The Regressor Only Protects Me [EN]: Chapter 201

201. Ruler of Seoul (1)

‘He doesn’t need me anymore?’

Jin Jaehee looked up at Kang Junho.

He stood still, manipulating his Artifact.

Kang Junho’s Artifact ability was gravity.

The size of one of the floating objects he lifted using gravity was as large as a decent-sized building.

The sight of them rising around Kang Junho and falling to the ground was truly spectacular.

Kang Junho was, in every sense, a person with abilities comparable to a god.

In Jin Jaehee’s past life, there were no powerhouses like Kang Junho or Woo Jihye.

The existing two S-class were still present, of course, but the emerging powerhouses had already surpassed them.

Jin Jaehee felt a new wave of emotions as she looked at Kang Junho.

He was originally supposed to be by Kang Si-On’s side.

After a long time, the two brothers were finally able to meet. In the same space, at the same time, on the same battlefield.

At the moment of the brothers’ reunion, Jin Jaehee felt confused, unsure of what she should do.

Should she congratulate them without emotion, saying it was a good thing?

What will happen to me now that the two brothers have met?

Jin Jaehee turned her gaze away from Kang Junho and looked at the ground stained with blood.

At that moment, Lee Juyeon, Kang Junho’s subordinate, approached Jin Jaehee.

Lee Juyeon said to Jin Jaehee without any emotion.

“Hold out your arm.”

Jin Jaehee and Lee Juyeon knew each other.

Lee Juyeon used her Artifact ability to create green threads and began to stitch up Jin Jaehee’s wounds.

The green threads had a healing effect.

The threads covered Jin Jaehee’s torn flesh and became skin.

It was a top-tier healing ability.

Lee Juyeon always took good care of people.

In the first round, when Kang Si-On was in danger, Lee Juyeon saved him.

In her past life, she was someone who died trying to save her younger brother, Lee Sebeom.

A naturally kind person.

But the Lee Juyeon in front of Jin Jaehee now had empty eyes, as if she had lost all emotion.

Looking at Lee Juyeon, Jin Jaehee cautiously opened her mouth.

“You……”

“Don’t say anything.”

Lee Juyeon cut her off.

Then, she finished stitching up the last wound and naturally returned to Kang Junho’s side.

At that moment, someone kicked Jin Jaehee from behind.

Thwack-!

Jin Jaehee fell forward helplessly.

Chae Chaeyeon screamed at her as she lay on the ground.

“You bug-like bitch-!!! I told you-! I told you!!! You’d regret it!”

Hahahaha! Huhu!

Holding her wounds, Jin Jaehee slowly raised her head.

Chae Chaeyeon was making a face, full of anger.

Then, she looked at Kang Junho.

The brothers were brothers.

They resembled each other.

Of course, Kang Junho’s height and build surpassed his brother’s, but everything else was a carbon copy.

Cold, sharp eyes.

An atmosphere that overwhelmed those around them.

And even their voices.

Kang Junho asked Jin Jaehee in a cold tone.

“Where is my brother now?”

Jin Jaehee did not answer.

Then, Kang Junho raised his finger from top to bottom.

Whick-!

Jin Jaehee was quickly lifted into the air and flew towards Kang Junho.

She groaned in pain, as if she was suffocating.

Kang Junho asked again.

“I don’t have time to play around with you. Tell me where my brother went.”

“……Knowing what you’re going to do.”

At Jin Jaehee’s words, Kang Junho retorted with a fierce look.

“I’m my brother’s family. I’m just going to protect him, and the more time you waste like this, the more dangerous he will be.”

“……”

“But.”

Kang Junho’s voice lowered.

Then, he scanned Jin Jaehee’s body up and down.

“I heard you were strong… Seeing you having lost an arm and lying here so helplessly, I can’t even imagine that my brother was safe by your side. Were you really the one protecting him?”

“……Cough! ……Cough!”

Jin Jaehee was at her limit.

Her breath was stuck in her throat, and she felt like she was about to lose consciousness.

Kang Junho brought her to the brink of suffocation and then released his power.

Thud-!

The once powerful Jin Jaehee was now lying helplessly on the floor.

Kang Junho ordered.

“Lee Juyeon.”

“……Yes.”

“Stay and protect this woman. She might be a tool my brother cherishes.”

