Assassin's Chronicle - Chapter 378

Chapter 378: Pain

"Luther, are you married?" Anfey suddenly asked .

Luther smiled and nodded . "I am," he said . "We’re about to welcome our first child . "

"Congratulations," Anfey said . "How do you like it? Being married?"

"It’s great," Luther said .

"Interesting," Anfey said . "I didn’t know that you could be happy with a life of lies . "

"What do you mean?" Luther asked, surprised . The elf looked at Anfey with a frown, as if confused . Ye glanced at the mercenaries around him and nodded .

The mercenaries were all very loyal to Ye and knew him well . They trust Ye and would follow his orders, even if they were confused by his orders . If Ye was wrong, the mercenaries wouldn’t be held accountable .

Anfey narrowed his eyes and kicked a burning log towards Luther and the elf . Of course, his magic was not strong enough to actually hurt Luther and the elf . Luther summoned his combat power to defend himself, and the elf summoned a shield made of vines . She drew her dagger and held it up in front of her face .

Ye’s mercenaries nocked their bows and sent half a dozen arrows towards the elf . The arrows hit the elf and disappeared in rippling green lights . Anfey narrowed his eyes . Clearly, the elf was wearing magic armor that could defend her from most of his attacks .

Ye hesitated, then sent a short arrow flying towards the elf’s throat . He made the right move but was too late . A longbow appeared in the elf’s hands . She ducked the arrow and jumped away from the men . She was an elf, and out of everyone, she was the fastest . She needed distance for her attacks to be effective . Staying near Luther would only slow her down .

Anfey dashed towards her, determined to keep her close . He knew very well that if the elf got away, her attack would be powerful enough to threaten even Ye, the most powerful out of all of them . He jumped towards her and reached out, grabbing her hair . The elf cursed as she was stopped by his grip, but quickly reacted to this change . Her dagger appeared again and she swung the dagger towards Anfey .

This elf was not very good at close combat . Like most elves, she focused mostly on attacking from a distance . Anfey clenched his fist and slammed into the elf .

Even though she was wearing magic armor, she was still injured by Anfey’s attack . The armor could protect her from arrows and magic, but it could not protect the wearer from a close-up attack like a punch . The elf landed on the ground, clutching her stomach .

"What is the meaning of this?" Luther demanded loudly . He drew his sword but did not move to help the elf . He did not want to risk his life to help someone that was easily replaceable .

"You should know," Anfey said as he strode back to Luther, leaving the elf . "Don’t you want to know where your real wife is, Saidy?"

Saidy froze in shock . He knew very well that he had not married the real Shansa princess, but he did not know that it was a widely known fact . He was embarrassed that the princess was lost, but he couldn’t do anything about it because he knew that his future would be ruined if the news got out . He was the third son, a position that does not typically come with power . His marriage to the Shansa princess was meant to be a political alliance that gave him power to fight for the future leadership of Tiger of Tawau mercenary group . He did not expect the princess to forsake her duty and betray her country .

"My lord!" The druids and swordsmen whom Saidy brought with him came running towards them .

Anfey turned to the druids and swordsmen and summoned his fire blade . Seeing the large sword, the men all stopped, confused by the weapon . Anfey gripped the large sword and dashed towards the men .

He lunged with his sword and stabbed one of the druids . The druid stumbled and fell to the ground silently, his wounds blackened by the heat of the fire blade .

Ye waved his hand and charged towards the swordsmen with his mercenaries . Saidy was an intermediate swordsmaster like Ye, but he was alone, and Ye had more people with him . While the results might vary if Ye and Saidy fought one on one, Saidy did not stand a chance against a dozen mercenaries . However, Ye did not know what Anfey wanted to do with Saidy and did not want to kill the men just yet . That was why he had ordered his men to not kill Saidy earlier .

Anfey took a step back and returned his wand to his ring . He was still not practiced with the wand .

A druid transformed into a grey wolf and lunged at one of Ye’s mercenaries . Even though they did not want to fight, they did not want to die without putting up a fight, either . Anfey jumped towards the wolf and swung his sword, stabbing the wolf in the neck with it . The wolf fell to the ground with a groan and lay still . A few drops of dark blood spattered on the mercenary’s arm .

The druids hesitated . They had killed a lot of things before, but they’d rarely seen a weapon as strange as the one they had just witnessed .

"I see," Saidy said slowly . "I see . You did it, didn’t you?" He asked, enraged .

Ye slashed at Saidy with his sword, but Saidy turned quickly and ducked . Ye’s sword only grazed his arm . He knew that someone was behind the disappearance of the Shansa princess, and the same force had led to their conflict with Glory mercenary group . Tiger of Tawau mercenary group spent a long time searching but could not find anything on the person behind everything . If Anfey knew what happened to the Shansa princess, he must know something about the person who made her disappear .

"You’re right," Anfey said with a shrug . "I did it . "

"Why?"

"Why not?" Anfey asked . He dismissed his sword and walked over to where Saidy was standing . Ye and his mercenaries hurried over and surrounded Saidy . Saidy must knew that he stood no chance against this many people, but his stance did not waver . "Weren’t you the one that tried to kill me and my people?"

"That wasn’t us," Saidy said loudly .

Anfey shook his head . "There’s no need to lie anymore, Saidy," he said . "Just tell me the truth . I’ll make your passing easier that way . "

Saidy clenched his teeth but did not say anything . Anfey glanced at Ye, who nodded and approached Saidy quietly . He struck Saidy with the hilt of his sword . Saidy fell to the ground, unconscious . His sword fell to the ground . Ye did not know what he should do with Saidy and did not want to kill him, because Saidy may know valuable information . However, as long as Saidy was unconscious, he would not be a threat .