"So we are in a different world now? Wow, boss this is like, really cool!"
After Marika briefly explained their current situation in a different world to Ladybug, Ladybug couldn't help but be absolutely amazed. He thought that his battle with White Death, the notorious leader of the international criminal organization, was already the biggest adventure he had ever seen, but he never expected to encounter such a crazy event as crossing into a different world.
"But boss, how did we get here ? Is it a wormhole or something like uh… quantum mechanics? I read a few books on quantum mechanics when I was in college, but to be honest, I didn't quite get much at all. Ah! Could it be a black hole? Something like that? Hmm...or is it a magic spell or something?"
Ladybug chatter away, but Marika didn't feel annoyed. Instead, she felt that Ladybug was as interesting as she thought.
"Well, I'm actually not too sure about it, either. So we will just go with the flow. Let's just find a way to get a foothold in this world. Oh! But before that, I want to do an experiment." Marika said.
"Experiment?" Ladybug asked curiously.
"That's right, an experiment to test my strength." Marika smiled and took out the Dragon cult prayer Book from her system inventory. It was a somewhat thick leather prayer book with bits of electricity coursing through it. The book turned into little golden balls of light in her hands and then merged into her body. As the light merged into her, Marika suddenly felt a pile of knowledge pour into her mind, then merged perfectly with her memory.
"You're the boss." The ladybug smiled, and then stepped back to give Marika room to show off.
Turning around to face the lake, Marika moved her hands, quietly feeling the rune power in her body. She stepped forward with her left foot. raised her right hand back as she remembered in the given memories, in a spear-throwing pose.Golden thunder gradually gathered in her hands, and the surrounding air became frenzied, and there was a faint current beating in it. It was as if a small storm was forming around Marika, and she was the master of this storm. 'Gunna Tintreach (lightning spear)'as Malika prayed silently in her heart, the thunder in her right hand was also condensed into the shape of a spear. At this moment, in the amazed eyes of Ladybug, Malika seemed to be a deity of the storm.
"Hah!", with a mighty grunt, she threw the lightning spear in her hand towards the center of the lake. The lightning spear flew towards the center of the lake in an arc at lightning speed. When the lightning gun hit its target, it immediately exploded into countless thunderbolts, and blast radius was so huge that even the water in the center of the lake was blown out into a shallow circular gap.
"Holy shit boss! That was fucking epic! You were like Zeus or Thor or whatever! That was awesome!" Ladybug said in an amazed and surprised tone. He originally thought that although Marika was much taller than him, her curvy figure made it seem like she probably won't have any combat ability. But he didn't expect her to be so powerful. It would only make sense if she was some kind of god. But thinking of those unlucky fish in the lake that were struck by her lightning, he could only mourn for them for three seconds.
"Eh... um..."
In fact, Malika herself was also very bewildered. She originally thought that the lightning spear was not a very powerful incantation, and it was also a skill for precise shooting in the game, so she attacked with maximum power. But she did not expect that it would turn out to be so powerful it was like she was Lord Gwen reincarnated. If she gets her hands on more advanced incantations such as the ancient dragon incantations in the future, won't she become some sort of god king? Oh wait, she is already a god king, never mind then.
"Okay, anyway, there was quite a commotion just now, let's leave quickly before someone finds out." Marika hurriedly suggested.
"No problem, where are we going to boss?"
Malika opened the system map. The map was very accurate, showing that most of the surrounding areas were forested areas, but there were two small arrows representing her and the ladybug. The golden one is Marika and the green one is the ladybug. After searching on the map, she found a human gathering place the size of a town.
"Okay, there should be a town in the distance where we can settle down, let's go." After speaking, she picked Ladybug up in a princess carry.
"Boss!?" Ladybug exclaimed.
"There is no way to get there at the speed of ordinary people. It will take us about a day or two. We don't have any tools to survive in the wild. It is safer to go to the town quickly. Don't worry, it takes about an hour at my speed. Hang tight." Marika explained, then ran towards the town with Ladybug in her arms.
