Cloud Thinking

In order to avoid Helia's various fire magics, Carlisle was covered in black ash, and his clothes were also blackened by the fire. He looked extremely miserable.

But looking at Helia, she was so leisurely that it seemed that if she was given a chair, she could really sit down and drink tea while fighting with Carlisle.

On her side, all kinds of colorful lights were spinning, and all kinds of magic were flying, perfectly showing the charm of magic.

In short, elegance~

On Carlisle's side, it was a combination of red and black, just like going to a battlefield, with continuous bombardment behind them.

In a word, it was embarrassing...

Carlisle wiped the sweat that was about to flow to his eyes, looked at Helia who was living a peaceful life, and couldn't help but laugh.

It turned out that last time, Helia didn't use her full strength.

The reason he was able to injure the other party that time was because of the sneak attack and because Helia was too anxious to escape.

She was not fully prepared and was in a hurry, so he succeeded.

Otherwise, she could have killed him right there.

Carlisle exhaled slowly, trying to mobilize the magic power in his body and pour it into his sword continuously.

The next moment, he disappeared like lightning.

The fireball chasing him lost its target and floated aimlessly in the air, not knowing where to go.

Helia's pupils shrank, and she stepped back instinctively.

Sure enough, the moment she stepped back, the six layers of protective shields in front of her were all broken, and the sword light, which had not yet exhausted itself, pierced her face.

Instead of being scared, Helia became excited, with the corners of her mouth curled up.

She was saying, how could Carlisle only have this little ability? After all, he was a magic swordsman who was more powerful than her senior. It was impossible for him to be chased and beaten by her all the time.

Helia didn't defend herself, and it was too late to cast defensive magic. However, she had many defensive items on her, but she didn't bring them with her this time.

She didn't want Theodore to suffer any more harm, so she raised her arm to block it.

The sword light fell on her arm, and blood immediately appeared, just like the situation when the two of them confronted each other that night.

Carlisle didn't expect that Helia couldn't defend herself, nor did he expect that she didn't have any defensive magic items on her. His attack was only aimed at breaking through the layers of defensive magic in front of Helia, and he didn't expect to hurt Helia.

He was stunned.

However, Helia seemed not to feel the pain in her arm, and once again reached out to his right hand holding the sword, as if she wanted to imitate what she did last time, breaking his right hand and melting his sword.

But Carlisle wasn't stupid enough to fall into the same trap a second time.

He dodged Helia's outstretched hand and turned the blade of his sword that was facing Helia, attempting to strike her with the hilt.

It was just a sparring match, he couldn't seriously injure Helia, otherwise he wouldn't be able to report to Claude.

"I'm an enemy, not a teammate..." Helia's voice suddenly rang in his ears. He could even feel the hot air sprayed on his ears while she was speaking.

"So, don't show mercy to me..."

Helia, who was originally in front of him, now floated behind him like a ghost.

And in the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a familiar figure.

It was Theodore.

He felt a dull pain at the back of his head, as if he had been slapped by a giant, and flew forward uncontrollably.

Even though he hit the railing on the side of the ring, it still couldn't stop him from flying out.

He smashed the railing of the ring and flew outward for nearly ten meters before he came to a stop, rubbing against the sand of the training ground.

"Carlisle flies out of the ring, Helia wins!" Seeing this, Damian immediately announced the result.

Then he quickly ran onto the stage, anxiously looking at Helia's bleeding arm, so nervous that he couldn't even utter a word.

"I'm fine, I was just careless for a moment."

Helia raised her hand and pressed it on her wound. A red light lit up and slowly rubbed the sharp wound.

The red light faded, and the torn flesh had now closed, but a hideous pink scar still remained.

She stood on the ring, looking at Carlisle who was lying on the ground surrounded by everyone, her eyes were dim, as if she was thinking about something.

Indeed, as Vikes said, Carlisle's light attribute is relatively easy to deal with.

Unlike her senior's dual attributes of fire and thunder, if anyone got close to her, she would either be burned by fire or electrocuted. Her defensive magic shattered so quickly that she had no time to repair it.

And like her, Vikes did not come from a formal background, and one could always see some uncivilized wildness in them.

Without fixed moves and tactics, it will be difficult for the enemy to detect your tactics.

