"Adamantite Rank."
When mentioning these words, Malty's expression didn't change much.
She completely failed to notice that Yu's expression behind her had changed.
His gaze moved away from Malty's face and looked at Makoto.
"Senpai..."
Makoto raised his hand to signal him to be quiet.
"Then, who are these Adamantite Rank adventurers?"
Makoto's tone was casual as he asked.
Malty didn't think much of it.
In her view, it was perfectly normal for someone newly arrived in another world to want to know the top-tier fighting forces of this world.
"The Blue Rose team of the Re-Estize Kingdom is probably the most well-known Adamantite Rank team."
Malty explained. "All members are female, and they mostly operate in the royal capital of the Re-Estize Kingdom, Re-Estize."
"Next is the Red Drop team, the adventurer team that first rose to Adamantite Rank. However, because the members are advanced in years, they are basically semi-retired now."
Yu quietly turned his face away, his brow furrowing slightly.
'Blue Rose, Red Drop.'
'He recalled those familiar names in his mind... Gagaran, Nia, Tia...'
Yu lowered his voice so only Makoto beside him could hear: "I never thought I'd one day come to a world that you created, Senpai."
That's right. Many readers might have forgotten this…
But before being chosen by the Reincarnation Game, Makoto had been a literary plagiarist.
What he plagiarized was a light novel from his previous life in Japan, an Isekai Novel called Overlord.
It also fell into the category of many trash Isekai Protagonists who start at max level and dominate the entire world.
But the key was it was written very satisfyingly, unlike many stupid novels that don't even understand how to make readers feel good.
But later, he was chosen by the Reincarnation Game and gained superpowers, then he left the story unfinished.
Makoto remembered it stopped right at the part where Ainz had just established the Sorcerer Kingdom.
People are still commenting, asking for updates, to this day.
Yu had suggested more than once that Makoto should adapt this great work into a movie for the world to admire.
Makoto refused every time. He didn't want his identity as a story-dropping author to be exposed.
This counted as one of Makoto's few pieces of embarrassing history.
Malty didn't notice the expression changes of the two people behind her and continued to explain the combat strength distribution of this world for everyone.
"The Crimson Demon Clan is also a very powerful magical race."
Her tone carried a bit more helplessness than before. "Although they possess inherently strong magical power, because of their eccentric personalities, no one is willing to cooperate or form teams with them. But even acting alone, each one possesses power at least close to the Adamantite Rank."
Yu's brow furrowed again.
'Crimson Demon Clan.'
He hadn't read about this in Makoto's book.
'That is to say, the Isekai World we were currently in was a mix of many different worlds?'
'This Reincarnation Game had come up with something new this time.'
Malty's next sentence interrupted Yu's thoughts again.
"A new adventurer team has appeared recently. In just a few years, they have already reached the Mithril rank. Everyone thinks it's only a matter of time before they rise to Adamantite Rank. They're called [The Avengers]."
According to Malty's explanation, Kazuma and the others learned that adventurer ranks from lowest to highest were Copper, Iron, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Mithril, Orichalcum, and Adamantite.
Mithril rank was the third level of adventurer teams. This rank meant... being able to reach this level in just a few years was indeed worthy of being called 'geniuses'.
Yu walked at the back of the group, looking confused. "Senpai, your book doesn't seem to have the Crimson Demon Clan or this Avengers Team."
Although Makoto's Overlord was dropped, Yu had read it over and over again countless times.
Not just Yu... even Makoto himself found it strange.
'Avengers?'
'I'd never heard of it.'
'Maybe it was an organization from some other anime,' Makoto thought to himself.
But he hadn't watched many Isekai Anime either. At most, he'd seen the well-known ones like Konosuba, Overlord, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime.
Stuff like Redo of Healer, Mushoku Tensei... Makoto basically dropped them after watching two episodes.
What kind of godly protagonists were they?
One who restarted dozens of times without any improvement, comparable to a certain useless old man having 10 revival coins but still couldn't beat a weakened Sasuke.
One who was a pervert that took upskirt photos of his elementary schooler niece to masturbate to.
Makoto was genuinely curious if the Japanese had drunk too much wastewater to come up with this kind of stuff.
Konosuba, Overlord, Shield Hero were already mixed in. It wouldn't be strange to mix in a few more.
This world was bigger than he had expected.
The others completed their registrations one after another and received the lowest rank, Copper.
They accepted the lowest-level goblin subjugation quest in front of the quest board.
Everyone left the Adventurer's Guild and walked to the official road outside the city.
Malty walked at the front of the group, still acting as the guide. "Low-level monsters like goblins often ambush in the grass beside these official roads, waiting to attack passersby or merchant caravans."
Kazuma walked beside her, took the bow off his back, and said quite leisurely:
"Monsters like goblins are perfect as cannon fodder for a tutorial."
Makoto walked behind him, not responding.
To be honest, anyone who has played games knows this.
Monsters like goblins are typical experience point fodder. They have no special abilities.
At most, in some stories that wouldn't pass censorship, they have special effectiveness against female knights.
Kazuma wanted to test the power of his divine weapon. He took an arrow from the quiver on his back, set it on the bowstring, and casually drew it.
The arrow flew out, its fletching trembling in the air.
Kazuma nodded with satisfaction, 'As expected of the divine weapon that chose me. Even a shut-in like me who had never touched a bow before could handle it easily.'
Suddenly, a series of screams came from the grass.
Everyone turned to look. Several green figures popped out of the grass.
Their average height was less than 1.4 meters. Their skin was that sickly gray-green. Their noses were sunken, their eyes bulged out, their mouths were split open to their ears. In their hands, they wielded wooden clubs bigger than their heads.
They were exactly the lowest-level monsters: goblins.
"No... you're not playing by the rules!" Kazuma stumbled back in a panic, still holding up his bow.
Naofumi's reaction was even worse. He stumbled and fell to the ground, taking a while to get back up.
The goblins had already charged to within less than ten meters.
Their speed was much faster than it looked. Their small bodies moved through the grass as nimbly as loaches.
Makoto couldn't help but silently curl the corner of his mouth.
'Classic Kazuma. Getting lucky right from the start.'
In the original work, this guy's luck was surprisingly good.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to carry those three godly teammates.
But every time he gained something, Aqua would swindle it all away.