Regression Is Too Much

57 – Choi Ji-Won is too strong (8)

I was convinced in my heart when I saw Archangel Raphael dressed in white fluttering clothes.

“… Then it is.”

These guys are absolutely not angels. Rather, it was the pitcher of the evil spirit.

I once saw an article in the community called ‘the true form of an angel’, and according to that article, an angel is a bizarre figure with a wheel inside a wheel full of eyeballs, or a monster with 4 faces and 6 wings. It is said that

But the angel in front of me is a beautiful angel. After all, the angels in the Bible could not be like this…

“You only know one, but you don’t know two!”

One cherub, who was playing his trumpet vigorously, suddenly interrupted, interpreting my expression.

“The ‘bizarre-shaped’ angels you are thinking of right now are only a part of the forms of angels! Very few angels come out in non-human form! Speaking of angels in the Bible, most of them appear as beautiful human males! Besides, high-ranking angels on the level of Raphael-sama don’t care about their appearance, so they can freely… “

“Stop it. Climber-sama is in trouble.”

“Oh, I see! Raphael!”

The baby angel, who had been giving a lot of TMI, went back to his seat and started playing the trumpet vigorously.

Archangel Raphael looked at the baby angel and then turned his head.

“It is true that I chose a look that could easily attract others. If you feel uncomfortable, I will change it.”

Raphael smiled while saying that.

It was a smile that is often described as a “Gentle smile,” Which warms the heart just by looking at it.

A harmless, warm, somewhat holy smile.

In an empty church, the image of a nun taking care of her newborn child flashes through my mind.

“… Doesn’t care.”

I felt like my tension would be relieved without my knowledge, so I gnashed my teeth and opened my eyes.

You have to be alert. The evil spirit who turned the earth into a mess is right in front of your eyes.

This guy didn’t really come here to congratulate me.

The current situation, so to speak, is a situation where a fatal bug has occurred while playing the game. ‘GM Raphael – Unable to progress bug found. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.”

It’s only natural that the operator’s feet will light up when a bug goes off. If I have a bad mind here, the second floor could be completely destroyed, so it’s just a spiral. Don’t get me wrong.

That’s why I’m burning hostility in the middle of the day.

“Um… There are a lot of things I want to say, but I don’t think I’m in a situation like that.”

Raphael, who was staring at my face, suddenly stretched out his right hand in front of me.

“Hee hee hee!”

“Stay still. If you have committed a sin, shouldn’t you at least make amends?”

And the moment he blinked, an angel was grabbed by the scruff of his neck in his right hand.

It’s a familiar face. Because he was an angel holding a sign in the plaza and guiding us through the basic rules.

“Junho. I’d like to discuss changing the second floor from now on, is that okay? As it is, the second floor cannot function as the second floor.”

Raphael speaks warmly to me while holding a sign angel in one hand.

“… ”

Instead of answering, I gave a small nod.

As expected, he must have come personally because he wanted something. From now on, you have to be alert.

The current situation is very positive. Choi Ji-won also gained a lot of combat experience, all the residents of the city were freed, and even called an archangel to manage the tower.

And even if I repeated the regression, I couldn’t be sure that I could reproduce the same situation again. With the mindset of going up to the third floor this time, you have to do your best every moment.

Instead of going round and round, I decided to get to the point from the beginning. If this happens, even the archangel will be a little perplexed.

“… Change the second floor.”

“Good. Anyway, when the time comes, I was thinking of changing the rules of the second floor to some extent.”

Contrary to expectations, Raphael gives a cool answer.

“The part you don’t like is the part where you are forced to commit evil deeds in order to receive a good reward, right? I will amend the rules. Discard the Token Box… For rewards above gold level, you have to prove your strength above a certain level to receive it. Ah, discarding the token box means leaving the villagers alone like so-called NPCs.”

“… “

“In addition, we will give diamond rewards to all three protagonists who improved the city. The Diamond Token is a hidden reward, meaning it will be tripled. Originally, the highest tier reward was given to only one person in principle, but… It is a reward for showing a great strategy.”

As Raphael waved his free hand in the air, a message window appeared before my eyes this time.

＜2Nd floor＞

-Clear condition: Complete the task given by the city residents and return to the plaza with the residents who gave the task to clear. However, you must not leave the city area. Climbers get along well with each other!

-Added 1. The standards for violence have been relaxed, so it is no longer possible to block other people’s movements with your body.

-Additional 2. In order to receive gold level or higher rewards, you must complete the tasks given by the city’s instructor. In the process of solving tasks, you can acquire experience points.

“I will bring some strong people to the second floor to act as instructors. It will be of great help to climbers who lack combat experience. In addition, the standard of violence has been relaxed so that it is not possible to block the road. Simple contact will not be recognized as violence. Is this enough?”

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“… “

The image was completely different from the compromise I had in mind. I thought it would be a tightrope walk from here…

After reviewing the rule amendment, it’s okay. It contained everything I wanted.

It’s so good that it’s rather suspicious.

In particular, the ‘instructor’ mentioned by the angel… It seemed to coolly scratch the part I was worried about.

Since I cleared the tutorial by myself, I was worried about other people who didn’t have the level and combat experience.

