章節 457: CHAPTER 616
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The roaring Plutonian was the 10th battle king, Kaio.
'Brother Kaio?'
Everyone turned to look at Kaio. Seeing how enraged he was, Kaio's clenched fists trembled.
"B-Brother 10th battle king what's the matter?"
"Did you bet on the brother Garmund!?"
Kaio did not respond to the words of several ordinary warriors who could not read the atmosphere properly. Tantel, who had a good sense of humor, covered their mouths and coughed.
Instantly, a heavy silence filled the air.
Jin had never seen any of his brethren express such anger since he came to Laprarosa.
"... You seem to be dissatisfied with me, brother 10th battle king."
Garmund narrowed his eyes and looked at Kaio. His pupils held a much deeper and darker fighting spirit than what he showed while facing Jin just moments ago.
"Yes, now you show a gaze ready for a proper fight."
"Don't beat around the bush and say it straight."
"You should have shown that look in your eyes when you were fighting Brother Jin, not me."
"What?"
"If you're going to treat Brother Jin like a child, why not change his diapers too?"
"Your words are harsh... Brother 10th battle King. You are crossing the line."
"The ones who crossed the line first were you, brother 8th battle king. Do you think the other brethren won't notice that you deliberately lost to brother Jin just now?"
"I just lost! The accumulated fatigue from the battle in the morning was bigger than I thought, and again! It just means Brother Jin was stronger than expected."
"That kind of thing is usually called unwritten intention. Brother 8th battle king, you secretly hoped that brother Jin would win. So, even during the match, you deliberately didn't use your moves properly."
"I said it, it's not like that but you keep saying nonsense...!"
"If it's really not true then."
Kaio strode toward Garmund.
"Put the honor of the sister Battle God and all the brethren at stake. Did you fight with all his heart, brother 8th battle king? If you say yes, then I will cut off my right arm."
Looking at the determined face of Kaio right in front of him, Garmund unknowingly stepped back.
It wasn't because he was overwhelmed by Kaio's spirit, or because he was afraid of confrontation.
It was because something stabbed him. In fact, every word of Kaio hit the nail on the head of Garmund.
"Why can't you answer, Brother 8th battle king?"
"Hmm, hmmm! That's it. I'm not really, as you would cut off your right arm, brother 10th battle king."
"It's embarrassing that you, 12th battle king and I are the same battle Kings."
"Uh... It's true that I fought properly and lost. Do I have to endure this criticism like that? Brother 10th battle King?"
When Teto spoke in a voice that seemed unjust, Lumora wrapped her arm around his neck roughly.
'Be quiet, brother 12th battle king. It's an important matter.'
'No, the way brother 10th battle King is talking doesn't look pretty at all. Don't stop me! Why is he yelling at me when I didn't do anything wrong? Am I really that weak that I look like a pushover?'
'Do you want to fight brother Kaio? Will you fight him, brother 12th battle King, uh, will you!? Listen to this sister. And anyway, since you were also defeated by brother Jin, it is true that it hurt the pride of the Battle Kings.'
Teto seemed to be struggling against Lumora's strength.
Kaio doesn't even seem to care about Teto.
"Are you going to endure such a humiliating situation and still refuse to answer? Brother 8th battle king."
"Brother 10th battle king, it seems you are mistaking yourself as sister battle god. Why should I follow your words, brother 10th battle king...…."
In the next moment, all the members of the Plutonian tribe had no choice but to be frightened.
Bang-!
Suddenly, Kaio struck Garmund's jaw with his fist. It was such a powerful blow that a shock wave spread throughout the main hall.
[Oh, oh. That must really hurt. Looks like his jaw might be broken.]
Garmund, swaying as if about to collapse, blinked his eyes.
"Kaio, you son of a bitch!"
Then, as Garmund tried to counterattack.
"Enough."
Vahn spoke for the first time.
And Vahn looked down at everyone for a while from the top of Lingling and said nothing more.
"The Seventh match is over. The winner is brother Jin. The next match will be held after an hour break."
After announcing the results of the fight in a composed voice, she disappeared.
There is no hierarchy among all Plutonians except battle god. To put it bluntly, Jin, the successor of battle god and inheritor of Sigmund, had a nominal position second only to Vahn, but actual recognition was another matter.
That's why an event like this happened.
Jin had undoubtedly risen to the ranks of the strong even among the Plutonian tribe, and became the inheritor of the shadow sword and the successor of the battle god. But his strength was not yet recognized by everyone.
Being recognized as a brethren and being recognized as a battle king or a successor were clearly different things.
'Sister battle god left without mediating the fight....'
'Does this mean that battle kings should not stop fighting? It's the first time something like this has happened since the battle with the gods.'
