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Gargamel stormed into his hovel, he was covered in soot after another failed attempt on destroying the Smurfs. Azrael crawls behind as the wizard prepares a bath, for once the cat doesn't seem to mind a bath. Once cleaned up, Gargamel put on a new black robe and sat down on his recliner as Azrael crawled beside it.

"My patience is running out Azrael," he said, hunched forward as he pinches the bridge of his nose, "I'm running out of ideas, how am I going to destroy the Smurfs? How?"

The cat remain silent, Gargamel sat back and sighed as he stares at a corner in the room. "The Smurfs knew where I live, but I don't know where they live." he noted, "I'm running out of options and I'm running out of motivation, the last thing I need is Mummy coming over and..."

The door soon knocked and Gargamel grumbled as he got up and walked towards the door, he opened it and saw his mom standing right before him. "Have you killed those Smurfs yet?" she asked.

"No, but I predicted you'll be here." said Gargamel as he steps aside for her mom to come inside. Gargamel shuts the door and he returns to he recliner, his mom sat on the nearby couch and simply just stared at him with a frown on her face.

"Do you have anymore ideas on how to destroy the Smurfs?" he asked.

"No," she said.

"It's impossible," said Gargamel, "Impossible! Those Smurfs can't rely on Stealth forever, someone should have found those Smurfs centuries ago. Why are they still hidden?"

"Probably, those who discover the Smurf Village either keep it their location to themselves or forget the location altogether." theorized his mom.

"Hrm, they must be located where no one ever suspect of them hiding at." said Gargamel, "The last I remember of the Smurf Village, it's in a clearing and it's about 11.3 square meters. Located right next to a body of water, is that body of water fresh or salt. Must be freshwater so it must be a giant lake."

"That's a good start," said his mom, "Find any lake on the maps and search for the Smurf Village that way, this knowledge will narrow down the search for the village."

"You know what, skip the village altogether." said Gargamel, "I'm not playing games any more, if I managed to get my hands on a single Smurf I'm going to snap it's neck no questions ask."

"Then tomorrow, try again."

"And that is what I'm going to do," said Gargamel, "Tomorrow, I'm going hunt down just one Smurf and kill it. Same goes for you Azrael, when you pounce on them just bite it's throat as hard as you can."

"Meow," meowed Azrael as he shows his classic evil smile.

"Excellent." said Gargamel as he fumbles with his fingers.

After his mom left, Gargamel got up and walks towards his closet. He opens it and pulls out an English Flintlock Blunderbuss and a net, the wizard fills the Blunderbuss with black powder then fills it with rusty nails he left out in the rain yesterday. "I'll give them Tetanus if I have to," laughed Gargamel, "Get a bad case of lockjaws maybe. He he he."

TO BE CONTINUED...