The Regressor Only Protects Me [EN]: Chapter 124

The Ceasefire (2)

“Bro! Bro! Broooooooo!!! Hwaaaaaaaa!”

Thwack, thwack, thwack, thwack!

Choi Myung-joon relentlessly stabbed at the fleshy wall.

But no matter what method he used, the massive flesh surrounding the prison wouldn’t break.

Even so, Choi Myung-joon didn’t give up.

He gripped the sashimi knife with both hands, stabbing wildly.

Not only Choi Myung-joon, but also the 500 soldiers who were besieging the prison.

Each with shovels, spears, knives, pickaxes, even setting fires, the fleshy wall didn’t budge.

“Hwaaaaa……!!! Please! Please!!! Broooooooo!!!”

Thwack-!

Choi Myung-joon plunged the sashimi knife into the flesh with all his might.

That’s when it happened.

A small vibration echoed.

“……Huh?”

Startled, Choi Myung-joon looked up.

The bone, which hadn’t moved a moment ago, was cracked.

The small vibrations that continued turned into large vibrations.

Rumble-!

Anyone could see that the rib was collapsing.

“Uhhh……. Uhhhhh?”

“E-evacuate!”

“Whoa!!!”

“Kyaaaa!!!”

The soldiers nearby quickly moved away, leaving only Choi Myung-joon behind.

The math teacher, who was running away with the soldiers, looked at him and shouted.

“No……. Y-you…… Get out of there quickly……! Q-quickly……!”

“Ah-.”

Choi Myung-joon grinned, watching the collapsing rib and flesh.

“I did it……! I, I did it-! Broooooooo!!!! I did it!!! Hahaha……! I’ll save you-!!!”

“Is he crazy……?!”

Soon, shattered bone fragments and flesh poured down on Choi Myung-joon.

Whirrrrrrrrrrrrrrr-

With a tremendous roar, as if a mountain collapsed in an instant, blood poured over him like a wave.

The soldiers swept away by the wave of blood floundered and retreated.

“Whoaaaaaa!”

“Aaaah! A, ptui ptui! Damn it!”

“Hold on tight! Grab a lamppost or something!”

“Hang in there!!!”

The wave of blood swept over the soldiers once and then spread widely throughout the city.

And as the fleshy wall collapsed, the prison, which had been hidden, reappeared.

The soldiers shook off the flesh attached to their bodies one by one and looked ahead.

And everyone was amazed by the sight that unfolded.

“…….”

Thud thud thud thud.

The crimson stream of blood created by the collapse of the fleshy wall.

The Monarch, without a single thread on his body, silently raised his head and simply took in the stream of blood.

Each time the blood fell into his eyes, Zion blinked, but otherwise remained motionless.

It was really nothing special.

It looked like a boy getting rained on.

But all the soldiers gathered here felt an unknown sense of oppression from his composure, his expression, and his appearance.

Drip……. Drip drip……. Drip.

As the stream of blood gradually stopped, Zion lowered his head.

And he looked at the corpse of Park Ji-soo, who had been beheaded.

Right now, he didn’t feel anything, no emotions.

At that moment, a soldier muttered.

“Is the war…… over?”

As if answering the soldier’s question, the system responded.

Ting-!

[The first power of Manan, Mangyeong, has won!]

Starting with the first notification window.

Countless reward windows floated around him.

[Oh, great Monarch of Mangyeong, you have defended against the attacks of hostile forces and protected the citizens. The citizens are moved by your achievements and will revere you as a hero.]

[In human history, ‘war’ is an inevitable flow.]

[War changes everything.]

[The victorious Monarch will gain everything.]

[The defeated Monarch will lose everything.]

[The 540,000 citizens of Anyang are now 40,000.]

[But the ‘one and only’ leader of Gyeonggi-do Anyang City, whom those 40,000 people believe in and follow, is you.]

[Oh, great Monarch of Mangyeong, you have survived the great wave of war, and the citizens will highly praise and glorify your name.]

[Now, within Anyang City, there are no more enemies of the Monarch.]

[Ascend the throne.]

[Reign.]

[Look down on everything.]

[You have proven yourself worthy.]

[……]

[Calculating reward details.]

[Calculation complete!]

[Citizens +27,569 (2nd class citizens)]

[Weapons +10,203]

[Gold Acquisition +7,580,000G]

[Luxury Items + 750,100]

[Acquired Territory: Buheung High School (City), Beomgye Station (City), Beomgye Rodeo Street (Commercial District), Pyeongchon High School (City), Anyang City Hall (Capital), Hogye 1 Area (City), Hogye 2 Area (City), Pyeongchon Station (City), Pyeongchon New City (City), Dongpyeon Village (City), Gwanaksan Coal Mine (Commercial District)]

[Due to excessive combat, approval ratings temporarily decline.]

