Cloud Thinking

Helia waited until they had buried the bodies, and watched them salute the graves. Each of them looked solemn, some even had red eyes, and they suppressed the sobs in their throats.

Looking at this scene, she suddenly felt that she couldn't just let these people go deeper and die.

They were not like Helia who possessed the ability to destroy the world. They were just ordinary people who knew some fists and feet. Perhaps they were the best soldiers on the battlefield, but facing magical beasts, especially those that might have evolved, they were just more difficult food.

"So which way are you going now? I can go with you. Anyway, I came here to destroy the monster's lair." Helia said.

Without even thinking twice, Pletton rejected Helia's proposal. "Although I don't know why the Otis Empire would send you, Princess, into the Sad Forest, it's very dangerous here. It's not your backyard to play around in. We will find a way to escort you back."

Seeing that the other party treated her as a delicate little princess, Helia raised her hand unconvinced and summoned a straight wooden stick, pointing it at the bushes beside her. She muttered something, and the top of the stick lit up, and then a fireball flew out of it, hitting the tree trunk and exploding.

The original bushes had now turned into a charred plain, with nearby branches and leaves being devoured by the flames with a sizzling sound. The wind blew snow past, and it was unclear whether it was there to add to the fun or to put out the fire.

Long before, in order to avoid running into people, Helia discovered that she could use magic without a wand or reciting spells, so she picked up a nice branch and cut it with a kitchen knife, so that it at least looked like a wand.

She kept the branch in a bag on her back, and when she needed it, she would conjure it up, pretend it was a wand, and then use magic.

After all, the rule of the wizarding world so far is that there is no magic without a wand and spells, and she cannot expose her difference too early.

She understood that a tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind, not to mention that she was someone who almost subverted the rules of the magic world.

"I am a magician, much stronger than you think. I came here to make military achievements, and I don't want to return empty-handed." Helia put away the stick in her hand, looked at Platon, and said seriously, "So, I hope you can take me with you. I need you to lead the way. When I go back, I will have someone record your merits."

The other soldiers looked in astonishment at the place where Helia exploded. The disgust and contempt in their eyes disappeared completely, leaving only vigilance, shock and a little fear.

Especially the only magician in the team. His level is not high, he is only a fourth-level magician, but looking at the fireball thrown by Helia, the power is at least fifth-level!

Have the princesses of the royal family become so powerful these days? They are indeed the brightest pearls of the Otis Empire!

Although Pleyton was the team leader, he knew nothing about magic, so he called Roland, who was standing aside with his eyes wide open in shock, over.

"Rolank, the fourth-level magician of our team." Pleyton introduced, "I am Pleyton, the captain of the team. I forgot to introduce myself. Please forgive me, Your Highness."

"You're welcome." Helia smiled at Plyton, then looked at Roland, looked him up and down, smiled and extended her hand, "I'm Helia, also a magician, nice to meet you."

Rolank turned his head to look at Platon in surprise, and the other party looked at him with the same surprise. The moment their eyes met, they both thought in their hearts: Is this really Her Royal Highness the Princess?

If it was Princess Helia, she would be too polite to them...

Although Roland was terrified, he did not dare to let Helia keep extending her hand. He held Helia's hand tremblingly, and was wondering whether to kneel down and kiss her hand, when he saw Helia holding his hand, shaking it, and then taking it back.

This Princess Helia seems to be easy to get along with...

"Your Highness Helia, please allow me to ask you an insulting question, but what level of magician are you now?" Rolank asked.

Pryden must have called him over to consult about magic. He had just explained it to him in a low voice. He guessed that he was not sure about Helia's strength. If anything happened to Helia, they would not be able to bear the blame.

"Me? I haven't graduated from the academy yet, so I haven't taken any tests." Helia said frankly, "But in terms of strength, I can guarantee that I'm no less powerful than an eighth-rank great magician."

Haven't graduated yet? That means she's still studying at Carter's College! He re-examined it, and his initial shock turned into disbelief, and he was convinced that Helia was talking nonsense.

An eighth-rank great magician is extremely rare in the entire magic world. She is a magic apprentice, yet she dares to boast that her power is comparable to that of an eighth-rank great magician. Isn't this bragging?

"Your Highness Helia, we are also concerned about your safety. Almost all the magical beasts left in the Sad Forest are highly dangerous, at least at the level of third-level magicians. If we continue to move forward and encounter groups of high-level magical beasts, I'm afraid we won't be able to protect you." Roland tried his best to speak tactfully, but Helia still heard the contempt hidden in it.

Tsk! If I hadn't wanted to get information, I would have gone it alone a long time ago. Helia was a little unhappy, but she still maintained a polite smile on her face.

"You should have noticed when you were collecting the bodies just now that there were traces of being bitten by monsters. Those wolf-shaped monsters nearby did it." Helia kicked the dead wolf corpses on the side, "And I killed all of them."

"Even so, you still don't recognize my strength?"

The wounds on the soldiers' bodies were very fresh, and they were even still bleeding. In such a snowy day, it meant that monsters had been eating the bodies before they arrived.

When they arrived, there were only corpses all over the ground. The corpses of the wolf-type monsters were even warm, having just died not long ago. Only Helia was present, which was enough to prove that she was the one who hunted down these wolf-type monsters.

