Absolute Regression Chapter 551

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Jin Ha-gun and Myeolma-dae were engaged in a bloody battle at the last gate of Hyulromirojin.

“Watch your left!”

Jin Ha-gun swung his sword to block the dark sword that was flying towards him. A long spear quickly shot out from behind, grazing Jin Ha-gun’s ear before going back in.

All sorts of organizations were flying in from all directions, targeting the Demon Squad’s drones. As time passed, the organizations were attacking more powerfully and quickly.

“Hurry up!”

Jin Ha-gun’s shout was directed at Jeong-gyeong.

In this chaotic battlefield, Jeong Gyeong, who was in charge of the formation of the Demon Destruction Corps, was struggling to find the gate’s life gate. This gate was one that had to be solved by utilizing the mutual generation and mutual inhibition of the five elements.

Footsteps with the letters of the five elements written on the floor.

At first, it had to be solved by using the mutual generation of the five elements, and then by using the mutual inhibition.

“Because trees take away the energy of the soil, and the soil blocks the flow of water.”

Jeonggyeong stepped on the steps of wood, earth, and then water in order.

The problem was that the system didn’t allow for that easily.

“Get down!”

At Jin Ha-gun’s shout, the warriors of the Destruction Corps all fell to their knees.

Whirlwind, whirlwind, whirlwind!

A giant blade spun above their heads at incredible speed.

I can really see why this labyrinth is called ‘Blood Road’.

“Fire melts metal, and metal cuts wood.”

If you are even a little late in stepping on the floor, you will fall into the trap. Then you will have to risk your life to get out.

‘Okay!’

The moment when Jeonggyeong was about to fly again and step on the final step!

Oh my god!

The blade aimed for that moment flew towards Jeonggyeong. I was so excited and happy that I was too hasty.

‘no!’

He despaired because it was too late to dodge. Even if his throat was cut off, he would just move forward and step on that stepping stone!

Kaang!

A rotating blade passed by him. Jin Ha-gun, who had rushed forward, struck the blade away. There was no time to exchange thanks.

Jin Ha-gun rushed in the opposite direction again, and Jeong Gyeong leapt toward the last step.

The moment when I went around and around the five elements and stepped on the last step of the tree!

With a clanking sound, all the organs stopped. There was even an unmanned member of the Demon Squad looking at the blade that had barely stopped before his eyes.

The organs that had been making noises here and there and disrupting the space began to return to their original places.

Slurp.

The door hidden in the wall opened. The living door of the last gate was finally opened.

Everyone looked at each other and exchanged glances. I really don’t know how many times I’ve been on the brink of death.

“You’ve had a hard time.”

Jin Ha-gun praised Jeong Gyeong.

“No. If it weren’t for you, my lord, we would have lost so many comrades.”

All the demon troopers nodded with expressions of agreement. That was how great Jin Ha-gun’s performance in this formation was. It was an opportunity to see him again.

“Just go out.”

I haven’t killed the monster that has deployed his formation yet. Since the formation has been destroyed, if you go out through that door, he will show up.

As they were about to enter the door, the voice of the monster was heard.

“It’s truly amazing that we made it through the final gate without a single casualty.”

The voice echoed so loudly that I couldn’t tell where it was coming from.

“The Demon Squad, they are truly the pride of the Murim Alliance.”

Jin Ha-gun felt ominous. Even though he had passed the last gate, his voice was relaxed.

“But I felt sad to just send you away, so I prepared a farewell gift.”

Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank.

More than a dozen doors opened on all sides. Inside, there was a long corridor, and at the end of it, people were tied up. In some places, there was only one person, and in others, there were several.

“Please save me!”

“Please save me!”

“Please save at least my child!”

Dozens of blades were pointed above their heads. They were trembling in fear, not knowing when they would fall.

The voice of the monster is heard again.

“It won’t be easy to save them.”

Jin Ha-gun could tell that each of the hallways they were in contained hidden dangerous machinery devices.

Srrrrrr.

Something rose from the floor in front of the main gate. It was the scale indicating the time limit that we had seen at the gate earlier.

“If you don’t get through that gate in time, you’ll have to go through the even stronger Blood Lomi Rojin again from the beginning. Isn’t that terrible? Like now, not everyone will be able to come here alive.”

If the maze had become stronger, there would have been many sacrifices. It wasn’t easy to get to where we are now.

“All those you fail to save will die. Now, how many can you save? Who will be chosen by the proud Demon Squad?”

It was a statement that implied that everyone else would die. The monster was truly behaving like a devil.

“You will live with guilt for the rest of your life!”

With the laughter of the monster, the scales began to tick and time began to flow.

Given the speed at which the scales were tipping, there wasn’t much time.

In the hallway, everyone was shouting for help.

“There are eight people in that room. We need to find the ones with the largest number of people first.”

“No. There’s a child in this room. Let’s save this one first!”

The demon soldiers each reported the situation in their respective rooms.

