Assassin's Chronicle - Chapter 422

Chapter 422: Laziness

The flags of Griffins Aerial Unit lined the wall . Despite the number of flags present, there were not a lot of soldiers in the city .

Scarlet had taken all the mages and capable soldiers with her to the Country of Mercenaries, so the only people left were civilians and the older soldiers . They were displaying the flags because they wanted to create an illusion of a well-guarded city .

Scarlet was not worried about her opponents . She was very confident in herself and the abilities of the griffin knights . She would detect larger armies, and smaller armies would not be able to reach the city . The presence of the alliance was news to her, however, because Transverse Mountains was too far from away . She could detect movements of real armies, but not the movements of mercenaries .

She was surprised by the attack on her supplies and wanted to find the mercenaries, but she learned the news of Baery’s arrival in Country of Mercenaries . She changed her plan, recalled her army, and spoke with Fernando . They discussed a new plan, and she did not care about the mercenaries anymore .

Scarlet was very torn . She wasn’t sure if she should attack the Shield of Light legion before Baery arrived . After a few days, she decided against it . She wanted to disrupt Yolanthe’s plan and prevent Maho Empire from taking over Country of Mercenaries . There was no need to force a conflict . If that happened, neither side would benefit .

Scarlet was a general, not a madwoman . She knew that the third prince of Maho Empire was with the legion . If she really attacked the legion, the attack would inevitably cause the prince harm . Whether she captured him, killed him, or allowed him to escape, she would anger Yolanthe and cause him to attack her with all his forces . There were no more necromancers in Maho Empire, but Shansa Empire was still struggling . She did not want to risk her armies on a useless mission . On the other hand, she still needed time . She had spoken with Fernando and knew that he had sent messages to the Church several times already, complaining of Maho Empire’s behavior and requesting backup . Because the Church’s relationship with Maho Empire was very turbulent, Fernando believed his requests would be granted .

This was why Scarlet chose to take things slowly . She did not want to fight Baery, because she knew she was still too inexperienced compared to him . If she lost, the situation would become too difficult for Shansa Empire .

Anfey watched the city and its flapping flags . Without mages in the city, he did not fear being discovered .

Just like Scarlet did not know much about him, he did not know anything about Scarlet . If he had, he would have known that Scarlet was in a difficult situation, and if he attacked right now, he would win .

A team of soldiers was patrolling the wall . They passed by Anfey several times but did not pay any attention to him . A few other soldiers were sitting around a bonfire, chatting . This city had never experienced war, because the mercenaries never dared to invade Shansa Empire . Edward VIII sent his soldiers here because he was worried about the necromancers and zombies . Now that the capable soldiers were gone, the remaining soldiers became too relaxed .

Small groups of mercenaries crept towards the city . However, because of their numbers, it was very hard for the mercenaries to be completely secretive . Soon, one of the soldiers spotted them . "Enemy attack!" the soldier called . "Enemy attack!"

Another soldier frowned and interrupted him . "No way," the man said .

"There’s enemies!" the first soldier said hurriedly .

"Be quiet," the second soldier said . "I’m trying to sleep . "

The patrol was alerted by the soldier’s calls and spotted the mercenaries .

"Pull up the drawbridge!" the leader of the patrol called as he drew his sword .

"We didn’t lower it, sir," another soldier whispered .

"Then close the door!" the leader ordered . "And fill the sandbags! Hurry!"

However, most of the soldiers had never participated in a real battle and did not know what the man was talking about . Many of the soldiers were not even properly trained, and the city wasn’t as equipped as it should be . Because of this, the mercenaries had pushed closer to the city, but the soldiers still did not do anything that could stop them .

One of the chains that was holding the drawbridge suddenly broke . The leader of the soldiers cursed as more chains broke and the drawbridge crashed to the ground . "Archers!" he called, waving his arms . "Mages!"

Anfey sighed and shook his head . He returned his bow to his dimensional ring and levitated off of the wall and into the city . There were no swordsmen in the city, only normal soldiers . It was one of the poorest cities in Shansa Empire, and no one wanted to be stationed there unless they had no other choice .

The gate of the city shattered with a blast of light, and Suzanna appeared, Ozzic and Ye appeared behind her with their mercenaries .

"Suzanna, come with me," Anfey said, walking over to them .

"Just us?" Suzanna asked, confused .

"We are more than enough to take this city," Anfey said with a grin .

"We got it here, Lady Suzanna," Ozzic said, reassuring her . He turned, saw some soldiers fleeing, and waved his hand at his men . He could tell that the soldiers had no will to fight and would be easy to take care of .

"Come on," Anfey said to Suzanna .

The city was about ten miles away from a supply station . For Suzanna and Anfey, it was very close .

The soldiers at the supply station must have already seen the flame from the city . Because many had left with Scarlet’s army, the supply station was severely understaffed . There were no more than two thousand soldiers stationed there .

Even though the soldiers wanted to fight back and help the city, they were no match for Suzanna and Anfey .

Anfey summoned his fire sword, gripping it tight as he lunged at the soldiers . He swept his sword around himself, setting everything around him on fire . Those that survived this initial attack were protected by combat power, but even those that survived knew that their combat power could not hold against such attacks for long .

The massacre ended in less than half an hour . The supply station became engulfed in flames from Anfey’s sword . Suzanna was standing outside waiting as Anfey appeared through the flames .

Anfey looked at the supply station and frowned as he realized there were not as many warehouses as he had expected .

After a few minutes, Orsie and Thompson arrived with their men and carts .

"Where’s Ozzic?" Anfey asked .

"Still in the city," Thompson said . "He seems angry . He’s lost some people . Shinbella’s over there helping . "

"He lost men?" Anfey asked, surprised .

Thompson nodded . "Those people are stronger than we thought . "

"How?"

"Not the soldiers," Thompson said . "There were some nobles in the city because this was a trade route before the war . They all had guards . We heard there is a senior swordsman . "

Anfey nodded . "I trust them to take care of it," he said . "Open all the warehouses and search them . "

Thompson nodded and hurried off, giving his men orders to search the place .

"Wait," Anfey said . "Remember to document everything you find . Take as much as possible and burn the rest . "

After about half an hour, Shinbella appeared with about a dozen of her men . Anfey waved at her . "How are Ozzic and his men?" he asked .

"It’s over," Shinbella said . "I’m not sure about the losses, but…" she saw Orsie walking over and waved at him . "Orsie!" she called . "Save me some carts!"

"Why?" Orsie asked, confused .

"Ozzic needs them," Shinbella said . "Said he needs to transport his injured . We also found a lot of things at those nobles’ places that need to be transported . "

"How many do you need?"

"About a hundred . "

"You’re joking," Orsie said . "We still need them for food . "

"Let’s her take the carts," Thompson said, walking over . "My men just checked all the warehouses . A lot of them are empty anyway . We’ll have enough carts . "

"Tell Ozzic," Anfey said . "Just finish off the nobles . We don’t need them . "

"Ozzic wanted to keep them prisoners," Shinbella said . "It’s easier to get more out of them that way . They have so many treasures . I never thought nobles in a city like this would have that many magic crystals . They have dimensional rings as well . Whatever they’re hiding in the rings must be worth even more than the crystals . "

"Alright," Anfey said . "Tell Ozzic he needs to hurry . " Anfey knew that a lot of the mercenaries did not have dimensional rings . Ozzic’s plan would work, and he could give those nobles’ rings to the mercenaries who did not have rings .

Shinbella nodded . She walked over to Orsie and Thompson, and the three of them hurried off to get the carts .