Chapter 40: Silver-lined Golden Rat

The fourth thief was killed on the spot, and the enemy was reduced from six to two, but Leon also lost his main weapon and had no new trump card.

When the battle axe cuts open the unlucky person's body, the thief leader Jason also moved.

However, he did not rush forward towards Leon, but took a step back with the dagger, and suddenly disappeared into the night, as if it had never existed.

Leon had no joy of victory in his heart. He discovered Jason's disappearance, and the sense of crisis in his heart was extremely strong.

The stealth of the thief! Leon has seen the unique disguise action ability of this thief, but that thief is definitely a witch compared to Jason.

There was no trace of the opponent. The trouble was that there was another one not far away, and the remaining thief was raising his crossbow - he completed the second loading.

There is no time to hesitate! Leon quickly lowered his body and shook his hands and sent out four flying thorns, and at the same time approached the thief with an irregular route!

Whoosh!

The crossbow arrows emitted by the thief flew into the sky, and he was hit by a flying thorn on his chest and left shoulder. If it were not for the protection of leather armor, this attack would have taken his life.

The injured thief immediately dropped his crossbow and turned around and ran away. He realized that he was definitely not a match for Leon, and continuing to stay here would only save his life.

But Leon's speed was not slower than him at all, and he caught up with him in his breath.

"Jason, come and save me!"

The thief who found something wrong sent a desperate call for help, wishing he could grow four legs.

But the faster he ran, the more blood was sprayed out from the wound on his chest. He only ran for dozens of meters. His strength quickly lost as the blood flowed, and his speed of running slowed down.

"Jason...ah!"

The thief's cry for help was stuck in his throat, because Leon's tiger-sword stabbed into his vest and penetrated his heart directly!

But at this moment, Leon felt a chill of his vest, and the hair on the back of his neck suddenly "exploded". A strong sense of crisis surged into his heart, making him almost suffocated!

"Hey!"

Without hesitation, he pulled out his saber and turned back to stab, trying to block the fatal blow from behind him.

puff!

A dagger emitting blue light stabbed under Leon's right shoulder. The sharp tip penetrated Leon's tough skin without any stasis, penetrated deep into the flesh and blood until it had no handle!

Leon's tiger body shook and his body became extremely stiff, as if he had been cast in an instant by someone!

At some point, Jason launched a sneak attack behind him. Although Leon was mentally prepared and noticed the opponent's attack, his movements were still a little slower.

The thief's head's figure was fully revealed. He held a dagger in one hand, his slender long face was full of a hideous smile, and his wolf-like eyes were full of violence.

What's strange is that the dagger that stabbed Leon kept emitting blue lights as thin as silk threads, spreading towards Leon's whole body with the piercing entrance as the center, twisting and wandering, making a hissing sound.

Leon only felt as if he was hit by a high-voltage current, and the muscles in his body were trembling without being controlled by him. The current rushed to his brain, making his eyes dark and blurred his mind, and he had no ability to resist at all.

The hand holding the tiger's saber sword was hanging in the air, but it was powerless to stab the enemy who was close to him.

"I said, the barbarian..." The thief leader who occupied the entirely active licked his lips, and a mocking look of a cat playing with a mouse was pulled out of the corner of his mouth: "Don't worry, I won't let you die so happily!"

"Every inch of flesh and blood on your body will be the sacrifice of my dead brother!"

He raised his left hand, and a blade as thin as a cicada's wing was added between his index finger and middle finger, tangenting towards Leon's neck.

Leon, who was stiff all over, could only watch his opponent's movements, without any room for obstacles.

Is it over like this? Leon's unwillingness and anger turned into a blazing fire, making the blood in his body boil.

The tiger-head tattoo on the chest suddenly became extremely hot, and a trace of heat escaped from it and rushed to the whole body. Most of the current that was raging in the body was swallowed up in a blink of an eye!

With a little more time, Leon can fully recover his ability to move, but his opponent did not give him this opportunity.

Bang!

As the blade was about to fall on Leon's neck, a huge ball of fire suddenly flew in from a distance and bombarded Jason's back heavily!

The thief leader who was only thinking about how to torture Leon to death was not prepared at all. The fireball containing powerful magic power exploded and exploded his back. The broken armor and flesh and bones mixed with splatters!

"Ah!~"

The thief leader let out a shrill scream, and rushed forward and crashed into Leon's arms.

Bang!

Leon bowed his head and hit the thief's head hard on the head.

