Sixth Ring Wizard

End of Chapter 8

When Hellagur returned, he found that the battle was still ongoing.

Emil faced the female knight and Marco alone. Both Emil and Marco were injured, but the woman was completely unharmed.

The three moved extremely quickly. A group of archers surrounded them, but they could only watch and dared not shoot.

Because those three were too fast, they didn't have the eyesight or accuracy to hit Emil.

Herag surveyed the surrounding terrain, found a position that allowed him to advance or retreat as needed, then drew his bow and shot an archer.

"Someone's there!" The archers immediately found places to hide.

They couldn't see where Helag was, so they could only blindly shoot a few arrows into the dark forest.

Herag counted and found that there were eight archers left, and he planned to kill them all.

Whoosh! Another arrow felled an archer hiding behind a large rock.

After killing the man, Herag changed positions again, moved to another angle, and killed another archer hiding behind a tree.

The archers were utterly terrified; they couldn't find Herag's location at all. No matter how they hid, arrows would always come from behind or to the side, leaving them no way to avoid them.

Marco and the female knight had no time to pay attention to them either; the three of them were locked in a fierce battle, and no one could afford to be distracted by dealing with Herag.

The one-sided massacre began, with Herag transforming into the Grim Reaper, taking down an archer with a single arrow.

Ten minutes later, all the archers were killed.

After killing the man, Helag remained hidden in the mountains, his bow drawn but not yet released.

He was waiting, waiting for the right moment to make a move.

The three were moving very fast. Deep Blue was calculating at high speed, ready to strike as soon as he found an opportunity.

The female knight seemed to be keeping a close eye on Herag, holding back her attacks and making it impossible for him to find an opening.

Marco, on the other hand, was in a frenzy, determined to fight Emil to the death, which Herag saw as a breakthrough opportunity.

After all, they are human beings, not machines; and humans are bound to make mistakes.

Deep Blue can always catch mistakes; it's not human.

"Marco, this guy isn't far from becoming a Grand Knight. I've lost a lot of money on this deal. You'll have to pay more when it's over," the female knight said softly.

Marco was inexplicably angry and snapped, "Shut up! If you had gone all out, you would have killed him already!"

"If I go all out, he'll fight us to the death. If we keep dragging this out, he'll die sooner or later. Why choose a riskier approach?" the female knight chuckled.

The three-person fight lasted for a full hour and was still going on.

By this time, they were clearly exhausted, and their speed and strength had decreased considerably.

Marco took a deep breath and roared, "It's time to end this!"

His muscles bulged all over, as if he had used some secret technique. He gripped the greatsword with both hands, leaped up, and delivered a vertical slash that Emil could only defend against with all his might.

But if he fights with all his might, he will give the female knight an opportunity.

Whoosh!

Just then, a stray arrow suddenly shot out, and Marco, who was in mid-air, had no way to dodge it.

Marco screamed and covered his eyes as an arrow pierced his left eye.

Emil seized the opportunity and with a horizontal slash, Marco's head flew off and rolled to the ground.

The female knight, who was preparing to attack, saw this and jumped back two steps, sheathing her rapier.

"Hmm?" Emil was a little puzzled; he was already prepared to fight the female knight to the death.

The female knight explained, "He paid me to fight, and now that his employer is dead, there's no reason for me to continue. I'm not a battle maniac. Besides, he only paid me to fight, not to risk my life."

She finished speaking and left, not even glancing at Marco's head as she passed by.

"Lord Emil!" Herag rushed over.

Emil breathed a sigh of relief and said with a wry smile, "I thought I was surely dead. Your arrow was beautiful. By the way, you're still alive?"

When Sean went after Herag, Emil felt a little sorry for him, as he didn't think Herag could escape the pursuit of this knight-level assassin.

"My arrow was poisoned; he only got a minor cut," Herag laughed.

Emil exclaimed, "Even if he was poisoned, he could have easily killed you. You're quite capable to have survived."

He sighed and continued, "See how many horses are left, tie Hagen and the others' bodies to them, and take them home."

Herag turned back and disappeared into the woods, finding that all eight horses were still alive and well, unaffected by the recent battle.

He tied the bodies of the two guards to his horses, and he and Emil each rode one in front, while the rest of the horses followed automatically behind.

Two days later, Herag and his companion encountered Baron Buck, who had come to their aid, on their way.

Baron Buck was a middle-aged man with a fleshy face, dressed in a tight-fitting outfit, and did not look like a nobleman at all.

After hearing Emil's report, he said, "Things aren't that simple, Emil. They're not just after you."

"My lord, has anything else happened?" Emil asked.

"That Marco is one of Simon's henchmen next door. While they were attacking you, they also raided the southern mines. They thought they could finally get rid of you this time, which would make me one less capable lieutenant," Baron Buck said slowly.

Simon is the lord of the Berhad territory and a baron.

However, his territory is resource-poor and tax revenue is low, so he often engages in petty actions against neighboring territories.

Baron Buck continued, "Behard is suffering from a severe drought and famine this year, and their territory is already in chaos. Meanwhile, our Dur Valley is having a bumper harvest, and they will most likely have further actions planned. We must be on high alert during this period."

"I understand, my lord," Emil nodded.

Baron Buck looked at Herag and said, "Your name is... oh... Herag, right? Well done, lad!"

The news that Herag had single-handedly killed twenty people, and even managed to kill a knight-level assassin, had already spread.

Baron Baron's guards were somewhat skeptical, but since Emil had said it himself, it couldn't be false.

Helag didn't care about this, nor did he care about other people's opinions or views.

All he wants to do now is improve his strength as quickly as possible. If he makes even the slightest mistake or has a bit of bad luck when facing Sean, he will be dead.

"Deep Blue, analyze Baron Buck's physical data." He was very curious about the Grand Knight's strength level.

"Buck Zala: Strength 3.8, Agility 3.5, Constitution 4.1, Spirit 1.3. His entire body is filled with unknown energy."

Such data would have been considered superhuman in my previous life.

What bothered Herag even more was that Baron Buck was brimming with unknown energy.

Knights like Emil and Sean simply possess unknown energy within their bodies.

When Sean was chasing him, he used an unknown energy that greatly enhanced his stats, and he even pierced a tree trunk with a dagger.

"Baron Buck is brimming with unknown energy. Does that mean that even a casual strike from him surpasses the power of Sean's burst?" Herag wondered to himself.

(End of this chapter)