Chapter 18: Response Plan

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A few days ago, on the way to the cursed country of Narian, after being trained by Pandora to improve themselves both physically and mentally.

"Baal, remember my words well. Strength does not only come from will or physical strength, but also requires a mind to defeat an enemy" - Pandora

"What do you mean?" - Baal

"You are a smart kid and I can see that, but don't just use your muscles to defeat your enemies. Observe everything, use your mind to find the fastest way to defeat the enemy"- Pandora

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Baal looked around at his surroundings, currently at a standstill, unable to find anything that could fight the two grown men.

'If it's Father, what will Father do? What will Father do?' - Baal thought

He kept repeating that question over and over in his head, for most of the time Pandora was the one giving instructions and he had never once made a decision in a difficult situation.

'What about me? What shall I do....how shall I save them?'- Baal thought

So he asked himself. In a difficult situation without Pandora by his side, Baal both found a way to rescue the other two sisters.

"Vassago, Marbas. I have an idea, but you need to trust me" - Baal

The two of them looked at each other and nodded to Baal

On the side Agares and Gamigin were being tied down under the giant crystal, after a while of resistance they no longer had the strength to scream anymore. On the contrary, the two girls showed great jealousy towards the other two magicians.

A magician looked at them with a very stunned face, normally when kidnapped, children always cry out of fear. Yet the two little girls in front of him were very different.

"Hey, I feel like there's something not quite with those two kids"

"How do I know. Have the others been contacted?"

"Not yet, it's hard to use telepathy here."

"If I remember correctly, that giant gill monster was the cause of the telepathic tsunami. I wonder how the others are doing"

"And yet another question? Of course they're dead. As you can see, the monsters here are all species that are completely out of the books."

While the two magicians were talking to each other, Agares took out a sharp crystal that was hidden in his hand to cut the ropes.

"Agares! Gamigin!"

A voice sounded from above causing the two magicians to take a defensive stance, Vassago and Marbas slid down from above and raised their hands in surrender.

"Brother Vassago! Brother Marbas!"- Gamigin

"Don't be afraid, we will come save you!"- Marbas

"Hey you two, please let our sisters go. They're just kids, there's nothing wrong with that" - Vassago

Despite saying that, the other two magicians sensed something unusual coming from the other two children, they were very innocent but hiding something very suspicious.

Agares try quickly cut off the ropes when suddenly something or someone took the crystal from Agares' hands, then cut the ropes for them. She noticed someone's presence even though she couldn't see it.

When the other two magicians were paying attention to Vassago and Marbas without knowing that someone was standing behind. The crystal suddenly pierced the back of a magician, surprising him.

"What?!"

Before the remaining mage could understand what was happening, the crystal had pierced his left eye socket. He screamed in pain, clutching his pierced eye.

"It hurts! It hurts! It hurts!"

The blood that shot out from the mage's eyes remained in the air. From there, his true form appeared as Baal, he looked at the two mages writhing in pain with an expressionless face.

"That's the price you have to pay for hurting my siblings" - Baal

The two boys quickly rushed to snatch the two knives from the two magicians and regrouped with their siblings.

This was not the time to rejoice, however, the mage with a severe back injury looked at them indignantly.

"You rotten brats! How dare you take action against us great magicians?! You heretics! This world doesn't need filthy vermin like you, so just die!"

As soon as he raised his hand to cast magic, Baal stood in front to protect his brothers even though he knew he would take immense damage.

The magician smiled savagely, he was extremely pleased.

"Heretics…go die…"

*Crick Crick*

Suddenly a noise interrupted the magician's magic. Not only he but the other five children also heard.

*Crick Crick**Crick Crick*

That strange noise was getting more and more frequent, making the mage afraid, not only that, but besides that strange noise, there was also the sound of a creature moving very quickly from one place to another.

The mage turned his head towards his ally, shocked that the corpse had disappeared leaving a pool of blood there.

*Thump*

Something fell from above in front of the magician, it was his ally. The body was brutally torn apart.

"Impossible....?"

Then a huge hand touched the mage's shoulder, he couldn't move because he knew that if he did, he would be killed.

"What were you going to do with my children just now?"

All five children were amazed. The familiar voice and the height were unmistakable.

"Mother/Father Pandora..."

That is Pandora, she has evolved into a new form, the same height but growing a long tail on the back. The skin on the body at a glance also knows it is tougher than ever.

"I ask again…just what were you planning to do with my children?- Pandora