The Regressor Only Protects Me [EN]: Chapter 123

123. End of War (1)

Even the heavens are heartless.

In the 21st century, most residents survive apartment fires.

This is because modern apartments are well-equipped with fire alarms and sprinklers.

The apartment Jaehee lived in was no exception.

However, this was not the case for the disabled.

After the fire broke out, most of the residents escaped.

Except for one person.

“…….”

A burning apartment.

Soaring black smoke.

Busy firefighters.

Residents watching from a distance.

Police officers controlling them.

Several ambulances.

Jin Jaehee, slumped in front of them.

Not even tears came out.

Father……. Father has bad legs……. He can’t even walk well……. Elevators don’t work in case of fire……. How can he come down from the 15th floor with those painful legs…….

How…….

And she had been drinking all that time…….

Hoseung, Cheolho, and Minji ran to Jaehee.

And tried to lift her up.

They were all tearful.

“Jaehee! Jaehee! Get up!”

“Jaehee……! Jaehee……!”

“Snap out of it……!”

“Ugh……! Damn it!!!!”

“This can’t be happening! Damn it!!!”

“Jaehee……! Jaehee……!!!”

“Damn it, why is the world like this!!! Why, why only her!!! Why!!!”

“Jaehee……. Jin Jaehee…….”

Tearful friends led Jaehee’s body and tried to pull her back.

Because the fire was getting worse.

Jaehee’s friends were weeping in deep sorrow and loss.

But Jaehee couldn’t do anything, her body limp.

Facing an unbelievable reality, she didn’t even feel any emotion.

Jaehee couldn’t say anything and could only be stunned.

Until the firefighters came and dragged Jaehee out.

She could only watch the burning apartment.

“What are you doing?! Get out of here!”

While being dragged away by the firefighters, Jaehee finally burst into tears.

Looking at the apartment gate where the heat haze spread in the soaring flames, she cried sadly.

“……Dad.”

Shaking her head.

“Dad……. No.”

Reaching out with a hand that wouldn’t reach.

“Dad……. Dad, no…….”

Her vision already full of tears.

“No, it can’t be……!!! No! No! No! No!!! Dad……! Kyaaaaaak……! Aaaaah……! Aaaaaaaah!!!”

She threw a tantrum like a baby.

* * *

“Hoo……. Hoo……. Hoo…….”

This place is full of the corpses of tens of thousands of cells.

Jin Jaehee gasped for breath.

Above it, Jaehee’s silver light slowly faded.

The silver hair also gradually discolored and turned black.

The power of Awakening 2 was exhausted.

“…….”

Puh-uk! Pow!

Jaehee stabbed the cells rushing from the front and elbowed the cells approaching from behind.

Hundreds of cells had already been cut down and collapsed by Jaehee.

In the end, she solved it with strength.

She still preferred strength to thinking.

Besides, if there was something ‘impossible for her to break through’ in battle, Zion would have told her in advance.

But Zion just told Jaehee to hurry.

In other words, there is no such thing as an insurmountable obstacle.

Jaehee strongly trusted Zion.

Kang Zion is always the one who comes up with the right answer, so she just has to follow that answer.

There was nothing to think about.

Her role is to protect him, care for him, and ultimately win this league.

Also, unfulfilled wishes.

It’s all after turning the world back.

In her previous life, Jaehee poured out a lot of emotions.

Even if she recalls it now, she could endure it enough.

Kkuuuk…….

Jaehee gripped the sword handle tightly.

So that veins stood out on the back of her hand.

Soon her two hands stretched straight up.

A tremendous force began to gather in the holy sword, and soon it began to glow more intensely than sunlight.

“Kahaaaak……!”

“Aaaaaaak!”

“Heuaaa…… Haaaaaa……!”

Park Jisoo’s cells were busy hiding from the light.

The moment the power was all gathered, Jaehee struck down the sword.

All the flesh that the sword touched split in two like the Red Sea [a biblical reference to Moses parting the Red Sea].

Ku-gwa-gwa-gwa-gwa-gwa-gwang-!!!

The sacred light began to devour the cells.

With a single blow, all the cell mountains there collapsed like dominoes.

“…….”

Jin Jaehee flew forward again without a moment’s rest.

Cutting off the first weakness was nothing.

Cutting off the second weakness was even easier.

From the time she cut off the third weakness, it was as easy as cutting down the mobs.

The more she cut, the stronger she became.

From the time she cut off the fourth weakness, there was no existence that could hold her in this flesh prison for even 1 second.

