"That's forty meters away from the Mage Group's location. In a moment, we'll sneak over there, and afterward, I have a tough task for you!"
Lis solemnly patted the trickster's shoulder, speaking earnestly.
"Am I going to act as bait?"
The trickster was somewhat speechless. He knew just by looking that Lis had no good plan brewing; he had been tricked by these two "good brothers" more than once before.
As the saying goes, when there is no danger, brothers are the greatest danger.
"There's no other way, only you're an assassin. Seeking Intoxication and I would turn into hedgehogs the moment we stepped out."
Lis spread his hands helplessly, speaking resignedly.
The trickster continued asking. Necessary sacrifices in strategizing tasks were not a problem.
Besides, the three of them were in a team status, so all task progress was synchronized. They didn't need to worry about dying before completing the task.
"Some assassins tried to stealth earlier, but there seems to be some scouting methods there; even in Stealth State, you can be detected, so you can't get too close."
Lis said seriously, his brain whirring at full speed.
"At about thirty meters, those soldiers will attack with bows and arrows; they must be Hunters, getting too close is too dangerous, and dying instantly would be pointless."
"Invincible, later you stealth over there, just linger around the thirty-meter area and try to attract as much attention as possible."
"You have the highest agility attribute so you should be able to dodge the opponent's bow and arrow attacks."
"Based on previous tactics, once they find that bows and arrows are useless, they will likely send a small squad of soldiers to pursue and kill you."
"Seeking Intoxication and I will give all our bombs to you. When you see the enemy soldiers approaching, don't hesitate to use the bombs; drag it out as long as you can."
"At that time, Seeking Intoxication and I will wait at the low hill. When it's time, just throw a few smoke bombs in the place between us and the Mage Group to obscure their view, and we'll sneak over."
The smoke bombs mentioned by Lis weren't obtained from the Magic Items prepared by Lis; they were made from materials gathered by the trio, part of their preparations.
"Whether we succeed or not depends on how long you can hold them off!"
Lis said in a low voice. To be honest, this plan wasn't very clever— like their homemade smoke bombs based on real-world methods to obscure lines of sight but could not block Magic Power detection.
They could only hope that the Boditch Army wouldn't be too vigilant by that time.
"Alright, let's do it like that!"
The trickster had no objections and even became more excited.
Having received the prepared tools from the two men, the trio sneaked behind that low hill.
"Then I'm going over."
The trickster calmed his emotions, entered Stealth State, and approached the Mage Group's direction.
To minimize the chances of Lis and the others being discovered, the trickster deliberately took a small detour in a different direction before heading toward the Mage Group.
Before the trickster even got within thirty meters, a long arrow whistled through the air, piercing the ground fiercely right at the trickster's feet.
This was a warning from the Boditch Army, telling him to leave immediately.
They couldn't help it; because of the presence of the Mage Group, the area around the Mage Group was considered one of the safest places, and many ordinary soldiers of Boditch wanted to run over and stay there.
The guard soldiers couldn't distinguish the identities of those approaching. Being able to fire an arrow in advance as a warning was already kind-hearted of the hunter who spotted the trickster.
But the trickster was not appreciative.
What a joke, he was here on a suicide mission, right?
Since they were the first to arrive at the warehouse prepared by Lis, naturally, the Magic Items they obtained were the strongest and most numerous.
If not for the limitations on these items, they would even want to claim that warehouse for themselves.
Now, the trickster, solely in terms of alchemy tools like bombs, had a dozen or so on him.
The trickster didn't hesitate. After becoming a Transcendent Professional, his physical abilities had greatly increased. He forcefully threw a bomb towards the Boditch Army formation ahead.
Then the trickster quickly retreated backwards, observing the effect of the bomb.
But he was quickly disappointed. As the spherical alchemy product slid through the air, a long arrow accurately hit it.
A loud explosion sounded not far from the Mage Group.
This kind of bomb was specially made by Lis. Its power was mediocre, but the noise and disturbance it created were very loud, perfect for disorienting the army.
Before the trickster could reflect, he saw a squad of people rushing towards him rapidly from the front.
Since this assassin used a bomb, he was definitely an enemy; they couldn't possibly let him off easily.
The squad coming to deal with the trickster was all Transcendent Professionals, including Hunters capable of locking onto the assassin's position.
Seeing this, the trickster didn't hesitate. If he died here, even without losing items, he would have to wait for cooldown time to pass before respawning at his home's Resurrection point in Luminous Stone City, and by then it would be too late.
The trickster, an experienced bait assassin, first rolled forward to dodge the arrows shot by the enemy, then threw a smoke bomb towards the pursuing squad.
A pale white smoke quickly spread across the battlefield. As the smoke rose, the trickster threw another alchemy bomb into it.
Without stopping to observe the effects of the explosion, the trickster quickly turned around to retreat.
At that moment, he realized, since the squad wasn't at the explosion's core, it was easy for the Shield Guard in the soldier squad to block the bomb's damage with a shield.