Azane stood there, staring at Shin, not knowing what to do. Her mouth was slightly open, no sound came out from her mouth.

Dead?...

She slowly knelt down, still staring at Shin.

Was, was it my fault?

Azane raised her head towards the heavens, her eyes started to gradually get moist.

For thousands of years, us Valkyries of the Red Moon, we slaughtered, we did anything to become stronger, for what?

I, I wasn’t able to do anything…

Aria wasn’t able to move any longer, her eyes were staring at Shin with cloudy eyes.

Her life force steadily decreased as she felt her body weakening at a fast pace.

On the other hand, Peutoa felt something, she felt her soul still remaining inside of Shin.

At that moment, a silver light erupted from within of Shin.

The silver light was blending everyone and it released a gentle aura.

They could see within the silver light, a male appeared, he seemed to be in his early twenties.

The male in the silver light slowly extended his hand towards Shin’s cheeks, gently stroking it.

Kuugo smiled faintly as he was able to touch Shin in the end. He slowly crouched down and kissed Shin on his forehead before the silver light vanished slowly.

Before everything disappeared, he bowed deeply towards Shin with a smile.

Shin’s whole body which was shrouded in the silver light, began to slowly heal itself.

Aria’s gazed towards Kuugo’s disappearing body and then at Shin, she hoped that the silver light was one of Shin’s Guardians helping him.

She spread out her aura and then focused it on Shin’s body, she inspected Shin’s body.

Aria breathed out in relief when she saw that Shin’s body was slowly rebuilding itself. She felt limp and couldn’t even stand up any longer, but even so, she smiled with a tired expression.

Kali did the same thing, her golden eyes checked Shin’s whole body, every single spot.

She could clearly see that Shin’s body was slowly recuperating. She who was closest to Shin, picked his body slowly up to her chest.

Kali turned around and saw that everyone else was also relieved, she smiled brightly as she extended her aura and picked up Aria in the air.

“Let’s go…”

Kali slowly spoke and turned around with Shin in her embrace and Aria being lifted behind her.

Peutoa’s eyes filled with emotions when she saw that Shin wasn’t dead, but she also felt a little bit of sadness when she saw the man in the silver light disappearing.

Azane couldn’t help but to jump up in the air with a large smile on her face.

She hurriedly followed Kali, peeking at Shin every single second.

Darkness…

Shin couldn’t see anything, but he felt something warm before he was engulfed in the darkness once more.

Where am I?

Before he could think about it, the surrounding changed. What he saw in front of him was a large hall with thirteen large thrones around a black table.

Each of the thrones had a different colour, he felt that they were familiar but he couldn’t remember where he had seen them before or what they represented.

Not many seconds later, several figures appeared and sat on a throne, most likely each of the thrones was their personal one.

Shin then stared at the silver throne, he saw a male in his early twenties sitting on it, he had white hair and white eyes.

Shin glanced at those who had already arrived, he could see that most of them had serious expressions and were frustrated.

Not even a minute later, twelve of the thirteen thrones were filled, only one was left.

Shin gazed at the last throne, it had no colour, Shin was able to see through the throne. But, it was strange, the throne was larger than the others.

The twelve persons which had arrived stood up and glanced towards the empty throne.

Behind the throne, a woman appeared, walking slowly. The woman stared at the twelve others before sitting down, the others followed and sat down too.

“Everyone should know why I have called upon you.”

The woman in the colourless throne said suddenly.

Most of them nodded casually.

The man on the silver throne didn’t nod or shake his head. He just opened his mouth and said.

“You are referring to that dream, aren’t you, Muir?”

Muir which sat on the throne nodded.

“Yes, Kuugo.”

“Humph!”

“They think that we would believe something like that?”

Muir spoke with a hint of disdain as her eyes narrowed.

“The Gods think of themselves way too high!”

“Not even glancing at us, but they told us to protect a human child.”

“hahaha, way too funny!”

Muir roared out and laughed.

Kuugo nodded without thinking much of it.

A man sitting on a grey throne raised his eyebrows and asked Kuugo and Muir.

“What should we do then?”

A woman on the red throne said with an annoyed tone.

“You really want to serve as a dog to a human child!?”

“I, the Goddess of Phoenixes, Mekina, will not lower myself to a human!”

“Ker’Vrak, you should understand yourself too, we aren’t meant to bow down to mere humans!”

Mekina snorted as she cast a hateful gaze towards Ker’Vrak.

“I agree…”

The man on the white throne agreed with a low voice.

“I, Gladius, will not be beneath a human being.”

Kuugo raised his head towards Muir, he raised his brows and asked with a flat tone.

“You’re saying that we should kill that human when it gets born?”

Muir nodded without any care.

“We, the rulers…”

She stood up slowly from her throne, standing in front of the twelve others, speaking loudly.

“Are not meant to bow down, at least not a child of the human race!”

“I, Muir Meors, will from this moment on, will hunt that child…”

“The ‘Child of God’, I will torture that child and make him being sorry for being alive!”

Muir’s loud voice sounded out clearly.

Everyone which was sitting on their thrones stood up slowly with an evil smile on their faces.

