In the middle of the forest, at night.
Slash! Tang! Jleb!
A woman with a sword in her hand, moved swiftly to dodge the attacks of a green-skinned monster that was as tall as a kid. A green monster with an ugly face, big teeth, thick lips, and an ear-splitting voice.
Goblins.
The woman swung her sword vertically quickly after dodging the machete attack from the goblin in front of her.
Slash!
The goblin was split in two, from head to crotch. The woman swung her sword again, throwing the remaining blood from the sword's surface. Then turned her head to the left side, where there were already two other people who had also finished exterminating some goblins.
'Ten and seven... great... while I...'
The woman looked at the three dead goblins that fell by her hands. Of the twenty goblins that came to attack, she was only able to kill three. The rest had been finished off by her two comrades.
This difference in strength made the woman somewhat frustrated.
"What's with that look on your face, Rosa?"
Suddenly a woman spoke while wrapping her arms around Rosalina's neck.
The woman was one of the C-rank adventurers belonging to the Altira Guild. Her name is Lyra. A veteran archer who had been an adventurer for fifteen years.
In the fight against the goblins earlier, she managed to kill seven goblins with ease.
Besides Lyra, another adventurer who accompanies Rosalina on her mission to scout the monster settlements is a man named Ricky.
The man was a C-rank adventurer with the Swordsmen class. Ricky's level of swordsmanship is far above Rosalina who has the same class.
"It's okay, Rosalina. You've only been fighting for about a year. Being able to calm and kill a few goblins in that situation was already a big development. Take your time, you will become stronger in the future."
Ricky said while cutting off the ears of the goblins as hunting proved, then throwing the corpses in one place before finally burning them.
"Let's find another place to camp. Sooner or later more monsters will come because of the sound of battle and this fire."
Ricky ordered the three of them to walk deeper into the forest. Once it feels far enough and also safe. The three immediately pitched their tents and started camp for the day.
Today is the second day after the three of them departed from Altira City on a mission.
After Rosalina reported the rumors about a monster settlement in the valley three days away. At first the Guild Master didn't believe it, instead he said that Rosalina was naive because believed in rumors.
However, Rosalina did not back down. She continued to pressure the Guild Master Altira to allow herself to go check on the rumors. Because if that were true, then Altira City would be in danger.
Meanwhile, if it's just a rumor. So that's a good thing.
Rosalina emphasized that she would go alone so that it would not burden the guild's strength. Therefore, she asked permission to leave for a week.
The Guild Master saw the seriousness of the woman from her expression and eyes. So in the end he gave up, and considered the seriousness of the information Rosalina mentioned.
The Guild Master forbade Rosalina to go, because he knew how much power she had. Instead he would send more experienced adventurers to scout the monster settlement.
Unfortunately, Rosalina said that only she knew the location of the settlement. The Guild Master had to give up again. No matter how hard he told Rosalina to tell the location, the woman was reluctant to reveal it.
Therefore, a three-man team was formed consisting of two C-rankers and one E-ranker.
Now two days have passed.
For two days, the journey did not have any dangerous obstacles. Although there were several attacks from monsters such as goblins, one-horned boars, or wind wolves. All of the monster's attacks were thwarted.
Even Rosalina managed to learn how to fight and hunt some monsters she had never fought before.
Ricky and Lyra are two adventurers who are fairly friendly to her. Unlike most, who usually only made Rosalina a carrier and stood behind.
This time Ricky patiently taught Rosalina to fight monsters other than goblins.
Two days passed. If you follow the instructions from the system, the location of the monster settlement can be found the next day.
Rosalina emphasized this to her two colleagues. The other two also understood that from this point, they would be walking into the enemy territory.
Their mission was to covertly scout and monitor. Not warning the monsters, so they or the guild can make a solid raid plan.
"Rosa, are you sure there's a settlement in the valley over there?"
Lyra asked while leaning against the tree, making some new crude arrows from the branches of the trees around.
The arrows she made certainly weren't of good quality, but they were enough to be an additional weapon in an emergency.
Hearing Lyra's question, Rosalina nodded. She emphasized that the source of the information was trusted.
'That system can be trusted, right?'
For some reason, for a moment Rosalina began to doubt. But that doubt only appeared for a second. Because whether she wants it or not, it doesn't matter. She has to do it. In fact, Rosalina has learned a few valuable lessons from this mission.
How to fight some monsters and of course level up. What was originally Level 15 now rose to Level 17.
Two levels in two days. A speed she couldn't possibly imagine, because normally she could only level up once after one month. Or six days of goblin hunting.
Apparently, hunting into the depths of the forest is indeed the most efficient way to level up. Even though Rosalina was aware that this would be very dangerous to be done alone.
In addition to levels, during these two days she also continued to carry out daily missions from the system and obtained two cans of energy drinks. Apparently, the system also gave her a better way to survive by providing buff drinks.
After spending the night in the forest.
The three of them started walking again towards the settlement location. Rosalina opened the map she got from the guild, then adjusted the settlement location from the coordinates provided by the system into this map.
Rosalina nodded, the path they had taken was correct. It was only a few hours before they finally arrived.
The three of them walked with a high level of vigilance. Lyra who was in the back row watched carefully the surroundings as they passed.
When she sensed the presence of a monster nearby. Lyra would signal to her two companions to walk away from the monster's location.
From here the three will avoid the fight as much as possible. So as not to warn the monsters in the settlement.
By avoiding each of these monsters, after around seven hours, the three of them are finally able to see the monster settlement.
The sun was past its peak. The three adventurers were perched on top of a tree trunk, observing the situation in the settlement that was about four hundred meters away.
"Seriously? The settlement is real! And it's not a small settlement either. How many goblins are there? Damn, this is bad," Lyra mumbled, looking through her eyes with the Eagle Eye skill.
"How bad is it?" Ricky asked.
"There are several Goblin Warriors there."