Athena in Tower Defense Game! [LitRPG]

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 the commander 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 had come here to complete 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 speculation about this witness.

A soldier who looked like a communication officer hurriedly entered the room and found the commander who was drinking heartily.

He whispered something to the commander, 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 the commander brought two strangers inside.

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

The man was dressed entirely in black, his hair covering his eyes. The woman wore a large 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 place compared to everyone else; they were wearing winter clothes from Blue Star, had no golden eyes, and had typical Asian features.

Players.

They were players 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.

The commander 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 I come 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 eccentric, and the title was obviously made up on the spot.

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