Assassin's Chronicle - Chapter 472

Chapter 472: Ambitious

Even though she was trying very hard not to breathe, she still inhaled some of the potion . Her chest slowly grew heavy and the heaviness slow spread to the rest of her body . She grunted, trying to fight against the feeling the potion brought upon her . Her body arched, as if enduring great pain .

Hesier was a mage and was Anthony’s advisor . He had a lot of relationships, but he had never found any woman as beautiful as Alice . He reached out with a hand, wanting to grab Alice’s shoulder .

Alice’s body began shaking . She was shaking only because she was in great pain . Even a situation like this did not dull her mind . She knew what Hesier’s potion was, and she knew she must remain conscious in order to keep the potion’s effects from taking over . She bit down hard on her tongue, hoping the pain would keep her awake . When the pain wasn’t enough, she bit herself again and again . Blood seeped through her pursed lips .

Alice knew that she was on her own . The only way she could get through this was to be strong . Her tongue was burning with pain, but she had no other choice . She had to stay conscious . She did not want to give up now .

Hesier laughed . He knew that Alice was only an apprentice mage and did not worry . He walked up to Alice and untied her .

Alice was shaking even harder without the ropes restricting her movements . She wrapped her arms around herself and was shaking violently .

Hesier knew his time was limited . He grabbed Alice’s leg, dragging her closer to him . Alice clenched her teeth and curled up tighter . Hesier spotted a dagger hidden under Alice’s dress, but he trusted the potion was potent enough to make Alice forget about using the dagger .

Before Hesier could do anything, he suddenly felt a sharp pain and his entire body numbed .

Anfey had given the dagger to Hui Wei to give to Alice . Even though it found its way to Entos first, it eventually ended up in Alice’s hands . At that moment, it was the dagger that saved Alice .

The dagger’s numbing effect was not as powerful as before, but it was enough to numb Hesier . Alice cried out and pushed Hesier off of her . She gripped the dagger in her hand and slashed at him .

Alice had never practiced with the dagger, and it was difficult for her to control the weapon, but she did not care . As long as it keep Hesier away, it was good enough .

She brought the dagger down on Hesier’s face, slamming it into his eye socket . Hesier opened his mouth, but could not make a sound . Even if he could, no one would hear him . The two guards he had were outside, and he had set up a magic barrier so no one would hear anything . The guards couldn’t see or hear anything that was happening inside .

Alice did not care how precious the magic dagger was . She ripped the dagger out and slashed at Hesier’s face . Blood sprayed onto her face and body, but she did not care .

As Hesier died, the magic barrier he set up disappeared as well . Alice took a deep breath and stumbled to the ground . "Help!" she screamed .

Shinbela was responsible for Alice’s safety that night . She had been very busy during the day and had taken a nap after her shift, which was why she was late . She learned that Alice was talking with a mage from Glory mercenary group after she arrived and it did not worry her . Until she heard the scream .

If it had been Christian or Zubin or the other mages, they might have hesitated and tried to make sure they did not make a mistake . Shinbela, however, was a swordsmaster . Her reflexes were very fast, and responding to screams was second nature to her . As soon as she heard Alice’s scream, she kicked down the door .

Inside, Alice was huddled on the ground, half naked . A man with a bloody face was lying on the ground next to her . Two swordsmen were standing around her with their swords out .

Shinbela lunged towards Alice and grabbed her before the swordsmen’s swords could reach other . She dashed towards the door with Alice . The swordsmen’s swords left two long gashes on her back .

She quickly determined that the two were intermediate swordsmasters . She waved her sword angrily and bright sword radiance enveloped the two swordsmasters .

Scarlet’s plan was a good one, because the League was still young and unstable . Now was the best time to kill Alice . However, Scarlet was too ambitious . She wanted to kill Alice and cause conflict between Anfey and Anthony . She wanted to get Nishieva involved, because she knew that it would be difficult for Anfey to punish her without angering Anthony and David . However, Nishieva had a different plan .

If Scarlet and Nishieva had agreed on a single plan, then Alice would have been dead .

Anfey and Suzanna were already away from the city when they felt a strong surge of magic . The two looked out of the carriage’s window just in time to see a fiery cloud rise above White Mountain City .

Recognizing the distress signal, Anfey and Suzanna glanced at each other, then jumped out of the carriage and dashed back towards the city .

By the time they reached the city, Christian and Zubin were already waiting for them . "What happened?" Anfey asked with a deep frown .

"Assassination attempt on Alice," Christian said, looking at Anfey and Suzanna . "Zubin will take you to Alice, Anfey . Suzanna, can you come with me?"

Suzanna and Anfey’s eyes widened . They had just left the city . "Those people went that way?" Anfey asked angrily .

"Suzanna and I will take care of it," Christian said hurriedly . He rose into the air and streaked away . Suzanna glanced at Anfey and left with Christian .

"What happened, exactly?" Anfey asked Zubin . He felt something was off with Christian .

"There was an assassination attempt on Alice," Zubin said . "Don’t worry, though . She’s safe now . Someone fed her some aphrodisiac . Warner and Hagan have been treating her and said it won’t cause lasting damage . She will be fine in no time . "

"Was she injured?" Anfey asked . He was very anxious because he knew how important Alice was to the League . The League could run smoothly as long as Alice was there to take care of everything .

"She almost bit her tongue off," Zubin said . "She did it herself . Other than that, she is fine . "

"Christian…" Anfey started, then sighed . "They’ll be fine, I’m sure . Come on, I want to see Alice . "