|Ch.119

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He killed it. He killed the dragon like he was supposed to. The hell dragon was a menace and resisted till the end. But the Pendragon with blood eyes were more powerful than him. Even with a god riding it,souring through the dark clouds and thunders,it couldn't win against this stubborn man who would go to the depth of the hells to kill it.

It was Jungkook's job. He did not have to deal with Gaara who was riding the dragon because another god had that responsibility. Thus,as soon as his sword pierced the dragon's heart,he let go. Maybe he wished he would fall straight into his death like this so he would not have to face her.

He fell as he kept his eyes closed,peaceful. He wanted nothing more than to remain in this fleeting second of peace.

Gasp!

He felt himself being carried away by something. Claws ? Opening his eyes,he found his white dragon carrying him up again.

Oh.

She caught him before he fell into his death.

Jungkook chuckled in amusement. "They said your name was 'venus' huh? Tsk,just how much you love me venus? Not even letting me die"

To Jungkook,loving someone was hard but he could easily give away his love to people he cared. Nabi tought him that. And he learned his lesson with a lot of regrets. Not being able to say how much he loved her was his regret.

The dragon placed him on top of a mountain where the fight was not taking place at the moment. He steadied himself before caressing the dragon's head. "Thank you venus. I love you too"

It wasn't hard.

Why was he so reluctant to use the word. His insecurity got the best of him back then.

"We probably need to go back now. Other dragons would run free if I was not around—"

A sudden noise caught his attention cutting off his worries.

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Jimin,Yoongi,Namjoon and Seokjin were brought to a medical tent where the injured were treated with medical mages.

Jimin,Namjoon and Seokjin could be treated easily but Yoongi was in a critical condition. He was unconscious with a gruesome hole in his stomach,bleeding profoundly from everywhere.

No mage could treat such a fatal wound without risking their own lives. Seokjin's wife,Luna Bishop was there trying her best to help Yoongi since she was from a family full of medical mages but she too could not pass the limit.

"Seokjin",Luna called out to her husband helplessly. "He is not going to make it"

Seokjin was alarmed. He shoved aside the mage who was trying to help him stumbled towards his wife and brother. Jimin and Namjoon also limped towards them before kneeling next to Yoongi.

"No no no! This cannot be happening!!",Seokjin cried out in desperation. His lungs felt like they were being stuck with rocks. His whole body ached in pain he couldn't describe. This was not supposed to happen.

He could not bear it. It was enough that he lost his sister and now Yoongi? Seokjin held his wife's hand in desperation as he begged,"Please! Do something! Please save him! I beg you my wife! Just please"

Luna could only look away helplessly. "Apologies my lord",she whispered in pain. "This is all we could do. It was not only the injury that caused him this situation. A venom coating the pierced stick had paralysed his whole blood vessels and organs. The heart will —"

"Brother!!!"

Jimin's blood curdling scream sent a frozen shiver down Seokjin's spine. And Namjoon's silence?

He was scared to look.

But when Jimin's screams got louder,he forced himself to look at their way.

Namjoon was stupefied out of the traumatic scene infront of him. He looked like he was having a nightmare he could never escape. Even his breathing did not look like breathing at all.

Jimin,he was yelling like a mad man trying to wake up someone who would never come back alive.

And when Seokjin finally mustered up the courage to look at the person lying on the ground lifeless,his heart was ripped apart. The brother he relied on the most,the brother who always had his back,the brother who shared his burden,...is laying dead infront of him. The heart had already stopped.

A part of his soul was burnt like that.

Why?

Why did they have to go through this?

When Luna tried to touch him to give him a comforting hand,he refused. He was not in a position to have comfort. He had to be there for everyone to bring them back to their senses.

He looked up to take a deep breath and did not let his eyes to shed a tear. Then he reached Jimin before pulling him back. "Jimin Pendragon! Pull yourself together!! We don't have time to cry!"

"No!! No!! No!!! Brother!"

With Jimin's irritating personality,only Yoongi was ready to put up with him back then. He adored Jimin and spoiled him rotten sometimes. Yoongi would often ignore the little dude but would still give in to whatever he needed. And to Jimin who had to endure the lose of his dearest sister,this was a big blow to his head.

Seokjin pulled him back more with a stern look. "Bear it!We don't have a choice. Get up. We need to go",his own voice cracked at the end betraying his feelings.

Startling them,Namjoon stood up and turned his back to them. "We gotta go now",he rasped out. "I am going to ask her. If she wanted us to live,then why? Why did our brother have to die? Jimin,pull yourself together. We got a war ahead. Come on!"

And he left. His broad back gave a sense of comfort to them although he himself was having a hard time.

