It's so hard being a hero!

This is the rule of the Starfall Continent: strength determines everything.

If you are strong enough, you deserve to be respected.

"Miss Sophia."

Drummond's voice suddenly came from outside the carriage.

Sophia immediately lifted the carriage curtain and looked at the other person.

"what happened?"

"We're almost at the Nebula Mountains," Drummond warned.

Sophia immediately looked ahead.

On the distant horizon, a mountain range stretched as far as the eye could see.

That place is the Nebula Mountains, the largest and most dangerous place within the Delos Empire.

It occupies nearly one-third of the empire's land area, spanning the entire empire from north to south.

The empire established many official outposts and legionary fortresses on its outskirts.

Because this place is inhabited by all sorts of foreign tribes.

Such as goblin tribes, orc tribes, dwarf tribes, trolls, ogres and other various native inhabitants.

They fight each other and occasionally come out to attack human caravans and villages.

Tianxing Academy is located deep within the Nebula Mountains.

The procession continued onward, and the scenery along the roadside gradually changed.

Farmland is becoming less and less, forests are becoming denser, and the air is filled with a damp, grassy scent.

In the afternoon, the group rested under a large tree by the roadside.

Sofia was drinking water while leaning against a large rock when Samira suddenly came over and sat down next to her.

"Well, I've been thinking about this for the past few days, and there's a question I'd like to ask," Samira said.

Sophia turned to look at her.

"What's the problem?"

"It's your swordsmanship."

Samira was puzzled for several days.

"Your swordsmanship is very diverse, not the kind of style that specializes in one style, but you use it very harmoniously, as if you have integrated many things. This level is impossible to achieve without more than ten years of hard training."

Sophia took a sip of water but didn't reply.

"Moreover, your combat awareness is very mature. That kind of grasp of timing and anticipation of the opponent's psychology are things that can only be honed in real life-or-death battles."

She stared into Sofia's eyes.

"I'm very curious, where did you, a twelve-year-old girl, get your experience in life-or-death battles?"

Upon hearing this, Sophia put down the kettle, thought for a moment, and then smiled.

"Perhaps I have a special talent."

Samira stared at her for a few seconds, then shook her head without asking any further questions.

Knowing that Sophia was unwilling to talk about it, asking again would be pointless.

"Fine, everyone has their own secrets. If you don't want to tell me, then don't. I was just curious."

The team soon set off again.

After walking for several more hours, it gradually got dark.

But Sophia suddenly heard the sound of rapid hoofbeats coming from ahead.

She lifted the carriage curtain and saw a light cavalryman scouting ahead galloping back at high speed.

"Lord Drummond."

The soldier dismounted and knelt on one knee.

"what happened?"

Drummond quickly poked his head out of the carriage.

"There's a town ahead, it seems to have been attacked by a group of bandits."

Upon hearing this, Drummond's face immediately darkened.

"How large is it?"

"I estimate there are more than three hundred people."

Drummond frowned, then looked at Samira.

"Commander Samira, what do you think?"

Samira had already drawn her dark red longsword from her waist and donned her armor.

"Is that even a question? Even if you don't care, the Blood Rose Knights will."

After saying that, she mounted her horse and drew her longsword.

"Blood Rose Knights, prepare for battle."

After the order was given, everyone prepared for battle.

"Miss Sophia."

Drummond walked up to Sophia's carriage, his tone somewhat troubled.

"Please rest in the car for now, we'll be back as soon as we're done."

But Sofia had already jumped off the carriage.

"I'll go as well."

Drummond paused for a moment.

"Oh, isn't this inappropriate? You."

“A bandit gang of several hundred people must have many cultivators among them. Your men may not be enough.”

Sophia interrupted him, then flexed her wrists.

Drummond opened his mouth as if to say something, but when he saw Sophia's calm blue eyes, he swallowed the words back.

He nodded.

"Ok."

Sophia nodded and ran forward with the group.

She walked through a grove of trees, and the view ahead gradually came into view.

This is a fairly large town with about several hundred households.

But now, the town is being consumed by flames.

Thick black smoke rose into the sky, standing out prominently against the setting sun.

The streets were filled with townspeople fleeing in all directions.

The screams of women and the cries of children, mixed with the wild laughter of bandits, created a symphony of hell.

Sophia saw several bandits dragging a young woman into the alley. The woman struggled desperately, but couldn't break free.

Not far away, an old man lay in a pool of blood, next to a bandit carrying a bloodstained machete, who was rummaging through his pockets.

Further away, several bandits were kicking open a tightly closed wooden door, from which came the terrified cries of a child.

Sophia's eyes slowly narrowed.

"The Blood Rose Knights, annihilate the bandits."

Samira's voice rang out.

The knights charged into the village and attacked the bandits.

The bandits were caught completely off guard.

They never expected that a fully armed knightly order would suddenly appear in this remote town.

"Oh no, enemy attack!"

The bandits also exclaimed in alarm immediately.

Before the dozen or so bandits could react, they were killed by sword skills and magic.

Sofia did not join the cavalry charge.

She drew her silver magic sword from her waist, pushed off with her feet, and transformed into a streak of silver light, plunging into the town from the side.

Her target wasn't ordinary bandits.

Those are enough to leave to the Blood Rose Knights.

Her mission is to save lives.

Her magical perceptions unfolded in her mind, like an invisible net enveloping the entire town.

Soon, she detected several distinct magical fluctuations.

Sophia narrowed her eyes.

"With a silver-level cultivator in charge, these are no ordinary bandits."

She quickened her pace and ran towards the direction of the silver-level fluctuation.

After walking around two streets, she stopped in front of a stone house.

The door to the stone house had been kicked open, and the sounds of a woman crying and a man laughing lewdly came from inside.

Two bandits with knives stood guard at the entrance.

Sophia stepped forward, said nothing, and her sword flashed.

The two bandits collapsed to the ground before they could even scream.