"Boom!"
As Ur's voice fell, a magic circle that was ice-blue throughout, crystal clear, carved with snowflakes, and resembling a work of art, immediately lit up in front of Ur's hands.
In an instant, a cold air resembling a torrent roared out from that magic circle, blowing against the hundreds of bandits, freezing them stiff in place, daring not to take a step beyond the line.
"No!"
"Not good!"
Under the blowing of this cold wind, their brains, originally flushed with the desire for money, gradually cooled down and sobered up.
"We actually dared to challenge the famous Ur? Have we gone mad?!"
The group of bandits stood dumbfounded in place. After calming down, they realized just how foolish they had been, and one by one, they revealed looks of despair.
"...Rose Garden!"
Ur did not give these bandits a chance to regret or beg for mercy. With a confident smile, she activated her magic.
In the blink of an eye, exquisite ice roses bloomed on the streets of the town, spreading for hundreds of meters until they paved the entire street.
"So beautiful."
The bandits who had originally intended to attack Ur revealed looks of obsession in the face of these blooming ice roses. While in a daze, they turned into lifelike ice sculptures one after another.
"Trash!"
"Truly a bunch of trash!"
"Over a hundred people, and you can't handle one little girl?!"
As the bandit leader, Barclay, discovered that all his minions, including the Magic Beast beneath him which was a full six meters tall, had been frozen by Ur, he cursed angrily and intended to turn and run.
Well, as long as the green hills remain, there's no fear of running out of firewood!
As long as he, Barclay, could survive, he could find a way to recruit minions or Magic Beast mounts again.
"Trying to run?"
But before Barclay could leave, Ur, moving like a ghost, appeared directly behind him a step ahead, questioning him coldly.
"Ur, you can't kill me!"
"Take a good look at the back mountain!"
"I gathered members from several Dark Mage Guilds, totaling over a thousand people, all waiting for me there."
"If anything happens to me, they will kill their way in!"
Barclay looked panicked. His lips were purple, but he still didn't forget to threaten Ur.
"What did you say?!"
Ur looked shocked. The back mountain was where Ur's home was located. At this moment, Ide and Susan were still there and hadn't entered the town.
"To tell you the truth, I am no ordinary robber! I am a main force of the Kingdom's Resistance Army."
"Ur, you have such powerful strength; it shouldn't be wasted in a small mountain village. So, unite with me! Let's overthrow this corrupt kingdom together!"
"As long as we have your strength joining us, I will definitely become the new King."
"At that time, I can choose to share power with you and make you my Queen..."
Before Barclay could finish the word "Queen," he saw a fist the size of a sandbag constantly enlarging before his eyes.
"Bang!"
By the time Barclay reacted, he had already been sent flying by Ur's punch.
"It hurts!"
Barclay drew a beautiful arc in the sky and landed on the cold snowy ground. Clutching his nose, which was constantly spraying blood and icing over, he said angrily, "I've changed my mind, Ur. No man will like a violent woman like you."
However, before Barclay could finish speaking, he saw the residents of the town surrounding him with farming tools.
"What are you going to do?!"
Cold sweat broke out on Barclay's forehead as he spoke nervously.
"What do you think we are going to do?"
The mayor tilted his head, his neck making crisp crack, crack sounds, looking hale and hearty for his age.
"Can we still settle this?"
Seeing this, Barclay swallowed weakly. Looking at the "fiendish" townspeople present, he asked.
"You must be joking, right?"
The mayor sneered. With a signal from his eyes, the able-bodied men of the village picked up their farming tools and swung them at Barclay.
"Ah!"
The next second, a miserable scream immediately pierced the sky.
"Susan!"
"Ide!!"
"Please be safe."
On the other side, after learning that members of the Dark Mage Guild were present at the back mountain, Ur ran wildly toward it. Her face, usually taut and cold, showed a rare hint of weakness and worry.
At the same time, Ur was wondering if she actually had the strength to defeat a Mage unit of about a thousand people.
"Hmm?"
However, when Ur arrived at the back mountain, she saw a scene that greatly shocked her.
She saw the thousand-strong rebel army that Barclay had roped in lying in disorder, bleeding from their seven orifices, and fainted on the ground.
And Ide, who should have been lying in bed resting, was currently holding a sharp blade, standing amidst the "mountain of corpses and sea of blood," gently wiping sweat from his forehead. He laughed, "Haha, it seems my condition really isn't good. Even my 'Conqueror's Haki' has weakened a bit."
"Boom!"
At the exact moment Ide's voice fell, a thousand-meter snow mountain about five kilometers away from everyone collapsed with a crash, turning into ruins.
"Was I played?"
Seeing this, after a brief moment of shock, complex emotions fluctuated on Ur's pretty face, shifting from worry to shock, and finally settling on anger.
"Yo!"
"Ur, you're back?"
At this moment, Ide also noticed Ur's arrival. He turned his head to look at Ur and greeted her with a smile.
"Ide, explain this!"
Before Ide could finish, Ur had already marched up to him with small, quick steps. She stood on her tiptoes with force, reached out, grabbed Ide fiercely by the collar, and said angrily, "Speak! You went to great lengths to pretend to be a victim to get close to me. What exactly is your objective?"
"..."
For a moment, Ide and Ur stood facing each other in the snow, locking eyes. Both seemed to be preparing their next words.
"Wow~"
It wasn't until Susan pushed open the door of Ur's hut and came out, seeing this slightly ambiguous scene before her, that she smiled, "Did I appear at an inappropriate time?"
"Ahem."
Interrupted by Susan, Ide and Ur realized that their movements were indeed a bit ambiguous. They both turned their heads away and coughed lightly a few times to alleviate the awkwardness.
"For the sake of you saving Susan, I will let bygones be bygones regarding you deceiving me earlier."
Ur hesitated for a moment, then spoke up proactively.
"I didn't lie to you."
"I really want to learn magic from you."
Ide quickly explained.
"Reason!!"
Ur turned her head to look at Ide, a look of scrutiny in her eyes.
"Does learning magic require a reason?"
Ide frowned and said with a serious expression, "If I must find a reason, it's that I don't know magic at all."
"Huh?"
This time, it was Ur's turn to be stunned.