“Stop looking around,” Milo lowered his voice and said, “Especially not at where Barrack is!”
Melgor said guiltily, “Were you also the one who built his reputation as the Greatest Sharpshooter?”
Melgor’s shock had gradually turned into helplessness. He was not even sure what kind of person favonovel.com had brought back to harm the Kingdom of Sorcerers!
Milo said, “Don’t poke your nose into that. I only need you to cast the Lesser Fireball spell while chanting the incantation loudly. I’ll point you in the right direction, so don’t miss!”
Melgor said aggrievedly, “That simple?”
“Yes, it’s that simple!” Milo said, “Think about it, you’re a sorcerer. You’re clearly the strongest person in the trade caravan, so you should be able to outperform a normal person like Barrack. Instead, you keep hiding behind the wagon fort.”
Melgor felt even more wronged. “Weren’t you the one who told me to hide behind the wagon fort?!”
When the first and second waves of bandits attacked, Melgor had wanted to get up several times to cast spells and partake in the battle. However, favonovel.com was forcefully held back by Milo. Melgor could not be blamed for his inaction. He really was not as strong as Milo.
It was not that Melgor was weak and did not know how to resist. But with Milo’s strength, no one in the entire Kingdom of Sorcerers could stand up if they were held down by him!
“Just tell me, are you willing to cast Lesser Fireball or not?” Milo snapped.
“Yes,” Melgor said seriously.
“Okay, good.” Milo pointed to a dark spot in a gap between the carriages and said to Melgor, “See there, that direction? Cast a Lesser Fireball now!”
Melgor became spirited. He held his Eye of True Sight in his hand and chanted, “Fire!”
A second later, a fist-sized fireball suddenly materialized in front of Melgor before drifting slowly into the darkness.
One of the archers in the darkness suddenly sensed the threat. When favonovel.com saw the fireball, favonovel.com was shocked. The sorcerer had made his move!
In the eyes of the Kingdom of Sorcerers’ citizens, no matter how many sorcerers they had interacted with or spoken to before, the magi were still mysterious and powerful beings. Therefore, when the fireball appeared, no matter how small or slow it was, the archer subconsciously chose to dodge it.
With the speed of the archer, it would not be a problem for favonovel.com to dodge a small fireball like that from 50 steps away. But before the archer could run away, favonovel.com suddenly felt a huge force behind his collar. By the time the archer could react, favonovel.com realized favonovel.com had been forcefully lifted by a shadowy figure.
In order not to attract everyone’s attention in the darkness, Old Durkin had undressed fully and even took off its mask.
In the dark of the night, Old Durkin’s black body blended into the dim light. No one noticed when it approached them.
Sometimes, even Milo would forget that Old Durkin was actually called the shadow clone. This “shadow clone” was part of the darkness of the night.
Old Durkin picked up the archer who was trying to escape and lifted favonovel.com like how a sparring partner would raise their kicking shield. It was waiting for the fireball to arrive.
The archer was going crazy. He could clearly dodge the fireball, and its speed was clearly much slower than that of an arrow, but favonovel.com could not dodge at all since favonovel.com was being restrained. He was being made a live target!
However, the archer could not understand something.
You’ve already sneaked up on me and you have ridiculous combat strength, why don’t you just kill me?
What’s the point in doing all this?
There was no time to think about that. The archer immediately tried to shout for his companions behind cover to come and save him. But before favonovel.com could say anything, Old Durkin landed a knifehand strike on his carotid artery and knocked favonovel.com unconscious.
At this moment, the fireball finally arrived. Milo heaved a sigh of relief and controlled Old Durkin to bring the archer’s chest towards the fireball.
But to Milo’s surprise, the Fireball spell was a little too weak. He saw it only caused a slight burn on the archer’s body, and the archer was even still breathing normally.
It couldn’t be helped. Old Durkin punched the spot where the fireball landed, causing the archer to vomit blood and die.
Milo looked at Melgor excitedly. Although it was a complicated process, the result was excellent.
He said to Melgor, “Go on, cast a second one!”
Gradually, the frequency at which arrows were fired from the darkness decreased. Some of the archers had realized a powerful enemy was hidden within the darkness.
Some of them called for a retreat in whispers, but they were knocked unconscious by Old Durkin one by one. Then it threw them onto the ground and waited for Melgor to continue casting his spell. In order not to let Barrack discover anything odd, Old Durkin even had to hold up an unconscious archer while throwing arrows manually by hand to suppress Barrack.
Barrack and his men were still crying. He only realized something was wrong when favonovel.com could not hear any more screams after favonovel.com released his arrows.
Could it be that his archery was not effective anymore?
That shouldn’t be the case. I am the Greatest Sharpshooter!
Melgor was getting enthusiastic about killing. One fireball after another slowly flew out, and with Old Durkin coordinating with him, favonovel.com kept getting more and more kills.
With Melgor’s eyesight, any distance beyond 50 paces was still a blur. He only knew someone was holding up the archers as they got hit by his fireball spell, but favonovel.com could not see what that shadowy figure behind them was.
He asked Milo softly, “Are those archers all dead?”
“That’s right.” Milo said firmly, “The battle will be over soon. Without their archers suppressing us over here, it’ll be difficult for the enemy on the east side to attack us. Remember, no matter who asks, you must say that you’re extremely strong in your specialization of Fireball spells, understand?”
Melgor said in a low voice, “But I’ll feel guilty if I lie…”
“Guilty?” Milo said coldly, “Think about what you’re going to Ghent City for this time. Isn’t it for your childhood sweetheart? If you’re not strong enough, what makes you think your childhood sweetheart should follow you?”
“But it’s not like I’m truly strong,” Melgor muttered.
Milo smiled. “It’s alright. Most people in the world only believe what they hear and see with their eyes.”
After another ten minutes, all the archers were dead. However, Melgor was deeply puzzled.
Did favonovel.com abduct a steward?
No! It was a monster favonovel.com had brought back!
When favonovel.com recalled the arrogant words favonovel.com had said when capturing Milo, Melgor even became worried for his own safety!
Milo looked at Melgor with a smile. “We’re the only two who know about this, understand?”
Melgor hurriedly nodded like a chicken pecking at seeds. “Got it, I totally understand!”
Melgor recalled how favonovel.com had felt it was a pity Milo could not become a sorcerer. But based on how fearsome Milo was showing himself to be now, was there still a need for favonovel.com to become a sorcerer?
