Chapter Eighteen: Abandoning Life and Forgetting Death

  This time's opponent is again an assassin, but much stronger than the one killed in the alley last time.

  Luolin was rushing up the stairs while his opponent was also chasing down, his movements were as fast as the wind, which allowed Zhi Brain to estimate his physical fitness.

  Third-rate elite assassin

  Magnitude: 13

  Coordinated Universal Time: 16

  Battle Technique Prediction: Flash Strike, Thrust.

  His physical strength is on the same level as his, but of a more refined quality. With such a strong physique, his combat skills can be used even more freely and flexibly, making them difficult to defend against.

  This is a quite formidable opponent, at that time in the morning, when Luo Lin was only level 2, he would have been absolutely unbeatable, but now, he has also reached level 3, his strength has reached 11 points, and his equipment is complete. Although his attributes are weaker than those of his opponent, the gap is not large, and can be made up for with skill.

  "In the midst of the charge, Luo Lin shouted: 'Dai Wei, follow me closely!'"

  Time was extremely tight, he had to quickly resolve the assassin before Harlin reacted and get Davie settled down so that he could go all out against that level 15 powerful warrior.

  Dai Wei had no choice, she gritted her teeth and endured the severe pain in her ankle, the agony was so intense that it made her unable to focus on casting spells, she could only hold onto the handrail of the stairs, following closely behind Rolin's footsteps. She wanted to call out for other guards to come and rescue her, but then she thought again, Harin had already betrayed them, facing such a powerful warrior, if other guards came, it would be sending them to their deaths, completely useless. So she gave up on calling for help, not wanting to alert Harin, she whispered: "Rolin, you have to be careful."

  Before this, Davy had never thought that the one who would come to rescue her was Rolen, but she knew that at this moment, he was her only reliance.

  Luo Lin had no time to respond, as the assassin launched an attack on him.

  This guy's advancing speed suddenly burst out, and for an instant, his speed was even faster than the wind. The dagger in his hand reflected a cold deathly light, stabbing straight at Roland.

  This is Senki: thrusting, bursting full-body strength, gathering at one point, a single strike can pierce heavy armor!

  Luolin recognized this combat technique and immediately raised his wooden shield to block the dagger's path. He was well aware that his wooden shield might not be able to withstand this piercing strike, but it could slightly delay his opponent's movement, giving him some time to react.

  In that fleeting moment, the dagger pierced the wooden shield with a loud "dang" sound. The outer layer of cowhide was directly punctured, and the inner layer of hardwood splintered and flew everywhere. The dagger easily pierced through.

  Right behind, Luo Lin felt a lateral force coming from the wooden shield.

  "This guy actually dares to look down on me, and even thinks he can take advantage of the situation to split my shield open. He's looking for death!" Luo Lin immediately understood his opponent's intentions. How could he let him have his way? He immediately launched a shield technique: Slant!

  At the same moment he sensed his opponent's intent, Roland swung his shield outward in a single motion, using the dagger to twist the assassin's wrist backward and forcing him to drop his weapon.

  "Huh!" The assassin was surprised, he had understood the situation of the villa before he came, knowing that these guards were just some mixed-rice eating mercenaries, and there were no masters among them, so he adopted such a bold attack strategy, but did not expect to hit a nail, this opponent although young, but grasped the timing of the battle exceptionally cunning!

  The assassin had no choice but to abandon the dagger in his hand, otherwise he would have fractured his wrist. He took a step back and reached out with one hand to touch his thigh, where another dagger was hidden, a spare that wasn't as good as the previous one.

  As the assassin retreated, Luo Lin immediately seized this fleeting opportunity, letting out a muffled roar from his throat, and with a fierce kick of his legs, all his strength burst forth in an instant, charging straight at his opponent with the wooden shield.

  This is Warrior's Battle Skill: Bull Rush!

  With Roland's current physical strength, the power is actually quite small. If it were a legendary warrior who used it, with the battle opportunity that Roland has now obtained, it would be enough to directly smash the assassin's body into minced meat with one blow.

  Although its power has been greatly reduced, it is enough to deal with this guy.

  The assassin had just drawn his dagger when a dark figure came rushing towards him from the front, with a fierce and violent aura, and a hint of wind seemed to be pressing down on his body, making it hard for him to breathe.

  "Not good, I underestimated him!" The assassin was shocked and continued to retreat, hoping to avoid his opponent's charge.

  "Bang!" A dull thud, the shield hit the opponent, and the retreating assassin was hit, but his figure did not disperse. Instead, he borrowed strength from the shield's impact to accelerate his escape from Roland.

  "What a nuisance!" Luo Lin furrowed his brow, he didn't dare let his opponent retreat and regroup. He was running out of time, the commotion here would soon attract Harin's attention. If that 15th level warrior returned, it would be two against one, and he would surely die.

  The assassin accelerated his retreat, about to exit Roland's attack range. At this moment, Roland used his shield technique: Slash.

  This is a series of moves from the Fierce Bull Charge, charging at the opponent. If it doesn't work, in order to avoid revealing an opening, he will swing his shield outward like a fan, fanning towards the opponent.

  In the game, if this battle skill is issued out of thin air, its power is not strong, but if it is used after a barbaric bull charge, using the momentum of the charge to issue a shield strike, it will definitely be a critical hit!

