Chess Wonderland | 2NEXO

VI

As the 16 of them reach the frigid and dark place of Trees of Despair. All of them shivered.

"I'm afraid that we only have to stay here." Dara stopped walking.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Sehun looked back.

"We royal bloods can't pass. But because unnie is now purified, she can't pass." Minzy took out her card.

"Kris, don't blame yourself for purifying me." CL whispered to herself.

"Just a note of advice, don't listen." Bom left them confused.

The 4 slashed their cards and then, Sehun, Baekhyun, Suho, and D.O. kept it.

As they were walking, Luhan's heighted hearing picked up something weird saying "Fault" and "Bastard." Then he heard it clearly: It's your fault, you lying bastard. Then Luhan got Bom's point. Don't listen to anything that he hears in the forest. But Kris was too easily hurt. He heard Chaerin's voice criticizing him, it hurt a lot.

Go away, Kris. Didn't you even know how foolish you are?

Chanyeol, I trusted you. I gave you my all, but you still did this.

Lu Han. A guy who looks like a girl, but is a play boy, a tricking device and all of the above.

It says here that if I couldn't trust you for a small thing, how much more for a big one, don't you think, Kai?

Don't you think it's about that time you let us go?

"Chaerin, I won't let go." Kris muttered under his breath.

The rain poured on. Kris kept fighting the critics' voices, but emotion got into him. He stopped. No one noticed. He flew back.

As the wind blew, he felt cold. Snow started to fall. He looked back one more time, then walked away.

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All 4 woke up in their slumber-like dream. But when they awoke, they found all of their friends cold dead. Minzy was startled and nearly collapsed. Dara gulped. Bom's hands went cold and numb while CL let a cold sweat streak down her forehead. There was a note.

      You are invited to celebrate the 25th anniversary of REF. Please make it as we welcome you warmly.

-R.E.F

CL looked at the program. 1 . . . 4 . . . 9 . . . 11. Her thoughts stopped.

'11? Who's missing?' Her conscience felt something wrong.

As she scrolled to the left, she can see a figure walking back, while the other 11 moving forward.