Netheril’s Glory
chapter-40

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a dark shadowy figure silently appeared behind Punk, and at the same time, another identical figure appeared behind Kane!

"Three Enemies?"

In an instant, countless thoughts ran through Punk's mind. Two azure blue magical brilliance started to whirled in his pupils like two tiny whirlpools!

"Noo! It's a skill. Shadow clone!"

Finally, Punk came to this conclusion. He was confident that this was the case, because If there were three enemies, he and Kane would have surely died under the first sneak attack without even knowing who the enemies were, let alone how many there were.

Just as Punk got this answer, the two shadowy silhouettes drew two long and thin dark green daggers in their hands and thrashed them toward Punk and Kane's throats at lightning speed!

Even after seeing that the green blade of death was getting closer and closer to him, there was no sign of panic on Punk's face.

The effect of the shadow clone was to use the shadow energy to create a phantom identical to the main body and then manipulate this phantom to perform various actions. However, this clone was just an illusory shadow, so it did not have any attack or defense power, and its primary effect was only to confuse the enemy rather than inflicting damage.

And now, through the system's analysis, Punk could determine which one was the real Assassin from the abnormalcy in the energy flow. But, Even though he was 80-90% sure that the figure in front of him was just an illusory shadow, he still released the spell "Secondary shield" that he just prepared without any hesitation.

Although, whether it was the system's analysis or the simple logic, that the enemies would attack Kane first, who was much closer to them, both seemed to tell that the enemy in front of him should be the phantom. But who knew if a tricky enemy would not take advantage of this habitual thinking to do the opposite and disguise their real body as the phantom to attack. So Punk didn't dare to take chances with his life.

"Seems like the enemy didn't play any tricks this time."

The dagger shimmering with weird green cold light turned into a foggy shadow when it came into contact with the light blue shield and disappeared.

"This was indeed just a clone! So then..."

Punk looked at Kane, and without any doubt, the shadowy dark figure that attacked Kane was the real enemy.

As a knight, Kane was good at accumulating charges. But his long lance was not suitable for melee attacks, and his heavy armor, while providing strong defense, also reduced his flexibility a lot, so being attacked by an agile Assassin in close range was not a very good situation for him.

However, unlike the enemy, Kane was not a fuel-efficient lamp. He leaned back violently, and at the same time, thrust his scorching lance entwined with strong battle qi toward the enemy.

Not only had Kane avoided being killed by this fierce attack, but he also turned it into an opportunity to launch an effective counterattack. If the enemy chose to continue pursuing the kill, they might be able to pierce Kane's throat, but they would also be lanced in half.

As he was standing inside a pothole, Kane did not notice the abnormal performance of "Assassin one" previously. So Under the sudden attack of "Assassin two," even though Kane did not set up a defensive method in advance like Punk, he still managed to survive by gambling!

Yes, it was a Gamble, as he was betting that the enemy didn't have the guts to die with him!

As It turned out, he was right, and the 'Assassin two' halted their move and stopped in mid-air. Some shadow energy ripples spread out in the air from the enemy's feet, and the enemy's figure started to float in the air like petals in the breeze.

"Shadow Step,"

It was a skill that gave an Assassin the ability to step on air. Although it allowed the Assassin to avoid Kane's attack, she also lost her last chance to kill Kane!

Kane exploded with battle qi and charged out of the pothole, and stood next to Punk.

At this time, both of the enemies have entered the stealth state again. The night environment on the whole wasteland with the crack-filled ground has once again returned to a state of tranquility," as if nothing ever happened," but everyone present knew that a huge crisis was secretly brewing in the night...

Punk was a little pale, Kane was also the same, and Putt, who had been frightened silly by this fast-paced life and death battle, was trembling so violently that he could not even stand straight!

In this current situation, victory was completely out of reach, and retreat was the only way out. However, this night-time was highly advantageous to the enemy, and It wouldn't be easy to escape in front of two Assassins whose levels were obviously higher than Punk himself!

Without too much time to think, Punk immediately cast a very mana consuming trainee-level conjuration spell-"Mage Armor" on himself(next level of Secondary Mage Armor). A gray circular shield with blue dots of lights covered Punk's body from all angles. This kind of three hundred and sixty-degree defense with no holes was essential as he might have to rush out from the encirclement of two enemies at any time. Kane also pored more battle qi in his armor, disregarding the fact that it might damage it. Because of the huge amount of bright battle qi, now, he seemed like a motionless shining golden sculpture, holding a lance!

It can be said that this was the strongest defense state for these two people. Even if the two Assassins tried their best, they would not be able to break such layers of defense shortly, So now any surprised attacks would do nothing but expose their location.

But... there was a little...no…a huge drawback, that couldn't be ignored.-it was too energy-consuming.

Whether it was Punk's Mage Armor or Kane's battle Qi armor, both of them had to continuously supply mana or battle qi to maintain it, and if there was an attack, it would further increase the energy consumption.

Because of Punk and Kane's trainee level soul, they still could maintain this state for a few minutes, but when their energy became exhausted, and two of them lost the protection of their tortoiseshell, they would become completely hopeless!

In fact, with Punk and Kane's speed, If they tried to retreat with all their strength, there was still a good chance that the escape would be successful. After all, although an Assassin was very agile, but because they didn't have the massive physical strength of a Knight, nor did they have the convenient spells to increase their speed like a Mage, their stamina was very low.

So Punk and Kane were like antelopes being chased by cheetahs. And as long as they could dodge the cheetahs' first charge, they could easily get rid of the breathless cheetahs.

But the question was...How could they avoid the initial charge of these two excellent cheetahs?

Punk quietly turned his head to look at the city of Konola, which was already visible in the distance. After a quick simulation by the system, the result was displayed in front of Punk's eye.

Judging from the maneuverability shown by these two enemies in the previous battle, they could maintain their peak speed at most fifteen seconds!

But in these fifteen seconds, Punk and Kane would be in great danger, as no one could guarantee that the enemy didn't have any secret trick that could boost their speed, and if that happened, then Himself and Kane, who were fleeing with all their strength, would be like two sitting ducks with hardened skins!

So... if there was a method that could restrain the enemy from chasing for a short time, it would significantly increase their safety while escaping. It would be best if the enemy had to stop because of some 'trouble,' which they had to deal with first, so until the time they finally dealt with that-

"At that time......I've already escape far away!

And what will the trouble be? It.....is actually quite simple! "

The corner of Punk's mouth faintly outlined a cruel sneer.