The Haunted Tower - Chapter 5

There it is: the first chapter with some real action facing our hero. Now that a strange group of bandits want to fight Eyodar, he will have to show why is he different from the other warriors that fought in Ashlaam before and died trying to defeat Lord Worroc, the ghost.

Chapter 5:
Time runs out

Eyodar drew his sword just some seconds after the bandits. He already knew that in that part of the city his sword could be very useful. He looked again at the group. There were seven enemies, and he was just one. However, he was a master swordsman, and usually one simple enemy wasn't enough to defeat him. Four members of the group got closer, and Eyodar thought it was time to begin the battle.
The closest member of the group died before he could do any damage to Eyodar. Now, he was going in the direction of the second one, that blocked his first attack, trying to counterattack next. But his counterattack didn't work, and then Eyodar finally got a chance to break trough his defenses. At the second try, it worked and another dead body felt to the ground.
Before the surrounded warrior could make a move, the two other men fighting him came closer and attacked togheder. He bloked the attacks, but when he was going to hit someone, they attacked again. His bloks were getting weaker as the bandits were using their numbers to attack him. He couldn't use his sword unless it was to defend an enemy attack!
Now, he was fighting against four bandits, and the only thing he did was to scratch one of them. They were pushing him to a wall, and if he didn't do something immediatly, he could die!
One of the bandits finally made a mistake and Eyodar grabbed the chance to hit him in the arm. But that wasn't a deadly strike, and the group finally made him hit a wall. Now, there was no escape!
He blocked the first attack. Then, the second. In the third, his sword nearly flew away. In the fourth, it did. Without protection, he saw a blade coming to his face.
Then, in less than a second, Eyodar remembered he had a dagger with him, drew it and slashed the air with a large arm movement, hitting the floor and letting the dagger fly out of his hand with the impact.
After a moment waiting for the sword to kill him, Eyodar looked up and saw four dead bodies in front of him. All of them had a very deep cut that was bleeding very fast.
So this is the power of the dagger... This weapon is more dangerous than what I thought. I'd better use it carefuly...
The last bandit wasn't there. He probably ran out of the battle when he saw the power of the dagger. He could be a very dangerous killer, but he wasn't that stupid to fight a man with magical weapons.
The rest of the path to the Red Fish had no problems, and Eyodar got there soon. However, when he finally got into his bedroom, a strange feeling invaded him. Something was wrong. Very wrong. Then, he realized: it was Jeryah!
Lord Worroc has probably began to kill the children of Thronkster, and Jeryah was in great danger! Now, there was no time left to walk on the streets of Ashlaam. If he really wanted to rescue his daughter, he needed to do it right now, otherwise it would be too late...