Assassin's Chronicle - Chapter 410

Chapter 410: Uncontested Power

Anfey stopped as Suzanna stumbled to the ground a second time and turned around slowly . The griffin knights saw this as an opportunity and flew towards Anfey from several different angles .

Anfey did not move to duck the attacks from the griffins . Instead, he stood his ground and raised his sword . The general from Shansa Empire gripped his reins and narrowed his eyes . Anfey did not look like a man who was being attacked from all angles . He looked too calm to be prey of the griffins .

Anfey gripped his sword and a strong magic surge rippled from it . The sky darkened for a moment, and hundreds of lightning bolts fell from the sky and headed towards the griffins .

The Shansa general’s eyes widened at the sight .

The griffin knights and the soldiers nearby sensed the danger and summoned their combat power, but it was almost impossible to block the attack of serial lightening .

Griffins were famous for strong defense against magical attacks, but there was still a limit . Other than Dark Hell Dragon, there was almost no other creature that was completely immune to magic attacks . The griffins fell from the sky with a large crack and crashed into the soldiers below .

Anfey jumped up and dashed towards the soldiers, his sword sweeping through the air . He didn’t care if his target was alive or not . He just needed to get to the griffins and take them out .

"That’s a magic sword," the Shansa general called . "He needs time to use it again!" The general knew that he was doomed . Even if he could kill Anfey, he would still be punished .

A year ago, after the news of the destruction of the Griffins Aerial Unit reached Shansa Empire, the king was furious . He jailed several generals and ordered their families sold into slavery . General Kumaraghosha’s family experienced the worst punishment . The men of his family were sold into slavery, while the women were executed, their bodies cut up and fed to the griffins . Edward VIII claimed it was out of revenge for Kumaraghosha’s traitorous actions, but it was still unfitting for a king to do such cruel things to his subjects . The information about Kumaraghosha’s family was sealed up in a secret document, and people were forbidden from speaking of this event . However, word still got out . Something as cruel as that could never stay a secret and had a way of making rounds among the upperclasses of Shansa Empire .

Scarlet had requested aid from the Griffins Aerial Unit, and the request was initially denied . Edward the VIII told her that there was no room for negotiation . Later, the crown prince himself went to his father and begged on behalf of Scarlet . Edward the VIII finally agreed to send a hundred griffin knights to aid Scarlet . Scarlet did not want to put the griffins in danger and used them solely as scouts . Now that several had died, the general knew that the king would be furious .

The Shansa soldiers hesitated, then dashed forward . The general rode after them . He had nothing to lose anymore . He knew that he was doomed, and he had doomed his family as well .

Anfey returned the magic sword to its sheath and turned to Suzanna . Suzanna stood and nodded at him and summoned her combat power . She burst into blinding light .

Suzanna dashed towards the soldiers, gripping her sword tight . The soldiers present were not the most powerful in the Shansa army . The highest-ranking among them were only some silver knights . These silver knights were at the forefront of the attack and were mostly injured by the serial lightning released by the magic sword . The remaining soldiers were too low of a rank to be Suzanna’s opponent .

The Shansa general watched in shock . He never expected Anfey to have a master swordsman under his command . It was possible to take out a top level powers, but that would require overwhelming numbers and more than a dozen senior level fighters . His soldiers were not trained for direct combat and stood no chance against a top level power .

The Shansa general was too distracted by Suzanna and had ignored Anfey . He had forgotten that Anfey, not Suzanna, was supposed to be his main target .

Anfey held his sword in front of him but did not move . The blade of his fire sword was radiating such intense heat it had warped the air around him . To the Shansa soldiers, Anfey’s figure was very distorted .

The horses began to whinny and refuse to go forward as they got closer to Anfey . The animals were much more sensitive to the change in environment than their riders . Some horses halted so suddenly their riders lost control and stumbled off . The soldiers tried to force their horses to go forward, but the heat was so intense the horses burst into flames before even reaching him . The combat power of the soldiers wavered in the heat like bubbles .

Anfey took a step forward and thrust his sword towards the soldiers . The sword suddenly grew in size and reached even the soldiers who could not convince their horses to go forward . The heat of the sword lit the entire field on fire .

Anfey jumped forward and dashed through the fiery field and towards the remaining soldiers . The fire licked at his legs but did not burn or hurt him . The burning air was surging and beating against the soldiers’ combat power . Even though the combat power was still intact and was protecting them, the soldiers still felt sharp stings from the heat of the flame . It was as if they were burning, even though they were protected .

Anfey zigzagged through the soldiers, waving his sword and slicing through the Shansa soldiers . Cutting through the combat power and armors became as easy as cutting butter .

The Shansa general watched in despair . He understood now why Edward VIII had named Newyoheim as the commander of the Dark Moon Magic Legion, despite Newyoheim never having any experience with armies . Newyoheim was a top level power and had the reputation a regular general does not . Defeating a top level power requires another top level power . Defeating top level powers with large numbers was not a good plan and would lead to too many casualties .

The Shansa general spotted a few mages in the air, but his hope of backup quickly died as the mages began raining down magic on his men . A magic signal rose into the air behind him, signaling that his supply carts had been attacked .

The Shansa general laughed and rode towards Suzanna . He had been avoiding contact with her, but he had nothing to lose anymore . He didn’t want to kill Suzanna because he knew that it was impossible . He just wanted her to kill him and to spare him of any further punishments he might face once he returned to Shansa Empire .

"Wait!" Anfey called out to Suzanna when he saw the general riding towards her . "Don’t kill him! I need to talk to him . "

Suzanna nodded . She turned her sword around and slammed the hilt of the sword into the Shansa general’s head . The general stumbled off of his horse and crashed into the ground . He was unconscious by the time he hit the ground .