A/N: So I’m putting this author’s not because I think that a lot of you might get confused with the sudden turn of events especially with the fact that aside from our resident demon, San— there are other ppl that isn’t 100% hooman ó v ò

I'm literally vomiting my love for Greek mythology on this fic and for the flashbacks on some chapters. It's actually for two main charas which will remain unknown until it’ll be revealed on the fifth and sixth day! ó uò So expect some mindblown-like stuff on the future chapters and crappy narration of them using superpowers ha ha ha ha

Sorry if I’m kind of lame but I find this kind of fic fun to write~ A dark one with a sprinkle of magic and a cup of angst. Thanks for reading it too! And motivating me to continue it because I’m having fun on writing it nowadays! Comments are appreciated— whether they’re criticism or a reaction on something! I really love reading your comments so if you enjoyed the update, leave some of it!~ ó v ò

Oh! Picture of a Torii gate in the multimedia! And this chap is actually 5050+ words (to be exact, it’s 5068 words since i added some during proofreading :>

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       CHOI Jongho wasn’t born on an average family just like what the others have been telling him, people thought that he’s a part of an average one. He’s known to be an average boy with average grades and average lifestyle.

One that eats together, telling what happened throughout the whole day during dinner.

One that goes out on a trip once a month, unwinding the stress from work and school.

One that that goes to church every Sunday.

No. They’re not like that at all.

He have to admit that they do that on a daily basis not because they're an average one, it’s the one in their manual. They act like that in order to prevent the humans on knowing their true selves.

They didn’t know the burden behind this façade that they’re doing.

The once a month trip being a meeting of their kind, restoring the pureness of their powers and refreshing their souls from being consumed by the darkness.

Not that they need to know but Jongho is fed up with all the accusations and such, that's why he decided to be left alone when their family decided to move out of the town— saying something about this places that reeks darkness in it.

But Jongho doesn’t want to be an average person anymore so he refused in which his family agreed on because Jongho can be as stubborn as he is. He isn’t that average boy that would let his family do whatever they want with his own life.

Jongho isn't average at all. He is special.

Special because of his abilities, not just his enormous strength but also his voice that can heal a soul in distress.

He’s special because he worked hard on his abilities, strengthening it with all his might as he kept on learning how to summon creatures of the light and also how to prevent the darkness on spreading all out.

He’s special because of his friends. The youngest doesn’t know why but the way his soul resonates with all of them is quite weird as if he belongs in this circle and he isn’t different at all.

He’s special because he doesn’t let his kind control his life at all. He’s free to do anything that he wants as long as it wouldn’t ruin the balance of the humans and supernatural creatures together.

So when this town was suddenly filled with the blackened ones, he made an oath to protect all of them. Especially his friends, he would do everything just to keep them safe.

He stayed up late to put talismans on the corners of the huge border and on the gate itself, he sings to calm the distressed souls of the living and he even participated on scavenging for items and food.

He did his best on keeping up with his friends when it comes to saving these people not because he care but because of the pressure of being someone with the powers to protect them, he can’t let them down. He needs to protect them with all of his might.. no matter what.

So this situation is edging him to ruin everything, to turn his back on his responsibilities and fuck it! because all that he have is his friends now and he wouldn’t let these wrenched creatures touch them with their filthy hands.

Jongho launched himself towards the direction of the blackened ones and he can’t help but feel bad on what’s going to happen to them. He don’t want to hurt them, they’re the ones that they’ve protected for days. And the fact that there are also children with them makes him uneasy but if he’ll hesitate then they’re dead. They’re the only ones that Jongho can protect so with all of his might, he’ll do everything to survive with them.

“I’m really sorry,” Jongho said as he clasped his hands, “I’ll end your suffering now, everyone.”

The spheres filled with light flew towards the blackened ones, ripping them and exploding once that it hits the ground, causing the undead to fly away as some managed to evade it. The action enraged the blackened ones to run faster so they can kill Jongho and hopefully turn him into one of them.

“Jongho's in danger! Jongho’s in danger!” Mingi cried out, pulling his hair in panic.

“What are we going to do?” Hongjoong mutters as he sighed, getting hopeless as he saw Jongho evading the blackened ones’ attacks.

“Hongjoong, you already knew the answer to that.” They looked at Seonghwa and gasped when they saw the usual hazel brown eyes turning into azure ones “Why don’t you unleash all of your powers? It’s the only option that we’ve got.”

“W-Wha—” Before Yunho was able to respond, Seonghwa immediately glared at his direction which made him froze.

