Chapter 57: I... What kind of ruthless figure did I just attempt to assassinate! |
Jonas finished saying this sentence.
His left hand lightly brushed over the spatial ring, and a sphere appeared in his hand.
Then, Jonas sliced the ropes binding Liliana with his sword, but without injuring her skin.
He tossed the sphere to the still stunned Liliana behind him.
Quickly, he said, “This is a magical item I made that can counter one danger. You need to go find Olivia immediately.”
Liliana behind him immediately nodded.
Ignoring the disarray of her clothes, she said,
“I understand. You be careful.”
Looking at the sharp blade by the bedside and the broken window,
Thankfully, Jonas was there.
Jonas tightened his grip on the sword and casually picked up a flying knife stuck in the ground.
“It’s fine. This assassin won’t escape.
The one who should be careful is her!”
Jonas leapt directly through the window.
The fierce wind howled along with the storm.
Looking at the situation ahead,
Liliana no longer cared about embarrassment.
She hastily put on a piece of clothing,
grabbed the magical item Jonas gave her, and immediately ran toward Olivia’s room.
In the pouring rain,
movement, hearing, sight, and perception were all affected.
Otherwise, with Jonas’s Frost Silver rank sensory ability,
even without the Eyes of Desire, he should have been able to detect this assassin.
Of course, this affected not only him but also the opponent.
However, the opponent seemed to have some ability hidden in the darkness.
But since the opponent dared to come, Jonas had no intention of letting them leave.
And after being hit once by him, the opponent definitely couldn’t get far.
Still, whether it was the assassin’s stealth ability,
or their burst power, and the seemingly impossible flying knives they threw while escaping...
all proved this assassin was ridiculously strong, far beyond an ordinary assassin.
They fit the profile of the genius Jonas had been searching for.
Damn it.
If I catch her, won’t I put ten different kinds of collars on her?
In the pouring rain,
lightning flashed several times, occasionally illuminating a battered figure below.
Despite the heavy rain and her injuries,
Katdera’s escape speed was not slow at all.
She clutched her stomach, the sharp pain in her lower abdomen making her grit her teeth.
What kind of terrifying monster was this?
Just one strike!
And it caused such severe wounds.
That was while he was hidden in the shadows, avoiding most of the damage.
It felt like this person had seen through all her tactics.
Such a person was definitely not someone she could kill alone.
But fortunately, the opponent was someone who cared deeply about women.
Otherwise, in that moment just now, she wouldn’t have even had a chance to escape.
“Damn it, damn it, damn it...
How could such an absurd freak appear among the nobles!”
Katdera looked forward.
There was still some distance to the city wall, where her companions were waiting to pick her up.
She was incredibly grateful that Deslar had sent a few people to support her.
However, just as she relaxed her guard,
an unusual sound of the wind came from behind.
Startled, she abruptly turned around.
A faint golden light flickered in the darkness.
A figure dashed toward her through the storm and wind.
“Where do you think you’re running, little mouse!”
Hearing this voice, Katdera’s body involuntarily tensed.
A trace of astonishment flashed through her cold eyes.
What kind of speed was that?
How could he catch up so quickly?
Ignoring her shock and injuries,
Katdera forced herself to calm down.
She threw several black poisoned flying knives toward Jonas behind her.
Shhh—
The flying knives in the dark rain were difficult to track.
The knives shattered raindrops the size of beans.
Amidst the scattered raindrops,
they flew toward Jonas’s two eyes, chest, and lower body.
Seeing such tricky angles, Jonas had to stop and block with his sword.
The moment he blocked, the opponent once again escaped far away and then vanished into the darkness.
Watching the disappearing figure, Jonas knew the opponent hadn’t gone far.
Her injured body couldn’t support escaping at a speed surpassing a Frost Silver expert.
The only possibility was using darkness to stealth.
Hiding in the darkness, Katdera saw that Jonas hadn’t discovered her.
She exhaled in relief.
With her innate talent, she was the king of the darkness from birth.
Even a Frost Silver-level expert would have difficulty finding her in the dark.
She only needed to hold on until her energy burst ran out and then escape.
She looked at the blood seeping from her lower abdomen.
A faint weakness spread inside her.
But could she really hold on?
In the next moment, Jonas’s low voice came:
“Today, you think you can run?”
She instinctively looked toward the direction of the voice.
Jonas stood still in place.
His right hand lightly waved, as if something in it flickered with a faint firelight.
What?
What was he doing?
Before she could see clearly, the next moment,
a flash of fire suddenly streaked through the air.
Then, a sharp sizzling sound rang out.
Following that was a continuous series of explosive "boom boom boom" sounds.
Blazing balls of fire erupted fiercely in the air.
Under the violent surge of magical power, these flames quickly gathered and condensed, finally forming twelve huge fireballs.
Like imprisoned little suns, they blazed fiercely in the air, radiating suffocating heat waves and dazzling light.
Even the rain in this area ceased falling at that moment, evaporating in midair.
This sudden change instantly illuminated everything around, as if it were daylight.
Katdera’s body stiffened as if frozen by a petrification spell.
A trace of despair appeared on her face, her eyes fixed directly on the twelve huge fireballs in the sky.
Her complexion grew paler and paler.
She murmured, “I... What kind of ruthless figure did I just attempt to assassinate!”