Vol 1 Chapter 2 (1/2)

Siren’s Tears

When Ellen walked out of the bar, it couldn’t be said that his condition was good, but at least he walked out by himself In comparison to those that were carried out, or like the drunkards leaning against the wall vo, he could be considered relatively sober

The door to the pub closed behind hi was silent

The curfew during the wartiht, the lower city belonged to the burglars, thieves, murderers and blackabout here

Moonlight ca on the ancient streets But the sht, hiding theht vision, could not see completely within

Don’t co

Then in that darkness, soer and looked in that direction

In threes and twos, a group of people came out The elf released his breath

They were h more than half were unknown to him, most of them could be considered familiar faces A few of theether

The leader was a bandit, see, then turned in another direction

Probably returning to the Inn after aten paces or so behind them

The Inn was sinboard But since that was the only place in the lower city that accepted mercenary boarders, there was a silent consensus, to call it “The Mercenary’s Home” The story was that the oas saved by a mercenary in his youth, so he was happy to accept people ere considered vagrants and thugs in the nor to pay a rooher than that of a normal person’s

“The Mercenary’s Horoup of buildings surrounded by high walls The story goes that it was refitted fro facility, thus it was far away froe empty field

That field had been used to house refugees from all over, but since the as over, they had all been sent back

Now all that was left were all sorts of crudely shaped lean-tos, which had yet to be dismantled

Between the various tents, was a seable to pass through

Since stepping onto that field, Ellen had felt a strange atmosphere Perhaps it was simply the effect of alcohol, or perhaps it was because this is the first time he had ever returned this late, or perhaps it was because…

Yes, it was the silence

A group of ear, needn’t worry about so trouble, so there was absolutely no reason for the and joking loudly, but not one of the

–As if they were not on their way home, but in the middle of a mission

Ellen lifted his head, finally confir the source of his suspicion

–The numbers were different

A group that started off with around ten or so people; now there was only four, walking in front of him: a warrior, two bandits, and an archer

Ellen could al, were mostly archers

Naturally they aren’t reallyto sneak behind; prevent the prey fro

Not a bad trap Unfortunately once the “prey” realizes this, it would be pointless

The elf’s lips lifted in asmile, silently bent down, and disappeared behind one of the tents

The first to notice so, was one of the bandits

When he looked back, he found that the elf was no longer following behind theently

From afar Ellen watched as the four stopped, talked for athe way they came

Too bad they were not stupid enough to search separately, Ellen thought with a little regret –Since one versus four is still a little tiring

As the four painfully searched for their prey, Ellen had already found two of the hidden archers, and dealt with the that he successfully snuck behind the four

The last roup was a warrior He felt like cursing They spent the whole day searching the streets for that da in the bar, and now…

The warrior thren his hel to find the drunk elf passed out on some roadside

“Looking for me?”

Reflexively the warrior turned his head around, elco him across the nose, the pain made his eyes water It was followed by another blow, to the back of his head He dropped, ar in the muddy road

The two bandits and the reht line, facing their opponent

Thus the few archers still in hiding, even if they wanted to help, they would find the only barrier between theet would be their three coed attacks and run to the front to help, or choose the easy way out: casually release an arrow or two, then pretend to die to one side

–They chose the latter option