“……Yes.”

Kang Junho left those words and flew up to the building.

“I’ll kill you too when I get back! You bug-like bitch! Bah-!”

Chae Chaeyeon stuck out her tongue and followed Kang Junho.

And after that.

Shushushushushushushushu!

Hundreds of people quickly passed between the rooftops of the buildings.

They were reinforcements from Suwon.

Of course, they were all Kang Junho’s loyal ‘tools.’ Tools that only moved as their master used them.

“……”

Jin Jaehee lay face down on the floor, gasping for breath.

Lee Juyeon quietly looked down at her and then crouched down.

Then, she whispered into Jin Jaehee’s blood-stained head.

“Do you… think this is right?”

“……”

Jin Jaehee did not answer.

Whether she answered or not, Lee Juyeon continued.

“We shouldn’t have let those two men meet.”

Lee Juyeon clenched her fists and trembled.

“……Everything is over now.”

Jin Jaehee could not immediately understand the meaning of her words.

* * *

A vast underground space of unknown location.

A beam of light illuminated only the center, and three men lay side by side in that beam of light.

One man was Kang Si-On, and the other two men were two bald cult leaders.

“……”

“……”

“……”

The first to wake up was the bald man.

He looked around with a frightened expression.

“Big brother.”

Another bald cult leader woke up.

“……”

“Hyung [older brother in Korean] is gone……!”

“Hyung… Hyung….”

“Big brother is… Big brother is dead……? Ah…….”

“Eughaaaaaaack! Aaaaaaaack!”

The cult leaders were triplets.

The three were three people, yet also one.

Kang Si-On killed the eldest of the cult leaders with a stone knife.

They originally had one body as three, due to their Artifact ability.

And the second brother among the surviving brothers rushed at Kang Si-On, who had collapsed, with bloodshot eyes.

“I’ll kill you-!”

“How dare you… How dare you kill Hyung……!!!”

The youngest followed the second brother and rushed forward.

Before they could approach, Kang Si-On knelt on one knee, stood up, and raised his head.

‘I didn’t expect them to be triplets.’

He was able to eliminate one for sure, but the other two survived.

Of course, the other two bald men were now just powerless shells.

The cult leaders swung their fists.

Whoong-!

Unlike other fighters like Jin Jaehee and Choi Myungjoon, the two bald men’s fists were slow and weak.

Thwack! Pow!

Of course, those slow and weak fists were also fatal to Kang Si-On.

Si-On had also used up all of his Artifact abilities, so he had no choice but to respond with his bare hands.

Si-On’s fist landed on the second bald man’s philtrum [the vertical groove between the upper lip and nose].

Thwack-!

Two of the bald man’s teeth flew into the air.

“Kahak……!”

The second bald man fell backward.

“Second hyung!”

One bald man hugged Kang Si-On from behind.

Taking advantage of the gap in the hug, Kang Si-On lay backward.

Crack-!

The youngest bald man’s ribs broke under Kang Si-On’s weight.

At that moment, the second bald man, bleeding profusely from his nose, rushed at Kang Si-On again.

And he swung his fist forcefully.

Even though Si-On was just standing still, the fist the cult leader thrust did not reach him.

The second bald man began to swing his fists wildly, as if throwing a tantrum.

Kang Si-On took a few hits while accurately punching the bald man’s cheek.

“Aack……!”

The second bald man fell again, and once again, the youngest bald man screamed and rushed at Kang Si-On.

And he finally grabbed Kang Si-On from behind.

The youngest bald man shouted.

“Now! Hyung! Kill him!”

“I’ll kill you. You son of a bitch!”

Kang Si-On tried to break free from the youngest bald man’s embrace.

He tried to give strength again and fall backward, but the youngest bald man read Kang Si-On’s thoughts and held on with both legs.

Thanks to that, the second bald man quickly approached and began to rain down punches.

“You son of a bitch! You son of a bitch! Die! Die!”

Pow! Pow! Pow!

The second bald man continued to hit Kang Si-On’s stomach.

The bald men chattered among themselves even while throwing punches.

“That crazy gangster bastard too! You son of a bitch!”

“We have to catch that crazy bastard!”

“He’s ignoring our attacks and just trying to kill the monsters!”

“Die quickly. You son of a bitch! I have to go stop that gangster bastard!”

