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Once again, Jin stood in front of the Door of Chaos.
As usual, all the Plutonians alternately gazed at Jin and the Door of Chaos.
"Today, that guy's fate will be decided."
"Whatever choice Brother Jin makes, we will follow it sincerely."
Jin looked at Vahn, who was standing with an expressionless face. In her calm eyes, a lonely feeling that she had harbored while staring at the Door of Chaos for the past two days lingered.
"I'll be back."
As Jin entered the door, the empty darkness and chaos greeted Jin.
Originally, whenever Jin came in, he immediately saw the huge body of Chaos. Chaos started the fight each time with a powerful front paw swing or a super powerful tail slap.
Now, whether it was due to losing strength or for some other reason, chaos was not visible.
Because of this, Jin moved forward aimlessly.
He walked slowly for about an hour. And for the first time since he entered the territory of chaos, he was able to realize that there was an 'end' in this dark space.
Jin began to see an unusually dark curtain. Initially, he thought it was a point connected to the unconsciousness of chaos, as it was in the abyss of Glyek. However, it was simply the end.
It seemed to be blocked by a wall, and Jin couldn't move forward. Even if it was cut with the shadow sword, the crack did not open and it was not destroyed.
As Jin walked along the wall, a figure of chaos crouching in the distance became visible.
Chaos raised its body as Jin came into view, and it looked even smaller than last time.
Although it maintains the shape of a dragon, it is generally round and almost looks like a baby rabbit. It seemed like it wouldn't even fill Jin's palm if placed on it.
Moreover, there was no longer the destructive force that used to emanate from chaos. At the moment when chaos was hit by Jin's ultimate sword technique, it lost almost all its power.
[Hey, you bastard. It's disgusting to see your arrogant face that is already drunk with a sense of victory.]
Jin had an expressionless face.
"Sister battle god said this outside. It's not that you couldn't kill me, it's that you didn't kill me for fear of being more lonely. Is that true?"
[What do you know, you said you were going to kill me now.]
Jin unsheathed his sword and placed it beside him. Then, after raising his hand as if he had no intention of harming it, he sat down ten steps away from the chaos.
"You never know, your answer may change my mind."
[Huh! Are you taking it easy because you think you can handle me even without a weapon?]
"You are quite twisting the meaning."
[Doesn't it look like that? My life is ruined because of you. Originally, I was supposed to hatch perfectly by merging with you, but thanks to your sister, that plan went awry. Then we should be able to live our own lives, but you rushed to kill me.]
"Isn't that natural since you took away my strength?"
[Your monstrous brethren only took your side. Ignoring all my appeals.]
"If you had returned my strength, the problem would have been solved."
[If I returned that, I would be of no use, and I would have died at the hands of you and those monsters! Did you ever think of talking like you do now? Besides, you keep saying I stole it, but that's my strength.]
A moment of silence passed.
"You just said that your life was ruined. Is that because you lost all your strength? Or is it because once you enter this place, you cannot go out on your own?"
[... Wait, how do you know that I can't go out on my own?]
"Sister battle god told me. Every time I opened a crack, your inner thoughts were conveyed."
The eyes of chaos widened. Chaos was completely unaware of that fact.
[Ha! Really? You mean, she knew everything. And yet she kept sitting on the sidelines as you threatened to kill me? That's great.]
As if unfair, chaos gnashed its teeth.
"She is my sister. It is natural to classify you as an enemy."
He took a moment to reflect on the dark space he had walked through. Nothing but pitch-black darkness, and it even took him an hour by walking to reach this place.
When Jin thought that this was all Chaos was allowed, he felt even more sorry.
'The reason why the sister battle god kept looking at the door with such lonely eyes was probably because she keenly felt his loneliness.'
Jin, too, could read Chaos's inner thoughts when it was outside. Back then, it was a time when he felt pity for Chaos, despite the overwhelming anger directed towards him.
Somehow, it reminded Jin about Shuri. For almost a thousand years, she was abandoned and alone in the desolate forest of thorns in the corner of the Black Sea.
Let's spare him.
That's the conclusion Jin came to.
"You don't seem to be able to read my thoughts right now, do you?"
[You're thinking about how to kill me.]
"It is the opposite. However, I have some concerns."
[What?]
"First of all, I heard that you are the first chaos that originated from the witch Helluram. And the first chaos has unpredictable characteristics."
[Who is Witch Helluram?]
"What?"
[I don't know about that. I just woke up inside you.]
