The assassin’s expression darkened. He looked at Erwin and Jay. They had fought for a while, but none of them sustained any injuries. Whenever he tried to attack, Ragna would block that attack as Jay helped him. Erwin was strong enough to fight by himself, while Kanaria was too far away.
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There was one person that looked exposed.
Jay and Erwin charged forward, pincering him from two directions.
The assassin’s eyes flashed as he spun his body, striking Jay and Erwin in rapid succession.
Jay was blown away while Erwin managed to withstand the impact. As a result, the assassin turned to Erwin to kill him.
However, Kanaria suddenly shot him from far away. Unfortunately, the assassin managed to pick it up with his instinct and avoided the bullet at the last second.
After that, the assassin turned around and leaped toward Melody. He had been waiting for Kanaria to shoot.
At the very least, he got one second before she could shoot again.
"!!!" Ragna, Jay, and Erwin chased after him right away. On the other hand, Melody didn’t bother to raise her pistol as if everything was going to be alright.
It turned out Kanaria released another bullet right away, which forced the assassin to leap into the air, slowing him down.
During that time, Jay and Erwin moved to the side while Ragna remained aligned with him.
The assassin should think that Melody couldn’t shoot because her teammates were right behind him, but that was a mistake.
Since there was only Ragna that might potentially get hit, Melody suddenly raised her gun and shot several times.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
"!!!" The assassins followed the muzzle’s movement and put his dagger in its trajectory. Each bullet ended up getting split into two and missed him.
After that, the assassin sped up, covering the remaining distance in a single leap.
Melody remained calm, trying to release another shot. Unfortunately for her, the assassin was a bit quicker than she originally thought. He struck the pistol from below, knocking it into the air.
After that, the assassin waved his daggers multiple times as he passed Melody. This way, he managed to injure Melody while her body remained standing to become an obstacle that would slow down her friends.
The assassin managed to cut her right shoulder, her left arm, her side, and her left thigh. However, all those wounds were nothing but a graze.
"!!!" The assassin underestimated the ’armor’ Melody put on. The reason why she remained calm was because she had the leather armor made of Tier 4 snake scale and Clovis’ clothes.
On the other hand, the assassin wouldn’t be alright either. If the armor helped her confidence, what she hid behind her was the one that made her unable to move.
The assassin suddenly heard a beeping sound coming from the ground.
"!!!" When he saw the ground, he noticed a sticky bomb already activating. He hurriedly tossed his body to the side, but the explosion was still one step faster.
Boom!
The assassin blocked the bomb with both of his arms, but he was launched into the air, his body rolling several times the moment it touched the ground. In addition, there were scorching marks on his arms. The explosion also produced several small holes in his arms. The bleeding wasn’t that harsh, but the assassin had to block an explosion head-on. There was no way his arms would remain the same.
More importantly, there was no way Ragna and the others would just leave him alone.
The assassin gritted his teeth, enduring the pain. He saw Erwin coming, but the first thing he had to do was roll to the side as another bullet almost hit him.
Erwin reached the assassin first. Now that there was an opportunity, he went for the kill. He knew that defeating a Tier 5 opponent without a single wound would be impossible.
Before sending his wires, Erwin jumped into the air. The assassin waved only one dagger because he wasn’t in position yet.
The assassin was supposed to hit the wires, but Erwin jumped into the air so that he could use the momentum and kick the assassin just by stretching his leg forward.
The assassin saw the clumsy attempt and made his choice. He let Erwin come closer, his wires trying to break apart the leather armor underneath his clothes.
Even though the wires didn’t manage to slice through it, they managed to graze several parts that weren’t protected by the armor.
In exchange, the assassin stabbed Erwin’s left calf, but it didn’t stop his momentum. As a result, the kick still hit him and caused him to fall to the ground.
However, that was worth it. Erwin jumped using his other leg, but it was clear that the wound was quite severe as he couldn’t stand straight anymore. At least he wouldn’t be able to use his left leg anymore.
What the assassin didn’t expect was that everything was just a distraction.
With the assassin on the ground, Jay and Ragna could close in without worries.
The assassin tried to get back on his feet, but Ragna thrust his spear, taking advantage of the spear’s longer reach to stop him from escaping.
The assassin knocked Ragna’s spear with his Tier 5 strength, but Jay suddenly emerged from behind Ragna. Even though there was still some distance, he swung his sword.
"Tsk!" Realizing he had been tricked by opportunities, the assassin was one step too late to block this attack. As a result, his right arm was cut.
Unbeknownst to them, there was a group of five standing two hundred meters away from them, observing the fight. The one leading them was a Tier 5 middle-aged man, while the rest of the people were Tier 4.
"In the end, we are also getting involved in this matter," One of them said.
"That doesn’t matter. Even if we try to avoid it, they’ll find a way to drag us."
"Yeah. Because of that, we have to make our stance clear."
"It seems that the family head has made a decision."
All four of them glanced at the Tier 5 middle-aged man.