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After the smoke cleared from the sudden explosion, the entire layout of the room was completely different!

It looked completely battered and destroyed, but now some things were present that weren't before!

It's almost as if the layout before was just an illusion that Wonho created... That must be it!

The explosion must've caused the room to reveal it's true nature, since Wonho was that close to it. He must've used a technique to disguise the room as something that would make him feel all-powerful in order to boost his own confidence.

But since the explosion seems to have nullified the effects of the technique, that must've also caused Wonho to lose even more confidence in himself as well, which would therefore weaken his power!

"Mark! You're alright~!"

Renjun came running to me first with the others following behind him.

He immediately hugged me once he reached me, but his calm and collected facade broke in the process.

"We were so worried about you hyung!"

Jisung exclaimed, fixing my hair for me.

"Don't worry guys~. I'm completely fine, really~"

While the others were overjoyed that I was alright, I looked over at Wonho to see his condition.

He had been blasted of into one of the pillars and his upper attire had completely disappeared, but he was otherwise fine.

"Hey hyung, what's this on your hand???"

Donghyuck suddenly questioned, holding up my right hand.

I didn't notice it before, but now there was a gauntlet on my hand!

"This is the Gauntlet of Pride. It holds the power of Pride itself, just like you Minhyung"

Jackson suddenly spoke.

"We each used the Gauntlets of our respective sins to banish Wonho from Franta the first time. And now with the combined power of the three generations of princes, we can destroy him together. The rest of you just have to call on that power"

Namjoon explained.

The others immediately called on the power of their Gauntlets, excited to see how theirs would look.

Chenle summoned his Gauntlet of Envy.

Renjun summoned his Gauntlet of Wrath.

Donghyuck summoned his Gauntlet of Greed.

Jeno summoned his Gauntlet of Gluttony.

Jaemin summoned his Gauntlet of Lust.

And Jisung summoned his Gauntlet of Sloth.

"Let's do this Wonho. Face us like a real prince"

Chenle taunted him.

"Damn brats... I'll show all of you your place!"

Even though he's exceptionally weaker than before, he still managed to summon his own Gauntlet!

"That's the same gauntlet that he used against us when we banished him years ago: The Gauntlet of Despond"

"If you use the power of each of your gauntlets, you'll be able to overpower him"

Namjoon and Seokjin informed us.

Wonho tried charging at us to attack us with his gauntlet and blade, but now we could easily push him back with just a simple wave of our hands!

These gauntlets are exceptionally powerful since they have the power of our sins and the three generations of princes combined!

This battle is actually taking a turn in our favor~!

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10 Minutes Later

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Despite all of Wonho's efforts, we're still able to overpower him every time he tries to attack us, even on our own.

But after a while, Wonho finally got fed up with this.

"YOU BASTARDS! THIS ISN'T HOW IT ENDS! I WILL END ALL OF YOU, HERE AND NOW, NO MATTER WHAT!"

He used more of his strength, and managed to blow all of us back, far away from him.

He summoned his wings and suddenly flew through the roof of the globe.

"Let's get out of here! We don't know what he could be trying to pull!"

Renjun ordered.

We changed into our Oni forms and summoned our wings, immediately flying out the way we came in. Just as soon as we made it out, something came crashing down and completely destroyed the globe, causing us to have to dodge and weave through all of the debris.

"Fourth Sin Technique... Longing Barrier!"

Jaemin used one of his techniques with his gauntlet to put up a very powerful protective field around our safe zone, to protect the others.

We continued to dodge all of the flying debris, until all that we were left with were plumes of dust and smoke.

Once things finally calmed down and all the dust and smoke cleared, we found an utterly frightening, humongous beast standing where the globe once did, with Wonho standing on top of it.

"Never in all of my years have I ever been forced to use my full power... You insolent little specs! I'll make you wish that you were never reborn as the princes! Every demon will submit to me! All will bow before my power!! I WILL SMITE YOU ALL DOWN WITH THE POWER OF INIQUITY!!!"

Wonho was absolutely enraged, and he began emitting even more frightening amounts of power.

"Are we really gonna be able to beat him now?? T-That thing is really huge..!"

Jisung stuttered.

"Don't give up yet! He's not gonna get rid of us that easily! We have that same truck up our sleeves!"

"All you have to do is combine each of your powers together! Renjun and Minhyung did it in their fight against Shownu! You can all do the same thing to form a beast that can take Wonho down!"

Hoseok and Jinyoung instructed.

Taking their advice, we stacked each of our hands into a pile with our palms facing upwards, and the power from each of our gauntlets began to flow and gather underneath us.

Just like how the princes formed their own separate beasts before, they all merged together to form a colossal beast underneath our feet.

Eventually, the beast was finally complete and appeared to be a mixture of most, if not all, of our beasts.

The two previous generations of princes used their power to form it, while our power, as the third generation, kept the gauntlets powered up.

"All you have to do is command us, and we'll help you win this battle. We'll all put an end to Wonho, together"

The beast informed us, already preparing to attack as we stayed stood on its head.

I can feel it. With this beast, we'll finally be able to end this war, once and for all.

"Let's finish this"

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