Shadow Covenant

Chapter 202 201 "Sneak Attack"

When Cohen saw the tabby cat that disappeared with Tecia appear next to Cecil, everything was actually clear.

"You planned all of this!?"

But he still shouted to Woody unwillingly, with a hint of fear in his angry expression, this was the first time he encountered such a human being who could change at any time, compared to those chaotic creatures who could not predict their actions at all, he seemed to be Just like those demons have more basic principles to limit their own behavior.

"How can it be called a plan? When you first started doing it, you should have thought that there would be such a day."

Woody didn't talk nonsense with him too much. After Cecil used the counterspell to interrupt his escape from the mist, he also rode on the grape and drove the horse to him. The sharpness of the curved sword was in his eyes. The eyes bloom together.

"Come down!"

"No, you can't kill me! I won't give in either!"

Apparently, Cohen didn't want to be caught without a fight. He couldn't accept this ending. He, who was also riding a horse, took out a knight's long sword out of nowhere, and stabbed directly in Woody's direction. His speed was not slow, faster than It is even half a point faster than the previous Silver Knight, and the strength and skill of the explosion are similar to the southern military swordsmanship that Woody encountered in his previous life. It should be the breathing method passed down by Kamutla's family.

But for Woody, these are still too slow. After all, his current physical fitness has been upgraded to the extraordinary level under Cecil's various buff spells, not to mention that his combat experience is far more powerful than this thing. The nobles who hide from XZ are much higher.

Jingle Jingle!

The sound of weapons clashing was extremely loud in the dark night, and sparks even appeared several times.

But after just a few simple rounds of parrying, Cohen was horrified to find that he was at a disadvantage, and his self-confidence, which was not strong at first, was more and more frustrated.

He thought that he might lose, but he never thought that he would lose so quickly, let alone there was a spellcaster beside him.

caster...

By the way, the caster.

Cohen, who originally wanted to try to escape, seemed to have thought of something. Facing Woody's blade combo like a storm, he retreated decisively. Woody is not yet skilled in horseback riding, and he is weak in this respect. Seeing that he was retreating, he simply abandoned the grapes. With a little force on his feet, he turned over in the air and left the horse's back. Then, the moment he landed, his legs bent, and he rushed towards the direction of Cohen's retreat like a leopard.

Since he still wanted to escape, he should cut off the mount first. Without the horse, he would not want to run around.

Woody didn't want to kill Cohen, if he really wanted to do it, in fact, he might lose in a few moves in the meeting.

As for the reason, on the one hand, it was because he still had a lot of questions to ask, and on the other hand, he considered the current situation in River Valley City. He had this living lord, and some things could be resolved by means other than force.

And Cohen also saw Woody rushing in his direction, he naturally squeezed the horse's belly with his legs, hoping that it would run faster, and his peripheral vision was tightly estimating the distance between himself and the mage The other hand that was idle was pinching and pinching, bluffing and then clenching tightly.

Finally, one second after Woody's sword light came, amidst the neighing of the war horse, Cohen's figure disappeared on the horse's back before his body became unbalanced.

"No, there are still magic oddities!"

The first time Woody noticed that Cohen's body disappeared, he noticed that the black robe that had tightly covered his body was exuding a mysterious and surging ripple, and Cohen himself was like a stone thrown into a pond. There was a slight ripple, and it disappeared without a trace.

This made Woody grit his teeth a bit, but it's normal to think about it carefully. The real power lord here is not like Palermo, who doesn't even have a territory. The vigilance of the former is much higher than that of the latter, and it is normal to have some life-saving or useful magical objects.

Woody remembers that there were quite a few missions issued by the royal family in the last life. The final rewards are basically not legendary weapons, but at least a set of high-level wonders. If you are in Terra, you may even see some mission rewards Is it a semi-artifact or a lesser artifact.

It's normal for a viscount to have some strange things. After all, like among the saints, if you carefully study the identities of those mages before they became mages, you will find that except for a few lucky ones, most of them come from noble families.

In terms of identity theory, they are nobles first and then mages.

Although Woody didn't know which spellcaster profession the middle-aged man in front of him advanced, his familiarity with the use of magic and strange objects and spellcasting was obviously not that kind of half-baked, but systematically trained.

That is to say, it is difficult for him to use magic items that are out of range, and the surge of spells that originated from the black robe in front of him, if it can be cast instantly, the level should not be very high, and the teleportation distance should not be very far that is.

Woody quickly scanned around, and immediately found an extra black outline behind Cecil. Although the sky is also gloomy now, and the outline is almost the same color as the background, it is very clear in his golden pupils.

So, he also saw the face full of hatred and smirk towards him, maybe the expression on the middle-aged man's face was not obvious, but Woody could get his pleasure from his eyes, as if saying "Regret! " "Cry bitterly!" and so on.

In fact, Cohen really thought so. After he successfully moved behind the caster through the "Dimension Shift" attached to the "Shadow Robe", he knew that he had succeeded more than half this time.

Told him in his studies as a mage apprentice.

Most of the spellcasters are most afraid of being close because of their physique, so they are surrounded by guards and bodyguards all year round.

This is also the reason why golems are so popular among spellcasters. They are loyal and powerful summoners who will never betray, and can always follow the casters, keeping them safe.

As for the last line of defense for the caster, the Mage Armor, Cohen also has his own method. His vacant left hand turned slightly, and a pitch-black dagger that seemed to be made of obsidian appeared in his hand, emitting light in the dark night. It is a kind of colorful black, and only the miners who are most familiar with the material know that this is a stone dagger made of the special ore "Magic Stone" in the area of ​​​​Death Magic, and its characteristic is All magic shields can be immune, and it may be useless against occupations wearing heavy or light armor in close combat, but for mages whose defense is the highest, it is often a deadly weapon.