  Because it's a linked move, it starts up extremely quickly, leaving almost no time gap between itself and Bull Charge.

  "Bang!" The shield flew out and successfully hit the assassin's side.

  This time, Luo Lin felt the opponent's desperation from the force feedback on his shield, as this force was scattered and disorganized, indicating that the opponent's body was also in disarray.

  This is the best opportunity to launch a fatal blow!

  Relying on the combat instincts honed from countless battles in the game, Roland didn't even need to glance at his opponent's position. By merely listening to the sound of their footsteps and the force feedback from the shield bash earlier, he roughly judged his opponent's location. In the next instant, his right hand's short steel sword shot out from behind the shield like a venomous snake.

  This time, nothing unexpected happened.

  "Whoosh!" A sharp blade pierced through flesh with a clear and crisp sound, indicating that his opponent's body had been stabbed through.

  "Ah-" a short and abrupt cry of pain, followed by a "thud", the assassin's body rolled to the ground, like a torn burlap sack.

  Luolin then had the time to see his opponent's specific situation, and saw that he had been stabbed in the chest with a sword, blood gushing out like a spring. This should be because his heart was pierced through, so he died directly.

  For a master, there is absolutely no room for error in a life-or-death battle. Any mistake, no matter how small, can be fatal.

  This assassin made a mistake of underestimating at first and missed the opportunity, never turning the situation around again.

  A surge of messages flooded Luo Lin's mind, all about the improvement of combat skills, but Luo Lin ignored them and only looked at the last one.

  "Defeated an opponent of equal level, gained 100 experience points. Current experience is 110/400."

  Not bad.

  It wasn't until then that Luo Lin had the chance to turn around and look at Davie's situation, only to see her still on the stairs, one hand holding onto the railing, tiptoeing up the stairs, having only climbed halfway, with the injury on her foot greatly slowing down her speed.

  At this critical moment, Luo Lin couldn't care about any etiquette, and quickly walked forward, stretched out his hand to wrap around Dai Wei's waist, and directly lifted her up.

  "Ah!" Davina let out a low cry, then bit it back. She was well aware of the situation and wouldn't dream of blaming Rolen; she just... wasn't used to intimate contact with a man.

  When she arrived at the corridor, Davie saw the assassin's corpse. Although she had heard the scream just now, seeing it with her own eyes still made her feel shocked.

  She had experienced the assassin's strength, this guy was as fast as the wind, in this narrow corridor, Davie dared to guarantee that she was not the opponent of this assassin at all, but Rolen actually killed his opponent within a few seconds, how could this young man be so strong?

  "You actually killed him...... Ah, what's wrong?" Davie found that Roline suddenly let go of her and turned around to look at the corridor behind.

  "Quickly return to your alchemy lab and lock the door!" The young man's voice was extremely solemn.

  Dai Wei turned her head and took a glance, her body couldn't help but tremble because she saw Harling, the guard she had once trusted, standing at the staircase on the second floor, looking at them with a complex expression.

  "I'm sorry, Miss Davy. I don't want to do this, but I have no choice." He looked guilty all over his face, but still walked out, along the stairs, step by step, up to the third floor.

  "Don't go to the alchemy lab anymore, I won't give you this time, sorry." He sighed, drew his sword, took off the shield on his back, and stared at Roland.

  "Your martial arts skills are beyond my expectations, young man, but it ends here."

  Luolin took a deep breath and pulled out a medicine bottle.

  "What are you doing?" Davie looked at him in confusion.

  "Don't listen to him, hurry up and hide in the alchemy room, Miss Davy." After finishing speaking, Roland downed the medicine in one gulp. He felt like he had swallowed a bottle of explosives, which exploded in his stomach, bringing him immense pain and... power!

  In Davie's eyes, Roland's face suddenly turned blood red, even his eyes were red, she immediately knew that this young man must have taken some kind of potent stimulant. And such drugs usually had huge side effects, completely overdrafting one's life force.

  He is sparing no effort in fighting for her chance of escape!

  Dai Wei felt a sense of suffocation in her heart, and she remembered the words spoken by the young man when they first met: "I possess an insight into danger that your other bodyguards do not have."

  He was right, at this time, the other four guards were still in other parts of the villa, either snoring loudly or patrolling listlessly, only Luo Lin had foreseen the danger and pulled her back from the jaws of death once, now he was trying to pull her back for a second time.

  " Luo Lin..."

  "Go!" Luo Lin exerted himself and pushed Davie backwards with a powerful yet gentle force, sending her sliding back seven or eight meters.

  Then she saw Luo Lin raise the shield in his hand and jump directly down the stairs to Harin below, taking advantage of the height difference of the stairs.

  A loud crash echoed from the stairs, and Davie saw Rolen, who had just rushed down, fly back up. Obviously, he was no match for Harin.

  Yes, don't mention Rolin, even if it were her, she didn't think that several of her low-level spells could harm that powerful warrior, and even if she and Rolin joined forces to attack, they would still be hard-pressed to escape death.

  Harlem is too powerful, so powerful that it's desperate!

  Watching Roland being knocked back, leaning on his sword and kneeling at the stairs, spitting blood, Davie's vision blurred. She endured the pain in her ankle and hobbled to the alchemy room.

  She can't waste the opportunities her youth has fought for!