Assassin's Chronicle - Chapter 168

Chapter 168

Chapter 168: Surprise Finds

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

"There is no hope of fixing it?" Suzanna asked quickly after learning that it was magic armor . She already had armor, but Anfey did not . Anfey’s magic badge was only for show, and whenever he was in danger, he relied on hand-to-hand combat . Her armor was custom made for her and was too small for Anfey, or else she would have been bugging him about wearing it long ago . Hearing that there was a suit of armor, she got excited .

"Magic armor is living armor . You cannot bring back the dead . My hands are tied," Hagan shook his head and told Suzanna .

"There is no way?" Suzanna did not want to give up .

"No . " Hagan glanced at Suzanna and frowned . "Suzanna, you already have magic armor . Do you not like it? Do you want me to make you a new one? We don’t have any materials right now, though . I will keep an eye out . "

"No, no . I really like the armor you made," Suzanna explained hurriedly .

"Suzanna, you don't have to hold back . I know I am just a normal alchemist, and I can’t add powerful spells to your armor, but I am doing my best . Trust me, one day I will be more than just a normal alchemist . One day I will make armor better than any other . "

"I really do like your armor, Hagan, trust me . " Suzanna did not know what to say, but she did not want to tell everyone what she was really thinking about .

"I think," Hagan said with a smile . He did not believe Suzanna’s explanation, and believed that she was trying to make the situation less awkward for him . Hagan was determined to work harder and improve himself . This way, he could help the team more .

"Can you fix the books?" Anfey asked .

"Books?" Hagan glanced at the other chest . He ran his hand over the paper and said, "I can try, but I promise nothing . "

"Good . I will send the chest to your place . I’m worried that moving it could damage it, though . "

"Leave it to me," Hagan promised .

"What kind of book is it?" Hui Wei asked .

"Are you a paladin or a minstrel?" Anfey smiled and joked . "What can you tell?"

"The decoration is clearly werewolf style . "

"Obviously . "

"If Hagan could fix them, I could tell you what it is . "

"Nobody move and everyone hold your breath," Hagan said . He pulled out a bottle of potion and dropped some onto the books . The light blue potion turned into thousands of blue sparks and enveloped the books . After the blue sparks disappeared, the books were a light grey color . Hagan tapped the books and smiled . "It’s petrified," he explained . "I will clean away the potion after it’s at my place . "

"It’s a petrifying potion?" Anfey asked, shocked . He knew about petrifying magic from books, but the spell was lost during the Holy War . Petrifying magic was the most powerful spell behind earth magic’s forbidden spells, but it was much more dangerous than the forbidden spell . If one side of the fight was turned to stone, then the outcome would obvious .

"Yes . "

"Why didn’t you tell me? If we have petrifying potion, can’t we just turn all of our opponents into stone?"

Hui Wei chuckled . He knew he shouldn’t, but every time he heard Anfey talking about magic, he could not control his laughter .

"Is that possible?" Hagan asked .

"Is it not?" Anfey asked . He already knew that he had proposed a stupid plan when he heard Hui Wei’s laugh, but he was not embarrassed . He needed to find out why . If he was embarrassed whenever someone laugh at him, he would not achieve anything .

"Living things are different from nonliving things . It could turn a person into stone, but you have to trick them into drinking at least a dozen bottles . For someone who is resistant to magic, a whole barrel might not work . "

"They will have a killer stomachache," Hui Wei said .

"Stop it," Anfey said . "Hagan, let’s go look at the other things . "

Hagan glanced around and found the magic beast bones . He walked over slowly . Hui Wei got to make a jab at Anfey, and was already satisfied . He looked up and stopped suddenly . He hurried to the exit and climbed up .

The stone that covered the exit was a stone slab that looked like stone and gold at the same time . Christian and Anfey did not notice, but Hui Wei saw a corner of the stone and thought there were some runes carved into the back .

Hui Wei poked his head out and lifted the stone slab . He was right . There was a very complicated magic array carved into the back of the slab . A piece of dull magic crystal was inserted into the middle of the array . There were no more magical surges, and as Hui Wei touched the crystal, it fell to the ground and shattered .

Hui Wei climbed out and observed the stone slab carefully . "Guys!" He called as he began pushing the slab into the cave .

"Is that an array?" Anfey asked as he saw the carvings on the slab .

"It is, but I don’t know what it is . Christian, do you know?" Hui Wei jumped down .

Christian walked over and stared at the carving . "I have never seen one like this . Where did you find it?"

"Flip it over," Hui Wei said, frowning . "I didn’t know werewolves knew how to use arrays like this . "

Christian flipped the slab over and immediately recognized it and what the array was used for .

"This is where the crystal was, right?" Anfey asked .

"Where is the crystal?" Christian asked as he placed the stone slab on the ground .

"It fell and broke . "

"Guess what part of the body this came from . " Hagan walked over holding a piece of bone about a foot long and as thick as a child’s forearm .

"Let me see," Anfey said . Hagan handed the bone over .

"Is it a femur?" Christian asked . He had never heard Hagan so excited, and looked over to see what had happened . Hui Wei, on the other hand, was still observing the array . Hui Wei was like a grave robber . He was interested in things that had historical value, not bones .

"No . Look here, it’s sharp . " Hagan pointed to the tip of the bone and said . "If I’m not mistaken, this is a creature’s phalanx . "

"Phalanx?" Anfey asked in shock . If one of the fingers or toes was over a foot long, how big was the creature?

"Can you tell what it was from?" Christian asked .

"Not right now," Hagan said, shaking his head . "We have to keep these bones . I feel like we are onto something here . This can’t be a normal magic beast . "

"I can’t feel any magic surges on this bone, though . "

"Human sensation can often fool you," Hagan said confidently . "Trust me . I will surprise you in no time . "

"Hagan, come here . Look at what I found," Hui Wei said slowly .

Hagan turned and one glance was all it took for him to jump up . "Is this a gangstone?"

"You’re right . "

"This big? It’s impossible . " Christian crouched down and began observing the stone slab again .

Anfey stood there and waited for the other’s comments . He only knew about the existence of these precious minerals, but he did not know the exact value . He had no place in this conversation .

Christian looked like he wasn’t familiar with the stone, either . "If this is really gangstone, then we will have…"

"A portable transmission portal," Hui Wei finished his sentence . "As long as we have enough crystals, we can use the portal anytime . "

"But we don’t know what kind of portal this is," Christian said with a sigh .

"It’s easy . We just need an experiment . Anfey gave me a lot of crystals a few days ago," Hagan said .

"We can't do anything before we find ways to turn it on and off," Hui Wei said and shook his head . "What if it attacks when we try to use it? What would we do then? Wait a few hundred years for the crystal’s power to dry up? Or activate it so the crystal dries up faster?"