Chapter 48 Ambush (2/2)

At a distance, a Master would kill hiical attacks at Arran that he had no way to defend against Yet he re had told hith of a Master hiht, lay his only chance

He would have to wait until they were close, then hit the the the Acadeth instead of Essence

Arrow nocked to his bow, he forced himself to wait as they approached Five hundred paces, four hundred, three hundred… The tension almost overwhelmed him, but he forced himself to remain calm

Now, they were two hundred paces away, but still, he waited

Finally, when they were just a hundred paces away, Arran used the Body Refine, then loosed a heavy arrow that soared through the air like a bolt of lightning Immediately, he shot another, and then another Before the first arrow struck, another tere already in the air

The first arrow struck the Acadee squarely in the chest, and the round Less than a heartbeat later the second arrow soared through the air where the white-robed h the head of one of the Redstoneanother of the horse the man alked behind hiroup were dead, and the Acadee should be injured Yet the fourth arrow suddenly stopped and shattered in e still lived

Without hesitating, he threw the bow in his void bag and sprinted forward at full speed, at the sa two massive fireballs toward his ene, because as he ran, he suddenly heard a deafening roar, and aheat behind hi all the Fire Essence he could roup that was now only a few dozen paces ahead of him

The fireball covered his approach and he rushed toward the group, drawing his sword The fireball exploded in their h that he could feel the heat singe his face, but he did not slon even as the sudden flash almost blinded him

The sudden blaze died down a moment later, but the air was still filled with smoke and ashes, as well as the stench of burned flesh A silhouette appeared in the smoke in front of Arran, and he hacked at it with his sword A sharp cry sounded as the sword connected, tearing through armor and flesh as if it was paper

Despite the chaos, Arran did not dare stand still for even a moment, and he rushed forward at another shape that appeared in the smoke Another Redstone ust of wind ca the smoke and ashes from the air

At once, both Arran and his opponents were exposed At a glance, Arran saw that only a handful of the Redstone , but his eye was ih the , and a fireball was for a blast of Air at the e threhite-hot fireball at him The fireball collided with Arran's blast of Air, and although it wasn't stopped, the i it to hit one of the Redstone men instead A round

Seeing this, Arran i Redstoneso that the Acadeo so far as to attack his own allies Yet a er fireball toward the three of the that saved Arran was a quick use of the Body Refineth, but even then, he only barely escaped As the two men behind him died, he could feel that his left shoulder was badly burned

As he got to his feet, a young lance, he could see thehis teeth, but he did not have tie would already be preparing his next attack

”You! I will—” thehis sword

Arran did not let him finish the words Before thehie His body exploded in the air, hit by whatever spell the e had just aie, sword drawn Yet before he could attack, another fireball cae it

In a desperate effort, he struck the fireball with his sword The sas torn from his hands by the force of it, but a moment later he realized he was still alive

Without stopping to think, he rushed theten paces in the blink of an eye Before thethea hail of blon on his face

The attack seee by surprise, and he did not react until Arran had already struck a dozen blows to his head Theon his back, but against Arran's furious barrage of punches, it was no use

The dazedto speak through the blood in his ave the man even a second to recover, it would cost hiht, thein his eyes, but he did not cease even as theblon on his head until he could feel the ot to his feet, wiping the blood from his eyes Now, he saw the scene of utter chaos and devastation around hiround

He took a deep breath For so alive