A mage clad in a black cloak, holding a bow seemingly made of condensed starlight, aimed at him. As his fingers released, the arrow tore through the air towards him.
Shifting his footsteps, Xi Mu dodged the incoming magical arrow and darted into a narrow alleyway, swiftly closing in on the clock tower.
Thirty seconds later.
Near the clock tower.
A man leaning against the exterior of a coffee shop pulled his hat brim down slightly with a nervous glance around.
He was waiting for his assassination target to appear. As soon as the man came into view, he could use shadow magic to kill him.
"Light rests below, shadow reigns above."
Yes, that was the spell, capable of unleashing hard-to-detect ambush magic and thus complete the assassination.
Wait, he hadn't recited the spell yet, and the moment he realized something was off, a warm sensation spread through his chest, and his strength was drained from him.
He collapsed to the ground.
