HOP (WARPED Spin-Off Story feat. NewJeans)

Preview: WARPED Book III

(3rd Person's POV)

"That Kid. He sure left without even telling us, huh?" Jung Minsung commented after he, Hong Jong Suk, Juri, and the nine ladies of Fromis_9 returned to where the battle between him, Jongsuk, and Hirai Hatori took place. "Did he tell you anything, Jongsuk Hyung?" he asked.

"Nope. As if that Kid and I were connected in the first place," Jongsuk replied. "Yah. What's with the 'Hyung,' though? I just felt chills down my spine," he complained.

"Well...you're older than me, so you better bear with it from now on, Hyung," Minsung replied, smirking.

"Do whatever you like, then," Jongsuk replied. "But seriously, why is this cosmic storm not vanishing?" he asked, looking at the dark, thundercloud-filled sky.

"I don't know either. I'm not sensing any seam after sending the Queen of the Underworld back to the lifestream, but still, this...phenomenon worries me," Minsung commented. "But somehow, this feeling—" he said when both Opinicus and Fenrir suddenly manifested themselves in front of them.

"Stand back, Partner. I can clearly sense his presence approaching us," Fenrir commented.

"Presence of whom?" Minsung asked, equipping his Magetech armor while putting Jiheon and the other ladies behind him for protection.

"An evil god," Jongsuk answered, his Magetech armor also equipped. "And I thought I won't be seeing him twice in this lifetime—seems like a dream to me. That Loki," he added.

"Loki? You mean the father of Fenrir, Midgardsormr, and Hel?" Minsung asked, his armor also equipped now.

"Yes," Trelos the Phoenix replied. "Jongsuk and I fought and resealed Loki more than a decade ago when some Savants destroyed the seal of his tomb, hoping to control him but failed. He already devoured five cities' worth of people's souls before we find and reseal him."

"In that case, all we need to do is fight and reseal him as soon as possible---" Minsung said when suddenly, a dark ball flew towards him and Jongsuk.

Instinctively, both of them cast shields to protect themselves and everyone. However, the dark ball just broke it effortlessly, the resulting blast of the impact sending all of them sprawling on the ground.

"How feeble. I just used my weakest magic, yet you people are down like that? I don't understand why the other gods cherish you," a cold and terrifying voice commented, followed by someone looking like a demonic being.

"You're already thousands of years old, and yet, you're still behaving like a kid, Father," Fenrir replied, guarding as he stood up again.

"I'm just bored with this world, but you, my children, chose to fight me and have the other gods seal me inside a tomb for centuries. And yet again, I was sealed the second time in a decade, thanks to that person," Loki replied while pointing his finger at Jongsuk. "Fortunately, though, I had some...friends, and you three tasted defeat from the hands of those...weaklings. So partly, I'm thankful to them," he added before cackling.

"Looks like you came here just to get beat up again, Loki," Trelos said.

"No, no, no, no. I came here...to beat all of you up instead, pesky phoenix," Loki replied as he summoned fourteen dark balls instantly. "I'm giving each one to all of you, so you don't have to share. Hahahaha," he added.

"Silver Wolf's Eyes," Minsung chanted as he locked on to each dark ball. "Dimension Breaker," he added, destroying them all instantly using his war scythe.

"OPPA!" Jiheon yelled upon seeing Minsung collapse after doing that.

"R-Run, Jiheonie. T-Take everyone...and go," Minsung said, struggling to stand up.