[The Dong-an District’s approval rating is low. If the approval rating is not raised to a certain level, a rebellion may occur.]

[Current Anyang Elementary School Approval Rating: 12]

[Monarch Kang Zion’s title rises.]

[Monarch -> City-State King]

[Congratulations. Kang Zion (King) has accessed a new system.]

[City-State, Mangyeong]

[There are new resource update details.]

[Please designate a new capital.]

[Please issue a new edict.]

[Please introduce a class system.]

[Please reorganize the troops.]

[All systems related to politics are being reorganized.]

[Loading information of surrounding ‘City-States’.]

[Uiwang (No Content), Gwacheon (1), Gunpo (No Content), Gwangmyeong (1)]

Some of the soldiers who were looking at the reward window smiled.

Because the time defined by the system was the end of the long war.

The soldiers’ jobs have now returned from soldiers to citizens.

As the war officially ended, the mobilization order declared by Zion was automatically lifted.

A sign that Kang Zion, the Monarch of Mangyeong, had won rose in the sky of Anyang City.

The news that the war was over was quickly spread throughout Anyang City.

* * *

The wounded in Ilbeon-ga too.

“He did it……. T-the Monarch did it……!”

“……Finally. We don’t have to fight anymore……? Right……?”

“Ah……. Monarch. Ah……! Monarch!!!”

“Don’t move! Your wound will open……!”

“Whoaaaaaa……!”

“We won!!!”

* * *

Bisan Pamian Apartment defense line.

Jung Hyun-soo, who had returned after receiving treatment, hugged the corpse of a man from the mountain of corpses.

“Dad…….”

A victory report rose above Jung Hyun-soo, who was hugging his dead father.

* * *

Choi Hyun-ji looked up at the sky, supporting Ha Yoon-ha.

On the way back to Mangyeong, the victory report rose here as well.

“Looks like we won…….”

“…….”

Ha Yoon-ha was still making a tearful face.

Choi Hyun-ji frowned at Ha Yoon-ha.

The two women started walking back to Mangyeong.

* * *

“You crazy bastards……! Look! We have won! We have won!”

The whip swung by the soldier struck the back of Sophia, a player from Dong-an.

Whirr-. Smack!

“Ugh……!”

Sophia groaned, but couldn’t resist.

She was currently tied to a flagpole in the corner of the schoolyard, where the Taegeukgi [Korean flag] used to be hung.

“You Dong-an sons of bitches! You have been defeated. You have been defeated……!”

“You bug-like Yankee bitch. Look closely with your own eyes. That you have been defeated! Oh, you closing your eyes? Wake up!”

Swish-!

A Mangyeong soldier poured water on Sophia.

“Cough……! Cough……!”

Blue-eyed Sophia gasped for breath and looked up at the sky.

She was half-naked, tied to a lamppost, bleeding.

Her whole body was covered in wounds from the soldiers’ whips.

Thump!

A Mangyeong soldier grabbed Sophia’s hair and lifted her head.

“You guys are now……. Finished. To the point where you’ll beg to be killed. I’m going to torment you very badly……! Hey! Bring the nails.”

The soldier grabbed a handful of nails and opened Sophia’s mouth.

And he carefully put the nails into her mouth.

“Now-. Chew them well? So they digest well. You. You’re a player, so your recovery is fast, right? Hehehe……. It’s fun to torment you, you know?”

“……!”

Sophia was forced to chew the nails due to the soldiers’ coercion.

Behind her, hundreds of Dong-an warriors were kneeling in the schoolyard, tied with ropes.

This place was originally the Anyang University 운동장 [athletic field].

Currently, it was Mangyeong’s prison and the temporary residence of Dong-an warriors.

* * *

Everyone cheered.

The citizens of Mangyeong chanted Kang Zion’s name and hugged each other, and some of them cried with joy.

It was an impossible match-up from the start.

Compared to Dong-an, Mangyeong had ridiculously few resources, manpower, and weapons.

It was like hitting a rock with an egg, but Kang Zion won.

It was a valuable victory.

This victory will establish a sense of citizenship among the citizens of Mangyeong.

Originally, war increases the unity of citizens.

In other words, Zion re-established the incomplete citizen system, culture, and consciousness within Mangyeong, making them live as ‘citizens of Mangyeong’ rather than ‘citizens of Korea’.

It was a great victory.

If someone in this era was still writing history, it would be an event that would be remembered for generations to come.

Through this war, Kang Zion grew again.

He grew not as himself, but as the ‘King’ of a city-state with nearly 40,000 people.

[City-State King, Kang Zion.]

