chapter 739 knights of the apocalypse [part 3]
when vincent, clark, and char finally processed what kind of creatures were standing in front of them, a look of horror flashed across their faces.
aside from shock and fright, the three of them were also confused as to how they got to their current location despite not moving an inch after wearing their eye masks.
"camazotz, stop scaring them," thirteen said with disapproval.
"i'm not scaring them," camazotz was quick to defend himself.
"your face alone is already scary," thirteen commented. "speaking only made it worse. just look at how terrified they are!"
the death bat looked at the teenagers, whose face seemed to have been drained of blood, looking extremely pale.
originally, a majin prince like him wouldn't really care for such weak creatures. however, they were the first members of thirteen's faction in the order of the apocalypse.
that said, he was very curious about them, so he initially planned to scare them a bit, wanting to see if they were tough nuts to crack.
but it seemed that he didn't even have to do anything. in the presence of three majins, all of whom were even more powerful than the monarchs of pangea, the three felt as if their souls were about to leave their bodies.
"relax, kiddos," camazotz said with a wide grin, showing his razor sharp teeth to the three teenagers. he even winked at the young lady, who was closest to him, and spoke in the most harmless voice he could muster.
"don't worry. i don't bite."
a second later, a plopping sound was heard as char fainted and collapsed on the ground out of fright.
she might be a strong-willed young lady, but camazotz's wink was the last nail that hit the coffin, making her eyes roll off their sockets.
as such, they listened to thirteen's order and no longer tried to do anything unnecessary.
a few seconds later, they once again heard thirteen's clapping sound.
"okay. you can now take off your eye masks."
vincent and clark hurriedly took off the eyemask and immediately felt relief when they saw the familiar room, where they were lured into by zion.
char, who seemed to have also regained her senses after hearing thirteen's clap, stirred and removed the eye mask from her face.
she then glanced around to make sure that the scary death bat was no longer around before she hastily propped herself up to stand.
her legs still felt weak and a bit shaky. but, ashamed of fainting earlier, she did her best to stand despite the difficulty.
thirteen gave the three teenagers a glance before placing his hands behind his back.
"what happened earlier was just an initiation of sorts," thirteen answered. "i'm sure you guys have heard i fought against a majin prince, an archon, and a majin king.
"truth be told, i was only able to overcome them with the help of my secret organization. and now, you guys are part of that secret organization. i'm sure you already know by now that none of you can speak a word of what you just experienced.
"doing so will put you in great danger since the contract you signed had a special power in it, binding your souls to adhere to the conditions written in the contract.
"c-can we back out?" char, who was still horrified from her hair-raising experience, felt that she wasn't ready to see the death bat again.
"no," thirteen replied. "there's no take backs. do you want some milk and cookies? they're free after you join my secret organization."
the three teenagers looked at zion as if he was a little devil in disguise.
clearly, none of them were in the mood to eat any milk and cookies. their only wish was to wake up from this nightmare, which they knew would haunt them even in their waking hours.