She vigorously rubbed her eyes with the sleeve of her jacket and, with a stiff neck, said, "So what, I''m better than you, and that''s enough!"


    Lin Da shook his head, "In terms of strength, you''re not better than me either."


    "What? You''re too arrogant!"


    Lia angrily said, "If you disagree, let''s fight it out!"


    Lin Da said, "If it''s arm wrestling without using magic power, I''ll win."


    "Really, then bring it on! If you lose, you owe me an apology!"


    "And if I win?"


    "There''s no way Miss here could lose!"


    "If you lose, I want one of your magical equipment."


    Lin Da nced at Lia''s wrist, where there was a fiery red bracelet.


    Magical Equipment "zing Bracelet," a level 20 essory.


    It was the most precious item Lia owned, other than the Heavy Sword me Devourer, worth over twenty thousand gold coins in the market.


    Unfortunately, she didn''t bring that greatsword, which would sell for at least thirty thousand.


    "All right," Lia agreed readily.


    A few of them went to the living room and found an empty table.


    Kafni worriedly said, "Can you handle it? Lia, that girl, has very high strength attributes, right?"


    "Without using magic or battle qi, just physical strength, I won''t lose," Lin Da intentionally provoked Lia.


    In fact, even without using those, an adventurer''s basic attributes still enhance their physique.


    Normally speaking, Lin Da couldn''t possibly win.


    Otherwise, Lia wouldn''t have agreed to this wager so easily.


    Both Kafni and Bellini felt uneasy for Lin Da. Lia was already like a powder keg about to explode; if Lin Da lost to her, she would definitely taunt him mercilessly,


    and might even go so far as to push Lin Da''s head down and force him to apologize publicly in front of everyone in White Dove City...


    When Lin Da was a solo adventurer, it didn''t matter, but now, Lin Da was the captain of the Phoenix Tail Flower Adventure Team and at a crucial early stage of development.


    If he had to publicly apologize to Lia, he wouldpletely lose face, and the reputation of Phoenix Tail Flower would plummet.


    Kafni frowned and looked around; Lin Da''s face showed no hint of panic, stable as an eighty-year-old magical beast old dog.


    ''The damned hero''s this side of him isn''t unlikable...'' Kafni thought, feeling a subtle sense of pride within herself.


    Compared to her distrust of Lin Da, Monica''s faith was as solid as Bedrock.


    She believed that there was nothing Lin Da couldn''t handle once he got involved.


    At that moment.


    Lin Da and Lia''s wrists crossed as they grasped each other''s hands.


    "My zing Swordsman profession leans towards strength attributes, how could I possibly not win against the ''Healing Mage'' Lin Da?"


    Lia looked down on Lin Da, seemingly certain of her victory.


    She heard from Aiko that Lin Da had changed to Healing Mage, a profession thatbined healing and poison techniques—a half-baked profession.


    How could such a lousy professionpare to her high-level advanced profession, zing Swordsman?


    Lady Bellini acted as the referee, "Start!"


    "Watch Miss here win in one go!"


    Lia''s wrist was about to exert force,


    At that moment, Lin Da suddenly threw something.


    She nced at it instinctively.


    A small blue box.


    The pattern on it was a slime being squished into a steep mountain peak, and the bubble text read: "Adventurer''s Wolf Fang Club, too big!"


    Was this a gel sleeve?


    And... thergest size?


    Lia instinctively looked down towards Lin Da.


    She heard from Klyne that even Oru, such a big guy, used the smallest size.


    Given that Lin Da was about as tall as Oru, how could he possibly use thergest size...?


    This box of gel sleeves was also opened.


    Had Lin Da used it before? It couldn''t have been for her mother, right?


    A flood of information surged in.


    Just as Lia was distracted, Lin Da exerted force on his arm.


    While she was off guard,


    with a snap.


    Lia''s hand was pressed down on the table.


    The sound was crisp and powerful, reddening the back of Lia''s hand.


    Lia hadn''t even realized what happened.


    Only when she felt the pain did she cry out in surprise,


    Focusing her gaze, she saw her right hand touching the table and Lin Da''sposed expression.


    "Not even slightly guarded, and you call yourself the captain of an adventure team?" Lin Da said lightly.


    "—You!"


    Finally snapping back to her senses, Lia stood up in anger and embarrassment, "Cheating, this is cheating! It doesn''t count!"


    "Is there a rule that says no cheating? Would you ask your enemy to follow rules?"


    Lin Da sneered, "It was your own carelessness that led to your loss."


    Lia''s face turned red and white.


    She wanted to refute Lin Da with her knowledge.


    But even racking her brain, she couldn''t find a way to argue.


    It seemed like Lin Da made a lot of sense!


    The others present had various thoughts.


    Kafni was all smiles, thinking about where to sell Lia''s magical equipment to improve the team''s living conditions.


    Monica muttered softly, "Monica knew it, our captain will definitely win, our captain is the best."


    Lady Bellini was mixed with joy and concern.


    She wanted to teach her daughter a lesson, but she didn''t want her daughter to get hurt.


    Seeing Lia''s face, it was uncertain how many punches she would throw at her doll to vent when no one was around.


    Lady Bellini stroked Lia''s head and said, "You need to be an adventurer who keeps promises, otherwise everyone will look down on you."


    "But I''ve used this equipment for a long time," Lia reluctantly guarded the red bracelet on her wrist.


    "That''s still not eptable," Lady Bellini said seriously.


    "Can''t we swap it for something else?" Lia red at Lin Da.


    "If you ask me, I might consider it," Lin Da said.


    "Who would ask you!" Lia''s eyes widened, she bit her lip and said, "Give you equivalent gold coins, that should be enough, right?"


    "That would do, bring them," he replied.


    "Eh..."


    Lia suddenly remembered, she had no money.


    She couldn''t even pay her teammates'' sries.


    Lin Da hummed, "The captain of the Snow Goose, can''t afford to lose?"


    Thisment made Lia reboot in anger, she furiously took off the bracelet from her wrist and threw it at him:


    "Here, it''s just a purple equipment, what''s there to not afford to lose, with the strength of the Snow Goose Adventure Team, we can get a new one soon."


    "Perhaps you should settle the Snow Goose''s financial crisis first,"


    Lin Da remarked ndly.


    Ignoring Lia''s angry gaze, he caught the bracelet and began to toy with it.


    This bracelet was entirely red, like finely cut crystal with dense fire elements flowing inside, as if it was encapsting magma.


    Lin Da''s gaze shifted, and a transparent information box popped up before him:


    [Name: zing Bracelet]


    [Type: Equipment - essory]


    [Quality: Purple Rare]


    [Level: 20]


    [Attribute Points: Fire fighting spirit damage +10%, Strength +300]


    [Equipment Score: 570]


    Lin Da''s eyelids twitched.


    The attributes of this zing Bracelet were almost twice as high as those of his level 10 Walnut Wood Magic Sword.


    The attributes didn''t surprise Lin Da, as magical equipment naturally grants more attributes with higher levels.


    What really surprised him was that the attributes of the zing Bracelet were all added in the right direction.