[One Hour Later.]
"What happened?" Aaron slowly opened his eyes, the first thing he saw were blue eyes staring lovingly at him.
"Thank goodness you are awake." Angela smiled.
Aaron noticed he was still on her lap, and sat up. "Sorry."
"Uh?"
Angela tilted her head in confusion.
"I should be the one apologizing, You lost such a powerful familiar all because you tried to save me." She looked down at her lap with a guilty expression.
"Saving you is more important, and besides, I can get another familiar." He stood up.
"But?"
Angela looked up at him, not knowing what to say.
"I said it's ok, Come on."
Aaron offered her his hand. "We still have a test to pass, don't think too much about it, your life is more important than any familiar."
"Uh... Ok." Angela answered, still a little confused, She thought for a moment, and took his hand.
Aaron pulled her up from the ground, then looked around. "We'll have to take the other direction, we don't want to risk meeting that Beast-Ruler again."
"Jack..."
Angela held his hand, not letting go, her cheek red.
"Um... I want to say thank you, No one beside my family have risked their lives to save me, And for that, I'll do anything possible to repay you back... Anything."
She emphasized the word "Anything" hoping he understood her meaning, but Aaron just smiled brightly at her.
"It's ok, we are friends, and I can't stay back watching my friend get killed... I know I'll miss my familiar, but saving you is all that matters... Come on now."
Aaron smiled, slowly removed her hand from his, and walked away.
Angela watched his back for some moment, then followed behind.
'I don't think I'll be this calm losing such a powerful familiar, If I'm in his shoe, I don't think I'll ever speak to him again... But Jack is different, even with everything, he's still smiling like nothing happened... I made the right choice choosing him.' She thought.
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The Dean stopped above the forest, he looked around the expanse of green below him, and sighed deeply.
"I'd searched all the outer section, those two are nowhere to be found... It seems I need to venture deeper."
With a resolute determination, he flew further inside the forest.
"What do we have here?"
The Dean came to a stop, seeing a woman waiting for him, she was in a black armor, but he could clearly see she's not of any race, and most of all, the surrounding energy only showed one stage.
'A Beast-Ruler?!! I think I can reason with this one.' The Dean thought, and started;
"Good day, I'm looking for two kids, A silver hair boy, and a honey blonde hair girl... Have you seen them?"
'This woman is only at the mid-stage of the Beast-Ruler stage, I can match her.' He thought.
"Hmm... Are you referring to my meals?"
Modena asked with a smirk.
"--You can take care of her--" Your journey continues with empire
"--I can, but the second is a peak stage, I had to use the rune to its highest degree, which resulted to me vomiting blood... That Beast-Ruler... I couldn't see it clearly, but it looks familiar." The Dean said.
Kara sighed; "Give the order, all the children should be back before 3 pm... We need to keep an eye on our kind, and send some soldiers to try and kill those Beast-Rulers."
"What about we take the children and let them be, at least they won't be angry and attack our academy or any city."
"Wait Both of you!!" The Emperor yelled at them again.
"Are you saying my daughter is out there, in that forest! Where two Beast-Rulers are moving freely?!"
The two looked at each other, and nodded... Without a second to waste, he anxiously walked out of the Office.
"Send the soldiers and Guardians, Now!!"
"Yes, Yes!!"
The Dean nodded, and quickly moved away from the place.
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[300 miles from the Border of the Demons' Kingdom.]
A small hut was built inside the forest, which was heavily guarded by 20 Bounty Hunters, In this hut were two kids, tied to a chair, with their mouths sealed by a piece of cloth.
"Don't worry you two, All your mother need to do is accept my offer, and you two will be release."
Zack sat in front of the two, drinking tea, his right leg crossed on the other.
"Mmm!!"
"Oh? You want to say something?"
He gestured to the knight behind him, who nodded, walked to the girl who seems to be the oldest, and lowered the cloth on her mouth.
"You Wicked Man! Our mother will find us, and we'll see what'll happen to you then!!"
"Wow, what a sharp tongue you have there..." Zack sneered, placing the cup on the table beside him.
"Ok, If your mother refuses, we'll cut off your tongue and send it to her... I know seeing her daughter's tongue will change her mind... What do you guys think?"
"Messenger Zack is 100% right." The guard at the right said.
"Of course, I'm always right."
He relaxed on his seat with a please smile, while the guard covered the Girl's mouth again.
AWWWWOOOOO!!!!!
"What the hell is that?!"
Everyone in the room looked at the door and the only window in the hut in surprise.
"You didn't tell me there are wolves in this forest!!" Zack yelled at the guard.
"It's not possible, No animal can past through the formation I set around us." The guard at the left said, his face filled with confusion.
"Then that is no ordinary animal, Go out and look for it, Bring its meat here... It'll make a good snack."
"Yes!"
The four nodded, and walked towards the door, when they opened it, they froze in shock.
"WHAT THE BUTT?!!"