- Chapter 35 :

Previously on T7L:

after killing and escaping Queen Karis, Team Des heads back to the map area that holds the missing doctors, Thara, and the Alnilian legend. Once they get there it is a big ice fortress sort of structure and they get in before being split into teams by a crack in the ice. Each team gets into trouble and we leave off on Namjoon, Tera, Lia, and You getting attacked by a lady.

you might want to reread chapter 33 before coming back! anyways now let's get into the chapter ;)

"I get it now!" A light bulb went off in Taehyung's head as Yoongi looked at, still in a shock due to the large ice shard that had fallen in front of them. "Well how nice, mind telling me before we get crushed by a giant block of frozen liquid?" He seethed, pulling Taehyung close to him to be able to protect the latter man.

"Someone is controlling the ice!" Taehyung said, proud of himself as Yoongi paused. He realized that it was indeed a plausible explanation and scoffed, "That makes this a million times harder then." Yoongi raised both his hands and targeted the ice shard blocking their way from Hoseok and Jimin.

The screams both men had unleashed were a bit more frightening and Yoongi was itching to get to them. What if they were in trouble?

Just like before, there was a large tension and he arms shook slightly as he started to slowly move the ice shard up. He cursed lowly, wondering who had the power to fight his. Taehyung noticed and closed his eyes, electricity sizzling around his body as he took one hand, and pointed two fingers up to his heart.

He was using an ancient style of fighting taught only on Capella. It was one of their traditions engraved in their culture that men and women went through training in their martial arts style.

Taehyung then redirected the two fingers from his heart and took in a deep breath, breathing out and he squatted slightly and pointed his finger to the shard. He had created a circle effect from his heart to the shard, redirecting the lightning inside of him through his fingers.

Yoongi watched with large eyes as the ice shard broke into tiny pieces, sizzling and melting from the heat of Taehyung's lighting bolts. A slight smoke trailed from Taehyung's fingers as he brought them up to his lips and blew.

Yoongi stood astonished, Taehyung's normal happy weird facade was torn apart as he stood with a solemn straight expression, concentration draining from his face. 

"Wow. That was cool dude." Yoongi said in awe as Taehyung broke out of his trance, looking at Yoongi and smiling with a boxy smile that forced Yoongi to break out into a gummy smile. Both men ran through the now open gateway, using their ears to get to Hoseok and Jimin, praying that they could get there before anything happened. 

"Watch out!" Yoongi skidded to a stop, grabbing the back of Taehyung's neck as they hit the brakes on their feet. In front of them was another crack in the ground, similar to the one you'd fallen through when first entering the palace.

"Hold on, this wasn't here like ten feet ago...how did it appear now?" Taehyung whispered to himself as Yoongi's eyebrows flew off his face in surprise. "Someone created this whole. Just like someone created a whole in the start that separated us into groups." He said before looking around wearily, feeling another presence.

"Correct." Both males turned their head as another figure emerged behind a ice boulder. The man was tall and lanky, almost wobbling on the icy floor. he was suited up in a white shirt and white pants, his clothes camouflaging him into their surroundings. He had gray hair, but something about the color made it look dyed.  

His snake like black eyes bore into the men, a grim smile stretching from cheek to cheek. "Correct." He repeated before awkwardly standing in front of Taehyung and Yoongi. Yoongi scoffed and raised a finger, a purple aura staining the man as he was lifted into the air. Yoongi smirked, knowing the man's worst mistake was appearing in front of them. 

However, the man seemed oddly calm as he looked to the side. Yoongi quirked an eyebrow and let out a gasp as the boulder next to him began sliding to him at full speed. He released the hold on the man and jumped to the side with Taehyung as the boulder changed directions to catch  the falling man.

Taehyung clenched his teeth, "He must have those Mogarian engineered powers." He said as Yoongi nodded. "No way someone has natural ability to bring objects to life." Even saying the name of that power seemed like a shock. The power to bring inanimate objects to life seemed..unfair? 

"We have to be careful of this one." Taehyung nodded in agreement, both men walking on opposite sides of the boulder to round the man. Yoongi made sure to keep one eyes on Taehyung, the boulder still see through.

"Allow me to stall more of your time." The man said sweetly as Yoongi scoffed, crouching down and getting reading to attack. The man simultaneously jumped off of the boulder, aiming his feet at Yoongi. Yoongi squinted his eyes and watched as the man looked to the floor beneath them.

