The Regressor Only Protects Me [EN]: Chapter 106

106. The Beginning of the Counterattack (2)

Like a rugby player diving for a touchdown, the Ogre threw itself toward the enemy’s main force.

-Kuaaaaaaaa!

The Ogre’s presence was overwhelmingly vast, dominating the battlefield.

The warriors below stared blankly at it.

Soon, the Ogre’s heavy charge swept them away.

Bang-! Kwagagagagagang!

Where the Ogre passed, people were tossed into the air like paper, crushed and stuck to the asphalt like gum.

The warriors lost their will to fight and were busy running away.

“Ugh……!”

“Monster……. It’s a monster……!”

“Aaaaagh!”

“Aaaaaaaaaaaack……!”

The warriors of Doan, who had already suffered greatly from the Ogre for the past month, were quick to flee at the sight of the giant Ogre.

Some couldn’t even scream and collapsed on the spot.

There were also warriors who threw themselves and swung their weapons at the fallen Ogre.

But that was all.

The Ogre got up, nonchalantly taking the warriors’ spears and arrows.

To the Ogre, their attacks were like being poked with toothpicks.

The monster drooled, looking at the prey in front of it. Its huge eyes moved wildly from side to side, anticipating fresh meat after a long time.

Some Ogres were reaching into buildings like bears taking out honeycombs.

It was buffet time.

* * *

At the entrance of Anyang 1st Street was Doan’s forward base.

But the defense of that base was crude.

Everyone is equal before the Ogre.

Everyone is equally sucked into the giant maw.

I was riding on the head of the largest of the Ogres, the ‘Boss Ogre’.

It was to assess the battlefield situation and issue response commands.

At the same time, I was thinking about Park Ji-soo’s next move.

I was thinking in advance about what move she would make and how I should counter it.

‘The enemy’s main force is approaching Anyang Station. This can be blocked by the 1st Army defense force. The battles at the entrance and center of 1st Street have almost completely shifted to my side… But I can’t help but worry about the ambush or the scouts coming from Myeonghak Station. They won’t just charge in. Is there something else?’

Two moves ahead, three moves ahead, four moves ahead.

I thought of all the moves Park Ji-soo might consider.

‘If I were Park Ji-soo, rather than attacking 1st Street, which is advantageous for defense, I would send about one to two thousand troops towards Gwangmyeong and then strike Mankyung’s rear from beyond Suri Mountain… Since there are a lot of troops, they can strike both the front and the rear at the same time. Of course, traps have been laid in Suri Mountain, so they won’t be able to cross that mountain as easily as they think. Then… what are you going to do now? Your last resort. What is it?’

The warriors of Doan are exhausted.

In their exhausted state, the best troops of our side were投入 [invested] into the battlefield.

In the first place, these Ogres were secret weapons that had been saved for the defense of Mankyung.

But Park Ji-soo did not attack Mankyung directly, but instead, she chose to fight head-on.

Did she come head-on believing in numbers, weapons, or players? Or is there another move?

I focused my mind and reviewed Park Ji-soo’s moves.

Kim Dong-gil in the shopping mall and Park Geon-woo in the police station had their own plans, but I had seen through them all.

Deploying the hungry Ogre unit.

I’ve taken out my hidden weapon quite early.

Of course, the hidden weapon was slaughtering the enemy, befitting the modifier ‘hidden’.

Even if I made this move, if Park Ji-soo didn’t react, I would eventually have to make the next move.

If Mankyung had been focusing only on defense until now, it was now time to go on the offensive.

‘……What are you thinking? It can’t be this easy. There must be some hidden trick. If you want to see Mankyung’s total strength. If you’re really waiting for that… Fine. I’ll respond.’

Having made up my mind, I ordered my subordinates to launch a general offensive.

‘I’m going to pour everything into this move.’

No holding back.

The reserve force of Mankyung, which had been building up its strength until now, began to charge into the devastated battlefield trampled by the Ogres.

* * *

-Kuaaaaaaaa!

Whoosh-!

A black shadow rose into the sky.

The Ogre lifted a bus-tank and threw it at the warriors.

Bang, Kwang, Deedeudeudeudeung!

A bus weighing nearly 10 tons flew into the sky and then fell helplessly to the ground.

Then, the Ogres who rushed in picked up the fallen warriors and stuffed them into their mouths.

The Ogre’s overwhelming destructive power was beyond what humans could resist, and the victory of the war was now beginning to tilt.

But Doan was not just watching with their eyes open.

The Doan player deployed on the battlefield, the Goblin Mask, rushed at the Ogre.

Ta-dat!

She gripped her spear and aimed for the Ogre’s eyes.

