Book 2: Seven Demon's Hearts

Episode 23: ReBirth

Episode 23: R e B i r th

Deealah's body jerked back as she gasped with surprise, tasting the sulfuric demon blood that splattered all over her face.

Not a second was spared for her to register what had just happened before she was thrown away from Hanul's side.

V immediately reached out for Hanul but his hand hit the empty floor with a strong impact instead.

A moment too late.

Right before his eyes, he watched as Hanul was swept out of his grasp.

"Brother!" Jin angrily shouted and rushed to run over, but a largely built man hacked right into him, causing the two of them to tumble and crash into the far end of the wall.

"HANUL!"

V officially lost it, his flame took over as he stood up quickly to his feet, seeing Leyla holding her away from him.

"V!" Hanul cried back. "Behind you!"

Just as he turned to look, a strong force knocked him down to the ground. But, V wasn't even fueled by reason anymore. His body, no matter the injuries it had just acquired, was moving on its own. He was a puppet to vengeance and love was his only motivation. "HANUL!" It was the only thing he seemed to be able to scream.

The second attempt of chasing after her was cut short by another strong gravitational force. It slammed him away towards the opposite end of the room, pinning him down.

With blind rage, he turned to face a silver-haired man controlling him with witch-craft. V stubbornly fought against the demobilizing force, pumping out more of his demonic energy in an attempt to overpower him.

"Daegoon! Hurry up and finish already, we have to go help Leyla with the ritual!" The red-head girl dropped Deealah by her feet like she was a sack of bones while she scolded the bigger guy, currently fighting a resisting Jin.

"Shut up Miho!" Daegoon yelled at her before he gave one final blow that resulted in Jin to lose his consciousness and knock out on the floor. "Yoon, do you need help?" He signaled over to the silver-haired warlock with a more respectful attitude.

"Focus on your tasks." Yoon coldly replied, eyeing a stubborn V. "This is nothing to me."

"Leyla!" V growled, his body rising up from the floor, floating above the ground. He persistently fought against Yoon's anti-gravity, forcing his wounds to reopen.

"You're strong," Yoon smirked, watching as V conjured up his energy and screamed out loud, enraged by the stranger's very existence. In the next second, he broke free from the force and stood up to his feet, this time holding his ground. With a shove of his arms, a fiery force of orange flame burst towards Yoon's surprised face, swarming him up inside of it.

"Yoon! Do not underestimate him." Leyla signaled a warning and the warlock struggled to use a forceful shield to block as much of V's attack that he could handle.

"You...you bitch!" Hanul screeched at her, weakly squirming around but her body was pinned down against the ground firmly. "I can't believe you were behind all of this! I trusted you!"

"Sorry, gal. I did apologize before, didn't I?" She smiled, totally unapologetically. "It's all for a greater good, and I'm glad you're helping me out with this. Without the spell I placed on your rosary and your diligence with the hallucination pills, this wouldn't have been easy. Now stop squirming around so much, that won't help you deliver the baby well. And who knows, maybe after this is done you'll have some life left in you to see him?"