"Wah!" Yoongi's eyes screeched to Taehyung as a crack erupted below him, swallowing half of the man. Taehyung groaned as his arms were glued to his hips, his body stuck in the now closed crack of ice.

Taehyung looked up and screamed in panic, "Yoongi!" The latter man looked back up to see the ice man only a few feet away from him, now with a devilish smile and knife in hand. 

"Ah shit."

**

"AHHHHHHHHH" Hoseok and Jimin screamed in unison, covering their eyes and squatting to the floor in fear. 

The men had been trailing a horrendous smell to the end of tunnel, a door awaiting them. Jimin knew they shouldn't open it, and yet happy-go-lucky just had to open to door, to reveal a female in her teens. The girl had long luscious black hair, which floated as if it had its own life force. 

The worst part was that the girl....was naked.

Both innocent men had been terrorized by the sight, covering their eyes and looking away. "Is she still naked??" Jimin questioned, poking at Hoseok with one hand while covering his eyes with the other. Hoseok pushed Jimin back with his shoulder in response, groaning. "You check!!" Both men quarreled over who had to look first, the small action of pushing becoming a full on cat fight--all while still covering their eyes.

The girl stared with one eyebrow furrowed, wondering if the men were being serious. She sighed and looked to her hair, watching as a few thick strands came to her aid and wrapped around her, covering her. She smiled at her hair, stroking through it before returning her attention to the two men. 

Hoseok was now on top of Jimin, trying to peel his hand away from his eyes and force him to look. 

The girl tried not to kill them right there and calmed herself down. "You both can look now." She said, her voice high pitched but small. Hoseok and Jimin froze, remembering that there was another person in the room--someone who potentially wanted to kill them. 

Both scoffed and slowly removed their hands, sighing in comfort when the teen girl looked at them--covered. "I am Eeya." The girl said. Hoseok and Jimin looked to each other. She had patiently waited for them to stop being stupid, and was now introducing herself. Not to mention she had covered herself sensing their discomfort. Hoseok smiled, maybe she was a good enemy after all. 

"And I am going to kill you both." Eeya stated. The smile fell from Hoseok's lips. Nevermind, good enemies didn't exist. 

Eeya rolled her eyes back as her hair grew longer, the thick strands expanding in place. Jimin shit his pants, his mouth widening in surprise. "H-How?" He said out loud, offended that it took him so long to grow his hair back while this girl had the ability to grow her hair any time she wanted. 

Hoseok pushed Jimin out of the way and jumped as a strand of hair shot towards them, curling. The hair missed Hoseok, but barely. Hoseok and Jimin came to a stop at the edge of the ice room as Hoseok felt a stinging feeling. He looked down to see a part of his shirt ice cold--frozen. He looked back up to the hair, seeing the edge of the strands white and icy. 

"Jimin you have to be careful, if that hair touches you, it'll freeze you." He said, Jimin shitting his pants again. "Amazing." The younger man said sarcastically, nodding his head in fear. 

Eeya sighed, looking annoyed. "Please stay still." She said as Hoseok huffed, offended. The hair came at him again, but this time faster. He jumped to the right as Jimin jumped to the left, both men separating to make the hair's job harder. 

Jimin landed on his feet, looking to the side and gasping, seeing two strands coming at him. He channeled air through his feet and boosted himself into the air, jumping and back flipping in the air to avoid the freezing hair. 

Eeya sighed and watched as her hair strands chased both men across the room, the men jumping around and evading her hair in the last second. "What a drag." She complained, closing her eyes and forcing her hair to become thicker rather than longer.

Hoseok squawked as the hair strand grew thicker and separated, becoming a hair cocoon. He jumped off the way and nearly missed the hair, rolling on the floor as nothing caught inside the literal hair ball. 

Hoseok clenched his teeth and looked at Eeya; he didn't want to hurt her or anyone in general. His eyes paused as Jimin's surroundings became overfilled with the hair balls. The Atlairian boy looked both ways in panic, not noticing the hair strand creeping from behind.

Hoseok immediately got to his feet and pounced near, closing his eyes and then reopening them while pushing his palm out. Immediately a ball of flame sprang to life, heading straight for Eeya's hair. The girl noticed, and cried out as her hair erupted in red flamed, highlighted by the blank icy back walls.

