Chapter 67 Assessment 5 (1/2)

Auron felt danger. He racked up his brain. However, he still could not find a way out. He could only continue to run. The chasing thieves had already arrived near Auron. The both brandished their dagger.

Since the thieves didn't bother to use stealth, Auron could evade both of the thief attack. However, he could not retaliate. If he tried to retaliate and attack one of the thief, the other thief would have a chance to attack him. With his mage's character, he would certainly lose the battle.

This continued for several minutes, until one of the thief stopped his action. ”This was a chance” Auron thought. Using this chance he ran away and made distance from the thief that stopped. The other thief, still kept on chasing and attacking Auron.

Auron knew why that thief stopped his action. That thief wanted to use stealth. To use a stealth, a thief cannot use it anytime, there was certain condition to fulfill which was, that thief needed to not engaged in battle for 5 minutes. If he had already engaged in battle, he needed to stay still and maintain certain distance from the one he engaged in battle, before the 5 minutes timer started.

After 3 minutes running, Auron felt that he had already kept enough distance. so he stopped his running and turned to face the chasing thief. He engaged a one on one battle with the chasing thief. Auron stabbed his dagger toward the thief. The chasing thief was caught in surprise. He could not think that this mage would fight in a close combat.

The thief tried to dodge Auron attack. At first, Auron tried to stabbed his stomach, however, the thief managed to dodge it and the dagger stabbed his left arm. The thief didn't stay still, he also counter Auron's attack, he stabbed the dagger in his hand.

Auron had already anticipated this, with his quick reaction, he pulled his dagger from the thief's arm and blocked the thief's attack with his dagger. Blood flowed out from the thief's left arm. Auron didn't missed this chance, he continued to pressure the thief.

The thief was in dire straits, however, he also tried his best to retaliate against Auron's attack. It was obvious that the thief was trying to buy time until his teammate came. Occasionally, Auron got attacked by the thief. From the number, Auron had more attack landed successfully on the thief. However, because the mage's strength was low, his damage was lower than the thief. With more attack landed successfully on the thief, the difference in health was not significant. Auron's health was slightly above the thief's health.

Auron still had 50% of his health while the thief had 30% of his health. If Auron had the same strength as the thief, with the number of attack landed, the thief would already die or at most had 10% of his health.

”I don't have much more time” Auron thought. He knew the other thief had already used his stealth and already on his way here. Auron's goals was to kill this thief so, he didn't have to face two enemies.

The fighting thief also knew that his teammate was on his way here, so he tried to buy more time. However, he kept on harassing Auron. If Auron was running away, he would chased Auron. But, if Auron was attacking him, he would defend and maintain several distance back. He would not let Auron to get away from him. If he let Auron get away, they would lose track of Auron or, worser, Auron would bombarded him with spell from distance.