The Regressor Only Protects Me Chapter 13

#Episode 13. A leap forward (2)

[You have acquired skill enhancement]

[Skill Enhancement: By combining identical weapons, you can obtain a higher grade weapon. Current level of Kang Shi-on’s craftsman: 1]

synthesis?

If you say the same weapon, it means the two ‘crude spears’ you are holding now.

I grabbed two windows.

Then the composite window appeared.

[rough window]

[Reinforcement success rate 10%]

[100% equipment destruction on failure]

10%.

It could be because the skill level is low, but even if you think so, the probability is too low.

It seemed like the skill for synthesis was something that needed more proficiency to be filled.

Of course, there was a 1 in 10 chance of success right away, but they couldn’t afford to lose a fight where they were outnumbered.

I folded my heart and made a window.

Each time, my skill level improved little by little.

“Huh? Look at this. It’s a composite window.”

It seems that the composite window also appeared to Lee Ju-yeon, who was standing next to her.

Since the work was at a similar pace, she should have come out by now.

I made the window again.

At that time, Lee Ju-yeon synthesized the equipment without much thought.

“Is synthetic better?”

“Now, wait a minute.”

I was startled and tried to stop her, but it was too late.

Phew-!

A bluish light rose into her air and then burst into the air.

pop!

“Oh! It worked. It was a 10% chance.”

“ah.”

Fortunately, the reinforcement was successful.

Otherwise I almost lost two weapons.

I calmed my pounding heart.

It would have been nice if it had been successful.

But Lee Ju-yeon just smiled brightly and picked up the 1st class spear and the normal spear at the same time.

“Oh. The second round is 3%. Life is one shot. Come on, let’s go!”

“don’t do it.”

Phew-.

I immediately snatched the weapon from her hands.

* * *

In his previous life, Jin Jae-hee started playing the game in a university building located in Haeundae, Busan.

That’s why I didn’t know anything about the game that was happening right now.

Still, Jin Jae-hee was not anxious or nervous.

After all, Kang Shi-on was by her side.

Because I was playing with the best players in the league.

Her goal was simple.

I absolutely have to survive this fu*king game.

And it was to return the world to its original state.

Kang Si-on is the man closest to winning.

At least in South Korea, there is no one who can stand against him.

It is a fact proven by past lives.

Kang Shi-on was a character that permeated the worldview, and his colleagues remained until the very end and ultimately achieved victory.

In his previous life, Jin Jae-hee was with him for three years, and thanks to that, he survived until the end.

Although they didn’t make it to the final round, no one else made it to the final round.

She had only one regret after failing and dying in the final round.

‘If only we had met earlier.’

If I had done that, I would have advanced to the final round with more teammates.

I would have cleared the entire league with them.

And now that opportunity has been given.

Jin Jae-hee met Kang Si-on, and the league began.

I don’t know what the immediate future holds, but I do know about the important games that will unfold in the future.

In this way she will achieve victory together with Zion.

Of course, as time goes by, things will become different from your previous life.

8th floor, elevator.

Grrrrr. Rumble!

I gave it some force and the elevator door opened.

A pitch-black elevator interior appeared before my eyes.

Jin Jae-hee swallowed hard and looked down carefully.

The elevator stopped on the second floor.

This is the 8th floor, so if you fall you won’t die, but at least your legs will break.

In this world, being injured means immediate death.

‘I have no choice.’

Nothing is more important than early reconnaissance.

I absolutely had to do it.

Jin Jae-hee stepped back twice and then jumped in all at once.

She reached out and grabbed the chain link connecting the elevator to the elevator.

Chul-kuk-duk, kuuuuk.

A vein appeared in Jin Jae-hee’s hand as he held the iron chain.

Her body swayed from side to side as the iron chain swayed.

“Haa. Haa.”

I’m out of breath.

When you regress, your abilities don’t stay the same.

She slowly climbed up the rope, using her forearms to brace herself.

The Blue Team will never expect someone to break into the elevator shaft.

It is a difficult path, but it is also the safest path.

In any case, the purpose of round 1 is to select players.

In other words, only leaders with adaptability can go out into the real battlefield.

The battlefield is not limited to this narrow building, but is the world beyond this building.

Monsters and players.

Survival and the struggle for power between players.

The administrators above.

It is a battlefield filled with slaughter and the smell of blood.

Jin Jae-hee managed to climb up to the 11th floor.

And then I stepped onto the 11th floor elevator and slowly opened the door.

* * *

1st floor. Red Team’s base.

Before I knew it, I was asleep.

I wasn’t much of a sleeper.

Before this happened, I slept at most 5 hours a day, and on average 4 hours.

That’s how much I needed to sleep.

But today, I guess I was incredibly tired.

When I made the last window, I fell into a deep sleep and soon had a dream.

Is this what they call a lucid dream?

I was clearly sleeping and dreaming, but I was conscious of it.

