Absolute Regression Chapter 590

Episode 590 Isn’t this a life that runs without rest?

You can’t get out unless you kill everyone?

The Sword Dancer and the Sword King faced each other.

“It means to kill the person who came here with you.”

As the Sword King’s expression hardened, anger poured out.

“What kind of formation is this?”

bang!

The Sword King kicked the signpost without mercy. The shattered signpost scattered everywhere. As if that wasn’t enough to satisfy his anger, he pulled out the signpost’s pole and smashed it into pieces.

On the other hand, Geommugeuk was silently watching the Sword King.

“Aren’t you angry?”
“You’re giving me all the anger I need.”
“We hate this kind of thing.”

The Sword King, who had been so angry, seemed to calm down for a moment.

Sreung!

He gently pulled out his iron sword.

Shhhhh.

Geommu-geuk tilted his head back. The invisible sword energy passed by his face.
Geomwang spoke while drawing his sword.

“Are you going to do it now?”
“No, why are you taking your anger out on me?”

As soon as he pulled out his sword, the air around him changed.
Geommu-geuk felt it. The Black Magic Sword wanted to cry. It was the Black Magic Sword that had been suppressed ever since he met the Sword King.

‘Not yet.’

The sword dance shook its head.

“I won’t do it.”

At that moment, Geommu-geuk saw something. A certain emotion flashed across the Sword King’s eyes. It was definitely an emotion close to relief.

“If you don’t do it? What are you going to do?”

Then Geommugeuk said something unexpected.

“You don’t have to go out.”
“What?”
“Don’t go out and just stay here.”

The swordsman looked up at the sky and shouted. It was a cry to the person who created this.

“Hey! We’re not going out!”

At those words, the Sword King couldn’t hold back his laughter. He probably didn’t mean it, but he really liked the way he didn’t lose his composure even in this situation.

“You really…….”

The Sword King did not continue speaking.
The Sword Dancer looked around and spoke to the Sword King.

“Can you lend me one of your shoes for a moment?”
“Are you trying to say something that will make me throw my shoes at you?”
“No, if I did, I would have asked for both.”

The Sword King handed me the shoes on his waist with a look that said, “What on earth are you trying to do?”

Geommugeuk closed his eyes for a moment, seemed to be praying for something, and then threw his shoe up. The shoe went high into the air and fell to the ground. Geommugeuk looked at the direction the shoe was pointing and said.

“Let’s go this way.”

The Sword King shook his head in disbelief. He never expected that someone would throw a shoe to determine direction.

“Why don’t you use your shoes?”
“They’ll get dirty.”

As Geommugeuk shook off the dirt on his shoes and returned them to him, Geomwang finally said what he had been holding back.

“You are crazy.”

When he finally heard those words, Geommugeuk smiled happily.

“Why are you laughing when they call me crazy?”
“Most people who call me crazy have had a good ending.”
“The person who said that must be crazy too.”

The sword dance laughed even louder and walked forward.
The sword king put his sword back in its scabbard and followed behind him. Was it because he didn’t have to fight right away? The sword king’s expression looked relaxed.

“I should correct what I said earlier. This might be the last time we’ll break out of this formation since it was created.”
“After all, this formation is our first and last.”
“I guess so.”

It didn’t seem like this formation would be installed anywhere else.
The two continued walking. The end of the wasteland was blocked by a high cliff.

“The world created by Jinbeop ends here. If you walk this far in other directions, you’ll probably end up in a cliff.”

The Sword King could tell that the Sword Dance was walking to check the extent of the formation.

‘What on earth are you trying to do?’

It was obvious that he had some kind of plan. Then, Geommugeuk said something unexpected again.

“It’s getting dark, so let’s stay here today.”

Then he gathered some dry branches that were scattered around and made a bonfire. He looked like he had forgotten that he was inside the camp.

If it were someone else, I would have thought, “What kind of crazy thing is this?” No, there was no need to compare myself to others in the first place. If it were someone else, I wouldn’t have come down to the basement with them in the first place.

A bonfire was lit.
The embers crackled and rose into the air along with smoke, and the dry rocks and grass were bathed in the swaying light.

“Yeah, I guess one day will be fine!”

The Sword King lay down next to him. Watching him, Geommugeuk also lay down comfortably across the campfire.

