The warm and gentle sunshine shone on the grass, and a woman in a dress and a two-year-old child were playing on the grass. The child walked towards a flower in the grass with a clumsy step, and the woman looked at him tenderly.
The child picked the flower, staggered back to the girl, and wanted to put the flower on her head, but he was too short and couldn't reach it after jumping several times.
The woman seemed to enjoy watching him trying so hard to reach the flower. After the child tried a few times, he got annoyed and was about to throw the flower to the ground. The woman quickly lowered her head and said, "Okay, okay, I let you do it. But I obviously like the purple flower more. Why do you always pick the red one?"
The child blinked for a while and said, "If you wear a flower, you should wear a big red flower. That's what I remember it looked like."
"Okay, okay." The woman said, "Then let's read a book for a while?"
"No, I don't want to read. I want to go out. It's too small here and not fun at all." The child insisted.
"Now... It's a little dangerous outside. Strange things are happening. I don't know what's going on. It's best for us to stay here now. I got two new books in the day before yesterday. They are all pictures. You will definitely like them."
"What will happen to your body if there is danger outside?" the child asked.
"I didn't expect you to finally learn to care about me. I knew you would grow up one day and you would definitely remember something in the future." The woman looked very happy. She hugged him and kissed him hard on the face several times. "Don't worry, I'm in the city now. We have a big shield outside to protect us."
The child said, "Then let's read a book."
The woman told the story slowly and eloquently. The child listened attentively and the woman was very happy. After she finished telling two storybooks that appeared out of nowhere, she said, "Okay, Li Jia, I'm going out now. Someone is calling me outside. You can have fun here."
As she spoke these words, the woman disappeared on the grass.
The child looked around and found that this boring space was not even as big as a house outside. He was so bored that he rolled over on the grass and fell asleep.
The woman opened her eyes and sat cross-legged. She was not wearing a dress but a swordsman's outfit.
"Miss, Lieutenant Colonel Wang Zifeng of the Guard wants to see you. He is waiting in the living room." said the young woman waiting beside her.
The woman nodded and said, "I'll go right away."
The two walked downstairs and saw the officer in the living room. It was Prince Feng who was transferred from Alano to this southern city.
"Ms. Serinda, Miss Nina. I came here to ask for your help." Wang Zifeng said straight to the point. "After a day and a night of fighting, we have defended the city. But a nearby town is still besieged by a large number of tree people. If they were not in the mountains, they would have been captured long ago. Now we can't just watch them die, we must send a group of experts to rescue them. You have been living in seclusion here, and I have never disturbed you, but the situation is really urgent now. One of you has high-level strength, and the other is also a mid-level magician. I need to borrow your strength."
"Of course I am willing. But Nina is a wizard who has never been on the battlefield. There is no reason to let her go through such an adventure." Serinda replied.
"Miss! I can go."
"The battlefield is no joke. After all, I have been there many times. But you are different. Although that person has given you some power more than once, you are still far from being able to use it skillfully."
"Miss, do you know?"
"Let's not talk about this anymore. You're a mid-level wizard, but you've still taken care of me all these years and helped me get through those days. No matter whose will is in you, I only feel grateful in my heart." Serinda hugged her gently and followed Wang Zifeng out of the house.
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The battle to rescue the mountain village went smoothly at the beginning. Wang Zifeng led the team to approach the village from the mountain, and then opened a road around the top of the mountain. As long as they broke through a group of tree people gathered in the mountain road behind the mountain, they could reach a relatively safe area.
Wang Zifeng led Serinda and his guards to attack the tree people. Serinda's sword was enchanted with fire magic. After adding a lot of auxiliary magic, her skills were not inferior to those of some great swordsmen. She killed countless tree people while swinging her fire blade. But in the evening, there was an unexpected change. A dozen green monkey monsters appeared among the remaining tree people. They were flexible and climbed onto the tree people's bodies, using them as artillery and began to release various wind magics to Wang Zifeng's team.
The strong wind greatly interfered with the shooting accuracy of Wang Zifeng's soldiers. It also interfered with the melee fighters fighting the tree people. Not only were the fighters' movements distorted by the strong wind, but they were also attacked by various wind blades. However, the tree people, whose bodies were heavy and not afraid of being cut by wind blades, were hardly affected.
Wang Zifeng chased and chopped at the monkeys for a while, but found that these ape monsters that could release magic were extremely agile. With the help of wind magic, they moved quickly on the bodies of the tree people.
"These monkeys have the power of mid-level mages, but how can a mage jump so fast?" Wang Zifeng said with anger. Three of his soldiers had already fallen under the wind blades, and several villagers who were protecting them were also injured. The two mages he brought were only mid-level, and they were powerless in front of more than ten monkey monsters. "Miss Serinda, if you can break through, go on your own! As soldiers, we must fight to the end."
"I was a soldier too." Serinda said, and her body suddenly stopped and stood there stiffly, as if some force suddenly made her lose control of her body.
"Miss Serinda!" Wang Zifeng screamed and rushed over. He saw a monkey sending wind blades towards the defenseless Serinda.
However, Serinda's body suddenly released a more violent wind magic, which was much purer and more powerful than the power controlled by the apes. The two wind blades that attacked her were like splashes into the sea, completely disappearing in the wind magic around her.
The monkey monsters that had attacked the crowd crazily when they first arrived, somehow stopped attacking at this time. They were no longer so crazy, and they chirped at each other, as if they were afraid. A leading monkey monster roared, and the monkeys actually started to run away.
"You can't run away." Serinda's tone was like a different person. The wind magic around her spread wildly, exploding with countless sharp air blades and air spears, hitting the fleeing monkey monsters like a rainstorm.
After the storm, the surroundings were in a mess, with broken tree men and battered monkey monsters everywhere. Only Wang Zifeng's team was safe and sound.
"This is..." asked Wang Zifeng.
Serinda regained control of her body, but her eyes were already filled with tears. She said softly, "I know he will protect me." (To be continued)