Greatest Legacy of the Magus Universe - Chapter 99

Chapter 99: Assassin
Adam had long since activated his Sphere of Resonance. Hence, the moment this person came within range, he instantly noticed!

When the dagger was mere inches away from stabbing him, Adam calmly leaned to the side and evaded the attack with great ease. In his vision, the dagger was going right past him in slow motion.

Adam grabbed the person’s wrist with his right hand, then delivered an uppercut to the person’s elbow region with his left, instantly snapping the man’s arm in half.

“Ugh!” The assassin was stunned by the sudden turn of events, and before he knew it, his arm had been snapped in two. He grunted in pain as he saw his forearm bone jutting out of his flesh.

Only now did it dawn on him. This kid was pretending all this while!

Adam grabbed the man’s broken bone and yanked it out of his arm. Then, he stabbed the sharp piece of bone into the person’s shoulder, pinning him to the ground.

“Aaagghhhh!!” The man was writhing in agony. The stab to his shoulder didn’t feel as bad as having his bone yanked out from his arm altogether.

He looked at Adam’s cold and indifferent face and only one word echoed inside his turbulent mind.

Monster!

Adam was still grabbing onto the assassin’s wrist as he was pinning the latter to the ground. “Tell me, who sent you?” His voice was laced with anger.

Tears started to stream down from the assassin’s eyes as Adam continued to twist his injured arm.

Seeing that the assassin didn’t reply, a ruthless glint flashed past Adam’s eyes. “Fine, we’ll do it your way.”

RIP!

“AAAAHHHH!!” Adam completely tore open the assassin’s forearm from his elbow!

“You’re quite the assassin, aren’t you?” The youth spoke with sheer indifference as if he wasn’t the one who had just ripped the man’s forearm.

“I must say, you’re really one patient fellow. You kept spying on me the entire time in Hannes City. And only now when I truly ‘let down my guard’ did you attack.”

Adam grabbed the poisoned dagger from the ripped-put hand of the assassin and pressed it against his neck. His eyes overflowed with killing intent as he screamed, “Answer me! Who sent you?”

The assassin’s eyes shone with fear as he gazed upon the youth’s furious countenance. But the next moment, he resolved himself and bit the capsule hidden in between his molars.

Adam was taken aback when he saw the person foaming from the mouth. Then, the assassin’s body convulsed violently until finally, he had died.

“He… took his own life?” The youth was shocked as he involuntarily retreated a step.

To have the resolve to commit suicide if the assassination attempt failed meant that the organization behind the assassin was truly formidable. When Adam came to this conclusion, his eyes narrowed.

The person who hired the assassin must’ve paid a lot of money to kill me. But who would want me dead? He wondered. In his mind, he could only think of one person, but even then, it didn’t seem very likely.

His lips parted and he coldly muttered, “Now that he’s dead, won’t you tell me something?”

Suddenly, he turned around and hurled the dagger in a particular direction.

CLANG!

The sound of metal clashing against metal was heard, and soon, another figure dressed in black appeared in the distance, his dagger-wielding arm trembling ever so slightly from having blocked that attack.

Another assassin!

The man looked at Adam for a long time and then spoke in a husky voice, “The intel said that the target was a Muscle Stage Magus…”

He then looked at his dead comrade and continued, “But to think that you easily dealt with an Organ Stage assassin. Looks like the intel was wrong.”

Never in a thousand years would the assassin have guessed that the intel was actually correct. It was just that Adam was a monster who could fight above levels. Their organization had sent two Organ Stage assassins to deal with Adam, but in the end, they fell short.

Adam slowly walked toward the assassin, anger bubbling in his heart. He didn’t say a word, just silently glared at the black-robed man.

The assassin felt shivers run down his spine when he met the youth’s gaze. Is he really only a sixteen-year-old? What’s this abnormal spiritual pressure?!

But the man was an experienced assassin and soon calmed his nerves. His body started to become enveloped in shadows as he said his parting words, “You were lucky this time. But next time, we’ll—”

The man’s words got stuck in his mouth when Adam abruptly appeared before him and delivered a palm thrust!

Fast! The assassin just barely managed to evade the attack and retreated a few meters.

Just the wind generated from Adam’s palm thrust caused the leaves of the trees in the surroundings to violently rustle. The assassin could only imagine what would happen if the attack had really connected.

“Next time?” Adam roared furiously, “Because of you bastards, I wasn’t able to sleep properly for the last two months! Do you think I’ll just let you go?”

A bloodthirsty aura began to emanate from Adam’s body as mana gathered on his palms. “I suppose you’ll poison yourself as well before you divulge even a word, huh?”

The next moment, Adam took a step forward and instantly appeared in front of the assassin once again. “So I might as well kill you and get this over with.”

Assassins were the most proficient at sneak attacks. If their first attack didn’t land a critical blow, their chances of killing the enemy decreased in subsequent attacks.

But that didn’t mean they were weak. At the very least, they were quick and had excellent life-saving skills. And this man was the same.

Seeing Adam launch another palm strike at his chest area, the assassin was calm. Unlike the last time, he was prepared and also didn’t underestimate his opponent.

He easily dodged the claw by shifting his body to the left, at the same time he began weaving hand signs.

After missing his attack, Adam followed through with a spinning heel kick to the assassin’s chin.

Seeing the mana gather at the youth’s foot, the assassin’s body shuddered. He hurriedly leaned back and once again dodged the attack. If even one attack lands on me, I’ll be done for!

Having missed yet another attack, Adam skillfully used the momentum of his kick, turned his body, and delivered a flying roundhouse kick!

BAM!

Not having expected Adam to follow through with yet another attack, the assassin wasn’t able to evade the roundhouse kick. At the last moment, he quit weaving hand signs and was just barely able to raise his arms and block the attack.

Despite that, he was sent flying by the sheer power of Adam’s kick.

As the assassin struggled to get to his feet, Adam slowly walked toward him. He had never felt so much rage before. Because of these assassins, he had to constantly look over his shoulder, always remaining vigilant.

Now that he’d finally lured them into his trap. He was going to go all out.

“You bastard, I’m going to make you wish you were dead!”