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Our beast informed us that Wonho's is known as the Disheartening Behemoth, but he nicknamed it Anomia, which means Iniquity.

Our beast is known as the Sinful Titan, but Donghyuck decided to nickname it Arete, which means Virtue.

But unlike our beast, Wonho's can't move from the spot that it's set in. This gives us a great advantage in this battle.

We began to command the beast, taking advantage of the massive area to maneuver around Iniquity to avoid its attacks and deal damage. Virtue used its two katanas to cut all six of its legs off, leaving just its slimy tail.

It also blocked and ricocheted incoming attacks with its fairly long tail, and even used it to deal damage as well. But eventually, Iniquity caught Virute with its tentacle arms and flung us away to initiate another attack.

We all lost our balance on its head, but even though we didn't command it to, Virtue caught us and held onto its head to protect us and keep us from falling off.

Virtue successfully landed upright, and used one of its katanas to block and ricochet all of Iniquity's incoming attacks.

It then charged at Iniquity, picking up its second katana to attack it head on, but it managed to trap Virtue.

It used its slimy tail to trip our beast, making it drop its katanas. Iniquity then wrapped its tentacles and mantis-like claw around Virtue, and pulled it closer to it to trap it.

And from within Iniquity's mouth, an energy beam began to charge up that Wonho could use to destroy Virtue's head to defeat us.

Virtue tried getting loose, but Iniquity only held it tighter to keep it trapped in place. At this rate, we're all going to die like this unless we get free!

"Guys! Think fast!"

We suddenly heard Johnny yell.

Apparently, the others decided to interfere with our battle. They sacrificed a great amount of their energy and combined it to form a beam that they fired towards us.

Virtue moved its head out of the way to avoid getting hit, and the beam hit Iniquity directly in the face. The force of the beam caused the beast to throw its head back, and its energy beam fired into the sky before it exploded.

We used this advantage to quickly command Virtue make an energy beam of its own. It successfully hit Iniquity through its chest, creating a massive gaping hole within the beast.

Virtue was freed after it let it go, and it quickly grabbed its katanas and took out all of its tentacles and its claw.

It then grabbed Iniquity by its neck, and both beasts suddenly teleported with us, disappearing from the Prism Globe.

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Tree of the Seven Sins

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We reappeared at The Tree of the Seven Sins, and Virtue immediately proceeded to rip Iniquity apart. It continued to disassemble it until it had completely faded away into dust, leaving Wonho angered and exhausted.

"Damn it... I.... I'm not...finished yet!"

He tried to attack us head on, but Virtue grabbed him so that he couldn't harm us or escape.

Because of his disadvantage, he was now trapped in our beast's fist, unable to escape.

"Fourth Sin Technique... Coveting Chains"

Jaemin used another technique with help from Virtue, and created chains from within its hand to keep Wonho in place in its palm.

Virtue let us walk onto its other hand, and used it as a platform for us to confront Wonho. After we made it to him, the beast seemingly powered down while still retaining its form, and all fourteen of the previous princes joined us.

"So, what happens now?"

"As the next princes of the Seven Sins, you all have the power to exorcise Wonho, right here and now. That's why we teleported us to this specific place. This is where the sins are born, but it's also where they can be laid to rest. All you have to do is call on the tree's power"

Namjoon explained.

The fourteen of them used their power to make sure that Wonho stayed put, and we focused on calling on the tree's power.

It didn't take long before the tree began to glow in each of our sins' colors, and then glowed a bright white.

"Lee Hoseok, the time has come. This is the land of the rising sun. Your desecration shall not be allowed. As the twenty-one Demon Princes of the Seven Sins, we shall expel your vast defilement against all demonkind"

They all recited, and the tree glowed a bit brighter.

"In the name of my sin of Pride and the two previous princes of said sin, I expel you from this life, hereby eliminating your sin and your existence"

"You what..?"

Wonho looked very surprised by those words, and became alarmed when the tree glowed brighter.

"In the name of my sin of Envy and the two previous princes of said sin, I expel you from this life, hereby eliminating your sin and your existence"

"In the name of my sin of Gluttony and the two previous princes of said sin, I expel you from this life, hereby eliminating your sin and your existence"

"No... You can't do this to me! I'm one of the original sins!"

He exclaimed.

"In the name of my sin of Lust and the two previous princes of said sin, I expel you from this life, hereby eliminating your sin and your existence"

"In the name of my sin of Wrath and the two previous princes of said sin, I expel you from this life, hereby eliminating your sin and your existence"

"In the name of my sin of Greed and the two previous princes of said sin, I expel you from this life, hereby eliminating your sin and your existence"

"No!! You can't!! You can't just get rid of me like this!!!"

He continued to struggle, but it's already too late for him.

"In the name of my sin of Sloth and the two previous princes of said sin, I expel you from this life, hereby eliminating your sin and your existence"

"In the name of the Seven Deadly Sins, we now expel the eighth sin of Despond, and the demon holder of said sin. Your life as a former Demon Prince of Hell is now forfeit. Give up your soul, and be laid to rest!"

"In the name of the Seven Deadly Sins, we now expel the eighth sin of Despond, and the demon holder of said sin. Your life as a former Demon Prince of Hell is now forfeit. Give up your soul, and be laid to rest!"

After we all recited this, Wonho's sin was the first to be expelled.

This visibly caused him a great amount of pain, as he was reverting from a demon back to a normal human. Once he became human once more, since his sin was erased, he slowly began to fade away.

But instead of fading into dust like his former ghouls, he faded away as glowing white particles that flowed directly into the tree.

"Wait.... I'm not feeling anymore pain, and all of the anger that I felt before is finally gone.."

He suddenly spoke up, and he suddenly smiled at all twenty-one of us.

"I... I'm truly sorry for what I've done.. I'm very grateful to all of you for freeing me from my sin. I've been suffering for so long. But unlike all of you, I completely lost myself to my sin... You're all truly worthy of being the princes of the sins. I'm sorry that I couldn't enjoy my second life with you.. I just ruined everything and brought chaos to our realm.. But...it was really nice getting to know all of you in this life. I wish all of you the best in the future. Minhyung, Renjun, Jeno, Donghyuck, Jaemin, Chenle, and Jisung.... Never stop being the best princes that you can be, and protect Franta for me. I'd really appreciate it....~"

He gave us all his final regards before he finally faded away, a big smile plastered on his face.

The last of his particles flowed into the tree, and glowed brighter once more before it finally went dim again.

We finally did it.

Wonho is finally defeated, and finally liberated from his sin.

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