Jimin immediately looked to Hoseok, nodding in thanks as he jumped out of the trap, landing next to the reddish haired man. Eeya collapses to the floor, bringing her hair back to her and cradling the burnt strands in her hand like it was a baby. A tear fell from her eyes before she looked up back at Hoseok, a cold flame burning.

Her hair began to float and elongate, the burnt strands remaining stagnant as she got up, hair separating and floating in the hair curled like tentacles. "Hobi I think you pissed her off." Jimin said, gripping onto Hoseok's shirt like his life depended on it. Hoseok smiled with laughing in a panicked manner, acting as if everything was fine. "Amazing."

Both men screamed as Eeya released her terrifying hair strands, leaving her body nude again. They had a feeling this time she wouldn't be considerate enough to cover it. Hoseok and Jimin randomly jumped to the side, trying to avoid looking directly at Eeya.

Jimin cursed loudly as his leg stung, a hair strand curling around his calve. He collapses to the icy ground, covering his eyes and trying not to look at the girl. He wasn't sure if Hoseok even knew his position as the male was jumping blindly too. 

Jimin saw three hair strands coming at him and closed his eyes, using his hands and lifted him above his head. He heard Eeya gasp and then smirked before bringing his arms down with all his strength. He heard a scream and covered his body as waves of wind burst at him, pushing him into the wall. He finally peeked open his eyes to see Eeya on the floor, all of her hair piled on her body.

Jimin had used his powers to lift her hair into the air, and then at once brought it back all down onto her. He knew her had had to be heavy if it was able to thicken and lengthen at such a rate. His logic was that by bringing all of her hair down on her at the same time, it would be heavy enough to crush her--only a little of course. 

Hoseok tip-toed over to Jimin, scared as if he would wake up the teen girl. He helped Jimin up, warming up his leg and eliminating any trace of the frost with his hand. 

"You think that's enough?" Eeya said in a low voice. Both men jumped and looked at the girl. She was still wrapped in her own hair, but her small face made an appearance, making it seem like the lump of hair had a face. Hoseok felt a thorn of irritation prick him.

"I'm going to kill you both. No, I won't." Eeya contradicted herself, pausing and looking at the men in deep thought even though he eyes were somewhere else. "Ah I know. I will keep you both alive. Alive as I find your other friends. That is, if they still are alive of course. I'll keep you alive as we kill you and your precious legends. Alive. Dead. Alive?" Eeya started laughing loudly, her right eye twitching.

"There are..more?" Jimin whispered to Hoseok uncertainly. Hoseok fought down the flame inside of him and answered calmly, "If we ran into someone I assume the others did too." He tried to breathe in and out, calming himself down--but it wasn't working. "Hey dude your breath is kinda hot you good?" Jimin said as he began pacing back.

He touched Hoseok's shoulder only to cry out and cradle his hand. Hoseok's whole body had become so hot, a flame carried through his blood and entire being. "Sorry bud. Give me a minute." He said without looking at Jimin stepping closer to Eeya. 

He crouched down a few feet from Eeya, watching as she struggled to lift a strand of hair up. She was weakened too much by Jimin's attack. "I was going to leave you alone." Hoseok said in a small but deep voice as he raised his palm to the ceiling. A small flame spawned in the middle of his hand as Eeya hissed. 

"But anyone who dares to hurt my family, isn't going to be left alone." Hoseok whispered, in a cold, cold tone, different to the warmth emanating from him. 

Eeya screeched as Hoseok lit her hair on fire, the flame reflecting in Hoseok's eyes as he stayed in his crouched position, just watching.

Jimin gulped from behind, making a reminder not to get onto Hoseok's bad side. "Scary." Jimin muttered to himself, looking at the door that they were caged in by. They had to get out--and help the others. 

**

You looked to the side to see an icicle pinning you to the boulder, slicing your shoulder and creating a pool of blood. You all looked up to see a woman emerge from the boulders.

She wore an all white long baggy dress and walked barefoot, the ice not impacting her. Her white long her could deceive others into believing she was an old lady, but you could tell by the sharpness of her face she was around your age. Her eyes were a striking white and you gasped, realizing that she was an albino.

She stopped and you paused in your breathing. She was the one controlling the ice! 

You opened your mouth to ask her who she was, but instead let out a panicked scream as the boulder opened up, and swallowed you whole. 

