Assassin's Chronicle - Chapter 266

Chapter 266

Anfey’s tone was too fake and everyone could tell he was lying . Annunciata frowned and did not say anything . If it was up to her, she would not care about his so-called secrets . Annunuciata went to Country of Mercenaries by herself because she wanted to be stronger and fulfill a legend . Now, all of her plans had gone to waste, and she herself was injured . The Mark of Holy Glory had been torturing her everyday and she was suffering . Anfey was the one that alerted Slanbrea and caused her suffering . What was even more infuriating was the fact that she could not do anything . In order to calm the other elders down, she had volunteered to host the chase . One of her most important goals was to capture Anfey alive .

"Do you want me to go first?" Anfey asked . He glanced at Bruzuryano and the Death Knight, who were staring at each other but did not attack each other . Anfey frowned and suddenly jumped forward .

His blade swept forward as he ran . Compared to Bruzuryano, Anfey’s figure appeared much lighter . He could jump forward several feet by just pushing on the ground, and was in front of the zombies in a flash . He jumped up into the air and brought the blade down on the head of one of the dark knights .

Anfey was used to disguising himself, and even in extreme situations like this, he would still pretend he was not using his full power . He may have appeared to be in control and relaxed, but he was already using all of his strength . He did not know why Slanbrea had insisted on advancing, and did not know if Slanbrea had another plan . Now was not the time to think about that, however, because the only thing he could do was to stall for as long as possible . He wished he had the power to control the situation, but he did not, and all of his hope rested on Slanbrea . He had protect his friends .

Anfey felt power amassing within him . He may have looked relaxed, but he was much stronger than he appeared .

The dark knight still had its battle instinct, and raised its lance to block Anfey’s attack . The two weapons clanged against each other loudly . The knight’s body shook, and the blade in Anfey’s hand bounced back .

His attack was only an illusion . Anfey knew his own strengths and weaknesses, and would not do anything that could put himself in danger .

As his blade bounced away from the lance, Anfey, still in the air, kicked the knight in the head . The skull shattered upon impact with a sickening crunch . Anfey landed and kicked out towards the knight’s chest .

The dark knight was still trying to defend himself with a lance, but Anfey’s blade had already pierced its body and thrown him off the horse .

Another knight rode over to its companion’s rescue . It raised its lance and aimed it at Anfey’s chest .

Anfey understood what the knight was planning, and dove forward with his blade held out in front of him . The knight’s lance quivered, but it continued to ride forward, and the lance thrust forward towards Anfey’s shoulder .

Anfey had just landed, and his body leaned back . His blade hit the ground and helped him to maintain his balance and avoid the lance . The knight rode past Anfey, and its figure was suddenly shorter . Its horse’s legs were all cut through by Anfey’s blade . The horse should have fallen, but it was still struggling to walk . The knight’s legs were dragging on the ground .

Anfey jumped up and twisted a few times in the air . He dove down towards the knight, his blade aimed at the knight’s back .

The dark knight raised its lance, but it could not block Anfey’s blade . Anfey swept his weapon across the knight’s neck . Its head flew off and rolled into a nearby bush . Thick, dark blood oozed out of the knight’s neck . The grass that was touched by the blood quickly withered and died .

Bruzuryano smiled . He could tell that Anfey was already very good at controlling his strength, and could defeat two dark knights in a short amount of time . He knew he did not have to worry about Anfey .

"Glory…" a dark knight croaked as it dashed towards Bruzuryano . It was much slower than the other knights, and its lance was dragging on the ground . It was about fifteen feet away from Bruzuryano when its speed suddenly picked up . Its ghost horse created a pale blue shadow behind it due to its high speed, and its lance was pointing at Bruzuryano’s chest .

Bruzuryano bellowed and his large bear claw struck out towards the knight . The knight’s attack was very powerful, but Bruzuryano was even more so . The lance was almost knocked out of the knight’s hand by Bruzuryano’s attack . Bruzuryano slammed his claw into the ghost horse’s head and shattered the animal’s skull . Chunks of rotting flesh flew everywhere, the ground was covered with thick, blue droplets .

Bruzuryano was not expecting the strength of his attack . He did not have the time to think when he was fighting . He slammed his claw into the knight’s body as it began to lean forward . The knight’s body bent back and snapped .

Bruzuryano felt a sudden wave of dizziness . The dead horse and the snapped knight disappeared like an illusion, and another knight came riding towards him .

The lance was less than five feet away from him when he realized something was wrong . He only had enough time to knock the lance off of its course . He realized what this knight was . It must be the shadow knight from over two centuries ago .

Before the two were about to collide, the lance suddenly sank, and the lance glided past Bruzuryano’s claw and towards his chest . Bruzuryano swept his left claw across towards the knight’s body .

With a loud boom, the lance struck Bruzuryano’s chest and Bruzuryano’s claw hit the knight’s body . Dozens of cracks appeared in Bruzuryano’s armor and there was a hole in the middle of his chest . Blood oozed out slowly, and Bruzuryano was forced to take a few steps back to steady himself .

The knight did not fare better . Even though Bruzuryano was struck first, he was still a bear over fifteen feet tall, and his claw was not much shorter than the knight’s lance . The knight was still moving and was hit by the claw . Its dark red armor had half a dozen deep, long gashes, and the gemstone on its armor shattered . Bruzuryano’s paw was as wide as the knight’s chest, and his claws were over ten inches long . The claws were as important to the druids as swords were to swordsmen, and could rip through most armor .

The upper half of the ghost horse disappeared again . Blue flame burst from its broken neck .

If knights and swordsmen were turned into dark creatures after death, their combat power would be turned into death power . Converting combat power to death power was not an equal conversion, however, and a person would lose part of his power after it was converted into death power . Of course, the amount lost often depended on how powerful the necromancer was . Annunciata was one of the necromancer elders, and she was no doubt very powerful . The shadow knight, however, was also very old . By comparison, the shadow knight was only half as powerful as he had been in his heyday . Otherwise Bruzuryano would not have been able to rip the knight’s armor apart so easily, and Bruzuryano’s wounds would be much more serious .

Bruzuryano grunted and he walked forward slowly, dragging his body . The wound on his chest was no longer bleeding . Druids healed much faster than knights and swordsmen . This was an advantage of fighting near nature . If they had been fighting in Fog of Decay, the wound would have been enough to kill Bruzuryano and turn him into a creature like the shadow knight . Here on the meadow clearing, however, his wound was already healing .

The shadow knight’s healing ability, however, was much stronger than Bruzuryano’s and worked much faster . The dark red armor wiggled like it was alive, and the gashes were welding together at a visible rate . What was even stranger was the horse . It was stomping on the ground and backing away, but did not show signs of falling to the ground . It stopped by the edge of the fog . After a few seconds, a new head appeared among the blue flames bursting from its neck . After the head was completely grown, it shook its new head, as if showing off its regenerating ability .