Seriously injured first, then held hostage!
Thoughts flashed like lightning, and a reckless and bold plan quickly formed in Cohen's mind. He didn't want to kill, but simply wanted to leave. After all, he also knew that even if he killed the spellcaster in front of him, in the end He also couldn't leave this land, that hyena-like guy would chase him to the ends of the earth, and only by holding his partner could he have a chance.

In Cohen's heart at this time, the fear of death far overwhelmed the shock of the caster when he cast the spell just now. The stone dagger in his hand pierced the back of the young mage in front of him without hesitation. There was a tabby cat lying on his back and shoulders, and Cohen's subdued anger suddenly ignited.

It's all your fault!

This damn cat!
Without your tip-off, I would have left this damned place long ago!

To be honest, it is fake not to be afraid of the caster.

After all, he also knew that the caster had more means, and he was just betting that the caster didn't take him seriously and had confidence in his shield.

Therefore, the moment he saw the cat, all kinds of feelings rushed into his heart, so he swung the dagger to the back with a feeling of venting his anger, and swiped the dagger downward so that the trajectory coincided with the position of the cat. .

He wants to kill two birds with one stone!
A cry of vengeance grew within him, and it spread quickly.

Sure enough, the dagger received an invisible film three feet away from the girl mage's body, and the power disappeared like a mud cow falling into the sea, but the next moment, Cohen activated the power inside the stone dagger.

--"Kill demon!"

The next moment, the original hard and flexible shield suddenly melted like broken ice under the heat, and the tip of the dagger quickly moved towards the cat and the mage's back with a sharp sound of wind.

He believes in his agility and attack speed, not to mention the improvement in that blessing, but also his daily training. Cohen's physical attributes have also been raised to a height that ordinary knights cannot match. Although it is not as good as Woody, but For mages who have always been known for their weakness, this is obviously a blow to dimensionality reduction.

Just like talking about money with poor people and talking about feelings with rich people, there is always one thing that is weaker than yourself, and what Cohen has to do is to achieve the ultimate victory through a breakthrough in that field.

But when the sharp top of the stone dagger passed over the cat, it didn't feel the soft touch he had imagined. Instead, it seemed to be inserted into a wall.

Just listen to the crisp sound of ding.

Before Cohen had time to lament the pain in his mouth, an ominous omen rose in his heart.

what happened?

A huge shadow silhouette covered him, and at the same time, there was a smell of the sea.

What's this smell?
The breath of the sea?
Cohen was a little confused, and before he even had time to react, a metal-colored curved wall suddenly appeared in front of him.

He subconsciously touched it with his hands, and there was a slight numbness in the cold, with distinct grains, like touching a carved chessboard, and the touch was like taking off woolen underwear in winter, and accidentally touching it when rubbing against it. a feeling of.

This is……

Before he could recall how the metal wall came about, the crackling sound in the air made him subconsciously look towards the source of the sound, only to see the thunder flashing again in the night sky above his head, and the location of the lightning surge was far away from him. It was so close that even he could see the overflowing light after the lightning struck.

And in the light of the lightning, he saw what the metal wall was blocking his eyes!
I saw that the bronze-colored scales were like piled bricks, tightly connected to the dragon's abdomen, and the huge and slender body with the same length of wingspan showed its unique beauty. The finely divided blue and white Arcs danced among the shiny scales, and the bird-like mouth was full of fangs.

Dragon!

As the lord of the Golden River Valley, how could he have no impression of these giant dragons who frequently harass the people, regard Asenland as their hunting ground and observe the research room, whether it is the plunder of the color dragon or the self-righteous observation of the metal dragon. It can make a city-state, or even a country, prosper or decline.

Of course, most of them end up with the latter.

Before that, Cohen's father, Malati Kamutla, was in the forest on the edge of the valley, and drove two young green dragons out of their territory. Now, four or fifty years have passed. Cohen thought that in his generation, He might be attacked by a green dragon, and he had prepared a lot of dragon-slaying equipment, but he never expected that the one he encountered before the green dragon was a metal dragon that he had only seen in books.

How did it appear?
Cohen swallowed hard the saliva hanging in his throat. After discovering that it was a giant dragon, his original impulse and recklessness brought about venting pleasure, now turned into a bad emotion of helplessness and regret.

How to do?
Cohen didn't know what to do for a moment. Should he put down his weapon to signal that he was harmless? Or turn around and run?

No, none of these are allowed!

As Cohen, who had some knowledge about giant dragons, he immediately thought of a way to make amends, which is to start with their favorite things.

wealth!

Although gold and silver are not the treasures that all dragons like, their purchasing power can allow dragons to replace them with their favorite treasures.

For example, pearls in the ocean, snail shells, and handicrafts made of coral, the value of these things is essentially measured by money.

Thinking of this, Cohen hurriedly said loudly.

"Wait, respected dragon, I have certainly offended you, and here is my intention to offend you less."

As he said that, he held up a dimensional ring with both hands, which contained part of the wealth accumulated by his family for almost a century. Although it was not much, it was enough to knock the dragon unconscious at this age.

However, this time, the response he received came from the nine heavens, but it directly drove him into the bottomless abyss.

hope dies.

Just listen to the bronze dragon who is about the age and still in the young dragon stage speak loudly.

"Use my money to buy me! How brave! You really deserve to be human!"

Seeing that the giant dragon was so confident, it directly extinguished the last hope left in Cohen's heart.

(End of this chapter)