Assassin System in a Magical World

After the Blast

The thing about magic, real magic, is that it isn't that useful in battle.  Unless you're a monster like the Emperor and his Generals.  They are able to use magic in ways that scholars have gone insane trying to understand.  They are so far above the next level of mage experts, that they might as well be considered Gods.

These Assassins were no gods.  However, several of them had hung back in the centre while the rest attacked.  Plenty of time to weave an effective attack.

Sardi knew he was in trouble when the mages running towards him stopped, flicked their wands towards him, and ran away.

'Tracer,' he thought.  Sardi couldn't see the weave, but that was the point.  A fighting group often had tracer and signal spells so they could coordinate attacks while keeping the casters away from the fighting.  'I wonder how big the attack will…', and then the world went red, black and