The evening barely seemed to slow the city down, as the morning crowd was replaced by the late-night pub crawlers. The wind mage brushed by the crowds and tightened the scarf around his neck, making it snug to combat the chilling breezes
He stopped as a strange sensation crept up his spine. His eyes scanned the area, searching for something. It felt like a presence that moved in the dark corners around the people, but there were only people. He shook it off as jitters from years of being on edge serving in the rune knights.
The stirring of the nightlife wasn't something he preferred and slowly strolled further and further away from the city center. The crowds began to dwindle as he left the pubs behind.
Taking another corner, his eyes shot wide and narrowed in as a figure disappeared in the distance. Only one thing was certain about what he saw...bones. Rumors had spread throughout the guild and his old channels in the rune knights about a dangerous enemy. One whose essence was death walking. He wasn't sure he believed it...after all this time...HE resurfaced.
Kazimir sped his pace up to reach the figure that lurked away from the pathways of the living. Corner after corner he gave chase until finally, they came to a bridge then ran over a river cutting through the city.
The wind mage had to act now, while no one else was around the dim-lit bridge. He dashed through the air in the blink of an eye and landed on the other side of the bridge. His cloak ruffled in the breeze as he stood straight and faced down the lich.
"I see. We got a request to take down a lich. I almost didn't believe it. After all this time," he said and stared at the man with indifference. The wind changed course and blew past Kazimir, towards the lich. They had clashed before in the wild and then the undead warrior had left his friend Judith injured and limping. "If at all possible I'd rather arrest you," he remarked and stood still but ready. While the rune knights had disbanded, it was too engrained of a habit for him to stop, even though it rarely seemed to work.