The Exceed army was suddenly turned into a giant lacrima. It surprised everyone and Ben told Bella, Carla and Happy to back off.
"What was that? Why did they suddenly turn into a lacrima?" Lucy asked.
"It must be the royal guys. They must have used something similar to what they used to turn Magnolia into a lacrima. Anyway, we can't stay here any longer. We need to leave and think of our next step." Ben said.
"Hey, what is that?" Happy asked as he pointed up to the sky.
Everyone looked up and saw 3 small things dive down from the sky. Then the 3 landed in front of them and now they can see that the 3 are Exceeds in costumes and masks. The 3 Exceeds wear similar costumes with different colors and they are posing.
"Ha! Fallen Rangers have come. Don't worry Fallen, we are here to help." The male Exceed in the red costume posing in the middle said.
The other Exceeds wore yellow and black costumes. Ben's eyes twitched after he saw them because they resembled Power Rangers. Even their ridiculous poses were similar.
But while some thought they were ridiculous, some think they are cute and some think they are cool. Bella and Happy were very impressed with these 3 Rangers and Bella immediately joined them to pose in her T-Rex costume.
"Are you one of the Fallen? Don't worry, we are here to help you." The red ranger said.
"Help with what?" Ben asked.
"The Exceed Army." The red ranger answered.
*Kriik kriik*
The red ranger's eyes blinked.
"Where's the army?" He asked.
Ben pointed at the giant lacrima and the red ranger nodded in understanding. He was silent for a moment as he processed everything before screaming, "EEEHH!?"
"Talk about a delayed reaction." Ben sweat dropped.
He then noticed Edolas Erza rush towards the 3 rangers and swung her spear down on them. So he flashed in front of her and kicked her with his left leg. She blocked his kick with her spear, but she was flung back and crashed into the wall.
"Let's leave this place." Ben told the group.
They all nod and immediately leave the castle. The 3 Exceed Rangers also join them because there was nothing to do and they were also in danger. Ben wanted to take them to Edolas Ben's hideout, but they decide to split up.
Natsu, Erza, Lucy and Happy want to find Gajeel so he can save the others who are still trapped in the lacrima. Ben stopped them from doing that because of Mystogan's plan. But he still allowed them to guard the lacrima to prevent the enemies from doing something with it.
"Remember, don't free the others or it will affect Mystogan's plan. It will be very bad if his plan failed and no one can return to Earthland. If you mess things up, a flick won't be enough as a punishment." Ben said while destroying a wall with his flick.
Natsu, Lucy and Happy have horrified expressions on their faces and salute him. "AYE SIR!"
"Erza, I'll leave them to you." Ben said.
"Alright, you guys also need to be careful." Erza nodded.
"Ben nii-san, can I join them? I know you won't need my help, so I won't do anything. But I want to help, so I will join them." Wendy asked.
"Me too." Carla added.
"Are you sure?" Ben asked the two.
Wendy and Carla nod.
"Alright then. Be careful." He said.
They split up and head in different directions. Ben went to the hideout with Mira, Bella and the 3 Exceed Rangers. He teleported them a few times to erase any traces of their presence so the royal army can't find their hideout. They finally arrive after a few minutes and everyone was surprised to see Edolas Ben.
"Are you using Clone Magic?" Mira asked.
"No, this is Edolas Ben. It's just like Erza and Edolas Erza." Ben corrected her.
"Oh." Mira said in understanding.
"Hey, are they Exceeds?" Edolas Ben warily asked.
"Yeah, but don't worry. Bella has been with me since she was born and these guys are what you call Fallen. So they aren't on Extalia's side." Ben responded.
Edolas Ben was still skeptical but he chose to believe him. After that, Ben explained the situation to Mira, especially about Lisanna. Meanwhile, Bella talked to the Exceeds because the conversation was too difficult.
"S-so Lisanna's soul is here? That means we can save her now." Mira said while crying happily.
"Yeah, but we need to modify the Seith Magic then test it out first." Ben replied.
Ben then asked Edolas Ben about the progress on his research. It's only been a few hours, but Edolas Ben actually got some results. His ideas are also unique and quite different from ones A.I Chip and Ben came up with.
A.I Chip immediately stored Edolas Ben's ideas in her database and immediately processed them with the other ideas. She works fast and predicts that the new spell will be finished in 30 minutes. Edolas Ben's ideas sped the modification process up.
While Ben, Edolas Ben and A.I Chip work on the spell, Bella is having some fun with the rangers. She even got a pink costume and the rangers teach her their poses. They also tell her about their past and the reason why they became rangers.
These 3 are a family. The red ranger is dad, the yellow ranger is mom and the black ranger is their son. They lived on Extalia, just like the other Exceed. But 6 years ago, they were banished and live on a floating island now.
"Why were you banished?" Ben asked.
"Because we opposed the queen, even to this day. We won't forgive her for taking our 2nd child before it even hatched. She sent 100 eggs to Earthland that year for a ridiculous reason, killing the Dragon Slayers." The red ranger angrily said.
The yellow ranger is sad and the black ranger was angry like his dad. But they didn't say anything earlier, they were silent.
"6 years ago? So Bella, Carla and Happy are among those eggs, huh? Also, why don't you take off those masks? There aren't any enemies here, so there's nothing for you to worry about." Ben said.
The 3 rangers look at each other before nodding and take their masks off. When they took their masks off, Ben was surprised. He looked at the 3 rangers and Bella back and forth.
The dad has the same orange fur and black stripes as Bella, but he has a very strict expression. The mom had full orange fur and her eyes were calm but sharp, just like Bella while the son was black with very sharp eyes.
'Don't tell me this is Bella's biological family?' Ben thought.
[Judging from their traits and similarities, the possibility is 87%.]
'That's a high possibility. Also, it seems they've realized it earlier. Maybe that's why they gave her a costume. They must've made it for their daughter. There's no way they would give it to a normal Exceed. But Bella doesn't seem to realize it though.' Ben thought.
"Ah, that's right. What are your names?" Ben asked.
"I'm Moza, my wife's name is Muffin and my son's name is Angus. They don't like to talk, sorry about that." Moza said.
"It's okay, Bella also doesn't talk that much. What a coincidence, huh?" Ben asked with a smile.
"Isn't it?" Bell asked, copying Ben.
The 3 Exceeds look away nervously.
"H-heh, it's really a big coincidence." Moza said.
Ben sighed because the 3 seemed to want to keep it a secret, or maybe they weren't sure Bella is their daughter.
[Seith Magic spell modification complete. New spell: Soul Extractor has been created.]
Ben smiled.
"Good, let's test this new spell." He said.