Seokjin also stood up dragging Jimin up with him. "We have to go"

Jimin clenched his fists and gritted his teeth like he was being forced to strip his skin alive. The Pendragon aura getting out of control as he staggered forward. The mages around them felt extremely uncomfortable with the leaking aura of Pendragons.

Twitching his lips,Jimin turned his anguish and grief into his madness.

And just like that,they had to leave behind the dead. Turning off their emotions,they entered the battle field again.

Meanwhile in the upper forest,Jaykar was forced to face his nemesis,Cloude. Luca was still unconscious by his side and he had to face this nuisance right now.

"Was wondering who is the rat who stole my forest spirits but isn't this a little adorable mouse? And what might you be doing alone in the woods with an unconscious knight?",Cloude asked as he flattered his fan.

Jaykar growled in displeasure. "None of your business"

"Is that so? Then I should get down to my business with you huh?",without a warning,Cloude raised his fan in the air making the ground crack up just below Jaykar's feet. A bunch of rose vines creeped up wrapping them around Jaykar's legs and gradually his whole body. The thorns pierced his flesh like a bitch,resulting in Jaykar's blood shed.

"You stole my spirits. Why? They were definitely not needed for the war"

Jaykar smirked evilly like a devil,"I said....it's NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!",he turned his whole body into millions of butterflies before getting himself released from the clutches of roses and solidified his body again.

Now it was Jaykar's turn to attack. The butterflies surrounded Cloude and made a cocoon,trapping him inside but cloude could easily destroy it. He smiled in amusement when he was attacked by the butterflies again. He waved his fan shoving away all the butterflies.

"You do not use spirit butterflies to attack someone,bastard. They are creatures of life"

Jaykar raised an eyebrow,"Is that so? Then you should see this"

His eyes turned black as he rose up in the air while all the butterflies around him turned black.

Cloude had his eyes wide in pure horror and disbelief.  "You.....you are using these creatures of life to destroy the life of the world? How evil could you be?"

Jaykar chuckled like he just heard a joke. "What's wrong with it? Every life has to end so what if I use them like this?"

"Bastard!"

"The way you view the world is different from how I view the world. Someone who spend their whole life in mountains and forests,doing their dilly dally activities,what would you know about this world? A power that I never asked for made my life a hell. So why can't I use it for my own good?"

The steel strong black butterflies attacked cloude again  but this time they left his whole body injured with their fierced wings. The fan did not work as a defence this time.

Cloude used his rose vines to attack Jaykar while he was still being attacked by the butterflies. The attacks on the butterflies would only slow down if the user was attacked.

The fight went for a while before both of them were extremely exhausted and bleeding from everywhere. Just as cloude struggled to crawl up from the ground,he accidentally caught the sight of Luca's hand.

"....so you used them for that"

Jaykar who was also struggling to get up,looked at him confused.

Cloude,"Just so you know,I am like you. Someone who deals with souls and spirits. I also could see them. The threads of soul mates. A pink one. Platonic love. To destroy a bond,you need all the types of spirits and souls to attack the bond between the two soul mates. That's how you destroy it. Was it the reason?"

Jaykar,"...."

"Breaking a bond so precious,do you know the consequences?"

"...what consequences?"

Cloude stood up staggering here and there with blood all over his body. "The pain of losing a part of your soul,how do you think the soul would deal with the aftermath?.......it rip away the memory related to that person"

Jaykar felt like the ground underneath him vanished to nothing. The wide eyes of realisation stared back at Luca. What has he done? Luca will....forget her? Did Nabi know this? Yes,she probably did. And right now,she probably does not remember Luca as well because the bond works from both sides.

Limping towards Luca,he fell on his knees beside him with a pained expression. Maybe,this was good? Luca would not be in pain this way,right?
But he could not forgive himself for snatching away something precious to Luca.

"....why did you do it?"

Jaykar,"....it had to be done. That was the only way to save him",he did not answer Cloude,he was just comforting himself this way because of the guilt.

Jaykar took Luca's upper body to his embrace. "I'm sorry",the words would not reach Luca but still he said it. "Even if you hate me,that's alright. But I do not regret. If it means saving your life,I would break every single soul mate bond for you"

Looking back over his shoulder,he met Cloude's gaze,"I will give you back the spirits I stole. Leave us alone"

War does not give you a happy ending. No one will have a happy ending after a terrible bloody war. Even if you managed to win,you can never win against trauma it left. The scars on your soul will forever remain as a reminder of how terrible this world is.

World is beautiful. But at what cost? Whose sacrifice brought the beautiful world? Who died for the happiness of another? Who lived for another?

Luca wanted to die for her but he has to live now. Nabi wanted to live but she has to die for him.

The world is beautiful yet cruel.

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