Yarra’s Adventure Notes
Chapter 419 - 45 The Best Way to Sabotage Work_1

Chapter 419: Chapter 45 The Best Way to Sabotage Work_1

"You are in a bad situation." Lina grimaced at Indulgence, examining the seven or eight bloody holes on half of his body. "What game are you guys playing?"

"First, stop them." Indulgence’s face turned white due to excessive blood loss, but his voice remained steady. "This is a task assigned by our leader. What they are doing is very dangerous, we must stop them."

"You need to stay alive first." Lina did not heal Indulgence. At a glance she could tell, the wounds on Indulgence’s body aren’t things that could be healed in a few minutes, they needed a long casting time, but the current situation didn’t allow her to do so. Therefore, Lina poured a Healing Potion into Indulgence’s mouth, then she set aside the now battle-incapable him to prepare for the upcoming fight.

Passion looked indifferent, as if she didn’t care about Indulgence’s injuries. She headed towards the undead Mage at the center of the altar at an extremely fast speed, completely shaking off the deceived number three and four, no obstacles were in front of her. The expressions of numbers three and four changed dramatically, they forcefully chased after Passion, but with their speed, it was impossible to catch up with the full-sprint Assassin. They could only watch the distance being pulled further and further away.

"Humph." The Undead Mage stood his ground. He slammed his Bone Wand to the ground and snorted coldly, "Impact Spell."

For a professional Upper Rank Mage who is proficient in casting spells, the casting time for this Impact Spell is less than a second, it could almost be seen as an instant spell. Yet, this brief half-second time was seized by Vivian, who had been maintaining her silence. When Passion was dashing towards the Undead Mage, at the time when Lina was still having a simple conversation with Indulgence, Vivian had begun reciting her spell. As soon as the Undead Mage raised his wand, Vivian pointed her finger at him. In the short half-second, Vivian’s magic counter was already casting over the Undead mage. Due to her advance preparation, Vivian’s long-planned Magic Counter easily offset the resistance brought about by the rank difference, it took effect immediately, and instantly blocked the soon-to-be-released Impact Spell.

Passion hadn’t fought in coordination with the girls before, but with her combat experience, she could accurately and rapidly judge the situation on the battlefield. When the magic power of the undead Mage that was about to explode suddenly dispersed, Passion had already figured out what happened. She didn’t take any measures to evade or defend against the Mage’s magic. Her speed didn’t decrease, she didn’t even blink her eyes. She was charging single-mindedly towards the Mage’s position.

Interrupted in casting spell, the Undead Mage’s eyes twitched. He knew that he had encountered an experienced Upper Rank Mage. At this moment of urgency, he had no time to wear down the opponent’s disruptive spell to make all the opponent’s spells go into cooldown state. He was forced to take the most routine option, to use an instant spell to try and repel Passion. In his mind, as long as he could force Passion to stop for a second, his two companions would be able to catch up and Passion would not have a chance to break through. By then the situation would become a three to six battle, but since Indulgence was already half-dead and completely lost his combat efficacy, and the remaining ones were just four Gold Rank girls. He believed they could easily win.

The Undead Mage made up his mind, brandishing his wand, preparing to release Shadowstrike, Ice Ring, and Bone Wall, three instant spells consecutively. As long as he could release any one of them, it would suffice to reduce Passion’s speed to the minimum. However, unfortunately, he didn’t get a chance to release any of the three spells.

Vivian began preparing for dual-casting during the preparatory phase of releasing the Magic Counter. All her spell incantations and casting preparations were carried out following the standard of dual-casting. Therefore, after the Magic Counter had succeeded, Vivian directly activated the second spell in her dual-casting. In the world of magic, disruptive spells are easily offset by rank difference, especially the latter spell in a dual cast, the chance of being neutralized is even higher. Therefore, Vivian cleverly chose an indirectly effective spell, a Area Silence Spell, a three-meter radius, a three-second silence state. Few people would use this spell because the limitations are too big, and there are countless ways to counter it, it is almost meaningless in most scenarios. But this time Vivian made good use of it as an immediate interruption spell, nearly simultaneous Silence spell made the three instant spells of the Undead Mage dissipate as stray mana before they were even cast.

Only five seconds had passed since Passion started sprinting. During these five seconds, the Undead Mage couldn’t release a single spell under Vivian’s disruption, but the distance had already been closed by Passion to a very dangerous extent. She was less than five meters away from him, a distance that for an Upper Rank Assassin, just took a single thrust. The rigid and staid face of the Undead Mage finally changed, his previous calmness disappeared, a deep blue magic shield materialized from his body, at the same time, Stoneskin, Shield Spell, and Slow Spell were released consecutively to bolster his defense and slow down the enemy.

