Sixth Ring Wizard

Chapter 7 I've Cheated

Under the cover of darkness, Herag sped through the forest, with Sean close behind.

He was faster than Helag, but the trees and other obstructions in the mountains hindered his movement.

"Damn it! How does this kid know this place so well!" Sean cursed under his breath.

Herag moved forward at full speed the whole way, as if he knew exactly what was behind every tree. Anyone who didn't know better would think he had grown up there.

More importantly, as he advanced, Helag suddenly turned around and fired an arrow.

Each arrow was shot at the perfect moment, just as Sean was about to unleash his burst of speed. A stray arrow flew by, forcing him to twist his body to dodge, and in the blink of an eye, he was already some distance away from Heragla.

This made Sean feel as uncomfortable as if he'd swallowed a fly, and he was also a little puzzled: "Is it really that much of a coincidence?"

After this happened several times, Sean finally snapped: "Go to hell, kid!"

"An unknown energy burst was detected in the opponent's body, which is expected to increase strength by 0.7, agility by 1.1, and constitution by 0.5."

Whoosh!

Herag felt a chill run down his spine; it was the first time he had ever heard such a sound from someone moving at such speed.

"Dodge to the left and forward!" Deep Blue gave the prompt.

Without any hesitation, Herag attacked as soon as he dodged Sean, his dagger missing its mark.

"Huh? How is that possible!" Sean was very surprised; his sure-kill attack, which he was so confident about, had actually been dodged.

Herag accelerated forward again, feeling that he had reached his speed limit.

Sean used special methods to greatly improve his physical abilities, and his current speed is far beyond what Herag can match.

"Lower your body and roll forward!" Deep Blue gave the prompt again.

Herag immediately followed Deep Blue's instructions. To perform these dodging maneuvers while moving at high speed required a high level of physical skill.

At this point, the benefits of practicing the Earth Breathing Technique became apparent. Herag insisted on doing the breathing exercises every day, and he had gained complete control over his body.

Sean's dagger grazed the top of Herag's head, a strand of hair falling down, and he missed again.

"This kid is strange!" Sean simply couldn't believe that a kid who wasn't even a knight could dodge his fatal blow twice in a row.

"Dodge and hide behind the tree on the right, then draw your sword to parry from behind!"

Herag did as instructed, slipping behind a tree and shielding his longsword behind him.

Ding!

A crisp metallic clang rang out. Hrag turned around and saw that Sean's dagger had actually pierced through the tree trunk and struck the sword. The violent impact made Hrag's hand holding the sword go numb.

Seeing this, Sean asked in surprise, "Why does this kid always seem to know what I'm going to do in advance?"

He pondered that, theoretically, it was possible. Because with each attack, the muscle exertion and movements throughout his body would change, and by observing these changes in advance, one could predict his attack method.

But all of this happened in an instant, and the kid was running forward the whole time without looking behind him, so how did he know all of this?

"Block a frontal attack with your sword!"

clang!

Sean suddenly appeared in front of him, dagger in hand, and lunged straight at Herag's face.

However, this attack was anticipated, and Herag steadily blocked the blow with his longsword.

"Damn it!" Sean was furious. It was as if this kid could see right through him every time he made a move.

"Wait!" Sean's breathing suddenly became erratic, and he clutched his forehead in pain.

Herag breathed a sigh of relief: "It finally took effect. I thought this poison wouldn't work on you. Your burst of attacks just now must have accelerated your blood flow, so the poison took effect much faster."

"That arrow was poisoned..." Sean thought back for a moment, realizing that he had only been hit by that one arrow.

Helag's quiver contains two kinds of arrows: ordinary arrows and poisoned arrows.

The poison comes from an inconspicuous grass outside the castle. This grass is deep blue, and tests have shown that its roots, after being dried and distilled, can be used to extract a colorless and odorless deadly poison.

As an assassin, Sean was also an expert in poisons, but this poison was colorless and odorless, and there were no symptoms when he was first poisoned, so he did not notice it.

This is a neurotoxin, and Sean's recent strenuous exercise accelerated the onset of the poison.

"Die!" Sean began a frenzied attack with a dagger, knowing that only by killing Herag could he find the antidote.

However, his strength was greatly reduced due to the poison, and every attack he launched was easily blocked by Hellagur.

"I have to escape." He felt his breathing becoming rapid, and his limbs were no longer able to move freely. If he didn't escape, he would die at the hands of Herag.

Sean stared intently at Herag for a moment, then disappeared into the darkness. As an assassin, he had many ways to escape.

Herag stood there and smiled, then calmly drew his bow and nocked an arrow, aiming at an open space not far away.

call out!

Sean revealed himself with a scream, an arrow stuck in his back.

Even at his peak, Sean would need to concentrate to dodge Hellagur's arrows thanks to Deep Blue's precise calculations, let alone now that Sean is poisoned.

"How did you find me?" Sean's tone became calm at this moment; he already knew his fate.

Helag said nothing and drew his bow again.

Sean stared directly at Herag, neither dodging nor avoiding his gaze. In fact, his legs had already lost all feeling. He said in a deep voice, "Why are you always able to dodge my attacks? You're not even a knight."

Herag expressionlessly released the taut bowstring, saying, "Because... I cheated."

His words and the arrow entered Sean's head at the same time, a spray of blood appeared, and Sean fell backward to the ground.

Before he died, his eyes were glazed: "What...does that mean...cheating..."

The meaning of these two obscure words combined remained a mystery to Sean until his death.

After Sean fell to the ground, Herag fired two more arrows, and only after Deep Blue confirmed his death did he slowly approach the body on the ground.

"So poor?"

Herag searched the place thoroughly and found that Sean had neither gold coins nor even a single copper coin.

Sean only had a pair of daggers that looked decent; he had nothing else.

After defeating Sean, Herag, carrying a longsword and holding a longbow, gazed silently into the depths of the forest, seemingly lost in thought.

A moment later, he chose to return in the direction where Emil was.

He remembered that Jimmy and the others had run away under his cover, probably to the castle to find reinforcements.

However, it takes six days to travel from here to the castle, which is simply not enough time.

Even if Emil is strong, he probably can't handle two knight-level experts by himself, plus someone lurking outside who's ready to shoot arrows.

He moved swiftly through the mountains and forests, his black figure like a ghost, fast and silent.

(End of this chapter)