Regression Is Too Much

80 – Regressor panicked (1)

“Junho Kim. You go in.”

Kang Chan-yi said calmly in the midst of the protective film.

“I can feel this seal weakening. It will probably clear up in an hour or two.”

He scratched the spherical protective shield with his fingertips, then moved his gaze to the fallen poison Suhee.

“If the seal is broken, I will take Poison Hee and escape from the third floor. So you go through the red door.”

“But… “

I like it. Because there was a need to enter the red door at least once anyway.

However, Kang Chan’s willingness to give up the reward bothered me. Because in this episode, he didn’t reveal his regression to him. Because he didn’t know why he was so friendly.

“Why? The reason is simple.”

Kang Chan averts his eyes and looks at the red and gray door.

“First of all, I am not happy with that reward itself.”

His eyes were heavily sunken.

“It is a tower built to judge humans. Even, cooperation was the main task on this floor. But on the subject of making it impossible to move forward if anyone dies, I came to the end and induced betrayal.”

Kang Chan’s words are true. This tower induces evil deeds, and at the same time threatens to punish those who do evil. It really can’t be dual.

“That’s why, it’s hard to think that the reward will be all that good. Maybe there will be a penalty.”

In the first place, the color of the door is reddish red. As Kang Chan said, there won’t be a good reward.

“So, I will not take the risk.”

Kang Chan speaks with his arms crossed.

“I am already strong enough. Rather than taking unnecessary risks, I will only get the basic rewards. Let the risk be yours.”

It was Kang Chan who said that on the outside, but I was able to fully guess his intentions.

In this episode, Kang Chan did not reveal his ability to me. Therefore, he is currently playing ‘the ruthless and arrogant strongman Kang Chan’.

Perhaps, deep down, he gave up the reward because he acknowledged my past achievements.

“Me too… I think Junho should go in. But for different reasons.”

This time, it was Gyungjun Ahn.

“It was Junho who first figured out the wolf… Destroying the weird maze in the middle was also thanks to Junho… Above all, the arrow trap was Junho’s solo performance, right? I think Junho-nim has contributed enough to deserve that reward.”

What he said was true. In order to speed up the round, I called ‘insight’ and foresaw all sorts of threats, so we were able to get through the 3rd floor with ease. In fact, in terms of overall contribution, wouldn’t I be the highest?

“And…”

Ahn Kyung-jun continues to talk while looking down at Dok Soo-hee.

“… Perhaps, Miss Suhee thought so too.”

“Dok Soo-hee is a traitor. Not an object of pity.”

Kang Chan frowned. However, Gyung-jun Ahn just smiles while sweating profusely.

“… hahahaha. It is true that he is a traitor. But, would she have acted like this without her tower? After all, because of the tower, the young student has changed like this… “

Chan Kang sighed and shook his head.

“… Don’t speak.”

“… “

Looking at Ahn Gyeong-jun taking care of Poison Hee, I felt my heart sink.

Only then do you see poisonous suhee’s wounds. I see her distorted expression.

After I blew off Poison Hee’s arm, what did I think?

Didn’t you think it was refreshing? Didn’t you think it was a just punishment for a traitor? Didn’t you think he was merciful because he saved what could have been killed?

Would the sane person I was aiming for really like it after blowing off the arm of a high school student? Even if you are a traitor?

Even if blowing your arm off was a fair punishment, wouldn’t it be normal if you felt a sense of duty rather than exhilaration or pleasure?

Unbeknownst to me, my expression became distorted. In the process of repeating the regression to break through the arrow trap, the person began to not be seen as a person.

I was so wary of losing my reason, but I had already been twisted to some extent.

“… Okay.”

It was Kang Chan who saved me from drowning in consciousness.

“Well done.”

“… What?”

“… “

Kang-chan doesn’t answer. He was staring at my right index finger.

“… Ah.”

In the past, when I was inquiring about Kang Chan’s ability and planning to break through the arrow trap. I had a chance to talk to him.

