“Goblin… King?”
The silver-haired beauty had just appeared, her staff blazing with light.
She was about to unleash a beam of holy light when she suddenly stopped, her snow-white brows furrowing slightly.
The next second, she seemed to understand something.
Relaxing her brow, she nodded and said, “So you’re exploiting the goblins’ visual impairment. The trajectory of the holy light doesn’t lie—you two are the ‘Goblin King’ that’s been unsettling the low-level adventurers.”
Li Si remained silent.
Mei Lin—candidate for Imperial Archmage, the most powerful ranged mage in Princess Yi Li Sha Bai’s Honeysuckle party, and also the most terrifying among the twelve heroines.
Honestly, Li Si was surprised that Mei Lin hadn’t recognized her.
She had thought He Zi would have told everyone about her situation, but it seemed she hadn’t.
“Hmm?”
Mei Lin’s eyes flickered.
The holy light she had held back was instantly charged and released.
A scorching beam of light energy shot straight at Li Si.
“Ah!”
Lili Ya screamed in fright and instinctively moved forward to block for Li Si.
But the next second, the beam passed straight through Li Si without causing any damage.
Li Si remained calm and composed, waiting quietly.
“Roar!”
From the valley behind, a two-meter-long Swamp Cat Demon burst out of the ground, just in time to take the holy light beam.
“Mei Lin, it’s not good to run off so fast alone.”
At the top of the valley, a short figure wielding a hammer leaped down with a crash, landing squarely on the head of the tall Swamp Cat Demon that had been stunned by the holy light.
Boom!
In an instant, sparks flew and waves surged.
“Hilla, don’t worry, at least she didn’t leave the operation this time~”
A Flame Spear shot in from the side, and behind it, a black-haired girl smiled with squinting eyes, exuding an air of ease and leisure.
Boom!
The spear looked light, but upon striking the cat demon, it instantly flipped the massive body over.
“A level 10 elite Swamp Cat Demon, mutated to this extent?”
A disdainful voice, accompanied by a rain of whip shadows, swept across the cat demon’s body, instantly shredding it to pieces.
The figure had a head of golden hair.
After landing, she thrust out her proud, ample chest, one hand on her willow-like waist, turned back to look at the valley entrance, and frowned at the two goblin costume outfits, “So, you’re the so-called Goblin King?”
“Hah, a foolish trick. I’ve heard of this trick before—thought it was a joke at the time, but I never expected someone to actually do it.”
The golden-haired girl seemed to realize something.
She turned and left decisively, coldly tossing out a line: “From now on, remember to clarify the misunderstandings you cause.”
[Bianchui Zhen Region]
[Honeysuckle: This princess has investigated the so-called anomaly monster ‘Goblin King.’ In reality, it’s two adventurers exploiting the goblins’ poor eyesight to disguise themselves. There is no special monster named Goblin King in the low-level area, only two adventurers wearing goblin costumes.]
[Huahua Caifeng: Eh? Goblin costumes? May I ask if those two adventurers have pink hair and silver long hair? The one with silver hair is especially, especially beautiful!]
[Huahua Caifeng: By the way! Those goblin costumes were made by me this morning in a hurry!]
Li Si glanced at the region channel.
Honeysuckle—Yi Li Sha Bai’s party.
This judgment-like statement was very much in Yi Li Sha Bai’s style—extremely confident and arrogant, directly clarifying the situation for them.
Li Si couldn’t be bothered to say more.
She had once told them the benefits of disguising as monsters for adventuring, but no one listened.
Now that she had left the party, she didn’t care about such things.
The others in the valley were naturally also Honeysuckle members.
Upon seeing the truth, they all felt a bit let down and followed Yi Li Sha Bai away.
Li Si remained unmoved.
Logically, one should greet an imperial princess, but the other party turned and left arrogantly, which saved her the trouble.
She really didn’t want to deal with these former teammates.
Lili Ya was very easy to train; in comparison, the former teammates were like dogs that wouldn’t even bother with her.
“Hmm, did you do this?”
Mei Lin suddenly stepped forward and used a Holy Light Teleport to reach a tree trunk in the middle of the valley that bore marks of being strangled by spider silk.
In an instant, she saw a perfect combat trajectory in her eyes: a steel-hardened spider silk had used this trunk as an axis, wrapped around the surrounding trees to form a web, then snapped taut in an instant, trapping all eleven cat demons.
