Want to be human, but cube-like

His lifeless eyes suddenly became clear.

Looking up, she was shocked to find herself in a dark alley. The narrow, towering walls on both sides, covered with strange graffiti, created a sense of oppression that seemed to want to push her down and bury her, making the girl gasp for breath and almost unable to catch her breath.

Looking ahead again, the existence beyond her comprehension made her eyes widen in astonishment.

The body lines are as messy as a child's scribbles, the shell is golden, and the head is round—a color that is nothing short of spiritual pollution.

“What, what is this…?!”

He instinctively cried out in surprise, before Xiangzi could even react to why he was there, or what this strangely drawn monster in front of him was.

A gust of wind swept past her, accompanied by a faint fragrance. She unconsciously twitched her small nostrils.

It smells like some kind of aromatherapy, but fresher and more natural.

While his mind was still searching for the corresponding scent from his memory, his gaze had already taken in the figure of the white-haired girl who had suddenly appeared in front of him.

Her long legs, taut from exercise, were outlined in beautiful curves by the black stockings. Above the hot pants, her figure, even covered by a loose T-shirt, could not be concealed. The hem of the hot pants was tucked into the waistband, which not only tightened the waistband but also accentuated her slender waist.

Unwittingly, the stunning profile that Xiangzi saw, and those dreamlike, lustrous, pure, and gem-like pale red eyes, instantly reminded her of the strange man she had met yesterday.

"You are... that person from the hamburger shop!"

The words that came out of his mouth immediately made the white-haired girl in front of him stop in her tracks.

She ignored the monster not far ahead, turned around blankly, and blinked.

"Oh! It's you!"

Alex, who rushed over to save Toyokawa Shoko, suddenly remembered the blue-haired girl who had suddenly burst into the hamburger shop when she first appeared in this world yesterday.

Before she could figure out what was going on, she instinctively knocked the things next to her away. As she was examining them, someone walked in and seemed to be scared away.

Was this the blue-haired girl standing right in front of me back then?

That being said...

Alex pondered for a moment, then her eyes lit up.

Isn't this the NPC that guides new players?

Although I missed it at the beginning due to my own mistake, it has now returned to me due to an accident. This should be a compensation mechanism to prevent tutorial bugs from occurring, right?

While still pondering how to bring the blue-haired, twin-tailed NPC back to the burger shop, Alex seemed to forget her current predicament.

"careful!"

A scream beside her brought her back to her senses, and she was about to turn her head to look ahead again.

But by then it was too late to react.

A golden streak of light flashed across the dark alley and landed directly on the back of Alex's head.

Volume 1: Chapter 4 Mutual Destruction

"Snapped!"

A crisp striking sound rang out, and Alex's head tilted to the side.

"...I forgot, there are still monsters around."

She calmly turned her head, picked up the small knife in her hand, and looked at the monster that was throwing gold coins at her head.

"Are you... are you alright?"

Behind him, the blue-haired female NPC asked tremblingly.

"It hurts a little, but it's not a big problem. My health bar was always full, it only dropped by four bars."

Alex casually replied, glancing briefly at the girl's lower abdomen before looking at the monster.

"But... but... that gold coin is embedded in your head, desuwa!"

The panicked shouts continued.

"That thing... it'll disappear on its own in a bit."

As Alex spoke, she turned around to look.

She didn't understand that the sight of herself with gold coins stuck in her head was somewhat terrifying.

A fist-sized gold coin was embedded in her snow-white hair. The blue-haired girl could even vaguely imagine seeing the white brain matter and dripping blood inside the wound that the gold coin had carved open.

Of course, it's just an illusion.

But the horrifying scene and the continuous shocks finally became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

The already exhausted blue-haired girl felt her vision gradually blurring, and her body swayed.

"pat..."

Then came a slightly muffled thud as someone fell to the ground.

"Ah... I'm fainting."

Now I don't need to think about how to move her back.

With that thought in mind, the white-haired girl refocused her attention on the battle in front of her.

Although Alex appeared to be very calm on the surface.

But actually, she was also a little nervous at that moment.

After all, although she could indeed be said to have been through countless battles in terms of experience alone, the one who fought was never Alex herself; she was just going through the motions of fighting.

This was undoubtedly the first time she had ever fought solely on her own will.

Moreover, they were facing creatures that were clearly modded, rather than zombies or skeletons that they had killed countless times.

I don't know the mechanics, the damage and combat logic, and I don't even know that it has ranged attack capabilities.

From any perspective, it is not a monster suitable for beginners to familiarize themselves with combat controls.

The girl looked up at the top of the monster's head.