'It almost never happened before the war. . It's perplexing.'
'By the way, is it true that brother 12th battle king and 8th battle king intentionally lost?'
'Is that why they are fighting? How does it matter if brother Jin is doing well? Honestly, it seems like the 10th battle king is harboring some resentment. Brother Jin is our only hope anyway.'
'Exactly. Without brother Jin, we can't go outside. Besides, brother Jin has never believed in the sister battle god's favor and went wild like a lightning bolt, right? He has always proven himself. That's why he became our brethren!'
'That's true, but considering the meaning of the Great War...… I can understand the feelings of brother 10th battle king. Honestly, it hasn't been long since Brother Jin became our brethren.'
'And brother Jin got everything that battle kings wanted so much in a short period of time. Although he was chosen by the sister battle god. In any other era, all of this would have been nearly impossible.'
'Above all, the brother 10th battle king... worked harder than anyone else to become the successor of the sister battle god before our destruction. No one can deny that.'
The ordinary warriors whispered and exchanged opinions.
They had no idea why Vahn had just walked away. So they didn't rashly intervene in the fight.
It was equally confusing for Jin.
The brethren that he knows never bare their fangs at each other.
In addition, from the moment he was recognized as a brethren, Jin had never experienced discrimination or prejudice, always receiving wholehearted support.
This was the nature and characteristic of the race called the Plutonian tribe.
Jin sometimes felt that there was no group with a more ideal society than the Plutonians.
One absolute leader, equality, trust, and people who never betrayed each other.
However, as Tantel said earlier. The Plutonians were also living beings.
-We didn't always care for each other as sincerely as we do now, Brother Jin. Even in the history of the Plutonian, there were many betrayals, murders, conspiracies, and schemes. It's just less than other races.
-The era of the current battle god, sister Vahn, was truly the age of peace and prosperity for the Plutonian tribe. That's why there was never a murder in the Great Tournament of Battle Kings, which was held before the destruction, but it wasn't like that before. There were factional fights, and some intentionally killed others to achieve political purposes.
Jin suddenly remembered what Boras had said.
'The peaceful era of sister battle god... In the end, it challenged the gods and faced destruction.'
Perhaps the ideal appearance of the brothers that Jin had witnessed so far might have been possible because Laprarosa was a "dead world."
Time for the Plutonian tribe has stopped. When Temar found Laprarosa, as the first inheritor, even when Jin came a thousand years later, Laprarosa was a society without a future.
The only thing the Plutonian tribesmen, who had only been visited by two people in a long time, could do was to give everything they had to the inheritor.
So, they no longer needed to compete with each other. There was no need to strive for the succession of the battle god, and there was no reason to devote themselves.
But now Jin had declared that he will bring them back to the human world, their time had regained meaning.
They had a reason to live, desires were revived, and the spark of dreams was ignited.
In other words, it was not just a ghost who wanted to become a successor, but it is now possible to face tomorrow as a living being.
That's why some brethren were convinced that this fight between the Battle Kings had to be brutally fair.
Regardless of the outcome, Jin would inevitably be the inheritor of the shadow sword, but they believed that the successor of the Battle God could change.
'In order to remove the rust and moss attached to the stagnant history of the Plutonian tribe, inevitably, there must be struggles and fights.'
The Great Tournament of the Battle Kings was the final test and the stage of purification given to Jin by Vahn and to all the other members of the Plutonian tribe.
If you want to make history flow again, you have to lay everything bare.
To achieve that, Jin concluded what he needed to do.
"Brother 10th battle King."
Jin looked at Kaio with his back to Garmund.
"If you don't like the actions of brother 8th battle king, then when it's your turn, you can trample on me with all your might."
"I intend to do that, Brother Jin."
"And no matter how sincere brother 8th battle king was, the fact remains that the result will be my victory. This is not a sparring match; it's a fight. Now, it doesn't matter whether brother 8th battle king did his best or not."
"True, that's a valid point."
"So it's better to stop this disgraceful scene now. Just like brother 8th battle king said, you are acting as if you are sister battle god, brother 10th battle king. There is no hierarchy between brethren. You can neither command nor force us. It means that only sister battle god is allowed to do so."
The Plutonian tribe was divided into those who nodded in agreement with Jin's opinion and those who remained silent.
Jin decided to become the antagonist who would incite their struggles.
In the end, he would have to win and be acknowledged as the antagonist.
"In my opinion, it seems you are convinced that you are stronger than brother 8th battle king. Otherwise, you cannot humiliate him like this in front of all brethren."
Kaio's demeanor became even fiercer.
"... Really? What an interesting story. Does that mean you are pushing me now in the same context? Is it because you are confident that you are stronger than me, brother Jin?"
At that, Jin smiled.
