Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Nightfall, the beach .

The a.s.sa.s.sin leader chuckled when he saw Romilson channeling his spell . He then said, "My brothers, retreat further behind; this guy is panicking . "

His underlings then erupted into bursts of laughter . They were around 300 feet away from their opponent . Judging from the magic fluctuation around Romilson, it should be a Level-7 spell . Emerald light glittered around him, and he was encased in an elemental brilliance at least six feet in diameter .

However, a spell would be for naught if it could not hit its enemy . 　　

Just to be safe, the a.s.sa.s.sins retreated a little further and were prepared to watch the show from the beach .

"To tell the truth, a Magician looks pretty darn scary while they are casting a spell . "

"I did not believe people when they said that High Elves are good-looking . But geez, even I am feeling something for this Magician . "　

"If we manage to kill them, I'll have a shot at taking that good-looking elf for myself . Heh . "　　

As they conversed, Romilson's spell had taken form . With a whoos.h.i.+ng sound, a large number of thorn vines appeared from the ground with him as the center . The thorns on these vines were as sharp as daggers, with their tips shaped like hooks . Under the illumination of Romilson's magic aura, the vines looked like snakes slithering in all directions .

In an instant, the area within a 30-foot radius around Romilson was covered in such vines, completely sealing off the only way forward for the a.s.sa.s.sins .

At the same time, violent magic fluctuations could be felt . 　

The a.s.sa.s.sin leader frowned slightly as he said, "This spell is slightly troublesome…Not good, it's a sneak attack!"　　　

As he spoke, he could feel imminent danger approaching . He immediately released his Battle Aura, causing a crimson glow to envelop his body . He then immediately moved away from his location, retreating almost 150 feet in an instant .

However, although he could escape this attack, his underlings were not so lucky . 　　

As he spoke, red flaming runes more than 15 feet in diameter appeared on the spot his underlings were standing at .

These runes overlapped one another, forming a complex formation of countless runes . It was also situated at a perfect location, trapping five a.s.sa.s.sins at once . 　　

These a.s.sa.s.sins who were distracted by the Level-7 spell of the High Elf naturally reacted slowly to this sudden attack . By the time they wanted to dodge, it was too late .

Almost an instant after the runes appeared, an explosion sound rumbled through the beach as a 15-foot thick incandescent pillar of flame rose from the ground . It reached an alt.i.tude of 150 feet, consuming the a.s.sa.s.sins in the process .

Arrghh! The five a.s.sa.s.sins were burned to ashes after only a few screams of despair . 　

This was the power of a Level-7 spell!

Fortunately, there were eight other a.s.sa.s.sins who instinctively retreated in time . 　

Although they just had a close shave with death, they immediately let down their guard and thought, Lucky I am still alive . However, little did they know that the attack had not yet ended .

Almost immediately, another rune formation appeared at the most precise location once again, accurately predicting the eventual position of the a.s.sa.s.sins following their retreat . It engulfed four a.s.sa.s.sins this time around . To be exact, it seemed as though the four a.s.sa.s.sins stepped into the rune formation of their own accord .

Boom! After another huge flaming pillar eruption, four a.s.sa.s.sins uttered the final scream of their lives . 　

Four a.s.sa.s.sins remained . 　

The four of them exchanged glances and were already terrified . They were prepared to flee and give up on this battle when the rune formation appeared once again .

Boom! With the sound of another explosion, two more a.s.sa.s.sins were consumed by the attack . Within a tenth of a second, another spell erupted, taking the lives of the last two a.s.sa.s.sins . 　

Apart from the a.s.sa.s.sin leader, the rest of his underlings were completely annihilated .

Although the process might seem long, the entire duration of this spell was less than a second .

Within a second, four separate rune formations appeared in the area around the a.s.sa.s.sins . Four consecutive flaming pillars then erupted from the ground and consumed all the a.s.sa.s.sins in the process .

These four incandescent flaming pillars formed a complete Level-7 spell .

