Late at night, crimson moonlight spilled along the outline of the window. Wisps of darkness seemed to grow from its shadows, gradually engulfing the entire room.
Nimrod, disguised as "Black Scorpion" Roger, lay peacefully in bed, seemingly sunk in a deep sleep.
Just then, a Wind Blade descended in an instant, striking "Black Scorpion" Roger on the bed!
The quilt was ripped apart and the bed snapped in two. "Roger" was severed at the waist, blood spraying to either side and instantly staining the sheets red.
And with that, the book ended.
A black figure slowly emerged from the shadows, silently surveying the scene before him.
Suddenly, the attacker, shrouded entirely in black robes, twitched his nose beneath his hood. He reacted sharply, twisting around and rolling to the side.
The next instant, a ray of holy light cleaved down onto the spot where he had just stood, illuminating everything in the room.
Nimrod stood to one side with Roger's appearance, a scythe in hand and not a single wound on his body. Opposite him, the black-robed attacker sprang up from the floor. Without a word, he silently launched another attack, contracting his body and leaping at Nimrod.
Before the attacker arrived, Nimrod's spiritual intuition had already reacted:
He had first created an illusion, then immediately left the bed, ready to seize any opportunity to attack.
The only thing he had not anticipated was that, less than two seconds after striking, the attacker would realize he had not killed his target but had fallen into an illusion, and evade the follow-up attack in time.
Wind-blessed?
The Sequence corresponding to Beyonders who could use the Wind Blade ability surfaced in Nimrod's mind. He took the scarlet Monocle from inside his clothes and put it on.
He was just about to evade