The Plutonian who shouted was the 10th battle king, Kaio.
'Brother Kaio?'
Everyone turned to Kaio. Seeing how enraged he was, Kaio's clenched fists trembled.
“Hm, 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 mood properly. Tantel, who had a good sense of humor, covered their mouths and they cleared their throats.
A heavy silence passed in an instant.
Jin hadn't seen any of his brethren show such anger since coming to Laprarosa.
[T/L:- Changing sibling to brethren for Plutonian tribe. Because it’s getting confusing for some as Jin also have his blood related siblings.]
“…… You seem to have something against me, brother 10th battle king.”
Garmund narrowed his eyes and looked at Kaio. There was a much deeper and darker fighting spirit in his eyes than the one he harbored while dealing with Jin until just now.
“Yes, now you have eyes that are ready to fight properly.”
“Don’t turn around, speak what you want to say.”
“That look in your eyes should have been shown when you were fighting Brother Jin, not me.”
"What?"
“If you’re going to treat Brother Jin like a child, will you even change his diaper?”
“Your words are harsh…… Brother 10th battle King. You seem to be crossing the line.”
“It is brother 8th battle king who crossed the line first. Do you think the other brethren won't know that you just lost deliberately against Brother Jin?”
“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 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.
“Stake the honor of sister battle god and all of the brethren. Did brother 8th battle king fight with all his heart? If brother says yes, then I will cut off my right arm.”
Looking at the determined face of Kaio, who had approached right in front of him, Garmund unknowingly stepped back.
It wasn't because he was weighed down by Kaio's spirit, or because he was afraid of confrontation.
It was because there was 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. I'm not really, because brother 10th battle king is cutting off his right arm.”
"It's embarrassing that brother 8th battle king and 12th battle king and I are the same battle Kings."
"Uh…… It's true that I fought really well and lost. Do I have to be scolded for getting caught up like that? Brother 10th battle King?”
Teto, who was listening, raised his voice as if it was unfair, and Lumora wrapped around his neck roughly.
‘Be quiet, brother 12th battle king. It's an important matter.'
‘No, the way brother 10th battle King is talking isn’t pretty. Don't stop me! Why are you yelling at me when I didn’t do anything wrong? I look like a real punching bag because I'm the weakest.'
‘Are you going to have a fight with brother Kaio? Will you fight him, brother 12th battle King, uh, will you!? Listen to this sister. And anyway, since brother 12th battle king was 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 through this humiliating situation and still not answer? Brother 8th battle king.”
“Brother 10th battle king seem to be mistaken for thinking that he is the sister battle god. Why should I follow the words of 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 thrust his fist into Garmund's chin. It was such a powerful blow that a shock wave spread throughout the main hall.
[Oh, oh. That would really hurt. I think he broke his jaw.]
Garmund staggered as if about to fall.
“Kaio, you son of a bitch!”
Then, as Garmund tried to counterattack.
"Stop."
Vahn spoke for the first time.
And Vahn looked down at everyone for a while from the top of Lingling and said nothing else.
“The Seventh War is over. The winner is the brother Jin. The next match will be held after an hour break.”
Instead, she disappeared somewhere after announcing only the outcome of the fight in a calm voice.
There is no hierarchy among all Plutonian tribesmen except battle god. To put it bluntly, Jin, the heir of battle god and inheritor of Sigmund, had a nominal position second only to Vahn, but actual recognition was another matter.
That's why the same thing happened now.
Jin clearly rose to the ranks of the strong even among the Plutonian tribe, and became the inheritor of the shadow sword and the heir of the battle god. But his strength was not yet recognized by everyone.
Being recognized as a brother and being recognized as a battle king or heir were obviously 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 since the war with the gods that it's become this brutal.'
‘It was almost never happen before the war. It's embarrassing.'
'By the way, is it true that brother 12th battle king and 8th battle king intentionally lost?'
'Is that what they are fighting about? Why is Brother Jin doing well? To be honest, I think brother 10th battle king having a lot of trouble. Brother Jin is our only hope anyway.'
'That's right. In the first place, we can't even go outside unless it's Brother Jin. Besides, brother Jin has never believed in the sister battle god' favor and went wild like a thunderbolt, right? He always proved it. That's why he became a brother!'
'That's true, but considering the meaning of the Great War...… Do you understand the thought of brother 10th battle king? Honestly, it hasn't been long since Brother Jin became our brethren.'
‘And the 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, these are all things that would have been close to impossible.’
'Above all, the brother 10th battle king... Because he was the one who tried the hardest to become the heir of the sister battle god more than anyone before our destruction. No one can deny this.'
The ordinary warriors whispered and exchanged opinions.
They had no idea why Vahn had just walked away. That's why they didn't stop fighting.
Jin was confused as well.
The brethren that he knows never bare their fangs at each other.
In addition, from the moment he was recognized as brethren, Jin has never experienced discrimination, and he has always received only full support and love.
