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The wagon moved slowly between two sloping dunes.
The false merchants had just begun to relax, their tense shoulders finally easing after hours of cautious travel, when the sand in front of the lead wagon exploded upward.
Nox stepped out of Phantom Cloak with Glacier's End already in his hand.
"Stop the wagons."
The escorts reacted fast, too fast for common merchants. Three drew hidden blades from beneath their robes in one smooth motion. Two began chanting fire spells without hesitation, flames gathering around their palms. The man at the front ripped off his headscarf, revealing a numbered badge sewn into his collar.
Number 47.
"Ambush!" he shouted. "Kill the captives first!"
