Chapter 54：Old man (2/2)

I had finally caught up with the old man, the group of people wear still following him from a distance away. It was as if they were waiting for the right moment to attack.

The old man then did something unexpected, he had decided to walk down an alley in between two houses, where no people were present. it was as if the old man had a death wish. It was obvious that the group would use this moment to attack him.

As the old man entered the alleyway I too followed along on the roof. As I had expected, when the man had reached a decent distance into the alleyway, two people had blocked his path forcing him to turn. The man turned around and now two more stood to block him from retreating. He was trapped.

”I'm afraid you'll be coming with us old man.”

The old man looked around at the people surrounding him.

”I guess the rumours about the Dark guild infiltrating Avrion were true after all.”

For a second I thought I had misheard the old man, the Dark guild? I was confused. These people were clearly infected by the shadow plague. Was the Dark guild somehow related to the shadow plague or had the old man simply mistaken them for the Dark guild?

One of the men started to laugh.

”You guys are so clueless, the dark guild will soon take over Avrion and none of you will be able to stop it.”

”One against four, it will be tough, but I won't just give up without a fight.”

The old man sounded confident, but the aura coming off the four people were strong, at most he would be able to take down two and the old man didn't seem to be holding any weapons.

Although I wasn't confident in taking them down myself, I was confident in my black sash skills to escape if I was in trouble. The main thing I needed to do was hide my identity from them, in case they lived to see another day. I quickly took off my black sash and cut it in half, making it into one long strip similar to a scarf.

I wrapped the sash around my face covering my mouth and nose. I was wearing my black sash gear which included a hood so my hair was well covered.

I jumped from the roof of the building landing next to the old man.

”Why don't we try two against four?”