"Level-7 spell! Instantaneous spellcasting speed as well!" The a.s.sa.s.sin leader was horrified . He knew that his opponents must have gotten some backup and immediately thought of retreating . He then released his Battle Aura as he turned in the opposite direction .

"Won't you stay?" A voice rang from the shadows of the forest followed by a beam of emerald light . 　　

It was the Level-6 spell, Metal Decay .

Spells that were light based in nature traveled extremely fast . In the darkness, one could see a beam of light flas.h.i.+ng through the air, charging straight towards the heart of the a.s.sa.s.sin leader . 　

However, the a.s.sa.s.sin leader was experienced as well . He released a huge amount of Battle Aura in the last moment and managed to escape to one side . 　

This was not to say that the a.s.sa.s.sin leader was faster than the spell . He merely predicted his opponent's attack beforehand . When a Magician cast a spell, he would first have to determine the position where he wanted his attack to land . The spell would then take time to travel to that location . All these processes took time .

In the eyes of other professions, this time was called the "Golden Period . "

Different types of spells had different Golden Periods as well . The length could be as long as half a second . For example, Link's whistle needed to travel through the air before reaching its target . In that time, an experienced Warrior could easily erect his defenses . Of course, the practicality of the defense then depended on the Warrior's judgment and skills . 　

Short Golden Periods could be only around ten microseconds long . Within these spells, the light-based spells were known for having extremely short Golden Periods . Most of these spells had a foundational Golden Period of not more than 100 microseconds long . If the Magician was an experienced one, he could even shorten it to under ten microseconds .

With a buzzing sound, the Metal Decay beam shot across the a.s.sa.s.sin's arm and left a charred mark on his hand . It then hit the ground, causing a pile of rotten mud more than nine feet in diameter to appear immediately .

The a.s.sa.s.sin leader had succeeded in avoiding the attack . 　　

However, the Metal Decay attack was not completed . This spell was similar to the fire pillars previously and was made to fire in bursts . 　　

After the first beam, three consecutive beams emerged from the shadows . Each of this beams had been carefully adjusted to aim at the a.s.sa.s.sin leader's fatal spots .

Boom! Boom! Boom! Three beams of light flashed across the atmosphere . The a.s.sa.s.sin leader also changed his stance three consecutive times in an instant, escaping these deadly beams one by one . 　

His speed was outrageous . From other's perspective, his body seemed to have split into multiple images in that instant . Every beam seemed to pa.s.s through the image but was just so close to hitting his real self .

The attack ended after a second with all four beams landing onto the ground . All the images of the a.s.sa.s.sin leader then converged into a tangible body . He then immediately headed in the opposite direction . He was running for his life!　　

"You stay!" Romilson was the one shouting this time around . 　　

The unexpected support was a huge confidence booster for him . He had already canceled his Thorn Vine spell . When the a.s.sa.s.sin leader was busy dealing with the spells coming from the shadows, Romilson skillfully manipulated his unicorn and charged straight at the a.s.sa.s.sin .

As the a.s.sa.s.sin leader was about to flee, he raised his wand and pointed it towards the a.s.sa.s.sin leader before shouting, "Poison Thorn Vines!"　　

Whoos.h.!.+ A series of noises sounded from the ground as countless magic vines sprung up towards the a.s.sa.s.sin . Boom! Boom! the vines appeared one after another, charging towards the a.s.sa.s.sin leader in all directions .

However, this a.s.sa.s.sin leader had just escaped a light-based spell . These vines would be a piece of cake compared to the close shave with death he just encountered . He skillfully dodged left and right, escaping Romilson's attacks while showcasing a beautiful dance . Romilson could not seem to land a hit .

"d.a.m.n it! How can he be so fast!?" Romilson was terrified . He felt as though he was punching the air when the enemy was right in front of him .

However, his attack was not useless . It had successfully trapped the a.s.sa.s.sin leader in his location and gave the figure in the shadows enough time to cast a spell .

