At this time, in the year 588 of the Elon calendar, Francis' fighting style was inherited from his master. In this era, due to the scarcity of magic professions and the high status of 'Elementalists', very few people were willing to clash with 'Elementalists'.
As for Francis, he didn't have much experience in "all-out" battles. His training in the past had always been about 'stopping at the right time'. So now, although his response was passable, in Roddy's eyes, it was not 'outstanding' at all.
Noob. This was Roddy's evaluation of Francis.
No matter how fast his spellcasting speed or how powerful his spells were, a noob was still a noob. For a ranger who had fought in the PVP battlefield for many years and was familiar with almost all professions and skills, Francis could only bluff those who had little PVP experience.
In the highest level of PVP battles, any flaw could lead to death. In Roddy's eyes, Francis' response was' full of flaws'. But from another perspective, this was the result of Roddy's calculations.
The reason why Francis was at a loss was because Roddy knew the limitations of the 'Elementalist' skill, so he had long planned for this battle to break out in this dark and complicated forest.
Of course, 'planning' in such a complicated situation had a lot of uncertainty. For example, Roddy could choose to shoot Francis to death in the square, or he could choose to kill him at the city gate while he was chasing after Sally. But these were not Roddy's priorities.
Killing a Count in the city square would not benefit the Lucifron family at all, and it might even set off a bigger storm. From any point of view, the quieter Francis died, the more Rody would benefit from it. Adhering to this principle, Rody had long set up an ambush in the forest with Sodelor and the others so that he could destroy the corpses and get rid of the evidence.
And now, although there were some deviations in the plan, resulting in a one-on-one situation between himself and Francis, for Roddy, there was really no suspense in this battle.
Seeing Francis hiding behind the tree with confidence restored, Roddy sneered and took two steps back. Although there were some leaves and weeds rustling, it did not alert Francis at all. This was because the furthest detection range of the 'Elemental Sentry' was 50 meters away, and now Roddy was 53 meters away from Francis.
"Do you really think the Elemental Sentry can cover all angles? It's not good to be lazy when learning skills."
Roddy took out a long arrow and slowly and silently nailed it into the tree trunk in front of him. Then, he casually took off his cloak that had a corner torn by the icicle and put it on the arrow. Because he was behind the tree, Francis could not see what he was doing.
After hanging up the cloak, Roddy glanced at Francis who was not moving in the distance. It felt like he was back to the time when he fought against players from the opposing faction in the forest.
Francis' spells were powerful, and the 'Elemental Sentry' was an excellent skill to master the first attack. Therefore, in his eyes, Roddy's appearance was equivalent to a "flaw."
Under the complicated conditions of the forest, 50 meters was the limit of the shooting range. Even if Roddy could really hit him from such a long distance, the Ice Shield would be able to block the damage. At the same time, he could also confirm Roddy's position and counterattack!
Therefore, Francis thought that victory was in his hands. However, he neglected a problem. Although the detection range of the 'Elemental Sentry' was large, there was always a blind spot: above.
Therefore, when Roddy silently climbed up the tree trunk and slowly approached Francis's head, the Elementalist who was holding his wand and waiting for Roddy to appear was still nervous and focused all his attention on the feedback from the 'Elemental Sentry'. He did not notice some movements among the insects and birds above his head.
Time passed quietly. After four to five minutes, Roddy was already close to Francis. At this time, he was 15 meters away from the ground. If he directly launched an attack, he would be less than 10 meters away from Francis when he landed.
This was the limit of the detection range of Francis's senses.
After stopping, Roddy, who had used the 'Stealth Spell' to hide his body, looked down at the tree trunk where Francis was hiding, and then turned his head to look at the arrow that had caught his cloak. At this time, he was at an angle where he could just see the tail of the arrow.
"Let's hope it works this time."
He murmured in his heart, then raised the short bow in his hand, pulled out two arrows, and quickly shot them into the distance.
This short bow from the 'Rose Cross' was of excellent quality. Even when the bow was fully drawn, there was not much vibration or sound. At this time, to be on the safe side, Roddy only pulled one-third of the bow before shooting the arrow. Therefore, the sound of the bowstring slicing through the air was not heard by Francis at all.
Two weak arrows flew out. The first one landed on the edge of the 'Elemental Sentry', while the second one hit the tail of the arrow that was caught in the cloak …
In Francis's senses, when the first arrow landed on the ground, he immediately reacted. He took a step forward and directly jumped out from behind the tree. At first, he was still a little hesitant to cast the 'Fireball' spell, but when he saw the edge of the cloak behind the tree trunk, he immediately 'confirmed' Roddy's position and cast it!