"Exactly. Brother 10th battle king, you won't be able to defeat me."
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章節 458: CHAPTER 617
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Kaio remained silent, staring at Jin with cold eyes for a while.
"When it is our turn to fight, as brethren. I will give you a lesson and engrave it in your bones."
"You're saying that we're brethren with that bloodlust in your eyes. Looking back, it seemed that you did not like me from the beginning, brother 10th battle king."
"Brother Jin!"
"What nonsense is this? You are going too far! How can you talk like that with brother 10th battle king...…!"
A few members of the Plutonian tribe, who were watching, were frightened and shouted. Even Garmund opened his eyes wide in surprise.
"Do you think I am wrong, brethren? When sister battle god handed me Sigmund, I don't remember being congratulated from brother 10th battle king. Besides, now he dares to mock my victory in front of everyone."
There were a few more who didn't congratulate Jin at that time, but he deliberately pointed out Kaio.
"That's because brother 10th battle king was angry at brother 8th battle king...…."
"If brother 10th battle king was really angry with only brother 8th king, he should not have talked about changing my diapers. The words clearly reveal how brother 10th Battle King truly thought of me. Besides, brother 12th battle king fought with all his might. But why is brother 10th battle king talking as if I can't beat him?"
The Plutonians could not immediately refute Jin's words. Jin skillfully continued to speak, preventing his brethren from intervening.
"Furthermore, why do I think that the reason brother 10th Battle King caused a disturbance just now had nothing to do with my honor."
"Why do you think that way?"
"Brother 10th battle king assumed that brother 8th battle king had lost to me deliberately, so he expressed his anger. But what did he say right after that?"
Jin looked around once.
"Are you really the battle king of the Great Plutonian tribe? This was it. If I had been the brother 10th battle king, I would have said something different. 'Fighting like that is an insult to Brother Jin.' Shouldn't it be the priority to take care of the brethren who have never participated in the Great Tournament, rather than the honor of the battle kings?"
Silence hung in the air.
While Jin intentionally made his words more provocative, he wasn't wrong.
To drive the wedge deeper, Jin locked eyes with Kaio once again.
"Brother 10th battle king. I want to say this one last time. Brethren don't tarnish the honor of the great Plutonian tribe. Just now, you insulted the brother 8th battle king and me based on mere speculation, and you assaulted a brethren. It was far from the behavior of a brethren. It's disappointing."
"Brother Jin, stop now. Both the Brother 8th battle king and brother 10th battle king have made mistakes. But isn't it too much to assume that brother 10th battle king disliked you from the beginning?"
Jin nodded his head at Baltirok's words.
"I, too, have only speculated on the emotions of brother 10th battle king, like he did, brother 1st battle king. And I've never been wrong. See you in our battle, brother 10th battle king."
As Jin turned and left the main hall, Tantel hurriedly chased after him.
"Brother Jin! What are you trying to do? Have you already forgotten everything I told you?"
"I did that on purpose."
"What?"
"It was necessary to stimulate the fighting spirit of the brethren. Seeing how brother 8th battle king lost to me, it seemed like something like this was necessary sooner or later."
"Huh, tell me more."
"Okay, just you know Brother Tantel. Promise on the honor of sister battle god and all brethren."
***
After that day, the atmosphere of Laprarosa changed.
First of all, gambling with jewel wine has stopped.
Jewel wine gambling was for everyone's entertainment, in which virtually no one was victimized.
Whether someone won or lost, in the end, they all shared the Jewel wine used in gambling, laughing and chatting together.
Everyone was just trying to lighten the mood. Such entertainment was only possible when Jin came and made time flow in Laprarosa.
With the disappearance of jewel wine gambling, the laughter of the Plutonians preparing for the Great Tournament of Battle Kings also faded away.
Even though they fiercely fought each other until just before killing the opponent, the Great Tournament of Battle Kings fundamentally fundamentally pursued friendly competition.
Now, the atmosphere was different. Just like before the peaceful era of battle god Vahn, invisible factions had emerged.
The side that acknowledged Jin as the successor of the battle god, and the side that thought he was not enough.
The former took the stance that they must unconditionally support Jin as a brother, while the latter argued that the situation had changed, and strict scrutiny was needed.
"I don't know if we have to stay locked up, but if we can get out, the competition for the successor of the sister battle god should be clear."
"That's right, that's a good thing for Brother Jin too. If the successor of the battle god is not someone everyone can recognize, our Plutonian tribe will eventually become weak. So, we won't be able to go out and support brother Jin properly."
"Brethren, you're talking nonsense! Brother Jin is the one chosen directly by sister battle god. Are you doubting sister battle god's foresight?"
