nashuaworldcup Chapter 562 Mind Blank
Chapter 562 Mind Blank
Being approached by an assassin is extremely dangerous; the mage's advantage lies in moving their firepower and maintaining distance.
The teacher has mentioned this many times.
In life-or-death situations, people often go blank, let alone Lorraine, the Forgotten Necromancer who is already a skinny man.
Lorraine didn't know why the other party chose to attack him first; perhaps it was because the Shadow Ghost spies he had sent out to scout had disappeared. Was this an offense, or a provocation?
Garona was very fast, like a hopping grasshopper or an arrow shot from a bow.
They're the kind that can turn corners and follow you; they're extremely difficult to deal with.
Sparks flew because Lorraine's underlings were protecting their master; even so, the flaming skeletal golems were still shattered by the ancient chains forming a fan-like dance. In this critical moment, despite layers of protection, Garona moved with impunity.
If Lorraine hadn't instinctively held the demon's spear directly in front of his neck, he would have followed in the footsteps of Sat's demon advisor, Azalan, and been decapitated.
Three consecutive sounds of weapons clashing rang out. The first was a whip-like chain blade fan, which was blocked by the henchman's body, leaving flames and bone fragments flying everywhere.
Lilith was terrified and screamed, but she immediately cast a shield on Lorraine.
However, the shield was as flimsy as paper. The Shadow Assassin's combo attacks were ruthless and incredibly powerful. If Lorraine hadn't been so experienced and used the Demon Strike Dagger to block the chain's swings, his head would have been severed.
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It was said to be three times. He managed to block the first one by luck, but the second and third moves were much harder for Lorraine.
When the frontal attack failed, Garona, like a dancer, swung out a second chain, which came at Lorraine like a whip blade. Lorraine felt an itch on his back, and when he touched it again, a deep, bone-revealing gash slashed across his back, shattering his bone shield and injuring his spine. This was the second, deadly move.
Lilith quickly chanted a Holy Light Healing spell, and Lorraine felt as if a wound had been cut open and then immediately healed.
This intense and stimulating pain would likely be unbearable for ordinary people or other races.
But in Lorraine's view, Jaina's slap last time was about the same power, both being boss-level combat power. As a junior necromancer, being able to withstand one blow was a victory in itself.
The real killer move is the third one, even though she's clearly a muscular, fierce woman...
The half-orc female assassin, despite her powerful backward leaps, was able to spin and flip in mid-air, dodging Lorraine's henchmen's attacks...
In a swift movement, two powerful thighs clamped down on Lorraine's head. Using the elasticity and unpredictable movement of his body, he leveraged the force, causing Lorraine's back to bend at a 90-degree angle...
For an ordinary person, it would have been broken in two by now...
Kororin seemed to be able to transform into an oddball as well, contorting his body into bizarre angles while muttering incantations...
Garona's usually cold expression changed the moment Lorraine finished her short incantation.
She kicked Lorraine in the groin, but felt nothing, no real harm. However, she realized that Lorraine seemed to be quite different from the undead creatures she had seen before.
Not only is his physical body resilient and highly resistant to injury, but he also seems to possess a chilling, demonic power, accompanied by various unseen forces protecting his body.
Even with insufficient energy, the Tide Amulet was still able to push away the legendary rogue Garona...
Lorraine risked everything, even losing several small treasures, to barely withstand the half-orc woman's close-quarters assassination attempt.
What's the cost?
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First and foremost was the loot he'd picked up somewhere, capable of providing a simple magical shield to save his life. It seemed that many things must have happened when Lorraine lost those three days of memories and had to ask his teacher for help. The loot in his bag after the battle and his severely injured and weakened teacher proved that fighting the Void, an incarnation of the Faceless One, was not as simple as he had imagined.
At least, the teacher, while escaping the black hole created by the Mirror of Truth, didn't forget to collect the spoils...
This is a really good habit. After all, if you don't pick up these treasures, you'll never have the chance to discover their value.
The Faceless One's cloak, the Shadow Mage's robes, and the few temporary life-saving gadgets the teacher left for Lorraine amidst the corpses—all these items contained magic, but compared to the holy relics and artifacts he possessed, their names were unworthy of mention, or perhaps they were simply unknown.
