Assassin's Chronicle - Chapter 193

Chapter 193
That day they travelled less intensely than the previous day . The day before, they had to stop to hide whenever they suspected something might happen . They had to make sure everything was alright before they could continue their travelling . They all could sense magic surges around them . There were not as many magic beasts in Hengduan Valley as in Forest of Death, but there were still some magic beasts in the valley . They could not tell whether it was a person or magic beast just judging from magic surges, which cost them a decent amount of time as they tried to figure it out .


With Bruzuryano’s gift, Anfey could observe his surroundings for a couple of miles, even up to a range of a dozen miles . Samadhi was a basic skill for a qualified martial arts practitioner . Samadhi in simple words meant the practitioner could be in a fighting state in a very short time . If a martial arts practitioner could not calm down, concentrate, or had to ask to restart everything for some reason, he would get killed . A martial arts practitioner without good foundational skills might escape from being killed one day, but would be killed eventually .
Anfey caressed the leaf on his chest for a while . This was the first time Anfey had felt possessive about something . This leaf made Anfey’s life so convenient . Sometimes even having many mages there with Anfey, they still could not observe everything in the Eyes of Sky at any one time . However, he could do it by himself . All the enemies seemed to show up in front of Anfey . With this leaf, he would rather hide in the dark .
Of course, there was the question of why Bruzuryano wanted to give that leaf to Anfey for no apparent reason?
Anfey did not believe Bruzuryano had taken a liking to Anfey when they only met once . Back when Saul and Ernest wanted to help Anfey, he was a harmless and useless person . He had to have both qualities to feel that the person who helped him would have no intention of taking advantage of him .
People would become cautious or even hate a person if that person was harmful . If this continued, it could cause conflict and end in a bloody fight . Being useful was not a good thing either . People would try to get useful people on their side, socialize with them, help them, and then take advantage of them . Take the handsome Jinke for example . Others tossed the gold nuggets into the water only because he liked to hear that sound . A guy cut off his beloved wife’s hands only because he said her hands were pretty . When people did so much for him, they only wanted him to make a strike at Qin palace to kill the king . If Jinke were not useful, who would care who he was .
Anfey respected Saul and Ernest from the bottom of his heart because they wanted to help a harmless and useless young man . That help without any intentions had won Anfey’s trust . Anfey was cautious . It was not easy for Anfey to trust anyone .
The cause-effect relationships could also be seen as giving-receiving relationships . Bruzuryano gave Anfey the leaf: What did he want for return?
After avoiding groups of mercenaries of different sizes, Anfey decided to take a break next to a river around noon . The rivers in the mountains were usually very clear . This one was only about two yards wide . Anfey could clearly see the stones and swimming fish in the water . Anfey sat on the big stone at the edge, looking around . He asked with a smile, "Suzanna, how about eating better today?"
"What do you mean?" Suzanna asked .
"Should we grill some fish?" Anfey said .
"You…" Suzanna shook her head with a smile .
There were many kinds of magic beasts, but most of them were not edible due to the nature of magic beasts . They could not eat any magic beast with a magic crystal . It could interfere with the magic and combat power if people ate it even for a short time . Magic and combat power could disappear and turn people into magic crystals if they ate magic beasts for a long time . Regular people would get skinnier and skinnier and produce a blood crystal in their body . Blood tribes used to domesticize people and forced them to eat magic beasts to make them into blood crystals . Blood tribes disappeared a long time ago, back before the Sacred Battle .
Suzanna had not done well with food before . Anfey won Shally over with few sausages . Mercenaries in the forest usually carried some food supplies with them . For the people in Anfey’s previous world, Anfey only needed to carry fire starter and weapons, since there would be food everywhere .
It was okay to eat fish as long as the water was fine . Anfey suddenly stood up and picked up a branch . He walked up to the river . Fish saw the shadow of a person and started to dart away . Anfey thrust the branch into the water and stabbed a fish in its side .
Fish were tossed on shore one after another . Suzanna’s eyes were brightened . Being able to eat better today did not surprise her, but the wounds on the fish did . All the fish in the blink of an eye . Without mentioning the skills of using branches as swords, his accuracy had surprised her . Anfey did not have fast speed, sometimes he even looked slow, but he never missed a fish .


