Mage Veigar

Chapter 247 Escape through a secret passage?

You can roughly judge it from the density of the horse's hoof sounds.

There are about 30 members of the Imperial Capital Law Enforcement Team coming to support, and they will enter the manor in about 3 minutes. Now Vega has little time left. He must kill two people within 3 minutes and escape immediately.

Veigar didn't want to conflict with the law enforcement team.

First of all, as the law enforcement team of the imperial capital, their cutting-edge military force is not comparable to those third-rate scums of Kareni, and Vega is not really sure of defeating the law enforcement team.

There is one more most important reason.

Once surrounded, even if he could kill the law enforcement officers, Vega would have no choice but to surrender.

Because he surrendered obediently, the military might even help reduce his guilt because of his command ability.

Once the law enforcement officers were killed, it would be easy to trace the blame to Vega, as the three major systems were extremely protective of their own shortcomings. However, since Vega was unreasonable in the first place, the military might not be able to protect him.

Veigar decided to retreat immediately after 2 minutes regardless of success or failure.

His bright future and excellent evaluation must not be thrown away here, even if it means giving up the "community of interests" plan.

What can you do in two minutes?
Vega took a deep breath while in stealth mode. Since he couldn't defeat the enemy physically, he could only outsmart him.

Whether it is marching and fighting or individual combat, it is ultimately a contest of intelligence.

Same way.

The strategies used in war are also applicable to personal combat, especially as a shadow mage, which tests the use and connection of each magic. As long as the magic combination is good, defeating the strong with the weak is just a common occurrence.

What magic does he master now?
Not to mention the wizard's shield and magic defense, Veigar has shadow magic for advancing, trickery for retreating, mirror image for confusing the enemy, and shadow transformation for saving his life...all the conditions for victory are already in place.

It is better to know yourself than to know your enemy. What does Fokker have?
At best, he's just a little stronger and has quicker reactions. As long as the magic is well connected, can't a shadow mage who's proficient in assassination destroy an elemental mage who uses brute force?

Vega moved.

With the experience of countless failures and the tactics deduced countless times, they launched an attack on Fokker for the last time.

The trick was activated, and the prey that lost its vision began to become nervous and its eyes wandered around.

It can sneak within 1.5m of its prey without the prey noticing it. However, as soon as it launches an attack, the prey will strike back. This situation has been repeated no less than 7 times.

Mirror image activated.

A short figure suddenly attacked Fokker from the front. Fokker was quick-witted and smashed through Vega's body with his backhand, but what came into view was a broken mirror image, and Vega's real body appeared and attacked Layton.

A smile that was expected appeared on Fok's lips.

He threw out a punch and then retracted it, and before Vega could kill Layton, he punched through Vega's body. Because he had seen Vega perform mirroring before, he was naturally prepared, and his reaction speed was enough to attack twice in an instant.

Shadow Transformation was activated, and Vega, who managed to save his life, was forced to retreat.

But at this moment, Fok's sarcastic smile froze on his face, blood flowed from the corners of his mouth, and then his whole body slowly fell to the ground, completely losing his life.

When Falk's body fell, Layton's pupils shrank sharply.

Because he saw a short and dark shadow standing behind Fok, who didn't know when it happened.

Make a feint to the east and attack in the west to achieve victory by surprise.

Veigar set up a dead end.

After dozens of failures, Vega finally deduced that Fokker's reaction was very fast, and he could even attack twice in a row at the moment of his attack. In other words, he could not defend against the third attack.

First, a mirror image was used to confuse Fok, and Fok had to take action because he could not tell whether it was a mirror image or the real thing.

Then Vega attacked Layton, and Fok naturally relied on his strong reaction ability to stop him immediately. At this time, Vega's magic shadow technique, which had not been exposed, was immediately activated, and Fok's life was taken in one blow.

The reason why this is a dead end.

That's because even if Fok discovers the shadow behind him, he has to make a decision in one second whether to save his own life or sacrifice himself. If he saves himself, Layton will die; if he chooses to sacrifice himself, he will die, and Layton may survive because of the arrival of the law enforcement team, or he may die with him.

But Vega obviously overestimated Fok's strength. Fok didn't even notice the shadow behind him, and chose to attack Vega's body directly. In the end, he was naturally killed by the shadow's attack, leaving only Layton who was fleeing in embarrassment.

In less than 10 seconds, Vega caught up with Layton and killed him in one fell swoop.

The Rodney family has been completely wiped out at this point, and Vega successfully used a series of magical operations to chew on the tough bone of Fock.

The reason why he was successful this time was thanks to the magic of Shadow Transformation, which gave Vega dozens of opportunities to try.

However, Veigar had no time to admire the power of Huaying. After killing Layton, he chose to escape immediately, but as soon as he reached the door, he found that the law enforcement team had arrived. It turned out that the battle with Fok had already exceeded 2 minutes, and the final killing of Layton wasted dozens of seconds. No wonder the law enforcement team had already arrived.

"Captain, it's the Shadow Mage."

The person standing next to the law enforcement captain was a Word Mage, who was the first to discover Vega in stealth.

"8 o'clock, magic ready."

After giving the order, the law enforcement captain said to Vega, "You are causing trouble while I am on duty. I think you are tired of living. Show up and surrender immediately, otherwise you should know the consequences."

Vega did not surrender docilely.

Since he didn't dare to kill anyone and couldn't defeat so many elemental mages, Veigar retreated immediately.

"Captain, that shadow mage is trying to escape."

"Attack me."

At the command, magic whizzed past, and Vega could only use Shadow Transformation again.

Although he still had enough magic power, with Vega's mental strength, he could only withstand one more fatal blow at most. Moreover, he had been tracked by the Word Mage, so it was almost impossible for him to escape from the manor in a fair and square manner. Moreover, continuing to stay in an open place was tantamount to seeking his own death.

Out of desperation, Vega broke into the house where Layton lived.

Since there were bright lights everywhere, Vega quickly found Layton's study and hid inside.

Vega was not panicking, but had his own ideas.

As we all know, the bigger the manor, the more complete its escape facilities. However, looking around the entire manor, there are only the main door and the back door for entry and exit. Isn't this too weird? How to escape if surrounded by enemies?

Secret passages!

Vega thought of this term at the first moment.

As a family, if we don't even have a secret escape route, no one would believe it if we told others about it.

So where is this secret passage hidden?
Vega didn't dare to guarantee it, but after a rough guess, he could tell that the secret passage was certainly for serving the clan's upper echelons, so it was natural to build it inside the residence where Layton lived.

Since the escape route is through the underground, the second floor and above can be directly ruled out.

In order to keep it secret, the secret passage would certainly not be placed in a crowded place like a reception room. The most confidential place on the entire first floor is Layton's study, so Vega speculated that there must be some secret passage he wanted to find here.

After searching around, Vega easily found the mechanism.

Because there were only so few things in the entire study, with a casual move, the bookshelf would split to the sides, and a dark hole appeared in front of Vega. He stepped into it without hesitation.

boom!
As soon as you step in, the entrance is automatically blocked and the magic lights on both sides of the secret passage light up.

Vega activated his magic defense and rushed forward at the fastest speed, but he stopped after turning a corner.

Because Vega made a sad discovery, this was not a secret passage at all, but a secret room!
The ups and downs of life are too much for even the battle-hardened Vega. Although both nouns contain the word "secret", one is an escape route and the other is a dead end, which are completely different.

But this secret room is a bit strange.

Generally, secret rooms are used to store gold, silver and treasures, but this secret room was extremely empty. There was only a half-person-high box against the wall. Vega opened the box without hesitation.

This is……

Awakening potion?

(End of this chapter)