Soul Seal | THE KINGDOM FF ✅

11

"For My Kingdom"

Arthur woke to find Mujin at his side. Louis guarding the door completely disheveled, & covered in his blood. "I know how to save the kingdom, Arthur. I have also decided an heir of which to pass to in the event something goes wrong..." Arthur sat up slowly as he looked at his king. "Who have you named heir ? What is your plan ?"

Mujin smiled as he shared a look with Louis. "내가 죽을 경우 당신을 후계자로 지명했습니다... 제 계획에 관해서는, 우리는 이야기를 할 필요가 있습니다. 우리 모두." (I have named you heir in the event I die... As for my plan, we need to have a talk. All of us.) And he wasn't wrong. It had been a mere week since Iseul disappeared & the shadow issue had become increasingly larger of a problem. They need to deal with this now.

Everyone looked at the book before. The scribble of former Kings. The notes passed down through Mujin' family. Telling the tale of how to rid the kingdom of shadows.

왕국을 그림자에서 없애기 위해서, 군주는 그들의 백성을 위해 희생을 해야 합니다. 그들의 왕국을 위하여. 그림자는 순수한 에너지로만 제거될 수 있습니다. 좀 더 구체적으로 말하면 빛 에너지입니다. 안에서 들어오는 빛. 영혼. 만약 그것이 실패한다면, 당신은 그들이 결코 벗어날 수 없는 무언가로 그림자를 봉인해야 합니다. (In order to rid the kingdom of the shadows, a monarch needs to make a sacrifice for their people. For their kingdom. Shadows can only be dispelled with pure energy. More specifically light energy. The light from within. A soul. If that fails, you need to seal the shadows in something of which they can never escape.)

The amount of shadows had tripled the number they were a week ago. So there weren't many options as of now. "How are you supposed to bring out the light from your soul ?" Ivan asked as the others knew it would be most difficult for Mujin. All they'd need to do is have the truest of intention to bring theirs out.

The answer was also given in the notes as to what Mujin will do. Fuse your soul with a trusted weapon & them bring out the light. Screams soon could be heard from the kingdom' people. Children crying, fathers either shielding their families or running away, & mothers trying to soothe their children as the shadows wreaked their havoc on their kingdom. Desperate pleas for the King to save them being drowned out by the screams.

The biggest shadow called out to Mujin... It was Iseul. "Let's end this now, Oppa..." He heard her, but only he did. She made sure of that. Mujin prepared the seals giving them to all of his King's Guard. "Let's get rid of these shadows once & for all."

Mujin went to his favorite sakura tree. The very tree he was born under & the very tree where his father named him heir over his siblings. His grandfather' sword was the very weapon he was to fuse his soul with. Shadows drawn to where he was like moths attracted to a lamp...

All over the kingdom the other fought & sealed up as many shadows as they could. However none would match the one to face Mujin. Nearly over 2,000 shadows fused into Iseul' body as she stared him down with the biggest Cheshire like grin ever.

Mujin let his mind go blank as he aimed the sword at Iseul. A bright warm beautiful light shot out of the sword causing her immense pain as the shadows still in the other parts of the kingdom fused with her due to the sheer power emanating from Mujin.

Then there was nothing. A new sakura tree full grown next to the other. But where was the King ?

The END.

끝.