You call this the mastermind?

Merlen’s mind was a bit confused now.

Because the only person who knew Clark’s fake name was her daughter, besides the lady.

The lady was “killing people” in the hall at the back.

The girl in the mask could only be her daughter.

But… if I remember correctly, shouldn’t the girl in the ghost mask be the fierce girl who scolded me before?

Wearing the same clothes?

That’s not the point.

The point is that I am the lady’s “cousin”, so shouldn’t the lady’s daughter call me cousin or uncle?

Which idiot taught you to call me uncle?

…

It happened very suddenly.

In the garden path, the girl in front was running, and a middle-aged man dressed as an armed guard was chasing her from behind. He was covered with a lot of mud, as if he had just taken a nap in the mud.

Then, before Merlen could respond to the girl, the short wizard who was good at dueling beside him shouted and took out his wand to point at the pursuer.

Then, he flew backwards as if he was hit by a car!

This scene looked familiar.

If he hadn't seen clearly that the top of the wand in this guy's hand was facing outward, Melen would have thought that he was imitating his previous operation at the banquet.

However, he didn't have much time to complain. As the short wizard was knocked away, the guard who was chasing the girl also discovered Melen's existence, so he swung his wand towards him.

The invisible force was as sharp as a blade, but in the blink of an eye, it quickly rushed from the opponent's position to Melen's front!

Then, he took a wrong step and dodged it.

The little minions who he thought he could easily destroy actually dodged his attack, which made the guard look stunned, and then shook the wand and attacked again.

The breath emitted by this attack seemed to be much stronger than before, and there was even a strong sonic boom in the air.

However, Melen tilted his body sideways and dodged it again.

Not only did he dodge, he also took out his magic wand and used an instant lightning spell on the other party!

Unfortunately, although the strong arc-shaped lightning burst out from the other party in the blink of an eye, the man seemed to be fine, and not even a hair was burned.

Mellen, on the contrary, seemed to be hit by a huge force, which made him unconsciously step back a few steps!

Obviously, the enemy has some kind of "automatic counterattack" method.

But unlike the short wizard before, this counterattack method can't cause any harm to Mellen at all!

The middle-aged man dressed as a guard was stunned when he saw this, and then his expression became solemn.

"Are you really a wizard apprentice?"

While speaking, he even stopped chasing the girl and focused all his attention on Mellen.

"Guess if I am?"

Mellen didn't rush to run, but stood in place and patted the collar on his chest that was slightly messy due to the impact, looking very calm.

"Wizard apprentices are not as fast as you--"

Halfway through his words, a rock hand suddenly jumped out from the ground where Mellen was, grabbing his leg fiercely!

However, what the enemy did not expect was that Mellen just moved his feet to the side and dodged such a hidden and deadly attack again!

No matter how hard the rock hand tried to grab, it couldn't hook anyone!

The middle-aged guard's expression became very serious, and even a little afraid.

The young man in front of him could not only easily resist the fatal counterattack of his life-saving magic, but also reacted unexpectedly fast.

Not only could he deal with the attack of a third-level wizard with ease, but he could also predict his sneak attack in an instant? !

"Logically speaking, at your age, it is impossible to exceed the apprenticeship period."

So he said with vigilance: "So it is obvious that you actually look young."

Mellen did not respond, but just smiled sweetly.

It's just that he kept glancing at the fleeing girl from the corner of his eyes, hoping that she would run away so that he could run away.

That's right, run away.

When he dueled with the short wizard before, Melen found that he was not as weak as he had imagined before.

Or, he had never seen the methods of wizards, so he subconsciously raised the strength of wizards infinitely high.

However, when he realized that the initial battle of wizards mainly depended on the speed of physical reaction, he suddenly found that he was actually very good...

Or, the master-level Sun Knight breathing method was very good.

The master-level breathing method gave him a very comprehensive physical fitness, including strength, agility, wound recovery speed...

With the significant improvement of comprehensive quality, his reaction and agility were already inhuman.

I don't know where the upper limit is, but the previous facts have proved that this guy who seems to be very powerful in front of him can't attack him at all!

In addition, Melen can vaguely sense the other party's emotions, an ability that he didn't pay much attention to in the past, and he suddenly realized it.

If the opponent's means do not involve a sure hit or a range attack, then he will not be hurt by the opponent at all.

Because he can analyze the corresponding attack points from the opponent's emotions and body movements, and then rely on his extraordinary agility to easily dodge!

"It's a pity that I lack the means of attack, otherwise I can tire him to death even if I fly a kite... Strange, why didn't my third hand have any reaction when it hit him?"

