Wanted Criminal (16)

“I never thought I’d set foot in this place again.”

Kael muttered to himself. He didn’t miss it. People tended to grow attached to almost any place with enough time, but this place was far from the sort that inspired such feelings.

There was no time to indulge in sentiment.

He leaned against the wall and caught his breath for a moment. The pain inside his body remained. The disturbance at the market, the battle in the drainage channel, and the deal with Rust had all happened within a short span of time.

His initial purpose had been simple.

Delay Tradd.

Things moved too quickly on the surface for anyone to respond easily, but the underground levels were a different story.

At the very least, this space gave him an advantage over his opponent and made it difficult to move in large numbers. Besides, fighting in an unfamiliar place for the first time was quite difficult. Kael knew that well. That was why he had come here.

That alone had been meaningful.

But he had found something unexpected...