Chapter 750,
Chapter 184. Beyond Fate (22)
50%.
While Murakan stayed on the battlefield for a while, about 50% of the enemies disappeared.
Mary and Tona’s brother, Jonah, dropped the heads of the previous head of household.
Even though the Black Chain had already disappeared, they did not show a single resistance.
The enemy formations were collapsing. The allies desperately dug loopholes, wielded swords, and fired magic.
A melee ensued again.
But now the ad hoc alliance had a clear advantage.
Casualties were mounting one after another, but the enemy was falling far more than that.
“Victory is right in front of you, stay alert until the end!”
“Is there any news from the 12 Horseman yet!”
When the allies had a chance, even for a moment, they looked towards the veil of soul that confined Jin and the body.
The tent was significantly smaller than when Murakan first broke through.
It seemed so narrow that two people couldn’t even stand.
‘Did Jin enter a new subspace with the bust…?’
Valeria narrowed her brows while examining the record window.
In the record window, the information that Jin and the Mischievous God had left the battlefield was described.
I was worried.
It was because Jin had no trump card left after using the Wavelength Tracking Synchronizer and calling Murakan.
Enya, who recognized her intentions, grabbed Valeria’s hand.
“Confucius Qin will definitely return.”
Valeria opened her eyes wide for a moment and smiled at Enya.
“Wow, seeing Valeria smile is really precious. She’s pretty, but she smiles more… Should I make another fan club? Anyway, don’t worry, Confucius Qin, help me. Write this down.”
Enya pulled out the ‘mirror’ from her bosom.
“The spirit of marriage surrounding Ram continues to narrow. If it is a mirror-reinforced flame barrier, it can be delayed a little.”
With the marriage period tightening up, Ram was slowly sinking.
The altitude was not being lowered by any control.
It is losing function due to the destruction of Murakan’s breath and the ensuing battle.
People and monsters atop a huge ship that is going down.
Enya opened the mirror, hoping that all of them would survive safely.
Valeria was assisting by reading the infinite flow of magical power instead of her.
Gradually, the traces of the sub-space that confined Jin and the chest were getting farther away.
Even as Ram sank, traces of the sub-space hung in the sky and remained motionless.
The comrades continued to faithfully fulfill their respective duties, thinking of Jin fighting alone in the midst of it.
* * *
Jin was facing the bust.
At first, it was a gigantic monster similar to Gleeek, and after it fused with Ram, it was stained with chaos and took on a devil-like appearance with horns and wings.
The current bust had the appearance that Jin was most familiar with.
Calmly sunken black hair, a cold, hard gaze, a straight waist that seemed unbreakable by anything.
The appearance of a human who has led the family as the mistress of Runkandel for many years.
Unlike when he faced young Rosa at the castle of the bust, Jin was no longer taken aback by the change in the bust.
“I thought you would be like this if I went in with the evil spirit…”
I couldn’t find even the slightest trembling in Jin’s sword aimed at the evil spirit.
The emotions that had been filled with passion until just now had become the will to kill the opponent, like a sword being forged.
The chest god stared at Jin in silence for a while.
Jin felt that the aura was not forming.
It was the same with magic and spirituality.
In this sub-space, no special powers could be used.
But I wasn’t afraid.
Even if he fought naked without a sword, he was sure that he would not die on the spot.
“It’s such a lonely landscape.”
said the chest. It was a dejected voice like a condemned prisoner who accepted the future and went to the execution site.
The sub-space the two of them were standing in was completely white, unlike anything they had experienced so far. A vast and empty white desert.
This is the end of the unconsciousness of the inner world of the chest body.
“I suddenly wonder what your space will look like. You won’t be so empty and cold like me.”
“Because I didn’t live like you.”
There was no anger mixed in Jin’s voice as he answered.
“no. Your life and mine are still alike, maknae. It’s just not quite the same.”
“Where do you think that little difference came from?”
“Do you want to call it a fighting spirit?”
“Yes.”
“It’s boring. Even if I were to be reborn, I wouldn’t have the confidence to live a more intense life than I am now. I don’t have the confidence to make a choice that doesn’t disgrace me. It means that he really gave his all for his family…. In his entire life, he controlled all his desires, never prioritized the individual over his family, and never once complained. In that lonely and cold time.”
“Wrong method.”
“What is the right way? And is that something even a criminal like me can do? Even if I don’t get a chance to return with my memories like you and live a new life?”
