Thirty-Five is You

As soon as your Night Blade Leopard was as quick as lightning, it rushed out of the yard, its sharp claws grabbing onto the Naga assassin's scale-covered back.

Sharp fangs aimed to bite at the Naga assassin's nape.

Perhaps because it was away from the Great Sea, its body could only crawl like a snake, and its movements were far less swift than in the sea.

The Night Blade Leopard's claws scraped against the hard scales, instantly sparking a series of sparks.

However, the Naga assassin's reaction was also extremely swift. He didn't have time to wave his dagger, but he didn't dare let the Night Blade Leopard bite his nape. He twisted his body and swung his elbow backward, a half-foot-long fin-like thorn tightly attached to his upper arm, stabbing fiercely towards the Night Blade Leopard's left eye.

The Night Blade Leopard jerked its head to the side, dodging the thorn, and bit the Naga assassin's shoulder. The Night Blade Leopard's sharp teeth were fully two inches long, and when they pierced through the scales, they made a crisp sound, biting four bloody holes in the Naga assassin's shoulder.

The Naga assassin, twisting his body three hundred and sixty degrees, let out a shrill scream.

The sound almost pierced through the entire long street.

The Naga assassin grabbed the fur on the Night Blade Leopard's back with his other hand. His arms were strong and flexible, and the surface was covered with hard scales. Not only did his elbow have a fin, but it also had a bone spur accompanying the fin.

Grabbing onto the Night Blade Leopard's back, five sharp nails almost pierced through the Night Blade Leopard's fur.

He actually forcibly tore the Night Blade Leopard off his shoulder, then threw it towards the wall across the street.

The Naga assassin's body was nearly three meters long, with immense strength. The span of his arms was very long when he swung them. The Night Blade Leopard was still thinking of struggling to bite the Naga assassin's wrist, but the inertia of the throw made it somewhat unable to control its body, and it fell towards the opposite wall.

And on its back, five very obvious bloody holes appeared on the brocade-like fur...

The Naga assassin's nails were exceptionally sharp, and could easily tear open the Night Blade Leopard's fur.

The Night Blade Leopard, in pain, let out a shrill scream, its four claws firmly gripping the wall.

Then, its body arched like a spring, using the inertia, and then turned into a bolt of lightning, entangling the Naga assassin.

After landing, the Night Blade Leopard let out a low roar, its two strong front legs controlling the direction of the pounce, and its strong hind legs kicking hard against the ground, immediately turning into a black shadow.

The Naga assassin also unwilling to be outdone, placed his hands on the ground, his body twisting like a sea snake, his ugly face revealing countless sharp teeth, letting out a shrill roar towards the Night Blade Leopard.

The Night Blade Leopard was so frightened that all the fur on its body exploded, and it turned towards the apothecary's yard halfway to the Naga assassin.

Its body turned into a wisp of green smoke, leaping into the bushes in the yard, not daring to run out again.

Roy didn't stop at this time.

He knew that even if he stopped, he would be delivering food to the Naga assassin.

Only by running desperately could he have a chance to survive.

Moreover, that Night Blade Leopard was also very cunning. Relying on its hunter's instinct, it would judge the opponent's strength on its own. Running away when it couldn't win was this big cat's specialty...

Roy even felt that it had no bloodthirst as a magical beast.

The street was filled with thick fog. As long as he got into the thick fog, it was estimated that the Naga assassin might not be able to catch him.

Roy was extremely familiar with Brown Street, and also knew where to find elves who could deal with the Naga assassin.

He ran wildly eastward along Brown Street, not even stopping when he passed the Temple entrance.

Only the Silver Moon Elf guard was at the Castleton Harbour docks. Those Elf Rangers guarded the docks almost day and night, preventing the crew members on those foreign Great Sea Ships from causing trouble at the docks.

At this time, Roy naturally had to seek the help of the Elf Rangers, they were the guardians of Castleton City.

The Naga assassin saw the Night Blade Leopard leap into the bushes, and even though his shoulder was injured, he didn't chase after it.

Instead, he saw Roy running east along Brown Street, about to disappear into the fog, and chased after him relentlessly.

He twisted his fishtail forcefully on the foggy street, his upper body almost parallel to the ground, his thin and slender hands alternately grabbing the ground, allowing his body to dart forward quickly...

The hard scales rubbed against the rock slab pavement, making a crisp 'swishing' sound.

That sound was behind Roy. At first, it was very vague, but after a while, it became unusually clear...

Roy didn't expect him to crawl so fast, and he would relentlessly pursue him.

He only glanced back secretly and saw that the Naga assassin was less than ten meters away from him, his mouth full of fangs holding a sharp dagger, and every time his hands grabbed forward, his body would dart forward a large distance.

The distance between him and the Naga assassin was rapidly shortening...

