The villain's way to tame the protagonist

All attacks will be delayed by time when they are about to touch him. The huge kinetic energy originally accumulated will be ruthlessly crushed by time and will have no power at all.

Shitana could sense the unnatural stagnation. It seemed as if she had hit something, but it did not cause any damage at all.

This assassin has... a time buffer zone on his body.

But this does not mean that he is invulnerable. The initial charge obviously broke through this buffer to a certain extent. In other words, as long as his power limit is penetrated, it can still cause real damage!

And... while putting on this "armor", he did not stop time again.

In other words, it is very likely that he can only use one of his abilities in terms of time at a time!

"No?" The assassin raised his eyebrows. "I have met many people like you. They are all very confident in their abilities... But Miss Xitana, you have to understand that they are either powerful warriors who have experienced hundreds of battles and are only one step away from the scepter, or experienced and condensed warlocks with profound background, or even peerless geniuses who have already achieved the scepter. Their confidence is well-founded. Where does your confidence come from?"

The sharp blade with sand flowing in the handle was swung again, and the next moment, the dagger seemed to travel through space, as if the picture was cut off, and was about to pierce Shitana's neck!

But it did not pierce through Hitana's throat, but only drew a line of blood on her neck.

The assassin's eyes changed slightly. The moment before he froze time, the girl actually leaned back in advance - because he did not swing the knife slowly this time, but swung the blade down without stopping when time was frozen, he failed to kill her with one blow.

Feeling the pain in her neck, Hitana raised her hand and grabbed the assassin's wrist without any hesitation. The terrifying force that could break the bones of a beast with bare hands burst out instantly!

click!

After a brief crisp sound, the assassin kicked Hitana in the abdomen with an oblique kick, but funny enough, it did not cause any damage!

The next second, his figure disappeared instantly and retreated nearly four or five meters.

"This kind of anticipation and counterattack cannot be explained by combat talent."

The assassin rubbed his wrist, which was almost crushed by Xitana, but fortunately he used time to buffer it in time, so it was only slightly dislocated, and said thoughtfully: "Are you the recipient of the gift?"

Hitana, whose mind was full of how to defeat the opponent, did not listen to the four crucial words. She stared at the assassin who still seemed to be at ease, and frantically rehearsed and planned in her mind according to Anther's teachings and ideas.

It turned out that he could not use these two abilities at the same time, and they could not be connected seamlessly. Although the time was extremely short, it was also a chance... the only chance!

And that time stopped, as long as he touched me, time would flow again, otherwise he would have killed me in the time stop just now.

Also, his body is not strong at all, and without that dagger he can't hurt me at all, so I just need to... Woo!

Shitana's head suddenly felt a sharp pain. For some reason, the roar coming from her sea of ​​consciousness and soul gradually weakened, and even became dissatisfied. The power that supported Shitana's fierce attack and continuously flowed out of her body also began to subside. Although it was still supplied, it was not as fierce and powerful as before.

Miss Wolf Cub didn't know where this power came from, she only knew that she didn't have much time left.

"We must create that one and only chance..." Sitana panted and whispered in her heart, "As long as we can--"

and many more……

Is that really my only chance? Is there no other choice?

[Shitana, what you see is ultimately limited, but the height and depth of your thinking can reach the end of heaven and the end of the abyss]

Magic, how is it possible for someone to control time without the help of magic? So he must be using magic, there is no doubt about it.

Yes... magic. Who says an assassin must be a killer who wields a blade and has excellent combat abilities? Isn't the one who wants to kill the viscount today also a warlock?

This guy is not a real warrior at all. His physical strength is so weak. He is clearly... just a warlock!

Combat skills and physical talents are not unsolvable at all. A warlock who kills people purely by relying on his cheating time spells is just a warlock!

Hitana noticed the trap set by the assassin. He deliberately did not avoid any close combat, making him look adept at hand-to-hand combat. In fact, if there was no buffer layer, she would have beaten him into a paste!

Yeah, this guy doesn't have any fighting skills at all, he just stops time and comes up to cut my neck!

This assassin used this unconventional method to conceal his identity, causing people to focus all their attention on how to crack his abilities and ignore more crucial things.

Warlocks can manipulate the ether, call the wind and rain, and even control time like this assassin, but no matter how powerful a warlock is, he or she is bound to have weaknesses - Xitana knows these basic things because she fights with others every day in school.

The simplest and most fatal point is that a warlock needs a medium to cast spells that are powerful enough. Losing the medium does not mean that the warlock is completely scrapped, but it will greatly weaken his ability!

The stronger the correlation between the spellcasting medium and the spell, the better the effect, so the spellcasting medium of a warlock is usually varied, and the use of a staff is simply because it has the greatest universality.

