"Why is Ava still not here yet old man?" asked Renji as he waited for her to show up. Clara had told him that she would be here by 10 am so that he could leave for the academy, but it was already 12 pm and she still hadn't shown up.
"She didn't tell you? She must have forgotten to tell you that Ava won't be able to come today. She has some important matters to attend to so they will send the lightning eagle. Stop calling me old man you runt, why can't you just call me grandpa huh?" asked David furiously as never in these 10 years had he ever called David grandpa.
"Oh the lightning eagle huh?" said Renji with a low voice, he was a little disappointed that Ava couldn't make it.
"It's the same even if it's the eagle, you will reach your destination at about the same time brat." Said David as he was confused as to why he was disappointed.
'It's not about the time, if Ava were to come I would have been able to travel while chatting with her.' Thought Renji as he remembered Ava, usually when they went out Ava would always have new stories of her adventure to tell. Renji enjoyed her company and loved listening to her stories, he being unable to travel like her dreamed of being able to do the same.
"Alright it seems it is here already, go bring your bag from the house." Instructed David as he could feel the eagle approaching the territory.
Renji was done preparing, he had taken all of his essentials and hopped on the back of the eagle.
"Make sure to contact us once you reach the academy." Said Clara with a gentle smile.
"Okay, Grandma." Said Renji as he waved them goodbye.
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"Humm hummm…" Renji was humming while listening to dandelion's song, he was resting on the eagle's back without a care in the world just when the eagle screeched at the top of its lungs. Renji suddenly sat up and started to look around for any danger but he was unable to see anything.
'What the hell happened? Why did it just screa…' Renji was contemplating what had just happened, he couldn't see any other monsters so he was confused. just when he was about to relax and let his guard down, suddenly the Eagle screeched again. Before Renji could have done anything, the eagle started to fall from the sky. Blood flew everywhere as the eagle was missing its head, Renji was scared and stiff as he started to fall from the sky. He couldn't even see what had just killed the eagle.
"Got him…." Said a voice, he caught falling Renji midair before he could hit the ground. The man had grabbed Renji by his collar, he turned his head to see who the man was, and he was shocked when he saw the face of the man who captured him. The man was covered from head to toe with a black robe, only his face was visible. The man's face was very disturbing, if anyone saw that horrendous face they would surely barf. Half of the man's face was burnt and one of his eye sockets was filled with white bugs. In place of his eyes, that man had a nest of bugs that crawled around.
"Who…" Renji was trying to say something but he wasn't able to finish his sentence as he was knocked out by the man. After knocking Renji out, the man tossed his body aside as if he were nothing and started calling someone.
"Your loyal subject is happy to inform you that, the task you gave me is completed." Said the man with a very ominous voice.
"Good, good Noah Price you have outdone yourself. Alright Break the ring I'll be right there." Said the man on the opposite side of the call.
As soon as he heard the order he hung the call and took out one of the rings in his fingers. As commanded Noah broke the ring and suddenly in front of him the dimension started to break as a portal formed in front of. Soon out of the portal, 6 men appeared, all of them were wearing suits. 5 of the men were wearing masks to hide their faces while the last one didn't have any mask.
"Sire you have arrived." Said Noah as he kneeled in front of the man without a mask. The man without a mask looked stunning, he had a sharp jawline and a smooth face.
"You didn't kill the child, did you?" asked one of the masked men as he looked toward Renji who was lying on the ground lifelessly.
"Of course, no sir how do I dare, I just made him pass out nothing more." Said Noah hurriedly, as if he was afraid they might do something to him if the kid truly was harmed.
"Good let's get going then now." Said the man without a mask, this was the first time he spoke and no one dared to speak a word after he spoke, one of the men carried Renji on his back and started walking towards the direction of the cottage.
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-BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP-
"This is bad, the radar is catching on to some signal of high concentration of mana." Said Clara in an urgent voice, she looked panicked as she looked at the map of the forest. There were 5 very high concentrations of light and 2 small ones shown on the radar.
"Let's escape, they can't catch if we use that device." Said David with a very serious voice, he didn't want to stay here any longer as it might endanger their lives.
"W… We can't that have got Renji….." said Clara, her face looked white as if all the blood in her body was drained. Hearing Clara David was stunned as well he couldn't think properly after hearing that Renji was captured by them.
"Can we kill them?" asked David as he stood up, he was walking towards his mace with red eyes. He was furious after hearing that they would even dare to kidnap a child.
"We might be able to, but only if we don't care about the surroundings." Said Clara with a shaky voice.
"HAAAAHHH…." David stopped where he stood and sighed, he clearly understood what Clara meant by 'without caring about the surroundings', doing that might even kill Renji.
"We have no other choice then." Said David as he sat back down on his sofa, he was still angry but didn't let the anger consume him. He tried his best to stay calm.
-Knock Knock-
After a few minutes, the couple heard a knock on their door, even after hearing it no one spoke any words.
"How mannerless of you two, even after hearing a guest knock on the door you still choose not to answer? Well, whatever I know you two are inside, so please don't mind me I'll just welcome myself." Said the unmasked man as he entered the cottage.
"YOU? WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM US?" screamed David, with a bewildered look. All this time he tried to control his anger but, he finally couldn't after seeing the face of the man. Even Clara was shocked after seeing the man.