Chapter 21. Rescued

"This human was found trespassing and he must pay with his life."

As Zeus was about dragging James up to his feet, Ares held Zeus' hands. He glared at him, "You have been respected by most of us because you have shown the warlocks you are in charge. The moment the warlocks breach our line of defense, many gods will lose their respect for you and if possible, desert you. The human have no place to go, we have to face what's before us."

Immediately Zeus and Ares left, James quickly dragged himself to his feet. He tiptoed to the wooden entrance door of the dungeon and then lean by the edge of it. He paid close attention to what was going on outside and all he could hear was footsteps as if they are running helter-skelter.

Suddenly a thick red smoke appeared next to the iron door of the main dungeon. Out of the smoke walked out two creatures in a hooded black robe. On seeing them both, James fell down as though dead. The two hooded creatures walked up to him as one of