Assassin's Chronicle Chapter 569

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Anfey smiled at Suzanna and jumped down into the entrance . This place no longer posed a threat to him . Urter had made the necessary arrangements . Moreover, Anfey had strong radiesthesia, which had nothing to do with the brightness of the light . As long as he had the Heart of Nature, he could see clearly, although he might be in total darkness in the maze . Even the dust particles could not escape his eyes .

Anfey walked along the corridor . The air stank . In every dozen of meters away, there would be a dim light emitting from the magic lamp . Urter was very thrifty . To save on the magic crystals, he had dimmed the magic lamps . A huge white arrow was drawn on the floor of every junction in order to give direction . Upon reaching the first junction, Anfey looked at the direction that the arrow was pointing . After looking at the other corridors, he lost control of himself and burst out into laughter .

Probably, there was loophole, even in spiritual wisdom . No matter how careful Urter was, he would still do silly things . Given his thriftiness, he would not place magic lamps in a dead end . The arrows on the floor would not serve its purpose . As long as Anfey followed the lit corridor, he would be going in the right direction .

After passing through many corridors, Anfey saw a vast space at the end . There was a magic array in the midst, but the air smelled different . There was an overwhelming stench .

Seven to eight dead bodies were lying in front . Urter must have been too busy to take care of the bodies . Anfey looked at one of the bodies and saw that one of its arms was missing . Someone had placed the magic lamp, which was supposed to be on the wall, onto the floor . A few bones of different sizes were laying beside the magic lamp .

AdvertisementAnfey had no problem with dead bodies . He walked slowly toward them and smiled wryly . Urter…was really vicious! He had disappeared for a few days, and then suddenly reappeared . No one knew what had happened, except for Anfey . He could put the pieces together after seeing the scene before him .

After Urter regained consciousness, he had become very weak and haggard . He had left the palace and was in urgent need of replenishing his energy . To get out of the maze, he needed food . Urter had chopped off the arm of one of the bodies and barbecued it with the magic lamp . The rest was history . The scattered bones explained themselves .

Anfey was shocked, as he was unfamiliar with the magic world . There was no humanism . For most people, they needed a master who they could pledge loyalty to . On a positive note, this was loyalty . On a negative note, this was also slavery . Anfey was a master to Urter . If Urter had lived for himself, he would not have gone to such an extent . Even the most evil necromancer would not have taken a dead body as food, let alone a normal being . However, Urter would do anything to prove his loyalty to his master, and to let his master take this as a warning as well . When Anfey trusted in him, and they shared the same secret, he lived longer for himself .

Anfey sighed and walked slowly to the magic array . A bright light flashed across, and Anfey disappeared . In the next instant, he reappeared in a big palace . He slowly scanned his surroundings .

Urter was not as powerful, which was why, when he had gone to the treasure island, he came back empty-handed . Anfey was different . When he had been transported over, he had sensed the movements of the elements .

Anfey released his radiesthesia, taking note of the important places speedily . The Wheel of Fortune that Urter was terrified of was hanging in the center . Anfey did not have time for it . He was here in search of the treasures of Minosie, although it included the Wheel of Fortune . He would also like to know how Minosie broke through the final obstacle . Comparatively, the latter was of more importance .

By using his radiesthesia, Anfey's search became easier and faster . Very quickly, Anfey had focused on a few places . What had captured his attention was an inconspicuous side gate, which was shut . Anfey was unable to see through it with his mind power, but he felt a strong attraction to it .

He opened the side gate and saw a corridor . There was a room on both sides . At the far end, there was another room . All the doors of the three rooms were opened, so Anfey could clearly see their furnishings . There were all sorts of books in the rooms . Anfey, following his instincts, moved straight ahead .

The room that Anfey had selected had a long table . There were bookshelves on both sides . The maze was filled with dust, but the palace was in spick and span condition . Even the carpet looked new, which made it look abnormal . It should be under the protection of a certain magic array . The long table was stacked with diaries . A red diary was placed in the center, and when the magic lamp shone upon it, a bright ray of light was reflected . It seemed that the owner of the diary had just left the room .

After Anfey had touched and confirmed that the diary was not corroded, he took it up and turned over its pages .

Anfey's initial intention was to take a look and search for clues, but after taking the diary, he had no wish to put it back .

When Minos was still alive, he had used different means to get ahold of the treasures and the knowledge left behind by the ancients . His understanding of the rules, discernment of the world, foresight and insight were way beyond Saul's, and the others' . Although Minos had lost a large part of his memory, he was still able to train three master necromancers—that was the gap between the two .

Minos was only a man . He was not a god, and he had his restrictions, problems, and even fears . Anything could be written in the diary . Minos had used it to record his experiences and his perception of things, he had even used it as an outlet for his emotions . What Anfey could not agree with, was the loneliness . With Suzanna around, Anfey was not alone, but he was lonely!

Minos' loneliness was far beyond Anfey's . Minos did not have friends or enemies . His imaginary opponents were too powerful . Even if Minos could live a few hundred or thousand years more, he would not be able to beat them . This made him even lonelier .

Anfey was not simply cultivating the path, and neither was he practicing magic . The path that he was on had not been trodden by the ancients . Thus, he needed the experiences of the ancients . What Minos had written would be Anfey's spiritual food . He slowly sat on the chair and absorbed whatever he needed, trying to put them into memory .

No one could beat Anfey in terms of perseverance . Even if he were to compete with Saul on the hours that Saul spent in meditation, Anfey would have won . Anfey tirelessly read though the diaries, and as he read on, Minos' past life became vivid to him .

According to his deductions, Minos had a mental disorder . One side of Minos did not want to demean himself, whereas the other side would give up all that he had in order to obtain power . Caught between the struggles of the two different personalities, Minos' ideal became the deciding factor .

Minos' idea was to go against the gods . With his power and insight, he could feel the kekkai of God . He was not convinced, and he felt that the gods had treated men like animals . He wanted to fight back! What Hui Wei had said before originated from Minos .

It was a pity that Minos was getting weaker back then, and he was near his deathbed . Although he had laid off his servants and passed down a grave command, the Minos who wanted to gain power took over, suppressing the Minos who did not want to demean himself . Anfey did not know how the story ended . Probably, he had not reached the page yet, or it would never be recorded .

Moreover, Minos was capricious in his writings . Sometimes, he would sound vicious and cruel, and his writings were gruesome . At other times, he would sound graceful and full of compassion . He even pointed out that he was not in a good mental state, and that the best and only solution was to destroy himself .

Toward the back of the diary, Minos' writing style changed rapidly . This showed that his mental disorder was getting more serious .

After Minos wrote about his preparation of the magic array for his cremation, nothing more was recorded in the diary . Anfey closed the diary . Minos must have failed in his plan to cremate himself .

Spending a day in the mountains was the equivalent to a thousand years on earth . Anfey did not think that he had spent much time there . As he read through Minos' diary, he was searching for his own direction and inspiration . Suzanna, on the other hand, was waiting restlessly for him . She paced around, ate, and slept in the living room . She had thought of dashing down to search for Anfey, but she remembered his instructions and gave up on the idea .

When one went into a special state, the perception of time seemed to change . This could be an illusion . Anfey found that time had passed by too quickly, whereas Suzanna felt that time had passed too slowly .

The sun had set once again, and the moon had risen . A dark shadow floated into the living room . Golman gently removed his cloak and politely asked, "Madam, where is Sir Anfey?"

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