The Banker Witch's Familiar

This is the name listed on the health bar above its head, with a line of smaller text below it.

[Responsibility: To keep up with the Joneses]

Both the prefix "witch" and the following "duty" are terms that Alex has never seen before; it's a name with almost no usable information.

Then we'll have no choice but to go for it.

She stomped on the ground, rushed forward, and in the leap, raised the small knife in her hand and slashed down hard.

The monster called the familiar seemed rather dull, blankly letting her use a knife to cut a long gash on its body.

At the same time, Alex suddenly froze, as if she had noticed something. She was a step too slow to react and was hit on the forehead again.

Then, coming to his senses, he turned to the side to avoid facing the familiar directly, and looked over again.

It is clearly visible that the health bar above the demon's head has decreased by about one-sixth.

This relieved Alex slightly; it didn't seem to be an elite monster, just an ordinary monster of the same level as a zombie.

But unexpectedly, the familiar suddenly started making strange noises.

It seemed to finally notice the gash Alex had made on its body. Its two button-like eyes stared at the wound from a frightening angle. Beneath the shimmering golden exterior, the wound was a rusty, brownish-red color.

As if it had undergone a stress response, the familiar began to tremble uncontrollably.

Seeing this, Alex, not wanting to sit idly by and watch it enter the second phase, quickly stepped forward and jumped to attack twice, successfully reducing the familiar's health to less than half.

But the familiar also stopped trembling.

The gold-like coating on its body began to peel off, flowing like liquid onto its two hands, which resembled pencil drawings, and solidifying into gold coins.

Then, as if possessed, it scattered gold coins in all directions at a high speed and for an extended period.

Startled by the commotion, Alex took two steps back, only to notice that the familiar showed no sign of stopping and was instead slowly walking towards her.

After only two seconds of hesitation, several more golden streaks of light flashed across her body. One passed through her side waist, causing intense pain that nearly made Alex kneel down. In comparison, the other streaks that merely grazed her arm seemed insignificant.

My health dropped by five bars in an instant. Compared to the previous harmless attacks, the battle is now extremely dangerous.

She dared not delay, so she lowered her body and took a step forward.

With a single slash, it went into a berserk state. The familiar, whose golden coating had been removed, seemed to have reduced defense as well. Its health, which was originally half, plummeted to a quarter.

However, as a price, Alex suffered another penetrating wound on her left arm, which she used to protect her head, and her health dropped to near death, with only two bars remaining.

Without time to think, after a brief pause, he forcefully slashed with the knife again.

"Snapped!"

The sound of the familiar dying and disappearing due to its health bar being depleted rang out simultaneously with the sound of a gold coin hitting Alex's face.

It's black in front of you.

It felt as if my body was falling into the void, but it only lasted for a moment.

"..."

She opened her eyes in a daze.

"The familiar ceiling..."

The bedroom was dark because the lights were off. The window, which had been opened in the morning, was still open, and the curtains were fluttering in the evening breeze.

It was like a pale wall of fire, constantly flickering before her eyes.

Alex sat up in bed and looked around the bedroom for a while.

"It really hurts..."

She rubbed her soft, tender face.

Only then did he look down to check his inventory.

The knife is still there, and the experience bar is already at level two and is almost full.

It appears to be a survival mode where the inventory is retained upon death.

Alex wasn't actually afraid of her own death. After all, her mother always only activated survival mode. The word "death" wasn't a heavy concept in Alex's mind. Rather, she had long been accustomed to death.

More than anything else, there was one thing Alex was more concerned about and wanted to figure out from the very beginning.

She took an item from the second slot in her inventory.

This item suddenly appeared in her inventory when she first attacked the familiar.

It was a pale purple fragment with a gem-like texture, surrounded by purple flame effects that looked like it was burning.

Alex is very familiar with this item; her mother loves playing with this mod and almost always installs it, no matter which world she's in.

The girl never expected that she would still see this module even after arriving in this unfamiliar world.

However, with this, the battles that follow should be much easier.

Taking a deep breath, Alex stood up, put the pale purple shard back into her inventory, walked to the window, and closed it.

"Have I forgotten something...?"

She turned on the light, and the bright light instantly dispelled the quiet atmosphere in the room.

"what!"

It also dispelled Alex's confusion.

"That NPC!"

Volume 1: Chapter 5 Tempted by Beauty

The sky was a dark gray.

The torrential rain broke free from the clouds' hold, piercing the air and crashing onto the leaves, rooftops, and zebra crossings.

And in her eyes.

It bursts into flames for a fleeting moment, then vanishes into thin air, becoming utterly worthless.