Two Gods || Jaywon

Divine blackmail

"Your Sanctity! We were sent by the Emperor to come save you!" exclaimed a soldier, followed by his troop. "We heard you were kept here as a prisoner!"

Jungwon wasn't listening. He was screaming inside, trying to gather his energy onto his hands to try to heal Jay, but his powers weren't working.

"Your Sanctity, you should step away from the Duke, he's a dangerous man!"

"YOU'RE THE FUCKING DANGER!" howled Jungwon, out of his mind. "DON'T COME ANY CLOSER OR I SWEAR I'LL KILL YOU!"

The soldiers took a step back, taken aback by Jungwon's rage.

"Jay, my dear, please, wake up..."

Jungwon's voice was trembling atrociously. Huge tears were running down his reddened face. His trembling hands were still trying to activate his magic, in vain.

Desperate, Jungwon lowered his head onto Jay's chest to check for a pulse.

Nothing.

Jungwon went mad.

The Saint imploded, black beams rushing out from his body, killing everything it touched, while he was screeching to his death.

Screams of pain and horror filled the room as soldiers, court members and servants were falling, dead. In the eye of this horror scene, Jungwon's face was now completely eaten up by the black mark.

He did not stop, even when everyone turned out dead. Only when he was on the brink of death did a familiar voice resonate through the ominous silence,

"Stop it Jungwon! You're killing yourself!"

Jungwon's deadly beams immediately stopped.

Out of breath, the Saint slowly turned around. From the pile of corpses, one had risen up from the dead, and through his mouth, Harmony was talking.

"You finally showed up...," murmured Jungwon.

He let out a growl, that turned into a laugh, a forced laugh, vicious and hoarse.

"Jungwon, why are you doing this? You won. Your enemy is dead!"

"HE IS NOT. DEAD."

Jungwon's eyes were wide open, staring at Harmony's host body with unrestrained hatred, his glare glowing in the middle of his rotting flesh.

"But he is about to be, Jungwon. He's too badly injured. His heart has almost no pulse."

"How dare you...," breathed Jungwon. "How dare you make me your puppet, granting me these overwhelming powers and useless curses, just to take everything away when I need it the most?!"

"Well, you- you went too far. The curse took over your body, that's why you can't use your powers anymore...but Jungwon, you don't need them anymore, you won!"

"SHUT UP!" He got up, Engene in his hand.

Harmony took a step back.

"You can't fight me by hurting this body. It is not really me!"

"I know that, I'm not stupid. The sword is for me."
Jungwon tightened his hands solidly around Engene and put the blade to his neck.
"You're gonna save Jongseong. If you don't, I'll make sure my heart stops before his does."

"I- I can't do that Jungwon! You know I can't touch him!"

"But you can touch me. Give me my powers back, or you'll be the one losing it all!"

"If I take away the curse, your powers will soon disappear too!"

"As if I care! I don't need these oppressing powers anyway! I've had enough being used for them, I'll use them up to heal Jay and won't ever use them again! Now make a choice, you rotten god."

Harmony did not ask questions and did not hesitate. In a matter of seconds, Jungwon's skin was back to his immaculate state and he could feel his powers flow at the tip of his fingers.

He immediately leaned over Jay and directed all the magic he could towards saving him.

After a minute, Jungwon could hear Jay's heartbeat again and the blood had stopped flowing.

The Saint started crying silently, a smile on his face, staring at Jay's face gaining back colors.

"Bravo! Bravo! What a performance!"
Another corpse was now walking, clapping towards the scene. A voice from beyond the grave filled the air,
"Now that your son lost his powers, I think we may agree that I won, right Harmony?"