“What is a day? You can take a year off. Let’s take a break.”

The expression on the Sword King’s face said, “Yes, that’s right.” It had been a long time since he had rested. He didn’t know that he would be resting in the formation, and with the leader of the Demonic Cult.

“Haven’t you been running nonstop? Get some rest.”
“How did you know that I’ve been running nonstop?”
“Because you met me. I’ve been running nonstop too. A runner knows another runner.”

A faint smile appeared on the corner of the Sword King’s mouth.
The two of them lay there like that, looking up at the sky. As time passed, the sky’s colors changed. When the light of twilight had completely darkened, a new light began to decorate the sky.

“The stars that day… were nice to me too.”

Geommu-geuk turned his head and looked at the Sword King. What did he think of when he looked at the stars that day? Who did he think of?

“Why did you join hands with them?”

He was clearly different from the other twelve zodiac kings I had seen so far.
He was someone I would never have told you about before, but today was different.

“I owe you money.”

The gaze of the swordsman looking at him deepened.

“That must be a lot of debt.”

The Sword King nodded slightly while lying down.
Then he blurted out a word.

“Nothing changes.”

Contrary to what he said, there was regret in the eyes of the Sword King. What if we hadn’t met as enemies? This demonic cult leader was definitely someone who made people think that way.

Then, from beyond the campfire, the words of the swordsman were heard.

“Don’t make any preconceived notions. It’s your life, and it’s my life. We can decide our own lives.”

After a moment, Geommugeuk added:

“And the debt can be repaid.”

The Sword King did not answer.
As the campfire died down, the night grew deeper.

There was a new report from Tongcheon-gak.
The leader of the Hwangryongmu-gwan had come to the underground stage, and said that a great master had appeared there. Kwon-ma’s eyes sparkled at the report that there was a bandage wrapped around his fist.

I heard that two absolute masters joined forces in the last battle at Cheonhwaru, so this time too, another master will come out to provide support.

“Not only that, but it is said that the masters who appear to be their subordinates are gathering one after another at the Hwangryongmugwan.”

The guys started to move in earnest.
After finishing his report, Ian conveyed his thoughts to Kwon-ma.

“It seems like they are waiting for the leader to come out. The fact that they are guarding the entrance and not going down to the basement means that what is happening down there is important. Or, they are trusting the person who went with the leader.”

Kwon Ma, who had been silently nodding, made a decision. His gaze turned to Ilhwageomjeon. In this situation, this was the decision that Kwon Ma made.

“Let us wait, So-Chief.”

It meant that they would eliminate all of them and welcome the sword dance that was coming up to the surface.
A smile appeared on Ilhwa Sword Master’s face.

“I’ve been waiting for those words.”

In contrast to her smile, her eyes were shining coldly like her sword.

Ian expected his father’s decision.
That must be why the Sword Dance Theater called the Ma-zones. He must have believed that they would take care of it without him having to say anything.
Yes, if I had to pick the word that fits the word Ma-zone the least, it would be “don’t go.” The two of them are just staying for a while for themselves and Seo-jin.

But I didn’t expect my father to make this decision.

“You come too.”

I thought he wouldn’t take me because it was dangerous.

“The unmanned ones should be on the battlefield. Just like the current leader is underground.”

This was Kwon Ma’s outlook on life.
He also knew that the more precious a child is, the more he must suffer. It is easier to hold on to them. It is harder to let them go.

“Thank you, Father!”

Ian expressed his gratitude with a bright face.
Ilhwageomjon opened the door first and looked back at the two people.

“Let’s go, we can’t let the enemy stand over the head of the cult leader.”

The next morning, when Geommu-geuk opened his eyes, Geomwang was standing alone, looking at the rising sun.

“You’re the only one who can sleep so soundly in a situation like this.”
“I’ve been so nervous lately because of you, teacher, that I haven’t been able to sleep at all.”

Geommugeuk stretched his legs and stood next to Geomwang.

“If you had killed me, you would have destroyed the formation and left.”
“Don’t you have enough loyalty not to stab us while we sleep?”
“Of course. That’s why I slept well.”

Of course, there was also a reason why I believed in the great Cheonmahoshin Gong that had achieved great success.

“What a pity. I wanted to fight you on that stage.”

