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Sicheng led us into a small room and started working, while we watched attentively.

However, Jaemin still clung to Jeno, since Xiaojun, Hendery, and YangYang followed us here.

"So Sicheng, how can you tell the three of them apart?"

I asked, looking at the three hounds.

They practically look the same.

"Though they all look very much alike, Xiaojun is the one with a Sun symbol, Hendery is the one with a Moon symbol, and YangYang is the one with a Yin and Yang symbol"

"Thankfully though, they're easier to tell apart when they're not in their Oni forms. Xiaojun has blonde hair, Hendery has brown hair, and YangYang has orange tinted hair"

"They're in their Oni forms??!"

Jaemin shrieked, and Sicheng just nodded.

He snapped his fingers, and they all changed back to their demon forms.

All of their eyes were black and blue, and instead of horns, they had similar dog-like ears. But apart from that, it's way easier to tell them apart now.

"They're so cute~~~!!!"

Donghyuck squealed, petting their heads.

The only response he got from them were small barks and big hugs.

"Oh, I forgot to mention a few things. The three of them are Familiar Demons, which are usually animal demon guides for witches and warlocks, like myself, who are sometimes considered 'personal demons'. But they're the types of Familiars that are incapable of speech, so they communicate like they would in their Oni forms"

Sicheng explained, while retrieving ingredients for what he was doing.

"Have you tried teaching them how to speak?"

Chenle asked, petting them as well.

"I have, but not only do they not understand how speaking works, they don't seem to be interested in learning how to speak. But I'm just grateful that they can understand when someone is speaking to them"

He smiled softly.

"Oh, speaking of which. YangYang"

YangYang quickly averted his attention from Donghyuck, and attentively waited to be commanded.

"Can you retrieve some human flesh for me please?"

YangYang nodded, and quickly dashed out of the room.

Xiaojun and Hendery on the other hand seemed to find interest in Jaemin. He still looked scared, but Jeno kept reassuring him, and tried to get him to pet them.

"Has YangYang always been so jumpy?"

Jeno questioned.

"Mhm. They each have their own different personalities. Xiaojun is the more independent and quiet one, Hendery is the more wild and playful one, and YangYang is the more timid and reserved one. But YangYang is always scared to do something wrong, so he gets all nervous and jumpy when I ask him to do something, unlike the other two"

Just then, YangYang came back, holding a human hand.

He quickly went over to Sicheng and gave it to him.

"Thank you Yang. You did well"

Sicheng pet his head, and YangYang happily sat next to him.

He's really cute.

"Oh! It's done~"

Yuta cheered.

Sicheng held up a peculiar looking potion bottle.

"This will turn any piece of human flesh into a human food. It will even taste like the food it resembles"

"That's cool and all, but what if it runs out?"

"It won't. The little orange bubbles at the bottom will make it refill itself every time it reaches the end. But make sure not to break the bottle"

"Why not? Not that we were planning to in the first place"

Chenle inquired.

"There's no telling what it might do to whatever, or whoever, it breaks on. So, yeah. Don't break it, please"

"Not a problem. Thank you so much"

Renjun thanked him, and we all bowed respectfully.

"It was my pleasure. Now please hurry and go save Sloth"

Just as we were about to leave the room, Xiaojun, Hendery, and YangYang blocked the way and started growling.

"Hey. What gives?"

"Hold on Renjun. Something isn't right"

I could tell that the three of them could feel, or see, something that we couldn't.

"There's a demon here, but it's not normal"

Sicheng spoke.

"I'll stay here with Sicheng and protect the potion. You guys have to take out whatever's out there"

Yuta determinedly stated.

"Xiaojun. Hendery. YangYang. Protect them as if you're protecting me"

Sicheng ordered.

They changed back into their Oni forms, and ran ahead of us while we followed behind.

As soon as we got to the entrance of the temple, there was this huge demonic beast waiting for us, with blood dripping from its mouth and claws.

"There's definitely something off about that thing. It doesn't give off a 'living' type of aura"

"It's almost as if it was created by someone"

Jaemin added.

YangYang suddenly charged at the beast, before the other two could make a move.

The beast slammed its paw down to crush him, but he dodged it in time and swung at it. The beast knocked him away, and he crashed into the temple.

Xiaojun and Hendery growled at the beast after hearing YangYang whining. They positioned themselves to get ready to attack it.

"Wait a second you two"

I pet them and they stopped, resorting to just standing in front of me to protect me and the others behind me.

After a few seconds, the entire left arm of the beast completely fell off, cut into four slices.

"It's a robot?!"

Donghyuck yelled with utter shock.

I knew something was off.

"Uggghhh, this really pisses me off. It's not even worth my time if it's not a real demon. You're in our fucking way, you mechanical disgrace of an obstacle"

Chenle was fuming mad that this mechanical disappointment was preventing us from getting back to Jisung.

"Second Sin Technique..."

He approached the beast, and in a flash he was gone.

Though the beast couldn't see him, we could all see Chenle flying around it at top speed, much like a tornado.

He soon reappeared with his back facing the beast, and it reached out to attack him. But it froze when Chenle snapped his fingers.

"Whirlwind of Desire"

A huge blue whirlpool sucked the entirety of the beast into a vortex, and it was no longer visible to any of us.

Chenle snapped his fingers again, and shattered pieces of the beast poured out, and the vortex closed.

Chenle huffed and walked back into the temple to get Yuta, whilst fixing his hair. Everyone else, except for me and Jaemin, went to check on YangYang.

Jaemin and I began to examine the robot parts, crouching in front of the small mountain of scrap metal.

"Who do you think sent this here?"

I asked, but got no answer.

"Jaemin??"

I looked over at him, and he was biting his lip while staring at a long, smooth piece of metal.

I could already tell what he was thinking...

"Jaemin!"

I yelled, and he threw it away once he realized what he was doing.

"Sorry!"

He refocused his attention to me.

"So as I was saying... Who do you think sent this here?"

"No idea. But the craftsmanship is commendable. Whoever sent it knows what they're doing"

I rummaged through the scrap metal parts more, until I found something that caught my eye.

There was a logo of a boar on one of the metal pieces.

"You recognize this logo right?"

I growled, showing Jaemin the logo.

I could see the anger well up in his eyes, knowing exactly who sent the beast here.

"The Boar Gang"

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