I Regressed, But the World Isn’t Destroyed - Chapter 71

071.

After returning, Lee Do-hyuk had that thought several times.

A changed future.

Maybe the world line has changed.

Are the old colleagues he will meet here the same ones he remembers?

This is a common concern that time travelers have had at least once.

Of course, I didn’t only think like this after the regression.

Lee Do-hyuk was a (potential) time traveler even before his regression.

It seems he had some time to think about it in advance.

[-I don’t know, I’m not the one who’s losing right now. Do I have to worry about that kid too?]

This is what Guangma and Chen Tao said when they said that if they went back to the past, they would kill the past you within three years.

The memories I have now are not mine, so it doesn’t matter whether he dies or not.

But he said that in name only, and when the ‘Strategy Squad’ within the suicide squad concluded that Chen Tao’s murder was inevitable, the look on his face showed that he didn’t really think that way.

[-Huh, well. In order to judge that, we need to think about the nature of time. First, let’s draw space-time in Minkowski’s way… Ah, for you idiots, I’ll explain it briefly in two-dimensional space-time. The X-axis is space, and the Y-axis is time…]

The Great Mage, Eileen’s answer.

This can also be ignored.

She was the one who directly shattered Lee Do-hyeok’s usual belief that magic was simply a matter of having a great sense for handling magical powers.

To be honest, I couldn’t even understand what was being said.

Maybe it was the same for other guys too.

anyway.

[-No, he must be a separate person from me.]

This was Marcus’ answer.

In addition, there are Kwabna, Eliza, Ambe······, etc.

[-I don’t know. But probably.. it’ll be the same. You..]

Finally, Lin’s answer.

Lee Do-hyuk also remembers similar requests that followed.

‘Obviously···’

─Sack!

‘I asked you to show me the sword.’

The best he can show.

Lin’s request to go back in time and meet his past self to show him swordsmanship.

Perhaps… she meant to tell her past self about the swordsmanship that he had forgotten about.

Of course, that doesn’t mean I’m going to show my best swordplay from now on.

Anyway, I’m going to meet Lin in the finals, so I can show it then.

It was like a practice session for that now.

As I’ve been focusing more on boxing than sword fighting lately, I’m in the process of regaining my sense of it.

And one more thing.

It can be seen as a kind of eye-level education.

─Crunch!

“Ugh!”

A sword strike extended by Lee Do-hyeok.

The person whose arm was cut off made a defeated face.

“hmm···”

Did I use too much force?

Lee Do-hyeok paused for a moment at that thought.

Before being called the Sword Saint, Rin’s nickname was Sword Fool.

To that extent, Rin only knew swords.

She had honed her swordsmanship through actual combat over a long period of 20 years.

Lin’s swordsmanship now is at least 20 years behind what it was back then.

In other words, it meant that there was a 20-year gap between Lee Do-hyeok and the current Lin.

‘If you eat anything quickly, you’ll get diarrhea.’

Just do it moderately in this game.

Just a little bit higher level than the current Rin.

If you just show this much, Lin will be able to absorb it quickly.

‘Actually, just now in Daejeon···’

The showdown between Rin and the black girl.

Should I say that the opponent was bad?

It was a disappointing game for the girl in black in many ways.

[-Oh! Player Geom-hee’s attack went straight to Player Lin! The combo just now seemed a bit different from the other combos I know.]

[-Yes, I think it was probably improved by player Geomhee herself. From Cheonchung to Ilwolseom, and then to Nangacham. The transitions were incredible, right?]

A memory that suddenly comes to mind.

therefore···

[-Ahh! What is this! This time, it’s the opposite, Lin, Lin! Ah! Lin’s Nang-a-champ directly hits Geom-hee!]

[-Huh..? That technique is definitely···?]

···I remember the girl in black getting ‘Beyond’ along the way.

“Ugh.”

Well, I guess Lin herself liked it and chose it because it was the right choice for the situation.

I think it must have been quite heartbreaking for the girl in black who was being treated like that.

Of course… If Beyond had known Lee Do-hyeok’s true feelings, he would have immediately shouted, “Hey, you little punk!”

Anyway-

“Put the pressure down!”

At that time.

The quarterfinal opponent rushing at Lee Do-hyeok.

fault!

“Tsk tsk.”

Wow!

Lee Do-hyeok swung his sword and parried his opponent’s attack.

Then, they switched to the offensive again.

Shhh-! Evil!

[Player Lee Do-hyeok! No, his movements seem sharper than the previous Ryu? He wasn’t a player who mainly used the Brain God Ryu!]

