Tales of Magic Swordsman 67 Assessment 5

Since the thieves didn't bother to use stealth, Auron could evade both of the thief attack. However, he could not retaliate. If he tried to retaliate and attack one of the thief, the other thief would have a chance to attack him. With his mage's character, he would certainly lose the battle.

This continued for several minutes, until one of the thief stopped his action. "This was a chance" Auron thought. Using this chance he ran away and made distance from the thief that stopped. The other thief, still kept on chasing and attacking Auron.

Auron knew why that thief stopped his action. That thief wanted to use stealth. To use a stealth, a thief cannot use it anytime, there was certain condition to fulfill which was, that thief needed to not engaged in battle for 5 minutes. If he had already engaged in battle, he needed to stay still and maintain certain distance from the one he engaged in battle, before the 5 minutes timer started.

After 3 minutes running, Auron felt that he had already kept enough distance. so he stopped his running and turned to face the chasing thief. He engaged a one on one battle with the chasing thief. Auron stabbed his dagger toward the thief. The chasing thief was caught in surprise. He could not think that this mage would fight in a close combat.

The thief tried to dodge Auron attack. At first, Auron tried to stabbed his stomach, however, the thief managed to dodge it and the dagger stabbed his left arm. The thief didn't stay still, he also counter Auron's attack, he stabbed the dagger in his hand.

Auron had already anticipated this, with his quick reaction, he pulled his dagger from the thief's arm and blocked the thief's attack with his dagger. Blood flowed out from the thief's left arm. Auron didn't missed this chance, he continued to pressure the thief.

The thief was in dire straits, however, he also tried his best to retaliate against Auron's attack. It was obvious that the thief was trying to buy time until his teammate came. Occasionally, Auron got attacked by the thief. From the number, Auron had more attack landed successfully on the thief. However, because the mage's strength was low, his damage was lower than the thief. With more attack landed successfully on the thief, the difference in health was not significant. Auron's health was slightly above the thief's health.

Auron still had 50% of his health while the thief had 30% of his health. If Auron had the same strength as the thief, with the number of attack landed, the thief would already die or at most had 10% of his health.

"I don't have much more time" Auron thought. He knew the other thief had already used his stealth and already on his way here. Auron's goals was to kill this thief so, he didn't have to face two enemies.

The fighting thief also knew that his teammate was on his way here, so he tried to buy more time. However, he kept on harassing Auron. If Auron was running away, he would chased Auron. But, if Auron was attacking him, he would defend and maintain several distance back. He would not let Auron to get away from him. If he let Auron get away, they would lose track of Auron or, worser, Auron would bombarded him with spell from distance.

Seeing the defensive thief, his heart sunk. If this continue, I would be in bad situation. Auron tried to ran away. The thief continued to chase him and slowed him down. When Auron was on his way to get out of this situation. A dagger stabbed him in the back. The other thief had arrived and used [Back Stab]. Auron's health could be seen reduced dramatically. Now, Auron had only 20% of his health. That [Back Stab] skill took out 30% of Auron's health.

Now the situation changed, Auron was the one in the dire straits. Auron could not help but ran away.

Both of the thieves chased after him. Their prey, only had a little health left.

"If only I already mastered [Walking Chanting], I would be not in this dire straits." Auron helplessly sighed.

"No, I will not give up, I was only a step away from mastering it. Maybe, if I tried now, I would learn it." Auron didn't want to give up.

Auron ran away while tried to chant a spell. He tried to chant a fire bolt, however, it was obviously a failure. He could not concentrate on chanting the spell that result on the spell to fail. Meanwhile, both of the thieves also kept on harassing him. Because Auron tried to chant a spell, his concentration was split. He could not dodge most of the thief health. His health reduced slowly but surely.

Auron tried to chant once more, suddenly, a red particle glow in the air near his hand. However, that red particle quickly disappear. It was a failure, however, he was closer to his goals. Auron felt a little ecstasy on this. However, that quickly disappear, a dagger stabbed his left arm. Auron health now reduced to 8%.

Auron quickly came back to reality, he ran away from the thieves. Both of the thieves chased him once more. With the healthy thief was in front followed by the injured thief.

"This is my last chance" Auron thought.

He tried to chant another fire bolt. A red particle glow brighter than before. When it was at its peak, Auron aimed his hand toward his back. A fire bolt formed from his hand and shot toward the thieves. Both of the thief was caught in surprise. They could not think this mage successfully master the [Walking Chanting]. Although the healthy thief was caught in surprise he could dodge the spell, however his teammate at his back was not as lucky as him. The fire bolt hit the injured thief. It stopped the thieves in his chasing.

A notification rang out beside Auron.

Chapter end