The Regressor Only Protects Me [EN]: Chapter 118

118. The Flesh Prison (1)

I slowly looked around.

It was a strange space.

Everything that made up this space was made of human bodies.

Giant ribs, like dinosaur bones, soared high along the prison’s outer walls.

Between the ribs were muscles and flesh, and the damp, sticky floor was probably the inner wall of an intestine.

Wrinkled textures and a slippery feel confirmed it.

‘…Inside a monster’s body. No, is it a person?’

Whatever it was, only one person came to mind who could wield an artifact of this level.

Park Ji-soo.

She had finally started to move.

I turned my head and looked at the prison’s main structure.

Faced with that sight, I couldn’t help but frown.

It was as if an adult had been randomly crammed into a transparent square box.

Eyes, nose, mouth, ears, chest, fingers, toes, even the navel.

All of it was a jumbled mess.

The thing was alive.

The flesh around the navel was moving rhythmically.

“Ah…….”

“Ugh……! Urgh!”

“Ugh!”

The soldiers began to vomit.

Probably because of the pungent odor.

And those eyes.

They were even bigger than the whale’s eyes I saw in the first round.

‘Ignoring unique physical characteristics, the space is being reset at the caster’s will.’

This meant that Park Ji-soo could completely reverse this space itself if she wanted to.

In other words, she could kill me at any time.

I looked up at the ceiling.

Even though the sunlight was completely blocked, the inside wasn’t entirely dark.

To be exact, it was as red as the inside of a butcher shop.

I calmly organized my thoughts.

‘Given the circumstances, I’m probably trapped inside Park Ji-soo’s body. Has my body shrunk? …No, it’s more likely Park Ji-soo’s artifact ability. It probably allows her to turn surrounding objects and space into parts of her own body. That’s the first thing.’

I began to dig into the second fact again.

If this is a part of the body, where exactly is it, and how can I get out of this space?

Basically, using artifact abilities consumes mental power.

So, she won’t be able to trap me in this space indefinitely.

But the situation was still hopeless.

“…….”

At that moment, the corpses that had been lying scattered on the ground were gradually digging into the flesh.

At the same time, I felt my body slowly sinking into the ground.

When I strained and lifted my foot, it returned to its original state.

A pungent odor.

An acidic liquid.

A round shape.

Wrinkled inner walls.

‘The stomach, huh.’

I took another step and walked forward.

Simply walking required considerable strength.

At that moment, a soldier approached me.

It was the young soldier I had spoken to earlier.

“Lord…! W-we should evacuate first. We’ll escort you.”

Evacuate?

Is this a space where we can evacuate?

Well, I don’t know.

Looking around, some soldiers were already in a panic.

“F-for now, we’ll keep stabbing that membrane-like thing with our weapons.”

Before I knew it, soldiers were crowding around me.

As the soldier said, some soldiers with spears were stabbing the stomach wall.

But it was useless.

“Damn it!”

“Put more strength into it!”

“The smell is making me dizzy…! Urgh!”

They took turns stabbing the stomach wall with their spears, but the wall wasn’t even scratched.

I pointed at them and ordered.

“Get out of the way.”

“Y-yes!”

“You there! Get out of the way!”

As they stepped aside, I summoned the artifact.

I gathered the maximum possible energy and focused it on one spot.

Several spheres gathered at the center point I designated.

This attack had such a powerful destructive force that even Jin Jae-hee could barely block it, but the accuracy was significantly reduced.

The size of the center point where the spheres were concentrated was only the size of a bottle cap.

But now, all I had to do was peel off that inner skin, so I didn’t consider the accuracy.

Whoosh-! Thud thud thud!

The spheres gathered in one place and tried to penetrate the inner skin.

But it had no effect at all.

I couldn’t even make a scratch on the membrane of the inner skin.

When the attack didn’t work, the soldiers began to waver.

“…No way. Even the Lord’s artifact.”

“What the hell is going on?”

“Damn it… I can’t even contact the outside.”

It was clear that our current situation was that we were trapped here.