Jin was not taken aback even when the evil god spoke of his return. I guessed that death had revealed a secret to the god who had to disappear.
“I had a question for you from before. What is the reason you banished me from your previous life and stopped eating grain for two days?”
The chest god burst out laughing.
“You’re asking something obvious. Do you think I am not human? I also feel sad, fall into depression, and struggle with anguish. I want to be with my husband and hug my children. But that doesn’t make the Runkandel family any stronger. It’s not a swordsman called Runkandel, it’s an ordinary family way.”
Jin closed his eyes tightly once.
“I am not a monster, youngest. I was just thrown into a position where I had to become a monster. Even before accepting chaos, I was already a monster. It had to be like that. It’s not a matter of me choosing or not. The decision-making power of my life has never been with me.”
that’s the difference between you and me
Transparent tears flowed from the eyes of the chest god who continued to talk like that.
“I fought against life as best I could and lost. I couldn’t overcome my fate that I couldn’t avoid. The difference is the difference between the ability you were born with and the opportunity you were given.”
The chest body slowly drew frenzy from its scabbard.
“It is not unfair. Because not everyone can realize their dreams and not everyone can fulfill their duties. No matter how fierce you are, there are things you can’t help. Of course, I have no desire to make excuses. I just want to tell someone… to you.”
“…I’d rather have failed as a human being, if you’d stayed as a human without becoming a disgrace. Even if it eventually pushed the family down the path of decline. I must have felt a little pity for your story now.”
“Maybe it was.”
“I couldn’t forgive you, but I would have tried to understand you.”
“But I still don’t want that. Now, you don’t know what a person’s heart is or what choices a person should make. I do not want to deny my miserable past, much less to justify my sins.”
I just want to break down and fall down while fighting with you…
Chan-!
Frenzy fell on Jin’s chest.
It was heavy.
Jin didn’t know if it was the frenzy or something else.
I just had to shake it off and cut and stab it.
“the youngest. This fight is more like a blessing to me. My last humanity cursed me as it died in your arms. Now I long for the curse to come true. Do you know why? Because pain is better than solitude.”
This time, Jin thrust the blade into the chest of the chest.
The blade that grazed Pete’s neck was stained with blood. Drops of hot, red blood continued to obscure his vision.
The feeling of cutting people, not the chest.
The feeling that now I can make a deal with a human, not a monster.
However, Jin thought that this was not a ‘match’.
Because, in fact, even before giving birth to Jin, the god of blood had already been defeated by life. Because before Jin grew up, he was already a monster.
It was impossible to defeat someone who had already been defeated a long time ago.
that person is not here
Among the two swords that were silently entangled, one belonged to a human living in the present, and the other was just a trace of a person who had disappeared in the past.
In the continuous battle, the wounds on Jin and the body of the chest increased. They were drenched in each other’s blood.
To the point where I feel like I want to stop fighting.
The chest desperately stretched out the sword. There was no hesitation even when the whole body was ovulated.
Jin felt that she was selfish to the end. Just like how you feel strange when your parents die even though you have been brutally abused.
As if an unavoidable anguish comes.
I don’t know how long they fought.
Jin was on one knee, leaning on his sword, looking down at his bust.
“Huh…”
The collapsed body gasped for breath. He opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but instead of a voice, only bloody bubbles came out.
Jin didn’t have the strength left to end that last breath. Jin had to take a quick breath and look at the end of the bust.
The consciousness of the chest body was fading.
Jin never took his eyes off his chest.
To witness that death, I caught on to the dying spirit.
In the end, the chest god could not leave a will to Jin.
The moment the chest body runs out of breath.
Whoaaah…!
A white light suddenly spread, and Jin reflexively closed his eyes.
When I opened my eyes, the sky of Hugh Fester, which had been shining blue for the first time in a long time, wrapped around Jin.
Jin was falling towards the ground without even being able to lift a finger.
It came out of subspace.
People’s voices were heard one by one in Jin’s ears as he fell. I could hear the lamentations of my colleagues.
“jin…!”
A warm lump of magical energy wrapped around Jin.
It was Valeria’s magical power.
Jean was gently pulled by the magic of the wind and fell into Valeria’s arms.
And Jin could see.
The image of Valeria and her colleagues screaming urgently while examining her face.
The Garden of Swords spread out behind it.
Jin closed his eyes, checking the scenery that remained unharmed.
