The range fighters and the Mages of Black organization immediately started decreasing the weights hanging on their body, thinking that they will be able to run faster after doing that.

Their body weight had indeed decreased after throwing some useless things to the ground, but even so, that was still not enough to escape from Leo.

The Earth Elementals were also doing their best to manipulate the land around all of them, hence further causing them to slow down.

"What the heck are those things?!" One Mage with a weak-looking body suddenly asked while running.

"No one knows..." The nearby Mage with a scarred face said before suddenly pausing in his words, seemingly thinking of an idea, "But, everyone knows that escaping is the only way to live!" he suddenly added. Without any hesitation, he pushed the weak-looking Mage to the ground.

"What the fuck is wrong with you!" The weak-looking Mage immediately exclaimed after being sabotaged by his comrade.

"As if you don't know why I did that to you!" The scarface Mage quickly replied as he turned his head around and continued running, ignoring the weak-looking Mage that he had pushed to the ground.

What just happened was the same as the saying, "When two people were currently being chased by a lion, the way to escape wasn't to run faster than the Leo, but how to make the other person with him fall down."

After that person fell down, the lion would surely busy itself eating that person's body. Hence, giving that wicked person enough time to escape.

Unfortunately, though, the one that the scarface Mage pushed wasn't any ordinary person, but also a Mage like him.

"Vines, hold him down!" The weak-looking Mage suddenly casted a Magic spell. Dark-green color spiky Vines appeared, quickly traveling straight towards the feet of the scarface Mage, making the latter unable to take any farther steps soon after.

"What the f*ck!" The scarface Mage exclaimed after being bounded by the Vines.

"As if you don't know why I did that to you!" The weak-looking Mage repeated the words of the scarface Mage after overtaking the latter.

"Do you think I would just let myself die this easily!" The scarface Mage said as he quickly casted his own Magic spell, "Earth Wall!"

*Bang! *Bang! *Bang! *Bang! *Bang!

A wall made out of rock started randomly appearing around the area of the scarface Mage, specifically 5 meters in diameter, causing everyone's movement to slow down or to worst to completely halt in order to avoid the suddenly appearing earth walls.

"Ayst, stupid Mages!"

"This is power is unfair!"

"What are you doing, you're trying to kill us all!"

Voices full of desperation and despair immediately sounded loudly around the place after the scarface Mage casted the Earth Wall spell.

"Oh, you both started it, then don't blame me for joining in!" Richton suddenly said while running.

"Ice Ground!"

*Whooooooooosh!!

The ground around Richton, specifically 10 meters in diameter, suddenly turned to ice as all of his men's steps turned slippery and further causing the decrease of his men's movement speed.

"Your ice is still weaker compared to my lava and my brothers' fire!" A youth with an eye-patch in his right eye suddenly said.

"Indeed!" Another youth with an almost similar face as the former, but with an eye-patch to his left eye, quickly followed up.

Soon after, on the two brother's hands, a red and a somewhat darker red Magic circle slowly formed.

"Flamethrower!"

"Lava Floor!"

Immediately, a straight line made out of flame shoot out randomly but indirectly towards the Black organization's men, and lava started appearing around some part of the ground too.

The Ice Ground spell that Richton had casted quickly started melting due to how hot the Flamethrower spell and Lava Floor spell were.

The lava on the floor suddenly started rising higher, causing everyone to jump up around higher grounds. Though only a small space, specifically the area around 10 meters diameter from the Mage with a right eye-patch.

"What the heck are you all doing!" A Mage with a blue-colored pupil suddenly said as a blue-colored magic circle slowly formed on his hand, "Flood!!"

A Flood of water quickly extinguished the lava on the ground, causing it to turn into some kind of soft but muddy soil, though still a little bit hot.

"We will only die a lot faster if we try to kill each other!" The Mage with a blue-colored pupil said soon after, "Trying to slow each other down would only allow the assassin to easily kill us all!"

The Mage with a blue-colored pupil's words immediately halted all the Black organization's men around, even Richton. Suddenly though, his face turned wicked before a sudden blue Magic circle quickly formed on his feet.

"Water Wall!" The Mage with blue-colored pupils suddenly casted as a water wall quickly formed a straight line, specifically a 10 meter high and long water wall, that had successfully blocked the path of the Black organization's men, "But, so long s*cker!"

Well, what could be expected from someone in the Black organization? Each one of them was all cunning and heartless Human beings.

A trap is hidden behind a concerned eye. That was what the Mage with blue-colored pupils did.

"Tch, I actually fell for that!" Richton said before quickly turning a portion of the water wall into ice and forming a tunnel in the middle with his Magic spell before he quickly runs through it, and destroying it quickly afterwards so that the other wouldn't be able to follow in his path.

"F*ck you!"

"Screw you!"

"I hate you!"

"Go and die, you despicable bastard!"

Voices of displeasure immediately sounded at the other part of the water wall soon after. Well, who wouldn't be displeased? They had, after all, suddenly thought that someone was trying to give them hope amidst the darkness when the Mage with a blue-colored pupil stopped all the Mages from creating more trouble. Unfortunately, it was nothing but a scheme.

"Where is the assassin...?" Someone suddenly asked.

While they were fighting amongst themselves, the assassin had suddenly disappeared and had yet made any attack. This immediately made the others currently blocked by the water wall to feel curious, since that time was the best way to strike, yet the assassin didn't.

