Although I didn't have any experience in the path of an assassin, nor did I have any talent in this area, I had learned some "common knowledge" about assassins since I had been assassinated far too many times.
Newbie assassins could only patiently wait for an opportunity. If an opportunity never came, and they didn't want to risk their lives, they could only leave in defeat.
Veteran assassins looked down on such waiting behavior. They would actively create opportunities to attack. This was the foundational difference between a newbie assassin and a veteran assassin.
Using words and actions to distract the assassin's attention and assassinate when the assassin revealed an opening was a foundational skill for a high-level assassin.
Stronger assassins would have many tricks up their sleeves to increase the power of their interference, such as using Illusory Sounds to create sound sources, hypnosis, hints to make their words more deceptive, and disguise their identities. All of these were just for the sake of capturing the opponent's attention for a short period of time.
The top-level assassins would return to their original state and wait for an opportunity. However, they had enough patience. If one day wasn't enough, they would wait for a hundred days. If one year wasn't enough, they would wait for ten years. One day, they would find an opening.
An assassin could become your servant, your friend's friend, your customer. They could use several years to get close to you, several decades to obtain your trust, and several decades to wait for an opportunity to kill you.
Even I would be wary of such a suicidal assassin, but now …
The elven assassin's handsome face was filled with vicious veins. His slender elven body suddenly thickened, as if he had used some forbidden technique that drained his life force.
His dagger was incredibly sharp, and the poison on it was obviously no ordinary item. However, I laughed. A dagger that contained poison? A top-level assassin?
"That's it? You're looking down on me so much? "
I silently muttered the word "dragon" in my mind, and the next instant, my entire body was covered in dragon-scale armor. This way, any ordinary Legend-ranked weapon would have difficulty breaking through my defense.
"You didn't even do your homework, and you want to kill me!?"
On the way back, I met with many assassins. The most dangerous one was indeed the one who broke through Harloys' defenses. However, the advantage of my choice to create armor back in the day was now evident. Against this Guardian of Yongye which had evolved to the SemiGod Equipment level, I was easily able to survive until reinforcements arrived.
Of course, the disadvantage was that I revealed a trump card that had already been revealed multiple times …
"Something's wrong!"
When I thought about how my ability to instantly summon heavy armor had already been exposed, I instinctively felt that something was wrong. Even though I shouldn't be injured if I were to take that dagger head on, I still chose to retreat while drawing my sword to block.
"Bang!"
The sound of the sword and dagger clashing against each other was like the sound of a train colliding. I had already recovered a lot of my stamina. Even if my current strength wasn't on par with an Immemorial Dragon's, I should still be much stronger than a giant's. However, the result was that I felt a sharp pain between my thumb and index finger, as if I had been hit by a battering ram.
The terrifying brute force made me lose my balance. I stomped hard on the ground, sending gravel and sand flying. It took me quite a while to regain my balance.
The enchanted adamantine longsword that I had gotten from Dong Lan had been smashed into smithereens. That was a high-quality military weapon that was worth at least three hundred gold coins. Yet, my opponent's weapon only had a slight crack … No, it wasn't a crack. It was merely a layer of camouflage paint that had fallen off.
The broken part was a transparent green jade, and I only knew of one top-notch dagger of this color.
"Emerald Tooth?"
Right when I noticed that something was wrong with the situation, that Concept of Destruction filled with violence and hatred was already right in front of me. Only when I recognized the assassin did I feel even more troubled.
That harmless-looking face was completely twisted, and it was completely different from the person in his memories. However, this jade dagger was far too famous.
"Jade Flame" Sirar had become famous around seven hundred years ago. He was a Level 4 (SemiGod) with a Concept weapon called "Emerald Tooth". Although he only used a dagger, he was one of the most famous Legend ranked warriors in all of Eich.
Sirar was one of the kingdom's guardians in the Rivendauer elven territory. However, that elven territory had been destroyed during the Yongye Calamity, and Sirar himself had disappeared in the chaos of war. Some people said that he had died, while others said that he had become a mercenary who only cared about money.
But now, I was certain that Sirar had always been hiding in the shadows, waiting for a chance to take revenge.
"Revenge!"
The elven language of "Revenge" echoed throughout this entire space. A powerful sense of dizziness robbed me of my stamina. The first to be injured was actually the SemiGod assassin. His eyes suddenly exploded, and two empty holes appeared where his flesh and blood exploded, and black tears of blood flowed out.
The blood tears mixed together with the twisted power of the spell and poured into the jade dagger. The blood didn't dye the dagger black, but it made it seem even more crystalline and green.
This wasn't some evil sacrifice. This was simply an elven ranger's determination to take revenge. The elven ranger who believed in revenge as his "Concept" was eternally sacrificing his vision and lifespan. His weapon was eternally locked onto his enemy.
"Damn it!"
At this moment, I had already retracted all thoughts of toying with my enemy and focused all of my attention on surviving.
As a Concept, "Revenge" was most suitable for the warrior job class. This was especially true for shield warriors who specialized in defense. When "Revenge" was used as a "Concept", it would actually be a type of counterattack.
