'What is this...!’
There was only uneasy darkness No matter where he looked around.
The sharp roar that occurred when the Great ice field was broken, the voices of those who shouted in response to the sudden change, and the sound of debris, sword, and magic colliding.
Jin couldn't hear anything. The sense of being separated from the world without any time to recognize or reject made him nervous, and all he felt was the unique empty energy of this black space.
Jin was even mistaken that he was dead for a moment, but he held on to his composure.
'It looks like I was dragged into Glyek’s subspace.'
Jin raised his hand and searched for his sword. The only thing that did not lose its original color in the pitch darkness was Jin's body and belongings.
Jin had entered a space almost similar to this before.
'It's almost the same as Solderet’s subspace. Certainly, there is a strong connection between shadow force and the powers of chaos that I do not know and it's unpleasantly similar.’
The darkness formed by Glyek resembled a subspace of shadows. It could be said that everything was the same except for one thing.
Does the space have favor or hostility toward him?
In the subspace of Solderet, there was a strangely unfamiliar and comfortable feeling, but this darkness is full of indescribably huge hostility.
And that hostility didn't just stare at Jin.
Jin began to feel that some invisible, eerie, cold energy was penetrating his whole body.
“Ugh!”
The frozen blades cut through his flesh and stabbed his bones. Jin’s fist was reflexively shrunk and a groan escaped from his clenched mouth.
Chaos.
What is making Jin suffer is the chaos that has Glyek's will.
The power far exceeded the many kinds of physical and mental pain that Jin had endured for a long time.
If it had not been for the strong spirit that he had trained by going over the life and death situation several times, Jin would have fainted less than five minutes.
“Heo-eok, Ka-ha-ah… … .”
Jin couldn't help but be terrified. It was because there were no allies who could help him in this dark space, and he did not think he could escape this place alone.
Emotions that he had never recalled even when dealing with the imperial army as well as the great army of Zipfel were trying to dominate Jin.
‘Damn it, the hand…!’
Suddenly, Jin sighed and took a step back. It was because he saw his own fingertips holding his sword stained black with chaos.
He could immediately recognize things that he had never experienced. The fact that this terrible discoloration is the result of being encroached by chaos.
Jin’s back felt chills and his blood seemed to run cold.
As he looked closely, he could see that the energy of chaos that dyed his index finger was getting bigger and bigger like a caterpillar crawling.
In addition, encroachment did not only begin at the finger tips.
The places with particularly severe pain like fingers were all the points where encroachment took place.
What happens when the encroachment is over?
Jin intuitively to a conclusion that he would become part of Glyek. Just like Dante did.
I had to get through it.
'It's only different in size and depth, but it is not fundamentally different from the despair that I have always been overcome. I will somehow prevent encroachment and find a way out of here.'
Jin raised his head and struggled to get up.
But he fell down as soon as he took a step, and he did the same for five times. Jin concluded that walking in this condition was impossible.
Just as no one can walk with their legs amputated, it was the same that Jin couldn't move forward now. He could never overcome this by will alone.
So Jin sat down. He sit down to focus.
Shadow force release.
First of all, it seemed that he had to push the chaos that spread through his body with it. Shadows immersed in chaos were rising along with Jin's shadow force release.
Fortunately, it worked. The released shadow force washes away the chaos like clear water.
There was hope. For those who did not have the power of genesis knight, only the shadow contractor could glimpse the possibility of escape in this way in the subspace of Glyek.
But there are two problems.
The first is that he is not able to release his shadow force as stably as usual due to the pain. It was necessary to pour it like a waterfall to completely end the encroachment, but the power of the shadows was only reacting weakly.
The second was another phenomenon that occurred as soon as the shadow force release began. The chaos that has not been pushed out are trying to ‘mix’ with the shadow force. It's like a stream of water returning to the original stream.
'There’s nothing easy in this damn war from the beginning.'
Shadow force mixed with chaos was getting out of Jin's control.
Also, it got stronger. Except for the Solderet’s will that manifested during the first battle, Jin had never seen a more intense shadow force than this.
It was like when the shadow force was mixed with aura and Mana to strengthen them. It's just like an angry beast and it’s hard to control.
The shadow force release is weak, and the shadows mixed with chaos are explosive.
Even if it was dangerous, there was no reason not to use it.
‘Perhaps even this is another trap of Glyek, but there is no other option anyway. I can slows down the encroachment only with the pure shadow force release.'
