ᴏɴᴇɪʀᴀᴛᴀxɪᴀ ✘ ᴛxᴛ ✘ ᴛᴏᴍᴏʀʀᴏᴡ x ᴛᴏɢᴇᴛʜᴇʀ ✘ fᴀɴᴛᴀsʏ ᴀᴜ

N I N E

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Tell all souls about my mercy while there is still time.
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"Areum"

A voice called her. A deep voice she had never heard before. "Areum..."

She stood up, realizing that she was experiencing yet another vision. She was inside a small cottage which was set in flames.

The female looked out of the window to see the forest on fire before she heard cries of a weeping child.

"Hello??" Her echoing voice called, looking back to see that same lion staring at her. "Why do I keep seeing these visions??" She asked the lion who stood up, turning to walk away.

"Hey, where are you going??!" She asked louder, rushing behind him. However she was stopped as the building began falling apart along with the forest.

She stood in the middle of the void, the voice of the weeping child could be heard clearer as she turned around.

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Areum woke up from her visionary dream. She still wasn't so sure what it meant. However she decided to ponder of it some other time as she felt the presence of the older outside of the tent.

She walked out, the male turning to look at her. "Good morning," he said as he got up to help the girl to have a seat beside him.

"Good morning Yeonjun. How much do we have left??"

"Not that much. I'd say a couple of hours," he smiled, packing the things they collected over the course of two days. "Great, let's go then shall we?" Areum smiled as they packed their tent and supplies.

Above them sat a crow watching them, on of their long feathers falling softly as they flew off.

Yeonjun picked the feather up, eyeing it suspiciously before he looked up at the clear sky. "Yeonjun?"

"Yes, right this way,"

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"Asmodeus!!" The hooded man with the hoarse voice called aggressively, the young-looking male with the scar rushing towards him, kneeling down.

"Yes King Azazel...?"

"Have you not find this girl yet?!" The man yelled with so much frustration. He was practically fuming in anger. "No, sire..." Asmodeus answered, flinching as the latter stood up abruptly.

"Send out the Lamia," he said, eyeing the young man. "But sire, you are aware that Lamia would disembowel her, right...?"

"Make sure she doesn't. We need her alive. Oh and one more thing," the hooded man began as he sat back down, crossing his legs as he relaxed. "Give her friends a visit and make sure they speak. I don't think we've heard their voices enough," he laughed as the young man bowed before leaving.

Asmodeus teleported himself down into the dungeon, past the gaurds. He hummed a playful melody as he neared their cell.

There he stopped to see three starved bodies of young males, who were covered in bruises and wounds. The two older ones were chained up, while the youngest was breathing heavily on the floor.

"Awww, are you exhausted??" He taunted, recieving glares as his keys clanged together, unlocking the cell. He walked in, closing it behind him.

"Well now gentlemen, shall we dance??" He smirked, the glint of evil behind his bright yellow eyes.

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Yeonjun and Areum finally made it to the top of the mountain, breathing heavily against the ground. "We... We made it..." Areum breathed out.

"Yeah, we did," the male smiled. They both were covered in dirt and bruises, stifling a laugh after thinking about how crazy the past three days were. The two sat up, however they were both feeling a negative aura of some sort.

"What's going on??"

"Magic island has been attacked..." Yeonjun answered as he eyed the smoke. "What?!"

"Teleport us please,"

"Of course,"

With a snap of her fingers, the two appeared in the fields where they trained before their leave.

"Oh my god..." Yeonjun managed to mutter out as his eyes widened by the sight before him.

"It's about time," a feminine voice laughed the two turning to look behind them.

There stood a tall and slender, green-haired woman with mermaid-like ears. Her eyes looked like old hazy crystal balls. Her skin was pale, and had a greenish hue. And her teeth was as sharp as those of a great white shark.

"A Lamia?!"

"But those are supposed to be--"

"Extinct? I know," Lamia laughed hysterically, clenching her stomach. "Now come here pretties, I promise I'll be gentle," she smirked, opening her arms wide.

Yeonjun was about to attack, however Areum stopped him. "If she takes us then we'll know the location of the others," she muttered. Yeonjun nodded as he surrendered his weapon and supplies.

Areum threw away her weapon and supplies away, a male jumping down. "Giving up so easily?? Good..."

"Vlad??"

"It's been oh so long, Yeonjun," the pale vampire spoke as he vanished, his silhouette appearing behind them as he used a magic spell on them to paralyze them.

"Lamia, hold the girl. And don't harm her. King Azazel asked for her specifically,"

"Oh, Vlad. I would never dream of such a thing," Lamia let out another traumatic laugh, scaring away any woodling creature that happened to be around.

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