From the time she cut off the fifth weakness, the cells gave up and were stunned.

When she cut off the sixth weakness, they rather cleared the way.

Forgetting their duty in the face of the fear, they were busy hiding in every part of the body.

Her swordsmanship was the epitome of elegance.

From hands, waist, shoulders, chest, to legs.

The movement of the body, rotating from a curve to a straight line, is something no one can imitate.

Light and graceful as a swan’s feather.

Sometimes ruthless and intense like a tiger’s teeth.

She mercilessly cut down every single cell that rushed at her.

Blood and flesh splattering everywhere.

Not only swordsmanship but also all martial arts with the body.

Since she was young, she learned Kendo [Japanese swordsmanship], Judo [Japanese martial art and combat sport], Taekwondo [Korean martial art], Muay Thai [Thai boxing], and Boxing. She even mastered Systema [Russian martial art] by herself, watching YouTube because it looked fun.

If it’s exercise, it’s exercise.

If it’s combat skills, it’s combat skills.

Jaehee’s whole body was a weapon.

Even if Awakening 2 was over, she was the strongest.

She took a deep breath she had been holding back.

“Hoo-.”

Every time she took a breath and exhaled, she matched the rhythm of the battle.

After all, combat is also like a continuous exercise movement, so breathing is important.

Her attack skills, which she had learned since she was young and honed by fighting monsters for decades, surpassed humans.

The two silver swords were stretched above her two shoulders, following her crossed hands.

The blood shed by the cells oxidized and scattered as soon as it touched the holy sword.

A returner is an overwhelming transcendent.

Already, from the fact that she was reincarnated into the past, she has become an existence that transcends humans.

Now, what she has to overcome is a higher-dimensional existence.

Not just these mobs.

The last seventh weakness.

Jin Jaehee cut it without hesitation.

* * *

“Cough……! Cough!”

I staggered to the side with difficulty.

I didn’t have the strength to lift a finger, but I couldn’t let my guard down.

This is Park Jisoo’s territory, and she is still alive.

One of the silver swords that Jin Jaehee left behind was orbiting around the shield.

It was a skill that automatically attacked the target that the caster set as an enemy.

She must have been worried about me.

I struggled to lift my head and looked at Park Jisoo.

“Heueueueu……. Heueueueueue…….”

She was sitting on the floor, sobbing with her shoulders shaking.

Then, Park Jisoo began to breathe irregularly.

And with her two eyes bloodshot, she shed tears of blood and spat blood as she looked at me.

“……It’s your fault.”

She kept saying.

“……How could you do that to me.”

“……You shouldn’t do that.”

“……We now share more memories and memories than family?”

“……But why did you betray me.”

“……What are you?”

“Putting me in such despair.”

“No. It can’t be.”

“I have a manager.”

“Where is it……?”

“K……?”

Park Jisoo was cursing me in despair.

I carefully raised my upper body.

As I reached out, the silver sword that had been orbiting at high speed gradually slowed down and was held in my hand.

There was a slight sense of resistance, but I soon got used to it.

Swish-. Swish-.

I swung the sword diagonally and got a feel for it.

It wasn’t bad.

The sword was light and sharp.

And I looked at Park Jisoo again.

Her body was twisting.

At first, small bubbles were trying to tear through her skin, but soon a huge hand stretched out from her back.

“I’m going to kill you too. I decided. What I decide comes true. You know? I’m……. I’m……. the main character. The only one in this world. That’s what it was……. K!!!!!!”

Pshoo-!

Then, another huge arm sprouted from her back.

“Kyaaaaak! Aaaaaaak! K……. K……! You said you would grant me everything I wanted, right? You’re listening! Answer me! K!!! You said you would make me. The main character……. The only one in this league……. The main character!!!!!!! Kyaaaaak!”

Pshuuuut-!!!

Every time an arm sprouted, Park Jisoo screamed in agony.

Blood gushed out like water from a discharged dam.

The blood covered me like waves, but it scattered around the shield.

Now she didn’t look like a human anymore.

A grotesque, twisted flesh monster.

It had grown as big as an ogre, and wriggling skin, muscles, and bones were stretched out everywhere.

The two eyes buried in the flesh were looking down at me.

“K……!”

Booong-!

The monster raised its hand and slammed the shield.

But the shield didn’t budge.

Rather, the palm of the monster that struck down was pierced in a circle.

“K……! Answer me……! You promised……!”