Lorraine's bone shield is usually hidden on his body, ever since he faced that top assassin from the Scarlet Crusade.
Lorraine instinctively protected her vitals: her neck, joints, and even her anus.
But is that enough?
Even the legendary hero-level master of thieves couldn't handle Lorraine, this little mage.
What a joke.
The next second, after three deadly attacks, Garona appeared eerily above Lorraine's head, and an invisible blade swiftly stabbed down towards the center of its bald head...
Lilith helped Lorraine gain a shield, provided timely healing, and dispelled the illusions of dark magic.
Lorraine and she then realized that the three consecutive attacks were all feints, or rather, just probes, probing and attracting their attention to find weaknesses.
Lorraine's body, which had been stiff and rigid just moments before, was now upright.
He appeared dazed, and his hair stood on end.
Driven by instinct, the omnipresent ghost materialized into a tornado, rapidly retreating in an attempt to protect its master.
Despite their proximity, Garona, the half-orc assassin, surpasses Invar, the one-armed Scarlet Monarch who was previously injured, in strength, explosiveness, movement, agility, and skill. She also possesses a cold-blooded heart that is even more cruel than that man's.
Blood Elf assassins are proud, and Garona is the embodiment of cruelty and treachery. She appears and disappears unpredictably, shifting between her true form and her clones in the shadows with ease. Even her shadows have offensive capabilities. She maintains both strength and speed, keeping the illusion and the real at the same time, all to find the perfect moment and spot to strike.
This time, Lorraine truly felt the Grim Reaper's scythe at its neck. In that instant, its single blue eye trembled slightly, and the necromantic runes surged intensely, seemingly unwilling to see its master perish.
Lorraine's mind was blank, with only one thought: "Teacher, am I going to hang up?"
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The protagonist is usually not going to die easily, like a centipede that doesn't stiffen even after it dies... But in the hands of a godfather with a twisted sense of humor, life is just an old toy. Does he care about the life or death of a tool?
Lorraine dared not think about it; he only remembered that the world had entered bullet time, and that when he turned around, he could see the disgust and contempt in Garona's eyes.
Crushing a lowly mage like Lorraine was as easy as killing a chicken...
The seemingly impressive magic shield is like a thin film, and the reliable, warm, and thick priest's shield is nothing more than a halo. The bone shield hidden under the robes was originally a technique borrowed from the death knight commander under his command. As the leader, the necromancer himself can also use the bone shield, along with the corpse explosion.
But this does not solve the crisis.
The other person's dagger is already stuck in your head; even if you're a ghost, you can't just come back with your head yourself...
Is it impossible?
If the great lich were to hold his own head and beg the Lich King for a new body, wouldn't it be a simple matter of a single word?
If an assassin can stab me and I can escape unscathed, what does it matter if my head is cut off and inserted into the body of a dead skeleton?
Understand the applause!
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The truth is, flesh and blood are inherently weak, and decaying spirits are even more vulnerable.
Garona's signature move is the backstab and throat slit... Shadowstep to reach the target from behind and deliver a fatal blow.
At this moment, she seemed to be having difficulty moving, her vision was blurred, and she was in a daze. However, her killer instincts still allowed her to easily approach Lorraine, who was just a little summoner, and easily forced him to use his life-saving move.
A small toy is powerless against absolute power; even if the distance is briefly created, the thief's speed remains agile.
Moreover, this orc, whose evasion was maxed out and who could use strange shadow powers, actually always carried her weapon with her. That's right, it wasn't the two ancient demonic rune chains on her hands that had somehow broken off.
The legendary assassin's true weapon is an alien one-handed sword that has killed countless targets; its name is "Flash".
No one knew where the female orc had hidden the weapon, but when she pulled it out, Lorraine finally understood why it was called Flash—it was as fast as lightning, capable of striking repeatedly and triggering a second attack.
Compared to the legendary Demon's Strike, it seems to fall a little short.
However, even the best weapon depends on who wields it. Lorraine's self-mockery in that instant foreshadowed his inevitable death.
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