The Shadow Thief of Amn only knows three kinds of people about his organization, his minions, his colleagues, and his boss: this strict network of confidentiality ensures the safety of the organization, and any captured member can only betray a limited number of people.
So when the boss told him to come and follow the command of a man named Catrick, he obeyed and joined the damn mission.
As teammates continue to die, everyone knows how terrifying this mission is.
But the strict organizational system still controls his nerves and reason.
As a profession that is good at reconnaissance and search, he has many ways to avoid sudden dangers. There is even a [Proficient in Strange Evasion] among the Amn Shadow Thief's class skills. This skill prevents the Shadow Thief from being surprised by opponents.
——Unless the opponent is a profession with the ability to raid, and its level is no less than level 4 or higher compared to the shadow thief profession level.
Despite this, he was still tricked: he obviously just passed through a section of shadow shrouded by black stones, and the next second he suddenly found himself in a desolate black wasteland.
Some black fragments were picked up by the strong wind and beat Martin's feet. But Martin couldn't tell whether they were marble fragments or simple black earth. The sky above his head was starless darkness, and he stayed in the shadow plane for five years.
Many hours later, the entire human body seemed to have completely lost its temperature, and the hands and feet were cold and stiff. It was a kind of trance where you didn't even know whether you were still alive.
Just when Martin thought his strange feeling would soon disappear and he could see the familiar faces of his teammates and the monotonous black soil again, he suddenly found that he couldn't move.
A huge figure had his limbs tied with strange ropes.
The strange flames in the figure's eye sockets reminded Martin of demons from hell.
"Yes..." As soon as he shouted one word, something like a sharp cone pierced his chin and went straight to his brain.
The dying twitching of his body lasted for less than three seconds and then stopped. To his death, he still didn't understand why his [Proficient in Bizarre Dodge] didn't work.
He couldn't possibly know that this was because Raven was controlling Shen Yi through his soul connection. Raven's surprise attack skills plus Shen Yi's first attack directly nullified his [Proficient in Bizarre Dodge].
The Shadow Thief is dead, and Raven has been happily waiting for the system prompts to receive experience.
There was no sound from the system for five seconds.
Raven suddenly realized that in the shadow plane, there is only one ritual that can steal the souls of newly deceased humans - the shadow ceremony.
Shadow orbs are naturally produced. Raven once heard that shadow orbs that are powerful enough to a certain extent will choose their own master.
When there are multiple choices, the choice of the Shadow Orb is also very simple: just choose the one that survives.
On the other hand, sacrifices can only be made by people who also possess shadow energy. The more sacrifices, the better the quality, and there will be a chance that the shadow orbs will evolve and become higher-level treasures.
It is obvious that Shadow Orb has now regarded all shadow energy users who enter its territory as candidates according to its own will.
Since he has no killing experience, this guy can only take advantage of others.
After carefully searching Martin's body and taking what he wanted, Raven waved the rope away.
After the rope was cleared, Raven caught up with Ellison again.
He looked at the team that was feeling uneasy and nervous with pleasure.
Ellison and the others still don't know exactly how Martin disappeared.
Raven actually despised this.
His method is worthless to put it bluntly - this is actually the [Shadow Jump] that all high-level rogues use every day.
On the main plane of Ultron, [Shadow Jump] is to briefly enter the shadow plane to achieve the purpose of traveling a short distance on the main plane.
In the shadow plane, this takes advantage of the strange feature of "as long as the shadow areas are roughly equal and the shadow properties are the same, you can travel through it".
The requirement that the shadow areas are roughly equal is that the difference between the two shadow areas cannot exceed 10%.
The properties are the same... Theoretically it is very simple, just make sure that the two shadows have the same color. In practice, it is difficult, because in the shadow plane, black is divided into 256 levels according to the depth. If you want to perform [Shadow Jump],
The two shadows must be of the same level, otherwise they will be killed head-on.
How can rookies like Ellison compare to Raven, the former god-level assassin?
Raven almost launched an attack with great fanfare, but Ellison could do nothing about it. The priest watched helplessly as his men were tied up and dragged away one by one by ropes that suddenly appeared from the shadows.
Almost catching one of them.
In just fifteen minutes, all five Amn Shadow Thieves were finished.
However, I ran into problems when dealing with more advanced enemies.
Sheng Yi's speed couldn't catch up with the old thief and the trickster. These two silver-level rogues were not as good as Sheng Yi at all. Relying on their superior agility and [Proficient Intuitive Dodge] ability, they were always about to hit the target.
He dodged instantly.