“So you’re still going to hide your identities even though Jongho exposed his true self just to protect us? Are you really going to be selfish and let him fight there?” Seonghwa asks, making them feel guilty on what they're about to do.

“Ah! Damn it!” Mingi cried out as his eyes turned into grey ones before a dark violet abyss appeared around the area that he’s standing, “Okay! I get it! I get it!”

“T-The blackened ones that are chasing us are here..” Wooyoung muttered as he took a step backwards.

“I’ll take care of them,” Seonghwa stated as he looked at San and Wooyoung, “Both of you, protect Yeosang.”

“Of course, we will!” San asked, holding Yeosang in such a protective way.

“Hongjoong?” Seonghwa looked at Hongjoong that was still frozen on his tracks “What are you going to do, Joongie?”

“I-I don’t have a choice, right?” Hongjoong asks, looking at him with a sad expression.

Seonghwa sighed, “Unfortunately, we don’t.”

“Well, if I’m going to fight then I guess that I should give it my all..” As Hongjoong’s eyes turned into bright pink, a spear made from gold and silver appeared in his right hands which made the others looked at him in awe, “Pay attention, everyone! Make sure that the blackened ones  won’t be able to hurt you!”

“Wow.” Yunho gasps as he looked at Hongjoong.

“Here I go! Ah, mom! I’m sorry for revealing my powers!” Mingi cried out as he ran towards Jongho then mutters a spell which caused a huge creature to be summoned, “My baby! Cupcakes, help me out!”

A large howl of some kind of animal was heard and everyone looked towards the huge creature yet what they’ve noticed is that it has three heads and have lead them to a conclusion that the one that Mingi summoned (and also called Cupcakes) is a Cerberus.

“A creature from darkness,” Seonghwa gripped on his staff, “A witch wouldn’t be able to summon such a thing.”

“Song Mingi, what the fuck?!” Yunho hissed once again, “Seriously? Of all names that you can call it? Cupcakes? Really?”

“Yunho, shut the fuck up!” Mingi screeches as he immediately pointed at the blackened ones, “Look at them, Cupcakes! You should crush them immediately!”

The Cerberus looked at Mingi before crouching as if it’s asking for something and Mingi wanted to cry right now. They’re in middle of a life and death situation yet his baby is literally acting like one and he couldn’t blame it at all— it’s been a while since he visited that place.

But it’s still his baby so he’ll spoil it.

“There, there.” Mingi patted its heads and the Cerberus wagged its tail as if it’s a puppy that’s being spoiled.

“Oh my god!” Despite the fear that he’s feeling, Yunho can’t prevent himself on laughing too much that tears are seen on his eyes, “What the fuck is this?”

“Now that you’ve gotten your headpats, can you do what I’m asking you to?” Mingi asked and the Cerberus immediately charged itself towards the blackened ones as if it’s energized to its limit and raised its leg to pulverize it while the heads bit on the unfortunate ones, crushing it with its sharp fangs.

“Shit.” Yunho mutters as he looks away, “I think I should be a bit nice to the dumbass from now on.”

“A little help here!” Hongjoong exclaims as a bunch of blackened ones are attacking him.

“Shit.” Yunho cussed once again, gripping on his gun as he started firing towards the ones that are attacking Hongjoong.

“Cupcakes, you’re doing great!” Mingi cheered on the Cerberus as he jumped up and down, not noticing the blackened one that is about to pounce on his.

“Mingi-hyung!” Jongho screams as he threw an energy sphere towards Mingi, “Duck!”

“What?! Where’s the duck?!” Mingi screamed back, frowning in confusion but immediately screamed when the energy sphere was near to him and ran, “What the fuck?!”

“Hyung, behind you!” Jongho warns as he blasted some of the blackened ones that is still trying to get near him.

Mingi looked back and screeched in such a high pitch tone as he saw a blackened one before a scythe appeared on his hands as he sliced it into two, “Get away from me!”

“That’s so cool!” Jongho can’t help but stare in awe at one of his tallest hyungs because he wasn’t expecting him to be someone with these kind of abilities knowing that he can be quite a dumbass at most times.

“Jongho! Pay attention!” Mingi screams at him before running towards his directions to slice some of the blackened ones.

“Ah, sorry!”

A wand appeared in Seonghwa’s right hand as he chanted a spell which caused fire to surround the blackened ones that kept on attacking Hongjoong, hearing their pained cries and pleas for the fire to be stopped.

“Please! It hurts!”

“Stop this!”

