The entire Lion Town’s inhabitants had already turned into the rations of the Dark Races!
In the shadows, a sort of boundary appeared.
Three people appeared one after the other.
“Remember, you only have one hour.”
“After an hour, or if something too big happens, I’ll leave.”
Daisy warned, “Take care of everything quickly.”
Marvin nodded.
Xiu didn’t say anything and disappeared without a trace.
Marvin shrugged and also used Stealth before moving through the shadows toward the west side of Lion Town.
From what Lorie knew, the Dark Races were stationed in that direction.
Marvin firmly gripped his daggers, drew a deep breath and quickly entered his own rhythm.
‘Assassinating a Dark Elf Matriarch who is also an Apostle of the Black Dragon God… It truly makes one’s blood race…’
Chapter 268: Assassination
Chapter 268: Assassination
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Lion Town changed a lot after the Underdark’s forces invaded.
The big Ankhegs turned this place into a bunch of tunnels and pits. The houses on the street were leaning at strange angles.
Because they had the protection from Shroud the Sun, the creatures from the Underdark weren’t weakened as much. But they were still used to living in caves, not in humans’ houses.
A spacious cave was dug under a small hill in the western part of Lion Town.
Bright light was emitting from the cave, and from time to time, a series of blood-curdling screams could be heard.
If your Listen skill was high enough, you could even hear the sounds of whipping.
Marvin listened from a distance and couldn’t help but feel cold.
Even if he already knew Drows had bad characters, experiencing it himself was a bit different.
This was Tess’ temporary dwelling, and was also used as a base of a operations.
A squad of Dark Elves were guarding outside the cave, watching their surroundings meticulously.
This made it hard for Marvin to approach.
His Stealth was really high, but high level Drows had quite frightening Perception, and there were so many.
They could even notice the wind blowing on grass.
Even the more specialized Ace Assassin Xiu shouldn’t be able to sneak past this group of Drows, not to mention a Ranger like Marvin.
They needed to find another way.
Although Marvin didn’t know Xiu’s location, he was convinced that guy had already made a move.
‘Such a proud person, he probably can’t wait to show his strength.’
‘Tssk… Saying you don’t need anyone’s help. Then surely you won’t mind people watching your show if they don’t help?’ Marvin sarcastically thought.
Even if Marvin was a loner before and he never liked collaborating with those overly proud players, he also wasn’t that kind of person.
Having good skills could make someone arrogant? Baaaah!
Marvin stood there, not moving.
He knew he only needed to wait and the Ace Assassin would deal with this problem.
And just as expected, three minutes later, on a spacious street of Lion Town, two Fomorians suddenly appeared!
These two Fomorians were pretty fast. They were holding onto each other, surprisingly fighting!
They made quite a mess with their scuffle, and moreover, they were quickly approaching Tess’ dwelling!
‘Isn’t that pretty clever?’ Marvin thought, still sarcastically.
Marvin got a grasp of Xiu’s abilities.
Quickly thinking of triggering a fight between two dumb Fomorians, and thus substantially diverting the Drows’ attention, Xiu was really an expert.
The Fomorians’ fight was so fierce and loud, it even slightly shook the earth nearby.
This greatly interfered with the Drows’ vigil.
“Stop these two idiots!” a female Drow coldly ordered.
Immediately, four Dark Elven warriors rushed over and tried to separate the two Fomorians.
This kind of situation was a common occurrence. Fomorians were good fighters in wars, but they didn’t know their place.
Few could restrain them if Lady Tess wasn’t there.
The intelligence of this group of monsters was really too low, making it hard for them to use their brains and better suited at being ordered around.
…
Taking advantage of that chaotic moment, Marvin quietly moved forward into the cave.
Xiu definitely entered too.
But Marvin didn’t know his location.
He cautiously advanced.
The cave was very deep and had many tunnels and rooms.
He followed the increasingly louder whipping sounds and finally found Tess.
Inside a wide cave, two dark elves were naked and tied to a copper pillar. They were suffering from the Dark Elven Matriarch’s whipping!
She took off her mysterious gown and was completely naked!
She then put on a pair of snakeskin gloves while anger practically rushed out of her eyes!
“Useless!”
“You didn’t even find Raven!”
“The manpower I gave you was wiped out and you didn’t even bring me back a body! How do you want me to explain this to his Highness, the Great Dragon God!”
The more she talked, the angrier she got. She rushed over and kicked a male Dark Elf’s certain place.
The latter wailed.
Tess was actually wearing high-heeled shoes!
Marvin looked away, feeling a burst of cold in his lower body!
But he was even more shocked by Tess’ words.
‘Could Raven be related to the Black Dragon God? Otherwise, why would Tess care so much about her?’
Marvin stayed calm and kept to the shadows.
Xiu was apparently being just as patient.
After a while, Tess seemed to grow weary of scolding and surprisingly released those two male Dark Elves.
She lazily laid down on a gently inclined bed and coldly ordered, “Come. You two, if you can satisfy me today, I’ll spare your lives.”
The two Dark Elves looked at each other in dismay and rushed over!
