* * *
'How many days has been passed since I fainted?'
As soon as Jin opened his eyes, he could see his siblings looking down at him with worried faces as always.
"You're awake, Brother Jin."
“I don’t know how many times I’ve heard that word already. I'm tired of losing consciousness now. How long has it been since this time?”
"Two days."
"Ha."
A sense of defeat, or anger. Those feelings were making Jin's heart hot like a furnace.
Bump, boom! No matter how many times he drank the cold water that Nata offered him, there was no sign of the heat going away. The more Jin thought about it, the more he felt like he was going crazy because he hated the chaos.
“What the hell happened inside? I didn't expect you come back after a minute or two after you went in. Not anyone else, Brother Jin...….”
“Let’s talk for a moment.”
“I went in and it was a subspace, it was bigger and right in front of me, and it knocked me out with one shot. Even read all my thoughts. Just like I did outside.”
There was no long explanation. Because the battle was really decided in one blow.
“It also said that shadow sword is not very threatening. That damn bastard could talk. It even mocked me, saying how the powerful paw swing tasted…… It's the first time I've been helpless like this."
“Is this really your first time?”
Vahn sat down next to Jin's bed and said.
Unlike the serious Jin and other Plutonian tribesmen, Vahn was smiling as if this situation was amusing.
“When Brother Jin first came here, most of them thought you as an immature genius. You probably didn’t suffer much defeat outside, so I guessed that your mental strength was weak.”
“Sister battle god.”
“But Brother Jin was actually a man who was accustomed to defeat. When you first came to Laprarosa, you couldn't help but get beaten by the other siblings until you left.”
“That's true."
“So don’t attach any special meaning to this defeat.”
Jin felt like he was waking up.
True to Vahn's words, he's already suffered a lot of defeats. He suffered countless times of greater despair and absurdity than having his power taken away by chaos.
In particular, compared to the time before his regression, when he fell into the curse, he is in a “good enough” situation now.
“Brother Jin.”
“Yes, sister battle god.”
“Let me ask you one thing. Do you still want to deal with it on your own, without the help of me and others?”
"Yes, that's right."
“Then, you will training from now on.”
Vahn came to a brief conclusion.
“The time given to Brother Jin is three years, and within that time, I will personally train the other siblings and you so that you can defeat it. And Brother Jin will have a rematch with chaos whenever you reaches a certain level.”
Unlike Jin, the Plutonian tribesmen did not experience chaos in subspace. They had no choice but to infer its martial arts based on Jin's explanation, and the gap in progress was so great that they couldn't know exactly.
What is certain is that it is at the level of destroying Jin first.
It means that it is not a matter of what will happen if you practice for a day or two, so Jin had to be prepared for death every time he went to subspace.
“I don’t know if it was luck or if there were other reasons. Brother Jin came back alive today. Even if you loses the next fight, you just needs to survive and escape.”
Of course it was dangerous, but the Plutonians remembered what Vahn had said.
“Um, I’m worried about Brother Jin. As sister battle god said, training is inherently fatal...….”
“If Brother Jin wants to fight alone, in fact, there is no other answer than that.”
Jin and the Plutonian tribesmen seemed to agree with Vahn’s opinion in an instant.
“In addition, other siblings also train with Brother Jin.”
“So sister Vahn, when do you think my next rematch will be?”
“A month later.”
There is not enough time to bridge the gap. At that point, even the Plutonians had expressions on their faces asking "Would it be okay if it was so fast?", but they were half adamant.
“Fight again in a month to get more information about chaos. Scout, catch, fight, escape. It will be a long and dangerous fight as all but brother Jin can do it. Everyone, go to the second training ground.”
* * *
That month became the most hellish time of Jin's life.
And that was really just the "beginning".
‘I never thought there would come a day when I was so sick of training that I wished the next day wouldn’t come…….’
Weeg, as he vomited up his gastric juices, Jin got goose bumps all over his body.
The Plutonian tribe's training is incomparably rough compared to that of humans. However, the standard of ‘battle god’ is higher than that.
The other members of the Plutonian tribe were also staring at each other in a state of near death. However, they quickly regained their energy after just a few hours of rest, and Jin continued to train with his taste gone.
Vahn relentlessly informed Jin that the scheduled rematch date was imminent.
“Brother Jin takes a day off and goes through the door tomorrow. So today's training is over."
Jin almost misheard her voice as saying, "Go in the door and rest."
So Jin left the second training grounds and went to the central training ground (of course, Vahn thought Jin was going to the room to rest) and tried to enter the door, but was stopped by Tantel and Shaku who were standing guard. Without the two of them, Jin would have faced the chaos again.
“Brother Jin, are you going to go in the door and rest? Sister battle god couldn't have said that!”
