Chapter 603
Episode 156: Purification of Chaos (7)
More than two weeks had already passed since they entered Lafrarosa. Jin, upon waking, tried to count how many times he had fainted, but quickly gave up.
“Well, at least this time I woke up feeling somewhat refreshed.”
That was thanks to regaining about ten percent of his strength just before collapsing.
In fact, Jin didn’t just feel better mentally—his entire body felt lighter. The aura he had recovered was naturally flowing through him, reinvigorating every muscle.
“Brother Jin has awakened again.”
“It looks like he regained some strength at the last moment. His recovery is definitely faster this time!”
The brothers approached, offering the traditional Meiwang clan snack, ‘Kakto,’ and water.
“How long has it been this time?”
“Five hours?”
“Oh, that’s not long at all. Must be because you regained some strength. But I can’t quite remember how you ended up knocked out by that thing…”
“You weren’t knocked out by Chaos, Brother Jin.”
As Ban entered, the Meiwang clan members stood up and saluted with precision.
They had always shown respect to Ban, but ever since the last time he had dealt with Chaos, their discipline had become even more stringent.
“Brother Jin lost consciousness not because of its attack, but due to the Resonance of the Twin Spirits.”
According to Ban’s explanation, Jin had fainted from a kind of overload—his body couldn’t handle her power.
“Just before Brother Jin collapsed, my energy suddenly resonated with his at an excessively rapid pace.”
The Twin Spirit Resonance had started unexpectedly, and soon it amplified beyond even Ban’s control.
All of this had happened without her intention.
“Has this ever happened before?”
“Never. Even after Brother Jin developed the Radiant Heart, the Twin Spirit Resonance never fully took hold.”
“Yes, I remember that too.”
Jin’s Radiant Heart had formed during his first training in Lafrarosa, after receiving a blood transfusion from Ban.
Since then, he had attempted the Twin Spirit Resonance a few times, but unlike the other brothers, Jin’s Radiant Heart barely responded to Ban’s power.
“I’ve been wondering why.”
“Could it be because, despite having the Radiant Heart, my body is fundamentally different from the others?”
“I thought so too. Boras had the same theory. But seeing the resonance happen unexpectedly today, I’m convinced there’s another reason.”
“What reason?”
“Think of it like a vessel—Brother Jin’s was always full. There was no room for my power to add on.”
“That makes sense.”
“Plus, since his body is fundamentally different, it couldn’t resonate with the power of the Twin Spirit brothers!”
Boras stepped between them, eyes sparkling with excitement like a researcher who had just made a breakthrough.
“But this time, Brother Jin lost all his power, so there was room to grow. Ha ha!”
“Boras, what about his body?”
“That’s the most interesting part, Brother Jin.”
Boras quickly pressed his fingers against various points on Jin’s body.
“You said you felt the Twin Spirit Veins resisting when Chaos tried to consume you in Gliek’s Aether Space, right? At that moment, the blood of the Twin Spirit brothers must have triggered changes in your body to survive.”
“Hmm.”
“In other words, you’ve evolved! And your resonance is completely different from our clan’s usual method. It’s not the resonance between Meiwang Twin Spirits and Meiwang warriors, but between Meiwang Twin Spirits and the True Runkandel.”
“What’s the difference?”
“It means we’ve found a clue to completing the legendary martial art…”
“Legendary martial art?”
Boras’s words sounded a bit like a conman’s sales pitch, but Jin couldn’t help but feel a surge of curiosity.
“Ha ha, Brother Jin, have you heard of the Twin Spirit Unification?”
“No, this is the first time.”
“Before the current Twin Spirit brothers, there was another. The great Meiwang warrior Nana, and his son Kaka, were said to have shared all their power through the Twin Spirit Unification.”
At that moment, the old warlord Baba nodded proudly. Baba was a descendant of Nana.
“Nana couldn’t share his power with the other brothers—only the usual Twin Spirit Resonance was possible. But Kaka, Nana’s son, received all his father’s power and became the next Twin Spirit.”
If the power had been passed down like that, the current Twin Spirit should be Baba, not Ban.
Nana and Kaka were exceptional cases in Meiwang history.
Their story was considered an ancient legend among the Meiwang—a founding myth or heroic saga, much like those found in any culture.
“So, I think Brother Jin and the Twin Spirit brother might also be able to use the same martial art as those great ancestors.”
It sounded a bit far-fetched, but Jin had only undergone the Twin Spirit Unification five hours ago.
