The Regressor Only Protects Me Chapter 182

Episode 182. The meaning of the elite unit (1)

Those with red scales were large snake-shaped monsters, the smallest of which was 10 meters long, called Sledyman.

The sled shark is characterized by its ability to swallow its prey whole with its large jaws, similar to those of a basking shark.

They also have excellent gastric elasticity, so they can eat whatever they can get their hands on without feeling full their entire lives.

Most of the life inside the Han River was wiped out by Sladiman.

A few sleddies, searching for scarce prey, would come up to the riverbank and hunt humans.

The speed at which they can leap out of the water and snatch their prey is several times faster than that of a normal crocodile.

Once the prey was in the mouth, it was impossible for it to escape.

Even citizens living in Seoul did not draw water from the Han River because of Sledyman.

Even launching a boat was impossible.

The largest of them was so huge that it could have collapsed the Han River Bridge.

The reason Mapo Bridge still remains is because of the administrator's intervention.

The management side has placed a restriction on Mapo Bridge so that it 'never collapses due to monster attacks'.

In order to prevent exchanges between the South and the North of Seoul from being completely cut off, the administrators had put in place a number of measures.

So, Mapo Bridge, which is connected to Yeouido, is in fact the only passage connecting the north and south of Seoul.

Sleddyman is a predator that follows the scent of blood.

The strong scent of blood that Jin Jae-hee gave off became a sweet temptation that drew them in.

At that moment, a giant mouth rose out of the river and attacked Jin Jae-hee.

Choaaaah!

The sight of its gaping mouth was truly terrifying.

A human being who is eaten by it will feel extreme fear and slowly suffocate to death.

But this time, the opponent was bad.

Jin Jae-hee didn't even swing his sword, he just extended his hand.

At that moment, the holy swords under her command cut Sladiman to pieces in one go.

Crunch-! Crunch, crunch, crunch!

Pieces of Sledyman's dismembered body fell to the riverside like meteors.

Her aides, watching the scene, could not help but gape in shock.

The Sleddies that followed behind changed their targets as soon as they saw her powerful strength, devoured the torn flesh of their compatriots, and began to flee into the river.

But she didn't even miss the ones who ran away.

Jin Jae-hee waved his fingers lightly downward like an orchestra conductor swinging his baton.

Then, the Holy Sword showed off its delicate movements and followed its master's command and penetrated under the water.

Three holy swords plunged from the sky into the water and began to hunt Sledyman.

The Holy Sword went in and out repeatedly, like a seagull hunting fish under the water.

Each time, the corpse of a huge, hunted sled was thrown towards the riverbank.

Boohoo-!

Giant monsters floated into the sky and fell onto the riverbank.

Boom… … !!! Boom! Kuung!

The other aides of Jin Jae-hee who were watching it couldn't help but be shocked again.

“Captain, are you catching that monster like an eel…?”

“It really feels like they live in a different dimension from us.”

“I feel a sense of inferiority for some reason… … .”

Jin Jae-hee finished hunting and just looked at the Sledy that was still alive and moving.

The special thing about sled meat is that it is extremely delicious.

The meat was greasy like pig's feet, had a chewy texture, and had a mild flavor like beef.

This meat was the most delicious of all the monsters she had tasted in her past life.

Jin Jae-hee walked all the way to the Han River just to eat this sled.

'You'll like it, right?'

She smiled slightly as she looked at the meat.

* * *

After Kang Shi-on's army occupied Gwanak and Dongjak, they crossed Yeongdeungpo and attacked Yeouido.

There were quite a few enemy defense forces in Yeouido, but they were defeated miserably by the Ogre of Man-gyeong.

The difference in combat power between the two forces was already clear.

Even if they attacked with guns, they could not handle the soldiers of Man-gyeong.

Among the soaring buildings of Yeouido, Man-Gyeong's troops began to set up bases one after another.

The wide bridge stretching all the way to the horizon was filled with barricades erected by Metro forces.

One more thing, there was a passageway made by connecting city buses on the right lane of the bridge.

Although its interior is destroyed, it was once a road used by merchants of the Metro Forces. It was a structure built because they refused to live on the polluted surface.

Besides that, looking at the enemy's barricade, it was an iron fortress that could not be broken through by any means.

The rapid-fire advance of Man-gyeong finally stopped at Mapo Bridge.

* * *

I put on a mask and went into the barracks.

In the barracks there was a desk with a small light.

A corpse was lying on top of it.

One of the doctors inside the barracks explained to me naturally.

