Assassin's Chronicle - Chapter 468

Chapter 468: Personalities

"They’re working with Evil Mist?" Black Eleven asked, shocked .

"Of course not," Anfey said, shaking his head . "A long time ago, Minos was just a reclusive supreme power . "

"Like your teacher?"

Anfey nodded . "Yes . "

"How did you know that?" the middle-aged man asked .

"You didn’t invent that language, did you?" Hui Wei asked . "Of course we can read it . "

"What else do you know?" the middle-aged man asked, turning to Anfey .

"A lot," Anfey said . "I know that Minos was living near Violet City . He built a secret palace, but he released all of his servants before his death and forbade them from speaking about the palace . The descendants of the servants are scattered all over the world, but you still maintained communication . But because the servants wouldn’t speak of the location of the palace, you have lost that knowledge .

"That is why you have two communication stations, one in Violet City and one here, because there are very few rules in the Country of Mercenaries . Your presence will be harder to detect . "

Ye and Black Eleven listened in shock . Not only they, but even the young men and women did not know much about the secrets of the Rangers .

Anfey glanced at Ye, who waved his hand and dismissed all the mercenaries in the room . "Minos had a special weapon, I heard . The Wheel of Fortune . With the Wheel of Fortune, he was able to find the wealth left by his predecessors, and that was why he became a supreme power . I didn’t believe in fate before, but I do now . If you hadn’t attacked Suzanna, I would have never noticed you . You know, that tavern has been around since the founding of White Mountain City . I’m impressed how well you were able to conceal your tracks . "

The middle-aged man looked at Anfey but did not say anything .

"Minos was a very powerful and brilliant man," Anfey continued . "But he is also a lonely man . Perhaps because he was too lonely, or perhaps because he began practicing dark magic, he split into two personalities in his later years . Sometimes, he would be fighting himself . "

"Himself?"

Anfey nodded . "He knew a lot of things we do not . One of his personalities became convinced that fate is at work . Everything is predetermined . The other personality believed the complete opposite . That personality believed that fate wasn’t real and he needed to fight against it . I believe his mind was quickly deteriorating then . "

"You mean his mind power, sir?"

"No," Anfey said, flipping through the diary in his hands, "his mind . I believe he was going mad . This is the diary of one of his maids . There are some important things in here . "

"What does it say?" Black Eleven asked .

"She said that before he dismissed all of them, he would often wake up during the night from nightmares . These nightmares were apparently so bad he would wake up screaming . He began sleeping with the Wheel of Fortune under his pillow . She would find him clutching the Wheel and shaking, as if he had seen some terrible things in it . " Anfey paused and flipped a few pages . "She said he once asked her what made her happy . She told him that serving him made her happy and asked him the same question . He told her that ignorance was a blessing and he wished that he had that . Minos was very kind to his servants, which was why the maid dared to joke with him . She said that dogs knew nothing about that world: Were they happier than humans? Minos, donning a serious expression, told her that ignorant dogs were much happier than he and he wished he was a dog . "

Hui Wei, Ye, and the middle-aged man nodded . Minos must have seen something horrible .

"Then the next chapter recorded Minos sending the servants away," Anfey said . "Alice believes that Minos must have made an important decision, and sending the servants away was only the first step . Maybe he was just trying to die in peace . "

"Minos was a supreme power," Anfey said, shaking his head . "He was a supreme power! What do you think scared him so much that he would have continuous nightmares and wish he was a dog?"

"Maybe he saw gods," Hui Wei suggested . "He was a supreme power, which means he was closer to gods than any of us . Maybe he broke through the seal . " He was only responsible for translating and analyzing the text and did not know what Alice had said about those texts .

"I think it was himself that he was scared of," Anfey said . "Think about it . Who taught Morgan, Desvidia, and Golman? Alice believes that Minos’ final decision, whatever it was, failed . After he died, he was somehow revived and became a necromancer . "

"You’re saying that… the future that terrified Minos so much will come true because of Minos?"

"I don’t know," Anfey said, shaking his head . "I really hope not . But I know that Minos’ final attempt worked . Right now, Minos cannot remember where the Wheel of Fortune is . "

"How did you know?"

"Edy and Honna were looking for it," Anfey said . He purposely withheld the information about the labyrinth Urter discovered under Violet City .

"What should we do?" Black Eleven asked . "Minos controls Greenwich Island . We can’t attack the island . "

"What we need to do is talk with the rangers," Anfey said, turning to the middle-aged man . "Minos gave his most trusted servants an order . The order will come into effect should he ever return as a necromancer . He wants you to destroy him and he left a way to completely destroy his soul . But this spell isn’t written down anywhere . It’s passed down from generation to generation . "

The middle-aged man was staring at the floor, and the young men and women were staring at him in shock .

"In the beginning, you enjoyed peaceful lives . Minos taught you special ways to practice your power . No matter what happened, you would have enough power to protect yourself," Anfey said . "But after the necromancer Minos the First appeared, you immediately began looking for him . You’ve been practicing and increasing your strength for thousands of years . You never gave up looking for him . This is why during every single War against the Dead there would be mysterious men and women appearing and fighting the necromancers . No one ever found out who these men and women were, but it was you, wasn’t it? They were rangers . "

"What is your goal, my lord?" the middle-aged man asked .

"You should know," Anfey said . "I respect your resilience and determination, but you have to realize you are not alone in this fight . The entire world will band together against Minos the First and necromancers . Plus, this war must have done considerable damage to your strength and numbers . You can’t do this by yourself . "

"I…I can’t make this decision," the middle-aged man said .

"Then find the ones who can," Anfey said . "I need to talk to them . " He turned to Ye and said, "Release them . "