Their eyes were on Jin Ha-gun. It was a really difficult decision to decide who to save. Because under his orders, someone would live and someone would die. In the meantime, the scales continued to tilt.

At that time, Jin Ha-gun spoke softly.

“You don’t have to worry about who to save.”

Everyone looked at him with surprised faces at Jin Ha-gun’s words.

Jin Ha-gun strode forward and closed the door of the room through which they were to escape.

thud.

Jin Ha-gun closed the door and turned around, then spoke to his subordinates.

“Save them all and start this formation over again from the beginning!”

“!”

Everyone looked surprised because it was an unexpected decision.

Jin Ha-gun walked around the room and shouted at them.

“I will save you all, so please wait calmly!”

Then, a sigh of relief was heard from each person in the hallway.

Jin Ha-gun spoke to his demon lords again.

“Some may say this decision is foolish. Some of us may die. Maybe we all may die. But I think this choice is what sets us apart from the Demonic Cult and the Sect.”

A look of regret crossed Jin Ha-gun’s face. He bowed his head politely to his subordinates.

“I’m sorry I didn’t give you a chance to choose. I’ll apologize in the afterlife.”

The demon soldiers looked at each other for a moment.

Step step step step step step.

They all drew their swords and shouted.

“Destroy demons and destroy evil! Guide by the path of chivalry and righteousness!”

From the beginning, they had no intention of going against the decision of their leader, Jin Ha-gun. If the leader of the Demon Slayer Corps were to die, then the Demon Slayer Corps would die.

Just as they were about to enter the first room to save the people.

Ssssssssss.

Everything around them began to disappear. The open doors, the people who had been waiting anxiously.

Now they were in a different square.

There was incense everywhere, and the walls and floors were covered with all sorts of unknown characters.

There, in the center, sat a celestial monster.

The eyes of the monster looking at Jin Ha-gun were filled with distrust.

“You really chose to close the door yourself?”

Blood flowed from his mouth.

The moment they saw that sight, Jin Ha-gun and the warriors of the Mystery Corps could tell that the formation had been destroyed. The destruction of the formation had caused great internal damage to the celestial monster.

It’s like closing the door to life itself.

Surprisingly, that choice was the very method of destruction that completely destroyed this blood romi rosin.

A room with a child, a room with a lot of numbers to save, all these situations were traps. They were created to make you worry about who to save, so you couldn’t see the real thing.

“You stayed in this labyrinth to save people you didn’t even know?”

Jin Ha-gun answered the question filled with doubt calmly.

“It might be surprising to you, but it’s normal for us.”

The monster did not believe it. He asked again with the look of a hypocrite.

“Demon Destruction Lord, were you originally this kind of person?”

I couldn’t answer this question. I felt like I didn’t know myself. Was I really like this? Or did something change me?

“Someone told me, ‘You’d make a great leader.’ So I’m going to give it a try.”

Jin Ha-gun drew his sword. Then the warriors of the Demon Slayer Corps also drew their swords and aimed at the monster.

Wheeeeee.

There was a sound of wind even though there was no wind. Light emitted from strange patterns and letters on the floor.

Shhh!

Jin Ha-gun unleashed his sword energy. However, as if cutting through an illusion, the sword energy passed through him.

At that time, Hwang Ju, who was skilled in sorcery, shouted.

“You have to go into the circle where the author is sitting and cut it yourself.”

Sure enough, the monster was sitting in the center of a circle filled with unidentifiable spells.

Just as Jin Ha-gun was about to fly towards him.

Swaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

A terrible fraud was sweeping in.

The monster pulled up the last of his internal energy and unleashed the poison technique.

The art of dark shadows of the mind!

For a moment, the demon slayers flinched. Some cursed, and others screamed.

Everyone saw the illusion. It was the people and events that were hidden deep in their hearts. Things that everyone wanted to hide.

“Everyone, recite the Jeongsimgong (正心功) formula!”

It was a unique method of the Murim Alliance to protect the mind from evil sorcery.

As they recited the Jeongsimgong, the illusions in their minds disappeared and then reappeared repeatedly.

As the Demon King fought back with the Pure Heart, other patterns and letters around the Heavenly Monster began to glow. This time, they glowed in a variety of colors.

Srrrrrr.

Then shadows holding swords rose from the floor.

Again Hwang Joo shouted.

“Shadow ghosts! We must extinguish all the candles in all directions!”

The demon slayers swung their swords all at once and confronted the spirit. A metallic sound was heard when they collided with the shadow swords wielded by the spirit.

Champ champ champ!

Those beings may be illusions, but the sword they were holding was real.

Even while fighting the spirits, the warriors of the Demon Slayer Corps tried to put out the candles by reciting the Jeongsimgong. The spirits attacked them as if they were desperately trying to stop them.

At that time, as fighting broke out on all sides, Jin Ha-gun was advancing towards Cheon-goe.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

A huge scam hit him.