Their gazes turned to each other as they watched the rising sun.

“You’re planning to kill me,
aren’t you?” “Because I can’t die.”
“Now, do you feel relieved after killing me, or do you feel regretful? I’ll confess first. If I kill you, Master, I think I’ll regret it for a long time. I’ll regret it and think about it for the rest of my life.”
“You’re still on the mission until the end.”

The two people looked at each other and laughed.

“Even if we fight, let’s fight together after looking at the last room. You know? How hard I dug.”
“I know. But this damn formation….”

At that moment, the Sword King flinched and stopped talking. He felt that Geommu-geuk had a plan. His premonition was right.

“You don’t have to fight here.”
“How?”
“As you can see, I have basic knowledge of illusions and formations.”

And the solution to this problem was really in the most basic of basics.

“There must be a method of destruction in illusions and formations. This is the first principle.”

The Sword King nodded with an expression that said he knew it too.

“But the idea that the destruction method requires killing those who have entered the truth cannot exist in the first place. That is because it violates the first principle of survival if you break the destruction method.”
“!”

The sword dance drama had a clear vision of what should not be missed.

“That signpost was a trick.”
“!”
“If that signpost remains in a situation where the formation is not destroyed even after defeating the enemies, then of course you will think that you have to kill the opponent as well. Since it is the formation of the last checkpoint, it must be really vicious. This is a trick that targets such feelings.”

The gaze of the swordsman turned towards the sun rising in the distance.

“The remaining enemy will be hiding somewhere here. If we eliminate the remaining one, we will eliminate them all.”

The Sword King was truly surprised and impressed. If he had not seen through this trick, he would have killed his fellow comrades who had come with him. If the words of the little cultist were true, this formation was truly a vicious formation that played with people’s minds.

Ah! So that’s why you came all the way to the end of the formation to see how big this place is!

“Why didn’t you tell me this yesterday?”
“I wanted to light a bonfire with you, teacher. Aren’t these all memories?”

The Sword King didn’t say anything. He was trying to tell me a secret, half-jokingly and half-seriously, but I could tell from the expression on the Sword Master’s face that he really just wanted to spend a day camping with me.

If he had been trying to find out the secret, he would have been persistent in finding out somehow. But yesterday, he and I spent most of our time looking up at the night sky.

This time, the Sword King himself threw the shoes on his waist.
He picked them up and said as they fell to the ground.

“Let’s start from this side.”

And there it was.
And it was not far from the starting point. Surprisingly, there was only one enemy left.

“I will cut it.”

The Sword King’s touch was filled with emotion.

With one left, I thought there would be a really strong one left, but no. He was on the same level as the drones that came in the first of three attacks.

So, this was a strategy to make people even more angry. All you had to do was find a weakling like this and kill him. By the time they found out, all of their companions who had come with them would have already been killed.

The sword dance could be felt. The person who created this formation was mocking humans and the unmanned. It was a formation where the malice could be clearly felt.

Only when the opponent was cut down did the formation begin to break down. It was the moment when the formation cut down everyone. Those who had entered the formation were not included.

Ssssssssss.

As the spell disappeared, the two stood in a dark passageway.

Clank.

The door at the end of the passage opened.
The Sword King looked at the Sword Dance with complicated eyes.

“Thanks to you, I was able to pass the checkpoint again.”

The Sword King walked towards the door first.

“But I can’t give you half this time. It’s a place where you get everything or nothing.”

Geommugeuk followed him and said.

“I’m sorry, but I can’t help it.”

The two stopped in front of the door at the end of the passage.
At that moment, Geommu-geuk’s gaze turned to the door. There was a pattern drawn there.
It was not the pattern he had seen on the wall of the previous passage or in the room.
This pattern was something he had never seen before.
Nevertheless, it caught Geommu-geuk’s gaze more intensely than any other painting he had seen so far.

There was a square in the center, surrounded by six smaller circles.
The circles
were of different colors: black and white, blue and red, and yellow and purple.

‘no way?’

The square in the middle looked like a sphere, and the six circles around it looked like beads that the sphere was absorbing.

As Geommugeuk stared at the pattern, the Sword King asked.

“But why?”
“I take back what I said earlier.”

Geommugeuk slowly opened the door and said.

“Please give me everything in this room.”