Assassin's Chronicle - Chapter 93

Chapter 93
"Hurry up! I saw the old Phillip, I saw the old Phillip!" Feller was in a panic and rushed into the hotel . He had sweat all over his forehead . He shouted, "Someone sold us out . We gotta leave now!"


Anfey and Christian were looking at different assignments from Mercenary Union when they heard Feller . Their faces changed immediately . Anfey yelled, "Don’t panic . This is Blackwater City in the Country of Mercenaries . I dare old Phillip would hurt us here . "
"Anfey, you don’t know how hot-tempered that old Phillip is . He would not care!" Christian shouted .
"We’d better leave now!" Suzanna said .
"We have been running away for a long time . Where else can we go? Let’s fight him until we die!" Blavi said with his eyes wide open .
"Are you serious? How can we battle with a master swordsman?" Christian said .
"Don’t worry . Suzanna is a senior swordswoman . We have so many mages too . I think we can do it," Blavi said .
Anfey did not say anything . He hesitated for a second before he pulled out his sword and walked outside . His action had said enough about what he was going to do .
Clark was shocked when he heard old Phillip was coming . He knew who Phillip was and understood the reason Anfey and his legion were so afraid of him . He was so worried when he heard Anfey’s legion talking about going into battle against Phillip . He thought to himself, "These poor kids!" What can a senior swordsman do? There was a huge difference between a senior swordsman and a master swordsman . The magic attacks from mages were just like tickling Phillip . It would not take much for Phillip to kill all of them .
Seeing Anfey rushing out of the hotel, Clark shouted in instinct, "Wait! Don’t do anything stupid . I have a secret chamber here . You guys can hide there for now . "
"Chamber?" Anfey suddenly turned around and threw himself on the cashier counter, shouting excitedly, "Where is the chamber?" It looked like he had been pushed into a corner to go out to fight with Phillip . He did not have other options . If he had any chance to survive, he would not let it go .
Clark was still not sure who sold Anfey and his legion out . Phillip had already come, which meant he got accurate information, maybe even knew about this inn .
"Come with me," Clark said and then ran out from behind the cashier counter . He had already had an idea in this short period time . He thought he could ask Anfey and his legion to hide in his chamber, and then he would handle Phillip himself . If Phillip wanted to make a scene here, he would let Phillip know who he was and ask him to back off . Of course, there was a prerequisite for this to happen: that is, Phillip did not see Anfey and his legion, otherwise someone like him would not be able to stop Phillip .
Clark rushed into the storage room . The storage room, where stored all kinds of wines and other goods, was not big . Clark moved a heavy wine barrel at the corner of the left wall . There was a black stone underneath . He grabbed the stone and pulled it . A secret door slowly rose on the left wall .
Clark ducked in first . "Hurry, come with me . "
Anfey suddenly stopped right at the door, while Suzanna had walked two steps down below the door . Suzanna stood right between Anfey and Clark .
Clark took the torch off the hallway wall, walked downstairs in front of everyone, then noticed no one had followed him . He turned around and yelled, "What are you doing? Come . Hurry up . "
"Do you know us?" Anfey asked calmly .
"I…" Clark realized he was set up . He looked down and thought a little bit before he said anything . "I do not know you . "
"Really?" Anfey said .
"Please don’t misunderstand me . I do not mean to hurt you . You have to trust me . I swear I do not want to hurt you . " Clark was worried and tried to explain .
"I know you did not want to hurt us, otherwise you would not warn of "survival of the fittest," but I want to know how you recognized us?" Anfey said .
"I saw your magic images . " Clark said .
"Which magic union sent out those magic images?" Anfey asked .
"It’s the magic union in the Country of Mercenaries," Clark said .
"Suzanna, take him down . " Anfey shook his head .
Suzanna slowly took out her sword . Clark yelled, "Don’t kill me . The intense combat power will attract the patrol’s attention . "


"We will be fine . I can just tell them we were cheated by an innkeeper and fought with him out of spite . I think it is you who will have to explain to the patrol . Magic unions are independent in each country . Some of them are even hostile towards others . How could magic images sent from the magic union in Maho Empire arrive here? Phillip should not have any influence over the Country of Mercenaries . I do not want to hear your lies anymore, Mr . Clark," Anfey said .
Clark did not say anything, but smiled bitterly . He had mixed feelings about it . To be honest, he was so worried about Anfey and his legion’s safety that he exposed his hidden identity . How could Anfey and his legion take advantage of his kindness?
"Feller, take a few people with you to check around . Don’t miss any place that looks suspicious . I will find it out no matter what . " Anfey gave the order .
"Don’t move!" Clark yelled . "Some areas are protected by magic arrays . If you move the wrong stuff, it might explode . "
"Explode? I did not know you are a man of sacrifice . They are all mages . They know how to control magic arrays . You don’t have to worry about it . Do you want to tell me what you are?" Anfey smiled .