After my parents passed away, my brother and I lived in the semi-basement of a 30-year-old villa.

A bathroom where water rises in the summer and snow pours in in the winter.

In the bathroom door frame was a chin-up bar that the previous owner had left behind.

The time is dawn.

My brother was fast asleep in the bedroom, living room, and kitchen, and I headed to the bathroom without saying a word.

I silently tied the old rope into a circle in front of him.

I was trembling so much in front of him.

It was my body, but I couldn’t control it, and the dream continued as if I was watching a first-person video.

I slowly stepped onto the toilet and grabbed the rope.

I was so scared that cold sweat ran down my entire body.

When you hang yourself with a rope.

Squeak-.

The bathroom door opened.

My younger brother Jun-ho was there.

Junho was rubbing his eyes with both fists, and he couldn’t even see properly as he woke up from his sleep.

“Brother, what are you doing…? I’m going to sleep.”

“Hey, Junho.”

Junho asked me nonchalantly.

Junho didn’t know anything.

At that moment, the rope was still around my neck, and the two hands holding the rope were shaking like crazy.

“… … Kang Jun-ho. Jun-ho. Jun-ho.”

This had to be a dream.

It had to be a dream.

I quickly got down from the toilet before my brother saw me.

And he hugged his little brother tightly.

“Brother… … ?”

“I’m sorry… … Really. I’m really sorry.”

Up until now, I’ve only thought about myself.

Because of my fear of the future, I was ready to give up because it was clear that life would be more painful.

But what about my younger brother who was left alone in the world after I left?

My younger brother is a more pitiful child than I am, but I had a dangerous thought that I would only be comfortable.

“Brother, I want to go to sleep.”

That morning, I held my younger brother, who was fidgeting, and cried loudly.

That day, I cried like crazy, tears that I had never shown before even at my parents’ funeral.

Only after crying for a long time was I able to wake up.

“Haa!… … Haa.”

A heavy breath came out.

My heart was pounding like a marathon runner who had just finished a sprint.

My mind was hazy for a moment, and I was covered in a cold sweat from the feeling of emptiness.

When I came to my senses and looked around, I saw that I was covered with a black coat.

And what I saw was Lee Ju-yeon’s face.

“Wake up. Hey, Sebeom. Wake up.”

Lee Ju-yeon stared at my face intently, then shook the man named Lee Se-beom.

It was the man who called me his friend.

“Are you okay? You were sweating a lot. You know, like in dramas? Sebeom, you know, the ones where the main characters have nightmares and sweat a lot.”

“Okay, then stop, Sister.”

“Wow, this is my first time seeing this. It was a bit weird at first, but it was fun.”

“Ah, stop it.”

Sebeom approached me quietly and handed me a towel.

Karma perm, rimless glasses, tall and handsome appearance.

Normally, people don’t just accept favors from others.

Because I don’t know what he’s thinking inside.

But my face was too sweaty to not take the towel now.

I took the towel carefully.

Lee Se-beom said to me.

“Did you have a great dream?”

“It’s none of your business.”

I said coldly and kicked off my coat.

Then he asked Lee Se-beom.

“How’s the situation? The Blue Team. Has Jin Jae-hee returned?”

“If you’re talking about Jin Jae-hee, are you talking about the woman who was standing next to you?”

“okay.”

“They haven’t come back yet, the blue team hasn’t come either.”

When I turned my head to the left, there was a window, water, and food lined up that had been prepared overnight.

When I turned my head to the right again, I saw people each doing their own work.

He was carving wood with a chisel.

It was something I didn’t even ask you to do.

The only people who didn’t work here were me and the two siblings above.

“What is that?”

I pointed to what people were making and asked, and Lee Se-beom glanced over at me and then answered.

“I told you to do it.”

I frowned.

“Who are you?”

Sebeom looked at me blankly and then said calmly.

“I am nothing. At least for now.”

As I came to my senses, my senses slowly returned to my body.

And the headache that had been bothering me while I was sleeping came rushing back.

I spoke to him, pressing my temples.

“What did you order me to do? Everyone, you have to save your energy. You never know what might happen next.”

I don’t know how much sleep I got.

I should have slept for about 4 hours, but for some reason I felt like I slept longer.

Sebeom looked at me, resting his chin on his hand.

“You need to rest. You look like you’re overworked.”

“Don’t change the subject, I told you not to worry about it.”

“You can’t not care. If you don’t care about your stamina and use your body, you’ll definitely become their target. And if your stamina drops, you’ll die right away.”

I looked back at him again.

Then he concluded his speech.

“If you die, we die too. That’s the rule, right?”

Sebeom handed me a tumbler.

The tumbler was filled with warm water.

The protagonist gave the tumbler a thumbs up and said:

“Lemon tea. It’s delicious.”

As she said, there was a tea bag on top of the tumbler.

It’s probably a tea bag for entertaining guests.