-Kuaaaaaaaa!

The Ogre, discovering the Goblin Mask, swung its fist.

Whoosh-!

But the Ogre’s fist cut through the air and shattered the roof of the building next to it.

Kugugugung!

The Ogre’s destructive power was so great that it could crush even buildings like sandcastles.

Despite seeing such tremendous power, the Goblin Mask did not stop.

She finally climbed onto the Ogre’s shoulder and stabbed her spear into its cheek.

The Ogre screamed in agony.

-Kwaaaaaaaack-!

The Goblin Mask immediately twisted her upper body and continued her attack.

Chwajajajajajak-!

Her spear blade cut through the Ogre’s cheek and headed straight for its eyes.

The Goblin Mask already knew.

That the Ogre’s weakness was its eyes.

The Ogre writhed in pain. As the giant monster staggered, the warriors of Doan who were watching it cheered.

But what the Goblin’s spear blade touched was not the Ogre’s eyes.

The moment the spear blade was about to pierce the eyes, a black lightning bolt blocked the Goblin’s spear blade.

Kwajik-! Peobeok!!!!!!!!!!

Immediately, the black lightning that bounced off the spear blade covered the Goblin Mask.

Chwaaaaaak-!

The black lightning, which stuck to the Goblin Mask’s entire body like black paint, slowly began to devour her body.

“……?!”

The Goblin Mask tried to escape.

But she couldn’t move a single finger.

The black lightning hardened like stone and bound her.

The owner of the black lightning was Choi Hyun-ji.

Choi Hyun-ji, who was already sitting on top of the Ogre’s crown, looked at the Goblin Mask Sophia and said.

“Don’t even think about… coveting it.”

She neutralized the Doan player with one blow.

* * *

The battle continued all night.

The sun was slowly rising, and the Ogre picked up the corpses one by one and swallowed them.

Now the 1st Street battle was entering a lull.

The sky of 1st Street was dyed red by the flames, and the ground was dyed red with the blood of Doan warriors.

Mankyung’s archers followed to the end and hunted down even the last remaining person.

Sion stood on that battlefield.

It was a great victory for Mankyung.

The soldiers cheered as they looked at their lord.

“Wow-!!!”

“Uaaaah-!!!”

“Waaaaaaa-!!!”

“Aaaaaaaack!!!”

Their cheers echoed high into the sky.

It was a cheer of victory.

There had been small victories in the Bisan-dong battle, but the victory here in 1st Street was different.

A great victory.

But even with their laughter-filled cheers, Sion could never smile.

Because the war was not over yet.

Park Ji-soo did not appear until the end.

She seemed to have returned to Doan.

At that time, Jin Jae-hee, who was on top of the building, approached Sion in an instant.

Her body was covered in blood. Of course, there were no wounds.

As Jae-hee approached, Sion got straight to the point.

“The pursuit team?”

“They left 3 minutes ago as ordered. They won’t miss a single one left.”

“We have to finish it for sure. That’s the only way it has meaning.”

“Yeah. We have to.”

Sion walked through the streets of Anyang 1st Street, stained with all sorts of corpses and blood.

While checking on the soldiers’ well-being, she did not stop talking to her.

Today, Mankyung’s total counterattack began, and now the soldiers will reorganize and advance into Doan across the Anyangcheon Stream.

As expected, the surviving Doan warriors in the Bisan-dong Pamian apartment complex will not be able to stop our counteroffensive.

In fact, the warriors would have consumed most of their forces in the Bisan-dong Pamian apartment complex.

The war is now over.

Everything went as Sion wanted.

From beginning to end.

All that remained was the head of the Doan lord.

‘The best thing to do is to completely break the enemy’s spirit and accept their surrender. To do that, we’ll need Park Ji-soo’s head.’

A cold wind blew through the alleys.

The weather was cool like early spring, and the sun was hot at noon, making me sweat.

Kang Sion stopped walking and turned to look at Jin Jae-hee.

Swish-. Swish.

She was wiping the blood off her cheeks with her palm.

But the more she wiped her cheeks, the more the blood spread.

Sion, who was staring blankly at the sight, turned the bag she was carrying forward and opened the zipper.

Jiiiiiik-.

“Give the soldiers a break for a day. ……Don’t use your hands, use this to wipe it off.”

Sion said those words and took out a towel from her bag.

Jin Jae-hee looked at Sion for a moment and then picked up the towel.

Then she buried her face in the towel.

Sion watched Jae-hee and continued.

“I’ll take Choi Myung-joon to Bisan-dong. You can rest here and replenish your strength.”

Jin Jae-hee had been fighting non-stop since the war began.

