"Then please forgive me for being unable to accept this request, after all, I don't know you." Tang Xiaohua replied directly, as she was quite cautious.
Being invited by a stranger to drink tea in their territory—was it really as simple as just tea? She feared it might be foreign forces attempting to lure her.
Receiving the rejection, Rosen touched his chin, knowing it would be difficult to trick Tang Xichen into his territory. The chances of freeloading the Twelve-winged Angel Goddess hero were slim.
So he could only agree to the team-up: "Alright, if it's to team up for next month's Lord Defense Competition, I can consider it."
Tang Xichen: "Let's set a place to meet. You're a fellow student, right? We can meet at the cafe outside the school gate?"
If Tang Xiaohua invited him out, being seen would probably cause quite a stir.
Rosen felt a bit excited, even though this wasn't the kind of date he imagined.
But he still found a black half-face mask used at a past birthday party from his drawer and put it on.
Though it only covered half his face, strangers would have a hard time identifying him.
"This is the only mask I have on hand, so I'll use it for now and switch to a full-face mask later."
Outside the school.
Nuannuan Cafe.
Tang Xichen observed the man in front of her wearing a black half-face mask and dressed in their school's uniform. It was unlikely he belonged to foreign forces.
However, she wasn't too worried, as this place was near the school, and she had twenty expert bodyguards following her.
Rosen also carefully examined the dream girl, admired by male students before him.
Her oval face was as white as jade, under a pair of delicate, heroic eyebrows lay eyes as clear as spring water, a curvaceous nose above soft, red lips that looked incredibly tempting. Below her snow-white, smooth neck, the collar perfectly revealed her lovely collarbones.
It's not that Rosen didn't want to look further down, but lengthy gazes at a girl might be seen as disrespectful.
"Could you let me see once more the item you opened from your treasure chest?" Tang Xiaohua softly began.
Rosen took the scroll out of his backpack and handed it to her.
She took the scroll from Rosen's hand and checked the attributes, confirming it was genuine.
Tang Xichen surprisingly said: "Didn't expect the items from the treasure chest to differ. Clearly, I opened two demon dungeon entry tickets, yet yours is the Undead Race Main City Summon Scroll."
Her eyes showed a longing for the scroll in her hand.
Knowing the value of a Main City Summon Scroll is equivalent to adding an additional troop system on top of the existing foundation!
If sold at a high price at an auction, it would certainly be one of the hottest items!
Yet Tang Xichen concealed the desire in her eyes, returned the scroll to Rosen, and asked, "If our Tang Family were to buy this scroll from you, how much would you ask?"
"Not for sale," Rosen said plainly.
He knew the Tang Family was wealthy, but the scroll's value was too great to sell out for the Tang Family's face.
Even though it could be the most direct way to get closer with Tang Xichen.
A brief trace of disappointment flashed on Tang Xichen's face, but she quickly suppressed it and said, "Then let's get down to business. The Lord Defense Competition is in a month; it's a national competition divided into solo, duo, and team events. Each person can choose two formats, and my choices are solo and duo, so I want you as my partner, to participate in the duo competition."
Tang Xichen was straightforward, and Rosen, having captured a level three main city and acquired items from the King's Treasure Chest, had already proven his strength.
Given the rarity of the Main City Summon Scroll, only a King's Treasure Chest could yield it, and it was much more precious than her dungeon entry tickets.
Rosen nodded and agreed.
The Lord Defense Competition does not limit participants to being students; theoretically, anyone who has awakened as a hero can participate, and several members of the Town Defense Team treat this national competition as a chance to change their destiny.
Even without teaming up with Tang Xiaohua, Rosen intended to sign up and participate.
The rewards are said to be quite generous, considering it's a national competition!
Just then.
A few couples at nearby tables suddenly turned their attention to Rosen's side, whispering among themselves.
"Isn't that Tang Xiaohua? Who's the guy she's dating?"
"Isn't our Tang Xiaohua always single? Since when did she start dating someone?"
Click.
Someone even snapped a picture of Rosen and Tang Xichen together.
And posted it in the school group asking about it.
Tang Xichen's expression immediately turned cold; no one said meeting at a cafe meant a date between a man and a woman.
Well, it just seemed too suspicious and gave bystanders the chance to snap photos.
The two silently and promptly left the cafe.
"Let's go to our Tang Family's training ground, so I can test your hero skills and attributes. Let's coordinate a bit," Tang Xichen invited.
Tang Family.
Training ground.
After witnessing the family's vast courtyard, Rosen was led into a training ground equipped with high-tech facilities.
He couldn't help but marvel; the Tang Family was evidently wealthy—this training ground must have cost billions. When could he earn that kind of money?
"Let's start!"
Tang Xichen was already in front of Rosen, transformed into the Twelve-winged Angel Goddess hero.
The peaks originally hidden beneath clothing revealed their formidable size when she transformed into the Twelve-winged Angel Goddess, unable to be contained by her fiery figure.
The intertwining of twelve snow-white wings and soft pink and white feathers, like a fairy with wings, even her size tripled, which meant the imposing peaks tripled as well.
Rosen's eyes were filled with only a snowy landscape, leaving him momentarily stunned.
Upon awakening, Rosen quickly transformed into his own hero form, a Golden Slime with dragon horns.
"What kind of hero is this? Golden Slime? But why does it have dragon horns?"
From the mouth of the Twelve-winged Angel Goddess came Tang Xichen's voice, now with added maturity and magnetism.
She seemed to recall that in one of their school's specialist classes, a student had awakened as a Slime and was persuaded to leave by the principal.
Could it be this person in front of her?
"The Slime with Long Dragon Horn, impossible for it to be a D-level hero, so it shouldn't be him."
But quickly realizing something, Tang Xichen no longer doubted and instead grew more vigilant.
After all, a hero capable of leading an army to capture a level three main city must be extraordinarily formidable.
"Try using your hero skills to attack me," Tang Xichen suggested.
At that moment, Rosen also opened the transformation list, pondering to which target he should transform to battle with Tang Xiaohua?
He unexpectedly discovered that at the bottom of the list, two snowy white figures had appeared!
Twelve-winged Angel Goddess!
And, another that appeared was the male version of the Twelve-winged Angel!
This situation left him a bit dumbfounded but quickly collected himself and masked his excitement.
He understood the range of his Golden Slime's transformation ability. It wasn't limited to targets within the Lord World.
Even outside of the Lord World, as long as he saw the hero with his own eyes, he could transform!
So, upon witnessing the Twelve-winged Angel Goddess before him, it unlocked in his transformation list!
But what about this male version of the Twelve-winged Angel?
Could it be that since he was male, a male version was provided?