A day laborer who lived in a house in the basement of an old villa in Anyang City, where mold and bugs swarmed in the summer and water pipes froze in the winter.

Now he became the one and only King of Anyang City, Gyeonggi Province.

He, who couldn’t even lead 30 students as a class president in elementary school, had now become the leader of 40,000 people.

“…….”

The things Kang Zion had accomplished in the past league were things that even the ‘administrators’ hadn’t expected.

But he did it, and now he could receive a real reward.

“…….”

Skill Silence.

Due to Silence, an artifact skill exclusive to administrators, all time and space around the caster was frozen.

All space except for Kang Zion and the administrator was colored black and white.

Time and space stopped.

And a woman walking from the front.

The pace was steady, and the sound of her heels was loud.

She was tall and still wore an eye patch.

Administrator K.

She slowly approached Zion.

Finally, the two faced each other.

* * *

A story has a protagonist.

No matter what difficulties the protagonist faces, they eventually solve the problem and move towards their goal.

It doesn’t matter what kind of personality the protagonist has.

Just on Earth, there have been very diverse protagonists from ancient stories to modern times.

Readers experience worlds they have never experienced through the protagonist and feel catharsis.

‘Bored beings.’

Having reached the extreme of the universe and become beings of infinitely distant higher dimensions, they were extremely bored every day.

There were plenty of amazing and interesting things in their world, but that wasn’t enough.

They wanted something more stimulating, more emotional.

Administrators, also known as messengers of God, created interesting stories by setting up protagonists.

So the beings called the administrators storytellers.

In this story, the protagonist of Anyang City that K set was Park Ji-soo.

And Kang Zion was set as Park Ji-soo’s closest aide.

But the supporting character was so outstanding that he devoured the main character.

The Kang Zion in front of him was such an existence.

An existence that even changed the settings set by the administrator.

A supporting character better than the main character.

Among the countless scenarios K had created so far, Kang Zion was the first existence to deviate from the administrator’s settings.

“Amazing.”

K looked down at him.

She didn’t approach him further, nor did she greet him happily.

Now K also acknowledged that Kang Zion was no ordinary person.

More than anything, he was the one who had disrupted her plan as an administrator.

A promise with the ‘Absolute Being’.

It was that K, as an administrator, would receive a higher letter [promotion] if she eliminated Kang Zion.

Therefore, K now regarded Kang Zion as an enemy.

Of course, Zion had regarded K as an enemy from the beginning.

“I won’t ask you how you managed to get this far. Anyway, you are the winner, and I am still your administrator.”

K didn’t show it.

It was necessary to tame Kang Zion.

Administrators generally use the method of receiving compensation from players on the premise of a ‘promise’.

Administrators knew what each player’s desires were, and their role was to use them to extract the best scenes.

And that’s what they were planning to do this time as well.

After all, Kang Zion and his younger brother, Kang Joon-ho, should not meet easily.

The beings would sincerely want that, but that would be a little later.

The administrator’s role is simple.

It is to tease the beings a little more, tickle them, pull them as if to hold them, and keep them in this video.

Of course, that was the plan until now.

Now K was sincerely thinking of eliminating Kang Zion.

K smiled slightly.

‘After all, he’s just a mere disruptor. Eliminating this man from the league is nothing.’

K asked Zion.

“What was our promise?”

Unusually, Zion didn’t answer K’s question at all.

He just watched her quietly, without moving.

It wasn’t because he was tired.

The Silence designated by the administrator was outside the game area.

There was no pain itself in this space.

“Ah…… That’s right. It was to tell you the location of your brother, right?”

Currently, his younger brother, Kang Joon-ho, is a well-known player in the league.

And Kang Joon-ho was also receiving the same quest and was moving ‘to meet his brother’.

K was going to use that.

Forcing Kang Zion to move to the area where his younger brother Kang Joon-ho was, and eliminating him there without anyone knowing.

Kang Zion’s current power wouldn’t be able to defeat the ‘Seven-Colored Dragon’.

“I’ll tell you. Your brother’s location.”

After all, he’s human.

He’s just a lowly disruptor.

It was only natural that a insignificant disruptor would be played by the administrator.

“There’s really not much left now. Your long-awaited reunion with your brother. With this much force and power, you can go there. Your brother is still alive. Excellent. Mr. Zion. You are the true protagonist of this era who makes the impossible possible.”

K spoke to him seductively like a snake and thought.

Now, bite.

Lowly disruptor.

I will devour you and become a higher letter, remaining a higher-dimensional being for the rest of my life.

Bite, bite. Bite quickly.

Bite the bait.

K reached out to caress Zion’s cheek.

“…….”

But Kang Zion’s first words stopped K’s touch.

“……I don’t need it anymore.”

Thump.

K’s hand stopped under Zion’s chin.