"Flame Blast!" The figure in the darkness used a standard fire-elemental spell .

An incandescent fireball charged towards the a.s.sa.s.sin leader . Although it was a Level-4 spell, the destructive force of this spell was terrifying . If the a.s.sa.s.sin leader was engulfed by these flames, he would be heavily injured and most probably done in by the next few follow-up spells .

The attacking range of this spell was huge as well . After the explosion, the area within a 90-foot radius of the point of the explosion would be engulfed in flames; there would be no place for the a.s.sa.s.sin leader to hide . 　

In an instant, Romilson felt a sense of relief as he thought that this battle was settled . 　

However, at the moment, Link's voice sounded, "Fool! Get back!"　　

"Back? Why?" Romilson had not reacted to the situation .

The next moment, he felt his heart palpitating at an insane rate, as though he had been targeted by an ancient ferocious beast . It was an intense feeling . More importantly, although he felt this dangerous premonition, he had no idea where the danger would strike . 　

In his state of panic, he could only follow Link's instructions and give up on his Poison Thorn Vine spell and ran back with his unicorn mount . 　

But he was too late . 　　　

The next instant, he heard a huge explosion behind him . It was the Flame Blast spell . Following which, Romilson realized that the a.s.sa.s.sin leader had disappeared .

"Where is he? Where did he go?" Romilson instinctively cast a defensive spell on himself .

Before the defensive spell was completed, he suddenly heard the sound of howling winds . Following which, he saw a dark figure beside him . It was the a.s.sa.s.sin leader who was just getting cornered a moment ago!

How can he be so fast? Romilson was horrified .

The a.s.sa.s.sin leader smiled cruelly as he raised his dagger and plunged it straight towards his heart . The speed of this attack was outrageous . 　　

It's over! I won't be in time!

Romilson knew that he would not have the time to complete his defensive spell . In fact, the emotional fluctuation that he was going through had already undone whatever progress he had made in casting the spell .

As the dagger was about to pierce through his skin, Romilson felt his body tremble at the very last moment . He then noticed that a faint crimson glow was enveloping his body . He then took a look at the a.s.sa.s.sin leader and realized that the speed at which the dagger was reaching his heart had slowed down significantly . Furthermore, within this red glow, the black leather armor on the a.s.sa.s.sin leader 's body began to burn .

Link cast a defensive spell on me! Romilson finally reacted to the situation . He felt as though he was just pulled back from the brink of death . 　　

The a.s.sa.s.sin leader decisively gave up on his a.s.sault after this delay and retreated a total of 30 feet in a single leap . After 30 feet, a dark crimson miasma could be seen enveloping his body . 　

Whoos.h.!.+ An emerald light beam pierced this crimson miasma and almost dissipated it .

However, after the miasma dissipated, the a.s.sa.s.sin leader was nowhere to be seen . He seemed to have disappeared into thin air . 　

"Where is he?" Romilson could not wrap his head around this situation . 　　　

"That was a Battle Aura illusion . His real self was concealed under some sort of stealth spell," Link explained . It was a shame that he had to concentrate on curing Milda . If not, the a.s.sa.s.sin Leader would have been a corpse by now . 　

"I am here . You fool!" A voice emerged from afar . 　　

Romilson stared in the direction of the voice and saw that several hundred feet away, the a.s.sa.s.sin leader was waving to him . This guy was laughing hysterically and suddenly turned his body around . He then accelerated and disappeared into the darkness . 　　

He was gone . Two Level-7 Magicians were unable to stop him . If not for Link's intervention at the end, Romilson would already be dead .

Romilson was devastated at this result . He then thought back on his immature ravings and felt his face turn hot . He almost wanted to find a hole in the ground and bury his head in it .

He remembered that his mentor had told him before he left the Isle of Dawn, "You are now an official Magician . However, you are still not fit for combat . You must be extra careful when you go to the Norton Kingdom . "

He thought nothing about it then . This was because the strongest Magician in the entire Norton Kingdom was Dean Anthony, who was merely a Level-7 Magician like him . How dangerous could such an undeveloped place be?　

