The Regressor Only Protects Me Chapter 190

Episode 190. 3 days (1)

Man-gyeong.

Despite Choi Hyun-ji, Jeong Hyun-su, and Ha Yoon-ha's defense, the hunters continued to advance at a rapid pace.

Although the players of Man-gyeong performed well, they were unable to defend the entire city.

Ogre corpses began to appear one by one on the streets, and Man-gyeong was in danger.

Because of the long war and occupation, most of Man-gyeong's supply routes were cut off, so Man-gyeong was desperately holding on with the remaining food reserves.

Now, the remaining territory of Man-gyeong was only 15%, including Anyang Stadium where the monster was hiding.

The nurse's voice resonated loudly in the middle of the playground.

“Get out of the way! Get out of the way!”

Drrrrrrrrrr-!

The bed cart carrying Emperor Ha Yoon-ha moved quickly inside the playground.

She had been shot in the left thigh and was heading towards the doctor.

The nurse who was attending to the emperor shouted as she looked at the patients lined up in the hallway.

“Get out of the way! Please!”

There were already numerous patients abandoned in the hallways.

The medical staff were doing their best, but there was a severe shortage of manpower.

The cart carrying Ha Yoon-ha ignored the waiting patients and headed straight for the doctor.

The doctor greeted Ha Yoon-ha with blood all over her body.

“Is it a gunshot wound?”

“Yes, sir.”

The bullet that went through his thigh hit a vein, causing blood to spurt out like a fountain.

The doctor has also examined numerous players throughout his time in the league.

Players have a fundamentally superior self-healing ability compared to normal people.

So, most common gunshot wounds can be completely healed within a week.

But Ha Yoon-ha is the emperor of Man-gyeong.

The command center will not be activated until she heals as soon as possible.

Additionally, players could recover faster if they underwent surgery.

The doctor spoke to Ha Yoon-ha, who was struggling to breathe.

“I will begin the surgery right away, Your Majesty. Please bear with the pain.”

There was no anesthesia for the surgery.

The wound had to be cut open, bullet fragments removed one by one with tweezers, and then stitched up with clean thread.

Even the Emperor of Mankyung was no exception.

The doctor decided to proceed with the surgery as is.

But at that moment, Ha Yoon-ha, who was lying on the bed cart, grabbed the doctor's wrist.

Snap!

The doctor looked back at the emperor in surprise.

The emperor spoke, breathing heavily.

“I… … am okay… … because I’m a player. I’ll get better soon.”

“Just because I’m a player doesn’t mean I’m invincible. Your Majesty… …!”

“Please take care of the other patients… … Please… … .”

Ha Yoon-ha sat up with her heavy body and sat on the edge of the bed.

Although the doctors and nurses tried to stop her, Ha Yoon-ha stubbornly got up.

“Your Majesty the Emperor… … !”

“Your Majesty… …! You must receive treatment!”

Hayoon Ha ignored their advice and opened the glass door and went out into the hallway.

And I looked at the patients in the hallway waiting for the doctor.

Although blood was flowing down her legs, she felt compassion and sympathy when she looked at the other patients.

She limped between the patients.

This was originally a hallway that contained the stadium food court, souvenir shop, and restrooms, but now it was filled with piles of military rations and weapons.

Ha Yoon-ha looked at them and smiled.

"haha."

Laughter for no reason.

She walked into the stadium without any support from anyone.

In fact, no one gathered here had enough free time to attend to the Emperor's every move.

As I entered the stadium, a wide open view came into view. There, the monster was still stuffing food into its mouth.

There were only five ogres in charge of the monster's food.

Moreover, the monster became stronger and bigger as the days passed.

Food was in dire shortage.

It wasn't that Kang Si-on and Ha Yoon-ha's calculations were wrong.

As the monster grew larger, its food intake increased at a constant rate, which was consistent with the formula discovered through long-term observation.

So, in terms of calculations, no matter how big the monster grew, there was no shortage of food.

Ha Yoon-ha prepared enough food to last at least two or three months.

But there were two problems.

First, the Hunters' offensive was so far beyond expectations that the supply route into the stadium was cut off.

The second is that since the war began, the amount of food consumed by monsters has increased exponentially.

