"ARCS?!" THE DEMONS SHOUTED  from shock. Junhyung didn't say anything and walked closer to where the Demons were; the Arcs just right behind him. Hyunseung looked at his lover with shock and confusion. He wanted Junhyung to look at him, but Junhyung didn't even look his way. It was obvious Junhyung was avoiding his lover.

    Suho looked at his lover as well, but Lay avoided him too. 

    "M-Mark?" Jackson suddenly called out while the two groups continued to stare at each other. Mark gulped and tried to push back the tears, but the moment he looked at his lover, tears started to pour out.

    "I'm so sorry," Mark whispered, but it was loud enough for Jackson to hear.

    "W-What do you mean?" Jackson asked confusingly, "Baby I don't under-" Jackson was about to walk towards his lover, but Sunggyu quickly grabbed his hand and stopped him. "Nothing you can say will change our minds Junhyung." Sunggyu stated as he glared at the Arcs' leader.

    "We know." Junhyung simply said. Then out of nowhere, Junhyung summoned his weapon, shocking the Demons. "That's why we'll do everything in our power to make sure you don't open that gate." Junhyung declared, and without any warning, he slashed his sword right in front of Sunggyu's face.

     The Demons gasps as blood slowly dripped from Sunggyu's cheek.

    "S-Sunggyu..." Suho called out with a worried tone. But Sunggyu didn't look fazed. He wiped the blood off from his cheek with his bare hands. Then he summoned his weapon as well and turned into his Demonic form, shocking the Arcs since they have never seen the Demons in that state before.

     With his blood-red eyes, Sunggyu shouted, "Attack the Arcs now!"

     "B-But...Sunggyu..." Suho tried to say, but he was looking at Lay rather than their leader.

     Sunggyu turned his head and angrily repeated himself, "I told you before that we will continue our plans, and no Arc can stop us. Today is the time for me to ask you...who will you choose? Your own brother, or them?"

    The Demons looked at their leader with shock. But then someone answered, "You."

     Jiyong quickly turned into his Demonic form and summoned his weapon, then he attacked Junhyung with full force. Good thing Junhyung was quick enough to dodge the blow. Minhyuk summoned his weapon next and started attacking the Arcs as well. Sunggyu then joined in.

    The rest of the Demons hesitated. They stared at their three brothers get attacked by the Seven Angels.

     Kharon, who was standing behind the Demons looked at the four and said, "My kids...believe us now and fight beside your brothers. You will regret it if you don't, please."

     The Demons have never seen their guardian look so desperate in their life. The sight made Taeil clench his fist.

     "I will trust you..." he said as he summoned his weapon to join the rest. Then Suho and Hyunseung did the same and fought along side their brothers. Jackson, who was still confused about what was happening in front of him, continued to look at his lover Mark. But when Mark was about to stab Hyunseung from the back, Jackson quickly summoned his weapon and blocked it.

     "M-Mark..." Jackson stated as he looked at his lover's teary eyes.

    "Don't make me hurt you," he continued, but instead of answering him, Mark slashed Jackson's shoulder using his sword, leaving a deep wound.

     "S-Shit..." Jackson cursed as he tried to endure the pain. He looked back at Mark again and begged, "P-Please."

     Mark doesn't say anything, but tears continued to fall from his eyes. Then he lifted his weapon and was about to injure Jackson again when suddenly Taeil arrived and aggressively pushed the Arc away.

     "Jackson you fucking idiot! Now is not the time to hesitate!" Taeil shouted at his best friend. Jackson looked at his brother, then slowly his eyes turned red and he transformed into his demonic state.

     "You leave me with no choice...I'm sorry my little angel." Jackson ran to where Mark was and started attacking him. But while the two were fighting, blood tears continued to pour out from Jackson's eyes. This was the hardest fight he has ever had in his life.

MEANWHILE...

     "Why are you doing this?!" Suho asked as he was battling Sungjae and Seunghyun. The two Arcs continued to dodge Suho's continues attack and ignored Suho's question.

     "Nothing will change if you do this!" Suho shouted, then suddenly Seunghyun's sword was only a few inches away from Suho's chest. Good thing Suho was able to block it with his own weapon.

     Seunghyun looked at Suho and answered, "Oh believe me...it will."

     Suho quickly pushed the Angel away from him and started attacking. He could use his Demonic powers on them but Suho couldn't do it like how the rest of the Demons did.

    The Demons knew that they could kill the Arcs then and there, but it was obvious that they were trying their best not to, even Sunggyu wasn't using his fear amplification. They were merely weakening them, but they didn't have any intention of killing them.