Namjoon gaped in shock, seeing you basically be eaten by a ice boulder--was that even possible? Magnolia screamed in horror, looking at the albino lady in complete child rage. Tera--had no reaction..per usual.

"I am Yuri." The woman said, looking at the remaining three with disinterest. Namjoon's eyes were fixed on the smeared blood resting on the boulder, where you were pinned before being swallowed whole. A shiver ran down his spine. Namjoon knew he was at a disadvantage, and he knew Yuri knew that too.

That was why she had taken you out first. With you not being able to fight anymore, he was useless as there was no earth material anywhere in the icy fortress. He looked to Tera, Magnolia standing behind both, holding back tears as she looked at the bolder holding you.

"I will hold her off as much as I can. I advise you to search the ground." Tera said as it wheeled forward. Namjoon's eyebrow raised, calling out to the robot. "Explain please." Tera turned around, wheeling to Namjoon again. "No planet can exist without land and ground Namjoon. Even under all of this ice, there is ground that is holding it up. I know you are new to your abilities, but try." It said before wheeling to Yuri, the latter female staring at the robot in interest.

Namjoon, closed his eyes and got on his knees, hands pressed down against the ice. He tried, with all his being, to feel the ground beneath all of the ice. He grunted, pressing harder and hear the ice shatter as he still tried. He could feel something, something very faint. But it wasn't reacting to his pull.

"Come..on!!" Namjoon grunted as he felt an ice shard weakly pierce his hand. Why wasn't it working?! Namjoon knew it was due to him only recently activating his powers--he didn't have much control over them. He definitely could not control such land at a depth yet. He touched his forehead to the ice, praying to his parents, for them to help him. 

He felt a hand on his shoulder and looked to see Magnolia standing with a worried face, her long black hair framing her face as she tried to comfort Namjoon. She leaned down and hugged Namjoon, her small arms struggling to reach around him. Namjoon felt his heart melt as he hugged her, getting up and carrying her up with him.

He had to face it. He wasn't at that level yet. He had to leave it to Tera. 

Said robot finished configuring itself as Yuri walked closer to the tall medium height robot, staring at it with calculating eyes. "And what are-" Namjoon gasped as Yuri went flying. Tera hadn't even let the woman finish her sentence. Smoke lightly wavered from Tera as the whole inside of it closed. 

Namjoon had to blinked twice. Did Tera launch something out from the hole inside of it? "Tera that was-" "She is not down." Tera monotonously cut off Namjoon, interrupting his celebrating. "Huh. But she went flying." Namjoon trailed, confusion written on his face. Tera simply shook its head, "She has an ability to control ice itself. Before I could fully attack her she froze her clothes them, basically making herself as strong as a brick wall. Due to that she didn't feel the impact of the attack." Tera summarized, its blue light analyzing the situation.

Namjoon paused, blinking twice. "W-What? But then why did she.." He was beyond confused. How was that even fair! "I believe she stepped towards me on purpose. She wanted me to attack her so she could get a feel for how I battle." Tera said, a realization dawning on Namjoon. Yuri was very, very dangerous.

Just as he looked up again, Yuri began walking back, the dust clearing at her feet. Oddly enough, she was smiling. She hadn't been injured at all, not even a cut on her face. "What the.." Magnolia whispered, her eyes wide in fear as she clung on tighter to Namjoon. 

"You're strong." Yuri said to Tera, her smile unwavering. Namjoon suddenly had a very bad feeling about this. "But you forgot one thing," The lady smiled, tilting her head to the side. 

Namjoon's eyes lit up as he realized what was wrong. "TERA BACK AWAY!" He screamed, but it was too late.

"But I control ice, robot." Yuri smiled before raising a hand. Namjoon watched in horror as Tera froze, malfunctioning as random lights began emanating from it. "I could control you, but I want to satisfaction of killing the legend myself." Yuri licked her lips as a block of ice grew around Tera, freezing the robot on spot. 

Namjoon blinked, setting Magnolia down on the floor. He racked through his brain, thinking of what he could do--no matter how he saw it, he was at a disadvantage. 

Before Yuri or Namjoon could make any moves though, Magnolia got up and began sobbing as she ran to the boulder that caged you in it. Magnolia buried her small head against the ice, her tears melting onto the boulder. "Mama!! Come out Mama I'm scared!!" She cried as she hit the ice with her tiny fists against and again.

