Regress and Eat

Bloop!

Park Chang-hee said while installing the Mana Core bomb.

‘There's only a few grams of core in a bomb, but it's quite expensive because it's difficult to manufacture. ’

Dozens of Goblins are torn apart just by a few grams of those bombs.

And this Yponia crystal, it blew up a whole Mana Core. With the intense pressure boiling inside!

Boom!

Blue energy storms from Mana Core. Other cores around it explode with chain reaction.

The explosion tears the ears and makes the bones ring. A mountain of blue sparks covered everything.

The pressure, heat and vibration accompanied by the explosion were transmitted to me even though I used the [Mysterious Shield].

This is not enough.

‘It's not an explosion to stop it with one item! ’

I yell at Kim's assistant.

“Manna Shield all over you! Maximum output!”

“Yes!”

Kim bites his teeth and spills all the Mana into his body onto the shield.

So was I.

Kwajik!

[Mysterious Shield] is starting to crack. The more gold there was, the colored curtain the item made would spill some of it inside instead of covering 100% of the external impact.

The shock and heat that had seeped in, we blocked it with the surrounding Mana barrier.

“Grrrgh!"

Kim's secretary shakes his head. I saw him and covered his mana barrier.

“ · · ·?! ”

Kim's eyes widen. He uses Mana for the first time. You can't feel my Mana, but you must have felt that your Mana is reforming in response to something. I supported his shield, as if it were a close-knit construction.

It's been 10 seconds like that.

“Grrrgh!"

The Mana Storm, which the core created in the chain collapse, finally disappears.

There are raging debris everywhere.

Survivors only, the two of us.

Kim's assistant knelt on her knees exhausted. We are still inside the shield made by [Wonderful Shield]. In the original way, we still have to wait here for more than two minutes because we have to keep the 3 minutes.

But...

Knock!

You strike the shield with Mana in your hand.

Let's do it.

Tsk, tsk!

The colored curtain that protected us was shattered and shattered like a glass window straight into a ball.

I've reached my limit.

“Should I ask the place of purchase for a refund? ”

Kim, the secretary who strongly insisted on buying this item, laughed bitterly and muttered.

And finally, I fainted with my eyes turned upside down.

‘Mana exhaustion. ’

The available Mana was a side effect that had just been poured into the Mana Shield.

I take the Mana Potion out of my backpack. When I returned here, Mana, who had been over 10,000, was on the floor again, and after drinking the potion, I returned to the figure of 5,000.

The other bottle approaches to feed the stunned secretary.

And I looked at his chest.

‘ · · · · · ·. ’

Just like the original fountain, there was little Mana active that needed to obscure my vision.

Like the calm surface of the sea, only the latent Mana sits quietly in her core.

And I could see right through it.

When I woke up, I couldn't even see the inside of this body. as if you couldn't see the depths of the ocean beyond the water. But Kim's potential Mana is clearly visible in the sea, as is the shallow, clear waters of the coast.

‘None.’

I was relaxed.

I feel a little relieved since I avoided the worst situation that even Secretary Kim should suspect.

‘There is no curse on Kim's core. ’

Originally on his to-do list, there is no obligation to go to the dungeon with me. However, he followed me willingly.

I have lived for 80 years in my past life, but I still don't know the answer to the great discourse of whether human nature is good or evil. The hand of the faithful in good faith returns to the malicious intent and hits the back of the head, and a flower blooms in the irredeemable abomination of the garbage.

There is no way to look inside what Kim is thinking.

Just so we're clear, he's the one who stepped up for me.

"· · Hiya!"

After spilling Mana Potion on Kim's mouth, he opens his eyes to escape from exhaustion.

I looked around like someone who woke up from a dream.

You mutter like a fool.

“It wasn't a dream. ”

“Whether it's sad or fortunate, it's all true. ”

He stands upright. And say it face to face with me.

“First, I have to put everything else aside · · · I have to say this. ”

What's wrong with you?

Kim said with a serious look.

“Thank you. Thank you for saving my life. I will repay you for this favor. ”

He looked around.

The bodies of the other two guild members are not even traced. At least the Ersmen were contrasted with a few points left in their body parts that could be distinguished.

“What's wrong with you? ”

“It's obvious to anyone. I survived because of you. ”

If I had not clearly interfered with my behavior and followed all the instructions, Kim would have been difficult to survive.

“Thank you."

“You're welcome."

Kim's expression suddenly changed, expressing his gratitude many times.

“I know things aren't going well, but can't you just ask me one question before you move? ”

I focus on my senses. There's no sign of any of the Hersman advance troops.

“Do it.”

Kim asked me, looking straight at me.

“Who the hell are you? ”

*

Inside the cave, the last scream of a blue flame echoes around the place.

There was an awkward silence between me and Secretary Kim.

“Who am I? ”

Kim said calmly. There was no excitement or fear in his eyes.

“It was acceptable that I didn't become as angry as before after the incident. Nearby guild members were chatting about leaving their personality levels and looking like someone else covered the shell · ·. ”

My chest was hot.

“I've been with Seo Jin-wook for the longest, three years. You asked me before about the secret of long-term service. ”

After a joke, he replied:

‘I told you, I come back from time to time. Be reasonable.’

He speaks.

“Seo Jin-wook, 364 days out of 365 a year, was unstable and full of anger, but sometimes he was lucid. The verbal and personality of the team leader at that time is very similar to what you are now. I couldn't understand the guild leader's reprimand of being mentally weak, but I felt a strong wick and a rational thought from the team leader. ”

He frowned as if recalling the past.