An extremely clean and efficient battle process.
Though the wild monsters weren’t strong, the tactic revealed the arranger’s rich experience and excellent mind.
Mei Lin turned to look at the large goblin who had shown no reaction to the four Chosen Ones.
Seeing that she didn’t respond, her eyes flickered, and she raised her hand to toss out a golden card.
“The frontlines need strong individuals. We need to trace the source of the miasma as soon as possible and clear the road connecting to Soronwell. I sincerely invite you to contribute to this effort.”
With that, without waiting for an answer, she used another Holy Light Teleport, and her snow-white figure had already stepped onto the valley top, returning to her party.
From the valley top, an undisguised arrogant voice came faintly: “Mei Lin, is this ill-mannered commoner that strong? Worth your special invitation? The one beside her is a trash pastor from the lowest commoners, right?”
The valley fell silent.
No response.
Li Si looked at the golden card embedded in front of her and felt a headache coming on.
When she couldn’t figure out Strict Father, she decided not to get involved in the main story anymore.
World crisis?
Goddess missing?
There were plenty of Chosen Ones in this world, and she had even sent the ones in Border Town ahead to the class-change level where they could use divine power.
So let them do the saving.
She and Lili Ya would just grind monsters, level up, and show up at critical moments to make an appearance—how blissful.
But it seemed that wasn’t going to work out.
Li Si didn’t know if this world had some kind of ‘plot force,’ but through the card in front of her, she understood a fact.
The guild-led pioneering group had not yet found the entrance to the dungeon.
This was a special guild invitation card.
On the card was written the pioneering group’s current main task: find the dungeon entrance.
“Umm… Li… Li Si… they seem… very cold to you…”
Lili Ya was already drenched in sweat.
She suddenly snapped out of her silent, trembling state and immediately felt indignant for Li Si.
Li Si didn’t explain.
From the current situation, He Zi must not have told anyone about her turning into a girl.
Otherwise, given Mei Lin’s personality, she would have immediately taken control of her.
This was barely good news.
Although she had never intended to hide her identity from the start, avoiding Mei Lin for a while was always for the best.
[Plot Trigger: Chapter 1 – The Alluring Yadana]
[Completion Conditions: Clear the miasma, find Yadana’s hiding place]
[Plot Completion Reward: Kind Mother Training Slot 1 / Talent Upgrade 1 / Dungeon *1]
The adventure panel suddenly popped up a quest notification.
Li Si was speechless.
She had wanted to lie flat and raise the kid, but first came Mei Lin’s invitation, then the golden finger issued a quest—wasn’t this never-ending?
“Umm… Li Si?”
Lili Ya’s face suddenly appeared in front of her.
She thought Li Si was upset about the former teammates’ attitude, but when she saw that Li Si’s silver brows were tightly knit, she couldn’t help asking with concern, “What’s wrong?”
“Sigh, Lili Ya, you’re the captain. You accept the invitation.”
Li Si sighed in resignation, “You can avoid the first day, but not the fifteenth. It’s good to leave Border Town early anyway.”
“Ah… oh…”
Lili Ya didn’t quite understand, but her hands obediently reached out and pulled out the membership invitation card.
As the captain, only she had the authority to accept the party joining request.
[Party ‘Fairy Tail’ has accepted ‘Honeysuckle’s’ invitation to join ‘Temporary Operations Group’]
[Team Channel Opened]
[Liehuo: Huh? What party is this? An invitation from Her Highness the Princess? No, it’s an invitation from Lady Mei Lin?]
[Bianchui Zhen Zei Wang: Wait… the party name… the captain is… actually hidden… but… I remember… it’s the trash pastor Lili Ya!]
[Yunzhongjushou: Wow~ The Imperial Archmage invites the number one trash pastor of Border Town to join? Our pioneering group actually needs Lili Ya’s help?]
[Life Vine (2): Ha? Mei Lin must have lost her mind? This party has only two people, one level 10, one level 3.]
[Liehuo: ??????]
[Bianchui Zhen Zei Wang: ??????]
[Yunzhongjushou: ??????]
[Minos-Bianchui Zhen: ??????]
[Minos-Bianchui Zhen: Ahem, let me announce some good news—Lili Ya has leveled up! I hope all adventurers will improve together. Also, I trust Lady Mei Lin’s judgment. Welcome Fairy Tail to the pioneering group.]