A Test Of Strength

Outside the City of Steel.

The city walls, formed like iron barrels, flickered with a metallic luster. A closer inspection revealed that those city walls were not composed of metal. Instead, they were embedded with different colored nameplates, such as bronze, silver, and gold. Those nameplates formerly belonged to elites from various adventurer teams. After their deaths, their nameplates were molded onto the city walls, turning them into a unique monument.

The city wall was adorned with nameplates, demonstrating the city's enthusiasm for adventure.

Watson was successfully enticed to enter the Adventurers' Association after Annie's introduction. Nightingale drove the carriage slowly into the City of Steel. Meanwhile, Clyde and the others were in charge of negotiating with and paying the guards at the gate.