Julius bent his waist and swooped down like an eagle. The broken sword in his hand was an eagle's claw, and the sharp claw hooked towards the head of the black-robed man below. Although the "claw" had been broken, it didn't mean that the broken sword was no longer sharp.
The young black-robed man wanted to avoid the attack from above, but Julius's sneak attack was faster. He was caught off guard and was able to realize the danger. His reaction was fast enough, and it was all thanks to the old black-robed man's warning.
Julius's broken sword fell on his shoulder. Although the broken sword didn't have a sharp point, the front end was still deeply embedded in his flesh.
Julius didn't intend to be merciful. If he didn't have a protective spell, and if he didn't dodge, the young black-robed man's head would probably be pierced.
Julius's whole body weight fell on the broken sword, and it was firmly embedded in the black-robed man's shoulder. When he fell to the ground, he shouted and grabbed the sword hilt with both hands, trying to pull the broken sword down.
He pulled the broken sword hard, and the black-robed man let out the loudest scream so far. It was already very painful to have a sword in his shoulder. If the broken sword continued to widen the wound, then it wouldn't be as simple as just pain.
He felt that his shoulder and the hand under it were about to leave his body. The pain and horror of his body being torn apart made him scream even louder.
All of this happened very quickly. When the old black-robed man heard the young man's scream, he flipped to a new page of his magic book and used another stored spell. This caused another page of his magic book to be consumed. Now was not the time to be stingy. If he was stingy with his spells, then his companion would be crippled. If the situation was worse, he might lose a colleague.
Using offensive spells at this time would only add fuel to the fire. Although Julius would be seriously injured, the young black-robed man wouldn't be able to survive.
"Disturb!"
He used a spell that was less aggressive and wouldn't harm his companions. He wanted to attack Julius mentally.
The old man in the black robe pointed at Julius. Julius, who was trying his best to cut off the arm of the young man in the black robe, suddenly turned his head to the side.
Of course, Julius couldn't avoid this silent and invisible spell. His head felt as if it had been hit by a hammer, tilting to one side at an abnormal angle.
Compared to the intense discomfort in his neck, Julius felt as if there were hundreds of ants crawling in his head. The itch under his scalp almost made him unable to concentrate. He wished he could reach out and scratch his scalp.
The pain from the burning flames still lingered in his mind. At this moment, it actually distracted his attention from the abnormal feeling in his head, so that he wouldn't become confused.
Although he didn't know what the other party had done to him, he knew that the other party had attacked him.
He grabbed the hilt of the sword and pulled it to the side, making the young man in the black robe stand in front of him and become his shield.
The young man in the black robe wanted to resist, but the pain made him unable to concentrate. Julius's broken sword became the reins around his neck, making him his shield and a horse that could be ordered at will.
Julius's body hadn't fully grown yet, so he was shorter than the young man in the black robe. Therefore, he became an excellent shield for Julius. Although this shield could move and wasn't obedient at all, as long as Julius's sword was still stuck in his shoulder, he could only be controlled by Julius.
"Come on, use your spells on your companions!" Julius shouted at the old man in the black robe that he didn't know at all.
He didn't become so agitated because of the sudden outburst of emotions, but because his mind was in a mess and his vision was affected. This made him want to cheer himself up by shouting.
After shouting, he did feel a little better. If he wasn't wrong, this was probably a kind of mental attack. From what he knew about mages, it wasn't rare for mages to know a few spells that could disturb the thoughts of others.
Pasta once told him that these spells weren't flashy, but the effect was better than the flashy things like fire, lightning, and ice. They could slow down a warrior's movements and make it difficult to concentrate on casting spells. They were very practical spells.
Of course, the premise was that the other party didn't have any protection. Julius just happened to have no protection. He didn't have the luxury of carrying any magical protection on his body.
For the old man in the black robe, the current situation had become the worst. His young colleague was being held hostage by this uninvited mouse, and he was being used as a human shield in front of him.
In such a tricky situation, he didn't know what to do next.
From Julius's voice, he could tell that he had taken the full brunt of the mental attack, but from his reaction, he still had a long way to go before he fell.
"You better not mess around. There are not only the two of us here. I advise you to behave, and we might consider letting you live …" The old man in the black robe said to Julius.
Julius shook his head, a smile on his face, but because his face was black, it wasn't very obvious.
His smile wasn't the kind of smile that was relaxed. It was full of ferocity and malevolence.
The strong desire to live made his face a little twisted. He gambled with his and Rei's lives, and he succeeded. He suddenly jumped into a position where he wasn't so passive and desperate, and even had a chance to negotiate.
And the bargaining chip he used to negotiate was the black robe in front of him.
"No, there's only you and him here.
Even if there are other people here, I'm afraid they won't be able to come here in a short time. "
Julius said, "If it's really like what you said, then my companion and I would have been captured and tortured by you … Don't expect me to believe you.
If you don't want him to die, back off! "
The old man in the black robe didn't expect Julius to really believe him. Just a moment ago, they almost burned him to death. If Julius was so naive, then he would suspect that there was something fishy going on.
He didn't dare to underestimate Julius. After all, this was a fugitive who dared to use his companion as bait.
Not only did he throw the little girl aside, but he also hid in the hole above with no way out. He believed that the two of them would fall into this trap, and not be found by the two of them with no way out, and could only wait for death.