273 Slaying (1/2)
Chapter 273: Slaying
Translator: Kris_LiuEditor: Vermillion
The dim moonlight behind the curtain did not light up Lucien's room, but made the whole place very quiet and somehow even darker.
The darkness in the room was not evenly distributed, as if the darkness had life. But when one took a closer look at it, there was nothing in the darkness.
Lucien was lying in the bed, and his breath was long and smooth. It seemed that he had fallen into a sweet dream in his deep sleep.
”The darkness shows… He's indeed in the bed…
”His swords… two swords… about ten centimeters from his hands. He's very alert…
”Breath… heartbeat… spiritual power… all normal. Hands are covered by the blanket… hard to tell… His posture is awful… not like a noble at all…
”He's in deep sleep. Maybe the many guards in the castle made him feel safe…
”He's still wearing the amulet. The amulet can be activated very fast, but it only works facing lethal magic spells and curses. It cannot protect him from any physical or elemental attacks, nor can it hurt the attacker.
”Maybe he still has more magic items, but I should be able to get him before they actually work…
”I'm ninety-nine percent sure… I can send him to hell before he wakes up!”
After close observation, Petrov had made up his mind.
In the darkness beside Lucien's bed, a figure suddenly showed up! The figure fiercely took a step forward and the dagger shining in green light directly stabbed toward Lucien's throat!
Just now Petrov dared not to get too close in case Lucien could sense the danger with his intuition. Although Lucien had a magic sword and a quite useful divine item, Petrov was not afraid of them. In the darkness, he was totally confident with his Blessing. However, his only concern was that, if the divine item was too powerful, the magic circle set up by Matvienko for blocking the noise might collapse, and then the grand knights in the castle would notice what was going on here.
Petrov was fast, and his blade was even faster. However, as soon as his dagger cut Lucien's throat, he sensed a surge of familiar magic waves. He could not believe the first idea flashing through his mind, but it was true—it was magic!
Feeling shocked, Petrov saw Lucien's figure breaking down into pieces like a broken mirror.
The second circle spell, Mirror!
Although Darkness Blessing was immune to those lower level spells, this was only for defence. When the power was used to attack, it would still be affected by magic.
In the moonlight, the mirror broke into shining pieces, just like a beautiful dream.
”A Sorcerer?!” Petrov's heart suddenly sank, but soon he realized that the information was not accurate. In the next second, he was ready to go back into the darkness to retrieve!
However, it was already too late. He saw Lucien's real figure beside the bed, and holy light lit up in front of his chest.
Immediately, the whole room was filled with the bright, burning light.
The darkness that Petrov heavily relied on was instantly dispelled, and his figure was revealed.
The level three divine spell, Burning Radiance!
Petrov fought to bear the great pain but released no scream. In great effort, he tried his best to move away from the light, but the pain made him move way too slow.
Without hesitation, Petrov activated the magic ring on his left little finger.
However, as soon as the black smoke started to rise out of the ring, Lucien directly cast Elemental Order!
Bang!
The ring first cracked, then the power in the ring lost its balance. When the ring exploded, the power completely covered Petrov and blasted his light-brown blood everywhere.
With Lucien's outstanding spiritual power as a third circle sorcerer, when he cast Elemental Order, if his enemy did not have anything for defence, Lucien's power was enough to destroy most level four alchemical items.
Seeing that the ring just exploded, Lucien was a bit upset. His possible trophy was gone now. No wonder all the powerful sorcerers were very careful with using the ninth-circle spell, Cracking, since most enemy's magic and divine items under legendary level would be destroyed by the power, leaving one with no gain at all from the fighting.
Also, Cracking was a spell with an area of effect. If one still had his or her teammates around, it would be a great concern to the caster. Therefore, comparatively speaking, Lucien's Elemental Order was much more convenient to use.
Petrov was still writhing on the floor, trying to reach the shadow in the corner. Lucien, of course, would not leave him with any chances, so he activated Sun's Corona again. The flame summoned directly hit Petrov.
One second before, Petrov had no other choice and activated his ultimate and forbidden power, Darkness Assimilation, however, the flame put an end to all his hope.