However, just as the sky gradually darkened, a gloomy atmosphere gradually spread in the cemetery.
Two excited Archmages walked out of a grave with colorful magical items in their hands, and were still talking about the items in their hands. All of a sudden, one of the Archmages stopped in his tracks, and the funerary items in his hands fell to the ground. His companion turned his head to look in bewilderment, only to see that his companion, who had been talking and laughing with him just now, had a bowl-sized hole in his chest. He then fell straight to the ground.
"There's …" Seeing that his companion had mysteriously died, the Archmage immediately knew that the situation was not good. However, before he could warn them, a line of blood had already appeared on his throat, and his head rolled off. His body fell to the ground silently.
The two Archmages died instantly. Unfortunately, they were too far away from their companions, and no one noticed the abnormality here. Soon after the death of the two Archmages, the creepy and terrifying scene replayed on the bodies of two Archmages who were too far away from the team in the other direction of the cemetery.
It wasn't until someone found their companion's corpse that they realized that danger had befallen them unknowingly. A warning magic fireball rose into the sky, but the Archmage who released the fireball let go of the magic staff in his hand weakly. An ice spear had already silently penetrated his heart.
However, that scene had already been seen by the people around them, and was quickly reported to Aldwin. It was a silent assassination that was more brilliant than any other assassin's methods. There were so many Legendary powerhouses present, but no one found any traces of the assailant. All those who knew the news began to panic.
"Assassin?" Aldwin frowned. The death of his Archmage definitely made him feel distressed, but the enemy's silent assassination method made him even more shocked. As a level-22 Legendary-mage, he actually did not feel the slightest abnormal power. Apart from the fact that the enemy's methods were brilliant, it also meant that he wouldn't have noticed the assassination at all.
Besides, Aldwin was not the only one. Lin Li, Andoine, and Rosen, the three level-23 Legendary-mages, had already reached a rather high level of understanding of the nomological power. Even so, they did not find any traces of the assailant, which could only mean that the assailant had a better grasp of the rules than the three of them.
Everyone stopped and nervously looked at their surroundings. The treasures in their hands had already fallen to the ground, and the New Moon Staff was continuously accumulating mana. This kind of silent assassination was more stressful than a head-on confrontation. If it were a head-on battle, even if the number of casualties was several times higher, it might not affect the mentality of these mages. However, the death of a few of their companions was enough to make them panic and even feel fear.
When people talked about Assassins, they were mostly referring to the advanced Thief class. They had more agile movements and special skills that allowed them to hide themselves. However, when an assassin came out of stealth and began to launch a fatal attack on the target, he would definitely expose himself and produce abnormal energy fluctuations. Those were all opportunities for the mages to defend or even counterattack when dealing with the assassin.
But now, the mages could only watch helplessly as one of their companions suddenly fell to the ground with blood spurting all over his body without warning. They could not see anyone at all, and they could not feel any attack at all. It was as if the assassin was transparent and illusory, and it was as if his companion had completely hurt himself. The unknown was the source of everyone's fear, and they would rather face a Sanctuary powerhouse than face an enemy that they couldn't see or touch.
"Hurry, don't care about the treasures. Get everyone to gather immediately," Lin Li said to Aldwin anxiously.
Lin Li's tone did not make Aldwin unhappy, and the current situation did not allow him to have any other thoughts, either. After receiving Lin Li's reminder, Aldwin waved the staff in his hand, and a huge magic symbol flashed in the sky, summoning the mages to quickly gather towards his position.
The assassin really came and went without a trace. Just as the mages were gathering towards Aldwin, the head of a mage in the crowd suddenly flew up, and the headless body ran two steps before falling to the ground. There were a few companions around the mage who were equally strong, but they did not react at all until they saw the corpse falling to the ground.
Aldwin gripped the staff in his hand tightly, and his knuckles turned pale. However, he was powerless to stop what was happening, because even though his subordinates had been attacked, he could not see any trace of the assassin at all. The only thing he could do now was to wait, wait for all the mages to gather.
Finally, after two more mages fell to the ground, everyone gathered around Aldwin. Looking at the figures of the President and the three Legendary powerhouses, the fear in the eyes of the mages gradually faded. After all, Legendary powerhouses were already god-like existences in the eyes of the Archmages. They believed that with the Legendary powerhouses around, the coward who only knew how to launch sneak attacks would probably restrain himself.
However, just when everyone thought that it was safe, a mage standing at the periphery of the team looked down at the hole in his chest, and slowly fell towards his companions in front of him.
"Gather and form a tight defensive formation. Everyone, activate your Magic Shield!" Lin Li yelled. Regardless of how brilliant an assassin was, he would need a certain amount of space to perform stealth and assassination techniques. If there was no space between people, even the most brilliant stealth technique would not be able to penetrate a person's body. Although it was a little exaggerated to say that, the great compression of space could indeed reduce a lot of danger.
However, the mages did not immediately react to Lin Li's words, and instead looked at President Aldwin who was in the middle. Regardless of what had happened to the mages previously, the mages clearly trusted President Aldwin's command more during the battle.
"Now, everyone listen to President Felic's orders. His words are my words!" Aldwin glanced at Lin Li apologetically. At the same time, he transmitted his orders to the mages, and temporarily handed command to Lin Li.
