The Boss

"Come on, speak," Bodrick said. "Tell me where the boss is, or I'll have to torture all 3 of you."

"The boss is not here," Kepli shouted while grunting in pain. Bodrick was still stepping on his ribs which were starting to hurt by now.

Carlos looked at what was going on in surprise. Was Kepli protecting the boss? Was he not in on it as well?

As he thought, he looked toward where the boss was. The curtain had disappeared and beyond it lay nothing. There was no sign of any human there at all.

Let alone a human, there wasn't even any essence on that side of the room. 

'Where's the boss?' he thought.

"We need to leave," Ning said softly. "After they kill him, they will come after us."

"Oh, we're coming after you no matter what," the man with the staff spoke as he turned toward Ning.

Ning frowned when he realized that he had been heard. 'Just how good do their senses get?' he thought.