Wisey and Baoey

Baobao valiantly proceeded to the battle area.

Without any emotions, his fluffy paw swiped one of the three remaining assailants away. The poor assailant's body was struck in a trunk breaking his bones and leaving him fatally injured.

Deathly silence suddenly invaded the battle area.

The black clothed man, along with the last two men standing, was horrified.

Not that their opponent or colleague was suddenly struck, but because of the creature who struck them.

"It's a cursed bear!!!!" They all exclaimed with surprise and horror. Immediately, the two remaining assailants scrambled to get out of the forest. Who cares if they get the woman now?

In front of them is a cursed bear! A cursed bear!

Imminent death is their only choice! Even if they couldn't get anything to sell today, they can always do so tomorrow. As long as they are still alive.

The two men expended all the mana they were conserving during the battle with the black clothed man and tried to escape as fast as they could in the forest.

The black clothed man also came to his senses and chased the men. He cannot afford to leave anyone alive!

He prepared to cast the spell and targeted the other one, knocking him down.

"Leave that one to me, you can focus on chasing the leader," Baobao said in seriousness.

Although the black clothed man was shocked, he didn't hesitate to follow the cursed bear's instructions as he had no time. He immediately focused on chasing the leader.

In the battle area, Baobao proceeded to eliminate the people threatening his master. The gentle Baobao who would fawningly lay in the living room while listening to his master's music was nowhere to be found.

Baobao's whole countenance at that moment was filled with an aura ready to bring anyone immediate horror and death. With his strong fluffy paws, he easily picked up the man who was knocked down.

He was about to move to crush his body but an abrupt voice suddenly stopped him,

"I think you shouldn't kill him right away.." The voice was Wisey's. She has been sitting on Baobao's shoulders for who knows when.

Baobao, wasn't surprised by Wisey's sudden appearance. Although they have been contracted with Eli for only a few days, they developed a strong partnership with the sole goal - to protect Eli and Eli's baby.

During their entrance to the forest coming from Silvertown, Baobao mentally communicated with Wisey about the situation. They can do so, because they share the same contractor, they share the same mana source.

It was actually Wisey who advised Baobao to stay calm and act naturally, as she knows what could possibly happen when a pregnant woman is exposed to these sudden threats.

Although Wisey believed that Eli isn't someone who was that vulnerable, they both didn't know how Eli's body would respond nor if the little life on Eli's womb could take the stress.

Never underestimate pregnancy they said! They can't be careless, at least, until they meet the elven doctor.

Baobao, did not retract his murderous aura and replied, "Why keep him alive for a longer period? We don't have any use for this man."

"Aishhh, you brute panda!" Wisey outstretched one of her wings and 'slapped' the back of Baobao's head.

"Aiya, you only use your paws to eat or punch! Use your head ahhh! We will interrogate this person! We need to know why they suddenly followed Eli chan!" Wisey said in an exasperated manner.

"Oh!" Baobao had a realization, like the idea bulb suddenly lit in his head. Upon thinking that it is a good idea, his murderous aura immediately retracted.

He turned his furry head towards Wisey and admiringly said,

"Wisey buddy! You are indeed wise!" He said in a chuckle while his paws gestured an approving sign.

"Of course, I am!" She replied in a dignified manner.

Then the two looked towards the poor men with an evil smug on their faces.

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The leader of the men was shocked upon realizing that the black clothed man was still into chasing him, even after their horrifying encounter with the cursed bear.

"Damn!" He said in frustration.

He immediately casted an earth spell, materializing a few boulders to hinder the black clothed man in his chase.

The black clothed man nimbly navigated through the obstacle and closed the distance between them. Upon reaching a certain range, he finally released a lightning spell that has been charging for quite a while.

Three consecutive bolts of lightning struck the leader, almost leaving him burnt to toast, if not for his instinctive reaction to envelope his perimeter with a thick earth shield.

However, even with all the mana he can gather to cast, the shield didn't do much, as it was already broken on the 2nd lightning strike, the last one was a direct hit.