“It hurts!”

“Painful!”

“Help us!”

“Monsieur!”

“Monsieur?” Seonghwa muttered, looking around yet all he can see is his group of friends.

“They’re afraid of fire,” Yeosang said as he looked at the fire.

“We have to get out of here!” Hongjoong ordered them as he looked towards Jongho and Mingi, “Guys! Come here!”

Jongho immediately held towards Mingi’s wrist before launching himself quickly towards his friends as the taller male screamed because he was literally flying and shut his eyes close. Yunho can’t help but laugh at his friend’s miserable state, agreeing on the fact that he’s such a wimp.

“Where are we going to hide?” Wooyoung asked as he looked away.

“We can try to get up in that mountain,” Yeosang suddenly stated and pointed at it, “I have a feeling that we will be safe there.”

“Can we?” Yunho asks as he looked up.

“But it’ll take us a while because we’ll be hiking on it,” Yeosang stated, “We barely even have food or any necessities with us.”

“All of it is in the factory..” Hongjoong said in such a sad tone while looking towards the blackened ones that used to be their citizens.

“We have to get out of here!” San immediately said as he dragged Yeosang, “We shouldn't waste time standing and discussing about it.”

“I’m afraid that he’s right,” Seonghwa agrees, running along with the two.

“What are you waiting for, dumbass? Run!” Yunho sassed once again at Mingi as he crossed his arms.

“Aren’t you even gonna thank me for being brave and helping out while you just kept on shooting in one place?” Mingi said as he looked at the Cerberus that kept on attacking the blackened ones, “Ah, Cupcakes! Return to home immediately! Thank you for helping me out, sweetheart!”

The Cerberus seems to understand the tall male and the three heads barked at him before it disperse into dark light as they ran along with Jongho. The group of friends kept on running throughout the woods, trying to make a distance between them and the blackened ones that are going to attack them. It’s fortunate enough that their town is near a mountain that is known to be sacred and filled with both wonders and horror— much to Mingi’s dismay and being tired of all the bullshit happening in his life.

They stopped when they've reached the foot of the mountain where the stairs made from stone welcomed them along with the red torii gates in it. Yeosang knew it and saw it a lot of times on the animes that he had been watching when he was out of that place, he wasn’t expecting it to be in here though.

“Ah. It’s the first time that I’ve seen this but why is it so familiar?” Jongho mutters, looking at it with confusion painted on his expression.

“Whatever it is, we should just go in there or else..” Hongjoong can hear the growling and screaming from the blackened ones that are probably looking for them throughout the woods.

“We don’t have a choice but to climb!” Yunho exclaimed as he immediately ran.

“That’s true though..” San stated, chuckling after as he lead the way while holding Yeosang’s hand.

It might be weird for them but they can hear some bells chiming as they kept on walking upstairs and when they looked below, they can see some blackened ones on the lower ground but for some kind of reason, the blackened ones couldn't see them at all. To their surprise, the torii gates are filled with lanterns that lights the way up.

“What’s happening?” Wooyoung asks.

“Just keep on walking,” San said in such a chilly voice that it got all of their attention.

“And why are you leading us here as if you knew the area?” Wooyoung asked once again.

The moment that San looked at them, they were surprised to see his eyes turning into different colors. Half of it was red and the half was purple, it even made Mingi gasp as Seonghwa can’t help but glare at him.

“I know that everything is a mess but once that we’ve arrived in the shrine, we’ll talk about it.” San turned his back at them as they kept on walking, “Trust me.”

“How can I trust someone like you?” Seonghwa snarled at him, holding his wand tightly.

“It’s not actually a choice but an order,” San said and it made the eldest froze, “All of you are in my realm and I can easily kill all of you in a blink of an eye.”

“B-But you wouldn’t do that, right?” Yeosang suddenly asked and San looked at him, seeing that Yeosang has a small smile on his face, “You wouldn't do that because you’re kind, San.”

San can’t help but laugh at the brunette’s statement as he nods, “Of course, Yeosang.”

“Stop arguing, okay?” Hongjoong said as he lets out a sigh, “We’re tired and hungry so we shouldn’t waste any energy.”

“Sorry.” It was all that Seonghwa can mutter before zipping his lips as they continued their way..

The group was silent until they've reached their destination and just like what they’ve been seeing on their way up, the stoned floors are surrounded with red torii gates that leads them to a huge shrine made from cement and wood. Hongjoong stayed alert in case an invader might attack them but to his surprise, he can’t feel a soul aside from their own but he still kept his guard on.

