You are all my wings...

Intermediate fire magic, Fire Star?

No, the coverage area is somewhat less than that of a normal intermediate spell.

However, the five enormous fireballs in front of him covered a considerable area, stretching at least twenty meters in length. They appeared suddenly and moved at an astonishing speed, catching him completely off guard. Just as he was about to be swept into his body by the high-temperature airflow, he activated his most proficient movement technique, Instant Step!

call out!!!!

With a flash of light, he appeared outside the range of the cold wave, landing on a slightly protruding rock nearby.

Choosing this rock as his standing spot was an instinctive habit of his as an honorable assassin.

Only by standing high enough can one gain a wide enough field of vision to make the most of his fourth-order fly king compound eyes.

Then, by using the potential energy generated by sufficient height, one can deliver a fatal blow to the enemy!

And this rock happened to be the tallest and largest one in the vicinity.

Before his feet even touched the ground, he instinctively scanned his surroundings while still in mid-air, searching for any enemies hiding nearby.

Since it's a spellcaster, and not a true intermediate-level spell, the enemy must be within a fifty-meter range!

At this distance, he only needs to use the fourth-level combat skill, Instant Step, to dodge once to activate his core skill, allowing him to dart and strike, delivering a truly fatal blow to the target.

With this strike, the vast majority of fourth-tier monsters would be struck in vital areas, leaving them half-dead.

"Hehe, I've found you."

"A mere second-tier mage, capable of causing me this much trouble, you should be proud of yourself."

With a sweep of his eyes from mid-air, Utaman spotted the silver-haired mage hiding not far away beside a withered tree, almost blending into the surrounding shadows, wearing only an undershirt. He looked over again with a surprised expression.

The distance was only fifteen meters?

No matter how well it's hidden, how can it escape my eyes?

I really don't know how to live or die!

He activated his magic, and his mithril skin emitted a faint magical glow, causing his muscles to swell and his strength to surge instantly.

His feet landed on the tip of the rock, and all his strength surged to his toes.

Fourth-tier combat skill: Instant Step!

"Die!"

BOOM!!!

"puff…"

In the instant when all his strength converged at one point, his toes touched the ground, but instead of the usual solid reaction force, he felt the muddy ground sinking deeper and deeper.

Instead of hard rock, their feet were stepping on slippery mud.

Combat technique activation failed!

The greater the force that gathered under his feet at that moment, the more pathetic he became.

The mud wrapped around his feet like a slippery snake, and his entire foot sank in. His face was also covered in slippery mud splashed up by the force of his foot landing, making him look dirty and obstructing his vision.

Immediately following, at the same moment, an astonishing wave of freezing cold swept over.

He lost his footing and couldn't use Instant Step to dodge, so he could only protect his head and face with his hands and forcibly withstand the attack.

"A mere freezing cold wave, not a real intermediate-level spell! Besides, even if it were a real intermediate-level cold wave, it would only freeze me for a few seconds! A few seconds later, it would be your death!"

He was furious.

Crackling sound!

A cold wave swept through.

The frost first condensed on his brow, eyeballs, and earlobes, then spread rapidly throughout his body, making his mithril skin even brighter, as if adorned with exquisite frost.

His whole body was frozen.

He went from being a Mithril Man to a Mithril Ice Man.

Lyon emerged from behind the hidden withered tree.

Very good. Although the battle is not over yet, everything is proceeding smoothly according to plan so far.

Using his understanding of Utaman's fighting style from his previous life, Leon constantly exploited Utaman's personality flaws, employing multiple deception tactics to successfully freeze him in place.

First, Berylita's Holy Light Mirror Detection Technique allowed Leon to know Utaman's location perfectly, giving him the opportunity to set up his plan.

Secondly, the core aura of trust is crucial.

Without this aura of trust, even with the addition of a hastily painted expression of astonishment on the rough clay figurine, it would not be able to fool Utaman, who possesses astonishing insight.

Then came sufficiently dim light, which he used Shadow Shield magic to cover the top of his body, obscuring his face in shadow and making it more difficult for Utaman to recognize the bait.

Although the Fly King's compound eyes are powerful, the user is still human and will be influenced by the visual instincts unique to the human brain, mistaking a blurry and unfamiliar face.

Coupled with the aura of trust, Utaman never doubted his judgment at that moment.

Then, Leon used Shadow Leap to dodge when Utaman and Muddo made eye contact.

Then, he mastered the initial stages of the Fire Acceleration Magic, which gave him the potential to hit Utaman.

Before, he couldn't achieve a magic that combined the four advantages of short casting time, fast firing speed, wide coverage, and high destructive power.

Without the magic that threatens Utaman, this plan cannot be implemented.

Using the high-speed fireball technique, he successfully forced Utaman to activate his fourth-level combat skill, Instant Step, again, forcing Utaman to move to the target location.

Afterwards, Leon can cast a small swamp spell on the place where he is most likely to land, which will give him room to cast pseudo-intermediate spells.

As for how to predict his landing location, it's very simple.

The Blood School's secretive style makes Utaman's personality unclear to outsiders, but perfectly transparent to Leon.

