Aether chuckled, clenching his blade. "Eight against two isn't fair, you know? Why don't six of you leave?" The men laughed as they approached them from all sides. Aether and Elise moved towards the center of the circle, sitting back to back.
"Looks like we've had our luck, boys," one of the men said, who was probably their leader. But really, he couldn't figure out the difference between all of them, since they were all wearing the same clothes that covered most of their bodies.
"We've got two Readers with big bounties; tonight will be a feast." They screamed in excitement as they took their weapons out... To his surprise, they varied, from longblades to spears and daggers; it looked as if every last one of them had a different weapon, making it harder to adapt...
Which was probably why this was.
He frowned, waiting with Raven in his hand, as Elise summoned a flower, whose petals started to fall on the ground, preparing to be used in the battle.
