Chapter 457 - Blitz Attack (2)

Julia's cloth was torn. Her spell's chant was canceled due to the attack. The pain started to creep from her body. However, she tried to focus on the cloaked man in front of her.

The cloaked man didn't stay still. He charged once more and unleashed [Wind Slash] in a close range. Julia summoned her [Aqua's Barrier].

Julia was a wind mage. However, she still learned some life-saving spell and debuff spell from the other element. The [Wind Slash] was nullified by the [Aqua's Barrier].

Even though his attack was nullified, the cloaked man didn't stop right there. He raised his sword and wanted to chop Julia. However, before he could do that, Auron had already arrived and attacked the cloaked man from behind.

The cloaked man sensed Auron's attack. So, he turned back and blocked the attack. Auron shot his [Fire Ball] and aimed at the cloaked man's head.

The cloaked man turned his head over. However, it was still not enough. Half of the [Fire Ball] grazed the side of the cloaked man's head and burned the cloaked man's hood.

Meanwhile, from the back, Julia had slashed and kicked the cloaked man's back. The cloaked man's back was grazed by Julia's dagger, and he was limping forward because of Julia's kick.

Auron glanced at Julia with worried eyes. Julia replied Auron with a nod indicating she was okay. Then, Auron glanced back to the cloaked man whose face was already exposed.

Fortunately, Julia was quite proficient in handling an unexpected situation like before. It made Auron could save her from this disastrous situation.

Auron was blaming himself because of this. Although Julia's talent was superb, compared to Auron, her experience was still few. 

Previously, the cloaked man didn't use any item or magic to disappear from Auron's sight. Instead, it was one of the swordsman skills that could learn [Blitz Attack].

This skill was some kind of short teleportation that a swordsman had. The teleportation distance that this skill provided was only 1 meter. And, it was not multi-directional. The swordsman would teleport for one meter in the direction where he was facing.

Meanwhile, the strategy that the cloaked man used with this skill was actually a common strategy that a swordsman would do when they faced a group.

The swordsman would distract anyone who blocked him at the front by dodging and blocking while waiting for an opportunity. When an opportunity appeared, or the enemies were off guard, they would use this skill and teleport to the enemies' back.

Then, they would eliminate the long-range attacker first before dealing with the close-range attacker. 

The difficulty of this strategy was to get the timing right. With the short teleportation range, the swordsman had to use it when the time was right. If not, he would be sandwiched by the two enemies.

Its short teleportation range also raised the difficulty of this strategy. Usually, the long-range attacker could attack from a distance of more than 1 meter. So, the chance to unleash this strategy was rare, except if you could lure the enemy to come closer.

An element of surprise also an important thing to note when using this strategy. Without an element of surprise, you could not eliminate the long-range attacker quickly, and it would make you in a dire situation.

Back then, Auron used this strategy quite often. However, right now, when he played a lot using his mage character, he had forgotten about the existence of this skill. And that was why Auron had blamed himself.

Fortunately, the cloaked man could not eliminate Julia. It would be his turn next to be eliminated.

Auron looked at the cloaked man's face. It was the face of an old man with a lot of wrinkles on his face. It was so contrasted with the voice of the man that was energetic and young.

The old man's face was exposed. It would be a matter of time when the military could trace his origin, leading to a disaster for the cult. He gritted his teeth. He had to finish these two young man and women quickly. After that, he should eliminate all the people in this village to destroy any witnesses and trace.

Auron gave a health potion to Julia. However, the old man didn't give the two of them time to recover. When Julia was using the health potion, the old man had charged toward them.

However, this time, Auron had wary of the old man. He used [Earth Wall] to block the old man's path.

The old man kept on charging and broke through the [Earth Wall]. His health reduced a bit because of this collision. However, he could not care about it right now.

The old man had used another movement skill to get a boost. Clang... The old man's sword collided with Auron's dagger. With the swordsman's strength and the charge speed, Auron was pushed back. He almost hit Julia, who was at his back.

The health potion bottle in Julia's hand had disappeared. Julia had already finished recovering and quickly joined into battle.

From behind Auron, Julia used her [Wind Cutter]. The old man moved his sword and blocked the spell with his sword. As a result of the blocking, the old man was pushed back. 

Auron was already charging towards the flinched old man. Right now, Auron was not worried that the old man would use [Blitz Attack] once more. It was because the skill's cooldown was quite long.

Auron, along with Julia's help, began to push the old man. The old man had tried several attempts to escape. However, Auron and Julia kept preventing him from doing that. In return, he suffered quite considerable damage because of his failed attempt.

Slowly, the old man's health kept decreasing. And, the battlefield had moved from inside the village to the outskirts of the village.

In the end, the old man could not do anything and was defeated. When Auron wanted to tie him, the old man used an item and self-destructed.