It's so hard being a hero!

It couldn't understand why this little human girl, who could have easily killed it, stopped at the last moment.

Sofia turned around and walked towards Frey.

"Why don't you kill it?" Frey asked doubtfully.

Sophia was taken aback.

She simply felt that the snow demon ape hadn't actively attacked humans and posed no threat, so whether or not to kill it was irrelevant.

But the question is, how should she answer?

She scratched her head and casually uttered a catchphrase from her past life.

"Beasts are living beings too. As long as they don't attack humans on their own initiative, they have the right to live. We humans can't just take away their lives because we are strong and others are weak. That doesn't align with my understanding."

But as soon as she said those words, Sophia regretted it.

Because that was Su Lan's catchphrase in her previous life.

Every time he wiped out monsters, he would say this to his teammates who were relentlessly killing them.

Frey even argued with him about this at the time.

"You sympathize with the monsters? Have you forgotten how the villagers were killed by them?"

"I haven't forgotten, but monsters that bite should be killed, but why should monsters that don't bite be killed? We can't condemn all monsters just because of one bad apple."

The argument escalated to the point where Frey slammed the door and stormed out.

But the next day, she secretly applied to her superiors to change the extermination mission to only deal with monsters that actively attack humans.

Su Lan only found out about it later from the deputy commander.

Thinking of this, Sophia secretly glanced at Frey, praying that she hadn't noticed.

But Frey's expression told her that her prayers had not worked.

Frey stood frozen in place, as if she had been frozen in place.

The light in those eyes trembled violently, as if something was collapsing inside, and something else was rebuilding inside.

Her lips opened and closed several times before she finally managed to squeeze out a sentence.

"What...what did you just say?"

Her voice was almost swallowed by the wind and snow, but Sofia heard it clearly.

"I mean, Warcraft are living beings too."

Sophia gave a guilty smile.

"Teacher, where are we going next?"

She tried to change the subject.

Frey did not answer.

Frey stepped forward, looking down at Sophia with a complicated expression.

"The sentence after that."

Her voice trembled slightly.

“Say what you just said again, word for word.”

Sophia's mind was racing, and she was overwhelmed.

"I saw that sentence in a book."

Sofia decided to play dumb to the end.

Which book?

Frey pressed for answers at an alarming speed.

"Which book is it from? Who is the author? Which page is it on?"

Sofia was dizzy from being hit.

This statement was created by him by combining his ideas from his previous life on Earth; the author is himself from his previous life.

"I forgot."

She lowered her head.

"I watched it when I was very young, but I don't remember the name."

The air suddenly became quiet.

After a long while, Frey spoke up, "Sophia, look at me."

Sophia was conflicted. She slowly raised her head to look at the other person.

"You are a smart child."

Frey's voice returned to calm, but that calmness was more unsettling than her earlier agitation.

“You have magical talent far beyond your peers, and unlike the combat instincts of someone who is just starting out in a real battle, you also have some ideas that are not appropriate for someone your age.”

Sophia opened her mouth, but Frey raised her hand to stop her.

I won't ask you where those words came from.

She turned around, her back to Sofia.

"But, but you must remember, no matter what secrets you have, you must tell your teacher, and your teacher will keep them secret for you."

After saying that, she didn't ask any further questions.

Sophia stood there, watching Frey's retreating figure, cursing inwardly again, naturally cursing the god of fate.

She felt that Frey must have sensed something.

Why didn't she just ask directly? If she had asked, perhaps he would have revealed his true identity.

Sophia took a deep breath, suppressing the emotions that welled up inside her, and jogged to catch up with Frey's pace.

The next moment, they appeared on a snow-capped mountain.

The wind here is several times stronger than down the mountain, howling across the cliffs and carrying with it a shower of ice crystals and snow powder.

A powerful energy surge emanated from below the cliff, carrying a distinct sense of oppression.

That was the unique aura of a third-tier magical beast, completely different from that of a second-tier beast.

Immediately afterwards, a sharp cry came from the sky.

A huge white figure swooped down from the clouds, with a wingspan of over five meters, snow-white feathers, an ice-blue crest, and tail feathers like two ribbons of ice crystals.

His deep blue eyes seemed to hold a swirling storm.

This is a Tier 3 magical beast, the Ice Bird.

A dual-attribute bird of wind and ice, it is a top predator in the snowy mountain region.

It circled in the air once, then landed on a protruding rock at the edge of the cliff, looking down at the two intruders.

As a third-tier magical beast, it possessed considerable intelligence and could sense that the adult woman was very strong, so strong that it instinctively wanted to flee.

But that little girl was very weak.

The Arctic Bird's gaze fell on Sophia, a hint of disdain flashing in its deep blue eyes.

Sophia noticed that look.

She was looked down upon by a bird.

"Sophia, try again."

Frey took a few steps back, giving up the battlefield.

Before the words were even finished, the Arctic Bird launched its attack.

It opened its mouth, let out a sharp cry, and dozens of ice spikes as thick as an arm instantly condensed in the air, shooting towards Sophia.

Sophia's pupils contracted, and she instinctively raised her hands, conjuring an earthen wall in front of her.

The icicle struck it and shattered into countless ice shards.

The Ice Bird flapped its wings and soared into the air, creating a blizzard that swept towards her, carrying countless magically imbued ice crystals.

Sofia gritted her teeth, and a red light shone in front of her. A barrier of fire rose up in front of her, keeping the blizzard out.

The Arctic Bird took a deep breath and unleashed a beam of ice-blue light, freezing the air wherever it passed.

Sofia dodged to the side, the beam of light grazing past her and striking the rock wall behind her.

A large section of the rock face was frozen solid, then shattered into countless pieces, which tumbled down the cliff with a crash.

Sophia glanced at it and began to ponder.

Tier 3 magical beasts are indeed far superior to Tier 2 ones.

If they go all out, the Arctic Bird won't be able to withstand it.

But she can't do that.

If the news that a six-year-old child killed a third-tier magical beast got out, not only the Holy See, but even the Witch of Desire, Lilith, might take notice of her.

No, I have to pretend.

A fireball the size of a fist flew crookedly toward the Arctic Bird, which dodged it with a slight tilt of its head, its contempt growing even stronger.

It swooped down, its sharp claws slashing out, and Sofia rolled away in a sorry state, her body covered in snow and mud.

Standing up, it unleashed another wind blade, its trajectory unpredictable. The Ice Bird didn't even bother to dodge, scattering it with a single flap of its wing.

Sophia gave herself a mental thumbs up. This was exactly the effect she wanted.

The Arctic Bird was enraged by this ticklish attack.

With a powerful flap of her wings, the blizzard intensified several times over, and a white tornado formed from the ice crystals that engulfed Sofia.

She swayed in the blizzard, deliberately letting out a cry of surprise.

"Teacher, help!"

Just the right amount of panic and fear.