San lets go of Yeosang's hand as he toom a few steps forward before twirling to their directions and grinned at them before a white tail of a fox and fox ears appeared on his head, the human ears disappearing in exchange which made them gasp once again.

“Welcome to my realm, everyone.” San greeted them as the red hue in his eyes disappeared and they can only see his purple orbs, “I don’t use this side of me frequently since the shrine is far away from the city but this is quite useful for us now and since it’s located in a realm here in this town, I can summon it anytime in exchange of power.”

“Wait. Y-You..” Jongho's hands kept on shaking.

“I am just like you, someone that isn’t fully mortal.” San casually stated it as if it’s obvious which made Jongho frown.

“You’re not just a fox spirit though,” Seonghwa spat.

“The fact that I'm still a bit of a mortal still stands,” San stated before looking at Yeosang, “Shall we proceed to the shrine?”

“San, how can we trust you?” San looked at Hongjoong with a mischievous glint on his eyes.

“To be honest, the worst decision that we can make in this kind of situation is trusting each other.” San's tail kept on swaying as a small smirk was seen on him, “But we have no other choice than to reveal ourselves, right? I think some people are still hesitating on their abilities so why don’t we get a bit of a ‘getting-to-know-each-other’ tonight and for tomorrow?”

“Sorry for interrupting the drama but I’m hungry,” Mingi suddenly blurted out.

Yunho looked at him with disbelief, “Eat the grass, you fucking donkey.”

“Stop calling me a fucking donkey!” Mingi whined, glaring at the taller male.

“Oh right. Speaking of that, I'm afraid that I can’t serve any meals for all of you.” San apologetically said, “It’s been years since this shrine has been offered by those foolish mortals and the fox spirit that used to live here died a decade ago so I, the current guardian of this place is the one in charge.”

“And you're out of town for years so you really can't take care of your turf?” Wooyoung asked.

“Precisely!” San clasped his hand before turning to Yunho’s direction, “I believe that you can help us out,Yunho.”

“Why me?” Yunho asks as he nervously looked away from the fox spirit.

“Because you can,” San said as he grins, his fangs showing which made Mingi shivered in fear as he hid behind Yunho, “After all, you’re the one that is responsible for blocking our sensor.”

“Sensor?” Jongho looks at Yunho.

“Normally, people that isn’t fully mortal can detect the others but ever since this situation happened..” Seonghwa glanced at the tallest, “..I can’t detect any use of magical powers which is weird because the factory’s generator that isn’t working at all was suddenly fueled up.”

“Now that you’ve mentioned it,” Wooyoung looks at Yunho.

“W-What?” Yunho tried to think of a reason but the fact that most of them showed their true selves makes him guilty of hiding it any longer, “I’m sorry.”

“We can actually talk about ourselves later after getting some items in the factory since we literally can’t eat grass,” Seonghwa said before looking at Wooyoung, “We’ll be talking about you too later so brace yourself.”

“Ah, fine. I guess..” Wooyoung mumbled.

“In the mortal realm, it’s still 7 A.M. so it’s kinda early. The time never stops in my realm, I made it go just like how time passes in the mortal realm.” San stated as he wraps his arms on Yeosang’s waist from behind, “You must be starving, Yeosang~”

“Get your hands off him!” Seonghwa hissed.

“What? Are you afraid that I’ll hurt him?” San asks, raising an eyebrow “Trust me. Yeosang is the last person that I’ll ever hurt.”

“I don’t trust you at all,” Seonghwa gripped at his wand tighter.

“I don't understand why are you salty towards me and my kind but let's talk about that later,” San said before nuzzling on Yeosang’s neck.

“What are we going to do anyway?” Jongho asks, looking at all of his hyungs.

“We must get some food from the factory since it’s the nearest that we can go,” San stated, “I suggest that we shouldn’t use our powers too much since the mortal realm is actually lacking of aura and you would get tired if you use too much of it so our weapons can be of use.”

“The blackened ones are all over the woods to locate us so going back through it is risky,” Hongjoong stated as he crossed his arms.

“Aren’t sorcerers supposed to have some kind of spells for flight or something?” San asked as his tail kept on swaying, “Those losers wouldn’t be able to locate us in the air though.”

“I’m a sorcerer specializing in exterminating demons,” Seonghwa made a pressure on the word ‘demons' as he looked at San, “And flight isn’t one of my best suit so I'd rather save my power for useful moments.”

“As much as I can actually fly, I’m scared of heights.” Hongjoong stated as he shook his head, “And I can’t carry anyone because my hands kept on shaking.”

