Darkness and Hope

Instead of reading the message, Angor found the head of the broken corpse and removed the hood covering it, while bearing the stink of blood.

Just as he thought, it was not Saka's corpse. He killed a total stranger.

He checked through the other corpses without finding anything useful. He only took several random objects, including some money pouches, from Naru and his partners.

He put the money away and proceeded to burn the bodies up.

Several apprentices walking past by saw his action, but no one spared the effort to care. Those who were going through this path all tried to avoid the "crime scene" by taking a small detour.

Just like how it was within Tree Spirit Garden. Every apprentice had learned to avoid "unnecessary trouble".

Angor waited until the bodies turned into bone chips before leaving. The moon was already high in the air.