[···Actually, Masamune is probably not Lee Do-hyeok’s main character either. As far as I know, he’s the player who handles martial arts characters like Kujo the best.]

[Oh! Player Tsuki, or rather, a player with a connection to commentary Tsuki?]

[..fate.. Yes, um. It’s not like there isn’t one.]

-Ugh hahahahahahahahaha

-Disciple No. 4. Are you ashamed of being a monk?

-ㅅㅂㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Dohyuk sensei didn’t even remember my name

-Tsubung is crying..

**

“······”

Shinjiro was speechless.

─Sack!

‘That kid… was he looking out for me back then?’

I was really hoping it wouldn’t happen.

Even if it looks like it’s been done roughly at first glance, you can tell by looking at the trajectory it draws.

That Lee Do-hyeok’s level is higher than he thinks.

Shinjiro has come to recognize it as well.

Perhaps… Lee Do-hyeok’s swordsmanship skills are equal to or greater than his older sister’s!

No, maybe a little higher?

“But that kid.”

Ugh.

Shinjiro looked at the screen, gritting his teeth.

Are there really such people?

[Mission Success!]

[“Wow. The mission to get through the quarterfinals with Masamune is delicious.”]

The quarterfinals are all over.

Lee Do-hyuk is delighted as he eats the 500,000 won mission money that appears on the screen.

Last time we were shooting for donations, it just made a strange clicking noise.

Did you mean that the amount was not enough?

“What, that ridiculous guy···”

Shinjiro looked to the side as he said that.

Shinjiro was there to watch Lee Do-hyeok’s match with his older sister, so he didn’t have to keep the broadcast on all the time because it was a competition.

That is, the person next to him was Lin.

“···?”

Shinjiro’s face became strange when he saw Rin’s face.

A faint flush of color appears on the cheeks.

‘Hey, no way…’

No matter how crazy my older sister is about swords…

No?

**

Match 2 of the semifinals.

Lee Do-hyeok’s opponent was a Korean streamer.

If it’s common, it’s common, and if it’s not common, it’s not common, it’s the celestial Iron Fist streamer.

“hello···”

“Yes. Hello.”

The streamer’s name was Calm Before the Storm.

Lee Do-hyeok and Storm Eve greeted each other before the game started.

The character that Storm’s Calm mainly deals with is… Kujo.

This is the first character that Lee Do-hyeok played as Iron Fist.

“Oh, my… Phew, everyone. I guess my luck has run out.”

The calm before the storm, with an exaggeratedly gloomy expression as he said that.

In fact, he was able to advance to the semifinals because he had very good luck with the draws so far.

There were no difficult opponents during the preliminaries, and even in the main tournament, I never faced a professional-level opponent.

‘But here I meet the final boss···’

He also knew Lee Do-hyeok.

No, on the contrary, I knew it very well.

It’s been only about a week since Lee Do-hyuk started broadcasting under his own name.

It’s a very short period of time, but it’s enough time for one streamer to become a major streamer.

[Hello (Twerk Rivals) / Lee Do-hyuk / 34,175 people]

Currently, Lee Do-hyuk has 34,000 viewers.

Even taking into account the increase in viewership due to participation in the competition, Lee Do-hyuk’s broadcast has an average viewership of over 20,000.

Even though Internet broadcasting has experienced a tremendous revival compared to the past, streamers with an average audience of ten thousand are classified as large corporations.

Even at peak times, this number of viewers would rank between the top 5 and 10.

Of course, there were many who said that it was too early to call him a big star since Lee Do-hyeok had just started broadcasting and had a debut buff.

In order to hear from a big company, you need to maintain that number of viewers for at least a month.

Anyway, regardless of whether Lee Do-hyeok is classified as a large corporation or not…

-Ugh lol

-destruction

-The calm before the storm It’s really like the calm before the storm

-lol

-The results will tell whether Lee Do-hyeok is sloppy or the calm before the storm is sloppy.”

-So, I think I know the result?

In today’s network, if you don’t know Lee Do-hyuk, you’re like a spy.

Or maybe you’ve been away from trolling for a while.

Tiring-

[‘Godden Attack’ donated 1,000 won.]

-Would you like to do the mission to cut Dohyuk Sensei’s blood level by one?

-Will you do it?

-Will that work? lol

-How does Storms do that?

What about the broadcast of the calm before the storm, where Iron Fist is the main content?

‘Of course winning is impossible.’

I had given up on beating him since the matchup was announced.

‘But… that’s not important.’

The calm before the storm hardened my heart.

