Chapter 177 - Stalked
When Blackjack was gone, Angor began thinking about his previous match. It appeared to be easy, but if Blackjack chose something else to use at the beginning, such as using an attack based card, the result might be different.
All four cards were Quickened spells, and they all had strong effects.
Blackjack lost his chance to retaliate due to his carelessness and the fixed approach he used in the other fights, and it allowed Angor to gain experience instead.
“I wonder which branch Blackjack is studying. Those cards were good. They’re as powerful as magic scrolls,” Angor thought to himself. Next time, he would go to Sunders and ask about this, considering how Blackjack really looked like Sunders himself.
The second match, Baron Milk VS Ashen Warrior.
The name suggested that this one was a Bloodline apprentice. Bloodline wizards were relatively strong compared to the other wizards of the same level, but they had to absorb a strong bloodline to strengthen themselves first. Ashen Warrior was only a level-1 apprentice who had not found a suitable bloodline yet. He only knew basic punches and kicks. Angor only needed a Frost spell to control the field and easily defeated him with the alchemy weapon.
The victory against Ashen Warrior won Angor 13 merit points, which was totally neglectable compared to his winnings from Blackjack.
Toby did not rest after its attempt. The bird used the corpse of the hound user as a leaping stone and shot himself toward the sexy woman next.
Angor left Toby to its own job. His targets were the twin brothers in front of him. His instinct told him that these two were harder to deal with.
Under the attacks of countless golden arrows, the brothers held each other’s hands tightly like a pair of newly-married couple. Under Angor’s troubled gaze, a fire wall came from the elder brother’s body while a water wall came from the younger brother. The two conflicting elements somehow existed in harmony and fused into one.
The golden arrows could only pierce the first layer of the fused barrier and were completely bounced away by the second.
“Brothers of one mind! Water & Flame Barrier!”
“Brothers of one mind! Water & Flame Barrier!”
Angor felt really uncomfortable when he heard the brothers yelling in unison. Seriously, why would people announce the names of their skills like that anyway?
He did not stop his action though. He still had two hundred bolts. There was no way that the barrier could hold on forever.
The twins needed their mana to sustain the barrier while Angor simply needed to move a finger. “Let’s see who’s gonna give up first.”
As Angor released his arrows continuously, a woman’s scream came from behind, along with the booming noise of an explosion.
Angor glanced away. The twins also spared some effort the check out the battle in the other direction.
They saw the hound user already dead, and the sexy woman was pushed into the ground by a black shadow. The explosion was caused by the woman’s body when it broke the ground open.
“What’s that? Baron Milk’s familiar? What’s the deal with that strength?!” The white-robed twin exclaimed in shock.
“I saw it, little brother!” The black-robed twin yelled.
“It’s a bird!” They both shouted.
Angor, on the other hand, felt as if he was watching a drama display.
The water-and-flame barrier created by the twin brothers was quite sturdy, and Angor could not penetrate it. Toby already finished its own fight really fast. The bird was now rushing toward the brothers like another bolt.
“This is bad, little brother. My mana is spent!”
“Me too!”
As Toby was about to reach the barrier, someone else suddenly spoke in a puzzled tone.
“To—Toby??”
Toby halted in the air and along with Angor, they looked at who just called his name.
They saw a young man with a pockmarked face, who was wearing a pair of goggles over his forehead. The young man was carefully following behind another middle-aged, elegantly-dressed man, who had just emerged from a narrow path in the woods.
“Dave?” Angor realized who had come.
It was Dave who just called Toby. Angor did not recognize the middle-aged figure beside him.
The appearance of Dave distracted Angor and Toby’s attention on the twin brothers.
“Master Prome? The alchemy weapon of Baron Milk was made by Master Prome?”
It seemed the twins knew the identity of the man. They quickly exchanged a look and nodded at the same time.
“Run!”
They ran in opposite directions. One toward the depth of woods while the other headed outside the woods.
When Angor noticed their actions and looked back, they were already at a good distance away. Toby pointed a wing at them and asked Angor if it should chase them.
Angor considered for a bit and shook his head in the end.