TO BE or NOT TO BE: The Inevitable Choice
The result of choice
환웅✨
Phew... It's almost time to come...
서호💧
Who is this? He's a white magician.
이도🌑
Ha... Don't you guys get tired?
이도🌑
All day long, I just get hit, not to mention bleeding.
시온🏞
Hahaha! Is that really true?
Zion, who had become a vampire, smiled dangerously.
환웅✨
...?
Hwanung sensed something ominous in Zion's smile.
환웅✨
'What is this anxiety...?'
이도🌑
Hwanung, do you have any mana left?
환웅✨
Of course. You know that, hyung. A white magician's mana regenerates quickly.
환웅✨
Then... should we move to a different location?
레이븐🔥
Whoa-whoa- that's unfair.
레이븐🔥
Up until now, you guys have been in the space you created, right?
건희🌪
Now it's time for us to move on.
As soon as the devil Geonhee finished speaking,
Zion snapped his fingers.
Ss ...
시온🏞
Shall we start the bloody party now?
환웅✨
Where is this...?!
이도🌑
...Zion's subspace. There...
Ido looked at Seoho, who had become a devil.
이도🌑
Seo Ho-hyung's spatial ability is also mixed in.
서호💧
"I will embrace coldness and become the blade of evil, pouring down."
레이븐🔥
"The power of evil • Breaks the impossible • Embraces ice"
Seoho and Raven started singing at the same time.
Then, a black magic circle filled with ominous energy opens.
Within it, ice blades shining with a black light poured down.
이도🌑
what-?!
To make matters worse, another magic circle opened.
A red-hot flame enveloped the ice and poured down, gaining momentum.
환웅✨
“I will purify all evil with light!”
I quickly finished the spell and barely managed to avoid being attacked.
이도🌑
This is true. I really want to use Extinction.
환웅✨
That won't do! He's a devil now, but he was originally human!
건희🌪
Do you have time to chat now?
Geonhee appeared in front of Hwanung and Ido in an instant, riding the wind and holding a sword.
이도🌑
Ugh!
visor-
Ido quickly summoned the sword of darkness and blocked Geonhee's sword.
건희🌪
Tch-
As the power of the sword seeped into the sword, Geon-hee clicked his tongue and stepped aside.
At that time, the fight was going on with difficulty.
Tiddidick-!
The receiver on the ear rang.
이도🌑
Who-ugh!
황제
grow.
이도🌑
Your Majesty the Emperor...?!
황제
There is something to check with Saber.
이도🌑
What is it?
황제
You know that the demon invaded yesterday.
황제
This evening, the Imperial Palace is receiving a huge number of inquiries about the moon not rising.
이도🌑
The moon didn't rise?
황제
Yeah. I checked it myself and it hasn't come up for several days.
Ido rolled his head while blocking Seoho and Raven's attacks.
이도🌑
...Okay, Your Majesty.
이도🌑
We have some work to do right now, so I think we'll only be able to investigate during the day.
황제
Okay, I understand. I'll report back once the investigation is complete.
When the emperor cut off the communication, Ido looked at Hwanung, who was dealing with Geonhee.
이도🌑
His Majesty has given you a mission.
환웅✨
Phew- what is it?
이도🌑
They say the moon isn't rising these days.
환웅✨
The moon?
환웅✨
The month that Shia rules?
이도🌑
I guess so. Anyway, I have to investigate later.
환웅✨
"The moon always rises every night, doesn't it? Does the moon, which serves as your guardian deity, not rising mean... that its protective function has disappeared?"
Ido nimbly dodged Raven's fire attack and looked at Hwanung.
시온🏞
(Snickers-)
이도🌑
....!!
A shadow appeared behind Hwanung, who was lost in thought, and Zion approached him.
이도🌑
be careful!!
환웅✨
what?
The moment Hwanung turned his head, he felt something sharp stabbing the back of his neck.
환웅✨
what?!
Hwanung's sight was filled with a satisfied smile.
Zion was seen sinking his sharp fangs into flesh.
환웅✨
What...is...this-
Chuuk.
이도🌑
Hwanung! Wake up!
Hwanung's body sagged.
시온🏞
Hahaha!! I feel like I can finally live.
Zion licked the corner of his mouth that was stained with blood.
시온🏞
Today is my victory.
시온🏞
Hahaha! It was because I chose TO BE that I couldn't actually drink blood!!!
시온🏞
Who knew choosing NOT TO BE would turn out so well!!
Ido ran to Hwanung, leaving behind Zion who was laughing like crazy.
이도🌑
Oh, shit.
Ido checked the time.
이도🌑
It's almost 6 o'clock now.
Passus-
I heard the sound of subspace breaking apart.
Before the subspace completely disappeared, Ido bit his lips while holding Hwanung and chanted.
이도🌑
"The darkness hides its appearance and follows you to the end."
Then, just before the subspace collapsed, the dark spirits scattered.
And then the subspace collapsed and we returned to the original world.
이도🌑
Phew... I did come back though...
Ido laid Hwanung down on the bed.
이도🌑
Black magic has no healing powers...
Ido looked at Hwanung blankly.
이도🌑
...uh?!
The moment Ido's eyes widened, the door opened and Raven, Seoho, and Geonhee came in.
레이븐🔥
What? You two were here?
서호💧
Is Hwanung still sleeping?
이도🌑
That's not it...
Before Ido could tell what he had discovered, he had some questions.
이도🌑
however-
이도🌑
-Where is Zion?