Is there really zero chance of escape?

‘No. There must be a way out.’

The only way was to find the caster’s main body.

Just because soldiers huddle together doesn’t mean the unit’s combat power increases.

At this moment, it seemed right to divide the unit into small units and scout.

I ordered the soldiers.

“Reorganize into groups of 5 and explore the inside of the prison from now on.”

“Yes, sir! Understood!”

The soldiers formed groups according to my orders and began to roam around.

I watched the movement of surrounding objects.

Except for the wrinkled textures and dynamic eyes, there was nothing strange.

But one question arose.

What exactly is the structure of this ability?

Clearly, this was inside a human body, but I couldn’t think of it as a normal human body.

The constituent materials belonging to the body were mixed up, and now I didn’t even know what was what.

But if this is inside the body, there must be a passage to the outside.

Somewhere inside this prison.

At that moment, Park Ji-soo’s voice was heard.

“Wow-. Si-on is starting to think.”

At the same time, screams echoed from all over the place.

“Kuaaaaaak! Aaaaaaak.”

“Haaaaaa…! Haaaaaaak!”

“Aaaaaaaak!”

The soldiers who were walking around in groups of 5 began to fall into the intestines in an instant.

The soldiers were screaming for help, but I didn’t have the luxury to help them.

A slender arm that had appeared out of nowhere came to me and wrapped around me from my shoulder to my collarbone.

She appeared behind me and hugged me.

“Hello.”

I carefully turned my head to look at her.

She was close enough to feel her breath.

Lord Park Ji-soo.

She was hugging me from behind.

For some reason, she had sad eyes.

Her voice was also hoarse.

“It’s so strange. Just a few years ago, we were just ordinary kids, but now we’re in a relationship where we kill each other.”

Squeeze…….

Park Ji-soo hugged me tighter.

Her right hand dug into my left armpit, and her left hand grabbed my shoulder.

I couldn’t do anything.

I summoned the spheres, but Park Ji-soo already knew.

“It’s no use. You can’t escape from here. No one is coming to save you. No, you’re not even in danger in the first place. So there’s no need to come and save you. I just want to be with you.”

Park Ji-soo’s left hand slowly went down and stopped near my heart.

“This space is only for me. Not that bitch. Not your subordinates, not my subordinates, not those monsters, only for me. Now it’s also a space for you. You will live in this world from now on. That’s the future I’ve decided for you. Don’t struggle. Just accept it.”

Squirm, squirm.

At that moment, the ground that was in contact with the ogre squirmed and began to devour the ogre’s huge body.

“Are you hungry? Should I give you food?”

Park Ji-soo raised her head from my shoulder and began to whisper in my ear.

“Or do you want to take a bath?”

Park Ji-soo tilted her head slightly as if looking at my face.

“Do you want to take a nap first?”

She put her chin back on my shoulder and said.

At this moment, I could attack her at any time, but I didn’t.

Because she also knew that my spheres were floating around, but she didn’t avoid or protect herself.

In other words, it meant that there was no point in attacking.

“The outside is dangerous. It’s much better to live here. Don’t worry. My body won’t break down either. I’ve already prepared for our lives deep in the basement of this prison. Rounds? Managers? League? I don’t care. Let’s just rest here. Until the world completely ends.”

“…….”

At that moment, gastric acid began to rise slowly from my toes.

The gastric acid, which was originally at a shallow level, had already risen to my knees.

“Now you’re mine.”

It rose past my knees to my thighs and navel.

“Don’t think. Si-on. You can’t get out of here anyway.”

Now it rose past my chest to my neck.

Eventually, it rose to the end of my chin, and it was only a matter of time before my whole body was completely submerged.

‘……!’

Boil, boil.

The bubbles that escaped between my lips rose steadily.

My body was submerged in the water and floated.

I had no choice but to turn my body naturally according to the flow of the water, and there, Park Ji-soo was submerged just like me.

Park Ji-soo and I looked at each other.

Her hair was flying around as she was submerged in the water.

