Chapter 608

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[Get lost!]

Chaos shouted.

There was no pressure like before. Chaos now had a body roughly the size of a wolf, and even that seemed difficult to maintain as it continued to shrink with each passing moment.

While Jin carefully chose his words, more awls flew towards him. Although he could fend them off again due to a brief opening, continuing to confront in his exhausted state was unreasonable.

'Come to think of it, in the last fight, there were always moments when Chaos could have killed me.'

Attributing it solely to luck seemed odd.

However, Jin could not be sure that chaos would not "kill" him.

Only now, the fact was clearly revealed as it stopped the awl at the crucial moment, but there were more than once or twice when Jin was driven to the brink of death.

'I'd better go out first.'

Jin never knows when chaos will change its mind.

Jin used the last remaining shadow force to open a crack towards Laprarosa. Before stepping out, he looked back at Chaos, who was roaring in an unstable state.

"Oh, you came out so fast this time?"

"Brother Jin, did you finally beat that guy!?"

"It's too early to say I won. I used the ultimate technique of the Shadow Sword to weaken him and regain my strength."

"Come to think of it, I can feel a powerful aura again from you... congratulations, brother Jin!"

"Moreover, since he's weakened now, it's over in the next battle! We should prepare for a celebration soon."

While the brethren were excitedly shouting, Jin felt uncomfortable for some reason.

'The long-awaited victory is right in front of me, but why do I feel so bad?'

As Vahn approached, Jin explained the situation he had been through inside.

"... Seeing the awl stop at the end made me think he couldn't kill me. I thought it might be possible before, but... sister battle god, did you know something?"

"Rather than saying it can't kill you, it's more accurate to say it won't kill you."

At Vahn's words, the Plutonians tilted their heads.

"It won't kill me?"

"Yes."

"Please elaborate."

"When you first visited his subspace, chaos's inner thoughts were also conveyed to me."

Vahn's gaze reached Jin's illuminating heart. Until now, they can use the battle god fusion if the two were together within 500m of the chaos door.

Battle god fusion was a kind of resonance, and the catalyst that triggered it was Chaos.

Jin's battle god blood mixed with Chaos and caused changes, and as a result, Jin and Chaos were able to read each other's thoughts in a certain area.

And resonance was not limited to Jin and Chaos. Like Jin, Vahn also had formed a connection with chaos, thanks to its inherent characteristics.

"The resonance between me and chaos only occurs when you created a crack and escaped the subspace of chaos. Just like you could only read the thoughts of chaos there."

Therefore, Vahn has read the feelings of Jin and Chaos after each fight. In the process, the information Vahn discovered was as follows:

First, chaos cannot escape the subspace on its own once it has been in the form of a 'door'.

Second, chaos waited for Jin to come.

After Vahn explained these things, Jin seemed to understand why Vahn had so vehemently urged a duel.

She was sure that chaos would not kill Jin. The reason was no different.

"Because he is lonely. Chaos has been forced into its territory, but it feels extremely alone there. Besides, only you can go to that place, so if he kills you, he will be alone forever, brother Jin."

-[Tch, you run away well...…! Next time, I'll definitely send him to the afterlife!]

-[You took a long time this time, didn't you?]

-[What, did you bring a toy for me?]

Suddenly, Jin recalled some of the things Chaos had said.

Most of them were jeers and taunts, but sometimes Chaos subtly revealed expressions of loneliness.

'Did he mean that?'

He had developed sympathy for Chaos.

Of course, it was a strange emotion. Just a little while ago, Jin's feelings towards Chaos were closer to hatred for a mortal enemy.

But even after the chaos took such a huge blow, even though chaos knew he couldn't win next time, he stopped the awl at the end...… Actually, he had been waiting for someone to come and kill him in that dark space.

Jin couldn't help but feel pity.

"And I think you must have known at some point that it wasn't killing you. You just couldn't think more about it because of your anger towards chaos."

It was as Vahn said.

"... It wasn't just anger. It's chaos. It also stole all my strength. So, to me, it was a target that had to be punished, regardless of its state of mind."

It was not a good opponent to fight with even a little shaken by compassion and other emotions. It was so strong that even if Jin fought in a well-prepared state, he couldn't win.

Vahn nodded slowly.

"Yeah, that's right. That's why I didn't stop you from fighting it until you could win. It seemed like it would be of great help to your training, and it actually turned out that way."

One of the best driving forces for human growth is hatred. 

