang Zheng brought a guild member to help, but Fang Zheng knew Black Cat’s little plan.

She’s here to show off!!

Ever since Fang Zheng made the Blade of Funeral for Black Cat, she immediately fell in love with this super cool weapon, never letting it out of her sight, always charging at the front in any creature battle. But after a while, she didn’t want to keep showing off only in front of her own people, especially since everyone in the raid group had their own shapeshifting weapons by now, what was the point of showing off here!

However, Fang Zheng strictly forbade them from going to the central plaza to duel and cause trouble, so even if Black Cat wanted to find a chance to show off, she couldn’t find one. When she heard Fang Zheng say he was going to join the Dark Nebula and the Red Knight Order’s joint BOSS raid operation this time, she instantly clung to Fang Zheng, insisting that he take her along.

Black Cat even told Fang Zheng that if he took her along, she would dress in a maid outfit with cat ears and cat tail to make tea, pour water, and make the bed for him after returning!

Since Black Cat was so sincere, Fang Zheng naturally reluctantly—agreed.

And that’s how it ended up like this.

Ever since Fang Zheng met up with Black Cat, this girl has been wearing her hood, acting all mysterious and keeping silent, looking like she was trying to emulate some top expert like Ye Gucheng or something... oh, Black Cat didn’t know him either.

But her demeanor did have a bit of that aura.

As for what background music and chunibyo dialogue the little girl was adding in her mind right now, Fang Zheng had no idea; in any case, he could definitely feel that Black Cat was high on energy.

”Mr. Fang Zheng, this is the Grandmaster of the Red Knight Order.”

At this moment, Black Snow Princess brought Fang Zheng in front of the players of the Red Knight Order and introduced the Grandmaster to him. Looking at the Grandmaster of the Red Knight Order before him, Fang Zheng couldn’t help but be taken aback.

”Hello, Mr. Fang Zheng.”

Standing before Fang Zheng was a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, with fluffy short hair dyed blue, wearing a slightly more modest battle dress compared to Black Snow Princess, and a half plate armor on top.

”I’m Ang, the Grandmaster of the Red Knight Order. It’s nice to meet you; looking forward to your guidance.”

”...Hello.”

Fang Zheng looked at the respectful girl bowing to him and didn’t know what to say for a moment. He finally understood why the Dark Nebula and the Red Knight Order, these two guilds, had joined forces to conquer the fifth floor lord BOSS.

Turns out the heads of these two guilds were the same kind of people?

Hmm... this metaphor doesn’t seem right; should it be birds of a feather flock together?

That also doesn’t seem very polite... or is it? Peas in a pod? Like attracts like?

Fang Zheng wasn’t a liberal arts student back in the day, and his essays usually scored around thirty points, so suddenly he wasn’t sure how to describe it.

As long as the meaning is conveyed, it’s fine.

”This time I’m mainly here as an observer, I won’t interfere with your command unless we encounter big trouble. Otherwise, you can just pretend we don’t exist.”

”How is that possible......?”

Hearing Fang Zheng’s words, Ang quickly smiled and waved his hand.

”The reputation of Dark Moon Sword is the greatest among all our guilds. You have led players to defeat four lords in succession, which is truly admirable. We invited you this time in the hopes that you could help us see if there are any inadequacies on our part.......”

Unlike Black Snow Princess, this girl named ”Ang” spoke slowly and gave people a calm and relaxed feeling, which made Fang Zheng nod his head. Black Snow Princess indeed has the demeanor of a young lady, but sometimes she couldn’t help but show a strong side, while Ang was very gentle.

In fact, by looking at the players of the two guilds, you can tell. Black Snow Princess’s side seemed as if they were facing a great foe or about to face execution, whereas the Red Knight Order seemed much more relaxed, not even showing a sign like they had a rope around their neck.

The two are one firm and one gentle, complementing each other.

”I understand. If there’s anything you need to ask, I’ll certainly be open and thorough in my responses.”

”Open and thorough......?”

Maybe Fang Zheng’s words were a bit complex, so much so that Ang was left slightly frozen, but she still somewhat understood Fang Zheng’s meaning and gave him a slight smile.

”Then we’ll rely on you, Mr. Fang Zheng, let’s set off.”

Saying this, Ang turned around and looked at the maze in front of her, a rare determination showing in her voice.

”We must grasp the future with our own hands.”

In the dim cave, a flash of sword light passed through.

The sharp blade pierced through the darkness and stabbed into the neck of the large figure of the Fishman in front.

”Guggaga!!”

Accompanied by a scream, the Fishman Priest helplessly dropped his spear, and with a ”bang”, shattered into photon particles and disappeared into the air, leaving behind a treasure chest.

”Ugh......”

Eiriri put down her dagger, showing a look as if she was about to throw up.

”Finally took it down, I can’t stand it anymore, that damned fishy smell.......”

”With this, we’ve cleared the Fishman settlement instance, right? Let’s grab the chest and get out of here!”

Gabriel also showed a face filled with bitterness, swaying as she hugged her weapon, looking as if she was about to die.

”If we stay any longer, I’m afraid I’ll die.......”

”Hang in there, Miss Gabriel, there’s only one last BOSS, and we’ll be done after that!”

Beside the struggling Gabriel, Aoba was pumping her fist energetically, trying to encourage her.

”Darn it, why did we have to take on this damned Fishman settlement quest......Fang Zheng gets to take Black Cat and Yuna to mooch off the Lord’s raid, it’s not fair!”

Gabriel shook her hands in anger, clearly very unhappy with Fang Zheng not sharing the hardships with them.

”I curse him! I curse him in the name of an angel to never draw a Two-Handed Sword in his life!!”

”Miss Gabriel, Mr. Fang Zheng doesn’t need to draw a Two-Handed Sword, he can make one himself.......”

Leafa stood to the side, amused and helpless, watching Gabriel flailing her arms and legs like a child throwing a tantrum. Even though, in terms of age, Gabriel was already in high school while they were still in middle school, it somehow seemed completely reversed now?

”By the way, Brother Zheng won’t have any problems, right......”

Yuki seemed more concerned about the situation on that side. If it was her own team, Yuki naturally wouldn’t be worried a bit, having trained together for so long with intuitive understanding. But when it came to other players’ teams... she was still a bit worried about their strength, although it seemed by Fang Zheng’s demeanor, there should be no issue, right?

”Sister Ester? How’s Brother Zheng doing over there?”

”Don’t worry.”

Faced with Yuki’s inquiry, Ester silently shook her head.

”Master will not fail because of such trifles.”

”Hmm......”

Hearing Ester’s words, Mimil, the newly joined Two-Handed Swordsman standing behind them, scratched her head.

”Speaking of which, I’ve always had a question......Ester and Restia, why do you both call Mr. Fang Zheng ’Master’? What exactly is your relationship with him?”

Upon hearing this, the eyes of all the girls in the team immediately turned to the two of them.