In the blink of an eye, the Naga assassin caught up.

He stretched out a gaunt, scaled hand towards Roy's shoulder.

Roy didn't dare let him get a solid grip. Without a second thought, he leaped forward and to the right, rolling twice on the ground. His body slammed into a stone railing at the side of the street, the pebbles on the ground digging painfully into his back. When he stood up, Roy's head was spinning.

Not waiting for the Naga assassin to catch up, Roy scrambled to his feet and tried to jump over the railing.

It was a steep slope here, with only bare white rocks below. The neighbors usually liked to dry small fish on these rocks, as they dried easily...

Sliding down from here would lead to the beach, and a hundred meters further would be the harbor docks.

The Naga assassin lunged again. Just as Roy jumped down, sharp claws grabbed Roy's arm.

Roy felt like an iron hoop had clamped down on his arm, the sharp nails piercing his skin.

He was forcibly pulled back from outside the railing...

The Naga assassin reached for Roy's shoulder with his other arm. Roy didn't want to fall into the Naga assassin's hands like this. In his agony, one arm was completely useless.

He barely managed to turn and block the Naga assassin's claws with his arm.

In his panic, a ball of Holy Light appeared in Roy's palm.

But at this moment, he couldn't draw divine runes, nor could he recite prayers...

The ball of Holy Light in his palm was just a pure, blinding light.

The Naga assassin didn't know that this ball of Holy Light was just ordinary light, without any offensive power. Seeing the light in Roy's palm flare up, he trembled...

His first reaction was to retract the hand that was grabbing Roy's arm.

Roy broke free and immediately jumped down towards the railing again.

The commotion from the fight had already disturbed the neighbors on the street. People were running out of their homes.

However, the fog on the street was too thick. Many elves ran out of their homes, but could only hear the sounds of fighting without being able to see anyone...

The Naga assassin saw Roy sliding down the rocks and jumped down after him. With a flick of his huge fish tail, he caught up to Roy again.

The sound of a bell ringing came from the nearby docks. Sometimes when a Great Sea Ship docked or set sail, they would ring the ship's bell...

The bell seemed to make the Naga assassin pause. He even glanced in the direction of the docks.

But the fog was so thick that he couldn't see the Great Sea Ship on the docks, let alone the Great Sea less than a hundred meters away, which was hidden in the fog.

An expression of intense hatred appeared on his ugly face, and his expression became extremely ferocious as he looked at Roy. He reached out his hand towards Roy again.

Roy had already slid to the bottom of the rocks, where there was a beach covered with rubble.

Before he could run forward, he felt a sharp pain in his back. The huge force made him lose his balance and fall forward onto the rocky beach.

The Naga assassin grabbed Roy by the back of his neck, trying to lift him up...

Just then, a sharp whistle came from the beach. The whistle, which was usually just noise, sounded so friendly to Roy's ears...

Two Elf Rangers appeared from the thick fog on the beach. They immediately saw the blurry figure of the Naga assassin.

The Elf Rangers ran very fast.

The Naga assassin didn't want to let Roy go, and dragged him towards the sea. However, he was crawling on the rocky beach, and the scales on his fish tail made a crackling sound, which seemed very painful.

Moreover, if he wanted to speed up, he had to use one arm, while the other arm was dragging the restless Roy...

After struggling hard, Roy broke free from the Naga assassin's large hand and fell onto the rocks on the beach. Ignoring the pain, he ran desperately towards the approaching Elf Rangers.

The Naga assassin saw the two Elf Rangers in light armor holding long swords, and didn't dare to stay on the beach any longer.

Dropping Roy, no one could affect his speed anymore.

With a few strong flicks of his fish tail, he plunged into the Great Sea.

Roy collapsed on the beach, exhausted.

Two fully armed Elf Rangers ran over. One of them immediately knelt down to check Roy's injuries and asked, "What's your name?"

"Roy..."

"Where do you live?"

"Brown Street Number Fifty-Seven."

The Elf Ranger who had asked Roy the question was stunned for a moment. Seeing the four bloody marks on the back of Roy's neck, he immediately took out a hemostatic ointment from his body to help him apply it to the wound. Then, he saw four half-foot-long claw marks on Roy's back.

"I suggest you go and have someone treat your wounds later," the Elf Ranger said as he applied the hemostatic ointment to Roy.

In addition to the wounds on his back and the back of his neck, Roy also had obvious claw marks on his arms...

The other one chased after the Great Sea, investigating the hiding place of the Naga assassin.

The Naga assassin who had dived into the sea was nowhere to be found. The Elf Ranger couldn't find any useful clues, so he turned around and returned to this side.

Seeing Roy sitting on a rock in a disheveled state, he lifted the half-face cover of his helmet and asked with a surprised expression:

"Why is it you again..."