In a crossover anime, the only way to become stronger is by marrying a wife.

"That's right. You can see for yourselves that his nose is bleeding."

"Speaking of which, before Tsukikawa Shu said that Lowell's armor was just flashy and useless except for showing off. Now I really think what Tsukikawa Shu said makes perfect sense, and it makes absolutely perfect sense!"

Lowell's lips twitched; he had been listening to the discussion around him and was already losing face.

However, even among them, there were still some people who helped defend him.

"Nonsense, it was clearly Lord Lowell who broke through the armor of this ruin guardian first, and then that sniper girl was able to kill it. Otherwise, she probably wouldn't have even been able to break through the armor."

"That's right! Lowell is the highest-level player. How can you question whether the strongest player is inferior to a frail little girl?"

"Are the others of higher rank than Lord Lowell? Are they stronger than Lord Lowell? No, right? Then why are you questioning Lord Lowell? It is clearly Lord Lowell who has made the greatest contribution."

With the support of these young female and male fans, Lowell was finally not in such an embarrassing situation.

"Ahem, in any case, there were still some mistakes overall, please forgive me." He said, then tried to appear calm as he put his armor back on.

However, this time when he put on the armor, he felt a pain.

He wasn't unscathed when he fought the stone statue swordsman; he was bruised and battered when he was knocked away.

Even if he tried to remain calm, the internal injuries were still there.

However, it cannot be shown too obviously, otherwise it will appear as if you are admitting that you are injured and that you were seriously injured by the stone statue swordsman.

So he could only force out an ugly smile, a stiff smile that evolved from a grimacing grin.

Despite the efforts of her fans to defend her and prevent the situation from becoming too embarrassing, there were still many voices of discussion around her.

"I think he's a complete weakling."

"Yeah, I thought he was a big, strong man wearing such heavy armor, but it seems he's not quite what I imagined."

"Could it all be an act? How can someone with this skill level call themselves the strongest player?"

“Indeed. You see, he always looks at that greatsword and that heavy armor, covering himself up completely. If we hadn’t encountered such a strong monster today, I would still be kept in the dark.”

……

Listening to the discussion around him, Lowell hurriedly packed his things.

"Let's get going, stop dawdling."

As he spoke, he slung his backpack over his shoulder, picked up the greatsword, and walked forward.

"Hahaha..." Yukinoshita Haruno could only laugh awkwardly.

Because of Lowell's unconventional behavior, the way the other players looked at their entire team changed, and Yukino Yukinoshita felt a little embarrassed.

"Xiaojing, we'll be going now."

She said something to Hiratsuka Shizuka, and then hurriedly caught up with the group.

"Walking so fast?" Hiratsuka Shizuka said, one hand on her hip, watching Yukinoshita Haruno's group disappear into the distance.

Meanwhile, on Tsukikawa Shu's side, Lowell's position had been abruptly replaced.

"Excuse me, miss, what's your level?"

"A few shots took down one of your ruins guards. We all need this young lady's protection now."

"Yes, yes, we won't ask for much. Just tell us if you need our help, and we'll do our best. In the end, we just hope that when the treasure is distributed, we can have some leftovers."

"That shooting posture is so cool. As a fellow gunman, I'm not as good as you."

"Exactly! That Lowell claims to be the strongest player, but I think he's just a noob. The strongest player should be this young lady!"

……

The crowd gathered around, chattering excitedly, and Fujiwara Chika could only manage a weak smile.

"It's nothing, I just did what I was supposed to do," Fujiwara Chika said with a forced smile.

However, before Fujiwara Chika could express her opinion, Tsukikawa Shu, who had been enjoying the massage, stood up.

"We're also planning our journey now, and we wish you all a safe trip." Tsukikawa Shu smiled, then pushed through the crowd.

"Um...can we come with you? We can help too."

Someone tried asking.

"No."

Tsukikawa Shu laughed, but her tone was resolute.

And so, Tsukikawa Shuu led the girls away from the scene and continued deeper into the ruins.

……

"Damn it, if it weren't for this armor, would I have suffered such a crushing defeat? It's all the armor's fault. This armor weakened my stamina too much, which led to my defeat."

Even after being utterly defeated, we still need to learn from our mistakes.

I did escape at first, but that was because I misjudged the situation and felt guilty after discovering that my swords and blades could not penetrate the stone statue's body.

Judging from the fact that the pink-haired female sniper took down the stone statue sword man with just a few shots, the stone statue sword man doesn't seem to be invincible after all.

"It should be high attack and low defense, yes, that's it. I thought it had high defense before, but that was only because the Stone Statue Swordman's armor was highly protective. Once the armor is removed, it's very easy to beat!"

He muttered to himself, and thinking about this, Lowell really wanted to slap himself twice.

If I had known it would be like this, I wouldn't have had to flee in such a sorry state. If I had stayed, I would definitely have been able to kill this stone statue swordsman.

As the group continued walking, they discovered that two paths had appeared ahead.

"This... which way should we go?" someone asked.

Yukinoshita opened the map that she had already drawn.

However, after watching for a while, it was still unclear.

"Each of the two forks in the road leads to a tomb chamber, but it's unclear what kind of tomb chamber it is. If we're lucky enough to reach the main tomb chamber, we'll be able to get the treasure first."

“Otherwise, the treasure will be stolen by someone else, because even if we block the road on the way back from the other tomb, there won’t be enough time,” Yukino Yukinoshita said.

“We need to go our separate ways…” Lowell thought for a moment, feeling somewhat conflicted.

He glanced at his men.

Although the team has quite a few people, if they are split into two groups, then when they encounter elite monsters, either side may have a hard time.

In other words, only one team can take one side road.

But which way should we go?

Lowell, carrying his greatsword, pretended to look at the map drawn by Yukinoshita for a while, then looked left and right at the two forks in the road, his eyes darting back and forth, but he was undecided.

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"Whatever!"

He glanced at the map, then waved his hand and said something, before walking to his left.

Because he couldn't read maps, not even professionally drawn ones like those by Yukinoshita Haruno, he didn't understand any of the numerical values ​​or markings on them. He could only wander around randomly.

“The passage on the left leads to the deepest part of the ancient tomb, which must be where the main tomb is located. There’s no need to continue choosing.” He said, and started walking forward.

The deeper the main tomb is buried, the safer it will be. With this in mind, Lowell went straight to the left.

Yukinoshita looked at the map again.

Although many things were marked on it, it was still impossible to determine the exact location of the main tomb.

There are many burial chambers and many branching passages of varying sizes here. What we see in front of us are two main passages. One of them must lead to the main tomb, but it is unclear where the other leads.

Since we don't know which road it is, we'll just take any one.

After thinking about it, she decided to send a message to Hiratsuka Shizuka as well.

"If you see two main forks in the road, I will take the left one."

After that, she quickly quickened her pace to catch up with the others in front of her.

……

……

Tsukikawa Shu followed behind and also arrived at the fork in the road.

The tomb is very large with many roads, but the rest are narrow paths, which may contain some small treasure chests. I'll leave that to others to explore.

Upon reaching the intersection, Hiratsuka Shizuka looked at the roads on both sides.

“Yono is going this way,” Hiratsuka Shizuka pointed to the road on the left.

"The map doesn't indicate where the main tomb is located," Fujiwara Chika said, glancing at the map as well.

"Mm." Tsukikawa Shu nodded.

"Where are we going? Are we going with Haruno?" Yui Yuigahama asked.

"At this point, it's better to believe in metaphysics."

Tsukikawa Shu smiled. "Does anyone have any coins or anything like that with them?"

Several people looked at each other.