Chapter 5
-Escape!-
The figure stepped inside and quickly dispatched another archer by stabbing a hidden blade into his neck By this point the archers had regained their senses and were aiming for the figure, but Altair began to throw his own knives at them, and after a couple of seconds the figure joined in. In 7 seconds all their knives had been thrown, but most of the archers were dead and the few that remained were fleeing. "Cowards!!" Aluam shouted after them. Altair turned towards Aluam "It is you who is the coward, hiding behind your men like that, why don't come down and fight me yourself" Altai's words had an air of confidence about them, but Aluam failed to noticed this, and replied whilst laughing " You think that just because you can assassinate a senator or two, you can defeat me!! HA" he made a signal with his hand and several swordsmen appeared on the lower level, where Altair stood "besides, I still have many more men at my disposal" before they could reach him Altair quickly scaled the wall and jumped onto the upper balcony "let's go" he said to the figure, he nodded in return and they turned and fled out the window.
Once outside he noticed that the figure was, in fact, the Creed assassin that had approached him earlier. Not surprising really. "Well, I suppose you still want me to come back" he said "Well, you do need to lay low for awhile, the Creed would be a great place to go" the assassin said smugly, "I can hide from petty thieves" Altair replied, pretending to be half-insulted. "Yes, but this isn't just a petty thief or two, Aluam heads the largest criminal empire for miles, admit it you need our help" he said triumphantly, Altair sighed, as much as he didn't want to admit it, it was true, he needed the Creed's help "very well, but we have to stop by my apartment before we leave, there are a few, er, items that I need to grab" "HA" Laughed the assassin "You think I'm stupid? Besides, Aluam's men will be looking for you" Altair sighed "fine" He didn't really need to grab anything anyways, he was just hoping to stall for a bit. But as he looked through the city gate they were approaching he couldn't help but feel a bit relieved that he could finally go back.