Only Kuugo sat on his throne, raising his eyebrows slightly and said calmly.

“I will not follow any child…”

“This time, I will help out.”

Kuugo had a faint smile as he glanced at the twelve others.

“Haha, I’m glad that for once you are willing to help, Kuugo!”

Muir laughed out loudly.

“With you, there will be no problems in dealing with anyone!”

Why does my chest hurt so much?

Shin felt like his whole body being twisted while seeing the twelve people cheering about killing someone.

Why…

I, I don’ want to watch this anymore!!!

Shin wanted to roar out, but he couldn’t speak a single word. No matter what, Shin could only see the thirteen people speaking about something and laughing.

Everything turned dark.

The scenes Shin was seeing, turned dark.

Before Shin could calm down, he saw another scene.

The same thirteen people was in front of a mirror.

Shin wasn’t able to see what the mirror was showing them, but he could clearly see their reactions.

“N, no…”

Mekina stuttered while her eyes widened, her face was pale white because of what she saw in the mirror, she tried shaking her head while denying it repeatedly.

“That can’t be us, I would never do something like that…!”

Mekina frightenedly stared at what the mirror was showing them.

A male in green lowered his head, speaking in a low voice filled with grief.

“I, Malika, would never do something like that…”

“It isn’t us, we aren’t like that…”

A woman in a purple dress had cold sweat running down her face while she turned around, not wanting to see anymore.

“How could we do something like that?”

She closed her eyes, saying to herself in an annoyed tone.

“I, the Queen of Spiders, Zura… had no idea I had this side of me…”

“Nor any of us…”

Zura tried to breathe, she could only open her mouth, not managing to breathe. Tears started to emerge from the corner of her eyes, she bit her teeth with all her force.

“Crunch!”

She fiercely opened her eyes, turning around and watched the scene in front of her, burning it into her memory.

“I would never do this!!!”

Kuugo watched everything from start to finish without changing any expressions.

He calmly watched the changes in every person in the room.

The one in the front, Muir, was smiling brightly as she laughed.

“Hahaha, this is perfect!”

She turned around slowly, speaking to the others.

“You saw it for yourselves!”

“We, in time will accomplish all of these things.”

“Everything will begin with that child’s death!”

“Hahahahaha.”

Muir laughed maniacally while thinking of everything she could do.

“No!”

Wearing golden clothes, a male roared.

“I will not partake in any of your absurd plans!”

“I, as the Golden King of the Spirits, Kira, will from this moment on, not assist any of you!”

Kira stood there as a mountain, standing his ground.

Silently, Zura, Malika and Mekina stood behind Kira, fiercely staring at Muir and the rest.

“Traitors?”

Muir snickered while glaring at them.

“Humph!”

“None of you are worth anything in my eyes!”

When Muir roared that out, a large man in a brown robe stepped towards Kira.

He nodded towards Kira, speaking in a dark voice.

“I will not participate in something dishonourable like that…”

“Let me fight for what I think is right.”

Zura and Kira smiled faintly.

“Thank you, Bayoun!”

Mekina said in a soft voice as her eyebrows lowered slightly.

Bayoun nodded towards Zura, Malika and Mekina before standing behind Kira but in front of Zura, Malika and Mekina.

Muir fumed when she saw that Bayoun went to the other side.

“You guys, kill them!”

She roared towards the ones on her side, but nothing happened.

Slowly, a person wearing a teal coloured mask grabbed a pike, stepping forward.

she didn’t attack, she just silently walked behind Kira and turned around towards Muir and the rest.

“I am sorry, but, I will not follow you any longer.”

“Even if I die, I will not do cruel actions like that.”

She spoke casually, but her voice had a hint of anger in it.

“Lia!”

Muir raised her hand towards Lia.

“You!”

“Are you turning your fangs against me!?”

Lia didn’t hesitate and nodded softly.

“I am not a nice person, but I have my limits.”

“If what we saw was real, it means that I had forsaken everything I have been following.”

“I will not do so. Sorry, but I can’t see you as someone I can follow any longer.”

Another male had a green shield, he snickered while backing away from Muir.

“Muir, even if I am a knight of the underworld, I have my own morals.”

“You may kill me, but I will stand in your path this time.”

Slowly but steadily, Glarius in a white robe, Murutha in a blue dress walked behind Kira.

The only ones left on Muir’s side were Ker’Vrak and Kuugo.

“Humph!”

Muir snickered while glancing at those who were glaring at her.

“I still have Ker’Vrak and Kuugo, even if the heavens fall, Gods descending or anything, we will be able to crush anyone in our paths!”

“How dare you mere beasts stand in our path!?”

Muir growled at them with disdain.

“I’m sorry, but I will not stay by your side this time.”

Ker’Vrak shook his head while slowly walking towards Kira, standing in front of him.

“Muir, there are limits to what we should do.”

“What we would do if we followed you, would be horrifying. It is not something I would usually do.”

Ker’Vrak smiled faintly as he glanced at Muir and Kuugo.

“I know that even if you lost us, Kuugo alone would be able to support you.”

“But, we will do our best to stop you!”

Ker’Vrak’s aura erupted, casting a grey shadow in the surrounding kilometre.

