Making a move against Jude was actually not a job that ordinary people would dare to take.
After all, anyone who wasn't stupid knew who was standing behind Jude now.
If you made a move against Jude, wouldn't that be slapping the face of the person behind him?
If that person were angered, "Eisenwald" would be a precedent!
Although dark guilds were all desperadoes, they were not all fools. This matter was actually quite a gamble.
But under heavy reward, there are always brave men. Duke Savalu paid a huge price and was determined to take Jude down. In the end, there really were those unafraid of death who accepted the task. Desperadoes were not all fools, but there were still quite a few fools among them. There would always be those who would risk their lives for money, those who believed they could escape any investigation afterward.
However, before accepting the task, these people had all conducted field investigations and observed Jude's security situation.
They certainly would not believe only Duke Savalu's one-sided account. For a mission with such high risk, prior reconnaissance was necessary; one mistake could lead to total annihilation.
At the newly built Barlenia Station, a pair of ordinary-looking twins stood together. The two stared at the blond man standing on the podium. Today was the official opening day of Barlenia Station, and Jude had personally come to unveil it.
"Looking at it this way, this mission doesn't seem that difficult."
One of the twins spoke slowly.
"Then let's just get rid of him cleanly."
The other said with a grin, revealing sharp fangs.
The two brothers exchanged a glance. Magic power surged around them, and in the blink of an eye their figures disappeared, rushing straight toward Jude, who was speaking on the podium.
"Caw!"
From the sky came the hoarse cry of a crow.
Countless black feathers drifted down, falling toward the pair of twins. Image
"What is this?! Little brother! I'll block them!"
The twins cooperated seamlessly. The elder brother stayed behind to deal with the black feathers from the sky, while also exerting force to push his younger brother forward.
"Whoosh!"
The elder twin took a deep breath and then blew out a violent gust of wind, accelerating his younger brother's forward charge.
In the blink of an eye, the younger twin had already approached Jude. He bared his fangs, and his two arms had already transformed into the claws of a beast.
"Caw!"
However, several crows descended from the sky, diving straight at him. Their sharp talons and beaks gleamed coldly as they targeted his vital points.
This forced the younger twin, who used Take Over Magic, to abandon his attack. He leapt aside, dodging the diving strikes of several crows.
"Where did these crows come from? Where were they hiding?!"
Looking at the more than twenty large crows in the sky, the younger twin was dumbfounded. How had so many large crows suddenly appeared?!
When they had previously scouted the area, they had indeed seen a few crows nearby, but those had all been normal-sized. If they had been this large, they definitely would have noticed as long as they weren't blind.
"Caw!"
The crows gave him no time to think and dove at him again one after another, which made the younger twin extremely furious.
"They're just a bunch of flying magical beasts! Do you really think you can stop me?!"
The younger twin swung both arms, his claws slashing toward the incoming crows. He wanted to see what these crows were capable of!
"Clang!"
Claw struck claw, producing the sound of metal colliding. The younger twin's eyes narrowed. The magic power on these crows was strong; with one strike, he hadn't even been able to disperse the magic on the crow's talons. This clearly far exceeded his expectations.
"Caw!"
One crow's attack was blocked, but several others pounced at the same time. For a moment, the younger twin was somewhat overwhelmed, struck several times by the crows' sharp talons.
Magic power surged from his body to defend against the crows' attacks, but many parts of him were still torn open by their claws.
"Brother! Come help me!"
Surrounded by a flock of crows and unable to free himself, the younger twin shouted, but there was no response at all.
The younger twin looked toward his brother who had stayed behind. His brother was already covered by a mass of black feathers.
Although he was still struggling continuously, he could not break free from the restraints of the black feathers. His whole body was wrapped up like a mummy, and the strength of his struggles was visibly growing weaker and weaker.
"How could this be?!"
This scene made the younger twin's eyes widen instantly. Those black feathers were actually so overbearing, this was something he had never expected. Presumably his brother had not expected it either; otherwise, he definitely would not have forcibly resisted those black feathers just now to give him a push.
"Caw!"
Amid the crows' cries, black feathers once again filled the sky, drifting down to envelop the younger twin. Having seen his brother's miserable state, he no longer dared to underestimate those feathers.
He quickly pulled back to dodge them. The black feathers released by these crows themselves were clearly not as effective as when Moen personally controlled and released them.
First of all, their speed was slightly slower. They were fine against ordinary people, but against mages who specialized in physical combat, they were somewhat lacking.
The black feathers filling the sky forced the younger twin back, and the crows once again launched a siege against him, tearing the physically oriented mage until he was covered in blood. This was even worse than being directly wrapped by the black feathers—at least that would have spared him some physical suffering.
"So they've finally come?"
On the podium, after the initial shock, Jude calmed down and instead felt a sense of relief. At last, those guys could not hold back from making a move!
"Caw!"
With several cries, a few large crows pulled a glider over. Moen, piloting the glider, released his grip and descended directly to the ground.
"Looks like the battle is already over."
Looking at one dark mage wrapped in black feathers and another lying in a pool of blood, Moen became excited. The evidence was in hand next, he could go make trouble!
"These guys were quite patient. They waited until this section of railway was completed and opened before making a move. Could it be they thought we would lower our guard?"
Jude spoke with some emotion. It's not the thief you fear stealing, but the thief constantly thinking about stealing. The waiting was the hardest part.
Jude had known Duke Savalu would make a move against him, and he had been waiting for it. For him, it was better to get it over with sooner rather than later; otherwise, he would have to remain on edge every day.
Although he had Moen's crows protecting him, Jude actually had no certainty in his heart.
Those crows had always shrunk to normal size and hidden around him, watching everything from various corners nearby.
Jude himself did not know which ones were Moen's crows and which were ordinary crows, so he naturally felt uneasy.
As for the ordinary-sized crows that occasionally appeared near Jude, Duke Savalu and the twins had also been suspicious, but they did not pay much attention. Clearly, they did not think a few small crows could pose any threat or have any ability to protect Jude.
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