Now if you hesitate any longer, it will be too late!
Jace pointed to the location of the Arcane Flash and immediately chanted: "Viecke..."
Halfway through his words, he immediately felt as if a thread in his mind had snapped. It was as if his mouth was suddenly clamped shut by something. The muscles of his entire body were suddenly disrupted along with the just summoned shadow energy, and he fell into a severe spasm of pain!
This familiar feeling... it's counter-magic!
After realizing what had happened to him, Jace quickly regained his clarity.
But because of the arcane energy that had just blasted over specifically to interrupt his incantation, he had continuously retreated and fallen onto the steps in front of a house.
As soon as the shadow of the naga materialized, it quickly approached this side. Jace hurriedly got up and rushed wildly towards the side of the house.
Damn it. It must be the stick in his hand that exposed his identity - a caster, which made that naga prepared to counter him.
Jace rushed to the side of the house while supporting himself against the wall. The rustling sound of the naga's scales scraping the dirt rapidly approached. This banshee was much faster than he had thought. And she could also use invisibility... or Blink?
Most likely it's Blink. After all, invisibility doesn't increase running speed and can't make the opponent suddenly come from the beach to the middle of the house. He currently doesn't have the ability to distinguish what the difference is between these two magics. In short, this naga masters some magic that can move quickly. Just running like this is completely useless.
Jace ran to the back of the house and saw that there was a window wide open.
Before the naga could circle around and see him, he made a full leap and climbed onto the wall. After stepping on the uneven wooden planks twice, he barely managed to grab the window on the second floor.
It has to be said that his physical fitness in this life is much, much stronger than in his previous life.
He climbed in through the window and squatted down. Listening to the rustling sound pass by below, he didn't dare to stick his head out, fearing that the naga would find out that he had hidden in the room.
But that naga knew that he couldn't become invisible or use any other displacement magic. After circling the house, she would definitely think that he had entered the house.
If he waited for the naga to leave and then jumped down from here, once he made a sound, the naga would come back and he would be finished.
So his only chance is to wait in this house.
Jace took off the broken knife he bought from the Westspring camp from behind his waist, took off his shoes and leaned them against the wall. He listened carefully for any movement and waited for the naga to enter this small building.
The surroundings gradually became quiet. So quiet that he could hear his own breathing.
Slowly, he made his breathing steady as well. He tried his best not to make any sound. Before long, Jace could only hear his own faint tinnitus - perhaps caused by the arcane explosion just now.
Jace thought about the tactics he could adopt if the naga came in - all centered around surprise attacks from behind walls.
Gerred had said that no matter what kind of mage she is, as long as she still needs to chant spells, she must be afraid of close combat. Not to mention that this naga is long and tall. In such a narrow wooden house, she must not be able to move freely.
As long as Jace can successfully launch a surprise attack and cut off anything from her body, he will gain an unparalleled advantage. As long as he can escape and hide again and wait for the naga to leave because she can't stand waiting anymore or leave voluntarily because she doesn't want to pay the price anymore.
Thinking of this, Jace was even a little worried. Would that naga enter this house?
If she doesn't come in, Jace plans to wait here until dawn. As long as it's dawn... the naga should leave no matter what.
Wooden houses are different from stone houses. Any movement may cause unpredictable creaking sounds of wood. Jace didn't know how long he had waited. Suddenly, he heard a little abnormal scratching sound downstairs.
That snake person has come in.
Perhaps she made some mental preparations before deciding to enter. Perhaps it was only now that she guessed that Jace might be in this room. Perhaps she had quickly searched other houses and only this one was left. In any case, she has come in.
Jace, who was almost falling asleep, regained his spirits. He tightened his grip on the knife in his hand and thought that if he had known he would be dealing with such a difficult enemy, he should have spent more money to buy a good one. But now there is no choice.
The rustling sound got closer and closer. Jace could tell that she seemed to be going upstairs.
At this moment, an extremely sharp scraping sound entered his ears. It was so sharp that Jace found it a bit uncomfortable to hear.
This sound was very close. It was already on the second floor. It was very likely a strange accidental sound of scales scraping the wall.
After the sound appeared, the rustling sound of the scales also stopped. Perhaps the naga also realized that the sound she made was too loud and it was easy for the enemy to grasp her movements.
Jace could only bet that this naga had never had experience fighting an enemy in such a narrow room.
After a few minutes, the rustling sound continued. This time, Jace almost had to hold his breath. In fact, he had deliberately lowered his breathing sound since just now. At this moment, he was already feeling a bit uncomfortable. If the naga didn't show up soon, he might really not be able to stand it.
At this moment, the rustling sound had reached the next room!
It was right outside in the corridor...
Jace stared at the door. The knife in his hand was already raised.
As soon as he saw something appear, he would immediately slash horizontally!
When he saw a shadow flash by the door, he took a step forward and swung his knife, but he didn't see anything! No, it was on the ground!
What he heard was the sound of the whole snake body rubbing on the ground. When this sound reached the door, the slightly raised front half of the snake person had already passed the door. Now only half of the tail was left under Jace's feet!
As if sensing some change behind her, the naga quickly turned around!
Looking at the face of this female naga up close made Jace's whole body break out in goosebumps. Her eyes were as big as two leaves. The distance between them was terrifyingly wide. There were only two holes in the place where the nose should be, but her lips were as bright as if she had applied colorful lipstick.
Her narrow chin and thin face, and smooth skin should have been the outline of a beautiful woman. But in the middle were several features that completely didn't belong to humans, making people directly fall into the uncanny valley.
But Jace was not at all stunned by this terrifying appearance. He resolutely swung his knife and with one slash, he directly cut off half of the naga's tail. The naga completely didn't expect this guy to be so decisive. She let out a sharp scream in pain.
Jace quickly darted to the other end of the corridor. The naga cried and chased after him, scratching wildly with her sharp claws. The scratching made the walls make screeching noises, but she completely didn't catch Jace.
She lost a large section of her tail and couldn't maintain her balance. Although she came with great force, she hit the wall several times in a row and still couldn't catch up with Jace's footsteps.
"Humble warm-blooded beast!"
Jace only heard the naga's hiss echoing throughout the house. He was made dizzy by this sound. This siren's roar must be a magic sound with a deterrent effect.
He covered his ears and endured it for a while. When he came to his senses again, he only heard the sounds of hitting the wooden walls and yelling everywhere on the second floor. That naga was completely crazy.
One more time. Just one more time.
Jace squatted in a corner where he could see the corridor. As long as that snake person came over, he would attack again. This time, he would directly cut her to death, cut off her head! Cut her neck!
The last surprise attack was so perfect that he felt he could repeat the same trick. However, not long after, the crazy commotion outside stopped.
The entire second floor was filled with the smell of blood and fishy smell. Could that snake person have died from serious injuries?
Even if she was dead, Jace wouldn't go out. He would sit here and wait until that snake person would definitely bleed to death... He would never be the one to take the initiative.
However, just as he had made up his mind, suddenly he heard a low chanting coming from somewhere in another room. The other side was using spells again.