I took a sip of my tea, still glaring at him.

Then Lee Ju-yeon reached out to me and stirred the tea bag in the tumbler.

As I silently looked at her, Lee Joo-yeon raised her thumb again.

Lee Se-beom grabbed Lee Ju-yeon by the back of her neck and spoke to me.

“Everyone in the group agreed. I just made the suggestion. It wasn’t something I did on my own.”

“What did you make?”

“crossbow.”

“crossbow?”

“Yeah, a crossbow.”

Sebeom got up from his seat and walked somewhere.

As he left, Joo-yeon, who was sitting next to me, stared at me intently and asked.

“But what do you think? Is your heart pounding like crazy like the main character in a drama?”

I didn’t bother to answer.

Sebeom brought a crossbow that people were making.

“Just fit the spear made of a wheat stick into the inner groove.”

I just sat there and watched what he did.

Sebeom put the spear into the crossbow.

And he aimed at the wooden plank on the other side.

As he released the bowstring made of bands, an arrow carved from a spear flew at once and stuck in the board.

Bang, boom!

The sash window was already half as long as it could be called a window.

The length of the slingshot was split to fit the size of the crossbow.

The tip was sharply beveled to increase penetrative power.

The power is powerful, and above all, the accuracy has greatly increased.

I took a closer look at the crossbow.

The bowstring that Sebeom was pulling was a rubber band that went into his trousers.

The bowstring is wrapped in two or three layers, giving it strength and elasticity.

The thing that held the bands to either side of the bow was a spike.

The frame, into which the nails were driven, was made of wooden planks.

Nails. Planks. Bands. Arrows.

Most of them were recyclables collected from within the shopping mall.

It was small enough for an individual to carry.

To think that you could combine these items to create a weapon like this.

Above all, its sophistication stood out.

I glanced at Sebeom once.

He was a talented person.

“The elasticity is much stronger than the strength of a human arm. This is a weapon that utilizes that. I thought this would be more efficient, so I asked people to make it for me using the same materials. Of course, I also left behind weapons for throwing spears.”

It was a pretty decent crossbow.

It was so easy that even someone trying it for the first time could push and pull it.

That’s why the people on the Hong team have been busy since a while ago.

Sebeom lifted the crossbow to his shoulder and asked.

“If you don’t like it, I’ll put it back the way it was.”

I looked back and forth between him and the crossbow.

And then he extended his hand.

Sebeom naturally put the crossbow in my hand.

The item window popped up.

●[Temporary]

Crossbow (+0)(Combination)

Rank: E

Attack Power: 2 (per shot)

Durability: 10

Special effects: x

Difficulty to acquire: Easy

“How many arrows have you secured?”

“About 50, including the broom, mop, and other materials. If I make more, I should be able to secure up to 100.”

I repeated exactly what he did.

The band was pulled and hung on a wooden pole, and a slingshot, an arrowhead, was inserted into the groove.

He lifted the bow, aiming at the finely-polished sights.

Bang-!

The arrow cut through the wind and struck the other side.

It needs more polishing, but for now this is good enough.

At least it was great for humans.

“I have secured about three crossbows. They require elaborate work, so it took me a whole day to get them.”

Lee Se-beom took the crossbow from me and said.

I tried to come to my senses by drinking a cup of lemon tea from my tumbler.

It’s already been quite some time.

We didn’t have much time left, and I wanted to get out of the mall as soon as possible.

Then suddenly I asked him.

“Wait a minute, what?”

“I think I have secured about three crossbows.”

“No, after that.”

“Oh, I have to work all day.”

“Are you saying I slept for a day?”

At my words, Sebeom checked his wristwatch.

Then he let out a short sigh and answered.

“Yeah. I slept for exactly 25 hours and 32 minutes. I tried to wake him up halfway through. He just wouldn’t wake up.”

Damn. Today is the third day.

And the 4th day is almost here.

I could tell you had been sleeping for a long time, but I never thought you had slept a full day.

At that time, if the Blue Team had invaded, it would have been a complete ending.

And as if fate was playing a trick on me, the second incident began as soon as I woke up.

Ta-da, ta-da.

Baby angels walking out of a gap in the sky.

They formed a line and walked out, beating drums.

Meanwhile, K was walking out, yawning.

“Ah, no fun~!!! It’s boring!!!!”

K rubbed his eyes and looked around at the people on the Hong team.

“Why don’t you fight? Are you all cowards? That’s why it’s not fun. It’s not fun.”

K put his hands in his pockets and continued speaking.

“We will now begin a special game. All three teams must participate.”

As she swiped her hand horizontally, a holographic window appeared there.

Everyone on the Hong team looked up at the window.

Knock knock knock knock knock.

The sound of the baby angels’ drums rang out at a faster tempo.

“This first round, the special game is. That’s it.”

When she finished speaking, we all had the same expression on our faces.

(Continued in the next episode)