     "You're making a wrong decision leader," Jiyong stated as he continued to fight with the Arcs' leader, Junhyung.

     "N-No...it's you w-who's making...a w-wrong decision," Junhyung struggled to say since he was dodging every powerful attack Jiyong was giving him.

     Junhyung couldn't even touch Jiyong because of how powerful and fast he was. And he clearly knew that Jiyong wasn't even using his full strength on him. They were idiots to attack the Demons, but they had no other choice.

    "I'm sorry." Minhyuk said as he hit Woohyun on the shoulder.

     "I'm sorry," he said again as he hit Woohyun's leg this time.

     Woohyun was already weak, but he tried his best to stand. His greatest power was lightning, but he couldn't even produce it since they were in Hell. When Woohyun found an opening, he quickly jumped towards Minhyuk and positioned his sword on Minhyuk's leg. But Minhyuk was faster. He grabbed Woohyun by the hand to stopped the attack, but when he held Woohyun's hand, he accidentally drains his energy, making him faint.

    "S-Shit...I'm fucking sorry!" Minhyuk shouted as he stared at Woohyun's body lying on the ground.

     "Woohyun!" Mark shouted when he saw his best friend on the floor.

     Mark quickly ran away from Jackson and ran to Minhyuk.

     "I'm sorry! But I didn't kill him! I swear!" Minhyuk quickly defended. And it was funny since they were actually in a battle with each other and Minhyuk was apologizing. Mark ignored what Minhyuk said and was about to throw a powerful punch on him when suddenly the ground started shaking.

     Everyone stopped fighting just so they could look at their surroundings.

     "What's going on now?!" Sunggyu shouted angrily.

     Hyunseung, who was looking at the back, pointed at a far distance and quickly shouted, "Ghouls!"

     Thousands of ghouls started running towards the Arcs and the Demons. Kharon, who kept watch for the Demons' sake, finally went to his attacking position and got ready.

     "You gotta be fucking kidding me," Jiyong says as he waited for the ghouls to arrive.

     Junhyung – who was standing right beside him – was about to say something, but Mark quickly looked at him and shouted, "Junhyung! Woohyun's down!"

     Once Mark shouted that, everyone looked at Woohyun who was lying on the floor.

    "Shit!" Junhyung quickly stated as he ran towards Woohyun.

     Lay, who was fighting Hyunseung a few seconds ago, quickly ran to Woohyun as well and was about to heal him, but Junhyung stopped him and said, "Remember what our guardian said. Healing him will only heal Minhyuk."

     Minhyuk then flinched. He suddenly felt guilty about what he did even though the Arcs attacked them first. But now hoards of ghouls were approaching and Woohyun was practically knocked out.

    "I'll try to protect him with everything I can. You help the others," Junhyung instructed, and Mark nodded and quickly joined his brothers.

     Seconds later the ghouls finally arrived at where the Demons and the Arcs were. And like they were programmed robots, they started attacking the Demons ONLY. The act shocked the Arcs. They were practically invisible.

     "Ah!" Jackson shouted as he pushed the ghouls who ran towards him with his claw.

     "W-What the...why aren't they attacking the Arcs?!" Suho shouted as the hoard of ghouls ambushed him. He quickly released his black aura, causing the weaker ghouls around him to faint.

     The Arcs were also confused since the ghouls just walked pass them and started attacking only the Demons. So the Arcs looked at each other and nodded. But instead of helping the Demons with the ghouls, the Arcs started attacking the Demons as well.

     "Junhyung you asshole!" Jiyong shouted as Junhyung went back to attacking him.

     "S-sorry...orders are orders!" Junhyung shouted as he finally got the chance to injure Jiyong on the arm since the ghouls were constantly ambushing Jiyong.

     "Ah!" Jiyong shouted in pain, but the action only made Jiyong release his true powers.

     Now he wasn't holding back. Jiyong, as the strongest son, copied all of his brother's powers and morphed it into one indestructible power. He then releases the power in one go, shooting the ghouls, and Junhyung up in the air.

     Lay quickly ran to where Junhyung was going to fall and lucking caught him.

     "F-Fuck." Junhyung stated, his whole body now aching because of Jiyong's attack. Jiyong was so strong that Junhyung was literally shot up in the air. Good thing the attack wasn't directed towards him or Junhyung might have disintegrated.

     Jiyong, who was being ambushed by most of the ghouls since he was the strongest, continued to shoot the hoards with his powerful attack. And when he got an opening, he quickly cloned himself into 50 others.

     "Fucking cloning?!" Junhyung shouted when he saw what Jiyong just did. He was shocked to realize that Kwon Jiyong had an S ranked power.

