The soldier gritted his teeth in anger, and was about to raise his sword against Elena when someone dropped behind him from the carriage roof. The soldier holding Elena's ropes pointed behind him in shock, stepping back as he trembled. The soldier who was going to attack Elena turned around slowly—his eyes widened as they met with an owl-masked stranger who was dressed completely in black. His black owl mask held golden patterns along the sides, and his cloak billowed in the desert wind.
The soldier was about to raise his sword against the cloaked person when he suddenly felt a dagger pierce through his chest. He dropped to his knees as he felt his life slowly seeping away through the bleeding hole in his chest, and soon he fell on the sand lifeless.
The other soldier, shocked by
