The Regressor Only Protects Me [EN]: Chapter 215

215. Finale (2)

Jaehee Jin’s words were kind, but that made them hard to accept.

I immediately retorted.

“What about your dream? The dream of becoming a singer? Wasn’t that the only thing you lived for?”

“I can do it here.”

“Don’t be ridiculous. It’s impossible here.”

“Well, is it really impossible? I could just gather the kids in the village and teach them guitar. Sing sometimes, too.”

“Don’t be ridiculous.”

I had to cut her off.

That wasn’t her dream.

We hadn’t run all this way just to be satisfied with that.

It was so heartbreaking to see her compromise her dream like that. And I hated it.

Jaehee Jin gave a bitter smile.

At the same time, she fidgeted with the edge of the tablecloth with her index finger.

“If it’s impossible, then I’ll just live with it.”

“Hey, you.”

I raised my voice a little and spoke firmly, but Jaehee Jin continued in a small voice.

“I’m okay. I’m telling you, I’m okay. Your dream came true, so that’s enough for me. And I hated myself for feeling hostile towards your brother these past few days. I just hate that. I hate that relationship, and those strange feelings. My changed feelings, too. Your brother told me to go to Jeju Island. That way, no problems would arise. So, I’m really thinking about doing that.”

Hearing her words, I felt a genuine sense of emptiness.

I sighed deeply and leaned back in my chair, looking at her.

Jaehee Jin continued to speak quietly.

“Whether you choose to go back or not, I’ll follow. I don’t regret gaining power. Whether we go back or not, we needed strong power anyway. And…”

After that, Jaehee Jin uttered meaningless words.

She was definitely talking about something, but not a single word reached my ears.

Her words weren’t lies, but they weren’t true either.

I had to tell her one thing for sure.

Just like I told Junho, I had actually been thinking about going back from some point on.

I had been dreaming of the world we would return to together.

Gaining memories and returning is something that happens after that. Anyway, we’re going back. Not just me and Jaehee Jin, but all of us.

That’s the only way I can meet the Junho I wanted in that world.

Before the League started, I was at least happy when I bought clothes for my brother as a middle school entrance gift at the department store.

I want to see that pure look of joy on my brother’s face when he receives the clothes.

Now, I’m going back to buy that gift and go home.

That was originally my future.

And the Absolute Being stole my future.

I wanted to say it.

That we’ve had the same thoughts all along, and I haven’t changed.

That I want to go back too.

Let’s go back together.

You don’t have to do this because of me.

I parted my lips and said to her.

-I.

And the moment I uttered the first word to her, I realized that something was going strangely wrong.

I clearly parted my lips and made a sound, but no sound was heard.

Mute.

I raised my head and looked at Jaehee Jin. Jaehee Jin was looking at me, frozen.

We looked at each other.

I frowned and looked around.

Nothing had changed.

This silence, vacuum, emptiness, black and white.

It was the skill Silence, commonly used by the Administrators.

‘An Administrator’s intervention at this moment?’

It was an unexpected timing.

I couldn’t have predicted it.

It wasn’t like a new round had started.

I got up from my seat and looked around. What was certain was that it was different from the Silence I had experienced so far.

Normally, when Silence is activated, the Administrator appears immediately, but now there was no sign of them.

Jaehee Jin is still frozen.

Or maybe she just appears to be frozen.

‘Where are the Administrators?’

I carefully opened the door and went out.

It was the first time wandering around in a state of Silence.

Originally, I had to be accompanied by an Administrator, but since they weren’t visible now, I walked slowly to find them instead.

I came out of the Blue House and walked down the street.

All colors were connected only by black and white, and no sound was heard.

Objects were all frozen, but afterimages remained, disappearing and reappearing repeatedly.

‘What is this.’

Incomprehensible scenes continued.

And then, I was able to find a relatively clean asphalt road.

No, on closer inspection, it wasn’t just clean, it had the perfect appearance of the road before the destruction.

And at that intersection, a child holding a balloon was standing.

The whole world was made of black and white, but this scene that I was witnessing was different.

The child’s red balloon, yellow kindergarten hat, and the green light that was on.

The child had a sad look in his eyes as he stood there.

I slowly approached.

Actually, I could tell even without approaching. The child was Junho.

‘Junho.’

I know it’s mute, but I called out to Junho. Of course, this young Junho can’t recognize or see me.

I crouched down and looked at my brother’s profile.

Why isn’t my brother crossing even though the light is green? Who is he waiting for?

I was looking at my brother’s profile like that when suddenly my brother’s pupils quickly turned and looked at me. And the sound of my brother’s voice began to fill the world that had been completely silent.

“I don’t want to go back.”

I couldn’t say anything. It’s just that my brother’s voices began to swarm and continue to fill this black and white world.

“I don’t want to go back.”

“I don’t want to go back. I don’t. I want to go back. I don’t want to go back. I don’t want to go back. I don’t want to go back.”

The young brother’s face flowed down grotesquely and stuck to the floor as a liquid.

I only lowered my eyes and looked at my brother’s eyeballs rolling on the ground.

My brother’s eyeballs also turned and looked at me.

Even though he didn’t have a mouth, my brother said.

“Why are you trying to go back to such a gutter? I can’t understand it.”

