Regressor Of The Fallen Family [EN]: Chapter 339

Harvey’s heart pounded. He bit down hard, trying not to scream. “What is that monster?!” someone yelled.

Harvey was a powerful mage, but he couldn’t see the Aura User move clearly. Aura Users were too fast.

Yet, despite that, he was confident he could face an Aura User alone.

The Cassel Magic Tower had spells that worked just by picking a target. Most of these spells were good at messing with someone’s mind using only a little magic.

He used mental magic even before he was a full mage. It was so strong it made him feel superior to normal people outside his magic group (the Tower).

He had become so focused on mental magic, he ignored summoning magic. Summoning was the other main type of magic in the Tower.

Also, he had shown the Tower that someone could become a mage using only mental magic.

He was that confident.

“What the heck is that thing?!”

That superhuman with the hideous face had utterly shattered his confidence.

With its first strike, the monster had not only smashed the protective artifact ‘Gellerhead’s Mirror,’ given to him by the Tower Lord, but also killed the knights. It walked fearlessly, as if his magic didn’t affect it at all.

‘My, my magic……’

He felt the power he had always believed in collapsing.

That feeling of powerlessness filled him with terror.

He wanted to run away right away.

He wanted to run, but his pride as a mage and the Tower Lord’s strict orders stopped him.

– The Relic of the Progenitor. It must be found.

They had found its location only a few years ago.

And recently, they had made a big agreement with the Empire. This allowed them to close off the area near the relic and move in a large group.

He was surprised they had gotten support from the Dongwang Estate and the heir to the throne.

He guessed the Tower was taking a big chance.

But to ruin such an operation?

He couldn’t imagine what punishment he would get when he returned.

Dying would be a kind punishment.

The worst-case idea made him shiver.

‘Absolutely not!’

He was so scared, he almost didn’t care about anyone else.

But he did not want to lose his mind and become a puppet, controlled by others until he died, like a doll with broken limbs. The thought of his Tower juniors controlling him as a combat doll and laughing at him made his blood boil just imagining it.

That chilling terror suppressed his fear of the unknown enemy.

“Fine. Let’s die trying!”

Harvey’s eyes were wide with fear and desperation, blood vessels showing. He pulled out a red gem from his pocket.

Once used, there was no going back, but it was much better than becoming a combat doll.

‘The magic circle’s core can be remade. There are plenty of humans here.’

Harvey, his face filled with terror as he scanned the workers hiding in all directions, shattered the ‘Essence of Life’ in his hand.

Clink.

“Gasp!”

As soon as he breathed in the red energy, everything turned red. And soon, he felt immense power in his blood.

His body felt instantly stronger, many times stronger.

If he was like this, the knights were beyond words.

Harvey, his eyes bloodshot, began to control the red energy.

“Heh heh. I……, can……, do……, it.”

The red-tainted magic began to pour towards the ‘Imperial Knights’ at his gesture.

He felt powerful enough to control the knights without their agreement.

“Darn it.”

Yasel couldn’t help but curse. He was overwhelmed by despair, and the words just came out.

And at that moment.

Wham!

“Ugh!”

Blood sprayed from his mouth.

Wham!

His body slid back.

He was lucky to stay in one piece without being cut down.

But he had seen two of his men fall.

He had a bad feeling.

‘Stronger than Grit. Where did such a person come from……’

Someone stronger than the Empire’s legion commander had appeared out of nowhere, as an enemy, interfering with the Empire’s plans.

Yasel gritted his teeth and looked at the enemy again.

A grim face, silver Aura.

‘Wait, I think I’ve heard rumors about him somewhere?’

Was he just trying to avoid fighting?

Yasel, who was usually brave, couldn’t attack again. He started thinking instead.

Oooooo.

At that moment, a strange energy surged into his body.

“Ugh!”

He felt dizzy and tried to push the energy away. He knew it was harmful.

But Yasel couldn’t stop it. The strange energy quickly spread through his body. He felt a strong, wild power in his blood.

Crack crack crack.

He felt his bones moving and his body changing. It was happening right now! But the power felt so good, he didn’t want it to stop.

‘With this power, I can……’

Suddenly, the enemy seemed smaller, and he felt confident.

He also felt that his men around him had all grown larger.

– Kill the enemy!

Yasel, filled with confidence, tried to shout that.

But.

“Kyaaaah!”

With that scream, his mind broke.

Splat.

“Cough, cough.”

The knight was gasping for breath and looked strange.

The enemy’s body felt harder to cut, for some reason.

But Logan didn’t care why. He didn’t need to worry about enemies who had suddenly stopped.

But as the silver Aura Blade began to shine again, the bodies of the enemies began to glow red.

Then.

Tear.

“Ugh, cough!”

The body he had cut became unbelievably strong.

“Kyaaaaah!”

Soon, a red monster, swollen to more than twice the size of a normal human, appeared before him with a scream.

“What in the world…?”

Logan looked at the mage who was slumped far away, gasping for breath.

He hadn’t bothered with the mage because his gray magic seemed pointless and weak.

‘What did he do?’

But now, he felt more danger than worrying about that guy.

Just for now.

KABOOOOM!

The monster, once a knight, slammed its fist into the ground, making a crater much bigger than its fist.

It moved awkwardly, but it was much stronger and faster than before.

