Mercenary Wars

Chapter 117 Killing the Observer

The air fell silent for a moment, then a few lines of information flashed through Gao Jiano's mind.

[Status Acquired: Observer's Mark (Level 6)]

[Reciprocal Countermeasures: Observer Imprint (Level 6)]

【Successful countermeasure】

The Observer's Mark is actually a blessed version of the Hunter's Mark. It is more accurate than the regular Hunter's Mark and also has the unique feature of showing the target's level.

However, for Gaucano, this characteristic is actually dispensable.

The reason is simple: blessing spells and magic rune spells are usually not divided into rings, but only into levels, and the spell level directly reflects the caster's own level.

Therefore, the moment Gaucano was marked, the information displayed on the panel already revealed the level of this Observer Eye Demon—level six.

Level 6 observer.

Gao Jiano turned and ran.

It wasn't that he thought the observer was invincible, but rather that the opponent was so enormous that it was clearly impossible for it to enter the passage.

Now that the opponent has my mark, as long as I hide in the passage, I can take the initiative with the turning arrow. If I can't beat them, it's easy to call for reinforcements. There's no need to stay here and fight head-on.

"I will make you pay with your life for Silver Fang!" the Observer roared, as a beam of eerie light shot out from its giant eye.

[Status Acquired: Paralyzing Ray (Level 6)]

Upon being struck by the paralyzing ray, Gaucanor was immediately paralyzed all over and became sluggish.

Immediately afterward, the observer pounced, opening its blood-red maw with three layers of teeth, and bit down hard on Gaucano!
Gaugano, who was paralyzed, was bitten squarely.

"Crack! Crack! Crack!" But protected by the Skin of the Earth, his body was more solid than granite. The observer's hundreds of ferocious teeth tore and bit, sparks flying, but only caused minor injuries.

Gaucano swung the Blood Summoning Sword in a backhand motion.

The green-bladed black sword pierced the observer's body!

Blood Regeneration!

The Blood-Summoning Sword greedily sucked the Observer's blood, and Blood Regeneration rapidly healed Gaucano's injuries.

One second later, the observer couldn't take it anymore.

"Roar!" He howled as he spat out Gaucano from his mouth, his large eyes flashing with a ghostly light once more.

This time, he clearly didn't unleash a paralyzing ray, but rather the Observer's signature lethal skill—the wounding ray.

"Boom!" With a loud bang, Gao Jiano felt a burning pain in his back and was immediately sent flying.

However, taking advantage of the momentum from this attack, he successfully returned to the passage and continued running outwards.

The Paralyzing Ray and Earth Skin greatly reduced his speed, but fortunately he also had Blood Rush and Swift Breeze, which canceled each other out, so his speed was still faster than his normal running speed.

"Boom boom boom!" The observer's eyes flashed continuously as more than a dozen damaging rays attacked in succession.

However, Gaucano was fast and tough, and the terrain limited his movement, so the rays either missed or, even if they hit, were far from fatal.

After being hit by several beams of light, Gaugano successfully escaped the observer's line of sight.

After confirming that the observer's rays could no longer be directed at him, he sat down to catch his breath and took out several pieces of blood crystals to heal his wounds.

The wounding rays were still very painful; even with the protection of Earth Skin, his back was still covered in blood.

Fortunately, the observer's attack has come to an end.

From the depths of the passage, the observer was pounding the wall in impotent rage, cursing, "You killed my confidant, I will tear you to pieces!"

A cold smile flashed across Gao Jiano's face as he took out dozens of enchanted steel arrows and lined them up on the ground in front of him. After a moment, once his injuries had healed, he nocked an arrow and aimed into the depths of the passage.

A swift breeze, a blood-red arrow, aim and fire!
shoot!
With a whoosh, the arrow shot out, guided by the swift breeze, flying along the winding path toward the observer.

The observer clearly noticed the arrow and quickly dodged it.

Unfortunately, thanks to the real-time positioning of the observer's imprint and the precise guidance of the swift breeze, his attempt to evade ultimately failed.

The enchanted steel arrow struck hard!
"Roar!" The tearing of the blood arrow caused him to howl in pain.

A few seconds later, another enchanted steel arrow came flying.

This time, the observer was smarter. Instead of trying to dodge, he retreated, and at the same time, a ghostly light shone in his large eyes, and the wounding rays blasted straight at the arrows.

"Boom!" The arrow shaft broke instantly, and the fletching vanished into thin air, leaving only the arrowhead.

Without the shaft and fletching, the small arrowhead suddenly became difficult to control, and its momentum plummeted.

Gaugano can still control it, but it's impossible for it to hit the observer while the Blood Arrow is active. And without the Blood Arrow's enhancement, the arrow is clearly insufficient to cause any decent damage to the observer, ultimately resulting in a wasted attack.

He pondered for a moment, then drew his bow again and nocked two arrows.

Two arrows, each with four wisps of swift wind attached, everything else as before.

shoot!
Two enchanted steel arrows flew toward the observer, one above and one below, occasionally shifting positions.

"Boom!" The wounding ray flashed with a ghostly light. The observer successfully blasted away one of the arrows, but had no time to pay attention to the other one. In the end, it was hit and torn open by the blood arrow, and the demon's black blood gushed out.

"Roar—" he howled in pain, his voice filled with despair, clearly having foreseen his fate.

Afterwards, Gaucano repeated the same tactic, firing several rounds in succession, killing the observer directly.

[Kill a level 6 Observer, experience +325]

Sensing this notification, Gaucano exhaled, then put away his bow and arrows and returned to the circular room along the passage.

He held up the illuminator in his hand and saw the observer's corpse.

It must be said that the observer was indeed a competent guardian. In the final moments of his life, he chose to return to the statue to fulfill his duty, and ultimately died beside the statue.

Gao Jiano plunged the Blood-Summoning Sword into the observer's corpse. The corpse and the blood on the ground were immediately absorbed and transformed into the new blade of the Blood-Summoning Sword. At the same time, part of the original blade shed and turned into several pieces of blood crystals.

Putting away the blood crystal, Gao Jiano re-examined the Blood Summoning Sword.

Each time it absorbs high-level blood, the sword not only becomes sharper but also increases in size. As a result, its length has increased by several centimeters and its width has slightly increased compared to when it was first created.

A moment later, he sheathed the Blood-Summoning Sword and cast the spell "Dismemberment Technique".

He had learned this trick long ago, but he rarely used it, since dismembering someone with a sword or knife was much more convenient.

The reason he chose to use the dismemberment technique on the Observer's corpse was mainly because the Observer had several treasures on him—eyes. Not only the Observer's eyes, but all the Eye Demons' eyes are valuable.

Although dismemberment is slow, it can achieve precise division along the natural divisions and veins of the corpse, making it perfect for removing eyes.

Just now, Gaucano had even deliberately made sure the arrows avoided the observer's five eyes, so now he was naturally just as careful.

Along with the eye stalks, use dismemberment to remove the observer's five eyes; the other parts can be disposed of as desired.

The flesh of the Eye Demon is also a good thing, but it has only one main use—to feed magical beasts, and there is no requirement for its integrity.

According to the Hunter's Handbook, monsters that consume the flesh of the Eye Demon over a long period of time can possess a more powerful soul and higher intelligence, and may even awaken complete intelligence and master language.

Gaucano then wielded the Blood-Summoning Sword, and soon sliced ​​the observer's remains into many strips of flesh.

(End of this chapter)