Chapter 23 - Chapter 23 - Everything is clear now

Are you ready, Mother?"

Jowalin asked his mother, who was sitting in front of him with her back turned towards him. His features were free of tension, and his eyes gazed at the horizon calmly and confidently.

"Are you sure about that?"

Although she showed her confidence in her son, Sirin appeared somewhat worried. She asked with a trembling voice from the stress, but Jowalin raised his nose towards the sky and said in a steady voice,

"Yes, definitely. There is nothing I cannot face."

"Hmph... you and your arrogance..."

Despite that, a smile adorned her lips.

Jowalin raised his hand, and at that moment, special white threads appeared. It was a soft white glove adorned with intricate black patterns.

This glove was the result of transforming his staff into a weapon, a unique ability possessed by Moses' staff.

This staff could transform into any type of weapon, but Jowalin preferred slapping. However, what frightened him were those strange black patterns that became clearer after the Chaos Ring fused with the glove.

"This ring is truly mysterious... but so far, it doesn't seem to pose a threat to me."

Jowalin grasped the glove, and golden energy pulled from the tips of his fingers. He extended his hand towards his mother's back and began drawing some intricate patterns.

"The Origin Energy will make this much easier."

"....𓆗𓌋..𓌋𓆗"

"....𓆎 𓌗 𓇼 𓇢 𓋹 𓆑 𓇳 𓊽..."

Those symbols were the talismans used to destroy the seal that had been trapped in her body.

The symbols carried a mix of destructive and reconstructive power—magic that could lead to dangerous transformations if not executed with precision.

Sweat began to trickle down Jowalin's brow, and his face turned pale. The effort he was exerting was extremely exhausting.

"Damn... I must focus. If I fail... everything will lose its effect!" He tried to continue drawing the patterns with trembling hands.

"....𓆎 𓌗 𓇼 𓇢 𓋹 𓆑 𓇳 𓊽 𓐍 𓈗 𓅃 𓇬...."

Jowalin spat blood from his mouth, but he insisted on continuing despite the pain and exhaustion.

"I'm almost done... just two more symbols..." "The lily 𓇓... the scarab... 𓆤"

With these symbols, Jowalin completed his work. The destructive aura came to a full stop as he fell to the ground, gasping from the effort.

"Boom..."

Suddenly, a terrifying aura shot towards the sky, and thunderclouds quickly gathered over the house.

"What?! What is happening here?!"

Isis, who had been playing with Sarah, screamed in shock as she saw the thunderclouds swirling in the sky. She ran towards the house.

As for Jowalin, he sat down with great difficulty, staring at the sky. His face was extremely angry.

"How could this happen? This aura... isn't this...?"

He managed to catch his breath as he tried to make sense of the situation.

"Now my lineage is called..."

The scene returned to Sirin as she spoke with the general cheerfully.

"...the Chaos Lineage."

"...the Chaos Lineage... that cursed race!"

Shock gripped Jowalin as he tried to process what was happening. His thoughts raced.

"Is my mother from the Chaos Lineage? Do I carry it as well? If so... this explains the strange mutation in my lineage."

"This also explains my lineage's strange ability to use the Origin Energy!"

Jowalin concluded that the human lineage had been merged with the Chaos Lineage, allowing him to use the Origin Energy—a forbidden and destructive power.

His human lineage represented the purest heavenly energy, representing life itself. Meanwhile, the Chaos Lineage represented the purest destructive energy, representing ultimate death.

After merging these two energies, his body achieved a perfect balance between life and death, destruction and creation. This allowed him to use the forbidden Origin Energy.

"Alright... we'll think about this later. I need to hide this aura before my mother is destroyed by celestial catastrophe."

Jowalin began drawing quick symbols to alter his mother's aura, making it invisible. Otherwise, divine punishment would destroy her.

After all, this lineage was considered alien to the seven lands and needed to be removed.

"The seal... 𓇋"

As he finished his drawing, the thunderclouds completely disappeared, but before that...

In the underground basement beneath the main palace, a strange shadow moved. It was the same shadow that had spoken with Varin earlier. It looked up at the sky in confusion.

"This aura... could it be...?"

The shadow suddenly surged towards the surface with incredible speed, destroying the basement in its path.

"My brother! What is happening here?! Are you alright?"

Isis cautiously entered the room, her eyes scanning her mother's face.

"Don't worry, Isis... leave the place for a moment."

"But..."

When she saw the seriousness in her brother's eyes, she slowly retreated.

"Mother... do you know which lineage you carry?"

"...Yes, it is... the Chaos Lineage."

When Isis left, Jowalin was still angry. He asked calmly, still reeling from the shock. Sirin also answered in a calm voice.

"Good... do you know which Chaos race is the one that bears this lineage?!"

"Yes... they are..."

"Boom..."

Sirin didn't finish her sentence because a violent collision occurred outside, interrupting her.

"!!!!"

"What is this?!"

Both Jowalin and Sirin stepped out of the room, and Jowalin was extremely angry, but his anger only intensified when he saw the figure outside.

It was a humanoid old man, almost indistinguishable from a human being.

However, Jowalin knew very well that this person was not human. His external appearance was merely a disguise.

"The cursed Chaos race... how..."

Before Jowalin could voice his anger, he was shocked when he saw that the man from the Chaos race was crying.

Mucus covered his nose. He suddenly knelt before Sirin and bowed his head to the ground forcefully, saying,

"Your Royal Highness... this old servant humbly greets Your Grace."