Chapter 05: A Second Chance

Sixth sighed, and his feet could no longer support him. He sat on the throne, not believing that he had succeeded in killing the Plague.

He knew Plague had a secret. Somehow, he'd survive, as usual, so he used the last thing he had, the Secret Body Swapping Technique, letting Plague die in Sixth's body and with his poison.

*ha ha ha*

Sixth laughed as killing them all didn't change anything inside him. It was true that he rid the world of their evils, but he still felt just like the first day he was brought here. Emptiness is all he feels now.

He sighed deeply and thought about what he should do now.

'Probably I'll die at the hands of those damn Plague's enemies, or maybe not because he has a secret that saves him from death.'

As soon as he thought about this secret, the king's memories flashed in his mind, revealing the mystery that had puzzled him for years.

He took out a talisman with the blackbird inscription from his storage ring. With the help of a magician and this talisman, the Plague could bind his soul to it. Every time he was about to die, he would transfer his consciousness to the past and change the future.

Sixth thought that even if he had taken over the king's body, he had to live in constant fear from the king's enemies, and even if he convinced them that he had taken over his body, their greed for the Poison Nebula Technique would not let them leave him alone, so the best option for him is to go back to the time of the king's childhood before he became the master of poisons.

Without delay, he cut his finger and let the talisman soak in his blood to activate it and recite the special spell. Then, his soul is separated from his body and pulled inside the talisman.

Sixth found himself in a vast dark world with a long line of gates. He realized that each one represented a specific point in time, but all those points were close together.

Sixth felt despair. Going back a few years would not change anything, but suddenly a new gate to an old point of time appeared in a far place. As soon as he entered it, he opened his eyes to appear before his eyes a beautiful girl who wanted his help to stop the war.

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After Jin got the money, he rented a room and organized his thoughts. Memories started flowing into his head, making him a little confused, but his head became clearer after some time.

"Let's see, Tai Jin was the real name of Plague, and it seems that he was vile since his childhood, caring only for himself. He even abandoned his mother who sacrificed everything for him and lived a life of thieves."

The last memories of the real Jin flashed in his head, making him feel disgusted. "The bastard planned to kill the girl who summoned me and steal her money. That explains how he got the talisman the first time."

Another memory crossed his mind, and he jumped out of his place. "The Poison Nebula Technique is with me now."

From the storage ring he had, he took out the Poison Nebula Book and then went into his memories once more.

** In this world, people use storage rings to store their items. It is a magical storage tool that reaches several cubic meters. This small ring is unbreakable. Each ring has one owner, and no one other than the owner can use it. If the ring owner dies, only his relatives can extract what's inside it.

The Poison Nebula is a mysterious forbidden technique. Someone found it in the hidden ruins. Original Jin had killed this person and stole it from him, as the technique requiring a spirit form to be a poisonous type. It was the most suitable technique that the original Jin could dream of.

"Good, he has only mastered the first step of the technique. Gaining immunity against poisons will be beneficial. After we exchanged souls, this body no longer has his spirit form of a poisonous type. On the other hand, this book should not be made public. We do not need to create a new thug."

It is natural for Jin to hate this technique. The Poison Nebula is a skill that does not differentiate between enemy and friend and can kill dozens in an instant, but it is weak against the strong who have immunity to poisons. The Plague has survived all these years for two reasons.

First, he sends his soul back in time and takes out his enemies before becoming stronger than him. The second, his cruelty and tyranny, he was willing to wipe out an entire city for the sake of one person.

Without any hesitation, Jin burned the Poison Nebula Book, making the most powerful poison technique known to the Altanya World disappear.

The problem now is that Jin has lost his unique physique and the regenerative ability he had. He has a good knowledge of training of the Oris and their races because he lived a long time among them, but he is completely ignorant of the human's techniques, and original Jin's memories are useless to him.

So he has to start from scratch, but how will he do that? After a while, more memories began to surface, remembering his family's history and his childhood days.

"Wow, his mother is an amazing woman. How is it possible for her to give birth to a fool like him? But, of course, he inherited this meanness from his father.... in the end, the fruit does not fall far from the tree. Since I got a second chance, I think I should experience the feeling of having a family."