quicksilver blood

Chapter 264 The Melody of War
A young man in his twenties was wearing an unusually fitting red wizard robe, leaning against a quiet corner, quietly watching the hurrying wizards coming and going, with the corners of his mouth raised slightly mockingly.

Suddenly, he saw a sudden commotion from the crowd in the distance.

The young man raised his right hand slightly, his fingers spread out.

I saw a cold light jumping between his fingers like lightning, shuttled back and forth, and fell into the sleeve again with his five fingers closed again.

When he opened his clenched right hand again, a black holy emblem silently appeared in his palm, and was gently clamped by the muscles in the palm of his right hand.

At the same time as his right hand opened, the holy emblem fell naturally and fell into his sleeve again.

"As my lord Nyx said -"

But just at this moment, the magic technique that the young man wanted to build has already been chanted: "You must make shadows your friends and make shadows your priority. Praise the darkness."

As he prayed softly, his figure suddenly faded, and disappeared into the air after a few seconds.

In the crowd, the shadow under a certain passerby's feet fluctuated, and the young priest stepped on his shadow and quietly appeared behind him.

But the passer-by just felt a chill in his back, looked back suspiciously, but found nothing unusual.

Because after the young man moved into the crowd with the help of his shadow, he immediately turned and left.

Just like an ordinary passerby, the young man complained casually while silently approaching the great wizard wearing a hood.

He didn't show much speed.Judging from the current trend, he would need to blend in with the crowd for more than a minute before he could approach the great wizard whose face was completely covered when he turned the corner.

A seemingly ordinary handleless dagger came out of his right sleeve silently, and the tip of the knife was gently clamped by his thumb clasped in his palm.

As long as he is within three meters of the great wizard, he is confident that the dagger thrown by his right hand will penetrate the wizard's heart in an instant.Even if he dodges the dagger, he will definitely not be able to dodge his next blow.

The dagger coated with paralyzing poison was just a prop to attract attention.The moment the great wizard focused on the dagger and turned around, he could use the shadow of the great wizard to move behind him, immediately take out his heart, and then teleport away immediately.

Even a gold-level expert who has lost most of his weaknesses will die from massive blood loss without a heart.

However, just before reaching the assassination location planned by the young pastor in less than ten steps, an invisible ripple suddenly swept over from not far away.

He froze for a moment, and then immediately felt a sharp pain in his wrists.His hands twitched uncontrollably from the sudden injury.The dagger that had been caught between his fingers suddenly fell to the ground with a clang.The wizards around were stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted and quickly retreated to the surroundings.

It's the Sly Knife Wizard!

The young pastor immediately realized where his wound had come from.

However, it's too late.

The invisible blade passed by, and a huge gap instantly emerged, completely piercing his throat from left to right.

Then, at his back, an invisible spike penetrated through the gap in his ribs, punching a three-finger-wide hole in his lungs.

His tendons were severed, his throat was completely torn open, and his lungs were filled again with blood pouring in.

Hot blood gushed out from his torn throat, soaking through the great wizard he was planning to assassinate.Bright red foam gurgled from his throat and mouth, and he fell powerlessly to the ground, losing his life.

And the great wizard with a hood who couldn't see his face was poured with steaming blood, but he just paused for a moment, and continued to walk forward as if nothing had happened.

At this time, Robert, who was following silently in the crowd, finally breathed a sigh of relief and moved the ceremonial knife tightly held in his right hand to his left hand.

Robert has never seen the appearance of the great wizard from the beginning to the end, and the great wizard may not even know his existence.But it doesn't matter, the Sly Knife Sorcerer has the value of his existence until he is discovered.

Robert knew that there were at least two other crafty knife wizards like him.Because the attack made by Robert was only the fatal wound on the throat.In addition, whether it is the severed tendons or the tapered backstab on the back that made him unable to sing the prayer before his death, they were all from the hands of other crafty knife wizards.

The three of them hadn't communicated before, and they weren't even sure about each other's existence.Just relying on the instant reaction, and the indescribable tacit understanding, he shot at the same time and killed an enemy of the same level.

It has reached the second ring now, and it is full of silver-rank wizards... It will probably be no problem to send it here.

Robert tilted his head, thought for a while, then turned and left, without any thought of going over to see who the great wizard was.It's not that he's afraid of not being able to recognize him—as long as he passes by, he will definitely be able to recognize the appearance of the person he saved secretly.

After all, there are only a few dozen great wizards in the White Tower.In this not-so-small city, which is no different from a country, almost every wizard who has stayed here for a while can recognize these people.

However, Robert didn't want others to suspect that he wanted something from him.

The reason why the Sly Knife Wizard has such a bad reputation is not simple.There are indeed some crafty knife wizards who like to repay favors.

They will kill someone's enemies in secret first, and then demand payment by actually threatening them.

But Robert was not that kind of person.

It's not that Robert's character is so good, it can only be said that Robert doesn't bother to do this kind of thing.After all, he is more or less a prince.His own self-esteem alone would not forgive him for doing such a thing.

—However, if Robert could see the face of the great wizard from under the hood, he might be surprised.

Because he is not from this city at all.

Let alone a great wizard, he is not even a wizard apprentice.

It was a male mountain dweller who looked less than 30 years old and had a slightly fat body.His eyes could not stop flashing with emerald green light, making everyone around him believe in his identity as the "Great Wizard".

At the same time, his figure was transformed into a serious-faced middle-aged woman under the effect of divine magic.

That was Thad's face.

In this way, he shuttled through the detection magic of the White Tower as if nothing had happened, and walked towards the meeting hall of the third tower step by step.Not far from him, a middle-aged woman with a sad face followed a man wrapped in a black robe silently towards the first tower.

Those are the four saints sent by the gods.However, there is one person who is not in the team.

At the junction of the second and third rings, in front of Roland and Xiela, a tall and energetic old man stood silently in front of them——

(End of this chapter)