The Regressor Only Protects Me [EN]: Chapter 185

185. Ruler of Seoul (1)

Black masses surged up, engulfing the Hunters.

The Hunters trapped within slowly suffocated.

Choi Hyun-ji surrounded Ha Yun-ha with the black substance.

Ha Yun-ha gripped the black mass tightly, looked at Choi Hyun-ji, and shouted,

“Go! What about the Gangdong defense? Aren’t they short on manpower there too?”

“They say to abandon Gangdong~ According to the Hero. It seems more urgent to defend Mangyeong.”

At that moment, a Hunter grabbed a bayonet and charged at Choi Hyun-ji.

“Euaaa-!”

Black tendrils began to wrap around Choi Hyun-ji’s body.

Poo-ook!

The Hunter’s bayonet stabbed Choi Hyun-ji’s stomach, but her resilient armor easily deflected the attack.

Afterward, Choi Hyun-ji grabbed the Hunter’s neck and hurled him over the opposite building in one swift motion.

He soared through the sky like a baseball.

Choi Hyun-ji looked in the direction the Hunter had flown and grinned.

“Nice shot~”

Seeing Choi Hyun-ji laughing heartily, Ha Yun-ha asked in surprise.

“I, is that the Hero’s order?”

“Yes~ He said the number of Hunters is unexpectedly too high, so he told us to increase the defense force for the Mangyeong defense. So, your sister rushed over right away.”

Again, some Hunters fired guns at Choi Hyun-ji.

Choi Hyun-ji expanded the black mass, swallowed all the bullets, and reflected them back.

The Hunters fell, hit by their own bullets.

Choi Hyun-ji continued to talk even while fighting.

“But the situation is more serious than I thought. Should I have come sooner if I knew it would be like this?”

“I could have blocked it sufficiently with my power.”

“Well, isn’t most of it Jung Hyun-soo’s power?”

At that moment, lightning flashed wildly in the stormy rain clouds.

Jung Hyun-soo had been fighting day and night for three days.

He was facing the enemy’s Artifact Player.

They called him the Red Devil.

A Player with power comparable to Jung Hyun-soo.

It wasn’t just Jung Hyun-soo and the Red Devil. On the rooftops and in the sky, Artifact Players were fiercely fighting, and on the ground, infantry battles continued.

Choi Hyun-ji’s appearance was like a ray of light to the Mangyeong defenders.

“Anyway, since the Hero’s operation has begun, I’ll help you too.”

Ha Yun-ha looked at Choi Hyun-ji, who was saying those words.

She was smiling brightly even in the battlefield where blood and rainwater splattered.

At that moment, a series of huge tremors were heard.

Soon, an ogre’s crotch passed over her.

Booom-!

The ogre quickly passed them, creating a tremendous air current, and Choi Hyun-ji’s hair fluttered violently.

Choi Hyun-ji immediately turned her head and looked in the direction the ogre had run.

-Kuaaaaaaaaak!!!!

The ogre, riddled with bullet holes, charged headlong towards the enemies.

The Hunters shot at the charging ogre, but it didn’t budge.

The ogre threw itself into a huge sinkhole and began to dig it up.

It dug up the sinkhole with tremendous force, as if a child was scooping up dirt with both hands to build a sandcastle.

Not only that, but it punched the sinkhole, instantly killing every Hunter that emerged.

Choi Hyun-ji, watching the incredible sight, whistled.

“Whew-. Amazing. It’s fun to watch them hunt those guys.”

At that moment, Ha Yun-ha picked up a nearby medical kit and staggered onto the battlefield.

Choi Hyun-ji grabbed Ha Yun-ha.

“Where are you going? In that condition.”

“I have to move the wounded… to the rear.”

“Aigoo-. Seriously.” [Aigoo is a Korean expression of frustration or exasperation.]

Choi Hyun-ji sent a black tendril and snatched the wounded lying on the battlefield in an instant.

Then, she quickly sent them to the rear.

Choi Hyun-ji easily solved the tasks that Ha Yun-ha wouldn’t be able to finish all day.

After finishing the work, Choi Hyun-ji began to wrap Ha Yun-ha’s body with the black substance again.

“Your Majesty, please stay in a safe place, like a proper Emperor~ Okay? Please.”

“Ah, ah. Wa, wait. Mmph! Mmph!”

“I’ll leave you a breathing hole, so don’t worry.”

Whiriririk-!

Choi Hyun-ji sent Ha Yun-ha to the rear.

And she naturally bent her neck from side to side.

Crack, crack.

The battlefield that the ogre had swept through was silent for a while.

But again, those guys began to slowly crawl out of the sinkhole.

Choi Hyun-ji clicked her tongue at the tenacious vitality of the Hunters.

