Sophia’s heart sank the moment she saw the suddenly rolling White Mist appear, and she immediately raised her staff, causing the air around them to swirl into a whirlwind.
“Wind Magic: Storm.”
The raging wind converged into a tornado that wrapped around them, but to Sophia’s surprise, the mist was completely unaffected by the storm!
The White Mist even ignored the storm’s barrier and directly spread toward them.
After losing the first encounter, Sophia didn’t freeze in disbelief; instead, she quickly dispersed the wind magic and switched to Fire Magic.
A bright flame surged at the tip of her staff.
Sophia aimed the concentrated fireball at a hollow in the mist, unleashing a torrent of blazing fire like a breath of energy.
The flames shot deep into the mist, but their only effect was to make the air scorchingly hot; the fire did nothing to dissipate the mist.
Seeing this, Sophia’s eyes narrowed.
“This isn’t ordinary mist. It’s unaffected by elemental magic!”
If it’s not affected by elemental magic, then it must be something existing as a Spirit Body!
Elemental magic is usually very effective, but it becomes powerless in exceptional cases involving the mind or soul.
This White Mist was clearly composed of spirit matter.
At that moment, Enya reminded her, “Just be careful of what’s inside the mist. The mist itself doesn’t have much effect.”
“I see…”
Sophia was a bit stunned upon hearing Enya’s words. She glanced at Enya’s back and silently wondered,
Does she know something?
Sophia clearly remembered that Enya said she was here to find something.
But she never said what.
That thing might be related to the Mist Lord, which might be why she agreed to cooperate.
Nina pulled off her hood and drew her twin swords.
Beneath her robe, she wore a tight black outfit.
The soft black fabric clung to the little elf’s body. Though her figure lacked significant curves, she possessed a unique, sensuous beauty.
That slender waist was truly tempting to pinch.
No wonder she was an elf—daring to dress boldly and naturally beautiful.
While Enya was lost in thought, terrifying figures began to emerge from the mist—pale humanoid monsters, each standing nearly two meters tall.
Nina unleashed a powerful burst of magic and instantly severed several of the monsters.
Landing firmly, she shouted to Enya, “Hey, Mother Dragon, think of a way to get out, and once we’re out, I’m definitely going to give you a beating!”
“Oh.”
Enya replied indifferently.
She drew her standard-issue longsword and began cutting down the monsters formed from the mist—one strike, one monster.
Sophia watched helplessly as the mist swallowed their entire space.
After being enveloped by the mist, Sophia’s mind was filled with strange thoughts she couldn’t yet comprehend—only a cacophony of noise.
She furrowed her brows and attacked the monsters with cheap Wind Blade Magic while asking Enya anxiously, “W-what do we do next?”
After all, Sophia was a theoretician at heart.
This situation clearly wasn’t covered in any textbook, so the first person she thought to consult was the experienced Enya.
Just like back in the Forest Elf Kingdom, whenever she encountered an unsolvable problem, she always turned to her teacher—the Elf Saintess Eliv.
Enya didn’t give her a direct answer, but said calmly, “You need to think calmly in times like these.”
“Huh?”
“Sophia, you need to think more.”
“But… but what should I think about? What exactly should I think?”
Sophia didn’t get a chance to hear a direct answer because Enya had already answered her.
The answer was to think more.
Protected by Enya and Nina, Sophia could safely focus on her thoughts.
After the initial chaos, she gradually cleared her mind.
She used her eyes, her magical senses, and all her faculties to gather information and probe the root of the problem.
Sophia saw the slain monsters dissolve back into mist.
At the same time, not far away, new monsters were forming.
She counted their numbers and found there were many, but it seemed like there was an upper limit.
The number of monsters was almost constant!
This reminded Sophia of a Wood Elemental Magic—the Treefolk Guardian.
The caster must stay within a certain range, and the more guardians controlled, the greater the mental strain.
The number is locked by the caster’s mental capacity.
So behind these mist monsters, there must be a caster?
Exactly—that must be it!
Sophia turned her head and glanced around.
She noticed there were clearly more monsters on the right side than elsewhere. Could this mean something?
“Do… do we have to make a decision now?”
The elven girl muttered.
Sophia looked at Nina, who was fiercely hacking away, and Enya, who was calmly fending off the monsters. She bit her lip.
A leader must take responsibility for their decisions.
Should she make such a rash choice?
Should they break through now, or rush in to find the caster?
Sophia hesitated.
She thought caution was best, but this might be an opportunity. She didn’t want to miss it.
Her decision was…
“Have you decided?”
Enya interrupted her train of thought. Sophia was instantly snapped back from her focused state.
She gritted her teeth and said, “Break through on the right. We find the caster!”
“Sophia-neechan, I’ll lead the way.”
Nina charged ahead, twin swords flashing with razor-sharp precision.
Her pale golden magic sword aura was unstoppable.
Wherever she passed, stones and wooden stakes were sliced apart.
Sophia quickened her pace to follow.
Enya came up behind, watching Sophia from behind and thought silently,
Still so inexperienced.
If Eliv let her out like this…
But if she never leaves the greenhouse, this beautiful flower will become fragile and never truly grow.
Anyway, Enya had her back, so it didn’t matter.
Because of their breakout, the mist monsters grew agitated, no longer fighting in a slow attrition battle.
They lunged at them one by one, desperately trying to block their path.
But with a fifth-tier dual-sword elf warrior leading, these weak monsters were easily broken through by Nina.
The White Mist stirred wildly.
The monsters all dissolved back into white mist, then reformed into even fiercer, enormous Fog Worms, rushing at the three.
Nina was at the front.
When she sensed danger behind her, she tried to pull Sophia to safety but found that Enya had already pulled Sophia to the side.
The little elf didn’t try to block the Fog Worm directly but dodged the attack, moving in the opposite direction of Enya and Sophia.
After the worm passed, Nina realized Sophia and Enya were gone!
“Hey? You stinky Mother Dragon! Where did you take Princess Sophia?”
Nina’s face went pale.
She desperately tried to sense them but couldn’t find any trace.
Facing the Fog Worm charging at her again, a flash of anger lit her eyes.
Baring her silver teeth, the elf girl unleashed her full power, breaking free of all restraints.
The aura of a peak sixth-tier magic user burst forth.