"Boom!"
Francis looked at the explosion in the distance with a ferocious expression. When the torn cloak flashed in his sight, he could not help but feel happy. That guy was killed!
However, before the joy completely emerged from the bottom of his heart, a loud 'crack' behind him made him turn his head in astonishment.
For the second time, a long arrow nailed into his Ice Shield at an absolutely vertical angle, leaving a large white crack mark on the shield!
Sh * t!
Francis, who thought that he was attacked from behind, waved his hand to restore the 'Ice Shield', but when he looked through the shield, he was horrified to find that a figure had already jumped down from the tree trunk and was directly in front of him!
Two scimitars flashing with cold light slashed on the shield in front of Francis at lightning speed.
"Ka — Ka!"
Roddy's first knife directly smashed through the hole created by the arrow, and the second knife directly disintegrated the egg-shaped shield. The blade of the knife almost grazed Francis's chest. If he did not take a step back at the critical moment, his head would have been separated from his body.
This was the first time that the two of them had a face-to-face confrontation. Francis did not expect that Roddy would launch an attack in such an unpredictable way. In desperation, he immediately raised the scroll in his hand, poured the magic energy into it, and shouted the activation spell, "Frost Nova!"
But Roddy's reaction was far faster than him. He could have swung his knife for the third time and continued to attack Francis, but when he saw the blue scroll in Francis's hand, he only blinked his eyes and decided to retreat. Before Francis finished chanting the 'Frost Nova' spell, Roddy released the profession skill of 'Witcher'.
"Leap!"
A strong force suddenly filled his legs. Roddy gritted his teeth and stepped back quickly. In a blink of an eye, he had jumped four meters away. Including the few steps he had taken before, he was now standing about eight meters away from Francis.
However, Rody immediately stopped and watched as the 'Frost Nova' swept out from the scroll in Francis's hand.
"Swoosh!"
White frost spread out from Francis's body. The extremely cold power even froze the flowers and trees on the ground and directly shattered them. After casting this spell, Francis's originally shocked expression turned into a grin. In his opinion, this Level-3 'Frost Nova' could definitely freeze Roddy into an ice cube. Even if Roddy could resist the cold damage, his subsequent icicle would definitely shoot him to death!
But this kind of expression then froze on his face.
Rody stood there with the scimitar in his hand. The frost spread out and the cold air swept towards him. However, it dissipated ten centimeters away from him and lost its original power.
Frost Nova, which only had a range of eight meters, was cast in vain just like that.
And at the moment when the spell ended, Roddy had already rushed towards him with his scimitar!
"This —"
Unable to hide the horror in his heart, Francis hurriedly tried to release a shield again. But just as he raised his wand, Roddy's scimitar had already slashed down! At this critical moment, Francis had an idea. He directly raised his wand to block in front of him, using almost all his magic power to freeze the wand into a big 'icicle' …
"Crack!"
The frozen wand was directly cut in half, but Francis took the opportunity to roll to the side. But such dodging was futile. His martial arts were not even worth mentioning in front of Roddy. After casting the 'Shadow Waltz', Francis did not even have time to cast a second spell in the dim light before he was caught up by Roddy. The scimitar mercilessly cut off his arm …
"Puff —"
Blood splattered. Roddy followed up with a kick directly to the back of Francis's heart. The huge force sent Francis flying directly. "Dong!" He hit a tree and then rolled on the ground.
"My hand … Ah —"
Only then did the pain reach his brain. Francis screamed in pain. He looked at his arm that was cut off at the elbow. Before he could continue to shout, the shadow of the scimitar flashed again …
The tendon of his left ankle was cut off.
The heart-wrenching pain almost drove Francis completely crazy. He screamed, desperately trying to crawl away, but was kicked over by Roddy and then stepped on his chest.
Killing someone, especially a traitor in the future, would not make Roddy uncomfortable at all. But the reason why he did not chop off Francis's head was that he still had something to say.
"Come, look at me. Stop shouting."
His voice was very calm. "Ah! Ah!" Francis, who was screaming, was in so much pain that tears and snot flowed down his face. But at this time, there was no room for resistance. His body violently rolled over, trying to escape. But before he could turn over, a scimitar stabbed into the side of his face.
The edge of the scimitar was close to Francis's face, and there was still blood on the cold blade.
Francis's screams stopped abruptly, but it changed to "Don't kill me! Don't kill me! I can promise you anything! Don't … "
"Okay, answer a few questions for me, and I won't kill you."
Roddy bent down and looked at the pale Earl. "Hurry up, or I won't be able to save you if you bleed too much."
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