Cloud Thinking

In the past, Wattsise had not been so hostile to Adalassi. Why was she so eager to get rid of Him after she woke up this time? Did something happen during the time when her consciousness was out of her body that she didn't know about? Or did something she said irritate Him?

"Father... why should I believe that you won't take my body after I die?" Helia smiled bitterly. "Maybe in the past, you were limited by my body because of your lack of strength, but now that you have gained tremendous power, how can I believe that you will honestly return my body to me?"

"You don't trust me at all. You have been testing my bottom line repeatedly. Not only did you move my domain behind my back, you also moved my sea of ​​consciousness. For you, killing me is just a simple matter. My life is in your hands. How can we talk about trust and dependence?"

"Besides, I said I would rely on you like a daughter, and you said you would cherish me, but how could there be a father in the world who would let his daughter die?"

The more Helia spoke, the more she broke down and the angrier she became. This was a betrayal, and even though it was a betrayal she had expected, she had not expected it to come so early, so suddenly.

It was just like the time Ian Hill betrayed her, without any warning and out of the blue.

But she was just a fool, always trusting others easily, trusting those who were far more powerful than herself. Although she knew very well in her heart that she was just a tiny insect in front of them, she still couldn't help but trust them.

"I can die in a fight with monsters, I can die in the backlash of magic, I can die in that damn tower, I can even accept starving to death, but I can't accept ending my own life."

"Because I want to live more than anyone else. I want to live. Even if fate tells me to die, I will try to fight against it."

"I can accept my failure, but I cannot accept surrendering before I even fight."

Helia broke free from Watersiser's hand, shook her head and stepped back, her eyes red, with an expression that showed she would rather die than surrender.

"I will never call you father again. I am not a father who wants his daughter to commit suicide."

After saying this, she turned and left, leaving behind only a resolute back.

Wattsise closed his fingers, feeling the remaining warmth, lowered his eyes, with an unclear expression, and murmured, "Am I an incompetent father..."

Helia ran quickly towards the forest that had not yet been engulfed by the sea of ​​fire. She could not fly, and there were only two ways to fight the fire dragon in the sky. One was for the dragon to come down, but this was unlikely, and the other was... for her to go up.

She ran to a similar position and confirmed that she could be seen by the dragon. Then she waved her arms and shouted, "You stupid, dumb dragon in the sky that only knows how to breathe fire! Come here!"

Her voice was drowned out by the wailing and roaring of the monsters. The fire dragon didn't respond at all. It was unclear whether it didn't hear or understand.

Helia thought about it, then shouted again in dragon language. This time the fire dragon looked over, its pupils dilating and shrinking, as if focusing, and finally locked onto the small red figure, flapping its wings and swooping down -

When Helia saw it flying towards her, she immediately cast several layers of protective magic on herself, and then tried to attack the opponent with the highest-level killing magic she had learned.

But the magic fell on the dragon's strong scales, just like tickling, and did not break the opponent's armor at all. If you didn't know, you would think Helia was setting off fireworks for it.

"Damn it! It turns out you're the one doing all the attacking and defending, not me!" Helia couldn't help but curse, and when she saw that her attack was completely ineffective, she turned around and ran away.

If she doesn't run, she will become a roast chicken. She is not a fool!

Although Helia's magic was completely painless, it was obvious that her attack had angered the dragon. A long roar was heard, and then a stream of boiling magma spurted out of its mouth, chasing Helia.

She looked back while running away and exclaimed, "Oh my god!" No wonder her back felt so hot that it felt like it was burning. It turned out that the fire had already caught up with her! If she was a step slower, she would have roasted a living person!

I can’t run away from here! I can’t run away from here!

Helia didn't run in a straight line, but instead fled here and there, showing everyone what it meant to move flexibly, which made the fire dragon howl in anger.

But even so, she was soon surrounded by fire and lava flows. There were traces of burns all over her body, and her little face was pitch black. Only her long fiery red hair was still fluttering in the wind, and her sapphire blue eyes were as bright as the moon in the flames.

She raised her hand to wipe away the sweat that was about to flow into her eyes, took a deep breath, and continued to shout at the sky: "You coward! If you have the guts, come down and fight me head-on! You only know how to fly in the sky and spit fire! I think you are a coward! You will become a useless chicken when you land on the ground!"

"Come here if you can!"

Not far away, a group of people who had finally escaped from the sea of ​​fire after chasing the fire dragon stopped near the tower. Protected by the tower's defense mechanism, the surrounding area did not catch fire, and they could finally take a breath.

But Eric's expression became more and more solemn. He felt an inexplicable pain in his heart and was filled with uneasiness, as if something was about to be peeled away from his heart.

The fire dragon in the sky roared and chased in one direction. He looked at the fiery red figure and couldn't help but muttered: "Aya..."

A sense coming from his blood made Eric intuitively feel that the missing Helia might be here, and she was in trouble and might very likely die.

He covered his heart and looked in the direction the fire dragon was flying. After thinking for a moment, he raised his sword and prepared to chase after it, but was stopped by others.

"Your Highness! No!"

