Reader’S Regeneration Life [EN]: Chapter 309

309

One Month

‘Weak.’

It was the first time she’d heard those words, especially from the mouth of a human, not a demon or celestial being.

Ekaterina could still not forget that day.

For years, she had wandered in search of a strong opponent to die to, or one who could kill her.

She had passed through the Fairy Forest and faintly sensed that energy.

At first, she thought it was a demon or celestial being, but when she caught up and identified the presence, she was genuinely impressed.

‘A human!’

Humans were known to be weaker than any other race.

They had a unique social structure, and it was said that they could produce tremendous effects when united, but that had its limits.

But the human man Ekaterina faced that day, Kim Yu-hyun, was different.

The level, no, the very dimension was different.

He was not inferior to humans, beastmen, or fairies, and not even to dragonkins [dragon-human hybrids], celestials, or demons.

He was the strongest of the strong that Ekaterina had been searching for.

‘Ahahaha!’

As soon as she saw Kim Yu-hyun, Ekaterina rushed at him.

No explanation or anything else came to mind.

She just wanted to kill the strong man before someone else took him, or to make him the one who would kill her.

Today, she could finally have the most satisfying bloodbath or death!

With that thought, Ekaterina swung her tail wildly at Kim Yu-hyun.

At first, Kim Yu-hyun was going to subdue her and chase her away, but Ekaterina rushed in like a berserker, and he was worried that his plan might go awry if she lived, so he went all out.

Swish!

Thwack!

The sword cut through bone and flesh, and blood spurted like a fountain with the sound of a balloon bursting.

Kim Yu-hyun realized it was over as soon as he saw both arms being cut off.

He hadn’t fought all the strong people in this world yet, but he thought that no one could survive with both arms cut off like that and the bleeding continuing.

‘Kahaha!’

But Kim Yu-hyun didn’t know.

Like a dragonkin, Ekaterina lunged with her mouth wide open as if to bite Kim Yu-hyun’s neck, even though both of her arms had been cut off, and when Kim Yu-hyun avoided it, she swung her tail to strike his torso.

In the end, Ekaterina only calmed down after cutting off all her limbs, and then smashing her head with the blunt side almost to the point of killing her.

‘What a crazy bitch.’

Those were the last words Ekaterina heard as her mind faded due to the loss of her limbs and the massive bleeding.

She finally thought that she, too, could die like her kin, and thanked the human.

She was truly grateful to him for giving her such a wonderful last fight.

“…I thought I was dead.”

When she opened her eyes, she was alive, and the man who had faced her was looking down at her with another human.

She wondered what was going on, expressing her doubts and anger, but she was immediately subdued and lost consciousness again.

After that, Ekaterina realized that this human man named Kim Yu-hyun had no intention of killing her.

Naturally, she was dumbfounded and furious at the same time.

Why fight if you’re not going to kill me?

If you win the fight, why don’t you kill me?

If you’re playing the ridiculous saintly game, I’ll show you my true colors.

With that thought, Ekaterina constantly challenged Kim Yu-hyun to fight.

Ekaterina was the one who rushed in first, and Ekaterina was the one who fell out first.

Each time she fought, she grasped and learned his patterns, and even used them to counterattack, but in the end, victory always belonged to Kim Yu-hyun.

‘Kill me!’

‘…’

‘Stupid human.

If you don’t kill me this time, you’ll really keep fighting me until you die.

You die, or I die.

That’s how the fight will end!’

‘Do as you please.’

Kim Yu-hyun didn’t seem worried about when, where, or how she would attack.

Ekaterina became even more enthusiastic and focused on her fight with him.

For a dragonkin, there is no need for separate training.

A fight with a strong opponent was training, surviving it was growth, and defeat was death and the end of everything.

As long as Kim Yu-hyun didn’t kill Ekaterina, she would continue to grow.

Even if she was blocked by the ‘wall’ that the skilled often talked about, the dragonkin would overcome or break it.

“…But this crazy human, I wonder if he’s really human?”

Even her own kind had never felt so distant.

She had never properly clashed with the skilled of the celestials or demons, but she thought they might not be up to the level of that human, Kim Yu-hyun.

If she remembered that he had defeated her with 5 of his power, and Ekaterina came out with 6 of her power, Kim Yu-hyun would show 7 of his power and subdue her.

