Regression Is Too Much

75 – Regressor Cloud (6)

A dark space where nothing can be seen.

Except for the endless pitch black, everything is nothing. I stand alone in this place that seems to have brought the darkness of the abyss.

“… “

How did I get here? Where is this What were you doing just a moment ago?

Unanswerable questions pop up in my head, and quickly volatilize. Like this black space, my brain is also dyed black.

“Junho Kim.”

I hear a dry voice calling me from behind and turn my head.

“… Choi Ji-won?”

Choi Ji-won. She was looking at me A black ponytail, blue jeans and a white shirt with rolled up sleeves. She is not the Choi Ji-won wearing the leather armor seen on the second or third floor, but Choi Ji-won from the tutorial.

“… “

But her lips are swollen, her skin is parched and parched, and her clothes are ripped.

“Junho Kim.”

A voice cracking like a dry reservoir. The eyes are as empty as this black space.

“I curse you.”

Saying that, Choi Ji-won takes a step forward.

“After you left, everyone in the tutorial starved to death. Since all the goblins committed suicide, there was no food, so it would be natural if it was natural.”

Choi Ji-Won’s cheeks are slowly getting thinner, and her eyes are digging into her eyes. Her limbs are bony, her hair falling to the bottom of the stormwater.

“I curse you for abandoning this world and returning alone.”

Choi Ji-won, who has turned into a zombie-like appearance, stares at me with her eyes filled with despair, grief, and hatred.

“I, too, curse you.”

This time, it wasn’t Choi Ji-won’s voice, it was a thick male voice.

“I hate you. I hate you for surviving alone. We hate you for leaving everyone to die and then going down and down.”

Kang Chan. He was staring at me

“If you return, it will be the end. But we are not. In the world where you disappeared, we suffered and died endlessly.”

Baek Da-hye, whom she saw in the tutorial, sheds her bloody tears. Gyung-Jun Ahn grabs the skin of her head, and Soo-Hee Poison hurts herself with a dagger while laughing.

“Curse.”

“I curse you.”

“I hope you die miserably.”

So many people whose names I don’t even remember were cursing me.

In this black space, he hated only me.

“… “

And I, who is receiving all these grudges…

“Go away.”

Nothing was wrong.

Wow!

The moment I realized that, the black space shattered and a familiar stone chamber appeared. It was the same room that talked bullsh*t about testing mental strength through fear.

“I’m sorry, oppa, I’m sorry… “

Beside her, Dog Soo-hee was writhing in agony while shedding tears. In the past, Dok Soo-hee woke up first or came to his senses at the same time. It seems that I came to my senses at a much earlier point than the previous episode.

“I, I was wrong… “

“… “

Fear is such a painful thing. It’s something everyone wants to avoid, and it’s the hardest feeling to overcome.

But why am I so fine? Did you just go through it multiple times? It’s overly grave for that.

After all, I wasn’t too happy when I just cleared the trap passage. Dok Su-hee and Ahn Gyeong-jun sincerely praised me, but their compliments did not inspire me.

“f*ck… “

The reason is simple.

Too many regressions.

The road to reach the arrow trap was never short. There are many, many variables.

Every time I regress, I took only the prescribed actions to obtain the desired result, and other people reacted to me as prescribed.

It is robots, not humans, that produce the same results when the same input values are input. It’s an NPC.

At some point, the people who were going through the third floor together didn’t look like people. It looked like something inorganic.

Not good. Not very good.

Not seeing people as people and not considering life as life is the main symptom of ‘regressor disease’.

It may be a natural phenomenon after regressing dozens or hundreds of times. But it’s not the ending I want.

“… Wake up.”

“Ah, uh…. Thank you.”

You have to be consciously vigilant. People are people Just because I was given a regression doesn’t mean I’m given the right to put others down.

Chop!

I hit the ball once and cleared my mind.

However, even if I consciously made up my mind, it was an undeniable fact that the mindset of a regressor had settled in a small corner on the other side of my mind…

**

“Oh, are you here? We just arrived… “

As we walked along the road, there were Kyung-jun An and Kang-chan brushing off dust from our bodies. It seems that I got over the horror room early, and arrived at the golem room at the same time.

“… “

Unknowingly, I looked at Kang Chan’s fist. My fate hangs in that fist. Here, Kang Chan suddenly said, “Um… Why doesn’t this break?’ If I panic, I will be completely f*cked.

“… Wait a minute. I will try to figure this out with my characteristics.”

Of course, you shouldn’t show this. I looked ahead with a blunt tone and naturally frowned.

“This is… I think there’s a monster in front of me… Features… “

The lies that I have become so accustomed to now flowed out of my mouth, and the faces of the others slowly hardened.

