After hearing the fake announcement trap thing from Hell Joe himself, we headed for the front door, while Sachi went around the back.

Of course I stayed with Khun and watched Yuri fighting the Immortal beast off.

That requires the 13th month series to be ignited. Only one them though.

But...

Yuri ended up igniting both of the 13 month series. Honestly, that's pretty dumb.

"hey...doesnt Yuri seem... Off?" I pointed at Yuri, who seemed dazed out of her guts.

No, not dazed.

Insane.

Stupid me, how did I mix up dazed with insanity?

... Wait

Insane!?

"yo dude. Something is definitely wrong with her."

But that's not important right now.

The guards are distracted, and by what Sachi told Khun prior through the lighthouse, the guards inside are also in a frenzy.

The plan was going through smoothly, so Endorsi bong bonged us inside the huge castle.

We entered a darker lit room, still able to see though. I looked to my side and Endorsi was pulling her long coat off while complaining, "whew, it's hot in here." I rolled my eyes. Does she ever do anything other than complain?

Her coat suddenly got sucked in, or pulled in by Khun's lighthouse. By Beta probably.

"be careful, the enemies here don't die." he said loudly, sounding like he's telling that to everyone. But even a deaf person can tell he's only motioning those words towards me.

Still, that doesn't stop a group of ghostly Immortal guards swarming up and charging at us. "they came as soon as you mentioned them!" Endorsi snapped, "what do we do!? They don't die!"

Khun's enna core trapped them inside the sphere. An answer to Endorsi's question. "how convenient." she added.

We ran and continued on, scrolling through the hallways of this castle.

And finally, after passing silently through many, many doors, we neared in to the prison. "we'll be at the place where De Sah is locked up soon." Hwaryun announced.

But it's weird.

Hwaryun isn't one who would act based on personal grudges. If anything, she would be prioritizing defeating Hell Joe for Bam or some shit.

But instead, she seems more focused on Saving this De Sah guy.

We continued walking in silence. Hwaryun in front behind the lead. I can feel Khun's intense stare on Hwaryun even though he's not even looking at me, and vice versa. "hey, Hwaryun." yep, there it is. "before we meet this De Sah guy. There is something I'm curious about."

There it is y'all, Khun being a smart-ass. "curious?" Hwaryun repeated.

"what kind of power does this De Sah have for him to be able to defeat Hell Joe?" Hwaryun turned and fixated her stare upon Khun. An intense one non the less. "tell the truth, did you lie to us? Is your goal to meet De Sah and not defeat hell Joe in the first place?"

The others looked at Khun with confusion in their faces. "you think my goal is to meet De sah?" Hwaryun continued. "Khun! What are you saying? That dead guide-!" Boro said.

"no, I agree with Khun." the others snapped their heads at me now. "it seems weird that you made Yuri, the only person here that can kill hell Joe, as Bait." Hwaryun sighed, "it's not good to suspect people without any good reason."

I continued, "I just don't think you'd prioritize a personal grudge over Bam." Hwaryun's eyes suspiciously traced over me. "what I think is, this de sah guy has some sort of connection with the thorn fragment."

She finally gives in with a sigh and a Slight smile, "surprisingly, you're really close to the answer."

"someone's getting smarter." Khun ruffled my hair, leaving a mess with strands of my hair that was neatly tucked under my scarf, now loose. "hey!"

~~~***~~~

"intruders!" oh my fucking God. Of course we can't have a proper peaceful day. Not in hell, nope.

"how dare you try to steal De sah's ladle!" the man yelled. Damn, look at all those muscles. To bad the guy looks suspicious as fuck. "I, Grand De Lee, will not allow that!"

Great. The bozo has the weird name.

And idea popped in my head. "wait, but what if we ask for it-"

"that doesn't change anything! The ladle is our treasure," his eyes lit up. Dang it. He's a strong Boi. "and we will not give it to anyone!" great power emitted from him as he took step after step at us. With epic wind blowing behind him.

"who is this guy!?" Boro prepared his needle, positioning it.

And the other dude lifted his.

"grand de Lee," Hwaryun said, "the ruler of the North city."

"say what bro-"

"I going to punish you!"

This guy is no fun.

He brings his needle down. It sent shinsu towards us, breaking the interior too.

~~~***~~~

After Khun's Anna core was broken by the De Lee guy, Rachel came out of nowhere and started fighting with him.

And than a bee stung her neck.

Great. She can rot here and die.

Anyway, Hwaryun is gone again, leaving us and making us the bait this time.

That bitch I swear.

"I can't believe we'll have to fight an Immortal stripper looking asshole."

Anyways, we didn't have to do that. The shinsu around us nearly choked us all to death. And it suddenly felt hard to move.

But not impossible.

"beta! Can you take us and Rachel to where Hwaryun is!?"

Wait, why Rachel!?

We can finally live without having to care about that bitch causing problems! But I'm sure Khun has his reasons.

"I can walk on my own." I said calmly to Beta as he tried picking me up.

As evidence, I raised my hand up to stop him. Khun looked at me shocked.

This isn't normal, I know.

"let's go!"

~~~***~~~

Khun kept staring at me, who is running down the hallways, side by side with Beta. I'm not sure either, but I'm able to walk, even run normally as if the chaotic shinsu isn't even affecting me right now.

"(y/n) behind you!"

Out of reflex, I shot a bang at the guard, who is just trying to run away.

I thought, 'oh well, he's not going to die or anything.'

But my own action proved me wrong.

The water shot straight through him, and he collapsed down to the floor and slowly disappeared into dust.

I- what?

A part of me felt guilty for murdering an innocent soul. Or... Soulless...

Soulless.

That's what they are. Immortals.

And I just killed one.

Brushing that accident off, we met Hwaryun soon after. And the pressuring shinsu also got lifted.

Good for the rest of them.

After Hwaryun obtained that ladle, and regrouping with us, we made it out through the window.

A large blue beam shot from the sky.

Bam.