Jin's choice was no different from throwing himself into a rough turbid current, not knowing where it was going.
But for some reason, he felt confident. An attribute of chaos that enhances shadow force.
It occurred to him that this might also be the arrangement of the existence that created the principle. Perhaps that is the will of God, Solderet.
I make this power mine.
Shadow force started to move according to Jin's will.
Instead of resisting chaos just to survive vaguely, the flow was speeding up when the milestone of "struggle" was created.
Jin suppressed the shadow force that had become too rough, and grabbed onto the lumps that had only grown stronger.
Blood flowed nonstop due the backlash of chaos, and sometimes consciousness was blurred, but Jin was confident.
The fact that the body that was trampled on by pain is getting better.
No, it wasn't just that. Although it is unstable, the power that exceeds his limits is surging as if it will explode at any moment.
Around that time, Jin noticed that another power inherent in him, not the shadow force, was reacting to the chaos.
Blood.
The only Runcandel who has gone beyond recognition and made a part of his human physical essence the same as his siblings, the blood of the battle god was driving the chaos out fiercely.
'Anyway, it seems that you are not the only ones allowed to eat, Glyek!'
Zzzzzzz..…!
Thunderbolts mingled between shadow force and chaos. As if Vahn’s blood wasn't afraid of encroachment, rather, it was pulling all the chaos that was caught into the illuminating heart.
Soon, Jin stood up and straightened his body.
His shoulders were heavy, as if he was still trapped in the water, but the pain subsided as he walked slowly.
Every time he moved forward the shadow force, which was mixed with chaos, fluctuated and returned to its place.
When he took seven steps like that, Jin could feel that he had overcome the first ordeal of this subspace.
The encroachment stopped, and Jin was no longer in pain.
The chaos that had run so wildly, mixed with shadow force, faintly fluttered like the pulses of a conveyance field.
And the body, which had been exhausted from the long battle, was now full of stronger power than before the war. To the point where Jin feel like there's nothing in the world that he can't cut.
‘Have I achieved temporary growth by overcoming chaos? If not…… Is it some kind of side effect?'
Jin couldn't figure it out right away.
Seeing that there were traces of discoloration all over the body, there would be a price either way.
Jin also realized that his fighting spirit was burning too much. It was the opposite of his intention to remain as calm as possible.
'It’s a dangerous power if it can't be completely mine. Since the encroachment on the body has stopped, it seems that it is trying to destroy my mind this time.'
Jin judged that the chaos was trying to encroach his body first but now it is targeting his mind. Just like his youngest sister, Yona, did.
It can't be guaranteed that he can overcome it again. Neither the shadow force release nor blood of battle god could directly protect the mind.
Jin had to find a way out when he could keep his reasoning as much as possible.
The outside situation was one of two things. Either trying to save Jin, or fighting Glyek.
Jin was worried, but he tried not to be conscious.
He couldn't afford to just suppress the fighting spirit and murderous intent that was rising like crazy.
It was still dark ahead, and all he could hear was the sound of his own breathing and the small noise caused by the lightning spreading from battle god blood.
He swung around the Bradamante stained in shadow force. The subspace was unaffected enough to overshadow the conviction that there would be nothing that he can’t cut.
No matter how many times he tried, there was only one choice for Jin. He just have to walk until something else comes along.
And Jin faced something different from the darkness faster than expected in the vast subspace.
'Person……!?’
It looked cloudy and dark, but he could see the shape of a person crouching on the other side of the darkness in the distance.
Jin ran frantically, and soon recognized who he was.
“Lord Ron!”
Jin didn't think that someone else would have been caught in this subspace. In particular Ron who was the furthest away from him.
‘Then other people……!’
The moment Jin thought that far.
Ron looked up and faced him. And as soon as Jin met his eyes, he had no choice but to stop walking.
Mad hostility.
As thick and deep as the grudge Jin first felt from Glyek...… It was because Ron's hatred was directed at him.
“Lord Ron! This is Jin Runcandel. You don't recognize me...”
"Why."
Ron interrupted Jin.
In that moment, Jin noticed that Ron's eyes were as black as oil. Because Ron was encroached by the chaos that had been crushing Jin before.
Ron got up and said.
"This monster is targeting you...… Why, why did my grandson become his prey instead of you? Tell me why my grandson was sacrificed and not you...….”
When Ron finished his sentence, his blackened Rashid was already touching the back of Jin's neck.
