How to Save Humanity After Transmigrating into a Villainess Princess? Chapter 422.1 : I Will No Longer Disappoint You

"Master?"

Looking at Dorothy leaning against her tent and smiling at her, Ileina was stunned.

Unlike the worry when she had just recognized the problem, Dorothy now seed calm and composed, even... expectant?

Seeing Ileina raise her head, Dorothy stepped forward toward her.

"Disciple... you've been so busy since coming to the Holy Kingdom that Master seems to have forgotten so very important things..."

Dorothy smiled as she approached Ileina, continuing:

"After all these years... I think your swordsmanship should have improved considerably..."

"As your master, I think I have an obligation to properly examine your progress."

Finally reaching Ileina, Dorothy swiftly drew the long sword at her waist and smiled at Ileina:

"Co, my good disciple, draw your sword."

Looking at her master before her, expectantly waiting for her to draw her sword and duel, Ileina's heart felt terrible...

Her heart was already suffering to the extre because of Elashia's situation... she really didn't want to draw her sword and fight at all...

She really couldn't understand why her master would suddenly propose testing her swordsmanship at this ti...

But she didn't want to go against her master's wishes. After all, as a disciple, she should comply with her master's requests.

"Then... Master, please instruct ."

Ileina reached to her waist and drew her twin swords, taking a combat stance toward Dorothy.

"Mm... good!"

Dorothy shouted and instantly rushed toward Ileina, her storm-like startup speed almost impossible for mortals to react to.

Although Ileina was already an extrely powerful warrior, she almost failed to react to Dorothy's storm-like attack.

"Clang!"

Ileina barely managed to block Dorothy's slash with her raised twin swords.

Under Dorothy's powerful and heavy slash, Ileina nearly flew backward.

"Again!"

After the first exchange, Dorothy no longer held back even the slightest bit of her strength. After coating her long sword with a layer of golden [Qi], she charged toward Ileina again.

"Ah—!"

Knowing her master was about to use her true skills, Ileina also cried out delicately, coating her two long swords with a layer of golden [Qi] and raising them again to block Dorothy's slash.

"Clang!"

"Ugh!"

Then... Ileina was sent flying along with her weapons in this simple exchange against Dorothy using her true skills. After her two long swords flew from her hands in mid-air, she herself flew far and crashed heavily to the ground...

"Wuu wuu wuu..."

After her swift defeat, the physical pain combined with her inner turmoil caused Ileina to finally collapse completely...

Having completely lost her fighting spirit, Ileina covered her eyes with both hands and began crying.

Dorothy, who had long known this would develop this way, finally sheathed her sword and walked toward the emotionally collapsed Ileina.

Walking to Ileina's side, Dorothy crouched down.

"I know what you're thinking right now... and I know your heart must be suffering unimaginable tornt..."

"That's why I proposed this sparring match now..."

Saying this, Dorothy sat down beside Ileina.

"I rember... when I first started teaching you [Qi-Transford Sword], I told you—[Qi-Transford Sword] is a 'mind-focused' swordsmanship."

"Because the essence of [Qi-Transford Sword] is precise external control of [Qi]..."

"Let use Elasia's Magic Crossbows as an example."

"Having seen Magic Crossbows fire so many tis, you should be able to see—in Magic Crossbow shots that transform [Qi] into arrows, the bolts condensed by emotionally excited soldiers are completely different from those by dejected soldiers..."

"This is precisely because the activity and concentration of [Qi] in the human body is greatly affected by human emotions..."

"If even temporarily condensed explosive bolts are like this... then needless to say our [Qi-Transford Sword]..."

Speaking to this point, Dorothy looked at Ileina with unprecedented profound eyes—eyes that, though still bearing very clear tear marks, sparkled with so light due to her words...

"Little Lena, though Master indeed has no military experience, I can still clearly see the battlefield situation between us and the Blood Clan..."

"They want to use this... this attrition-focused tactic to completely exhaust Little Shia's stamina... then make Northern Fire's morale collapse when they lose Little Shia's support..."

Dorothy stared seriously at Ileina, continuing:

"But what Master wants to tell you isn't about whether Little Shia should leave the battlefield to rest."

"The reason is simple—under current circumstances, whether or not to let Little Shia rest first, neither is correct."

"The reason is simple—Northern Fire now cannot do without Little Shia."

"You know this, I know this, Little Shia knows this, everyone in Northern Fire knows this... so even if we tell Little Shia to go rest, she naturally won't be willing to go rest..."

"To free Little Shia from the battlefield... there's only one thod..."

Standing up from the ground, smiling at the thoughtful girl before her, Dorothy finally asked:

"Little Lena, I think you couldn't possibly not know the thod to solve the current problem..."

"After all, this is the only thod available now, isn't it?"

After leaving this question, Dorothy smiled and walked away without looking back.

Dorothy, who understood both Ileina and Elashia extrely well, knew very clearly—Ileina absolutely understood the aning in her words.

Or rather—even if she didn't say it, Ileina would figure this out herself before long...

...

After Dorothy left, Ileina, left alone, stared blankly for a while, then stood up as if suddenly enlightened.

She understood!

To save Little Shia... only she could do it!

Only she... only she could make Little Shia willingly leave the battlefield to rest!

And only she could reverse this gradually deteriorating situation!

As she gradually understood Dorothy's words, Ileina's breathing beca increasingly rapid with growing excitent...

In the past, she often thought she wasn't worthy of Elashia, believing she always relied on Little Shia for everything while being unable to do anything herself...

And now... she knew—the ti had co to prove herself before Little Shia, before her own heart!

Facing the direction Dorothy had left, Ileina shouted loudly:

"Master—thank you—"

"I will no longer disappoint you all—"