🌑 JUJUTSU KAISEN: MOON OF THE FALLEN KING
📖 Chapter 7 – "Whispers"
The air exploded with light and darkness.
A burst of white-blue flames roared through the jungle as Master clashed with the Demon Lord again. Trees cracked. Earth split. Lucius could only watch, frozen in place.
> "Lucius! Stay back!" the Master shouted, his voice sharp with urgency.
Lucius didn't move. His body trembled. His mind burned.
> "Why do these memories haunt me? Who am I… really?"
The Demon Lord's hand charged with black lightning, casting a monstrous glow through the leaves.
> "Your master can't save you, boy," he sneered. "You belong to the darkness now."
Before Lucius could speak, the Master flew forward again — his fists colliding with the Demon Lord's claws in a shower of sparks. The power of the impact shattered nearby stones.
> "I won't let you touch him!" Master growled.
Lucius clutched his head. Flashbacks tormented him: the demon girl's last smile, blood, the sorcerers who murdered her. He had lost too much.
> "No more pain. I don't want to lose anyone again…"
Meanwhile, the Demon Lord's red eye shimmered as he watched Lucius from the corner of his vision.
> "It's breaking… The seal within him."
Master moved quickly, his palm striking the earth. A glowing magic circle formed under his feet.
> "Technique: Barrier Binding – Silver Lock Seal!"
Bright chains of light erupted and wrapped tightly around the Demon Lord's limbs. He growled, restrained for the moment.
> "Clever sorcerer… but it won't last."
Lucius dropped to his knees nearby, staring at his own hand. It glowed faintly red.
> "What… what is happening to my body?"
Voices echoed in his head. An image formed — the Demon Lords sitting at a table. One spoke:
> "We'll awaken the Demon King… in the boy's flesh."
Lucius gasped. His eyes shimmered with pink light as his aura began to stir.
> "Is that… me?"
The Demon Lord screamed as he shattered the seal chains.
> "CRACK!!"
Master stumbled back, blood dripping from his arm.
> "I need… more time…" he gasped.
Lucius slowly rose to his feet. His eyes flickered — half his soul trapped in fear, the other… awakening.
> "I can't let him die," he thought. "Not again."
Behind the Demon Lord, a monstrous cursed shadow emerged — a serpent made of smoke and hate.
> "Curse Beast: Shadow Serpent."
It slithered toward Lucius, hissing.
He froze.
Then — flash — Master appeared, sword drawn, blocking its path.
> "RUN, Lucius!"
But Lucius didn't.
He clenched his fists.
> "No more running."
Suddenly, an explosion of cursed energy erupted from him. Black and red swirls pulsed outward, shaking the ground. Everyone — even the Demon Lord — stopped.
> This isn't just fear, the Master realized. This is… something ancient.
Lucius's voice changed, deep and otherworldly.
> "Don't. Touch. My. Master."
The Demon Lord grinned.
> "Finally… he stirs."
The Master turned sharply. "This cursed energy… it's not Lucius. It's royal… it's not from this age."
Lucius's aura intensified. The serpent cursed beast evaporated into smoke from his pressure alone.
And then—he collapsed.
His cursed aura vanished. His body lay still on the forest floor.
> "Lucius!!" the Master cried out, rushing to him.
But the Demon Lord didn't strike again. He stepped back slowly, smiling darkly.
> "Soon… he'll awaken fully."
The Master knelt beside Lucius, hand on the boy's heart. He was still breathing. Still alive.
> But not ordinary. That cursed energy… that wasn't human. It was royal.
Far away, in a hidden domain, the remaining Demon Lords spoke telepathically:
> "The soul reacted," one said.
"The body is adapting," said another.
And as the jungle wind whispered through the broken silence, Lucius's hand glowed softly once more.
The battle was only beginning.
✅ End of Chapter 7