"It’s…… part of the training...….”
“I’ll check, so wait, um. You are down.”
“Hey, let’s go to the room.”
When Jin opened his eyes again, it was a familiar ceiling.
‘Sister battle god told me to go in the door and rest……! No, something is strange. Did I hear it wrong?'
As soon as Jin regained his consciousness, Vahn laughed at his flustered appearance as if it was funny. Then, as soon as Vahn eyes met Jin's, she erased her expression and said.
“Let’s go, it’s time for second battle.”
As always, all siblings were waiting near door. Since they had been through hellish training until just before, the Plutonian tribesmen were like sharpened swords.
Jin only slept for a day. Naturally, his fatigue did not go away, and his whole body felt heavy as if submerged in water.
Jin had to go 2nd battle as it was.
'At this point, it seems that the sister battle god is determined to kill me.'
Blind faith towards the siblings, especially towards sister Vahn. Without it, Jin would have screamed that this was crazy.
“I'll be back."
“Good luck.”
“Come back alive, brother Jin!”
When Jin entered the door, it was the same as last time. Darkness spread out of nowhere, and Jin heard his voice.
[Oh, are you here?]
Ching!
As soon as Jin faced the chaos, it felt like all the accumulated fatigue was replaced with anger. It was time to check the results of the hell training...….
It was exactly three minutes after that when Jin came out the door again.
[Anyway, you bastard. So when will you fight like a fight? Haaam, I’m yawning, haam!]
Chaos seemed to be mocking Jin to the fullest this time before the rift he cut with the shadow sword closed.
“Brother Jin is back alive!”
“Brother 5th battle king, give him treatment!”
The Plutonian tribesmen made a fuss, but Vahn said in a calm voice.
"Three minutes, it's much better than last time."
“Sister battle god, Brother Jin's injuries are more serious than last time. I think he got out of there by luck this time too, but it's better to postpone the 3rd battle...…!”
“No, we will proceed with the third battle as scheduled in a month. Brother 5th battle king, take measures so that Brother Jin can train from night at all costs.”
For Jin, it felt like there were two demons. Chaos beyond the door, and Vahn on this side of door.
Instead, Jin was felt a strange feeling along with anger.
‘Somehow sister Vahn…… is pretty sure that I'll never die. Is it an illusion?'
There was no time to think seriously. Indeed, Boras healed Jin 'to be able to move' from the night, and the hell training resumed for a month right away.
“I will be back…….”
[Ha, idiot came again. Were you lucky enough to escape last time? Die today!]
Jin came back without dying.
“Two minutes and thirty-four seconds. It's actually less than last time!”
“But the injuries are less. Looks like sister battle god's only run-training for the past two months is starting to see the light of day. Brother Jin, because you escaped at the right time, the battle time was shortened, right?”
A similar pattern continued in the 4th battle, which took place after another month.
Each time, Jin was easily defeated, and Chaos seemed to miss Jin by a narrow margin.
“3 minutes and 57 seconds!”
[Kyaek-kyaek, come on!]
“4 minutes and 12 seconds!”
[No, no. That's why you can't cut even one of my scales.]
“12 minutes and 36 seconds! Besides, this time Brother Jin came back with only one broken arm!”
"Only? Only? Would you like to break your brother?”
[You're pretty good at avoiding powerful paw swings now, aren't you? But what to do, I haven't shown the super-powerful tail kick yet.]
“18 minutes and 27 seconds……!”
[Tch, you're running away again...…! Next time, I'll make sure to send you to the other world!]
It was already a year passed when 18 minutes and 27 seconds time was recorded.
From that point on, Jin was dealing with chaos with a certain amount of mental composure. It's still very small, but hope is beginning to show.
“You miss me every time. I've been watching you quietly for the past year, and you've only been talking about it. See you in a month, wait with your neck out. Keep my strength well.”
[I hate it, I hate it! Ahhh!]
Jin burst out laughing for the first time without even realizing it. It was the first time in the past year.
“Oh, Brother Jin has finally returned without major injuries! Is it effective?”
“Not yet. I got a few cuts, but it didn't do much damage.”
“Where is that, Brother Jin? Great job!”
On that day, the Plutonian tribe was in a festive mood as they saw Jin returning unscathed.
Some of them even shed tears as they recalled the terrible training process Jin had gone through.
Vahn also tousled Jin's hair for the first time and praised him.
“Good job, brother Jin. In your next fight, you will be able to really intimidate it."
“I think so too, sister battle god. I've regained more power from chaos, and I think one of my shadow sword technique that I'm learning will reach its peak soon and become ultimate technique...….”
After answering that, Jin looked at the empty space beyond the door.
Suddenly, Jin wondered what Chaos would be doing there when he wasn't there.
