Peerless Of A Soul

Bolts of sparkles only last a few seconds before it went still.

Jaebin was groaning in his posture, while Yeonbin only shook his head and crossed his arms.

"Can't believe I forgot that you're a dumbass."

At this point, it will only take Yeonbin a few steps to recognize the unnoticed Deity within the hall, considering his luck it wouldn't last longer than he'd expected.

"It doesn't ring a bell to you when Deities like us couldn't perceive him? You said so yourself, It'll be fruitless."

Yeonbin scoffed and finally turn to grin at Jaebin, to further annoy him.

But that gave him a foreign surprise, then suddenly, his cracking-up features were wiped off his face.

Yeonbin acted fast when he saw a glimpse of amber clothes in the corner of the hall.

His saber promptly rose and did not waste time asking who it was, a blade snapped forward directly to So Eun.

He didn't know how fast things escalated, or perhaps he has no idea how this twin wasn't the one Deity to mess with, particularly it was a misfortune for an outsider.

So Eun only saw the sprint of the saber, rigid and threatening towards him. And advance himself beforehand to block it with his sword, not caring about the fact if he can withstand it or not.

He unleashed his sword and silver sparks between them.

The moment he registers what happened, his sword had never collided with anything.

It was Jaebin who made his move to block the attack from his brother, standing firmly against So Eun.

"Now, that wasn't nice to welcome a visitor, Yeonbin."

He smiled, even if the collision causes his small cuts to gape, a drop of blood staining the threshold.

Yeonbin wasn't surprised anymore, and only knitted his brows. Menacing energy started to surround his person.

"Jaebin. What is this?" He enunciated, voice still steady and calm.

Jaebin just scoffs before giving him a look without a hint of mirth.

"So Eun from the past wouldn't be glad to be treated like this."

Yeonbin faltered, his eyes blinked, confuse and confounded before he inhaled and withdraw his sword.

"I don't believe you."

Those words were sharp and frigid, and it only proves So Eun that he isn't playing around when his sword changed its course.

This time, it was prepared to dodge Jaebin's block and was determined to further pursue So Eun.

So Eun felt his heart drop, that was because something in his blade screams of killing him without a single thought.

Yet Jaebin still tried to crash his brother's attack, even though So Eun doesn't have an idea what's gotten into him, fleeing here was the best idea.

Jaebin fended him off, the saber had long interrupted his mind, clearing his head off any safe way without getting his heart pierced at the spot.

His head went astray, two Deities clashing blades in front of him, that he chooses the best course is to tumble down forward and offhandedly run towards the child ghoul.

However, that gave Yeonbin an open area to charge at him.

He hasn't run a few steps before Jaebin was shouting across the hall, a lot harsher and more concerned.

"Watch out!"

He instantly whipped his head to swerve the blade, yet it was closing in on him the moment he grasps a glimpse of it behind.

He managed to obstruct it with his sword, but it just slipped with a struggle.

The next thing they know, Yeonbin was holding his saber that was dangerously close to the veins in his neck.

So Eun quickly raised his head to avoid it. Lost it to the point of his saber stopping in that instant.

"Yeonbin. He's still a Deity." Jaebin started, earnestly looking at his brother's still weapon.

"I might be slow-witted, as I only noticed you now. But I'm actually not dense."

He solemnly uttered, eyes as sharp as his blade, he didn't speak afterward and only examine So Eun's face.

Like he'd been shamelessly deceived by Jaebin that he couldn't remain oblivious and unmoving anymore.

So Eun had nothing to explain except for waking up drained and wanting to make himself useful.

He eventually experienced first-hand that the convenience of living as a lowly Deity was the sole reason for Deities and Emperor trying to stab your back.

So Eun remained quiet for a while, but he couldn't when the atmosphere's flaring with menacing energy.

"I have no ill intentions,"

"I'm aware of that fact, but not after you saved the Demon King."

Yeonbin butted, inching the sword closer to his neck.

"Aren't you aware that you're walking towards your end?"

So Eun tried not to nod at that, just because his blade is under his chin.

"Yeonbin, you can restrain him first before interrogating him, just… don't do anything yet, because The Emperor permits for capturing the criminal, not murdering them."

Jaebin interrupted, clearly trying to ease his brother's temper.

Yeonbin turned his head to glance at him.

"Jaebin, I'm afraid you haven't realized that you became The Emperor's offender the moment you shielded and sided with him."

Then everyone went silent, the glimmering candles inside the lanterns above had long been distinguished due to the commotion.

So Eun hadn't known what was on Jaebin's face before he went silent, their grunting voices remained distant when Jaebin said something that made his brother turn his glare at him.

"Ever consider the reason we can't pitch in because there's another presence that forbids us from going in?"

Yeonbin uttered, which earn a raised eyebrow from his brother.

"I doubt that's--"

"If that's not the case, then what? We're all Deities here, if this child were resistant to any other beings' core except for his kind, then we shall find a scattered soul as pure as his!"

"Finding a peerless soul isn't going to be easy."

"Of fucking course it's not."

Yeonbin released a deep sigh, before giving So Eun another death glare.

"You're not going anywhere. If you are not a Deity I would have long blemished my hands with blood here."

He demanded, fingers gripping his weapon tighter it moves forward an inch closer, So Eun offhandedly steps back, but it causes him to bump into something behind.

He unconsciously raised his hands to surrender, at the same time, Jaebin reached forward.

"Stop! Yeonbin!"

Yeonbin did stop, but the blade conveniently halted at the expanse area of his throat.

They both looked at Jaebin, whose eyes are already widening.

They waited to hear something from him, but the latter was frozen at his spot, gazing at an area behind So Eun.

It was a moment until So Eun and Yeonbin realized what made him react like that.

The glimmering light from the ghoul child's form flickered, diminishing for a while before it blasts a flash of the silver blaze, almost devouring the whole temple with blinding light.

The three of them instantly cowered their eyes with their hands, giving So Eun to move and block his eyes too.

The flashing glare died out immediately, like a bomb timed out, with silvery lights as presence instead of fire and chaos.

After that, he offhandedly turned around to shield himself from what was occurring, however, what he saw also made him speechless at his spot.

The ghoul child was no longer asleep, his spirit form is still burning with gemstone-like lights, but his eyes are staring at him with life.

Humans with a spirit form as luminous as the child aren't willing and easy to converse with, even if they wake him up it would still be fruitless, especially if they're trying to enter his dream state.

The other two Deity touched the spirit form, but it was to no avail backfired them. Yet So Eun had just bumped into him, activating something that made the kid open his eyes. 

One out of hundreds of possibilities, is he was the only person that was important to him or...

"You are one of his kind." Yeonbin implied, gazing startingly at So Eun.