Hajin kept his footsteps light as he moved deeper into the alleyway, his thumb pressing firmly against the guard of his sword. The smell of rotting meat and sulfur grew stronger with every step, making the back of his throat burn.
'Is it that monster?' he thought, his eyes scanning the dark rooftops and narrow ledges lining the walls.
He was thinking about the monster that had nearly killed Princess Didi back in the forest. That creature possessed a suffocating, dense demonic energy that had almost crushed him just by being in the same area.
If that same monster had somehow tracked him here, right into the heart of the capital, things were not going to end well.
At the same time, a strange sense of anticipation flared up in his chest.