Roland looked at Helia's disheveled figure. She had a towel wrapped around her head, which was soaked with blood. She must have been injured. Helia's cheeks were flushed, her lips were pale, and her face was haggard. She looked very tired and fragile.

At this point, he had already made up his mind.

No matter how strong Helia was, in her current state, she would not be able to continue to go deeper into the Sad Forest. If they agreed to take her with them, it would not be long before this princess would become a burden that held them back.

It would be better to send her back. If she wants to gain military merit, she can come back after she has recuperated. In any case, we must not let Her Royal Highness the Princess die in their hands.

After discussing with Pleyton for a while, they reached a consensus and agreed to escort Helia out of Sad Forest.

"Your Highness Helia, your safety is a matter of national importance. Even if you insist, please allow us to reject your request. We will assign some people to escort you back. Please forgive us." Pryton said seriously.

Sigh - Helia sighed and decided not to embarrass them any further. Although she wanted to destroy the monster's lair right now, she was more concerned about the situation in her happy hometown. She decided to go back and confirm the situation before making the next plan.

"Okay, it's up to you."

Pleaton picked five people to escort her back. Each of them was tall and strong, making people feel very safe but also oppressive.

The two teams separated, with Platon leading the remaining seven people and continuing to move westward, while Helia followed the five people and moved southward.

Maybe it was Helia's bad luck that took effect again, but not long after they started walking, they ran into a group of monkey-like monsters.

They have long arms and legs, are very agile, and have sharp teeth. They like to pounce on people's faces, strangle people's necks with their long arms, bite people's faces, and especially like to eat people's eyeballs.

Helia was surrounded by five people, but these monkey-shaped monsters were smart and spread out to surround them. The number of monsters far exceeded theirs, and as long as they rushed forward, these ordinary people, no matter how strong they were, would not be able to protect her for long.

Helia pretended to hold her small wooden stick and threw a fireball from the gap between the five people. It was the kind with built-in tracking function. No matter how agile these monkeys were, they would die if they were hit by her fireball.

There was a taller one hiding among the monkeys. It hardly took any action, but just watched from afar. Helia identified it as the leader of the monkeys at a glance. As the saying goes, to catch a thief, you must first catch the leader. Helia decided to kill it immediately.

The Monkey King was also angered by Helia's attack. After a sharp roar, all the surrounding monkeys pounced on him.

The five people who protected her were able to chop the monsters with swords at first, but there were too many of them. Soon, two of them were entangled by the neck, and two were hit in the face.

Helia immediately drew a high-level defensive magic circle on the spot, and the monkeys were immediately bounced away, saving the lives of the five soldiers.

But one of them had a piece of flesh bitten off his arm by a monkey, and the blood couldn't be stopped. Helia didn't know any healing magic, so she couldn't help at the moment.

"Ahem - you guys keep an eye on him, stay where you are and don't move, they can't get in, I'm going to go out and kill these dead monkeys." Helia couldn't help coughing due to a gust of wind, and she coughed as she got out of the protective circle formed by the five people. After giving the instructions, she walked out holding her branch.

She raised her hand and cast a fire explosion magic, then a fire dragon's roar. The monkey minions pounced on her with their bloody mouths wide open, wanting to bite her, but fortunately she had cast high-level defensive magic for herself in advance, and the enemy's attacks could not penetrate her armor at all.

"Full defense and full attack, I'm a fucking combat genius!" Helia couldn't help but praise herself. Because she spoke too loudly, she was filled with wind and started coughing violently, "Cough cough cough cough—"

The five people under the protection of the magic circle watched as Princess Helia chased after the monkeys with steady steps. She was waving the wooden stick in her hand gracefully like a music conductor, but she could throw fireballs bigger than a person, or explode with crackling sounds, making the dead monkeys scream.

Not only was she unharmed, she seemed particularly happy and even boasted about herself.

Hmm...this Princess Helia really doesn't look like a princess at all!

When Helia came back with the body of the Monkey King, she saw the five people standing straight in a row. When they saw her coming back, they immediately bowed in unison and shouted loudly, "I'm sorry! Princess Helia!"

Helia was startled by their scene, her mind racing as she wondered if a magical beast that could affect people's minds had just passed by, otherwise why would these people suddenly do this.

"We apologize for our previous disrespect for you! We're sorry!" they shouted again in unison.

The corners of Helia's mouth twitched, and she laughed dryly twice, "Oh, haha! It's okay, I have a broad mind and don't care about such trivial matters."

"Thank you, Her Highness Helia!" They all knelt on one knee in unison. If there was no custom of kowtow in the other world, they would have knelt down and kowtowed to her right now.

"No need to thank me, no need to thank me. You have escorted me all the way and it must have been very hard. Come on, get up."

Helia threw the body of the monkey king in front of them and explained, "We will carry the body of this monkey when we go on the road. Other monsters will be scared when they see it."

"But we can only scare off some of the monsters. If we are unlucky and run into a big one, I'm afraid we will have a hard time."

After she finished speaking, she raised her hand and touched her forehead. She could feel the heat even through the towel. She had just used so many high-level magics and had drawn out too much magic power. She could not bear it anymore. Her limbs began to become weak, and the wound on her forehead was also aching.