“Hyung [older brother]. Don’t you want to go back?”

“Why are you doing this? I said I don’t want to go back.”

“I guarantee it. If we go back, we’ll both be unhappy. We’ll definitely be unhappy.”

The eyeball rolled around and looked at one place.

I followed the direction the eyeball was looking.

Then, in that empty space, another eyeball was looking at another eyeball. Before I knew it, this area was filled with pure white eyeballs.

I walked along the eyeballs.

At the end of the eyeballs was Teheran-ro in Gangnam [a major business district in Seoul].

Huge and splendid buildings stood on both sides, and I walked in the middle of the road.

Eyeballs and golden light.

And heavenly angels filled the sky.

At the end of the road was a white jade staircase, and on top of the staircase was a white door that opened to both sides.

Then, I heard a man’s voice.

“The Door of Truth.”

I looked in the direction of the voice. There stood the ‘Absolute Being,’ the organizer of this League, wearing a black mask.

He was taller than me, and his long black hair was so long that it seemed to touch the ground.

The Absolute Being smiled softly and said to me.

“Welcome to the finale.”

* * *

In an instant, all the sounds in the room disappeared.

Surprised, Jaehee raised her head and looked at Sione.

Sione was losing consciousness and falling forward.

Clang-!

His forehead hit the plate hard, shattering the plate into pieces and scattering them in all directions, and blood was streaming down his forehead due to the torn wound.

At the same time, Jaehee felt some powerful force approaching her.

Jaehee Jin summoned the artifact shield, wrapped it around Kang Sione, and then around herself.

At that moment, the room exploded with a tremendous sonic boom.

Kwa- Kwang!

The room where Jaehee Jin and Kang Sione were was instantly engulfed in flames and smoke.

Jaehee wrapped Kang Sione and escaped outside the building.

And Jaehee, looking at the sky, couldn’t believe her eyes.

Huge ogres filled the sky, floating side by side.

The ogres were crushed against each other and died like pancakes.

Jaehee Jin’s eyes narrowed sharply.

The power she felt.

It was a very ominous power. And she faintly felt Kang Junho from that power.

Jaehee couldn’t believe it and kept looking up at the sky.

‘Kang Junho? That can’t be. No matter what, this is Hyung’s city.’

Anyway, she had to defeat the force that invaded the city. The situation was urgent, but she remained calm.

That’s because some of her colleagues had already started moving.

She summoned the Holy Sword.

Kwagwagwang-!

Now, just by preparing for battle, her power was distorting the surrounding air.

Immediately after the war, she couldn’t move at all due to Kang Junho’s power when she collided with him.

That’s because Kang Junho was resting and storing up his strength, while Jaehee Jin was exhausted after a long war.

In addition, Kang Junho also had the power of a giant, so Jaehee had no choice but to be pushed back at the time.

But now the situation has changed a lot.

Jaehee Jin has become stronger. Now she was the strongest.

Jaehee Jin doesn’t want to confront Kang Junho either, but if she has to confront him.

‘I’ll definitely crush him.’

That way, he’ll feel the difference in power and won’t touch me again.

She held the Holy Sword straight.

Confronting Kang Junho, Jaehee began to feel his thick power around her.

But there was something strange. That was that Kang Junho, who cared so much for his Hyung, attacked the room where his Hyung was.

Flames and smoke filled the city center, and nothing could be seen.

‘That can’t be.’

Jaehee waited for a huge figure to emerge from the thick flames and smoke.

It was like a long, huge leg like an octopus’s leg.

The smoke slowly cleared, revealing Kang Junho’s body, which was bound by chains.

And the chains spread in all directions and were scattered throughout the city.

Contractor Kang Junho.

He was now just a minion of the Absolute Being as a contracted person.

Now Kang Junho had the power to destroy everything.

And the Absolute Being is now trying to end this League.

‘Why when Sione fainted.’

Jaehee glanced at Kang Sione.

He was still surrounded by a silver shield, with his eyes closed and fainted.

At that time, Kang Junho’s voice rang out.

“Even if I have to kill Hyung, I will leave Hyung in this League. Hyung is a puzzle anyway, so he doesn’t die. Give me Hyung’s body. Don’t interfere. You fool.”

Chwarereuk-!

The chains split into several strands and filled the sky.

In addition, there were huge stakes in the middle of the chains, controlling the chains.

Jaehee Jin examined Kang Junho’s appearance and soon gathered her strength.

The Holy Swords began to gather in one place.

Jaehee Jin’s power, which had captured two giants, was comparable to Kang Junho’s.

The realm from now on was the realm of transcendence that even Jaehee Jin in her previous life could not reach.

The swords began to gather in one place and soon created a huge and beautiful blade.

On her back were four splendid golden wings.

The silver hair was so bright that it was dazzling.

The beauty reached its peak, and anyone who looked at her would be captivated by her appearance.

In addition to the huge and beautiful spear, a shield with 7 stars and 12 planets embedded in her left hand began to be created.

This was the greatest power a human could have.

Guardian.

The guardian of a thousand miles.

She is now protecting Kang Sione.

Kang Junho and Jaehee Jin. Both sensed that it was the final battle.

The winner will be remembered forever, and the loser will be forgotten.

(Continued in the next episode)