Assassin's Chronicle - Chapter 433

Chapter 433: Wheel of Fortune

"Arlanga, where are you going?" Anfey asked .

"Master, you probably do not know there is no more food in White Mountain City . We are going to Maho Empire to buy some and sell here to make some money," Arlanga said, trying to please Anfey .

"It seems that you heard necromancers have lost the battle," Anfey said, "but you are crazy to do business at this time . Necromancers lost the battle, but many death spirits are all around . It would be hard for you to protect yourselves from those death spirits . Arlanga, wouldn’t you be the very first person to dare to do business in White Mountain City?"

"I have to do it, master . If I could be the first, I would make a little more . In fact, I do not want to come out and risk my life if I have a choice . " Arlanga looked respectful, but he hated Anfey’s guts . If it were possible, he wished he could jump Anfey and choke him .

Arlanga let his daughter and son-in-law handle his business after he got older . He recently found that he had lost all power in his business . He used to be a spender . He had been miserable with the little allowance "granted" from his daughter and son-in-law . Half of the pension he saved up was robbed by Anfey . He had to make some money before he was not too old to do so . In other words, everyone except Anfey had shown care for him . If Anfey did not rob his pension, he would not have to live such a difficult life .

"How could you say that? It only shows you have a strong business sense," Anfey said . "Arlanga, do you know Batusimon?"

"Yes, we are old friends . " Arlanga had a big smile on his face . In fact, he did not know Batusimon . He was only bluffing . He was simply bullsh*tting .

"What do you think of Batusimon?" Anfey asked .

"Master, do you want…" Arlanga was shocked .

"Nothing, I only want to know him a little better . " Anfey smiled .

At the same time, Anfey sensed a very weak surge . He kept his face straight as he immediately released his telepathy . The view in the wagon started to look clear . It was different to observe with his eyes than his other senses . There were blind spots with vision, but sensing allowed Anfey to see everything and everyone without any blind spots .

Honna sat diagonally across from Anfey with her hands clasped . The ring on her middle finger gave out a gentle orange light . After a while, she moved her hands and pointed the ring at Suzanna . A bright gold light flashed on the ring . Honna’s face immediately changed . Edy, who had been wearing a smile, suddenly shook .

Suzanna lifted her head and took a look at Honna and Edy . She did not notice the weak surges because her telepathy was a lot weaker than Anfey’s, but she did notice the weird looks on Honna and Edy .

"Ms . Honna, I haven’t seen you for a year . You look even more beautiful than a year ago," Anfey said with a smile .

"Thank you . I am flattered . " Honna giggled . "I hope you are not lying to me . "

"Of course not . I would not lie to you . " Anfey held his hand out and grabbed Honna’s right arm in a flirty way . He commented, "Your skin seems to be smoother . "

"Really?" Honna answered Anfey with a sweet voice as she leaned toward Anfey .

"Hey, what is this?" Anfey pretended to just notice the ring .

"My grandpa gave it to me . Huh? Ow!" Honna screamed in pain . She even had tears in her eyes . Her middle finger on the right hand looked bloody .

Anfey sounded like a gentleman, but acted harshly . He took the ring off by force without caring if it would hurt Honna . Of course, Anfey did not think he needed to care about a social butterfly .

"I am sorry . " Anfey smiled . He weighed the ring in his hand and measured it on his fingers . His fingers were thicker than Honna’s so the ring barely fit on his little finger . "Can you give it to me? I like this ring a lot . "

Honna’s face got pale . She had already forgotten the pain in her finger . She thought quickly, trying to analyze the situation and make a right decision . She cherished this ring . This ring was her secret because it could identify anyone’s fighting ability . She had been practicing her moves using this ring . No one had noticed anything while she was using the ring, so she assumed Anfey would not notice either . She thought someone must have sold her out .

"Why are you not talking? You do not want to give it to me, is that it?" Anfey was still smiling .

"If you really like it, I can give it to you . " Honna forced a smile, but it looked even worse than crying .

"Thank you . I really appreciate it . " Anfey turned to look at Suzanna . "Suzanna, do you know what this is?"

"What is it?" Suzanna asked casually . Suzanna looked too aloof . She did not seem to care whether Anfey was touching Honna’s arm or hurting her by force . She did not seem to be jealous or have any sympathy towards another woman . It was because she confidently believed in Anfey . Anfey seemed to have legit reasons for doing everything .

Anfey released his telepathy and turned the ring at Suzanna . That ring shone a bright gold light again . "Did you see it? This ring can tell me you are a master swordswoman . "

"I think I have heard about this ring . " Suzanna frowned and began thinking .

Both Honna and Edy shook from the shock . Arlanga seemed to shake even more . He was scared when he learned Suzanna was a master swordswoman . He seemed to hear Anfey complimenting Suzanna’s huge progress . He wondered if Anfey was even better than a master swordsman? Arlanga broke out in a cold sweat on his back and forehead . He tried to control himself, not showing his hatred . Now he dared not even hate Anfey any longer .

Anfey suddenly turned the ring to Edy . A grey light flashed on the ring . It looked like the ring was covered in thick fog .

"Death spirits? Are you a necromancer?" Anfey was shocked and immediately understood what the grey light meant .

