1409 Cunning Weapon Spirit Part 2 (1/2)

That assassin was someone arranged by the mages in advance and they were the most powerful assassin in Alchemy City. Their equipment was at the highest level of equipment capable of being used by a level 11 assassin.

The assassin did not bother with Safilos, a level ten warrior. Even if both of them were to fight face to face, the assassin was confident that they would have been able to kill Safilos all the same. The mage was the more difficult target, as mages usually carried unpredictable equipment on their person.

That assassin attacked with all their might. The dagger in their hand had a tiny serrated edge which was pitch black, sucking in all light in the room, preventing any light from being reflected.

That was dark poison, a favorite of assassins.

To assassins, darkness was the beginning of all their skills. The way assassins fight was explosive. The strongest attack of an assassin far exceeded limitations in level, yet they were unable to compare to warriors in capacity for drawn out combat.

That kick from Safilos exceeded what that assassin knew about skills of warriors. Safilos was at an awkward position. Attacking the assassin would have required him to get through Saleen.

However, Safilos was able to ignore positioning altogether and kick the assassin's back. Yellow light flashed on their back. Safilos' toes felt stung and his ankles twisted for a bit at lightning speed, before reeling back to where the leg was.

That assassin was pinned by the power from Safilos' first attack where they were, preventing them from evading the second kick.

The second kick came as a stomp. Safilos held his blade in his hand and chopped the head of that assassin off right away.

Black smoke billowed with a puff. Saleen then threw a Cleaning spell without a care. The assassin in the black smoke had an intact head. There was only a piece of black garment left on the ground.

Safilos did not launch a second slash or thrust. He looked at the assassin with condescending eyes and said, ”You call yourself a martial artist and you pull such dirty tricks eh...”

That assassin clenched on their neck. A purple gash of blood was on their neck, slowly seeping blood outside.

Their skill did not enable them to evade Safilos' attack.

They thought their equipment would have stopped Safilos' kick and that their skill would have enabled them to evade Safilos' blade.

Safilos did not continue. He found that Saleen did not even bother evading, which meant that he had apparently long discovered that assassin. It was due precisely to the assassin lurking in the dark that the mages on the other side of the wall, did not emerge to do something immediately.

In the eyes of those mages, Saleen was as good as dead.

None of the mages of the Elemental Hand had acquired power of the soul, which prevented them from knowing that when one came to possess such powers, there would have been no secrets capable of being hidden in one's territory.

Only powerful beings capable of existing in parallel space and at level 16 and above, would have been capable of avoiding detection in a territory.

That was to say even if the Lord of Glory were to show up personally, it would have still have been impossible for him to lurk within Saleen's territory.

”You have a lot of trust in me.” Safilos felt as if he was being played. Saleen knew that there was an assassin and yet he said nothing, making him sound rather funny.

”I have to get you to do something to show that you're trustworthy. A common mage would have died by that fellow's hand. Your reflexes and attacks are not something that assassin would have been able to compare to. If that fellow were to come for you, I would have long ended them.”

”Some confidence indeed. What if I were to just keep my hands to myself?”

”If you were to just keep your hands to yourself, that assassin would have had a hard time locking onto me.”

”Prophecy? No! Astrology?”

”More or less. I would need to determine if you're going to make a move, before determining if that fellow would have targeted me. I let that fellow lock onto me on purpose. Well, this is all but a show, to let everyone see that we both are allies.”

”Everyone?”

”Indeed. We need to put such opportunities to good use. I have copied the scene of combat earlier, and I would explain your attack to the mages, doing some promotional work along the way. Sikeqinyan methods, you might not like them.”

Safilos did not continue the conversation. He found himself not placing enough importance on Saleen. The mage was no longer that puny mage he used to be. Saleen was then a king of a nation and had possessed something as powerful as the Floating City, capable of driving any city out of livelihood.

Saleen had once been the kind to go with the flow, and he had now learned to take the initiative at all times.

”You could actually be who you have been again. You at the moment, look rather dejected. if it hadn't been for your place being attacked, I'm afraid you wouldn't have came with me while bringing so many Qin warriors with you, no?” Saleen took the chance to chat with Safilos, seeing how the room was then a mess and there was no need for him to attack.

”Haha!” Safilos laughed for a bit. A lot of thoughts came across his mind but he did not reply to Saleen. But nonetheless, he felt somewhat grateful.

Saleen saw through Safilos' problem deep down. It would have been extremely difficult for him to advance his art further if he were to keep behaving like that.

People all over Myers Mainland were advancing. If he were to be unable to get to level 12, he would not be able to help the empire. Lex, sitting on the throne, would have had a hard time if she were to rely on Saleen alone.

His brother was dead and there was nothing he could have done about it. With things being as they were at present, the best course of action he could have taken, was none other than to support Lex.

Saleen was reminding that it was pointless to be caught up in the past.

The Elemental Hand mages joined hands on the other side of the crystal wall, having to defend against the Water Flame while having to retrieve the Book of Gaia. There was only one page of the Book of Gaia placed on the magic array.