In the entire forest, there was nothing but the sound of the wind. Marquis Sallans and Gu Yang waited for several hours. Neither the assassin nor the pursuers appeared. Gu Yang asked in a low voice, "My lord, do you think... will that assassin succeed? Among the people sent by Okya, four are intermediate warriors. I'm afraid they won't be easy to deal with, right?"

However, Marquis Sallans was very calm: "At least, our enemies haven't appeared in front of us either, right? This oasis is not large. If they hadn't had an accident, they would have found this cave already." As a warrior, Gu Yang was a little ashamed. Although the marquis didn't understand martial arts and magic, he was more calm than himself, an intermediate warrior.

Suddenly, their vision blurred. Instinct told them that the assassin had returned. And the assassin threw down six human heads and turned around and left. Gu Yang's heart was pounding. The six warriors among the pursuers were all dead. The face of Marquis Sallans, who had always been calm, also turned a little pale. Although neither of them spoke, both of them realized the horror of this assassin. Gu Yang shook his head: "I think if it were me, I would also die at his hands." There was a strange smile in Marquis Sallans' eyes: "Do you know, Gu Yang? I think we have an additional powerful helper." Gu Yang was not very sure: "My lord, although the legend of assassins has been circulating for a long time, but as far as I know, I haven't heard of anyone who can be friends with assassins. In their eyes, there is only money. Their blood is cold, like poisonous snakes."

When Marquis Sallans and his loyal guard were discussing about the assassin, Abu had slowly approached the two elven archers. After killing six warriors, Abu had completely immersed himself in the role of an assassin. The pursuers didn't act together but were scattered. This was extremely beneficial for Abu's assassinations. Assassins were better at dealing with individual enemies.

But no matter what, after six companions didn't send any signals anymore, the remaining three people couldn't help but be on guard, especially after finding the headless corpses. Now the two elven archers had gotten together and sent signals to the mage in the distance. The mage was carefully approaching the archers.

The sun had risen high, but in the primitive coniferous forest, it didn't seem very hot. The mottled sunlight, through the dense branches and leaves, made the forest alternately bright and dark. The elves living in the jungle were not unfamiliar with this kind of environment. However, the fear from the bottom of their hearts made the two of them involuntarily hold the horn bows. They knew that there was an even more terrifying opponent who was more familiar with the environment here than them.

The mage was getting closer and closer to them. But the elusive opponent made the mage dare not speed up. In close combat, mages were obviously weaker than warriors. And now all their warrior companions were dead. The mage had to hold up a light blue magic shield. Although the magic shield was rapidly consuming the mage's mana, at least until he joined with the two archers, the mage had to do this.

And the two elven archers placed the bone arrows on the horn bows and crouched down and moved forward almost by crawling bit by bit. The pointed ears of the elves made their hearing more than five times more sensitive than that of humans. But except for the sound of the wind, they could only hear their own heartbeats. Through the several big trees in front, one elf could already see the light blue light emitted when the mage held up the magic shield. Excitedly, he poked another elf with his hand and said in unique elvish language: "Quick, let's speed up."

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But the nearby companion didn't move. So the first elf poked again with his hand, but the companion still didn't respond. Only then did the first elf realize that something was wrong. He quickly turned his head to look and saw a person lying beside his companion. That person was looking at him coldly.

The elf subconsciously let out a scream. At such a close distance, he couldn't release the arrow. So he had to use the horn bow as a knife and slash at that person. However, just as he raised the horn bow in his hand, an invisible dagger had already cut his throat. His scream was only half uttered when it stopped.

The mage not far away still heard the elf's scream. Immediately after that, the breaths of the two elves disappeared. When the mage realized that all his companions had died, extreme anger and panic made the mage raise his magic wand. After a long chant, a deluge of fireballs smashed down like hail on the place where the elf had just died, turning there into a sea of fire. In an instant, the heat wave soared in the coniferous forest, and the raging fire spread rapidly.

The mage couldn't determine whether the terrifying opponent had died. The magic shield on his body was still open. But the oncoming heat wave made it impossible for the mage to approach. The mage could only concentrate all his mental power and closely watch whether there were signs of life ahead. But in fact, the mage himself knew that this wasn't very useful. Because it was a strange opponent. The mage had carefully searched with mental power. Even the cave where the marquis was hiding had been found by the mage. But the mage still couldn't grasp the position of the assassin! The marquis and his warrior were all in the cave. So who exactly was assassinating his companions?

The fear in the mage's heart grew higher and higher. This was clearly manifested on the mage's magic wand. Although there was already a sea of fire in front, the mage still relentlessly released two lightning spells. Several big trees that were already tottering fell down in response.

The magic shield and area magic were the most consuming for mages. The blue light on the magic wand was getting smaller and smaller, which proved all this. The mage had to let out a long breath. Then he turned and headed towards the cave where the marquis was hiding. Anyway, as long as he could kill the marquis, the task would still be considered completed.

Just when the mage had just turned around, he found a short figure standing coldly behind him. The mage couldn't help but let out a scream. The mage's scream also made that person stunned. Unexpectedly, it was a female mage. Because the mage's wide robe covered the mage's whole body, it was difficult to tell the gender just by appearance. But this scream exposed her gender.

The female mage panicked and raised her magic wand, seemingly wanting to use some instant magic. However, Abu had been waiting for this opportunity for a long time and of course wouldn't miss it. When Abu saw the mage raise the magic shield, he was already certain that his dagger couldn't pierce the mage's magic shield. So Abu could only wait and strike when the mage put away the magic shield.

Now was the time for Abu to act. After the female mage had used too many fireballs and lightning spells, there was a brief shortage of mana. The magic shield had disappeared. Although instant magic could be released immediately without chanting, the female mage's casting speed was obviously not as fast as Abu's. As soon as the female mage extended her magic wand, the masked person who was still five meters away in front of her had already pounced beside her in an instant. A cold dagger was placed on the female mage's neck. What was colder than the dagger was the masked person's voice: "Don't move, or die!"

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