The road ahead was not quite as they think it is. As they went to the zig-zag road, they came across various monsters. With the influence of Linda’s ice magic, they managed to evade the monsters.

But it wasn’t going smoothly as their plan. There are monsters that is large enough to occupy half of the road, such as Poultry Cricket, a giant insect creature that has four limbs, has two feet and a head of a mantis. The monster was easily distinguished by its brow color and green color that mixed well.

While Mr. Funny Man, Linda and Ken were in front, Alastor was at the back guarding Caroline. It’s reasonable to say that it would be too hard for Alastor to fight it since the Poultry Cricket has high agility and uses wind magic to blend with its attacks.

As of now, Linda blocked the enemy’s attacks with her ice wall. She continuously uses her sword imbued with ice magic. Ken sprinted in a wide turn and tried to use fire magic to burn the monster. The Poultry cricket showed its fangs and blew the fire magic away.

The monster swung its two claws, Ken managed to roll and evaded the continuous attack and entered the range of Linda’s magic. An ice wall emerges to halt the enemy’s attacks.

“Ken! Don’t act so rush. That monster is faster than you.” Linda affirmed.

Ken hushes and stand behind her.

“Then what do we do?” Ken asked. “We’ve been fighting this monster for quite some time now. I hate to remind you but we’re in a hurry.”

Mr. Funny Man who was observing for a while began to float.

“Linda, please use your ice shards to disrupt the enemy. Ken, wait for the right timing.”

They all glance at Mr. Funny Man and gave a nod.

And they all followed his plan. Linda began to swung from left to right her ice sword. The shards flung all over the road and hit the nearby trees but her attacks did not hit the enemy. The Poultry Cricket began to move erratically and blocked all of her assaults, deflecting it with ease. The monster cried as if it was mocking them.

“I beseech you, a giver of life, a giver of breath, a giver calmness.” Mr. Funny Man declared these words like a mantra and wind began to accumulate and spin around his hands. “Wind Disruptor.”

A torrenting wind had emerged wildly and shrilled annoyingly. His magic completely disrupted the branches of trees and the leaves swirl around on the tornado like attack that halted the enemy from moving.

“Mister Ken!” Mr. Funny Man shouted. “Use your fire magic now!”

Ken nodded and shoot several fireballs. The flame and wind had merged and they could hear the screech of the monster.

“Aren’t you going to help them?”

Caroline asked. She was observing for a while now, unknowingly to Alastor.

“What for? They got this.”

As the wind calm down, a gust died down the swirling dust and revealed the burnt skin of the monster.

“That was great!” Ken cheerfully shouted. “That’s a cool coercive magic, don’t you think?”

Mr. Funny Man nodded. “Yeah, it was powerful, indeed.”

Just when they thought it is over, the monster croaked and emerged from being burned. Alastor felt the murderous intent that suddenly manifested. He quickly draws his sword and it to the enemy. His sword plunged on its neck, but it appeared that it is still moving.

“The fuck?” Alastor can only muttered his profane exclaimed as the monster halted for a moment and strained.

Linda pulled Ken from being froze and conjured ice wall to blocked the sudden attack. A fire magic suddenly flung and appeared out of nowhere. The fireball hit the head of the enemy and finally it stopped moving.

They all looked at Caroline which her hand is swelling smoke.

An hour later, Ken, Alastor and Caroline were sitting inside the carriage.

“Since when did you learned how to use fire magic?” Alastor asked. He never saw Caroline use fire magic since then.

“Just now.” She simply said.

“Now?” Ken asked again. His eyes don’t believe what she just said.

Caroline gave a nod.

“How?” Alastor queried.

“What do you mean how?”

“I mean how did you learn it that fast?”

“I just learned it from watching Ken.”

“You learned it by watching Ken do it.” Alastor’s exclamation was more of a question of her proficiency in magic. Never once he encountered someone learn elemental magic that easily. There was other who learned elemental magic through explanation and teaching and even if they grasp how to light a fire it would take a few weeks to fully control any kind of elemental magic. But there are those people who can learn magic in one day, those are considered to be gifted.

Caroline may be from a royal lineage but that doesn’t excuse her as one to be special. But seeing how she’s able to easily learn it, Alastor may thought otherwise.

“Yes,” Caroline nodded and offered a wry smile. “All steps of conjuring magic are the same principles, right?”

Alastor nod.

“So, what I did is to control my mana’s flowing at one point and imagine a fire and to make it more real I imagine the heat coursing through my body, then that’s it.”

Alastor sighed and close his eyes quietly.

“What you did there is a chantless magic princess.” Alastor declared.

From narrowing, Caroline’s eyes widened in happiness.

“Really?!”

“Yes. It’s a low tier magic though, but it fits to refer as a chantless magic.”

“If I can use chantless magic, then that means that would apply to water magic too?”

“Hey, hey. Don’t get overboard. It is not that easy. You must train if you want to get used to chantless magic. If you’re talented as I think you are, then I daresay it would probably take only a month to properly conjure chantless magic, given your training would be uninterrupted.”

Caroline squealed like a little child. Ken came closer to Alastor and whispered to him,

“Don’t you think you’re giving to much credit to her? Your words might go over her head.”

Alastor agreed to him.

“Princess, calm down. The finish line is far ahead and don’t forget there’s bunch of people that wants you. It’s best to tone down your obnoxious squealing.”

Caroline stops with expressionless face. Her eyes glaring at him.

Ken gulped. “Hey man. That’s quite a shade you did there. She’s still a princess, you know.”

Alastor muttered, “Don’t worry.”

Caroline puckered. “Fine, but you’re going to teach me how.”

Alastor and Ken facepalm.

Before they knew, the town is clear ahead.