### 77

You follow the alleyway to the rear of the saddle-maker’s shop where six passages converge from different directions. Here you rely upon your Magnakai Pathsmanship skills to find the one that leads back to Flank Street. The cavalry troopers are dismounting, and you can also hear foot soldiers marching at the double along Cillan Square; they have been sent by Vandyan to assist in hunting you down. They rush into the alleyway in hot pursuit but they quickly lose your trail upon entering the maze of passages that lie beyond.

You retrace your route through the passages and, as you turn the final corner, you are relieved to see that the alleyway behind Hulsta and Delissa’s shop is empty of troops.

Turn to 287.