The Transmigrated Novelist

The bad thing about the assassins combo attack was the fact that wind and fire were extremely combinative to each other, and the wind helped strengthen the fire.

Even though it was just a ball of flames it had the backing magic power of a high Rank 4 Fire Mage and was even strengthened with a Wind tornado from a high Rank 4 Wind Mage.

Without exaggeration the strength of that attack seemed to be close to a Rank 5 magic attack upon the couple.

And if that wasn't enough there were also those 5 arrows imbued with the physical strength of a high Rank 4 Warrior, which would most certainly pierce right through a humans body.

Even if they were a Rank 3 or Rank 4 Warrior!

The situation was anything but hopeful to Roy and Alma who were the target of such attacks. As they were covered by the dust, rubble, and dirt.

It took quite some time for the cloud of dust to dissipate and finally show what was happening below it, as there stood a big, muddled puddle under Roy's and Alma's feet.

Before the attack reached the two of them, Alma had used her Ice Magic Frost, to actually try and freeze the surroundings.

She didn't care whether it was flames, or arrows, she wanted everything frozen. But while her will and desire were great, her chances were limited.

No matter how talented she was, and no matter how much she tried she could only reach close to the peak of Rank 4. While the magic of the two assassin Mages had reached the level of a Rank 5.

So, the moment that her frost had clashed with the Wind-Fire Ball, it had unfortunately started to melt and evaporate.

Surprisingly while Alma was trying her best to put a defense against the powerful Wind-Fire Ball, she had received an unexpected help.

Roy had used the openings through the melting ice to actually send his Acidic Balls and use them to fight the fire.

Certainly it didn't destroy the Wind-Fire Ball, but it did took a bit of the attack, and at the same time moistened the surroundings.

Magic power was certainly extremely important when performing a magic attack, but the environment was as much important as well.

If a Mage was in a region where his own element was in abundance he would always have an advantage against Mages of the same level.

Depending on the abundance of the element he might even have an advantage against Mages or Warrior that were even in higher levels than himself.

These were Magic 101 lessons that he had received from his 'Master'. For that reason, while Roy's help didn't put off the danger completely it did help in enforcing Alma's chances.

Furthermore, he was focused in something much more important at the moment, which was the 5 arrows that were aimed at them.

Taking out the greatsword that he had received from Master Gorg's corpse, he quickly used his sword aura to strength his grasp, and then used it as a fan against the arrows.

He managed to completely block 3 out of 5 arrows, completely change the direction of the 4th and slightly change the direction of the 5th arrow, which pierced through his thigh.

The good news was that the arrow didn't scratch any important vein on his thigh, the bad news was that it felt really close to his 'little solider' which made him extremely angry.

Even though in great difficulty Alma and Roy managed to go through the attack, but before they could counterattack, that knife guy seemed to have gotten up and was trying to cut Alma's throat from behind.

Since both Roy and Alma had gone through quite a bit to actually block the attack, they were both a bit impossible to react on time.

Still, Roy clenched his teeth, made a powerful roar, and turned behind to use his left hand to block the knife with his bare hand.

The knife went through his hand, and even scratched Alma's neck, but it didn't cause any vital wound. Even then the assassin was smiling at him, as clearly the knife was coated in poison.

It wasn't some simple and weak poison either, as according to the potency he felt inside, and the reaction of his own body against it, it was at least a Rank 4 or Rank 5 poison.

Still, a poison that would normally take the life of an expert of his Rank in a short time, was actually able to only paralyze his senses for a few seconds.

Just to create a chance for himself, Roy pretended to have been had by the poison though, as he forcibly reduced his heart beating rate, and fell on his knees, while vomiting blood.

"Wha-What is this! You hideous bastards!"

He seemed really hopeless and angry at that moment, as Alma immediately tried her best to keep him standing as she screamed,

"Noo~! Husband!"

"Hahahahha~! This is what you get for messing with people that you shouldn't mess trash! Remember to be aware of your own standing on your next life!"

The knife assassin seemed extremely arrogant, cocky, and pleased of himself as he said those words. He was looking at Roy like he was nothing more than an ant that was destined to be squashed by him.

The other assassins kept their guard at first but seeing that their knife comrade was now in two feet away from Roy with his knife on his hand and licking it they lowered their guard and started approaching.

"You beasts, who sent you!? Why are you doing this to me? How much did they pay you? I can double it, just let us go!"

"Hahahah~! You angered quite a few people tonight idiot! What does it matter who sent us, you are going to die anyway!

As for how much they paid us, and you paying double, while it sounds pretty tempting we can't afford to anger our employer.

So, just die and let us get over with this!"

By this time even his friends had arrived close to the two bodies, as they seemed ready to put an end to Alma's and Roy's suffering.

While Roy would have loved to keep the conversation and acting going, he knew that it would create suspicion, and these guys seemed like they were about to make the last move.

With the exception of this knife idiot, all the others seemed calmer and wiser. They seemed like true assassins, as this guy was just a beast in human skin.

With those thoughts in mind, Roy stopped his acting as he made a sudden roll on the ground while sending three knives towards the other three guys and letting the knife guy miss his target.

"Careful!"

One of those three behind seemed to be still on guard against him as he warned the others, but unfortunately he was a bit too late, as Roy's knives were on the way.

'Swishh…, swissshhh…, swisshhhh…, clangg…'

From the three knives, one was fully blocked while the other two didn't find their precise target but still managed to cut through the assassins bodies.

"You bastard!"

Roy's play and move clearly infuriated the assassins, that couldn't believe that they had been played out, as the knife guy went after Roy with anger.

It was a bit surprising that he didn't go after Alma, as she was the closest and easiest target, but that didn't matter at that point.

Roy rolled once again in the ground trying to dodge the knife. After the second roll there was a third and after the third there was a fourth.

On the fourth roll things got even more difficult as he was followed not only by the knife guy but even by three arrows, as the two mages were preparing a big attack once again.

His chances seemed really slim to escape this situation, as he was actually cursing under his voice about the opportunity he was expecting to activate faster.

Once again he managed to dodge the knife and two arrows but the third entered his shoulder. Even with that pain and difficult situation he didn't give up though.

His determination and resolve didn't waver even for a single moment, using all the strength he could accumulate, he suddenly felt his body and his movements get much lighter and faster.

For a moment he thought that he had died, or that someone had attacked him, but feeling the warmth spreading through his body at that moment he understood that he had broken through.

After all this time of training, fighting, and killing, he had finally broken through the Rank 4 Warrior bottleneck. Still even then he couldn't be really happy about it, as he felt crap.

His body was still weak and injured, as he tired to escape the consecutive attacks. Furthermore, if he didn't do something soon, he would have to suffer another Wind-Fire Ball that was coming his way.

After blocking that powerful Wind-Fire Ball earlier Alma was still recuperating, and it was a miracle that she wasn't being targeted so she couldn't be of much help to him, even if she wanted.

The more he felt the magic elements disruption in the surroundings, the more he felt like the rope around his neck was constringing him.

If the miracle he had planted didn't work out, then he was surely going to die really soon, and he didn't like his chances in the least.

At that moment a clearly discouraging and stupid thought took root in his head, could it be that this knife bastard had a poison immunity like him!?