Chapter 205 – Assassination Attempt
If I hadn’t acquired the ability to read the flow of wind as I ascended the 7th tier, I probably wouldn’t have noticed that the assassin in front of me was hiding a knife in his sleeve.
That’s because I was hiding my life like that.
Knock!
The assassin, who was suddenly grabbed by my wrist while trying to launch a surprise attack, tried his best to remove my arm, but it was like a meaningless rebellion to me, who had already acquired physical abilities that surpassed that of humans.
I pulled my arm straight up, broke the elf’s posture, and then tripped over my legs and knocked it to the floor.
“Cheuk!”
Unable to take a fall, the assassin fell from his back onto the hard stone floor and coughed with a painful expression on his face.
I didn’t give a damn in that state, and lightly bent the wrist I was holding.
Wood deok!
“Aagh!”
The blade fell to the floor with a desperate scream.
I honestly think it hurts to bother Beauty, but it wasn’t as precious as my own life.
I shouted at Camilla, who stood defenseless.
“Camilla! Stand back with your back to the wall!”
Then Camilla nodded her head, and moved quickly at her command.
After glancing at them, I greeted the assassins who revealed their true colors.
All the passers-by who had just been walking down the alley all looked at me in unison.
In other words, everyone here was an assassin.
‘He was completely determined to kill me.’
No one guessed who was behind the assassins.
However, it was still just a heart attack, so I couldn’t blindly go and ask.
Because you need proof first.
‘Should I kill all but one guy for now?’
If you send them away for nothing, only regrets will remain.
I moved at the same time as I made up my mind.
‘Feng Shui Bomb’
Air bullets fired from her fingers pierce the foreheads of assassins flocking from all sides.
Right after that, a scimitar with a greatly bent blade was aimed at my neck and swung, but I blocked it with the whirlwind blade wrapped around my forearm.
Kaga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga!
Scimitar’s blade sharpened in real time.
“Kuk!”
The assassin hurriedly withdrew his sword and tried to step back, but I pulled it back using the suction power of the wind.
“What!”
After making a clean hit on the assassin’s face with a gender equality punch, I felt a presence from behind and stomped the ground with my feet.
Phut!!
Then, a large cloud of dust rises in an instant.
Blocking dust from entering the bronchi by putting a thin film of air around my face, I switched the magic armament around my body.
‘Spell Armed – Jeon Gwangjoro’
Parts side!
A blue current bounces from the whole body.
By manipulating the biocurrent, my reaction speed became unusually fast, and I sprinted in all directions in the alleyway.
“Cheuk!”
“Oops!”
In a situation where I couldn’t identify my friends because of the dust, I used electricity like radar to find the location and instantly neutralized many assassins with the blade of the wind.
“Keuk! Anyone can summon a spirit!”
The presumed commander of the assassins ordered that, as if he didn’t want it to go on like this.
In a hurry, I moved Camilla, who was hiding in a corner, onto the roof of a nearby building just before the dust disappeared.
Disappeared in the middle of a melee, so enemies won’t immediately notice that Camilla is gone.
Immediately after, as soon as I landed on the ground, the dust that had filled the surroundings rose into the sky.
‘Did he summon a sylphid as well?’
There are three main types of modern magic.
Elemental magic, primal magic, elemental magic.
Magicians like me use elemental magic, witches and sorcerers use primitive magic, and finally, original spirit magic, which can be seen as the source of all magic.
Basically, since spirit magic is a ‘direct’ request to a spirit that can be called the incarnation of nature, it was possible to use powerful magic even with a small amount of mana.
The assassins, whose sight was secured thanks to the wind evoked by the sylphids, were startled to see the corpses of their comrades scattered all over the alley.
The dust obscured the view because it was only for a short time, about 3 minutes at most.
I winked and asked.
“How is it? How does it feel to be in the position of being hunted from a position of hunting?”
Then the elf who seemed to be the commander of the assassins shouted.
“Gibberish!”
Soon after, the spirits summoned by the other elves began to appear one by one with a halo of light.
Salamander, the fire spirit, Underworker, the earth spirit, and Undine, the water spirit.
Elemental life forms such as spirits were literally living disasters, so no matter how much I was, I couldn’t let my guard down.
‘You did well to evacuate Camilla in advance.’
It’s never easy to fight while protecting someone in a situation like this.
