Ice Queen

Time drifted by, and another month passed.

Hekate broke through to an 8-Star Grand Magus.

The unstable foundation caused by advancing too quickly brought all the problems accumulated over three years erupting at once.

The Magic Outburst within her body steadily shaved ten years off Hekate's lifespan every day. Fortunately, her Longevity Talent was holding up, so it was not a major problem.

"Relying on Meditation alone to sort out my magic power is still too difficult." She sighed.

After all, even a mage with exceptional Magic Aptitude needed more than a hundred years to rise from nothing to a Grand Magus. She had only taken three years. A Magic Outburst had been inevitable sooner or later. The fact that it had only begun after she reached an 8-Star Grand Magus already proved that her physical constitution was inhuman.

Today, Betty paid her a rare visit.

Standing before the fish tank, she happily interacted with the Mermaid Baby inside.

"You're in quite the mood today. You actually came to see me." Hekate looked at her in surprise.

Ever since becoming the heir to the throne, Betty had far too much to learn. She was often so busy her feet barely touched the ground and had no time to visit.

"Grandfather told me to come out and relax, so I came to find you." Betty curled her lips into a relaxed smile. Her eyes held the joy of seeing her, but it quickly turned into worry.

She said, "Grandfather said you would protect the Uruk Kingdom. Is that true?"

Hekate found this strange. "Yes. What is it?"

"Actually, the Uruk Kingdom does not have such deep ties with you. If you encounter an enemy you can't defeat, you can run away. You don't need to worry about us."

Hekate smiled. "What happened to make you so worried?"

"The Yelm Kingdom and Bangato Kingdom, which previously invaded the Chaos Kingdom, were counterattacked by Chaos soldiers. Their own soldiers were even controlled by the Chaos Kingdom in turn. Now, even the kings of the Yelm Kingdom and Bangato Kingdom have been controlled. No one knows how they were controlled. I'm afraid that if you keep staying here, you'll be controlled too." Betty's voice was subdued.

Something like that had happened?

Hekate immediately asked Star. The two kings mentioned were indeed under control, allowing Chaos soldiers to move through those two kingdoms as if no one were there. Meanwhile, the Peters Kingdom had also formed a cooperative relationship with the Chaos Kingdom.

They did not currently intend to attack the Uruk Kingdom, but they were indeed arranging for people to infiltrate the Uruk Kingdom and poison its water, hoping to control the Uruk Kingdom's soldiers and create internal turmoil.

"Don't worry. I can handle a mere toxin." Hekate smiled.

It was the flesh toxin released by the enemy's Flesh Staff. It could control people's minds, but there were ways to counter it.

Generally speaking, purification magic was the natural enemy of this toxin. However, the Flesh Staff was too high-level, and ordinary mages could not purify its toxin at all.

"You know how they were controlled?" Betty asked in confusion.

She had only learned of this matter recently. How did Hekate know?

Hekate nodded. Not only did she know how they had been controlled, she also knew how to solve it.

"Have people plant carnivorous plants near the water sources, such as Devil Vines or Man-Eating Flowers. Then, only draw water near those plants. That will prevent anyone from being controlled."

Although there were no mages capable of purifying this toxin, plants could devour its flesh toxin. Carnivorous plants loved this stuff.

Betty was somewhat confused and uncertain whether this method would work, but she still went to arrange for people to plant them.

After Betty left, Hekate asked Star for the names of the two people preparing to poison the water.

They were merely Intermediate Mages. One Fire Curse Technique each was enough for Hekate to send them both permanently out of this world. They had not even realized what was happening when they died.

That afternoon.

Hekate specially went to the Mystery Tower to learn a purification spell.

If the other side used some strange method to poison the water again, she would have magic to deal with it.

As she walked out of the Mystery Tower, an astonishingly beautiful woman suddenly drifted past her. Her skin was white as snow, she wore an elegant pale gown, and her soft white hair fell smoothly behind her.

Yet despite this woman's breathtaking beauty, none of the students could see her. She moved freely through the crowd before their eyes.

Hekate frowned and asked Star.

This was clearly no ordinary being. If she did not figure it out, she would not be able to sleep.

Elisa Belyak, Empress of the Ice Snow Empire. Her strength surpassed that of an Archmage. The person before you was her Ice Snow Clone, sent to notify the mages holding Ice Snow Tickets to travel to the Ice Snow Empire and participate in the Ice Snow Tournament.

Empress?!

Holy shit, and her strength is even above an Archmage!

Not someone I can afford to provoke.

Hekate hurriedly shifted her gaze away, but Elisa had already noticed her.

Elisa was the Ice Snow Witch. She saw your appearance and developed a favorable impression of you. She sensed the aura of her kind from you, and her favorability toward you greatly increased.

Hekate: "..."

She rushed back to the Astrology Tower without stopping. When she did not see Elisa following her, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Natasha and Furia were both at home. Natasha asked curiously, "Hekate, why were you running so fast? Was something following you?"

She looked behind Hekate, but did not see anyone following her.

"Nothing. I just wanted to get back sooner." Hekate laughed awkwardly.

At that moment, Furia hurried over in a panic. "Teacher Hekate, look at Little Bubble. She threw up!"

Hekate went over to take a look and said speechlessly, "Don't feed her so much candy. Her body can't digest too much of it, so she can only throw it up."

Furia quickly nodded to show that she understood.

After changing Little Bubble's water, Furia sternly forbade her from eating any more candy and only gave her some fresh little shrimp.

Little Bubble was a little disappointed.

Hekate smiled and shook her head.

That night.

Hekate used Star Speech to check on the Chaos Kingdom's movements. Seeing that they had not arranged for anyone else to enter and poison the water, she ended the Star Speech state and continued Meditating to calm the Magic Outburst within her body.

At that moment, Elisa drifted in from the balcony. A wave of icy magic power rushed toward Hekate, instantly forcing her out of her Meditation State.

"What a beautiful Little Witch, though your Magic Level is far too weak. Little sister, are you interested in coming back with me? In my territory, no one would dare hurt you. I can even make you a powerhouse second only to one and above tens of thousands!"

The impossibly beautiful woman invited Hekate.

Hekate froze. Why did this Ice Queen seem like a child trafficker?

She looked so beautiful and aloof on the outside. Could she secretly be a goofball?

"We don't seem to know each other, do we?" Hekate said speechlessly.