Chapter 117: To choose a path

Thos urged his horse to go faster.

 The damning letter was in his saddlebags. The angel Penemue was guiding him to Zhao Xin Town, where Nikola of Troy was. In the last moment, Thos made his horse stop before a pile of leaves. It was winter and snow blanketed the earth. So, where did these leaves come from?

Getting off his horse, the boy of eight years bends down and threw a stone at the leaves. A net sprung up and shot to the treetops. It could have made his horse to fall. It could have startled it.

Thos looked ahead for any more traps. Something metallic glinted in the snow. Moving closer, Thos found it was a bear trap.

Cursing, Thos went back to his horse and took everything he could from the saddlebags. Then he set the horse free. He must be close to Zhao Xin Town if there were hunter traps. The town was besieged, and the people must be hunting in secret to supply it with food.