The Regressor Only Protects Me [EN]: Chapter 75

Double Operation (1)

Sion declared war on the Third Faction of Mannan.

As a result, the Queen of Warriors, Park Ji-soo of the First Faction of Doan, would also have received news of the war.

That was exactly what Sion wanted.

To make Park Ji-soo aware of the relationship between Mankyung and the Third Faction.

“As of this moment, Mankyung is at war with the Third Faction. But in reality, we won’t be fighting. What I want is simply the *appearance* that we are at war.”

At Sion’s words, some of the commanders breathed a sigh of relief.

But they were curious.

What kind of results could be achieved by doing this?

In the end, everything was for creating results.

And as always, Sion was a man who produced results.

“We will take the river.”

Sion was a born strategist.

And his operational plan, which lasted for hours, soon convinced everyone.

No, it was more than just convincing.

Everyone began to admire and praise Sion’s plan.

Because his plan was perfect enough for everyone to praise.

* * *

Thump. Thump…

I was riding in a one-ton truck being pulled by an ogre.

The ogre tied the front of the truck with a long rope and moved forward with it on its back.

Ogre truck.

It was an excellent means of transportation here.

The ogre had a massive body that could plow through the snowfield just by walking.

The body shook steadily with a bump.

I leaned against the wall of the truck and looked up at the sky without a word.

The smell of cigarettes, a faint smell of blood, and the sound of the wind could be heard.

“…….”

It seems that a little over a year has passed since I took over the police station.

In the meantime, the snow has melted a lot, and green alien plants have begun to grow in various parts of the city.

The plants provided new food for the residents.

In addition, alien creatures that were not very threatening to humans became a new source of protein.

In a year.

To be exact, in a year and a half, the world has changed rapidly.

The world was covered with snow, and new relationships and new forces appeared one after another.

Of course, the snow did not melt and turn into a sea of water.

According to Jin Jae-hee, the snow generated here has different properties from the snow in the existing Earth environment, so the Earth will not become a sea of water.

Nevertheless, the second round has not yet ended.

But rather, it was fortunate for me.

‘We are somehow supplying drinking water by melting the snow now, but if we fail to take the river before the third round….’

That would be the worst situation for the forces.

That’s why this operation was necessary.

This operation will secure a drinking water supply and accelerate the war with Doan-gu.

The war with Doan-gu will be a large-scale massacre that has never been experienced before.

The unit commanders’ command capabilities, and the soldiers’ personal training equipment had to be reviewed.

We will not stop killing each other until this league is completely over.

Until the day the whole world is covered in blood.

“…….”

I closed my eyes and tried to sleep in the swaying truck.

Because I haven’t been able to sleep comfortably lately.

I didn’t chase away the drowsiness.

After being stationed in the city for a long time and living safely, I was forgetting one thing.

This is the wild.

Humans are prey.

“……Danger.”

Jin Jae-hee’s mumbling voice was heard next to me.

I opened my eyes slightly at the voice and turned my head to where her gaze was fixed.

It was a park that used to be a playground.

There were still traces of the playground, and a giant snake was wrapped around the slide.

-Squeak, Squeak.

The snake’s skin was grayish, and long fur grew thickly.

It was so huge that it looked like a dragon at first glance, but when you looked closely, it was a snake.

Because it had no arms or legs.

Chew- Chew-.

And in the snake’s mouth, the two legs of someone I didn’t know were sticking out and twitching.

The snake was watching this group passing by, and its mouth kept moving and chewing on the two legs.

It didn’t seem like it was going to come this way.

Because there was an ogre here.

In their ecosystem, there are threatening and non-threatening beings.

The balance of the jungle was maintained.

The ogre was the top predator in their ecosystem.

However, the snake’s eyes were also formidable.

The snake held its head high and moved from right to left until we were out of sight.

If there were no ogre here, it would have rushed at us in an instant.

“…….”

Losing interest, I closed my eyes again.

I wanted to rest comfortably, at least during the travel time.

* * *

As night fell, torches lit up the streets of Mankyung.

“The Lord is coming-!”

At the appearance of the Lord, the soldiers controlled the central street.