But now he totally understood the teachings of his mentor . His path of magic had just begun . As Link and this a.s.sa.s.sin leader had said, in a real battle, he was nothing but a fool!

This was truly a painful realization .

Chapter 255 I Am Truly a FoolTranslator Nyoi Bo Studio Editor Nyoi Bo StudioNightfall, the beach . The a.s.sa.s.sin leader chuckled when he saw Romilson channeling his spell . He then said, My brothers, retreat further behind this guy is panicking . His underlings then erupted into bursts of laughter . They were around 300 feet away from their opponent . Judging from the magic fluctuation around Romilson, it should be a Level 7 spell . Emerald light glittered around him, and he was encased in an elemental brilliance at least six feet in diameter . However, a spell would be for naught if it could not hit its enemy . Just to be safe, the a.s.sa.s.sins retreated a little further and were prepared to watch the show from the beach . To tell the truth, a Magician looks pretty darn scary while they are casting a spell . I did not believe people when they said that High Elves are good looking . But geez, even I am feeling something for this Magician . If we manage to kill them, I ll have a shot at taking that good looking elf for myself . Heh . As they conversed, Romilson s spell had taken form . With a whoos.h.i.+ng sound, a large number of thorn vines appeared from the ground with him as the center . The thorns on these vines were as sharp as daggers, with their tips shaped like hooks . Under the illumination of Romilson s magic aura, the vines looked like snakes slithering in all directions . In an instant, the area within a 30 foot radius around Romilson was covered in such vines, completely sealing off the only way forward for the a.s.sa.s.sins . At the same time, violent magic fluctuations could be felt . The a.s.sa.s.sin leader frowned slightly as he said, This spell is slightly troublesome Not good, it s a sneak attack As he spoke, he could feel imminent danger approaching . He immediately released his Battle Aura, causing a crimson glow to envelop his body . He then immediately moved away from his location, retreating almost 150 feet in an instant . However, although he could escape this attack, his underlings were not so lucky . As he spoke, red flaming runes more than 15 feet in diameter appeared on the spot his underlings were standing at . These runes overlapped one another, forming a complex formation of countless runes . It was also situated at a perfect location, trapping five a.s.sa.s.sins at once . These a.s.sa.s.sins who were distracted by the Level 7 spell of the High Elf naturally reacted slowly to this sudden attack . By the time they wanted to dodge, it was too late . Almost an instant after the runes appeared, an explosion sound rumbled through the beach as a 15 foot thick incandescent pillar of flame rose from the ground . It reached an alt.i.tude of 150 feet, consuming the a.s.sa.s.sins in the process . Arrghh The five a.s.sa.s.sins were burned to ashes after only a few screams of despair . This was the power of a Level 7 spell Fortunately, there were eight other a.s.sa.s.sins who instinctively retreated in time . Although they just had a close shave with death, they immediately let down their guard and thought, Lucky I am still alive . However, little did they know that the attack had not yet ended . Almost immediately, another rune formation appeared at the most precise location once again, accurately predicting the eventual position of the a.s.sa.s.sins following their retreat . It engulfed four a.s.sa.s.sins this time around . To be exact, it seemed as though the four a.s.sa.s.sins stepped into the rune formation of their own accord . Boom After another huge flaming pillar eruption, four a.s.sa.s.sins uttered the final scream of their lives . Four a.s.sa.s.sins remained . The four of them exchanged glances and were already terrified . They were prepared to flee and give up on this battle when the rune formation appeared once again . Boom With the sound of another explosion, two more a.s.sa.s.sins were consumed by the attack . Within a tenth of a second, another spell erupted, taking the lives of the last two a.s.sa.s.sins . Apart from the a.s.sa.s.sin leader, the rest of his underlings were completely annihilated . Although the process might seem long, the entire duration of this spell was less than a second . Within a second, four separate rune formations appeared in the area around the a.s.sa.s.sins . Four consecutive flaming pillars then erupted from the ground and consumed all the a.s.sa.s.sins in the process . These four incandescent flaming pillars formed a complete Level 7 spell . Level 7 spell Instantaneous spellcasting speed as well The a.s.sa.s.sin leader was horrified . He knew that his opponents must have gotten some backup and immediately thought of retreating . He then released his Battle Aura as he turned in the opposite direction . Won t you stay A voice rang from the shadows of the forest followed by a beam of emerald light . It was the Level 6 spell, Metal Decay . Spells that were light based in nature traveled extremely fast . In the darkness, one could see a beam of light flas.h.i.