Chapter 6. Plan.

- Rick, Eros, Roni, take care of yourself, - Lily said with tears in her eyes.

- Of course we will survive and come back, - Rick answered confidently, - Have I ever lied to you?

- I will pray for you, please, come back alive, - having closed the tree trunk, only three people remained in the clearing.

- What are the chances for our victory? - moving away from the tree, asked Eros, - I do not know the exact level of power of these five.

- Nulls, - Roni replied in a bleak voice.

- As I thought, - the titan said with a heavy sigh, - Then we have only one chance to win.

- M?

- It's knocking them out one at a time.

- One at a time, but how?

- Play on their self-confidence!

- Overconfidence?

- Yes, - Eros nodded, looking at both, - Most likely, they will consider me the most dangerous enemy, after what I showed and that I was able to kill the master, you are small fry.

- Um... We are not weaklings...

- You are weak and I am weak, and after I have been wounded, I will be worse than you.

- And what do you mean, "play on their self-confidence"? Roni asked.

- I think that four magicians will be sent against me at once, and the last one will attack you and you will have to defeat him, in any way.

- I think I understand, - said Rick thoughtfully, - You want us to distract and kill one enemy at a time, while you distract the rest, right?

- Yes, and I understand that it will be very difficult for you, but there is no other choice, - he said with a sigh, - If we attack together, we will simply lose quickly, and now time and territory are playing in our favor. We have at least another hour, if not two, to prepare for their arrival.

- You're right, - Roni nodded, - Then let's get started.

An hour and a half later, they were already on full alert. Eros sat leaning against a tree with his eyes closed, preparing for what might be the final battle. He restored the lost magic power, which during the journey was automatically spent increasing the regeneration. Roni and Rick were looking around, expecting a surprise attack ...

~ Rustle

Five people appeared in front of them, one woman and four men, wearing similar dark blue robes with a red pattern running along the chest.

- Oh, where are the kids? - With glee in her voice, asked the woman, with long blue hair, full lips and a neat little nose. She could be described with only one word "beauty", especially her long legs and large breasts stood out, - Tell your older sister and then she will kill you quickly, and if you lie, then the little sister will be offended by you.

- Aunt, we don't know where they are, - Rick replied with a shrug.

- T-aunt ?! WHERE ARE YOU SEE THIS AUNT A LITTLE NON-YEAR! - With fury she exclaimed, taking a step forward, but she was stopped by a man standing in front, with short gray hair and a pale complexion.

- Calm down Melinda, they just want to piss you off, - he said in an emotionless voice.

- But... HE DARE TO CALL ME AUNTES! YOU HEARD?!

- Shut up already, - and no longer paying attention to the noisy partner, he turned his gaze to the three of them, - You have come a long way, but this is where your escape ends and you have only two ways, it is to quietly return to the guild or die here , and we will find the rest of the children and kill them in the same way.

- We choose the third one.

- The third?

- Yes, - Eros grinned, looking at Rick and Roni, - We will kill you and leave together.

- If so, then you and I have nothing more to talk about.

- And there is.

Melinda, Wolfe, kill those two, and leave this one with red hair to us.

- So they won't underestimate us, well, it's sad, - thought Eros, and looking at his partners, - Plan number two.

- Yes, - both nodded gravely.

- Try to quickly cope with them, three at once I cannot overcome.

- Well, the main thing is to survive, we will try to return very quickly! Roni said in a serious voice.

Both turned their backs to each other and ran in different directions, simultaneously releasing balls of fire, setting fire to the forest.

- SMALL WITH LONG TONGUE MY! - the woman exclaimed with anger and a green magic circle lit up under her feet and she disappeared, in the place where she had stood before, there were only small swirls of air.

- As you want, - a bass voice sounded from a two-meter man with dark short hair, covered eyes and a scar on his chin. A brown magic circle appeared below him and he plunged into the ground.

"The magician of the earth and the wind! Worse opponents for the mage of fire can not be found and prepared traps will be of little effect against them. " - thought Eros anxiously, - "So, now we need to think about your own skin, and not about strangers." - He turned his gaze to the remaining three mages.