“He’s the one who died today. I brought him here because you said you wanted the body to be well preserved, so I could strangle him on purpose.”

I said, looking down at the corpse.

“Take it off.”

"yes."

The doctor took off the clothes from the body and put them in one place.

The identity of the corpse was Hunter.

As his subordinate had said, he had been strangled to death, so his condition was very good.

It was a body perfect for turning into a zombie.

If a bone is broken or a body part is missing, the result would be a grotesquely twisted zombie like you'd see in the movies.

I reached out and unlocked the skill.

Woof.

A red ring appeared on the palm of his hand, soon enveloping the surrounding space.

At that moment the corpse shook.

Wiggle-.

When the body showed no sign of rising, I applied force again.

Then the light from the ring became more intense and illuminated the inside of the barracks.

Wriggle-. Swish-.

The zombie raised its upper body.

A servant who attacks targets without rest as per the master's orders.

I felt a rotten vibration from the zombies, but it didn't matter.

The aggressiveness of the zombies encountered in the light has been proven.

The subordinate next to him opened his mouth and covered his nose with the back of his hand.

“That’s amazing. With this ability, I could reverse an overwhelming power difference in an instant.”

I answered my subordinate who only thought of good things.

“It would be impossible.”

“… … Yes? Why?”

“I can only move about 20 at most.”

It wasn't an exact calculation.

I just calculated it based on the dizziness I felt while using the artifact skill.

When I was locked in the pension by Lee Seok-jin, I wasn't just making bells.

We also checked the frequency of dizziness according to the amount of artifact consumed.

My temples are starting to tingle a little now, so I guess I'll be limited to about 19 more if I use all my skills.

I gave the order.

"wake up."

The zombie got up from the desk.

Bam!

I gave another order to the zombie, who straightened his back.

“Cross the river. And kill every living thing you see.”

The zombie was silent for a moment, then left the barracks without any reaction.

I followed the zombie out of the barracks.

The zombie ran with great strides.

It was evidence that the body was in very good condition.

The zombie approached Mapo Bridge straight away.

And then I started crossing Mapo Bridge without any fear.

As the zombies approached the enemy's defensive positions, gunshots rang out.

Taang-!

The zombie fell down immediately.

But I got up right away and ran again.

Another gunshot.

Taang-!

Another gunshot.

Taang-!

The zombie moved forward, repeatedly falling and getting up.

The destructive power of a single zombie may be minimal, but from their perspective, they must be quite a nuisance.

Because you don't die.

The doctor standing next to me said.

“That’s great. This will help us deal with all the glass shards they’ve set up as traps, and most importantly, it’ll instill fear in them. Do you plan on continuing to create these human zombies?”

A naive question from a doctor.

But that was too one-dimensional thinking.

I said, looking at the guys on the other bank.

“No. I don’t plan on doing that. There’s no need to waste mental energy trying to do that. It would be different if I turned them into zombies.”

“Yes… … ? What are you saying… … ? Ah.”

The doctor followed me and looked at the riverside. Now that he realized it, he let out a loud noise.

There, an ogre was squatting, looking out over the river.

Then, a huge snake-shaped monster popped out, and after a bloody fight with it, he started eating it.

That snake monster may be a terror to the citizens of Seoul, but it was quite useful on the battlefield.

It solved the food problem of hundreds of tons of ogres.

If you're going to make them into zombies anyway, it's much more efficient to make them larger than humans.

Of course, since there have been no Ogre losses yet, we haven't been able to secure enough samples to turn them into zombies.

Besides, it was unclear how much more mental power it would take to turn an ogre into a zombie than it would take to turn a human into a zombie.

The biggest weakness of zombification is its short duration.

However, if I understand this skill and increase its utility, it is a skill that can be used sufficiently.

That's what I thought when I saw them right away.

The zombies were rushing over the barricade and towards the hunters.

The doctor told me.

“Anyway, it seems like there won’t be much time left before we can cross Mapo Bridge. No matter how much they build a defensive wall as if it were an ironclad security wall, it will be easy to break through.”

My army easily occupied Gwanak and Dongjak, and advanced further and further, reaching the Mapo Bridge in Yeouido.

The enemy's densely packed forces had established defensive positions starting from the center of Mapo Bridge, and the enemy had built a solid defense system by stacking barricades from dump trucks.

They also used their heads.

The entire floor of the bridge was strewn with broken glass.

This was to stop the soldiers' advance and prevent the ogres from charging indiscriminately.

In addition, the barricades built in several layers on the bridge were a sturdy defensive barrier that could not be easily broken through no matter how many assaults were launched from this side.