“I can’t do anything related to flight without using light and it’ll attract those blackened ones,” Jongho said as he sheepishly looked away.

“Someone here can summon a broomstick though,” Seonghwa said as he glanced at Mingi before smiling michievously, “Am I right, witch boy?”

“Isn’t a male witch supposed to be called as a warlock?” Hongjoong asks.

“Nah. He's more of a witch,” Seonghwa shrugs.

“Speaking of summoning something, Yunho is quite useful when it comes to flight.” San lets out a high pitched laugh that resembles a fox’s sound.

“Oh no. No. No. No.” Yunho shook his head immediately, “The goddess would definitely question me for summoning the griffin!”

“Goddess?” Yeosang asks.

“Ah shit!” Yunho slapped himself for letting those words slip out of his mouth before screaming for a few seconds and took a deep breath, “I give up. Okay. Just like all of you, I’m not actually a pure mortal. I’m a mixture of a mortal and a guardian of the forest. More like.. a goddess’ guardian.”

“Well, that was lit.” Jongho commented.

“Are you all aware of Artemis?” Yunho asks.

Mingi raised his hand eagerly, “Oh! Yes! Yes! I know her! I play Fate Grand/Order!”

A bow designed with gold, silver and diamonds appeared on his right hand with an arrow on the left one before aiming at Mingi, “I swear to god.. you fucking donkey!”

“H-Hey!” Mingi immediately casted a barrier as the arrow broke, “Calm down!”

“Stop horsing around then!” Yunho hissed, glaring at the tall male.

“Calm down,” Seonghwa said and just like magic, both of them did calm down with Seonghwa's motherly acts.

“My clan serves as a guardian for Artemis and I am actually one of her favorite to the point that she have gifted me a lot of blessings,” Yunho said, smiling genuinely at them and the others are looking at him in awe, “I can talk about it later but I’m actually worried because summoning a Griffin is quite shady for a guardian living in the mortal realm and the Goddess might get mad at me.”

“Yunho. Please?” Seonghwa is doing his best to convince the younger male.

“Well, I had a hunch that she knew what was about to happen though. She gave me blessings in impulse saying that someone is about to happen and she won’t let her favorite guardian get in trouble,” Yunho sheepishly said, “So whatever.”

“Thank you, Yunho.” Seonghwa smiled at the taller in which Yunho smiled back.

“So Wooyoung-hyung, since Yunho revealed his hidden identity to us. Can you spill the tea about yours?” Jongho suddenly asks.

“Me?” Wooyoung pointed at himself before chuckling, “I ain’t special like Yunho. I’m just someone that can use dark magic.”

“Dark magic?” Seonghwa asks.

“You won’t trust me if I tell you,” Wooyoung nervously chuckles.

“I will trust you,” Yeosang blurted out as he kept on staring at Wooyoung, “No matter what you are, I will trust you.”

“Shut up, traitor. I don't need your trust,” Wooyoung spat.

“Now, now. Are we ready to go downstairs once again?” San said as he took a deep breath.

“After climbing that fucking ladder, we’re going downwards again?!” Mingi complained as he crouched, “My feet hurts.”

“I can make this easier for all of us so you better summon that broom of yours and carry the most lightweight person as Yunho summons that griffin to carry three more people.” San stated as he opened a portal that leads to the same place where they saw the stairs, “Prepare to take a leap then fly immediately because the blackened ones are actually nearby.”

“Hey. What about the two people that will be left behind?” Seonghwa asks as he looked at San still wrapped around Yeosang, “I will not let you stay here with Yeosang!”

“We weren’t planning to stay behind, I’ll carry him.” A flashing light made them close their eyes and at the moment that they opened it, they saw Yeosang sitting on a huge white fox which seems to be San, “I’ll carry him all the way there.”

“You've got to be kidding me,” Mingi gasps as he ran towards San and touched his fur before hugging him, “Ah! You're so fluffy! Take me with you!”

“I can’t carry three more people,” San replies, rejecting Mingi’s request “I’m still young and I can carry Yeosang since he’s kind of a lightweight.”

“Unfair! I want to ride a fluffy fox like you! Not my think broomstick! I'll feel safe with you! Not with my fucking broomstick!” Mingi whines.

“Sorry, Mingi.” San laughs.

“Nobody needs to carry me around though. I can manage myself,” Wooyoung assured them as he shook his head, “So Mingi can ride with you!”