Moreover, compared to the magician, the magic swordsman's attainments in magic are many levels lower.

The magic swordsman still relies heavily on basic sword skills and sword styles, and magic is only a boost, not the main means of attack.

This also means that a lot of the magic they learned is actually useless.

You can't fight with a sword in one hand and a wand in the other, right? That would be too weird.

And one thing Helia was very curious about was that magic wands, like magic swords, were props used by magic to store magic power.

A magician can use his wand to cast all kinds of magic. So can a magic swordsman use his sword to cast magic other than sword skills?

If possible, she could always carry a sword with her, which she could use to fight enemies in close combat and as a magic wand for ranged attacks.

In this way, Theodore wouldn't have to endure damage that it shouldn't always suffer.

Through this incident, Helia also saw the shortcomings of groups like the Magic Swordsmen - they relied too much on the swords in their hands.

Of course, there is no magician who does not rely on magic props in his hands. After all, they are not like Helia who can violate the basic operating rules of the magic world and cast magic without wands or spells.

But what Helia emphasized here is that magic swordsmen hardly use magic other than sword skills. They have a very strong dependence on swords and only want to defeat the enemy with swords.

But it’s different for magicians, like Helia. She has learned from many masters, learned all kinds of magic, and uses all kinds of magic.

Although she relies on the most offensive fire magic, it does not mean that she will not use other magic. On the contrary, she is very keen on developing her own magic atlas.

The magician owns the entire magical continent, but the magic swordsman seems to have only taken a little bit from it and filled it into the field of swordsmanship.

Therefore, when facing a magician who masters multiple types of magic, it is difficult for the magic swordsman to make a direct breakthrough.

Carlisle was able to break through Helia's heavy defenses and injure her in one move because of his special sword skills, which were fast and fierce.

But what about the other magic swordsmen?

He has no speed, no strength, and even no brains. How is he any different from an ordinary swordsman?

She also discovered that when she had practiced with Wicks in the past, it was basically just a competition of physical skills and techniques, and it was never a comprehensive competition.

After all, she wouldn't frantically cast defensive magic and turn herself into an attack turret during a sparring match.

And Vikes might not have ever seen an enemy who could master both offensive and defensive magic to perfection.

She suddenly began to miss Netina. At least in a sense, she was a person who could truly master both the warrior and magician professions at the same time.

Her spear is filled with magic, and her attacks are fast and fierce. At the same time, she can cooperate with teleportation magic, so she can flexibly change her position and launch attacks from various angles.

Moreover, she was able to handle all types of magic attacks with ease. She dodged most of them and neutralized the few with magic.

This shows that she is very proficient in magic, which allows her to immediately come up with countermeasures based on the enemy's attack in an ever-changing battlefield.

Perhaps I should learn some close combat techniques, too? Helia thought.

"Aya!" Stella's worried cry brought Helia's drifting consciousness back.

When she came to her senses, she saw Starley staring at her with red eyes, holding her injured arm with both hands, and seemed afraid to use force for fear of hurting her.

"That Carlisle is really something! How could the snake really hurt you? It even left such a big cut and caused so much blood to flow!"

Starley carefully wiped the blood off Helia with a handkerchief, mumbling non-stop, and almost greeted Carlisle's entire family.

It can be seen that her sister is really angry and hates the person who hurt Helia without any sense of propriety.

"Sister, I'm fine, just a minor injury." Helia held Stella's hand, squeezed it twice, and smiled, telling her not to worry too much.

After saying that, she looked around and asked, "Where's Xiaobao? Did he see it?"

"I asked someone to send Xiaobao back home after the arm wrestling competition. I knew that there would be blood in your competition, and I was afraid of scaring him." Starley replied.

Seeing that Starley was still frowning, Helia couldn't help but want to tease her.

"Sister, did you see my heroic figure? Isn't it handsome?"

When Starley saw her acting so unserious, her anger was gone, but she still felt uncomfortable, so she raised her hand and poked Helia's forehead hard.

"Yes, yes, you are the best! You clearly promised me before that you would not get hurt easily. What are you doing now? Are you going to break your promise?" she said angrily.

"How could that be? I care about you the most, sister. Even your words are three times more important to me than those of others." Helia said slickly.