With a youthful face, she smiled at me and said.

“Welcome. To my flesh prison.”

* * *

The number of cells that proliferate in the human body is countless.

Therefore, even Park Ji-soo, who uses the flesh prison, found it difficult to estimate the exact number of cells she could proliferate.

The overwhelming number of cells.

And Jin Jae-hee, who was in her body, was like a virus that had to be eradicated by white blood cells.

“Cough……!”

Thump.

Eventually, she knelt on one knee.

She couldn’t even open her eyes properly because of the blood flowing down from her torn left forehead.

She slowly raised her head and looked at the Park Ji-soos.

The monster in front of her was on a different level.

At least within this space, Park Ji-soo’s ability was the strongest.

Cells that proliferate infinitely.

The ones in the form of Park Ji-soo were functioning as white blood cells.

‘There’s no end…….’

Tsuzzzzzz. Chwaruruk.

The sword in Jin Jae-hee’s right hand was thinly split and scattered on the floor.

She couldn’t hold on any longer and knelt on both knees.

Her vision was blood red.

Her mind was dizzy, and her legs were shaking so much that it was hard to stand.

‘It’s no use killing the proliferated bodies… I have to kill the main body. Is this the limit with basic abilities?’

Jae-hee struggled to raise her eyes.

Countless white blood cells were approaching her.

It was impossible to know which white blood cell would attack first.

Jin Jae-hee did not let her guard down until the end and looked around.

“But what are you going to do! Kyaha-!”

The white blood cells kept talking.

“I killed all 451 of the worm bastards that came into my body. Now there’s only one left. You’re the only one missing.”

“If only you weren’t here……! If only you weren’t here……! Heueoeoeong…….”

“Dad, I’m sorry…….”

“Don’t interfere. You goddamn bitch. Just die.”

“Kalkalkal! Ah-! Look at that appearance stained with blood!”

“Die. Die. You bad bitch.”

“Dad, I’m sorry…….”

“Die! Die!”

The expressions and emotions of the white blood cells were all different.

Rather than multiple personalities, it seemed that the emotions that the human Park Ji-soo originally had were coming out one by one over time.

‘…Amazing. Each cell has different emotions.’

The situation was the worst, but Jin Jae-hee was exploring Park Ji-soo’s abilities.

Jin Jae-hee gripped the handle of the holy sword tightly with her trembling hands.

And she trudged forward.

But that didn’t change anything.

Thud! Pow! Thud!

Fists and kicks flew from all directions, and some white blood cells even headbutted her.

“Kyahaaaaaak! Kalkalkalkal!”

“Dad. I’m sorry.”

“Die! Die!”

They were really ordinary attacks.

But even with those terrible attacks, Jin Jae-hee collapsed.

Thud-! Thump!

She fell dozens of times like that.

Now Jin Jae-hee couldn’t get up.

She lay sprawled on the floor, breathing heavily.

“…Haa… Hoo.”

Jin Jae-hee’s hair scattered in a circle on the floor.

She blinked her eyes and looked at the ceiling of an unknown space.

White blood cells appeared one by one in Jae-hee’s vision.

One was kneeling and looking down at her, while another was arrogantly crossing his arms and looking down.

“Are you tired?”

“Hey-. Are you tired?”

“Hair…… seaweed…….”

Thump, thump, thump.

A white blood cell poked Jin Jae-hee’s shoulder with his finger.

Each time, Jin Jae-hee’s body shook steadily.

“Weak, weak.”

“Dad, I’m sorry…….”

“Are you really an S-class player? At least I thought so.”

“Si-on is a waste.”

“A million times a waste.”

“Then, then!”

“Dad, I’m sorry.”

The white blood cells laughed at each other.

This place was filled with the laughter of white blood cells for a long time.

And around the time the voices of the white blood cells subsided.

A laughter swallowed all those sounds.

Then, the white blood cells quickly erased their expressions.

A white blood cell frowned and asked her.

“…Why are you laughing?”

(Continued in the next episode)