The Regressor Only Protects Me Chapter 113

Episode 113. A Short Companion: Ha Yoon-ha (1)

The suppression of the remnants of Man-gyeong’s forces progressed quickly.

The warriors who survived were divided into two groups.

Either hide in the ruined city center or throw up your hands and surrender.

The captured warriors were transferred to Man-gyeong, and all the rebellious warriors were executed on the spot.

Kang Shi-on’s army entered the Beomgye area, which could be called the heart of Dong-an’s power.

Traces of King Park Ji-su were seen in many places around Beomgye Station.

A rotten, decomposed corpse hanging from a streetlight, an unfinished castle wall, and monster corpses scattered in various places.

All sorts of stench wafted from the streets.

At the central fountain of the commercial district in the center of Beomgye Station, the surviving warriors were protesting.

In fact, they were not warriors, but citizens who did not participate in the war.

“Get out! Get out!”

“Get out of here! Get out of here! You dirty police lackeys!”

“Your Majesty! Your Majesty Park Ji-soo! Free the Majesty… …!”

The soldiers ignored them and walked on, as it was under Kang Shion’s orders not to use violence on unarmed civilians.

Man-gyeong’s player, Choi Hyun-ji, walked among the soldiers and looked at the citizens during the day.

At one time, his appearance was so terrible that it was hard to believe he was a citizen living in the 21st century Republic of Korea.

The citizens of Man-gyeong did not groom or adorn themselves as much as they did before the world collapsed.

However, when the beard grew too long, he cut it with scissors or tied the long hair with a rubber band.

I also trimmed their fingernails and toenails periodically.

I was wearing the bare minimum of ‘decoration’ to ensure that my daily life was not uncomfortable.

But the citizens of that time were different.

Their clothes were haphazardly put together, their fingernails and toenails were ghostly long, and their skin was blackened and covered in dirt.

The most serious problem, above all, was the foul odor.

It was not a smell that could come from the human body.

Dead body?

No, even a corpse would smell better than these.

During this time, the citizens here were not receiving even the minimum level of humane treatment.

But there were more than one or two strange things.

At that moment, an old man’s voice echoed throughout the Beomgye Station intersection.

“Get the hell out of here! You damn descendants of the police!”

Choi Hyun-ji covered her nose and mouth with her hands and looked up in the direction where the voice was coming from.

The 13th floor of the shopping mall at the intersection of Beomgye Station was a space where the entire wall had collapsed and was exposed to the outdoors.

There stood a naked, white-haired old man, waving a flag with both hands.

It was a symbolic flag of the time, with an X crossed out on the Taegeukgi.

The old man continued to shout at the soldiers in the street.

“Designed by the police! Dogs are all cowardly!

After saying that, the old man hesitated and walked to the end of the building, then threw himself into the air.

As the old man committed suicide, the archer next to Choi Hyeon-ji slowly released the bowstring.

The commotion ended with the old man’s suicide.

The soldiers of Man-gyeong resumed their steps as if nothing had happened.

Only Choi Hyun-ji stood still among the moving soldiers, looking at the space where the old man had fallen.

To others, the citizens of Dong-an appeared to be living a life more like that of animals than human beings.

But in reality it was different.

They were simply returning to their primitive state and enjoying that pleasure. Strictly speaking, they were beasts living only for instinct.

Choi Hyun-ji could tell.

She is a wanderer who lives off information.

During that time, the citizens felt that the law and order created by higher creatures called humans were oppressing them.

A world where if you want to eat, you kill someone who has food and take it from them to eat. If you want to sleep, you can sleep anywhere. If you want to get rid of someone, you go and get rid of them right away. If something to eat appears among them, they fight each other regardless of age, gender, or disability, and only the strong win.

They were a group of people without any socially defined order, and the place they lived in was no different from the animal world.

In the animal world, no matter how dirty or tired the body is, only instinct and pleasure remain.

Yes, that’s right.

During this time, the citizens reverted from a group of humans to a group of monkeys.

Choi Hyun-ji looked around again.

Choi Hyun-ji has been around many forces so far.

Each power had different cultures, edicts, and monarchs, but no monarch had as much control over a power as Park Ji-su during the period.

Park Ji-soo’s ability to command the crowd surpassed Kang Si-on’s.

Kang Shi-on at least humanized the lives of the citizens and gained their enthusiastic support in return, but Park Ji-soo did not.

She gave nothing to the citizens, but rather made their lives more miserable and miserable.

Nevertheless, the citizens remained loyal to Park Ji-soo.

‘… … Perhaps Park Ji-su wanted to let the citizens run free like they are now, and fill the city’s insufficient labor force with the citizens of Man-gyeong.’

In fact, the biggest purpose of causing this war was to create ‘slaves’.

But Park Ji-soo’s ambition was crushed by Kang Si-on.