Don't be afraid even if you get hit once in a while. The old thief's escape skills are terrifying, and the trickster uses random things to offset Sheng Yi's offensive.
As for Ellison's side, it's even more troublesome, not to mention Catrick, who has never made a move. Just those two black guards, Rope One can't take them down.
These two Dark Guards are also weird. When the Dark Guard is at level 5, he can summon a purgatory servant. These two guys made the same choice, they both chose the purgatory bat.
This guy who relied on ultrasound gave the Dark Guard superhuman neurological reactions. Before the rope of Sheng Yi could fly to his body, the Dark Guard used a superb sword move to break away the rope.
The black moon in the sky is not fixed, and the light shining on it will also keep changing, which indirectly makes Raven's sneak attack have a time limit. For safety reasons, Raven will never dare to use a shadow for more than 3 seconds. Otherwise, the enemy's large forces will follow suit.
If you jump over to that shadow, it will be a lot of fun.
Until now, Raven has been using the policy of 'escaping immediately if he misses a hit'.
As time went by, Raven also had a headache.
After approaching the center of the Shadow Valley, Raven is not the only one who can do [Shadow Jump]. If you continue to do this casually, something will happen.
Over there, Ellison and others began to adapt to Raven's attacks.
Trickster Charlie raised the possibility of shadow jumping: "I think we can counterattack. As long as two people chase after each other at the same time, we can hold down Raven and his strangling golem. [Shadow Jump] is in the main position.
The plane is at most 50 meters away. So in the shadow plane, I estimate that it is no more than 500 meters away."
"It's 485 meters." Catrick, who had never made a move or even participated in the discussion, suddenly spoke like a mascot.
Everyone present felt a little stunned.
Ellison was pleasantly surprised. He knew Catrick's character best. Catrick's opening meant that he was absolutely sure.
Ellison held Catrick's hand and said seriously: "Then I'll leave it to you."
Catrick nodded, then looked at the two dark guards and ordered: "The safety of the master will be left to you."
The guard nodded.
The old thief's turbid eyes almost narrowed into a thin line: "Are you really sure?"
"It's just a black iron-level boy and a silver-level golem. When you arrive, you can come and collect their bodies." Catrick snorted coldly, and drew out two shining scimitars in a gorgeous and elegant manner.
The bright cold light reflected the strange moonlight, creating a series of cold afterimages.
"Coming!?"
It was an attack from the palm-sized shadow of a pebble on the sole of the foot. The rope shot out was reminiscent of the attack of an octopus monster.
However, Catrick just made a slight mistake and dodged the rope in a blink of an eye. In less than a tenth of a second, he jumped into the shadow like diving.
It was a strange feeling for such a big person to jump into a palm-sized shadow and disappear without hesitation.
Ellison even felt that he would never be able to adapt in his life, so Catrick was a powerful melee professional, while Ellison would always be a murderous church priest who could only hide behind the vanguard and use his magical skills.
Ellison was relieved. He didn't think that his strongest warrior would lose to Raven and the broken golem.
As an assassin, as long as you don't intend to go back, you should escape immediately if you miss a hit. This kind of frequent attacks without any effect is absolutely stupid.
Of course, if this is digging a hole, that's a different matter.
How could there be only two groups of Raven and Ellison in such a huge Valley of Shadows?
The moment Catrick jumped into the shadow space ambitiously, he found many pairs of bright eyes looking at him.
Do Raven and Rope have more than four eyes combined?
impossible!
So Catterick knew he was being ripped off.
They were a dozen huge, terrifying wolves, with black fur and huge claws. In the middle of the head was a short, thick and wide wolf mouth, and its teeth shone with a pearly blue light.
Of course there are no ordinary wolves in the shadow plane. These wolves are essentially large magical beasts.
When Catrick recognized these wolves as Bronze-level Stygian Mastiffs, the color drained from his face.
"Oh! I told you that the rope just now was used for fishing, but you didn't believe me. Do you think it's not hanging something?"
"This is a human, not a fish! Idiot!"
"Well, since we haven't harvested anything for three days, do we want to hunt humans?"
"I smell more human scent on this human being, and the level is pretty good."
"Then it's settled, change the target! Let's hunt humans!"
These strange magical beasts that spoke Common Language did not give Catrick any room to refute, and directly targeted Catrick.
Catrick didn't say a word and returned the same way.
Ellison was originally full of joy and ready to welcome his victorious warrior, but he didn't expect to see Catrick retreat in embarrassment a few seconds later.
"how!?"
"Science Mastiff!!" Following Catrick's shout, a dozen huge wolf-like creatures jumped out of the shadows.