Assassin's Chronicle - Chapter 334

Chapter 334

Ozzic did not respond to the question . Instead, he turned and glanced at Anfey . This was a decision he must make since he arrived at Moramatch . However, it wasn’t a hard one considering Anfey’s connections . Anfey once fought alongside Slanbrea and Bruzuryano and helped them defeat the necromancer Annunciata . He was a student of Archmage Saul and was close with people like Baery, Miorich, and Steger . He even had a master swordsman with him .

Ozzic and his men trusted Anfey more as well . They had offended him once before, but Anfey did not hold it against them and saved their lives . This showed that Anfey was a trustworthy person . Ozzic knew that he would not risk his life to save someone who once threatened him . Manlyn, on the other hand, was clearly a selfish person . Nothing good would come from allying with him .

Ozzic had decided who he would ally himself with . He knew that Manlyn could not keep on acting like he was the ruler of the town . This was why he endured the unfair treatment instead of rebelling against Manlyn .

Anfey nodded at Ozzic . Ozzic turned to the mercenaries and bellowed, "Who do you think you are? You aren’t important enough to be giving me orders . "

The mercenaries all stopped in their tracks and stared at Ozzic, surprised . They had never heard Ozzic yell at anyone . The leader of the group of mercenaries glared at Ozzie and turned to Anfey . When a quiet man like Ozzic suddenly become fearless, it meant that he felt protected . "Who are you?" the man asked . "Which mercenary group do you belong to?"

"I’ve seen a lot of fools, but never one as foolish as you," Ozzic spat . "This is Count Anfey, the real owner of this town . He doesn’t need your permission to come here . "

The mercenaries all murmured to each other . Anfey didn’t want to be too famous, but it wasn’t up to him . He had made a name for himself after he destroyed a griffin aerial squadron and foiled the necromancers’ plan . He was almost as famous as Scarlet from Shansa Empire . Because most people are commoners and Anfey himself was a commoner, most people still preferred to talk about one of their own instead of Scarlet, who was from a royal family .

The mercenary that just asked Anfey who he was took a few steps back . Anfey might be a dangerous person, but he should be smart enough to know that now was not the time to cause a fight between mercenaries . The mercenaries trusted Manlyn, who rarely made mistakes . He did not understand why Anfey was there, but he wasn’t as worried as he would be otherwise .

"Move out of the way," Ozzic growled .

The mercenaries glanced at Anfey and turned to leave .

"Wait," Anfey said .

The mercenaries ignored him and kept leaving .

"Christian," Anfey turned and said, "can you stop them?"

Christian looked around and nodded . "No problem," he said .

"Suzanna, Blavi, take care of the mages over on the towers . "

"They’re my men, my lord," Ozzic said hurriedly .

"Good," Anfey said with a smile . "Easier for us . "

The mercenaries were gathering around, leaving a large, empty spot in the street . Most of the mercenaries around them were Ozzic’s men or mercenaries who were unsatisfied with Manlyn’s way of doing things . Seeing that someone was finally standing up to Manlyn’s people, they were all very excited and wanted to help . Mercenaries lived in danger and did not lack the will to fight . All they needed was someone to stand up for them . Christian whispered a spell and raised his wand into the air . A large magic barrier appeared, covering all the mercenaries .

Last time they left Sacred City, they only brought the most important things with them . Learning magic did not require wands, so none of Saul’s students had one . This time, the mages were armed from head to toe . Christian had the advantage of being a prince and had access to weapons that normally were off limits . Now, this barrier he created could contain not only sound, but also magic and combat power surges .

Anfey jumped up the moment the barrier formed . His right hand was concealed by a turquoise glove, a wedding gift from Bruzuryano . The glove could increase his ability to gather wind element and increase the power of wind blades . Anfey already could gather elements very quickly . With the help of the glove, he was almost as good as Christian . He found his bow in his dimensional ring and made an arrow from wind elements . He then drew the bowstring back and sent the arrow flying towards the mercenaries . He made two more arrows and sent those into the group of mercenaries as well .

The arrows flew at the mercenaries at an incredible speed . The three arrows found three separate targets and disappeared as those mercenaries fell into the ground . He nocked the fourth arrow but did not let it loose . Instead, it was Suzanna who launched into the group of mercenaries . Her sword swept through them, leaving a dozen dead with just one stroke . The difference in power was too great and the mercenaries did not even see her coming . They did not stand a chance .

Ozzic watched in shock . He thought that Anfey would spent some more time preparing instead of straight up slaughtering these men .

Suzanna jumped away from the mercenaries and returned her sword to its sheath . With her sword out of sight, she resumed her guise of gentleness once more . It was hard to imagine that she was the same woman who had just slaughtered a dozen men in cold blood .

Suzanna stood on the other side of the magic barrier and watched the mercenaries inside, with no expression on her face . A few mercenaries were walking around the corner and were shocked by the presence of the barrier .

"Anfey," Christian called softly .

"Ozzic, can you take care of this?" Anfey asked .

"Yes, my lord," Ozzic said . He was glad that he made the right choice . If he had chosen to ally himself with Manlyn, surely Anfey and his people would go after him next .

"Are there are other Jagged Rose mercenaries here?"

"No, my lord . They are all in the houses near the center of town . "

"There’s two here!" someone in the crowd called .

The mercenaries around them automatically cleared away, revealing two men on the ground, writhing in pain .

"Ye?" Anfey said quietly .

"Welcome back, my lords," Ye said, bowing . In a world of chaos, the best thing a man can do was to find a powerful man he could befriend . Anfey was the only option available .

Ozzic frowned . He remembered the two Jagged Rose mercenaries . He thought they had already left . He was angry that Ye stole the spotlight, but he knew that without Ye’s assistance, the two mercenaries could tip off the others, and he was grateful for that .

Most of the mercenaries present were Ozzic’s men, and they all remembered Anfey . The others, however, did not know who Anfey was . They were glad someone was standing up to Manlyn’s men, but did not understand the implications . They did know who Ye was and that Anfey must be an important man .