‘Ah-. Seriously, they’re like cockroach shae-kkis [bastards].’

Hunters, dozens of them at a glance, approached Choi Hyun-ji with guns in their hands.

Black masses began to adhere to her entire body.

Soon, wings made of black matter sprouted from her back, and bones large enough to threaten the enemy also appeared.

Sharp tentacles protruded from her palms and became black spears.

Now, her appearance was truly ‘demonic’ itself.

Choi Hyun-ji, with only her eyes exposed, looked at the Hunters rushing towards her and muttered.

“…It’s really annoying.”

Everything was annoying.

She thought something had gone wrong from the beginning.

That was probably after meeting Kang Si-on.

She was originally a person who only needed cola.

Kang Si-on recognized her characteristics and seduced her with cola, and she was fascinated by it and stayed in Mangyeong.

Originally, she should have left Mangyeong a long time ago.

But strangely, Choi Hyun-ji wanted to protect Ha Yun-ha, and she gradually came to acknowledge the existence of Kang Si-on.

She didn’t want to be stagnant in one place, but in the end, she was risking her life for Mangyeong and fighting in the war.

She decided that she would have to leave someday.

‘After this war ends and I fulfill Kang Si-on’s request.’

She decided to leave Mangyeong without any regrets at that time.

Choi Hyun-ji’s dream.

That was to travel around the world, taking photos and videos.

She thought that was true freedom.

Choi Hyun-ji was tired of living in the same place for a long time.

She always sought new people and new spaces.

So, her long-time dream was to be a travel blogger and travel YouTuber.

Of course, with cola.

She muttered to herself.

“I think I’ve stayed too long. In this place.”

Choi Hyun-ji quickly lowered her stance and thrust the black spear forward.

At that moment, the space split in two, and the thorns on the black spear shaft spread in all directions like branches.

Chwazazazazazak-!

The Hunters were impaled to death by the thorns.

The Hunters caught in the spatial tear were bisected and died.

* * *

When the Hunters began to attack Mangyeong, Kang Si-on’s operation began.

First, the capture of northern Seoul is Choi Myung-joon’s responsibility.

Second, cut off the Mapo Bridge to sever the enemy’s supply route.

Third, wipe out all the remaining forces of the enemy in southern Seoul.

Fourth, occupy Songpa.

Late at night when news of the Mangyeong invasion reached Yeouido.

Light rose in the night sky where heavy rain was pouring.

It was Jin Jae-hee.

She was floating against the backdrop of the night sky.

The radiant light she emitted felt sacred.

If she used her power, breaking through the Mapo Bridge would be a piece of cake [very easy].

However, if that happened, Mangyeong’s infantry forces would also suffer considerable damage, and they couldn’t recklessly engage in an occupation war without knowing the capabilities of the enemy’s Artifact Players.

There was only one method Kang Si-on could choose.

Not to gain the upper hand in the battle between Artifact Players.

It was to gain the upper hand in the infantry battle.

So, he decided to cut off the bridge.

They thought Kang Si-on would defend the Mapo Bridge, but Kang Si-on was not interested in the barren land of Gangbuk.

His only goal was to break through Round 3 and complete his plan.

Three holy swords rotated rapidly around Jin Jae-hee, who had risen above the Han River.

A small whirlwind formed around her, and even the Han River’s monster, Slediman, couldn’t even approach her.

She took out the holy swords and gathered them into one.

“……!”

Jin Jae-hee’s face was horribly distorted.

She concentrated all her mental power.

The holy sword began to grow larger and longer, far exceeding her height.

She took a stance of drawing her sword (拔刀) [Batto: a quick-draw sword technique] while holding the handle of the giant holy sword.

As the light began to gather, she compressed her power for a while.

The defense forces on the Mapo Bridge also began to focus on her because of her tremendous power.

One of the Metro forces’ Artifact Players created waves on the water and flew to stop her.

But it was Kang Si-on who blocked his path.

The Artifact Player stopped there and looked at Kang Si-on.

Kang Si-on floated on the water and gathered spheres to deploy a defense barrier.

The Player sneered at the scene.

“How foolish.”

Taat-!

The Player created waves in the river and poured them onto the defense barrier made of spheres.

Kwawang-! Splash!

A huge wave crashed against the sphere barrier and shook it.

The Player rushed towards Kang Si-on on the wave.

“It’s meaningless to build such a low wall. You idiot!”

Whirik-!

The Player’s blade was swung towards Kang Si-on.

But what was waiting for the Player were Kang Si-on’s thorns.

Pook pook pook pook!

Before the Player’s blade could reach Kang Si-on, numerous lines pierced his entire body.

“……?!?

He thought, ‘When did this happen?’, but it was already too late the moment he realized it.

