Chapter 273 - Warm-up Match (12)
Hubert didn’t know what happened, but the crowds was aware of it. When the swordsman shifted his gaze to the other side, Joey quickly jumped from behind and used his dagger to hit his head. The swordsman was unprepared and directly fell to the ground. The audience only felt their visions go blurry and Joey once again disappeared without a trace.
“Not bad.”
Hiller narrowed his eyes, and then he looked at Shawn, who was silent.
“What do you think?”
“It’s okay.”
Although Shawn didn’t give the answer Hiller had hoped for, Hiller still laughed as he heard his answer. He reached out his hand and patted Shawn’s shoulder. After that, he turned around to look at another man not far from him. Noticing Hiller’s gaze, the man showed an awkward expression.
“Not bad, not bad. What do you think, Hawk?”
“This… This…”
Hearing Hiller’s question, Hawk’s expressions was both angry and awkward, but he couldn’t do anything about it. He forced himself to smile and nod at Hiller. However, he was unable to say anything, because he didn’t know what to say either.
A Thief had to be able to withstand loneliness. He couldn’t take any actions unless he was absolutely sure. Otherwise, the unlucky one would be him.
This was what Joey had learned from the Mirage. He had never been so deeply aware of the horror of loneliness. At that time, he felt as if he was the only one left in the world and all the people around him had disappeared. This feeling of panic and loneliness almost made him collapse. Feelings of worry and hesitation of the assassination had disappeared because at that time, Joey seemed to be extremely happy.
He would rather have a dagger pierce his body than become crazy in that endless loneliness.
Even so, he still persisted.
A first-class Thief not only had to learn to accept loneliness and endure loneliness, but had to learn to integrate with loneliness and completely erase their own sense of existence. Even if he stood there, as long as he did not actively appear, there would be no one able to perceive his existence. This was a peak-level Thief’s skill.
Of course, the current Joey had not yet reached that state. But for him, using his current skills was enough to deal with these mercenaries.
The second one.
Joey focused his sight on the second target. He moved slowly once again and arrived behind him. He took out the dagger under his cloak and carefully looked at his target’s back. Then, Joey took a deep breath. He leaped up, flipped over the hilt, and tried to knock his opponent out.
Clang!!
At this time, a shining sword appeared from the side and blocked his attack.
Did I just fail?
When Joey turned his head, he saw Hubert’s face.
Finally, I caught him!!
As a leader of a mercenary group, of course, Hubert wasn’t weak. Although what he did before in the ring seemed to be in vain, but he wasn’t as stupid as to wait to be beaten by the opponent. From the previous battle, Hubert had been aware of the opponent’s method, so he deliberately let the remaining two mercenaries go into the ring in order to increase the bait to lure Joey out. From the surface it seemed that the four of them were scattered, but carefully looking at them, it could be seen that no matter where they went, they always maintained a considerable distance. Since Hubert was concentrating on guarding his subordinates’ back, he would be able to detect Joey’s movement and react immediately. Of course, if Joey were to sneak up on him, Hubert would be dead already. However, he still decided to do so. After all, the current situation was to their disadvantage. He would bet that there was a chance. The ratio was 1:3; if Joey didn’t attack him, then he would win this bet!
It had to be said that Hubert placed the right bet. Although Joey had trained for several days in the mirage, he still didn’t have enough battle experience. The reason he didn’t choose Hubert was because he was still a rookie inside.
In the eyes of rookie mercenaries like him, the leader was the most powerful. It would be difficult to attack him and the chance of failure was bigger. Therefore, it was better to start with those who were slightly weaker because the winning chance was higher.
Of course, this idea was understandable in Joey’s opinion, but now, this idea also put him in a bind.
After blocking Joey’s attack, Hubert didn’t stop there.He kept swinging his sword, trying to corner him. At the same time, the other three turned around and formed a circle to surround him.
When Joey finally reacted, he was already encircled.