Aldwin's words were very effective, and the mages who heard the orders immediately followed Lin Li's instructions and quickly formed a tight defensive formation. Be it in the periphery or the center, all the mages activated their Magic Shield at the same time.
"Everyone, release magic attacks in the surroundings. Don't care about the target, just cover the surrounding space with magic attacks!" Lin Li immediately issued a second order.
This time, the mages didn't hesitate at all. They raised their Crescent Staffs and cast Fireballs, Ice Crystal Rings, Earth Spears, and many other powerful offensive spells. They surrounded the mages' defense and instantly covered the entire space. Even a fly wouldn't be able to find a foothold in this area.
Lin Li believed that even an assassin with a high level of stealth would not be able to completely erase his body from this space. Even if he avoided the human senses and even the search of mental strength, his body still had to exist in this space. After all, when he really did not exist in this space, he would no longer be able to cause any harm to the people in this space. Even Geresco, the God of Mages, could not cast the Void of the Stars instantaneously. If the invisible assassin could really switch quickly between the void and reality, he would be a true god.
Hence, Lin Li's solution was also very simple. He first gathered closely and cast a Magic Shield to prevent the assassination, and then used magic to cover the surrounding space to force the invisible assassin to reveal his whereabouts.
Indeed, Lin Li's method soon worked. Outside the defensive formation, a black shadow suddenly appeared amidst the earth-shattering magical light, and rushed into the air like a black lightning bolt.
Lin Li squinted slightly, and followed the black shadow to look at the sky. Through the constantly flashing magical light, a thin figure in a long robe appeared in his line of sight.
His long blond hair was casually draped over his shoulders, swaying slightly with the aftermath of the surrounding magical bombardment. On his pale face, a pair of blood-red eyes were particularly eye-catching, and the madness and violence in his eyes made everyone who looked at him feel a chill down their spines. His pointy ears, which were covered by his hair, directly revealed his identity. The handsome man with a gloomy expression was a typical High Elf.
The High Elf was wearing a black robe with a vertical collar, and holding a slightly slender staff in his hand. However, the scarlet gem on the top of the staff was as large as a goose's egg. If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, no one would have imagined that a High Elf who was disguised as a mage would actually have a terrifying assassination technique that no top assassin could match.
"This … This is Eminos, one of Osric's executioners. He's known as the Mage Killer," Rosen said, and his tone was filled with uncontrollable horror.
Although Rosen was now a level-23 Legendary-mage, he knew that he had killed dozens of Legendary-mages before Eminos went missing, and many of them were level-23 and above Legendary-mages. Now, Eminos' strength was definitely close to the Sanctuary-realm, and he, a level-23 Legendary-mage, did not have the slightest advantage.
Rosen secretly regretted it. Had he known that he would encounter Eminos, the Mage Killer, he wouldn't have used the staff to summon the wyrm previously. If he had left the opportunity to summon the wyrm until now, Eminos probably wouldn't have had a chance to use his staff to summon the wyrm in front of the two Sanctuary-realm ancient wyrms. However, at this moment, they did not pose any threat to the Mage Killer at all even though they had the advantage in numbers. At most, they would only make him attack a few more times.
Upon hearing Rosen call out Eminos' name, almost everyone's eyes were filled with uncontrollable fear, and even Andoine's face grew sullen. It was because in history, the legends about Eminos, the Mage Killer, were no less than those of mythical figures.
Eminos' nickname, the Mage Killer, was said to have been officially given to him by Highlord Osric. Apart from the fact that he was an assassin despite being a mage, the greater reason was that his hands were stained with the blood of countless rebellious mages, and almost all of them were assassinated.
As a mage, Eminos was extremely keen on hiding in the dark and giving his enemies a fatal blow. What he enjoyed the most was hiding at the side and constantly creating terror for his enemies, watching them collapse in boundless fear, and finally taking their lives with a single blow. Hence, in terms of magic, he gave up on the seemingly powerful and destructive magic, and instead chose all magic that was helpful for stealth and assassination. He rarely used magic above the Legendary-level, and preferred single-target offensive magic such as Wind Blade, Ice Spear, and Air Blast.
Legend had it that the battle that made Eminos famous was when he had just stepped into the Legendary-realm and annihilated a resistance force in the Felan Kingdom. The leader of the human resistance force was a level-22 Legendary-mage, and he had more than 10 Archmages who were close to the Legendary-realm, as well as hundreds of soldiers of various professions.
During that battle, Eminos did not mobilize any High Elves' military power, and instead sneaked into the camp of the resistance force alone. With his power that had just reached level-20, he carried out a continuous assassination of the resistance force for 10 days. During those 10 days, everyone in the resistance force fell into endless fear, and the last few Archmages were forced to go crazy. As for the level-22 Legendary-mage, when he was chanting a powerful Legendary-magic spell, Minos used a low-level Wind Blade to cut his throat silently.
Even a Legendary-mage's throat could not block a Wind Blade! That was the legendary motto left behind by Eminos. Although the authenticity could not be verified, it was indeed in line with his style. There were also some who tried to continuously cast Magical Shields on themselves in order to delay time, but for an assassin, waiting for an opportunity and seizing it was their forte. They would often kill their enemies in an instant, and no one could continuously cast Magical Shields on themselves while ensuring that they would not make any mistakes.
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