Along the way, Marika shuttled through the intricate terrain of the forest at an inhuman speed like a cheetah. Although Ladybug was held in the arms of a beautiful woman, he did not enjoy it at all. He could only hold Marika for dear life and pray that he would not be thrown off by her high-speed movement. In addition, he felt a little embarrassed. After all, he was called to help his employer, but now he was being taken care of instead.
Soon, Marika reached the edge of the town. Marika stopped and put Ladybug down.
"Ladybug, let's observe the outskirts of the town before going in," Malika said to him. Ladybug nodded in agreement . As an experienced hired killer, he knows that no matter what kind of mission it is, it's always a good idea to do some investigation in advance.
Marika looked at her inventory and thought for a while, then handed the brass dagger to Ladybug.
"Here, use this to protect yourself."
"Wow boss, you really shouldn't have. I didn't do anything special to deserve it, boss. It's better if you keep it for yourself." Ladybug quickly declined when he recognized that the dagger appeared to be very ornate and probably cost a fortune.
"Ladybug, I didn't just give you this dagger because I was worried about you. This dagger also represents my trust for you. You are currently the only person I can completely trust in this world, so please take this dagger. I don't want to see you get hurt." Marika said sincerely.
In her heart, she regarded Ladybug as a living person. Maybe Ladybug was summoned by her as an NPC, but from his every move Marika can tell that he is a living, breathing person. And now that he was her subordinate, Marika naturally didn't want to see him in trouble.
Looking at Malika's earnest and beautiful golden eyes, Ladybug could only accept the brass dagger, and vowed in his heart that he would someday repay Marika's kindness.
So the two slowly approached the edge of the town, looking for a way to enter the city. After a while they did find the city gate, so they hid in some bushes and observed the city gate, holding a leafy branch in each hand like cartoon characters trying to hide.
System: Is this really useful? You don't really think that cartoons are real, do you? (shame)
Marika: If it works, it works.
Before them is a typical fantasy medieval city, or more accurately a small town. The town is surrounded by flimsy stone walls that look barely passable, and the open wooden city gate also looks very old and frail. If an army were to attack the city gates and walls, which are unsatisfactory in height and thickness. It will probably be breached with little effort. Marika even felt that throwing a lightning spear that was not fully charged at it could easily punch a hole in the city walls.
From time to time, a few people dressed as standard fantasy adventurers came in and out of the city gate. Based on these adventurers, Malika guessed that this world should be some kind of standard western fantasy world or RPG isekai common in Japanese light novels. Then Ladybug notices that the guards at the city gate were very lax, and some of them are even falling asleep.
"No way...but they seem to be really asleep." Ladybug looked at them in disappointment and turn his head to suggest to Marika.
"Hey Boss, we can sneak into the city while they're asleep. That way we don't have to be questioned by those guards."
Malika thought about it and felt that the plan was feasible, so the two left their hiding place and walked towards the city gate when there were no adventurers around. As they approached the gates, they walked silently and carefully, easily slipping past the sleeping guards. So now the two of them have finally blended into the city smoothly. Marika doesn't know whether to be grateful or worried about the loose defense of this town.
Walking on the streets, Marika and Ladybug soon attracted the attention of almost half the town, of course, most of the gazes were from men.
"My God! Am I dreaming?"
"Whoa! Look at those big tits! Damn!"
"How can there be such a beautiful woman in this world?!"
"Is she a goddess that fell from the sky?"
"Is that gold on her skirt? Maybe she is some noble lady who ran away from home?"
"She's so tall! But I think I kinda dig it."
"Mom, I think I'm in love."
"Please step on me mommy!"
"Look at that fat ass, if I can sleep with her, then my life is worth it."
These kinds of lewd remarks came and went one after another among the male passers-by watching. But the man who said the last comment seemed to have forgotten about his female companion who was glaring at him with a dangerous smile on his side. The male passers-by can only watch with sympathetic eyes as the unlucky man is dragged away screaming by his female companion into an alley.
