Assassin's Chronicle - Chapter 401

Chapter 401

Anfey clumsily crawled out through the hole Suzanna had hit open for him . Yes, Anfey crawled out . He wished he could gracefully jumped through the hole like a rabbit . The problem was, he felt so weak that he could not even jump .

He had reached the perfect level of the Spirit Refining Stage . He could easily close off his breathing, even to the point where he could become like a baby in the womb; but this only happened when he was meditation . If he was moving and doing things, he could not reach the Spirit Refining Stage . The air in the secret chamber was bad from the beginning . The oxygen he accumulated and stored was exhausted . Now Anfey felt like his chest was going to explode .

"Anfey!" Suzanna screamed in excitement and surprise . She grabbed Anfey and pushed on his back . She neither had time to ask what had happened nor wipe the sweat from his face . She yelled, "Go, hurry up! I got it here . "

"Anfey, come out quickly!" Blavi yelled at the end of the tunnel . Riska was there as well . A top power might scare others, but not the friends who had gone through thick and thin with Anfey .  Even if Suzanna had asked them not to come, they still would come . Seeing Suzanna bashing further into the tunnel, Anfey grabbed her . He could not even talk . The only strength he had was used to breathe . Anfey’s lips moved as a struggling fish on the land . He looked as bad as anyone could imagine . Anfey was not a gentleman like Christian, but still paid a lot of attention to his looks and behavior . However, at that moment he could not spare any energy on his looks and behaviors .

Seeing Anfey grabbing her, Suzanna thought Anfey did not want her to take any risk . She struggled a little bit and just obeyed Anfey . She still had her back to Anfey, looking at the dark hole . Her eyes had real fire in them . She hoped that the top level power was strong that she could fight him for a long time after she sent Anfey away to a safe place so she could vent her anger .

In fact, Suzanna wanted badly to talk to Anfey . She regreted that she easily agreed like a fool to follow those Knights of Light to the north of the city . She wanted to touch Anfey . Only feeling his body could make her believe Fortune did not take Anfey away from her . She also wanted very much to cry . She was in a fighting mood and needed to tear that top level power to pieces before she could throw herself into Anfey’s arms and cry .

"Let’s go," Anfey said, finally able to breathe . He pulled Suzanna to signal her to leave . He crawled out on his hands and knees .

"Anfey, hurry up!" Blavi walked two steps towards the hole . "Where is that guy?"

"I have killed him," Anfey said as he crawled out . He suddenly felt something was strange . He looked up and saw Blavi and Riska were stunned . Suzanna behind him was stunned as well .

"Anfey, what did you say?" Blavi stuttered .

Blavi did not mean to look down on Anfey’s fighting ability . Ye had told him that it was a master swordsman attacking Anfey . The fight between two top level powers usually took a long time . After they got the news, they tried to get back as fast as they could . They dug the collapsed secret chamber to look for Anfey . It did not take long for them to find Anfey, since they were all worried about him . Even though Anfey had the fighting ability equivalent to a top level power, it was not possible to kill his opponent so quickly unless Anfey was way better than the top level power . It did not seem to make sense either .

"What are you doing?" Anfey was mad but found it funny at the same time . "Let’s talk when we get out . The air is not good here . " His chest still felt tight, and he needed to breathe some fresh air .

He pulled the stunned Suzanna out of the hole . Anfey heard the yelling above him . It was Ozzic . He was yelling at someone .

When Anfey pulled himself out of the hole, he saw Ozzic yelling at Ye . Ye’s cheeks were swollen as if he had been smacked on the face . Ozzic had his back to Anfey as he was scolding Ye . Ye was a very capable person, at least he could lead a unit . Every time Anfey hinted that he should lead a unit, Ye politely turned Anfey’s offer down . He told Anfey he would like to continue as Ozzic’s assistant . He also mentioned to Anfey that Ozzic had saved him a few times . Ozzic was nice to Ye as well, even better than his biological brother . Ozzic understood how helpful Ye was to him .

Ye bit his lips with his head down . In fact, he felt the worst right now . He suddenly saw someone crawling out of the hole out of the corner of his eye . He looked closer and realized it was Anfey . Suddenly he looked excited and surprised . He broke into a smile .

"What are you f*cking smiling for? Don’t you feel ashamed?" Ozzic yelled in anger at Ye . His voice was a little coarse . He grabbed Ye’s collar and swung his fist at him .

"Ozzic, I am not dead yet . What are you yelling for?" Anfey immediately stopped Ozzic .

"What the f*ck! Master?" Ozzic’s facial expression was a lot more interesting than Ye’s when he turned around to see Anfey . He looked like he was going to give Anfey a hug, but hesitated because he realized the difference in status between him and Anfey .

