Rabst nudged the others to tell them not to move a muscle or make the slightest sound. In response, the boys held their breaths and froze like statues.
Steadily, the source of the sound got closer. After several tense moments, it turned a corner and came into sight, at least for Rabst, since he was the only one who could see in the darkness.
Rabst lunged at the lumpy, robed figure before it could see the group of students. But it reacted quickly and threw the lump that turned out to be a bag the size of human at Rabst.
Rabst gritted his teeth for a moment, but in the end, his humanity won out, and he caught the bag and spun around a full turn so as not to lose all his momentum before setting the bag down. He looked up and saw the rapidly vanishing back of the underworlder.
Without a moment's hesitation, Rabst chased after the underworlder.