“It’s our kingdom, hyung. Our kingdom!”

“Protect it. We must protect it. We can’t let these sons of bitches take it.”

Pow! Pow! Pow! Pow! Pow!

Kang Si-On was taking a few hits when he grabbed the hand of the youngest bald man holding him.

And he threw him over his back in one go.

Whirlick-!

The youngest bald man’s body floated into the air over Kang Si-On’s back.

This was a judo technique that Jin Jaehee had taught Kang Si-On. A technique that could subdue an opponent in one go, no matter how smaller they were than the opponent.

Thud-!

The two bald men collided and fell to the other side.

Kang Si-On breathed heavily in the throwing position for a while.

The three players, who were powerful enough to turn a city into ruins, were now engaged in a dogfight that even young students wouldn’t do.

The two bald men got up again and rushed at Kang Si-On.

Kang Si-On recalled Jin Jaehee’s teachings.

Clench both fists and raise them to eye level.

Maintain the balance of the upper and lower body and wait until the enemy comes into range.

When the enemy approaches to some extent, prepare to attack.

The jab is not swinging, but extending.

And mobilize all the power of the lower body to thrust the fist in at once.

Even twisting the last ankle.

‘Now.’

Kang Si-On extended his fist as Jin Jaehee had taught him.

Whoong- Pow!

The second bald man, who was approaching at the front, fainted from Kang Si-On’s jab.

The youngest bald man swung his fist.

Kang Si-On had learned boxing, judo, and even Systema [a Russian martial art] from Jin Jaehee.

There was no way the two bald men’s attacks, which were swung haphazardly, could reach him.

Whoong-!

The bald man’s fist cut through the air.

Kang Si-On recalled Jin Jaehee’s voice again.

-When you want to knock someone out in one hit, there’s nothing like the jaw. The jaw, strongly enough to break the lower jaw. Slightly diagonally rather than the front of the jaw. Like this.

Thud.

At that moment, the fist Jin Jaehee extended lightly touched Kang Si-On’s lower jaw.

Even though it only touched it lightly, his head seemed to ring.

Jin Jaehee always emphasized combat training other than Artifacts.

Jin Jaehee always told Kang Si-On.

When Artifact players have exhausted all their strength and still can’t come to a conclusion, they will have no choice but to fight with their fists.

This happens quite often, and she said it was a lesson she learned through her past life.

At first, Kang Si-On questioned her teachings.

They are players with the power to shake the heavens and the earth.

Those players learn and use fighting techniques that ordinary people use?

At the time, he couldn’t easily understand it, but Jin Jaehee was a regressor, so he had no choice but to believe her.

And the result of that belief is right now.

It was bearing fruit at this moment.

Kang Si-On’s fist slammed into the youngest bald man’s jaw.

Thwack-!

The youngest bald man’s lower jaw turned to the other side.

“Ah……”

The youngest bald man touched his turned lower jaw and couldn’t hold on any longer and fell backward.

That’s how Kang Si-On subdued the two men.

After the two bald men fell, silence flowed here for a while.

Si-On’s legs gave way and he knelt on one knee.

Thump.

“Hoo… Hoo… Phoooo.”

And he let out a rough breath.

At that moment, it floated into the sky again.

It was the mark that appeared when the Northern King monster died.

The fact that this mark appeared meant that Choi Myungjoon had finally done it.

Si-On looked up at the notification window with trembling eyes.

[The Northern King, the monster, has died.]

[The Western King, the monster, has died.]

[The final victors have been decided.]

[Victors, Southern King. Eastern King.]

[Distributing the stake in this war. Territory distribution and rulers are determined according to stake.]

[Southern King 99.98%. Eastern King 0.02%]

[Congratulations.]

[You have won.]

[The ruler of Seoul is the ruler of the Southern King, Kang Si-On.]

As soon as he saw that notification window, Kang Si-On let out a sigh of relief.

It felt like a huge storm had passed.

Kang Si-On had now exhausted all his strength and was completely exhausted and fell backward.

The floor was hard and had many sharp stones.

He could get hurt a lot if he fell like that.

But it wasn’t the ground that caught him.

Embrace-.

It was his younger brother, Junho.

“……”

Junho’s face was distorted with sadness.

(Continued in the next episode)