Assassin's Chronicle - Chapter 97

Chapter 97
There was a huge explosion in the room . The beams on the bed were hit by a blasting arrow and exploded immediately . A guy in black rushed into the room . He saw the beam flying towards the wardrobe . The upper part of the beams tied with a sheet were blown away, the rest of the beams and bed were burned with bright flames .


The guy in black was so shocked that he stood still there with cold sweat on his forehead . If the princess of Shansa Empire had been sleeping on that bed, she must have died . Even if it were him, he would have died in this attack . No wonder the king had asked him to work with Anfey and sent Black Twelve to him . Even Magic Fog organization was interested in him and tried to track him down . He suddenly realized all of these things happened for a reason . He had become a witness to Anfey’s exceptional power .
"I have to redo it . The height of this bed is not the same as the princess’s," the guy in black heard Anfey say behind him .
"I will send someone to check on that," the guy in black said quietly . His tone had changed and become more polite . A few days before, he had thought that the senior swordswoman was going to lead the assassination and Anfey was just an advisor . He was even not sure if Anfey was actually smart . He thought Anfey had asked about too many details . He even thought of Anfey in a bad light: thinking that Anfey might secretly want to know the princess’s panty style and color . Now he knew how ridiculous he had been .
"There are many things you need to double check . For example, the thickness and texture of princess’s bedroom wall and whether there are any hollow areas underneath the floor, especially under the furniture . They all need to be double checked," Anfey said .
"I got it . " The guy in black nodded eagerly .
"I am not trying to give you a hard time . I did not know what would be useful or harmful for me . The more information I can have, the better control I will have . Would one day be enough for you to double check everything?" Anfey asked slowly .
"It will take at least two days . " The guy in black showed a bitter smile on his face .
"Ok . Then two days . " Anfey calculated in his mind and figured that he still should have enough time left .
"I have checked on the princess’s wagon route . Do you want me to tell you about it now?" If Anfey had not shown what he could do, this guy in black would only tell him a rough story when he was asked . It seemed that having strong power and ability was the easiest and most effective way everywhere to win others’ respect .
"Yes, tell me about it . " Anfey turned around and walked outside . The black smoke in the room seemed to get stronger . He did not bother to put the fire out . This room was picked by the princess’s bodyguards to trick Anfey, so the size and standards were quite different than the real princess’s room . Anfey just let it burn down .
The guy in black followed Anfey . He said to Anfey, "I could only get so much information . If you think the information was not sufficient and needs to be reinvestigated, I am afraid that would take a long time . " The guy in black wanted to let Anfey knew the situation in case Anfey was not happy with his work . It would put him in an awkward situation if he was asked to do the investigation again .
Anfey nodded . "It is fine . Just tell me what you have . "
"There are about three thousand crew members along the princess’s wagon route . Most of them do not have combat powers . About six hundred of them are Shansa Empire warriors . They are very tough, and their mission is to take the princess to Blackwater City . They will go back to Shansa Empire once they complete their mission . There are two senior swordsmen, and some palace bodyguards in the retinue . They are nothing . Her servants are all muggle girls . We do not have to worry about them," the guy in black reported .
"Anything else?" Anfey asked .
"It’s pretty difficult to get the magic images you want . Maybe impossible to get," the guy in black answered .
"What do you mean: maybe impossible to get? Aren’t your crew still working on it? Can’t you even get the magic image of the princess?" Anfey asked .
"The princess’s magic image will be sent in tomorrow . I meant the magic images of powerful people," the guy in black replied .
Anfey was quiet for a second and said quietly, "Tell me more . "
"The princess is a polite and quiet girl . She never dated anyone before . We got different information on the food she likes . If we put all the information together, it seems that the princess eats everything, but does not particularly like to eat anything . She admires the sealed barbarians’ archmage Richard in Ahdibaijan and hates her brother . She also likes to wear blue clothes," the guy in black said .
"Keep going . " Anfey nodded .


"The princess’s wagons do not go very fast . They only travel about sixty miles a day and then they rest . I have marked every place they have rested . Here is the map . " The guy in black took out a scroll from his shirt and passed it to Anfey . He continued, "About eight days ago, the princess’s wagons seemed to have some problems . They stayed three days in one place before restarting their journey . Her people kept what happened secret . My guys were not able to find out . We need more time on that . "
Anfey opened the map and look at it under the moonlight . He pointed at the map and asked, "Is this the area where you think they will rest tomorrow?"
"Yes," the guy in black said .