Yuri chuckled to herself as Namjoon felt his heart tear for the small girl. He looked grunted and laid his hands against the floor against, praying and trying to feel the land particles underneath. He tried his best to ignore Magnolia's heart wrenching cries for you and focused on the ground. 

"Ignoring me?" He looked up as Yuri began a beeline toward him, smiling sweetly. Namjoon cursed, and waited until she was a foot away from him. Then, before either had time to think, he got up, grabbing her legs and flipping her over, pushing her down to the ground with all her strength.

He heard a sickening slick sound and kicked Yuri over so that her back was lying on the floor. Her nose was bleeding, bent in an awkward position. Namjoon cringed and felt his stomach get sick as Yuri touched her nose slowly, pulling it back to see the pinkish blood paint her face. She let out a horrified screech, anger boiling as Namjoon stepped back.

He stiffened as his foot iced up, caging him in one stop. Yuri slowly got up, touching her nose and releasing it, a ice cast freezing the skin. "Haha, you..you're going to pay for that." She spit out, laughing as Namjoon cursed for the nth time, attempting to move his leg out of the ice cage. 

"Mama!! I want to hug you! I'm scared!" Magnolia hiccuped against the ice wall, Yuri's eye twitching. "Why is that kid so damn annoying." She seethed as Namjoon looked to Magnolia in panic. "Lia, sit down and be quiet for a while please!" He needed the girl to calm down until he had figured out a way to take care of Yuri.

Magnolia didn't cease her sobbing however, only crying louder for you. Yuri blew air out of her nostrils, "I hate kids." and began walking to Magnolia. "LIA RUN!" He yelled, but the small girl was too busy hitting the ice in an attempt to wake you up.  

Yuri calmly walked up behind the girl, and then grabbed a clump of her black hair. Magnolia let out a yelp as Yuri raised Magnolia up from the ground by clutching her hair. The small girl let out a cry and tried scratching at Yuri hand, kicking her legs in the air in pain. 

"You should've shut up while you had the chance. I hate kids." Yuri said before slamming Magnolia's face into the ice boulder. The child let out a pained cry as her forehead collided with the brick wall strong ice. Namjoon gritted his teeth, slamming his hands against the ice for the third time and trying to feel it.

'Please...I have to save them.' He cried within himself to whoever was listening as he felt small particles form from beneath the ice. Namjoon felt beads of sweat drip down his forehead as he tried to harness them, only to no avail. He kept going, the pained screams from Magnolia driving him. 

"I'm sorry Lia!" He cried out loud, closing his eyes so he didn't have to witness the small girl's head continuously be crashed into the ice. Magnolia's small face was covered with her blood, the boulder now a shade of pinkish red. Yuri, with no emotion, kept slamming the child into the boulder, until Magnolia's hands dropped to her sides and her legs stopped flailing. 

Namjoon paused. Magnolia wasn't moving. At all. 

"Finally." Yuri said as she threw Magnolia to the side, the child stopping as she crashed into a icy wall. Namjoon felt his world stop. He couldn't even breathe anymore.

Magnolia wasn't moving. 

She was dead.

Magnolia was dead.

He felt a choked sob rising to his throat. "H-How could you?" He screamed, rage building up inside of him. Yuri only laughed, throwing her head back as she kept facing the ice boulder. "Don't fret too much, you'll join her soon." 

Namjoon was about to release a scream of rage when something happened. Yuri paused too, looking at the ice boulder she had just used to end Magnolia and swallow you. The boulder was glowing. Namjoon blinked twice, trying to distract himself from the pain of looking at Magnolia. 

"What the.." Yuri said uncomfortably as the boulder began glowing an uncomfortably bright gold color. Namjoon heard a crack in the ice and shielded his eyes with his arm, peeking with one eye to see the ice cracking from the top, a loud screeching noise releasing as it kept cracking.

Yuri scoffed in amusement, laying a hand on the boulder to freeze it again. Instead, a hand emerged from the crack and grabbed Yuri's neck. Yuri let out a chokes gasp. Namjoon's eyes widened. It was your hand. You were awake.

Yuri was lifted into the air, coughing as the hand emerged more, one last crack appearing on the boulder before it exploded. Namjoon hugged himself, crouching down next to his frozen foot, waiting for the large waves of winds to end, ice particles hitting him like hail.

