Chapter XIV: Assault
Just when Vida was attacked, Zuo Ze, who was in the hotel, also had a problem.
A knock on the door suddenly sounded, interrupting Zuo Ze's deep thought. "Hello, Your Excellency. I'm the waiter at the hotel, and the Lord's Mansion has sent you an invitation to accept it. The waiter outside the door said.
"Okay, I'll be right away, you wait." Zuo Ze replied without thinking too much. I thought it was because of today's confrontation with Mrs. Chell that it attracted the attention of the officials of Natham City.
Coming to the door, Zuo Ze was just about to open the door when he heard Ao's prompt, "Respected Master Brigade, the emission of shadow energy has been detected, please pay attention." Zuo Ze stopped opening the door and hurriedly asked, "Ao, what's the situation, where is the shadow energy?" ”
Ao Machinery replied, "It's just three meters in front of the Brigade Mage, please take care of your own safety." After hearing this, Zuo Ze looked up at the door of the room, three meters away was the waiter of the hotel, obviously this waiter was disguised, except for the spellcaster who began to contact the different energies of the natural world after becoming a professional, the other professions had to reach the intermediate level of the profession (silver level) to start contacting these energies.
And a normal waiter in a hotel has absolutely no shadow energy in his body. It's a long story, but the exchange of ideas is the fastest in the world. A second later, Zuo Ze quietly opened the door, and the eyes under the hood began to emit a faint blue light, and Ao had already begun to scan the pretender opposite.
"Your Excellency, this is an invitation from the City Lord's Mansion to you." The pretender said that he was about to hand the invitation to Zuo Ze.
For Zuo Ze, who has already discovered the problem, how could he accept this invitation. Zuo Ze suddenly lifted the blade of his cloak and shrouded it towards the pretender, covering his eyes, and the crossbow on his left arm fired three crossbow arrows at his body at the same time.
The impostor was clearly caught off guard, having no idea when he was exposed, and struggling to avoid the crossbow bolt that shot at the heart, lunged to the left. The narrow corridor limited the pretender's playfulness, and only one of the three crossbow arrows avoided it, one in the right arm and one in the right chest.
The pretender who fell to the ground obviously wanted to continue to escape, and just as he was about to get up, he was shot through the thigh by a crossbow arrow that Zuo Ze activated again and nailed to the ground. Zuo Ze took a few steps forward, stepped on the pretender's back, leaned down, put the dark gold three-edged hidden blade on his throat, and said coldly, "If you choose the wrong opponent, then you should at least choose the right weapon!" Good ...... all the way."
The badly injured pretender was powerless to resist, and a large amount of blood loss made his mind begin to become chaotic, and the wound on his right lung made him spit out a mouthful of blood every time he breathed, and he couldn't answer Zuo Ze's words at all.
Zuo Ze saw the situation of the pretender, Zuo Ze planned to end his suffering, anyway, he had the existence of Ao, and everything was clear after absorbing his soul; The Hidden Blade slowly sliced through the pretender's throat, listening to the sound of the pretender's coughing before he died, Zuo Ze struggled to adjust himself to the feeling of blood and killing.
Zuo Ze's hands are very steady and slow; The first time he killed at close range, Zuo Ze's mood was a little nervous, looking at the pretender who was still trying to survive, he felt a little guilty in his heart, and then remembered that the pretender was probably here to kill him, and was suddenly replaced by anger, and he stabilized his emotions, and found that the pretender on the ground had become a corpse, smelling the rust smell of blood, and there was a faint and inexplicable excitement.
The corridor was quiet, except for the sound of Zuo Ze pulling out the crossbow arrow. When Zuo Ze slowly cleaned up the blood stains on the crossbow arrows and the Hidden Blade, he finally stabilized his mind.
Close the door and leave the blood and carnage outside. Zuo Ze sat on the recliner and asked calmly, "Ao, have you finished sorting out his memories?" ”
Okuya replied calmly, "Honorable Master Brigade, I have finished sorting out his memories, do you want to send them to the Book of Summoning after summarizing?" ”
Zuo Ze replied lazily, "No need, I'm a little tired." Just tell me about it, I'll listen. ”
After hearing this, Ao continued, "Derek, the masked mage group under the Council of Sixteen in Waterdeep, and the leader of the seventh group of operations in Netom City. The class is an exemplary assassin (level 13, Faeron is called a high-level professional); The goal of this operation is to assassinate you and Vader, who are suspected of having high-level peak professionals, to avenge the secret agents of the organization you killed, and to deter other organizations, and to maintain the influence of the masked mage group around Nessam City, the details of the operation are as follows: 1. kidnap Barnes Jr.'s family and find out the target's range of activities, 2. ....... disguised as Randil"
Zuo Ze listened to Ao's account and knew that Vader and Barnes Jr. were also attacked. Zuo Ze sighed deeply, don't think about it, except for believing in Vida's strength, he can't make any other preparations now, if Vida has an accident, his plan can be completely nullified, and even his life is in danger.
Strength! In the final analysis, Zuo Ze himself does not have strong strength, and the career starting point provided to him by Ao is too high, which is not conducive to Zuo Ze's growth at the beginning stage, and the potential of the brigade mage does not represent Zuo Ze's current strength. Zuo Ze was confused, expecting Vader to return safely.
At the same time, Vader also engaged the attackers.
Vader, who holds an ice shield all day long, is thought to be a shield warrior by the masked mage group, and specially arranges a mid-level mage (level 10, gold level) and a high-level shadow ranger (level 15, exemplary level) to assassinate him, but the error in information makes the attacker pay the price of the death of the mid-level mage at the beginning.
Vader is not native to the world of Torrell, and his profession is that of a Frost Guardian. Vader's Ice Shield is made from ice cubes from sacred mountains blessed by the Ancestral Spirits, and can reflect all kinds of spell attacks and is durable.
When the mage hidden in the crowd did not hesitate, he unleashed a thunderbolt (level 5 spell) and slashed at Vader; And then there is no more. The lightning reflected by the ice shield headed towards the mid-level mage, splitting the protective force field and spell armor on his body, and directly turned into a cloud of black charcoal.
The ranger on the roof was frightened by the scene that happened in front of him. Hurriedly jumped in a shadow, hid in the shadows, and only after observing did he start to keep releasing cold arrows, but unfortunately he was blocked by Vader one by one.
For the kite tactics of this high-level ranger, Vader, who has short legs, has no good solution, so he can only keep blocking with an ice shield and protecting little Barnes. Fortunately, Barnes Jr. was not big in size and was well protected by Vader, and saw that the battle began to stalemate.
Calm down, Barnes Jr. began to look around, and he had found his way out of the way after leading the way for many years. Barnes Jr. hurriedly said to Vader, "Your Excellency, there is a path over there that can lead directly to the back door of the Landil Hotel. ”
The current situation did not allow Vader to continue to send Barnes Jr. home, and after hearing Barnes's words, he hurriedly picked him up and charged towards the path with an ice shield in his right hand.