Unknown to the group several of the wounded and dead's blood began to become a blood mist as it was drained from their bodies.
Many of them began to weaken at a fast rate as their wounds were exposed and then gradually shrivelled up within the smoke.
As they died they tried to voice out their concerns and need for help but in the end could not overcome their struggle and received no help as their allies walked over their dead bodies to escape.
Several banging noises were heard within the cave as if something was being struck and then stopped and continued in other places.
Ki backed away from the path that was blocking the groups exit and retreated and began to put into action the next stage of the attack.
She looked at the thin cave walls that only allowed one or two people to pass through at once and coldly smiled. 'I cannot use my sword in this environment as most of my sword swings would be obstructed. Then I can either thrust it towards my enemy or pick a different weapon with a shorter blade."
She looked down at the throwing knives strapped to her thigh and then smiled while surveying her surroundings.
A group of people pushed forward back into the several pathways within the cave that lead towards the exit.
One man was pushed forward by those behind them but all of a sudden he felt something cut at his waist and continued to go deeper as he was pushed forward.
As the strings cut into internal organs he coughed up a mouth full of blood and tried to turn to yell to stop but all of a sudden the force increased and his body was almost completely severed by the string.
Several people suffered the same fate within the cave paths as Ki had set up several string traps that were either hammered into the cave wall connected to a metal spike or tied to a part of the cave walls.
Meanwhile blood mists continued to gather within the places that the bandits had been wounded or killed.
Their casualties quickly increased without them knowing who their enemy was or even coming into contact with them.
Most of them were also obstructed from using their primary weapons within the confined environment so they could only use their fists or smaller weapons to fight back until they reached the outside of the cave.
In another location a figure walked along a cave pathway cautiously until they heard a noise so they stopped in place.
They turned to the location of the sound and carefully approached and saw a hole in the wall.
All of a sudden something pierced through the hole in the wall and entered their chest just above their heart.
On the other side of the wall was another pathway where Ki had stood silently waiting for someone to pass by and exploit this hole.
As the enemy approached she had her sword ready to pierce through the hole and harm anything on the other side.
She knocked on the rocky wall to create a sound to lure them close enough so her sword thrust could wound or kill them.
After completing her task she silently removed her sword and placed it back in its sheath then continued on her way closer towards the exit after placing down another trap.
A little more time passed and two people continued down towards the exit and got a little closer to escaping.
They began to feel some hope after seeing the moonlight shining outside the cave so they somewhat lost their caution.
As they passed by a small part of the rocky walls they did not carefully check behind every small or big rock or gap on the walls.
The first person walked forward to the exit and passed by a small crevice within the walls.
As the person not too far behind walked past a hand stretched out of the crevice and covered their mouth and a knife entered the side of their neck.
The body was carefully and silently lowered to the ground and dragged and dropped into the crevice and then the head scarf the man was wearing along with a baggy top was quickly removed from their body.
In a few short moments Ki had already caught up to the footsteps of the man in front after wrapping up her face and putting on the top.
In the poorly lit cave the man turned around to look at their ally and sighed with relief after seeing the same clothes they had worn previously but as the figure got closer they noticed a strangeness about their companion. "You.. your not.."
He didn't even have enough time to finish his words or counter attack before a throwing knife was already thrown through the air covering the short distance between the two of them.
Before he could even let out a wail of pain another knife was stabbed into his body as Ki had gotten close enough to attack him.
Just as she had finished killing her targets her ear twitched as she picked up on footsteps approaching.
She didn't even look behind her and removed the bow once more and aimed the final arrow and fired to the location of the footsteps.
A sudden scream came from behind her as she continued to listen for any more footsteps.
Blood mists began to travel through the pathways within the cave towards the exit where she stood and were absorbed into her runic patterns before they faded once more.
She turned her head back towards the figure that had his shoulder embedded to the cave wall and then exited the cave. "Empty out anything you find within the cave. If you meet any that are still alive kill them but if they seem important capture them and begin interrogation. A group like this must have a place to stash their loot so get the information from their mouths."
The chances of there being anyone left alive was very low but Ki did not wish to take any chances so while she kept the man who was embedded on the wall alive she kept an ear out for any signs of life within the cave.
Any group like this one would have a secret stash to keep their loot they had gained from many successful times plundering from others.
Even if the stash was not found within the cave it would be stored somewhere close so Ki left on person alive for her people to capture and torture.
She looked at the several people that had followed her back into the cave as she took the lead.
Ki began to check for other survivors while removing her traps to allow her people to search the rest of the cave.
It wasn't long before they found all of the food, drink, different forms of metal coins, tiles or bars and jewels that were stashed away by the bandit group.
Anything useful or of value was quickly stored within the carriages but anything deemed useless was left behind for anyone that discovered the cave at a later date.
The bodies were burned on the roadside and then whatever remained was buried, the group that travelled with Ki managed to avoid another threat and had another peaceful nights sleep.