     Jackson, who was also fighting hoards of ghouls, transformed into a large beast and devoured all the Demons that stood in his way. This made the Arcs realize again that Jackson had glamouring for his demonic power.

     "T-This is insane. They're too powerful!" Lay shouted hysterically, still carrying their injured leader.

     The Demons did their thing in front of the shocked Arcs. They killed all the ghouls that attacked them while their guardian burned them so that they could disappear. (And so that the dead ghouls wouldn't pile up)

     "Fucking let go!" Taeil shouted as he pushed Sungjae away from him. Taeil was trying to smash the ghouls while trying to avoid Sungjae's attack. But when Sungjae stupidly looked straight at Taeil's eyes, Taeil quickly used his Luring ability and commanded Sungjae to attack the ghouls instead.

     Sungjae – who was now a mindless zombie that was being controlled by Taeil – started attacking the ghouls like instructed.

     While everyone continued to fight, loud sirens were suddenly heard in the distance, confusing everyone.

     Suddenly, all the ghouls started running towards Jiyong's clones.

     "They're all going to Jiyong!" Sunggyu shouted as he and his brothers quickly went towards the ghouls and continued to kill them.

     The original Jiyong was attacking the ghouls who were approaching him as well, and at the same time, he was making more clones of himself. But the ghouls were just too many that Jiyong started having a hard time making more clones.

     "Jiyong! Hang in there!" Jackson shouted as he smashed the ghouls away so he could go to Jiyong, but every time he approached what he thought was his brother, he'd only find out that it was only a clone.

     "S-shit...Jiyong! Where the fuck are you?!" Jackson shouted as he continued to kill the ghouls in front of him.

     The Arcs were just standing at the side, all confused about what was going on.

     The original Jiyong was already sweating and panting heavily, slowly losing his focus which was a bad sign because if he lost his focus, his clones would all disappear. All the ghouls were only attacking him and it was hard for him because the clones were also using his energy.

     Even with the Demons and Kharon helping him, Jiyong was slowly falling. One by one his clones fell until only 10 were left. The sight made the Arcs realize something horrifying.

     "J-Junhyung...." Lay quickly called out as he realized something. "I-its...it's him! It's Jiyong!" Lay finally shouted, loud enough for the rest of the Arcs to hear.

     "No...it can't be," Junhyung said in shock.

     "They're killing all the clones so they could get to the real him!" Jihoon shouted back, now realizing it as well.

     Junhyung, who was now in the state of panic, looked at his brothers and shouted, "Proceed with the next plan! Help the Demons...NOW!"

     Without wasting any time, the Arcs quickly joined the Demons and started attacking as well. There were only three clones left and Jiyong was stuck in the middle. The Demons and the Arcs couldn't approach him since more hoards of ghouls were appearing everywhere.

     "Jiyong! Just hang in there a little longer!" Hyunseung shouted, also killing the ghouls in front of him so he could approach Jiyong.

     Finally, all of Jiyong's clones were down, and he was the only one left in the middle. Hundreds of ghouls were surrounding him, and the Demons and the Arcs were still a few meters away from him.

     Soons after, the ghouls started lifting Jiyong up.

     "Let me go! You fucking ghouls let me go!" Jiyong shouted as hundreds of ghouls were lifting him.

     "Where are they taking him!?" Sunggyu shouted, now panicking.

     "J-Junhyung...look!" Seunghyun shouted as he pointed at the enormous gate that was slowly opening. Everyone's eyes widened as they stared at the gate being opened.

     "They're bringing him inside!" This time it was Minhyuk who shouted it.

     "Stop them now!" Sunggyu quickly commanded as he did his best to walk through the hundreds of ghouls. The Demons were powerful, and they were killing the ghouls like they were ants. But they were just too many. It's like every time they killed one ghoul, five more would appear.

     "G-Guys! Help!" Jiyong finally shouted as he saw the gate getting closer, panic now consuming him as well. Jiyong was only a few inches away from the entrance, making the demons panic even more.

     "Someone fucking grab him!" Taeil shouted, but no one could even move anymore since the number of ghouls was too overwhelming.

     "Jiyong!" Sunggyu shouted as Jiyong was now at the entrance of the gate. But when everyone thought Jiyong was finally going to be thrown at the entrance of the gate, the thousands of ghouls suddenly vanished like bubble.

     Jiyong quickly fell on the floor, making him dizzy.

     "W-what the fuck," he stated as he rubbed his bottom. The Demons and Arcs finally stopped talking. All were sweating and covered in ghoul blood.

    "Jiyong!" Sunggyu quickly called out.

    Jiyong continued to rub his aching body and shouted back, "I'm alright!"