"Master, do I look like a necromancer?" Edy rolled up his sleeves with a bitter smile to show his strong arms .

"Magic tools are more reliable than words . I’d rather believe magic tools . " Anfey said, looking at the ring .

"Master, I have nothing to do with them . I really do not know whether they are necromancers," Arlanga suddenly yelled .

"Quiet, quiet! I know you have nothing to do with them . Only crazy people would be involved with necromancers . If you wanted to make money buying and selling food, it proves that you are not that irrational . " Anfey laid his eyes on Edy . "Sir, can we talk? How should I treat you? Do you want to exchange my mercy for your secrets?"

"It would not work . You will kill me anyway . " It was obvious that Edy had given up arguing that he was not a necromancer . He closed his eyes . He looked like he was waiting to die .

"Are you doubting my reputation?" Anfey smiled . "You know what, I have a friend waiting outside . He has amazing communication skills . I will have him talk to you . " Anfey gave Suzanna a look .

Edy already had an answer as Suzanna just ducked out of the wagon . "No, no need . You are doomed . Master Minos will take over the whole continent . It would not matter if I tell you anything or not . "

"Don’t you think it would be too early to talk about who will win this continent . If you tell me secrets, you can live longer . If you do not tell me, you could die very soon," Anfey said casually .

"It is up to you . Master Minos will get revenge," Edy said distantly . He would have struggled and tried to work things out if he did not know Suzanna was a top power . The cruel reality had crushed his hopes . Just as he said, it did not matter if he gave away secrets or did anything .

"Can Minos beat all the top powers on Pan Continent? If he can, he would be way more powerful than we think," Anfey sneered . "Such a powerful person would care little people like you two . Besides, I am not scared of anyone . Do you know how Annunciata died?"

"Annunciata did not die . Master Minos gave her new life," Honna interrupted .

Anfey froze there . Anfey responded quickly and was very sophisticated . Sometimes if Anfey did not think of something, it would only be because he need something to help him think . After hearing what Honna said, he immediately realized why the church doubted the death of Slanbrea . Necromancers must have done something to make the church believe he had not died . Reborn Annunciata must know what had happened .

"Look, Ms . Honna is smarter than you . " Anfey regained his calmness .

"Honna, do you really want to do this?" Edy suddenly opened his eyes and looked coldly at Honna .

"Don’t you remember what happened in the past few days?" Honna said slowly, "Five days ago, we should have left White Mountain City . My people had an accident in the magic lab . An Element explosion attracted patrols . We were surrounded before we could even walk out the door . We had to not only put out the fire but also reimburse our neighbors for their losses . We worked until really late that day . "

Edy quietly watched Honna, but Honna had zoned out . "Four days ago, when we were ready to leave, Archmage Michael sent me a birthday party invitation . You said we needed to get along with him and could wait another day . I listened to you and stayed . "

"Three days ago, we were about to leave . Just as we walked out of the room, we were attacked by a group of starving mercenaries . They killed our horses and tried to take the dead horses with them . What a surprise when Glory mercenaries showed up to provide security . That group of starving mercenaries took me hostage against Glory mercenaries . Hehehe, I do not even want to say how those idiots treated me . Of course, with everyone’s help, I got out safely . "

"Two days ago, as we were about to leave, I realized I had lost my magnet somewhere the previous day during the fight . Without the magnet, we could not finish our assignment . We looked for it the entire day and finally found it in a pile of dog sh*t after dark . "

"Yesterday when we were about to leave, we saw this stupid ass recruiting mercenaries . You said we could disguise ourselves in the merchant group so no one could notice us . This stupid ass said it was not safe to ride the wagon on the street . He needed to park wagons in front of the city gate and asked Glory mercenaries to protect us . We had to wait another day . "

"We could have left earlier today, but this stupid ass said he did not have enough money for the trip . He did not leave until noon . Now we are stopped here . If we could have left earlier, we would not have these troubles . "

"Honna, why are you saying these? Are you blaming me?" Edy said coldly .

"Master, can you tell me who sold us out?" Honna did not answer Edy but looked at Anfey .

Anfey could not help laughing inside . Anfey thought to himself, These two poor guys! They only wanted to get out of the city but ran into so much trouble . They must feel helpless . " Anfey smiled . "Sold you out? You think too much . We just ran into you . "

"Running into us? How could you just run into us?" Honna shook her head .

"Arlanga lead me here . I came over because I saw Arlanga . Before that, your mercenaries saw my people drinking and wanted to rob them . "

"Those mercenaries!" Arlanga yelled in anger . "I have killed over a dozen horses to feed them . They are still not satisfied and have to rob others for alcohol . "

"It seems you did not want to see me," Anfey interrupted Arlanga’s yelling .

"Huh…" Arlanga was shocked for a second before he realized what he said made it too obvious and did not allow him to find excuses to cover his real intentions . He tried to please Anfey with a smile . "No, master, I mean they did well, really, great . "

"Are you saying I should be robbed?" Anfey said .

"No . " Arlanga looked like he was about to cry . He really did not how to explain it .

"Don’t you think it is weird that we ran into so many ridiculous coincidences and accidents?" Honna said to Edy with a blank face . "Think about what our assignment is . No matter how you think of it, I seemed to understand something . "

"Do you think our luck has run out?" Edy forced the words out one by one .