If you look closely, that golem is also a monster that makes no sense. It’s only on the third floor, and it doesn’t make sense for such a terrifying monster to pop out.

“But it’s okay. Because we have Kang Chan-hyung.”

But there is one monster that doesn’t make sense to us, just as that doesn’t make sense. His name is Kang Chan.

“Brother Chan, please take care of that monster… ! Our hope is none other than Chan-hyung… !”

This time, everyone’s eyes were on Kang Chan. Kang Chan looks a bit flustered, but stands silently without showing any signs.

“… “

He gently closed his eyes and pondered over and over again, then nodded his head slightly.

“Good. I will.”

**

In a dark passage like a mine shaft.

Kang Chan led the way, and the other three followed.

Will it work? No, it should be

“… This is him.”

As I walked silently like that, I reached the front of the golem in an instant. Since the lumps of metal were scattered all over the place now, it was said that Gyungjun Gyung-jun would wake him up by blowing a spear first.

“… Hmm.”

Kangsin Kyung-jun takes out a wooden spear with a colorful design. The moment he was about to throw his spear, Poison Hee blocked his way.

“Wait a minute!”

Dog Soo-hee hurriedly takes out a piece of wolf’s heart from her bosom.

As in the previous episode, the piece of heart on Poison Hee’s hand turned into a blazing transparent flame, and Poison Hee placed the flame on top of the spear.

“Not yet!”

Dog Soo-hee pulls out his heart once more. This time, place the fireball on top of Kang Chan’s leather armor.

“… What did you do?”

“I enchanted the armor! Can you feel your strength getting stronger?”

“… That’s interesting.”

It seems that the range of ‘enchantment’ is wider than expected. Because I just had to put it on.

“… I will throw it for real now.”

After glaring at Dok Soo-hee with a dissatisfied look, Kang Shin Kyung-jun relaxed his shoulders.

Wedge love liquid! Kwaaang!

The spear flew through the air and touched the golem’s body.

Koo Goo Goo!

As soon as the impact was delivered, lumps of metal scattered here and there came together in shape.

“… “

Kang Chan walked forward.

The movement of the golem, which was assembled in an instant, was swift. As soon as the body was assembled, it rushed towards Kang Chan.

Whoa!

After gathering chunks that act as arms, strike down at Kang Chan. A quick and heavy blow at the same time. If you get hit by that attack, Kang Chan will turn into a handful of blood just like the previous episode. Although there is a distance, it is a terrifying blow that makes my hamstrings tingle when I see it.

“… “

However, Kang Chan’s expression was calm. He didn’t spew out his life spasmodically like before, and he didn’t turn awkwardly to avoid it.

Just stance and stare at the golem’s body.

Goooooh.

The fist shines. A mass of metal rushes in. The fist moves. The lump of metal is about to touch Kang Chan.

“Suck!”

At the last minute, Kang Chan’s fist disappeared.

aaa!

There was a tremendous hitting sound that I had never heard before.

Kururureureung!

Blinding lights, vibrating floors, deafening roars. Most of the human senses were momentarily paralyzed.

“… “

After a little time passed, by the time my senses returned to normal.

“… The door in front opened. Egg plant.”

Kang Chan turned his head and was looking at the three of us.

“… Wow.”

After that, with shattered metal shards in the background.

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**

“Whoop, whoop… “

Success. Finally succeeded I finally defeated the golem. The feeling is insignificant.

A sense of satisfaction wells up in the depths of your heart. Also, I wasn’t completely broken. It felt even better to be able to confirm that. Perhaps the reason I wasn’t happy was because I had a thought in my heart, ‘What if I can’t defeat the golem?’

But this is not the end. The passage was still open, and challenges remained to be resolved.

“… It is a door.”

As I was walking in the sea of thoughts, I saw a stone gate blocking my path before I knew it.

A familiar stone gate. Four palm-shaped grooves dug into the stone gate.

After exchanging glances, we put our palms on the stone gate, and the stone gate moves with a roar.

“… “

What will come out? Monster? Trap? Puzzle?

However, what appeared was not something so threatening.

“This is… “

A torch hanging on the wall. Four large chests in the center of the room.

Four people. Four boxes. Intuitive. One person will be able to pack one box. I don’t know what’s inside, but since it’s the hardest difficulty, there must be something great.

“… “

“… “

But for some reason, everyone’s eyes didn’t stay on the box.

“… What is that?”

On the other side of the room, there were two doors.

One is a stone gate with a familiar design. The door has four palm-shaped grooves.

The problem is… The rest was a stone gate.

Because there was only one palm on top of the blood-red stone gate.