'What is this...!’
There was only uneasy darkness No matter where he looked around.
The sharp roar that occurred when the Great ice field was broken, the voices of those who shouted in response to the sudden change, and the sound of debris, sword, and magic colliding.
Jin couldn't hear anything. The sense of being separated from the world without any time to recognize or reject made him nervous, and all he felt was the unique empty energy of this black space.
Jin was even mistaken that he was dead for a moment, but he held on to his composure.
'It looks like I was dragged into Glyek’s subspace.'
Jin raised his hand and searched for his sword. The only thing that did not lose its original color in the pitch darkness was Jin's body and belongings.
Jin had entered a space almost similar to this before.
'It's almost the same as Solderet’s subspace. Certainly, there is a strong connection between shadow force and the powers of chaos that I do not know and it's unpleasantly similar.’
The darkness formed by Glyek resembled a subspace of shadows. It could be said that everything was the same except for one thing.
Does the space have favor or hostility toward him?
In the subspace of Solderet, there was a strangely unfamiliar and comfortable feeling, but this darkness is full of indescribably huge hostility.
And that hostility didn't just stare at Jin.
Jin began to feel that some invisible, eerie, cold energy was penetrating his whole body.
“Ugh!”
The frozen blades cut through his flesh and stabbed his bones. Jin’s fist was reflexively shrunk and a groan escaped from his clenched mouth.
Chaos.
What is making Jin suffer is the chaos that has Glyek's will.
The power far exceeded the many kinds of physical and mental pain that Jin had endured for a long time.
If it had not been for the strong spirit that he had trained by going over the life and death situation several times, Jin would have fainted less than five minutes.
“Heo-eok, Ka-ha-ah… … .”
Jin couldn't help but be terrified. It was because there were no allies who could help him in this dark space, and he did not think he could escape this place alone.
Emotions that he had never recalled even when dealing with the imperial army as well as the great army of Zipfel were trying to dominate Jin.
‘Damn it, the hand…!’
Suddenly, Jin sighed and took a step back. It was because he saw his own fingertips holding his sword stained black with chaos.
He could immediately recognize things that he had never experienced. The fact that this terrible discoloration is the result of being encroached by chaos.
Jin’s back felt chills and his blood seemed to run cold.
As he looked closely, he could see that the energy of chaos that dyed his index finger was getting bigger and bigger like a caterpillar crawling.
In addition, encroachment did not only begin at the finger tips.
The places with particularly severe pain like fingers were all the points where encroachment took place.
What happens when the encroachment is over?
Jin intuitively to a conclusion that he would become part of Glyek. Just like Dante did.
I had to get through it.
'It's only different in size and depth, but it is not fundamentally different from the despair that I have always been overcome. I will somehow prevent encroachment and find a way out of here.'
Jin raised his head and struggled to get up.
But he fell down as soon as he took a step, and he did the same for five times. Jin concluded that walking in this condition was impossible.
Just as no one can walk with their legs amputated, it was the same that Jin couldn't move forward now. He could never overcome this by will alone.
So Jin sat down. He sit down to focus.
Shadow force release.
First of all, it seemed that he had to push the chaos that spread through his body with it. Shadows immersed in chaos were rising along with Jin's shadow force release.
Fortunately, it worked. The released shadow force washes away the chaos like clear water.
There was hope. For those who did not have the power of genesis knight, only the shadow contractor could glimpse the possibility of escape in this way in the subspace of Glyek.
But there are two problems.
The first is that he is not able to release his shadow force as stably as usual due to the pain. It was necessary to pour it like a waterfall to completely end the encroachment, but the power of the shadows was only reacting weakly.
The second was another phenomenon that occurred as soon as the shadow force release began. The chaos that has not been pushed out are trying to ‘mix’ with the shadow force. It's like a stream of water returning to the original stream.
'There’s nothing easy in this damn war from the beginning.'
Shadow force mixed with chaos was getting out of Jin's control.
Also, it got stronger. Except for the Solderet’s will that manifested during the first battle, Jin had never seen a more intense shadow force than this.
It was like when the shadow force was mixed with aura and Mana to strengthen them. It's just like an angry beast and it’s hard to control.
The shadow force release is weak, and the shadows mixed with chaos are explosive.
Even if it was dangerous, there was no reason not to use it.
‘Perhaps even this is another trap of Glyek, but there is no other option anyway. I can slows down the encroachment only with the pure shadow force release.'