"You.. are an A class mage…" The leader uttered with shock and unbelief.

In the first place, the one thing that was saving them was the fact that they are fighting within the Silver Dew Forest. Now that they were outside, the black clothed man had no other reasons to hold back.

For a C class mage like him, how could he possibly hold a candle against this man?

"You have targeted someone that was protected by the Argentum. You have no choice but to die!"

The black clothed man didn't waste time to chit chat with the leader. With his hands, he took out a poisoned dagger which he unhesitatingly struck to the leader's heart. He then proceeded to incinerate his corpse with another lightning spell.

Upon checking that his work was done, he immediately turned back to the direction where he separated with the cursed bear. Since he was an A class mage, a cursed bear wasn't a big threat to him.

However, he needed to ensure that his mission was completed seamlessly or his old master would whip the fat out of his poor butt. "Sigh."

When the black clothed man reached the area, he heard loud cries, a threatening roar and a... childish voice who was speaking words that shouldn't be spoken by a child. Confused, he immediately proceeded to see what happened.

What he saw made him feel rather complicated.

Two frightened men, bound with a strong vine, hung upside down in a tree.

A cursed bear who sits obediently right below the men's faces and in his shoulder is an owl who acts like a gangster, saying threatening words with her adorable childish voice.

"Huh!! You won't speak ehhh! Do you know what's in front of you ahh?? A cursed bear!" Wisey said with her heart shaped head tilted adorably on ninety degrees.

"..." The black clothed man almost slapped the hell out of his face. Just who would feel threatened with that cute adorable face.

"Aaaahh you don't believe me ahh!! Then we won't waste our time with you then!" Annoyed that she wasn't able to threaten the men, Wisey stretched her wings and 'tapped' Baobao's head.

Baobao immediately released his murderous aura and roared threateningly. His paws reached out and held the men's head ready to crush it anytime.

"AAAAAAAH!!! Spare us!! Spare us!!!!" The men cried and pleaded for their lives.

These two creatures have been bickering a while ago in planning how to torture them in front of their faces.

With the two coming up with silly ideas, they thought that they could outsmart these creatures and come out unscathed.

But they were wrong!

"I'll talk!! I'll talk!!!" One of the men couldn't take it and gave up the idea of pulling a fast one out of these two furries.

"We are just lowly mercenaries in Silvertown. We are commissioned to abduct young women, specifically the pregnant ones." He said with a trembling voice.

"Hmm? Have you known the reason why your client asked for this? Do you know who your client is?" Wisey said in a serious tone.

"No we didn't," Answered the other one.

"Our client is very secretive and mysterious. However, when we received the request, I saw something on his hand, it was a tattoo of a bird, most probably a raven. But I only saw a part of it. As to how it can identify him, I don't know. That's all we know!" He continued, in his eyes is a hope that these two creatures will let them away after spilling the beans.

"Raven tattoo," Wisey contemplated.

The information is too little for her to think that the tattoo had any significance to their master's threat. It may be the client's personal preference, it may or may not lead to a certain information.

"Buddy, are they speaking the truth?" Baobao, with his paws still holding the poor gangster's head, asked Wisey with a submissive tone.

"Yes, most likely they are telling the truth.. Sigh," Feeling frustrated that they weren't able to gather conclusive information, Wisey replied.

"Well, if we kill them, no one will know of the master's existence right?" Baobao, unable to understand Wisey's frustration, suggested.

The two men froze in fright.

"We don't really know.. Actually it is my fault, I was so happy that I will have a chance to see another part of this world that I forgot to tell Eli chan about her appearance." She tearfully said.

Patpat.

Baobao felt sad seeing his buddy blame herself for unintentionally exposing his master in danger. He gently cupped Wisey on his fluffy paws and patted her heart shaped head.

"Sush buddy, aren't we comrades? For sure we can take away all the threats against our master, with your brains and with my paws!!!" He said in a coaxing tone, brandishing his cute fluffy paw.