"I have to do something tomorrow . If I have time, I hope we can go to a place together the day after tomorrow," Anfey said .
"Where?" the guy in black asked .
"To welcome the princess," Anfey said .
"Ok . " The guy in black nodded .
"Any other information? If not, I will be going back now . " Anfey put the map in his Dimensional Ring .
"I will let you know immediately when I know anything new," the guy in black said in a serious voice .
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When Anfey got back to the hotel, Riska and Sanchez were talking on the stairs to the third floor . It was their turn to be on watch that night . After experiencing some tough times, they all knew how to protect themselves . Even on the nights Anfey did not tell them to have someone on watch, they still voluntarily had someone on watch . On the days that Anfey kept himself in the room for the training, they did not let their guard down . It just showed they were maturing .
Riska smiled at Anfey and then shook his head, which meant nothing had happened .
"Where is Vonmerge? Did he come back yet?" Anfey asked .
"He came back shortly after you left . " Riska smiled .
"Where is he now?" Anfey asked .
"Where else could he be? He is in Suzanna’s room . " Sancheze ginned .
For the guys, some of them were jealous of other guys who could attract affection from girls . Some of them did not even dare to go after the girls they liked . Sanchez knew himself well . He admired the beauty of Niya and Suzanna, but he just thought about them and would never take action to go after them . Everyone knew there was no way Vonmerge could get Suzanna’s affection, but he kept trying, which bothered them .
"I am going to see him . You guys can continue your chat . " Anfey nodded at them and walked in big strides to Suzanna’s room .
Anfey stopped at Suzanna’s room and knocked lightly on the door . Then he pushed the door open and walked in . Suzanna looked bored on the chair while Vonmerge was pacing back and forth, excitedly telling some story . He did not notice the unexpected guest, Anfey .
"Vonmerge, did you get the information I asked you to look for?" Anfey interrupted Vonmerge’s story telling .
"Huh, Anfey, I have looked for you several times . Don’t worry . I, Vonmerge, never make any mistakes . I got it," Vonmerge replied . In this potential mercenary legion, Suzanna was the first one he needed to get along . Anfey was the second one . Hagan is an alchemist . Every mercenary would like to recruit someone like him . Vonmerge was different . If Anfey wanted to kick him out, feeding himself would be a problem, not to mention seeing Suzanna again . Once he had accidentally stumbled into a dragon cave . He passed out 35 feet away from the dragon while the dragon release his dragon power . Later, when he woke up, he found his combat power was affected greatly . He was no longer able to gather all his combat power . He only had less than thirty percent of his combat power left . This was his secret . Since then he tried to avoid conflict with others . He had always been trying to convince his opponents by talking . Therefore, his sword skills had not improved, while his talking skills were fantastic .
"Let’s talk in my room . " Anfey smiled .
"Ok . " Vonmerge did not really want to leave, but he had to .
Suzanna heaved a long sigh and also stretched . "Vonmerge finally left," Suzanna thought to herself . She did not want to hurt anyone, but she did not realize that she might hurt him more by giving him hope .
Seeing Suzanna’s reaction, Anfey playfully winked at her . Suzanna blushed a little . She was surprised to see Anfey making any moves like this . She could feel the change in his personality . "Was it because we are getting more comfortable with each other?" Suzanna wondered .
"Vonmerge, take a seat and tell me about it . " After they went to Anfey’s room, they immediately got to the point . "Did you draw anyone’s attention when you were trying to dig up the information?"
"No, I was very careful," Vonmerge answered quickly . "You have told me that it would affect the fate of the whole mercenary and Suzanna . I would not mess with it . "
"Then tell me what you have found," Anfey said .
"They take a lot of missions every day . They assign many other things to themselves as well . We are not able to make it today, but they will have about thirty mercenary groups doing assignments tomorrow . Some of them will go to Forest of Death, some to Wild Prairie, some to White Mountain City, and some will escort businessmen on their trips . Anfey, what do you want to know?" Vonmerge asked .
"Let’s start with the weakest mercenary group," Anfey said .