That is the racial disposition and characteristic of those called the Plutonian tribe.
Jin sometimes felt that no group had a more ideal society than the Plutonian.
One absolute leader, equality and trust, people who never betray each other.
However, as Tantel said earlier. The Plutonian tribe were also people.
- 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 War of battle King, which was held before the destruction, but it wasn't like that before. Factions sometimes fought against each other, and sometimes they deliberately killed opponents to achieve political ends.
Jin suddenly remembered what Boras had said.
‘The peaceful era of sister battle god…… In the end, it challenged the gods and ended as a result of destruction.’
The ideal appearance of the brethren that Jin has seen so far is, maybe.
It might have been possible because this place, 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 for a long time, could do was to give everything they had to the inheritor.
So they no longer had to compete with each other. There was no need to struggle to become the inheritor of battle god, and there was no reason to devote themselves.
But now that Jin has declared that he will bring them back to the human world, their time has meaning again.
They have a reason to live, their desire are resurrected, and the fire of their dream are ignited.
In other words, it is not just a ghost for those who have inherited it, but it is now possible to face tomorrow as a living being.
That's why some brethren were convinced that this fight against battle King should be terribly fair.
No matter what the outcome, the inheritor of the shadow sword could only be Jin, but they thought that the inheritor of the battle god could change.
‘In order to remove the rust and moss from the history of the Plutonian tribe, which had stopped, it inevitably entails of struggles and fights.’
The Great War 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 shake off everything that needs to be shaken off.
To do that, Jin concluded what was right for him 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, Brother Jin.”
“And no matter how sincere brother 8th battle king was, the fact that the result is my victory remains the same. This isn't sparring, it's a fight. Now, it doesn't matter whether brother 8th battle king did his best or not.”
“Yes, that is correct.”
“So you’d better stop messing around. Just like brother 8th battle king said, brother 10th battle king is acting as if he is sister battle god. 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 as if Jin's opinion was correct, and those who stayed still.
Jin decided to become the villain to fuel their struggle.
In the end, Jin decided to win and become a villain that he had no choice but to admit.
“In my opinion, it seems that brother 10th battle king is convinced that he is stronger than brother 8th battle king. Otherwise, you cannot humiliate him like this in front of all brethren.”
Kaio's eyes widened even more.
“…… Really? What an interesting story. Then, is it the same context that Brother Jin is pushing me now? Is it because brother Jin is confident that he is stronger than me?"
At that, Jin smiled.
“Exactly. Brother 10th battle king will not be able to defeat me.”
The Plutonian who shouted was the 10th battle king, Kaio.
'Brother Kaio?'
Everyone turned to Kaio. Seeing how enraged he was, Kaio's clenched fists trembled.
“Hm, 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 mood properly. Tantel, who had a good sense of humor, covered their mouths and they cleared their throats.
A heavy silence passed in an instant.
Jin hadn't seen any of his brethren show such anger since coming to Laprarosa.
[T/L:- Changing sibling to brethren for Plutonian tribe. Because it’s getting confusing for some as Jin also have his blood related siblings.]
“…… You seem to have something against me, brother 10th battle king.”
Garmund narrowed his eyes and looked at Kaio. There was a much deeper and darker fighting spirit in his eyes than the one he harbored while dealing with Jin until just now.
“Yes, now you have eyes that are ready to fight properly.”
“Don’t turn around, speak what you want to say.”
“That look in your eyes should have been shown when you were fighting Brother Jin, not me.”
"What?"
“If you’re going to treat Brother Jin like a child, will you even change his diaper?”
“Your words are harsh…… Brother 10th battle King. You seem to be crossing the line.”
“It is brother 8th battle king who crossed the line first. Do you think the other brethren won't know that you just lost deliberately against Brother Jin?”
“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 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.
“Stake the honor of sister battle god and all of the brethren. Did brother 8th battle king fight with all his heart? If brother says yes, then I will cut off my right arm.”
Looking at the determined face of Kaio, who had approached right in front of him, Garmund unknowingly stepped back.
It wasn't because he was weighed down by Kaio's spirit, or because he was afraid of confrontation.
It was because there was 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. I'm not really, because brother 10th battle king is cutting off his right arm.”
"It's embarrassing that brother 8th battle king and 12th battle king and I are the same battle Kings."
"Uh…… It's true that I fought really well and lost. Do I have to be scolded for getting caught up like that? Brother 10th battle King?”
Teto, who was listening, raised his voice as if it was unfair, and Lumora wrapped around his neck roughly.
‘Be quiet, brother 12th battle king. It's an important matter.'
‘No, the way brother 10th battle King is talking isn’t pretty. Don't stop me! Why are you yelling at me when I didn’t do anything wrong? I look like a real punching bag because I'm the weakest.'
‘Are you going to have a fight with brother Kaio? Will you fight him, brother 12th battle King, uh, will you!? Listen to this sister. And anyway, since brother 12th battle king was 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 through this humiliating situation and still not answer? Brother 8th battle king.”
