Assassin's Chronicle - Chapter 456

Chapter 456: Gathering

The reappearance of zombies sent White Mountain City’s citizens into a panic . In order to calm the people down, the alliance announced that there was only a single necromancer commanding the zombies, and the necromancer had already been taken care of . There was no trace of zombies around the city, and everyone should resume their lives without worries .

Alice was a skilled politician, and she knew the importance of having someone to look up to . She knew that people needed a hero that could protect them . This was why she tried to make Anfey look like a hero in her announcement . She even listed a number of Anfey’s achievements to show how strong he was . Alice knew some of the things she listed weren’t true, but it would give the effect she wanted .

Anfey wasn’t a shy person, and he didn’t mind the spotlight, but he felt strange reading the announcement . He asked Alice to change it, but she refused and told him that it was necessary to cement his position .

Christian took Alice’s side as well . He believed that they would have to fight against Tiger of Tawau mercenary group in the future . The more famous Anfey was, the less likely the mercenaries would support Tiger of Tawau mercenary group . He even wanted Anfey to write to Manstuly and challenge him to a duel .

Christian knew Manstuly was still more powerful Anfey, and such a duel would never happen, but a challenge would make Anfey famous . This would make the mercenaries look up to him even more .

Another army soon arrived at White Mountain City . Baery had arrived with his army . Anfey, Suzanna, and Entos all happened to be away that day, and Christian had to send people to find them and bring them back . By the time Christian brought Baery and his people into the city, Suzanna, Anfey, and Entos had returned .

Baery did not come alone . He brought Steger and Ernest along as well . After Anfey greeted them, he turned to two strangers he did not recognize them . He could tell they were powerful men .

"Let me introduce you," Baery said . "This is Shawn and this is Dalmatian . You finally get to meet today . "

Anfey frowned when he heard the names . Shawn nodded at him with a smile . "I apologize for my past behaviors, my lord," Shawn said . "You see, it’s hard disobeying your teacher . "

"You’re too kind, my lord," Anfey said hurriedly . "I understand . "

Even though Shawn’s apology was short, he was sincere . He was a master swordsman and Baery’s right hand man . It was hard for him to publicly apologize .

"What happened before is our fault," Dalmatian said . "We are working together now, my lord, and I hope we can forget about our past disagreements . "

"Like you said," Anfey said with a smile, "we are working together now . There’s no need to bring up the past, my lord . "

"Good," Baery said, smiling . "Let’s forget about the past and look to the future . "

Before they had come, Shawn and Dalmatian were worried that Anfey would not forgive them for what happened in the past . They were important people, and if Anfey would not forgive them after they apologized, they would have had no choice but to turn on him . Baery, however, wasn’t worried at all . He knew Anfey and knew that he wasn’t the type to dwell on the past .

Anfey looked around the meeting . "Lord Baery, does this mean…" he hesitated . "Does this mean we are opening war?" Before Baery’s arrival, White Mountain City was already drawing attention with Suzanna, Anthony and him . Now that Baery had brought people who were more powerful and important than he, Anfey knew that a storm was on its way .

"Your teacher’s on the way too," Baery said with a smile .

"Just for Scarlet?"

"Not just her," Baery said, shaking his head . "The Church has sent its three Grand Knights, and Prince Jerrick has sent backup . " He paused and looked at Anfey . "I heard Christian say you fought with Desvidia . "

Anfey sighed and nodded .

"And he used the aging spell?"

Anfey nodded again .

"How are you still alive them?"

"Didn’t Christian mention anything?"

"He did," Baery said . "But I want to see it . "

Anfey nodded . He raised his hand and a ball of white light appeared . The light bobbed a few inches above his palm and disappeared .

"See?" Baery said, turning to Steger . "I told you . "

Steger sighed and smiled . "We’ve got to talk more about this later," he said to Anfey .

"Of course, my lord," Anfey said with a smile . He turned to Baery and said, "Lord Baery, I have a question . "

"What is it?"

"If you are attacked with an aging spell, what would you do?"

Baery frowned and lowered his gaze . "I would find a place to wait until the spell’s effect disappeared," he said after a few moments of silence . "If I couldn’t get away, I guess I’d have to fight . "

"Really?" Anfey had asked because he wanted to learn something about the spell . Baery had given him the exact same answer as Anthony, and he was disappointed he couldn’t learn more .

"There’s are other ways, I suppose," Baery said . "You can always prevent them from using the spell or have a priest with you . " Baery sighed and shook his head . "You cannot underestimate necromancers . They are the most powerful mages . Even Saul must admit that . "

"I’m not underestimating them," Anfey said . "I just want to find a way to deal with them more effectively . At least I should find a way to deal with them without putting myself in danger gain . "

"You can always become a priest . "

"But I tried to cleanse it, and it didn’t work . "

"You can’t just cleanse the effect of a forbidden spell," Baery said, smiling . "If you are a high level priest, there are things you can do to cancel out effects of those spells . "

Anfey frowned .

"I’m a swordsman," Baery said . "I don’t know enough about magic to answer that question . Steger, Saul, even Entos are more equipped to answer that question . "

Anfey turned to Steger, who retrieved a few scrolls from his dimensional ring and showed them to Anfey . "This would my solution," he said .

Anfey nodded . He only had three magic scrolls, and he did not know if any of the three would work when he was afflicted with a necromancer’s forbidden spell .

"Anfey, have you forgotten who your teacher is?" Baery said, shaking his head . "Do you think you’ll have to worry about magic scrolls as long as Saul and Jacob are here?"