Suzanna knew Anfey had unusual and crude sword skills, but in this world, people were evaluated in a more comprehensive way . They did not just look at sword skills, but also paid attention to their combat powers . Suzanna had taken it for granted, so she did not pay too much attention to Anfey’s sword skills . Right now she felt something she could not describe in words . If she tried to catch fish, she did not think she could do as well as Anfey .
"Are we grilling them? I will find some branches . " Riska smiled .

"No, I got them . " Anfey walked back . "Anyone got salt?"
Riska and Suzanna looked at each other, confused . They carried just regular breads with them; no salt .
"Never mind . Let’s boil them . " Anfey took out a crystal box from his Dimensional ring . "Riska, can you find something to set up a stone and put this box on it . "
People could continue to be shaped no matter how experienced they were . Grilling fish was so meaningless and ridiculous for old Anfey . He would be fine as long as he had food . Without knowing how, maybe it was because of the unicorn, Saul, Ernest, or Suzanna, Anfey’s personality had gradually changed . He changed from being dark to more positive, from pretentious to sincere . Anfey rarely pretended to be someone else, at least not in front of the people he trusted .
"Ok . " Riska took the box . "Can I put it on stones?"


"Sure," Anfey said, smiling . He took out a knife and cut the fish open on its belly . He licked a little bit of blood and tasted it . Raw fish had a strong fishy smell, but he had to taste the blood to make sure it was safe to eat . If described in medical terms, he was trying to feel the microvascular and peripheral nerve to see if they were contaminated . If animals were contaminated, the toxin could be categorized into three types: neurotoxin, blood toxin or cardiotoxin . Although modern medicine had categorized it in a simple way, Anfey’s purpose was not to save a poisoned person . He only needed to make a judgement whether the fish had toxins in it . This kind of categorization was good enough .
Anfey quickly cleaned the fish released a few fireballs to boil the water . He was doing two things at the same time . Suzanna and Riska did not know whether they should laugh or cry, since what Anfey did was against the magic rules and violated the holy and serious nature of magic .
Anfey cut a few sausages and tossed them into the crystal box . He tossed the fish into the box as well . He had no idea how the flavor would turn out, since he was not a chef . Not long after the steam rose up, a strong fragrance came out of the box . Suzanna and Riska had not had any real people food for the past few days . They were excited about the food and walked over to Anfey .
"Someone came . There are seven mercenaries . They will be here soon," Anfey suddenly said in a low voice . He still stirred the soup with a branch and heated the crystal box with his fireballs . Anfey saw the mercenaries in the distance with the leaf on his chest . He did not do just do two things at a time . He was doing three .
"Should we leave now?" Riska was shocked .
"No, they came from over there . " Anfey shook his head . If they were from Shansa Empire, they should come from behind or from the sides . Anfey did not feel it was going to be any trouble .
Soon a group of seven mercenaries came to the other side of the river . Mercenaries met all the time . To protect themselves and prevent any misunderstanding, they usually tried not to communicate with each other . They usually continued what they were doing without bothering each other .
Anfey and the mercenaries on the other side of the river chose to have the same kind of attitude . Anfey and his team continued their cooking as the other group of mercenaries sat and talked in low voices on the other side of the river . They did not seem to see each other . Since it was not ordinary to cook with magic, Anfey drew the attention of the other group . Those seven mercenaries checked out Anfey .
"Su…" Anfey was trying to call Suzanna .
"My name is Niya . " Suzanna suddenly interrupted Anfey .
Anfey’s hand froze in the air . When he looked over to check Suzanna, Suzanna had turned her body to the side . Suzanna looked at the forest, her head tilted back . Without close observation, Anfey could sense the anger and hatred in Suzanna’s eyes .
"Do you know them?" Anfey asked calmly .
"We’ll talk about it later . Anfey, let’s go . We’d better not get into trouble here," Suzanna answered quietly .
Suzanna answered Anfey in simple sentences, but Anfey got enough information . She was definitely feeling hatred, otherwise Suzanna would not have asked to leave . She was afraid she could not control herself . When Suzanna said she did not want to get into trouble, it meant that this group of mercenaries was not easy to handle . Some of them would be really good .
"Hi!" a mercenary on the other side of the river yelled . "What are you cooking? It smells great . "
"We have been here for a couple of months . We had enough breads we brought with us . We are making some fish soup today," Anfey answered with a smile .