* * *
'How many days has been passed since I fainted?'
As soon as Jin opened his eyes, he could see his siblings looking down at him with worried faces as always.
"You're awake, Brother Jin."
“I don’t know how many times I’ve heard that word already. I'm tired of losing consciousness now. How long has it been since this time?”
"Two days."
"Ha."
A sense of defeat, or anger. Those feelings were making Jin's heart hot like a furnace.
Bump, boom! No matter how many times he drank the cold water that Nata offered him, there was no sign of the heat going away. The more Jin thought about it, the more he felt like he was going crazy because he hated the chaos.
“What the hell happened inside? I didn't expect you come back after a minute or two after you went in. Not anyone else, Brother Jin...….”
“Let’s talk for a moment.”
“I went in and it was a subspace, it was bigger and right in front of me, and it knocked me out with one shot. Even read all my thoughts. Just like I did outside.”
There was no long explanation. Because the battle was really decided in one blow.
“It also said that shadow sword is not very threatening. That damn bastard could talk. It even mocked me, saying how the powerful paw swing tasted…… It's the first time I've been helpless like this."
“Is this really your first time?”
Vahn sat down next to Jin's bed and said.
Unlike the serious Jin and other Plutonian tribesmen, Vahn was smiling as if this situation was amusing.
“When Brother Jin first came here, most of them thought you as an immature genius. You probably didn’t suffer much defeat outside, so I guessed that your mental strength was weak.”
“Sister battle god.”
“But Brother Jin was actually a man who was accustomed to defeat. When you first came to Laprarosa, you couldn't help but get beaten by the other siblings until you left.”
“That's true."
“So don’t attach any special meaning to this defeat.”
Jin felt like he was waking up.
True to Vahn's words, he's already suffered a lot of defeats. He suffered countless times of greater despair and absurdity than having his power taken away by chaos.
In particular, compared to the time before his regression, when he fell into the curse, he is in a “good enough” situation now.
“Brother Jin.”
“Yes, sister battle god.”
“Let me ask you one thing. Do you still want to deal with it on your own, without the help of me and others?”
"Yes, that's right."
“Then, you will training from now on.”
Vahn came to a brief conclusion.
“The time given to Brother Jin is three years, and within that time, I will personally train the other siblings and you so that you can defeat it. And Brother Jin will have a rematch with chaos whenever you reaches a certain level.”
Unlike Jin, the Plutonian tribesmen did not experience chaos in subspace. They had no choice but to infer its martial arts based on Jin's explanation, and the gap in progress was so great that they couldn't know exactly.
What is certain is that it is at the level of destroying Jin first.
It means that it is not a matter of what will happen if you practice for a day or two, so Jin had to be prepared for death every time he went to subspace.
“I don’t know if it was luck or if there were other reasons. Brother Jin came back alive today. Even if you loses the next fight, you just needs to survive and escape.”
Of course it was dangerous, but the Plutonians remembered what Vahn had said.
“Um, I’m worried about Brother Jin. As sister battle god said, training is inherently fatal...….”
“If Brother Jin wants to fight alone, in fact, there is no other answer than that.”
Jin and the Plutonian tribesmen seemed to agree with Vahn’s opinion in an instant.
“In addition, other siblings also train with Brother Jin.”
“So sister Vahn, when do you think my next rematch will be?”
“A month later.”
There is not enough time to bridge the gap. At that point, even the Plutonians had expressions on their faces asking "Would it be okay if it was so fast?", but they were half adamant.
“Fight again in a month to get more information about chaos. Scout, catch, fight, escape. It will be a long and dangerous fight as all but brother Jin can do it. Everyone, go to the second training ground.”
* * *
That month became the most hellish time of Jin's life.
And that was really just the "beginning".
‘I never thought there would come a day when I was so sick of training that I wished the next day wouldn’t come…….’
Weeg, as he vomited up his gastric juices, Jin got goose bumps all over his body.
The Plutonian tribe's training is incomparably rough compared to that of humans. However, the standard of ‘battle god’ is higher than that.
The other members of the Plutonian tribe were also staring at each other in a state of near death. However, they quickly regained their energy after just a few hours of rest, and Jin continued to train with his taste gone.
Vahn relentlessly informed Jin that the scheduled rematch date was imminent.
“Brother Jin takes a day off and goes through the door tomorrow. So today's training is over."
Jin almost misheard her voice as saying, "Go in the door and rest."
So Jin left the second training grounds and went to the central training ground (of course, Vahn thought Jin was going to the room to rest) and tried to enter the door, but was stopped by Tantel and Shaku who were standing guard. Without the two of them, Jin would have faced the chaos again.
“Brother Jin, are you going to go in the door and rest? Sister battle god couldn't have said that!”