+ng through the air, charging straight towards the heart of the a.s.sa.s.sin leader . However, the a.s.sa.s.sin leader was experienced as well . He released a huge amount of Battle Aura in the last moment and managed to escape to one side . This was not to say that the a.s.sa.s.sin leader was faster than the spell . He merely predicted his opponent s attack beforehand . When a Magician cast a spell, he would first have to determine the position where he wanted his attack to land . The spell would then take time to travel to that location . All these processes took time . In the eyes of other professions, this time was called the Golden Period . Different types of spells had different Golden Periods as well . The length could be as long as half a second . For example, Link s whistle needed to travel through the air before reaching its target . In that time, an experienced Warrior could easily erect his defenses . Of course, the practicality of the defense then depended on the Warrior s judgment and skills . Short Golden Periods could be only around ten microseconds long . Within these spells, the light based spells were known for having extremely short Golden Periods . Most of these spells had a foundational Golden Period of not more than 100 microseconds long . If the Magician was an experienced one, he could even shorten it to under ten microseconds . With a buzzing sound, the Metal Decay beam shot across the a.s.sa.s.sin s arm and left a charred mark on his hand . It then hit the ground, causing a pile of rotten mud more than nine feet in diameter to appear immediately . The a.s.sa.s.sin leader had succeeded in avoiding the attack . However, the Metal Decay attack was not completed . This spell was similar to the fire pillars previously and was made to fire in bursts . After the first beam, three consecutive beams emerged from the shadows . Each of this beams had been carefully adjusted to aim at the a.s.sa.s.sin leader s fatal spots . Boom Boom Boom Three beams of light flashed across the atmosphere . The a.s.sa.s.sin leader also changed his stance three consecutive times in an instant, escaping these deadly beams one by one . His speed was outrageous . From other s perspective, his body seemed to have split into multiple images in that instant . Every beam seemed to pa.s.s through the image but was just so close to hitting his real self . The attack ended after a second with all four beams landing onto the ground . All the images of the a.s.sa.s.sin leader then converged into a tangible body . He then immediately headed in the opposite direction . He was running for his life You stay Romilson was the one shouting this time around . The unexpected support was a huge confidence booster for him . He had already canceled his Thorn Vine spell . When the a.s.sa.s.sin leader was busy dealing with the spells coming from the shadows, Romilson skillfully manipulated his unicorn and charged straight at the a.s.sa.s.sin . As the a.s.sa.s.sin leader was about to flee, he raised his wand and pointed it towards the a.s.sa.s.sin leader before shouting, Poison Thorn Vines Whoosh A series of noises sounded from the ground as countless magic vines sprung up towards the a.s.sa.s.sin . Boom Boom the vines appeared one after another, charging towards the a.s.sa.s.sin leader in all directions . However, this a.s.sa.s.sin leader had just escaped a light based spell . These vines would be a piece of cake compared to the close shave with death he just encountered . He skillfully dodged left and right, escaping Romilson s attacks while showcasing a beautiful dance . Romilson could not seem to land a hit . d.a.m.n it How can he be so fast Romilson was terrified . He felt as though he was punching the air when the enemy was right in front of him . However, his attack was not useless . It had successfully trapped the a.s.sa.s.sin leader in his location and gave the figure in the shadows enough time to cast a spell . Flame Blast The figure in the darkness used a standard fire elemental spell . An incandescent