Even though the power of the artifact was not complete, she annihilated the enemy with the determination of a one-man army.

In fact, if it hadn’t been for Jin Jae-hee, 1st Street would not have been able to hold out until Kang Sion arrived.

And Jin Jae-hee had no intention of resting.

“……I’m fine. More than that, what about you? You’re the one who needs to rest.”

Jin Jae-hee looked at Sion, lifting her face from the towel.

The blood on her face was almost wiped off.

Sion was also exhausted.

Sion also hadn’t rested a single day since the war began.

Even when she slept, she didn’t sleep for more than 3 hours, and she commanded the battlefield, running around Bisan-dong and Anyang Station.

Even in such a situation, Sion often read other people’s thoughts with her excellent observation skills.

Momentarily reading Jae-hee’s thoughts, Sion snatched her right hand.

Thump-!

She was startled for a moment, but soon looked at her hand held in his.

Jin Jae-hee’s hand was trembling slightly, no, violently.

Sion was fully aware of her hand trembling.

Even though he gripped it a little harder, her hand trembling did not stop.

Jae-hee had been continuing the battle without even checking her physical condition.

Sion let go of her hand and said.

“Go back. That’s an order.”

Jae-hee’s hand naturally slipped out of his hand.

And Jae-hee held her trembling right hand tightly with her left hand.

She didn’t know when she had been trembling like this.

Jin Jae-hee lowered her head.

“……Okay.”

“I’ll contact you, so wait.”

At Sion’s voice, Jae-hee raised her head again.

Before she knew it, he was walking back to the battlefield with the executives.

* * *

Park Ji-soo was munching on snacks and ‘watching’ the 1st Street battle.

When a warrior fell into the Ogre’s mouth, Park Ji-soo also poured popcorn into her mouth.

And she couldn’t hide her excitement.

“Uwah-! Wow-! It’s a freaking big person! A freaking big person is eating a freaking small person. Wow-! Wow……! It’s like a giant. Do you know, uh, uh, animation?”

“……Lord.”

“To think that Kang Sion was the master of Ogre taming. I really didn’t expect this. Ah…… the more I get to know him, the more I realize he’s a crazy man?! Puhuhu…… Puhahahaha!”

“Lord……!”

Park Ji-soo was giggling and enjoying it, but the subordinate next to her couldn’t enjoy it at all.

Unlike the lord’s laughter, the battlefield situation was truly miserable.

The bus-tank, which had been ambitiously introduced, was completely crushed by the Ogre, and the soldiers of Mankyung, including the players, were slowly advancing towards this place.

The Doan players were still continuing the battle, but the victory was already leaning towards Mankyung.

The secretary, who was more worried than the lord, bowed her head and spoke cautiously.

“Lord……. It’s…… over now. The troops are now!”

“It’s okay…….”

Park Ji-soo quickly cut off his words and waved her hand.

She kept muttering with her head half-bowed.

“……They said that those who laugh when they are having a hard time are first-class.”

Park Ji-soo suddenly recalled what a police officer had said in the past.

-Student. Those who laugh when they are having a hard time are first-class, first-class. Everyone in the world has had difficult experiences. Just think of it as a passing pain. And it’s family. Family.

“……It’s okay.”

-Do you agree? Huh? If you don’t agree, it’ll be a lot of trouble. And. You may not be punished for this. So just take the money and…….

“……It’s okay. Everything will be okay. Everything-. It’s okay.”

The secretary was startled and raised her bowed head at the lord’s deeply sunken voice.

Flutter-.

Her black coat lingered in the air for a moment before falling to the blood-filled floor.

Park Ji-soo, who had taken off her coat, looked at the front.

The space around her was shaking evenly.

The power of a powerful artifact was swirling around her.

“Lord……? Lord! Let’s retreat for now! Hey! Escort the Lord!”

“Yes…… Yes!”

“Lord!”

Two warriors ran to support Park Ji-soo.

But Park Ji-soo uttered a small curse.

“……Fucking.”

At that moment, Park Ji-soo stretched out her right hand towards the two warriors who had rushed at her.

Chwaaaaaak-!

At that moment, the two warriors who were running were beheaded and killed.

The warriors who followed behind hesitated and stopped walking.

“Oh…….”

“Laugh……?!”

The lord’s ability, shrouded in mystery.

Even her closest aides did not know.

It was also the decisive reason why the manager ‘K’ designated Park Ji-soo as the winner of this war.

Park Ji-soo, the lord and player.

She looked at the warriors running towards her and said.

“Who. Told you. To touch. My body?”

The ground was rippling around her.

(Continued in the next episode)