Chapter 11
The whistle of arrows streaking through the air divided the pair in a heartbeat . Iliana was the first to sense the danger . Using her arm-strength of nearly two thousand kilos, she pushed Konrad into the air and somersaulted to avoid the incoming bolts . They flew past the area she previously laid in and lodged into the distance .
"What's the meaning of this? Why didn't you warn me?"
An outraged Konrad asked the system .
"Hum…about that…I can only warn you against malicious intent aimed at you…and you're not the target…"
"Son of a bitch!"
But Konrad didn't have any time to waste on the unreliable system as ten figures flew from the shadows and shot toward Iliana .
By the time they landed back on the ground, the ten figures had surrounded them .
The moon flashed, revealing ten masked forms whose only discernable characteristics were the bodies that made their genders evident and the cultivation base that rippled from them .
As the duo's eyes swept them, they were alarmed . Iliana, in particular, couldn't believe her eyes for she could clearly see details that Konrad couldn't .
Six high-level True Knights!
Three mid-level True Priests!
One Grand Knight!
Such a formidable lineup was enough to shred anyone below the Grand Rank in a heartbeat .
And such a formidable lineup was aimed at her .
"Could it be…"
But distraction wasn't permitted so, Iliana cast her thoughts aside and focused on the incoming onslaught .
It didn't come . Instead, the leader, a tall masked woman with an overbearing aura that carried one's gaze away from her engrossing curves, switched her attention to Konrad .
"You can leave . "
The words were simple and looked amiable, but they carried a forceful power that commanded obedience . Konrad was perplexed . It was common sense to dispose of witnesses when conducting assassinations . Why then was that woman allowing him to leave?
Was it because of his otherworldly charm and fantastic bearing?
Nah…
The woman's words had a drastic effect on Iliana . Her eyes grew cold, and any goodwill she might have felt toward Konrad instantly turned into rancor . Seeing that, Konrad was annoyed but couldn't blame her . To say nothing of her, even he was finding the situation incomprehensible . To any bystander, it would look like Konrad had been tasked with distracting her for the assassins to strike!
His next words, however, replaced her growing resentment by a tinge of warmth .
"After I shove my cock down your throat . "
"Break his legs!"
The Grand Knight assassin roared and in tandem, the six high-level True Knights she commanded shot toward the duo .
At their back, the remaining three mid-level True Priests conjured scalding jets of pure white flames that rushed toward Iliana .
"Energy Sword!"
Iliana extended her right hand, and dazzling blue light gathered within to morph into a dark-blue longsword . Both knights and priests cultivated spiritual energy . But knights would use that energy to refine their bodies while priests would use it to empower their minds .
And although True Knights and above could transform their spiritual energy into weapons of all kinds and shapes, they often chose swords .
Dark-blue sword aura swirled around Iliana, and despite the odds clearly being stacked against her, she was unafraid . With a sword stroke, she divided the flames rushing toward her . At that time, Konrad's voice echoed .
"True Suppression Bead!"
Konrad tossed the purple bead into the air, and it released six purple glyphs that slammed into the incoming True-Knights' foreheads .
Instantly, the energy weapons they had summoned vanished into thin air, and their cultivation base was sealed by the glowing glyphs .
"W-what the hell is going on?"
"My…my cultivation?"
The six assassins crashed onto the ground and were now no different from mortals . The brutal change took all the gathered warriors aback . And using the element of surprise, Konrad pounced onto the crippled knights with bared claws .
*Crack*
He grabbed two by the throat and wrenched their necks before tossing them onto the ground like heaps of trash . But by now, the gathered warriors and priests had snapped out of their torpor .
"Hateful!"
The Grand Knight woman scolded while sky-blue energy waves burst from her form . She condensed an energy broadsword and shot toward Konrad . But at that time, Iliana struck .
Her sword drew an ordinary arc, and blinding sword aura shot in a half-moon shape and beheaded the remaining four knights . Afterward, she stomped her foot and barreled into the Grand Knight with a diagonal slash .
*Clang*
The Grand Knight received her with a rightward sweep of her broadsword, and their weapons met in a metallic clash .
In a flash, the assassins had lost more than half their numbers . But the situation still wasn't optimistic . The three True Priests resumed casting their spells and fired flame arrows at Konrad .
"System, exchange a thousand exp for a low-grade True Rank Shield . "
"Alrighty!"
The system completed the exchanged, and a bronze shield appeared within Konrad's hands . Without hesitation, he directed it toward the incoming flame arrows and stopped their onslaught .
His cold eyes then swept the scene, and his face contorted into a frown . Iliana was currently being pushed back by the Grand Knight whose sword strokes suppressed hers in every way . Meanwhile, the three True Priest resumed casting spells to assail Konrad .
Of the still breathing people, all were females . But their cultivations were too high for Konrad to take great advantage of that . Only Iliana could tip the scales .
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