The Regressor Only Protects Me [EN]: Chapter 210

210. Dragon’s Domain (3)

A young man knelt on the floor, picking up raspberries and handing them to Park Mi-sun.

Park Mi-sun accepted them and ate as he offered.

Her unsightly lips smacked as she swallowed the food.

Similarly, the man placed a cigarette in her mouth again and lit it for her.

Flick-.

Puff.

Park Mi-sun exhaled the cigarette smoke and asked,

“You must have suffered coming from afar. The forests in Gangwon-do are notoriously dense.”

Jin Jae-hee, still on guard, scanned Park Mi-sun up and down.

Park Mi-sun was the ultimate hedonist she knew.

She was merely glorifying her pleasure by comparing it to a god.

Even in her past life, the only reason Man-gyeong hadn’t touched Park Mi-sun was because she had no interest in the League [a powerful organization of lords and Artifact Players].

She was only interested in her own pleasure.

Therefore, as long as one didn’t interfere with Park Mi-sun’s forces, who had declared autonomy in Gangwon-do, conflict with her could be avoided.

Moreover, Gangwon-do was not a significantly important region geographically or in terms of resource reserves.

So, it was more accurate to say that Kang Si-on neglected Park Mi-sun rather than being unable to touch her. Because she was unnecessary.

However, to catch the Colossus, Park Mi-sun had to be dealt with.

Jin Jae-hee leaned forward and asked,

“I’m looking for the Colossus. Is it here?”

Park Mi-sun drank an unidentified red juice and replied,

“……Colossus? A guest who has come to find the Colossus. This is a first. When it comes to the Colossus, it’s best to avoid it. I’m sorry, but the Colossus isn’t here.”

Jin Jae-hee carefully observed Park Mi-sun as she spoke.

When Park Mi-sun spilled some of her drink, the men nearby rushed to wipe it up for her.

And she noticed the pendant hanging from a chain between her collarbones.

It was a pendant with a red glowing gem embedded in it.

Jin Jae-hee was certain.

That was the device controlling the Colossus’s power.

At that moment, Park Mi-sun smacked her lips.

“By the way, I’m also interested in Man-gyeong. Especially that man who is praised as a hero there.”

Jin Jae-hee’s eyes, which had been fixed on the pendant, narrowed sharply.

“He’s an amazing man. As you know, you can see how things are going through the Lord Community, right? From a vassal of a mere force to a lord, from a lord to a king. Honestly, even just that is insane.”

The lords and Artifact Players who make up the League are selected by the Administrator.

However, Kang Si-on was selected as an Artifact Player, not as a lord.

So, they had no choice but to hold a vote organized by the Administrator, and in that setting, Kang Si-on confidently received the authority of a lord from the Administrator.

He was a man who overturned the rules of the League once.

In fact, not only Park Mi-sun but many lords knew roughly about this story.

Park Mi-sun leaned forward slightly.

She was so obese that she couldn’t even support her own body without help.

“I don’t know exactly why you’re looking for the Colossus, but it must be to obtain the power the Colossus holds. However, the Colossus’s power can only be wielded by the chosen one. Just like me.”

Park Mi-sun swaggered.

Jin Jae-hee listened to her words silently.

“Then, I’ll make a proposal here. You. You’re from Man-gyeong, right? If so, bring Kang Si-on. If you bring Kang Si-on to me, I’ll consider whether or not to lend you the Colossus’s power. How about it?”

Jin Jae-hee looked at the pack of cigarettes on the table and asked.

“Just now. Didn’t you say with your own mouth that the Colossus isn’t here?”

“Ah. Did I? Well—anyway. That’s not important, honey. What’s important is men. I only need men. Delicious men, that is. Men with chewy, rockfish-like flesh. It’s a bit like that in this world. It’s hard to find untainted flesh. I’ve tasted most men, but I haven’t tasted the one at the top yet. Yeah— Honey— the ruler of Seoul would be enough to serve me at night.”

Jin Jae-hee lightly ignored Park Mi-sun’s nonsense.

Instead, her eyes went to the cigarettes and lighter on the table.

She had said she would quit smoking, but that was practically the same as saying she would endure it for life.

Especially when she had many thoughts or was in a bad mood, nothing was better than a cigarette.

The conversation with Kang Jun-ho was the root of the problem.