…
However, at that time, some fluctuation appeared in the air.
Marvin noticed, Xiu was making his move!
Light flashed in his eyes.
That guy had waited enough.
A shadow twisted and penetrated through the body of a Dark Elf, attacking Tess!
Ace Assassin unique skill [Shadow Pierce]!
It could pierce through the Shadow Plane in an instant to land in front of the target!
This skill was characterized by its direct nature. It could only pierce in a straight line, but it had an extremely high speed!
The next second, a frightening straight dagger ruthlessly flew.
Tess completely hadn’t expected an Assassin to be in her own cave!
A group of Dark Elves with extremely high perception were standing guard outside!
However, as the Black Dragon God’s Apostle, she naturally had her own life-saving method.
During this matter of life or death, Tess forcefully moved and chanted something.
A great amount of Divine Power rose up from her body and formed a powerful barrier.
She simply used Divine Power to protect her body.
Ordinary weapons couldn’t break this defense.
But since Xiu dared to come assassinate a God’s Apostle, he obviously made proper preparations.
His straight dagger had a trace of red light on it.
The dagger directly pierced through the Divine Power protecting Tess’ body and stabbed into her chest!
Fatal Injury!
Deadly Poison!
Tess’ complexion immediately turned ash green!
A complacent smile appeared on X
iu’s face.
‘A weapon against Divine Power, truly unexpected.’
‘Worthy of an Ace Assassin…’
Marvin was also a bit surprised.
But then, a black aura flashed through Tess’ face.
That was the Black Dragon God’s power!
Xiu’s expression seemed somewhat unpleasant. He didn’t wait for Tess to counterattack and immediately disappeared!
Tess struggled on the bed. Her wound was still bleeding, but it looked like she didn’t feel it.
Her eyes were full of hatred.
If not for the Black Dragon God bestowing her the [Major Regeneration] ability, she might have been killed by this Assassin.
She was about to order people to look for that Assassin, but who could have guessed that two shadows would suddenly appear and knock against each other!
Xiu was thrown on the ground with a pitiful appearance. He had just used an escape ability but it was interrupted by someone out of the blue.
However, Tess yelled aloud, overjoyed.
“Raven!”
Chapter 269: Black Dragon
Chapter 269: Black Dragon
Translator: Translation Nation Editor: Translation Nation
Raven’s appearance disturbed Xiu’s tempo!
He was originally going to pretend to escape and then wait until Tess relaxed, before attacking once again.
Even if she was the Black Dragon God’s Apostle with superior recovery ability, he was still 99% sure that he could kill her!
He hadn’t expected that he would suddenly be attacked by this Dark Elf.
Where did this Dark Elf come from?
Merely an instant had passed between his sneak attack and him preparing to escape.
That Drow’s perception was that high? To be able to catch him with such good timing?
Xiu felt a bit depressed, but Tess didn’t wait for him to recover before rushing over.
Divine Spell - Imprison!
Xiu was immediately confined inside a pitch-black prison.
He couldn’t even move!
This was the power of the Black Dragon God. Mortals simply couldn’t face it.
Desperate, he could only use his ultimate self preservation skill!
His body suddenly turned to dust and flew out in the darkness.
Tess didn’t have time to use another Divine Spell before Xiu condensed his body.
He then disappeared once again.
But he really left the cave this time!
…
In a dark alley, Xiu pitifully appeared next to the Fiend Sorcerer Daisy.
The latter’s expression fell. “Failure?”
Xiu’s face was still cloudy as he nodded. “Let’s go!”
“Hold on. What about Robin?” Daisy asked in surprise.
“I don’t know!” Xiu cruelly said, “I already said I didn’t want others to work with me, and that guy hasn’t appeared since we split up.”
“In other words, you failed your attempt but Mister Robin has yet to expose himself?” Daisy calmly analyzed, “Then we still have a chance.”
Xiu angrily answered, “Are you crazy? You want to wait for him here?”
“Even a god’s Apostle is unable to interrupt my teleportation spell,” Daisy calmly said. “I haven’t lost confidence, and it isn’t the time yet. The mission hasn’t completely failed, thus it is reasonable to keep waiting.”
“They will use all their manpower to search Lion Town!” Xiu bellowed in a low voice. “Listen, I don’t care about that Robin. How about you take me out of here, this place is very dangerous!”
Daisy sneered, “An Ace Assassin only has this much courage?”
“Could it be that you think those ordinary Drows can see through my hidden spell?”
Xiu grit his teeth!
He was only an ordinary Ace Assassin, and couldn’t leave Lion Town without Daisy’s help.
If Daisy didn’t leave, he could only wait!
Roughly twenty minutes later.
A strong whistling sound could be heard in the sky above Lion Town.
They looked up and saw a huge silhouette flying in the sky!
Daisy and Xiu exclaimed in fright, “Black Dragon!”
“Go!” Xiu said angrily.
Daisy bit her lips and opened the Teleportation Gate immediately, letting the two of them escape!
…
Hope City.
“What? The mission failed?”