For the past year and three months, Jin has devoted himself to training and fighting with a deeper anger than ever before. The result was the 1st maneuvre ultimate technique of shadow sword, first night.

In addition, today, he had regained all his former strength, and the accumulated aura and mana were still intact.

Purely in terms of the magnitude of power, Jin had already reached 10-star in both Aura and mana. Jin completed his ultimate technique and reached the latter part of the 9-star in shadow force.

Swoosh...…!

Suddenly, Jin and Vahn's illuminating hearts radiated an even more intense brilliance. As always, it wasn't a phenomenon that both Jin and Vahn wanted.

"Kuh...!"

An unexpectedly massive force was surging into Jin's illuminating heart. Jin would have passed out after a few seconds if he hadn't regained his original strength just a moment ago.

Now he could endure it. Although fatigued, the energies flooding back into his body absorbed Vahn's power like trees welcoming rain after a drought.

The problem was with Vahn. Vahn momentarily stumbled because the released strength was so huge that it was incomparable to the previous one.

"Sister battle god!"

"Sister battle god...!"

The Plutonians panicked and approached Vahn. She raised her hand as if to reassure them, but her face showed signs of exhaustion.

"No need to fuss, brethren. Let's move out of the training ground."

As soon as they moved 500m away from the training ground, the battle god fusion was canceled.

"Come to think of it, now that Brother Jin has regained all his strength, can't we break down the door?"

"If you do that, the phenomenon of battle god fusion will disappear, but... Since that was not the purpose of the brother Jin in the first place, there is no need for the brother Jin to step in to defeat chaos."

Boras replied to Nata's words.

"Brother Jin."

"Yes, sister battle god."

"What are you going to do?"

"Are you asking if I want to kill chaos?"

"Yes."

The eyes of the Plutonians were focused on Jin.

Vahn remained expressionless, while the other members of the Plutonian Tribe seemed divided in their opinions.

Some wanted to eliminate the first Chaos immediately, while others suggested observing for a while, considering its pitiful state.

"Hmmmm. Brother Jin. This is a matter for you to decide, but I think sparing him might be a good idea."

"Brother Boras! What are you talking about? That thing is the first chaos. Now that Brother Jin has regained his strength, we must get rid of him quickly. We don't know if he has any hidden power, and leaving it alone might cause problems later."

"Yeah, he may seem pitiful, but we know best how dangerous the first Chaos is, right?"

"I can't even admit to being pitiful. If sister battle god hadn't taken it out of Brother Jin in the first place, it would have killed Brother Jin!"

"I know, I know. But, chaos is valuable as a research subject. The enemies that brother Jin dealt with outside also use the power of chaos, and we can study the battle god fusion only with that chaos."

"Everyone."

When Jin spoke, the Plutonians stopped talking.

"First of all, my issue has not been fully resolved yet. I regained my strength, but..."

Jin rolls up his sleeves.

"Here, there are still black spots. It seems that its strength has weakened, so they are milder."

"Then, if you kill him, they will disappear completely. Just to tell you, we can't directly enter the subspace of Chaos, but getting rid of the door is a piece of cake."

"He gave me many chances, for whatever reason."

The eyes of the Plutonians widened.

"Whether it was because chaos was lonely or because his only pleasure was to play with me like a toy. He can kill me anyway, but he has spared me many times. So I'd like to give him a chance."

"No, Brother Jin! Since when did you become so merciful?"

"It's not just for that reason. As Brother Boras said, it's worth studying. Aside from the battle god fusion, we might be able to discover something from it that could be helpful when facing Chaos in the future."

The brethren, who had been fiercely opposed until just now, nodded helplessly when Jin made his decision.

"Of course, if he shows any signs of resistance, I will eliminate him immediately."

"If that's Brother Jin's choice, then we have no choice but to follow."

"Well, it's not something that doesn't make sense."

"I'll focus on recovery for the next two days and re-enter the door in the best possible condition. Whatever form it takes, the final decision will be made then, so please be patient."

For the next two days, Jin was able to take a proper rest after a long time.

And it gave the others a chance to rest, who had been working hard, but during that time, Vahn often went to empty training ground alone.

Vahn was seen sitting quietly in front of the door leading to subspace, as if to listen to the chaos.

"Can you hear the inner self of chaos? Sister battle god."

Vahn shook her head and replied:

"No, I can't hear it because there is no crack created by you, brother Jin."

She wore an incredibly bitter expression. She, too, seemed to expect that Jin would kill Chaos.

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