Pursuit of the Sun 1.2

The sheriff is waiting for them, wrapped in two cloaks and leisurely smoking in the same place where they separated.
-- Hmm, almost all of them are still alive, -- the puffs of smoke hid his face as he said this. -- Report.

Voldemar thought for a moment and decided to agree with Arno and Raul (and with himself as well) and not hide anything about the "bald one."

- The gang was holed up in a dungeon near the house. There were a total of... 15 of them, including the leader. The passage is blocked by traps. Both mobile and stationary.
- Mostly riffraff with knives and clubs, but there were also seasoned warriors with crossbows, spears, and axes...
- The leader is an abomination, damn it... I've heard a little about them. Now I've seen it with my own eyes... The guys were hacking at her, - he nods at Rigobert and the "young one," - and she didn't even flinch. She heals herself on the spot! I had to "put her down"...
- I heard that they "play" with cold. But this one was somehow special. She specialized in witchcraft. She almost drove me crazy. Thank the guys for figuring out what was going on...
- This one, - he nods at the witch, - is apparently the "right hand." She was the one who escaped last time. Maybe she's an "apprentice," I don't know... Be careful with her, she's barely alive... She should be taken to a doctor first, and then we can "shake" the "whole truth" out of her... She's the only one alive out of those who were in the "bunker."

- There was another one... The bald bastard... He was in the house and, judging by everything, was waiting for us. He was the one who told us where to find them. He looks like this. I don't know who he was to them, but he looked like someone who was disappointed in something.
- I decided not to touch him until we figure out what's going on, and "after everything," he disappeared.
- I don't know if I did the right thing, but... First, if he's a human, he won't go anywhere, especially if we put out a warrant for his arrest. And if he's also an abomination, and I have reason to suspect that he is, then I don't know how it would have ended if we had "gone after" him. If anything, we have a "tongue" that we can "shake down"... In any case, it was my decision, the guys were just following orders...

- Two of yours are dead - one was taken down by a crossbowman in the dungeon, the other by an axe. Four more were injured. Our doctor had to bring two of them back from the brink. And one of ours too...