If things continued this way, Man-gyeong wouldn't be able to endure for long.

The remaining time until the destruction of Man-gyeong, as reported to Ha Yoon-ha by the minister, was only three days.

It was only three days.

In fact, today was four days later than the hero was scheduled to return.

Ha Yoon-ha despaired at her own helplessness.

With the monster in the background, she sat down.

The sadness that had surged through me made my legs feel weak.

But she got up again and walked into the stadium.

The league is merciless.

The weak will be mercilessly destroyed, and the strong will gain everything.

Someone once said that humans are animals of adaptation.

Despite all that, no one in the stadium could adapt to this desperate situation.

Ha Yoon-ha carefully called out to Kang Shi-on.

“Hero… … .”

But the only answer I got was the groans of the soldiers and the cries of the monster.

* * *

Lee Joo-yeon, who is Lee Se-beom's older sister and played in the first round of the league with Kang Si-on, walked into the city center where gunshots were ringing out.

The hometown I returned to was utterly miserable.

The corpses were piled so high that the road was not visible, and there was no room to step.

Lee Ju-yeon turned her eyes and searched for her younger brother's face among the corpses.

In fact, she thought that if Lee Se-beom were alive, he would be by Kang Shi-on's side.

Lee Se-beom said to Lee Joo-yeon.

Never trust Kang Shi-on.

He said that he was a man who lived for his own gain anytime, anywhere, and that if we siblings became useless, he would throw us away without mercy.

In fact, Lee Joo-yeon felt that way a lot when she saw Kang Joon-ho, Kang Si-on's younger brother.

The two looked very similar.

Although it was Kang Jun-ho who had been with me for a long time, I still remembered the image of Kang Si-on I had felt inside the shopping mall in Round 1 as if it were yesterday.

But Lee Joo-yeon wanted to believe in the small feeling that remained in her heart.

That people have affection, that people have good natures, and that circumstances only change people.

In fact, she still believed it.

Then a gunshot rang out.

Bang! Taang!

The gun barrels blasted. Hunters on the street fired their guns at a man.

The man ran down a blood-stained street until he was eventually shot in the back and fell.

Even though the man was shot, his will to live was not broken.

He crawled on his back, groaning.

The hunters, not wanting to waste any more bullets, approached the subdued man and finished him off by sticking their knives into his neck.

Then I made eye contact with Lee Ju-yeon.

In the eyes of the hunters, Lee Ju-yeon looked like a crazy woman.

His whole body was covered in blood, and he was walking with emotionless eyes staring only ahead.

As the hunter raised his gun again, one of them stopped him.

“We must save our bullets. It is a special order from the President.”

"……All right."

The hunter approached Lee Ju-yeon, pulling out the military dagger that was attached to his combat vest.

Although Lee Joo-yeon didn't intend it, the two were approaching each other.

At that moment, the sky flashed and thunder and lightning struck, and someone flew into the opposite sky.

Someone was thrown straight into the building, making a huge noise.

What was happening in the sky was a battle between players that had been going on for over a week.

As the hunter got closer to Lee Ju-yeon, he held the military dagger upside down and tried to strike her in one stroke.

But Lee Ju-yeon twisted her body and avoided the hunter's sword.

“?!”

The hunter pulled out the pistol he had on his waist, prepared for her to counterattack.

But Lee Ju-yeon did not fight back.

She just kept walking forward.

The hunter pulled back the slide of his pistol, aimed it at her, and shouted.

“Stop! If you don’t want to die.”

At that voice, Lee Ju-yeon slowly turned her head and looked at him.

Her eyes were truly dead.

It was a pair of eyes without even the slightest movement, the kind you would see only in a dead corpse.

It was clearly the Hunter who was aiming the gun, but it was also the Hunter who was trembling with fear.

Lee Ju-yeon said.

“Just go. I want to avoid unnecessary killing.”

Hunter couldn't help but frown at her words.

What Lee Ju-yeon meant was that she could kill everyone here at any time if she wanted to.

There was no one who would not feel hurt in their pride after hearing those words.

The hunter laughed, pulling the trigger slightly.

“That’s a bluff.”

Taang-!

The hunter pulled the trigger without hesitation, and the bullet flew towards the back of Lee Ju-yeon's head.