Generally speaking, the actions of the Undead Mage were the right choice. Facing a prepared Mage, a thief on the same rank could in no way break through the Mage’s several magic defenses and directly hurt the Mage’s body using a single thrust. All he needed was to buy himself some time, then his companions who were chasing after Passion could seriously injure her, and she would no longer have the strength to launch a second attack.

However, when the aggressive light from Passion’s dagger faded, and a yellow light radiated around her body indicating the opening of the shield, the Undead Mage immediately understood, all his hard work for more than a year had been totally wasted. Passion didn’t choose to thrust at his body. She, like him, opened her shield. Using the impact generated by the sprint, she directly crashed into his magic shield. The collision of the two shields did not do any damage to either party, but under the physical rule, the impact generated by the collision of the two nearly equal-intensity shields could not be completely dissolved, ultimately resulting in both parties bouncing off in opposite directions.

"Damn it." The Undead Mage let out a desperate roar of rage. If he had been a physical profession, he could rely on his own strength to counteract this momentum, ensuring that he stayed in place. But he was a frail mage whose physical strength was utterly inadequate to resist the impact force. He could only futilely bellow with anger as he was flung off by the force, unwillingly vacating the core position of the altar.

The two were simultaneously flung in opposite directions, with Passion hot on the heels of Ghouls number three and number four. However, it all happened so suddenly, Ghoul three and Ghoul four had not expected Passion to disrupt their operations in this manner. Therefore, when Passion flew back, the two had no time to prepare, managing only a desperate swing of their swords imbued with Aggression as they crossed paths. Passion, on the other hand, was fully prepared. When their figures intersected, he contorted his body like it had no bones, avoiding fatal blows—only two shallow marks were left on his back.

Passion’s action appeared to only knock away the Undead Mage, but its result was greatly significant. All those present were professionals highly sensitive to energy fluctuations. They could easily perceive that, as the Undead Mage left the center of the altar, something seemed to have been punctured. The surrounding energy flow instantly turned chaotic and disorderly, with massive amounts of the Energy of Death beginning to scatter into the sky. This Energy of Death moved the clouds, drawing many of them together above this Sacred Mountain, causing the late spring pasture to fall into darkness. Various tribes that regarded this as their sacred land were surprised as they looked at the sky above the Sacred Mountain, at a loss as to what had just happened. Many Beastmen knelt on the prairie in their confusion and knocked their heads repeatedly on the ground, praying to their ancestors to quell their wrath.

Having swapped minor injuries for a tactical success, Passion sprang forward, rushing to Indulgence’s side. Lifting her onto his back, he started to run towards the outside. As they crossed, Passion and the girls exchanged a glance. It seemed as if everything was decided in that momentary connection.

"Look at what you have done!" The roar of the Undead Mage echoed through the temple’s underground: "Damn assassins, you’ve ruined our two years of effort, you will pay the price. Three, four, catch up and kill those two. Summed up, they’re only half a person now. If you even fail to kill such frail enemies, don’t come back."

Hearing the Undead Mage’s words, number three ran out of the room where the altar was located, not looking back as he chased after Passion. During their sprint, number four hesitated as he glanced at the Mage.

"There’s no need for you to worry about here. Just four Gold Rank rats; I can handle them." The mage gritted his teeth tightly, rage causing his eyes to fill with blood as he exclaimed vehemently, "I will let them die in the most painful fear. I want to tear their souls apart. I want them to never find rest."

Number four had anger all over his face as well. He swung his longsword in resentment and followed number three’s steps out of the altar, leaving the four women to face a furious Undead Mage.

"You bunch of idiots." The Undead Mage tried to calm his anger as he gritted his teeth, "You intruded our temple for no reason, disrupted our ritual for no reason, and assisted our enemy for no reason. Are you ready to die for your sins?"

"Although I don’t know what your purpose is." Catherine stood in front of everyone with her shield, facing the Undead Mage’s stern gaze and said calmly, "But judging from the previous result, you artificially gathered the Energy of Death, artificially let the territory of the undead expand. Just for these facts, it is everyone’s duty to disrupt your ritual."

"Humph, talking nonsense will get you nowhere." The Undead Mage sneered, "Just now, I was operating the altar and was unable to use these souls, giving you rats an opening. Now, rest assured, I won’t give you another opportunity."

The Undead Mage waved his hand, and eight shadowy figures rose from the ground. These shadows were half real, half illusionary, and radiated a cold frosty atmosphere. They looked inexplicably eerie.

"Even if you are just four Gold Ranks, I will use all my means." The Undead Mage sneered, "You do not need to struggle. Regardless, there’s no way for the four of you to survive from me and my spirit puppets. I will let you always remember before you die: never provoke an Undead Mage’s rage." (To be continued. If you like this work, please support by voting on qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users can read on m.qidian.com.)