In the end, Park Ji-soo was eaten by someone stronger than herself.

“… … .”

Choi Hyun-ji let out a short sigh and started walking down the street again.

She was looking for Ha Yoon-ha.

Because I somehow had a feeling that Ha Yoon-ha would be alive.

The reason is that Ha Yoon-ha is a player.

Even the little children of Man-gyeong know that players are a valuable resource to their monarch.

Since Park Ji-soo is the monarch, she wouldn’t have killed the player so easily.

So, Choi Hyun-ji wanted to find Ha Yoon-ha first.

Because if the power of the period completely collapses, Ha Yoon-ha could become really dangerous.

I searched everywhere I could find it.

The last thing left was Anyang City Hall and Pyeongchon Station.

Choi Hyun-ji headed there.

* * *

Anyang City Hall.

Deep within the building was a bunker for wartime situations.

Of course, now it was just one of King Park Ji-su’s treasure troves.

There were quite a variety of treasures stored here.

Portable game consoles, batteries, banned portable rifles and bullets, cosmetics, and even a pile of various alcoholic beverages and cigarettes.

Most of them were luxuries of modern civilized society that could no longer be made or found.

Like most people, Park Ji-soo kept her most prized treasures hidden away.

At the innermost part of the bunker was an iron door.

The iron door was secured with a huge lock known only to the monarch.

Inside the iron door, this was Park Ji-soo’s most secret space.

“… … .”

“… … .”

Two women walked towards it.

The older woman was illuminating the dark hallway with a flashlight, and the younger woman followed her, holding tightly onto the older woman’s bag strap.

The older woman approached the iron door and opened the lock.

Squeak-.

A foul smell came out along with the loud noise of hinges.

The older woman illuminated the interior with a flashlight.

Three people were trapped there.

There was one man and two women.

The three people were stuck to different walls, barely able to breathe.

In the center of the room was a luxurious bed, next to which was a rusty three-drawer iron chest filled with adult goods.

In front of the bed, there was a luxurious sofa facing the bed.

This was Park Ji-soo’s ‘viewing seat’.

The tables in front of the stands were filled with liquor, beer, fruit, and snacks.

A theater filled with Park Ji-soo’s desires.

The three people who had been pressed against the wall slowly raised their heads.

The older woman, her face hidden by a black hood, said nothing.

But soon, the hood was lowered.

“… … .”

The older woman was Lee Su-eun, the scout leader and Park Ji-soo’s closest confidant.

And next to him was Man-kyung’s player, Ha Yoon-ha.

She looked around at the three imprisoned people and then opened the iron door wide.

And he spoke to the three people who were imprisoned.

“You are free. Go.”

“… … .”

“… … .”

Even at the word freedom, the imprisoned people only hesitated and did not move their bodies.

Then Lee Su-eun frowned and said.

“Or die.”

Thud-.

Lee Su-eun grabbed the iron door again.

Then the three people stood up urgently and ran out.

In a jiffy-.

It was as if rats were running away after being discovered by humans.

Even if they go outside, I don’t know how long they can survive.

They were already sick both mentally and physically.

But Lee Su-eun did not stop her liberation.

Because this was the only thing she could do.

Ha Yoon-ha looked up at her without saying a word.

Lee Su-eun asked Ha Yoon-ha.

“Where to next? We have to hurry. Monsters are active at night.”

Ha Yoon-ha nodded and guided her outside.

Ha Yoon-ha is an artifact user.

You can store objects or information you have seen once in your head.

Like a computer’s memory, the information was stored and could be retrieved at any time.

And Yoon-ha had another ability.

It was an ability that emerged when the artifact evolved to ‘Awakening Stage 1’.

It is the ability to recall the memories of objects that have come into physical contact.

If you hold the target’s body for a few seconds, like a USB on a computer, the target’s memories will be transferred to your head.

Ha Yoon-ha, who had previously come into contact with King Park Ji-soo, had her memories, and based on those memories, she was freeing the slaves that Park Ji-soo had imprisoned.

Of course, this was planned by Lee Su-eun.

Without the monarch knowing.

Even if it is done secretly, if the target disobeys the monarch’s order guaranteed by the royal decree, he will be given a penalty.

Now, Lee Su-eun was aging by the second.

Her disobedience to the edict resulted in her lifespan being reduced by a whopping 18 years over the past month.

She will have a hard time making it through another week.

But Lee Su-eun couldn’t stop walking.

The two women walked towards the next location.

As I walked through the ruined city center, the whole city was quiet.

Occasionally a scream could be heard, but these sounds felt natural here.

At that time, Ha Yoon-ha, who was chasing after Lee Su-eun, fell down.

Iron Fist-!

It’s because the road is rough.

The asphalt was bulging here and there, and the clogged and potholed roads were as treacherous as a jungle.