Chaos was in a state where it had no awareness that it was the 'first chaos that originated from the witch'. This was the reason he had consistently perceived Jin's strength as 'its own.'
Chaos believes that it is not born from a witch but rather originated from Jin.
"Then why did you react so sensitively to the shadow force?"
[It's instinctual fear. It's like not knowing how I could exist from someone like you with that kind of thing.]
In other words, chaos was a kind of 'seed'. Helluram's power just settled inside Jin like a seed sprouting.
To Chaos, it doesn't matter who sowed the seeds, and it didn't even care. Originally, trying to devour Jin and become one was merely an instinctual growth process from Chaos's perspective.
When Chaos explained these things, Jin couldn't help but laugh.
"These are unbelievable stories."
[Whether it's a lie or not will be revealed as soon as we go outside. Your monster sister can read my inner thoughts.]
"Aren't you using tricks to get out?"
[You really don't trust me until the end. I ran away to this place because I was scared of your monster sister, and you kept getting stronger by resonating with her. Now, I've even lost my power. What can I do if I go outside? I have nothing left, thanks to you!]
It didn't sound like a lie.
'Well, he was terribly afraid of my siblings even when he had power.'
Jin nodded.
"Okay, I'll take you outside. What should I do?"
[If you just open a crack...… Really?]
"Since I have regained all my strength, there's really no reason to kill you. Personal resentment has also been resolved to some extent. There is one last remaining problem, but for the sake of sister battle god, I'm willing to take that much."
[... For the monster sister?]
Swoosh-!
Jin unleashed his shadow sword and opened a crack.
"Let's go."
Chaos followed Jin and stood in front of the rift, then hesitated for a while.
[If I leave, won't your monster sister hate me?]
"Well, if you want to stay here, feel free to do so."
[No, no. I will go, go.]
Eventually, when Jin and Chaos came out in the training ground, the Plutonians opened their eyes wide as if they were curious.
"Is that the first chaos?"
"It's gotten really small, isn't it?"
"Brother Jin, you said you wanted to give him a chance, but it seems you decided to let it live."
"Now that it's come to this, let's welcome it warmly. It even looks a bit cute."
"Oh, Brother Jin. Well done! I was actually worried about what would happen if you killed that guy. Nice to meet you, I am Boras, the 5th battle King! Since we need to proceed with some research with your help, it would be good for us to get closer quickly, right?"
Caught off guard by the unexpected welcome, Chaos looked bewildered and hid behind Jin. Also, Jin saw Vahn's eyebrows narrowing.
She could now read Chaos's inner thoughts as soon as they came out in Laprarosa.
On the other hand, Jin did not hear the inner thoughts of chaos.
"Come closer."
Vahn reached out to Chaos. Chaos looked at her and cautiously climbed onto her hand.
'Even though he kept saying she's a monster, it seems like he's very docile to sister Vahn.'
One last remaining problem. When Jin said that just before coming out, he meant the black spots left on his body.
He had an intuition that they might disappear if he killed Chaos, but Jin spared Chaos for Vahn's sake.
It was because he had seen Vahn being sad. Vahn had felt the chaos solitude as if it were her own, and felt a kind of camaraderie with chaos. A sense of being trapped in a dead world, unable to escape alone.
That is why she had been looking at the door of Chaos with such a lonely expression.
Chaos seemed to be continuously speaking with an inner voice while sitting on Vahn's hand. Vahn occasionally nodded her head in response.
"... So, does that mean you can get rid of Brother Jin's spots? I get it. Brother Jin."
"Yes, sister battle god."
"Now, I will take care of this child."
Jin didn't question Vahn.
Her choice meant that she had confidence that Chaos could never threaten herself and the brethren.
Black energy, like shadow force, flowed from the body of Chaos.
The energy hovered near Vahn and was absorbed into her illuminating heart.
As the energy of chaos seeped into Vahn's illuminating heart, the tumor-like black spots on Jin's body faded and disappeared.
It seemed like some kind of contract, and from Chaos's perspective, it was a 'relocation.'
'But how could you be so cruel? You've been reading my inner thoughts all along.'
'That's because you tried to harm Brother Jin.'
'In the end, the reason you agreed to accept me is that I might be of help to that damn guy.'
At that, Vahn responded by patting Chaos's head and said:
'It's not just because of that.'
And Chaos was reading Vahn's inner thoughts. The truth is that I have felt so sorry for you since the first time your inner thoughts were transmitted through the crack.
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