F***ed up world.

It has been a terribly rough week, for Bang-sul. A little resume of the worst events.

1 "I'm just trying to protect you, my sweet fool."
The night before heading to face Seth, he really hoped he would have some quiet and pleasant time, that LianBi would be nice to him. And at first, that really seemed to be the plan, but then the Emperor decided he wanted to say something while looking in his eyes.
He tried to struggle, but LianBi just blocked his hands and removed the cloth from his eyes, revealing the scars he has everywhere. Clear, evident knife stabs all over his eyes, the eyebrows, the top of the nose... in shock, and likely disappointed for what he did, the Emperor simply left and stayed away for the whole night.

2 "Seth is my umma?!"
When Seth finally stopped to play with them like a cat with its prey, he revealed something he would have much preferred to never learn about. Since divinities are androgynous beings, Seth indeed made himself pregnant of Taejo of Joseon. The normal way. He explained he did it because he wanted a son of his, of royal blood, to help him conquer the world, but the Lemurians captured him around that time, ruining all his plans.

3 "My powers are friggin useless."
He was so good with his previous powers, he had mastered it to an incredible level. These new ones he simply doesn't manage to understand. Sure, talking to animals can be cool, but what is the use of it in a right, for example?
The fact he was so totally powerless in front of Mijhatev left him a lot of bitterness.

4 "And now?"
After teleporting away from the guards of Shiirhuang, he went to one of the few places he still can teleport to. (He does no longer have a clear image of most places, making him unable to teleport safely.)
He is sat by the stream, with his back leant against a rock. His cat is always on his shoulder and a weird dog also joined, at some point, lying beside him with its head on his leg. goo.gl/images/qMESk2
It's getting cold and... he doesn't really fancy the idea to spend the night there. "I need something from you, guys..."
The cat snorts. "You always do."
The dog jumps up. "What?what?what?what?" says enthusiastically while jumping around and wagging it's tail.
"A pencil and some papers..."
"Bet that f***tard doesn't even know what a pencil is."
"Stop talking like Awut, cat."
"I know, I know, I know, I know!!! Pencil!! Tastes good! Me knows!!!"
"Go. Let's see who is more effective."
The dog rushes away like a flash, while the cat slowly stands up, stretches, yawns and sculetta away.
They both come back after some minutes, they are close to a village, indeed carrying what he asked.
"It best be the last of the day", grumbles the cat, lying down again. "And that stinker isn't coming with us."
"Good boy!" Tero says to the dog, only, patting its head. He takes the pencil and paper and using the dog to see, writes a letter to send to LianBi.

[ What is going to be of me?
- Bang-sul. ]

The answer arrives less than a minute later.
[ What do you mean? Where are you? What are you doing? Tell me right now. ]

[ The guards who came at me as soon as I entered the city... ]

[ They were looking for you! You left all of a sudden, shouting like a madman for a teleporter to the West! ]

[ Are you angry again? ]

This answer takes a little longer to arrive. [ Ani. I am only worried. Come back home now, it's getting late, it's dangerous out there... ]

[ I want to come home, but I need help... someone has to come to get me... ] Despite he hates to admit it, he must, if he doesn't want to sleep out in the cold.

Minutes pass and... no answer. That's weird, as all the other replies were very fast.
"Ok... no panic... he is the Emperor, he is probably busy. Someone called him..."
"Or maybe he is just being an a**hole with you, stupid crybaby. After all, you pissed him off a lot, lately", comments the cat.
"I will drown you somewhere and take the dog instead."
"Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Dog good boy! Dog always loyal! Dog best!"
"I'll write to him again."
"Don't! You will look even more desperate than you are", hisses the cat.

[ I can't teleport home... I need help. ]
[ Are you busy? ]
[ I'm in big danger, help! ]

Nothing. And if after the last one LianBi didn't answer, it means there has to be something going on.
He stands up, a little panicked and clueless. "What do I do? You can lead me back to the capital?"
"Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!"
"Don't be ridiculous. We are in the mountainside, it would take days, minimum, to get to Shiirhuang", says the cat.
"Just lead me to that village and pray there is someone who can teleport me, then", he grumbles. "Why am I even listening to a cat."
Just as the little hand starts to move, an eerie presence blocks their way.
The dog immediately hides behind his legs, whimpering, while the cat seems weirdly fascinated, almost hypnotized.
The presence looks like a tall cat, almost like a mix between person and cat, but not on a body, something like a black ghost.
The creature suddenly runs towards Tero, who raises his arm to protect himself, but it disappears on contact. It entered his body and he feels like an explosion just happened inside of his mind.
"Uncover your eyes", says a disembodied whisper around him.
He is panting very heavily, his heart is beating faster than ever... but he obeys the voice, untying the cloth around his eyes with trembling hand. He. Can. See. Despite the darkness.
"Go", whispers again that voice and he, without even thinking, starts to run at a crazy speed.

Everything in his body feels different, not just the sudden return of his sight. His hearing is sharper, he feels lighter and more agile.
He gets closer to a ledge, but doesn't stop running. He jumps over, letting himself fall into the nothingness. Like he is not in control of his body.
While falling down at massive speed, another strange presence soars at him, entering his body. His whole view changes and some transparent wings push him further, rather than down.
When he touches the ground, everything gets back to how it was in the beginning, with the first creature. He is again in control of his body though.
He looks at his hands for a moment and starts to run again.

It takes him a couple of hours to reach the city, with the help of several Guardians sent by Isseiner so that he could understand the true potential of his new powers.
In few minutes he gets from the gates to the Palace, but feels that something is wrong even before he gets close.
Rather than using the main entrance, he jumps over the walls, reaching the space that surrounds the throne hall... the whole area is damaged and half destroyed.

Sao runs towards him together with a group of guards.
"What happened here...?" asks Bang-sul, baffled.
"A Southern-led surprise attack. The Emperor has been taken captive."
"What?!" he gasps, in total shock.
"You are under arrest."
Tero takes a step back. "No way. You aren't going to frame me for this."
"Your attitude has been tremendously suspicious, you will have to be interrogated."
"My ass", he hisses and swiftly jumps on top of the wall behind him.
Jumping and running, he reached the Western Quarters, where the Princes are and maybe Haru's family too, intending to take them out of there before it will be too late.