Assassin's Chronicle - Chapter 189

Chapter 189
"You like to talk behind people’s backs . When are you going to change this bad habit?" A voice was clearly heard . A middle-aged man in white gown appeared about a dozen yards behind Bruzuryano .


"Who said I am talking behind people’s backs? I knew you were here . I said that to you on purpose . Don’t you get it?" Bruzuryano frowned .
Anfey glanced at the middle-aged man . From the way they talked, the middle-aged man must be the Priest of Light, Slanbrea . Maybe it was the nature of Light magic . He looked humble, honest, and kind .
Two not-so-young mages slowly landed behind Slanbrea . Slanbrea’s face did not change . They seemed to be friends; otherwise, Slanbrea would have been concerned about it . It was taboo to have a person behind a mage without knowing whether that person is a friend or an enemy . It would pose too much of a threat to the mage .
"Don’t you want to introduce your friends?" Slanbrea asked with a smile .
"Armin was sent out to spread the news . This is Anfey . He…" Bruzuryano said .
"I got it . " Slanbrea was shocked for a second . He immediately interrupted Bruzuryano .
"Are you the Anfey?" Dardanibry suddenly asked .
"Yes," Anfey answered him curtly .
Dardanibry gave Anfey a long look, but did not ask Anfey more questions .
"Your bravery has won my respect . If you did not send the news out, I would not know how many people would die from necromancers . " Slanbrea slowly walked up to Anfey . He held his finger out and pointed it at Anfey’s forehead .
Anfey did not move, quietly looking at Slanbrea . He was wise . If Slanbrea wanted to hurt him, there was no way he could avoid it . If Slanbrea did not intend to hurt him, his move could make Slanbrea misunderstand him . It would be better stand still than dodging .
Slanbrea’s finger lightly touched Anfey’s forehead . He pulled his finger back with a smile . He turned around and said, "Dardanibry, we should go and clean up the battlefield now . We need to find Annunciata’s nest around here and destroy it as well . "
"Sure . " Dardanibry nodded . He made a path for Slanbrea .
Slanbrea did not say anything before he left . He slowly walked into the forest . Dardanibry and the other mage caught up with Slanbrea in big strides . Seeing the three of them disappearing, Bruzuryano stayed where he was without moving .
"Getting old, getting old . I cannot keep up with the times," Bruzuryano said with a smile .
"You talk too much . " Anfey started to look calm .
"You should not blame me for that . " Bruzuryano stared with wide eyes .
"But Slanbrea’s response time was a lot shorter than yours," Anfey said .
"I am telling you . First of all, Slanbrea is twenty years younger than me . Secondly, I can call him Slanbrea, but you cannot . You would be punished or torn apart by his manic disciples if you called him Slanbrea . Last, there are a lot of cause-effect relationships in this world . The cause is on you, not me . You cannot blame me for that," Bruzuryano said .
"I did not blame you, did I?" Anfey said .
Bruzuryano looked at Anfey for a while and said, "Are you scared?"
Anfey grinned, but he did not answer the question verbally . However, his facial expression clearly told Bruzuryano that he was not afraid of anything .
"Then I am leaving?" Bruzuryano turned half way around and pretended to walk away, but he still looked at Anfey out of the corner of his eye .
"Take care," Anfey said .


"I am really leaving now," Bruzuryano said .
Anfey felt helpless when he had to deal with this naughty, old, powerful man . He had to nod to signal him to leave .
"Kido, you are too stubborn . " Bruzuryano turned around with a helpless look . "No matter what, Saul is my friend . I do not want him to come to my house to kick my ass . In addition, I did make trouble for him . What should I do?"
Anfey continued to keep quiet . He was sentimental at that moment . He thought to himself that he would be treated so differently if he did not have a "well-known" master . If they were not the students of Saul, who would care whether they were alive or dead . Master Swordsman Philip’s chase sounded terrible, but did not actually do anything to them . The chase was stopped by Yolanthe’s constraint, otherwise the worst case scenario might have played out .