Without waiting for Stella to say anything more reproachful, Helia put her hands on her shoulders, half-forced her body to turn, and made her look in the direction of Carlisle.

"Sister, did you see that? Even the most powerful knight in the Knights Templar would be defeated by me."

"They all looked down on me because I was a woman, and they thought I was born in the boudoir and was just an ignorant, weak princess."

“But now I have proved to them with my strength that even though I am a woman, I can still defeat them with the strength they are so proud of.”

"Sister, did you see the way those people looked at me?"

"They are afraid of me, they are in awe of me, and they are wary of me."

"Before this, how did they look at me? You were right beside me, so you must have seen it clearly."

Stella looked at the knights surrounding Carlisle, carefully observing their gazes and movements, and comparing them with what she had seen before -

Yes, they are afraid, and they finally are willing to look at us straight in the eye.

Before this, she saw people looking at Helia with frivolous, teasing eyes, heard the offensive, obscene and teasing words they said, and also caught the little movements of those lechers to take advantage of her.

Even though Helia and she were both noble princesses of the empire, these people still had no respect for them.

What they respected was not them, but the imperial power behind them, Claude, and even this status and identity.

But it's not them.

They regarded Helia as an actress performing on stage, so they judged her every move and made teasing and provocative remarks.

They regarded Helia as the most expensive doll in their master's house, so they naturally said all kinds of nice words to flatter her in front of her master.

But who can know how they slander or even directly blaspheme behind the scenes where the host cannot see?

In their eyes, Helia was just a topic of conversation, an object of jokes and judgment.

Even if Helia had great strength, it was just a little trick that could make people laugh, and it just made them laugh.

"You mean Princess Helia? Oh, she's so beautiful! And she has a great figure! I really want to touch her..."

"Ah? You said she defeated all the knights by herself? Hahaha! Then she is really strong. I am afraid no man will dare to marry her in the future, right?"

"That's really scary. Do you think she will beat her husband in the future? If anyone marries her, won't he be unlucky for the rest of his life?"

"You said she is the same. What is the purpose of a girl always showing up in public? She loves to be in the spotlight so much. Isn't she going to get married in the end?"

"I heard that she is learning some magic, and it seems like she is very good at it. If you have the free time, you might as well learn how to wash your hands and cook. Then you can enjoy the good life in your husband's family when you get married! Hahaha!"

"Hey, what do you think? Princess Helia did this because she is horny and thirsty, so she is here to pick a man? Hahaha!"

"That's right. Look at her. She holds everyone's hand so tightly and won't let go!"

These were all heard by Stella and Helia themselves, and the people who said these things didn't seem to think of avoiding them because they didn't think it mattered.

Even if they were caught, they would just say it was a joke, so why take it seriously? They might even say something like, "Your Highness the Princess can't even take a joke."

But when Helia overturned the man they feared, they noticed that this little plaything, this actor, this vassal, seemed to be challenging their authority.

They had to look at Helia from a different perspective.

"What do you think she is going to do? Rebellion? Is she going to take over the position of leader herself?"

"How can she be so powerful? She chose the leader today, so she won't want to choose each of us next time, right?"

"Maybe the captain let us go. After all, it would be hard to explain to His Majesty if the princess was injured."

"Look at Carlisle, and then look at the wound on Helia's hand. Does it look like he let her off? You saw the whole thing with your own eyes. How fierce was Helia's attitude!"

"It's better not to mess with her. If she gets upset one day, she might come to bother you. Stay away from her in the future."

"Yes, she is a princess. You have to give her your life even if she wants it. Don't forget those people she sunk to the bottom of the lake before..."

"Now that she knows magic, it's even easier for her to kill people. She can just cast a spell and you'll be gone. Maybe not even ashes will be left!"

"What do you think His Majesty Claude wants to do by letting her join the Knights? Is he going to use her to kill us all? To make way for His Majesty Eric?"

This was the first time that Starley saw so clearly the power and charm of strength, and how strength could take back respect from others.

"Did you see it clearly, sister?" Helia pressed close to Stella's body and whispered softly.

“Only when we have enough power can people truly look at us and respect us instead of looking down on us.”

“Only when we have enough power will our voices not be ignored or drowned out.”

"Only with enough strength can we protect ourselves and everything we want to protect."