Malika herself doesn't mind these gazes, she knows very well how attractive she is now. And she was also a man before being isekaied, so of course she understands that it is very normal for men to behave like this when they see beautiful women. So as long as no one tries anything funny with her, she doesn't mind them feasting their eyes on her.
Ladybug also attracted a lot of attention, but most of the attention was because of his modern attire that seemed odd to them as well as jealousy of why he was able to walk beside the tall and beautiful mystery woman. Those jealous eyes made him cold sweat run down his back.
Marika began to focus on the residents of the town. Except for the adventurers and traveling merchants who seemed to be in good health, most of the people in the city looked impoverished and depressed, their clothes all kind of worn out. There were even several homeless men begging on the side of the road with hungry faces, and the whole town was filled with this gloomy atmosphere. This made her feel that there was definitely something fishy going on in this town. So she decided to walked up to a traveling merchant who was concentrating on stacking goods into his wagon, and asked him to gain some information on their whereabouts:
"Excuse me sir, my companion and I had just traveled to this town for the first time, where are we?"
Hearing the sound, the traveling merchant turned around and was immediately stunned by Marika's beauty.
"M-Ma'am, a-a-are you talking to me?" The businessman asked falteringly, completely in disbelief that this goddess-like beauty in front of him would take the initiative to talk to him.
"Yes, could you kindly please tell us our current location?"
"Um, no problem, ma'am, I am happy to help. This city we are currently in is called Uro, which is a border city between the Kingdom of Inrud and the Great Uro Forest in the north. This town is a popular location among adventurers, acting as a resting stop before they enter the Great Forest. This city is also very close to the border of the Falkerhi Empire." The businessman said hastily.
"I see. Thank you, sir." After saying that, Marika turned to leave.
"Wait a minute!"the merchant asked unexpectedly. And as if under the influence of some unknown power and the bewitching beauty of Marika, he took out a large sum of money and handed it over to Malika.
"Sir, what are you doing? You're too kind! Please keep this money." Marika politely declined the man's offer.
"It's okay! It's okay! It's your first time here right? This money can help you get situated in this city!" The merchant said with dazed eyes, as if he had been brainwashed.
Marika thought about it, she and Ladybug are penniless now, if they have such a large amount of money, it will definitely save them the time to find ways to make money by themselves. Marika could only show an embarrassed smile and accept the merchant's money and leave quickly.
"Did the golden rule get triggered just now?" Malika guessed when she left.
"Ah, her smile is so beautiful..." The businessman looked at Malika's leaving back intoxicatedly, completely forgetting what he was supposed to do just now.
At this time, the ladybug saw a clothing store that seemed to be doing well.
"Boss, should we go in and buy some inconspicuous clothes? Otherwise, it will be inconvenient to be surrounded by people all the time," Ladybug suggested to Marika while she came over. Marika agreed without thinking too much.
Entering a clothing store, the duo discovered that it was a store specializing in adventurer clothing. So Ladybug naturally bought a set of adventurer clothes. Marika also bought him an additional messenger bag to store his original clothes. Ladybug now wears a travel-style adventurer suit with a hood and cloak, his hair is also tied into a ponytail from his original loose hair style, he is carrying a messenger bag, and a brass dagger is tied behind his back. He now looks like a handsome and seasoned adventurer. Though it is only natural since it is Hollywood super star Brad Pitt.
"Boss, why don't you buy a set too?" Ladybug asked curiously when she saw that Marika didn't buy any clothes.
"I'll just wear this, and the rest of the money will be used for our hotel accommodation and food expenses." Marika explained.
Marika didn't know why but she didn't want to change out of this long dress.
"Whatever you say, boss." Ladybug agreed without dwelling on it.
So after Marika paid for the clothes, she and Ladybug went back to the street, looked at the sky at dusk, and then carried on to find an inn where they could stay.