Seeing the look on Ozzic, he knew he trusted the right person . Ozzic did some not-so-decent things, but he was super loyal to Anfey, which was enough for Anfey .

"I asked Ye to leave . Don’t blame him," Anfey said slowly . Ye always returned his favors, so Anfey wanted to him to be able to do so to Ozzic, and tried to clear up any misunderstandings between them .

"Huh . " Ozzic realized something and suddenly jumped up . "Guys, are you ready? What about the master swordsman . I do not think a master swordsman could hide in the tunnel and never come out . When he comes out, let’s kill him . "

"F*cking kill him," a mercenary said .

"F*cking kill him," another mercenary agreed .

Hundreds of mercenaries surrounding Ozzic raised their weapons and said it loudly together . They looked like they had found a common enemy . It was very impressive that they had stayed there even though they knew there was a top level power . Only well-trained military dared to surround the top level power . The lives of mercenaries were dangerous, but they could choose what they wanted for the future . They could take on dangerous tasks, but no one was required to take on tasks that could cost them their lives . With their fighting ability, it was like suicide to surround a top level power .

"Stopping yelling . The master swordsman has died," Blavi said .

After they heard that Anfey had killed the master swordsman, Suzanna, Blavi and a few others had become very strange . They had doubts and questions, but just could not ask Anfey, otherwise it would look like they doubted Anfey’s fighting ability . It was common sense that a paladin could be equivalent to a top level power, but never be able to break through .  How could Anfey kill a top level power? What confused them most was the timing . Even a herbivore Three-Eyed magic bull took some time to chase and slay . This guy had been a top level power; and Anfey had killed him too quickly . He was a top level power, not a chicken or small dog .

"Yes, we will f*cking kill him . " Ozzic turned around and said to Blavi as he waved his fist . He looked excited and was ready for the fight . He looked like he agreed with Blavi . When he turned around, he was shocked . He slowly turned back after a moment . He stared at Blavi and then turned to look at Anfey with a weird look . Ozzic did not want to look like a clown, but he was really shocked .

"What are you looking at? Didn’t you understand me? Anfey killed that master swordsman," Blavi yelled as he grew more cheerful .

The mercenaries at the scene all heard what Blavi said . The yelling and cheering suddenly stopped . It was completely quiet . The air felt quiet serious .

Most mercenaries had never seen top level powers before . They seemed to be so far away from their lives, like gods . They had seen Ernest and Fernando since they joined the League of Mercenaries . They were all proud of that . The advancement of Suzanna made everybody excited as well . Master swordsmen were so powerful . They wondered how he could die so easily .

"What are you doing? Why don’t you believe me?" Anfey felt uncomfortable . "Ozzic!"

"Yes!" Ozzic stuck out his chest . He had followed Anfey for quite a long time . They always kept a casual relationship no matter when they talked or when Anfey asked him to do something . Ozzic had no idea why he acted so formally .

"Can you take some people to dig open the hole? Let it air out for a while before bringing that guy’s body out of the hole," Anfey said . "He is my enemy, but he is already dead . We’d better let the hatred go . He was a top level power . We could not let him die without a tomb . " Anfey sounded upright and forgiving, but in fact that was not the case . At that moment, what did he lack the most? It was fame! He wanted to be seen stepping on his dead opponent’s body . This was a great opportunity to be a hero and increase his fame .

"Yes, master!" Ozzic answered loudly . He strode over to the hole where it had caved in . When he passed by Anfey, he paused for a second and asked timidly in a low voice, "Master, Master Alice has told us your previous teacher is a supreme power . Is it true?"

"Keep it to yourself . Don’t tell others," Anfey said calmly .

"I understand . " Ozzic’s voice trembled from excitement . He had doubted it when Alice told him the secret . There had been no supreme power on the Pan Continent for the past thousand years . How could Anfey have such an amazing background? What had happened made him realize it was true . It was like being slapped on the face . Anfey did not have terrifying combat power nor destructive magic power, but his fighting ability was beyond a top level power . Otherwise how could he so easily kill a master swordsman . It looked like he would leave his footprint on history . The people who worked with him would be marked in history as well . What glory that people would still recognize his name in thousands of years!

Anfey laid his eyes on Ye and smiled . "I am sorry you had to take all the blame . "

Ye did not pay too much attention to Anfey’s words of comfort . "After this battle, Master, you will be making a name for yourself," he said, emphasizing each word .

"Making a name for myself?" Anfey shook his head and smiled .

