Chapter 17

Chapter 17 – Boat People (2)

It was hard to see through the heavy downpour in the dark. However, Chi-Woo could tell that there were about seven or eight people surrounding him. Every single one of them was wearing a dark robe with their hoods pressed down to conceal their faces. After a momentary silence, the one who was holding Ru Hiana spoke.

“Are you guys the new heroes who came this time?” The person had a low, husky voice. “Since the most recent ones were from the sixth recruitment…I guess you’re from the seventh recruitment.” It seemed the person knew their identities.

“Who are you?” the long-headed man asked quickly but calmly.

“Ah, I’m right then. How lucky. I found four at once.” The woman sounded quite relieved.

“Can we take your refusal to tell us your identities to mean that you are our enemies?”

“Aren’t you quite the impatient one?” another robed figure said snarkily, prompting ripples of chuckles from his other companions.