"How about I give you one thing?" Bruzuryano held his hand out as he talked . There was a piece of leaf with a fine gold chain on his hand . That leaf looked and felt no difference than a regular leaf . It did not have any magic surges . No one knew what it could do .
"Thank you," Anfey said .
"You are welcome . But let me tell you first, you can borrow it for now . I did not give it to you . Do you understand?" Bruzuryano said .
Anfey smiled and nodded . Bruzuryano gently put the leaf on Anfey’s neck . "Tell Saul I do not owe him anything anymore . "
Anfey was shocked . His first reaction was to take the leaf off and return it to Bruzuryano .
"I am just joking . I do not owe Saul anything," Bruzuryano smiled .
Anfey’s hand froze in the air . He did not know if he should take it off or not . He was confused and could not tell if Bruzuryano was telling him the truth .
"Ok, you guys should leave now . " Bruzuryano waved his hand and strode into the forest . Others had to walked around the ancient trees . They would not be stupid enough walk into the trees, but Bruzuryano walked straight forward . The bushes and ancient trees turned into objects that could walk and made a path for him .


"Anfey, should we go back to Moramatch now?" Riska did not understand their conversation, but he was not interested in it anyway . He cared about when he could go back to Moramatch to see the rest of the legion .
"We are not going back . " Anfey shook his head . "Let’s go . We need leave as soon as we can . We will talk as we walk . "
The dark clouds in the sky had gradually disappeared as Annunciata fled . The sky started to look clear . It was sunset as Anfey and the two others were running towards the direction of the sun .
Riska was indeed flying, while Anfey and Suzanna were running . Without knowing how long they had run, Anfey started to be out of breath . Suzanna and Riska were still fine . Anfey was physically stronger than Suzanna, but Suzanna was a lot better than Anfey when she used combat power .
Anfey took a deep breath and calculated the distance in his mind . He waved to signal Suzanna and Riska to stop for a second .
"Anfey, what happened?" Suzanna immediately asked . She had no idea what this running was for . Anfey looked as though he was in thought when he ran . She did not want to interrupt his thinking . She finally found an opportunity to ask .
"That Dardanibry would not just let us leave like this," Anfey said in a low voice .
Suzanna and Riska gasped quietly . The news that Anfey wiped out a Griffin Aerial Unit had spread . Dardanibry must have known about it . He was as a palace mage of Shansa Empire and would not easily just let Anfey go .
"I got it . Bruzuryano slipped . Damn it!" Bruzuryano was one of the most powerful men, but he was not here . Riska did not care what he said about him .
"It was not that simple," Anfey said slowly .
"Of course . Top powerful men are never simple," Riska said .
"I did not mean it that way . I mean he slipped on purpose and then…" Anfey said .
"Then he took the opportunity to give you that leaf?" Riska said .
"I know these conclusions sound a little ridiculous, but I just have a feeling that he did it on purpose . I could not figure out why he would do it . " Anfey held the leaf in front of his chest . "Do you know what this is?"
"Let me take a look . " Riska felt it with his fingers . "This just looks like a regular leaf . "
"You are talking bulls*#t . I should not have shown it to you . " Anfey did not know whether he should laugh or cry . He pushed Riska’s hand away from the leaf . "Suzanna, can you tell what this is?"
"It looks like a badge a druid would wear . Anfey, do you feel anything different when you wear it?"
"Nothing different . " Anfey went quiet and pulled the leaf with his hands . He pulled slightly on both sides . The leaf seemed to have really good elasticity . When Anfey let his hands go, it went back to its original shape .
Anfey gradually pulled the leaf harder, but the leaf would always go back to its normal shape when Anfey let his hands go . Anfey even used half of his strength to pull the leaf apart, like he was tearing a piece of paper at the end . Suddenly a bright light flashed and Anfey’s hands released the leaf .
Anfey, Suzanna and Riska looked at each other, confused . The moment the light flashed, they all felt strong magic surges . Obviously, this was not an ordinary leaf .
"Never mind . We will study it when it is dark . " Anfey gave it up . The magic surges were too strong . If Dardanibry chased after them, the magic surges would allow Dardanibry to find them easily . Anfey dared not experiment with it anymore .
"Oh, right, Anfey . Did that Slanbrea do anything to you? I saw him pointing to your forehead," Suzanna asked in a low voice .
"I feel something went into my head, but it seemed like nothing happened either . " Anfey looked confused . This difference in ability make him feel helpless . If a patient had surgery and the doctor refused to tell the patient what organ he had cut out, that patient must be confused as well .
"Do you think it was a good thing or bad thing?" Suzanna asked in a worried tone .
"I do not know," Anfey sighed . "If they wanted to hurt me, they did not have to go through so much trouble . If they wanted to help us, what is the reason? I still do not get it . "