“Are you sure?” Mingi's eyes seems to sparkle with the thought that he wouldn’t use his broomstick.

“Yes. In fact, I can carry someone with me too. Two, in fact!” Wooyoung grins at them.

“Then Yeosang should—”

“No.” Wooyoung immediately rejected Seonghwa’s idea, “Jongho can come with me!”

“Sure.” the youngest replies quickly.

“Let’s go!” San said as he looked at them.

Yunho took a deep breath as his eyes turned into green while chanting something in a foreign language and a portal appeared as a griffin went out of it, standing proudly and majestic. Yunho went in it to give it a pat and ran his hands to its fur before getting in it and gestured to Seonghwa and Hongjoong to follow in which the eldest immediately complied.

San, on the other hand, have Yeosang and behind him was Mingi which was grinning widely and talking about that one of his dreams when he was a child is to ride on a fluffy animal. All of them looked at Wooyoung as the black-haired male kneeled on the ground before a huge summoning circle appeared on the ground, startling the fox spirit and the griffin to leap away in it.

A huge dragon appeared in front of them, making Mingi screech once again but this time, Yunho’s screech resonates with him. Seonghwa took his wand in impulse, ready to cast something against it when he identified what it is. Yeosang just looked in awe what’s front of him as the dragon lets out a roar.

Wooyoung looked at Seonghwa in such a sad way before looking away, “I knew that you’ll be giving me that look. I’m sorry for being like this.”

“You’re a necromancer,” Seonghwa gritted on his teeth, “What if you’re behind all of this shit?”

“I promise you that I wasn’t,” Wooyoung shook his head in denial.

“How can I believe you?” Seonghwa’s words seems like venom that made the black-haired male flinch, “When you’re nothing but a creature of the dark? A filthy summoner?!”

“Please don’t..” Yeosang immediately got off San as he ran and stopped in front of Wooyoung while spreading his arms as if he’s protecting the younger male “Stop saying mean stuff about my bestfriend!”

Wooyoung froze as Yeosang said those words and he swore that he can hear some bells chiming as if it’s something that’s nostalgic and he found himself in a flashback of that psychopath holding Yeosang as it kept on insulting the dying child version of Yeosang.

“Stop saying mean stuff about my bestfriend!” He can hear his younger self screaming with all his might.

“Youngie?” He gasped when Yeosang tapped him and the brunette seems to be worried.

“Yeosang, stay away from him.” Wooyoung can hear Seonghwa warning him.

“No. I trust him, Seonghwa-hyung.” Wooyoung couldn’t believe what he’s hearing right now, “Even when everyone turns their back at Wooyoung, I’ll still trust him with all of my life. He’s my bestfriend.”

Wooyoung clenched his jaw as he looked at Yeosang, “Stop pitying me!”

“I’m not pitying you, Youngie.” Yeosang said as he smiled a bit, “As a proof of it, I’ll come with you. Jongho can join Mingi on San.”

“Wait! Yeosang!” San was about to complain but one assuring glance from Yeosang made him sigh in defeat, “Alright.”

“If you’re sure of that then let me cast a spell on you for protection,” Seonghwa mutters something and a bracelet made from pearls appeared on Yeosang’s left wrist.

“You really don’t trust me..” Wooyoung muttered as he looked down.

“Stop worrying too much, Seonghwa-hyung. I can sense when Yeosang is in danger..” San lets out a chuckle, “We’re connected to each other.”

“What is that supposed to mean?” Hongjoong asked out of the blue.

“I’ll tell you the details later! For now! We must gather some resources!” San beamed before leaping on the portal.

“Wooyoung, let’s go.” Yeosang held the black-haired male’s hand gently.

“W-Whatever.” The undead dragon crouched down as both of them climbed up, “If you fall then it’s your fault for not clinging on the dragon too much.”

“I’ll cling on you instead,” Yeosang casually said, hugging the black-haired male tightly.

“H-Hey!” The younger male tried to get Yeosang’s grip out of him.

“I’ll fall if I won’t cling to you, Youngie.” Yeosang stated, “Sorry.”

“Ah! Whatever!” Wooyoung lets out a frustrated whine before the dragon immediately went out of the portal.

As they’ve touched the ground, they leaped until they’re flying towards the sky and noticed how the moon is colored as red as blood and how the skies seems to be starless behind the dark clouds that seems to be preventing them on escaping through the sky. From the sky, they can see the blackened ones as if they’re ants and noticed how a lot of them are scattered throughout the whole town.

But for now, what they should focus on is the resources that they need and surviving on their own.