Something is wrong. Something is wrong!

“Oh? Goblins?”

Alice’s clear eyes instantly sparkled.

“Aren’t they the lowest-level creatures that only give a little experience when killed?”

“Yes, yes, but I don’t know if there’s some bug in this world, or if the goblins stole some rare item. When we kill one, its loot can be exchanged for a full five silver coins!”

Livia said excitedly. It was then that she noticed the weapon with a golden edge worn at Alice’s waist.

Raising an eyebrow in curiosity.

“Lao Ai, what is that thing?”

“Damn, can you use a more normal nickname? Call me Alice, Your Grace!”

Big Thunder Girl snorted and reached for the hilt at her waist, “This is a rapier. Nobles all wear these. I think it looks quite cool… so I just brought it along.”

“Pffffthaha, Alice, you don’t go around swinging your sword in secluded corners, thinking you’re incredibly cool and invincible, do you?”

“You! I didn’t think so before, but the more I look at you now, the more you seem like a tsundere little devil!”

Alice frowned. If this person weren’t her good friend, she would have loved to squeeze the life out of this white-haired tsundere little devil!

“Alright, alright, it’s best you have a weapon. If we flank them from left and right, wouldn’t goblins just die one by one when they come? Let’s slaughter those trash goblins!”

Livia confidently waved her small fist. Having played so many “grass-cutting” games, coupled with the coincidence of transmigrating together, she didn’t take the goblins seriously at all.

She then stood up and walked out of the cool shade of the tree hollow.

“Besides, swords are easy to handle. Your sword looks quite advanced, its power must be considerable.”

“Of course! It can slice through iron like mud, Hah! Hahahaha!”

Alice nimbly drew her rapier and thrust it three times in the air. It actually looked quite convincing. The white-haired loli applauded from the side, reading her lines.

“Ah— So amazing—”

Then, she took out a copper whistle from her pocket and handed it over.

“Here, take it. Toot toot toot, charge the drum~”

“Who, who wants this thing!” Alice snatched the copper whistle, her actions betraying her words. “Rather, what about your weapon? Are you just going to watch when we’re fighting goblins?”

“Of course not. Here, this is my weapon.”

Livia picked up the three-section “spear” she had casually placed on the grass when she ran over and poked it into the air.

“The spear strikes like a dragon!”

The atmosphere suddenly became awkward.

The surrounding air fell silent for a second.

Then, deafening laughter erupted.

“Oh hahahahaha, what is this? Lao Li, are you a child? Tying iron rods together to make a spear, I’m dying of laughter, haha, what a divine weapon.”

“Hiss, just tell me if it’s usable!”

Livia stomped her foot indignantly, “Laugh again, and I’ll make you choose one of the three iron rods.”

“Ptooey, you lower-class Lao Li, typical straight-man thinking. There’s nothing more to talk about with you.”

After ending the conversation.

They walked side-by-side through the market, and Livia’s mood became exceptionally light.

She looked at Alice’s profile, a wave of warmth washing over her.

In this strange and dangerous world, she had actually met her former classmate, and moreover, her closest best friend. This was truly fate’s greatest gift to her.

Alice was like her anchor, no longer making her feel lost and helpless.

A smile involuntarily spread across her lips, her heart filled with hope.

“Alice, you know, I was just thinking, if I were to stay here alone forever, I might really go crazy.”

Livia’s voice carried a hint of relief, as if a great stone had finally been lifted from her heart.

Alice also smiled and playfully hugged her shoulders.

“Don’t worry, with this young master here~ you definitely won’t go crazy. And, honestly, I, I, I also, cough cough, feel a little lost myself. It feels not bad to adventure side-by-side with you.”

The commission location was in the dense forest on the mountain north of the town.

Livia tightly gripped her worn three-section spear, while Alice held her shining rapier. They walked side-by-side through the deep forest.

Sunlight filtered through the leaves, casting dappled shadows. Birdsong echoed, and the air was filled with the fresh scent of soil and grass.

Their steps were light, their laughter accompanied by the ‘toot toot toot’ of the copper whistle, echoing through the woods, as if everything foreshadowed this adventure to be a pleasant experience.

“Livia, how strong do you think the goblins will be this time?”

Alice asked with a playful smile, her chest rising and falling slightly with her laughter, making her exceptionally charming.

“Who knows? As long as there’s only one, we’ll definitely win with a righteous two-on-one attack~!”

Livia patted her money pouch with a relaxed expression.

“Besides, I brought the prepared healing potions. The potions in this world are amazing. A scratch will heal instantly with just one application~”

The forest sunlight, like orange juice mixed with glitter, clung stickily to Livia’s long eyelashes.

The air was filled with a decaying scent.

Livia’s nose twitched slightly, and her gaze locked onto a patch of bushes ahead.

She raised her hand, signaling Alice to stop.

“There’s movement.”

“Mhm.”

Alice nodded, her rapier already silently drawn.

The blade gleamed coldly in the sunlight. The two held their breath and slowly approached the bushes.

Indeed, rustling sounds came from within the bushes.

When the goblin emerged from the shadows of the trees, Livia almost burst out laughing.

“Ha, hahaha, Alice, look.”

This green-skinned creature wasn’t even as tall as she was, its bow-legged gait resembling a comedic actor.

It held a rusty cleaver in one hand, with suspicious meat scraps stuck to the blade.

“Since we’ve come to another world, we definitely need to accumulate combat experience…”

Livia crushed a piece of white bone on the ground with the tip of her shoe and drew a beautiful arc in the air with her spear, “These trash goblins will just be a beginner’s tutorial~”

As she thrust her spear for the first time, she was even humming a tune.

The moment the spear tip was about to pierce the goblin’s throat, the small monster suddenly ducked and rolled.

Livia felt something pull at her wrist—a vine that had entangled her movements from who knows when.

“What the heck? Alice!”

“Got it!”

Alice immediately swung her sword, precisely cutting the vine. Just as Livia was about to stab the ugly, small goblin in front of her again.

But in the next instant, a foul-smelling wind attacked her from the back of her neck.

A second goblin’s dagger sliced open her butterfly knot hair accessory. The moment her white hair scattered like a waterfall, a third monster’s iron chain heavily struck the back of her knee.

“Gu oh!?”

As Livia stumbled to her knees, the pungent smell of decaying soil rushed into her nostrils.

She finally saw the goblins’ eyes—they weren’t the rigid red dots from game sprites, but cold, soulless eyes. Each pupil bulged with malice, like rotten raspberries.

Astonishment pierced Livia’s brain like a needle.

“No, this isn’t right! Alice, no, there are too many of them!”

She trembled and turned, dozens of goblins pouring out from all directions. Their eyes flashed with greed, and the weapons in their hands gleamed coldly in the sunlight.

The goblins let out raspy laughter like sandpaper rubbing together. The skinniest one pulled out a bone bow from its back.

‘Whoosh—’