I felt a lot of goodwill from Archangel Raphael. I don’t know if the feeling of ‘favor’ is the same as human kindness, but it was clear that he was acting friendly to me anyway.

It was like that from the first floor. Provides various amenities. If you have the will to train, the uses are literally endless.

Violence between climbers is prohibited on the second floor, and because of that, there is no threat of death unless you commit a crime.

“… What are you thinking?”

And I felt very itchy and awkward as if I was wearing a stiff woolen knit.

“Why are you doing well?”

“Um… “

Raphael closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, then slowly opened his eyes and looked straight at me.

“I think you are misunderstanding something… The second floor is designed entirely for you. To be precise, it is a layer created to inspire climbers’ will to resist and to advance. It’s because the design is irrational from the start.”

“… What?”

“What does it mean to have hidden achievements? Didn’t you ever think it was strange that the city’s lord wore his weak point around his waist?”

“… “

“You seem to understand.”

When I calmly put my head down and think about it… What Raphael said was true.

Have doubts about the irrational system on the second floor and have the will to change it.

If you climb the clues scattered here and there step by step… It is true that it was designed to eventually reach the owner of the city.

Besides, if only the city’s lord hadn’t slung a pouch containing a token box dangling from his waist.

If only I had put the box inside the armor, deep inside my chest.

There would be no way to beat her. Choi Ji-won, a ridiculous munchkin, is a strong man who dares not even resist. She was right to see that there was no chance of winning against such a strong person head-on.

This means that Raphael’s words are not just nonsense to avoid a crisis.

But that doesn’t mean it’s completely true. Didn’t they say that mixing a little lie with the original truth works best?

“Even though I know I will be hated by you, I will give. Human love is conditional, for it is equal love. But God’s love is unconditional love. You can love without conditions.”

Raphael spreads his arms and smiles softly. He was claiming that everything he did was, in fact, armed with arms for humanity.

“… “

Unlike before, I felt a slight sense of incongruity in that smile, probably because I had doubts in my heart. Should I say it’s awkward?

As expected, these guys have something to hide. Just because they wear white and have a beautiful appearance, not everyone can be trusted.

But instead of pointing that out, I decided to turn the subject around. It’s wise to act like you’ve been somewhat persuaded now.

“But… What about the city dwellers?”

Archangel Raphael has created an environment on the second floor where the city’s residents have no choice but to suffer.

Despite blabbering in front of them that they love humanity, the residents were treated worse than street cattle. Words don’t fit.

The corners of Raphael’s raised mouth stiffened slightly.

He thought for a moment, then spoke in a voice like a gentle teacher.

“Junho. Just because they look the same doesn’t mean they’re all the same.”

“… What do you mean?”

“Just as I take on a human form but am not human, they also take on a human form but are not the same human. It’s complicated to explain in detail, but… They are much inferior to the climbers.”

“… “

“I will not force you not to show affection to them. But, is that true?”

I wanted to ask who decided that kind of ‘gyeok’, but the answer was clear without having to ask.

It must have been decided by God.

Everything that happens in this tower must have been induced by an omnipotent bastard.

What the hell is his intention? Was it God’s intention that he gave me the ability to regress?

While his head was lowered due to his complicated brain, Raphael turned his steps and slowly walked away from me.

“Then, it seems that the conversation is over… I will wake the others up. It was a useful time, Junho.”

“… “

I gnashed my teeth with my gaze down on the floor.

Yes, God’s will and what. Let’s put away the question that doesn’t come out even if you think about it.

From start to finish, I was so offended that I was playing into their hands.

The tower was built according to God’s will. The second floor is all according to Archangel Raphael’s intention. Maybe my regression ability is as God intended.

If you look at it this way, am I also a puppet playing on the stage, no different from the residents of the city?

Heat ran through his head.

Is it because he is a regressor and does not know the fear of death, or is it because he has a temper tantrum?

“You… Be prepared. Is it possible to just report and run away?”

“hehehe… “

“Wait.”

I thought that I couldn’t let Raphael go like this.

“Why is that?”

Raphael looked back at me instead of trying to enter the pillar of light with the sign angel in one hand.

“Give it to me.”

“… Yes?”

“Compensation. Give me more.”

“… “

“In the first place, the diamond reward is like a bonus you get when you defeat a city owner. It’s not profitable to simply give them 3 of them. Special rewards for completing hidden achievements. It feels inadequate.”

“Didn’t you change the city rules instead?”

“That’s because you changed the rules on your own because the second floor was in a situation where you couldn’t proceed.”

In my mind, I wanted to hit the back of the archangel’s head with force, but…

Realistically, it doesn’t make sense to die with Daecheon Love here.

I couldn’t feel any momentum from his body, but looking at the original martial arts magazine, I couldn’t feel anything even though the level difference was too great. In the first place, he is an ‘archangel’, but it is reasonable to see him as a transcendental person.

In other words… Initiating a fight is the worst of bad things.

“Special Rewards.”

The best course of action is to accept the situation and make the most of it.

“Do it.”

Now that things have gotten this far.

I had no intention of stopping at just 3 diamond rewards.