Chapter 131: Royal Guard (II)
The man immediately began to look around the soldiers at the base of the mountain, his eyes frantically moving around them, trying to figure out the reason for the dread that assaulted his heart, yet he found wait.
’If there is not in front, then,’ the man’s eyes widened in terror as he turned around, and pure shock emerged in them as he saw a figure bathed in shadows flashing toward them from the back. "Look out!"
The Mages in dark robes were surprised by the scream of their leader. Immediately, the soldier turned around and could not believe what they were seeing. They had been on guard all this time, but their focus had been on the spellcasters of the opposing group. None of them thought someone could hide from their senses and sneak up on them.
Unfortunately for the spellcasters in dark robes, even with their leader’s warning, the attacker was too fast for them to react in time. The woman’s target was the leader, but she first dispatched the four Mages in her path.
Those people had just charged their Magic when a short sword and dagger moved, two of them having their throats severed, the sword then piercing through the eye socket of the third, and the dagger impaling the temple of the fourth.
The leader was shocked to see such formidable and terrifying assassination skills. She was like a shadow, covered in darkness, not giving a single sound even after killing those four, and now her target was him.
Although the man was shocked, and terror invaded his heart, he managed to keep control, raising his right hand and firing a torrent of flames toward the shadow. Luckily, he was ready to fire the spell against the soldiers, so he unleashed the attack fast enough.
The shadow saw the torrent of flames coming at her. It was very powerful and could burn her entire body, but she easily dodged to the side, evading the brunt of the fire before slashing with her short sword. She did not manage to land a lethal blow, but the sword moved like a snake, leaving a long and deep cut on the man’s arm that went all the way to the bone!
"Kill her!" Amid the pain, the leader shouted in rage, awakening the Warriors and Mages from their stupor, all of them focusing on the shadowy figure.
The enemy leader was in the midst of the group, so to reach him, she had been forced to venture right between the Warrior in black armor and the Mages in dark robes. Right now, all eyes focused on her, each set radiating killing intent. However, the woman did not lose focus or succumb to fear, focusing her energy on the runes covering her body.