Regression Is Too Much

93 – The night is too dark (2)

“All entrances to the castle have been checked. There won’t be any monsters sneaking in like yesterday.”

Even if you lose a cow and fix the barn, the lost cow will not come back, but if there is a cow left, the story is different. After the funeral, Baron Jorge meticulously repaired the existing barricades to prevent any more tragedies like yesterday.

“… Whoa.”

About 270 aliens remain. It was originally a large number, but everything feels more and more due to the nature of the narrow castle.

And from the point of view of Baron Jorge, the distribution of this number itself was a great stress.

First of all, it is difficult to unite all 270 people. There was no wide space inside the castle, so there is no space itself for 270 people to stay together.

However, unity is essential for self-resistance. Even if Baek Da-hye received some magic tools thanks to her ejaculation, not everyone will be able to survive with just that.

Some aliens asked me if it was okay to hide behind it while I was blocking a passage… This was nonsense.

I’m the strongest on the 4th floor right now, so it would be safest to hide right behind me. However, the problem is that my escape route is also blocked. It becomes impossible to respond to variables.

“Work on the 4th floor has just been completed. Time was a little tight.”

According to this, the conclusion that Baron Jorge came to was, ‘If there is no place to unite, it is enough to make it’.

The idea of renovating the fourth floor of the castle, which is already half-ruined, into a space where hundreds of people can gather. Does that happen in the first place? I wanted to, but it turned out to be a pretty good idea. (The portal was never exposed, thanks to the demolition of the opposite side of the area where the portal was hidden.)

In the first place, it was the safest since it was on the top floor, but as three of the four stairways that could be climbed were blocked, there was no special fortress. Of course, there was the problem of being too vulnerable if there were monsters climbing up the walls of the castle… If the situation goes this far, we are all dead anyway, so it wouldn’t matter if we ruled out that much.

“Oh, and did you take the magic tools properly?”

Baron Jorge asked as if he had just remembered.

“I left it in the back over there.”

Among the magic tools obtained on the 2nd floor, there was a marble with communication function. Coincidentally, there were only three marbles, so I, Yoon Joong-hyun, and Baron Jorge each got one.

-Ah. Can you hear me?

“I can hear you.”

The voice I heard now belongs to Yoon Joong-hyun. Due to the narrow and resonant nature of the castle, it was impossible to communicate from a distance, but this magic tool made it possible. Even if the same variable as yesterday happens, it will be possible to respond now.

“Again, when you have a problem, go for support if you can afford it, if you can’t, just stay.”

– I understand.

Immediately after Yoon Joong-hyun’s voice suddenly cut off. Baron Jorge looked me in the eye, nodded his head, and left for the fourth floor of the castle.

The defense of the castle is more thorough than yesterday. I dare to predict, of all the people who have gone through the 4th floor of the tower so far, we must have prepared the most diligently and well.

“Coming.”

But as much as our light was brighter than yesterday, the night was darker than yesterday.

Something with a sword leaping swiftly from the castle wall.

It’s not the wolf you saw yesterday. That… It is the cat that was said to have slaughtered aliens. The problem is that not one or two, but dozens and hundreds of people jump off the wall.

It wasn’t just that. There were bizarre reptiles that looked like a mixture of a hippopotamus and a crocodile, and there were slime green monsters that I had never seen before.

Will the composition of the monsters change? The number of familiar orcs, wolves, and goblins decreased, while the number of unfamiliar monsters increased.

Of course, just because the composition of the monsters has changed doesn’t mean my work has changed.

Just guard this passage. I just do the best i can

After checking the dozens of swords piled behind his back one last time.

“Kyaaagh!”

Dozens of black cats ran into the aisle.

“Come on.”

I drew my sword.

**

The battle went with an unexpected flow.

“What is it?”

Monsters are definitely strong. The black cat was quick, the hippopotamus and crocodile monster was heavy, and the phlegmatic monster was annoying.

“Can I do it?”

Nevertheless, it’s very worthwhile. Assuming you stay focused, you’ll be able to block it for years.

Even if the enemy was strong, it was possible to deal with it with one shot, and the quick attack was inferior to the arrow trap on the 3rd floor. The slime monster was a bit of a problem, but it melted right away when I cut off the round core, being careful not to splash the slime on the body.

If Choi Ji-won appears right away, it will be possible to carry the 4th floor alone. No, there is nothing to go all the way to Choi Ji-won. Even Ahn Gyeong-jun, who I saw on the 3rd floor, would be capable of a massacre comparable to mine.

Kang Chan, who can radiate death, or Poison Hee, who handles the inventory… At least, even if firefighter Park Cheol-jin appears, the difficulty is enough.

Of course, the aisle was narrow, it was an appropriate environment to use the hero’s characteristics, and the defense was thorough. But even considering all of that, the third floor seems to be more difficult…

“aaagh!”

As I was thinking about it, a man’s scream rang out.