“So I was happy. Finally, the disease that prevented a normal accident was cleaned up. It didn't matter whether the reason was the impact on the brain or the aftermath of memory loss. I'm glad you're sober 365 days a year. ”

“ · · · · · ·. ”

“But this isn't it. I know Team Leader Seo Jin-wook doesn't have this ability. It's because of the genius of managing bracelet control that no one knew about. But you can't figure out how to attack a species that no genius, that no species has ever seen before. I'm sure that the chief of staff, who I've served with for three years, hasn't had a chance to acquire that knowledge. ”

His voice lowers.

“I've heard that some unique skills or items go beyond the ability of the mask slime to keep the 'polymorph' magic on a permanent basis. If so, where is the real captain now? ”

I read the distinctive light from my gaze.

I realized that he was risking his life to tell this story. with no idea how I'm going to react.

“ · · · · · ·. ”

I looked at him and said,

“Who am I? There's no question of that. I'm Seo Jin-wook.”

I decided when I realized that the traces of Choi Seung-hyun had disappeared completely in this world.

Now I am Seo Jin-wook. I have to live with Seo Jin-wook.

“But · · ·! ”

I intercepted his words.

“And you don't have to thank me. You don't have to take a majestic vow of repayment. Secretary Kim saved my life twice already. in return.”

Once, he protected me from an attack by the Gangdong before I woke up.

And one more time.

I looked a little sad to see if Kim understood what he was saying.

“No way!”

“2035. You saved me back then. ”

It was in the past that only Seo Jin-wook and Kim's assistant knew.

[Successor's Eye] is still slowly, but steadily reassembling the original memories. Now I was able to watch a lot of videos.

Three years ago, 17-year-old Seo Jin-wook, tired of whispering curses, made extreme choices and moved on to attempts.

That day, Kim's secretary felt strange and found Seo Jin-wook, who had stayed behind without going home on purpose.

He saved his life with the potion he had guarded, and because of Seo Jin-wook's unwanted request to be known to Seo Gyu-cheol, that day was not told to anyone but the two of them.

Kim's confused eyes softened slightly.

But it didn't seem to erase the suspicions completely.

“Let's go out and talk again. I can't tell you everything right now. ”

We have to do this now.

“The number of entrances you see in the system message has been reduced by two, so a rescue team will be dispatched. Let's get this sorted out quickly. Change the handset. You don't have to reveal what happened here. ”

He had a very complicated look on his face, but now he seems to have decided to follow my instructions.

Raise your body and ask.

· · · By any chance, did you give Park Chang-hee? ”

I needed to be able to keep up.

“We all moved in together today and met with those species, and Park Chang-hee became allied with them. The other two guild members couldn't defend themselves. ”

He nods and gathers pieces of Ersman's corpse as evidence. Then he left with me and cleaned up the remains of Park Chang-hee and the traces of the battle with him. Seeing the place where we fought, Kim could not keep his mouth shut.

By the end of the arrangement, I could feel the rescue forces approaching from afar.

“Sir, can I ask you one last question? ”

I nodded. His next question is probably about how I grew up so fast and how Park Chang-hee was able to kill.

But that's not what it said.

He asked with a curious expression.

“By the way, do you know how to talk to a cockroach? ”

*

Only two of the five survived, and the Celestial Dragon Guild and the Constitution Department were overturned.

After they rescued us, they dispatched separate investigators, but the 'Unknown Stranger’ risked dispatching additional expeditions and the evidence was clear so the investigators returned early and closed the dungeon entrance.

Park Chang-hee died was a big accident for the Heavenly Dragon. He was featured in the media, followed by conflicting interpretations of his actions that saved his own life and his heir.

Especially in some media, incompetent Seo Kyu-chul dispatched more than a few dungeons because of his incompetent Seo Kyung-hee's greed for Seo Jin-wook, and cheerfully suggested that competent Park Chang-hee had died.

Although there is room to interpret it, Kim explained that writing it without noticing the Celestial Dragon was due to the intervention of other guilds.

We went through the Constitution investigation and the guild internal affairs, and the case was closed with Kim and I's documents stamped "No charges."

Indeed, this was quite a damage to Seo Kyu-chul, who for a while did not urge me to leave the next mission and did not put instructors on it. Thanks to this, I was able to continue exploring the undisclosed dungeon and absorb Mana Core.

Then one day.

Kim's secretary came at me with a serious look.

“· · Deputy Chief Han Seol is here. ”

After Park Chang-hee died, she took a few days off and returned to the guild.

“Tell them to come in. ”

*

As soon as Han Seol opened the door of the room, he rushed to me and hugged me.

When I sit down, I ask my greetings with a word of comfort.

“Losing a colleague is something you'll have to deal with once you become a hunter. But it's amazing, isn't it? It doesn't get dull after several iterations. Always just as hard and sad. ”

His eyes were slightly swollen and red as he spoke.

I had an awkward conversation with my complicated head.

She suddenly asked.

“Jin-wook, I'm sorry to ask this in this situation · · ·. ”

There is a light of hesitation on her face. But soon, I opened my mouth as if I had made a big decision.

Is that really all smoke? I doubt that there is a skill card that makes it possible.

“I'm sorry, but I can't shake this thought in my head. ”

She said.

“Jin-wook, your unique skills that you taught us back then. Does that really work the way you described it? ”

Finish