[Room of Spirit and Time?]

Jin smiled. "That's right. It's a place where time passes faster inside the room, but stays at the same speed outside the room. I've been working on it for a bit, but it's not easy to create."

[How so?]

"Well, I need to break some laws of physics, add some magic, and have its energy source be a black hole. Then, I need to find an area to place the room. It's a pocket dimension, but it still needs an anchor to the real world."

[And how were you working on this?]

Jin split off into another version of himself. "Eve isn't the only one who can make clones, you know."

"The difference is that I'm actually real and not an artificial creation." The clone added

"I use my clones for tasks like these. Makes life easier."

[I bet. Okay, let's...Oh no.]

"What's up?"

Jess put on the news for Jin to watch, showing him the state of the world. He saw the entire military of Tartarus and Ouranos headed toward the borders of Othrys. Their navy, air force, and army were all on their way to start a war.

"We were played." Jin shook his head. "Fell right into her trap."

[What do we do?]

"Let's go back home. My priority is to make sure everyone is okay. After that, we train. That's the only way for me, for us, to stand a chance against Eve and her forces. I don't know why she wants me to suffer, but I'll make sure she regrets giving me the chance to prepare. We'll worry about everything else later."

[Got it. I'll inform everyone that we're on our way back.]

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"DAMMIT!" President Zafina threw a table at the wall, breaking said wall in the process.

"How did this happen? Sure, I tried to take Jin back, but our forces were killed as well by some third party. Now those two idiots want to say that I sent Jin to their country to attack them? Fucking bitches!"

Zafina was sent footage of Jin landing in Tartarus and attacking a facility, harming people in the process. What they didn't know was that the footage was doctored, by magic specifically, and even a woman with transcendent tech powers wouldn't be able to uncover the truth.

"M-Madam president, what should we do?"

"The fuck do you mean 'What should we do?' Gather our forces, defend the borders, and prepare for war, you fucking idiot! I want everyone on this shit, the Military, Aegis Corps, even the fucking cops, I don't give a fuck! Send everyone!"

"Y-Yes, Madam President!" The assistant ran out of the room to deliver the orders.

After delivering the orders from the president, every faction geared up for war. Normally, the president had no say in what the Aegis Corps did, but in times of war, the President became the commander in chief of not only the military but also the Aegis Corps. However, that is only the case when defending, not attacking.

This is why the other countries only attacked with their armies, not their Aegis Corps, since this rule applied to every nation.

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"Okay, everyone, shit is going crazy outside, so we need to prepare for the worst." Jin said as he appeared out of nowhere.

"Jin! You're okay!" Jessa ran over to her son, hugging him tightly.

"Yeah, didn't Jess inform you all that I'll be returning?"

"Does that mean mother can't be excited to see you?"

"Don't start."

"Do you know about the war that was declared on us?" Anyssa asked Jin

"Yeah, that's a part of the reason why I'm here. First things first, we're reclaiming the mansion. It doesn't matter if people know that we're here anymore."

"Guards are still stationed in and around the mansion. What should we do with them?"

He shrugged. "Kill them."

"Bet." Jessa took off, then came back in the span of a second. "All done."

"You're the best, mother." Jin pointed his finger toward the ceiling, and multiple layers of mana expelled from his finger tip, spreading all around the mansion until a barrier was erected. After that, he reactivated the Mansion's defense systems, and everyone headed upstairs.

"Ahh, it feels good to be back home." Jerrica sniffed the air of her house, happy that it still had the cozy smell she was used to.

Brittany took a seat on a nearby chair. "So what do we do now? Do we fight?"

"No." Jin shook his head. "We train." He walked over to a door that led to an unused storage room. This room was where Jin used to hide his snacks and other items he wanted to keep from his parents as a child.

He knew it would be unused because Jerrica had no use for it.

Upon opening the door, he placed his hand in the space between the room and the door, and space started to ripple, then tear, then a blue portal appeared.

"What the heck is that?" Angela put her hand inside, then removed it just as fast.

"You asked what this is, then you stick your hand in it?" Jin noticed Angela trying to stick her hand in the portal again, so he swatted it away.

"Son, why is the entrance of the room blue now?"

"It's a pocket dimension where time goes by faster. The time is flowing around you, not through you, so you wont age there. The dilation is a year to a day. So one year in there is one day in there. You all are going to become 10th circle mages within one year."

Addison nearly choked on her own saliva. "What? I-Isn't that dangerous?"

"Absolutely. So dangerous that you can die."

They all froze.

"But with me here, you'll be okay."

"With you here, we're on the run from the authorities." Oculia blurted out.

Jin pointed fingers at Jerrica and Mrs Horton.

"Anyway, the pocket dimension isn't that big, so only four people can enter at a time, three of you plus a clone of me. Who's going first?"

"I will." Jessa raised her hand.

"Me too." Jerrica stepped forward.

"Same here." Lacena nodded

"Great. By the way, since I'm forcefully increasing your mana stage, the pain you're going to expierence will be so intense that you'll wish for death. No backing out now." He tossed them inside.

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