After that, even if Ekaterina squeezed out everything and used 8 of her power, Kim Yu-hyun would easily show 9 and completely defeat the dragonkin woman who was attacking him.

No matter how much she challenged him with more power than Kim Yu-hyun showed, she couldn’t see the end of his power.

Just as a raging fire is extinguished when poured into the sea, Ekaterina was gradually changing her evaluation of Kim Yu-hyun.

“But isn’t this a bit much?”

The wide open space surrounded by mountains, where she and Kim Yu-hyun had a big fight in the human city, was more than half a day away.

Even though she had been running non-stop, she was only about halfway there.

As she glanced back, she didn’t feel the presence of Kim Yu-hyun chasing her.

“…I have to admit, humans’ exaggerations are something else.”

Ekaterina muttered and increased her speed.

The human named Kim Yu-hyun seemed to underestimate her too much, and still seemed to doubt that the dragonkin was a race that grew stronger through combat.

She had gained so much experience and reflexive movement from fighting him that he still seemed to think he could defeat Ekaterina without difficulty.

That attitude was so arrogant, but Ekaterina didn’t seem angry.

Rather, she looked like it was only natural for Kim Yu-hyun to do that.

“Because he’s such a strong man.”

Just as she was about to take a break at the clearing she would soon arrive at and think about what to say to properly strike Kim Yu-hyun, who said he would catch up soon.

“You’re here.”

“?”

The man’s presence, which she had never expected and could never have felt, was finally revealed.

She had clearly left first, and had been checking to see if he was following her.

How could that man, Kim Yu-hyun, have come before her and be sitting there so leisurely as if he had been waiting since earlier!

“…W-what? Human.

What the hell are you?”

“I told you.

I’d catch up with you even if you went first.”

“No, no… What is this…”

Even dragonkins are no different from other races when they encounter surprising and embarrassing things.

As Ekaterina let out an absurd laugh, Kim Yu-hyun opened his mouth in a voice that said it was obvious.

“You’re slower than me.

It’s a natural result because you’re weaker than me.”

“…”

Kim Yu-hyun provokes Ekaterina head-on again.

The dragonkin woman’s eyes began to glow with a fierce light.

This is just a space created for fighting, and here, that man does not avoid the fight that Ekaterina is waging.

Ekaterina bared her fangs, her triangular golden eyes flashing like those of a reptile.

“I really want to kill you right now.

You human.”

“You? Force me to kill you so you can die?”

“Ahaha!

That’s true too.

This is really the first time I’ve had a fight like this.

A fight to prove my murderous intent to the other person.

It’s absurd, but I like it!

Ahahaha!”

At the same time as the laughter, Ekaterina rushed at Kim Yu-hyun.

Kim Yu-hyun was almost defenseless, but Ekaterina knew best that he didn’t need to say he was going to start or prepare.

Clang!

The tail, swung with all her might, was lightly blocked by Kim Yu-hyun’s wrist.

Ekaterina smiled as if she knew this would happen and began to fight in earnest.

At first, she fought with her hands, feet, teeth, and tail, but Ekaterina thought that she wouldn’t be able to see the bottom of Kim Yu-hyun, who wielded weapons, so she even used weapons that she rarely used.

Sparks flew everywhere, and there were no fancy techniques or tricks to exploit gaps.

It was a perfectly heavy and terrifying duel where strength and strength collided.

‘…Really, this human!’

Her hands are tingling and her legs are shaking.

Her body is in this shape even though they haven’t collided much.

It was clear evidence that she had been pushed to the limit by the human in front of her, and as a result, her body was reflexively rejecting the man.

Ekaterina bit her lip and struggled to hold back the laughter that seemed to burst out.

Has anyone ever pushed her this far?

If she were asked, she could now confidently say that there was no such person.

Pfft!

Blood began to spurt from various parts of her body that couldn’t hold out any longer.

In the past, seeing blood only made her more excited, thinking that the other person was pushing her, but now, she felt a slightly unfamiliar sense of caution rather than excitement, thinking that what was coming was coming.

Kim Yu-hyun was still fine, but only she was gritting her teeth and using her strength. No one could have imagined that this scene was a fight between a dragonkin and a human.

“Cough!”

Kim Yu-hyun twitched his eyebrows when a brief thought made her body stiff.

As if scolding her for doing something that didn’t make sense in front of anyone, he roughly swung his fist and mercilessly struck Ekaterina’s beautiful face.