Once he felt safe again, he looked up. The wind had cleared. There you were, strangling Yuri in the air. Your hair was beginning to float again over your shoulder, the vibrant golden color highlighting you. Your eyes, they were that same void color--but glowing brightly. You were glowing. 

Namjoon gulped. You were mad. Very mad. 

You released Yuri as she fell on her butt, coughing and looking up at you in horror. "How did...you?" She coughed out, looking at her broken boulder in denial. You didn't say anything, watching her. "If you think I'm too weak to break out of a block of ice, you're mistaken." You finally drawled out.

Namjoon wasn't sure whether she should've felt offended by that.

You looked at Namjoon, making eye contact with him. "I...heard her. Where..is she?" You asked slowly, desperation lacing your voice. You heard Magnolia. Her cries and sobs. It unlocked something in you. Something that got you out of that situation. You felt different. Like..powerful. Not like before, this was something different. 

Namjoon slowly looked to the right, and you did the same. You stopped breathing. Magnolia was lying against a wall on her side. You couldn't see her face from the amount of blood coating it. her hair was frizzy and messed up, her skin pale. She wasn't moving. 

Your breath got caught in your throat. Was she..? 

"I got rid of that pest, and I'll do it to you too." Yuri laughed maniacally, turning your attention to the frozen Tera. You felt that same feeling you did in the boulder. A burning in your stomach. Some type of fire growing inside of you.  

Yuri and Namjoon watched in confusion as you clutched your stomach, bending over slightly as you panted. You felt a burning pain in your stomach. Letting out a yelp in pain, you raised your shirt up. In the middle of your stomach, a circle emerged, a deep golden. It was swirling around, as big as a baseball. 

You released a scream in pain as lines shot out of the baseball sized golden hole. The golden lines streaked down your legs, painting along your arms and covering your body in golden lines. You felt the pain subside a tiny bit, a golden aura surrounding you. (a/n: not as accurate but you can imagine this kind of like naruto's nine tail chakra mode)

"W-What the.." Yuri stuttered, crawling back slowly from you. Your eyes were flashing colors, from red, to white, green, purple, and yellow before settling back on the glowing void color. Yuri got up nonetheless, "I'm going to kill you. Just because you put on a show with some weird type of circus seizure, doesn't mean you can defeat me." She laughed, trying to swallow her panic.

You only scoffed. 

Yuri paused, you weren't in front of her anymore. You'd..vanished?? 

"Behind you, love." Yuri let out a scream as you hammered her with your nunchucks from behind. She went flying into the wall, a cracking noise suggesting you had added on the damage Namjoon caused to her nose.

You tilted your own head, looking at your hand in awe. The golden tattoo reached to your fingers as well, outlining your basic bone structure. You had paused time for what felt like a minute, standing behind her before bringing time back to its normal pace. Even your nunchucks were glowing, the warmth creating a bond between you and your weapon. 

Yuri stood up from the ground, laughing in pain as she froze her nose, for the second time. Namjoon wasn't sure if he should've laughed. All he could do was stare in amazement at you. You were, incredible. As a child he had heard legends about the strength of the guide, but he thought they were fake after meeting you and seeing how you...were kind of weak(ish). 

Yuri raised her arms, ice beginning to thaw around your lower body, the hazy golden tattoos glowing from beneath the frozen liquid. That's when you did something that confused Namjoon. You touched the ice, and watched as it melted away, remnants of fire glinting on your hand. You looked to Yuri, stomping on the ground with one foot as Yuri lifted into the air by a wave of air. 

You then raised a hand, a purple aura forming around Yuri before you dragged your arm down, slamming the albino woman onto the floor. You repeated the process, knowing this is what had happened to your beloved Magnolia.

When you released her, Yuri weakly got up, refusing to back down. You then raised your arms, grunting as your arms shook. Namjoon gaped as the ice underneath Yuri broke and brown dirt r rose, forming a earth cage around Yuri and keeping her in place. Closing your eyes, a crackle sounded before Yuri got zapped with bolts of electricity, charged particles clouding the air around her as she cried out. 

Namjoon, had to blink twice, staring at you in shock. You had just done what he tried several times to doing, to no avail. Not only that, but you had used the powers of the other legends...powers no one else was supposed to wield. How...how was that possible? He knew something was off about you, the way tattoos stretched on your body and your glowing figure, but this...was this possible?