A player dragged along with one leg bitten off by a hippo-like monster’s snout.

The hippopotamus monster is not weak, but neither is it strong. There’s no way I’d be so helpless…

“Ah.”

There are not only Choi Ji-Won and Kang Chan at the Tower. There are many people who have just taken off the mask of ordinary people, but have not yet entered the ranks of superhumans.

As long as characteristics and levels appeared, the gap between people has become larger than ever. The strong are infinitely strong, and the weak are infinitely weak. It’s just that the people I’ve met so far have been too strong.

Yes, the 4th floor is not easy. I am strong.

From the tutorial to the 3rd floor, I only got the best rewards over and over again, but if I get flustered here, everyone else will die.

“… Let’s focus.”

Stop unnecessary thoughts and focus on the monster in front of you.

Survive as long as possible and dig up all the information you can get.

For the best results.

**

-29:00:56

Quite a long time has passed. Even if he had replaced more than 10 swords, the mental fatigue was so severe that a piercing headache hit his head.

“Is everything okay?”

-There were some casualties, but the front lines are maintained. There are people who were burned by the slime monster, but William healed them and they are fine. I think it will be fine as it is.

“How about the Count?”

-I found several slime monsters trying to climb up the wall, shot them, and captured one. If there was a window, it might have penetrated inside, but I’m glad I did now.

“The slime monster is the problem. Is there any sign that the slime monster is trying to enter the blocked passage?

– There are no indications right now.

There was an attempt to make a window, saying that the inside of the castle was too stuffy, but it seems to have been well done.

“If time goes by like this… “

You can survive today. At this rate, it wouldn’t be unreasonable for everyone to survive when the regression was repeated.

– Wait a minute. This is weird

While continuing my hopeful imagination.

– The nature of phlegm… Strange.

“What is that? Are you talking?”

-Junho, have a good morning.

While avoiding the monster cat’s claws, I asked Baron Jorge. There was something unusual about his voice.

-As you know, the fourth floor of the castle is very messy. The floor is littered with stones and dust.

– By the way?

-The spot where the body of the slime monster passed was strangely clean. It’s strange, so I’m experimenting with the captured guy… This.

-Why? Is there a problem.

-Existing bricks do not respond. But cracked or broken bricks corrode as soon as they touch them. Wait a minute, wait a minute This… Thomas! Louise!

I heard the voice of Baron Jorge shouting something in a panicked voice, but he wasn’t intelligibly clear.

“Oops.”

Due to the momentum of the monsters just in time, I had to pay a little more attention to the battle. The voice of Baron Jorge could no longer be heard.

About 3 minutes had passed since the blood splattered.

-Junho! Jun Ho! Can you hear me!

“Yes, I can hear you.”

-In the bricks of this castle, there are minute magic circles closely engraved. Corrosion resistance, magic resistance, sonic resistance, etc… No, this is not important. The important thing is that if the bricks get damaged, the effect goes away!

“What, what, sound, is that?”

There was no time to dwell on Baron Jorge’s words. While killing a hippopotamus and a crocodile, two cats aiming for an opening attacked at the same time.

-The passage we blocked! They’re vulnerable to slime monsters!

“… Yes?”

– Mr. Junho!

That moment. I heard Yoon Joong-hyun’s urgent voice.

– Looks like one of the passages has been breached! Monsters are coming from behind! As we retreat, we will move to the second floor!

In addition to Yoon Joong-hyun’s voice, the tearing screams and shouts coming from the magic tool.

The aisle has been breached? Because of the slime monster?

“Go away!”

I swung my sword wide and cut down three orcs in front of my eyes, then hurriedly started running into the castle. You have to go to the second floor. You have to avoid being surrounded. From the standpoint of returning when you brush, siege meant returning.

“Whoa, whoa… “

Run like crazy through a narrow passage. There was no sign of the monster yet. It seems that he is leaning toward Yoon Joong-hyun, who has a lot of people.

“… f*ck.”

But when I finally reached the stairs, I couldn’t help but curse.

A group of monsters are rushing toward the second floor. He doesn’t even look at me, he just blindly climbs the stairs.

Shall we fight? No. There are too many. We cannot guarantee that there will be no scratches.

And above all, the speed of the climbing monsters is fast. If Yoon Joong-hyeon had decided to sit-in on the second floor, he would have been the first to block the stairs. But is it so free? It is correct to assume that the second floor has already been breached.

“… I must have gone to the fourth floor.”

It’s hard to guess exactly because I left my magic tool for communication on the floor, but it’s clear that I retreated to the safest 4th floor.

As I pondered over and over again, I heard the cry of an animal from behind. It seems that the monsters have arrived here from the entrance I escaped from.

“… “

The back is blocked. The stomach was also blocked. There is only one way left.

“f*ck… “

After cutting down a few monsters blocking my way, I ran into the stairs leading to the basement.