Hero of Darkness

A perfect plan formed in Ronin's mind to take down Mikaela who had the advantage in terms of elemental attacks, long-range attacks and distance between them while her opponent lacked in all three of them.

As Mikaela launched another volley of arrows on Ronin, he sprinted forward using Quicksilver skill. This was a quick movement skill created by Kahn and only Omega and Ronin were qualified when he imparted his skills to the subordinates.

And just within another second, he crossed the distance of 100 meters and reached 500 meters range from the tengu archer's location.

"No, you don't!" shouted Mikaela and soon, over 300 lightning elemental arrows appeared on both her sides and instantly launched themselves towards Ronin.

However, instead of trying to evade them, the assassin instead threw over a dozen bombs at the arrows.

BOOM!!

A loud noise filled the surrounding 2 kilometer radius as the small bombs and the arrows collided. In the following moments, a massive white cloud burst from the point of impact and instantly spread across the battlefield.

This white cloud of smoke surrounded the opponent and encircled the 1 kilometer radius in just a few seconds.

"Using smoke bombs against someone who can fly higher… what an idiot." said Mikaela and flapped her wings.

But before she could move, she sensed a murderous intent coming from behind her back.

Clang!!

Ronin's daggers clashed against Mikaela's bow after he used the Shadow Strike skill and instantly appeared behind her.

The female archer was quickly forced to retreat a few hundred meters in the smoke cloud.

Next, 5 pointed extensions that looked like the tip of a spear appeared from different directions and tried to stab Mikaela.

But in the end, she was an archer who also had sensory skills of her own. She quickly used one of their trump cards and the next moment, a whirlwind full of lightning creatures appeared around her, instantly warding off these hidden attacks coming within the smoke.

Croak!!

Croak!!

Croak!!

The female archer just used one of her bloodline abilities and summoned over 300 ravens who had blue lightning roaming all around their bodies. Their loud croaks instantly echoed in the 5 kilometers of area.

Because of the wind pressure, the smoke cleared in the 500 meters radius and finally, Mikaela saw the assailants who attacked her from the smoke cloud.

Gasp!

She gasped as soon as she saw her attackers that she barely managed to detect in time, her expression completely baffled and a sense of dread appeared on her countenance. Because at this moment, she was surrounded by…

Five different Ronins.

[Is that a mirage skill? No… even saint rank assassins can't make more than 3 mirage copies when they're at 1st stage saint rank.

Looks like my opponent is a talented and formidable fighter.] she thought and quickly commanded her lightning ravens to target and attack these 5 Ronins encircling her.

In truth, these were the doppelgangers created by Ronin to aid him in battle. Among their group, only Kahn and Ronin had this ability.

Even she understood that 4 of them were fakes while one was real. And she didn't wish to give her enemy a chance to distract her and then attack sneakily.

As the battle progressed in all 5 directions, Mikaela ordered her ravens to attack fiercely while he shot her killer moves one after another whenever she found a Ronin struggling against her flock of summoned ravens.

Clang!

Shing!

BOOM!

Noises of metal clashing filled the surroundings and finally, Mikaela successfully killed one of the copies.

She properly isolated and kept each copy engaged in battle with her summons and launched lethal strikes whenever she got the chance. But during that time, each copy kept throwing those smoke bombs towards her to blur her vision and she had to change her location too many times in just 10 minutes.

BANG!!

Finally, the 4th copy died and disappeared into black smoke and only the real Ronin was left.

"Argh! What's happening?" asked Mikaela to herself as she felt her sense dulling out of a sudden and her body movements greatly slowing.

Soon, the world around her started giving off an eerie feeling and a sense of impending threat appeared in her mind.

[No! He could be using some skill. I need to kill him quickly!] she thought and launched his biggest summoned arrows and most fatal archery skills while the summoned ravens surrounded the real Ronin from every direction and angle.

STAB!!

Amidst the frenzy and chaos… An arrow pierced right through Ronin's chest and instantly electrocuted him on the spot.

But the female tengu archer was not in the mood of taking risks. She launched another valley of attacks and with a bang….

A large hole was created in Ronin's chest as he was shot dead by the enemy. His eyes lost the light in them and his body started falling towards the ground.

Stab!

Another arrow pierced his heart and Mikaela used her saint aura to pull his body close to her.

"What a useless fight. You're as weak as they come." she spoke in a content and victorious voice as Ronin's corpse flew in front of her.

STAB!!

STAB!!

But before she could revel in victory for long… two daggers suddenly stabbed her head and her heart from behind. Her body was instantly frozen and hundreds of black veins spread on the exiting tips of the daggers.

Mikaela didn't even realize the fact that she died, only having a shocked expression because of the pain.

And finally, the real Ronin appeared from behind her, giving a look of disappointment through his now golden eyes.

Although it looked like Ronin was toyed around by Mikaela throughout the entire battle… one couldn't be any more wrong.

First, he tested her senses and reaction time when he threw the smoke bombs the first time and appeared right behind her to make a lethal strike.

But after he sensed that Mikaela was equally matched with him even with his buffed speed and dexterity because of her own senses… he decided to use decoys.

After Mikaela attacked the doppelgangers, each of them threw smoke bombs at her. But unlike before, these weren't just normal smoke bombs but the ones made with his own fear toxin.

This was the ability that Kahn and Ronin often used during their time in Flavot city when Kahn was hunting down criminals and the noble clan heirs while masquerading as Azrael. It not only made the enemies hallucinate but also affected their sensory organs and abilities.

And in this battle, whenever Mikaela started breathing the smoke in after the doppelgangers threw those bombs at her, her senses were being affected with time.

And when the final doppelganger died, Ronin allowed it to keep its physical form which made the female archer think that she finally got him.

But the truth was that Ronin had been using the Invisibility skill that he got after merging with Vilgax. This ability made his entire existence undetectable unless one was above the 5th stage saint rank.

And right when Mikaela let her guard down and her senses were greatly affected because of the fear toxin, he used Erebus daggers that had Bjormngandur, the Basilisk descendants' venom coated on them which caused those black veins on her body, making sure she was deader than dead.

Ronin perfectly planned every step of this confrontation and killed an enemy who had an advantage over him in every aspect using his Battle Tactician mind.

Mikaela's corpse dropped from the sky and Ronin gave an unimpressed gaze as he looked at the crashing corpse…

"You're slow, even when you're falling."