Chapter 115 - Chapter 115: Chapter 111: Fierce Battle! (1/2)
Chapter 115: Chapter 111: Fierce Battle!
The night sky, ablaze with flames, turned the horizon red. Many villagers came out, their faces filled with shock as they watched the scene unfold.
“Can’t catch up.”
Byrne quickly realized that his speed was far inferior to that of the low-level Transmutation Bloodline Knight, so he could only activate the power of the spirit rune “transcend”!
His eyes seemed to flicker with blue electric sparks, and the shackles in his mind were broken in an instant!
Byrne’s figure shot up several times faster, like a fleeting shadow, he dashed through the burned down manor and away into the dark night.
Three minutes.
“Transcend” would bring a three-minute boost to both his physical and mental speed, and he needed to make the most of this brief time.
Although it was only three minutes in real time, for Byrne, the subjective experience of time seemed greatly extended.
Leaves in the surrounding darkness fell slowly, both their bodies moved frame by frame, everything seemed to slow down,
his mental faculties greatly enhanced, and although the shadow in his vision had almost disappeared, many traces remained that he could track.
The fleeing man was undoubtedly Baron Kesse from Byrne’s memory, his build almost exactly matching.
His mind worked at high speed, constantly calculating the best footholds, step by step, closing the distance with each passing second.
He absolutely could not let Baron Kesse escape; leaving a Bloodline Knight filled with a desire for revenge and great maneuverability alive was undoubtedly a huge threat to the Fischer family.
Thirty-seven seconds, thirty-six seconds, thirty-five seconds…
While dashing, Byrne silently counted down, estimating that in just over half a minute, he could catch up with Baron Kesse, by which time “transcend” would have one hundred thirty-three seconds remaining.
At that moment, Baron Kesse’s basic tactics would be one of three: keep running, attack fiercely, or stand on the defensive.
In Byrne’s mind, he continually devised and rehearsed the responses for each scenario, and in those few short seconds, he had already fought Baron Kesse several times in his mind.
Twelve seconds, eleven seconds, ten seconds…
He was getting closer and closer to Baron Kesse, even able to clearly see the man’s silhouette under the moonlight!
Five seconds, four seconds, three seconds.
The two had reached a desolate woodland, far from the gradually burning manor.
The frantically running Baron Kesse suddenly stopped, not waiting for Byrne to fully catch up; at a distance of ten meters between them, he stopped, his eyes filled with indelible hatred!
He took a deep breath.
Nearly all of the Kesse bloodline had perished in this massacre, and the furious Baron Kesse did not wish to leave in such a disgraceful way!
He had to kill the one pursuing him!
At the moment Baron Kesse saw Byrne’s face in the moonlight, he hesitated, confusion overtook his hate-filled eyes.
Because the appearance of his pursuer was exactly the same as his!
A shape-shifting Spellcaster?
But his attack did not slow down; the next moment, he spewed a mass of black flames, swiftly spreading across a few tens of meters in front of him.
Byrne snapped his fingers expressionlessly.
The target for “Shape-shifting” could be any object within his line of sight.
However, if he wanted to swap places with a soulful entity, the other party must be unconsciously free of hostility.
Therefore, he could not directly swap places with Baron Kesse and be attacked by the black flames.
“Shape-shifting” had a half-second delay, and the black flames were already surging towards him!
In the heightened state of “transcend,” Byrne had already calculated safety measures, and only when the black flames reached his face did the spot where he stood turn into a tree branch.
In an instant, Byrne swapped with a fallen tree branch behind Baron Kesse.
“Flames!”
Coming up behind Baron Kesse, he spoke softly, and suddenly, orange-yellow flames burst from his hands, engulfing Baron Kesse like a sky full of flowers.
“Hmph!”
The life force coursing through Baron Kesse’s flesh activated, utilizing Battle Skill 11·Full Armor, shielding his body with an invisible force, completely isolating him from the raging flames.
At the same time, solid black dragon scales emerged on his body, and within moments, Baron Kesse transformed into a warrior cast in steel, seemingly indestructible.
Baron Kesse turned swiftly, pulling his sword from his waist and lunging at Byrne.
Missed.
Byrne calculated the outcome the moment his opponent swung the sword; it would not hit its mark.
“Snap!”
Still, he prudently snapped his fingers again.
The next moment, the blade aimed at him was suddenly wrapped in black flames, engulfing him.
But just a moment later, Byrne vanished again.
“Why don’t you need to chant spells? You’re clearly not that powerful a Spellcaster, yet you can cast without spells? A mysterious rare artifact?”
Baron Kesse voiced his inner puzzlement with a somber tone, yet his yellow snake-like eyes didn’t cease scanning for his enemy’s traces.