After jumping out of the window, Zich ran straight for a while and then climbed on top of a roof. He chased after the cloaked figures on the rooftops. It was not hard to catch up to them since they had to carry Snoc and his weight dragged them down.

When Zich was close to them, he shouted, “Hey! Why don’t we try talking for a bit? I have some unfinished business with that luggage you are carrying!”

Judging by their attitudes and based on his past experience, Zich could tell that they were doing something very suspicious. However, he wanted to try talking to them first as Lubella had advised him to do. 

Despite Zich’s goodwill, the cloaked figures took out their weapons.

Clang!

There was no need for Zich to pull out his sword. He intercepted a dagger in mid-air by pushing the air between them. The dagger spun around in a circle and Zich caught it while it was still spinning.

“You dropped this!”

Zich threw the dagger back at them after he put some mana into it. The strengthened dagger flew towards them with enormous speed.

“Ugh!”

The figure at the very back got hit by the dagger. The person let out a small scream and went rolling down the roof. The rest of the figures stopped moving and jumped down into...