His head and neck were the fastest to recover, so how could he miss the opportunity to hit the dog in the water?

The suffocation of his opponent almost died, and the impact made Jason's skull sank and his brain burst.

The thief leader fell down with his eyes wide open and could not die any more.

"Bah!"

Leon spitted bloody saliva in hatred, feeling the scorching pain on his right chest, and the thief's dagger stabbed his lungs.

He gritted his teeth, reached out and pulled out the dagger directly, and held it with one hand as the blood shot out.

It was not just the wound that was uncomfortable. The tiger-head tattoo on his chest became hotter and hotter, and the heat flow that flowed out swam all over his body. While eliminating the invading current, it also made his body suffer.

This feeling is not the first time for Leon, and he can't figure out what the tattoo is.

Elder Monstein said this was a totem, but he knew in his heart that it was not just a totem.

In this tiger-head tattoo, there seems to be a mysterious and powerful force hidden. It is not visible or exposed, but at certain specific times, such as facing the invasion of foreign powers, it will suddenly explode.

But for Leon, this power was of great help to him. The current that invaded his body just now should be the thief's fighting spirit. Without its protection, Leon would probably suffer severe internal injuries.

"Boss, are you okay?"

Akran's figure appeared in front of him.

The mage looked anxious and sighed relieved when he saw Leon standing: "Thank you for the blessing of the gods, I finally came in time!"

Indeed, if Akran had not come back to support, Leon would have been extremely dangerous in the situation just now.

"You asked you to find the Rock Hammer, but you didn't listen..." Lei Ang said a little disappointed, but a warm current surged in his heart: "But I have to thank you for saving me!"

"This is my duty. A follower should use his life to defend the Lord!" said the mage seriously: "If you are injured, drink this bottle of healing potion first!"

Leon took a green crystal bottle from the mage. He remembered that buying a few bottles of potions in the city cost hundreds of gold coins, but he didn't expect it to come in handy so soon.

The therapeutic agent is very effective. Combined with Leon's abnormal self-healing ability, the wound heals quickly and no longer bleeds, but it still takes some time to heal completely.

While Leon was treating his wound, Akran turned around and killed several seriously injured thieves.

The young mage did not make any sense at all to kill people and silence them. In the end, he did not forget to plunder the spoils from the corpse, and he actually gained a lot.

"Huh! What is this?" The mage curiously took off a pocket of animal skin from the thief's head's waist, and the pocket was bulging, as if something was squirming.

He pulled open the rope, and a ball of golden object suddenly jumped out of his pocket and fell into the mage's hand.

"Oh!"

The mage let out a cry of pain and was bitten by the little thing.

The little thing jumped up immediately and wanted to run away.

But Lei Ann, who was standing next to him, quickly looked and grabbed the ball of things.

After looking at it, he found that the thing was actually a small thing similar to a chipmunk, holding it in his hand, and a tail was dragged behind it.

The golden hair, big eyes, pointed ears and mouth look quite cute and clever, and there is a white line extending to the neck on the forehead.

After being caught by Leon, the little guy was still restless and bared his teeth and wanted to bite Leon.

"What's this?" Leon couldn't help laughing.

Akran looked carefully and his face became a little solemn: "I understand, this is a silver-lined golden rat! A first-level monster. I didn't expect this thief to have such a pet!"

The silver-lined golden rat is a monster that lives on the mountain. It is very rare and difficult to capture. Its preciousness is not that it has any powerful attack ability, but that its sense of smell is extremely sensitive, and it can be called a top partner for scouts, thieves and hunters.

It is said that as long as the silver-lined golden rat smells the breath left on an object, it will not forget it within a few years, and it can track the source of the breath of this object. It is best to use it to search for escaped enemies or lost items after being tamed.

"This thief should have received a reward about me and sniffed my items with a golden rat, so I was discovered when I was in the city and let them follow them all the way!" the mage explained.

"What a good thing!" Leon looked at the little guy in his hand with his eyes lit up. This guy was simply a natural tracking weapon!

“Can we tame it?”

The mage thought for a while and said, "It should be OK? But it takes time to take care of it slowly. Of course, we must first prevent it from escaping. This little guy is smart!"

He touched the bitten wound on his hand with lingering fear.

The heartless old Lei smiled and stuffed the silver threaded golden rat back into the animal skin pocket, and hung it carefully on his belt.

"Okay, let's go quickly so that people won't be discovered!"

The two quickly disappeared into the darkness.

Next to the road, six dead bodies were left.
Chapter completed!