At the same time, the hunter who pulled the trigger and the other hunters who were watching.

Pok, pok, pok, pok, pok-!

They all fell sideways, a green arrow piercing their temples.

The bullet simply grazed Lee Ju-yeon's hair and flew into the air.

Lee Ju-yeon looked at the fallen hunter once and then turned her head.

She took another weak step to find Kang Shi-on.

* * *

The tents of the soldiers in Man-gyeong are narrow.

It was so small that two adults would squeeze together if they lay down side by side.

In addition, Lee Ho-seung couldn't sleep properly because of his senior roommate's annoying snoring.

Also, the soldiers' tents were set up in rows here and there, and at night, the sound of gasping for breath could be heard here and there.

In reality, Sunbae and Lee Ho-seung shared a tent with people of the same s*x, but most people had roommates assigned to them regardless of gender.

Lee Ho-seung thought to himself that when people are pushed to extreme situations, their s*xual desire seems to explode even more.

Lee Ho-seung barely managed to fall asleep, pulling his sleeping bag up to his head.

My body, exhausted from caring for and standing guard all day, quickly fell asleep.

However, what woke up Lee Ho-seung, who had barely fallen asleep, was the sound of the gong from the 079th unit commander.

Gosh- gosh- gosh- gosh-!

Anyone who has ever heard a gong knows that it is an extremely annoying sound.

Lee Ho-seung swore at him, saying it was noisy, but the deputy commander's trumpet wouldn't stop.

The 079th unit commander shouted.

“This is an emergency sortie order for the heroes! Everyone, stand up and gather within 10 minutes!”

At the urgent order to sortie, Lee Ho-seung was startled and took off the sleeping bag he had been covering himself with.

Lee Ho-seung felt around for his glasses, put them on, and shook his senior to wake him up.

“Senior! Senior! This is an emergency sortie order! Get up quickly!”

“Uh… … What… … ? Ah… … .”

Despite his annoyance, the senior managed to get up and put on the clothes he had taken off.

Lee Ho-seung changed his clothes even faster and came out of the tent.

It was early in the morning.

The sun was hanging precariously over the horizon.

The comrades of Unit 079 began to come out of the tents one by one and gather.

The squad leader who had been playing the gong was standing in the front row, struggling.

The one who soon appeared in front of the unit was Kang Si-on.

He was saying something to the 079th unit commander, and the 079th unit commander kept bowing his head and listening.

Lee Ho-seung was standing with his men, and after some time, his senior came over and asked while zipping up his pants.

“Ugh, shit. There’s piss all over my hands. It’s all over. Damn. What’s going on?”

“I don’t know yet.”

The 079th unit commander received something from Kang Si-on and immediately began to correct the unit members' alignment.

A soldier brought a wooden box and placed it in front of him, and Kang Shi-on stood on top of the box.

Kang Shi-on looked down at all of the 079th unit and said.

“I heard that Man-gyeong is in considerable danger. That’s why I need your help.”

Kang Shi-on was simply standing on a small wooden box, but his gestures and words captivated all the troops gathered there.

Kang Shi-on acted normally, but he seemed majestic.

Lee Ho-seung thought as he listened to his words.

'Jaehee must have been so depressed because he got scolded by that kind of person.'

Lee Ho-seung looked at Kang Si-on and convinced himself.

Kang Shi-on continued speaking in a soft voice.

Of course, the content of the mission was by no means gentle.

“Within three days, our main force must break through the enemy’s defenses and enter Manggyeong. You must infiltrate the enemy’s movement route before then.”

What this meant was that Unit 079 would be sent into the midst of enemy territory.

Originally, Choi Myung-jun's elite unit would have been perfect for this kind of mission, but at the moment, the Man-gyeong main force had no elite unit power.

Kang Shi-on ordered each unit commander to select support units and infiltrate as needed.

The commander of the 079th unit was a man who had some ambitions for promotion, and volunteered for this operation as if it were a reward.

The unit members who were unaware of that fact could not help but be dissatisfied.

It was clear that it was a very risky operation.

“I wish you all good luck.”

Kang Shi-on came down from the wooden box, leaving only those words behind.

Lee Ho-seung kept his eyes on his figure until he disappeared.

(Continued in the next episode)