     The demons sighed in relief, while the Arcs looked at each other confusingly. Jiyong slowly stood up and looked at his brothers who were meters away from him. The Demons were about to walk towards their brother, but they stopped when they realized something. They quickly looked at their guardian, then their guardian looked back at them and said, "Time stopped."

     Taeil, who remembered something very similar, widened his eyes from shock. And then he quickly shouted, "Jiyong! RUN! FUCKING RUN NOW!"

      Jiyong, who was still fazed, stood there, still dumbfounded. The demons were shouting his name but he felt like he was underwater, and the sound was almost muffled. Jiyong looked around, but when he saw Hyunseung and the others, he finally snapped back out of it. He quickly took a step and was about to run towards them. But before he could do so...

     "KWON JIYONG!"

     An unknown hand pierced through Jiyong's chest, making everyone stop.

     Sunggyu felt like everything was in slow motion as he mumbled, "N-no..." Then, he slowly moved his feet and started walking towards his brother, "N-No...Jiyong...Jiyong don't fucking close your eyes you hear me! Don't close your eyes!" Sunggyu shouted as he now ran towards his brother.

     The rest of the Demons started running towards him too.

    Jiyong, who still had a small life left in him, looked at his brothers who were quickly running towards him. A blood tear falls from Jiyong's eyes, then he smiled and said, "I will a-always...l-love you...m-my b-brothers."

     Then the unknown hand pulls away, holding Jiyong's heart with him. Jackson quickly runs towards the gate, but when he was only a few inches away, the gate closes.

     "AHH!!" Jackson shouted as he started slamming his weapon on the now closed gate.

     Jiyong's lifeless body was about to fall, but Sunggyu arrived just in time to catch it.

     "N-no...no please," Sunggyu begged as he looked down on his brother, blood tears falling on Jiyong's face. "J-Jiyong you fucking idiot...wake up," Sunggyu said, trying to laugh it off, but his hands were already shaking.

     Suho ran beside his brother as well and grabbed his hand, "Hey...don't joke like that Jiyong."

     Tears slowly streamed down from Suho's eyes as he felt Jiyong's cold hand, "Y-You can't do this to us...Jiyong...hey Jiyong..." When Jiyong didn't respond, Suho grabbed tighter and started shouting, "Kwon Jiyong! You can't fucking do this to us! You fucking can't!"

     Hyunseung, who was already crying, quickly grabbed Minhyuk and hugged him tightly, hiding his face on Minhyuk's chest just so he couldn't see Jiyong's lifeless body. Minhyuk tried to be brave and hugged Hyunseung even tighter, but he too was already crying.

     "J-Just don't look okay...just don't look..." Minhyuk stated, trying to calm his brother down.

     Jackson slowly walked towards his brother and fell on his knees, "Kwon Jiyong! Open your fucking eyes!" He shouted with full power. He then crawled towards Jiyong and started shaking his lifeless body, "I said wake up! Open your fucking eyes! You're a king right?! Kings don't fall so wake up!"

     "Jackson please!" Taeil stated as he ran towards his best friend. He kneeled and hugged Jackson, finally calming Jackson down.

     Sunggyu, who was still holding onto Jiyong's body, slowly caressed his brother's face, "He's just asleep. He was just...tired, that's all...you d-don't have to worry my brothers." Then Sunggyu looked at his brothers who were all crying blood. He then looked back at Jiyong and said, "B-but now isn't the time to sleep man, so wake up."

     The Arcs stood on the side, trembling and crying at the same time. They knew that this would happen, but they didn't know how painful it would be once it did happen.

     "Kwon Jiyong...as the leader of the Demons...I command you to wake up." Sunggyu stated, more tears falling from his eyes.

     "I said fucking wake up! That's a command, so wake up!"

     Junhyung dared to walk towards the Demons. He slowly went towards the mourning sons, then he gently held Sunggyu's shoulder and said, "Sunggyu I'm sorry...but we can't change this...J-Jiyong...h-he's dead."

     "No!" Sunggyu quickly shouted as he pushed Junhyung's hand away.

     "How could you be so fucking selfish? He's not dead...right Jiyong?" Sunggyu asked as he looked at Jiyong again. When Jiyong's body didn't budge, Sunggyu clenched on his brother's shoulder tighter and hugged him for the last time. Then he released the most powerful aura that he could produce before letting go of himr.

     Sunggyu quickly stood up and grabbed Junhyung by the neck, effortlessly lifting him up from the ground, "You're dead...YOU'RE ALL FUCKING DEAD!"

"It's either one or all...and your leader chose the first option." - (SDS2 34: Their Selfish Side)

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