Gorgeous Jewel
Chapter IV Chapter 124

Asiya stood glued when he saw Alice fight against the thorny monster.

His eyes were wide open looking at them. "A-Is this monster actually very weak. All his attacks were repelled easily by Alice." Mumbled. Asiya shook her head. "No, I made sure of that when I fought him. This monster is not weak but Alice is too strong."

Asiya glanced at the sight of his injured comrades. Since the monster was busy fighting Alice, he immediately summoned the witches behind him and the archers to retreat and bring their wounded comrades.

"Sad." Asiya clucked then bit her thumb nail while looking towards that fight.

With a dark Mana enveloping her body, Alice thought that the monster would be a little difficult to defeat. Just once slashed down with sword Qi and his huge ears had already been severed. Alice was a little disappointed, but she just wanted to try her fire magic even though she knew that the monster was actually resistant to fire element attacks.

"Is...my increased strength is because of which Heart is?" Alice asked herself. Alice jumped back a few steps, then closed her eyes to see the changes in energy present in her body. "real right. I don't even feel it. The Mana Heart that Zhou Yun gave was extremely extraordinary. It's not wrong for so many people to go after him, even if the evil god wants him." Once again Alice was grateful in her heart for the disciple as well as her first love.

Dense energy was constantly being pumped from his heart to his entire body. The Mana Heart that had fused within him made his Mana affinity better. Indirectly his body would use Mana to recover his stamina. It was not like that Mana Heart would heal wounds, Alice was not so rash as to try to injure herself with the huge monster before her.

Although the absorption and use of Mana and Qi almost had the same concept, but he could not apply both at the same time. Such was Alice's theory before she obtained the Mana Heart, but ever since she had the Mana Heart of the Great Dragon in her body, Alice felt that it would be easy for her to combine the two and use it simultaneously.

"Arrrh! Arrugggh...!" The thorny monster roared in annoyance as all of its attacks could be broken easily. He opened wide the big mouth that was in his stomach. A black magic ball of [Dark Matter] formed from his dark Mana, then he shot it towards Alice.

The attack drove by scraping the ground and whatever he passed.

"Let's try." Alice smiled slightly with a crazy idea that appeared suddenly in her head. "It's been a while, but I've seen students use it. No harm, maybe the same way."

Alice sensed the Mana in her body, recalling the magic that the disciples had once used when they were fighting. Like a circuit board that is electrified, like that Alice visualizes the form of magic that is in her mind.

He stretched one hand forward. It slowly gathered a magic energy field to surround its body. "[Magic Shield] [Aegis] [Protection]"

The three basic magic were instantly used by him instantly. He didn't think it would be that easy. Although it was only basic magic but with the amount of Mana she currently had, Alice did not hesitate to hold onto that Dark Matter ball.

A strong gust of wind and a slight push when his protector collided with the ball. Not only was the ground at the side or in front of him, the earth scraping trail from the Dark Matter ball also imprinted past both sides. It was fortunate that he had strong legs, otherwise he might be knocked backwards.

It's great! Lua ordinary! It's exciting!

Alice's eyes were full of enthusiasm. Using magic made his chest stir. "I've long missed this feeling." Alice smiled broadly. He's really happy at the moment. But Alice immediately dismissed her enthusiasm. "No, no. Now is not the time for a moment like this. I have to finish it immediately."

Alice pulled out her sword from the ring of her dimension. "Because the fire doesn't work. How about I cool your body down a little." Then, he drew his sword slowly. The monster did not waste its chance. He shot large thorns out of his body and then stuck his ears to the ground.

"The same technique will not be useful. I thought you had intelligence but it looks like a primate is even smarter than you." Alice jumped as a collection of long, sharp thorns almost pierced her from the ground. Furthermore, other large thorns slammed into his eyes and followed by a Dark Matter attack.

Alice slowly breathed out from her mouth. "[Elemental Breath]"

Time slowed down in his eyes. When the tip of his sword had slipped out of its hilt. Alice slashed at lightning speed "[Deep Freeze Abyss]"

Asiya saw Alice landing back on the ground, turning to walk towards her as if there were no strange events behind her. As she wanted to ask, Asiya looked carefully at Alice's sword which sounded when it was re-inserted in its handle. He and his army were wide-eyed to see the monster's body as well as the thorns floating in the air split into small pieces. The monster that was behind the young WAI's back had split into pieces in the blink of an eye.

Asiya's eyes trembled staring at how terrifying the power of the human named Alice was.

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Three days after the monster invaders had passed, the state of the city had gotten better. Thanks to the swift soldiers, the monster attack dealt only a little damage.

"Alice. How are you today? The monster attack a few days ago really scared me enough." Say hello to a woman named Lia.

Lia or often called Aunt Lia. She was the sole owner of the inn that Alice and her daughter occupied. A charming elf woman despite being married and widowed because of her husband's death. Lia's aunt lived alone inheriting her husband's inn.

"Auntie's to. I'm doing fine. Fortunately the soldiers quickly dealt with them."

Aunt Lia laughed as she placed one of her hands in front of her lips. "Even if they attack this place, I'm sure I can count on you." He said in a joking tone. "Oh, hello cute little girl over there." Aunt Lia waved her hand as she looked at Echidna who was holding Alice's hand. "Echidna is really cute. Were you afraid when the monsters came?"

Echidna shook her head. "As long as there's a mama, Echidna doesn't fear anything." Reply with pride.

"yes too. Your mother was a great woman. But... I didn't expect for a 16-year-old woman you already had a daughter this big."

"Eh...ah~ Ahahah... It's a long story." Alice smiled shyly while scratching her cheeks.

He shifted his eyes for a moment.

It was the umpteenth time he had heard people say that to him. Well, even if he explained that Echidna was not his biological daughter, they would doubt when they saw her and Echidna look very similar. It is not wrong to look at them like a mother and son or sister.

"Where are you going?"

"We'd like to take a walk."

"Oh, then enjoy your time and don't forget to come back later. I will prepare a special meal to celebrate our success against the monsters."

"Good aunt."

Alice with Echidna passed out the gate. They then moved north according to what was drawn on the map.

"Follow this river and we'll be at the forest's border soon." He muttered while looking at the map.

After gathering a bit of information, Alice finally decided to go to the border and look at the forest Zhou Yun resting place.