- Tell me, did you really kill the master? - asked behind a guy of about twenty, with bright blond hair, and a smile from ear to ear.

- Yes, I killed this creature.

- Wow! That's cool! - joyfully he exclaimed, - And where is the dagger? I searched the entire guild and all the people, but I never found him.

- I have it, - and in confirmation, he pulled it out of his pocket.

- Thank God you have it, - said the magician with relief, - Give it to me.

- And don't you go to hell? Eros grunted, pointing his index finger at him.

The magician abruptly went to the side, and the tree behind him acquired a hole measuring ten centimeters.

- Oooh, this is your invisible bullet, an interesting spell, - the pale-faced magician nodded thoughtfully, - And the truth is, as Nori said, you should be afraid of this attack, or you won't even notice how you gather.

- We agreed that you would not touch us.

- You agreed with that fool, - the merry fellow grunted, - Shadow Magic: Thorns!

Eros made a sharp roll and dodged the shadow spikes that jumped out from under his feet.

- Not a bad reaction.

- It's not about the reaction, but about the fact that you scream loudly, and from one name, you can understand what your spell is, - a voice full of contempt, said the titan, - Be smarter uncle, learn not to shout the name of spells , and silently carry them out, - Eros again fired another bullet, but the enemies had no difficulty in dodging.

- And the kid is right! - laughed a third with short green hair, brown eyes and a sword hanging behind his back, - Your techniques are really very predictable, not like mine.

- Whose side are you on?

- Hey, I just agreed with his words, and you should learn from him.

- YOU! How dare you put me on the same level with this trifle ?! - the magician of shadows exclaimed with rage - I will show you what it means to be a magician of B-rank! Shadow Magic: Shadow Tentacles!

From every shadow around Eros, dark tentacles, as thick as the hand of an adult man, began to crawl out and quickly approach him. The titan tried to dodge everyone, but there were too many shadows and after a couple of seconds, he was cornered. Without hesitation, he pulled out a dagger and sharply cut one of the approaching tentacles. What happened next made him freeze. After all, all the tentacles around him instantly disappeared.

- Darki, answer to our question, - sounded a serious and at the same time filled with anger voice of the pale-faced, - What kind of dagger? You wanted him more than anyone else, and if you try to lie to us, then you definitely won't leave whole!

- Um... - the merry fellow was shaking with fear, - I... I'll tell you everything, Mr. Juro, but let's finish our business here first.

- Hmm... - the pale-faced just for a moment looked at that, - Okay, but just try to lie or run away, I won't look that we are in the same guild and kill right away.

Eros himself felt a sense of shock, because he immediately realized what kind of ability this dagger had. As soon as the spell was dispelled, he felt a stormy stream of Magic Power filling his reserve to the brim.

- Heck! This bastard Karl had such a treasure in his hands, and he did not use it for its intended purpose! - Eros exclaimed in shock in his mind, - A dagger that can dispel magic of at least B-rank while absorbing the magical power spent on creating the spell and transferring it to the owner.

- Do not think that once you own such a toy, you can defeat us.

- I didn't think about this, I understand that this will be very little, but, - Eros grinned, showing his tongue to the three and ran in the opposite direction, because in the place where they stood, it was already quite dangerous, since the forest had already flared up at least a kilometer. But he had nothing to worry about, because the fire flared up in the opposite direction from the place where the children were hiding.

- Escaped... - summed up the merry fellow.

- And why are you standing, let's follow him! - shouted the third member of the group.

- We must catch up with him and kill him in any way, - Juro said with a frown, jumping onto one of the burning trees, began to quickly jump from one to another, followed by a man with green hair. Only the guy using shadows remained standing in place.

"I'll kill! Because of this small creature, everyone learned about the dagger's ability, and I tried so hard to hide it from everyone, even from the master, who until the end thought it was the most ordinary dagger! I have to get it in any way, until no one knows about his last ability! " - the whole clearing was engulfed in oppressive darkness, the shadows seemed to come to life, they covered and swallowed him.