~~~***~~~

Khun sent a call to Bam though his pocket. That was enough to alert him that we still exist and he rushed over to us on his blue floating thing.

After he jumped off, Khun started questioning him. "what happened to you!? Do you have any idea how worried I was?" ah, there it is. The obsessive Khun that only exist for Bam. How caring.

I'm jealous, honestly.

"sorry. My pocket didn't really work after getting caught in the current." he apologized. Ever the polite Bam.

"what happened to Joe?" I asked. "oh! We beat him. Yuri is also safe!"

"hm? Are these guys your companion."

Holy shit.

He's H O T.

That guy, the guy floating above. The guy that is emitting strong power just by floating. Yes him.

He is

Hot.

"oh, allow me to introduce myself." he bowed down, "I'm Urek Mazino."

Bitch no wonder.

But, that didn't stop our comrades from insulting him. I front of him.

I stayed silent though, laughing at their antics. This is what usually goes down.

"hey there, pretty lady." I looked to my left and.

Oh my holy mother sweet cake bread.

Urek mother fucking Mazino lifted my hand up to his lips, "what's your name?"

"(y/n) Da- (l/n)." despite him being on our side, rather not tell him where I'm from. "hm? What's a pretty girl like you doing here in a dangerous place? Waiting for a prince to save you?"

This guy, oh my gosh.

I fell like I'm cheating when I'm not.

I turned speechless.

"she's already found her prince." Khun's warm hands wrapped around my waist from behind me.

Holy Mother fucker he's jealous.

And a jealous Khun equals to an extra adorable Khun.

Urek backs up. He knows when to quit at least. "sorry, lady. Didn't know you already had a hero." I giggled. "but your eyes..."

Oh shit here it comes.

"you're a Daeyang. Aren't you?"

I chuckled nervously, "you- you guessed it."

"hey- you. What are you doing?"

We looked behind him and saw Yuri floating around, her arms crossed. She started chasing Urek who ran away.

"seeing Yuri and Urek in the same panel... As someone who is in the great family, it's even hard for me to imagine." Khun sweat dropped. "oh please. As someone who gets to see Khun Edahn and (f/n) daeyang on a daily basis, it's even hard for me to imagine."

Has this become a flexing show?

"ah right, Bam. We went into Hell Joe's castle, suddenly Rachel appeared and got attacked by De Lee." Khun informed. Oh yeah. That bitch. "she collapsed and hasn't woken up."

"she's probably dead already. Hopefully." I muttered.

~~~***~~~

White floating flashy bits of light flew around and disappeared. That's fucking weird dude.

Hockney called in to Bam, screaming 'Mata' so we rushed over only to find him hunched over his big orb controller thing.

Skipping to the fact that we have to go catch Fug because they stole a bunch of spirits, I partnered myself up with Khun and Yuri, also Bam and Endorsi. Like usual.

Although we did get a call from Urek and Hwaryun saying that those bastards weren't there. That means they're head on.

So Endorsi made us a shortcut, teleporting us to an open area. One person caught my eye. Down on the pool of blood lay white. "oh my God he's helpless." I taunted silently.

Though another voice caught my attention. "welcome, son of Arlene, and daughter of Marianne. My name is Poe Bidang Gustang."

We looked up to see a man with glasses and-

Oh my gosh is everyone just hot in this dimension?

There's Urek, Khun, even Bam, and now this dude? He could be 600 years old for fucks sake.

"I came here because I have a favor to ask of you two."

Of course he does.

And wait, Marianne? Isn't that my mother's middle name? A secret name she never uses? Not even my father knows that name, I think.

The Gustang guy returns the souls back and floated us upwards.

Khun gave me a worried glance which I replied, "I'll be fine."

"it looks like everything returned to normal now." Gustang said, "alright, now. Shall we talk about something important, Son of Arlene and the daughter of Marianne." I have a name-

"it's less of a favor and more a test, I'd presume." I added. He confirms my suspicion. "that's right. I want to test whether you deserve the power of the thorn, and if you really are the warrior that Marianne spoke off."

"you knew my mother!" Bam commented. "yes, I even went on a journey with her once."

"wait, than my mother..." he nods, "I've also went on a journey with Marianne. Although she was more... Quite compared to Arlene. And she tends to avoid me at all times."

Quite?

That bitch? Nahhh fam. No way.

"before I tell you about my favor, if there is anything that you want from me, say it. I'm an expert in the science and medicine of this tower."

How convenient That we have a dying pig in our area.

We took him to a dying Rachel and with one glance, he turns around and said, "done."

Yeah, no wonder my mother avoided you, ya unfriendly bitch-

"now, shall we talk about my favor? Let's go somewhere else."

Now listen here kids, if a probably 600 years old good looking man asked you to follow him somewhere private, don't. That's sketchy as fuck bro.

Either way, he took us to the spirit room. And there is just- so much water flowing!

"this place feels so amazing!" I twirled around.

It felt calming.

Powerful, but calming. And relaxed. Not to mention, it's as if they're whispering me words of wisdom or some shit. I can't hear it, but Its as if I can feel it.

But at the very bottom, something was tugging at me. A red gleaming light from below.

"the thorn fragment!"

~~~***~~~

(y/n) is happy to be alive lol.

It's like swimming for her. While others may die upon entering that place, she just casually swims around and dances to her hearts content.

But I wonder, how can she be able to kill an Immortal being without the thorn. Hmmm ;]