AURA OF THE SEVEN 🌪️
Chapter 32: Gojung's Confession — The Curse of the Void 🌑📜💔
Even the fresh air of the Divine Realm felt suffocating to Ryun today. The other Guardians—Kael, Yuna, Seiya, Minho, and Akira—stood at a distance, their hearts racing. They knew that the truth revealed today could change the unity of the Seven forever.
🌑 The Revelation (Gojung's Secret)
Gojung locked his deep blue eyes with Ryun's abyssal black 'Void' eye. His voice carried a heavy, haunting weight.
Gojung: "Ryun, Azrazel wasn't lying. The 'Void Seed' isn't a gift. It's a parasite. When it fully blooms, it consumes the host's memories, their emotions, and eventually, their entire identity."
A deafening silence fell over the group. Yuna (❄️) dropped her frost-staff, the clatter echoing against the divine stone.
Ryun (Voice trembling): "So... I'll become like the Emperor? I'll eventually forget all of you?"
Gojung: "That is the truth I was terrified to tell you. The Emperor was once a Guardian, too. But he surrendered himself to the Void for immortality. Ryun, if you lose control of your emotions, the Void will use your body to erase this world."
⚡ Kael's Rage and the Fractured Team
Kael (⚡): "Gojung! Why didn't you tell us this sooner? we risked our lives to save him, and you knew he was a walking time bomb?!"
Gojung: "Because I hoped Ryun would be different! I believed the light in his soul could suppress the Void!"
Akira (🍃): "Hope? We can't bet the future of the entire world on 'hope,' Gojung."
Minho and Seiya remained silent, but the fear on their faces spoke volumes. Ryun felt a chilling distance growing between him and his family. His right eye (the Void eye) began to throb violently with dark energy.
🏛️ The New Mandate (The Arbiters Return)
Before the argument could escalate, a blinding golden light pierced the clouds. Ethos had returned, and this time, he wasn't alone. Behind him stood an entire legion of Celestial Arbiters.
Ethos: "We heard your confession, Gojung. Now even the Guardians doubt their own leader. Ryun, your power is a cancer to the balance of the universe. You must come with us to the 'Eternal Prison' (The Solitary Dimension)."
⚔️ Ryun's Sacrifice
Ryun looked at his friends. He saw Kael's resentment, Yuna's fear, and Gojung's helplessness. He realized his very presence was tearing his family apart.
Ryun: "Enough. I won't watch my friends destroy each other because of me."
He slammed his sword into the ground and stepped toward Ethos. "I will go with you willingly. But on one condition... once I leave, you never touch these Guardians or my sister, Mei-Lin, ever again."
Gojung: "Ryun, no! We can find another way!"
Ryun (Smiling sadly): "Maybe this is the way, brother. I need to find myself before the Void finds me."
🌪️ Final Narration
"Azrazel's words achieved what his blade could not—they broke the Seven.
Ryun is now headed toward the darkest dungeon in the Heavens.
Will the Seven Guardians ever be whole again?