Assassin's Chronicle - Chapter 353

Chapter 353: Asking for Help

In the chapter of Romance of the Three Kingdoms entitled Three Heroes Combat Lü Bu in Front of a Tiger Cage Fort, Liu Bei dared only to chase Lü Bu and hit the hind quarters of his horse . Once Lü Bu turned around to fight back, Liu Bei immediately ran away . At that moment, Anfey was in a similar situation to Liu Bei . He was extremely skillful with a spear as long as 12 feet . He kept a distance between him and Ernest . He dared not get close to him .

The main force confronting Ernest was Suzanna . Although she felt the pressure from Ernest and was sweating profusely, she still had her momentum and countered Ernest’s strikes . Once Ernest stop pressuring her in the attack, she would start a aggressive attack in case Ernest got the chance to attack Anfey .

Against this cooperating couple, Anfey and Suzanna, Ernest seemed busy defending himself . It was a "friendly competition," so Ernest could not fight with his full force, otherwise he could had taken Anfey’s strikes simply with his combat power and defeated Suzanna afterwards .

Suzanna had a variety of sword skills . They looked perfect . Anfey was having some problems . He could attack with fast speed and change his strikes swiftly . He only attacked the areas below the knees, which disrupted Ernest’s plan of attack . The strikes were to kill the opponents, not to interrupt them . Anfey attacked in a dirty way .

It was obvious what Ernest thought of Anfey’s attacks . Anfey had been attacking with full force . As he changed his moves, he did not forget to give Shinbella a look and ask her to join the fight . Shinbella was very excited watching them fight and wanted to join in anyway . She raised her gigantic sword and joined the fight without any concerns after Anfey gave her the signal . It was the first time for Shinbella to watch top powers fighting . How could she not get excited when she was offered a chance to join the fight?

Ernest could not help sighing . If Shinbella joined the fight, he would get exhausted or annoyed to death by Anfey, so he decided to fight with full force .

The combat power on Ernest suddenly brightened . He thrust his sword out and clashed with Suzanna’s in the air, resulting in a huge clashing sould . When the swords clashed, the fighters would get rigid, no matter how powerful they were . How long the rigidity would last depended on the power of the fighters and the protection of combat powers . Ernest was much more powerful than Suzanna in terms of those two factors . Ernest had made his second strike before Suzanna could take control of her sword gain . Ernest swung his sword against Suzanna’s sword, and then made a third strike .

Suzanna could not hold her sword anymore . Her sword flew out . At the same time, Ernest turned around to avoid Shinbella’s sword and Anfey’s spear at his ankles . He swung his sword at Shinbella’s gigantic sword .

Shinbella was not as good as Suzanna . In addition, Ernest calculated the time so well that with one strike Shinbella’s sword was sent to the ground .

As Ernest was ready to strike at Anfey, Anfey sent out wind elements . He stood there with bare hands . Anfey looked calm and said, "Let’s stop here today . I am exhausted . " Although he said he was tired, his breath was slowly and regular . He did not show any trace of being tired .

"You…" Ernest did not know whether he should laugh or cry . He had been treating Anfey like his son . Even though Anfey was his opponent now, he could not attack him when he had no weapons .

Suzanna quietly walked over and picked up her sword . She looked a little upset .

"Suzanna, you emptied your combat power at the end, otherwise Uncle Ernest would not win that easily . " Anfey knew what Suzanna was thinking .

Ernest thought for a second and nodded . "Anfey is right, Suzanna . You have made huge progress . "

"Really?" Suzanna finally smiled . She could ignore what Anfey said because he knew Anfey was just trying to comfort her . However, Ernest never lied about anything, not even when he was trying to comfort someone .

"Of course," Anfey said . He turned around and saw Shinbella looking even more upset than Suzanna . Suzanna had fought with Ernest for a while, but Shinbella lost the game just as she made her first strike . It was easy to imagine how frustrated and upset Shinbella was . "Shinbella, you do not have to worry too much about it . Uncle Ernest was the best among all the master swordsmen . In addition, you are still young . " He continued, chuckling, "Shinbela, I still do not know how old you are . "

"I am 25," Shinbela answered in a low voice .

