The festival started and the whole street was filled with people of different races but most of the people here were humans.
Lights and lanterns illuminated the city and various people wearing strange outfits were dancing on the plaza. Different stalls were placed in each corner of the street and games were played by children.
It was lively and full of people that were laughing all over the place. Some of the drunkards were arguing while some were watching it.
"Oh? This is amazing..." Souta muttered as he looked around with a smile on his face.
"Yeah, it's really good." Alice couldn't help but nod her head.
She was going to say something when fireworks flew into the sky and created a bright flash of light consisting of various colors.
Souta and Alice looked up and watched the fireworks displayed its beauty to the people inside the city.
"It's beautiful, right?" Gyun asked as he looked at the two.
"Yeah, it's amazing." Souta nodded at him.
"Actually, this is the first time that we joined the dungeon festival in this city," Mae said to him.
"Yeah, we're all over the place so we didn't stay in a city for a long time," Limber said while watching the fireworks.
"Every time we got a quest, we've always moved to another city to complete it," Ginji said.
"It's not that bad," Rini added.
"How long have you guys know each other?" Souta asked them.
"We've known each other for a long time. But I met them seven years ago." Mae said.
"For me, I've known Gyun for nine years..." Johnie said.
"I'm the newest in our party so I've only known you guys for three years," Rini said as she looked at her comrades.
Gyun glanced at Souta and said, "Well, it's different for everyone but we've known each other for a long time."
"I see..." Souta nodded as the fireworks slowly disappeared. The fireworks just ended and the sky became dark once again.
...
The group was outside the pub drinking some beer while watching the show. After the festival dance, there will be a fighting competition.
Souta and Alice were here to watch it so that they could have a proper judgment of the power level in this world. Well, he doubted that those Knights will not participate in this kind of event considering their status.
A lot of people were watching the dance show and they were also here for the fighting competition that will be held after this dance show.
"Oh? It's going to start!" Gyun said as he wiped the beer on the corner of his mouth.
"Hu!!! Let's bet!!" Johnie said as he drunk a whole glass of beer.
"You guys are so loud! Just watch the show silently!" Mae said as she crossed her arms in front of her chest.
The dance show was completed and the festival moved to the next event, the fighting competition.
All large guilds sent some of their members to join this competition. The only problem that most of the people that join weren't that strong. This competition was for entertainment so they didn't send their powerful members.
Souta leaned on his chair as he observed the fighting competition. He then moved his eyes to the people near the stage.
Hmm...?
He saw some of the people have collars on their necks. Slaves were really legal in this sub-world. Those rich-looking people were accompanied by at least one or two slaves.
Huhu~ what a luxury!
Slavery was common in this world. It was a sight to see it in person. People who had collars on their necks and wearing ragged clothes. This wasn't a common sight in Imperium.
Hmm...? Is that...
He then heard a loud cheer from the audience. The cheer shook the entire place and some of the strong-looking people opened their eyes widely.
On the stage, a woman with long brown hair wearing a silver plate armor with a cape behind her was standing while she was placing her sword back in its sheath.
Souta glanced at Alice and asked, "What happened?"
"That woman just defeat her opponent in one shot. She's quite strong and she didn't even use her mana yet." Alice explained to him.
"Oh?" Souta raised his eyebrows as he observed the woman. For Alice to say something like that, then this woman must be quite good.
The fighting competition continued and Souta focused his attention on the woman. It's final and she ended all her battle with one hit. It was quite a spectacle to see something like this.
She must be a Knight Level of this world but for her to join in this kind of competition...
Souta glanced around and saw that the guilds were looking at the woman. It seems that the woman wasn't a member of the guild. They were talking about how would they get to recruit this woman in their guild.
'People at this level would come to your doorstep if you post a recruitment in your legion and some of them are even stronger than that woman.' Saya commented.
'Well, that's true...' Souta nodded as he shrugged his shoulder. But that was in the Great World Imperium. No one knew the Dark Oculus Legion in this sub-world.
The final battle has begun. Well, it was easy to say that the woman won the battle. Just like her other fights, she also ended her opponent in just one hit. All it took was a single slash of her sword to defeat her opponent.
"That woman is strong..." Gyun said.
"Yeah, she's really strong." Mae nodded at his words.
'Should I test her skill...' Souta pondered as he rubbed his chin.
On the stage, the crowd cheered loudly as they presented the winner the rewards of this competition. Money, potions, and a high quality blue grade weapon.
"Only blue grade... That has no use to her as her weapon is an orange grade." Alice said from the side.
"Hmm... Let me check something first." Souta said as he stood up and patted his clothes.
"Where are you going, Souta?"
Gyun and the rest asked after they saw Souta stood up from his chair.
"Well, just confirming something if what I saw is right," Souta replied to them as he waved his hand. He then walked away and Yuko followed him from behind.
Mae turned to Alice and asked, "Aren't you gonna follow him?"
"Nope." Alice shook her head as she looked at Souta who went to the crowd.
Gyun's party looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders with a helpless look. They couldn't do anything about it.
...
Souta went through the crowd and arrived in front of a small stall. The crowd separated as he walked through it with Yuko behind him. Yuko's appearance shook them so they subconsciously moved away and created a path for Souta to freely walked.
'I thought you're going to meet the woman who won the competition.' Saya said in his head.
'Nope, I don't have interest in her. I just want to see what's so great about Knight and that's all.' He replied to him as he looked at the sales lady of the stall.
This lady was wearing a normal outfit. She had long green hair that was tied in a bun. Her skin was white and her appearance was average with her green color eyes and sharp eyebrows. She was wearing a round eyeglass. Her height was slightly taller than Souta.
The eye-catching part thing on her was the object on her neck. A collar was wrapped around her neck. It means that she was a slave.
The lady looked at the man in front of her. She noticed that he only had one arm but what scared her was the huge bear following him.
"What do you need, Sir?"
She asked in a polite tone. She was just a slave and her job here was to sell the potions that she created. She wouldn't show any rude remarks or expressions to any of her potential customers or else her master would get angry at her.
Souta pointed at her eyeglass and asked, "Who's the one who created this thing?"
"...I'm the one, sir?" The lady replied to him in a low voice.
"I see... Then, may I know what's your name?" Souta asked as he leaned forward and looked at the lady's eyes.
"Um... My name is Isabella Dynaie..." The lady hesitated at first but she eventually told him her name. This was the first time that someone asked her name and it seems that this guy didn't care about the things that she was selling.
"I see..." Souta nodded but he was shocked inside. He came here because he felt that this girl resembled someone that he knew in the game but after asking her he confirmed that he was right.
She is Isabella Dynaie also called as the Master of Potions. This girl will become the greatest potion master in the future. She will revive countless lost potions from different eras and build an organization that provided potions to the alliance army in the war against the three bringers of calamity.
He didn't think that he will meet her in this sub-world.