It was a difficult path for Ha Yoon-ha, who was only fifteen years old, to walk.

“… … .”

Lee Su-eun just stood there for a moment, without helping Ha Yoon-ha up or asking if she was okay.

“I’m sorry… … . I’m sorry. Right away. I’ll be there right away. Right away… … . Please don’t throw it away.”

Ha Yoon-ha struggled to get up and hurriedly approached Lee Su-eun.

Ha Yoon-ha was afraid of Lee Soo-eun.

Lee Su-eun was originally Park Ji-soo’s confidant.

The final order that Park Ji-soo originally gave to Lee Su-eun was to confine Ha Yoon-ha like other s*x slaves.

However, Lee Su-eun, who learned of Ha Yoon-ha’s abilities, began to use her to free slaves.

Their companionship began then and continued for a week.

“Ha… … . Phew… … .”

Yoon-ha limped next to Lee Soo-eun and let out a soft groan.

Lee Su-eun turned her eyes again and examined Ha Yoon-ha’s wounds.

A bright red stream of blood ran from her knees down her calves.

Lee Su-eun looked at Ha Yoon-ha’s wounds and then turned her head forward.

The two women started walking again.

Into the collapsed city center.

To free the s*x slaves imprisoned by King Park Ji-soo.

While the two women were walking, Kang Shi-on’s army was advancing towards Beomgye Station on Ilbeonga.

* * *

Pyeongchon Station shopping district.

Lee Su-eun and Ha Yoon-ha decided to stay here tonight.

At night, monsters roam the streets.

That is why, unlike Man-gyeong, during the evening, all the warriors go inside the building and quietly observe the situation.

Even at this moment, unidentified monsters were prowling the collapsed asphalt, and Lee Su-eun held her breath and waited for them to pass by.

When the bastard finally passed by, Lee Soo-eun told Ha Yoon-ha to run to the building on the other side first.

Only after confirming that Ha Yoon-ha had safely entered the building on the other side, did Lee Soo-eun also run to the building on the other side.

Of course, the second person to run was more dangerous, because the first person had already attracted their attention as he ran.

-Quaaaaaaah!

A long-necked monster like an ostrich quickly rushed towards Lee Su-eun.

Lee Su-eun barely made it to the other side, hid against the wall, and held her breath again.

-Quaaaaaaah… … .

An ostrich monster that pokes into the human brain with its beak and sucks out the brain.

They lived near Pyeongchon Station and were a nuisance that took the lives of quite a few warriors.

Lee Su-eun held her breath and waited for the guy to just pass by.

-Quaaaaaaah… … .

Fortunately, the bastard passed by safely without finding Lee Su-eun.

Lee Su-eun exhaled deeply, and only then did Ha Yoon-ha, who had been hiding under the front desk, run towards her.

Ha Yoon-ha checked all over Lee Su-eun’s body to make sure she wasn’t hurt anywhere.

“… … .”

Bam-!

But Lee Su-eun ignored her, got up from her seat, and walked deep into the building.

Ha Yoon-ha remained there and then followed her into the building again.

Lee Su-eun, who had relaxed, leaned against the wall as if she was tired.

Ha Yoon-ha took two cans of canned food and brought them to Lee Su-eun, who was sitting exhausted.

Lee Su-eun, who was leaning against the wall, opened her eyes and looked at the canned food that Ha Yoon-ha had handed her.

It was a can of cat food.

“… … Phew.”

Lee Su-eun, seeing this, sighed deeply and leaned her head against the wall again.

I didn’t want to eat.

I had no appetite and no desire to prolong my life.

However, Ha Yoon-ha opened the can lid and carefully placed it in front of Lee Soo-eun.

Carefully, without making a sound.

Then he went back to his original place.

The two women did not talk.

Especially at night, we didn’t talk for fear that monsters would hear the sound and come.

Yoon-ha carefully opened the can and ate it with her fingers.

Then, he looked at Lee Su-eun’s expression.

Lee Su-eun was trembling as she held the cross hanging from her necklace.

It seemed like she was sobbing.

It has been said that humans are animals of adaptation.

During that time, the warriors went to sleep when darkness fell in the evening, and slept until the sun rose.

In this season, I would be sleeping for more than half of the day.

Ha Yoon-ha, who had finished eating the canned food, fell asleep first, and only then did Lee Su-eun wake up.

She approached cautiously and looked down at Yoon-ha.

Ha Yoon-ha was sleeping with her back bent like a shrimp.

It was a day when the cold had not yet gone away.

Ha Yoon-ha trembled and flinched several times while sleeping.

He put his hands between his armpits, quivered his lips, and occasionally coughed.

“… … .”

Lee Su-eun, who had been quietly watching the scene, slowly reached out her hand to Ha Yoon-ha.

(Continued in the next episode)