“Lord……!”

“It’s the Lord……!”

“Ah, Lord!!”

As Sion entered the city, residents flocked to see his face even once.

In an instant, the central road was crowded with people.

To them, Sion was more than just a Lord.

Thump…… Thump……!

The ogre pulled the truck and walked forward.

Soon, they arrived in front of the old Mannan Police Station building.

“…….”

After arriving in front of the police station, Sion got off the truck and stretched lightly.

“Lord……!”

“Lord!!! Ah, Lord!”

Woosh-!

The residents quickly gathered around him.

Some people were holding food or luxury goods.

However, the soldiers were controlling the residents so that they could no longer approach Sion, and Sion went up to the police station without any greetings.

Even after he went up to the police station, the crowds gathered there and cheered.

Among the crowd was Choi Hyun-ji, a wanderer who had come down from northern Gyeonggi.

And next to Choi Hyun-ji was Ha Yun-ha, an official of Mankyung who had been monitoring her for several days.

Ha Yun-ha had been monitoring Choi Hyun-ji for several days.

This was also the duty of the official appointed by Sion.

“Haa…… Lord.”

Ha Yun-ha had bright eyes and looked up at the police station where Kang Sion had entered, peeking around.

Seeing that, Choi Hyun-ji frowned.

Everyone gathered here showed almost fanatical support for Sion.

Why is that?

What on earth has the Lord Kang Sion been doing?

It was a series of surprises.

Choi Hyun-ji’s first impression of Kang Sion was just…….

‘……School lunch?’

In fact, it was an appearance that she would not have thought he would have done all this.

It wasn’t just about being handsome or ugly, but Choi Hyun-ji thought that at least the Lord here would be a person with overwhelming charisma.

Besides, he didn’t seem to be a high-ranking player either.

Rather, she felt an overwhelming aura from the woman next to Sion.

‘……The secret of this force. Ah- I’m so curious.’

Choi Hyun-ji licked her lips.

Thud-.

Choi Hyun-ji grabbed the shoulder of Ha Yun-ha next to her.

Then, Ha Yun-ha was startled and looked back at Choi Hyun-ji, and Choi Hyun-ji smiled at the girl.

“Official. I want to meet that person. Is there any way?”

“…….”

Ha Yun-ha’s eyes looked at Choi Hyun-ji once, and then at her hand on her shoulder once.

Then she coldly brushed off her hand.

“Stop it. It’s difficult for ordinary residents to see the Lord. No, it’s impossible. How busy is the Lord…… Besides, you’re a wanderer, right?”

“Hmm…….”

The crowds gathered in front of the police station were scattering one by one.

In the meantime, Choi Hyun-ji thought for a while and continued.

“What if I have information that the Lord might be interested in?”

“Huh. Who would believe that?”

“It’s true. I even have proof?”

“……Even if you really have such information, there is no way to meet the Lord in principle. The Lord is busy working for us day and night…… Well, the outing time is over. Now go and sleep.”

Swish-.

Ha Yun-ha turned away coldly, leaving those words behind.

Choi Hyun-ji smiled bitterly as she looked at the girl’s back.

‘It’s really fanatical. Fanatical. Can people respect someone so fanatically? ……Even the pig bastard in the north wouldn’t be like that.’

Choi Hyun-ji hurriedly followed Ha Yun-ha, who was running back.

And she smiled and said.

“Then can I meet the commander? The core commanders who make up the force? I heard that the Order Commander can be met at the resident level. Was it the Sinmungo [a petition box or drum]? I think it would be possible if the official requested it.”

Stop.

At that sound, Ha Yun-ha was startled and stopped in her tracks, looking up at Choi Hyun-ji.

She had never told Choi Hyun-ji about the commander.

Besides, she also knew about the policies stipulated by the Order Department.

She had only been here for a day.

It was surprisingly tremendous information.

‘A wanderer is…… a wanderer.’

Players who make a living from information.

In the dark night streets, where torches occasionally shone, Choi Hyun-ji was wearing tight ripped jeans, a white short-sleeved T-shirt, a rider jacket, and work boots, unlike others.

