Katari sends the boy back into the house, and hides in the basement saying that everything will be all right, even though the boy is very suspicious of it, and shouts to the thieves:

- Hey! You cowards, stop attacking defenseless people, or I'll finish you all!

All the thieves turn to him in anger, thinking of who that old man would be who dared to bother their ears. Behind all the thieves, someone speaks:

- Kill him.

After a few moments of silence, the rascals all left for Katari, shouting, cursing, and he stopped. They surrounded him ready to attack, jumped on him, but were thrown far away, flew. With one leg, he kicked them all away.

- They thought I was some old man, didn't they? Don't underestimate me.

One of the thieves, then he talks in amazement:

- Look... that fighting style... and that expression... is Katari the Storyteller!

- What?! - He shouted out the rest of them in chorus...

Soon the man who ordered them appears. A muscular man, about two meters tall, with great armor, bald, his left arm full of scars and burns, and his right arm busy holding a club with thorns. And he says:

- Haa, so you survived that fateful day.

- Luckily, but I survived. - He said a little panting that he had to defend himself from all those guys, because he was already very old - It's been a long time since we've seen each other, huh, Suji? But shouldn't you be the same age as me?

- Magic of rejuvenation, one of the benefits of serving Mistress Heca - said that enormous man, called Suji.

-Heca...

The big guy was shouting at the other thieves telling them to attack Katari, but everyone was paralyzed with fear. And that made Suji very angry:

- What was it? Are you afraid of that old man?

- But boss... - Said one of them

- No excuses!

And then he used his club to blow the head of this subordinate of yours, who fell to the ground dead. The others did not want to have that same end, so they left for Katari again, who, for the second time, threw everyone away and still said breathlessly:

- Looks like only these guys won't be able to stop me!

Then Suji told them to make room for him to pass, which they did immediately, without delay. And right after that he said:

- So I go against you, let's see who stands in the end.

OBS: I'M FROM BRAZIL, AND I'M NOT FLUENT IN ENGLISH, SO I USE WEB TRANSLATOR LIKE DEEPL AND MY MIND TO LEAVE THE CHAPTERS IN ENGLISH. IF THERE ARE GRAMMATICAL ERRORS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I APOLOGIZE