But that was just their complacent thoughts.

Of course, it's not that their methods were incomprehensible.

At this point, it was impossible to cross the river without crossing the bridge, and the only way to cross the Han River was to use Mapo Bridge.

If only Mapo Bridge is blocked, traffic between the northern and southern parts of Seoul will be completely cut off.

So, they are desperately trying to block Mapo Bridge by any means necessary.

Since they had invaded Dongjak-gu, they also expected that Man-gyeong's army would cross Mapo Bridge.

In fact, I gathered all the troops who were going to occupy Seoul in Yeouido, and they must be watching us.

But I had no intention of crossing the 'bridge'.

Of course, conquering Gangbuk was the first goal.

The reason they want to defend Mapo Bridge is because it is the only transportation route connecting the north and south of Seoul.

And I thought so too.

The monsters of Gangbuk and Metro forces will be in Gangbuk.

Common sense tells us that to kill their monster, we'd have to cross the bridge.

But I thought differently.

Instead of crossing Mapo Bridge, I will tear it down.

In that way, I will take advantage of their thinking and seize all the areas south of the Han River.

My strategy is to force the enemy to let their guard down and force them to the edge of a cliff.

Tonight, Choi Myung-jun's elite force will begin their operation.

Then they'll probably start moving their main force soon.

Her bangs fluttered as the wind blew.

I was naturally looking at the riverside while holding my hair with my hand, and there, with the wide Han River behind me, Jin Jae-hee was walking toward me.

In the sky, a giant holy sword was flying, piercing through a single Sled.

* * *

The third day in Yeouido.

The fish caught by Jin Jae-hee from Sladiman became a comfort to the soldiers who were exhausted from the long battle.

The soldiers kept exclaiming in admiration as they tasted the meat.

“Wow! This is crazy.”

“It’s tastier than Korean beef? I don’t remember what Korean beef tastes like though.”

“I told you it was crazy oily. Wow-.”

Because it was roasted whole in a fire, the skin was charred black, but when the charred part was peeled off, white flesh was revealed.

The soldiers were clinging to the flesh like ants, filling their hungry stomachs.

Kang Shi-on was looking at it while drinking water.

At that moment, Jin Jae-hee came over and handed him a skewer.

It was Sledy's own skewered meat that he cooked himself.

When Kang Shi-on accepted it with gratitude, she asked.

“How is it? Does it suit your taste?”

Kang Shi-on answered, glancing at her with his lips pursed.

“Have you eaten yet?”

She laughed in vain at his words.

Kang Shi-on said, swallowing the meat in a gulp.

“It’s delicious. Is this why you came out to the Han River this morning?”

Jin Jae-hee responded to Kang Si-on's words with a smile.

“I really wanted to feed you when you came here. It was your favorite meat in your previous life.”

“Hmm. I like it. It’s delicious. But what I like more is that those monsters make excellent food for ogres.”

“There is no problem with distribution, right?”

“There is no problem with supply, but we cannot exhaust the food of Mankyung. We will also have to consume the food of the monsters, and we will also have to worry about defensive battles.”

Kang Shi-on ate every last bit of meat attached to the skewer with his teeth, whether the meat suited his taste or not.

Looking at him, Jin Jae-hee suddenly spoke about the information he had received through his subordinate.

“Oh, right. Do you remember the cigarette and alcohol hoarding?”

“Of course I remember. How long ago was that?”

“There are scouts dispatched near Gangseo. They are guys I gathered from among the capable people under me.”

"huh."

Kang Shi-on scattered 'non-combat' artifact Awakeners with excellent camouflage and infiltration abilities throughout Seoul, excluding Gangbuk.

That was the preparatory work that Kang Shi-on had been doing since before the war.

They were the eyes and ears of Kang Shi-on during the war.

Jin Jae-hee said.

“But it seems there is an outsider who wants to hold the monarch accountable for his misdeeds.”

"responsibility?"

Kang Shi-on snorted at her words.

“I also kept quiet because it wasn’t serious information. They committed a terrorist attack at the checkpoint and escaped. I don’t know exactly where they’re going, but they’ll probably come to Man-gyeong. I thought it would be good to know.”

Contrary to her words, Kang Shi-on didn't care much about them.

Because there was no time for that.

He finished speaking by twisting the bottle cap.

“Leave it alone.”

Zion judged that outsiders would not cause any significant disturbances.

However, the outsiders were two subordinates of Zion's younger brother, Kang Jun-ho.

(Continued in the next episode)