"Who the hell are you guys?!"
The guards walked out from the hut, they moved their gaze around the place... The Bounty Hunters were all over the place, Meaning; their bodies were ripped apart, then tossed all over the place.
It was a bloody, and gruesome scene.
They moved their gazes back to the group, their eyes fixed on the girl sitting on a red throne.
The blonde hair girl smiled at the four, and asked;
"Where are the kids?"
The guards looked at one another and burst out laughing.
"Hahahahaha!! You are funny... Let's see, you came to the Forest with these four, to do what?"
"I think she's here for the kids... kid, We are all Heavenly-saints, there's no way a mage can match a warrior."
"Oh?" Lilly smiled, and added;
"Who told you that lie?"
She snapped her finger, two arrows flew above her, heading towards two of the guards.
The two quickly blocked the arrows with the surface of their swords.
"How dare you attack us?!!"
The two yelled in rage.
"That's just a distraction."
"Uh?"
Whoosh!!
Swoosh!!!!
Before the guards could turn around, two figures moved past them, cutting off the heads of the two guards behind them.
They both turned around in shock, seeing the headless bodies of their comrades falling to the ground.
The two subconsciously raised their heads above the tree, seeing a huge white eagle feeding on the head on its claws... Beside this eagle was a werewolf, with the head of their second comrade in hand.
"Weak." Lilly stood up, and walked towards the two, Kira, and her killers were following behind.
"You! Who are you?!"
"You are about to die, so I'll answer your question; My name is Lilly, princess of empire Terra."
Lilly snapped her fingers, freezing the two feet on the ground.
The guards looked at the ice holding their legs to the ground in shock, then yelled.
"Let us go!!"
Lilly smiled and walked past them, "Killing you two will only stain my hands... Take care of them."
"What?"
Whoosh!!
The two heads flew into the air, as Shadow and Venom walked past them, following behind their group.
The two remaining guards fell on the ground, dead.
Squeak!!
"You guys are back, I hope you brought the meat."
Zack turned his head to the door, and frowned slightly seeing Lilly, Kira and the three killers walking inside.
"Who are you, fools?!!"
Whoosh!!
Shadow appeared in front of him, pushed him in his seat, and placed a dagger on his neck.
"Don't kill him, I need him alive."
Shadow nodded, but his Blade was still on Zack's neck.
Zack looked at the group in Horror, so terrified to say or ask anything... He watched as Lilly walked up to the stunned kids, and removed the clothes on their mouths.
"You guys are really lucky your Mum accepted our offer." Lilly smiled at them.
[Forest Of Nightmare.]
[Three Hours later.]
BAM!!
Harold cut down the last Omega-stage Skeleton in front of him.
He looked around at the hundred of Skeletons he and his teammate had killed.
He then turned to his teammate, a Beast folk, with long green hair, and snake's pupil.
She walked towards him, her sledgehammer was placed on her shoulder.
"I thought you won't be able to take that one down, Royalties are always soft handed." She said, while still walking towards him.
Harold stared at her, and asked; "Am I worthy to know your name now?"
The girl who looks around 15 years old, stopped in front of him, her gaze fixed on his.
"No."
With that said, she turned around and walked away, only to came to a stop.
"Why are you here first Guardian? And even with the soldiers?"
The two looked at the soldiers in silver armors, these were the Academy's personal soldiers.
"You two did good, You killed a total of 125 Skeletons, your reward will be calculated."
A soldier flew towards them, and landed on the ground, he gave the two teleportation scroll.
"Use this to go back to the Academy, the rest are already back."
"The rest? But the test is still 6pm, we still have at least 3 hours."
"There are two Beast-Rulers in the forest, you can see our special soldiers are with us, So you see this is important."
The girl looked at him for some Seconds then sighed;
"I might be the strongest in my group, but I'm not strong enough to face a Beast-Ruler."
She tore the scroll, and vanished from the forest.
"Prince Harold?" The first Guardian stared at Harold in mild confusion.
"Is Jack and Angela back in the Academy?"
The Guardian thought for a moment and shook his head. "Don't worry, they'll be safe."
'Safe? Did something happen to them? If something happened to Jack, I'll be Happy, but not Angela.'
"Prince?"
'Shit, I have to go, don't worry Jack, if this forest didn't kill you, I will... You dare attack my father, you'll pay for that.'
He tore the scroll, and also vanished from the forest, leaving the guardian and soldiers behind.
"Now that all the kids are safe, we must look for Jack and Princess Angela, or Elder Kara will have our heads... You all know how she value the boy."
The soldiers nodded.
"The others are moving from the south, east, and west. We'll be taking the North."
Without hesitation, they all flew into the Forest.
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At the center of the forest;
Angela sat amidst the bodies of dead monsters, slowly absorbing their cores... Above then huge tree behind her, Aaron sat watching her, protean on his shoulder.
"Why are you letting her grow stronger? Is this also in your plan?"
"I need her to own me many favors, love and trust me beyond reasons... That's the only way I can hold her in my hand."
"But after you take over her kingdom, and reveal Emily is your love, she'll be angry... Or worse, even try to kill Emily."
"She'll be hurt and angry, that's understandable, but if she tries to harm Emily in any way, that day she'll leave this world... and besides... After her kingdom is mine, she'll be of no use to me."
Protean thought for a moment, and nodded;
"Ok... But those guys are coming, they're looking for both of you."
"I know, let them come." Aaron smiled.