Blood splattered everywhere and a few broken teeth rolled around.

As Ekaterina’s posture collapsed, Kim Yu-hyun did not miss the opportunity and swung his sword to cut her from her neck to her chest in one stroke.

However, Ekaterina blocked the attack with her arm as if it wouldn’t be so easy this time.

“What’s the point of blocking it?”

As if that was even better, Kim Yu-hyun’s sword spun in place, and another huge fountain of blood spurted out, and Ekaterina’s arm fell off for the 38th time.

Even in the midst of the tremendous pain and the situation where her eyes seemed to be spinning, Ekaterina did not lose her passion for battle.

She tried to counterattack with her other arm, and at the same time, she succeeded in kicking Kim Yu-hyun’s side, which was empty for a moment, using her tail as a support.

Thwack!

“Kuh…!”

But it was not Kim Yu-hyun’s mouth that groaned, but between Ekaterina’s lips.

She had clearly struck a place made of the same bones and flesh as herself, but it felt like she had struck iron.

At that moment, Kim Yu-hyun’s eyes flashed and a flash of light flew towards Ekaterina.

Sensing that she could not avoid or block it, she threw her body into the light as if she was desperate, and after a while, Ekaterina, who had been completely pierced by Kim Yu-hyun’s sword, endured and endured, and finally vomited blood.

“Cough!

Cough!”

“You’re throwing your body around recklessly because you don’t die.”

Swish―.

As Kim Yu-hyun inserted the sword a little more, red blood spurted from the woman’s body.

Ekaterina was trembling as if she couldn’t even move anymore.

But soon, she was able to show Kim Yu-hyun that she was by no means an easy opponent.

“E-even so… This time… I haven’t lost my mind yet.”

“…”

“And… I finally caught you with my own will.”

Poo-wook!

As if she had already turned off her nerves to the sword that pierced her body, Ekaterina approached Kim Yu-hyun.

Thanks to this, she was completely skewered with a chilling sound, but in the end, she succeeded in grabbing Kim Yu-hyun’s body.

“Cough, cough…”

She, who had been constantly vomiting blood, slowly raised her head and looked at Kim Yu-hyun.

Then, she opened her mouth, which was stained red with blood and organ fragments, and brought her mouth to his shoulder as if to bite Kim Yu-hyun with her fangs that shone inside.

But in a situation where it was impossible to even move a finger, it was impossible to bite something with a mouth that was struggling to even speak.

No matter how hard she tried to bite, it was just like a playful puppy clinging to its owner and biting him, making his teeth itch.

Eventually, Ekaterina, who had given up on that, collapsed into Kim Yu-hyun’s arms and muttered.

“…I lost… again…”

“Yes.

It’s your defeat.

A weak woman.”

“Heh, hehe… I won’t lose… next time…”

She doesn’t know how many times she’s lost now.

She just enjoys fighting like this, and she enjoys falling down covered in blood.

Above all, the fact that there is always a man standing much higher than her and looking down at her with arrogant eyes when she opens her eyes is an exciting thing for Ekaterina.

“Only… I can kill you.

…Only you… can kill me…

So, keep.

Keep…”

Kim Yu-hyun, who was listening to Ekaterina’s muttering, frowned as the woman’s blood gradually spread to his body, and pushed her away roughly, pulling out his sword as if to tell her to get away.

Then, thump!

With a sound, Ekaterina collapsed into a pool of blood that had been pooling on the floor.

“Tiresome woman.”

He admits that she is strong.

She is a being who was born with a destiny to be strong from the beginning.

But Kim Yu-hyun was sure that she could never beat him.

From the beginning, the paths they walk are different.

He became stronger to live, and he kills to live.

The woman is just living because she is strong, and she is just killing to die.

Unless that changes, she will not be able to cross a mountain that cannot be crossed even if she develops.

“…I’m crazy to care about this.”

Kim Yu-hyun, who let out a sigh, grabbed Ekaterina’s intact arm, which he had deliberately left behind, and began to drag her to the corner of the clearing.

Everything else was fine, but seeing her lying in a pool of blood made him feel uneasy, as if he had become an unprecedented villain.

Squeak―.

Squeak―.

Of course, the scene of dragging a woman covered in blood and rags was already a horror crime scene.

―――――――Afterword―――――――

Drag, drag, drag…

Deva Deh…

Kyaaak!