Chapter 292 - Struggle

"What are you talking about, you hag?! Just look around, my men have surrounded y-" The words stuck in him as soon as he turned to the side to glance at the obscure, shadowy corner to the left of the elder. 

His dagger-wielding lackey that should have been stationed there were nowhere to be found. Confusion and surprise morphed his expressive face still hidden under the cover of his hood, he nervously darted to the right side where the other one should be waiting for his command to ambush. 

However, just as before, there was no one stationed on the spot, the corner where he planted his second dagger holder was nowhere to be found.

"What the-" He cursed, as the surprise he had before began to transform into shock. Soon nervousness and fright began to surface, adding further to the complexity of emotions that began to trouble him.