CHAPTER 9
HIDDEN POWERS
Within an open field, edging toward the forest bordering the Fourth Mountain’s humble beginnings, seven corpses were strewn about as scent of blood pervaded the air, perverting it to its core. Besides the occasional howl of the wind, only silence remained, giving birth to strange, serene scenery. It has been nearly half an hour since Lino, the girl and the old man departed, when a black shadow suddenly emerged from the trees of the nearby forest. After it, ten more shadows followed, until eleven people were standing around the corpses, their expressions grim, especially that of the leading figure.
He appeared to be in his mid-forties, his jaw squared and firm, nose wide, and eyes narrow and sinister. Hair gelled back, he appeared like a strange form of an eagl