So this guy's medium...

Xitana's eyes fell inconspicuously on the dagger.

That... the handle of the dagger is like an hourglass, with quicksand flowing in it.

What else could it be besides this thing!

“…I don’t know what you were thinking though.”

The assassin whistled. "But the dangerous aura on you is fading quickly, Miss Animal. It seems that you can't maintain that rampage state for long."

Hitana slowly closed her eyes. Every muscle and bone, every fiber and nerve in her body were tense at this moment, accumulating strength, as if she was making a desperate fight.

Now that we know the purpose, everything else... just leave it to instinct!

When she opened her eyes again, her irises were stained blood red, and her shrunken, pure black round pupils were no different from those of animals!

The brutal power that had been fading from her now returned with cheers and roars of excitement!

Before the assassin had time to be shocked, Hitana, lying on all fours, rushed towards the assassin again without any disguise or fancy moves.

It is a bullet that penetrates everything after it is fired, and it is a strong wind that sweeps up and tears everything apart!

The expensive carpet and even the entire floor were torn apart at this extreme speed. Velvet and wood chips flew everywhere, and the beautiful snow color almost formed a pure white straight line in the air, like a burst of lightning, dividing the space into two!

This is an extreme speed that does not allow the assassin to respond by stopping time. If he is a step slower and does not have enough time to give himself a time buffer, he will undoubtedly be torn to pieces on the spot!

[But this is too reckless]

As this thought flashed through the assassin's mind, Hitana's five clawed fingers had already grabbed his throat.

Under such a violent attack, he would be injured even with a little time buffer, but he would never die.

But this girl had accumulated so much strength that she would surely die after she had her strength drained away by herself.

The assassin increased the time-decelerating force at the two key parts of his neck and heart to deal with Hitana's reckless and fatal attack, and was ready to swing the dagger, intending to give her a real fatal blow after Hitana's strength was completely exhausted by time.

"Then, again--?!"

Mr. Assassin, who had been prepared in advance and gave full respect to Hitana's terrifying power, did not feel the impact on his neck.

Although it has been strengthened, the strength should not be completely gone. This is——

Feint!

It was impossible to be deceived by Xitana's fierce and violent appearance and guess that she had seen through her disguise as an assassin and made the most wrong judgment.

The moment he realized that this was a feint, the other hand that had accumulated all of Hitana's true strength had already grasped the assassin's wrist!

The entire wrist was crushed; the bones, meridians, blood vessels, and muscles were crushed into a ball on the spot. The terrible pain seemed as if the entire hand was about to break off, and uncontrollable howls of pain rang out in the room.

The moment the dagger fell, time stopped immediately.

But before the assassin could grab the dagger with his other hand, a white and tender little hand with bulging veins and protruding blood vessels had already grasped it firmly in the palm of his hand.

"I won." A cruel smile appeared on the face of the female wolf. "Go to hell with your tricks, bastard!"

She gripped the dagger backwards, the savagery and brutality deep in her soul were not concealed at all, urging her to stab straight into the assassin's heart!

Amid the long silence, the sound of flesh falling heavily to the ground was heard.

Hitana looked at the assassin, whose face was stiff and who no longer moved, and the unreasonable powerful force quickly faded away. Uncontrollable fatigue came over her like a tide, almost swallowing up her consciousness in an instant.

"...Hydra."

The girl, with her eyelids drooping, fell to the ground. She struggled to stand up while mumbling more and more weakly: "If you don't notice this, I will... I will..."

thump—

Her head hit the ground and she fainted on the spot.

*

After just a few seconds, the door of the room was pushed open.

The assassin, who was lying on the ground without any sound, suddenly opened his eyes. The blood and wounds on his body seemed to be restored as if time had gone back, and he returned to a completely unharmed state.

"Huh, Lord Hydra, are you satisfied?"

He played with his dagger with a relaxed look: "In fact, I wanted to say to her, 'Aha, do you know that I used this thing to fool a few smart guys?', and then enjoy her incredible expression."

"This Miss Animal, her understanding of extraordinary people is too narrow and rigid."

Mr. Assassin shrugged. "Let's not talk about the fact that most sorcerers would have multiple mediums for casting spells... She actually thought that a transcendent at the throne level would be dead if his heart was pierced. Such a self-evident idea... Where did you find it from?"

"It doesn't matter, Okarian." Anser squatted down and gently stroked Xitana's cheek. "What matters is that she is good enough, isn't she?"

"How can a recipient of the gift not be excellent? In theory, she did indeed 'kill' me once, although I did let her off a little too much. But she was able to use her spiritual essence before she even reached the throne... She is indeed a monster."

“So, I’m even more confused about this.”