Merlen had originally had high expectations for his third hand that could bend steel.     But just now, when he was talking to the other party, he had quietly used this method.

As a result, the other party seemed... not to feel the impact at all?

Could it be that my third hand, which was so big, had inexplicably turned into a small toothpick?

Puzzled in his heart, on the surface, Mellen quietly confronted the other party, and no one dared to move.

Mellen didn't move because he was stalling for time for the girl to run away - her mother was right behind her, and if he ran away without caring now, his image would be completely gone.

And the other party didn't move because Mellen was already an extremely mysterious "old monster" in his eyes at this time.

He was not sure that he could defeat her, or even evacuate safely under Mellen's nose.

So the scene was like a movie that had been paused. Except for the chewing sound of a few horses behind him, there was no other sound or movement.

If it continued like this, the other party might be the first to lose control.

Because the roar coming from the direction of the banquet hall was getting weaker and weaker, it seemed that the situation had been basically controlled by one party.

Which party was it? This was actually obvious.

After all, this was Graham City, and there were more than just Mrs. Chelsea as a master.

Even if the lady herself could not deal with those enemies, as long as she could delay for a while, there would be continuous help.

So the final winner must be Mellen's side.

In this case, the only one who would be anxious was the middle-aged guard on the opposite side.

…

However, just when Mellen felt that he had won, a familiar scream came from not far away!

Looking from the corner of his eye, Mellen was surprised to find that the girl who had run away before had actually run back at this moment!

Behind her was a group of about six or seven pursuers, each of them covered in mud, and they also looked like they had rolled in the mud.

But this was not the point.

The point was that they were still wearing various masks distributed by the Ernest family... It was obvious that they had retreated from the banquet hall!

"Damn, is it her bad luck or mine?"

Merlen cursed inwardly, feeling very unlucky.

Seeing the group approaching, the middle-aged guard who was confronting him on the girl's escape route showed a happy expression on his face.

Merlen's mind was racing, and after quickly analyzing the known information, he suddenly jumped up and rushed towards the middle-aged guard's position!

The middle-aged guard, who was ecstatic because he saw a group of companions appear, was a little distracted, but he did not ignore the threat from Mellen.

Therefore, before Mellen decided to act, he judged that Mellen could not stay still.

So he shook the wand in his hand and added another layer of protective magic to himself-

He didn't want to hurt the enemy now, but only wanted to delay time.

In fact, it didn't take long to delay, at most ten seconds, his companions would arrive at the scene!

However, what he didn't expect was that Mellen's goal was not to attack him, but the sword on his waist!

This sword was originally a decoration that he used to disguise himself as a manor guard. Not to mention that he didn't value it, even if he did, his protective magic couldn't be attached to such an ordinary metal object.

Therefore, when he cast a very strong protective spell on himself, the sword was easily pulled out of the scabbard by Mellen!

In an instant, a dazzling light burst out from this metal weapon!

Rich and dazzling! In the dim environment of the night, it was like a sun that suddenly rose!

The strong light so close made the middle-aged guard's eyes hurt. He closed his eyelids subconsciously, and he secretly said in his heart that it was not good, and he wanted to take action!

Unfortunately, before he could really take any action, he inexplicably felt his body lighten, and then he felt as if... suddenly flew up?

The scene at this time was very strange.

The burst of strong light made the group of pursuers subconsciously pause, and then they were shocked to see that the middle-aged guard who had been defending tightly was now easily beheaded by the young man with a sword!

The situation suddenly changed, and blood spurted out from the severed head, like a fountain, and scattered all over the surrounding flowers.

The scene immediately became very quiet!

This scene not only scared the pursuers, but even Melen himself was caught off guard.

He originally just remembered that he had used his destiny to extract a sword technique called Flash Point, and wanted to use it to bluff the middle-aged guard who blocked the road, in order to force him to retreat and not block the road.

Who would have thought that the guy who had been fine no matter he used magic or the third hand to attack before was now so easily killed by his sword! ?

"Is this sword technique so awesome?"

Melen couldn't help but think of the inexplicable changes that seemed to have occurred in his body when he obtained this sword technique.

But the situation at the moment was special, and he didn't have extra time to think about it.

Seeing that the group of people were bluffed by him, he didn't hesitate, and immediately grabbed the arm of the girl who had run close to him, and then fled quickly to the distance.

In just a few breaths, he and the girl disappeared without a trace!

However, Melen didn't notice that the group of pursuers, whom he treated as a big enemy, had no intention of continuing to chase them in the direction of escape.

Instead, they looked at each other, stopped where they were, and didn't dare to get close to him!

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