Assassin's Chronicle - Chapter 413

Chapter 413: Pennies from Heaven and Unexpected Dangers

"Where is the guy I want?" Anfey asked as he looked up .

"In the back," Thompson said with a wave of his hand . A few of his mercenaries walked over with a horse . Thompson grabbed the man on the horse and tossed him to the ground on his back .

"It is so cruel . " Anfey was shocked by how the general of Shansa Empire looked . He glanced at Suzanna out of the corners of his eye . The general only got one punch from Suzanna, and not a hard one . Yet the general’s face was misshapen and unrecognizable . His nose, eyes and lips were a bloody mess . He had been pulled and tossed upside down, so blood covered his face . He looked awful .

"What are you looking at me for?" Suzanna asked in surprise . "Didn’t you say you wanted him alive?"

"To knock someone off, you do not have to punch him in the nose . " Anfey showed his neck area . "I remember I told you to hit here . You can knock people off with too much strength . "

"Let me try it," Suzanna said, playfully staring at Anfey’s neck .

Of course, everyone laughed at Suzanna’s joke, since she rarely made a joke . They knew Anfey loved Suzanna very much . On the day Anfey heard the news that Suzanna was missing, his unusual behavior proved his love . They felt they could not go wrong siding with Suzanna in a quarrel between the two .

"Never mind, never mind . You can try it next time you catch captives . " Anfey shook his head and acted scared . "Ye, take him down and interrogate him . You will be in charge . "

"Master, is there anything you want to know?" Ye asked .

"You’d better ask everything he knows," Anfey said .

"It will take some time . " Ye lifted his chin to signal the other mercenaries to follow him . The mercenaries carried the unconscious general .

"We have plenty of time . You do not have to worry about it," Anfey said with a smile .

"Master, can I go and watch?" Ozzic asked .

Anfey shook his head . "Ozzic, you stay here . I have something to ask you…Thompson, can you ask Armin to come see me?"

"Yes, master," Thompson answered .

"Master, what is it going on?" Ozzic asked quietly . He thought Anfey asked Thompson to leave on purpose and had some secrets to tell him .

"Divide the spoils," Anfey said .

"Divide the spoils?" Ozzic asked .

"We finally robbed something . As the leader, I would like to know what we got," Anfey said . "What did we get in the wagons?"

"Master, that’s very funny . " Ozzic laughed with Anfey . "We not only got a lot, I had planned to kill those horses for meat when it is needed . It seems that we do not need to do that anymore . " The horses Ozzic mentioned were the ones they got from the conflict with the Knights and Priests of Light in Zagreen City . There were about 400 of them . All of them were handsome . The mercenaries would have felt bad if they really had to kill them for food .

Anfey shook his head . "You cannot kill those horses . We would not die if we miss a few meals . "

"Of course, we will not need to kill them anymore . " Ozzic thought for a moment . "There was food in most wagons . They have jerky, sausages and wine . "

"Most wagons? We did not just get food, did we?" Anfey asked .

"There is some armor and weapons . I do not know if we got anything else . " Ozzic shook his head . "Master, Orsie went over to check on their logistics . Do you want to ask him to come? Why is he back again?"

They saw Orsie with a group of mercenaries in the distance . They hastily passed the temporary camp and walked toward Anfey . The mercenaries were hauling two wagons . They looked nervous and kept checking their surroundings . They made it seem like a lot of enemies were hiding around them .

"Master, guess what we found?" Orsie said loudly as he jumped off the horse still some distance from Anfey . He could not help looking excited .

"What could make single Orsie so happy? Did you find beautiful girls?" Anfey smiled .

"It would have to be a group of beautiful girls . " Ozzic laughed with Anfey . "Orsie, spare a few for me . I am single too . "

"You! I am not kidding . " Orsie did not if he should laugh or cry .

"What is it then?" Anfey asked .

The weird way Orsie talked and the mercenaries acted attracted a lot of attention . Many people looked at them .

Orsie approached Anfey and said in a trembling voice, "They had magic crystals! Master! Two wagons of magic crystals! We are rich!"

"Why didn’t I feel any magic surges?" Ozzic asked in surprise .

"You will see in a little bit . " Orsie knew they did not want to guess what was in the wagons, so he wanted to say it directly .

"You!" Ozzic said in anger .

In a moment, two wagons were pulled over as Anfey and the others surrounded them . If there really were magic crystals in those two wagons, it would indeed be an invaluable treasure . Anfey was shocked by it, not to mention Ozzic and the others .

The wagon’s door was open . The inside was made of wood . They had to get inside to see the Magic-Concealing crystals on the wagon walls . Crystal boxes in different sizes were piled up in the wagon . The boxes were made with Magic-Concealing crystal as well . The double protection hid all the magic surges .

Anfey took a small box from the top . He carefully opened it and saw over a dozen burning-charcoal fire element crystals in the box . They felt the intense surges on their faces . The mercenaries around them felt the surges as well . Mercenaries worked with magic crystals year-round, so they were familiar with this feeling . They put down what they were working on and stood up . They stretched their necks to see what was happening . Everyone looked surprised and excited .

Anfey closed the box and put it back on top of the pile . He took another small box and slowly opened it . There were over 20 ocean-blue water element crystals .

"We are getting rich! Getting rich!" Ozzic could not help hugging Orsie as he yelled excitedly .

Orsie was as excited as Ozzic . "I finally understand what job has the best future . "

"Orsie, relay my order to them . Ask them to clean the battlefield as fast as possible . We will leave right after they finish . " Anfey acted so differently than the others, who were still excited . He sounded very cold .

"Huh? Master, it is already dark," Orsie said .

"We can travel at night . Hurry up!" Anfey said in a strict tone .

"Yes, master!" Orsie was scared, but he responded to Anfey immediately .

Ozzic and the others were scared as well . They dared not talk and simply looked at Anfey . Only Suzanna said quietly . "Anfey, what happened?"

"We are in extreme dangers now . " Anfey was a little kinder when he talked to Suzanna . "Of course, I will not give these crystals back to them . The only choice we have now is to run away as fast and far as we can . " Anfey was not controlled by power and wealth . He did not show too much interest in wealth, power, or even beautiful women, no matter how much he had . He kept absolutely calm when everyone else was excited . The pennies from the heaven usually implied unexpected dangers in the future . The more the pennies, the more dangerous it would be .

"Anfey, something is not right!" Black Eleven said it as he squeezed himself in .

"What are you trying to say?" Anfey asked .

"There are too many things that are not reasonable," Black Eleven said slowly . "We have found so many crystals in their wagons, which means there should be many mages in Scarlet’s military . Many! Well, if those mages carried magic crystals with them, they should be able to fight one or several battles . They are sending so many magic crystal now, Scarlet must want to fight a big, hard battle this time . The question is: Who is she going to fight against?"

Everybody was quiet . They could not answer that question .

"There are many possibilities," Anfey said calmly . "For example, Scarlet had told them her plan, but for some reason, Shansa Empire did not give her as many magic crystals as she wanted . With the help of Chiellick, they finally got as many magic crystals as Scarlet wants and sent them to her . "

"What you said could be possible," Black Eleven said, frowning .

"No matter what, Shansa Empire would not send magic crystals to us on purpose . This was just a mistake they made at some point," Anfey said . "All we have to do is to consume these magic crystals . Ozzic, if you were the owner of these magic crystals, and they were robbed, what would you do?"

"I would fight those robbers at any cost," Black Eleven said .

"Right . Scarlet will fight us as well," Anfey said .