“Brother 10th battle king seem to be mistaken for thinking that he is the sister battle god. Why should I follow the words of 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 thrust his fist into Garmund's chin. It was such a powerful blow that a shock wave spread throughout the main hall.
[Oh, oh. That would really hurt. I think he broke his jaw.]
Garmund staggered as if about to fall.
“Kaio, you son of a bitch!”
Then, as Garmund tried to counterattack.
"Stop."
Vahn spoke for the first time.
And Vahn looked down at everyone for a while from the top of Lingling and said nothing else.
“The Seventh War is over. The winner is the brother Jin. The next match will be held after an hour break.”
Instead, she disappeared somewhere after announcing only the outcome of the fight in a calm voice.
There is no hierarchy among all Plutonian tribesmen except battle god. To put it bluntly, Jin, the heir of battle god and inheritor of Sigmund, had a nominal position second only to Vahn, but actual recognition was another matter.
That's why the same thing happened now.
Jin clearly rose to the ranks of the strong even among the Plutonian tribe, and became the inheritor of the shadow sword and the heir of the battle god. But his strength was not yet recognized by everyone.
Being recognized as a brother and being recognized as a battle king or heir were obviously 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 since the war with the gods that it's become this brutal.'
‘It was almost never happen before the war. It's embarrassing.'
'By the way, is it true that brother 12th battle king and 8th battle king intentionally lost?'
'Is that what they are fighting about? Why is Brother Jin doing well? To be honest, I think brother 10th battle king having a lot of trouble. Brother Jin is our only hope anyway.'
'That's right. In the first place, we can't even go outside unless it's Brother Jin. Besides, brother Jin has never believed in the sister battle god' favor and went wild like a thunderbolt, right? He always proved it. That's why he became a brother!'
'That's true, but considering the meaning of the Great War...… Do you understand the thought of brother 10th battle king? Honestly, it hasn't been long since Brother Jin became our brethren.'
‘And the 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, these are all things that would have been close to impossible.’
'Above all, the brother 10th battle king... Because he was the one who tried the hardest to become the heir of the sister battle god more than anyone before our destruction. No one can deny this.'
The ordinary warriors whispered and exchanged opinions.
They had no idea why Vahn had just walked away. That's why they didn't stop fighting.
Jin was confused as well.
The brethren that he knows never bare their fangs at each other.
In addition, from the moment he was recognized as brethren, Jin has never experienced discrimination, and he has always received only full support and love.
That is the racial disposition and characteristic of those called the Plutonian tribe.
Jin sometimes felt that no group had a more ideal society than the Plutonian.
One absolute leader, equality and trust, people who never betray each other.
However, as Tantel said earlier. The Plutonian tribe were also people.
- 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 War of battle King, which was held before the destruction, but it wasn't like that before. Factions sometimes fought against each other, and sometimes they deliberately killed opponents to achieve political ends.
Jin suddenly remembered what Boras had said.
‘The peaceful era of sister battle god…… In the end, it challenged the gods and ended as a result of destruction.’
The ideal appearance of the brethren that Jin has seen so far is, maybe.
It might have been possible because this place, 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 for a long time, could do was to give everything they had to the inheritor.
So they no longer had to compete with each other. There was no need to struggle to become the inheritor of battle god, and there was no reason to devote themselves.
But now that Jin has declared that he will bring them back to the human world, their time has meaning again.
They have a reason to live, their desire are resurrected, and the fire of their dream are ignited.
In other words, it is not just a ghost for those who have inherited it, but it is now possible to face tomorrow as a living being.
That's why some brethren were convinced that this fight against battle King should be terribly fair.
No matter what the outcome, the inheritor of the shadow sword could only be Jin, but they thought that the inheritor of the battle god could change.
‘In order to remove the rust and moss from the history of the Plutonian tribe, which had stopped, it inevitably entails of struggles and fights.’
The Great War 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 shake off everything that needs to be shaken off.
To do that, Jin concluded what was right for him 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, Brother Jin.”
“And no matter how sincere brother 8th battle king was, the fact that the result is my victory remains the same. This isn't sparring, it's a fight. Now, it doesn't matter whether brother 8th battle king did his best or not.”
“Yes, that is correct.”
“So you’d better stop messing around. Just like brother 8th battle king said, brother 10th battle king is acting as if he is sister battle god. 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 as if Jin's opinion was correct, and those who stayed still.
Jin decided to become the villain to fuel their struggle.
In the end, Jin decided to win and become a villain that he had no choice but to admit.
“In my opinion, it seems that brother 10th battle king is convinced that he is stronger than brother 8th battle king. Otherwise, you cannot humiliate him like this in front of all brethren.”
Kaio's eyes widened even more.
“…… Really? What an interesting story. Then, is it the same context that Brother Jin is pushing me now? Is it because brother Jin is confident that he is stronger than me?"
At that, Jin smiled.
“Exactly. Brother 10th battle king will not be able to defeat me.”