"It’s…… part of the training...….”
“I’ll check, so wait, um. You are down.”
“Hey, let’s go to the room.”
When Jin opened his eyes again, it was a familiar ceiling.
‘Sister battle god told me to go in the door and rest……! No, something is strange. Did I hear it wrong?'
As soon as Jin regained his consciousness, Vahn laughed at his flustered appearance as if it was funny. Then, as soon as Vahn eyes met Jin's, she erased her expression and said.
“Let’s go, it’s time for second battle.”
As always, all siblings were waiting near door. Since they had been through hellish training until just before, the Plutonian tribesmen were like sharpened swords.
Jin only slept for a day. Naturally, his fatigue did not go away, and his whole body felt heavy as if submerged in water.
Jin had to go 2nd battle as it was.
'At this point, it seems that the sister battle god is determined to kill me.'
Blind faith towards the siblings, especially towards sister Vahn. Without it, Jin would have screamed that this was crazy.
“I'll be back."
“Good luck.”
“Come back alive, brother Jin!”
When Jin entered the door, it was the same as last time. Darkness spread out of nowhere, and Jin heard his voice.
[Oh, are you here?]
Ching!
As soon as Jin faced the chaos, it felt like all the accumulated fatigue was replaced with anger. It was time to check the results of the hell training...….
It was exactly three minutes after that when Jin came out the door again.
[Anyway, you bastard. So when will you fight like a fight? Haaam, I’m yawning, haam!]
Chaos seemed to be mocking Jin to the fullest this time before the rift he cut with the shadow sword closed.
“Brother Jin is back alive!”
“Brother 5th battle king, give him treatment!”
The Plutonian tribesmen made a fuss, but Vahn said in a calm voice.
"Three minutes, it's much better than last time."
“Sister battle god, Brother Jin's injuries are more serious than last time. I think he got out of there by luck this time too, but it's better to postpone the 3rd battle...…!”
“No, we will proceed with the third battle as scheduled in a month. Brother 5th battle king, take measures so that Brother Jin can train from night at all costs.”
For Jin, it felt like there were two demons. Chaos beyond the door, and Vahn on this side of door.
Instead, Jin was felt a strange feeling along with anger.
‘Somehow sister Vahn…… is pretty sure that I'll never die. Is it an illusion?'
There was no time to think seriously. Indeed, Boras healed Jin 'to be able to move' from the night, and the hell training resumed for a month right away.
“I will be back…….”
[Ha, idiot came again. Were you lucky enough to escape last time? Die today!]
Jin came back without dying.
“Two minutes and thirty-four seconds. It's actually less than last time!”
“But the injuries are less. Looks like sister battle god's only run-training for the past two months is starting to see the light of day. Brother Jin, because you escaped at the right time, the battle time was shortened, right?”
A similar pattern continued in the 4th battle, which took place after another month.
Each time, Jin was easily defeated, and Chaos seemed to miss Jin by a narrow margin.
“3 minutes and 57 seconds!”
[Kyaek-kyaek, come on!]
“4 minutes and 12 seconds!”
[No, no. That's why you can't cut even one of my scales.]
“12 minutes and 36 seconds! Besides, this time Brother Jin came back with only one broken arm!”
"Only? Only? Would you like to break your brother?”
[You're pretty good at avoiding powerful paw swings now, aren't you? But what to do, I haven't shown the super-powerful tail kick yet.]
“18 minutes and 27 seconds……!”
[Tch, you're running away again...…! Next time, I'll make sure to send you to the other world!]
It was already a year passed when 18 minutes and 27 seconds time was recorded.
From that point on, Jin was dealing with chaos with a certain amount of mental composure. It's still very small, but hope is beginning to show.
“You miss me every time. I've been watching you quietly for the past year, and you've only been talking about it. See you in a month, wait with your neck out. Keep my strength well.”
[I hate it, I hate it! Ahhh!]
Jin burst out laughing for the first time without even realizing it. It was the first time in the past year.
“Oh, Brother Jin has finally returned without major injuries! Is it effective?”
“Not yet. I got a few cuts, but it didn't do much damage.”
“Where is that, Brother Jin? Great job!”
On that day, the Plutonian tribe was in a festive mood as they saw Jin returning unscathed.
Some of them even shed tears as they recalled the terrible training process Jin had gone through.
Vahn also tousled Jin's hair for the first time and praised him.
“Good job, brother Jin. In your next fight, you will be able to really intimidate it."
“I think so too, sister battle god. I've regained more power from chaos, and I think one of my shadow sword technique that I'm learning will reach its peak soon and become ultimate technique...….”
After answering that, Jin looked at the empty space beyond the door.
Suddenly, Jin wondered what Chaos would be doing there when he wasn't there.