Muir raised her eyebrows while questioning Ker’Vrak.

“Why did you hide your strength?”

“It’s simple.”

Ker’Vrak snickered while narrowing his eyes.

“I have never trusted you.”

At this time, Kuugo raised his hand.

A silver light appeared in his hand.

“The key to our conflict is that child…”

Kuugo shook his head, softly speaking.

“That child has done nothing, but we actually did something that awful…”

“Even if I have lost my emotions eras back, I felt terrified of what we did.”

“Kuugo!”

Muir stared at Kuugo, wondering what had happened to him.

“Muir.”

Kuugo stopped her.

“There is something you need to know.”

Muir raised her eyebrows and said coldly.

“What is it?”

Kuugo vanished and appeared behind Muir, punching towards Muir’s back with the light in his hand.

“Die!”

“Humph!”

“You dared to rebel against me!”

A jet-black orb appeared in front of Kuugo’s fist, blocking it.

“All of you can die!”

Muir stepped towards Ker’Vrak, punching with all her might.

Shin who was watching everything, didn’t know what to think.

His heart was beating quicker, he felt a warmth when he saw one after another as they stepped forward to rebel against Muir.

Shin wasn’t stupid, he thought of something…

Am I that child they were talking about?

They, they wanted to help me…

He stared at each of the twelve people that were fighting for his sake, feeling a warmth coming from them.

Shin’s vision turned black again…

Not even a second later, another scene appeared in front of him.

Shin wasn’t able to believe what he just saw.

No…

It can’t be…

What Shin was seeing, was Kuugo in front of the eleven others, fighting against Muir.

Everyone behind Kuugo was in a bad state, having an arm less or one leg left.

“Retreat!”

Kuugo roared out with bloodshot eyes.

Ker’Vrak lifted the unconscious Malika, turned into a grey wolf and sprinted away, Ker’Vrak roared out as he left the battlefield with Malika.

“Kuugo, don’t stay for too long!!!”

Behind Ker’Vrak, many others followed. Mekina with blood red wings, Murutha with water under her feet, Ovan sprinting, Kira flying up in the air and the rest.

The only one left was Kuugo, standing in front of Muir.

“I had no idea you would really do something like that!”

Kuugo growled towards Muir with his arms shining brightly a silver colour.

“Haha, that means nothing to me!”

Muir snickered while narrowing her eyes.

“I had thought that all of you would die, guess that I underestimated you.

She raised her hand, asking Kuugo.

“Kuugo, are you really going to die because of that child?”

“Follow me and let’s rule the world together!”

Kuugo breathed in and out, smiling faintly.

“I am sorry but I will have to decline it once more.”

“After hundreds of battles, you still ask me that every single time.”

Kuugo shook his head while his voice carried a hint of grief.

“We lost this battle, but we will not allow you win the war…”

Kuugo said softly as he turned around and left.

After a whole day of flying, Kuugo arrived at an underground cave.

He could smell the blood in the cave, he glanced around seeing his injured comrades.

“It was my fault, sorry…”

Kuugo lowered his head as he asked for forgiveness.

Ovan shook his head and said softly.

“It wasn’t your fault, our opponent is Muir, we can’t underestimate her.”

Ker’Vrak had Malika in his arms, crying out towards Kuugo.

“Kuugo!”

“Malika is dieing!!!”

Kuugo rushed forward and crouched down near Malika.

“K, K, Kuugo…”

Malika opened his eyes weakly, speaking with a voice which barely could be heard.

“I, I am sorry, I, I wasn’t able to help.”

Malika coughed blood as he spoke to Kuugo.

“No!”

Kuugo shook his head as tears ran down his cheeks.

“It wasn’t your fault!”

“K, Kuugo!”

Malika hoarsely spoke Kuugo’s name.

“Tell me, me, how can I help that child after, after I am gone?”

Kuugo widened his eyes, speaking a sentence softly.

“Soul mark…”

Kuugo closed his eyes as he tried to softly speak.

“We can imprint our souls in sculptures, when that child is born we will move our soul marks in that child… protecting him even after we’re dead.”

Malika nodded as he glanced upwards and mumbled in a low voice.

“I will give you my soul…”

A green wisp of light emerged from Malika’s body, the moment it did, Malika’s body turned cold.

The green light swiftly made a sculpture, looking exactly like Malika in his prime. After the green light entered the sculpture, it shined green.

Days, months, years, decades passed by quickly…

Slowly, more and more sculptures stood alongside Malika’s sculpture.

“Eleven…”

The last one, he had a silver robe with white hair and white eyes.

Kuugo, he stood in front of the eleven sculptures, smiling sadly.

“Cough cough…”

Blood gushed out of Kuugo’s mouth, he glanced down at his body and saw both his legs were broken and his left arm was ripped off.

Kuugo shook his head while softly speaking.

“I wasn’t able to hinder her…”

“Let me follow you into a deep sleep until the child will be born, let us guard him then…”

“Us Guardians, we have given that child our lives, now I will offer my soul!”

Kuugo’s body fell as a silver light from his body appeared.

The silver light made a sculpture.

Twelve sculptures shined in different colours, side by side…