Unbeknownst to them, at this moment, Leo was actually chasing after Richton and the Mage with blue-colored pupils.

He wasn't a fool to kill those people who were blocked by the Water Wall spell first, since that was obviously done purposely in order to delay him. He wouldn't just fall into such an obvious trap, and hence letting go of the leader and the Mage with blue-colored pupils.

Letting Richton and the Mage with blue-colored pupils escape was the most foolish thing to do. They were obviously both cunning and heartless beings, they would definitely do everything to get what they wanted if left alive. So, if he indeed let them escaped, then he might pay an enormous price later on.

"F*ck! Why are you even chasing after us..? I left a plate full of a delicious meal for you!" The Mage with blue-colored pupils immediately exclaimed in horror. After doing everything to trap the others so that the assassin will focus on them while he escapes away, the assassin was actually still relentless in chasing after him. It was even to the point that the assassin had just abandoned the majority and had instead chased after the minority.

"Ice Wall!" Richton immediately casted after the Mage with blue-colored pupils said those words, secretly blocking the path of the latter.

The next moment, the Mage with blue-colored pupils hit the wall made of ice that suddenly appeared in front of him before quickly yelling out towards Richton, "What the heck is wrong with you! The two of us should be helping each other against that assassin!"

Richton just let out a mocking laugh before he replied, "As if I would fall into another one of your schemes!"

"Tch, I curse you that you will not be able to escape from this cave alive just like those who had died!" The Mage with blue-colored pupils desperately cursed out loudly. Since he was going to die anyway, he might as well curse Richton, hoping that it may cause the latter misfortune later on.

Quickly, Leo arrived behind the Mage with blue-colored pupils as he swiftly slid his dagger towards the latter's throat. The Mage with blue-colored pupils wasn't even able to turn around his head as Leo's movement was just too quick.

To be honest, Leo was already very proficient at doing such action. After all, he was trained by the leader of all assassins in Silver Kingdom. Ever since young, he had been killing people in such a quick movement. His Master had taught him this way so that he would be able to quickly and silently take away his target's life, and could also dodge or launch himself to another target.

"Tch, he wasn't even able to last a few seconds against the assassin!" Richton said in disdain. He really hoped that the Mage with blue-colored pupils could give him a minute or two. Unfortunately, though, he had overestimated the latter and had underestimated the assassin, too.

"Less talking, focus on your running! You will soon follow after the others!" Leo suddenly said to Richton while chasing behind him.

"Hmph! Underestimating me is the most foolish thing for you to do!" Richton said as he suddenly stopped on his track and turned to look at Leo, "Try and kill me if you can!"

Leo just ignored Richton's provocation as he kept on running closer to the latter.

"Ice Spikes!" Richton casted as dozens of spikes came shooting towards Leo right after.

Leo was easily able to dodge the Ice Spikes. However, to his shock, Richton had suddenly moved his arms, which unexpectedly caused the Ice Spikes to follow after.

Unbeknownst to Leo, the Ice Spikes spell this time wasn't the same as the usual Ice Spikes spell that would immediately end after shooting dozens of ice spikes. The Ice Spikes spell that Richton had casted could be moved to and from as long as the Ice Mana that was used to form the Magic spell wasn't yet exhausted.

Jumping, rolling, and crouching from left to right or vice versa, only was Leo able to successfully dodge the ice spikes until the Ice Element Mana was finally exhausted. He received some light injuries though, after some ice spikes lightly passed by some parts of his body.

"Go and return his attack!" Leo immediately ordered the two Earth Elementals nearby to attack Richton.

Quickly, the two Earth Elementals put their hands in the ground as if doing something seemingly the same as what Richton had casted awhile ago. Soon after, numerous tall stalagmites started appearing from the ground, trying to pierce Richton's body from two different directions.

Richton didn't panic at all as he swiftly dodged sideways before quickly casting another Magic spell aiming in front of Leo, "Ice Wall!"

Wall made out of ice quickly formed in front of Leo, successfully blocking his view towards Richton.

After dodging and casting an Ice Wall spell, Richton soon after started running away from the place. Fighting Leo wasn't the same as a 1vs1 fight that he had expected. It was more like 1vs3 since Leo had some unknown entity as assistance.

After the ice wall appeared in front, Leo didn't just stand still. He quickly moved to the side to have a clear view of Richton. It was then at that moment that he could only helplessly see that Richton was already far away from him.

Although Leo wanted to follow after, he realized that it was already too late. Richton was able to distance quite far from him already, so even if he wanted to chase after, it would still be useless since the latter would still be able to arrive at the tunnel first and would surely blow it off or something to block him off. No worries though as he wasn't afraid to be trapped since he had his Earth Elementals with him to simply excavate the destroyed tunnel.

Moreover, if Richton really became desperate, Leo would surely pay some kind of price. Afterall, the former wasn't just some ordinary Mage like the others he had killed before. Richton was the leader, and as the leader, he obviously has a hidden card or two.

Leo knew that all the assigned leaders of a mission from Black organization wouldn't just be some useless and incapable person.

Although Richton had indeed shown him a very bad leadership skill, that still doesn't mean that he would just be able to easily take away his life, right?

"Unfortunately, a Hyena was able to escape..." Leo shook his head before he slowly turned around to clean up the others that were blocked by the Mage with blue-colored pupils.