This guy prides himself on being an honorable assassin, which will lead him right into Leon's carefully laid trap.

Finally, Leon completed the freezing mission using the pseudo-intermediate magic, Frost Tide.

So, does reaching this point mean we've won?

No, this is just an appetizer.

Freezing him isn't enough; with Utaman's mithril skin, Leon can't break through his defenses yet.

Even if he used up all his magic power with his strongest intermediate magic, Hurricane Bullets, he still couldn't break through Utaman's defenses.

With his entire body covered in mysterious metal skin, he is able to ignore the vast majority of magical attacks below the higher level.

This is why he calls himself a righteous assassin; he has the right to be arrogant.

Moreover, this freeze can only last for a few seconds.

In a few seconds, Utaman's abnormal physical abilities would be enough to break free from the ice and jump out of the swamp.

At that time, the situation will turn around.

This is also Lyon's limit. After all, the opponent is a Tier 4. If he doesn't have the advantages of intelligence, terrain, multiple job skills, etc., and if he doesn't cleverly exploit his weaknesses, he would be killed in one move by a Tier 2 or 3 opponent.

A few seconds later, Utaman will finally demonstrate his dominance as a fourth-order monster.

But will Lyon just stand by and watch this happen?

"Your turn, Your Majesty!"

Chapter 86 I can't bear to let you take such a risk

In the distance, Burelita flew closer, singing as she ran.

When it approached within sixty meters of the frozen Utaman, a magnificent holy light was generated and emitted from thin air.

Where the holy light passes, there is both heat and purification.

Just then, as the frozen frost around Utaman's body shattered and he was about to break free, an immense holy light shone down.

Lyon stood below the rock, observing intently.

The ice around Utaman evaporated instantly, and his mithril skin shimmered with a silvery-white magical light. But it lasted for less than half a second before the holy light shattered it and continued to fall onto his mithril skin.

The mithril skin didn't last more than a few seconds. The hard yet flexible mysterious metal turned into liquid metal and slid off his skin, forming silver streaks that were much darker than the surrounding area.

This turn of events left Leon in awe.

I was both thrilled by the terror of Burelita's Holy Annihilation attack and amazed by the tenacity of her mithril skin.

If any other human at level four were to directly take this attack, they would probably melt into nothing but bones in less than two seconds.

If it had been a few seconds longer, there probably wouldn't even be any bone fragments left.

Utaman was able to put up a fight for quite a while.

It must be said that Andrio, who carried out this modification for him, was a genius of life alchemy.

By this time, Utaman had completely escaped the frozen state, but since he had eaten the Holy Annihilation raw, much of his mithril skin had melted, and his powerful body had been directly burned by the high temperature, resulting in edema and charred blisters typical of severe burns.

His face also showed obvious charring and blisters, with flesh bursting open and turning brittle in an instant.

This severe injury rendered him unable to move or leave the area covered by the holy light.

In fact, he was already pressed against the rock, enduring the scorching heat of the ground, and stretched out his still intact mithril arm to grab the ground, trying to get his body out of the swamp. However, his speed had been greatly reduced at this point, and he could not get very far.

He dragged a trail of silver from the already red-hot ground.

The scene was extremely tragic.

“Your Holiness, melting most of his mithril is enough. Leave the rest to me; I can extract information from him.”

A few seconds later, Lyon, having observed the situation, called out to stop Britta.

Although, judging by the time it takes, she can't maintain this move for long.

Upon hearing this, Birelita nodded slightly and slowly withdrew her magical energy from the Holy Annihilation Magic.

The magnificent holy light then faded away.

On the ground, there was a patch of scorching red rock and billowing white steam.

As soon as Leon took a few steps closer, he noticed a bead of sweat on his forehead.

It's hot, really hot.

He was in a hurry, so he simply aimed his palm at the spot in front of him and gave it a gentle push.

call out!!!!

A blast of icy air swept past, and the red-hot rocks immediately emitted a dense crackling sound. That was probably caused by the different rates of temperature change of the fragments within the rocks compared to the outside environment, resulting in cracking.

It was a basic water-based spell, the Freeze spell.

The ground temperature has dropped slightly.

At this moment, Brierita walked over, her tone slightly raised than usual:

"Leon, I must say, your series of arrangements and tactics just now, while thrilling, were indeed quite amazing. Even with dual professions, being able to trap a fourth-level enemy with a second-level enemy for a few seconds is quite impressive. However, please don't take such risks next time. The risk is ultimately too high, and I can't bear to let you take such a risk."

Although the beginning was praise, the end subtly carried a hint of concerned reproach.

Oh wow.

Berylita could actually say something like that.

In the past, she would never have said such obvious words of concern.

Her style is more of a superior's perspective, speaking with compassion from a leadership standpoint.

The last sentence clearly carries a subtle emotion.

Lyon immediately looked at the information panel.

[Rita's affection level increased by 5%, current affection level is 59%]

This performance was indeed quite effective, instantly increasing my favorability rating by 5 points.

We're just 1% away from the 60% mark.

So, has her affection for herself begun to change from her affection for her subordinates to something else?

The strategy adopted will vary depending on the situation.