The White Stoat Princess (5 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 36

They were driving monsters whose true nature was unknown toward Hadel without even knowing what they were. What was even more astonishing was that the knights were truly herding the monsters toward Hadel as if they were used to it.

‘Are they all out of their minds?’

From my perspective, it was a scene that made absolutely no sense. Wasn’t Hadel the person in this castle whose life should be protected at all costs?

‘Yet they’re pushing Hadel into danger?’

But the reason gradually became clear as I watched them fight. Even if you stabbed the monster with a sword, the cold air would climb up the blade instead, forming ice on it and giving frostbite to the hand holding the sword. No matter what weapon you held, it was useless against ice monsters.

‘So the only way to completely eliminate the monsters is with fire! That’s why they’re driving them toward Hadel so he can spew flames and burn them away.’

In the end, the only thing capable of opposing these monsters was the fire Hadel created.

‘But what if Hadel gets hurt in the process? Who will help him then?’

Among everyone here, I—who considered Hadel the most precious—stomped my feet in anxiety.

‘Was that why he came back to the castle last time on the verge of mana overload?’

Facing multiple ice monsters alone, Hadel swung his sword by himself. Before the flames that surged like serpents along his blade, the ice monsters shattered absurdly easily. It was a situation where I could understand why everyone relied solely on Hadel.

‘But Hadel is currently overproducing mana.’

The more clumsily he used his mana, the more his heart would be stimulated, and the more painful it would surely become.

Yet he couldn’t unleash his full power either.

“Your Highness! It’s dangerous!”

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