Chapter 870 - 433
After the battle ended, the Red Dragon Adventurer Group simply set up camp on the spot.
Other adventurer groups arriving shortly after, discussed with Gauss and others, also camped at the edge of the area.
There was no other choice; with strength reigning supreme, at least at this moment, Gauss’s word was essentially the rule in this part of the Maze. The others could only follow him to get by, hence they had to consider his opinion.
If on the fourth level of the Maze, Gauss had showcased his might through the Scouts’ verbal reports and the recorded images they’d brought back, which was relatively superficial, the scene of him slaying the Lord creature on the fifth level could be personally witnessed by all the members of the adventurer groups present.
After experiencing it firsthand, they could more deeply feel the overwhelming power on Gauss’s body, far beyond that of the usual adventurer.
No adventurer group leader present dared to face him head-on; even if they tied all high-level combat power together, they might not gain much advantage.
Extraordinary Level power is an extremely distinct chasm.
No matter how many sheep gather, they cannot threaten a tiger.
Moreover, even if they could achieve the effect of many hands making light work, they questioned deep inside if, before securing ultimate victory, most of them would have to be sacrificed like fuel.
No one is willing for their own sacrifice to be the price for ultimate victory.
Thus, this all-in judgment of the balance of power on both sides is destined to be nothing but empty talk on paper.
If they can’t provoke it, they’ll have to restrain their own sharpness.
Adventurers have never been synonymous with toughness, it’s the ability to yield and flex that achieves great things.
Before entering the fifth level, the higher-ups of each adventurer group had already held meetings with many members to ensure that their people would not, on a sudden impulse, rely on their numbers to face individuals from the Red Dragon Team with the usual manner against other adventurers, causing unnecessary conflicts. At that point, they wouldn’t be able to protect their own on the spot but would instead have to reprimand their own people proactively.
Soon, big tents of each adventurer group received invitations from Gauss.
He invited them to the Red Dragon Team’s camp to discuss the exploration affairs of the fifth level of the Maze.
Normally, such a large-scale meeting, gathering many adventurer groups and powerful adventurer squads in a Maze environment, would be hard to organize.
After all, everyone’s strength is about the same, there is no one who can take the lead.
Even if they reluctantly gathered together, it’s hard to discuss substantial results; human nature is greedy, everyone would want to strive for more benefits for their team.
In the end, it would only end in an unpleasant parting.
But in the face of Gauss’s invitation, everyone who received the notice immediately put on high spirits.
On the level of combat power, Gauss himself already possesses Extraordinary Level power, a formidable figure they can’t provoke. Even though a few adventurer groups have leaders of an Extraordinary Tier that didn’t come onsite, Gauss’s displayed power is hardly less than theirs.
Moreover, if we consider talent, Gauss, at a young age, can easily cross levels to master such incredible power. He is unknown to be stronger than most.
He hasn’t truly surpassed yet already possesses super-level power; what if he advances to become truly extraordinary?
Besides, the superior level also isn’t his endpoint. Even those who are less optimistic about Gauss wouldn’t believe that such a young genius would stall at the Extraordinary Stage. For Gauss, being super could only be a halfway stop, even if for these "ordinary people" it’s an ever-dreamt-of pinnacle of strength.
At this moment, in the camp of the Iron Hand Brotherhood, the guild leader, George Bell, was tidying up his outfit, not forgetting to ask the woman beside him for her opinion.
The woman bent forward, gently tidying his collar.
Receiving the usual positive feedback from her, he inhaled the pleasant fragrance, making his mood slightly calmer.
To be honest, it had been a long time since he felt this constrained.
The identity of a Level 10 Professional had almost reached the pinnacle imaginable by ordinary people. Even the direct descendants of nobles in town would show basic respect to such a man of excellence, even if only on the surface.
What made him nervous now were those who themselves possessed far superior power.
The true controllers behind a myriad of industries in the city, a few powerful existences among Extraordinary Strong Persons, he had the fortune of seeing one in action before.
The terrifying leader of Barry’s top-tier adventurer group, the Golden Team, known as Wes Augustus.
A shot from his bow, even from several kilometers away, he felt an almost world-destroying power.
And that arrow indeed did so, the mountain peak collapsed under the arrow’s shockwave, leaving only a bizarre, enormous gap.
A few strong figures among the super-level have already gained the ability to easily reshape the terrain.
A strong person like them, who countless ordinary people envy, might seem no different from insects in the eyes of such people, even not worth a single strike from them.
He still couldn’t comprehend that fearsome power, like a frog in a well gazing at the moon. Through that experience, he saw what kind of existence a true strong person is, his arrogance humbled, his approach to others turned more peaceful.
And Gauss, in his view, although far from being such a top extraordinary strong person, was already starting to show some flair.