Assassin's Chronicle - Chapter 197

Chapter 197
Both assassins and martial arts masters made their careers in fighting, but there was a big difference between them . One went to extremes, the other one was neutral . Assassins were more like the character Yaojin Cheng in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms . He ran away after trying to fight, but realized he was no a match for his opponent . If martial arts masters at the same level fought in a match, they might have to fight for a long time to see who would win . However, no assassin would fight for that long .


Martial arts masters cared about how long they could hold on in a fight, while assassins had to perform to their fullest potential whenever they were on an assignment . Assassins would do everything he could when he got on an assignment . It was not that assassins did not want to hold on long in a fight, they simply could not .
Both parties seemed to get hurt in this fight . That elf was hurt . So was Anfey . However, they looked totally different .
That elf rubbed her eyes as she backed off . She looked hurt and scared . At least at this moment, she only wanted to protect herself . She could not restore her fighting momentum . Anfey fell to the ground and looked up with a strong desire to kill his opponent . At the same time, Anfey had forgotten his wounds and pain . There was nothing but his goal left in the world . There were two other mercenaries with combat power rushing towards them . He jumped up and rushed forward as fast as lightning .
With a yell from behind, a white sword radiant came out from the forest and chased after Anfey .
The elf saw that her people had come . She plucked her courage to swing her sword, thrusting at Anfey in the air .
Even when Anfey was attacked from the front and the back, he still looked cool . His knife simply blocked her sword, and he turned the knife around to press on the top part of the sword . He jumped up, did a backflip, and elegantly landed behind the elf .
Now it was the elf’s turn to be attacked from both sides . Seeing the sword radiant coming at her, she used all her combat power to counter the sword radiant . Suddenly, she felt her neck was hurt . At the same time, Anfey jabbed at her back . The white sword radiant hit her as she stumbled . As blood gushed from her, Anfey jumped into the forest . He disappeared in the blink of an eye .
"Get him!" Those two mercenaries had hurt the elf by accident, but they did not stop to check their companion’s body . They did not have time to blame themselves or regret their mistakes . They ran towards the direction where Anfey had run .
After chasing him for a few hundred yards, a dangerous knife reflection flashed from the grass . When the mercenary in the back noticed something, the knife had already cut his ankle . He fell forward as he screamed in pain .
Anfey jumped out of the grass and stomped on the other ankle of that mercenary . This was a standard Feijiao kick . Anfey’s leg skills were good . When the mercenary got hurt, he started to panic . His combat power got less intense . When Anfey kicked his ankle in the vicious attack, Anfey only felt some pain, but the mercenary’s ankle had broken .
Anfey flung himself up off his back . He flipped backward using the mercenary as a vault . He dodged the sword light, moved a few times, and came to a tree dozens of yards away . He slowly pulled his bowstring back, looking at those two mercenaries coldly .
Actually a fight was not only about how powerful they were . It was also about how smart they could be . Seeing his opponents not coming after him, Anfey knew his judgement was right . He had killed their companions twice, but they had not panicked . It was not that they did not care . Instead, they were very wise and practical . Without checking on their companions’ wounds, they knew their companions could not survive the attacks .
Therefore, they chose to protect themselves and tried to figure out a way to kill their enemy . This mercenary group with seven mercenaries worked very well together . They were already good on their own . If they could work so well together, they must have experienced thick and thin together . They may not have to commit to live or die together, but they must trust each other . Trust was the prerequisite to sustain the combat power of a mercenary group . Anfey did not choose to kill his opponent this time, but only to hurt him for a reason . If they could not leave their companion behind, or were not willing to leave that wounded mercenary behind, then they all would die .
Anfey thought about many plans as he tried to hurt that mercenary, but the combat power of the mercenary was not even as good as the elf . Anfey easily beat him .
The wounded mercenary sat up with an unbearable pain . His one angle was broken, while the other one was almost cut off by Anfey . Even if he could survive today, he would be disabled from then on . He not only looked like he was in terrible pain, but also desperate and confused .


