Chapter 4 Ch. 4: Adrian Leillucis [2]

The rasping sound of metals could be heard as the assassins unsheathed their daggers.

Although Adrian was surrounded by dozens of them, his face was devoid of any expression; he seemed unfazed and began to chant inwardly.

They approached Adrian slowly. The boy just stood there and watched them nonchalantly.

After finishing his Silent Incantation, soon a five meters wave of mud emerged and rushed at them at incredible speed.

"What the hell?! Jump!!"

Some managed to leap up the branches while a few of them were swept by the mud.

"Huaa!!"

"Aarrghh!!"

Not minding their wailing, Adrian began to run as fast as he could.

"Don't let him get away!!"

Adrian hastily cast another spell and soon, a thick fog spread throughout the forest, he hid inside it whilst moving.

Aside from Conjuring and Manipulation, there was also another technique called Elementals Fusion.

By simultaneously combining two or three Elementals, one could create completely new elemental properties.

The fog that Adrian previously released was created by combining Water and Fire Elemental.

"Haa... Haa..."

It wasn't even half an hour but Adrian was out of breath and his body began to feel tingling.

Although he had seen his Physical Statistic, experiencing it directly felt much worse. He definitely had to do something with this body.

Of course, that was only applied if he managed to survive this assassination.

Sensing a flying dagger, he moved his body to dodge it, but as his agility ranked at rock bottom, the blade cut his right arm.

Adrian fell flat and sighed. He sat and glanced sideways, blood was seen gushing out from the wound.

–Stab!

–Stab!

Daggers continued to rain down and jabbed the ground before him.

Adrian took one of the knives and forced himself to get up then began to sprint once again.

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White color dyed the vicinity as lightning flashed and rumbling thunder soon was heard.

The heavy rain kept downpouring with no sign of stopping.

Adrian's whole body was drenched like a soaking cat, his skin paled imitating porcelain even his lips had turned blue.

"Haa... Haa..."

Adrian didn't know how many minutes had passed, he was out of breath, his stomach churned and his head started to spin.

Unbearable nausea emerged and Adrian knew he was at his limit, he couldn't run anymore. He stopped next to a tree and–

"Urp!"

A mouthful of saliva jumped out of his mouth.

"Urk! Cough, cough!"

He continued to throw up everything in his stomach until nothing was left to spat and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.

"Haa... haa..."

He rest his back behind a tree and closed his eyes for a bit in the hope that he could alleviate the pain, however–

–Stab!

–Stab!

He opened his eyelids and daggers were seen stuck on the tree trunk he used to lean.

If this continued, he would eventually die, either from exhaustion or at the hands of the assassins.

Catching his breath, Adrian ready his dagger, and the moment he saw two assassins, he quickly threw the dagger aimed at one of their heads.

Yet, unexpectedly the knife flew away from the target and landed on a bush.

"..."

At this point, the urge to facepalm skyrocketed, but he refrained from doing so–he had never felt as miserable as this.

Hearing the sound, one of the assassins shouted.

"He's running that way!"

And they went in the direction where the dagger fell. Well, he didn't know if it was a disaster or a blessing.

Regardless of it, Adrian forced his legs to move once more and went in the opposite direction from them.

Minutes passed, his sight became blurry and his legs grew numb. In the end, he chose to walk because he would doubtlessly faint if he kept running.

"Haa... haa..."

The sound of river water with a strong current entered his ears. Adrian rolled his feet towards it and he arrived at the edge of a ravine.

He looked below and a river came into view–it was pretty tall, estimated around 25 meters depth.

"Ah, the rat is cornered."

He turned to the voice and two assassins could be seen.

The assassin threw numerous daggers and without thinking much, Adrian let his body fall down the ravine to escape the attack.

As on the air, Adrian chanted a spell inwardly.

"Shit! He's jumping!"

The two assassins rushed towards the edge of the cliff to see the boy, unknowingly that Adrian had planted a trap for them.

"Aarrghh!!"

"Uurrghh!!"

The corner of Adrian's lips tugged after he saw how the assassins' chests were lanced by earth spears from behind.

Their bodies became motionless and blood gushed out continuously before being brushed away by the rain.

However, his smile didn't last long as his hazed vision caught other assassins climbing down the ravine through the cliff's stone wall.

Adrian recited another incantation and soon, a translucent orb made of air covered his whole body.

–Splash!!

The water jumped upward the moment Adrian's barrier hit the water. Luckily, Adrian was inside the orb, so he didn't receive any damage.

He submerged under the water and let the current guide him. He closed his eyes and let out a sigh of relief.

"Haaa..."

The reason why Adrian ran from them was that he knew he had no chance to win face-to-face against them due to their high-rank Agility.

Assassins class was the counter of Elementalists class, and of course, they were at the advantage.

Also, not to mention that there were dozens of them and Adrian was alone.

So he decided to run and launch an attack as soon as he saw an opportunity to lessen their number.

Minutes passed and as the oxygen levels within the sphere were getting low, Adrian took a deep breath and dismissed the barrier.

Adrian's head tugged out of the water.

"Cough, cough!"

Heavy rain and rumbling thunder immediately greeted him.

Adrian swam toward the riverbank and came out of the water.

"Who would have thought you were slippery as an eel?"

A voice pricked Adrian's ears, he turned to the sound and his sapphire eyes met with a pair of dark brown eyes.

A man wearing a black robe stood not too far away from him. But somehow, his appearance was kinda different from the assassins Adrian had seen before.

"Five men have died, thanks to you."

And judging from his sarcastic tone, Adrian concluded that he was the leader of those assassins.

–Tap! –Tap! –Tap!

Soon four assassins landed and surrounded him, leaving Adrian with no room to escape.