Chapter 200
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Suzanna raised her arm and hid half of her face from the elf . Her nose and mouth were obscured by her arm, but her eyes were still visible . This seemed like a strange move, but the mercenary gasped, and looked shocked and confused .
"You-You’re…" the elf said, stumbling over his words .
Suzanna did not wait for him to finish . She raised her sword and lunged at the mercenary, slashing at his head . The mercenary stumbled away and raised his shield . Suzanna’s sword radiance broke apart as it hit the shield, and the mercenary took a few steps back . The shield was clearly not just a common shield . After blocking attacks from both Anfey and Suzanna, it was still intact .
The elf arched his back and dashed towards Suzanna . He held out his bow and displayed his expert archer skills again . He released three arrows at Suzanna in quick succession . One of the arrows flew towards Suzanna’s throat, while the other two were aimed at her shoulders .
Suzanna ducked and avoided the arrows . Then she lashed out again, her combat power bright and powerful .
Anfey dashed forward and engaged the swordsman . He liked using bows and arrows, but fighting an archer who was superior to him required him to engage his opponent in close combat .
The elf kept backing away, leaving blurred images where he had stood only moments ago . He kept attacking Suzanna and found time to shoot arrows towards Anfey as well .
Anfey kept himself calm . He knew how fast the elf could be . He did not watch the elf’s hand, and instead focused on the short, green bow . As soon as the bow changed direction, he jumped to the side . The arrows flew past him .
Suzanna was forced to stop her attack and use defensive moves after a series of attacks . She observed her enemies carefully, trying to protect herself . Since Suzanna stopped attacking, the enemies turned their focus to Anfey . He stumbled through the grass and gave up trying to engage in close combat . He then jumped up and summoned his longbow . He shot at the elf, then disappeared into the bushes again .
The elf clearly was better at attacking than he was at defending himself . Anfey’s arrow almost hit his chest . The elf countered the attack and blocked the arrow with his bow . However, this knocked him off balance .
The mercenary stumbled awkwardly . It was clear that he was untrained in this form of combat .
Anfey quickly ducked behind another bush after he landed, but did not hear the sound of arrows . He looked up and searched for the elf . He aimed his longbow at the elf and fired again .
The bush in front of the elf suddenly changed shape and turned into a large shield . The shield distracted Anfey, and the elf ducked behind a tree .
Anfey waved his hand and summoned an element arrow . He nocked the arrow and shot at the tree .
The element arrow exploded on the tree and left a large hole . The elf jumped out of the way and avoided the fate of being killed by the arrow . He jumped quicly away from the tree .
Logically, Anfey should feel frustrated that all his shots missed the target . However, he felt more relieved than frustrated . He needed to force the elf away from the fight . Suzanna was more powerful than the mercenary with the shield, and as long as there was no distraction, she could easily defeat him . If the mercenary died, the elf would not last long . Anfey swept his gaze through the forest and saw Riska hiding among the trees . Most of the students that escaped the Sacred City had some change in heart . Mages value tradition and glory, but these students stopped caring about those things . What was important to them was victory .
The elf whispered something under his breath, and his body was enveloped by vines . As Anfey approached, the vines quickly shriveled up, and two men appeared . The two figures dashed in opposite directions .
Anfey was shocked by this sudden change . He drew his bow and fired an arrow at the figure dashing to the left . The figure was hit and dispersed into green lights . The figure to the right had already drawn his bow .
Anfey jumped aside to avoid the arrows . He could clearly hear the sound of arrows ripping through the air . Some arrows came dangerously close to him .
Anfey didn't have the time or need to turn around . He move around in the forest quickly, with the elf close behind him . There was hatred and anxiety in the elf’s eyes . It appeared that he knew well how powerful Suzanna was, and wanted to return to help his companion .
Anfey was already several hundred feet away, but the elf was still close behind him . He turned to the left and kicked on a large stone . He jumped into a tree, and jumped down, disappearing from the elf's vision .
The elf followed him and jumped into the tree, and suddenly felt magic surges from behind a small mound . He knew Anfey was about to summon an element arrow again . The elf was very worried about the length of the fight . He wasn’t sure if the other mercenary could hold Suzanna off for long . He wanted to end his fight and return to help his friend . Seeing no other options, the elf jumped off of the tree and began to shoot arrows more quickly . The arrows attacked the mound from all sides, blocking all possibilities of escape for whoever was behind it .
The elf landed, and realized the ground under his feet was not solid ground, but instead soft mud . His body began sinking .
If he was just normally walking or running, maybe he could have escaped the swamp . Instead, he had jumped down from a tree and had too much momentum . He was deep in the swamp before he even realized what had happened .
Lightning struck the elf, and Anfey jumped out from behind the mound . He held his fire sword and slashed at the elf’s neck .
"Saved your skin, didn’t I?" Riska said, appearing from among the trees . Growth was inevitable, and Riska, who would once feel nauseous at the sight of blood, no longer felt discomfort at the sight of it .
"Finally," Anfey said, sighing in relief . He had learned a lot from this fight . Not only did it help him perfect his skills, it also helped him find himself again . Now, however, the only thing he needed was rest .
Suzanna had the advantage . Every time her sword thrust out, her opponent would stumble back . Seeing that Anfey and Riska had joined Suzanna, and the elf did not reappear, the mercenary knew that he had no hope of winning . He bellowed and raised his shield, fending off Suzanna’s attack . Then he glanced at the sky, and buried his own sword in his chest . He stumbled back, then fell to the ground .
Suzanna stood there, staring at her fallen opponent, her eyes staring at the mercenary but seeing something hidden deep in her memories .
Anfey walked over and took the shield from the mercenary’s hand . Then he brought the large shield down on the man’s head, crushing his skull .
Riska jumped back, staring it Anfey . Suzanna turned and frowned, perplexed by his actions .
"Come, we need to find a place to rest," Anfey said .
Whenever Anfey saw someone who committed suicide, it always reminded him of a woman he had fought years ago . Someone had commissioned him to kill her . After an intense fight, the woman realized she was no match to him, and committed suicide by shoot herself in the chest . Anfey thought he had finished the job, but six months later she reappeared and held him at gunpoint .
Anfey could not believe what he was seeing, but the woman told him that there were places on a person’s chest that would allow a bullet to go through without killing the person . The woman, however, did not control her emotions too well . She wanted to tell Anfey about how she had lived, because she wanted to see his regret about not finishing her off . In the end, Anfey took her gun and killed her in a fight . In order not to make the same mistake again, Anfey made sure that he put enough bullets through her .
After that, whenever someone committed suicide in front of him, Anfey felt obligated to make sure his opponent was really dead . After all, life was not a play, and it was better to make sure one’s enemies did not come back from the dead .
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