The person I identified at this time, Kang Chan, was someone who accurately recognized the limits of his abilities and acted under careful calculation.

That’s why, when you encounter a new environment, you said you had a habit of first observing it.

Looking at my fingers, Kang-chan nodded slightly.

I see. It’s clear what you’ve seen

As soon as you enter the room, you will see me run into the red door. Even if I don’t know how I knew there would be a red door, what characteristics I had to explode the door, or whether I acted knowing in advance that the poisonous beast would betray me…

It can be assumed that I was involved in the explosion of the door.

“… “

And… Kang Chan gave me the opportunity to enter the red door even though he knew that I had blown off Poison Hee’s arm.

It was trust. Kang Chan said with his mouth why he shouldn’t go in, but he showed by his actions that he believed in me.

All the hardships of the past days struggling to clear the 3rd floor were by no means meaningless.

I thought so.

**

After exchanging each other’s contact information and briefly discussing what to do next.

Kang Chan said while looking straight into my eyes from within the protective shield.

“Think carefully. Would you like to come in?”

“… “

It is true that it is worrying.

I still don’t know how to delete properties. Here, if you receive a bizarre trait or reward like ‘Traitor’s Word’… My trembling mind may be completely distorted.

Perhaps, I may regret my current decision forever.

“I will go in.”

But nonetheless, I put my palm on the tarnished door.

The surface of the door with the scab on it was the same color as any other door, so it was a normal stone color.

Even though the outer surface turned red due to layer upon layer of blood, the essence was intact, no different from other stone gates.

Because I believed that it was not the door that was twisted, but the people using the door.

I put my palm on the stone gate.

Kururureureung.

A blue portal appeared. An ordinary blue portal, no different from the other portals on the right.

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“… See you later.”

I threw myself into the portal with a large box on one side.

My eyes turned black in an instant.

**

When I opened my eyes again, I saw a huge stone statue.

[Warrior.]

This was a mountain somewhere, and a stone statue that looked like a man was talking to me.

[A warrior needs a suitable weapon.]

It is a voice in my memory. In a room where they had to split into two, the voice that told them to share their blood and drink.

From where I was standing, I could only see the back of the stone statue, but there was a heavy feeling.

“… Who are you?”

[Warrior. Passing through the cave, did you act like a warrior?]

Even if you ask who it is, a stone statue doesn’t answer.

[…] Originally, this space was reserved for the most honorable warriors. In the process of overcoming trials, each other evaluates and acknowledges each other, and concedes rewards to the most honorable warriors. It was created in that sense… ]

The momentum of the stone statue, which looked like a mountain, softened a little.

[…] At some point, the meaning was changed by those who lost their reason due to greed.]

“… “

Yes.

The red door, which only one person could enter, would not have been red from the beginning. Blood piled up and piled up on it, and at the end, it turned red.

Everything in the world is like that. When exposed to the waves of the world, it is bound to change. Even if it was good intentions at first… The moment you come to your senses, you become grotesquely transformed.

So is Dok Soo-hee… Maybe me too

[The chatter was long. Rewards will be given.]

A stone statue that slowly begins to glow.

The entire stone statue turned white, and instantly transformed into a halo of light.

[A weapon is a warrior’s mirror. The evil one will be wielded with evil weapons… Did you act like a warrior in the cave?]

The halo of light slowly approached me and gathered into the shape of a sword.

“… “

And soon the materialized sword… It wasn’t a sword.

“Huh?”

A scabbard.

A sword sheath was literally held in my hand.

“… This is not a weapon.”

Even the status window pops up when you stare at an item, but this scabbard doesn’t even appear. The ring the archangel gave me was also like this, but what was the original hidden item not showing up?

[A weapon is a warrior’s mirror. Always keep that in mind.]

A voice that doesn’t answer again this time.

At the end of the grave stone statue’s voice, my eyes went dark for a moment.

[You have cleared floors 3-5.]

[Enter the 1st floor.]

When I opened my eyes again, I was on the first floor.