At first glance, it felt like she was living in a different world alone.

She wasn’t even wearing a coat, even though it wasn’t cold, but she wasn’t even paying attention to that.

Anyway, Choi Hyun-ji was different.

From the residents here.

“Do whatever you want. If you can. But it will be impossible to see the Lord.”

After all, she’s just a wanderer.

I thought there would be a limit.

But Ha Yun-ha did not anticipate the repercussions she would cause.

When Choi Hyun-ji heard the answer she wanted, she smiled and saluted the girl.

“Yes- Yep. School lunch official!”

“Don’t call me that!”

Ha Yun-ha got angry and walked towards the main gate.

Choi Hyun-ji smiled as she looked at the girl’s back.

“Cute.”

Then she went back to the wanderer’s accommodation.

Because Mankyung’s curfew was approaching.

* * *

Jigyeong (地京) [literally “Earth Capital” or “Base Capital”], the name given when the First Faction of Doan declared the name of the new city.

And Jigyeong has made countless developments over the past year.

The two reasons why Jigyeong was able to grow faster than other regions were that the Lord Park Ji-soo quickly unified Doan-gu, and the second was that there was a huge production factory in Doan-gu.

After the world was destroyed, the concept of ‘luxury goods’ was reversed for people.

Existing luxury goods were gold, jewels, luxury brands, high-end food ingredients, and fur.

However, the current luxury goods can be defined in one word as ‘products of civilization’.

Ramen, canned food, carbonated drinks, processed food, flashlights, batteries, cassettes, medicines, and cigarettes have become luxury goods.

The items of luxury for humans have changed because the production plant no longer operates.

And the production plant in Jigyeong stored a lot of luxury goods.

This was an element that the lords of other regions would drool over.

In other words, Jigyeong was now a battlefield.

It was like the Korean Peninsula in international affairs.

They had fought many battles, and they were still fighting battles.

Thud……! Pshuuuuuut!!!

Streams of bright red blood were gushing from Park Ji-soo’s shoulder, who was on a stretcher.

Jigyeong’s excellent doctors gathered together to move the Lord to the operating table.

“Quickly! Quickly……!”

“Hurry!”

Thump-!

It was an operating table without proper equipment, but it could be dangerous if the arrow stuck in her shoulder was not removed.

“Start the surgery right away. She lost too much blood……!”

“Hey, Nurse Jung……! What are you doing, hurry!”

University hospital operating table.

There, the lights shone on Park Ji-soo, who was bleeding.

Lights and medicines were the most expensive of luxury goods.

But to save Park Ji-soo, they could use as many luxury goods as they wanted.

The doctors and nurses hurried to prepare for the surgery.

But then.

“Ugh…… Ugh……!!! Uaaaaaaagh!!!!”

Pshoo-! Trickle……!

The doctors and nurses who were preparing for the surgery were startled.

Park Ji-soo, who was on the operating table, suddenly had a seizure and pulled out the arrow that was stuck in her shoulder.

Blood splattered everywhere, even on the lights.

She bit her teeth and trembled.

But her eyes were different.

Park Ji-soo revealed the whites of her eyes, raised her blood vessels, and clenched her fists.

Even though blood was pouring out, even if she had no strength in her body as if she was about to die.

Her will, desire, and anger could not be hidden.

“I’ll kill him…… I’ll kill him……! That bastard……!!!!!!”

The doctors and nurses trembled in fear at the Lord’s anger.

Four months since Jigyeong and the Uiwang forces started the war.

Now they had to end this war.

Because they had consumed too much supplies and manpower.

At that time, when she was trembling with anger, another annoying notification window popped up in front of Park Ji-soo’s eyes.

[War has been declared between the First and Third Factions of Mannan!]

That was more than just the fact that the Third Faction was at war, that man who had been paying close attention to the First Faction of Mannan.

Kang Sion.

It meant that his forces had finally started a conquest war.

“Hoo…… Hoo…… Hoo…….”

Park Ji-soo was breathing heavily while bleeding, but she was still staring at the notification window clearly.

Her pupils were trembling slightly.

(Continued in the next episode)