"No. At that time, we didn't have the hope of going out into the human world. As sister battle god, she had no choice but to choose brother Jin."
"Nonsense!"
"If that's not the case, why did sister battle god just leave when brother 10th battle king and 8th battle king fought? It must be because it is not right to forcibly push forward brother Jin like brother 8th battle king. It could have looked strange if sister battle god stepped forward."
"That is an insult to sister battle god. Also, since when did the Great Tournament of Battle kings become a competition to determine the successor of sister battle god?"
"It has always been implicitly like that. The final winner of the Great Tournament of Battle Kings usually became the next battle god."
"Damn it, brethren! In my eyes, it just looks like a meaningless fight. Is this all we can do to cherish each other? Are you going to test Brother Jin, who has already been designated as the successor? It's embarrassing to see brethren fighting and arguing for just that reason!"
"The arm eventually bends inward. Surely, there must be brethren who think of brother Jin as a stumbling block? Ungrateful, ignorant...!"
"Brother Shaku, don't say that. No one thinks that way!"
"That's something I don't know. To be honest, I think brother 10th battle king views brother Jin as such. Am I the only one who saw brother 10th battle king laugh as if it was ridiculous when brother Jin lost his two battles in a row this time?"
2 consecutive losses.
Jin was defeated by Palem in the 12th match and by Dalpir in the 17th match.
Unlike when Jin defeated Teto and Garmund, this time, he suffered a devastating defeat.
"In addition, brother 3rd battle king and 6th battle king were also quite biased when dealing with brother Jin. They didn't finish him in one go even when they had the upper hand. If they truly care for Brother Jin, could that have happened? Also, those two are very close to brother 10th battle king."
"We, Plutonians, are all close, and don't make baseless speculations!"
"Even if they intentionally made Brother Jin suffer, it was probably to give him enlightenment as a battle king. And, whatever the reason, Brother Jin was defeated. It means he's even farther from qualifying as the successor of sister battle god."
"Have you said enough, Brother Mouka? It happens that we are included in today's preliminary battles. Let's settle it there. The opinion of the winner will be considered correct?"
"Heh, is that how it's going to be? I have no intention of stepping back. Don't regret it!"
Day by day, the conflicts among the Plutonian tribe members were deepening. It was hard to believe that just a while ago they were living together so peacefully and idealistically.
Those who tried to remain as neutral as possible felt like they were standing on thin ice every day.
It hadn't collapsed yet, but at any moment, given the chance, everyone might explode, and it wouldn't be surprising.
"Oh my gosh... I thought there wouldn't be such childish conflicts in our era. Aren't we all ashamed in front of our deceased brethren? How can this happen?"
Beliz, who was watching them from afar, touched her forehead. She was the one who welcomed and cherished Jin the most from the beginning, but now she was worried about maintaining neutrality as the conflict escalated.
"Doesn't sister battle god say anything else, brother 5th battle king?"
Belize asked Boras, who was sitting next to her.
Boras shrugged his shoulders and shook his head.
"Is it too disgusting to look at, or does she have something in mind? Outside of the Great tournament, everyone seems to be playing around."
"This is crazy. If brother Jin meets brother Kaio like this, it seems like a tragedy is about to happen..."
The 22nd match, the battle between Jin and Kaio was right around the corner.
Jin was still recovering from the injuries he sustained in the previous defeat, while Kaio, having engaged in even more battles, was already in peak condition.
"... I don't think brother 10th battle king has any intention of going easy on him. He harbored resentment."
The conflict was the fuel, and the match between the two was the spark.
All the members of the Plutonian tribe predicted Kaio's overwhelming victory, and since then, the divisions between factions had deepened even further.
Someone needed to step back and stop this conflict, but Jin and Kaio seemed far from having any intention of apologizing to each other.
"Ha, there's no way brother 10th battle king would kill brother Jin, right?"
"Surely he wouldn't do such a crazy thing! He is just angry. What's wrong with you, sister 7th battle king? Can't you trust brother 10th battle king? There's no reason for brethren to kill each other."
"Damn it, I don't know. How brother 10th battle king behaved that day was just like watching his madness back in the day."
When Kaio went mad. Beliz and Boras clearly remembered how Kaio was during that time.
At that time, Kaio was always ready to cross the line.
Everyone worried and, at the same time, anticipated.
Without resolving anything, time reached the day of the battle between Jin and Kaio.
Above the main hall, all the members of the Plutonian tribe gathered, staring at Jin and Kaio in suspense.
Vahn, as always, had a calm face that could not show her emotions.
"We finally meet, brother 10th battle king."
In response to Jin's words, Kaio nodded his head. Kaio only replied in a cold, monotone voice.
"If you feel like you're going to die, scream for mercy. Otherwise, there might be an incident."
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