Helmut: The Forsaken Child - H.F.C Chapter 296 (Part 1):

“Aaaaah!”

Sian’s scream echoed loudly.

Everyone’s attention turned to him as he rolled off Elaga’s back.

After hitting the ground, Sian grimaced and covered his face with both hands.

Elaga swished its tail and muttered.

[Ah, how annoying. My job is done here.]

It had truly roamed the Forest of Roots to its heart’s content.

Even for Elaga, this was the first time it had traversed such a wide area of the Forest of Roots. It had even set foot on lands it’d never touched before.

Now that it was all over, Elaga felt strangely lighthearted.

Sian, pale and sitting on the ground, began casting a healing spell on himself.

He mumbled.

“Ugh, what is my life right now?”

“You’re being dramatic for someone who just had a short ride.”

Asuka, who had rested and regained his energy, blurted out.

Unlike Charlotte, he didn’t offer a hand to Sian.

After a moment, Sian got up and looked around.

“Is everyone here? What about Helmut and Alea?”

“You’re the third. Those guys haven’t arrived yet.”

“They’re the ones with the biggest issue. They had to cross through the northern region. Even if they were fine on the way there, what if they run into Kantara on the way back? Elaga, shouldn’t you go check on them?”

Sian, the quickest thinker among them, turned to Elaga.

Igrelle, who had arrived much earlier, was out of the question. No one expected anything from the lazy bird, who had been lounging around ever since dropping off Charlotte.

Strangely, despite being a formidable demonic beast ruling the southern region, Igrelle didn’t give off a threatening vibe.

Even though it had the power to wipe out all humans in the absent ruler of the region, everyone barely noticed Igrelle’s presence.

They just thought of him as a talkative and silly bird.

Elaga replied nonchalantly.

[I didn’t raise that Helmut to be that weak… Ah, here they come.]

Suddenly, Elaga turned its head northward and frowned.

Everyone followed Elaga’s gaze, but nothing was visible.

After some time, two figures emerged from that direction. It was Helmut with black hair and Alea with silver hair, contrasting like black and white.

Asuka grinned and waved his hand.

“Hey, last place.”

Alea and Helmut’s expressions strangely hardened. Both were far from being last place as top students.

Helmut spoke first. The fact that they were last meant…

“Looks like everyone made it back safely.”

As expected, it seemed everyone had successfully activated Adamantium and returned properly.

Things had been going smoothly. Ever since Alea’s group entered the Forest of Roots, everything had been progressing well. As if some flow was guiding them.

Alea shook her head slightly.

‘But it’s too early to relax. The final stage is still ahead.’

The temple must have started moving by now.

She hadn’t heard how they would be stopped, but all she could do was hope that Heike and Antiol would play their part well.

‘Soon, once we recover our magical power and finish preparations, we’ll break through the barrier.’

Sian asked a question.

“By the way, the north seems like it would be cold, how was it there? Judging by how you two returned on time, it doesn’t seem like there were any issues…”

Alea frowned.

“There were plenty of issues. It was the worst. The area near the northern barrier is a vast sea with a frozen surface.

Since the holy power doesn’t affect underwater, demonic beasts that approached through the water attacked even though we were close to the barrier. To make matters worse, the spot to install Adamantium was underwater.”

[The sea, you say? No wonder a turtle was the ruler. I didn’t know such a place existed. I’m glad I didn’t go.]

Elaga shuddered.

Even Elaga, the strongest in the Forest of Roots, would rather avoid fighting or swimming in freezing water.

No matter how great the power difference, it’s difficult for a leopard to defeat a turtle in the sea.

[Even near the barrier, few creatures go back and forth as easily as I do,] Igrelle chimed in from where it was lying down.

“By the way, did you guys walk here? What about the golem?”

Sian asked, looking around.

Alea took out the golem she had kept in subspace. It had crashed earlier and hit the ground. Although it had recovered, it wasn’t in perfect condition.

“We can’t leave just yet. We need to repair the golem. Everyone should rest in the meantime. We need to bring our condition to its peak. Sian, do you need more magic stones?”

“Just give me five more. We’ll need them to break through the barrier. More importantly, what happened in the north?”

Sian showed his curiosity.

While imbuing magic into the golem by crushing magic stones, Alea explained what they had experienced in the north.

One by one, the others who had wandered off returned, listening attentively to Alea’s story.

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