The Regressor Only Protects Me Chapter 102

Episode 102. Anyang Station: All-out War (3)

A battle between players.

It was like a big event planted by the system administrators.

For the ‘beings’, the bloody wars between ordinary people are boring and tiresome.

There have been countless instances of battles of that level throughout human history, so we can just ‘rebroadcast’ them.

That’s why this moment was important.

And, the moment Jin Jae-hee’s silver sword is swung towards Haetae.

The countless ‘beings’ cheered.

* * *

Haetae’s body began to vibrate.

The dismembered bodies came together one by one and soon became one.

The guy whose body was restored piece by piece came back to life and stood in front of Jin Jae-hee.

“… … .”

Even though the bastard was revived, Jin Jae-hee didn’t even blink an eye. Instead, he launched another attack.

This time her sword swung towards Haetae’s neck.

Haetae saw this and blocked it with his right arm. Then, Jaehee’s sword blade was stuck directly into Haetae’s thick arm.

Phew!

Block the sword with your hand.

It’s impossible, but Haitai did it.

It seemed like he had chosen to cut off his right arm instead of his neck.

In reality, Jin Jae-hee’s sword blade cut off Haetae’s right arm and was stuck in his armpit.

Haetae swung his double-edged claw at her without showing any sign of pain.

Phew! Phew!!!

The space she was in was divided into two.

Jin Jae-hee instantly leaned forward and dodged.

But the bastard’s attacks didn’t stop.

Every time he made an attack, another hand would extend from Haetae’s severed right hand.

Phew!

‘… … The split right hand?’

Thud-!

The newly sprouted hand instantly grabbed Jin Jae-hee, who had lost his balance.

Jaehee tried to get out, but it was no use.

It was as if a bear had grabbed me with its grip.

Haetae pulled back the double-edged saw he was holding in his other hand.

He planned to cut down Jin Jae-hee in one breath with his right arm.

And he did just that.

With a sound of cutting air, the massive saw blade cut down both Haetae’s right arm and Jin Jae-hee.

Phew! Seriously!

“… … .”

However, Jin Jae-hee’s appearance was an illusion. Jin Jae-hee appeared behind Hae-tae’s back as he searched around for her who had disappeared.

She cut Haetae’s back with a murderous look in her eyes.

Shhh! Shhh!

A large, diagonal wound opened up on Haetae’s broad back.

Her slash through his back also struck the outer wall of the building, causing it to collapse.

Kookung… … ! Dddddddddd… … .

The Silver Sword is an S-class artifact that can cut through anything.

Because my skill level is still low, its true value has not yet been fully realized.

Thanks to that, Haetae was able to move again.

The bastard raised his mighty arm and swung it, and Jaehee blocked it with the blade of his sword.

It was a flawless defense, but Jaehee had no choice but to give in to the bastard’s immense power.

Jin Jae-hee’s body floated up and flew towards the battlefield where warriors and soldiers were entangled, and crashed into an abandoned car in a far corner.

thud-!

“… … .”

Swish-.

Jaehee got up, wiping the blood flowing from his lips with his hand.

In the dim vision, Haetae was walking towards Jin Jae-hee with a thumping sound.

He held a huge double-edged claw in one hand and cut down anyone he saw, regardless of whether they were soldiers or warriors.

However, Haetae’s gaze was fixed on Jin Jae-hee.

‘… … Considerable skill. Probably a key player for the time being.’

She took up her sword again and took up her stance.

It was the basic stance of kendo.

If Haetae was a key player during the period, he had to be caught here.

Even if we can capture just one player, it would be a huge advantage for Man-gyeong.

Battles between players are nothing more than a test of the fighting power of both factions.

To use a chess analogy, instead of ordinary soldiers, they are like bags, horses, and vehicles.

When a key player in a force dies, it means that the force is weakened.

Ultimately, the monarch with more players and a stronger army will win the league.

So Jin Jae-hee had to win.

I had to take that guy down to turn the tide.

Thump… … Thump… … Thump… … !

“… … .”

Haetae walked up to Jin Jae-hee and stood before her eyes.

A huge and massive presence.

The bastard’s body was soaked in the blood of warriors and soldiers.

The battlefield continued to be a bloody skirmish, and Jin Jae-hee gripped his sword tightly.

Shush.