Moreover, Ban seemed to agree silently, offering no objections.
“If I can use Brother Ban’s power…”
Even Chaos, who was still lazily napping in the training grounds, would be no problem.
Not to mention, in the outside world, Jin would be nearly unbeatable.
But things never went that smoothly.
“Even if this martial art is truly achievable, there must be a price. Has anything been passed down about that?”
“Not really. But the fact that the Twin Spirit brother couldn’t control the resonance and Brother Jin fainted is already a side effect.”
“That makes sense.”
“Prepare yourself, Brother Jin. We’re heading to the training grounds.”
Ban met Jin’s gaze.
They weren’t going to face Chaos again immediately, but to try various experiments with the Twin Spirit Unification.
“Understood, Twin Spirit brother.”
Chaos, who had been sleeping soundly, suddenly snapped to attention when Jin and the Meiwang brothers stormed into the training grounds just five hours after his defeat.
[Kaak!]
Though Chaos had lost only ten percent of his aura in the previous fight, he now showed even more hostility toward Jin.
As always, Ban’s mere glance was enough to crush Chaos’s spirit.
“Go to that corner and sleep or play by yourself. Spend whatever time you have left as you please.”
[Kiing, Kiiing…]
Watching Chaos trudge off to the corner, Jin felt a pang of pity again.
“Maybe he’s not such a bad guy… No, he was formed from Helluram and Gliek and stole all my power. Damn it, I keep empathizing with him too much.”
He was just pretending to be pitiful…
Even trying to think that way was difficult. Chaos sat in the corner, looking at Jin and the Meiwang with genuinely sorrowful eyes.
He was curious about what they were doing—especially since Jin had suddenly grown stronger by absorbing the Twin Spirit’s power and threatened him earlier.
Anyway, Jin forced himself to look away from Chaos and focus on Ban.
Vwoooom…!
After a moment, Jin’s Radiant Heart began to glow. The other brothers’ hearts remained unchanged.
“Just as Boras predicted. This is definitely a resonance between me and Brother Jin alone. I haven’t triggered the Twin Spirit Resonance.”
“Really! Our hearts aren’t glowing, only the Twin Spirit brother’s and Brother Jin’s are shining.”
The Meiwang looked at the two of them in wonder. Jin smiled, feeling Ban’s power surging through his body.
“This energy feels like several times the ten percent I recovered. If Chaos has no secret moves, I could finish this right now.”
At the same time, he felt uneasy. Just like before, he could faint suddenly from the side effects of the Twin Spirit Unification, regardless of Chaos’s attacks.
Ban tilted his head in puzzlement.
“But this is strange. Why does this only happen in the training grounds? There was no reaction when you were in bed.”
“Didn’t you activate something when we came here?”
“No, I didn’t do anything. The resonance started just as I was trying to recall the sensation from when you fought that thing earlier.”
[Kiing, Kiiing. Kingking.]
At that moment, Chaos let out a desperate cry, as if pleading with Ban.
Jin instinctively felt there might be some connection between Chaos and the Twin Spirit Unification.
“No way…”
Ban didn’t share Jin’s suspicion, but Chaos’s cries were distracting.
“First War King, Second War King brothers, that thing is interfering with the training more than expected.”
“We’ll move it to the second training ground immediately.”
Baltrock and Rumora approached Chaos with grim expressions.
“How dare you disturb the Twin Spirit brother’s training?”
“Even if you didn’t have Brother Jin’s power, you’d be executed on the spot! Come with us.”
Terrified, Chaos had no choice but to follow them. Jin watched silently as Chaos was led out of the training grounds.
He hoped his intuition was wrong.
“Ha, damn it.”
But unfortunately…
As soon as Chaos left, Jin felt the resonance between him and Ban fade. Ban felt it too.
“Twin Spirit brother, it seems—”
“I felt it too, Brother Jin. First War King, Second War King brothers, bring that thing back here.”
Soon, the two war kings returned Chaos to the training grounds, and Jin’s Radiant Heart flared brightly once more.
“Hah.”
“What’s going on here? Could the resonance between the Twin Gods and the Jin brothers be connected to Chaos!?”
The watching Myungwang clan scratched their heads in confusion, while Boras spoke up.
“So the unification of the Twin Gods… was actually mediated through Chaos…!”
And Chaos, ever cunning as before, quickly realized once again that it had become valuable to them. Without even meaning to, a smile spread across its face.
“You little…”
At the sharp remark that followed, it grunted and averted its gaze.