The armor, now rags on its swollen body, didn’t seem funny at all.

‘What on earth do you have to do to make this happen……’

Logan was completely confused. Everything had changed so fast.

Only five knights were left standing. Then, at the same time, they turned into monsters. It was a nightmare come to life.

And the scariest monster of all…

“Kyaooooh!”

Wham!

This monster was Yasel. He moved so fast you could hardly see him. He was also much bigger than the other monsters. Their skin turned grey and cracked.

Logan’s face went white as he watched the ground where he had just been standing break and fall in.

‘This could easily turn into…’

Even as he thought this, a fist came flying towards him.

A silvery light cut the fist at an angle.

However…

Scritch.

Wham!

“Kyaaah!”

The silver light did not cut through the monster’s arm completely.

The monster, with its wrist half-cut and dangling, slammed its fist into the ground and roared as if in a fit, holding its wrist with its good arm.

In that short moment, Logan saw the monster’s half-cut wrist reattach itself.

‘Its resistance and regeneration are beyond human levels. Insane…’

The moment Logan clicked his tongue.

“Kaya!”

“Kraaah!”

Other monsters began to charge at him from behind.

They were not organized, but they moved much faster than when they were knights.

Just as Logan seemed ready to fight, something unexpected happened.

Thwack!

The monster that had been Yasel began to hit the smaller monsters that were charging.

“Kyaaah!”

Bang!

Thwack!

“Huh?”

It was as if it were warning them not to touch its prey.

As two of the monsters stumbled and fell from Yasel’s hits, the remaining two stepped back, shrinking away.

“Grrrr.”

“Kruk.”

The monster leader showed its teeth and turned around to face them bravely. Just then…

Thwack.

A sword of shining silver light went through the monster’s eye, coming out the back of its head.

“Thanks, you moron.”

“Kuh, kruk?”

Luckily, it seemed unable to grow back its entire head.

Watching the red energy slowly leave the body of the leader monster, which was spitting blood, Logan smiled grimly.

“Kyaaah!”

The remaining monsters, who had been roaring loudly at the sight of their fallen leader, soon began to fall powerlessly to the ground, one by one.

“D-don’t come closer!”

With a shaky scream, a flash of grey light appeared.

Grey mist covered Logan’s whole body, but it disappeared without doing anything.

Logan chuckled and walked towards him as if he felt nothing.

The mage, as if his legs had stopped working, sat down hard and scooted backwards on his bottom.

“Eee!”

“…This is ridiculous.”

“P-please spare me! I’m just a mage hired by the Empire!”

“You’re a master mage, but you act like a small-time bad guy. From that sad show at the end, you don’t seem to have much fighting experience either.”

“Y-yes! I’m a useless fellow. So please…”

‘If he’s this cowardly, maybe he can be used for something?’

Logan asked suddenly, with a little bit of hope.

“Kasell Magic Tower?”

“…Gasp!”

Harvey’s eyes grew big.

“H-how did you know?”

“Tell me some useful information, and I’ll let you live. How does that sound?”

“W-what are you talking about?…”

Harvey’s face was desperate as he looked around at the many workers hiding in the distance.

However…

“Die if you don’t want to.”

Logan cut him off sharply, without even changing his expression.

“I-I don’t know much.”

“A master mage? Don’t be silly. Tell me what you know about the ruins here.”

Harvey, looking like he was about to cry, glanced around again.

Finally, as if giving up, he spoke in a weak voice.

“C-can I speak quietly?”

“Suit yourself.”

“Get your ear closer…”

Logan frowned a little and lowered his head. Just then…

A green mist suddenly came out of Harvey’s shaking mouth.

Sssshaaaaa.

The ground touched by the green mist melted into a dark, horrible mess, soon making a bottomless hole.

But Harvey’s face, watching this, was only full of sadness. His body, which had been swelling up red after spitting the green mist, was now shrinking again.

Cough.

“Khehehe. You bi…got what’s coming to you…”

Logan, who was supposed to be the target, was already standing behind him, the silver sword going straight through his chest.

Logan’s silver light broke Harvey’s magic circle. This stopped Harvey from killing himself with magic.

Of course, killing him was an added bonus.

“It wasn’t a lie that I would spare you.”

“Kuh. Kuh. Kruk.”

Harvey’s face, as if he was sneering, no longer made any sound, as if something was funny.

But from that look alone, one thing was certain.

‘He would rather die than give information to the enemy. A master mage, a transcendent, without hesitation.’

Whether it was because of loyalty or something else, it was truly scary.

“Tsk.”

But now was not the time to think about it.

“Now I need to deal with the witnesses.”

As Logan muttered as if for them to hear, looking around…

– Eee.

– R-run away.

– Get out of here!

The bushes around them began to shake busily, along with the faint sounds of many voices in the distance.

The hidden workers were all running away.

It would only be a matter of time before word spread that a transcendent with a silver light had killed the Empire’s soldiers.

‘So, I need to loot the ruins and get out as quickly as possible.’

Logan looked towards the tunnel, towards the place where he felt the divine power calling to his soul. A faint smell of old stone and damp earth filled the air. Logan felt a pull, like a warm hum in his chest, drawing him towards the tunnel. They were in a crumbling stone tunnel, the air thick with dust.