Chapter 229: Her Royal Highness the Sea Princess is a Heartthrob (14)

"Please take care of me."

The quiet girl in a short cape and pigtails bowed slightly to her, and Qiao Xi hurriedly supported Yelena.

"I am. Let's work hard together for the next three days."

The two girls chatted for a few more minutes.

Zuo Qianjin, who was not far away, withdrew his gaze and reluctantly let go of his worries.

It would be better if I didn't team up with Horn.

Although he knew that this situation might be unavoidable in the future, Zuo Qianjin felt a little more balanced when he thought that Qiao Xi might also team up with him.

He was about to go find Simon.

However, the young man, with his big furry tail swinging and one hand in his pocket, had already walked away carefree and alone.

“…”

Zuo Qianjin really couldn't understand this person.

He could only catch up with Simon with a gloomy face. After all, they were partners, and their cooperation would also be included in the scoring.

In comparison.

Things were much more harmonious here. Horn raised his hand and clenched it into a fist.

"Qiao Xi, just wait, I'm going to open your eyes this time!"

"Then I'll wait and see. Remember to protect Annie."

Qiao Xi also smiled slightly and bumped fists with him. This hot-blooded middle school boy was always chasing her even in school.

The craziest time.

It was Horn who spent the entire day in the arena, and even when he returned to the dormitory at night, bruised and battered, he still insisted on fighting her.

"I don't need protection."

Annie made a face at the side. Although there were great restrictions on her as an elf here, she was not weak in other basic magics.

"That's it then. We're heading north. Goodbye."

Horn waved goodbye to Qiao Xi, obviously unable to wait any longer.

Zuo Qianjin and Simon went to the west.

Qiao Xi looked at Yelena beside her and asked, "Do you want to go east or south?"

The girl lowered her eyes upon hearing that. The thick lenses seemed to block some of the light in her eyes. Then she raised her head and spoke.

"Let's go east."

"good."

Qiao Xi didn't ask any more questions and went east with Yelena.

Yelena, who followed her closely, secretly observed the girl out of the corner of her eye.

The further east you go.

The dry air became increasingly cold and biting, and every breath felt like a blunt knife piercing my nose, causing a sharp pain.

Qiao Xi frowned.

The dry air was not only cold, but also had a bloody smell that became more noticeable the further east you went.

The deeper you go, the more you can see the frozen ground.

And beneath the thick layer of ice was bone-chilling liquid water, and small snowflakes began to float in the sky.

Qiao Xi stopped.

"It should be here."

She looked around to confirm her location. This was not the back of the battlefield, but the rear area within the academy's assessment area.

"No one else is here."

Yelena shivered, rubbed her red, frozen fingertips, and blew a breath into her palms.

"Is it cold?"

Qiao Xi looked back and saw her trembling. After hesitating for a moment, he raised his hand and said, "I'm sorry."

She said so.

He placed his own hands on Yelena's rubbing hands, and the warmth immediately enveloped her, leaving Yelena stunned.

"Thank you, aren't you cold?"

The girl lowered her head slightly, the tips of her ears tinged pink, and she looked a little embarrassed.

"The temperature in Atlantis is even lower than here," Qiao Xi explained.

Oh yeah, she almost forgot.

But Yelena had never been to Atlantis and couldn't imagine what it was like.

"I knew it was safest here."

Yelena also explained why she chose the east side.

The climate in each direction corresponds to the four seasons.

It is spring in the north, summer in the south, autumn in the west and winter in the east.

It's too hot in the south.

Yelena thought that Qiao Xi was a mermaid and probably didn't like going to such a hot place, so she chose this place.

But it's also because it's cold here.

The area is sparsely populated, there are occasional snowstorms in the rear, and the imperial family rarely comes.

There are blizzards every day on the front line.

Due to the influence of climate and environment, the least number of troops were sent here. It would be difficult and thankless to risk a snowstorm to launch a surprise attack on the rear.

Unless they are those members of the imperial clan who are naturally not afraid of the cold.

"Then we should have it easy."

After Qiao Xi warmed the little girl up, she let go of her hand. She used earth magic to build a small mud house, and then used wood magic to wrap it around and reinforce it, and also built a few walls to block the wind.

Busy back and forth.

All this was done in about ten minutes.

Yelena was stunned beside her, not knowing how much magic power the girl had used, but what surprised her even more was Qiao Xi's magic power storage.

And…she accomplished so much in a short time.

Although a bit crude.

But on this lonely ice field, it looks very safe.

Qiao Xi also pushed open the small earthen door and called her: "Come in, we'll conserve our energy inside and fight if there are any invaders."

"Yeah!" Yelena followed in happily.

Just after the two girls entered the cabin, a slight cracking sound was heard from under the deep ice, and then it was as if some huge creature opened its eyes.

Blood-red pupils covered with strange patterns.

It was a full ten meters across, and that was just one of its eyes. Its blood-red eyeball, with its strange patterns, swirled around, gazing at the small mud house through the slightly white, translucent ice surface.

And the location where the small mud house was built.

Exactly in the center of the pupil of this eye.