Although his skin was torn and he could hardly breathe, Jin Ha-gun silently moved forward while reciting the Jeongsimgong.

The spirits that tried to attack him were desperately stopped by the demon slayers.

As he got closer to the monster, visions that shook his mind continued to appear. The vision of his grandfather shook his mind.

-I don’t think of you as my successor! Do you think you are worthy of taking over my position?

His grandfather glared at him with a scary look. It was such a vivid fantasy that it made his heart ache.

Jin Ha-gun continued to move forward while reciting the Jeongsimgong. This time, the person who appeared was his younger brother.

―My brother is a hypocrite. All of this trying to keep the agreement is ultimately for the purpose of becoming the leader of the martial arts world. Why would my brother’s agreement become tiring? It’s because of such an impure purpose.

I thought this was also an illusion created by witchcraft, but it was heartbreaking.

Chaeng chaeng chaeng!

He heard the sound of swords clashing near his ears. He thought that if the Demon Slayers hadn’t stopped him, he would have allowed the attack to happen while under the illusion.

This time, the child I had saved before appeared again.

– Even if I give up my position as leader, can you save me?

Then, he immediately thought of people pointing fingers at him for not being able to become the successor.

―How incompetent must one have been to not inherit the position of the leader even though his grandfather was the leader?

And the most heartbreaking thing about all these fantasies is…

‘Is the desire to become the leader of the martial arts world all that’s in my heart?’

That must be why he was digging into that heart and attacking it. That was disappointing to me. The fact that the desire to become the leader was deep inside.

Like a money bug that sells its soul for money, like a lustful woman that sells its soul for lust. Did I sell my soul to power?

I knew that this illusion was what was going to make me feel this way. I was still in pain knowing that. No, it was even more painful knowing that.

Heeeeeeeee.

The closer I got to the monster, the more evil the aura became. I felt dizzy and lightheaded. I just wanted to sit down and give up on everything.

If there was a Jin-Ha who was suffering like that, then on the other side of his heart.

‘Don’t make me laugh! I will never lose to this kind of sorcery!’

There was also a Jin Ha-gun who was gnashing his teeth.

This Jin Ha-gun kept thinking of one person. He didn’t know why it was Geommu-geuk, but he needed him at this critical moment.

-I will overcome it just like you.

Then, the answer from the sword dance was heard. If that were the case, he would say something like this.

―I told you not to try too hard. Just trust yourself as much as you can and do as well as you can.

Thinking back to the sword dance, Jin Ha-gun gritted his teeth and stepped forward.

I walked and walked. There was a moment when I took steps with the mindset that my body would be torn apart!

The terrible guilt that had been weighing on him disappeared as if it were a lie. The evil thoughts that had been tormenting his mind also disappeared.

And in front of his eyes, the monster was spitting out blood from its mouth. The internal wound was so deep that it was now irreversible.

Jin Ha-gun overcame the demon’s dark magic with only his will.

The monster looked up at him with a venomous look.

“You staked your life on the leader? Your agreement is nothing more than a tool to become the leader.”

Even at the moment of death, Jin Ha-gun said nothing about his malicious intent to hurt others.

Shhhh!

Phew!

Jin Ha-gun’s sword pierced the monster’s heart.

Jin Ha-gun spoke without looking back at his subordinates, without drawing his sword.

“That may be true.”

He told his subordinates honestly what he had not told the man.

A moment of silence passes.

Then someone spoke from behind.

“How about risking your life?”

When Jin Ha-gun turned his head and looked back, it was Jeong-gyeong. I thought he was saying that because he had saved him many times by destroying the formation.

Hwangju accepted his words.

“I would rather it were so. I would rather that desire take precedence over consultation or goodwill.”

Was it because of the way it was shown in the formation?

Even when told that he wanted the position of leader more than negotiation, the warriors of the Destruction Corps showed no particular agitation. In fact, someone even said this.

“I don’t think greed is bad. I want to achieve great things with such a person.”

Was it because they thought it was their first opportunity? Even those who seemed like they wouldn’t say anything said something.

“You’ve done so well so far, how can you do better?”

“I think anything more than that is greed.”

“If you are too perfect, it will be difficult for us.”

Jin Ha-gun never imagined that his subordinates would say something like this. He didn’t even know that they were thinking like this.

Now that I think about it, I’ve never had a candid conversation with you, even though we’ve been living together like this.

Jin Ha-gun, who had been staring at his subordinates in silence for a moment, looked back at Cheon-gwi.

His wide-open eyes were completely lifeless.

“Yes, I bet my life on the leader.”

Jin Ha-gun pulled out the sword that was stuck in Cheon-gwi’s heart.

Phew.

Jin Ha-gun did not avoid having blood sprayed on his body.

As the dead monster slowly fell to the side, the surroundings began to change.

dump.

The place where the monster fell was the Cheonhwaru yard.

Jin Ha-gun and the Myeolma-dae returned while everyone was watching.