fireball charged towards the a.s.sa.s.sin leader . Although it was a Level 4 spell, the destructive force of this spell was terrifying . If the a.s.sa.s.sin leader was engulfed by these flames, he would be heavily injured and most probably done in by the next few follow up spells . The attacking range of this spell was huge as well . After the explosion, the area within a 90 foot radius of the point of the explosion would be engulfed in flames there would be no place for the a.s.sa.s.sin leader to hide . In an instant, Romilson felt a sense of relief as he thought that this battle was settled . However, at the moment, Link s voice sounded, Fool Get back Back Why Romilson had not reacted to the situation . The next moment, he felt his heart palpitating at an insane rate, as though he had been targeted by an ancient ferocious beast . It was an intense feeling . More importantly, although he felt this dangerous premonition, he had no idea where the danger would strike . In his state of panic, he could only follow Link s instructions and give up on his Poison Thorn Vine spell and ran back with his unicorn mount . But he was too late . The next instant, he heard a huge explosion behind him . It was the Flame Blast spell . Following which, Romilson realized that the a.s.sa.s.sin leader had disappeared . Where is he Where did he go Romilson instinctively cast a defensive spell on himself . Before the defensive spell was completed, he suddenly heard the sound of howling winds . Following which, he saw a dark figure beside him . It was the a.s.sa.s.sin leader who was just getting cornered a moment ago How can he be so fast Romilson was horrified . The a.s.sa.s.sin leader smiled cruelly as he raised his dagger and plunged it straight towards his heart . The speed of this attack was outrageous . It s over I won t be in time Romilson knew that he would not have the time to complete his defensive spell . In fact, the emotional fluctuation that he was going through had already undone whatever progress he had made in casting the spell . As the dagger was about to pierce through his skin, Romilson felt his body tremble at the very last moment . He then noticed that a faint crimson glow was enveloping his body . He then took a look at the a.s.sa.s.sin leader and realized that the speed at which the dagger was reaching his heart had slowed down significantly . Furthermore, within this red glow, the black leather armor on the a.s.sa.s.sin leader s body began to burn . Link cast a defensive spell on me Romilson finally reacted to the situation . He felt as though he was just pulled back from the brink of death . The a.s.sa.s.sin leader decisively gave up on his a.s.sault after this delay and retreated a total of 30 feet in a single leap . After 30 feet, a dark crimson miasma could be seen enveloping his body . Whoosh An emerald light beam pierced this crimson miasma and almost dissipated it . However, after the miasma dissipated, the a.s.sa.s.sin leader was nowhere to be seen . He seemed to have disappeared into thin air . Where is he Romilson could not wrap his head around this situation . That was a Battle Aura illusion . His real self was concealed under some sort of stealth spell, Link explained . It was a shame that he had to concentrate on curing Milda . If not, the a.s.sa.s.sin Leader would have been a corpse by now . I am here . You fool A voice emerged from afar . Romilson stared in the direction of the voice and saw that several hundred feet away, the a.s.sa.s.sin leader was waving to him . This guy was laughing hysterically and suddenly turned his body around . He then accelerated and disappeared into the darkness . He was gone . Two Level 7 Magicians were unable to stop him . If not for Link s intervention at the end, Romilson would already be dead . Romilson was devastated at this result . He then thought back on his immature ravings and felt his face turn hot . He almost wanted to find a hole in the ground and bury his head in it . He remembered that his mentor had told him before he left the Isle of Dawn, You are now an official Magician . However, you are still not fit for combat . You must be extra careful when you go to the Norton Kingdom . He thought nothing about it then . This was because the strongest Magician in the entire Norton Kingdom was Dean Anthony, who was merely a Level 7 Magician like him . How dangerous could such an undeveloped place be But now he totally understood the teachings of his mentor . His path of magic had just begun . As Link and this a.s.sa.s.sin leader had said, in a real battle, he was nothing but a fool This was truly a painful realization .