If everyone present must die, Eric must not die. He is the next heir to the Otis Empire and His Royal Highness the Prince. If he dies here, the entire empire will be in turmoil.

Their mission is to follow Eric and protect Eric to the death. They cannot bear to see him fall into danger.

"I feel Aya... Aya is here... She is in danger..." Eric muttered, still looking in that direction.

Tamasha shuddered when she heard Helia's name, and she didn't know whether she should tell Prince Eric.

Not long after Helia left the team, Tamasha discovered that she was missing, and then Lukman found a note in his pocket with only a few words written on it: I'm going to find my tower.

At first they were very anxious and worried. The Sad Forest was full of dangerous monsters. It would be dangerous for Helia to act alone. But at this moment they could not turn around and look for the tower that was nowhere to be found.

Just now they arrived here and saw the tower. Tamasha thought Princess Helia was hiding nearby, so she ordered Lukman and others to look for her separately, but they found nothing.

Prince Eric suddenly looked in the direction the fire dragon left and said that Princess Helia was in danger. Could it be that Her Royal Highness the Princess led the dragon away?

Now that they saw the tower, they knew why Helia had said they were coming to find her tower, because this tower was attacking the group of monsters in the sky with great power, many times more powerful than the monsters they had killed along the way.

Just as Tamasha was struggling, Mandar came over with a piece of rag in his hand. He opened his palm and showed it to Tamasha, "I found this in the dirt pile. Is it the dress that Her Highness Helia is wearing?"

The dark blue, rough-feeling fabric was embroidered with a string of small white flowers. It was part of the sleeve of the top that Helia had been wearing along the way.

Tamasha took it with trembling hands and stared at it for a long time. She didn't know what she was thinking, but it couldn't be anything good.

She ran towards Eric with a pale face, holding the cloth tightly in her hand, and said in a trembling voice: "Prince Eric, Princess Helia... right here..."

The rest of the people looked at Tamasha, some with surprise, some with confusion, and some with doubt. She took out the torn cloth and explained, "Princess Helia had been following the soldiers of the Xiali Empire. We ran into them by the stream that night, and Her Highness Helia asked me to keep it a secret."

"Not long after seeing the beast tide in the sky, Her Highness Helia left the team alone and said she was going to find her tower, which should be the tower behind us."

"We found a piece of cloth nearby. It was the dress Princess Helia was wearing these days... She..."

Before Tamasha could finish her words, Eric snatched the cloth from her hand and thought carefully about what happened that night.

He did not pay much attention to the group of soldiers from the Xiali Empire, but he vaguely remembered that there was a mysterious magician among them who had been covering most of his face with a hood. It turned out that it was Helia, the sister he had been looking for for a long time.

"I'm sorry, when we first met Her Highness Helia, we sent people to escort her back, but we didn't expect that they disobeyed military orders and brought Her Highness Helia back without permission. I'm sorry." Pleyton stood up and explained.

He had been chasing the escaper all the way, and he had no time to question why Lukman and others were here. He also did not find Princess Helia, so he subconsciously thought that they had sent the princess back to the camp.

But they didn't expect... that they didn't even leave the forest, but came back to look for them.

Eric held the rag tightly in his hand. Aya must have seen him. She must have known that he had been looking for her. So why didn't she come to see him? Was she angry with him? Where had she gone now?

Aya...my sister...

"I'm going to find her." Eric was determined to find Helia despite the opposition of others. He was a brother, how could he just let his sister be in danger?

But Tamasha has their considerations. Now the two crown princes of the empire are trapped here, and Princess Helia's life or death is unknown. If Prince Eric insists on looking for him, the worst result will be that both of them will die at the hands of monsters. This is a huge blow that the empire cannot bear, and they must stop him.

Eric drew his sword directly, his eyes determined, "I'm going to find my sister, don't stop me."

"Your Highness Eric! If anything happens to you! What will happen to His Majesty! What will happen to the empire! You have to consider the overall situation!" someone shouted.

"So I have to sacrifice my sister? She is the princess of the empire, my biological sister!" Eric closed his eyes tightly, then opened them again and pointed the sword at the face of the man who was blocking his way. "My father can't protect her, and the empire can't protect her either, so I will protect her."

"Say it again, get out of my way!"

Silence spread among the crowd. The guards protecting Eric were unwilling to back down, and Eric was also unwilling to compromise. Pleaton and the others did not intervene because they felt guilty. Everyone was deadlocked here.

"boom--"

There was another loud noise, and their attention was drawn over there. They all looked at the fire dragon in the distance turning back and swooping over here. Its huge claws stirred up a strong wind as it swung, determined to blow the cunning insect away and crush it into meat paste.

Then they saw a small figure rushing out from the woods engulfed by flames, a pair of sapphire eyes shining particularly brightly on the dark little face, and fiery red hair flying as it ran.

One glance is enough to tell she is Helia.

"Aya!!!" Eric shouted and rushed forward to pick up Helia.

But when Helia saw him, her eyes were not filled with joy, but more with shock. Then she frowned in embarrassment, raised her hand and pushed, and Eric felt that he was pushed aside by an invisible force.