The assassin from the Guangyin Society crossed his arms and said, "I can definitely help you bring out her potential. Why do you ask me to stop here?"

Yes, it was Anther who asked Okarian to stop at this stage - because he had fully anticipated the assassination, what Xitana would do in the end, and what the final outcome would be.

Moreover, Okarian did not receive any requests from Anther during the entire assassination process. He was completely free to do what he wanted. Anther just foresaw the ending and asked Okarian to stop there.

This made Mr. Assassin's hair stand on end at the same time as he was even more confused by how dangerous and terrifying this young Hydra was.

Since Hydra was clearly training this animal lady, why would he deny her the opportunity to become stronger?

"Because that's enough."

The young man stroked the girl's brow, which was wrinkled with fatigue and pain.

"No need to go any further into the beast, dear Sitana."

Hydra spoke his vicious curse so gently:

"Just indulge in the victory I brought you."

"There is no blood and hatred or pain, only happiness and joy in the sweet victory."

Chapter 36: Sisters 1

The trip to Howling Wind Keep was fruitful for Anser.

The training of Xitana has made great progress, and he has officially taken the "harvest" of the Red Frost Territory this year from the Grand Duke of the Grey Tower, and did not let the old fox's real purpose that he had repeatedly hidden succeed.

Grey fox is by no means a word of contempt or ridicule; it is a name used with resentment and vigilance by many people who have suffered at the hands of the Grey Tower Grand Duke.

From the most superficial perspective, the Grand Duke of Grey Tower wanted to get away by having the two viscounts fake their deaths, in turn exposing Anser's false assassination and destroying the people's support and arrangements that Anser had accumulated in the Red Frost Territory; taking it a step further, he knew that Anser would not sit still and wait for death, so he hoped to use this to test what kind of trump card Anser, who did not seem to have any help, actually held.

The real intention hidden behind these two purposes was accomplished by the assassins from the Guangyin Society.

For a grand duke, a man who has already stood at the pinnacle of power in the empire, are the gains and losses of a territory and the external power that Anser holds really that important?

Of course not, the most important thing is always only one thing.

——That is Hydra itself.

Only those who are in higher positions know clearly what Hydra means to the empire.

They are far more than just "the emperor's butcher knife" or "executioner of the powerful and wealthy". The relationship between them and the emperor is not that of superiors and subordinates in the traditional sense.

As modern Hydra becomes increasingly insane and Anther is about to take over power, nothing is more important than Anther himself.

For the Grand Duke, the leader of Hydra was no secret. Therefore, the core purpose of the scheme set up by the Gray Tower was to spy on Anser's background, which was...

Spy on Xitana, who was treated abnormally by Anser, possessed extraordinary talent and was very likely to become the leader.

This last hidden core purpose is extremely cunning and sinister. Even if Ansel has the ability to detect all assassins, how can he discover in a short period of time that one of them is a strong man from the Guangyin Society?

Unfortunately, as Anser said to Okarian, many times, countless strategies and calculations can be destroyed by just one thing - information asymmetry.

No matter how perfect the plan of the Grand Duke of Grey Tower was, he had no idea what kind of monster the old-looking butler was among the group of ordinary-looking servants around Anther, nor did he know that among all the pledges of Anther's father, Xavier was the most special one; he did not know even more that the power Anther possessed was enough to make the assassin of the Time Society completely betray him and make his plan completely bankrupt.

This was also the "unstable factor" that Anser was determined to eliminate at the time.

After all, assassinating Xitana according to the will of the Grand Duke of the Gray Tower and assassinating Xitana according to his own will are two completely different concepts.

When Anser pulled Ocarian to his side, everything that happened in Howling Winds Keep was already under his control.

In this brief farce, Miss Wolf Cub realized the importance of knowledge, witnessed the infinite possibilities of the fight between extraordinary people, and comprehended the powerful power of thinking. She used this to defeat a powerful enemy who was almost impossible for her to defeat, and tasted the incomparably sweet taste of victory.

- Even if Okarion didn't know how much he had let go, the fact that the genius assassin who could use three different forms of time magic at the same time did not push Hitana to the limit at Anther's instruction was enough, or rather, for Anther, it was just what should be done.

Xitana Lansmalos does not need to follow that future model and grow up in a bloody fight in a crazy and brutal way. She only needs to follow everything she has planned and use her unreasonable talent to achieve greatness.

In this way, all the victories and happiness tasted were brought to Miss Wolf Cub by Anther. Even when she grew from a wolf cub to the wolf king, she was still the most perfect and loyal dog when facing Anther.

However, that is a matter for the future. The most important thing right now is to train Shitana step by step, steadily and gradually.

Arriving at the gate of the manor, Ansel smiled as he was greeted by the maids lining up.