A hunter who specialized in the power of revenge would be able to lock onto a mortal enemy. Just by targeting the target, his weapon of revenge would receive a tremendous damage bonus. This damage bonus would infinitely increase based on the target's aggro and the damage the hunter received.
As for Jade Tooth, this famous weapon of revenge was also the most famous double-edged sword. Once the hunter locked onto a target, if the hunter couldn't kill the target within a month, tremendous pain and misfortune would befall the hunter. This pain would also increase the power of the weapon of revenge, as well as urge the hunter to take revenge as quickly as possible.
This pain would double every month. After a year, the weapon of revenge would be able to cause the hunter to die a painful death. The hunter could also give up on the target he had locked onto, but the price would be a permanent decrease in power level.
But after the weapon of revenge locked onto a target, it would no longer be able to harm anyone else. Otherwise, it would be unrelated to revenge, which would mean that the Concept of Revenge would collapse.
The prerequisites for the power of revenge to lock onto an enemy would be hatred and the reality of being injured! It was impossible for me to harm the hunter right now, which meant that he had locked onto my soul ever since I was still Yongye.
This dagger, which should have been transparent, was actually as green as jade. This was the result of over a hundred years of accumulated hatred. This lunatic had actually endured endless, life-threatening pain for over a hundred years! And this dagger's attack power against Yongye had multiplied over and over again for over a hundred years!
"Sirar! You're crazy! It's been over a hundred years, and you're still locking onto me! "
Sirar didn't reply. His two empty eyes were still staring at me, but the corners of his mouth curled up into a smile. It was a tacit agreement, a complacency, and a resolution.
Insane, completely insane. In front of the power of vengeance that had been accumulated for countless years, a chill ran down my spine from the bottom of my feet. At this moment, I no longer had the confidence to block this Dagger of Vengeance with my SemiGod armor.
The dagger wasn't fast, but as I stared at its fragile blade, I felt like I would be unable to dodge it. Sirar's desire for revenge had already locked onto the existence known as Yongye.
As a top-level warrior, fighting was already an instinct. The closer one was to death, the faster one's reactions would become, and the clearer one's thoughts would become. In this desperate situation, I thought of an idea.
"Explode."
A simple word in the dragon language caused my precious dragonscale armor to completely explode. This armor, which was strong enough to block God Equipment, was shattered into pieces just like that. The flying pieces not only viciously bombarded Sirar who had lost both his eyes, my aura also filled the entire area with the armor's shards, disrupting Sirar's senses as he lacked the ability to see.
As expected, Sirar's expression became blank for a short moment, and the dagger in his hand also stopped moving. This dragonscale armor was a part of my physical body to begin with. The moment it shattered, Sirar could sense that Yongye had shattered everywhere, so it was only natural that he would stop moving.
The next second, his empty eyes glared in my direction.
"Revenge."
Sirar said the exact same words. I was once again forcefully stopped by an invisible force as the dagger slowly and gently pushed towards me. This attack was almost a fatal one.
However, this one second was enough for me to use another ultimate defensive weapon.
"… It's you, Cat Shield!"
I picked up the black cat and forcefully blocked the dagger. Harloys then screamed in my ears and in the depths of my soul.
"Roland! You damned bastard! "
Sirar remained unmoved as he viciously stabbed his dagger into Sirar's body. And then, Jade Tooth stopped moving. Sirar's user had an expression of disbelief as he collapsed and fainted.
I sat down on the ground and panted heavily. This time, I had truly escaped with my life.
Meanwhile, the silly cat discovered to her astonishment that the dagger stabbed into her chest didn't hurt at all. She then curiously took it out, tilted her head, and thought about it for a moment before coming to an understanding.
This Jade Tooth had locked onto Roland's soul. After Sirar sacrificed both of his eyes, this Jade Tooth had permanently locked onto Roland's soul. And, Roland's magical pet also contained a shard of Roland's soul. Since Roland was acting as a meat shield, Sirar would naturally prioritize attacking Roland's magical pet.
However, Harloys was still an independent individual. Attacking an "unrelated person" like her would mean that Sirar was taking revenge on the wrong person. Naturally, the concept of revenge would be shattered, and Sirar would be unable to harm Harloys.
Yep, using a magical pet as a meat shield was a method that I had come up with back in the day to deal with the elven ranger's power of revenge. It would seem that this method that only existed in theory really worked in reality.
However, it was also fortunate that Sirar had sacrificed his vision in order to kill Sirar. Otherwise, this dagger wouldn't have stabbed the wrong person.
These things weren't difficult to understand. The silly cat just hadn't understood them at the time. Now that she understood, she understood.
I said angrily as I watched Harloys play with the dagger in her chest.
"Why did you only wake up now? You're a bodyguard … Be careful that I don't deduct your salary!"
Upon hearing this, the silly cat's expression suddenly changed as if she suddenly remembered something.
"… Right, I forgot that I had something to talk to you about. Just now, I was also assassinated. My clone was killed in front of everyone, and now it exploded into a slime. How am I supposed to explain this?"
"What?"
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