0035 – Athena Met Another yers


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    Athena Ravencroft was surprised in her heart, but her face remained as steady as a mountain.


    She cautiously observed the delicious food in front of her, making sure that both the food and wine were genuine and not poisoned before daring to take a careful bite.


    Fortunately, only the people were fake, at least the food was real.


    Setting down the beer in her hand, she pushed it back towards the female mercenary.


    "Wrong, it''s not 681."


    The swordsman and the young wizard were impressed by the female mercenary''s ability to answer the question, but then they heard Athena''s answer.


    "Tch." She had just made up a number on the spot and hadn''t expected to be found out.


    The female mercenary picked up the beer Athena had pushed back and gulped it down.


    Athena grinned at her, knowing full well that without the system''s kill confirmation, she couldn''t possibly know how many monsters they had killed at the time.


    But she didn''t tell the truth either; the number 468 was also just something she had randomly made up.


    Tearing a roasted chicken leg from a whole chicken and putting it into her mouth, the crispy skin and tender meat released a burst of juice, leaving a lingering taste.


    No matter what the others did behind her, Athena paid no attention, focusing solely on enjoying the food.


    She tore off another lobster and popped it into her mouth, calling the young wizard over.


    Under the pretext of punishing him for teasing superiors, she ordered him to do many unreasonable things.


    Unexpectedly, all three of them wore expressions as if they had anticipated she wouldn''t let them off easily. But Athena wasn''t naive enough for that. She observed for a long time and still didn''t find anything special about the young wizard.


    If themander could be a living person among a group of skeletons, it might be due to the absolute pressure from the superior and the hidden terrifying power.


    So what about this seemingly dumb and clumsy wizard?


    Called Max Ryder, his name wasn''t anything special either.


    But there was another problem at hand: Where was "Galore"? Although the food here was delicious, she hadn''t forgotten that she hade here toplete the system''s urgent task.


    And now that the protagonist was missing, her mission couldn''t progress.


    To witness its demise.


    Athena had thought the system wanted her to witness the demise of "Galore", then upon learning that this might be a dead city, she had a different spection about this witness.


    A soldier who looked like amunication officer hurriedly entered the room and found themander who was drinking heartily.


    He whispered something to themander, who then stood up and walked outside.


    "What''s going on?" the young wizard asked.


    He wasn''t the only one wondering; Athena wanted to know too.


    Soon they found out because themander brought two strangers inside.


    Yes, two living people, a man and a woman.


    The man was dressed entirely in ck, his hair covering his eyes. The woman wore arge floral coat and had her hair tied up in a high ponytail.


    Athena calmly took another bite of the roasted chicken, trying to suppress the turmoil in her heart.


    These two people who came seemed out of cepared to everyone else; they were wearing winter clothes from Blue Star, had no golden eyes, and had typical Asian features.


    yers.


    They were yers other than Athena.


    When the young wizard looked at her, she deliberately showed some curiosity towards the two.


    "Wow, captain, where are they from?" the young wizard asked curiously.


    "I don''t know," Athena casually replied.


    Her acting skills were terrible; aside from her words sounding curious, there was no hint of curiosity. How hadn''t she noticed this before?


    The innocence in his eyes didn''t match that of a sixteen-year-old, it even resembled that of a three-year-old child.


    Themander soon provided an answer, instructing everyone to stop what they were doing and focus their attention.


    "These are people from the Third World. Let them introduce themselves."


    The girl seemed like she didn''t want any trouble, "Hello, everyone, I''m 001, and Ie from the Third World."


    "Hello, dear friends, how are you? This is my first time seeing a world like this. It''s really beautiful here. Me? Are you talking about me? If you want to call me, you can just call me ''Madman''."


    "Hehehe."


    Athena''s face remained cold; whether he was crazy or not, he was quite entric, and the title was obviously made up on the spot.


    The girl clearly mouthed "I''m a yer" but what they heard was "Ie from the Third World". This might also be why the people here referred to yers as people from the Third World.


    Previously, she had disguised herself by using an extra world stone. If she hadn''t used it, she might have been just like them.


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    She, together with these two individuals, might have altogether deployed three yers to Sun City.


    The top-ranked yers in their respective regions.


    Unless necessary, she doesn''t n to expose her identity. Whether they are friend or foe, as yers, remains unknown.


    It''s rather the attitude of themanders and others that''s intriguing. They seem ustomed to the idea of yers being transported here, as if it''s just the way things should be.


    The victory banquetsted quite long, during which Athena sampled various delicacies.


    It wasn''t until around 1 a.m. when the celebration ended. Apart from some soldiers on night duty, the rest returned to their amodations.


    Their "amodations" were nothing more than ruins next to the city wall, providing barely enough shelter from the elements, with a spot to sleep.


    Athena''s assault squad leaders were among those left behind, along with the two yers. Themander looked at the two yers, indicating they should choose which team to join.


    The girl looked around and found only Athena as a female team leader, so she chose to join Athena''s team. The boy next to her agonizingly pulled out a handful of hair, then ultimately followed suit and joined Athena''s team.


    Themander didn''t say anything about both of them joining the same team. "Familiarize them with everything," he instructed Athena before dismissing everyone.


    As people dispersed, 002 approached.


    "What tasks will you assign us? Will it be monster killing, or something else?"


    "Why are the night and day separated here?"


    "Do you know a monster called Garole?"


    002 asked many questions, but Athena had no intention of answering, because she didn''t have the answers either. Indeed, these two were here for the system task rted to Garole, but so far, everything remained peaceful.


    If they stayed here until noon tomorrow, would the monsters in their shelter area still respawn? However, this string of questions did give Athena some ideas. She led the two straight to the lodging of the female mercenary they had seen earlier.


    Sessfully catching her before she could sleep, Athena, leveraging her usual persona and position, said coldly, "These two have quite a few questions. Youe and answer them."


    001 and 002 were somewhat stunned on the side, not expecting to actually gather intelligence so easily.


    Athena''s current identity asking such questions that everyone takes for granted was suspicious. Normally, it would be very difficult for outsiders to obtain intelligence from this world.


    But Athena had chosen a different path.