Assassin's Chronicle - Chapter 412

Chapter 412: Mirrors

The fight finally ended . The mercenaries murdered all the soldiers guarding the supply carts, and the only one they left alive was the general . The mercenaries learned how powerful they could be when they banded together . A mercenary group on its own would not have been able to achieve this .

While the mercenaries were cleaning up the battlefield, Anfey was sitting by one of the carts and staring at the fire sword . Some new ideas had come to him during the fight . He did not know whether he was right, and was conflicted because of this . His control of the elements was amateur: he did not have time to make mistakes and start over .

"Sir, Joseph wants to meet you," Ozzic walked over and said .

"Joseph?" Anfey asked, dismissing the sword .

"Those people," Ozzic said, pointing at the mercenaries .

The mercenaries did not leave when Ozzic, Orsie, and Shinbella attacked the supply carts . On one side was the army that had helped them . On the other side were mercenaries like them . They did not know who to help and chose to observe the fight instead of taking part in it . After the fight was over, the mercenaries wanted to leave, but the leader chose to talk with Ozzic instead of fleeing .

According to the plan, Ozzic was supposed to go meet Anfey . The mercenaries insisted on coming with Ozzic after hearing where he was going . Ozzic left some of his men and some of Blavi’s mages to keep an eye on the mercenaries . Ozzic told the mages to keep the Eye of the Sky up throughout the battle because he wanted to show the mercenaries how strong Anfey and Suzanna were .

Clearly, Ozzic’s plan had worked out in his favor .

Ozzic waved his hand, and a few moments later, Ye walked over with a middle-aged man . The man looked very polite and slightly fearful . Seeing a top level power fight was very rare and terrifying for someone who had never witnessed a top level power’s strength .

"Sir!" the man knelt down on one knee and said . "Forgive my imprudence . After Lord Ozzic, Lady Shinbella, Lord Orsie, Lord Blavi, Lord Riska…"

"That’s fine," Anfey said, waving his head . He understood Joseph’s concern . If he missed someone, it might make his life more difficult . "Stand up . "

Joseph hesitated and glanced at Ozzic . Ozzic licked his lips and said, "You need to follow his order, Joseph . Especially if that order may lead to conflicts with others, you need to follow the order . Understand?" Anfey wasn’t the only person who could give orders in the alliance . Alice and Christian had the same authority as him . However, Ozzic respected Anfey a lot and wanted to establish that Anfey was the highest authority in the alliance .

Joseph nodded and scrambled to his feet . He knew Ozzic was telling him that he should always side with Anfey when his order conflicted with other orders . "I see a great future for the alliance, sir," Joseph said . "I respect your strength and your goals . If you will allow, I want to contribute to this nation as well . I swear…"

Suzanna, seeing Joseph and wanting to understand what was happening, walked over quietly . "You need to follow Lady Suzanna’s orders as well," Ozzic interrupted when he saw Suzanna . Even though he seemed to be contradicting himself, Anfey and Suzanna were basically the same person and would usually give the same order .

Joseph blinked . He wanted to swear his loyalty to Anfey, but Suzanna’s appearance made him confused .

Suzanna nodded at Joseph but did not say anything to him . She turned to Anfey and said, "You look tired . "

"I’m fine," Anfey said . "Joseph?"

"Yes, sir . "

"How many mercenaries do you have?"

"Three hundred and forty-one," Joseph said with a sigh . He knew that his men would be divided up .

Anfey pursed his lips . He knew he should probably divide those mercenaries up, but it would be better to give Joseph his own legion . "You will become the eighth legion of the alliance," Anfey said . "You are the commander of the legion . Go, talk to your men . We will take care of them . "

"Yes, sir!" Joseph said . This result was better than he could possibly have expected .

"Good for you," Ozzic said with a laugh, clasping Joseph’s shoulder . "Just like me . "

"Thank you, Lord Ozzic," Joseph said . "And Lord Ye, thank you . "

Ye’s eyes widened and he took a step back . He was just Ozzic’s assistant and felt that he should not be talked about in the breath as Ozzic .

"He doesn’t have a backbone," Suzanna commented with a frown .

"Backbone isn’t always the best thing," Anfey said . "It’s better to recognize and adapt . "

"But you have to have a backbone to be a commander," Suzanna said, shaking her head . "He will join us today . Who knows who he will join tomorrow?"

"You think he’ll join someone else?"

"Maybe not now, but who knows?"

"Lady Suzanna’s right," Ozzic said hurriedly . "We need to be careful, sir!"

"Oh stop it, Ozzic," Anfey said with a laugh . "I know who you are . "

Ozzic rubbed his hands together awkwardly, but Ye smiled behind him . If Anfey ignored Ozzic, it meant that Ozzic had become an annoyance to him . But Anfey addressed it, meaning that Anfey knew Ozzic and was willing to trust him .

"I’m serious!" Suzanna said . The alliance was as important to her as it was to Anfey . She did not like people without backbones, and she wanted to warn Anfey . Thompson joined them voluntarily as well, but she liked Thompson way more than Joseph .

"We won’t give him the chance to betray us," Anfey promised her . "Plus, who says we are going to meet difficulties?"

Suzanna sighed but did not say anything else .

Anfey was used to doing things alone . He was used to being responsible for himself only and did not have experience controlling large numbers of people . Anfey trusted and relied on Ozzic because he knew he could learn things from Ozzic and could ensure stability within the alliance . Punishing Ozzic would only make the other mercenaries less trusting .

Thompson hurried over . He saw them and sighed . "I’m too late!" he complained loudly .

"Late for what?"

"The fight!" Thompson said . "I cannot believe I missed Lady Suzanna and Lord Anfey’s display of power . " Thompson was better at sweet talk than Ozzic, and it felt very natural when it was coming from him .