Assassin's Chronicle - Chapter 268

Chapter 268

Anfey did not relax because he was able to avoid the bone cage . Instead, he became more alert . The bone cage was only an intermediate spell, and the hidden mages could use it over and over again if they wanted to . He avoided this one, but it did not mean he could avoid the next one .

Sometimes the Heart of Nature would beat along with his heartbeat, but now the situation was reversed . Normally, tense movements would cause his heartbeat increase, but under the influence of the Heart of Nature, his heartbeat hardly changed .

Anfey felt another wave of familiar magical surges in the distance . He recognized the surge of bone spears, and there were at least two different surges . Anfey frowned, then saw two bone spears rip through the air and fly towards him at a breakneck speed . Anfey took a deep breath and dashed forward, gripping his blade in his hand . He took a few steps forward and leapt into the air .

As the bone spears approached him, he held out his blade and swept it across . The blade hit the spears and changed the courses of the spears . Then Anfey jumped forward and passed in between the two spears .

Another bone cage appeared, but it appeared too late and narrowly missing Anfey .

Anfey pushed off of the ground and jumped to the right . After he fuzed with the Heart of Nature, his instincts grew much stronger . He could feel that there were elements amassing over him, and knew that another bone cage was coming .

Anfey raised his blade and dashed to the right, then he suddenly changed direction and began running to the left . Another bone cage appeared and narrowly missed him .

Anfey frowned as a strange sensation tingled in his heart . Normally, no matter how many elements he amassed when he was using magic, others could not see the elements . They could only see the elements when he released the magic . There had to be a connection . Elements were usually in a state of invisibility and had no right effect on the real world . The process of elements transforming from invisible energy to a visible state was a short one . It happened in less of a process and more of a burst . Elements were only elements, and they had to be transformed into a physical state for them to have power .

In the past, Anfey had never noticed this . It was like someone who first began learning math would not propose questions about complex mathematical processes . Anfey had always thought this was just a necessary step in magic and never questioned it . Just then, however, he felt acutely aware of the process of the bone cage’s creation . He could feel the entire process, including the surges and the elements coming together .

Anfey raised his blade and looked at the spears coming toward him . He jumped aside and let the spears glide past him . As the elemental surges above him grew stronger, it was as if time had suddenly slowed down . Anfey took a deep breath and felt the changes in the elements .

The ground, sky, grass, even the roaring zombies lost meaning to Anfey . The only things he could feel were the elements . It was as if he had opened the doors to a whole new world, and the only things that excited him in that world were elements .

The amassing of elements suddenly stopped, and Anfey raised his blade and slashed upwards . His dark blue blade glistened with gold .

A dozen thick bone columns were stopped by the slashing of his blade . His momentum threw the bones forward .

Except for Suzanna, everyone else was watching the fight . Seeing what Anfey had just done, they all appeared shocked . Even Slanbrea, despite his shaking fingers and tight lips, forced a smile .

Magic could be deflected and a lot of people could do it . What was strange was that Anfey was able to predict where the magic was . This was a rare ability, and there were only a few people in the world capable of it . Slanbrea wondered how powerful Anfey’s mentor must be .

Zombies began running towards Anfey . Bruzuryano had already warned them that zombies were strange in that they could attack even after they were severely injured . Even the broken limbs were crawling on the ground . The black blood was pulling together as if it was alive . For Anfey, however, all of this was just elements .

Anfey raised his arm and dashed towards the zombies . He swept his sword through half a dozen clouds of elements . The zombies sank to the ground and let out bloodcurdling shrieks . The zombies, who were almost invincible before, could not last long without support of elements .

Annunciata growled under her breath in anger . She did not care about normal zombies and skeletons, but those zombies were necessary for her to become an elder .

Anfey moved again . He walked towards Burzuryano, who was still trapped under layers of bone cages and bone walls . He could tell the elements that made up Burzuryano were warm and welcoming .

Anfey walked very slowly . He was waiting for the necromancers to attack again so he could practice his newfound power, but he was let down .

Behind Annunciata, two necromancers watched Anfey with a frown . They both saw their companions fall to the ground and turn into a pile of bones when Anfey destroyed the bone cage . They did not want to use magic against Anfey again . They became necromancers because they were afraid of death, and no necromancer wanted to risk his life . Even though this life was only half a life, it was still a life .

More and more zombies and skeletons turned to piles of bones under Anfey’s blade . His attack was not as vicious as before, but it was no less powerful .

The necromancers who were responsible for keeping Bruzuryano entrapped all took a few steps back when they saw Anfey . They did not want to use magic around him . Before they learned how Anfey was destroying their magic, it was better to be cautious . If there was one thing necromancers did not lack, it was caution . Normal people would fight each other to death over a word or two on the street, but necromancers would never do that . They have long lives and no need to take risks . Of course, they do not mind torturing and killing those who had offended them .

Burzuryano bellowed . Without the necromancers, the zombies and skeletons were no match for him . His sharp claws swept through the air, and the zombies and skeletons were thrown back into the air . Some were reduced to piles of bones and rotting flesh .

Another surge of magic reached them . The zombies and skeletons began retreating . It seemed like even Annunciata did not want additional meaningless deaths .

Bruzuryano did not care about those skeletons and zombies . He turned and looked at Anfey with his calm grey eyes . He was one of the most powerful men in the world, and it was strange for him to rely on anyone but himself to escape a dangerous situation . Bruzuryano did not care about his own dignity, though . He was thinking about his promise . He cared about Anfey, and he could see things about the boy no one could .

The zombies and skeletons retreated fast . Anfey felt strange without threat, and slowly the world of elements turned back into a normal world . He glanced around, and could no longer see elements . He recalled the feelings just a few moments ago, and sighed . He wanted to say something, but in the end he chose to be silent .

"Anfey, what are you doing?" Bruzuryano called . He had already changed back from his bear form . "Don’t be distracted . There’s still a fight going on . "

"I thought you would be naked," Anfey said . "I thought wrong . "

"Transformation is just magic," Bruzuryano said with a shrug . "It’s just like your fire sword won’t burn you . "

"I’m just unfamiliar with transformation spells," Anfey said .

"Don’t worry . You’ll understand once you learn it . "

Anfey smiled . "It’s alright," he said . "I enjoy my body now . "