Helmut: The Forsaken Child - H.F.C Chapter 286 (Part 2):

Life at the academy with Helmut and his friends was enjoyable.

Asuka’s boredom and tedium disappeared as if washed away. As if his life had changed. Everything was full of enthusiasm.

Helmut’s appearance gave Asuka the motivation to become stronger. And after he disappeared, that motivation became even more intense.

When Alea told about Helmut’s circumstances, she said they needed to become stronger to save him.

For the past four years, Asuka hadn’t forgotten that proposition of needing to become stronger for a single moment.

Of course, it wasn’t as absolute as Helmut’s desire to leave the Forest of Roots.

But it was enough to awaken a genius swordsman like Asuka.

Asuka was now skilled enough to rival a rank 1 mercenary. That meant he was more powerful than three rank 2 mercenaries combined.

It’s because it’s more potent when strength is concentrated in one, rather than split into three. Especially for a swordsman.

‘This monkey demonic beast isn’t like Helmut.’

That means it’s a wall that can be overcome. No matter how strong the opponent, there’s a difference between being able to overcome and not being able to overcome.

And this creature had likely never faced a proper human swordsman.

Cut it down, and head towards the western sacred barrier. The conclusion was quickly reached.

‘Is this thing a middle manager under the ruler of the region? Probably…?’

Even in the Forest of Roots, surely creatures stronger than this one aren’t common.

‘If there are more, I’m dead meat, so I’ll just assume there isn’t.’

Thinking positively, Asuka drew his sword.

“How do you think monkey meat tastes like? Do you know? You seem like the type who’d eat your own kind.”

Kirrr.

All three heads stared at Asuka at once.

A strangely upright human. But after all, just prey. Prey ends up in the stomach no matter how much it struggles.

Kwaaang!

Soon, with a roar, it stomped the ground and rushed straight at Asuka.

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The group, which had split into four directions – east, west, south, and north – was coincidentally facing completely opposite situations.

Sian in the east and Charlotte in the south were relaxed, while Asuka in the west and Alea and Helmut in the north were in trouble.

No, the expression ‘in trouble’ was an understatement. Their lives were in danger.

The golem carrying Alea and Helmut was flying acrobatically, avoiding ice chunks shooting up crazily from below.

Even for those two, it wasn’t easy to hang on. Helmut was gripping Alea’s shoulder with one hand while holding onto the handle with the other.

Sure, he could hang on without difficulty, but it seemed like she might fly off at any moment, dangling as she was.

‘Lampione, I should thank that lecherous old man.’

A genius is a genius. To think a golem could move this dynamically.

Alea’s current level couldn’t make such a golem yet.

Thanks to bringing the golem, the dangerous place called the Forest of Roots had become somewhat easier.

Except for one problem.

‘I’m getting motion sickness.’

Alea frowned.

Hanging onto the constantly twisting golem made her nauseous.

Fortunately, they had almost passed over the lake. Once they entered the ice field again, there should be nothing shooting up from below.

They should be able to fly peacefully again.

But that was an overly optimistic expectation.

In the brief moment of calm, three ice chunks flew up towards the golem simultaneously, without any time lag.

The golem twisted its body urgently. It dodged two, but couldn’t avoid one.

Thwack!

The tip of a wing was mercilessly bent.

The golem, incapable of feeling pain, made no sound, but Alea sensed the anomaly.

That wing had become paralyzed.

Thanks to the momentum, it was still flying forward, but the golem started to lose altitude in a parabolic arc. No matter how much it flapped the other wing, there was a limit.

The golem’s body started spinning. Hanging on made her dizzy.

Alea shouted a warning.

“We’re falling!”

Fortunately, the altitude wasn’t too high. Alea prepared a flight spell.

But due to her nausea, casting magic wasn’t easy.

Helmut quickly spoke from beside her.

“Even if we fly, we’ll be the targets instead of the golem this time. It’s better to land on the ground.”

For Helmut, a swordsman, dealing with something flying through the air wasn’t an easy task.

It was fortunate that there were no more attacks as they were falling too rapidly.

Alea nodded.

“Then let’s land safely.”

“I’ll jump up in the air for a moment, try to cast your spell then.”

He said this knowing it wasn’t easy to use magic in such an unstable situation.

As soon as he finished speaking, Helmut grabbed Alea’s waist with one arm.

When the golem’s body turned so that they were on top, he kicked off the golem’s back and jumped.

Thwack!

Jumping with magical power in his legs, their bodies shot up into the sky. And soon they started falling again.

Although closer than before, the ground was still far below.

If they fell from this height, Helmut might be okay, but Alea wouldn’t survive.

The height was dizzying, enough to make one’s entire body freeze up in fear.

Her mind was hazy from motion sickness.

Amidst all this, Alea barely managed to concentrate and muttered a spell.

“Silk of the wind.”

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