25 years old? She would be considered old in the magic world . Anfey remembered all the information about Shinbella . He moved his eyes away from Shinbella because he did not want Shinbella to see his sympathy towards her .

"Anfey, I have to remind you that the Chapter of Salvation could possibly bring us dangers," Ernest said, suddenly changing the topic .

"Danger?" Anfey was shocked for a second . If the Chapter of Salvation could bring danger to them, Alice should have known about it even though Anfey did not notice it . He started to understand Alice better after hanging out with her for a while . "What danger? Alice…"

"I am not denying Alice is a very smart girl, but you are still young . You see things differently than me . Young people always think they can challenge anything, especially you guys who do not lack confidence," Ernest said slowly . He rarely talked so much . It seemed like he could not hold out any longer . "I have met the people from churches . I do not know much about them, but I do know more than you guys . Didn’t some of them try to attack Bergkamp for the Chapter of Salvation? I can tell you this . If it happened once, it will happen again for the second or third time until they get what they want . Right now the Chapter of Salvation is in your hands, and you will be their target . "

"Could those church people spare any time from death spirits to come after me?" Anfey frowned .

"That depends on the issues . If it was about the successor to the pope, no one would guarantee death spirits would be their priority," Ernest said . "In addition, necromancers are interested in the Chapter of Salvation as well . Last time, many zombies escaped, didn’t they? Those necromancers should know about it as well . "

"This world is so complicated . Necromancers and death spirits should be allies . Church of Light and other bodies on the Pan Continent were allies . However, the reality was not like that . Those evolved zombies with intelligence have fought to defend their rights and benefits . There were fights in the Church of Light over the succession of the pope . It is…" Anfey said with a bitter smile .

"Could death spirits fight? Did you find out about it from that zombie?" Ernest asked .

Anfey nodded .

"That is some news!" Ernest let out a short laugh . "Humans are complicated creatures . "

"Uncle Ernest, are you saying…" Anfey said .

"We will have guests soon," Ernest said .

"What should we do?" Anfey asked .

"We’d better send people to ask for help . Moramatch is not too far from Blackania City . King Yolanthe knows the value of the Chapter of Salvation better . He will send troops out to help . "

"There were death spirits everywhere in the Transverse Mountains . Few people could pass through safely . " Anfey paused for a moment, then said, "Uncle Ernest, you are the best candidate for that, but you cannot leave here . The mercenaries would be out of control if you were not here . " Even though it was clear that Moramatch was the last defense against Transverse Mountain, mercenaries were motivated to fight with death spirits because they believed in the top powers . Ernest could not leave at the moment .

"Did you forget those two druids of Shadow mercenary group?" Ernest smiled . "They were great with stealth . I did not even notice them before . "

Anfey’s eyes brightened . He turned around and said to Suzanna, "Suzanna, can you find them for me?" Anfey might not think of everything, but after being reminded, he would not hesitate to take action . "Time is everything" might be just a slogan for some people, but Anfey truly believed in it . He was used to calculating his time to seconds .

Shortly, Long and Ling showed up in the fighting arena . Anfey took the time ask Shinbella to write a letter when Suzanna was trying to bring Long and Ling to Anfey . As he folded the letter, he said with a smile, "Long, are you feeling better?"

"Master, don’t worry . I am absolutely fine now," Long said firmly .

"This letter is very important . We cannot let anything happen to it," Anfey said slowly . "If you meet zombies, do not fight them . Get to Blackania City as fast as possible . When you come back, we will count it as one important accomplishment you made for us . " Anfey’s words had deep meaning . If Long and Ling’s face changed, it meant they were not ready to work for Anfey . If they acted excited, it meant they already had the intention to work for him .

"Master, I will remember what you just told me," Long said, carefully taking the letter from Anfey .

"If you do not need to prepare anything for the trip," Anfey looked up to check the time, "you should leave now . "

Long and Ling hurried away . Anfey was quiet for a moment, then said, "Shinbella, do you know where Alice is?"

"She should be in the underground city right now," Shinbela said .

"Could you go get her for me? I need to discuss something with her," Anfey said .