Chapter 162 - 88 Little Garcia, You Be the Bait_3

Chapter 162: Chapter 88 Little Garcia, You Be the Bait_3

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The exceptionally well-forged heavy armor boasted excellent defense against physical and magical attacks. Leonard Churchill believed that even an A-rank Catastrophe would struggle to inflict a fatal blow in a short amount of time.

The weak point of Tracy Garcia, the Spirit Communicator, was her physical form.

Leonard wasn’t entirely clear about the conditions of this A-Level Plot,

but he anticipated that the difficulty posed by an A-rank Catastrophe would be multiple times that of a B-rank.

Providing her with this armor was purely for survival.

Other than Liam Martinez, who wore heavy armor, no one could withstand a direct blow.

If they couldn’t slay the A-rank Catastrophe in a short amount of time, the protective barrier of the Sticky Monster from before wouldn’t last much longer either.

Although wearing such heavy armor meant a Spirit Communicator like her would be condemned to stay in one place and await death.

Leonard believed that it was still better than being instantly killed.

Tracy looked at the card Leonard handed to her in mild surprise, blinked her big eyes, and asked, “...for me?”

Leonard simply nodded, “Yes. You are the doctor. If you survive, others in the team have the best chance to make it out alive.”

Even though he had a hunch about the plot,

the threat of the A-rank Catastrophe was undeniably lethal.

Before the key to the solution was found, he wasn’t confident that he would survive.

“Oh.”

Hearing his words, Tracy didn’t comment much nor fully understand, only instinctively accepting the card and placing it in her own card slot.

The scattered werewolves didn’t pose much of a threat to them. Soon, Leonard and the others arrived safely at the third level of the mine.

The surroundings remained dimly lit.

The dark elements were even denser.

The quality of the ores here was evidently superior, and Mithril ores were more common.

In the overturned mine carts scattered around, valuable ores worth thousands could be found without difficulty.

Amongst the equipment strewn on the ground, Black Iron Quality equipment would occasionally appear.

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Yet, understandably, it carried significant risks as well.

Originally, a B-rank Catastrophe and some Elite Werewolves resided on this level, a force hard to take down even for a large team.

But now that Leonard’s team had slain them, the place seemed a bit empty.

Since there was no description of the third level of the mine in the Black Wolf Group’s information, it was fortunate there was a mining path guide.

With Liam leading the way, the team of four continued their exploration deeper into the mine.

Soon, they arrived at the bottom of the third level and saw a cave that was clearly not the result of human excavation.

Shattered rocks littered the area, as if a collapse had occurred there.

The strong presence of dark elements rolled out from this cave.

All four understood that this was undoubtedly the path leading to the fourth level of the mine.

Without much delay, they cautiously proceeded into the cave.

However, it didn’t take long for the natural mine to transition into an underground tunnel with signs of human carving.

But his dagger was a Black Iron Dagger with Armor Piercing behavioral attribute, capable of slicing through iron like mud!

Numerous have lost their souls under this blade.

However, as Alex forcefully plunged in again, his expression froze instantly: What’s going on?

The tip of the knife was blocked by something.

Plate armor?

I’ve checked before, no, it’s a Heart-guarding Mirror!

In an instant, the assassin, Alex, realized he might have fallen into a trap set by them.

As he suspected.

Leonard suddenly sprung into action!

Stealth assassinations required all aura to be suppressed.

Even the Body Protection Curse Power must not be lightly deployed.

Everything was for a deadly strike.

The moment of exposure was also the most dangerous phase.

Seeing the “Injured” suddenly spring into action, the assassin, Alex, confirmed that he’d walked into a trap these guys had prepared, cursing in his mind: Damn it, how did they find out?

How did they detect his presence here?

How did they predict who he would kill?

How did they guess the timing of the attack?

So many questions.

He could never guess that the many options he thought he had were actually the only choices Leonard intentionally left for him!

Leonard had anticipated that the guy would make his move round about this time.

Although he hadn’t really spotted the assassin until the dagger pierced into Tracy’s heart.

But those advanced 0.01 seconds of prediction was enough for him to make up the agility gap between him and a first-tier veteran assassin.

Leonard’s right hand was just on Tracy’s neck, slashing back from that position in response.

The moment he turned his head, he saw a translucent figure in the air.

The assassin also reacted very quickly, seeing his exposure, he leaned back to the limit of his body, already out of the range of Leonard’s counterattack. However, things didn’t go as Alex expected.

Leonard never expected to kill him with a single blow, neither did he expect his swipe to hit a fatal spot.

Therefore!

When he stabbed back with the small knife, he suddenly changed his aim from the head down to the thigh of the translucent figure.

Regardless of how agile his upper body movements were, his lower body would certainly lag!

Leonard’s premeditated strike accurately hit his thigh bone.

The sharp scalpel cut through the leg bone without obstruction, severing a muscle in front of the femur.

To deal with an assassin, if you can’t catch them, take out their legs first! Seeing himself wounded, the assassin, Alex, was frightened out of his wits. Without caring about anything else, he turned and vanished into the darkness, like a fish diving into the water, disappearing instantly.

Leonard watched the blood spurt out, wanting to strike again, but when he turned his head, he found that the man had already disappeared from his vision.

This is not an ordinary stealth ability.

Leonard wasn’t surprised at all, just sneered in his heart: “So, it is a relic-level equipment. Tsk, tsk, the Black Wolf Group really went all out.”

He had thought of it before, without this kind of stealth ability, the assassin couldn’t have quietly made it to the fourth floor..