“And you both returned?”
“What about Mar… Robin?”
Lorie’s mood wasn’t good.
She looked at the two so-called experts, their faces full of fear. This was the natural reaction of humans toward Dragons!
That was Dragon Might.
It could scare two 4th rank experts into running away without fighting!
After the girl listened to Daisy’s report, her expression was gloomier. “In other words, the mission has yet to fail and you left Sir Robin in Lion Town?”
“It’s not like that.” Daisy forced a smile. “Robin…”
The originally silent Xiu suddenly opened his mouth. “The appearance of a Black Dragon already exceeded the mission’s level.”
“The mission I was assigned was to kill an Apostle. I recognize my failure, but that Robin definitely won’t succeed!”
“Moreover, Black Dragon Clark¹ appeared in Lion Town! He is the son of the Black Dragon God. His abilities exceed that of an ordinary Black Dragon!”
“I don’t want the mission reward. With a Black Dragon there, how could the assassination be successful?”
Xiu seemed very vexed.
And he had reason to be vexed. As an outstanding expert, he had made a promise, and the outcome of the assassination attempt made him lose face. Now that he had returned, fleeing with his tail between his legs because of a Black Dragon, he had failed to live up to the expectations of a Half-Legend.
Especially since he left a member of his team behind. This made him very worried.
“You are wrong.”
Lorie coldly watched Xiu. “The Apostle you failed to kill… Sir Robin will kill her.”
“As for the Black Dragon, it might be something you can’t overcome, but that might not necessarily be the case for others.”
Daisy and Xiu both looked at Lorie with shock.
The young girl’s words were simply unreasonable!
Even if that Robin really had skill, and something like a Druid Assassin might sound really cool, but how could it be better than an Ace Assassin when it came to assassination?
After this attempt, Tess would increase her vigilance. Robin simply wouldn’t have a chance!
As for the Black Dragon, the little girl didn’t even know the difference between heaven and earth.
Not everyone was a Fate Sorceress like Jessica!
Did she think that Robin and her older sister were equally terrifying?
…
Xiu coldly declared, “If that Robin kills Tess, I’ll do three assassination missions for the Three Sisters, free of charge. And if he gets rid of the Black Dragon, I’ll work for you for three years!”
After saying this, he left without looking back.
Daisy stood there awkwardly. “Young Lady Lorie, we really…”
“No need to say that again.” Lorie looked calm. “You worked hard, go rest. A Black Dragon truly isn’t something that just anyone can fight.”
Daisy nodded and left the city wall.
After the two people left, Ding came out from behind Lorie.
The young girl immediately flew into a rage!
She firmly grabbed Ding’s fleshy face and pinched it as hard as she could.
She pinched while muttering loudly, “How could they leave Sir Marvin by himself in such a dangerous place!”
“No good, I’ll go rescue him!”
A fanatical light flashed through Lorie’s eyes.
“I must rescue Sir Marvin!”
Ding painfully howled, �
�Why do you sisters like to pinch my face when you worry!?”
Lorie shook Ding as if she didn’t hear her. “Go, go, go!”
“Gimme ten points of Luck, I will single-handedly storm into Lion Town!”
The Fortune Fairy looked at her. “Ten points?! Do you want me to die?!”
Giving blessings would use up the Fortune Fairy’s strength.
Despite her being an incarnation of a Fate Tablet’s fragment, she couldn’t just bless as she wanted. One point of Luck was already the limit.
Lorie asking for ten was definitely going after her life!
Suddenly, a clear cold voice echoed behind her, “Lorie, don’t make trouble.”
“Ding is still small, she can’t excessively overdraft her power!”
A woman who looked extremely similar to Lorie walked over and arrived at her side.
Lorie was overjoyed. “Big Sis!”
Jessica slightly nodded, and an angry look soon appeared on her face. “The Black Dragon God is really too despicable. He made Clark divert my attention and then stealthily launched a surprise attack on the surface!”
“He even sent a projection to protect Clark, and even though I crushed it, it allowed Clark to run away. Truly annoying!”
After saying this, she couldn’t help but snatch Ding from Lorie’s hands.
After pinching her face out of habit, she looked at Ding hopefully. “Increase my Luck by ten points and I’ll single-handedly kill the Black Dragon God.”
…
Half an hour ago, inside a cave in Lion Town.
Xiu escaped, but Raven stayed.
Tess was pleasantly surprised, but she started questioning Raven’s previous whereabouts first, as Dark Elves were very mistrustful.
Raven’s reply was flawless.
“I was held captive by a powerful human and only recently was able to find an opportunity to turn the tables.”
“He apparently has a very important secret, so I didn’t rashly kill him. But regardless of how much I punished him, he didn’t say a word.”
“This secret seems to have something to do with the Source of Fire’s Order, but I’m unclear about the specifics. I believe only someone with your abilities can solve this problem.”
Tess slightly nodded. “Good, I’ll personally interrogate that human.”
“But before that, I have to test your belief toward the Black Dragon God!”
Dark Elves were very paranoid, and Tess was clearly a good example.
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