If you can’t win, you have to show the viewers the best version of yourself you can.

Besides, aren’t the viewers really pumped up right now?

His broadcast, which had about 1,000 viewers watching until just a moment ago, jumped to 5,000 viewers as soon as the match with Lee Do-hyuk was about to begin.

And what are those 5,000 people doing?

[‘Sigongjoa’ has applied for the 100,000 won mission.]

– If you hit Dohyuk sensei once, okay

[‘Bihogamgonik’ has applied for the 50,000 won mission.]

– Hear from the sensei that you are talented

[‘asdf2174’ has applied for the 1,000,000 won mission.]

– If you advance to the semifinals, you get 1 million won lol

-Hey you’re the last one lol

-Oh lol I’ll shoot 10 million won when I go up

-That’s a really fucking safe asset.

-All the big names in twerk are here lol

There, the big-handed games of numerous fighting game enthusiasts were in full swing.

Of course, the missions like beating Lee Do-hyeok and advancing to the semifinals or reducing the opponent’s health by more than half were blatantly impossible, so I cleanly ignored them.

‘Hearing from Dohyuk that I have talent…’

That too was neatly given up.

It is already widely known that you cannot hear that comment unless you are a professional.

then···

‘Hit me even once?’

“Swoop.”

Does this look doable?

That thought occurred to me and then quickly disappeared.

Wasn’t it Lee Do-hyuk who achieved perfect victories against his round of 16 opponent, Zhao Long, and his quarterfinal opponent, Zhu Chau?

[‘Red Hood’ has applied for the 100,000 won mission.]

-Then let’s hold out for 30 seconds okay? Is that really something worth doing? Okay?

Just then, a mission notification rang.

However, this is not a mission that blatantly targets safe assets.

-Wow

-What is Hyeja’s mission? lol

-30 seconds is enough, okay?

‘Hold on for 30 seconds?’

“Heh heh.”

The calm before the storm burst into laughter as it looked at the sponsorship content and the corresponding chat window.

Why?

“You want me to hold out for 30 seconds? That’s the mission? Huh?”

Because it was actually ridiculous.

“Have you forgotten what your rank is, everyone?”

-oh?

-ㅋㅋㅋWhat

-I took a picture of the real thing, this is it~

-You’re in good shape these days, lol

The usual place to play is the purple room below the throne, but even though it is a place to eat, the highest rank on the eve of the storm is Jinshin!

Besides, he just happened to have reached his second true god rank this season.

A rank achieved by training right before the competition and getting into good form while getting through numerous snipers.

He is the second man to ascend to the throne of God!

How could a man like that back down in the face of crisis?

“Not 30 seconds, but 20 seconds! Let’s go with 20 seconds!”

The calm before the storm spoke.

-?

-f*ckㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Let’s see your drifting skills

The calm before the storm with a confident expression.

No, I’m going to try to eat Jinshin and hold out against Dohyuk Sensei for 30 seconds.

Haven’t these people watched Lee Do-hyuk’s broadcasts before?

In fact, he is a loyal listener of Lee Do-hyeok’s broadcast.

The fact that he has recently been able to improve his form as his main character, Kujo, was also thanks to his broadcasts.

Anyway-

[‘Red Hood’ has applied for the 100,000 won mission.]

-Okay, let’s do it in 20 seconds

-oh

-Wow, you’re walking me through this lol

-Really big hands

Clank-

[GET READY FOR THE NEXT BATTLE]

[READY]

[FIGHT!!!]

The game started like that.

“Eet!”

The calm before the storm, where he took a back dash and gained distance as soon as the game started.

But before I knew it-

─Fault!

“Ugh?!”

Lee Do-hyuk is approaching.

The sight of the calm before the storm was filled with Lee Do-hyeok’s fist.

fault!

After barely avoiding it by bending down, I backdashed again.

But that too soon catches up.

A charge that ignores defense.

As if he had no intention of dragging out the time from the beginning…

Ding-ding!

[Hmm, is that right?]

■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

[The Calm Before the Storm]

□ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □

Game over!

[00:18]

Of course I couldn’t last 20 seconds.

“Whew. So you cleared the time attack mission?”

As he said that, Lee Do-hyeok scanned the mission window and chat window.

-lol

-Look at the fresh meat

-After all, lean meat is better than bone.

-18 seconds cut sssss

[Mission Success!]

At that time, Lee Do-hyuk thanked the viewers who had sent him the mission along with the success notification.

“Thank you. Red Hood, I saw you, Seonwoo Salsalpae······”

Advance to the finals!