To the general public, Jin Jae-hee simply appeared to have grabbed the handle of his sword with his right hand and then released it.

But Jaehee cut Haetae’s body with all his heart in that short moment.

No matter how strong Haetae is, Jin Jae-hee is a regressor.

There was no way a single player could withstand the full power of the regressor’s attacks.

Haetae fell to the floor with his upper body drawn diagonally.

Kook kung… … !

The bastard’s body was completely split in half.

Jin Jae-hee walked forward, leaving the separated body behind.

The aim was to defeat the remaining warriors and win the battle.

But this time, Haetae started moving again.

Whirik-. Whirilirik… … Whirik-.

Black threads began to connect from Haetae’s upper body.

And soon, Haetae straightened up and looked down at Jaehee again.

‘……line?’

A spark appeared in Jin Jae-hee’s eyes.

How on earth? How can it come back to life when it was clearly cut perfectly?

At that moment, she realized one thing.

It is true that the Silver Sword can cut anything, but that doesn’t mean it is an instant kill.

That was when.

Faint threads flew in from the side.

Whiriliriririk-. Kwak!

The thread immediately caught Jin Jae-hee and grabbed him.

“……laugh?!”

Haetae, who had gotten up again, tried to cut Jin Jae-hee with his double-edged saw.

But she couldn’t just sit still. She used force to cut the threads attached to her body.

It was a thread that could be broken somehow if force was applied.

But the thread that Haetae spewed out flew endlessly.

Whirlwind, whirlwind- Whirlwind-!!!

Black threads flying from all directions.

The word ‘thread’ was black, but it was so thin that it was invisible to the eye.

Jaehee stepped back, desperately trying to avoid the threads.

The soldiers of Man-gyeong and the warriors of Dong-an who were hit by the black thread fell helplessly.

For ordinary people, the sharp threads that make the skin sizzle like pudding just by touching it.

Such deadly threads were sprayed all over the battlefield.

After that, Haetae ran towards Jin Jae-hee.

‘Is the whole body thread? Or is it… … Is there a controller?’

Pick, pick, pick.

The threads continued to pass over Jin Jae-hee’s skin, causing wounds big and small each time.

Soon her whole body was covered in blood from the wounds.

There are over 5,000 known types of artifacts.

Even though Jin Jae-hee was a regressor, he could not have known all of his abilities.

But it wasn’t like there was no breakthrough.

Jin Jae-hee stopped moving and pulled out the second silver sword.

Ddddddddddd… … !

Now she held two silver swords in each hand.

And a silver cross-shaped mark appeared on her cheek.

Players can control and upgrade their own abilities.

, which allows you to use basic artifact abilities.

, where performance has been greatly enhanced from basic abilities.

Even Jin Jae-hee didn’t know about the existence of .

The league is now in its second year.

In just two years, Jin Jae-hee reached .

In her previous life, she was only able to demonstrate when she was in her 5th year, so her growth was quite rapid.

And for a normal player, they are no match for a player who has unlocked .

The reason is simple.

Because it is overwhelmingly strong.

Jin Jae-hee, who had entered Awakening 1, looked at Haetae with cold eyes.

‘I don’t know what that bastard’s true identity is, but for now, I’ll kill them all.’

Chooo …

“… … .”

Jin Jae-hee swung his silver sword in all directions and instantly cut down all the flying threads.

The attack was so strong that the silver sword’s blade fell off.

The attack of the awakening stage that swept in like that swallowed up the Haetae in front. Its body was indiscriminately cut into pieces, and it disintegrated into powder and scattered in all directions.

Now, it was truly impossible to recreate it.

“Phu-ha… … !”

Jaehee let out a deep, ragged breath as he poured out his strength.

Her mind was spinning and every bone in her body felt like it was going to break. Her hands were still crossed, holding the silver sword that had lost its edge.

Even though he had defeated the enemy, Jin Jae-hee did not let his guard down. He turned his head to look around and looked at the bastard’s corpse.

‘… … The blood isn’t flowing.’

Even though Haetae was torn to pieces by countless sword strikes, there was not a single drop of blood, not even a trace of blood, around him.

What this meant was one thing.

‘He wasn’t human to begin with.’

In my experience, there are some things that leave marks like this when cut.

A corpse or a doll.