Thud, thud, thud, thud!

Now it started to hit indiscriminately.

I crouched down and gathered spheres.

I couldn’t move my body, but I could control the artifacts.

I had sent most of the spheres to Jin Jaehee, so there wasn’t much left here, but I had to try.

I concentrated and gathered the spheres together and exploded them.

“Kahaaaak……! Aaaak! K! I’m in pain……! I’m in pain……! Help me.”

It worked.

The monster’s muscles burst in the air and fell to the floor.

I moved the spheres again.

This time, towards the tentacles that had been scribbling since earlier.

When the monster approached me up close, I countered with the silver sword.

“You always said you would come when I was in danger……! Ugh……! Liar. Liar……!”

There was a limit to the movement, but there was no limit to attacking.

The monster only got bigger, but I actually dominate this space.

The situation flowed as I intended.

Jin Jaehee’s shield played a big role.

The monster’s attack didn’t work on me, and my attack worked on the monster.

Now about half of the monster’s body was destroyed.

It was time to finish.

I concentrated all the spheres towards the head of Park Jisoo, who was screaming.

“Aaaaaaa……! Aaaaaaaaaaa……!!! Miserable! Unfair! Please don’t do this!!!”

The spheres continued to gather, and Park Jisoo seemed to be preparing for a final blow as well.

Park Jisoo, who raised her four arms, sobbed.

“Now…… it’s over…….”

Then she struck down with her four arms.

At the same time, I shot the spheres.

Kwang-!!!!!

“…….”

“…….”

After the huge explosion, silence came.

* * *

“Hoo……”

Sion leaned against the shield and slowly caught his breath.

He no longer had the strength to move a single finger.

He poured all his remaining strength into the final battle, and the outcome was decided.

Sion recalled, looking at Park Jisoo with half-loosened eyes.

Park Jisoo’s memories.

It was terrible.

Even if you are an ordinary person who has lived a normal life, you are bound to have one or two mental pains that you don’t want to recall.

Even just those one or two sad memories would hurt your heart, but Park Jisoo had lived a miserable life throughout her life.

Sion had accepted such emotions all at once, so if he were an ordinary person……. No, if he were like Lee Sebeom, he would have gone crazy and died long ago.

Thinking about it calmly, she was a woman who had lived a truly pitiful life.

But that’s it.

Kang Sion was not a kind and warm person enough to care about other people’s feelings.

What he couldn’t understand the most in his original world was volunteering.

He had long thought that humans build their own individual worlds, and that others outside of it are just intruders.

Others can never be themselves.

Social life, relationships, and all interactions with others are just means to prevent their world from being destroyed.

If you don’t do those things, you can’t live in the world, so if you are born as a person, you have no choice but to do it.

In the end, Kang Sion chose.

He made a firm decision when he lost his parents and was abandoned by the world.

He would no longer be led by others.

Since then, he has always lived for himself.

Wanting to meet his younger sibling is also ultimately for himself.

Killing so many people so far is also ultimately for himself.

“Cough……! Cough……! Ptooey……. Hoo…….”

Sion barely calmed his trembling legs and stood up.

And he walked towards Park Jisoo, who was still sobbing and crying.

Like a zombie, like a drunk person.

With his shoulders drooping, he approached her step by step.

Before he knew it, Kang Sion was looking down at Park Jisoo.

Park Jisoo sobbed and slowly looked up at him.

Even though her whole body was broken and stained with blood, her eyes were filled with tears.

Her eyes were shaking.

Park Jisoo pleaded.

“……Save me. Sion.”

Park Jisoo pleaded again.

“……Please. I don’t want to die like this. Please…….”

After looking into Park Jisoo’s memories, Kang Sion was able to judge himself more objectively.

In fact, to others, the human Kang Sion may have just looked like a failed orphan.

Until now, he had never come to a conclusion about himself.

But now he could come to a conclusion.

He was a person who did not understand other people’s feelings, instigated people for his own purposes, and eventually rose to the top and controlled citizens with deception, and grew his power with oppression disguised as freedom.

The bloody war that killed thousands of people started from his tongue, and now it was time to put an end to it.

Kang Sion, he was a very simple guy.

……What kind of guy is he?

Sion muttered.

“……He’s not human.”

Sion raised the holy sword he was holding diagonally and struck it down immediately.

Chwaak-!

After the slight resistance felt from the sword disappeared, Park Jisoo’s neck fell diagonally.

It was the end of a long war.

(To be continued in the next episode)