"Don’t do this to me . I am just a nobody . " Clark smiled bitterly .
"Are you saying you do not have the authority to make a decision?" Anfey saw Clark passively agree, so he knew he had guessed right . He thought a little bit and said, "You can tell your supervisor that I would like to see him in private . You don’t have to worry about it . Niya is the daughter of Professor Saul . We are all students of his . We would not do anything to harm the country’s safety . After learning about the invasion from Shansa Empire, everybody wanted to go back to fight for the country . I thought we could help more if we stay here . "
"How do you know we are working for the king?" Clark’s face changed .
"There are only a few types of people who are interested in us and also know about us . I just took a guess . Can you take a message to your supervisor? We have common interests that we could talk about," Anfey said slowly .
"I am nobody," Clark restated, with a bitter smile on his face .
"Is one day enough?" Anfey acted like he did not realize he had put Clark in an awkward situation . He pushed him even further . Clark hesitated a little bit and nodded . He was just a liaison for the contacts . He was in charge of passing the information inside the organization but did not have any authority to make any decision . His experience was far less than the frontier spies . He had freaked out when Anfey had discovered his identity .
"Ok, let me know when you know about it," Anfey said .
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When Anfey and Suzanna walked into Hagan’s room, he was engaged in various jars . He stood up quickly when he saw Anfey and Suzanna coming in . "Suzanna, here you are . Anfey, how are you?"
"Hagan, what are you doing?" Suzanna smiled .
"Didn’t you give me a few pieces of wyvern magic crystals? I am thinking of making you a magic sword," Hagan said .
Anfey did not pay attention to who was greeted first by Hagan . He simply glanced around and asked, "Hagan, how is your alchemy?"
"What about it? Do you think I am not good enough? Then don’t invite me to your mercenary!" Hagan got mad quickly again when he heard Anfey’s question .
"Don’t get mad . I only wanted to give you something . I was just afraid you would make some mistakes when you transform them into something else," Anfey said .
Hagan sneered, "What is it?"
Anfey took a few things out of his Dimensional Ring and passed them to Hagan . Hagan looked closely at them for a while and asked in surprise, "Is this a manticore’s tooth?"
"Yes, can you make me a few blasting arrows with it?" Anfey asked .
"Sure," Hagan nodded without any hesitation .
"You can let Feller know if you need other materials . He can purchase them for you," Anfey said .
"Thank you, but I am an alchemist, not a blacksmith . I need ingredients instead of materials," Hagan corrected Anfey’s inappropriate terms . "Vonmerge can help me collect ingredients . He is familiar with Blackwater, but…"
"Money is not a problem . Don’t worry about it," Anfey smiled .
"That is great," Hagan nodded . He got mad quick but forgot about it in a second as well .
"I have two more items . Do you think you can make a suit of leather armor for Suzanna?" Anfey took out the unicorn and manticore furs from the Dimensional ring .
"Manticore’s fur, hmm, is this unicorn’s fur?" Hagan suddenly raised his voice . He threw himself onto the furs and touched them gently with excitement on his face .
Anfey waited a second and asked quietly, "Can you make leather armor?"
"Of course!" Hagan unwillingly moved his eyes away from the furs .
"Which one is better for leather armor?" Anfey asked .
"The unicorn’s . Suzanna needs armor that can protect her from magic power . " Hagan stared at Anfey . "Do you have any other good stuff? Take them all out together . "
"And this one . I need a short-shaft spear . " Anfey took out the manticore’s tail stinger .
"Spear? I am afraid it would take too long to make . Do you want its paralyzing effects on the spear? Even if I could make a spear for you, you would be disappointed anyway," Hagan said slowly .
"Why?" Anfey asked .
"A manticore is a senior magic beast and very hard to catch . However, countless of them throughout history have been killed by human beings . Weapons with paralyzing effects are everywhere in the world nowadays . In fact, its paralyzing effects will disappear in two or three years after their death . It could also be affected by the amount of usage . It will be a regular spear by the time I finish making it . "
"So…" Anfey was disappointed .
"If you do not want a spear, I can break the tail stinger and make it into a knife quick . Aren’t you a swordsman? A knife should be helpful," Hagan said .
"Knife?" Anfey’s eyes lit up with excitement . He hurriedly nodded . "Sure, I will have a knife . "