‘I’m smoking it because I have to. I have to. It’s like a painkiller for me. Let’s just smoke one. Just one last one.’

Suddenly.

Jin Jae-hee grabbed a cigarette and a lighter from the table and quietly wrapped them in tissue paper.

Park Mi-sun, who was watching Jae-hee’s actions, frowned.

“Honey. Did you hear me? You’re not ignoring me, are you? This is Gangwon-do. My land. My land. Here, my word is law. Law. Honey, should I have you fried alive in boiling oil?”

Such threats didn’t work on Jin Jae-hee.

She had dealt with countless absolute monarchs so far.

Police Chief Park Geon-woo, the youthful Lord Park Ji-soo, the three cult leaders of Metro. ……And even Kang Jun-ho.

There was no need for her to be intimidated by a cyber cult leader who was indulging in pleasure and holed up in the forest.

“Shut up.”

“What?”

Jin Jae-hee didn’t answer. Instead, she wrapped several layers of tissue around the cigarette to prevent it from breaking after a fierce battle.

Then, she carefully put it in her innermost pocket.

Jin Jae-hee stood up.

“Honestly, I never understood those thug bastards who smash everything when they get angry.”

“Honey, what are you doing?”

When Park Mi-sun raised a finger, the guards who had been waiting outside rushed in and pointed spears at Jin Jae-hee.

Even though spears were pointed at her neck, Jin Jae-hee didn’t even blink.

Instead, she calmly continued to say what she had to say.

“But now I kind of understand.”

At that moment, silver light swirled around Jin Jae-hee’s fist.

The silver lines began to wrap around her hand and then spread in all directions.

Then, the necks of the two guards who had been pointing spears at Jin Jae-hee were severed.

Park Mi-sun’s eyes widened.

“?!”

“You think you’re a god?”

Jae-hee’s hair began to turn silver.

An overwhelming amount of Artifact power spread throughout this golden palace.

You could even hear small sonic booms.

Gooooo-.

Silver hair fluttered in all directions. Jae-hee raised her chin and looked down at Park Mi-sun, saying,

“You’re just my outlet for anger right now.”

* * *

The sun had completely set once and then risen again.

This golden palace was located at a fairly high altitude within the Gangwon-do forest, so the sunrise over the East Sea was clearly visible.

The red light of the sun illuminated the sea.

Against the backdrop of the sunrise, Jae-hee, who was sitting on top of the golden palace, took out the cigarette she had been carefully keeping.

Then, she lit the lighter and lit the cigarette.

She took a big drag and exhaled.

Puff-.

Nicotine filled her lungs, and her heart beat slowly.

She exhaled the cigarette smoke and was lost in thought alone.

‘Honestly.’

When she met Si-on’s younger sibling, she thought she should treat him really well, like a real older sister.

She wasn’t very good at taking care of someone in the first place, so she felt really sorry for Si-on.

But for some reason, Jun-ho felt different.

If you stay by Kang Si-on’s side for a long time, you can’t help but hear a lot about Kang Jun-ho.

As a result, she couldn’t help but feel a natural sense of closeness, and at some point, she began to cherish him as if he were her real younger brother.

“…….”

But when she actually met Jun-ho, he rejected her.

He defined her as no longer needed and told her to leave Si-on’s side.

Jin Jae-hee had many concerns about how to accept this situation.

Kang Jun-ho is not an enemy to her.

That’s for sure.

But Kang Jun-ho recognizes her as an enemy.

That’s also for sure.

The end of the cigarette burned down.

Jae-hee was in a complicated mood, and even though it was the first time in a long time that she was smoking a cigarette, she was just watching the end of the cigarette burn down without feeling sorry.

“What should I do……. Dad.”

She occasionally thought of her father.

One thing was certain.

Even if this League ends and returns to normal, Jae-hee will not have a father.

Even if she goes back, her dead father will not return.

His face, which occasionally came to mind, gnawed at her heart like a worm.

Every time that happened, she felt longing and regret for not loving him more.

Koo-oong-.

Then, she came to her senses and turned around when a big vibration rang out.

There are eight huge legs wrapped around several mountains.

The Colossal Octopus living in the Baekdu Mountain Range [a mountain range on the border between North Korea and China].

He was moving through the mountains, sucking everything in.

When Jae-hee broke Park Mi-sun’s pendant, he woke up again.

The Colossal Octopus intended to use Jin Jae-hee as a stepping stone for growth.