Feeling at a disadvantage in the returning situation, I immediately opened the subspace and took out the Orihalcon Quarter Staff.
If you are pushed by the original number, shouldn’t your equipment be good?
Oh oh oh ──
As soon as the vision breathing started, the virtual magic furnace inside the body that resonated with Unlimited Power, one of the three great miracles of the hero, began to rotate fiercely and poured out a large amount of mana.
And I sent the mana produced in this way to the staff, the medium of magic.
Orihalcon and Philosopher’s Stone, which are the highest quality mediums, instantly amplify my magical power several times.
Koo-goo-goo-goo-goo!
“Nonsense! I’m not an elf, I can handle this much mana for a different race!”
As the ground trembled with overwhelming magical power, the elf, who seemed to be the commander of the assassins, shouted with a shocked expression, but unfortunately, everything that was happening right in front of my eyes was reality.
“Attack! Attack!”
I spoke to the commander who hastily ordered the other assassins to attack.
“Sorry, but it’s already late.”
BANG!
***
Sometimes, overwhelming magical power can be a great attack method without a separate spell.
The ether magic I developed was just that kind of thing, but the magic bullet I’m using now has a similar principle.
The mana compressed to the limit was shot as it was in the form of a bullet.
If you express it in a classic game style, it would be a magic missile, but the magic developed on the fly had missile-level destructive power as the name suggests.
If I were to name it in Master’s way, it would be ‘Magic Patriot Missile’.
Pasasak!
A piece of stone that is scattered to dust.
“Have you failed to control your strength?”
I left such a sentimental review right in front of the horrors of the Magic Patriot missile that swept the entire alleyway.
Literally devastated.
Of course, there was little space to move, so the assassins who couldn’t avoid the attack turned into dust and disappeared.
Those who were still alive were lying on the floor due to mana depletion, as if they had desperately used all their magic to put on a protective shield.
Because of the splendid rampage, it was obvious that the security forces would come running soon, so I approached the commanding elf, who was still breathing.
“Kuh…Kill it.”
The commander, unable to move due to exhaustion, glared at me while saying that, but since I hadn’t heard such lines for a day or two, I lightly ignored the provocation and asked.
“Who ordered me to be killed?”
No answer came back.
It would be more correct to assume that he did not know the person who gave the order in the first place.
Because there is no way that the lowest level working in the field knows such advanced information.
After thinking about it for a while, I changed my question.
“Where is your base?”
Of course, this time it was a mixture of hypnotism.
I had no intention of wrestling in a situation where every minute and every second was wasted.
Then the commander opened his mouth with blank eyes.
“Our stronghold is…”
Perseok!
“Ah.”
A head that suddenly exploded right in front of my eyes.
Fortunately, thanks to the wind barrier that always surrounds it, I didn’t get covered in blood, but I couldn’t help but feel uncomfortable.
“Has it been banned from the beginning?”
I don’t know which assassination team he belongs to, but he’s thorough.
I was about to leave the place, leaving the corpse with its head missing, but I suddenly thought it could be evidence, so I burned it with flame magic.
No matter how great Elven Wood’s technical skills are, I don’t think he will be able to find out the identity of the criminal at the crime scene where not a single trace is left.
In the end, I, who suffered hardship and did not see any benefit, took Camilla, who was sheltering on the roof, and left the scene in a hurry.
***
“You were attacked?”
“Yes.”
Late in the evening.
I called the other members who returned to the dorm into the room and told them about what happened during the day.
“Who sent the assassin?”
“That’s right, if I’m gone, it must have been sent by someone who would benefit from it.”
“So who is it?”
I scratched my head at Dorothea’s question.
“Because I’m usually the one who buys a lot of grudges.”
There are literally countless stars in the night sky.
“If it’s you, there’s probably one or two people who can guess.”
To Heald’s sharp point, I licked my lips and answered.
“Well, in the current situation, there is only one person who can point out.”
“Who is that?”
“Mayer Griffith.”
He was the tallest man in the country.
“Arcon? Why is he assassinating you?”
Dorothea tilted her head incomprehensibly, but I replied over a cup of tea.
“Well, the assassin must have been sent for a reason. Either it benefits the national interest, or I interfere with the plan.”
However, there was only a heart attack and no evidence, so I couldn’t go and argue.
“I think we should advance the timing of withdrawing from Elven Wood.
When I came to that conclusion, others who listened quietly agreed with me.
