Dimensional Keeper: All My Skills Are at Level 100 Chapter 2049 Arrival of Shreya!

Humans, elves, demons, and several lesser races mixed into the crowd too. Some had come purely for entertainment. Some had come to size up the newcomers' strength. Some had come because Daniel and Bregor's names were involved.

And some had come because they understood that information gathered from watching a battle like this could turn useful later.

Max's gaze swept across the plaza, and he immediately noticed the crowd wasn't made up only of ordinary participants. Several powerful auras hid among them, restrained but impossible to overlook.

These weren't newcomers, and they weren't simple spectators either. Their presence felt stable, deep, and dangerous.

Some stood quietly on balconies overlooking the Battle Space. Some sat in private viewing areas behind translucent formation screens. Some watched from the upper floors of nearby buildings, their eyes fixed on Daniel, Bregor, and the six newcomers about to fight.

Anna noticed Max looking around and lowered her voice. "This bet drew more attention than I expected."

Daniel glanced toward one of the upper balconies and smiled faintly. "Not surprising. Bregor and I both sit in the top ten. Even if we're not fighting ourselves, people still want to see what kind of newcomers our sides pulled in this time."

Damian's expression turned more serious. "Those people up there aren't ordinary."

"They're not," Daniel said calmly. "Some are high-level figures from the race bases. Some are information brokers. Some are connected to the Bloodstone City Rankings. A few might even represent the stronger factions in the outer layer."

Just as Daniel finished speaking, a soft commotion suddenly spread from the far side of the plaza. The noise wasn't loud at first, but it moved through the crowd fast, like a ripple crossing still water.

Several Spirit Race members standing near the edge of the Battle Space turned at the same time. The devils who'd been sneering went quieter. Even some Dragon Race geniuses shifted their gazes, and the angels standing beneath their golden halos looked toward the same direction with visible interest.

A woman from the Spirit Race walked into the plaza.

She stood in humanoid form, but her presence instantly set her apart from the ordinary spirits around her. Her long emerald hair flowed behind her like strands of living silk, and faint golden-green light moved across her skin in patterns resembling vines, leaves, and ancient runes.

Her eyes were clear and deep, carrying the calm of an old forest and the sharpness of a blade hidden beneath flowers. Every step she took landed light, yet the natural energy around her seemed to bend toward her willingly, as if the world itself recognized her.

Someone in the crowd drew in a sharp breath.

"Shreya."

"The fifth-ranked genius on the Bloodstone City Rankings actually showed up."

"She rarely watches newcomer battles. Why's she here?"

The name spread through the plaza almost instantly.

Shreya. Ranked fifth on the Bloodstone City Rankings. A top genius of the Spirit Race. Her arrival shocked a lot of people, since someone at her level wouldn't usually bother with a small battle between newcomers.

Even with Daniel and Bregor involved, this was still just a wager between their younger members. Yet Shreya had shown up in person, and that alone shifted the mood. The crowd stopped treating the event as simple entertainment. If the fifth-ranked genius had come to watch, this match clearly carried more weight than most people had first assumed.

Bregor's eyes narrowed slightly when he saw her, but his smile didn't fade.

Daniel looked toward Shreya too and gave a small nod from a distance.

Shreya returned the nod calmly, then moved to one of the raised viewing platforms beside the Battle Space. She didn't speak, and she didn't explain why she'd come. She just stood there, her gaze passing over Daniel, Bregor, Damian, Revona, and finally Max.

For a brief moment, her eyes paused on Max.

Max felt it clearly. Her gaze wasn't mocking like the devils, and it wasn't arrogant like the dragons. It came across quiet and searching, like she'd sensed something strange but hadn't yet figured out what.

Then she looked away.

Anna's expression turned even more serious. "Even Shreya came. This is getting troublesome."

Max glanced toward the Spirit Race woman. "She's ranked fifth, right?"

"Yeah," Daniel answered calmly. "Shreya of the Spirit Race. She's stronger than Bregor and me."

Max's eyes moved slightly. That one sentence said enough. If Daniel admitted it so openly, Shreya's strength wasn't just a matter of ranking. She genuinely stood above both him and Bregor in Bloodstone City.

The crowd grew louder after her arrival. More people stopped to watch. More messages went out. More powerful figures turned their attention toward the Battle Space. What had started as a provocation inside the Information Hall had now turned into one of the most watched events in Bloodstone City that day.

Bregor walked to the front of the Battle Space entrance and looked back at Daniel with a wide grin. "Looks like everyone's interested. Even Shreya decided to show up. Good. A bigger audience makes the bet more fun."

Daniel's expression stayed relaxed. "It also makes losing more embarrassing."

Bregor laughed. "Then I hope your newcomers are ready."

"They are," Daniel said.

Above the Battle Space, the floating projection shifted, and a new notice appeared in bright golden letters.

[Primordial Universe Newcomers vs Dragon Race Newcomers.]

[Three battles.]

[Best of three.]

[Wager: Three hundred Gold Marks.]

The moment the notice appeared, the entire plaza stirred again.

Max looked up at the glowing words. A faint smile touched his lips.

To others, this was a dangerous public stage. To him, it was his first real chance to see how the Battle Space worked, earn some marks, and measure the strength of Dragon Race newcomers without risking his life.

If the Dragon Race wanted to use this battle to test the Primordial newcomers, he had no reason to refuse. Let them test. He wanted to know how far the so-called geniuses of the Godslayer's Pilgrimage could actually go, too.