Of course, the Colossal Octopus was not the end.

It was the beginning.

Jin Jae-hee stood up again and looked at the golden pyramid.

All those golden stairs were now stained with blood.

All the blood of Park Mi-sun and her underlings.

She had only been briefly obscured by Kang Jun-ho, but she was still the strongest person in the League.

She had enough power to easily subdue a single force.

Jin Jae-hee is a regressor [someone who has returned to the past].

She knew all the locations of the Colossi.

After the conquest of Gangwon-do, she will attack the northern lands that Kang Jun-ho has not captured.

Finally, Baekdu Mountain’s Heaven Lake.

After capturing all the Dragon Colossi, there will be no player on this earth who can face Jin Jae-hee.

Kang Si-on has grown enough now.

Now she had to get stronger. She should never be pushed back by others when it comes to Artifacts.

Six months granted by Kang Si-on.

She decided to focus only on growth.

Woo-oong- Woo-oong- Woo-oong-.

The three Holy Swords returned and hovered around Jin Jae-hee.

As if to prove that she was the strongest in this world, she wielded the Holy Sword once again.

* * *

The closer I got to the Dragon’s Domain, the stronger the power I felt.

I could find red scales in the rubble of the collapsed Lotte Tower [a skyscraper in Seoul].

At the same time, there was also a huge pool of blood.

Jeong Hyun-soo stuck close to my side, guarding his surroundings.

“Be careful. I feel a very ominous power.”

“I know.”

Jeong Hyun-soo followed me to the Dragon’s Nest as my escort.

Jeong Hyun-soo had the greatest combat power in the force without Jin Jae-hee and Choi Myung-joon.

Hyun-soo and I went deeper.

Before long, I was able to witness the overwhelming appearance of the Red Dragon.

-Krrrrrrrr!

The Red Dragon, covered in blood, bared its huge teeth and guarded me.

Jeong Hyun-soo took out a lightning bow at the sight of his threat.

Kwa-jee-jee-jeek!

Lightning took the form of a bow and was held in Jeong Hyun-soo’s hand.

Then, the Red Dragon became even more enraged and roared.

-Kuaaaaaaaa!!!!

Even though he only roared out a sound, I felt an enormous wind pressure.

I grabbed Hyun-soo’s wrist and said.

“Withdraw your power. Don’t provoke him.”

“But…….”

“It’s okay. Leave it to me.”

I calmed Hyun-soo and moved forward.

The Red Dragon now raised its front paws and took an even more defensive stance.

It was truly an overwhelming force.

A dragon as big as a mountain was baring its teeth in front of me, so it was more terrifying than any monster I had ever met.

I looked closely at the Red Dragon’s wounds.

‘Gangnam did well to hold out, huh.’

Huge spears were embedded all over the Red Dragon’s body.

From the wounds where the spears were embedded, red blood was pouring out like a waterfall.

And the Red Dragon was protecting a man.

The man’s voice echoed softly in the nest.

“……The ruler of Seoul, is it.”

The man’s appearance was not clearly visible due to the dark shadow of the Red Dragon.

But the man’s fierce eyes were watching me.

I took three more steps forward.

Then, the Red Dragon roared as if to say not to come any closer.

-Kuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!

It seems that this is the last line of defense.

I stopped there and said to the man.

“Kwon Jong-hyun, was it. The name.”

“That’s strange. No one should know my name.”

I put both hands in my pockets.

Indeed, it is Kwon Jong-hyun.

I felt a similar power to my brother.

And there was an enormous murderous intent, the smell of blood, and the smell of corpses.

Predator, Kwon Jong-hyun.

In his past life, he was the strongest creature.

“Don’t come any closer. I’ll kill you.”

Kwon Jong-hyun threatened.

I examined his body.

Now that I had come this far, I could examine every part of his body.

Like the Red Dragon, he had many wounds.

It was different from what I had heard from Jin Jae-hee.

I heard that the Predator eats corpses and gains the abilities of that person.

I heard that the body recovers in the process, but Kwon Jong-hyun was not like that at all.

‘……If.’

If I wanted to catch Kwon Jong-hyun, now was the right time.

But.

My thoughts were different.

I said to Kwon Jong-hyun.

“You. Let’s make a deal.”

Kwon Jong-hyun’s fierce eyes widened even more to the sides.

“What?”

(Continued in the next episode)