Based on the evidence so far, it was clear that Haetae’s body was a real puppet.

‘Then there must be a separate body.’

Jaehee looked around.

‘Where… … ?’

Three warriors were torn to pieces by Jaehee’s attack.

Warriors and soldiers fighting on the ground, pointing knives at each other.

A bleeding soldier climbs on top of a tank and starts hammering away.

Warriors gathered in groups of three and stabbed spears into soldiers who had already fallen.

A few warriors hide under a scrap car in fear.

A warrior who rushes at you, but is quickly stopped by a soldier.

The pilot of the Haetae was nowhere to be seen.

At that moment, the black threads that had been chopped into small pieces by Jaehee were seen moving somewhere.

That was the direction of the gathering place during that time.

‘Did you control it from a considerable distance? If so.’

Taat-!

She ran straight out of the battlefield.

‘You have to go as high as possible.’

Only then can we determine the destination of the thread.

But there wasn’t enough time to climb the stairs and get up to the building.

That’s why Jin Jae-hee shouted.

“hey-!!!”

To Choi Hyun-ji.

Her voice echoed among the warriors and soldiers fighting.

Choi Hyun-ji, startled, instinctively raised her head like a meerkat.

“uh?”

“floating matters!”

Choi Hyun-ji flinched for a moment at the sudden informality.

and.

“Uh… … what… … ? Floating… … water? Huh?”

Suddenly there’s a floating object.

Choi Hyun-ji herself never said anything. But judging from the look in her eyes, it seemed like Jin Jae-hee already knew Choi Hyun-ji’s skills.

She was pointing her finger into the air.

Soon, Choi Hyun-ji realized Jin Jae-hee’s intentions and took out a black substance.

Churrrrrrrrrr-. Chug!

Choi Hyun-ji’s black substance quickly approached Jin Jae-hee and created a foothold, and she stepped on it and rose into the sky.

‘Okay. At this level, we can avoid our allies’ defensive positions.’

Jin Jae-hee lowered his hands to his waist.

At the same time, I slightly bent my upper body.

Then another silver sword was placed in her hand.

A player’s abilities are not infinite.

The same goes for Jin Jae-hee.

This attack will probably drain all of her mental power.

‘… … cut exactly in the direction the thread flows.’

The awakened power was already on a different level than two years ago.

They will not know about the existence of this power.

Jin Jae-hee, who checked the direction in which the black thread was moving, swung his sword.

Boohoo-!

Although the movements were monotonous, the sights created by those monotonous movements were by no means monotonous.

Choochoochochoocho-! Seo-suk!

The upper floors of all the buildings in front were completely blown away.

Debris from the collapsed building spilled across the alleyways.

The debris fell on the warriors who were waiting for a surprise attack in an alley.

“Ugh… … Euaaaah!!!!”

“Gyaaaaaaah-!”

“Gyaaaaaaah!”

Boom, boom, boom!!!

The slash that cut through several buildings extended outward and flew in the direction where the threads were gathering.

Jin Jae-hee, who had exhausted all his strength, sat down on Choi Hyun-ji’s floating object.

“Hoo… … hoo… … hoo… … huff… … .”

Even as she let out a faint groan, her eyes were shining coldly as she stared in the direction from which the blow had come.

The battle continued, and the outcome was not yet decided.

And the enemy’s offensive was still fierce.

But there was no need to worry.

The advance party would be nothing more than a ragtag bunch without any players.

And now that the player has been eliminated, Man-Gyeong’s counterattack, led by Choi Hyun-Ji, will begin.

At that time, Choi Hyun-ji appeared.

She looked at Jin Jae-hee, who had fallen down helplessly.

I was so exhausted that I couldn’t even answer, let alone catch my breath.

Choi Hyun-ji said indifferently to Jae-hee.

“Yeah, yeah… … Little brother.”

“Hoo, hoo, hoo… … .”

Choi Hyun-ji opened her artifact.

Then a black substance began to wrap around her arm.

“… … I’ll pay for the cola.”

Whirik-.

Choi Hyun-ji threw the can of cola she was holding into the air.

Taat-.

But it wasn’t Coke that hit the ground first, it was Choi Hyun-ji.

The one-sided massacre that followed by Choi Hyun-ji devastated the enemy’s main force.

(Continued in the next episode)