"Making a name! Making a name!" The mercenaries around them started to cheer together . If Anfey could make a name for himself, their League of Mercenaries would make a name for itself as well, and so would they . They were worried whenever the issue came up about unifying the Country of Mercenaries . Four super mercenary groups had been there for hundreds of years, so much stronger than other, smaller mercenary groups . Master swordsman Anthony led the best mercenary group . It was unclear whether they would win if they fought his mercenary group . But the result was no longer in question . Anthony might now be able to beat Master Suzanna . If Anfey joined the fight, he could easily take Anthony’s life . They thought to themselves that they had nothing to worry about .

"What are you yelling?" a female voice called from the distance . "Did you save Master?" After a brief moment, a bloodied Shinbella showed up in front of everyone . She was leading a priest by the collar . That priest looked really miserable . His hands were cut off and one foot was missing . He was in coma .

A few mercenaries pursed their lips . They wondered when Master Shinbella had started to talk nonsense . Anfey needed no one to save him . What a joke .

Anfey cleared his throat .

Shinbella had not seen Anfey until that moment . She looked happy and surprised . "Master, are you ok?"

"Why did you all hope to see something happening to me?" Anfey said with a curious smile .

"Good . That is good . " Shinbella was even worse than Suzanna in terms of articulating herself . She did not know how to respond to Anfey’s joke and tossed the priest to the ground . "Master, those Knights of Light and priests were all killed . He is the only one alive . Well…the mercenaries in my unit were too worried about your safety so they were a little too harsh on him . "

"They did a good job!" Anfey nodded with a smile . He slowly walked over and kicked the unconscious priest .

Even though she was a woman, Shinbella was a lot harsher than Anfey . She hit the priest with the sheath of her sword and yelled, "Get up, don’t play dead . "

That priest vaguely moaned . He did not play dead . He was indeed in a coma . Even if he was conscious, he could not follow Shinbella’s order to stand up, not before he could get artificial limbs, if there were any on the Pan Continent .

"Master, I will do it . " A mercenary ran over, smiling . He tossed a snow ball at the priest’s face .

In fact, Knights of Light and priests deserved it . According to Anfey’s plan, he should have moved against those Knights of Light and priests first . However, except for Ye, who was cruel, the mercenaries would hesitate or develop a feeling against killing Knights of Light and priests, since they had fought together and received help from them during the battle . At that moment, though, it was different story . Knights of Light and priest even went to attack Anfey . They had become mutual enemies . No amount of torture of Knights of Light and priests would be unreasonable .

The coldness from the snow ball made the priest open his eyes as he made moaning sounds . When he saw Anfey, he was shocked . Seeing anyone except Anfey would have been reasonable . "Master Deswright was there . How could Anfey be alive? Am I in the hell?" the priest thought to himself .

"Tell me why you attacked me," Anfey asked calmly .

That priest did not answer . He wanted to rub his eyes, but saw Anfey right in front of his face . His limbs moved a little bit before he realized he had lost his arms . He tried to look up to see what was around him . He looked like he was looking for someone .

"Are you looking for Deswright? Don’t bother . He is dead . Can you answer my question now? Why did you attack me?" Anfey asked calmly .

That priest spit at Anfey . This was his only way to attack .

Anfey looked casual, with a smile . He gave Ye a look . He was actually nervous . There were things he had to know . Shinbella told him this priest was the only one alive . If this priest lied to them, it would be hard for them to prove he lied .

Seeing Anfey’s smile, the priest hated Anfey with passion . He suddenly yelled, "Anfey, you don’t have to act so proud . You killed Archpriest Slanbrea . The Church will never forget it . You will pay for it!"

"Huh!" Ozzic, who was checking the caved-in part of the hole, slipped and almost fell into it . He pulled himself back to his feet . His eyes were open wide, staring at the back of Anfey . What happened? What happened? Had Master really killed Archpriest Slanbrea? Oh my God . Master is so powerful . If he had any doubts before that Anfey tricked that master swordsman and killed him, he finally realized that a master swordsman was not up to Anfey’s fighting ability; Anfey killing a famous archpriest should be enough to prove Anfey’s fighting ability had reached an amazing level . Ozzic badly wanted to shout to show how excited he was .

Suzanna and Blavi looked more normal than Ozzic because they knew what was behind the story . If Anfey told them he killed the Archmage Yagor, they would look as shocked as Ozzic did at that moment . If Ozzic knew Anfey had killed three top level powers in total, he would probably pass out .

Anfey quietly watched the priest . After a while, he said quietly, "Master, I will always remember your help and support . Thank you so much!"

"Help and support"? The mercenaries all looked at each other . They did not understand what Anfey meant . Neither did the priest . He just stared at Anfey .

"I do not understand how you came to know that secret?" Anfey replied .

The color on the priest’s face kept changing from blue to purple . His bloody lips were trembling . He was not sure whether it was out of anger or regret . He closed his eyes and passed out again .