The mist started withdrawing and the men howling a while ago stopped as well. He looked at Tapiwa gratefully as if she was his savior and, without looking at the scholar, he started confessing.
Rather than keeping his mouth shut and losing his life, he would rather confess, and become a snitch and traitor if it means being alive at the end of it.
"We don't know who is behind all this. That evil scholar hired us four. We were supposed to make you lose everything first and during the trip, we were going to kill you!" he revealed everything without missing a beat.
When the other three heard that, they began to add their statements as well.
"The scholar and his friend who was supposed to be in Guche are the ones who know. Please ask him and let us live."
"We are sorry, we should have recognized your mighty!"
"Let us go, please!"
The men began to bawl their eyes out; the tears dripping on the ground near their chins making the place wet.
