Frederica had said she would help him prolong the time before the third assassination attempt. Charlotte also believed that Frederica had done everything she could.
So, facing this Orc Assassin, Charlotte was neither panicked nor angry. He was no longer the Low-Order Transcendent he had been back then.
Facing the charging Charlotte, the Orc Assassin remained utterly calm and fired eighteen shots in succession. His marksmanship was even superior to Aubrey Teuton Atwood's. Although Charlotte slashed aside each incoming bullet, he felt with every shot that the angle of attack had become increasingly tricky.
When the eighteenth bullet came flying over, Charlotte had just cut apart the seventeenth. His body twisted slightly, and he had no way to deflect this bullet. Fortunately, Charlotte was not someone who relied solely on swordsmanship to get by. A Hand of Blazing Flame shot forth and crushed the bullet in its grip. At the same time, he had reached the Orc Assassin.
The Orc Assassin unhurriedly slung his rifle over his back, drew out a long-handled spiked mace, and gave it a light thrust, blocking Charlotte's chest.
Charlotte thrust out Unicorn Vulture and exchanged several moves with the Orc Assassin, immediately surprised by the sophistication of the man's mace technique.
Charlotte had briefly trained in the Orc Meteor Hammer Technique and roughly understood the principles behind Orc martial arts. Orcs relied on their powerful bodies and mostly used heavy weapons, yet their techniques were extremely refined, making even cumbersome weapons seem nimble.
This Orc Assassin was only middle-order, yet his martial skill far surpassed that of the Orc Assassins Charlotte had encountered before, as well as the three Over-the-Back Red Bear Warriors under his command.
The Orc Assassin's mace technique carried an unhurried serenity. Every time, it was as though he simply handed out