There was an unwritten rule in the mercenary world that in the event of an ambush, the first priority of the physical melee professions was to protect the spellcaster.
This was an iron rule that the mercenary world had spent hundreds, even thousands of years learning. It was a lesson learned in blood.
Physical professions only had two "functions." Kill, or "protect." But spellcasters were different. As long as they were prepared, they could not only do the first two, but they could also perform healing, terrain change, climate change, enemy control, or summon creatures for reinforcement, and so on.
Even if they were surrounded and in danger, as long as the spellcaster was alive and could cast spells, there was a chance of turning the tables. On the contrary, if the spellcaster on one's side was dead, or if there were no spellcasters, but the enemy had spellcasters, as long as they didn't have a huge advantage in numbers, it would be just as dangerous.
Because you had no idea what strange things the spellcaster could do next.
Andonara had been a mercenary for a few months before she became queen, so she knew this unwritten rule, and … she stood in front of Roland not just because of the rule.
Nineteen people!
There were nineteen black-robed assassins forced out by the glare. In just the blink of an eye, everyone on Roland's side counted the number of enemies. After all, none of them were weak.
There were twelve more shadow assassins than Roland's side, which was why they dared to ambush him.
There was always an advantage in numbers.
Looking at the nineteen murderous assassins who moved as fast as ghosts, Roland's reaction was the slowest. The others had already taken up positions and were ready to deal with the enemy's assault, especially Raffel, who, as a Shield Warrior, had taken out a huge tower shield from his Backpack and was already in a defensive state.
But at this moment, someone made a move.
It was Roland.
Although Roland's reaction was the slowest, it was only relatively speaking.
He had pure Full Intelligence and high Willpower growth. Coordination, which was in charge of reaction speed, softness, and agility, was only the most basic five points.
He was a little slower than the others, about 0.05 seconds slower, but as his level increased, the reaction speed of the other physical professions would further increase, unless he used a buff spell that increased reaction speed.
It would take at least half a second for the others to take out their weapons and heat them up.
Roland's spells, on the other hand, were all instantaneous.
In this short span of less than half a second, the Assassins had already covered a distance of almost nine meters, and were almost less than ten meters in front of them.
Then Roland flicked his fingers.
Hypnosis!
Immediately, four of the assassins fell asleep in the midst of their charge. Like hungry dogs fighting for food, they immediately fell to the ground and slid four to five meters on the stone floor. The other three felt dizzy and weak. They yawned and stopped after running a few steps, then patted their heads with all their might.
Although he wasn't asleep, he had also lost the ability to fight.
With this spell, Roland had reduced the enemy's combat power by almost half.
This was also what Roland discovered when he clashed with the Shadow Assassins Guild. It seemed that many Assassins had very low Mental Resistance. A single AoE Hypnosis could hit about a third of the targets.
"Well done."
Seeing this, Raffel roared and activated Charge with his shield.
The city wall was less than twenty meters wide, and Raffel charged over. The relative speed of the two sides was so fast that two Assassins couldn't dodge in time and were directly knocked back on the spot, blood spurting wildly from their mouths.
Just as Raffel knocked them back, the bowstring on his left quickly sounded three times.
A black-robed thief frantically brandished his dagger as he dashed forward, knocking away two arrows with two clanging sounds. But then, with a ripping sound, an arrow directly pierced his throat. Half a second later, he knelt on the ground and fell on his back with a groan.
Brazil, on the other hand, jumped back five meters and drew his bow again.
This time, there were only nine Shadow Assassins in front of them.
Then the two sides clashed, and Husseret scared off three Shadow Assassins with a smoke bomb, while Betta and Li Lin each held down one Assassin. Betta, because of his talent, was more than good at defense but not good at attack, and for the time being, he was locked in battle with the Assassins.
Li Lin, on the other hand, was a Berserker and slightly slower, but every time he swung his greatsword, it would make a strange noise, and the Assassins who fought him turned and ran away in fear when they heard the sound.
Li Lin jumped on the spot. "Why are you running? Come and fight me for three hundred rounds! "
Then the Assassin ran even faster.
The bowstring sounded again, and Brazil killed another Assassin, a bloodthirsty smile on his face.
The most spectacular was Queen Andonara, who charged directly in a Z-shape and instantly appeared behind three Assassins, and the three Assassins' upper bodies shot up into the air, actually cut in half at the waist in an instant.
The postman who was in charge of shouting 666 on the side couldn't help but whistle when he saw this.
This strength … was a bit strong.
In less than five seconds, there were only four Assassins left on the field in the blink of an eye, and three Assassins had just woken up from their dazed state.
When they saw this, they immediately turned and ran.
They came quickly and left just as quickly.
It was just that the Assassin who fell at the back suddenly fell to the ground with a thud, and when he looked back, his eyes almost popped out of his head in fright.
A blue Hand of Magic grabbed his bare left leg and dragged him back.
The Assassin's eyes showed grief, and then with a cold flash, he cut off his left leg with a dagger.
Blood splattered everywhere. He was too hard on himself. Roland and the others were stunned.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Assassin quickly jumped to the edge of the wall with one leg and then flipped down.
Roland and the others ran over and saw that because there was no glare, the Assassin turned into a snake-shaped shadow in midair, slithering along the surface of the wall, and quickly disappearing into the darkness.
They looked into the distance of the wall and found that the huge ball of light that Roland had just made had attracted the attention of other patrols, and there were faint people running over.
Husseret said, "The Shadow Guild probably just received a mission from the royal family. This wave should be their elites, and they shouldn't be a threat to us for the time being. We should just leave straight from the wall. "
The rope was thrown to the other side of the wall this time, and they climbed it quickly down.
Roland, on the other hand, didn't have to go through so much trouble. He just used Teleportation and waited for them below.
After they all came down, the two patrols also ran to where they had just been, and torches were lit on the wall. Unfortunately, the range of the torches' illumination was not wide, and these soldiers only saw a few vague shadows leaving.
Because the postman had been livestreaming, the livestream was boiling again at this time.
"Damn, this is the strength of a top guild? It's outrageous. More than a dozen Shadow Assassins, taken down in an instant, and the rest scared away? "
"It's not a top guild, it's the only guild in the entire server for now."
"Roland took down four with a flick of his fingers, and three more lost their combat power. Mages are too strong, let's cut down the knife girl."
"The queen is also strong, Z-charge, supposedly an advanced specialty, how did she learn it."
"Damn, it's good to be strong, even such a powerful queen can be picked up."
The discussion in the chat room continued, and there was no sign of it stopping for the time being.
And Roland and the others also encountered some minor trouble in the grove outside the capital.
"Why hasn't the quest been completed?" The postman was a little surprised.
Protect the queen to a safe place, and there was still no movement on the quest.
In other words … it was still not safe here?
None of the people present were stupid, and they immediately began to be on guard.
At this time, they suddenly found that the woods were a bit too quiet.
Roland thought for a moment and instantly sent four giant balls of light floating into the air, illuminating a nearby radius of about 150 meters or so.
Husseret looked at the surrounding woods, narrowed his eyes, and said, "We're surrounded."
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