Chapter 372: He didn’t run away, but chose to walk towards me?
The crossbow arrow was completely black, without a trace of reflection, and blended into the darkness so that no one could detect its trace.
In the darkness, the silent crossbow arrows were like the deadly god of death, about to take one life after another.
But what the dark god of death has to face today is dragon scales.
The dragon scales that have disappeared from the continent of Khorvaire for who knows how long.
"bite!"
The collision between the crossbow arrow and the energy dragon scale only made a metallic collision sound before being bounced away. However, the fleeting energy dragon scale emitted a strange and sweet smell.
The arrows are poisonous and are high-end products that have been enchanted.
Mo Cheng turned into a gust of wind and rushed out of Viscount Nidas's manor. He did not return to the hall to look for Lilia and the others.
The assassin's target was Helena who was nearby, and he was just a byproduct, so as long as he didn't turn back, others would not be involved.
At the same time, Mo Cheng doesn't need to worry about whether there will be accidental injuries if there are too many people.
The bombed garden was engulfed in flames. Everyone was stunned by the loud explosion and almost no one noticed the presence of Mo Cheng and Helena.
The people behind him shouted to put out the fire, but Mo Cheng ignored everyone, hugged Helena's waist and ran all the way, and in an instant they arrived several miles away from the manor.
"Someone wants to kill you. I'm holding you so don't move. The killer is in some trouble."
Describe to Helena what happened in simple terms and ask her not to struggle next.
He could already tell from the explosion and the crossbow arrows just now that the guys coming to assassinate him were all professionals, and their number was unknown.
If I put Helena aside, it would be easy for someone to come around and give Helena a fatal blow while I was dealing with the enemy.
The assassins even dared to blow up the manor of Viscount Nidas, the city lord. They are definitely desperadoes. It would be troublesome if those guys risked their lives to complete the assassination.
"It's a troublesome thing."
Trouble, indeed it is a trouble. Mo Cheng usually does not do protection missions. If he is walking on the road and a group of people rush towards him with knives, it is not a big deal if he kills them openly or by force.
It was this kind of assassination that annoyed him.
Although Mo Cheng is good at fighting, he is not good at protecting.
"I have a few recharge scrolls that can help."
The rechargeable magic scroll can be used by ordinary people and can be activated by simply tearing it open.
However, these scrolls are very expensive, and some low-level magicians don’t even have the ability to make them.
"What kind of spells are there?"
"One for Detect Malice, one for Mana Shield, two for Cure Wounds, and two for Fireball."
"Use Detect Malice and Mana Shield directly, and don't use Heal Wounds and Fireball for now."
Although Fireball is known as the most cost-effective output skill of a mage, not everyone can use it well. The magic scrolls of Fireball are very popular, but there are definitely many people who end up killing themselves due to poor operation.
Helena directly tore open the magic scroll that detected malice and mana shield, and immediately Mo Cheng felt his left hand, which was around Helena's slender waist, touch an invisible repulsive force.
"Huh?" Helena's surprised voice sounded at the same time, "Detecting malicious intent, nothing was detected."
"Normal, a group of professional killers."
A professional killer has enough ability to avoid spells like [Detect Malice]. At the same time, it is not ruled out that the other party has conducted a detailed investigation on Helena and brought equipment specifically for [Detect Malice].
When Mo Cheng was hanging out in the Shadow Sect, although he was always accused by the elders of being an undercover agent of the Sanda Sect, it would not be difficult for him to avoid spells such as detecting malicious intent and sneak into the sect to assassinate if he wanted to.
"It has been five minutes since the explosion. To prevent accidents, assassins usually set up at least three assassination attempts as a triple insurance if they are assassinating in groups."
Mo Cheng did not act rashly. It seemed like he was explaining to Helena, but also like he was provoking the killers in the dark.
"Each layer of insurance is to ensure the target's death during the assassination. The explosion just now was intended to blow you to pieces, and the poisoned crossbow arrows afterwards were to serve as an insurance to prevent you from just being blown away."
"If you assassinate me a second time, the group's assassins will come out in droves and will kill you at all costs."
As he was speaking, a breeze blew up, making the long grass on the branches rustle.
At the same time, Helena also discovered that at some point, a group of people wrapped in black clothes appeared four or five meters in front of her.
There are also some behind me.
They were surrounded.
No one spoke. The assassins in black just silently picked up their weapons and slowly approached.
Helena's life could be taken at any time, but before that, the annoying and troublesome protector had to be killed.
There are eight in front, five in the back, and at least a dozen more hidden around.
Which assassin team is this?
Although he had doubts, Mo Cheng had no intention of asking. The two parties' positions were different at the moment, but their goals were surprisingly consistent.
Kill the other person!
His left hand slowly exerted force, hugging Helena tighter, and Mo Cheng said in a low voice, "Hold me tight, or I won't be able to take care of you later."
Killing missions only require you to kill all hostile creatures, but protection missions are much more troublesome.
Especially when the two of them were being targeted by more than a dozen crossbows.
Some of the black-clad assassins were aiming at Mo Cheng and Helena while carefully closing the distance. This was not to underestimate them, but to maximize the lethality of the crossbows.
But in Mo Cheng's eyes, the behavior of these assassins was extremely provocative.
"Hmm, at a time like this, you didn't run away, but chose to come towards me?"
"Come closer to me, Mo Cheng?!"
At this moment, a strong wind happened to blow. Although the wind was strong, none of the killers narrowed their eyes.
But at this moment, Mo Cheng disappeared.
Then, a chill came from the wind, as if from hell. After the cold wind from the icy hell blew past, the black-clad assassins all smelled a scent.
A smell that is definitely not unfamiliar.
Smell of blood!
“Puff!”
“Puff!”
“Puff!”
It was like the sound of a balloon filled with water being popped, bringing with it an even stronger smell of blood.
Just a gust of wind caused the black-clad assassins to lose ten lives.
"retreat!"
With a steady and featureless voice, the leader of the black assassins immediately issued an order to retreat, which was the basis for the assassins to analyze whether the mission could be successful.
When Mo Cheng made his move, he realized that the second assassination attempt had failed.
Staying here would only result in more casualties.
Upon hearing the order to retreat, the assassins decisively fled in all directions.
But they wanted to escape and had not yet asked Mo Cheng for his opinion.
In the darkness, the terrifying power of the Dark Lord erupted completely.
