“When the attacker cast that Fla Pillar spell just now, I imdiately knew that his strength was far above mine.” lgor said, “So it’s actually a good thing that you didn’t manage to catch up to him. Don’t be so reckless next ti, or you could lose your life.”
Curious, Ren Xiaosu asked, “You were even able to determine that sorcerer was stronger than you when he just appeared out of nowhere and cast a single spell? Is it because there aren’t many sorcerers who are weaker than you?”
lgor was speechless.
He imdiately felt uncomfortable. But when he thought about it carefully, that really seed to be the case.
However, in order to save his reputation as a sorcerer, lgor still emphasized, “You might not have seen the most basic Fla Pillar spell before, but I have. Its temperature is much lower than the one he cast. If that sorcerer had not had many years of training, he couldn’t show that kind of power at all. By the way, did you see how he was dressed?”
“Yes.” Ren Xiaosu nodded. “He was wearing brown leather armor and had a concealed arrow within his sleeve. It felt like he was very experienced in combat, so he didn’t seem like a sorcerer at all.”
“Then that’s it.” lgor nodded and said, “That’s a bounty hunter and not a true sorcerer. The identities of such bounty hunters are actually very sensitive. They usually work for the archmages’ secular families and specialize in doing the dirty and laborious work for them. If their identities get exposed, they’ll just say they stole their Eyes of True Sight from soone else. In any case, they’ll deny any and all ties with the magus order. Of course, there’s also bounty hunters who truly operate on the fringe of society, and those are fugitives who’re constantly targeted by the magus order.”
lgor continued, “These bounty hunters are different from true sorcerers. True magi pursue the mastery of sorcery while bounty hunters seek death and destruction. On one hand, it’s because they specialize in assassination. On the other hand, it’s very difficult for them to reach a higher level of sorcery through normal ans. That bounty hunter was a very typical example. The ditation visualization for the Fla Pillar spell is considered pretty common and can often be found in the black market. Furthermore, they tend to use more effective killing thods. A Fireball has a trajectory to follow, but the Fla Pillar can deal more explosive damage in an instant. It’s considered the go-to spell of bounty hunters.”
“You might not be strong, but you sure know quite a bit.” Ren Xiaosu chuckled.
lgor said resentfully, “Must you provoke every day? Will it make you stronger if my feelings get hurt by you or sothing?”
“Ahem, no, not at all.” Ren Xiaosu comforted, “Aren’t I just trying to motivate you to improve? Otherwise, how’re you going to steal your lover back? Are you just gonna depend on alone… Although that would work too.”
“Will you die if you don’t brag?” lgor said helplessly, “You can’t even catch up to a bounty hunter, so what makes you think you can help ? Where does your confidence co from?!”
Nearby, Liu Ting and Li Chengguo curled their lips. Although they had beco closer, they were still a little unused to Ren Xiaosu’s inexplicable narcissism and confidence.
However, Ren Xiaosu could not possibly tell the truth to these three. If he just bluntly said, “I’ve already killed that bounty hunter!”
Then what? lgor would imdiately think, ‘Since you’re capable of killing that bounty hunter, how did you get bound by my Earth Bind spell back then?‘
Imdiately after, they would all start asking about that bounty hunter’s Eye of True Sight. Then should Ren Xiaosu keep it for himself or hand it over?
Who could guarantee that Li Chengguo and Liu Ting really considered Ren Xiaosu a friend? Until now, Ren Xiaosu had not seen any gratitude tokens earned from Liu Ting. But even if Liu Ting had thanked him sincerely before, people could still change.
There was no need for Ren Xiaosu to bet his life on these people.
At this mont, no one knew the most polite sorcerer in the history of the Magi had been born, and the person who witnessed the birth was dead.
lgor did not continue resting. Instead, he quickly led Ren Xiaosu and the others on their way. Now that bounty hunters had arrived, he had to get back to York County before they were attacked again.
The opponent had probably chosen to make a move here because they did not want to take action in the Kingdom of Sorcerers. After all, if a sorcerer were assassinated in the Magi’s territory, it would an soone was trying to go against the entire order.
Since the magus order saw themselves as gods and declared the fringe sorcerers as “Children of Heaven,” they would have to uphold this authority.
Would a god that could be killed by soone still be a god?
Therefore, there were also unwritten rules among sorcerers. If so things had to be taken care of, they could not let the secular world know about it.
Not long after they left, a middle-aged man quietly ca to the place where Ren Xiaosu and company had reorganized. He first checked on the battle situation and found there were still traces of the Fla Pillar spell released by the bounty hunter there.
Right afterwards, he followed the tracks in the Gobi Desert southwards. The more he saw, the more shocked he beca.
This was because he realized that the bounty hunter had chosen to use the Fla Pillar while he was retreating. This ant the bounty hunter had encountered a troubleso enemy and wanted to use the spell to delay the opponent’s pursuit.
The middle-aged man frowned. This did not match the intel he had been given. To be honest, he did not expect the plan to fail this ti.
Thinking of this, he continued walking forward. Imdiately, he saw a dazzling scene of spells that had been cast. There was Liquefy Ground, Wind Bind, and even so other indiscernible spells.
Imdiately after, he saw a pool of blood on the ground that had almost been covered by the sand blowing in the Gobi.
He carefully brushed away the yellow sand that was covering the bloodstains and looked at a certain spot on the ground where the Liquefy Ground spell was cast. He could tell that soone had fallen inside but used Sudden Stalagmite to break free from the trap.
From the look of things, this was where the bounty hunter t his demise.
The middle-aged man slowly stood up. He took out his Eye of True Sight from his waist belt and recited an incantation. A mont later, a falcon flew from his Eye of True Sight and headed northwest.
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