Hector nodded and looked towards the innocent devil. "Crystal Rod, now!" he said in a commanding voice. The staff the devil was holding started to glow, and a circle of light started to form around them. In a flash, they left 9's world and appeared in the mountains of Walachia.

They were standing on a cliff, over looking a lush forest below. It was fall, so the leaves of on the trees were changing color. Ancient arches straddled the path that went further into the mountains. Near by, you could here the sound of running water of the aqueduct that was near by.