Already, the sky around Kang Si-on was full of traps he had deployed.

Shushushushushuk!

Lines popped out from under the water and aimed at the Player.

The Player bled but swung his spear, cutting down all the lines flying towards him.

But even if he cut them down, the lines did not decrease.

“You bastard!”

The Player quickly flew away, avoiding the lines, but Kang Si-on manipulated the lines very meticulously.

Like a drone.

The lines fluttered according to Kang Si-on’s commands and thoughts.

The Player stopped running away and created a water wall by creating waves again.

No matter how fast the lines were, they would lose speed and destructive power if they crashed into the water wall.

The Player grinned as the lines fell weakly into the river.

“You Xshin……! Just build a water wall and that’s it……!”

But at the same time, Kang Si-on’s voice was heard from above.

He was coming over the waves.

“Didn’t you just say that low walls are meaningless?”

“……?!”

Kang Si-on, who had already approached, raised his fist and immediately struck the Player’s right cheek.

Peok-!!!

It was a very simple attack, but the fist Kang Si-on extended was different.

The moment it hit the guy’s cheek, spheres began to stick to the Player’s cheek.

The Player tried to build a water wall to block the spheres sticking to him, but it was useless.

The spheres pulled each other and merged.

This is called condensation, and Kang Si-on condensed the spheres by using his power to the extreme.

The spheres were slower than the lines, so he had to strike directly like this.

“Argh! Euaak! Aaaaaaak!!!”

The spheres stuck indiscriminately to the Player’s body, which had risen into the sky.

The guy screamed and tried to drop the spheres sticking to his body, but it was useless.

The Player was gradually going down into the river, and there were Sledimans wriggling like loaches and creating waves on the surface.

The Player screamed.

“Damn it……! Ah, wait! Please……! I’m sorry! Sa, save me!!! I was wrong!”

The Sledimans opened their huge mouths towards the Player who was coming down to the surface.

But then.

Splash-! Kwaaaaaaaang!!!!

A super-giant Slediman with a mouth so large that it swallowed even the Sledimans that were trying to swallow the Player by opening their huge mouths appeared.

The reality of the guy revealed from the dark surface like the night sky was worthy of being the ‘King of the Han River.’

He was also the culprit who had destroyed all the walls of the bridge.

-Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak!!!

The King of the Han River created a huge wave and swallowed the Sledimans and the Player whole.

Thump-!

Kang Si-on was also in danger because of the sudden appearance of the guy.

‘Damn it……!’

Whether he wasn’t satisfied with the Sledimans and the Player, the guy flew at Kang Si-on, aiming for him.

The winding and smooth body, but larger than any other living creature, soared endlessly above the surface.

The king’s bizarre cry echoed throughout the Han River.

-Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak!!!

‘Is there no end to this?!’

Kang Si-on ran away into the sky with all his might.

But the guy continued to chase after him into the sky, no matter how long his body was.

When the guy got close to Kang Si-on, he opened his mouth.

Jje———- eok.

The fishy smell from inside and the pitch-black darkness inside the mouth were bound to be terrifying even for Kang Si-on.

Even the spheres couldn’t keep up.

The guy’s mouth was now trying to swallow Kang Si-on.

No matter where he looked, all sides were the guy’s palate and long tongue.

Kang Si-on released his last strength and began to create spheres.

At the very least, he was trying to make a small hole and escape through it.

But there was no need to do that.

The palate and tongue of the guy who was trying to swallow him began to be torn apart and descend.

Kang Si-on, who was surprised by the revealed night sky again, looked down.

“……!!!”

Kang Si-on’s eyes widened.

On the surface, a giant beam of light began to cut through the front in an oval shape.

The light split the guy’s body, and in the end, the King of the Han River collapsed in two pieces.

The oval beam of light cut through the giant guy’s body and went straight forward.

And the beam of light severed the Mapo Bridge as it was.

Behind the refreshing sound of cutting through the air, a sound that shook the heavens and the earth echoed throughout Seoul.

Seu-eung-

Kwagwagwagwagwagwagwang-!!!

The King of the Han River fell below the surface, and the Mapo Bridge was also divided in two and fell into the Han River.

The defense garrison of the Metro forces on the bridge fell into the Han River and drowned without knowing why.

Kang Si-on looked at the falling King of the Han River and turned to look at Jin Jae-hee.

The light was going out from her entire body. As if she had exhausted all her mental power.

Kang Si-on admired briefly.

‘You are indeed…….’

It was an overwhelming power, as expected of Jin Jae-hee.

Kang Si-on quickly flew and caught Jin Jae-hee, who was fainting and falling after pouring out all her strength.

Then he looked down.

The Mapo Bridge had collapsed.

Now the aspect of the war will be reversed.

(Continued in the next episode)