Chapter 197 – Dazzling Stage, Poignant Girl (1/2)
Without his team’s protection, Charles was just a frail trap, even if he was the Scarlet Fairy, he would die to Snow!
Shen DaiYing knew that even though Charles appeared to be delicate, like a cute girl, he was actually an extremely dauntless man. He wouldn’t show any fear even with a sword against his neck.
So why was he suddenly scared?
“Sorry, Scarlet Fairy…”
Shen DaiYing didn’t think too much of it, and proclaimed his death with her emotionless machine-like voice.
She would finish off Charles as fast as possible then leave. Devoru was annoying and it was too much of a risk to get rid of him. Since she was wearing a mask anyways, she didn’t have to worry about her identity being revealed. Since a lot of females could wear high-heels and black stockings, no one could impose the crime on her.
“Shadow Kill, Heartbreaker”
She cast her fatal assassination technique once more, Charles had no way of dodging.
The strange thing was, even after seeing Charles in danger, Devoru and the other two weren’t panicked and started moving sideways, trying to surround Shen DaiYing.
Even if they succeeded, what meaning does it have if Charles dies?
Shen DaiYing had a momentary flash of doubt, but she didn’t stop moving and swung!
“It seems like Shen Yue Ge is nothing much.” Charles said something ridiculous even faced with imminent danger.
The sharp blade headed straight for Charles’s head, but Shen DaiYing heard a loud clang.
“What?”
An impact transmitted from her fingers and she realized that she couldn’t cut through.
She didn’t know what happened, but she realized the danger of not succeeding in one strike and immediately retreated.
She immediately kicked off the ground, this time retreating instead of charging forwards. Her slender legs extended as she did a back flip.
Then with a crack… a field of lightning current shot out.
“Strengthened magic shield, and, thunderbomb?” Shen DaiYing frowned in midair.
What blocked her sword was a strengthened magic shield, and the electric current that exploded was the fifth level magic thunderbomb.
Two spells that were instantly cast, it was evidently prepared beforehand. But Charles can’t instant cast, and he doesn’t have a magic scroll or a spatial ring, so how did he instantly cast magic?
Could it be…
“Ambush!”
Shen DaiYing realized something was up and tried to escape, but she was a tad too late.
Just as she landed, before she could shadow blink away, the ground around her started shining as a strange magic circle appeared!
That was sixth level magic…
“Arc Light Assault Array!”
A low voice sounded within the darkness.
In an instant, the arcs of light surged.
If thunderbomb was but a simple explosion of electirc current, then Arc Light Assault Array was the wild dance of an electric eel!
Countless dazzling electric eels squirmed out of the ground, writhing their thick bodies and leapt towards Shen DaiYing.
“Under the moon, butterfly dance!”
Shen DaiYing brandished her sword and cherry blossom petals filled the air. She attempted to use her sword to cut all the electric eels, but she was too naive.
A sixth level magic circle’s strength far surpasses that of regular sixth level magic. A previously drawn circuit was filled with unusual power.
The thick electric eels squirmed in from all four directions, the first couple was surrounded by floating petals and were reduced to pure white mist, but there was an endless number of them.
All the petals were eaten up in a blink of an eye, that girl widened her eyes, her hand slightly trembling. Without the obstruction of the petals, the electric eels finally found their target and invaded her body!
Her body radiated light and became the brightest focal point of the night!
Then an agonizing scream echoed through the forest.
“Ahhhhhhhhhhh!”
No one knew what exactly happened, because no one dared to look at the blinding light directly.
Her scream lasted for half a minute, it started shrill and tragic, until it became flat, finally becoming hoarse and powerless… even the person responsible Charles, inwardly shook his head.
Yes, this was all part of his plan.
From the start he knew that someone would come to assassinate him, so using the fake substitute was just the first step.
He anticipated that it would be very difficult for Devoru to catch the assassin by himself, so the only way for them to catch the assassin alive was to wait until they slip up.