The abduction...

It was a sunny afternoon when a big helicopter was forwarding across the biggest jungle in the world, the Jungle of Artemis.

It is said that the jungle covers almost two million square kilometers of the land, as big as one of the biggest countries on the planet.

Inside the chopper were two armed men and a young girl.

The girl's name was Ceres, the only daughter of Vulcan Forseti one of the richest men in the country of Agartha.

He owns four out of seven six-star hotels, two out of three top fruits, and vegetable plantations, three out of ten top malls, and so many legal businesses across the globe.

His riches were the main reason why many people envy him...

But due to the fact that he's not a bad type of person, he has many supporters and friends too.

Every year, there's annual bidding where every top 100 wealthy people from the country and some chosen from the offshore may join.

The items that were open for bidding were all rare, and sometimes extinct. From unique gems, archaeological treasures, mutated animals and plants, to special drugs...

Everything can be taken home if you're capable enough to win the bid.

One of the highlights of this year's bidding event was a special serum. It is said that it can give people a unique ability, and for what specific ability it gives, no one really knows for it's untested.

Well, every person has his or her own different innate ability. So for what talent one could obtain, it may differ...

Though that was what it claimed, once again, it has not been proven yet.

The scientist who made it had an accident, and due to some chemical reactions with his experiments...

The entire laboratory was blasted.

He didn't survive there, even all of his works had been burnt to ashes. When people checked the place, everything was already beyond repair.

The only thing that they were able to recover was a fireproof box where inside it was a canister with a note.

The scientist was a popular one, he had been studying more about genetic mutations of both humans, animals, and sometimes plants.

After taking the canister and the note, the government chose to place it to be auctioned in the said event.

Though people really didn't know the effectiveness or side effects of this great masterpiece, the note alone was more than enough to be counted on...

For it came from an accomplished technologist.

This kind of creation no matter what shouldn't be owned by a horrible person, or else, it would really be a catastrophe.

So Vulcan and his friends aimed to win it no matter what was the cost, for it might do harm to everyone in the long run later on.

After the series of naming prices, the bidding finally ended and Vulcan was the victor.

To celebrate, Vulcan brought all of his friends to one of his hotels.

When they reached there, they saw his wife and daughter warmly welcomed them...

It was a joyous party and when Vulcan was a bit tipsy, he put the canister that he had won in Ceres's beautiful shoulder bag to keep safe.

Well, no one would actually believe that the thing that he had bid for billions would be under his child's care.

Ceres thought that it was a gift so she took good care of it without even checking to not spoil the fun...

But after a short while, she felt bored and headed to the roof deck to enjoy the picturesque scene of all the buildings around.

Since her family's hotel tower was the tallest amongst them, she really enjoyed the view.

Then suddenly...

A man with a black handkerchief approached her.

She didn't even notice him, the man quickly covered her nose and mouth. The only thing she remembered after that was her consciousness slowly fading after someone tried to make her breathe something.

Ceres then was brought inside a helicopter and departed.

"Take good care of the girl, our boss needs her unscathed." The one who pilots the copter said.

"Don't worry, I have a daughter too. I am not expecting that boss has this weird fetish. So savage!" The other guy replied.

"Hey! Be careful of what you say. She will just be kept as a hostage in exchange for the thing that boss lost in the auction."

"Well, whatever. Why not take the mom instead?"

"Hmmph."

After a night on that helicopter, Ceres woke up with all of her limbs tied.

"Mister, what's happening?"

"Oh, girl we took you away. Don't worry, we won't harm you. We just need you in exchange for an important thing that our boss needs." The one who drives replied.

"I see, will my parents be worried?" She was anxious.

"I think our boss already told them about you. So you don't need to worry." The other guy comforted her.

"Where are we going?"

"We will bring you to our hideout, it's safe in there. Come on, cheer up! Don't be scared, our boss is a kind man okay? His son is very sick, he just needs to have the serum that your father had won. Hoping that it could somehow cure him." The one who pilots the chopper answered.

"Oh, okay."

Ceres felt that those two guys were actually nice people. The way they talk, the way they console her, and their gestures towards her say so too.

Along the way, they were just talking... Sharing stories and everything. The other guy even showed her some pictures, they were photos of his wife and daughter.

Ceres, on the other hand, became even more open.

After an hour, the pilot talked.

"We are now approaching the Jungle of Artemis. You two kids behave yourselves okay?"

"You are the kid!" The other guy blurted while Ceres just nodded her small head.

As they were approaching, the other guy noticed that Ceres was actually having a hard time viewing the different sights outside the window, so he slowly carried her up to enjoy watching.

"Beautiful, is that an elephant? Wow, it is my first time seeing them freely running outside a big cage." She asked.

"Oh that thing, what is that uncle?" Ceres added when she saw a weird animal chasing a lion.

"That one is a mutated animal or a beast, called Electric-Qilin. They are very fast and have an innate ability of electricity like an electric eel." The other guy replied.

"Oh, how about that weird-looking huge bird flying?"

"That is a Roc, a mutated bird."

"Do they actually have bleeding eyes? Was it injured? Oh, why it seems like it's slowly getting bigger?" She asked.

The guy looked back to see. He then became terrified and abruptly cried out after that.

"No! Sebas, that Roc is injured and will bump into the helicopter!!!".....

***This work has been signed with NovelToon, and piracy such as reprinting without permission is strictly prohibited.***

***Download NovelToon to enjoy a better reading experience!***