The other mercenary also looked confused . He did not go after Anfey, but he could not leave on his own either, and he did not want to stay where he was . The combat power was strong sometimes but weak at other times . It showed he was not calm .
A two-yard-long gigantic element arrow formed in Anfey’s hand . Anfey aimed it at the wounded mercenary . The other mercenary’s face changed, and he stepped in front of the wounded mercenary . Everyone had his own moral standards . So did that mercenary . He could never watch his companion just waiting to die .

The arrow carried strong wind with it and made the branches and leaves dance crazily as it flew through the air . The mercenary screamed and gathered all the combat power he could in order to counter the arrow . Under similar conditions, this kind of attack would not pose any threat to a senior swordsman . He definitely could keep his combat power and choose to simply dodge it . Unfortunately, he had to counter it immediately .
With a huge sound, the element arrow had turned into countless elements and disappeared in mid-air . That mercenary was forced to back off a few steps . He stepped right on the other mercenary’s wounded ankle . It was unbearable for normal people to take any more pressure on the wound, but the mercenary grinded his teeth hard without any moaning . He only held his body with his hands on the ground and moved back a little to give the other mercenary some more room .
The second element arrow was loaded quickly again . It did not take much effort for Anfey to gather elements or pull the bowstring apart . Looking at the mercenary standing there, he was already out of breath .
Anfey had mastered all kinds of series elements . He did not use fire or water elements, because those elements did not go well with archery . The combination of arrow and wind blade would add more effects to it . To be more specific, Anfey’s wind blade arrow had more power than flame meteors . Even Suzanna had to dodge if she were hit by flame meteors . A fool would continue to fight without dodging Anfey’s attack . At that moment, Anfey was ready to turn that intermediate-level swordsman into a fool with his evil plan . Actually, the mercenary was turning himself into a fool .
When the arrow shoot out, the mercenary still lunged to counter it . He broke the element arrow again . This time he steadied his body without moving at all . Obviously, he knew he had stepped on his companion the previous time . Unfortunately, only moving back could reduce the power of the blow . What he did was not wise . That mercenary’s face turned pale . He looked helpless and hopeless .


"What a man!" Anfey gave him compliments as he gathered a bigger and wider wind blade arrow .
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"Why are you attacking us?" That mercenary yelled in anger .
Three people in the distance ran fast towards them from three different directions . They were still far away, so it would take them some time to reach Anfey and the others . Obviously, that mercenary was trying to buy some time .
"When you took those gold coins, you should know you would die for it," Anfey said calmly . He shoot out an arrow right away .
That mercenary went up and broke it .
This was not a battle anymore . Instead, it was more like a skill test . The mercenary held his body stable again with his back straight .
"Hero . " Anfey gave him a genuine compliment, but he did not stop what he was doing . A wind blade arrow five yards long formed in his hand . He loaded the bow with that long arrow . That long arrow looked ridiculous with such a small bow .
The mercenary’s face had changed . He surely knew the bigger the element arrow was, the more powerful it became . However, he did not have any other choice .
"Don’t worry about me . Kill him," the wounded mercenary yelled .
The other mercenary did not seem to hear it . He held the sword in front of his forehead, and the combat power on his body radiated white lights . After a huge noise, elements clashed everywhere . The mercenary was thrown over a dozen of yards away . He rolled on the ground but quickly stood up . He slowly walked up to where Anfey was . He still looked tough, but the combat power looked less white .
Anfey looked at his hand . Wind blades formed on his palm . This time it took longer to gather . Without knowing how many wind blades he had collected, the shape of the arrow did not change . At the end, there was a 30-inch-long arrow in Anfey’s hand . It had turned from light white into something greenish . It gave out a metal smell . It looked cold and threatening .
The mercenary on the other side looked at Anfey with an easier look . He thought he had gone through the tough time . As long as he could hold for a while, his companions would come . He would kill Anfey in the most crude way in the world . Thinking of this made him grin .
This arrow did not look as scary as before . The mercenary swung his sword radiant hard . Unexpectedly, Anfey did not strike with element sword, but sword radiant . The greenish arrow flashed and thrust into that mercenary’s body . The sword radiant turned into small strings and rose . That mercenary’s body was torn into pieces in the blink of an eye .
The wounded mercenary was hurt by the leftover sword radiant and crashed hard onto an ancient tree . He opened his eyes to see what had happened, but he saw his chest splash a cloud of blood mist .