Jin's choice was no different from throwing himself into a rough turbid current, not knowing where it was going.
But for some reason, he felt confident. An attribute of chaos that enhances shadow force.
It occurred to him that this might also be the arrangement of the existence that created the principle. Perhaps that is the will of God, Solderet.
I make this power mine.
Shadow force started to move according to Jin's will.
Instead of resisting chaos just to survive vaguely, the flow was speeding up when the milestone of "struggle" was created.
Jin suppressed the shadow force that had become too rough, and grabbed onto the lumps that had only grown stronger.
Blood flowed nonstop due the backlash of chaos, and sometimes consciousness was blurred, but Jin was confident.
The fact that the body that was trampled on by pain is getting better.
No, it wasn't just that. Although it is unstable, the power that exceeds his limits is surging as if it will explode at any moment.
Around that time, Jin noticed that another power inherent in him, not the shadow force, was reacting to the chaos.
Blood.
The only Runcandel who has gone beyond recognition and made a part of his human physical essence the same as his siblings, the blood of the battle god was driving the chaos out fiercely.
'Anyway, it seems that you are not the only ones allowed to eat, Glyek!'
Zzzzzzz..…!
Thunderbolts mingled between shadow force and chaos. As if Vahn’s blood wasn't afraid of encroachment, rather, it was pulling all the chaos that was caught into the illuminating heart.
Soon, Jin stood up and straightened his body.
His shoulders were heavy, as if he was still trapped in the water, but the pain subsided as he walked slowly.
Every time he moved forward the shadow force, which was mixed with chaos, fluctuated and returned to its place.
When he took seven steps like that, Jin could feel that he had overcome the first ordeal of this subspace.
The encroachment stopped, and Jin was no longer in pain.
The chaos that had run so wildly, mixed with shadow force, faintly fluttered like the pulses of a conveyance field.
And the body, which had been exhausted from the long battle, was now full of stronger power than before the war. To the point where Jin feel like there's nothing in the world that he can't cut.
‘Have I achieved temporary growth by overcoming chaos? If not…… Is it some kind of side effect?'
Jin couldn't figure it out right away.
Seeing that there were traces of discoloration all over the body, there would be a price either way.
Jin also realized that his fighting spirit was burning too much. It was the opposite of his intention to remain as calm as possible.
'It’s a dangerous power if it can't be completely mine. Since the encroachment on the body has stopped, it seems that it is trying to destroy my mind this time.'
Jin judged that the chaos was trying to encroach his body first but now it is targeting his mind. Just like his youngest sister, Yona, did.
It can't be guaranteed that he can overcome it again. Neither the shadow force release nor blood of battle god could directly protect the mind.
Jin had to find a way out when he could keep his reasoning as much as possible.
The outside situation was one of two things. Either trying to save Jin, or fighting Glyek.
Jin was worried, but he tried not to be conscious.
He couldn't afford to just suppress the fighting spirit and murderous intent that was rising like crazy.
It was still dark ahead, and all he could hear was the sound of his own breathing and the small noise caused by the lightning spreading from battle god blood.
He swung around the Bradamante stained in shadow force. The subspace was unaffected enough to overshadow the conviction that there would be nothing that he can’t cut.
No matter how many times he tried, there was only one choice for Jin. He just have to walk until something else comes along.
And Jin faced something different from the darkness faster than expected in the vast subspace.
'Person……!?’
It looked cloudy and dark, but he could see the shape of a person crouching on the other side of the darkness in the distance.
Jin ran frantically, and soon recognized who he was.
“Lord Ron!”
Jin didn't think that someone else would have been caught in this subspace. In particular Ron who was the furthest away from him.
‘Then other people……!’
The moment Jin thought that far.
Ron looked up and faced him. And as soon as Jin met his eyes, he had no choice but to stop walking.
Mad hostility.
As thick and deep as the grudge Jin first felt from Glyek...… It was because Ron's hatred was directed at him.
“Lord Ron! This is Jin Runcandel. You don't recognize me...”
"Why."
Ron interrupted Jin.
In that moment, Jin noticed that Ron's eyes were as black as oil. Because Ron was encroached by the chaos that had been crushing Jin before.
Ron got up and said.
"This monster is targeting you...… Why, why did my grandson become his prey instead of you? Tell me why my grandson was sacrificed and not you...….”
When Ron finished his sentence, his blackened Rashid was already touching the back of Jin's neck.