Yuri coughed blood, looking to you once before closing her eyes and freeing herself. You scoffed loudly as Yuri entrapped herself in a block of ice, freezing herself to save herself from you. 

Namjoon watched as you slowly walked up to Yuri, touching the ice. Then you jumped into the air, floating high above the boulder, "You can hurt me and I won't do anything," You said slowly as you raised your arms above your head, nunchucks in hand. 

"But touch the people I love," You let gravity slam you down closer to Yuri as your nunchucks glowed brighter, "And you'll regret it." You loudly screamed the last part before bringing your nunchucks down onto Yuri's ice shield.

A small crack formed, suddenly widening as a golden light filled the area. Namjoon covered himself once more, hearing the pained screeching of a woman, the warm golden light creating a feeling of calmness in him. 

When it subsided, Namjoon looked up. The ice shield was gone. Yuri was on the floor, swimming in a pool of her own blood. Dead. 

Your turned around, slowly walking to Magnolia, leaning against the ice wall for support. Your tattoos started to disappear, hair reverting back to its normal golden color and eyes toning down to your boring void. You were stabbed by fatigue, your eyes closing. But you kept going. To your sweet little girl, the girl you had accepted as your daughter, to Magnolia.

Namjoon watched with his heart tearing as you dropped to your knees, silently sobbing as you took the small child in your embrace, leaning against a boulder. You hugged the small bleeding child to your chest, and closed your eyes and your head fell forward.

Namjoon heard a familiar beeping and looked to the left to see the ice cage around Tera metling, now that its controller had been defeated. He paid no mind to Tera, watching as the ice around his foot melted as well, freeing him.

Namjoon sat in silence, watching your passed out figure holding the dead child close to your chest, tears falling from your face even in your unconscious form. 

He simply sat against a boulder and closed his eyes, focusing on the sounds of Tera re-configuring itself.

NEXT ON CHAPTER 36: THE SEARCH 

"Took us long enough to find you." Yoongi snarled.
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"Hi! I'm the legend of Alnilam. Nice to meet you!"
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"Lucia...how did you do that back there? What were those tattoos? What...are you hiding from us?"
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Your eyes focused on a young lady sitting against a while, something about her familiar all of a sudden. "Thara!?"

HI i think this update came faster than usual so hehee (so u guys can't come at me for making it less interesting or less aCtIoN ok i needed to add in the battle scenes for character development and for something that will come to play a big part in the future)

in this chapter y'allsters were supposed to meet the alnilian legend but ima make y;all wait another chapter bc by the time i finished writing the fighting scene we were at 6k and i didn't want to make this chapter unnecessarily long lol.

i promise you'll meet him next chapter!!

also i just checked and it felt so surreal but this august 27th will be t7l's second year anniversary. omg i was in shock for so long ive been working on this book for almost two years...and we're not halfway near done 🤡 even better bc that day is also my one year vegan anniversary <3 

my SAT got cancelled HAHAH so im now taking it in sept and oct, which gives me more time to write on wattpad!!

also..might have started playing mystic messenger again....bruh my mans saeyoung always comes first okay--

lastly, I RECEIVED MY SECOND FANART FOR THIS BOOK AND UWU I AM SO HAPPY 

thank you to @winterin17 for sending me this AMAZING fanart! i love it so much <3

this is probably a very accurate image of your character that you play in this story!

if anyone ever wants to send in fanart(which i hope with all my being that you do), or recreate any of the scenes in this book, please send it to pranathiim(insert the at sign here)gmail.com! 

HDURBRR4 SORRY IM SO IN LOVE WITH THIS FANART I LOVE U @winterin17

also for the people asking, your tattoo is on your right shoulder and is a clock..*hint*

imagine that image above as the tattoo you got!

ik everyone must b like why is luciel stronger than joon and 1) joon just got his powers so he cannot do a lot and also that ground was beneath all the ice so he kinda wasn't at the level. 2) i always see books where the boys are stronger than the mc. in this book, you(the guide) are stronger than the legends. as you are the guide, you must be more powerful to be able to lead them to your goal of saving the universe. cheers to badass main characters <3 (aka you, beautiful reader)

and with that this chapter has come to an end! thank you all for reading!! i love you all so matcha <3 see you next time,

-lunar